34 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9552395a6449a10361d9b36b24574b18.PDF f1620cb137684c945165ad1289ba8060 PDF Text Text Irllll Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X Commies' Little Helper One of the ii:eatest assists the communist party in the United States has gotten since the end of the war was given it last week by New York Special Sessions Justice Frederick L. Hackenburg. In sentencing an SIU member who was hauled out of an automobile by the New York police, while he was delivering food to the Wall Street strikers of the United Financial Employes, AFL, Justice Hackenburg said: "I am shocked to the depth of my soul when I realize that this compulsion (for the SIU to assist the UFE In its strike) was dictated by a, foreign government which under the guise of ideology tries to start trouble so that they can publish in Moscow 'Riots In Wall Street'." An irresponsible statement of this nature, coming from a ^an so highly placed as Justice Hackenburg, does more to help the CP than a million pieces of communist propaganda. It confuses, in the public mind, the commu­ nists with the anti-communists, an,d allows the partyliners to masquerade as honest trade unionists. It is the duty of public officials to at least read the newspapers. If the Justice had only done that much, he wguld have easily found out that the UFE, and the SIU-SUP, the unions which supported the financial workers, were not and are not influenced by the orders from Moscow. On the contrary. The Seafarers International Union has.a long and honorable history of constant battle against the totalitarianism represented by the communist party. . During the war, when men like Justice Hackenburg were blind to the menace of the comrnunists, the Sea­ farers International Union continued to point out that the red-howlers were a threat to democracy, aiW were merely lying low because of the aid given by this country to Russia. Now it is a matter of record that this Union was correct, and that the men who mistakenly gave aid and (C^tinued oh Page 3) Coast Guard Stopped In Try To Establish Hearing Units WASHINGTON — The "neversay-die" boys in the Coast Guard were handed another setback this week when their attempt to reestablish wartime Hearing Units was killed by the House Judiciary Committee. In the eyent that the CG brass-hats still entertain the idea; of regimenting merchant seamen by means of "kangaroo courts," they will have to wait until the. next session of Congress to introduce a new bill. , j Main opposition to granting the Coast Guard the authority it en­ joyed during: the war—to act as judge, prosecutor and jury for men charged with violations nboard ship—^was voiced by the Seafarers International Union. In a brief filed a few months ago the Union pointed out thafc the courts should have jurisdic- tion in the cases of merchant seamen just as the courts have jurisdiction in the cases of shore^ side., workers. J Throughout the war the CG No. 24 NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY. JUNE II. 1948 Union Hiring Hali Must Be Included in New Pact: Seafarers To Operators NEW YORK—^With the princqile in mind that the retention of the Hiring Hall is the mast important issue at stake, the Negotiating Commit­ tee of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, this week started meeting with a committee representing the Atlantic and Gulf Ship Operators Association. At the preliminary discussion, which took place on Wednesday, June 9, the Union's representatives made it clear that no other issue could be settled until it was understood by the operators that the Hiring Hall would not be tampered with. SIU POSITION In words which leave noth­ ing to the imagination, the Negotiating Committee of the Union, currently meet'ng with the representatives of the Atlantic and Gulf Ship Operators Association, has made it plain thtd nothing less than the Union Hiring Hall will be acceptable in the new contract, which is under discussion. In the first meeting, the Comm'ttee informed the Shipowners' committee: "Although the Union has advanced various contract proposals on wag#s and con­ ditions. we make clear to you our intention of agreeing to nothing until the Hiring - Hall issue is completely settled first of alL We can­ not and will not accept any employment clause in our contract which does not pro­ vide for all unlicensed mem­ bers of all SIU contract ves­ sels to be hired through the offices of the Union, without exception. Our position on this matter is unequivocal." Hearing Units abused their tern-' porary powers, and went so far as to encourage charges and counter-charges among ships' crews. Seamen who were found guilty by the "kangaroo courts" were -^rced to give up their papers and as a consequence could not ship until the papers were returned. For the first time in many In one instance, aboard the SS Helen, the Coast Guard at­ years, Florida's Attorney General tempted to force the men to sail Tom Watson is going to. have to the ship although it Was dahgerous- to do so. When the men look for a job. Defeated in the refused, their papers were sus­ race for Governor, where he ran a poor fifth in a field of nine, pended. Watson jumped into the Supreme A long-time dream of .jthe Court battle and was defeated Coast Guard is that it should by incumbent T. Il-ank Hobson. have control over merchant sea­ It is significant that in both men. During the war only the races Watson ilost his home coun­ SIU was able to limit CG regir ty, which includes the indus­ mentation, and with the end of trial city of Tampa, and he only the war, the Union was first to ran ahead in the rural counties, demand that the Coast Guard re­ turn to its honorable job of where the voting was light. patrolling the seaways and leave Fuller Warren, the successful policing merchant seamen to the candidate for Governor, ran on a liberal program which included duly constituted authorities. The Committee informed the* ^ ' shipowners' committee that: "Although the Union has ad­ vanced various contract pro­ posals on wages and conditions, we make clear to you our in­ tention of agreeing to nothing until the Hiring Hall issue is completely settled first of all. We cannot and will not accept any WASHINGTON — The House employment clause in our con­ Judiciary Committee this week tract which does not provide for delivered a slap in the face to all unlicensed members 61 all the many aliens who sailed On SIU contract vessels to be hired American flag ships during the through the offices of the Union, past war by killing a bill which without exception. Our position would have granted them citi­ on this matter is unequivocal." zenship. The bill, which was in­ Also high on the Union's de­ troduced by Representative Celmands are substantial wage in­ ler of New York, will therefore creases for all ratings and agree­ not be voted on by this session ment on the principle of estab­ of Congress. lishing a , welfare fund. Minor , The proposed Celler legislation demands include clarification of would have given citizenship to certain working rules and ad­ aliens who served aboard the justments of other issues. nation's ships for three years The contract now in force ex­ during the war, and would have pires on July 31, 1948. Meetings been in line with the many pro­ commencing at this time, on the mises made to these men while initiative of the Union, are de­ the war was at its height. signed to allow, both sides to From the first, the SIU has settle all questions before the been in the forefront of the expiration date approaches. fight to recognize the sacrifices The Negotiating Committee left made by alien seamen as they no doubts in the minds of the fought side by side with Ameri(Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) House Group Kills Alien Seamen Bill Florida Labor Vote Beats Watson repeal of the Watson "Open Shop" Law. The main feature of the cam­ paign against Watson was the terrific decrease in wages in the State of Florida since the enact­ ment of Watson's pet law. In every speech, and in every other way, Watson's opponents pointed out that in states adjoining Flori­ da wage rates were still at a fairly high level, but that in Flox'ida take-home pay had been slashed almost in half. That was all that was needed, and as a result the man who had fed at the public trough for many years was retired to private life. In the industrial areas^ espe- J cially in Tampa, Watson was opposed by a coalition of AFL and CIO unions. Hobson's main strength came from the large towns, s where organized labor was able to put on a sustained campaign against Florida's num­ ber one union-buster. -The election of Hobson was a reversal of form. In the first balloting, held on May 25, he polled only 141,888 votes to 226,498 for Watson. This trend was sharply checked by the work of the trade imions, and in the run­ off election, held on June 3, Hob­ son won over Watson by approx-imately 35,000 votes. �•4K-;- - • .M.- Page Two THE SE'4^ A RERS ,L O G '3^11PP- r" V •';v '- Friday, June 11, 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Time To Act It's about high time the Congress of the United States knuckled down to a little piece of legislation that has been hanging fire longer than a sense of decency should permit. This' item of legislation, which has been gathering dust in the hopper for almost a year now, is known as H.R. 4163. It was introduced in the Lower"" House by Representative Weichel of Ohio, Chairman of the Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Committee, on July 11, 1947. I? :Tt was then referred to the Committee on Interstate and • Foreign Commerce—and it hasn't moved since. H.R. 4163 is of particular^ importance to the men who kept the sea-lanes moving with the materials that spelled the difference between victory and defeat for the Allied Nations in World War II, and who now are the backbone of America's important maritime operations. H.R. 4163 is also important to the conscience of a - nation which prides itself for recognizing the contribu­ tions of those who serve it well. There is no excuse for Congress' delay in enacting the law. There's nothing involved about it; the moral justification for its passage has long been established. The bill would simply "authorize medical and hos­ pital service" for any seaman "who has not changed his occupation" and who "by reason of age, unavailability of jobs or disability is not able to work." 'x Hospital Patients When entering the hospited notify the delegates by post' card, giving your names and the number of your ward. Mimeographed postcards can be obtained free at the Social Service desk. • Should this become law, the present strikingly in­ adequate and unfair 90-day limitation on the period in which a seafnan may apply for medical aid under Sec­ tion 2 of the Public Health Service Act would be elimi­ nated. The doors of the Marine Hospitals, closed to the Staten Island Hospital men whose war injuries periodically keep them on the You can contact your Hos­ beach longer than 90 days, and those with illnesses con­ pital driegate at the Staten. These are the Union Brolhers currently in the marine hospitals, Island Hospital at the follow­ tracted at sea but \y^hich do hot erupt until much later, as reported by thie Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging ing times: Would thus be opened without reservation. heavily on their hands. Do what you can to 'cheer them up by Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.!". What is holding up the passage of H.R. 4163 is a writing to them, (on 5th and 6th floors.) sheer mystery. It cannot be money. The billions upon Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. SAVANNAH HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL (on 3rd and 4th floors.) billions which the government is currently spending cer- • J. NEELY D. DE DUISEN Saturday •— 1:30 to 3:30 pan. itainly removes that consideration. W. REYNEN J. PACHECO (on 1st and 2hd floors.) P. FRANKMANIS J. CHAPFIN It can't be the lack of facilities. The Marine Hospi­ TROY THOMAS C. A,.VARRIN tals already exist and there are no indications that they J. J. FERGUSON S. HEIDUCKI C. MASON E. OLSEN G. R. ANDERSON are presently overtaxed. A.MANG G. FINKLEA JAT^. V. ROOMS R. F. BLACK P. LOPEZ • 4 Congress is proud of the fact that it is responsible 4A. LOOPER J. McNEELY for the laws which make this nation the--healthiest- and BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. C. GREEN i I A. JENSBY I the best provided-for medically in the world. So its fail­ M. J. LUCAS V. P. SALLINGS J. L. ROBERTS C. R. GRIMES ure to broaden the present service to seamen certainly THOMAS BRYANT T. ZEMBRZUSki GEORGE CARROLL can't be attributed to that august body's lack of public CHARLES E. BRADY F. NERING W. J. HOULIHAN THOMAS I. JOHNSON consciousness. N. MUTIN V'V. j; R- TUNNELL WILLIAM H. KUMKE E. T. BROWN C. KERRIGAN U Nor can Congress claim that the shortcomings of G. COBBLER H.. CHRISTENSEN D. A. HUTTO W. S. PERRY the present 90-day clause have not been properly exposed. PAUL R. SUHR B. BRAUNINGER EDDIE j. CURRON A. DUDDE The Seafarers International Union has continually con­ A. E. YOUNG . S; W." MARTIN M. F. MORRISON '' demned the inadequacy and. discriminating features of B. J. FREDERICKS J. M; FORD I R: RUPPERT T; R. BROCKLESBY this measure, and it has repeatedly urged that Congress J. W. TAYLOR B. KOSOW J. W. CURRAN JAMES G. JOUT remove them. R. PEPIN - '• • "• "rJ:? Tl' J. TASSIN JOHN W. ALTSTATT G. VECCHIO The SIU intensified its drive to procure a more ade­ WILLIAM T. ROSS W; M. COUSINS S. RIVERA ; 4. 4 4 quate program of medical treatment for seamen when CHARLES L. ATKINS I. B. GRIERSON MOBILE HOSPITAL W. H. RHONE the war left thousands maimed and more thousands suf­ C." FOWLER , J. B. MdGUFFIN A. FLATTE fering, from occupatiqnal_ illnesses in the course of "de­ M. W. SMITH C. B. VEKEN A: C. McALPIN E. GRAHAM livering the goods." THOR THORSEN D. W. MbDOWELL % % X C. H. JONES T. HENDRICKS NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL ' Congress now must bear its share of. the responsibility R. S., COWPERTHWAITE J; W. MACKIE R. BUNCH : for. "delivering the goodsi" It should . pass H.R. 4163— ARTHUR COBB E. LIPARRI r, • ^ R.. A, YEAGER EDWARD :M, DUMES^RE" J. •DENNIS, . , , Ren Now In The MmiM Hos^tak �•I - I Friday. June 11. 1948 T.H E SEAFARERS KEEPING UP THEIR STRENGTH -• •'-is. LOG .Page Three Seafarers Urged Te Donate Bleed Te Aid Men in Marine Hespitais By JOSEPH VOLPIAN . Special Services Representative made, it was believed that some Men who wish to donate blood hard-and-fast program, such as can go to any Marine Hospital. 100 pints a week for the Staten NEW YORK — Tn compliance Island Hospital, 40 pints for New In New York, they can visit the with the vote of the membership Orleans and so forth around the Staten Island Hospital between 9:00 A.M. and 2:30 P.M., and the at the Headquarters meeting in coast, could be set up. proper hours at other hospitals this port June 2, we have made We now find that no such plan can be found easily. a thorough investigation' of the would be practical, and our re­ When you go, make sure that proposal that Seafarers con­ commendation is that Seafarers they know you are there to give tribute regularly to the hard- get actively behind .,a voluntary blood and you will be given pressed bloodbanRs at the Marine plan . priority. The whole procedure. Hospitals. What we have dis­ There are several reasons why takes about two hours, since you Picketing the vast Di Giorgio Farm in California is quite covered is that any contributions no regular schedule of blood con­ must have a physical examina­ a job and it takes plenty of food to keep up the strength of Seafarers can make will save tributions would satisfy the vary­ tion, including a blood test, to ing needs of the hospitals. the strikers. Carloads of food have been donated to the lives. make sure that you are able to In other words, every healthy strikers, members of Local 218. National Farm Labor Union. give blood at all. But they do FOUR TYPES AFL. by many labor organizations and private individuals. Seafarer is urged to visit the Blood comes in four types, and nothing painful. Picture above shows one of the chow wagons, with a crowd nearest Marine Hospital as often those types are not inter-change­ When you leave, be sure that of pickets around, waiting for the hot food to be served. The as feasible to give a pint of blood able. You cannot give blood to you get - a letter certifying that strike is now in its ninth month, and even though the commie- to protect the lives of his fellow your best friend if he is type B you have given blood. Some day dominated CIO Farm Union has tried to disrupt, the Local seamen. and you are type A. A hospital that letter may get you a When this proposition was first might well become over-supplied priority when you need blood 218 people axe holding out steadily. with one- type and be tragically yourself. We're working on such a plan now. short of another. Moreover, blood is highly per­ ishable stuff. It keeps just two (Continued from Page 1) weeks and no longer, and in a slow, week an apparent overcomfort to the American communists were building a supply might go bad, leaving a Trojan Horse, which now threatens all of us. hospital short. This Union's activities in behalf of the embattled In this connection, an actual Stock Exchange employes were not dictated by a foreign blood bank should not be con­ fused with a supply of blood ^ A few weeks ago, Congress en­ power. plasma. Plasma, made from acted a law upping the value ol (Continued from Page 1) blood, is a highly inferior sub­ True, Mr. Hackenburg, what the SIU did was dic­ goods an American resident can can seamen. The Union's repre­ stance. It was useful during the bring through the U.S. Customs tated, but by a power which you may not be able to war when it was the only thing sentative in Washington, Matt­ duty free from JOO dollars to 400 understand. that could be made available at hew Dushane, has appeared in dollars. The men who make up the SeaTarers International battlefronts and remote military behalf of alien seamen before While this well may have been stations. But in more normal Congressional committees, and a desirable measure, there is no Union acted from a compulsion that came from deep times, it is used only in the the waivers granted wartime al­ reason for American merchant within them. They went to the aid of the UFE because direst emergencies when it may ien seamen can be credited in seamen to be excited. The reply of the spirit of trade union solidarity that has made the be better than nothing at all. " great part to the acti-vities of to numerous questions on how SIU a valued friend of honest trade unions and a hated the SIU. OLD TRADITION this affects merchant seamen is and feared enemy of the commie-dominated labor or­ CONGRESS REFUSES Contributing blood to the J:hat it does not affect them Since Congress refuses to act, Marine Hospitals is simple adher­ at all except in special circum- ganization!. ence to that old and respected then the safest thing for aliens , stances. As usual they are at Had the^'SIU been content to stand on the sidelines law of the sea: help those in dis­ to do is to take steps to qualify the bottom of the pile. for citizenship on their own in the fight against commie control of the waterfront, tress. The only occasion on which an This is the ^tradition of the sea hook. The first step in that direc­ then this nation's water borne transportation would be American seaman can bring in from time immemorial. It is tion is to obtain a visa. 400 dollars worth of goods duty completely in the hands of an unscrupulous faction which Once a visa has been obtained, also the tradition of the Sea­ free fs when he can show a clear really takes its orders from the Kremlin. and the man has five years of farers International Union. The and definite intention of leaving discharges from American ships, If Mr. Hackenburg's words had not been so widely contribution of a pint of blood the sea for good—unless he is a he is eligible for citizenship. broadcast, or his position not such as to give his views is just a new way helping those Men who are married passenger. to Am­ in distress. So, the new law is no different wide circulation, his ideas would be no more than laugh­ Right now, the Marine Hospi­ ericans can receive citizenship from the old one which allowed able. But many people have read the Justice's statement, -^4 tals are having a hard time get­ after only two years shipping. a merchant seaman 100 dollars and thereia lies the danger to free trade unions. The tests which have to be ting the blood to use for transfu­ worth of goods duty free—when passed are not difficult. Courses The communists do not have the courage to put sions in operations. Modern sur­ are available in the New York he was leaving the sea for good. geons save thousands of lives by Passengers .get the gravy. their ideas before-the public, for acceptance or rejection. using blood transfusions in a Public Schools, and various ag­ In the near future, legislation They mask their motives behind high sounding phrases, great many kinds of operations. encies thioughout the ^untry may be enacted by Congress ex­ and wait for an opportune time to, institute their ironThe practice is one of the great are glad to be of service to pros­ tending the customs privileges of new developments of surgical pective citizens. merchant seamen and airline per­ landed control. Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia are science. sonnel^ observers say, but seamen jerfect examples, So is Russia, for that matter. WHAT BETTER had better not coimt on it.' What better way for the commies to prepare the Under the new law as it is In most operations, a single now being regulated, an Ameri­ groundwork than deliberately confusing the issues, so pint of blood suffices. In TB can resident may use hi§ 400- that the public does not know which groups believe in and cancer cases, as many as dollar exemption every six democracy and which in dictatorship? three pints are used. Bleeding jmonths. However, seamen can ulcers and many accident cases So the eminent jurist has had his say, and he has also require more than a single You can't expect to see; Sea­ use it only when leaving the sea and-Customs officers a're expected done his part to add to the confusion. He can rave and pint. As a consequence, the farers in action every time you to take a dim view of repeated rant about the red-menace all he wants to, but the com­ Marine Hospitals are large con­ go to the movies, but nowadays you stand a good chance of see­ "retirements." sumers of blood. ing a Seafarer's son. munists will consider him a valued friend as long as he However, the Customs authori­ What better service can any Richard Webb, now playing the ties point out that new customs does their dirty work of smearing the democratic unions Seafarer render other seamen lead in "Isn't It Romantic" with regulations are being written. and placing- them in the same category with those con­ than making a pint of his seafar­ glamorous Mary Hatcher, is the While nobody looks for any seri­ trolled by the communist party machine. ing blood available when needed? son of Seafarer J. R. Webb who ous changes, it may be in-the end joined the SIU in New Orleans in that seamen will not be allowed 1940. the full 400 dollars under any "Isn't It Romantic" a Para­ circumstances. mount production, is Webb's first starring vehicle, but he has ap­ peared in a string of top—flight pictures and you can count on Adding weight to the Union's available at the time the LOG seeing more of him. (Continued from Page 1) If you have a beef or a operators as to the importance of demands is the fact that a $10.00 went to press. A full report of He will be seen with Bing problem when you're on the the Union Hiring Hall. Backed Strike Assessment, to be used in the Negotiating Committee will Crosby in the picture "Connecti­ West Coast, contact SIU. up by a united membership, the event the operators do not be carried in next week's edition cut Yankee," which will be re­ A8EG District Hq„ 105 Mar­ which will fight for this prin­ agree to the Hiring Hall, was of the LOG. leased in the near future. His ket Street. The telephone ciple, the Committee is deter­ voted recently by the member­ Members of the Negotiating recent pictures include "OSS" in number is - DOuglas 2-5475. mined not to accept ai^thing less ship by a better than ten-to-one which he played with Alan Ladd Committee are Paul'Hall, Robert Drop in between ships, and than what has already been won majority. and Geraldine Fitzgerald; and through years of hardship and Another meeting was held- on Matthews, Lindsey Williams, Ray "The Big Clock" with Ray Milget acquainted. struggle. ' June 10, but details were .-not White, and Joe Algina. land and Elsa Lancaster. ... New Customs Law Only For Passongors Commies' Little Helper House Group Kills Alien Seumen Bill Seafarer's Sen Gets Leading Role In Hoiiywood Mevie On The Coast Union Hiring Hall Must Be Maintained In Next Agreement, SIU Tells Shipowners •• �I ' w.- ^ - '"1^ %.«• T H E S E AF A R E R^ L O a ^ Page Four F^ay,' Juna 11, l'#4# Sit added to the company fleet-— three new, sleek passenger ves­ sels, the Del Norte, Del -Mifr and Del Sud. Built specially. for'the Delta Line, the., new passengercargo.., vessels are 494 feet long and cruise at 18 knots. The ships are afr-conditioned throughouti. including crew's quarters. Hiich-ship has accom­ modations for 119 passengers and among the features is a' new' method of disposing of smoke and gases through a stack simi­ lar in appearance to a kingpost. The huge teardrop stack is only a front and contains offi­ cers' quarters and radio rooms. The- vessels are also equipped with radar and radio direction finders. The ships, the finest to ever operate on the South American run, are capable of making the trip from New Orleans to Rio. de Janeiro in fourteen days, and to Buenos Aires in nineteen > days. The company has arranged 47 day cruises for the vessels in an itinerary which calls for stops at Rio, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires southbound, and . Santos and Rio northbound. While the company stresses trade to South America, "it alsU operates ships on Service No. 2 of Trade Route No. 14 be­ tween United States Gulf ports and the West Coast of Africa. The company operates three-C-l. / type vessels with 'sailings once a month. To better acquaint the SIU inembership with the ships they. sail' and the SIU con­ tracted companies behind them, a series of short articles on these companies and their ships is being run in the LOG. Some of the companies have long and interesting records in American maritime history —some of that history was made with SlU crews aboard the ships. Last year one of the top tunes on the nation's juke boxes was "There's An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil." It took Tin Pari Alley and Frank Sinatra a long time to discover what the Mississippi Shipping Company has known for over a quarter of a century. They've been hauling the stuff out of Brazil in their ships since 1919, and are stjll going strong with no exhaustion of the popu­ The Del Mar. launched-in June, 1947, is one of the compan/'s three ultra-modem passen­ lar bean in sigfit. ger-cargo vessels. The teardrop stack is just for sho'W, ^e smoke actually passes out through In fact, Mississippi's Delta Line the two slim stacks directly behind. " ' . is referred to as "The Coffee Fleet." The company earned the name by pioneering in the trade the Mississippi Shipping Com- Business picked up steadily International Union, which had from the low of 1921 and in signed a contract with the com­ between the Gulf and Brazil at Pany in 1919the end of the First World War, The company adopted the 1931 the company entered the pany in 1938. to South Am­ The entrance • of the United «hd for years carried more coffee trade name Delta 'Line, which passenger field erica with the sailing of the States into the war saw the re­ than any other fleet in the is denoted on the company's world. house flag by a triangle, the Delnprte — forerunner of the moval of all Mississippi vessels present Del Norte—which had from the hands of the company, Prior to Mississippi's entrance Greek letter "Deltaic or "D." accommodations for 28 passen­ which operated them for the into the South American trade, The first sailing of a' Delta gers. War Shipping Administration. there was no regular steamship Line ship was the SS Bound During this period the company She was followed by the DelBrook, which carried about 4100 service from Gulf of Mexico ports to the East Coast of South tons of cargo to Rio de Janeiro sud, Delmundo, and DelvaUe, purchased .five C-2 cargo ships DUE TO GROW all vessels of the same type, and these, likewise, were ope­ and Santos. America. rated for the account of the War except that the last two had At present the company's fleet Occasionally a ship left the A short time later the com­ accommodations for 38 passen­ Shipping Administration until consists of 14 company-owned •"Gulf for Argentina carrsdng pany acquired the Lake Fongers. the summer of 1946, when they vessels and three chartered ships. tanet, a jmall coal burner with a cargo capacity of -about 3200 In 1940, the company further were turned over to. the com­ With the' ever-growing trade to increased its passenger ship ope­ pany for private operation. South America and the gradual tons. rations when it acquired the expiansion of New Orleans as a ; In the fall of 1920 the com­ HEAVY OPERATORS port to the south, Mississippi pany was assigned the Hog Is­ Delbrasil, Delorleans, and Deltaa lander Lorraine . Cross, the first rgentino. Each of these ships At the peak period during the operations will undoubtedly ex­ of many Hog Islanders allocated carried 63; passengers and 6500' war, Mississippi operated a to­ pand rather than lessen in this tal of fifty-six ships of all types, postwar preriod. to the line for operation on its tons of » cargo. ' losing but five to enemy action. The present company ships are trade route. SIU CONTRACT Three were sunk in the Carib­ Del Norte, Del Sud and Del' During this period of active trading with South America the Thus, as the war in Europe bean and two in the North At­ Mar, all C-3-P Cargo-Passenger company also operated ships to came closer to our shores, the lantic. A sixth ship, the Charles ships; Del Aires, Del Alba, Del Europe for the United States Mississippi Shipping Company's Henderson, was lost through an ^onte, Del Santos and Del Shipping Board. Ships sailed to fleet consisted of three C-3-P explosion at Bari, Italy on April Valle, all C-2s; and Del Campo, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Copen­ passenger-freight vessels, four 9, 1945. The cause of the ex­ Del Mundo, Del Oro, Del Rio, hagen, Gothenburg and Baltic Hog Island freight-passmger plosion has never been deter­ Dei Sol and Del Viento, " all type vessels and three Hog Is­ mined. C-ls. The. three chartered ships — ports. . land freighters, by this time all The resumption of peacetime are the Brazil Victory, Cuba ATLANTIC RUN were contracted to the Seafarers operations saw something new Victory and Tulane Victory. In 1921, when the European service was realigned, the Mis­ sissippi Company was awarded The company's stack has two the French Atlantic * Antwerp green stripes around a yellow range. In this trade the com­ t>---..§tripe. colors taken from the pany operated under the name Off the Mississippi Valley Euro­ national flag of Brazil. The pean Line and continued this lop of the stack is black and operation until 1930, wheh the the boftom is buff. The com- Government put the • route up itV ~ pany's flag is green with a for sale. It was bought by Lykes yellow triangle, the symbol for Brothers Steamship Company. Like most companies; Missis­ "delta" or "D" in the Greek sippi had its ups and downs. alphabet. About the time of the depression period of 1921, Europe had re­ covered from the war sufficient­ lumber, agricultural machinery ly to reenter trading -\vith Latin and rosin, but there was nothing America^ Duo to this, exports which pretended to be a regu­ from the United States to Brazil lar service. and Argentina showed a consid­ Most of the trade between the erable slump. Gulf and South America was SUFFERED SLUMP conducted by European vessels making a triangular run from At one period, in 1921, south­ 1^ Europe to South America and bound freight was so scarce that dSfeW Orleans. there was an interval of over two months between sailings COMPANY FORMED from New Orleans to Brazil. In 1920, the company had Sensing a trend toward in.cfleased trade between our sou­ maintained three sailings a Mississippi's Del Sud, having compleled her 47 day cruise : to South-America, ha^ dis- ;. thern ports- and those along the month, and prior to the out­ charged her passengers and here is unloadirg her coffee .cargo in New Orleans, the company's East Coast of South America, break of World War II the com­ home port. The ships haye seven holds with a capacity of 457,700 cubic feet of gener^ cargo pany at times had four or five a group of New Orleans business space .and,..61,400 cubic, .feet ofrefrigerated .cargo space., tiily. men got together and formed I sailings monthly.. .• >, > ( r - . . �>»J "*• ^•^^^W^'''^WW£\^W:^-AF,AReXS L^Q Friday. JuAe >11, M48 Page Five V Sbowriown (hi ttnemployment Pay fw Seamen Is Due In JUahama ^ By CAL TANNER MOBILE — For years , we've battled the shipowners for every buck we got from them, and now they're making us fight for every dollar the State Unemployment Compensation Board gives out to seamen in unemployment benefits. • In this matter, however, we , sdon't intend to go on for years haggling over payments to sea­ men. We are appearing before the Boai^ every week in behalf of the membership here, but in the near future we expect the whole matter of unemployment benefits to go to the Supreme Court for a final and binding decision. In the meantime, we are bat­ tling it out on a local level. Last :week we were involved in 49 appeal cases, and succeeded in getting the companies to drop t|?v7ir charges in about six or -.s^^en of the cases. The rest will continue to go through the channels of the courts until .a final decision is rendered. The six or even men knocked off the list this week will start drawing their money immediately. crew's eager response was music to the ears of the organizers, so we expect to have something good to report on this by next week. ON THE SS DEEPWATER HAPPY HOLIDAY It's a l^tle late to call it spot news, but Memorial Day was weU celebrate^ here in the Hall. The doors were open for the regular holiday hours, and from all reports everyone bad a big time. We've been encouraging the membership to make suggestions for the improvement of, the Hall. While the response has been slight to date," we expect the ideas to start coming in soon. A.11 of them will be consider­ ed and put to the membership when time comes to make the improvements. We have a good sized rapair list taking shape, and we want to be sure we have everything listed when we give the "go ahead" signal. Seafarers Find Port Baltimore In Poor Shape By WILLIAM RENTZ BALTIMORE—The past week was one of the slowest this port has experienced in the memory ol most men on the beach. We handled but three payoffs and one sign-on. Shipping can't get much worse than this. This vessel, formerly the SS John H. Marion, was crewed by the Union, on the West Coast. It is the first of U.S. Water­ ways' Liberty tankers, and is already on the high seas- to Curacao. Weather Warm, Bat New York Shipping Cool As a result of the poor ship­ ping the Baltimore is groaning at the seams with men waiting for jobs. At last week's meeting we had almost 500 men. Our only hope is a sudden boom in shipping or a lot of calls from other ports for men. Neither of these, however, is an immediate prospect. The ships in for payoffs were the Oremore, Ore Line; Messmar, Calmer, and Yugoslavia Vic­ tory, Isthmian. The Yugoslavia Victory took on a new crew for our sign-on of the week. In transit we had a large num­ ber of ships in from the Gulf area. Most of them wore Alcoa scows. They hit the port on their way north but rarely needed re­ placements. all marine hospitals so men be­ ing admitted can notify the Un­ NEW YORK—Maybe the ope­ ion at once. COMPANY WILL APPEAL rators around here expect the These p^ostcards will make it If a man gets off the ship for waterfront to be tied up come easier for the Special* Services medical reasons, or if the ship June 15, and have diverted their Department to keep track of the is laying-up, we have no trouble ships to foreign ports. Anyway, members in the hospitals and see in collecting — but in all other the good shipping this port en­ that they receive their benefits. joyed for the -past weeks has Sometimes in the past, men piddled out to a trickle. Another loss will be Robin's have called the Hall to report 1 WAWT MV/ For the first time in quite "V^irginia City "Victory, which their presence in the hospital S / awhile We have plenty of rated came in and paid off this week. and the information has not been men waiting for jobs along with SKIPPER SKIPPED She was replaced by a company forwarded to the correct depart­ the usual number of unrated purchased vessel. ment. The postcard should" elim­ Of the three payoffs, that of men. Right now the feeling inate this. the Massmar was the only one among the membership seems DOWN TO AN ART to produce a beef. When" the , to be "Grab a ship—any kind."DIRECT WIRE We had several other payoffs time came "for the ship to payoffSome of those ships available Another means of making the Captain was nowhere, to be and sign ons. The Patrolmen in New York this week were the handled them all with dispatch. things easier for the member­ found. So, for three days the. Steel Worker, which paid off It's become an art, this matter of ship would be for crewmembers ship was tied up, the Captain clean; the John B. Waterman handling beefs, straightening out calling the Hall for a Patrolman finally returning to take care of, and Topa Topa, both of which books and seeing that everyone to . ask the operator who takes the payoff as his job requires. were easy task^ for the Patrolis happy at the payoff—and one your call for. "6th Floor Coun­ The crew then went ahead ,and m^. The Waterman had a few cases the company will make an the Patrolmen have mastered. ter." paid off. minor beefs and "the Topa Topa appeal and carry the matter to The call will then go right There is quite a bit of talk Incidentally, summer weather was right up to her reputation the courts. is here in the big city with the tc the Patrolmen and save the around the port over the possi­ of "being always a clean ship. caller telling his story half a bilities of the NMU hitting the It's becoming a real headache The Sea Trader, Mar Trade, result that the Patrolmen have switched to summer attire, short dozen times to everyone from bricks on June 15. Naturally, to the seamen deserving of un­ sleeves, panama hats and air- the bookkeeper to the doorman'. all the men are anxious to see employment pay, and- we'll be One last matter before closing the NMU retain the hiring haai conditioned shoes. Regular fash­ happy when the courts jnake a up shop for the week— I and rotary shipping. What hapion plates. ruling. Several of the lower On tankers, when overtime is pens to the NMU in a couple of court decisions have been in our Another , new feature around received for work after 5 P.M.{weeks may set the stage for us favor, so we stand a good j the New York Hall is the show­ and before "8 A.M., the overtime j when oui" contracts expire in chance of winning when we ap- R||t fiTdlll CflrSOCS ing of regular full-length movies, pear before the Supreme Court.' O complete with sound. The show should be divided equally with-^ July^ . i MONTREAL—This port is in out any squabbling. The crew| A lot of things can develop The slow shippihg in thisTfort , , , „„„„ , ,1 so bad a slump that utter econshould be able to get together, out of this. The government may at present makes us very anx,. , -n u ,.1, and rotate the watch without.'step in with injunctions, thanks ious to set a clear nict^e of disaster wiU be- the result 1 + u w uif things don't take a turn for having to call the Hall for as- to the Taft-Hartley Law. They unemployment benefits. We ship® u- • ^ • i ,4,. <1 ..I the better, shipping officials do­ sistance. puUed it on Lewis and the railped 98 bookmen and 35 permit-' ^ e, The Union fought long and roads so there is no sense in our men last week, but that kill;^ hard for after-homs overtime so thinking we arc exceptions. At left a large number of men' One trouble is that the MarUnion men should be able to' any rate, what happens in the waiting on the beach. shall Plan, which was supposed work out a matter like this next few weeks will be very in. „ „ , , , to stimulate things here as well The payoffs totalled four: WUd^gg the States, has not yet among themselves. Iteresting. Ranger and Hastings, Waterman; started. Another trouble is the Roamer and Runner, Alcoa. I . ^j^ortage of foreign Sign-ons were Wild Ranger and'gj^gj^ange, which means a shortWarrior, Waterman; and Roamdollars. er, Alcoa. These ships left for ' The waterfront i? quieter than starts every Saturday about Japan, Puerto Rico and the The membership of the Seafarers Internaiional Union has it has beep at any time since noon with a different picture Bauxite Trail rcspectiveljf. consistently reaffirmed its position that gear-grabbers can't be the depression year 1936. The weekly, plus a newsrcel. good'Union men. Any individual who stoops to pilfering gear Last week it was "South of other day, there were -only 31 PLENTY OF MEN such as coffee percolators, linens, etc.. which are placed aboard " « • ^ , vessels in port compared to 50 Tahiti" and the week before it SlU-contracted ships for the convenience of all hands, is, above Prospects for the next week the-same date in 1947. was "Jack London," with Mich­ all, guilty of a malicious disregard of his shipmates' welfare. look a wee dab better, with both j Normally, two of the big ship- ael O'Shea in the title role. of the big companies h^re-Alcoa companies here have 36 Crew conveniences on most SIU ships today are not there If you haven't anything to do ' and Waterman-scheduling sev-^^^^gg longshoremen working tliese summer Saturday after­ by accident. They are there because of the Union's successfullyeral payoffs and sign-ons. How-. gQ men to the gang, noons, come on down to the Hall fought struggles to bring greater benefits and comforts and to ever, we have a big shipping Last week, the'same two com-; and see a free show. provide decent conditions for the membership while out at sea. list and ^will be able to* handle panics had nobody working on These hard-won conveniences are for the benefit of ALL POSTCARDS READY anything that comes up. ,the , docks at all. HANDS. They ARE NOT, to be appropriated by any individual For the benefit of Seafarers We had a new tanker hit port The only thing that is inovfor his' own personal use. Violators of the membership's wel­ last week and the Organizers ing out of h^re is grain. If the entering the marine hospitals fare'vrill,be dealt with in accordance with.the firm stimd taken covered her with a blanket of grain rate drops the port will the Special Services Department repeatejdly by Seafarers .in all ports. is placing prepared postcards in organizational ./literature. 'The,be dead.^ By JOE ALGINA paid off with little difficulty as did the hibnroe. Bull Line. Even the Alcoa Cavalier paid off with no difficulty. That's not Unusual anymore. She has become one of the cleanest ships afloat, thanks to a conscientious crew. It's too bad we're scheduled to lose her in a few weeks. Slump Hits Montreal As Nothing Moves Gear-Grabbers Hurt Union �T BE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six fe-'- '. • " ' ''A:" FMdaty. June 11. 1948 Jva-;-. Philly Gets Pleasant Surprise: Shipping Is On The Rise Again ONLY A SHORT TRIP By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER gl-r-V. *• PHILADELPHIA — We are happy to report that shipping has been very good in this port for the past week, despite our gloomy prediction. Moreover, shipping , continues good as we write this, and we hope it's going to keep on that way. Everybody is happy when there are a few payoffs and a lot - of jobs on the board. That is everybody is happy but the poflr Dispatcher. Sometimes, lately, he has had to have ABs or Oilers or Firemen right away, and we have seen him set out on a dreary round of the neighborhot spots to plead "Won't you please take this job?" Too often the answer has been, "Go away, the beer is cold, it's the ninth inning and the score is tied three-to-three. Go away!" We imagine that he's been heard muttering in his sleep, "Two ABs, three FWTs, where are they?" business, and these days too much stress cannot be placed on the activities of our Organizers, including the volunteer rankand-file organizers. They're bringing those ships under the SIU banner. We also paid off the SS Maiden Creek, a Waterman C-2 in from a long run to the Far East. She was a pleasant surprise. We boarded her expecting most any­ thing since her Master was none other than — yes, you guessed right—Morgan Hiles. SMOOTHING OUT Well, we don't know what's come over him. Maybe he's get­ ting old, or getting religion. At any rate, it was a smooth payoff. What little disputed overtime we found we squared away very easily. There were some logs Despite ikp 'When the SS Southland was at sea a few days, returning from a'recent trip to Europe, four stowaways were found. One had hidden himself in the Smokestack. As soon as they were found, arrangements were made to transfer them to a vessel heading for Le Havre. These pictures were taken by Seafarer George Meaney. who was a workaway passenger on the Southland. Top picture shows the stowaways as they got into the lifeboat, and the bottom picture shows the lifeboat pulling away from the side. Within a short while the unfortunate stowaways were abdard a ship bound east for France and their short trip was drawing to a close. LONG DAY'S WORK We paid off the SS Alexandra, a Carras tanker that the organi­ zers brought into the Union f<Jd a few months ago. Paying her off and squaring her beefs proved to be quite a task, the Patrolman and the Agent being aboard her from nine a.m. until 10 p.m. on the crew, but the Shipping But it was worth it. New com­ Commissioner would not handle panies will become accustomed in time to the SIU way of doing them since they were against men who took days off without per­ mission from department heads. As we said, it was a pleasant surprise to pay off the Maiden Creek without trouble, after what we expected. The pride and joy of the Waterman brass is still not the best Skipper afloat from the viewpoint of seamen, BOSTON—The Eastern Steam­ but he is far from the riproaring, ship Company is suing the U.S. hell-raising bucko of old. Government for $5,000,000 plus OWN BEEF cost^ and interest in Federal We can't wind up this weekly Court here, charging that the I tale without airing a beef of our Maritime Commission failed to own. This is it: ' return its 18-year old liner, the We had a Meseck tug in here SS Acadia, in proper operating and couldn't get men to take all condition after the ship's release the jobs on her. Those who did go aboard worked a day and from war duty. quit. The Skipper told me the The Acadia was used as a hos­ i story was the same all along the pital ship during the war. Us- i coast, and that he had been held der the contracts by which the , up in nearly every port by men Maritime Commission at the be­ quitting. ginning of the war took over privately owned ships, the ves­ This is definitely • a bad situa­ sels were to be returned in pre­ tion, one that puts the SIU in a war condition. If they weren't, ' very poor position. Of course, e Government was supposed to there are some jobs better than put up the money to recondition thos^ on tugs, but the latter are I jobs that take up a lot of slack them. Eastern claims that the Acadia in a period of tough shipping. was forcibly returned to them So take them. A word to permitmen: One last year in no condition to be operated. Some shipping people way you can prove to everybody say that the root of the dispute !that you are a good potential is that ship standards are higher bookman is by taking some of now than before the Maritime these less desjrable jobs on orCommission took the ship over, 'ganized ships, and jobs on un­ thus changing the standards organized ships. which she must meet before go­ That's the way you permitmen ing back into service. can build up the SIU into an Regardless of the legal merits even better and bigger maritime of either view, the 6,185-ton Aca­ union than it is today. dia, which can accommodate 740 That's all for now, except to passengers, has been lying idle in say that the Philadelphia beer Hampton Roads. Meanwhile, the fact that the and the Philadelphia Athletics U.S. is desperately short of pas­ are still up there. Adios, amigos. senger tonnstge is in'the news­ (Ed. Note: Brother GardneiKs papers every day. What is more, three hundred jobs that Sea­ report must have been writ­ farers should be holding down ten . before the Cleveland Inon the Acadia are non-existent. I dians invaded Shibe Park.) Eastern Sues US for Damages To SS Atatlia !-• Paper Cargoes KeepDropping One American export that can be expected to drop off steadily despite the Marshall Plan is pa­ per, according to leaders in the paper industry. ' . The export market in paper, built" up during the war, haS; been getting smaller during the past year, and the continued re­ fusal of many countries to li­ cense dollar payments for paper will force the paper'export rate down still further, the spokes­ men believe. The Marshall Plan probably will result in restoring and strengthenirif^ the paper-making capacity of many European countries, and American export­ ers will not benefit from the Plan at all, although exporters in other fields will continue to benefit greatly. If other 'cargoes more than make up for paper, American seamen will not feel the loss. Barriers against American pa­ per are maintained these days by India, Australia and Argen­ tina among others. India along with China, South Africa, -the Middle East and the nations of South America have been the principal buyers of American paper cargoes. The Sea Is A Relentless Mistress ter is revealed; he'll risk his life ,up' to find that I'm broke. Then for yours, let you borrow his there is nothing left for me to Underneath its tawdry and clean shirt, or give you a buck do except catch another ship." expensive gayiety New York is to get your watch out of hock. ON THE BUM one of the loneliest spots on this I Out at sea, among men who earth. Amusements are, abund­ feel the same way, a fellow leads Sometimes, though, the lone­ liness ashore' gets the best of a ant—if you can afford them— ' a clean life. No one out .there man. He becomes a beachcomber but even the veneer of , pur­ to try to swindle you out of the —a derelict with no port of call.' little money you* do have—^no gin chased glamour wears thin when mills to lure you off the path— you are alone. none of that eippty loneliness Hundreds or even thousands you feel in port. of miles from home, the seaman For a seaman that is the only becomes the loneliest of all in life—hard work, good food, and this roaring metropolis; every­ nothing ekcept the wind and one is ip too much of a hurry, waves to betray him. rushing around on meaningless THE WAY IT GOES errands, to make friends with him. I ' A Swedish seaman -dilce paint­ The only people interested Jn ed a vivid picture to me of what a seaman are those who think happens when he hits the beach they may get a little of the mon­ after a long trip: ey in his pocket. While the "I come ashore thinking I am money lasts, the leaches are going to stay just a few days, Like the once proud ships he steadfast and true, constantly by to rest up from my trip, then sailed, he lies rotting at hia catch another ship. |berth, bumming nickels for beer or cheap alcohol. • "The firsL few days I go to. see movies until I can't sit any­ The object of people's scorn. more; I walk until I'm tired; I He wants no sympathy—just a little booze so that he may once 'read until my eyes water. mbre relive the days of his "Suddenly there is nothing youth when he was handsome, else for me to do except think strong; and shipping out to all —think about my home, family,' the strange ports on the seven 'friends whom I'll probably not seas. see in years. CALM HARBOR BRIGHT LIGHTS Eventually he finds a calm, "Qne day, strolling down the quiet harbor in some unmarked street, I happen to pass a bar. grave near the sea that he "^'al­ his side—^when he is broke, they" There are bright neon . lights, ways loved in his own strgnge exciting music from a juke box, way. / no longer recognize him. and maj'be a couple of girls. This then is the seaman: ip- ;, | PROTECTIVE COVERING 'Why not go in and have a dustrious and sober at sea, lone- • beer?' I ask myself. Landsmen sometimes consider ly and sometimes drunken » a seaman to be coarse and "I have one. It tastes good, so ashore. Condemn him, society, rough. The coarseness is really I have another. After the fourth i if you wish; but no pity, please, , camouflage for the loneliness he I say, 'What the hell, this is the for that is what happens to all feels; the roughness is protection life for me; how did I ever miss' who are betrothed to such .a against shysters. this place?'- Two weeks later, j jealous and unrelenting .-mistress •: after constant drinking, I wake, as—The Sea. , Aboard ship his true charac-, By JESSE A. MILLER F • . U �Friday^ JuiMT'lfc lWa ^ H E^S'E'A'F A-R Em S NORFOLK — Chairman Sleely While. 56; Recording Secretary Ben Rees, 95; Reading Clerk James Baker, 44348. M Jo Jme 1 PORT Minutes of all branches read and accepted. Norfolk financial report read and accepted as was the report of the SecretaryTreasurer. West Coast and Great Lakes minutes to be filed. Agent and Patrolman reported. Said shipping was tough and was ex­ pected to be tough through the immediate future. Many of the ' boys are broke in this port, and would be having a bad time if it were not for the SiU's little - stewpot. If luck holds, however, nobody will starve between now - and the time shipping picks up. Meanwhile, what sign-ons and payoffs there have been in this port have been accomplished - with minimum of difficulties. Several members took the deck ;?under Good and Welfare to dis- cuss matters of general interest. At this point, a minute af silence was observed for departed. Bro•.thers. One man obligated. There were 327 members present at the meeting. t 4 SAVANNAH—Chairman E. B. McAuley, 26081: Recording Sec­ retary S. Heinfling, 5366; Reading Clerk C. Starling, 6920. Is:: m Page Seren LO G REG. ENG. J /22_..a3 227 64 186 " 72 49 17,» 103 195 76 13 1,044 42 247 68 115 64 36 15 104 130 41 10 872 REG. STWDS. 40 227 47 84 31 35 13 ,101 133 41 7 759 TOTAL REG. SHIPPED DECK 124 701 179 385 167 120 45 308 458 158 30 2,675 9 189 85 207 84 13 14 70 220 51 15 957 SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL ENG. STWDS. SHIPPED 21 640 192 469 194 ^ 26 44 190 468 , 118 36 The first order of business was 2,398 , the obligating of the following men: R. Mursell, R. Scott, CNOTE: A&G men shipping on the West Coast are not included in this report. Copper, F. Boracz, J. Splunter, D. Garrigues, G- Skyllberg, R. PHILADELPHIA — Chairman C. S. Williams, 35; elected to Mitchell, F. Harris, O. Farrara, J. were 91 men present, all book­ Motions R. Gates. J!5128; Recording. Secre­ serve on committee. Agent Sim­ Waitt, J. C. Hanson. men. carried to accept minutes of all tary R. W. Pohle. 46826; Reading mons reported port as running 4. 4. t branch meetings except three smoothly and shipping much im­ Clerk W. Gardner, 42941. ports. Voted to nonconcur with GJ^VESTON — Chairman proved. SS Florida's return to Philadelpljia minutes read and that part of New York minutes Frenchy Michelet. 21184; Record­ accepted. Non-concurrence voted operations helped clear the beach concerning shipping; voted to-; ing Secretary Keith Alsop. 7311; with New York and Galveston of many men. nonconcur with that part of Reading Clerk Val James. 7603. minutes. All other branch min­ NEW ORLEANS^— Chairman Philadelphia minutes concerning utes accepted, as were minutes Galveston minutes and finan­ of all special meetings. Great Earl Sheppard. 203; Secreiary Baltimore minutes; voted to noncial report read and accepted. Lakes and SUP minutes to be Johnny Johnston, 53; Reading concur with that part of Savan­ nah minutes concerning the ship­ Secretary-Treasurer's report read posted. Agent's report read and Clerk Buck Slepheils. 76. ping of stewards. Motion carried and accepted. Quarterly Finance accepted. Motion by Bronson, Charges read against book- all ship's minutes go to the Editor Committee's report read and ac­ seconded by Karlunas, that men member. Man to face trial com­ of the SEAFARERS LOG. Agent cepted. Headquarters report to be allowed to ship in all ratings. mittee for investigation. Minutes reported the port as running the membership read and ac­ Moved by Pohle, seconded by of other branches read, accepted. smoothly. Dispatcher reported cepted. Minutes of other branches Healy, that motion be tabled. Agent Sheppard reported ship­ the theft of the Hall radio. New read and accepted. Great Lakes, • Savannah minutes read and ac­ West Coast and special minutes Secretary - Treasurer's financial ping as being very good and business: Motion carried that the cepted. Voted to read only new to be filed. Agent's,. Patrolman's report and report to the mem­ ships paying off in good shape. , business from other branches All and Dispatcher's' reports were ac­ bership read and accepted.- Dis­ Only beef in port being aboard patcher's and Patrolman's re­ the Del Oro, which sailed short branch minutes accepted except cepted. One man" obligated. Boston and New York in part. Voted that Cook should be al-r' ports read and accepted. Eight on stores. Reported the' death Voted non-concurrence with that lowed to sail as Steward' if he 'men obligated. One man or­ of Brother Charles G. Stevens, dered" before a trial committee. oldtimer around the gulf. Brother has had three years as. Third Minute of silence for departed Stevens fell from the mast of the Cook or as Second Cook and Brothers. There were 125 . mem­ Del Oro and was killed. Recom­ Baker, or one year as Chief bers present. mended that, committees be Agent get a new radio for the Cook. Minute of silence for de­ elected for the trying of men Hall. One mjnute of silence in 4. 3^ 4^ parted Brothers. Under Good SAN JUAN ~ Not enough found defacing new Hall, if such mernory of departed Brothers. and Welfare, extended discussion members on the beach for a occurs. Recommended that men 426 members present. of necessary qualifications for regular meeting. Committee promoted at sea during, an emer­ ft ft ft Steward's rating. There were elected to audit the books, bills gency step down at end of trip NEW YORK —Chairman John part of Boston minutes calling 101 members present. and receipts. Committee elected: for man holding rating. Brother Axabasz, 29836; Recording Secre­ for shipping only twice a <lay, ,4" 4" 4" George Litchfield, 44794; Juan C. Sheppard's report accepted. Trial tary Freddie Stewart, 4935; and with that part of New York Cordero, 44118; L. Calderon, committee reported on a num­ Reading Clerk Robert Matthews, -Chairman SAN FRANCISCOminutes calling for registration 2424; Robert Rivera, 25280; Juan ber of men desiring to come out 154. in only one job. Great Lakes A. S. Cardullo. 24599; Recording Sanchez, 30284; Juan Maldonado, of retirement. All approved. Un­ and SUP minutes to be posted Secretary Al Bernstein, 21065; All minutes of other branch 2765. Committee later reported der obligations, the following and filed Secretary-Treasurer's Clerk R. H. High, 24326. meetings -read and accepted ex­ men took the Union Oath: R. O. all in order and was dismissed report heard and accepted. Spears, R. M. Boyd, A. Patingo, cept for a motion to non-conSan Francisco minutes, ac­ with a vote of thanks. Agent's report heard and ac­ E. P. Vanney, A. A. McCon- cur with that part of Savannah 4> ft 4cepted. Agent said two ships cepted. Minutes of all branches MOBILE—Chairman J. Parker, athy, V, L, Byers, E. Painter, F. proceedings recommending a tenpaying off headed, for boneyard.' read and accepted. Reports of dollar fine for men failing to turn One out of next three will do [ West Coast Representative, Pa- 160; Secreiary C. L. Slringfellow, C. King and G. E. Rouse. Good in room keys to Delegate when and Welfare: Much discussion re­ same. After that, port hopw to, trolmen and %eretary-Treasurer Reading Clerk H. J. Fischer. garding taking care of the new leaving ship. A motion was of-r hold its own. Had to turn per­ read and accepted. Motion by Minutes of other branches read, Hall. Members ui-ged to make fered asking that future negotiat­ mits away from meeting for lack Roy Pierce, seconded by several, accepted and filed. Agent'.s re­ less talk in gin . mills and on ing committee try to procure New business: of adequate room. However, that any SlU, A&G—contracted port accepted. street cornei-s and more in the inner spring mattresses aboard new Hall has been found and ship paying off on the West Motion carried to instruct the Union Hall. One minute of si­ all SIU ships. Motion was with­ will be leased if membership ap- Coast should have an SIU, A&G agent to purchase 25 additional drawn when it was pointed out proves. Two men who stood by j District representative present at chairs so the entire membership lence for Brothers lost at sea. that negotiating committee al­ on SS Southstar can get disputed,the payoff, regardless of how far can be seated. Men obligated: 270 members present. ready has made this one of its ft ft ft jneals and lodging, plus a day's north or south the payoff port; Ray Murphy, M. V. Luther, M. objectives. A motion carried BOSTON — Chairman John J. pay, if they write South Atlantic and that SUP outports be asked Darawich, R. G. Long, E. C. urging that something be done Megan, 216; Recording Secretary company. The SS Willard that to inform the A&G San Francisco Pittman, I. F. McGowan, C. C. about procuring shore leave in_ Eugene Dakin, 180; Reading paid off gets vote of thanks from branch of prospective A&G pay- Rayford, B. L. Brannan, N. C. Ras Tanura, or that some re-, Clerk D. Sheehan. 22856. branch, it being a sweet payoff. ^ offs; ports of particular interest Bernard, W. F. Paschal, W. M. creational facilities be established Dispatcher's report accepted, being Wilmington, Portland and McNeil and W. H. Holliday. 155 Minutes of previous meetings at.the dock-heads so that crew­ Moved by Nicholson, seconded by Seattle. Motion by Abbey, sec- men present. Special meeting in other branches read and ac­ men will not be confined for Lawtoh, to ask yvhy Norfolk is onded by several, that Union called earlier for the purpose cepted. Election of committee to long periods of time while in pulling bookmen off ships after Delegates not hesitate to bring of getting the membership's hear excuses and report back to that area. Motion was adopted one round trip. Amended by j anybody, A&G or SUP, rank- views on rider being attached meeting. Acting Agent gave ver­ recommending that at some Lawton, with several seconds, to and-filer or official, up on to articles of ships going to Far bal i-eport. He discussed beef on future date a committee be say that any branch violating charges, if person, is trying to East and back to the Coast. Mo­ SS Yarmouth, which during the elected to study the possibilities shipping rules should be dis­ discredit Union or any part of it tion by E. A. Patterson that on time it was in drydock had no of a credit union. Under Good ciplined. Carried with amend; in. any way. Motion by Jpyner, all ships sailing to Far East and hot water or heat. Only the- and Welfare: Several matters of ment. Moved by" Frifcks, seconded seconded ^ by several, that differ- back to West Coast the rider, be Deck Department submitted beef interest and benefit to the Union by - several, and, carried that j ences • between A&G and West changed to , list specifically a in regulation manner. Union were discussed. The practice of . Agent be em'powered to sign .Coast shipping rules be - ironed final port in the Gulf or East forced company to make pay­ men taking jobs and then not lease on new Hall. Voted fine out. Several matters of general Coast. Discussion opened, fol­ ment, after which Stewards De­ showing up was condemnea. of $100 against Brother who interest discussed under Good lowing which motion was passed partment came to Union Hall and Shipboard cleanliness was showed up drunk at meeting and and Welfare, notably the fine unanimously. asked that their money be col­ stressed. Several brothers spoke tore up his book when refused new Halls in Philadelphia and lected. It was pointed out to about men returning keys' to ft ft ft admittance. Previous. good rec­ New Orleans, the excellence of TAMPA — No regular meeting them that they had failed to their foc'sles to heads of depart­ ord kept penalty from being the Building Assessment, the held due to lack of quorum. comply with the standard pro­ ments so that oncoming members worse. Minute of silence for de­ good work of the organizers, and Special meeting called by Agent cedure in making their beef would not be inconvenienced. parted Brothers. Several Brothers the overall spirit of the SIU. for purpose of electing an audit­ valid. He also reported that The customary one minute of discussed matters of interest tin­ Minute of silence for departed ing committee. M. Ellsworth, Marymar crew advised Union silence in memory of departed der' Good and "Welfare. There Brothers. 23207; D. B. Carpenter,. 34; and ship did not have any food Brothers was observed. A Boston ft New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston San Juan Grand Total REG. DECK 7 205 59 142 62 8 19 66 114 43 8 733 5 246 48 120 48 5 11 54 134 24 13 708 aboard. He added' that beef would be settled in SIU style. Report was accepted i with vote of confidence. Motion carried that John Mogan stop using Union meeting as means of ex­ pressing his personal grudges and for .a personal campaign, and that any motions he makes of this nature be stricken from the records. ft ft ft '. BALTIMORE—Chairman Wil-, liam Rentz, 26445; Secretary Ben Lawson. 894; Reading Clerk AI Stansbury, 4683. .g.iT C* A AM..-. :•'! a BBS m �:v|p:-•-^-/v:s^^f^^v • .-,' / • - ;5, •'••:--r.^- 'v::,>-T:'''\ v;-'.y.;Y^\J>^^ _• •. •.- p-,.-;^ Page Eight THE SEAFAliERS LOG ^ridB7, June 11, 1948 SHIPS' MHVUTES AlUH NEWS SS Warrior's Chow Beef Aired At Ship Meeting There were a couple of gripes aboard the SS War­ rior, during a recent voyage, if the minutes of one of the shipboard meetings are any indication. But the SIU's Keep It Clean! It is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition. it has come to the at­ tention of the membership thai a few crews have Vio­ lated tins rule. So they have g(Hie on record to have all <iuarters inspected by the Patrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory. he has the right to hold> up the payoff until everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give one copy to the Skipper, and one to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. Seafarer Phil Acree Dies; Member Of Union Since '38 Philip H. Acree, a Seafarer since 1938, died suddenly in Seattle on May 15. Funeral services were held at his home in Cordele, Georgia. * His last illness apparently caught him in an especially weakened condition due to a spot on his lung left by pneu­ monia which he had in Ger­ many last, winter. Acree was in good standing and the Union paid his death benefit. GIVES THANKS In a letter to the SIU Agent in Savannah, Brother Acree's mother thanked the SIU for a splendid fioral piece which the Union sent for the funeral. "Phil loved all of his buddies and so do I," his mother wrote, "and 1 aim to always take the SEAFARERS LOG so I can still keep in" touch with the work and everything pertaining to Phil's buddies. To me, he has just gone on another long trip. Phil Acree shipped out of Mo­ bile in January as Bosun on the SS Yugoslavia Victory, an Isth­ mian ship. Later he signed qn the SS Joseph Lamarr on the West Coast for a trip to Belgium but had to return to the Seattle hospital, his mother said. During the war, Acree sailed in all theaters and was once stranded for three months in Russia due to loss of a ship; He is survived by a brother and a niece as well as his mo­ ther, all of whom reside in Cor­ dele. characteristic democratic process* pickels served every night were ironed out everything. so revolting that just looking at Apparently the feeding was them turned a man's stomach. the biggest beef. At any rate, the Brother Bush got his oar in Stewards Department was thor­ again, saying that it took him oughly roasted in the course of 20 minutes "to get "straight up the meeting. After hearing evi­ eggs which were generally burnt dence pro and con, the crew anyway. denounced both the Steward and the Chief Cook as poor Union The Steward, having no sup­ men in a series of strong reso­ porters whatsoever, had to de­ fend himself the best he could. lutions. In fact, the meeting was called He had nothing to do with buy­ for the express purpose of doing ing stores, he said. The Port something about the food situa­ Steward stored the ship. tion. When Brother Lipari took Brother Yianatos wasn't hav­ over as Chairman, and Brulher ing any of this, however. Why Bidge got ready with sharpened hadn't the Steward notified the pencil to act as Recording Sec­ crew that the stores were insuf­ retary, the fireworks began. ficient, he asked? The Steward replied that he'd told the crew WASN'T ENOUGH there were two months stores— The Crew Mess said there was'gyjj^ as .(.jjgy ^v^ere. never enoughr food to go around.' Brother Bush said the ham ome­ Brother Bush wanted to know lets and the braised lamb were why meat had been thrown There's a helluva of difference between tossing off some lines of lyrical poetry woefully overcooked. In addi- ^way on the previous trip. Stewtion, he announced the hams claimed that he couldn't keep and pinning an opponent's shoulders in a wrestling match. But Seafarer Frank Boyne were improperly cured. . I't cold enough, a point which is adept at both techniques. * Brother Reddan chimed in to Yianatos disputed. keep working on his poetry. say that the spaghetti and meat After a few more accusations, Although his talent as a poet "Now that I've found it en­ balls and the chicken broth al- , charges and allegations," includ- is new-born, having made his joyable, I'm going to try to brush ways ran out. Brother Husson ing some linen and overtime first try at verse-writing some up on my technique," he says. pointed out that once he had ^ beefs against the Steward, the four months ago aboard "the SS (For a sample of Brother gotten second rate meats. This boys just ran out of ways to Boyne's work, read his tribute Cavalier, Brother Boyne's ex­ the Steward denied indignantly.' say the chow was bum. There to merchant seamen, "Lest We Brother Bibow insisted that the was nothing to do but close the periences in the ancient manly Forget." on page 10 o£ this sport date back to before his Warrior's chow was far and discussion at this point. issue—Ed.) awaythewo^lheeverhadeat-j Howevar, the Steward and sailing days. He wrestled pro­ ^ on any shtp. Brofter fessionally for many years prior Messman, declared that he ate i. j i • ^ the aa,r» food aa the reat of the'Xf'^. hard-workmg aeamen for to going to sea for a living. , . , 1. J T. I the balance of the trip, crew and that only once had he, Boyne's grunt 'n' groan career "^tten fruit juices instead of reached a climax in 1938, when fruit. Another Messman, Brother he squared off for the world's The minutes of a meeting held Wade, said that when he was light-heavyweight title in Belaboard an SIU ship recently con­ through serving he usually found levue Stadium in Manchester, nothing left for' him to eat. tained a request which we would Chairman Lipari, relinquishing England. like to . see granted. However, we the chair for a moment, revealed muo^ rely upon the membership's NO ILLUSIONS that two men had been put off response to do so. because they were made sick by If you happen to be in Brook­ Boyne had no illusions, how­ the food, and added that there lyn of an evening and would ever. He very sensibly realized The crew, under Good and were several men still aboard like to spend a couple of hours that the peak days of profession­ Welfare, suggested that the SEA­ FRANK BOYNE who were sick. At this point, the having a good time without al athletes are few. It was for FARERS LOG devote two pages sorely beleaguered Steward ad­ that reasob that he shortly after blowing your whole roll, take in the LOG to cheerful news, are philosophic overtones, which mitted that the frankfurters were turned to the sea., But he still somewhat green in the middle, in the Patio Cafe, advises Frank keeps himself in fighting trim, reveal his serious side. praise of men and crews and in­ but, he said, fiuratively shrug- Coiro, an SIU Cook who knows working out in various gyms teresting experiences instead of AWAITS CITIZENSHIP ^ng his shoulders, ^how could Brooklyn cold because it's when he is ashore. moans, groans and beefs. he check everything? Prior to going aboard the Cav­ Now in his third year as a Well, we still want to hear home to him. member of the SIU, Frank is 20 MINUTE EGGS The Patio is at the corner of alier,' Boyne had never written an Australian citizen, but is anx­ from Seafarers who have beefs a single" line, of verse. But the The attack continued when Flatbush Avenue and Fenimore "Cavalog," a publication turned iously awaiting the day when he •—they serve a good purpose—! Brother Reddan said that the Street, not too far from Ebbetts out by and for crewmembers on can become a citizen of the but as the crew mention^ Field, in case you spent the af­ that ship, encouraged all hands United States. He has made his cheerful news is just as inter­ home here for almost five years ternoon or early evening rooting to submit material. Frank, who now, and lacks just a few months esting and we'd like to print the Dodgers to victory over the was sailing as Bosun, suddenly of having the necessary time to more of it. dashed off a couple of stanzas Giants or Cards—or vice versa. and tui-ned them in. He was the be eligible for citizenship" pa­ That's where you come in. There is good food, good drink, most surprised guy aboard when pers. Something unusual is always good music and good dancing at they were applauded by Cavalog Brother Boyne takes his mem­ the Patio, Coiro says, and he readers. bership in the Seafarers serious­ happening to seamen and crews adds that it all comes reason­ Since then he's been cultivat­ ly. During the long and import­ wherever they ^ drop the anchor. ably. ing his new-found talent and he ant campaign in the . Isthmian That incident ashore in the last He points out that, if you now has a number of pieces fleet, he served capably as a vol­ port gave the whole gang a fancy yourself as a crooner or shaped up, several of which will unteer organizer and followed laugh. ItTl probably meter a a buck-and-wing man, your night appear in future - issues of the this up by 'serving on one of is Sunday night. That's amateur LOG. Frank says he has no for­ the strike committees when the guffaw or two in the LOG. night, and Seafarers might as mula. He writes when the mood Union struck that company's Just give us the details.. pic-, lures, too. if possible .and, weTI well win the cash awards as seizes him, or a theme seems vessels last year. fftaTecT-mBStur anybody do the rest. The address ist SEA­ else. There's 10 bucks challenging.. In many of his ef­ HE'S DETERMINED FARERS LOG. 51 Beaver. St. "VfmcrYOURSBLf/ every Sunday for the first prize, forts, Frank demonstrates a pro­ five for the second and three, for found respect for- the merchant With ' characteristic determina­ New York 4, N.Y. the third. seamen and in all his verse there tion, Boyne says he's going to One-Time Wrestler Meets Muse Of Poetry Aboard SS Cavalier Brother Says Cash Awaits SIU Talented J Got A Story? Seod It In! �Friaay, June 11, 1948 THE SE:AP ARERS LO C Page Nine Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings DEL SANTOS. April 18— STEEL SCIENTIST. April 24— Chairman Spider Koriola; fte­ . Chairman J. Peirone: Secretary cording Secretary Floyd Crumpjo. 6.. Harvey. ft. W. Perkins ler. No beefs from departments. elected Ship's Delegate. Voted Koriola left chaij: to make motion • for a steam line for laundry, and seconded by Hubbs to set up a that departnients take turns list of fines, to be donated to hos­ keeping laundry clean. Also pitals, but voluntary donations Voted that Chips make new con­ finally voted. Minute of silence diment box for messhall. Steward for Brothers lost at sea. to get some first class Steak. Locks on crew foc'sles to be 4 4 4 changed to Yale type. Suggested DEL SUD. April 18—Chairman HURRICANE. Feb. 29—Chair­ Allen Voorhees: Secretary John that catwalk be rigged over deck cargo. Ship's library contents to man W. D. Tracy; Recording Zimmer. Delegates reported a be changed. Minute of silence Secretary ft. G. Slater. No beefs few petty squabbles, nothing im­ FTBfZ you f='AV OFF HFAP in departments. Patrolman to portant. New Business: Motion for Brothers lost at sea. FOR THB A;BAR6ST HALU AA/O ASK have latest agreement at'dock to carried that an investigation be S. 4. 4. THB LAtesr UMOAj BEftTftAM GOODHUE, (dale prevent conflicts. Steward to made as to why a promotion not given) — Chairman George order electric percolators. Repair was made in the reefer depart­ IF VOU -HAVE OUT FOR S,OMB Meaney; Secretary Mike Balsh. list to be made up. Voted more ment aboard ship. Man sent TIME yof WILI FIND SEVERAL A/FvV Delegates Tom Osewich. Gore attention to all around cleanli­ from Hall for job had to make PAMPHLETS TA/ATAPE BOTH Hulski and Silva reported all ness. pierhead jump only to find an­ iMSTRfCTlVe A/^D 5Mr5RrAlNlA}& okay in their departments. New other man—not rated—^was doing 4 4 4 Business: Motion carried that the CA,SA GftANDE. Mar. 23— the work. Brother feels he is en­ A/VD TN^y ART YOURS names of violators and their ac­ Chairman Eddie Cole: ftecording titled to additional salary spread FOR J tions be put in the meeting's Secretary Armand Stepanian. All inasmuch as he has both the THE / minutes. Good and Welfare: departments running smoothly. endorsement and the job ticket ASKING • Steward was asked to contact Elected A. H. Sherman to be from the Hall entitling him to mate or ship's delegate for mir­ Ship's Delegate, voting being un­ the job. Motion carried that the rors in the heads of the stewards animous. Decided to have Patrol­ Purser be compelled to get a department. One minute of man tell Purser latter can't strike better quality of merchandise in silence for brothers lost at sea. out overtime. Duties of Stewards the slopchest. Utility to be clarified. Ship's Delegate to check stores list. Messhall to be kept clean. By HANK 4 4 4 EVELYN. Feb. 25—Chairman In other large industries there are not thousands of men 4 4 4 broke and troubled with unemployment. Howevei", maritime G E O ft G E CHAMBERLAIN. B. Hansen; ftecording Secretary 4 4 4 industry's merchant seamen are suffering with critically un­ Mar. 7 — Chairman W. W. Mc­ T. Cornick. No beefs from de­ SEATRAIN TEXAS. May 16— partments. Decided that Deck justified nationwide unemployment. S urthermore, they are getting Lean; ftecording Secretary Ar­ Chairman (not given); Secretary a tough runaround in trying to collect weekly unemployment wasto do inside painting for­ thur Klein. Deck Delegate M. W. J. Fitch. Delegates reported payments because of ridiculous and unreasonable action by—of Kelly. Stewards Delegate J. Mc- merly done by Stewards. Wanted no beefs; number of books, per­ all people—the profit-weary shipowners. The 50 per cent share new all purpose gangway. Joe Clellan and Engine Delegate F. mits in their departments. New of Marshall Plan cargoes to be carried in American ships to for­ Pisher reported that none of the Marcoux elected new Black Gang Busipess: Motion carried that in eign nations isn't helping enough—if the 50 per cent is being Delegate. Voted%fine list. Gang­ departments had any beefs. Mc­ view of the fact that ninety per­ strictly enforced right now. It remains a disgraceful tragedy that Lean asked that recreation room way to go on repair list, which cent of the crew lives aft, a so many ships were sold to foreign nations—that so many ships was to be drawn up by delegates. be kept clean in foreign ports. gangway should be installed aft are laying idle in America—and that the -finally proposed big Bates said all departments should Minute of silence for depai'ted of the cradle space. Good and shipbuilding program for our Merchant Marine remains in a sougee recreation room. Franks Brothers. Welfare: Discussion on the mysteriously slow blueprint status. If the shipowners keep laying asked menu variety, as did Kelly. emptying of trash cans about the up ships we won't have any Merchant Marine—thanks to them Hatfield wanted to straighten out ship. Tom Plunkett. Stewards and the other confused but efficient landlubbers, the Washington linen problem. Delegates to see Delegate, thanked the crew for politicians and the Maritime Commission experts. Skipper about getting beer their help in keeping the mess­ ashore in Arabia. Moved by hall clean at night. THIS WEEK'S &AFARER: Edmund Laricin. the elec­ Hatfield, second by Ward to ad­ trician. Here's a young Seafarer who lakes his job aboard ship 4 4 4 journ. and his membership in the union seriously and actively. And STEEL WORKER. May 9— 4 4 4 you find him constantly with a sense of humor—cracking jokes CAPE ELIZABETH. Mar. 2— Chairman Harold G. Anacker; and getting along with everybody. He has a top rating but Chairman ft. Lipari; Recording Secretary John Straka. Dele­ to benefit himself and the SIU. he keeps on studying aboard Secretary F. Steele. Discussed gates reported plenty of dis­ 4 4 4 ship and ashore to improve his knowledge towards his rating. possible action against Master for SEAMAR. April 18—Chairman puted .overtime. New Business: Here is a good unibn man trying to become fully competent violations of contract. Violations H. J. Acosta; Recording Secre­ Motion carried to have the water for a well-paid job. We hope many more Seafarers take their included: refusal of medical aid, tary E. M. Dianna. Eight hours tested for purity. Motion carried membership in the SIU and their ratings as seriously and refusal to isolate man sick of in­ disputed in Engine Room, Long that ^ a separate system be in­ correctly. A vote of thanks to Brother Edmund Larkin. indeed. fectious or contagious disease, discussion of food situation. stalled for the drinking water be­ reckless sailing methods, un­ Stewards Morgan. Jones. Sawyer fore a new crew comes aboard. 4 4 4 necessary extra work, refusal to and Sterner participated. List of Education: Permit and tripcard Here are some oldtimers who may still be in "town: R. Seay, recognize delegates and other repairs discussed in detail. Min­ men were instructed as to their J. Doyle, John Schupstik, Carpenter G. Iversen, F. Aponte, B. matters. Special meetings two ute of silence for Brothers lost shipping rights. Also stressed Fleming, E. Sato, J. Frazer, J. Murphy, A. Diaz, J. Maisonet, days later after consul at Singa­ at sea. was the importance of abiding by J. Leon, 'F. Proudfoot, J. Pierce, C. Music, Steward H. Cordes,_ pore refused to help resulted in the Union rules and regulations. H. Iliff, W. Murphy, Steward T. Foster, Bosun J. Gates, James 4 4 4 radio to SIU Headquarters, which JOSHUA HENDY. May 2— Good and Welfare: Suggested in­ Stickney, W. Rasmussen, V. E. House, J. Mendelsohn, S. Delgado, Master refused to allow. Chairman Red Baron; Recording vestigation of brother who be­ J. Axelson, Chief Cook F. Allen, F. Serrano, P. Lara, R. Garofalo, Secretary Robert McCullough. longed to the SIU in 1942, quit F. Ingante, Steward H. P. Knowles, H. V. Nielson, Chief Cook H. No beefs reported from depart- to go to the NMU and then took Morris, R. Encarnacion, and J. Fediow. ments». Man from each depart­ out an Isthmian book in the SIU. 4 4 4 ment to clean laundry in weekly One minute of silence for Broth­ Brother Charles Little, the oldtimer. is in town again in turns. Repair list to be made. ers lost at sea. between his coastwise voyages.....Bosun Carl Lawson (which Discussion of painting. Men sounds like poetry) sailed into town after a South African leaving should leave foc'sle keys trip ... The SIU's weekly newspaper. SEAFARERS LOG. will be for next crew. Minute of sijence traveling all over the nation free of cost to the following 4 4 4 for departed Brothers. brothers: Johii O'Nye of Michigan. Ruben Carr of Michigan. DEL CAMPO. May 3—ChairLeo Thqmas of Rhode Island. R. Pawlak of New Jersey. 4 4 4 man A. Bougart; Recording Sec­ Albert Payeux of Maine. William Tradewell of Louisiana. TRINITY, AprU II—Chairman retary M. O. Carrol. Department Albert Bailey of Maine. Maurice Jones of Alabama. Leo Watte 4 4 4 E. H. Duke Leger; Secretary delegates' reports accepted, no of Louisiana. E. C, Pittman of Mississippi. John McKarek of beefs. New Stewards Delegate, Fred Morris. New Business: Joe ANNISTON CITY. April IBNew Jersey, Edward Lessor of Corfnecticut, Ronald Gates of C.' Terrel. elected. Minute of Volenti moved that the ship's Chairman Frorenx Paskowski; New York. delegate see the Captain about Secretary Merrill F. Hummell. silehce for Brothers lost at sea. fans. Due to fact that ship is Delegates reported no beefs. New 4 4 4 4 4 4 Also Lester Pugh of Alabama, Fred Smith of Ohio, Richard GEORGE OGDEN. May 6— carrying two women passengers, Bxisiness: Motiorf carried that Chairman Z. Ching; Recording several crewmembers complained anyone drunk at payoff or -w^o Paul of New York, Clarence Weaver of Ohio, Philip Wagner of Secretary E. BlaclL All depart­ of having no place to sunbathe pays off without Patrolman's Nebraska, John Owen of Alabama, Van Hearndon of Mississippi ments going smoothly. Ship's sans clothing. Jack Cleater okay will be fined $50, money to Isaac McGowan of Mississippi, Charles Winfrey of Oklahoma, Delegate asked for repair list. moved that the ship's delegate go to hospital fund. Motion Tobe Beams of Kentucky, William Roden of California, Clyde Patrolman to settle linen beef ask the Captain to have the carried that five bookmembers White of Florida, Joseph Richoux of Louisiana, W. T. Gardner of and foggy question about the after deck house set aside for the sign petition for tripcard mem­ Mississippi, Jack Tyson of Michigan, Roland Sullivan of Alabama, articles. ' McGranie suggested crew's exclusive use. Education: bers aboard. Motion carried that Henry ^iwetz or Texas, Marvin Hauf of Maryland, William vote of'thainks for Second Cook Union literature distributed to decks in passages be painted and Jennings of New Jersey, Victor Romolo of New York, R. A. Carter McGranie' also volunteered to crew; instruction on shipping rooms be soogeed out. One of Georgia, Paul Silver of North Carolina, Joseph Stanley of procure a library. Educiational rules and conducting Union minute of silence for Brothers Louisiana, Drury Waters of Georgia, Michael *Gatto of Louisiana, loSt at sea. • ^ > meeting given to crewmen. Henry Boykin of Alabama, Fred Miller of Florida. talk by Ship's Delegate. ASK VO\Z TMEM] CUT and RUN it?.! I M �>/• • — • til •%r %. Page Ten ' i^Mi IiIfsK S-Ei^'f.^RE llS ;t O C ' '" ." " ' I '•'''• J'-.WUtr-Jii«» IM« TOE MEMBERSHIP SPlEiiKS Percy's Middle Grows Lean; He Moans For Moon's Meals Readin' V Sunnin' Log-A-Rhyfhms To the Editor: Another lollypop is the Purser. When you see him about, a head Yes Brothers, tis true— and chest cold he gives you We all have our tough trips two aspirins and a teaspoon of every once in awhile and it's •-"•I : things that I'm about to mention cough syrup. One brother sprained his wrist, so the Purser that make them tough. put a turn or two of gauze on In Poland, while standing it and then ordered him to re­ gangway watch, I commenced to turn it when his wrist improved. get so himgry that my false That took the cake. -teeth tasted like red beans, but When I-get back to New Or­ the night lunch was gone, small leans, I'm going to entice Moon -as it was. I asked the Steward, Kouns to change departments who was sitting in the messhall and ship out as bellyrobber. I'll making out his menus, for a can bet my horse and buggy against :of sardines or anything to make Mike Rossi's moustache that a sandwich. Moon would be every bit as good He-replied that if he gave me as this guy. On top of that, Somewhere out in the South a can of sardines he'd have to Moon would provide us with Pacific, Seafarer S. Ogonowdinner music. Maybe a few sky, relaxes on board ah old choruses of "Jelly-roll Blues." 1SorfA Some /«eAl tramp freighter on which he Percy Beyer //JMEO/fTStyHgM/Ay.' sailed as AB. Name of vessel did not accompany photo, SUP BROTHER which was taken and submit­ WANTS TO SWITCH ted by R. L. Schmidt, a ship­ TO SEAFARERS mate. To the Editor: I am a member -of the SUP and have been sailing almost constantly . on SIU ships since -give everyone a can and, fur- becoming an SUP member in ;thermore, the articles didn't say 1943. I would like to transfer to ;anything about sardines. Well, I the SIU, as many other SUP •stayed hungry and so did e'very- men have; but I understand that transferrals from other districts To the Editor: one else. have been stopped. BELLY GROWL I have been active in all SIU A few months ago, I moved By the time we got to Buenos beefs on this coast and have from 805 So. McDonough Street, Aires the crew's stomachs learned that the SIU contracts Montgomery, Ala. I_ moved all were growling so loud no one are superior to any in the mari­ my furniture, the children and could sleep at night. We got to­ time field. gether in desperation and saw I like sailing on SlU-cfontrac- the dog and cat. But after all, I the company officials concerning ted ships, and as I feel that forgot the most, important thing our plight. Things then began lam practically already an SIU —to have our mailing address to improve, but just a little. ,inan, I'd like to make the trans­ changed for the LOG. Now we are back where we fer. Please publish in the LOG started. My stomach has con­ when it will be possible to make I have been lost without it. If tracted so much an aspirin the switch. I don't have it, I can't keep up would have trouble squeezing • Lee DeParlier with my husband's or Union's through. (Ed. Note: At present the activities. I will appreciate it We asked the Steward for iced machinery for transferring to tea (dying man's diet), but the. the SIU has been halted per very much if you will see to it ifcar-' Steward claims the company resolution of the membership. that the LOG is forwarded to our won't pay him overtime for put­ As long as the resolution is in new address. ting a pan of water in the ice effect-, it is not possible to Mrs. John Prescoit transfer to the SIU.) box. Fairhope, Ala. «3K'f '^'>'ii||tiBllllillMiH< I'l'I' i i Seafarer Family Lost Without Log In New Home E"'' ^CONTENTED CREW* OF THE ALGER Lest We Forget •• By FRANK BOYNE .AAiUAiM He was battle scarred and weary, And his throat was parched with thirst, In this wilderness of water. Which the gods with salt-had cursed. He scanned the far horizon, Not a sign of life in sight, Not a ship to set his eyes on, How he feared the coming night. MM • i '-''VMri Soon the sun would be declining, Neath the undulating sea. In his heart there was a yearning. Burning longing to be free. Retrospection seemed to haunt him, —He'd a wife and kids on shoreDeath's grim reaper seemed to taunt him: "You'll never see them anymore!" Tis at times like If there is a These disturbing Can he be a this one wonders god above, thoughts we ponder, god of love? f. •'' 1 ' Though these thoughts may seem impious, When your body's wracked with pain, If this torture's sent to try us. Does it not seem all in vain? When the sun in all its glory. Heralds the niew-born day. Drifting wreckage tells the story Gf the price we have to pay. And a body wracked and broken. Just a shell that once was man. What a grim and grizzly token. What an end to life's short span. - . V /rV; When you take this Jife for granted. Turn your thoughts to such as he, And just offer "one minute silence —For the men who died at sea." (Ed. Note: Your request was attended to immediately. We'd like to take this opportunity to wish the family of Seafarer John Prescott the best of luck in their new home.) Moving Picture Men Enjoy Reading Log^ Like its Coverage Of Waterfront Neivs ' To ihe Editor: IS'- fsi;: . Aboard the SS Russell Alger, crewmembers — soipe of whom appear above — believe in cooperjdioh. "Everyone seems - to be happy and contented." says Ship's Delegate M. W. Sword. "Most of the crew are oldtimers in the SIU and they all are glad to help out the yoiqiiger .«Be%iB^ardJ' . l^ave not been content to merely.' glance through the paper; but, Please allow me space to conha\?e been interested enough to gratifiate the ,SIU brothers for read all the articles thoroughly.; having, such an interesting and GOOD MOVE instructive Jtrade union paper. I have been the recipient,, as It is a sensible moye on yoUr Secretary of £ocal 253, Moving part "to let other branches of Picture Machine bperators, AFL, Union Labor - Ipecome. conversant of complimentary copies twice of with _ the working of . your of-^ ganization. ' • late. •Again, thank you for the; LOG COVERS ALL copies and congrats on yoqr. effi­ To state that the news, in the cient-publication. LOG is all there is iiv adl -is put­ Frank. B. Spencer, Sec« ting it mildly, for the LOG covers the waterfront, the ships I have . passed !the - copies Local 253 Inl' Alliance . at.sea and. the foreign t>orts copi- around among men who work ; Moving Picture Operators^ W pletely,. in my opinion. * with me and I notice that they AFL Rochester, N. I �Fsiday. JtuM lU 1941 T HE HE HELPS HIS SHIPMATES RELAX SB AFAR E R S LO G Page Eleven Crewmen Nab 350-lb. Tiger Shark As Drifting Ship Undergoes Repair To the Editor: Yes this is "Big John" Wunderlich again! And as always when I'm on a voyage things are happening. No matter what ship I'm on, be she a good one or a bad one, things happen. You remember my last ship, the SS Alexander Clay. She cer­ tainly was a jinx. They story of how we went into Brindisi, Italy, under sail was in the LOG. Seafarer Lester sits beside his projector in the Seatrain New Jersey's messroom. Nights are not so long aboard the SS Seatrain New Jersey, thanks to. the cooperative spirit and enterprise of Brother Lester. A Quartermaster, Lester owns a complete motion picture outfit. This time 1 am on a, Greek vaseline tanker out of Jackson­ ville". She sure is painted up pretty, but Underneath her camofiage—'woman that she is— she is ugly as a duckling that fell into the fuel oil. SWELL CREW which he runs exclusively for the crew's entertainment, with­ out charge. The shows are run on a cooperative basis, with the crew chipping in for the rental of films and Lester supplying his equipment and effort. But1 am not going to dwell on her bad points now. We have a perfect gang aboard. The Savan­ nah Hall sure sent out one swell crew. She is one of those Liberty tankers on her first voyage for a new company. There is a lot to be done aboard her, but with Seafarers aboard the tanker SS Andrew Marschalk r a 100 percent SIU -erew aboard acted fast when a school of enormous sharks slapped hungrily we'll everything as straight as against the vessel as she drifted five hours while engine were To the Editor: the fund saying he was a union should be. being repaired. Hastily improvised gear netted the sevenman at heart. ^ Theother day was when we I'm just another SIU man writ­ foot man-eater, shown above with its captors. Second from There you have, I believe, a had our excitement after our ing to the LOG. My book is in left is Johnny Wunderlich, AB; others are unidentified. The complete list of all donors to the HP broke down and we drifted good standing and the LOG is boys kept the big fish just long enough for a few pictures, UjFE strike fund collected by me for five solid hours accompanied my paper so' I'm asking you to then threw her back. in three days. The total being by a few enormous tiger sharks. publish the following article. $274.50. If I've left out any one After a bit, we dicided to tr^ Keep it away from the re-write who deserves honorable men­ to catch one of these babies. But about 350 pounds and measuring man. He might louse it up more. tion, I shall gladly rectify my deciding and catching proved to seven feet over all. I don't say he will, but he might. Someone suggested that we mistake. The money collected I collected funds for the UFE was sent to New York by Ben be two vei-y different things. hang her up to dry as we might HOSpItal ChanffeS: strike in New York. The collec­ Lawson, Baltimore. Deck Patrol­ However, with true SIU persist­ need her for the stewpot before, ' tions were made here in Balti­ man, and turned over to the UFE ence we finally succeeded. the trip was over. This was a First we used a heaving line, joke, of course, as this tanker has j more where SIU men hang out. Strike Committee. but it broke after we hooked one been feeding pretty fairly well TQ the Editor: The ginmills mentioned are our Book No. 31256 of the big fish and while we were for a newly contracted ship. (Be­ favorite places. That is why they hauling it in. Then we tried lieve me, I know. I was on some In the past few years the Bro­ were asked, and gave to thi% baling wire—and ditto, it broke. thers who have been .in the worthy cause. Isthmian ships back when we Marine Hospitals have called' up­ were "reforming" them.) But then our tempers got the Remember now, no re-write on the Union to straighten out Well, to make a long story best of us and we became deter­ man. I'm writing this and no the foodTituation and other beshort, we hung the shark enough mined. We rigged a two-inch one else. low-par practices. to make some good photographs, fiax line with one-inch chainAt present, I'm on a lay-up job Through our efficient leader-* then dumped hei^ over the side stopper and a steel meathook. going to the boneyard in Wil­ To the Editor: ship these situations have been for her brother and sister sharks One of the sharks bit, and mington, North Carolina. I'm to feast on. And now I'm send- straightened out. In several cases. Just a line from one of the couldn't escape. After a lot of writing by 9 kerosene lantern. strong criticisms appeared in the The weather is- lousy, the cook boys aboard the SS Steel Navi­ pulling and a vast amount of ing you the story and a couple of gator. We're in the last, port of shouting we finally landed her. the pictures from the United LOG. The practice of public cri­ makes a good AB. ticism is a very healthy one in Kingdom. Please set this up nice and call and. are headed back for She was a big brute of a mother that it brings the problems of Johannes Wunderlich neat. 12 point bold face, the New York. With good luck we tiger shark, tipping the scales at the less-fortunate brothers to the donors, I mean. (We were should arrive about the second attention of the membership as pressed for space, hence the 8 week in June. a whole. We have a First Assistant we point type—^Ed.) "l am now a patient in the San call "Jake Overtime," for the Lorelta's Seven Seas Bar. Juan Marine Hospital, in Puerto Trocadero Bar, 408 Bar, Gay simple reason that in his estima­ Rico, and I wish to commend the White Way, Miami Nite Club, tion nothing is overtime. That's entire staff for the treatment of Maritime Cafe, Ritz Bar, time nurhber one. Secondly, the their patients, for their consid­ Harry's Cabaret, Oasm Nite Wipers have to be ABs on this To the Editor: erate professional care, their genClub, Beulah's Bar, Benny's scow because when there's an oil , „ „ . ^ ... , ,, w Jsral courtesy and friendliness. Since the Tallying Committee has announced the results ?f!-phey are always ' * Bar, Duke's Bar, Kathleen's spill they put them over the side. ready to do According to the First Assist­ the voting on the ten-dollar Building and Strike Assessments, personal favors, which are cer­ Bar. Galley Bar, Village Bar, Victoria Bar, Tower Bar, Lib­ ant, a Junior Engineer is re­ why isn't a deadline set as to when the assessments are to be tainly not required of them by erty Bar, Anchor Hotel and sponsible for everything and is collected? The Annual Assessments have a three-month deadline regulations. Bar, Gay Bowling Alley, Gay supposed to take orders from each year, so why not set such a deadline for these new assess­ The food isn't such as you Cleaners, ' Pine's Pharmacy, everybody and can be made to ments? would find in the Waldorf but Mayflower Restaurant, The do anything, like blowing tubes As you probably know there are many men on the beach at it is well prepared. There may New Grill, Gray Barber Shop. without the payment of over­ the present time who cannot pay this assessment at this. time. be some brothers who disagree Coney Island Grill, Murray's time. These men should be allowed to ship and pay this assessment at simply because pf those side The Chief Engineer thinks Chicken Roost. a certain deadline to be set by Headquarters. By no means should dishes of rice and beans. Of The above establishments gave we're all plotting against him. these men havd to pay this assessment before shipping out, course it should be remembered to the UFE strike , and were glad He goes around telling people except those men who are in the process of paying off after this that the hospital is in Puerto : ?l to do so. Next , is a list of in­ nobody likes him and that every­ date. Rico and rice and beans are "po­ dividual donatipns collected by one is trying to foul him up. tatoes" to the native patientg, From the looks of these engi­ I hope you will put this in the "Beef Box" immediately who predominate. myself: Laura Auld. SIU Stewardess; neers the people who give away so a precedent can be set. Tommie (Beachie) Murray Bull Frenchy, .SIU; Heavy Mc- qngineers' tickets are having a E. B. "Mac" McAuIey. Book No, 26081 P.S. The brothers whose sig- ? Very, SIU; Madalin; Janie; Po- bargain day. natures follow concur whole­ In the Stewards .Department lock Dotty; Ramona and ANSWER:—The assessments referred to here are due at heartedly with the senjiments Steamboat Peggy, all barmaids we have ' "old-fry-it, stew-it, the first payoff ^ming after May 1, 1948. which was the expressed above. at the Victoria Bar. Bubbles, hash-it-and-ma^-it." We're get­ effective date for the assessments, voted by the ntembership. Mae. Jeanette and Doris, all ting to be so good at it (eating William Cappi^ In this way a member is financially able to take care .of the barmaids in the Seven Seas the slop), we can darn near tell Ramon Gann assessments. As for the deadline date, the three-month period whether it's going to be stewed Bar. Ramon Galarza Peggy Newtc|n, barmaid in or hashed. applies just as it does to the Annual Assessments. The dead­ 1 Arcangel Saavedrd ; J. Schaeffer, Jr. Eng. Beulah's Bar. A ^Standard Oil line date, therefore, is August 1, 1948. L. E. Scoff ; SS Steel Navigator sailor, Paul Sweazy,/also gave to SIU's Baltitnore Supporters Aided UFE In Wall St. Beef Says Log Won Likes San Juan Nobody Likes 'Jake Overtime' —It's No Wonder THE BEEF BOX SEEKS ASSESSMENT 'DEADLINE DATE' 1 �'--1 • ^" "fiif^v-' ' •" " ^ ' ""'' ' , • ' .•••••'' " ' - THE S E AF ARE R5 EO G ;. Page Twelve Member SeesOimmidt In N.Y.State Legislation On Seamen's Balloting vi '^' . I I J'K"I • To Ihe Editor: It seems to me that things supposedly favorable to John Sailor always wind up with a gimmick in them, like the latest ballot for seameri. I learned, via the LOG, while on deep water last winter, that New York State had legislation pending concerning balloting for eeamen and recently learned that it had been passed. But—I have still more recently learned that Lakes seamen aren't eligible, which brings in my argument as to gimmicks in seamen's affairs. A gimmick, friend, is a phony apparatus inserted, into the me­ chanism of games of chance to insure the operator that the play.ers will never top him unless he sees fit, or like a roll of quar­ ters in your opponent's fist in a fight. Sort of an all-around in­ surance. But to get on with my story— I, of course, was pleased to learn • of the ballots for seamen It;- 1 ->• J >;• I if, 1 T;. |V I- Pleased With NewSIUHaU ililiiii Hill ?- • IV'"- Melro Petrleum Shipping Company's San'ord B. .Dole as she appeared in the Maryland Drydock .Company yards in-Baltimore after be ng refitted. A recent addition to the ever grow­ ing number of ships crewed by SIU men, she s operated by Mar-Trade Corporafion. At present she is operating between Texas and Canada. BRIDGER CREWMAN SAYS LE HAVRE CLUB IS ^SWELL SET-UP' c rTo the Editor: * . Just a few lines to say "Hello," and ask you to print the follow­ p,•••r vi,. • ing in the LOG. I'm writing . from the USS Club in Le Havre. f;-- • V The set-up here is swell. They help out anyone who hits this port. Rum and coke or American beer is 75 francs (25 cents). There was an item in the LOG some time ago which mentioned I)?'-- •- the Club here being unable to f' - •. 'give the men on the beach a ; Thanksgiving Day dinner. The •trouble was that in trying to get ,-the food the clUb representaX fives went tb the ships' skip­ pers. ..Anyone can tell you that that's not the way to do it, I guess I'll be seeing a lot of "this place on and off, because Ipi'- we still have 16 months of the pnonths' articles to go. im-; Duke Sampson. SS Fort Bridger . . .^7-. TVida^; June 11. TSfS Wiper's Coffee Recipe Easy, But Dishwater Tastes Better and had a letter already written in Hades are we -supposed to to my congressman to leam how voice our political opinions? to go about registering, etc., but One way is for union men and To the Editor: it looks like I will have to pile non-union men. alike to jvrite to A Wiper from the old days off, go to my New York State the government and protest be­ came aboard the Isaac Singer in home town to register and then ing left .out of a good deal. A Baltimore recently. The second wait again to vojte. man's vote is a powerful thing week it was his turn on sanitary Here, -though, is where the and today we surely need that gimmick stacks the deck against to slap back at the phony poli- work. By then we had gone to men and a lot of the. Jbhn Sailors ticos who spawned and voted Charleston to finish loading. riding the Lakes..^ In my case, for the Taft-Hartley Act. The first morning, after finish­ I'm on a sand-sucker out of It "is time for the American ing sanitary work he went'in Erie, Pa., at present and with laboring public to wake up and good intentions of staying on vote for Labor, otherwise we will and supposedly made an um of here until late fall, sort of home- be returned to the days long coffee, went to his foc'sle, dosed the door, dogged down the port steading. passed. All ready Hartley & holes, turned off the fan, put Company" is laying the ground­ steam on the radiator, turned out CHANCES SLIGHT ^ We seldom go to other ports work to snipe at the 40 hour the light and sat down on his and the chances of our hitting week. Without a vote John bunk. \ my hometown on registration Sailor can do nothing to protect In the meantime, the DE was day and election day are out of his rights. working on the wash basins in You can bet your bottom dol­ this world. In other words, i;he gimmick has been put against lar that the shipowners and their pals will be at the polls voting; me. for the boys they want to do: In the cases of others sailing their bidding, it is our- duty to the Lakes, many are on ships see that we get the right to ex­ that never touch their home ercise our opposition at the polls. ports and they in turn are af­ Paul T. Cassidy fected by the gimmick. ^ How AFTER DOLLING UP THE DOLE IN BALTIMORE • /; »!- ? • To the Editor: Just thought I'd drop a line about the hospital here in New Orleans. I have" been here since May 5, and expect to be here another month or more. The doctors and nurses, the treatment and the food are all the very best. And any of the boys down this way with any ailments should drop in. " I was downtown the other day on a pass. Naturally, I dropped in at the HSU to see the boys and pick up some LOGS. That new Hall certainly looks good,, and it will look a lot better when they get it aH fixed up. Shipping is good here in New Orleans. But there are lots of takers so the jobs don't remain on the board long. All the boys are in a good mood. They are hoping we won't have to strike, but they are prepared and ready. Here's something I learned: One of the first important strikes in. Am.erican history came in 1803 when a gfoup of sailors in New York struck for better p^y and conditions. That goes to .show that seamen ara always, in the forefront, and always have been. James W. Curran the scullery and the Chief Engi­ neer came in and drew a cup of coffee. -He looked at it quizzi­ cally and said: "Deck, is this fresh coffee?" WA'SH WATER Deck replied that ihe didn't know but that it looked like somebody, washed but the urn and didn't drain it. "I'll go ask the Wiper, if it's fresh, he'said. A minute later he came back with the Wiper and. asked him, "Did you make fresh coffee yet?". The Wiper replied, "Yeah I. made it, but I ^ess it ain't perked long enough yet." Where was the coffee bag. Deck wanted to know. r^ "I didn't use one," said the Wiper, "I just dumped the coffee down in the water." "Where'd you get the water," asked the Deck. The Wiper looked around, grinned and picked up a small aluminum pitcher and proceeded to sIiQw thern how he got the water. He opened the valve to coffgC, , MiwAf, IT (Sees POMW SHiotm! fill the urn with water. 'When the urn was filled he stood there grinning until the water forced itself out -of the top of the smdll hole in the water-gauge glass. As the water shot up into the air, the Wiper held the pitcher under the stream of water and caught it as it came down. He looked at everybody waiting to'. get a cup of coffde and said: "It's easy, when you know how." (Name withheld) y P. S. The Wiper didn't last ^ long. "What's The Booia Ill In Germany, Meets Maze Of Red Tape To the Editor: As a warning to all Seafarers who may be put ashore in the hospitals in Bremerhaven or Bre­ men, I urge that they have .aH affidavits signed by the Consuls, Agent and the Captain in refer­ ence to subsistence and wages, otherwise the South Atlantic Steamship Company will give you a run-around. Due to the fact the German agent cannot pay you in German marks, because possession of this currency is illegal, the only money you_^re allowed is script, which the German agent is not allowed to have in his possession. Therefore this ngjte in the LOG. CONFUSION Another thing the company has been trying to do is have you sign a release for a draw—in other words, sign your rigfits away. They showed me a letter that was supposed to have been sent to the agent in Bremer-' haven\with regard to subskstence. • ••• '' »' r'-.- But it so happens that the agent is not in Bremerhaven but Bre­ men and he is not the Lykes Brothers agMit. It happens that I have IS.daya' subsistence and wages coming. I was ordered off ship for hos­ pitalization and sent back as workaway passenger on another •one of their ships. Of my ex­ perience, I say to all: Don't for­ get to get all papers made out in black and white if you want your money. " In my case the agent, ..Captain and American vice-consul told me I woiild have to pay my ex­ penses out of my own money, as the German agent could not ad­ vance me any marks or sign any bills. Therefore, I had to pay my .own way and was to collect all my expenses when I get back to •the States, which, was April 26. I then went into the hospital at Brighton, but before I entered: I was told by the company repre-sentative I could collect ,^fter I came out of the hospital, which was May 26. I left Bremen on April 10 and all foreign bills were supposed to be in- the main office in Savannah but as yet the phony agent in Brernen didn't send them in. So you see the set-up you will be up against if you don't heed this warning. V Seafarer Luis Ramirez's, cam­ era catches fellow Arizpa crew- . member "Heavy" deeply engrossed in a book. The . ^ly smile creeping across his puss caused Ramirez to wonder what "Heavy" found so inter­ esting in the ship's library. Ship was passing through t)ie Panama Canal bound for ; .Jai' atr^ the time. . • yY'mWMYY �'• Friday, June 11, 1948 fw*' ml wir . «.*r" ^ * T ItE S E A V A A E R S 10 G LATE SEAFARER AND HIS WIDOW Farm Union Official Thanks Clyde Seavey Crew For Aid To the Editor: In behalf of the strikers at Di Giorgio, I would lijce to extend our thanks to the crew of the SS'^ Clyde Seavey for the one ^ hundred-dollar contribution they sent us. Mr. A. S. Cardullo, West Coast Representative, was here May 25 and gave me the money. I just wish that I could thank each one of you individually, but that is impossible. There­ fore, I will send our thanks to the crew as a whole. At times we feel we are iso­ lated in our fight because Di Giorgio is spread all over the •U.S.A. The aid comes along from good Union people such as the crew of the Seavey has just ex­ tended to us. When we find people like you behind us, we are more deter­ mined to win than ever. I am sending you four photos, in case you should like to pub­ lish them. W. A. Swearingen, Sec.-Treas. Local 218 Nat'l Farm Labor Union . (Ed. Note: As has previously Bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the six-months from July through December 1947 have just arrived from the binders. Members may purchase them— as long as they last at the cost price, which is $2.50 per copy. Also available are some copies 'of previous bound editions'at the $ame price. Bindings on all volumes are of sturdy buckram with dates lettered in gold. All Seafarers who wish to set up a permanent file with a minimum of effort should act promptly. The bound volumes may be purchased at the Headquarters baggage room, 4th floor, 51 Beaver Street, New York City. Problem No. 2 is, of course, our Second, who is often seen re-reading his license for as much as half an hour at a time, and whose ignorance should be rated as one of the wonders of the world. It is this- gentlemen who takes on his shoulders the extra bur­ den of advising the Chief or any­ one else wh(5 will listen just what should and should not be overtime. It is a common practice of seamen, after a payoff, to con­ gregate in some ginmill to dis­ cuss the pleasant memories and experiences of a voyage. This tradition will not apply to the men on the Yugoslavia victory, due to payoff in Balti­ more about June 5. Anyone spot­ ting the crew of this ship, espe­ cially the Black Gang, would be wise to give the boys a wide berth. They will be trying to NO NOVELTY drown memory of a 75-day nightmare experienced on an He admits it is beyond com­ prehension why a Wiper should Isthmian inter-coastal run. receive overtime for cleaning the Our First, a medium sized boiler furnaces. To prevent any giant standing six feet two in­ confusion he does this work ches and weighinff 220 pounds himself. If the Wipers put in at the ripe old age of 23 years, for the overtime, he tells them greeted the pew-'crew with a that the First will work them statement that he had invited bell-to-bell, which is no novelty several members of the old crew as the Wipers already have out on the dock—with no takers. worked bell-to-bell for 45 days. His idea was to instill fear When the" Junior on his watch into US", in which he naturally put in for some overt.>me, the failed. He then quietly retired Second assumed the dignity of to his room to think of ways of his high position, refusing to so inflicting the atrocities his mind much as talk to the Junior. He could dream up on these "slaves" who had laughed at him. DISREGARD His next statement showed his utter disregard for thg^^greement entered into by the Seafarers In­ ternational Union and the Isth­ mian Steamship Company. He said that he could not understand why anyone should be paid ov­ ertime during his regular eight hours—no matter what job he might be assigned to. Moreover, he immediately put his distorted understanding of the agreement into effect. He thereby caused the near collapse was given the true facts by the of the Wipers releasing their Master when the overtime" claims pent-up emotions. began over-flowing. In a way this If the Second wore to devote was unfortunate for the crew. the time and worry to the boi­ Whenever he is given the ov­ lers that he insists on devoting ertime record to check, he reads to the overtime of the unlicensed same and after a couple of personnel of the Engin.e Room hours of arm-flinging and the there is no doubt that he soon damnedest profanity ever heard would be the favorite protege from an old man of 23 he starts re-writing it from start to finish WAITING FOR THE to please himself. Once when the delegate ap­ proached him for an explanation of this odd procedure, he ex­ claimed; "What the hell, if put it in the way you screwballs write it you'd get paid for it." That, Brothers, is our beloved First. been reported in the LOG, the National Farm Labor Union is currently engaged in a bit* ter strike against the feudalminded Di Giorgio empire, one of the Nation's largest growers of fruit and vegetables. Pickets patrolling the 19mile area of the fertile Di Giorgio farm have been re­ peatedly subjected to the most vicious gangsterism, which the police allow to pass. Recently bullets smashed through the home of a member while a meeting of the union's execu­ tive committee was in session. When the smoke cleared, James Price, president of Lo­ cal 218, which is conducting the strike, lay limp in a pool of blood. A hurry call to the nearest doctor was. met with: "There's nothing I ca^' do." He was the Di Giorgio company doctor. Price, thoi}gh severely wounded/ is expected to reN.Q. HOSPITAL cover. Meanwhile, the NFLU is TREATMENT GOOD prosecuting the strike more de­ —NICE NURSES, TOO terminedly than' ever.) To the Editor: 1947 Bound jjigs On Hand Page Thirteen^ v .•/•iiis. Engine Men Had 75-Day Nightmare On Yugo Victory: Says Crewman To the Editor: Dalles T. Terry, who lost his life on April 30, and his wife Lucille. Terry, 22-year old Seafarer, was drowned in Lake Smith at Princess Anne, Va., when his automobile went out of control and veered off the lakeside highway into the lake. Details were carried in the LOG, May 21. ' I hope you can find room in an early issue to tell the Bro­ therhood what a swell hospital there is at New Orleans. , I c^me in two weeks ago with an infected hand, and ever since then I have had the best of medical care, excellent food and —ypu guessed it—very pretty nurses to make the days more pleasant. And now that I'm getting out of the hospital I especially want to leave s'ome message about Dr. Sills and Dr. Mintz who take especial interest in their patients. I think I can speak for every SIU member and for every man in this hospital when I say that the treatment here is as good as can be found anywhere. , ..R, J. Chaw of the president of the Isthmian Steamship Company. In all justice we must say a few words about the Third. This young man, who in our opinion must hold the title "Champion Hog-Caller of the World," is the apple-polisher that makes other apple-polishers look like minia-' tures. He prances up and down the alleyways keeping the men off watch awake with his volumin­ ous voice. His favorite pastime, : other than apple-polishing,-is the : story he tells of once having been an organizer for the SIU. ; Keeps his book paid up, too, he says, so he can use it if the oc­ casion arises; He steadfastly has refused the request of several of the crew'to see his book. SO-SO .A The Chief, well he is Chief. Not too good, not too bad. His main trouble is that he does not : have a mind of his own—or, if he does have one, he is -very reluctant to use it. He thereby • makes it possible for the First, Second and Third to run the Engine Room. Now the one thoroughly good apple in the barrel, is the Junior Third, who at the beginning of the voyage had a few of the ' boys frightened—almost-. Final-^v • ly they learned that the armflinging, kicking and other con-rj toHionist actions were his way ' of working toward his ambition^ > losing 60 or 70 of the poundsthat he has to carry through — life. Needless to say, a lot of theinfractions of the agreement^ have been or will be corrected " when the Patrolmen come aboard for the payoff. Since the crew is a militant bunch which includes a few battle-scarred veterans, threats . of violence,- invitations to the dock and rule-of-iron attitude have disappeared in thin air. William H. Harrell • LIGHTS TO GO OUT • -Si All seated and ready for a full-length movie—a. regular feat^t'l aboard Robin Line ships—crewmembers of the Robin Wentley wait patiently for the operator to wind the film through the projector. Picture was taken by Lionel i,. Goudreau. The men in the picture, in no particular order, however, are: Louis J. GuzzL Joseph C, Corrivetu. Anthony M. Vaniglio. Albert Oromaner. Richard F. Motihs, Manuel Scapinakis, K. D. Shoberg. Wiijiam Korb. Peter W. Drewes. Franklin N". .Hangen, Fred W. Weaver, Charles L. A/kins, Fay W. Langley, Celil T. Lawson. Ahman Ali Ahked Ira W. Myers, Jack Brummett, Angalo Caktroia, Troy P. Tignor, Charles E. DuvalL Harion F., KaminikL Linwood D. Moran, Edmund L. Paichanesi Thomas T. William IL Pov/ell and R'^bart W. Clark. �_________ " -• Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS Seafarers May Soon Fight For Rights Of All Seamen LOG 'A BICYCLE PARTY FOR SIX Friday, June 11, 1948 CG Advises Change In Liberty Shafts To Prevent Breaks ter what Westbrook Pegler and To the Editor; those like him say. With few If it were not for the very exceptions, the ships of the mer­ The propeller shafts of Lib­ serious consequences involved, erty shi|5s should not be run the dog fight for power that has chant marine are- manned by de­ more than 66 r.p.m., and should been going on inside the NMU cent, clean-living trade unionists be examined for defects much for the past few months would who are proud of their trade. REJECTS BACKSLIDE more frequently than is now the savor of something out of "Alice If an "open shop" is declared practice, the Coast Gugrd recom­ in Wonderland." Or the doings for seamen, it will mean that mended this week. themselves might be written up anyone who wishes to can go to In - addition, new propellers and entitled "Seven Easy Ways sea. The operators will be able capable rof maximum propulsion to Commit Suicide." at reduced engine speeds should Up to now we have made no to break the power of the unions be installed in the Libertys, the public comment on the sad spec­ by shipping inexperienced and agency also said. tacle of a once powerful mari­ undesirable persons. Within a time union rending itself to very short time, the trade of The basis for the Coast Guard's pieces, even using its own news­ seaman will slip back into its old good advice was the discovery , paper as a weapon with which character. after a thorough survey that 22 All that we have fought for to commit "hara kiri", but the percent of all Libertys inspected, and built up during the past de­ time has come to speak out. or a little better than one in It was maintained in a recent cade will go into discard—pron­ every five, suffered propeller editorial of "The Pilot" that the to. This we will not stand for. shaft failure during the 12Getting back to the NMU, we SIU would back the NMU in a month period from March 1947 shall do "as we have always done beef for the Hiring Hall because to March 1948. it would be bur beef, too. This in the past, respect their picketThe Coast Guard revealed i means that we may have to take lines. That and no more. that, according to careful studies, We feel that the situation as h stand. the propeller shaft of a Liberty ^ It has always been SIU policy it is today is largely their fault, is in danger of breaking when that the internal politics and and we are not going to be side­ it is operated at a speed of above ' economics of the NMU was none tracked into any pro-or. anti-com74 r.p.m. of our business. We never have mie beef. We cannot stand for The reason is that, at high the injection of polics into SIU - wanted any part of them. speeds, excessive vibratory tor­ affairs. sional stresses occur. In short, , PAINFULLY OBVIOUS We are a union of seamen, run the shaft gets the twists and the Right now, it is only too pain­ by seamen for the benefit of sea­ shakes at the same time and fully obvious that, divided as men, and we are well able to gets them bad. NMU members are, they are go­ take care of ourselves no matter * • 1 ing to have one hell of a time what lies ahead. trying to win the forthcoming The last thing we want to see r-->htest of strength with their com­ is waterfront trouble. But if it panies and the Taft-Hartley Act comes, we shall be in there Check the slop chest be­ -W: • '.l , next week. fighting for our rights with the fore your boat sails. Make ' Seeing that the entire NMU is knowledge that we are backed sure that the slop chest con­ fouled up from the internal by every resource of organized tains an adequate supply of With the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the background, these scrap, and encouraged by the labor. We shall know that our crewmembers of the SS Governor O'Neal. Waterman, pose for all the things you are liable successes other employers al­ cause is just and our quarrel a picture. Left to right. J. J. Keel, AB: M. J.^artin. DM: to need. If it doesn't, call the ready have enjoyed with the honorable. H. Farley, AB; R. C. Dunn, AB; T. J. Hilburn, AB; and R. Union Hall immediately. Taft-Hartley "big stick," the op­ Aussie Shrimpton McCarthy, OS. Picture was sent in by Brother Martin. erators see a golden—and I do mean "golden" — opportunity to deal a veritable death blow to a once powerful union. If they are successful, our own ship­ owners may feel like getting cute and trying the same thing on us. To the Editor: With preparation and an an ment of wages. «nd welfare for self, has created an "atmosphere" It therefore becomes our duty alysis of preseht-day dangers, union workers. If this destruc­ of imity which remains a silent to state plainly and firmly that, no American trade unionism to­ the AFL trade unions can "create tion of the labor movement con­ but powerful force. The indus­ matter what happens to the Na­ day continues to be sabotagec a powerhouse defense of the tinues, America and the world tries have not been taking a I F [f . tional Maritime Union, the Sea- in unions whi^h are dominated American labor movement. will see the death of true de­ chance with the Taft-Hartley farers International Union will by the parrots of communism. 'i-mocracy—and the precious free­ law. From their demands they $: fight as it always" has fought to However, there is another de­ There can also be the elimina­ dom of labor unions. created police brutality against tion of communist rSts from ex­ f' keep everyone of its conditions structive force at work: "Buststrikers and the honorable pro­ ploiting the battles of labor un­ Today, many militant labor called for and guaranteed in our Unionism." t ions, and from gaining leader­ leaders are aware of Jhe dangers tection of scabs. contracts. We mean Rotary Any militant union man read­ 'LABOR'S FIGHT Shipping and the Hiring Hall ing the labor-hating newspapers ship over rank-and-file member­ facing progressive unions. Here's ships. what A. J. Glover, leader of the along with everything else. realizes there is a plan by Am­ railroad switchmen, remarked Every Aiflerican luiion man, erica's big employers to wreck PHONY SUPPORT ACCEPTS CHALLENGE l'-?"' after the government blocked a who takes his union job and his I'^V Let us state now that we do the frame-werk and smash the In many strikes there were scheduled strike: "If the. gov­ membership seriously, should not believe that our own opera­ gains of labor unions. unions that rushed their prom­ ernment. is going to step in as realize that the freedom and the This "Bust-Unionism" follows ises of support to the striking a strike-breaking agency, it's gains of our unions have to be tors either desire or contemplate a labor dispute when our con­ a definite pattern: refusal to unions. But they never produced about time the American people protected in order to remain the bargain collectively and strike anything in the form of food, start thinking of what they are vital part of this democracy. tracts expire. breaking with police and scabs. financial donations, pickets or going to do for the American Labor's benefits to union men But if the NMU, in the mean­ time, has been defeated under The hope of this pattern is to even strategic advice. Such working man deprived of his remained unthreatened until the the Taft-Hartley Act, or has destroy the militancy within the phony promises of support were bargaining weapon.^' shocking Taft-Hartley law ex­ made a weak compromise on the weakest of union members; they the definite signs of suicidal ploded over this nation. Walter J. Reuther, the auto However, the Taft-Hartley law vital issues of the Hiring Hall in turn to influence the militant weakness. and the Rotary Shipping system, members into believing that un­ This is a dangerous disease to workers' leader, who was mys­ arid American communism are the SlU-contracted operators may ions are helpless, or that "neces­ have or allow within the de­ teriously shot, said the follow­ definitely creating chaos—^mainly ing from a hospital bed: "I real­ against our labor unions. Both feel that they have to throw sary" strikes have suddenly be­ fense of the labor movement. ly think this thing shocked a come dangerous and ineffective. down the gauntlet to us. There Every trade union should lot of guys into realizing that of these systems are threatening wiU be pressure on them to do Industry's program to divide check its strength and weak­ to wreck the legitimate Ameri­ Ii labor unions—^whiqh also hap­ nesses. It is imperative that there unionism is more than a matter can labor movement; so, you can be sure. If they do, we shall pick it up pens to be what the communi.sts be a detailed examination of of nickels and dimes and that ^ut the threat of communism and the battle will be on. What labor for—is in production be­ every part of union machinery— personal interests and prejudices should not be one of the rea­ is more, not the police, the Na­ cause of the Taft-Hartley Act. financial, strategic, educational, aren't so - important as they sons for laws to crush labor unions. Labor's immediate pro- . tional Guard nor the NaVal Re­ Legal enslavement of labor un­ etc. The strength, and stategy seem," ions was born through a politi­ of every union thus creates the He further stated that he is gram is the protection of its serve wiU stop us. more' than ever convinced, on traditional existence, and the Come hell or high water, we cal marriage of politician^ and possibility of unity. intend to keep our Hiring Hall. their "priority" friends, the fin­ Naturally, this _ -can be de­ the basis of sjnnpathetic mail he rights of its members to remain - Our trade is a hazardous and ancially influential employers. veloped into a powerful program received from union men in all free from scabs, police methods, peculiar one. Our working con­ These millionaires of industry of action—-if ever needed. The branches of organized labor, that and the labor-wrecking pro­ ditions are not as other men's, are suffering from a proflt-and- road ahead looks dark. The there is a real chance to unite grams _^of industry and goveimand for. that reason alone our power neurosis. They are the democratic existence, of free la­ American xmions in the near ment. All these labor-hating groups must realize that oUr free method of employment is of par- "superior" Americans who con­ bor unions has been attacked future. amoxmt importance to us. tinue to show no desire to un­ by industry, government ^and In my opinion therp has to be labor unions helped to strength- \ Not too many years ago, going derstand and eliminate the ec­ communism. This troubled world more than a real chance of or­ en this giant democracy. And "•fb sea was frequently the last re­ onomic struggles in life. This :s seeing unions continually ganized strength' and strategic they still remain the biggest sort of the derelict and the social group of powerful Americans is clubbed to death in strikes, militancy within and between la­ patriotic force in keeping our" outcast, but through the unions carrying on a "cold war" in dis­ Furthermore, th^ unions are bor unions. If every progressive nation living in the American seafaring has been built regard of the rights and welfat;e immediately blocked with laws union possesses definite strength way. designed to stop the improve-and a militant spirit this, in itan honorable profession—ho mat-l of all unionized workers. Cut and Run Hank Check It—But Good Democracy Depends On Free Labor m. �THE SEAFARERS Friday. June ll, 1948 Page Tiileen LOG NOTICE I Book No. 33227 urging that you get in touch DELOYLE SAINT-CLAIR Will holder of book bearing with your home immediately as WORRELL above number please report to there is serious illness in the Mrs. Anna Worrell, 1357 Bos­ the sixth floor, SIU Hall, 51 ton Road, Bronx §0, N. Y., Apt. family. Beaver Street, as soon as pos­ 5,^ asks you to write. sible. CHARLES*!. FARNUM i 4. 3^ 4 4 4 Get in touch with your Wife. CLAUDE F. BANKS Book No. 50376 Contact Paul C. Matthews, 11 Her address: Box 583, Lisbon Holder of above numbered Falls," Maine. Broadway, New York City. book is requested to report to 4 4 4 4. 4. 4. sixth floor, SIU Hall, 51 BeaVer RICHARD P. BARRON .H. L. HART MY GREATEST "DAY IN BASE-1 wean them from the habit of Street, New York, at first oppor­ Your mother is very ill. Con­ If this brother, who paid off tunity. BALL, Bantam Books. 247 being ruled. the Twin Falls Victory (Isth­ tact Henry Gillespie, Superin­ 4 4 4 They learned, -however, "the pages, 25 cents. mian) in San Francisco on May tendent Claims Department, U.S. Book No. 48854 movement was without scruples. 29 will write to Box 453, San Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 740 Will holder of this book either Forty-nine of the game's finest Her course had many twists and Pedro, Calif., he can get the Gravier St., New Orleans, La. t^ the story of their "greatest windings; and whosoever could forward it to or bring it to New 4 4 4 photo^ being held for him. day" to a variety of newspaper­ not .follow -her crooked course York Hall. If mailed, mark it EUGENE NICHOLSON 4 4 4 men. One writer contributes his was washed on to the bank." attention "Sixth Floor." Get in touch with Miss Eleanor own essay on the 50th player in­ Many of those who led the revo­ BILL CHAMPLIN 4 44 OBERT MORGAN Philip Sarkus would like to Bowredey, 313 Birkwood Place, cluded, one of the true immor­ lution, the book's central char­ • Contact the San Francisco of­ tals of the diamond, the late acter included, later questioned hear from you. Address: 489 Baltimore 18, Md. 4 4 4 Christy Mathewson. Eighth St., Donora, Pa. their Frankenstein creation and fice of the Calmar Steamship LEONARD W. PARADEAU In this little volume baseball were "washed on to the bank: Company. Your money and the ••'4 4 4 Your aunt. Miss Hazel La gear left .aboard the SS Seamar HENRY PIVA fans can learn the inside circum­ a bullet through the head. Fleur wants to hear from you. in April 1948 are being held for Your sister, Mina, asks that stances of Babe Ruth's "called Once a follower of the move­ She's at 240 West 14th St., New you. you write to her care of Times shot" homer off Cube Root in ment, Koestler has written a 4 4 4 Square Hotel, 43rd St., and 8th York 11, N. Y. 1932; of Johnny Evers' force on book that must be read by ev­ Mail is being held in the San 4 4 4 Ave., New York City. Merkle that shoved the National eryone trying to comprehend FRANK NOVAK Francisco SIU hall for the fol­ League into an extra game in the communist mind and meth­ Contact your wife. Her ad­ lowing men: W. J. Lewis, Beton ALVIS J. WIGHTMAN 1908; of Tris Speaker's hit off ods. J. Le Lacheus; Beien Rubio, Ger­ Contact Paul C. Matthews. His dress: 531 Bloomfield Street, Mathewson that broke up the 4 4 4 Hoboken, N. J. address: 11 Broadway, • New 1912 series; of Babe Adams' mag­ BIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH, ald R. Schartel, Robert- Aden, Bernard A. Sanford, Boatwright, York, N. Y. nificent performance in stopping by George Gamow: Pelican R. J.^ILLMIGIN E. J. Wilson. Ben Page, Doty, Cobb and Crawford in 1909; of 4 4-4 Mentor Books, 192 pages, 35 T. A. Thomson, F. R. England, Your wife wants to hear. from Grover Cleveland Alexander's ELMER- D. ANKENEY. Bosun you. cents. Don Bell and Joseph C. Smith. SS Cardinal Gibbons strikeout of Lazzeri in 1926 and 4 4 4 4 4 4 A telegram has been received' of many another exploit that This engaging book is exactly FREDERICK W. BROWN FEROEA SPATEDA has become part of the game's what its title says it is, a history Your mother wants you to history, Your old discharges from 1946 of the globe we live on. Al­ write to her^ Her address: Mrs. and 1947 are being held in the though the author is a distin­ 4 4 4 baggage rgom on the fourth floor Ann Benton, 85 Plymouth St., DARKNESS AT NOON, by Ar­ guished physicist and astrono­ Middleboro, Mass. of the New York Hall. The ad­ thur Koestler; Penguin Signet mer, he writes deliberately for dress is 51 Beaver Street, New 4 4 4 BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. Books, 189 pages, 25 cents. readers who do not know much B. R. KERSEY York 4, N. Y. Your old ship­ Wiliiam Rentz, Agent Calvert 4530 First published seven years about physics, mathematics, as­ mate on the SS Grange Victory, Get in touch with Seamen's BOSTON 276 State St. tronomy, geology or biology. In Waiter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4455 Church Institute, 25 South St., ago, Koestler's account of the Brother Fred Paul, left them for other words, he keeps thingsGALVESTON 308"/j—23rd St. New York, N. Y. last days of a revolutionary you. simple. And when you finish Keith AIsop;^ Agent Phone 2-8448 about to be purged by the mon­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 what ,he has to say you will %ilOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. strous -state he helped create has ABE R. REEDER Crew of know a lot about the old earth, Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 SS George B. McFarland Your brother, Frank R. Reeder, lost none of its timeliness and including the oceans, that you NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. truth. Any one who knows the cir­ wants to hear from you. The ad­ Magnolia 6112-6113 E. Sheppard, Agent never knew before. cumstances of the death of Lesr dress: 2907 Shakespeare, Chicago, He lays bare the soul of the 51 Beaver St. NEW YORK totalitarian state, once conceived THE ODYSSE'^ by Homer, in ter Yost on March 7, 1948, get HAnover 2-2784 47, 111. Joe Algina, Agent in touch with Samuel Segal, 11 to make men free. In Koestler's NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. 4 4 4 a new translation by E. V. ^ Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. ; JOSEPH LUDDY words, those who brought it Rieu; Pelican Classics; 311 ) PHILADELPHIA...614-16 No. 13th St. Request is made by Lester Yost's Contact Thomas J. Sammon, 17 about "dreamed' of power with pages, 35 cents. Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 Richmond sister, Ernestine Yost. Crescent, London­ thg, object of abolishing power; ; SAN FRAI^ISCO.. 105 Market St. derry, Northern Ireland. "The Odyssey," Homer's ac­ of ruling over th«l people to 4 4 4' Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 JOHN SAIAD count of the wanderings of SAN JUAN, BIR..^. .252 Ponce de Leon R. M. KNIGHT Odysseus after the Trojan War, : Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5996 That disputed overtime on the is one of the great stories of SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. SS Marina, Voyage No. 9, is no all time. Probably any classical : Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 good. We have the clarification scholar would tell you that it TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Claude Simmons, Agent Phone M-1323 Sorry, boys; . can only be read .as an epic in Philadelphia. • HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. poem in the original Greek, but Bill Luth, Acting Patrolman. Gus Brosig, who with such men classical scholars can be very HAnover 2-2784 as Brothers Baptist, Henri and SECRETARY-TREASURER F. A. TELTERTON NEW ORLEANS — The only Harris—all oldtime Cooks—^puts stuffy at times. Mr. Rieu, in this Paul Hall new translation, has presented See Patrolman Howard Guinbeef the SS Del Alba crew hac out chow that a Seafarer enjoys DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION "The Odyssey" as a prose novel, ier on the sixth deck of the New^ Lindsey Williams after a thre^-month trip concern­ sitting down to. and it still is one of the great York Hall about your receipt for . ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS ed the New Orleans Patrolmen. "The food is served by Mess' the 1948 assessments. Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler . Wie were sitting in the mess men who may not have been stories of world literature. , Joseph Volpian room, stamping the books and in the SIU long,, but who know permit cards, which the Dele­ that their jobs are as important gates had collected and turned as any other and so carry out [ HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. in with a slip telling how much The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ their part to the best of their Phone 5-8777 each man owed and wanted to farers International Union is available to all members who wish, ability." PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of" Beacon 4336 pay. We were thinking how "The officers aboard, from RICHMOND, Calif. 257 Sth St. good it was to have a ship like their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have» the Captain* on down, are good Phone 2599 this on Monday morning. No the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every> SAN FRANCISCO, ....59 Clay St. beefs, no. gashounds and a clean Union men and -1:f!y: to cooperate SIU branch for tois purpose. Douglas 25475 with the unlicensed personnel in However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU": SEATTLE .86 Seneca St. ship ready for the next crew. every way to miake each voyage After aU the books had been Main 0290 hall, the LOG reproduces below the-form used to request the LOG,-; WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. taken care of, the three Dele­ better than the last one." which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Terminal 4-3131 gates, M. C. Duet, Deck; Lloj^ Beaver Street, New "York 4 ,N.Y. GAVE PROMISE Shank, Engine; and William RoPLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Well, wfi promised the crew cheU, Stewards, came over and BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. told us they had a beef and that we would let the LOG know To the Editor: Cleveland 7391 wanted satisfaction. And this is about the Del Alba. And we CHICAGO, 111. ......3261 East 92nd St. don't blame' the gang for beefI would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to tha^ liil ^ Phone: Essex 2410 what they had'to say: ng." A crew like this, which is CLEVELAND. 2802 Carroll St. PLEASANT PAYOFF making the SIU standard some­ address below: I SlU HALLS SIU, A&G District No More Beef i Notice To All SIU Meeibera SUP Gt. Lakes District Main 0147 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 OULUTH..831 W. Michigan St. DETROIT Melrose 4110 TOLEDO... Summit St. Garfield 2112 Canadian District MONTREAL .^1227 Philips Squsre VICTORIA, B.C..... .602 Boughton St. Empire 4531 VAN^'0UVER........S65 .Hamilton St. v'. . y ,. Pacific' 78241 "You Patrolmen should ehjoy paying off a crew like this one but you never let us know about it. How about a write-up in the LOG. This ship comes in trip after trip, without a beef. The only men who get off are those compelled to by the Shipping Rules or for personal reasons. "We have one of the best'stewards in the business, Brother thing no other maritime imion can match, deserves to be heard about. There are plenty of oldtimers on the Alba. Among thxise we talked to were Williain Price, E. F. Sims, J. Pairsen, and P. Cendrowski. Next trip we are going to get this model SIU crew, to'send in a picture." ;^ohnston" Name Street Address State City .... Signed Book No. �THE FARERS f ttm SEA SEAFARERS Page Sixteen LOG Friday. June 11, 194f Fridayx • When Every Trip Was A Race With Death 111 'i-r;' y<-.' - - • .,, «"SSif;j;SS;a^ Never doeS an SIU shipboard or shoreside meeting adjourn without the Sea­ farers present standing'and observing "one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers." Of these departed, more.than 1,500" Seafarers werrkilled in.Worldl War II as they sought to keep the Allied life-lines going. The countless thousands who survived the death-dealing days all carry vivid memories of those harrowing missions. They do not forget the grotesque pictures of shipmates being swallowed by Death. One Seafarer—^Dusan- De Duisin—asks, "How can I forget?" He had three ship^. shot from under him. The photos on this page show Dusan and some of his Brothers shortly after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship, the H. M. Baker, in Mozambi­ After torpedo struck Baker's starboard side hatch, crew made off in two lifeboats and headed for Beira, 25 miles away. que channel ,at 2:35 a.m. June 6, '1942. The Waterman ship was lost but all hands survived, and were picked up 12 hours later by the British Freighter Twick­ enham. Dhsan and three others were survivors of the Bienville, sunk two months earlier with three-fourths of the crew losing their lives. , i« My ' Seated in second boat, second from left (white head covering) is Dusan. At this point Ihe Twickenham was sighted as she headed for survivors. Shortly after this photo was taken, all hands were aboard the British ship, a coal-burner. Seafarers were in lifeboats 12 hours before being picked up. Many crews had similar harrowing experiences. Aboard ihe Twickenham, Se^arers were fed and given sacks and warm blankets. In spite of their exhaustion, few slept. They 'were top anxious to feel solid ground under their feet. They made if okay, the enemy apparently waiting for cover of night to renew operations. pfilipSllll The rescue ship Twickenham, as she lay waiting for lifeboats to draw alongside. She took her cargo of Seafarers to Mombassa, Kfenya Colony, where they were forced by circumstances of war to wait for one month before beginning trip back to the States on Robin Wentley. Obviously, none of the nerve-wracking horror ex­ perienced by these Seafarers of the Baker can be trans­ mitted through pictures. Neither words nor pictures can portray the grimness of war, But thousands of Seafarers ran the gauntlet—unarmed and without convoy. Experi­ ences like those of the Baker men happened to Seafarers iR^ery day of the conflict. To thern, at least, "Lest We forget" has meaning. Though it was better than iMing on .seas in Norwegian-Steam-driven ^lifeboats, there was always the chance of i«ing hit again, Sea­ farers here pose with lifeboat assigned them by Twi#(>>>h*nt crew—just in case. But the run to Mombassa passed - without.. incident. De Dusan had high praise for Vincent Her­ nandez, AB, whose hand was severely burned when he grabbed a .line to' stop lifebpit from sjnasfaing against, the Baker.,j � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 11, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 24 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/11/1948 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES UNION HIRING HALL MUST BE INCLUDED IN NEW PACT:SEAFARERS TO OPERATORS HOUSE GROUP KILLS ALEIN SEAMNE BILL FLORIDA LABOR VOTE BEATS WATSON COAST GUARD STOPPED IN TRY TO ESTABLISH HEARING UNITS SEAFARES URGED TO DONATE BLOOD TO AID MEN IN MARINE HOSPITALS HOUSE GROUP KILLS ALIEN SEAMEN BILL NEW CUSTOMS LAW ONLY FOR PASSENGERS HOUSE GROUP KILLS ALIEN SEAMNE BILL UNION HIRING HALL MUST BE MAINTAINED IN NEXT AGREEMENT,SIUTELLS SHIPOWNERS SIU CONTRACTED COMPANIES:MISSISSIPPI SHOWDOWN ON UMEMPLOYMENT PAY FOR SEAMEN IS DUE IN ALABAMA SEAFARER FIND PORT BALTIMORE IN POOR SHAPE WEATHER WARM, BUT NEW YORK SHIPPING COOL PHILLY GETS PLEASANT SURPRISE:SHIPPING IS ON THE RISE AGAIN PAPER CARGOES HEEP DROPPING DESPITE ERP THE SEA IS A RELENTLESS MISTRESS SS WARRIOR CHOW BEEF AIRED AT SHIP MEETING SEAFARER PHIL ACREE DIES; MEMBER OF UNION SINCE '38 ONE-TIME WRESTLER MEETS MUSE OF POETRY ABOARD SS CAVALIER Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2e40090540a2491c63245100f869cc64.PDF efda8451053e4752e020b02e90bf6727 PDF Text Text ,, W" LOG Voli XVI K ;' • 7 ^ ife:- • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL T _ _^f:y.te A •','4 -.i it,- - • ihf U •dljt •I'MM ' . -.Ti GAINS IN Story on Page 3 ;!! 16 Vying For SIU College Scholarships 'M story on Page 2 SIU headquarters officials and employees tie up loose ends on new freight pact, after it was approved by, operators' committee. \^sistant Secretary - Treasurers Claude Simmons (front) and Joe Algina look on as copies of the proposed contract are , mailed out to freight outfits. The pact features increases of four and six percent for all but entry ratings, retroactive to last October 1, plus reopener on welfare, vacation and other item? at any time. It must still be ratified by the membership. (Story on Page 3.) Wrapping If Ifp. i*«5' C Hospital Budget Survives First Hurdle In Congress Story on Page 3 - ••rll -;5ai �im's • PausB Tw*. • SEAFARERS LOG Jiune 11, 1954 5 Seafarers, 11 SlU (Aildren Bid For Union Schoiarships ' Five. Seafarers are among the 16 eligible candidates for the four $6,000 four-year scholar­ ships to be awarded under the SIU Scholarship Plan this year. The Scholarship Advisory Committee, made up of five prominent educators, will select the winners when they meet Tuesday, June 22nd. ^ .— — Seafarers eligible this year financial aid will ba given those are:,Bernard Ireland, assistant di­ are Elliot Williams, 27, of Gal­ winners who show ability to con­ rector of admissions of Columbia Seafarers view some of the oil paintings on fflsplay in a comer of the SIU art exhibit at headquarters. Jndgina will be next week. SIU Art Works Co On Display Seafarers' entries for the Third Annual SIU Art Contest went on display at headquarters this week, with all viewers, both Seafarers and visitors to the hall, near-unanimous in their praise of the creative* work submitted for the Union- June 16 are sterling silver cigarette sponsored competition. Judg­ lighters emblazoned with an SIU m k I;)/ l[V .'^ Ife." IA..- m ing of all entries will be held on Tuesday, June 15. The exhibition, opened two days ago, on Wednesday, and will con­ tinue for a full week. Awards for the winning entries will be made at the regularly-scheduled head­ quarters membership meeting next Wednesday night. Oil paintings and handicraft items dominate the entries in the current contest, with water-colors and drawings running third and fourth. The number of entries is much smaller than in the past, however, principally due to the fact that the competition this year is" limited to five entries in any one contest classification. Dozen Or More Entries Earlier contests had some Sea­ farers submitting a dozen or more items in one class, thus swelling the total number of entries consid­ erably. Few have submitted more than one or two items this year. The prizes which will be awarded lapel crest emblem. Each will be engraved with the winner's name, plus the date and title of the award. Up to three prizes will be awarded in each contest category, and it is hoped several of the win­ ning Seafarers will be on hand at the Wednesday night meeting to receive their prizes in person. List­ ing at $15 plus tax, the valuable prizes will be a lasting reminder of (Continued on Page 17) Crospvord Puzzle ........ Page 12 Editorial ....Page 13 Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 Galley Gleanings ........Page 20 Inquiring Seafarer Pag^ 12 In The Wake Pag" 12 Labor Round-Up.. Page 13 Letters .Pages 21, 22 Maritime Page 16 Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 On The Job .Page 16 Personals i....... Page 25 Quiz ^ .~, .Page 19 Seafarers In Actibh Page 16 • Ships Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line .Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News . Page 7 Wash. News Letter, i Page 6 Welfare Benefits Pages 26.-27 -Welfare. Report Page 8 Your Constitution Page 5 Your Dollar's' Worth..... Page 7 Vital Ships TMee of heroism and courage on the "part of Seafarer crews were commonplace during World War II. But at no stage of the war were, merchant ships and. the sea­ men that manned them more vital than' in the Normandy beachhead days when men and material were delivered in the greatest concen­ tration in niilitary and ih shipping history. Thousands of SIU and SUP sea­ men took part in establishing the beachheads and later in maintain­ ing the lines of supply which were so necessary in order to bring the Nazis to heel. • Millions Of Tons 'These Seafarers played an Im­ portant role in landing the 21^-million troops, the i^-million trucks and tanks, and the 17 million tons of, ammunition and supplies that were put on the beaches of Nazi Europe during the first 109 days after D-Day. •^any Seafarers were also among the 1,000 merchant seamen who veston, Texas; Picket W. Lusk, 30, tinue into grac^u^te work. College of Columbiq- University; It is emphasized that those ap'^ Elwood C. Kastner, registrar of of Houston, Texas; Wallace M. Simpson, 23, of Riverbank, Calif,; plicants who do not win the schol" New York University; Miss Edna Edmund C. Larkin, 28, of Ithaca, arships this year are eligible to. M; Newby, director of admissions NY; and Seymour Wallace, 24, of compete again for the scholarships. of New Jersey College for Women This year's SIU Scholarship Ad­ of Rutgers University, and F. D. New York City. visory Committee is the same that Wilkinson,' registrar of Howard There were a total of 25, appli­ cants for the scholarships, of which judged the winners last year. They University. 16 were judged eligible. Besides the five Seafarers there were five seamen's, daughters and ..six sons of SIU members. m}y_ The advisory committee will study all of the material subiqitted by the applicants. A complete study will be made of each appli­ cant's high school record, his refer­ ences, college entrance exam score WASHINCl^bN.—^The Navy's proposal for long-term char­ and other data. ters for private operators on 20 new tankers struck a tempo­ The committee will then make rary snag, when a House Armed Services Committee sug­ preliminary selections for recom­ gested that the Government mendation to the trustees of the build and own the tankers it­ are in the employ of private com­ Seafarer Welfare Plan. Final de­ self. Representative Carl Vin­ panies. cision and announcement of the son of the House Armed Services The one drawback seen in the awards will be made by the Committee said that Government 'Vinson proposal is that it would trustees. ownership would assure the Navy require the Defense DepartmentFree Choice to make a special appropriations a full 20 years' use of the ships. Seafarers and the lamilies of Under the original plan, as pro­ request at this session of Confess Seafarers who meet the other posed by-the Military Sea Trans­ for the funds-with which to build ,. • qualifications may apply and com­ portation Service, the tankers the new tankers. At present, MSTS operates 47 pete for the scholarships. The would be built privately and timewinners may choose the college of chartered to "ilSTS for a period of T-2s of Us own, in addition to char­ their choice, and will continue to ten years. After ten years, or be­ ters of privately owned vessels. get the scholarship for a four-year fore that in some circumstances, 'l!he 20-tanker plan would make it period providing their grades meet the owners would be permitted to possible for MSTS to place 37 of the requirements. transfer the ships to foreign fiags. its own T-2s in the reserve fleet. Then it would operate on the basis Each scholarship pays $1,500 per Manned Privately of ten Government-owned T-2s, 20 year for foiu: years, which is In any case, it was agreed that new supertankers to be built and enough to pay all tuition, fees books and room and board in al­ whatever iiroposal was adopted, four supertankers under time most any coHege in the country. " the ships would be built in private charter from the Orion Shipping The Welfare Plan has stated that yards and manned by seamen who Cooipany. 20-Tanl(er Proposal Hits Snag In House '"'HI * Seamen Played Leading Boles At Normandy Ten ¥ ears Ago !• •fl.' , Last Sunday, June 6, was the 10th anniversaiy of D-Day—the start of the AllieiJ invasion of Adolph Hitler's "fortress Europe" and the beginning of the end of the Nazi dream of world conquest. , For many Seafarers, last Sunday was a day of quiet remembrance. It was a day during which they could recall their own role in this history-shaping operation and to pause to observe-^with Special emphasis—the traditional "one minutr of silence" in memory of their shipmates who died to maintain the lifelines to Europe intact. . . , More than 1,200 Seafarersf ships that were scuttled ,ta successful invasion of the Nor- SIU Libertys which- had -all seen gave their lives both during can SEAFARERS LOG the make the emergency breakwater— mandy coast possible. plenty of; action 'and were c<mwar, and many met their the "miracle harbor" that made the Among these 82 ships were three June 11. 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 12 (Continued on page l7) • * end in the channel waters off As i See It Page 4 the Normandy beaches. 'Published biweekly at the headquarfers of the seafaien .fnternatfonal Unlonr At­ lantic A Oolf, District AFL, «75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *•4600. Entered at second class matter at thq Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., under ihe A rot Ausust 24, 1912. volunteered to sail the 32 Amefi- i A line of Liberty ships (dark chain running through center of photo) form a man-made breakwatex t ' off the Nohhandy Coast.khortiy after D-Dayv I'O ye'ara Ho. Ships were scuttied-to afford calm surf i- : • t=vw.; • �jii^ltl9S4 SSAF ARERS LOG Pace Thf Dry Cargo Pact Ups Wages A new SIU contract calling for a two to six percent increase in wages and overtirtie for all ratings has been completed with the major dry cargo companies and will be presented to the membership for ratification. The contract's money •\ \ provisions are retroactive ta^' October 1, 1953, the date the increases .are also retroactive to changes in general rules is the provision made for money draws old SIU contract expired. The October 1, 1953. Increases on standby, longshore in foreign ports. The old con­ agreement specifies that the Union can reopen it at any work and tank clearing, as well as tract called for draws in US cur­ time to 'discuss welfare, vaca­ changes in the working rules and rency all over the world, but this tion, pensions and other items. In addition, the new agreement makes several important changes in working rules and general rules Under the new agreement, retroactive pay will run back to Oc­ dealing with such subjects as tober 1, .195^ for all ratings. This includes both base wages and money draws in foreign ports, al­ overtime rates. Some typical retroactive pay due would be as fol­ lotments, work in interior spaces lows: by foreign shore gang labor, fans, Chief steward: $22.09 a month for nine months on base wages, innerspring mattresses, handling or $200 plus additional overtime on the basis of another 11 cents of garbage and the like. fsr each hours' overtime. (fhe money features of the new AB: $12.09 a month for the same period or close to $110 plus the agreement call for a six percent additional retroactive pay on overtime on the basis of another seven increase for all ratings currently cents an hour. earning $340.73 or more and an overtime rate for these ratings of Wiper: $5.77 a month for the same period or close to $51 plus $1.93. Ratings earning $298.49 and additional overtime, on the basis of another three cents an hour. up to $340.73 will get ,a four per­ cent increase and an overtime rate general rules will go into effect as caused of $1.94 an hour. considerable difficulty of the completion of a ship's pres­ with shipowners ciaiming that in Firemen's Parity In this connection, the firemen ent articles and the signing of new many instances, US currency was not available. As a result, a new will be given parity with oilers ones. Of particular interest in the (Continued on page 17) and firemen-watertenders on wage scales so that they will get the four percent increase on the basis Of the old scale for oilers and FWTs. The remaining entry ratings, un­ der $298.48 will get a two percent increase and an overtime rate of $1.51 an hour. in addition, special considera­ tion is being given to three key ratings ort the mariner ships, the WASHINGTON.—The US Public health Service budget bosuns, carpenters and chief elec­ tricians. Bosuns . will get $447 a survived its first hurdle, but not without damage, as the month or an extra $40, chief elec­ House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40,000 off the tricians $518.09, or roughly $20 Administration's request. The| extra, and carpenters will get committee's actibn reduces the less than last year and over a mil­ $386 or roughly $11 extra. These budget to $33 million, $110,000 lion less than two years ago. The next major step will prob­ ably be forthcoming from the Senate Appropriations Committee, and then on the floor of both DECK DEPARTMENT Houses. Union representatives in New Old, . New Washington, are hopeful that the Rating Scale Scale Increase Overtime Senate will restore the cut. In any Bosun (Mariner) $378.00 $447.00 $69.00 $1.98 case, a fight will be made for Bosun 378.00 400.68 22.68 1.98 restoration on the floor of the Carpenter (Mariner) 353.85 +386.00 32.15 1.98 House and if necessary, in the Carpenter 353.85 *375.08 21.23 1.98 Senate-House conference. AB Maintenance 330.75 13.23 343 98 1.98 The $33 million figure, while Quartermaster 302.32 12.09 S14.41 1.94 enabling the hospitals to. continue Able Seaman^ 302.32 12.09 314.41 1.94 operation, represents a further cut­ 4.<79 244.19 Ordinary Seamali .'... 239.40 1.51 back in some of the hospital serv­ ices, which have been under fire ENGINE DEPARTMENT from Government economizers. Chief Electrician (Mariner).,.; 470.99 518.09 47.10 1.98 Meanwhile both the Union and Chief Electrician 470.99 499.25 28.26 1.98 the Seafarers themselves have 2d Electrician 438.76 26.33 465.09 1.98 been pressing hard Tor Congres­ Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day)...... 380.97 22.86 403.83 1.98 sional approval of the budget, Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) 340.74 20.44 361.18 1.98 which is considered the minimum 23;46 Plumber-Machinist 390.96 1.98 414.42 that would be sufficient to keep 21.56 Deck Engineer 359.32 1.98 380.88 the hospitals operating at Uieir 20.76 Engine, Utility 345.96 1.98 366.72 present level. 12.86 1.94 Evaporator Maintenance 321.46 334.32 12.09 1.94 Oiler 302.32 Won Reversal 314.41 13.09 1.94 Oiler-Diesel 327.13 340.22 Earlier in the year, the SIU and 12.09 1.94 Waterlender 302.32 314.41 other maritime unions won a re­ 12.09 1.94 Fireman-Watertender 302.32 314.41 versal of >an administration de­ Fireman 286.99 314.41" 27.42 1.94 cision to abandon the hospitals al­ Wiper ......~ 288.53 294.30 5.77 1.51 together. The proposals, first put Reefer Engineer forth by the Budget Bureau, _ (When 1 carried) 438.76 465.09 26.33 1.98 aroused such an outcry that the Reefer Engineer Government reversed itself on the (When 3 carried ............ attempt to scuttle the program Chief .....7. 404.69 428.97 24.28 1.98 which was first originated in First Assistant 359.94 381.54 21.60 1.98 George Washington's time. Second Assistant 333.37 13.33 1.98 346.70 In recent years, the hospitals have been the targets of Govern­ STEWARD DEPARTMEI^T ment economizers with the result Chief Steward (Mariner)...... >368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 that each year has seen the num­ Chief Steward 368.16 390.25 22.09 1.98 ber of hospitals in operation re­ 361.18 Chief Cook.............. 340.74 20.44 1.98 duced. 361.18 Night Cook & Baker...; 340.74 1.98 20.44 Several Senators. including 325.27 Second Cook ......... 312.76 1.94 12.51 Harley Kilgore of West Virginia, 310.43 ••Third Cook 298.49 1.94 11.94 Lister Hill of Alabama, Dennis Messman i.......;.... 237.57 1.51 242.32 4.75 Chavez of New Mexico and Warren 4.75 Utilityman ....... 237.57 - 242.32 1.51 Margnuson of Washington, have written the Union emphasizing their support of the USPHS pro­ • Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. gram. Similar sentiments have •• When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and be paid wage of $325.27 per mon^h. been reported from the House side of Congress. Retroactive Pay: li' ' Seafarer B. H. Meade writes letter to the Mississippi Steamship Company claiming back wages which are due him. Union member found out about money he Is entitled to when his name was pub­ lished, along with many others. In recent Issue of the LOG. SOC's Still Await Claim By Seafarers NEW ORLEANS.—It's four weeks since the publication of •I special four-page SEAFARERS LOG supplement on back wages owed by the Mississippi Shipping Company, and there's still, over $50,000 lying around>— Idle waiting for Seafarers to list, however. Sevdtal hundred Sea­ claim assorted chunks of it. farers have amounts running into Only $7,365 of the $58,276.73 bo­ three figures coming to them. The nanza has found an owner so iar. largest amount on the list, $602.87, The money listed as retroactive is still an unclaimed windfall be­ pay. and other unclaimed wages longing to Seafarer Frank L. which has been on Mississippi's Smith. Thirty men have a penny books since as far back as 1948, each coming to them. belongs to 4,000 Seafarers who Seafarers whose names are oh have sailed the company's vessels the list should contact the company since that time. directly, by applying to the Un­ Following an early spurt of claimed Wage Department. Mis­ claims the first week after the list sissippi Shipping Company, 1300 was originally published, the rate Hibernia Building, New Orleans. of applications for the dough has Applications should include the levelled off at a little under 100 Seafarer's Z-number, social secur­ a week. All told, 220 applications ity number, rating, name of the have been handled through the shipper ships worked on and the mails and another 135 through length of service on them as re­ telephone calls. In addition, there corded on his discharges. are others still not processed. Highest amount paid to date went .to Seafarer William P. Dunn Jr., • Who served as steward on the first voyage of the SS David Starr Jordan in 1951. Dunn's Loss of a Union receipt book slice of the $58,containing 50 receipts numbered 000 came to $125.99. A mem­ 65400-65450 was reported last ber of the SIU Week by a New York headquarters since 1943, he patrolman. Receipts out of the Dunn hails from San- book had- been issued while the patrolman was paying off the Val ford, NO. His share of the total is far from Chem (Valentine); Bradford Island being the highest amount on the and Lone Jack (Cities Service). All moneys collected on the re­ ceipts have be^n deposited with headquarters, but the Union has no way of crediting paymeiUs to the Seafarers in question iA the headquarters file. The men, of Re^lar membership meet­ course, have their own, receipts ings in SIU headquarters and and the dues record stainped on at all branches are held every their own cards. second Wednesday. night at Consequently, -^crewmembers of 7 PM. The schedule for the these ships who' have made pay­ next few meetings 1^ as follows: ments on these receipt numbers June 16, June 30 and July 14. are advised to contact headquar­ AU Seafaren registered on ters at the earliest opportunity. In the shipping list are required that way, their payments nan be to attend the meetings. credited and the" money properly accounted for. Report Dues Receipts Lost :M Night Every 2 Weeks House Body Votes PHS $$ With Cut New Dry Cargo Wage Scale �rag* FOOT SEAFdRERS i Swia ii 19M LOG 'Old Ironsides' Gets Another Facelifting AilSee 11. ^. IK' m I- r l>t;. • r.v I I S'- ''.• a". g?-f •• I i- I.sr';.. • A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE SEAFARERS LOG DEALING WITH the mortgage indebtedness of shipowners looking for a fast transfer to a foreign flag has attracted a considerable amount of attention in many quarters. Headquarters has received a considerable number of requests for copies of the article and many letters of comment from people in the industry and on the outside who are interested in the subject. . It appears that the article has had a beneficial effect in that for the time being those who were attempting to get put from under are not pushing their proposals. Certainly, through the medium of your Union newspaper, the Union was able to attract a good deal of public attention to the problem of foreign ship transfers. It's interesting to note further on this subject, that the Maritime Administration, acting.for the US Government, had 371 mortgages outstanding on for­ eign ships of all nations for a total of $116,870,476 as of the first of this year. These are ships that were sold to foreign flags under the 1946 ship sales act to 13 different countries. Of course, they are in addition to mortgages outstanding on American flag ships. Responsible To Congress Obviously then, the Maritime Administration has a stake in foreign flag operations because it is responsible to the Government and Con­ gress for collecting this money, just as it is responsible for mortgage Workmen lower 70-foot Oregon pine bowsprit into place on the USS Constitution at the Navy Yard in money on American flag ships. •• Boston early in the month. The bowsprit had to be removed in order to replace a 20-foot bitt designed This puts the Government in the peculiar position of being directly to hold spar in place. The Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides," U beUeved to be the oldest war­ involved in the well-being of shipping of several other nations as well ship in the world still in commission. • . as the United States, and may serve in part to explain the concern displayed in Washington quarters, particularly by the State X>epai-tment, for foreign-flag ships. It would be a more wholesome situation all around if those in charge of our maritime policy were not put in the impleasant position of having to worry about how well an individual foreign. shipowner The method of filling" chief electrician's jobs on Mariner type ships was taken up at last is doing and whether or not he will be able to pay the cash he owes.. week headquarters branch meeting, with passage of a motion recommending a new policy * . • * on those jobs. If approved by the membership in all ports, the chief's job will be posted on WITH JUNE 30TH FAST APPROACHING, THE END OF THE fiscal year as far as Government appropriations are concerned. Sea­ the board in the regular man-> ner, but the man shipping as agreed, with the approval of the these vessels, since the shipowners farers will know pretty soon just how matters stand on the. Public chief will have to pas's scru­ membership, that the key rating of had indicated a lack of interest in Health Service Hospitals. The Congressional Committees" involved tiny, by a committee of electri­ chief electrician for these particu­ operating the ships altogethej^ be­ are making their reports and at this writing the latest word is. that cians plus the epgine department lar ships should be selected on the cause of their size and complexity. the House Appropriations Committee has recommended that/ the patrolman on the queslfcn of his basis of qualification rather than Since most electricians have lim­ hospitals be continued but that an additional $40,000 niek be taken in the accepted rotary fashion. ited AC experience—^with few ex­ in the money available for their operations. Mariner or AC experience. Originally, some people down in Washington who think that hospi­ This same policy has been fol­ cept some of t]ie new tankers of­ New York new business at the June 2 headquarters meeting fea­ lowed on other experimental ships fering this type of expeflence—-the tals are a fine place to begin saving money were all for shutting them tured a discussion by several elec­ and special types, such as the Union contended it would guar­ down. As you know, that roused up quite a protest tricians on the question of jobs as Schuyler Otis Bland. Second"elec­ antee the most e^erienced men from the SIU and other maritime unions, to say chief electrician on the Mariners. tricians, on the other hand, were available for the jobs, in order to nothing of the hundreds of letters that Seafarers assure the membership the nearly sent the White House and their Congressmen on the As a result of the extreme com­ shipped off the board. 40 other jobs which each SIU Mar­ subject. Special Course plexity of the Mariners electrical Evidently these letters have had quite an effect, Installations, the chief electrician's As a matter of fact, so complex iner calls for. The policy was affected with the because the Administration changed Its mind and Job is the key to the operation of are the Mariners tjiat at first it the $10 million ship, being even was necessary for the chief elec­ Keystone and the eight other Mar­ decided to keep the. hospitals open on a reduced more important in some respects tricians to undergo a "training iners since allocated to SIU com­ scale. However, there is still a possibility ^t the than that of the licens^ engineers. course" with the ship in the ship­ panies (four are still active)—and members of Congress will act to restore the full amount that these hospitals need to operate prop­ proven successful. yard before taking it out. Qualification Basis erly. Certainly your. Union is doing everything it can to acquaint A similar rule governs these members of Congress with the facts of the situation, and has received Accordingly when the AC sys­ At stake at the timie the Mar­ tem Mariners started coming out iners were first being allocated jobs on West Coast ships manned assurances from many quarters indicating that we have strong friends two years ago the Union had were several hundred jobs on by the SlU-affiliated Marine Fire­ on this issue. ' men, Oilers and Watertenders; with the union requiring men tak­ . BY THE TIME THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER APPEARS, ing the job ot chief electrician on the winners of the four SIU scholarship awmxis for the; coming year a Mariner to have at least a year'fr will be known. The board of college administrators that has .been AC experience. selected by the trustees of-your Welfare Plan will make its recom­ mendations on June i22, and the trustees will act accordiingly. ' This is the second year that the awards are being made, and at the same time, the trustees will have to decide shortly whether on not to continue the funds for IdSt year's winners. According to the terms The black gang was very much in dent of the port. He has been in of the award, all of the winners have to maintain a certain level of^ performance to be entitled to a second year's grant from the Wel­ evidence at the last Lake Charles, the SIU since May, 1943. Bryant is 35 years old and married. Louisiana, port fare Plan. Five Seafarers meeting with two 4" 4 itOne point of interest about this year's awards is that five Seafarers The port of Seattle "busted out cn'gine depart­ are among the group that has qualified for these awards. The Scholar-' all over" the last couple of weeks ment representaship Plan was designed originally to ben^it both the Seafarers them­ with plenty of tives taking selves and the children of Seafarers, and it appears that several mem­ ships to keep all charge of the WASHINGTON.—Plans to In­ bers of the Union have taken advantage of the opportunity. hands happy. On meeting. Seafarer stall a complete gas turbine pro­ In any case, four of the people involved will be raceiving $1,500 a the beach for the John S. Capps pulsion power plant in a reserve year for, whatever college studies they "might care to undertake. Arid time being to was chairman of fleet Liberty moved forward as'tfae those who are unsuccessful -in their pursuit of this year's award can help conduct the the meeting while Maritime Administration reported always come back again 12 months later for another crack at the prize.' port meeting Warren J. BurBurbine that 11 companies have submitted * * » , there was veteran bine was the re­ 17 different proposals for the ex­ THERE APPEi^ TO HAVE BEEN A LITTLE JAM-UP IN THE Seafarer Carroll cording secretary. perimental installation. All pro­ program put forth by the administration to modernize the merchant Capps comes to the SIU via the Quinnt Jr. Quinnt posals are currently being studied. marine. At present, the proposal to build 20 tankers for Navy chart­ Bluegrass State, Kentucky. He's held the job of Quinnt The use of a gas turbine is part ers is tied up in one House Committee, while another proposal to pro­ been an SIU member since July 13, reading clerk for of an MA-sponsored program to vide for trade-in of over-age tankers is not making much headway 1947, when he joined in the port that occasion. . «f Galveston, Texas. He's 53 years A deck department man, Quinnt attenipt to re-engine the Libertys either. "These bills, while important, are 'subsidiary to the main proposal old, married and makes his home has been with the SIU since wa^ to make them capable of 18-19 back, joining in Baltimore on June knots as compared with the ten to.buiI<r 60 new. ships each year for the US merchant marine.>Up until in the Texas port. now there hasn't been too much action on the ques­ Burbine is a Massachusetts man 28,1940. He's a native of Maryland, knots they can produce with their present low-pressure plants. In tion although the bills have been dropped iri the . who calls Mefrose, Mass., his home 33 years of age. addition to the one ship which will hopper. town. He's 26 years of age $• it it It would appear desirable for-the Congressional Joined the Union in the tanker port Seafarer George E. Odom of have the gas turbine installation, committees involveil to make this an early order of Marcus Hook on April S, 1947. Whistler, Alabanm, served as re­ three others will be fitted with of l^siness, since It cam be expected that before cording secretary at the. last Mobile steam turbines,, geared diesels - long Congress will be looking to adjoqrn for the ... Savannah, Georgia's port meet- port meeting. Odom, who sails in and diesel-electric drive. , . eummer. Taking action now would make it pos­ ' Ing, was taken in hand by Seafarer the deck department, has been an Tests will determine which type sible to whip some kind of proposal inti shape Ernest M. Bryant as chairman. SIU member since February 23, of ijlant is most effective to bring that could be translated Into contracts for new Bryant, a steward department man 1946,. When he joined in the Ala­ the speed «f the Libertys up to ahipi early next year. Is a native of Georgia and a resi­ bama port. He's 29 years old. the. deiU^blc Jft'^jQiPt.ifUodard' Ask New Mariner Ch, Elect, Rule Study Bids On Gas Turbine in Liberty -vr>f �^:m y'-Jam* 11; 1954 SEAFARERS rage rtn LOG Seafarer ^Sprang^ From 18-Month Stay On Ship A Seafarer who has a record of 32 years' residence in the United States has finally been permitted by Immigration to come ashore' after a harrowing 18-months of "imprisonment" on a ship. Seafarer Charles Slanina, a member of the SIU since 1946, touched US soil on April 22, 1954 after he had-f, successfully fought both McCarran Act red tape and the Admiral J. A. Hirshfield Admiral A. C. Richmond Coast Guard Names New Top Officers The appointments of a, new commandant and assistant commandant of the US Coast Guard for the next four years were announced recently. Rear Admiral Alfred C. commandant and Chief of Richmond, former assistant Staff at Coast Guard Heaidquarters, Cenfur/-0/cf Corn-Likker Cargo Found DETROIT —A diver clumsily rose from the waters of Lake Mich­ igan recently, staggered across the deck in his heavy suit and after his helntet was removed, smilihgly an­ nounced that he had discovered "enough whiskey to swim in," some 350 barrels, in a wreck 75 feet underwater off Frankfort, Mich. Julius Roth, salvage operator, says that the wreck is that of the package freighter West Moreland, which floundered in a gale on the lake in December, 1854. Roth, who lacks funds to begin salvage operations, named Capt. John Waters of Frankfort, who died recently at the age of 100, as the man who told him the location of the Vi^reck. Not content with the discovery of the 100-year-old bourbon, a diver is now probing the wreck for some $100,000 worth of gold bullion belived to have been on board. The state liquor commission said if the whiskey were in good condi­ tion it might be worth much money. Washington, DC, was named com­ mandant with the rank of viceadmiral. Rear Admiral James A. Hirsh­ field, former Chief of Personnel at US Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, was named as­ sistant commandant. A native of Waterloo, Iowa, ViceAdmiral Richmond studied en­ gineering at George Washington University prior to his acceptance as a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn. Commissioned an ensign in 1924, he first served as an aide to the Commandant at Coasf Guard Head­ quarters in Washington, DC, and later served with the Special Pa­ trol Force and Special Patrol Squadron operating against rum runners off New York and the Massachusetts coast. Texas Schooling Rear Admiral Hirshfield is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and at­ tended the University of Texas be­ fore being appointed a cadet in the Coast Guard in 1922. Graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1924, he spent the first five years of his career on destroyers based at New London, Conn. Former commandant is Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill, who re­ tired June 1. YOU and the SIU CONSTirUTION From Article X, Section.7 "In ho event shall the Negotiations and Strike Committee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any manner, without the approval of the membership of the Union." YOlift; K5GHTS 5 ANO AS : S!U::. : AKES :a«A{iAHT5ED: BV : vbys • :yOV::W!TH:;:THg5E to Tsiis irpA- attempts of the skipper of the Trojan Seaman to dump him ashore in any one of a half dozen foreign countries. Slanina, like a number of other alien seamen, was the victim of a peculiar quirk in the McCarran Act which made no allowance for socalled "stateless persons," particu­ larly men who were born in coun­ tries that have since been swal­ lowed up by the Communists. Among such countries are Czecho­ slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Rumania and the other Russian satellites. Since Slanina could not produce a passport from the Red government of his native Czechoslovakia, he was condemned under the law to ride his ship indefinitely until the company could get rid of him somewhere. Under the law he was a national of a Communist country and con­ sequently could not be admitted to shore leave in the US, let alone residence. Member Of Czech Legion Ironically enough, way back in the first World War, Slanina was a member of the first anti-Commu­ nist fighting group ever formed. the famed Czech Legion. This Back on shore after 18 months enforced stay on a ship. Seafarer Charles Slanina (ieft) teils old shipmate Joe Clurman of his ex­ periences. Vladivostock where it linked up with a British-American expedi­ tionary force and was evacuated. In 1922, Slanina emigrated to the United States on a passport from the Czechoslovak Republic. He was 24 years old at the time and spent the next 20 years working on shoreside jobs as a machinist and mechanic. During that period he once took out his first papers but never followed up his citizen­ ship application—something he had cause to regret later on. When the US entered the war, Slanina, at 44, went out to sea again and spent the war years on US-flag ships, and after the war Acting in accordance with the decision of district-wide ended, he continued going to sea. Meanwhile he was regularly re­ membership meetings, the SIU h'as opened its membership newing his passport from the books for the admission of a limited number of permit card Czechoslovak government. holders each month. ApplicaSailed'on Affidavit tions have been sent to all at which time 15 men wiil be ad­ His troubles began after the post­ ports for those permits who mitted to the union. The report war coup in Czechoslovakia by the wish to apply for membership. will list all men who have made Communists. When Slanina's pass­ The present plan calls for the application whether or not they port expired in 1950, he had no admission of new members at the are accepted for membership. And way of getting renewal without' rate of 15 per month, five each the fact that a man is not accepted swearing allegiance to the Com­ from the deck, engine and steward the first time ground does not munist government of Czechoslova­ department. The new members will in any way affe * his future eligi­ kia. He took his problem to the not add to the total membership bility for a membership book. Immigration people who advised rolls of the SIU, since they will Since the committee's work will him to sail on an affidavit as a merely replace the normal loss of continue over a lengthy period of "stateless person." membership through death, resig­ time, its membership will change He sailed on the affidavit satis­ nations and withdrawals from the from month to month, but the factorily for twQ years until industry. Consequently, the Union basic structure will still consist of December, 1952, and then the new policy of maintaining membership two men from each shipboard de­ (Continued on page 17) figures in proportion to the num­ partment. f" ber of jobs available will be con­ group consisted of exiled Czechs who formed an army m pre-Coinmunist Russia to help liberate their homeland from Austrian control. Subsequently, when the Commu­ nists took control of the Russian empire, the Czech legion literally fought its way out of Russia severai thousand miles all the way to Plan To Admit 15 New Members Each Month tinued. In the near future, a sixman membership committee will be selected at headquarters to screen the applications. Membership will be awarded on the basis of several factors including length of time on the permit, particit>ation in Union beefs and in organization work. Records of work on shipboard and similar factors that would have a bearing on a man's ability and quality will be considered. The membership committee's re­ port wiil be made once a month Union Has Cable Address Only upon membership approval can the Union's Negotiations and Strike Committee call a strike, break off negotiations or agree Upon a contract. /A.,' Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. Permits applying for membership get applications checked at dis­ patch counter in headquarters to make sure forms are properly flUedout. �SEAFARERS Sik SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON w II If' l>-' ' p' p Showing solidarity between stewards aboard West Coast ships and members of th^ SUP deck and en­ gine crews is this group above on the George C. Long. They are left to right, back row: D. E. Hamalamin, engine delegate; Joe Kaplan, deck delegate; Phil Pino, bosun, and James Wooten. In front row, same order, are Thomas Kaye, steward department delegate, and Smokey Dunham, steward. MC5-AFL Charges Vote Mix-up SAN FRANCISCO—Charging several serious irregularities in the course of the 90-day election on West Coast ships, the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, has challenged the vote in formal proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. The MCS-AFL tallied 743 votes against only 14 votes for the Cornmunist-dominated a contesting' party. These irregu­ grounds that it is obviously defunct NUMC&S, but the majority of larities took place on at least 16 and not in compliance with the I.; ife^ 1 If" Ih " 1^" 1^1^'' |^~' I^iS I- itilM LOG ballots, 1,285, went in the "neither" column under the urging of Harry Bridges' "Local 100." The charges requested that the election be set aside and a new vote ordered on the grounds that employers had taken five specific courses of action to assist Bridges' Longshore Union in its drive for a "neither" vote. Organizers On Ships Although "Local 100" was not on the ballot and-had no official role in the proceedings, the MCSAFL pointed out that the shipown­ ers had permitted "Local 100" organizers to board the ships be­ fore, after and during the election and electioneer on the ships, and had officially included "Local 100" under the Welfare Plan set-up, pro­ viding for a paid "Local 100" di­ rector. Further, the SIU affiliate said, "Local 100" representatives were permitted to act as observers and to participate in the conduct of the balloting although under the terms of the election they had no place on the ballot and no recognition as ships specified in the charges. In some instances, the union said, MCS-AFL men working on the ships were not permitted to be observers while "Local 100" repre­ sentatives who were not crewmembers were allowed to take part. In petitioning for a new vote, the MCS-AFL asked that the Commu­ nist-dominated NUMC&S be barred from the ballot on the Congressman Offers Bill For 'West Point' Of Maritime WASHINGTON.—A bill to place the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, on a par with West Point, Annapolis and the proposed Air Force Academy, introduced in the House by Sep. William school. The, K. Van Pelt of Wisconsin, is pointed to the present overman­ likely to face considerable ning in the industry, among both crossfire from many segments of the maritime industry. Most sea unions, including offi­ cers' groups, testified at recent hear­ ings m opposition to the idea of continuing the operrtion of the AT WORK A chief steward who had difficul­ ties with members of his own de­ partment as well as with other Sea­ farers in the crew was brought up on a variety of charges -in the port of Seattle re­ cently. Several c r e wmembers filed the charges which dealt main­ McManus ly with the stew­ ard's treatment of other members of the crew. Actually charges were filed un­ der four separate headings. One dealt with the chief steward's order to the BR not to do sanitary work for the engineers because the stew­ ard happened to be peeved at them. The steward was also ac­ cused of ordering the chief cook and 3rd cook to scrap all leftovers. In addition, hjs accusers said that the steward more often than not was found carrying stories topside, threatening crewmembers that they would lose their right to Labor Relations Act at any time during the course of the election. For example, the AFL said that NUMC&S had falsely stated it had distributed financial statements to its members, and that Hugh Bryson and other NUMC&S officials were under indictn^ent for falsely taking a n,on-Communist oath as required before any union can use NLRB machinery. sail when he got through with them and making himself obnoxious in other ways. When the entire beef was taken up at a shipboard meeting, the ac­ cusers concluded the steward re­ fused to answer questions put to him or cooperate in resolving the beef in any way. The charges were heard by a com­ mittee consisting of Richard D. Mc­ Butts Manus, Herbert D. Braunsteln, C. A. Gardner, Thomas Bolton and Dan Butts. The committee heard testimony from several of the crewmembers both under direct examination and cross examination. After all sides had their say, the committee on due deliberation, found the man guilty as charged. As penalty, the committee said that he was qot to sail chief stew­ ard for a period of one year and was to pay a $100 fine.. officers and unlicensed seamen, and the fact that many Point graduates failed to enter the mer­ chant marine anyway. Nevertheless, the opposite view, strongly backed by the infiuentlal Kings Point alumni groups and Congressmen from that iarea, and some industry groups as well, prevailed. Rep. Van Pelt who, as chairman of a subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee, conducted the hearings, in­ troduced the bill soon after they ended, Annua! Fight The annual appropriations bill for Kings Point has traditionally raised a storm of controversy between supporters and opponents of the institution. There was speculation again this year that the school might be forced to close, as the Maritime Administration shuttered the team­ ing station and upgrading school at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and in Alameda, California, as welP as ending the correspondence course program. The bill introduced by. the Wis­ consin lawmaker would amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which has provided the authority under which Kings POint has been operat­ ing since 1942. It provides for competitive examinations to be ofl'ered annually to men nominated by members of the Senate and the House, on the same basis as is followed with respect to appoint­ ments to West Point and Annapolis. The bill also makes a specific r^uirement that each candidate obligate himself to. serve four years as a merchant marire.officer if his services are required. I i' I . , i I • lU The American merchant marine is renewing its efforts to have at least two representatives of the steamship Industry on the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company. The Industry Is ready to put on a big campaign before Congressional Committees in an effort to keep Panama Canal tolls from going any higher. American steamship lines are the principal users of the Panama Canal and, therefore, contribute the most through tolls to the upkeep of the Canal Zone government. However, the Industry is not satisfied with the accounting system used to determine canal tolls, and will at­ tempt to have the Defense Department share equally in the operating costs of the Zone government. ^ Following up the thinking of the Department of Commerce, a bill has been introduced in Congress providing for "a program of construction of 60 merchant ships a year. Although an immediate ship construction program is vital to the defense of the United States, as reported earlier in the LOG a program of such a size will not be attained for quite a long time. The reason for this is that US-flag operators take the view that the construction of 60 ships a year is like putting the cart before the horse. They feel that the Government, before initiating such a building pro­ gram, should first provide a better economic environment for the operators, and that after this is done, the operators, in the normal course of Events, would begin to replace their fleets. In any event, pressure is being applied to Congress to see to it that we do not make the same mistake as in the past through neglect of our merchant marine. During World War H the Axis powers sank 36 million tons of allied shipping. It is reported that the Russians have six times as many subs as did the Germans at the start of World War II. The US Navy es­ timates that the Russians have 350 ready-to-go submarines. ' 4« 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" • 4" • 4" Red arms and ammunition being presently sent to Central America point up the vulnerability of the Panama Canal, and this is being in­ creasingly recognized in Washington. Members of Congress interested in this subject point out that if anything should happen to the Canal, our need for modern, fast ships to serve the three coasts of the US would be multiplied. Here's how obsolete ships are removed frmn this country's national defense reserve fleets scattered on the three coasts of the nation. The fleets are surveyed each year by a team of expert Government men and, after consultation with the Navy to make sure that there is no more use in the ships from a defense point of view, they are scrapped. Two administration-sponsored bills dealing with new tankers will have a hard time getting through Congress this session. One has to do with allowing tanker companies to trade in old tonnage in consid­ eration of their building newer and faster tankers, while the other would encourage private companies to build tankers and then have the Military Sea Transportation Service charter the new tankers for a ten-year period. ., Each of these bills started put in Congress with smooth sailing, but now are being opposed by a substantial number of Congressmen on the ground that if new tankers are needed for national defense, the Gov­ ernment itself should construct them, not private industry. On the MSTS-tanker charter bill, this would Involve the construc­ tion of tankers between 25,000 and 32,000 deadweight tons, with a speed of at least 18 knots. When this proposal came up on the Senate floor for consideration recently, the Senate amended the proposal to prohibit award of contracts to American owners who own or operate foreign-flag ships, this course being followed at the recommendation of maritime unions. The Senate also adopted a proviso requiring the Commerce Department to determine that transfer foreign would be in the national interest, before such transfers are allowed. Ip the meantime, on the tanker-trade-in-build proposal, the Gen­ eral Accounting Office, which swings quite a bit of weight on Capitol Hill, has recommended that the new tankers that would toe. constructed here be documented under US law for at least 20 years. The tanker companies will fight this proposal and will urge that the Maritime Ad­ ministration retain discretion on the subject of foreign tjransfers. It is estimated that if tanker companies trade in their T-2s under this proposal, the estimated cost of new construction ^ould be $6,900,000; that the Government would allow the owners around $1,915,000 on the tankers traded in; so that the net additional cost to the owners of the new construction would be around $4,985,000 per vessel. , 4> . Fulfillment of the emergency sh^ repair program, designed to give aid to American repair yards, is a bare possibility at this session of Congress. This is so because the Eisenhower administration, through the Bureau of the Budget, has given a semi-blessing to the projected program, which calls, for the repair of some 205 ships in the reserve fleets at a cost in the neighborhood of $45 million. Although identical bills have been put in the hopper in tooth the Senate and House, the stumbling block wfil be just how soon, if at all. Congress approves an~ appropriation to consummate the trans­ action. 4. ^ i One measure that is expected toi clear Congress this session is the one extending old-age and survivors coverage to certain US seamen, employed by American employers on foreign-flag vessels. Individuals employed on foreign-flag vessels are now excluded from coverage under old-age and survivors insurance both as to service performed outside the US and in this.country. The bill now clearing Congress .would make this apply only if the individual is not an American cit­ izen or the employer is not an American employer, so that if the in­ dividual is an American and the employer is an .^nerican, the serv­ ices of the individual on foreign-flag ships will be covered whether performed here or abfoad. �one 11, 19S4 SEAFARERS Par* Seven LOG SlU Crew Entertains At Okinawa Giub MCCARTHY'S FIRST WITNESS SWORN IN—The McCarthy-Cohn vs. Stevens-Adams case drones on and on with rapid-fire exchanges over political issues overshadowing other developments in the Army-Mc­ Carthy charges. An important milestone was reached when the Sena­ tor's first witness, Roy Cohn, was sworn in after 21 days and eleven wit­ nesses for the Army. Cohn's testimony was an attempt "to prove that Secretary of the Army Stevens used Pvt. Schlne as a hostage in order to "blackmail" the Senator into dropping the investigation of the Army. i FUNERAL SHIP OF KING CHEOPS UNCOVERED IN EGYPT— Archaeologists working near the base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt announced the discdvery of a "funeral ship" of Cheops, the Egyptian king who is believed to have had the pyramid built as a monument to himself. The discovery was described as the most important find in Egyptian archaeology since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. TRUCE PLANS DRAG WHILE FIGHTING CONTINUES NEAR HANOI—Efforts to negotiate a truce in Indo China continue on at Geneva without any definite plan taking shape. Meanwhile Communist rebel troops and French loyal Indo-Chinese defenders are engaged in furious fighting around Hanoi. The Communists are attempting to choke off the city in an ever-tightening ring. President Eisenhower announced at a. press conference that he does not now plan to ask Con­ gress for intervention in Indo-China although the point had been dis­ cussed. * 3^ 3^ 3> Fred Costello, wiper on the Sea Comet II, was one of crewmembers who helped entertain at an Easter party given for Okinawan children at the United Seamen's Service Club in Naha. AFL-ILA Convention Planned With the National Labor Relations Board beginning its count of disputed ballots in EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE ON VISIT HERE—Emperor Haile the recent New York dock election, the trustees of the AFL-ILA have announced plans for Selassie of Ethiopia, on future action by the new union. A meeting of the trustees in Washington has agreed on a a visit to* this country, convention calj for the new-fwas. officially greeted in union, at which time it will ter Carriers; A1 Hayes, president, autonomy, the board of trustees New York with the tra­ will automatically cease to func­ ditional ticker tape receive its autonomy, draft Machinists Union. its constitution and elect perma­ parade. In an address As soon as the new union gets its tion. nent officers. to Congress, he made a plea for collective action Meanwhile, the trustees agreed against aggressors. He that the AFL would continue its .plans.' a tour of this efforts to win allegiance of all New country, Canada and York longshoremen, whatever the Mexico and will sign an outcome of the vote count might agreement for United be. At present the old ILA has States military bases in 9,110 votes to its credit with the DETROIT—Crewmembers of the SlU-manned Great Lakes Ethiopia. AFL-ILA receiving 8,791 and 1,752 carferry, Mataafa, had a hot time of it on a recent voyage challenged ballots holding the bal­ t> it when fire twice broke out in the cargo on a round trip ance. Emperor Haile Selassie (left) gets - QUESTION SCIEN­ between Detroit and Buffalo.-f autographed baseball from Yankee The constitutional convention TIST AND UN OFFI­ The'first and most serious fire seven hours later. No one was Manager, Casey Stengel, during stop­ will be held sometime in July in CIAL ON LOYALTY-^ was of seven hours' duration, injured in the fire-fighting opera­ over at Yankee Stadium, Chicago. The exact date will be an­ Dr. Ralph Bunche of but the second one lasted only 20 tion. nounced by AFL headquarters in the United Nations, appearing before the Federal International Or­ minutes. Both fires were put out ganizations' Employee Loyalty Board, received a clean bill of health, Washington. In Buffalo, insurance company by the crew, with their efficient with the board ruling that there was no doubt as to his loyalty to this In making its announcement, the firefighting drawing high praise representatives and the Coast country^ The action was taken in accordance with the procedures board of trustees declared "If the Guard conducted a thorough in­ estabiished last year by the President for screening all US citizens AFL-ILA wins, we will press for a from the company. The fire on the ship, manned vestigation, but that didn't stop employed by (he UN. Another prominent citizen, an H-Bomb scien­ complete clean-up of the water­ another fire from breaking out on tist, figured in a loyalty decision. A special Atomic Energy Commis­ front rackets." If the old ILA is by the SIU Great Lakes District, the return trip. This time the crew sion personnel board voted 2-1 that Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer is given a majority of the votes, we apparently broke out in defective put it out in a few minutes. As a a "security risk." The board unanimously found the 50-year-old scien­ will consider it merely the first wiring in one of the new autos result of the successful fire-fighting, being carried on board. It raged damage tist "loyal" and "discreet" but by the 2-1 division, ruled him ineligible round of this fight." m both instances was con­ nearly out of control for a while to work on the H-bomb because of "disturbing" conduct. This disturb­ fined to cargo. ing conduct issue in the board's decision centered on the charge that Trustees of the union are: George and a Coast Guard cutter pulled Company shoreside officials and alongside for possible rescue work. Meany, AFL president; Dave Beck, Oppenheimer, as did many other scientists, opposed concentrating on representatives of the Great Lakes However, crewmembers steadily president Teamsters Union; Paulthe H-bomb on the grounds that it was unnecessary, too expensive and immoral and continued his opposition even after President Truman Hall, secretary-treasurer SIU A&G manning fire hoses kept pouring District congratulated the crews District; William C. Doherty, presi­ water on the cargo and finally for their courageous and efficient ordered the go-ahead on the bomb in January of 1950. dent, National Association of Let­ succeeded in dousing the flames action under trying conditions. Gt. Lakes Crew Fights Two Fires On Carferry Voyage YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Fakes And Facts On Toiletries Despite policing by the Federal fi^ade Commission, there is no limit to the ingenuity of toiletries and cos­ metics manufacturers in the claims they make and the prices they charge. The public pays over a billion dollars a year for ordinary chemicals with a little perfume added, and put up in handsome packages. Sometimes these prod­ ucts have no. value whatsoever. Undoubtedly you and your family also chip in a batch of hard-earned dollars for these products, which are gotten up for men as well as women. Just Kerosene One of the most revealing cases occurred some years ago.. A' certain massage cream was being sold for re­ moving wrinkles and freckles, for curing eczema and scalp disorders, and developing the female bust. When the Government's chemists analyzed this preparation, they found it consisted basically of odorless kerosene and per­ fume. An even bigger promotion is the type of cream and lotion claimed to "nourish" the skin. One famous cos­ metician 'was ordered to stop claiming that any of her preparations would nourish skin muscles or tissues, or dissolve fatty tissue, or prevent crows feet and wrinkles, or restore youth to dry, wrinkled skin. Other big manu­ facturers were ordered to quit making exaggerated claims for vitamin-containing creams. Now that .iskin-food and-vitamin-creain clalihs have been • somewhat cleaned up» the cosmetics manufacturers are • busy selling hormone creams. The American Medical As­ sociation says that it is very dubious that such creams can reduce wrinkles and improve the tone of the skin as claimed. Some doctors go so far as to say that hormone creams are no more effective than the old "cure" for baldness, which was a mixture of bear's blood and hazel nuts. Cancer experts have also warned that indiscriminate use of hormone creams might precipitate cancer of the breast and uterus in a woman already predisposed to cancer. So when you see those little bottles of hormone creams in the department stores and five-and-tens, beware. One cosmetics manufacturer sells 32 different kinds of cream and oils, a different one for almost every part of the body. There's a special neck cream, another for hands, another for the face, etc. The only benefit of such creams is the massage you give yoUrself when you rub them on. That promotes local circulation which nourishes the skin. The cream does soak into'the top layer if your skin is very dry, and seems to smooth out wrinkles, but the effect is very temporary. The cheapest cold cream you can buy in a large jar at the five-and-ten or depart­ ment store will do that much for you. •Wind and Weather' Another widely-sold preparation at this time of year is "wind and weather" lotion. You can get the same re­ sults from any inexpensive vanishing cream. It will leave a protective film over your face. Nor is it necessary to pay high prices for astringent lotions sold as wrinkle re­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying movers. N« cosmetic can actually remove wrinkles. All they may do is close the pores or shrink the skin super­ ficially and temporarily. You can easily make a lotion yourself for that purpose. Just mix two ounces of witch hazel, one-half ounce of glycerine, one teaspoon of borax, and add three" or four ounces of rose water or orange water, purchaseable at any drug store. 'Especially for Men' This department has previously pointed out that many hair dressings which men buy in great quantities, are primarily mineral oil. You can simply buy light mineral oil and add a couple of drops of after-shave lotion to per­ fume it. There are many special hand cleaners sold for use after dirty work. But mosi are hard on the skin because they contain either chemicals or abrasives. Experts sug­ gest simply greasing hands well with cold cream, wipe it off, and then wash with ordinar^soap and water. But perhaps the biggest waste of money for men is the constant purchase of shave creams, which add up to quite a bill at the end of a year. Shaving creams contain a high proportion of water, which makes them expensive to use. But brushless shaving cream especially has a lot of water, which is why you don't have to use a brush. But that makes it costly for what you get, even if the jar looks big. Cake shaving soap has much the same in­ gredients except that you simply add the water with your brush. Why buy water? Shaving sticks, bowls, etc., arc siinply more expensive variations of cake shaving coap. -I-; ..•c.-J v""' • """r: ^1 �SE/iFAnEmS LO€ VaceEii^ Study NY-Canada Deepwafer Thruway I WASHINGTON—On the heels-of the approval of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the long-urged combiriation navigation and power project to bring deep-sea shipping to the Great Lakes region, Senator George"* = ^ D. Aiken of Vermont has re-1 which wind all. the way up to ported that a brand-new study • Montreal over the Canadian boro£ an additional inland waterway der.- Part of the New York State to link New York City and Canada canal system, the Champlain Canal extends from the furthest la already underway. point on the cross-state Erie Canal Studied Twice at Waterford, a dozen miles above The Vermonter noted that the Albany, then north to Lake US embassy in Ottawa has been Champlain and Whitehall near the exploring the subject with Canadian NY-Vermont border. The canal is officials for some time. The idea formed by the canalized Hudson has been studied twice before; River from Waterford to Fort Ed­ however, the recent green light ward, about 34 miles further north, given to the Seaway plan has re­ and an artificial channel from Fort Edward to Whitehall. Lake Cham­ vived it once again. The NYC-Canada link, which plain connects with the St. Law­ would involve dredging of 20 feet rence via the Richelieu River and or more in existing canals plus the Chambly Canal on the Ca­ deepening of the existing 27-foot nadian side. At present, ships going into Al­ channel in the Hudson River up to Albany, would, upon the sched- bany transfer their, cargo to barges uled completion of the Seaway in which can maneuver the shallow 1960, enable deep-sea shipping from the Great Lakes to by-pass the long ocean journey through the St. Lawrence piver and around Nova Scotia to reach Atlantic coast ports like New York. Ships on the Lakes with cargo for Europe and elsewhere would have little use for the additional waterway, however. Very CosUy The Army Corps of Engineers, which has the responsibility for dredging US waters, has indicated that the project would be an even more complex and costly under­ taking than the Seaway. Pending before Congress right now is a bill to provide funds for dredging the Hudson up to Albany into, a 32-34^JcK * foot channel. The Hudson already provides passage from New York to Albany for deep-sea vessels. . KWf-* The additional depth would pro­ vide access to the interior of the state and into Canada for virtually all existing types of ocean-going merchant vessels. 1 *The proposed deep-sea water­ way utilizing the Hudson would be •n extension of existing facilities Map shows route of proposed Albany to St. Lawrence Biver deepwater route. 1 ^4- 1 t 1 J jvt i Jf. —for SlU MEMBERSI ?fmAibarHd(^ ALLAT'SRBCIAL SBAC/J^ PRICES your SEA CHEST WrP. SHORE WEAR t SEA GEAR ^ GEAR i SHORE WEAR iVr' A . IViy: «f SlU HEADQUARTERS •7S^4lli AVE • BRQOKIVM ,, I channels now available. Under the proposed development, the ships would move directly into the St. Lawrence. One inquiry into the pbssibilities of such an inland 'waterway for deep-sea vessels, in the late 1930's, recommended against it on the basis that there was not enough potential traffic to warrant the expense of the project. Deepening Locks A second survey of the idea, In 1947, wa% keyed to improvements in the Champlain Canal, which was originally opened in 1916. A proposal for deepening the 12-f6ot barge canal to 14 feet and adding one foot to the locks to n^ke them comparable to the Erie Canal like­ wise received a negative recom­ mendation, with the result that the idea was again shelved. Right now, on the Canadian side, Chambly Canal has a series of seven locks that are only six and a half feet deep. Thus, the com­ bined US-Canadian project would be a monumental undertaking, necessitating an enormous amount of dredging of all the connecting links on both sides of the border to make a single-depth channel usable for ocean-going vessels. The length of the proposed waterway, with one key link. Lake Cham­ plain, 107 miles long, would be many times that of the seaway navigation project approved. Accordingly, the likelihood of such a project becoming an ac­ tuality appears far-fetcUed at this tlmfc . tmn* 11. 1N4 CASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS :? . • > REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID • Ffom.. No. Seafarers Receivinf Benefits this Period { Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period ^^3 I 3Vjl WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD SCAS- ooff Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Mnternitv Benefits Vncation Benefits Total /L/CJ Sol \ e>Q ^ »€>0 oe. /o t 54 ss^t WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hosoital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* | Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May I. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total oo /A3 * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS r- 1 oo Hand TI 1 Cash JH 1^7^7.5 « e a • • e Estimated Accounts Receivable" 791 Vacation oof StA US Governmenc Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 7^S-U f/foCc 97 1 During 'the month oT April the Plan paid cat 18 Death Benefits, making a total for the year' so far of 78. The Plan also paid out 94^6 Hospital Benefits during the month of April, a year to date total of 3,716. The amount of Maternity Benefits paid for the month was 39y vdiich gives the Plan a year to date total of 192. The Scholarship Awards C<mmilttee, composed of five college professors, will meet on Tuesday, June 22nd, to assist the Trustees in selecting the winners of the Sea­ farers scholarships for the year 1954* Suimiliti Al Km, AstitipmrSlh^isttalot • • and, remember this • •. All the» arc contributing a single nickel on your )^rt—-CdUectingSIU bene* it w&athcc it's for he^ital, birth, disab^t^ or dea^—get ftcstpxate poraimd, service iinmediauayf Ihreugh yoioc Union's -/••A A J I'' if- .?,! �Jmmo 11. 1954 SEAFARERS Fare Nine LOG i SlU Electrician Sparks Vote Campaign of Doctor Friend BALTIMORE.—Seafarer Douglas Reynolds, chief electri­ cian, is now serving as campaign manager for the doctor that helped him regain the use of his arm after it was severely burned in an accident ashore,• Dr. Leonard S. McGlothlin, District. His campaign activities a former seaman .and an AFL are being handled by Reynolds, J Hodcarriers union member. Is who is beating the drums on beseeking the Democratic nomina­ haif of the doctor. tion for the Maryland House of Dr. McGlothlin has been a per­ Delegates in the Third Legislative sonal friend of the Seafarer for a number of years and attended him when he was badly burned while working ashore on a high voltage line about a year and a half ago. After nearly-200 treatments, Dr. McGlothlin was able to restore al­ The membership Is again most full use to Reynolds' right cautioned to beware of persons arm. The accident forced the tem­ soliciting funds on ships in be­ porary retirement of the SIU bookhalf of memorials or any other member from sailing. so-called "worthy causes." Saylhg goodbye te New York City on a recent visit to headquarters, SUP member Walter W. Richard­ Reynolds *is presently working as No "can-shakers" or solici­ son and his pups get set to leave the SIU parking lot on their way up to New England. Richardson an electrician for the Baltimore tors have received authoriza­ News-Post but plans to take his hails from Oregon, but he's been traveling quite a bit around the country since his retirement. tion from SIU headquarters to book out of retirement shortly. collect funds. The National Dr. McGlothlin, along with Foundation for Infantile Pa­ State Senate candidate A. LaMar ralysis is the only charitable Benson and Legislative candidate organization which has re­ Louis C. Breil, Jr., were principals ceived membership endorse­ at a rally held recently at the Sea­ ment. Funds for this cause Having traveled all over the oceans of the world in the course of his 44 years at sea, farer's home in .Baltimore. All are collected through nornial three candidates are endorsed by Walter W. Richardson, retired ship's carpenter and SUP member, is on a kind of reverse Union channels at the pay-off. the AFL Labor League and the seaman's holiday—traveling overland. Now retired from the sea, Richardson has been Receipts are issued on the spot United Labor Policy Committee. touring the United States in ^Can-Shakerg* Have iVo OK Retired, His Home's On Wheels his home-made house on wheels, "Rich's Poop Deck Cabin." Richardson relaxes for a moment on the steps of his mobile "land cabin" on a recent vistt to New York City. He buUt the "cabin" himself after he retired from the sea. The portable house, which Richar^on built himself by remodeling the (back of an ordinary light de­ livery truck, contains all the com­ forts of home. It's fully equipped with a davenport-type bed, a stove, an ice box, a typewriter, a couple of chairs and even the last refine­ ment, a portable television set. Richardson also added the homey touch by decorating the walls with pictures and putting curtains on the windows which be cut into the sides .of the truck for added ven­ tilation. Two Pet Dogs In this rig, Richardson has been traveling around the US with a pair of pet Mexican Chihuahua dogs as company. Moving at a lei­ surely pace, he went from Fan Francisco to Ne\" York in six weeks, stopping off at SIU head­ quarters in New York for a look around and a chat with some of his old shipmates here. Then he took off for the cool breezes of northern New England. Richardson, who Is from Port- Cartoon History Of The SIU Holding one of his two Chihuahuas, the world's smallest dogs, Richardson sits in "Rich's Poop Deck Cabin" and views a program on the television set which he inst.>11ed in his shipmobile. land, Oregon, started going to sea on the old Roosevelt Line. He worked steadily off the East Coast until about 1932 or 1933, when he Passing The Word headed west to try his luck on Pacific Coast ships. He stayed there ever since until his recent retirement. No. SS - 1--- - Seeking to end the -views blackout concerning Union activities at home on SIU ships in far-off comers of the world, in July, 1949, the SIU issued the first "Seafarers Bullelin," a bi-weekly condensation of news from the SEAFARERS LOG which was ail!malled to all vessels at their next port of call. Since the LOG was then available daily in US ports and at a limited number of places overseas, the bulle­ tin was an instant success. Crews which were out of touch with the Union for long periods were no longer easy prey for the rumors which spread in foreign ports when no one really knew what was going on. By the end of the year, the "Seafarers Bulletin" was an established SIU feature, keeping the membership advised of Union activities at all times. With the LOG, which was being published every other week as a 12page tabloid newspaper. Seafarers were among tho l>est-informed union members in the world. �Pare Tea SEAFARERS L^OG Jane 11. 1954 POBT KEPOBIS......... Mobile: ' Work On New Ammo Depot May Begin Soon I. I;ii - I £r gji,. I. makes the hall a comfortable place to spend the time while waiting to ship. Our recreation deck is going full blast all day with the pool tables and television coming in for a big play. When th'e paintjng and renovating going on is completed we will have the finest, coolest labor hall in the city. Around the hall is Brother George Kaspryk who joined the SIU in 1946 transferring over from the AFL Marine Electricians and has been sailing as chief electrician usually out of the East Coast area. However, since coming to Mobile, he has decided to make this his home and ship from this area. Brother Kaspryk states that he has been in the AFL for 26 years In various locals and never has he seen any organization make the gains that the SIU has as far as welfare for members is concerned. Out of the main welfare benefits he thinks its hard to pick an outstandmg benefit but if pressed for top choice would take disability as he believes that gives the most when needed the worst. Gal Tanner Mobile Fort Agent Shipping in the port for the last couple of weeks held steady with about 35 members shipped to regular jobs and 78 to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. We had a total of 12 pay­ offs, seven sign ons,.and four ships In transit. Ships paying off were the Ranger, Clipper, Puritan, Polaris, Corsair, Pennant and Runner, all of Alcoa; Warhawk, Maiden Creek, Claiborne, LaSalle and Monarch of the Sea, all of Waterman. Ships signing on were Ranger, Maiden Creek, Puritan, Polaris, LaSalle, Pennant and Runner. Ships in transit were the Chicka­ saw, Antinous, Wild Ranger and Maiden Creek. Prospects for the coming two weeks don't look bad with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or in transit: Warrior, Arizpa, ^ i s, Claiborne, Mon­ Wilmington: arch of the Sea, De Soto, Cavalier, Pointer, Pilgrim, Patriot, Clipper and Roamer. In Kaspryk addition to these For the last two weeks shipping there Is also a possibility that Isthmian will have% couple of C-3s has picked up somewhat for this In transit during the coming two port, and from ihe looks of the weeks and the Warhawk of Water­ ships expected in we may have man, which has been in Idle status, good shipping for the next, two weeks. At least we hope so. will take a crew. I want to let the membership Runoff Vote know that to ship they will have On the political side we did right to be in the hall when we have well in the runoff elections with ships in port. In the last two weeks both labor-backed candidates win­ we had one ship sail short one ning victories. These candidates oiler out of this port for San Fran­ were Otto Simon for state repre­ cisco because none was around the sentative and Bert Thomas for tax hall at the time. Why not get on assessor. Both these men are the ball and take these jobs so favorable to labor and both have that we will not have ships sailing assured us of their cooperation in short? As you know most of the any problems that we might have. jobs in this port are from in-transIn our report of a couple of its and if we have a few more meetings ago. we stated that the ships leaving short it will get to Government was planning on start­ the point where there won't be ing a new ammunition depot in the any more payoffs in the port at all. Theodore area and we understand The Young America of Water­ now that all the legal red tape has man was the only ship to payoff been cleared away and the money and sign on in the last period, while appropriated. We expect work to in-transit ships included the Alacommence in the very near futui*e mar and Calmar of Calmar; Azalea on the new depot that the Mobile City, Fairland and John B. Water­ hall will serve, which is to be man of Waterman; Orion Comet located in Grand Bay, approxi­ of Oil Carriers; John C of Atlantic mately 25 miles from Mobile. In the Carriers; Steel Admiral of Isth­ meantime the old ammunition mian; Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa; depot is still functioning at The­ Liberty Flag of Gulf Cargo; John odore, Alabama, a few miles out Kulukundis of Martis and George of the city limits. A. Lawson of Pan Oceanic. Passed On E. B. TUley Wilmington Port Agent The Mobile branch wishes to extend its sympathy to the family of Brother Ephraim M. Adkins who died recently aboard the Alcoa Pilgrim at sea. Brother Adkins is believed to have died of a heart attack. He was a member of the engine department and was serving SIU/A&G District as oiler aboard the Pilgrim at the 14 North . Gay St. time of his death. He is survived BALTIMORE Earl Shfppard, Afent . Mulberry 4340 by a brother of this city and a BOSTON 876 State St. daughter in Connecticut and his James Sheehan, Afent Richmond 2-0140 Slst tc Mechanic body is being returned aboard the GALVESTON Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Alcoa Roamer on or around the Keith LAKE CHARLES. La 1410 Ryan St; 14th of this month. Funeral plans Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 8-9744 1 South Lawrence St. are uncertain due to arrival date MOBILE Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1794 not being definite. NEW ORLEANS 923 BlenvUle St. A few of the oldtimers on the Lindsey WlUiams. Agent Magnolia 8112-8113 beach in Mobile now include the NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 0-6800 following: Louis Holliday, E. Hurl127-120 Bank St. stone, Andy George, Jimmie Has- NORFOLK ^en Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 337 Market St. sell, Fred Hazard, R. Thomas, A. PHILADELPHIA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1839 Rankin, A. Garcia, H. Carmichael, SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Douglas 2-9479 H. Higginbotham, E. Ardoin, H. T. Banning, Agent Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative Hallman and M. Willis. PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 91—La 9 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-9908 Getting Hot SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 Well, the weather is getting hot­ SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. EUiott 4334 ter than a six shooter down this Jeff GiUette. Agent . 1800-1811 N. Franklin SL way and the air, conditioning sure TAMPA Ray White, Agent Phone 8-lim Urges Men To Be In Hall Te Ship DnI 1^ CPFFT aUmJ I? ; I i'i- ' 11>' '- m'¥ • New Orleans: 'Right To Work' Bill Advancos In Sonalo committee decided here, five to four, to give a favorable report on proposed "rIght-to-work" legisla­ tion. The decision was reported by Senator Guy W. Sockrider, Lake Charles, committee Chairman, af­ ter more than 26 hours of public hearings on the measure. Senator Sockrider, a strong opponent of the bill, reported that the vote was acquired by a secret vote. Goes To Senate The legislation now goes to the Senate for a vote by all the Sena­ tors, probably next week. Here there will be no secret vote and they will have to stand up to be counted. It is here where we will see our true friends and also be able to see our enemies. Ships paying off were the Del Rio of Mississippi and thb Antinous of Waterman, while sign ons were aboard the Del Valle of Mississippi, Fort Hoskins of Cities Service, and the Lucile Bloomfield of Bloomfield. Ships in transit were the Cava­ lier, Patriot, Clipper and Polaris of Alcoa; Steel Surveyor and Steel Traveler of Isthmian; Del Valle and Del Rio of Mississippi; Seatrains New York and Savannah of Seatrain; Maiden Creek, Claiborne, Bienville, Wild Ranger and Mon­ arch of the Sea of Waterman; Neva West and Lucile Bloomfield of Bloomfield; Logans Fort, Fort Hos­ kins, Paoli and Lone Jack of Cities Service. Lindsey Williams New Orleans Port Agent • New Orleans was surely on the short end of payoffs and sign ons in the past two weeks with only two and three, respectively, also very short on the shipping figures with a low for this port in a twoweek period. It was not because we did not have any ships hitting here as there were over 20 ships hitting here in-transit for that period. It was just that the men who were on board the ships stuck by their jobs. . Although the shipping figures were low, bookmen eould have shipped without too much trouble as around half of the total shipped were permitmen. The outlook for the coming two weeks should be good and especially so for the boys on the Mississippi runs with the Del Monte, Del Mar, Del Rio and the Del Mundo due in here and the Del Aires crewing up out of layup. Should just about clean out those who are waiting for Mis­ sissippi runs, also Wise have the Tainaron and the Steel Executive due in shortly from long runs and are due to pay off here. In Fine Shape * iComing in for payoff from South Galveston: America was the Del Mar and in truly fine shape. The ship had but very few minor beefs and the ship's delegate, Joe Wise, should be com­ plimented on a bang-up job. Joe can be remembered by some of the Shippmg was fair the past two men who organized Isthmian as weeks. Now that the grain . has that is how he got his book in 1945 started we expect it to pick up and stuck with the company until quite a bit. Also, Bloomfield ex­ a contract was signed. When the pects to bring out two of her ships strike came off Joe was a picket and crew them up. They have been captain in New York and did his in idle status for some tiine, but part. they are expected out soon. Recently shipping after being Ships paying off were the Steel in the hospital around three years, Suryeyor^ of Isthmian and the Joe said he will stick to the South Lucile Bloomfield and Margarett American run, where he can enjoy Brown of Bloomfield. The Council the weather, make up for lost time Grove of Cities Service signed on. and replenish a much depleted • In-transit vessels were the South­ pocket book after being in drydock ern Cities of Southern; Alexandra three years. To him shipping thru of Carras; Cantigny of Cities Serv­ the SIU is tops. An SIU book- can ice; Wild Ranger of Waterman; really be enjoyed by a holder of Republic of Trafalgar; and the one and especially when you get it Seatrains New York, New Jersey, thru being a volunteer organizer Texas and Savannah of Seatrain. in companies like Isthmian, then Summer is finally here in Gal­ you can really enjoy the conditions that prevail after knowing what veston, with the temperatures in some poor unorganized suckers put the 80's all of the time. Keith Alsop up with, says Joe. Galveston Port Agent The Senate Industrial relations Hot Weather And Fair Shipping In Galveslen MMAW W W%Wn MM Am Ms MMM.MMMsSsMs %MMM SF M WILMINGTON. Calif 909 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS : 879 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECR^ARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons ' Joe Volpian WUIiam Hall FORT WILLIAM.... 118Vk Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNR 103 Durham SL Ontario Phone: 9901 TORONTO, OnUrlo .372 King St; E. EMpire 4-9718 VICtORlA, BC 617Vk Cormorant St. Empire 4931 VANCOUVER, BC 969 HamUton St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. ' Phone 8348 BAGOTVILLB. Quebee 20 Elgin St. HONOLULU .16 Merchant St. 949 Phone 9-8777 THOROLD, Ontario......92 St. Phone: Davids St. PORTLAND 823 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC.. 113 Cote De La Montague Quebee Phone: 2-7078 lUCHHOND, CALir 297 9th St. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUllam St. Phone 2900 NB Phone: 3-9232 SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8383 Great Lakei District SEATTLE 2909 1st Ave. Main 0200 ALPENA -.133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 809 Marine Ave. Phone; 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. • Phone; Cleveland 7301 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave,, Brooklyn STcr^g 8-4871 CLEVELAND..\...734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headouarters Phone: Woodward 1-8897 931 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL.......634 St. James St. West OULUTH. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 HAl^UTAK. N.g..,,, SOUTH CHICAGO SSeLB. 88nd St. Phonei Bttilx^SilO SUP Seattle: Galniar Food Beef Is A Puuling Deo In- Seattle shipping has been very good for the past two weeks and the future for the port looks very good for the next two-week period. Paying off were the Alcoa Pegasus and the Alcoa Planter of Alcoa. The Seamonltor of Excelsior signed on as did the Mother ML of Eagle Ocean and the Trojan Trader of Trojan. Ships In transit were the Vorkmar, the Pennmar, the Calmar and the Portmar, all of Calmar; Coe Victory of Victory Carriers, the Seacomet of Colonial and the Liberty Flag of Gulf Cargo. An important and aggravating food beef is reported about Cal­ mar ships on the intercoastal run. About' once a month the delegates or steward phone or appear at the hall complaining of a shortage, of stores. So far we have been sUccessful in getting requisitions filled in Seattle, Aberdeen' and Portland; How­ ever, the puz­ zling question, knowing Calmar's reputation, is why these shortages of food come about on a Braunstein 'ew ships and not on all of them. Some Fully-Stored It seems that if a few ships are stored properly and no supple­ mentary requisitions are turned in on this coast, why are all of them stored properly. Is it perhaps that Calmar chooses the ships to chisel and understore, or is it the fault of the stewards in making in­ ventories and requisitions? No matter how you look at this situation it is a headache for the crews and officials, and I would suggest that the Calmar ships be properly stored before the signing on for the voyage. Let me say that if I were a dele­ gate on these ships, I would hold the steward responsible for not in­ forming them and the Union of the improperly stored ship prior to signing on. In other words "don't sign articles for any voyage on an improperly stored ship." Our Seafarer of the week is Brother Herbert Braunstein, 31, who sails in the deck department. Brother Braunstein is married and has a family and has been on.tiie beach for a while biit hopes to get out very shortly. Active In '46 ' He got his book in New York in May of 1943 and wa8'active in the L946 general strike. Since his home and family are in Los An­ geles, he prefers to ship from the West Coast. His last ship was the Longview Victory of Victory Car­ riers which paid off in Seattle.' Brother Braunstein thinks all of the services of the Welfare De­ partment are tops and smoothly rendered without a hitch, Since he is married, he. particularly ad­ mires the $200 Maternity Benefit It is certainly a big help when you need it most. Oldtimers on the beach include J. S. Walker, W. M. Westcott, H. Parks and H. D. Braunstein In the marine hospitals are V. K. Ming, V. Tocco, S. Johannessen arid C. R. Johnson. Jeff Gillette '.Seattle Port Agent �lir'- : •-" - .m SEAFARERS Jmn0 il. Pace Elevca LOG POKT REPOBTS Baltimore: Two DrytraHs Vessels Get Full SlU Crows V'y.yv'/'". Business in the Port of Baltimore fdr the past two week* has picked up quite a bit due to the fact that we crewed up the Albion and the Catherine (DrytransT with full crews. We also crewed up the Hast­ ings (Waterman) with a full crew, which certainly went a long way in relieving the pressiu:* in this port. Don't use this as a barometer, be-Tause as far as we can ascertain, shipping in the next two weeks will probably be on the slow bell again. There are rumors, though, that Bull Line will be pulling the Carolyn out in the future, and also the Topa Topa (Waterman). We c^ainly hope to get a tanker or two in the next month that is in idle status. . Ships paying off in this port for the last couple of weeks were the Ines and Mae of Bull; V e n 0 r e, Cubore, Santore and Baltore of Ore; Bobin Locksley and Robin Sherwpudl of Seas; Yaka and Topa Topa of 'Waterman; Massmar and BethSterner coaster of Calmar; Stony Creek of Amer-Tramp; and Wm. H. Carruth of Transfuel. Signing on were the Albion and Catherine of Drytrans; Baltore, Yenore, Marore, Cubore and San­ tore of Ore; Hastings and Yaka of Waterman; Steel Designer of Isth­ mian; and the Massmar and Oremar of Calmar. Ships in transit were the Steel .Worker, Steel Designer and Steel Director of Isthmian; Alcoa Part­ ner ahd Alcoa Ranger of Alcoa; Ocean Betty of Ocean Trans; Gate­ way City, and De Soto of Water­ man; Kathryn and Evelyn of Bull; and Bethcoaster of Calmar. We h^d a very distinguished guest at our regular membership meeting last night. Dr. H. C. (Curly) Byrd, who we are all.sure will be our next Governor. He as­ sured us that he definitely was against the "right to work" law and for the improvement of the port facilities, and various other benefits that pertained to the mari­ time industry in its entirety. At this time, he is the only candidate as far as we can ascertain who has openly committed himself on bene­ fits that pertain to labor. There is no question in our mind as to whom the voters will vote for when they go to the p(dls. We had an audience with Mn Byrd and- exGovernor Lane and as you all know, regardless of what has been done in this present administra­ tion concerning roads, Bay Bridge, etc.; this program was originally started by ex-Governor Lane and will continue after Mr. Byrd takes office. I know that all" of the men who ha've been eligible to register have done so and they will'take, ad­ vantage of their rights llnd obliga­ tions and will all go to the polls j.nd vote. As the membership Is probably nware, the SIIJ, SUP, BME, MFOW and the ,MMd^ are affiliated with the Maryland District (rf Oolumhta Federation; of, Uabor, AFL, which held its convention at the;Southqrn Hotel, Baltimore, last week. The Convention in itself Wis quite a - success. Bven though! the SlU didn't win all Its points, it cer­ tainly let the other delegates know that it was there. I am sure next year, we will be able to report to you that We will get^ore of our progrtih endOn^fk Of one thing 1 am certain, this Convention has made labor more conscious of what it means to be unified, because there were approximately 100 more delegates at this convention than at any previous one. Our man of the week is Brother Kenneth E. Sterner who has been a member since 1944. He is one of our more progressive members who started as an ordinary seaman and now sails as bosun. At various times he has acted as deck dele­ gate and ship's delegate and has always been able to interpret the agreement as written. Whenever Ken is on a ship, in this capacity, it is always a pleasure for the deck patrolman to pay off his ship. In conclusion, any nf the youngsters who may come in contact with him would have a very able teacher in so far as the SIU policies are con­ cerned. Members receiving hospital benefits this past week were Wal­ ton Hudson, Joseph Michael, Cornelius Palmer, Carl Chandler, Hinrich WieSe, Michael Duco, War­ ren Whitmer, Thomas Ankerson, Tony Mastantuno, Samuel Doyle, Ben Lawson, Robert Scales, Walter Hartman, David Rivers, James E^odson, Jessie Clarke, Russell Wright, Gilbert Wright, Hinrich Wiese and Albert Willie. Earl Sheppard •Baltimore Port Agent ^ San Francisco: Men Urged To Settle Beefs Via Delegates AFL UHIOHS Petliion Against Red China Shipping has been very good jp this port and the future looks bright along the same lines. The Greece Victory of South At­ lantic paid off, while sign 0ns were aboard the Sea Comet II of Ocean Carriers, Alcoa Pegasus of Alcoa, and the Liberty Flag of Gulf Car­ go. In-transit vessels were the Beauregard, Young America, Alawai and Wacosta of Waterman; Calmar of Calmar; Steel Admiral of Isthmian, and the Alcoa Pioneer of Alcoa. Some of our brothers are try­ ing to settle their own beefs aboard ships while they are out at sea. This is not the practice an^ it should not be done this way. You have elected delegates aboard the ship to rep­ Chadbum resent you to the master, and if they can reach an agreement to settle Overtime be­ fore the payoff it is up to them to do so. However, it is not up to the individual to go ahead and setttle his own overtime beef or any other that he may have in­ dividually. Department Delegate Shipping is still very low in the port but there is hope that things will improve shortly. The Queenston Heights of Seatrade paid off as did the Govern­ ment Canip and Salem Maritime of Cities Service. Ships in transit jvere the Steel Director of Isthmian and the Iber­ ville, Chickasaw and Gateway City of Waterman. The standbys on the Evangeline of Ejfftern will finish up the night of the 14th and the ship is ex­ pected to sign-on the 15th. She will sail for her first trip to Yarmouth on the 18th of June. The brothers in the hall as well as all AFL Un­ Gala ions in Greater Boston have signed petitions ask-, ing that Red China be kept out of the United Nations. James She'ehan Boston Port Agent Make sure you brothers go to the department delegate and that he in turn goes to the ship dele­ gate. If it cannot be settled in a peaceful manner, then you can bring it to the attention of your shoreside patrolman at the payoff. When you try to settle your own beef on a ship it usually makes trouble between the individual and the captain, and in a lot of cases if develops Into a serious situation which could have been avoided if you followed the Union policy, of settling beefs aboard a ship. The AFL Bakers Union went on strike today against major bakeries In San Francisco, Oakland, San Jos* ahd Sacramento. So far we have not been asked to help. They negotiated for higher wages, but negotiations fell through at the last moment. We have been watching the waterfront here in regard to the ILWU and Bridges on their contihct and liow it will affect the AFL seafaring unions. So far there has not been any demand by Bridges for a contract for the stewards, but last week he signed Boston: A&G SiUPPiNG a ttvo-year contract for the long­ shoremen. Oldtimers on the beach include S. Frankewicz, J. Collins, R. Schlager, P. Senior, F. Fondala^ H. Hill, F. Sylvia, C. Cipiano, G. Nance, J. Ramos, W. Chadburn and R. Charroin. Men in the marine hospital are L. J. Kennedy, O. Gustavesen, P. S. Yuzon, J. Childs, C. Neumaier, H. Y. Choe, W. Singleton, T. Dailey, J. Perreira and A. M. Resales. ^ Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent tr S> if New York: Shijiping Holding Own; So Aro Tho Ponios Lake Charles: •3 • si All's Qwet Here On Shipping-Frent -'lii Things down this^ way are very slow at this moment with only a f^ ships coming in and not many of the boys getting off. Looks like the days of fa-st ship­ ping around these parts are gon* for a while, but as Stonewall Jack­ son once said, "we live in hop* and die hungry." Calling in here were the Winter Hill, Bradford Island, Logans Fort, Govamment Camp, Bradford Island, and the Bents Fort, all of Cities Service. The Winter Hill called back again. At Beaumont, we had the Bien­ ville of Waterman and the Lucil* Bloomfield of Bloomfield. In Port Arthur we had the Val Chem of Valen­ tine Tankers. Each took a few men giving the boys something to compete for, at any rate. Coe On the labor front, the so called right to work bill finally got out of committe* by a 5-4 vote. Our men tried to stop it in committee but lost out. However, it will not come to a vote on the floor for some time yet and we are building up support in our fight against the bill. Things look promising on our beating the bili. On the local political front things are moving into the final stages before the voting and our chances look good. Locally on the labor front, the building trades are still in dispute over contract matters after having been out on strike for nearly three months. However, there has been no tie-up as yet, but anything can' happen since they have gone back to work on a partial contract. The Metal Trades Council has *, dispute with some of their con­ tracted companies but things Ibok good for them to win out. We have no men'in the hospital since our last report. On the beach here we find .J. Mitchell, W. Pritchett, R. E. Coe, L. Hartline, H. Romero, A. Anderson and others. Fishing is still good around these parts with big catches being reported every day, including th* opes that got away. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent Shipping in the Port of New York is still holding its own. We paid off 21 ships, signed on two and had 13 in-transits. During the same period we had four ships lay up, the Lawrence Victory of Mississippi, Raphael Semmes of Waterman, i Badger Mariner of South Atlantic and Western Rancher of Western Navigation. This is no invitation for every­ one to come to New York to ship, but we might add that they are off and running at Belmont. Also, the fishing season has opened and the boys are getting in what fish­ ing they can. Ships paying off were the Seatfains Louisiana, Savannah. Texas, Georgia, New York and New Jer­ sey of Seatrain; Beatrice, Edith and Elizabeth of Bull; Steel De­ signer of Isthmian; Raphael Sem­ mes of Waterman; Alexandra of Carras; Council Grove, Royal Oak, Chiwawa and Logans Fort of Cities Service; Val Chem of Valentine; The Cabins of Cabins; Western Rancher of Western Navigation; Ocean Ullp of Ocean Maritime and Robin Doncaster of Seas. Ships signing on were the Steel King of Isthmian and Robin Hood of Seas^ while in-transits were the Robin Shenwood of Seas; Alcoa Roamer dnd Alcoa Partner of Al­ coa; De Soto, Iberville, Gateway City and Hastings of Waterman; Suzanne and Frances of Bull, Sa­ lem Maritime of Cities Service, Marj'mar of Calmar. Steel Director of Isthmian and the Seacliff of Coral. We would like to thank the membership'for their splendid support in helping on the AFL-ILA beef for the past nine months. It was a real hard fight and as it now stands the ILA Independent union now leads by 319 votes with 1,797 chal­ t lenged ballots still to be counted; Savannah: Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treas. . t 1- • •'11 '' I 2^n M 4- Shipping On Upgraile , In Georgia Port Clly Shipping has picked up a bit over the previous two weeks, and w* hope it will continue that way for some time. ./ Ships paying off in the two-week Shipping Figures May 19 to June 2 period were the Jouthwind and SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Southland of South Atlantic. Both BEG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED signed on again. DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. PORT . 13 52 3 6 4 Boston 19 17 16 Ships in transit were the South­ 54 , 209 321 81 74 New York ... 117 92 112 ern District and Southern States of Southern; Robin Trent, Robin 52 93 16 15 21 Philadelphia 36 ,32 25 Locksley and Robin Hood of Seas; 194 78 72. 210 60 77 : 62 55 Baltimore ..... .^.. ... Steel of Isthmian; Fair33 23 21 64 port ofDirector ... 13 13 7 20 'Norfolk Waterman; Seatrains Lou­ 45 42 16 13 12 -14 -16 16 Savannah isiana and Georgia; and the Bents 16 6 • 55, . • 5 • '5 Fort of Cities Service. Tampa .V. 45 ^ , 18 22 39 163 dis ; ; 51 135 ... so; 'f 62 51 Oldtimbrs on'the beach are R. C. Mobile Shedd, C. H. Moss, R. Pierce, H. T. 45 124 1.. ^ iBBt 68 55 -192 "3841 New Orleans . Glisson, J. B. Farrow, E. M. Bryant 85 21 . 19 15 55' ... . 43 26 16 Galveston and B. B. Tippins.. In the hospital 40 87 58 . 43 141 are H. Kemp, M. Goins, J. Sellers, ... 86 ; 29, 22 SeatU* 33 109 45. 37 115 41 36 32 Sari FMriclsco-...... s. W. Bcdgood, J. Littleton, P. Bland, 11 !, :',io . ;: is: 33 15 8 34 A. Fricks, L. Dewitt and I. Peacock. wiiminiRori .;.v.y.^ r f jeiT Morrison 0> : Savannah-Port-Agent ISili'' msn •A 'ji t 4 •- '4 �SEAPAREXS Fage Twelve LOG Jane 11. 1054 THE IN THE WAIUB The word "soundings" for de­ scribing the job of determining the ocean depth with line and lead has no connection at all with the word sound meaning the noises we hear. "When it refers to a nautical meas­ urement of depth, sound' stems from old words-meaning water, sea or swimming. In the same way, sound in the sense of an inlet of the sea, such as Long Island or ^Puget Sound, also comes from the same source, and really means a channel. Today, however," the most modern method of taking soiyjdings, by use of a gadget called a fathometer, does depend on audible sound, since it gauges water deptlj by means of radio waves which bounce back from the ocean floor. 4" i" 4" In the 17th century, the Royal Mint of England actually issued a special gold coin for the use of sea­ men and merchants trading with Africa and, for 150 years afterward, the guinea was in general use in Great Britain and all over the world. The original 20-shilling gold pieces were minted in 1663 "in the name and for the use of the Com'pany of R.oyal Adventurers of England trading with Africa." They came to be called guineas because the "Royal Adventurers" actually traded along the coast of Guinea cn the western side of the African continent. Eventually, the value was revised and fixed at 21 shill­ ings, but after the establish­ ment of the gold standard In 1816, no more guineas were coined. 4.. t |i: t English possession in 1803 when a penal colom^ was established. 'T 4- 4. The idea of pouring oil on troubled waters refers to the fact that oil will lessen the violence of waves. The ancients believed it, and Benjamin Franklin, renowned for several more important scien­ tific discoveries, demonstrated it in the form of a practical joke. In 1772, while he was a guest in Eng­ land, Franklin told friends he cou.d quiet the waters on a pond in the park. He walked to the edge of the pond, "magically" waved his cane around and soon after the water gradually subsided. He explained his "miracle" by saying he had calmed the water with oil carried in a hollow of his bamboo cane. 4. 4i Superstitions about turtles and tortoises are. generally related • to health and longevity, probably be­ cause these hard-shelled creatures are long-lived, but these animals are also looked upon as weather prophets. Rain is likely, for example, Tf the turtle is on land and its shell is moist. On the other hand, if a turtle is taken out of the water during a fog and placed on the ground face dowh, the fog is supposed to disappear. Actually, there are three distinct types of these animals. Turtles are a salt­ water marine species which are also found on land; tortoises are strictly land animals, and terrapinsr are a hard-shelled, edible fresh­ water species which have a rec­ ognized market value. 4 4. 4. Debunking the ttieory that a link existed between Australia and an unknown polar continent, in 1642, Abel Janszoon Tasman cir­ cumnavigated Australia and dis­ covered Tasmania and New Zealand' In the process. Commemorated in t'he names of many places on New Zealand as well as in Tasmania Itself and the adjacent Tasman Sea. In the South Pacific, Tasman was « Dutch navigator who made sev­ eral "voyages of exploration in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the service of the Dutch East India Company from 1632 to 1653. Tas­ mania, located to the south of Australia and one of the states in the Commonwealth, became an A nautical measure of length, the cable-length is defined today as being equal to 120 fathoms, or 720 feet. The term was derived origi­ nally from the length of a ship's cable, but it now bears no relation to the length of any prqsent-day cable. Most authorities differ on the reason for the cable-length being figured as 120 fathoms and no more, but one likely explanation is that custom and the, early, size of ships limited the length of a cable because the rope walks of early times simply weren't long enough to lay up strands of greater lerigth. Accordingly, the arbitrary 120-fathom figure was fixed and became the standard. ACROSS 1. hitch S7. Renewals: Abbr. B. Place to eat e. Alba DOWN (Miss.) Part of a lock 12. Capital of Copier Samoa Rope Take on pounds 13. Island in GalIts capital Is way Bay Dover 14. Compass Before direction Old sailor 15. Transmit, as a Face; Slang message Request to 16. Put in a new enter card place 18. What a girl 1 2 3 should be £0. Price of canal trip 12 21. Long fish 23. Port in Florida 15 26. Something to climb SO. Chow 16 SI. Governor of Kansas S2. Finished 34. Man's name S5. Old way to 26 27 28 travel 37. One who stops another 31 89. Kind of sail­ boat 35 41. What a fish does , 43. The 39 mouth of TTiames 44. Fish hawk 142 48. Hinderer Bl. Opera by Verdl B2. Alabama: Abbr. 48 49 83. Go to bottom 84. Newspaper 52 paragraph 88. Members of . crew 55 88. Groups fd tbinga game: Phrase 33. Speaker's I>lat10.- Eastern Stand­ form ard Time: 36. Noose Abbr. 38. Damage 11. Sheltered side 40. Push 17. MoUusk 43. Cleveland's • 19. Mead: Fr. lake 22. Flanks 4S. Ceremony 24. Peel 46. British states­ 25.. winged man 26. Church service 47. Sweet potatoes 27. Spoken 48. Amateur radio 28. Member of the operator SlU 49. Strong beer 29. Radio chains 50. Adjective suffix (Puzzle" An^er On Page 25) 1 MEET THE INQUIRING SEAFARER SEAFARER (Question: Where In South Ameri­ ca do you find seamen can have the best time? (Question asked in New Orleans hall.) • • C. P. Moore, bosun: I like Buenos Aires best. Recreational fa­ cilities are better there than in any other South American port. I also would like to put in a good word for the Sea­ men's mission In "BA." Anytime you go ashore and find time'on your hands, there is always something interesting to do at the mission. 3) 4" 4" t Leonard Craddock, electrician: I always look forward to going ashore at San­ tos. Seamen al­ ways can find a lot of places to go in Santos where they will be wel­ come and where they will have a good time. I al­ ways find time to take in a movie or two in Santos. 4 ^ $ t t 4^ Arnold Crawford, wiper: Santos is tops as far as I am concerned. Prices are reason­ able. The people are friendly and there are plenty of good - night spots. Things in the enter t'a inment line are a great deal like the things we en­ joy doing in the States; such as good restaurants. FRANK LIVINGSTON. AB Whether it's wrestling lines on a ship or an opponent in the ring. Seafarer Frank "Duke" Livingston finds work equally satisfying and rewarding. . . Sailing for the past 20 years in the deck (iepartment, "'Duke" has spent a good deal of ^me ashore wrestling at the various arenas. He has been wrestling on and off for the past 12 years and has wrestled with almost every name star, throughout the country. Asked why he liked the rugged sport, "Duke" answered that he liked it for the sport and of course, for the purses. "Another thing about wrestling," he informs us, "there doesn't seem to be any age limit." I once wrestled a man who was 71 years old and whose physi­ cal condition was one of a man half his age. Started In Navy An early hitch in the Navy served as a springboard for his joint sea­ faring and wrestling career. lie wrestled while aboard ship and he is the former US -Navy Scoutihg Force light-heavyweight champion. . At present he holds the New Jersey heavyweight tag team tifle. While on the USS Indianapolis, "Duke" had occasion to wrestle for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During his first term of office, the President was on board the ship enroute to Buenos Aires to attend the Pan American Peace Conferebce when "Duke" represented him in a match. Tanker Torpedoed During World War II the "Duke" sailed mostly aboard tankers, but he said for the most part his share in the war was unexciting despite frequent long trips to and from the war zone. He wasn't the_ one to- complain about the lack of action, however. On March 10, 1944, while in the Caribbean enroute to Venezuela,, the tanker he was on was torpedoed and he spent several hours imthe briny with the rest of the crew before being picked up by a US destroyer that happened to be in the vicinity. All and all the "Duke" says it was a quiet war for him. "Duke" has sailed under the SIU Nichols, FOW: I haven't made a South American run in some time, but Buenos Aires used to be my fa­ vorite spot. I hear conditions are not as good there as they were a few years back, how­ ever. Santos was pretty good the A Yugoslav Partisan bulletin dis-. . last time I was closed that on May 23 German down there, too. In both these ports paratroopers alighted at the Bos­ they have some fine beer. nian headquarters of Marshal Tito, t 3) 3) but Tito escaped to the mountains Henrlk Hansen, steward: Buenos along with Major Randolph Aires is my favorite port. It is a Churchill, son of the British Prime big city and a Minister, and Allied officers^ at­ clean one. What­ tached to Tito's staff . . , President ever you want to Roosevelt signed the bill raising do, Tou can have the -national - debt limit to $260 a good time in billion. "BA" without 3) 4' 4" ^ spending a lot of A new hiring hall was opened money. They have a lot of good res- up under the auspicqs of the SIU taurants and of North AmeHca, A&G District, bars. Their the­ at 339 Chartres Street, New Or­ leans, La. . . . Loss of the US es­ atres nnd movies are the best. cort carrier Block Island, hi the ^ 3> 3) Durard D. Shaw; steward: I like Atlantic, by enemy action in May, was disclosed . . . The British Gov­ to spend as much time as possible ernment protested to Turkey ashore in Buenos against the use of the Dardanelles Aires. It is the by German warships .recently eramost interesting ployed in Black Sea operations. city in South 4" 4" 4' America and I On June 6, the Allied invasion like to go. sight­ of Continental Europe was befiun seeing there. Be­ by the landing ' in northwestern sides a lot of France (Normandy) of thousands of beautiful scenic troops from' an armada of war ships spots around the and parachutes. The ships and city Buenos Aires has some of the world's most beau- planes had . actually - commenced late on June 5 to move toward the lntqiwtte8 architecture. bapner for the past seven years, having joined during the Cities Service drive. Ife helped assist in the Union's Atlantic drive also. He has always been interested in" physical culture and has been a physical" instructor for a time in the Portland, Me., and Hoboken, NJ, Young Men's Christian Asso^ ciations- as ,tvell as serving as a masseur and swimming instructor at various private gyms.. When not ashore filling wrestling ' engagements, "Duke" favors the northern Europe runs. He finds European cities interesting and to his liking, especially when he can try his hand at his favorite sport. Wilder Fans "Duke" says that European wrestling fans are more numerous and at times wilder than their American counterparts. The rules, however, as the same as those in the States. One of the highlights of l^s shoreside hobby was the making of a motion picture in New York. 7|j||ie picture, "Mr. Universe," starring Jack Carson and Janis Paige, was an expose of the professional wrestling. "Duke" appeared in the ring with another wrestler in sev­ eral of the wrestling sequences. May Get Gym "Duke," as other Seafaters, thinks of that day when he will no longer ship out, but stay shoreside. Saving all he can, he's considering buying a gym some day to help train youngsters' for the sport or just to help them enjoy the feeling of physical well.being. Although a young man as far as the wrestling game goes, he hopes to" enter the management field and help erase some Of the abuses now marring the sport which he be­ lieves has a great future and an ever increasing interest.' • . He cites the example that TV has given wrestling a tremendous boost in the arnii and made whole new host of devotees. / Explaining why he likes the "grunt and groan" profession, the Duke says he likes wrestling as a sport ~and then, too, there is the purse. As for professional wres­ tling as we see it on TV, "Duke" had no comment. invasion coast which Berlin said, covered a stretch of more than 100 miles of beaches from Le Harvc to Cherbourg. The great invasion was supported by a massive fleet of meichant and Navy ships of sevqral nations with hundreds of Libertys moving in to the beaches to land supplies. 4" 4 4 Supporting the movement to re­ ward alien seamen servicing Amer­ ican ships during the war, the Mo­ bile Central Council of the Amer­ ican Federation " of Labor has joined with tho AFL seamen's un­ ions in demanding American citi­ zenship for aliens sailing American vessels. The SIU adopted a reso­ lution favoring this demand at its New Orleans convention. Subse­ quently, a provision was written into law giving aliens citizenship for five years* sea time. Ji 4 4 The Vatican officially announced . its determination to maintain its neutrality, "whoever may be tho military authorities actually hav­ ing control of the city of Rome," and expected to continue its activ­ ities in all parts of the world and . its contacts.with the-episcopacy in; everjfjoouiiti^-.-(n:>)'"•Ml"'' �•'imme 11. ltS4 SEAPMnERS SEAFARERS # LOG J«aa 11. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. IX Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 670 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. TeL HYacinth S!r6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. , ! 'For The Record' LETTER ' of the PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEnBEBT BRANB; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art. Editor, BERNABD SEAMAN(. Photo Editor, DANIEL J^ILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SnvACK, JERRY RCMER, AL MABKIN, NORMAN SMITH; Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY; Staff AssistanU, 1,YMAN GAYLORO, MILTON HOROWITZ. ,, Pare Thfrieea LOG ^ IM Books Open The decision of the membership-to open the books is one which will be of benefit both to the present membership and the new men coming in. A careful procedure has been estab­ lished to assure the selection of new members on their merits as seamen and Union men. As a result, the membership will gain considerably by the addition to the ranks of men who are fully deserving of an SIU book. And the newcomers, in turn, will obtain the nu­ merous benefits that SIU membership provides. In the near future, a membership committee will be selected to pass on the qualifications of the applicants. Those who are successful the first time around will be welcomed into the membership by all hands. And those who are passed . over have the comfort of knowing they will have more oppor­ tunities the next month and in months to come. t> t> Sr WEEK Protests AUen Flag Transfers To the Editor: Since it is the right of every American citizen and since we have the experience and knowledge gained by being members of the greatest seamen's union in the world, the SIU, I firmly believe a letter of individual protest should be mailed by every Seafarer to his respective Congressman, regardless of i>arty politics, to express his wrath at the continued practice of transferring American ships to for­ eign registry. Also a complaint should be added to stop American oil companies from building ships in this country, with the aid of American capital, then registering Riem under a foreign flag for the sole purpose of hauling cargoes back here from distant shores and Many times in the past attention has been called to the having the American taxpayer pay losses sliffered by merchant seamen during World War II. the bill. Height Of Audacity /This is a story that should be well known to all Americans, An example of this height of au­ although there are times when it appears that some people dacity was shown when Cities 'have Conveniently forgotten the facts. Service launched the second of \ However, last Sunday offered as good occasion as any to their four super-tankers, "Statue of •remind Americans nnce again of the role of merchant sea­ Liberty," at Newport News on June men. It was the tenth anniversary of-D-Day, a day when a 2. This ship, costing $9,500,000, fi­ mighty armada of several hundred US Libertys, in addition nanced by American investors, will to ships of other nations, steamed into the teeth of the enemy's sail .under the Grand Bassa Tank­ house flag, a subsidiary of Cit­ fortifications and helped make possible the invasion of ers ies Service, and fly a Liberian flag Eurdpe. with a foreign crew. The "Statue Nftbody would like to predict what the outcome would.have of Liberty" will be delivered about been if there weren't enough shins and men to sail them. July 31 and the port of New York, That thought should be kept in mind by all who pass on the according to Cities Service offi­ cials, will be one of her fijnst stops, future of the maritime industry. where she will be displayed with the national monument for which i t 4 she is named, as a backdrop. Imagine the nerve of this finan­ cially sound company, trying to . . Another case of a Seafarer who was detained on board ship compare the shrine which means, for 18 months by the quirks of the McCarran Immigration "This is America," with the name their ship and policy of opera­ Act is reported in this issue of the LOG. Seafarer Charles of tion. It's like saying to the Ameri­ Slanina is one of many alien seamen who have been caught can public, "We build the ship with in the tangled web of regulation because they were born in your money and brains. We named it after your greatest monument. a country now ,governed .by the Communists. She will service you well and make It made no difference that Slanina was a resident of the US millions for us. But, we are so for 32 years, that he had been a member of the Czech legion jiorcy! We just have to use a for­ which fought Red armies in Russia in the first World War, eign flag and crew because we can or that he had been sailing on US ships since 1942. He didn't save a few paltry dollars on foreign have a little piece of paper known as a "valid passport" so safety regulations and crew wages. Also, one of these super-tankers ,'he, couldn't go ashore at any US port. with a foreign crew will replace Nobody disputes the need for regulation of entries into the three medium-sized American ships US. But it certainly appears that the law could be made a and crews." little more flexible to avoid sueh obvious miscarriages of True, Cities Service is not the only US company doing this; the justice. " • * rub is in the name given to this . . 4" J> 4ship. Must Survive If the American merchant ma­ A prbposal has been submitted by a Wisconsin Con­ rine is to survive and to regain its gressman calling for a merchant marine academy at Kings preeminence of the seas, this atti­ tude must be scored and done away Point that would be on a par with West Point or Annapolis. with. We cannot let the merchant Under the plan Kings Point would become a permanent gov­ marine be sold down the river ernment function and would turn out merchant marine of­ again as it has been so often in the past. All of^us, seaman and land­ ficers for years to come. lubber alike, mustluiite ip a di-ive The plan also calls for the graduates to serve a compulsory to keep Amer^an ships f6r Ameri­ period of time in the merchant marine. What it doesn't ex­ can flags. plain is where their jobs will come from. Yes, it's certainly time we had another "Boston Tea Party" to let Offhand it appears that there are more than enough officers to man any number of ships that Uncle Sam might put in the good people of this country what's happetdng along , the operation. And as a matter of fact there are a-great marty know waterfront A protest now by men sailing unlicensed-who'hold a mate or engineer's ticket.. everyone connected with the ship­ As has been said many times before, the US merchant ping industry to his Congressmen marine h^ professional seamen of high quality to man the will mean the end Af that slogan, • A- shi^s. The need is for ships and cargoes and not for a more "Too little, too late." elaborate training -school,''f If JV.VM M J M > i ii kiaUito*' • ROUND D-Day Pins Ten Loosen It Up Kings Point Again J A new four-year contract provid­ ing a wage increase of $2.50 a week for 11,000 building service employ­ ees in New York City was an­ nounced by Local 32B of the Build­ ing Service Employes International Union, AFL. The wage hike is re­ troactive to April 21. The contract also calls for improved vacation, increased welfare benefits, sever­ ance pay and unemployment insur­ ance for those not previously cov­ ered. t 4. Labor and management repre­ sentatives unanimously agreed on a voluntary program for mobilizing civilian manpower in a national emergency". The program contains recommendations to the National Security Council on manpower for the armed forces, and agriculture ti-aining facilities, government pro­ curement policies, and employment stabilization plans. The committee opposed any laws that would re­ quire a man to work at a specific job. Representatives of all the ma­ jor labor federations took part in the discussions. 4> 4> 41 Eight thousand strikers at the plants of the Philco Corp. in Phila­ delphia and Sandusky unanimously rejected the company's offer of a 5-cent pay hike. The action was taken at membership meetings of Locals 101, 102, and 701 of the In­ ternational Union of Electrical Workers, CIO. The union charged that this was* just the latest strike­ breaking move made by the com­ pany since the strike began May 1. lUE-CIO said Philco had tried to wreck the pension plan by cancel­ ing all health and welfare protec­ tion, had gotten an injunction against mass picketing, and had waited three weeks before meeting with the union. .4' 4i Gains of more than 9 cents an hour h^ve been won-by the Inter­ national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL, for 17,000 factory employees of the Radio Corpora­ tion of America. 4" ir 4" Effective June 7, workers at the Botany Mills plant in Passaic, NJ, will take home cents an hour less. The wage eut, which affects 1,500 memberjs .of the Textile Workers Union of America, CIO, was by As a result of the award, average pay at Botany dropped to $1.591c. The company, long a wage leader in the industry, had sought a cut of 16'^ cents an hour, while the union ar­ gued for continuance of the form­ er scale. 4^ ^ 4> Under a new 2-year agreement, about half the 35,000 employees represented by the Commercial Telegraphers Union, AFL, gained a 20 percent pay boost, the first 16 percent effective June 1, 1955, and the rest by June 1, 1956. In addi­ tion all hourly rated employes won wage increases of from 5 to 21 cents an hour and monthly rated workers a minimum of $8 a month. 4" 4* t The National Labor Relations Board barred the Fur and Leather Workers Union from use of its services because it is Communistled. The order means the union cannot be on election ballots m representation contests with an­ other union and will be unable to present unfair labor practices com­ plaints. The ruling marked the first time in history that the Labor Board had taken such an action. 4- 4 i The health, welfare and old age of members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL, are secured by $129.6 million, according to a report covering the 1933 calendar year. Health and welfare benefits are provided for 416,000 members, six percent more than in 1953. Members covered by retirement totaled 368,000, or 10 percent more than a year ago. 4" •31 •M 4" ft Educational establishments were closed throughout Chile by a strike of 15,000 school teachers and 4,000 college professors who demanded a 20 percent salary increase. They rejected js government offer of a 10 percent raise. ft ft ft With the deadline for a New Yprk City transit strike set for next Monday, city officials were prepar­ ing to maintain essential services. The strike call has been set by the Transport Workers Union (CIO) In a dispute with the City Transit Authority, and would affect all subways and city-owned bus lines. Possibilities of a settlement are still in sight aa negotiations are Mintinuing, • " ' - •••M • �-., . ,v,'. Wage Foarteen SEAFARERS •.• .... ^ -.. • .-. •}-,. LO^ fc'" X ^' ' r- I • i < . /5 nm-^gm,rniMm " .v^fS W MAI Illil / At chow time, "Kroo boys" on Del Sol dig into their fish and rice in common^ pots on open deck. Mahogany furniture has long been a sym­ bol of personal prosperity and for the mil­ lions of "less-affluent citizens mahogany veneers on top of lesser breeds of lumber have satisfied the desire for rich-looking 1 _ t- Floated from jungle out to sea, logs are swung aboard Del Sol "during African ma­ hogany run of Mississippi Shipping Co. Major mahogany ports on Gold Coast and Ivory Coast are surf ports and have no pier facilities. iil ii illii Dei Rio, here anchored off West African coast, is one of four pi Crls on ma-, During visit to Del chief poses with chic tive policeman. ships. For «xample, niril included in the Del Camjf On another occasion, eigh| transported to West Afric locomotive trucks being cabs and working pai furniture woods. To meet the demand the US im­ the Heavy items ports a considerable' amount of West African presentmachinery knotty cargo mahogany from the Gold Coast and Ivory Coast, buiky loads must be hai and four C-ls operated by the SlU-contracted Mis­ serve Africa's rapidly di e^ sissippi Shipping Company make regular sailings The principal homewar for the African mahogany logs. logs, floated from the jui; Converted To Veneers they are swung aboard In contrast to the more expensive and rarer ocean. The logs are loac mahoganies from Latin^merica, about 75 percent manner wherever pier fa of all mahogany logs from Africa are "flitched" meal, cocoa and some ma for conversion into face veneers. They are then often are included in th^ mounted on the chests, dressers, chairs, tables and From New Orleans, other pieces found most often in the ayerage US manufacturers of American home. veneer. Mwt mahogany from Africa goes into Norfolk, Typical West African Virginia, but a good deal of-it is handled in any any run are Dakar, Cpna of a half a dozen Atlantic and Gulf ports. In many mas. Port Gentil, Point respects, Mississippi's mahogany run between West Lobito, Takoradi and At Africa and New Orleans is one of the most un­ No Shore usual of any traveled by SlU-contracted ships. . "In some, ways, this is The four ships on the run, the Del Sol, Del man," said Lee DeParlief Campo, Del Rio and Del Oro, make regular sail­ Sol, who made the sl^ ings of about 70 to 80 days. One feature of the Del reproduced run that is unique insofar as SIU ships are con- photographs expect to spend mos cerned is the use of seagoing, native longshoremen can the ship. There is just no! who live aboard ship and work cargo at the ports can ports, and at many of called upon during the six-weeks' run along the ports, don't even go African coast. A normal cargo-handlHIg contingent it is awegood 'money' ri numbers about 68 "Kroo boys" from the Kroo spend your money, y| tribe which supplies the manpower for this opera- . pay-off at the end ofsothe tion. They stay with the ship throughout the ..For the Seafarers, We coastwise run, sleeping in the holds and eating stimulating shipping ih their daily diet of fish and rice from common pots limits of the mahogany on the open deck. Rising Ind| No Pier Facilities Capt. J. W. Clark, The major mahogany ports on the Gold Coast returned from a recent J and Ivory Coast are surf ports with no pier faicil-' signs of rapid ities. The cargo, consisting of logs which run from tire, coasi. A industrial mangane two tons each to as high as 13 to 14 tons, is loaded piant;, a new flour mill and discharged to and from lighters while the and fast-developing coc ship rides at anchor off the coast with the teeming among developments jungle for a backdrop. Other ports, including some which can be expected Congo River ports in the Belgian Congo, have shipping to this area. modem dockside facilities. The voyage takes ships Construction is to st on this run as "far inland as 85 miles into the water harbor and an ez Jungle of the Belgian Congo. the Gold Coast, which On the outgoing voyage, a wide variety of gen­ great deal of America eral cargo is carried by the,Mississippi freight- he said. �at Takoradi, tribal aide (left) and na- Belgian Congo ports are among few on mahogany run which have deckside fa­ cilities for loading logs. Raising pet monkey helpis Willie Cam­ eron, night cook and baker, wile away spare hours aboard Del Sol. Back from run, steward W.H. (Red) Simmons and Claude; Rayfuse, FOW, pose for photos in New (5rleans. registered bulls were )'8 deck cargo recently, tliesel locomotives were IL two to a ship, with the [rried in the holds while i were secured on deck, ighing many tons often ing problems when the larged at surf ports to anding industry, bound cargo is mahogany e out to the ships where om the surface of the in a more conventional ities are provided. Fish |any lumber and veneer nbound cargo, logs move by rail to hogany furniture and I ts of call on the mahogj y, Monrovia, Cape PaU I Noire, Matadi, Launda, Ijan. lie Facilities rough run for a seajpassenger utility on the oard and West African •e. "On this riin, a guy f his port time aboard lace to go in most Afrlem, especially the surf ire. On the other hand. There is no place to look for a^worthwhile rip." Africa holds promise of near future beyond the i'le. rialization jslssippi vice president, pection tour to report :pansion along the enproject, an aluminum big rubber plantation nd coffee plantings are rted by Captain Clark increase the volume of Hil Enjoying coffee time in New Orleans are Del Sol crewmembers (1-r) Johnny Favis, Drck Johnson, H. Laumann. Mahogany run is also good money run. Three-fourths of African mahogany—here being unloaded from Del Sol in New Orleans—goes into veneers. Better-grade ma­ hogany comes from Latin America. 'J • soon on a new deep5 new city at Tema, in 1 require the use of a luipment and material, ' -ifi ^ ^ IVom New Orleans,^gsfwiRmpvc by rail, primarily to furniture LogS'taken Logs takwn from -Afidca Afiica run'in. run in aize 'from from two; two tons / . .. . Del Oro is another of four Mississippi C-ls on regular niahogany Tun. 'Here she discharges at Industrial Canal in Jfew Orleans. Runs are gtiierally 76-80 days/ .. v. .^1 �I I i- SEAFARERS laC Page Sizleai I W" SEAFARERS S:'- The presence of Icebersrs at points further aouth than they have been since the war forced the Queen Elizabeth to alier course, on its recent crossins from the Channel ports. The ship swun; nearly forty miles off track A, passiny within thirty-five miles of the nearest ice­ berg. Merchant shipping has been diverted from track C since Feb­ ruary 26 ... The captured German submarine U-505 will soon arrive in Chicago, where it will become a permanent exh]bit as a memorial to Americans who lost their lives at sea in World War II. ^ Effective soon, the Isbrandtsen Steamship Company will open an eastbound run in intercoastal trade between Pacific and Atlantic Coast Ports. The go-ahead signal in the disputed matter came recently, when the Supreme Court upheld a certificate granted by the Inter­ state Commerce Commission authorizing the operation. The certificate had been attacked by the Luckenbach Steamship Company, which charged that Isbrandtsen could use its position in unregulated aroundthe-world t^-ade to give preferential rates to large shippers of foreign cargoes to obtain their intercoastal business. t J. Since 1951 West Germany's bustling new shipyards have produced more than 2,000,000 tons—equivalent to Soviet Russia's present mer­ chant shipping power. Output rose from 302,051 gross registered tons In 1951 to an all time high last year of 724,354 tons. During the first quarter of 1954, West German yards built and delivered sixty ve^els totaling 245,939 tons, leading experts to believe this year's production may exceed 1,009,000 tons—more than double Nazi Germany's pre-war production record. 4i p. ll"- m i: IS' IP"" I"' Jane 11. 1954 The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, the oldest oper­ ator of American-Hag cargo ship tonnage between East-Coast ports and the East Coast of Mejdco," has now turned to foreign bottoms in this service. It has replaced four American C-1 type cargo vessels with an equal number of cargo ships flying the British, Norwegian, Swedish, and German flags. There is also a possibility that the line's service to Cuba, maintained with two American-flag C-2 type cargo ships,^may be operated with foreign-flag tonnage. The company, which refused' to accept the Government's subsidy conditions, found the service un­ profitable. . 3* it The American Merchant Marine Institute predicts that when ship­ ping in various stages of construction joins the fleet now afloat, total world shipping will amount to 116,249,000 deadweight tons. That is 47 per cent more than the 79,231,000 tons of shipping listed in 1939. The greatest increases are in tankers and freighters. if t> it The Federal Maritime Board has approved the transfer of six Lib­ erty-type tankers to Liberian colors. The ships and their American owners are the Eugepe W. Hilgard of the Hilgard Tanker Corp.; the Charles A. Wickliffe of the Wickliffe Tanker Corp.; the Albert G. Brown of the Bernut, Lem'bcke Company; the David T. Wilentz, the Morris Hess and the Hess Bunker, all of Hess Inc. The board stipulated that no change shall be made in the foreign corporation without ap­ proval, that the ships shall be available to this country if needed, and, that mortgage obligations owed the US must be paid before transfer it it it Four shipping companies have sent representatives to Haiti to dis­ cuss the possibility of arranging more passenger ship calls at Haitian ports. Companies interested in the run are Holland-America, Swedish American, Home Lines and the Clipper Line Shipping volume through the port of New York showed a decline in the first five mdnths of 1954 as compared to the previous year. The Maritime Association of the Port of New York reported 4,796 arrivals and 4,746 departures up to June 1, as against 5,303 arrivals and 5,309 departures a year ago .. The Coast Guard is holding hearings over the sudden and mysteri­ ous sinking of the tugboat Brooklyn off the Battery. The tug was hauling a car float from Weehawken, NJ, when she suddenly lurched and went down. One man was trapped in the engine room and lost his life. if it it The Immigration and Naturalization Service is considering the Sheepshead Bay training depot as a possible site for a new Immigra­ tion center to replace Ellis Island. Present installations on EUis Island, providing for some 1,500 persons, are farjtoo large for the 200 to 300 people on the grounds at any one time. Very few immigrants actually pass through the island now as it is used mostly for those whose papens are not in order or for aliens who are awaiting deportation. 4- t 4 By the end of the year, no US shipyard will have any dry cargo ships building as the last of the five Mariner-class ships still due will have been delivered Bull Line executive Arthur Kennedy reported after an overseas trip that trade possibilities with Spain looked prom­ ising. A Federal Court continued to take testimony on the suit filed by Arnold Bernstein, shipping magnate, against the Holiand-America Ime for $11 million. Burly Hazards Of Handling Paint One of the more'familiar sights to anybodyjwho has beien on a-ship is that of a crewmember handling a brush or. roller in the endless battle to keep corrosion upder controL Since painting is, or' should be, a constant task on a ship and virtually all sections of the vessel have to be painted regularly, it means that certain paint, hazards exist at all "Who cleans the recreation room times which have to be recognized and dealt with by members of the this week?" is a popular question crew'. • aboard ship particularly When the Three hazards are usually present in handling almost any^kind of subject comes up at shipboard marine paint. The first and most obvious one is,the danger'of fire. meetings. The state of the recre­ .Since marine paints are made to be quick dryeys and to go on smoothly ation room., along with the laundry they generally contain a volatile paint thinner. room, is often a subject of comThese thinners are usually highly flammable, some of them being Maint and much discussion and turpentines and others Toal tar distillates such as naptha or iienzol. neat is expended to solve the ques­ Under certain conditions the thinners can be explosive. And of course tion. the paint itself can burn very readily after it has dried on the Type Up List bulkheads. « In one instance reported in the SEAFARERS LOG crewmembers in ^ Glenwood A. Masterson of the Strathbay (Strathpiore Shipping) the engine department were spray painting in the confined spaces of the engine room. A minor explosion was touched off either from lack has come up with of ventilation or from the heat of the surfaces being painted. And a simple proposal since spray painting produces a considerable amount of fine vapor and that offers an droplets, entire spray ignited in one sheet of flame. Fortunately, easy solution to the men doing the painting were able to get out in a hurry and the the problem. Just whole fire was put out in short order. While nobody was Hurt in this type up a weekly particular case, it did point out the importance of having an enclosed work list, he says, area properly ventilated, particularly when working with a spray gun. and each depart­ 'Painter's Colic' ment will know when its turn A less spectacular but equally dangerous major hazard is poisoning comes up. The Masterson resulting from too much contact with certain paint vapors or poisoning same thing could go for other work from paint ingredients themselves. The commonest form which this details that are shared around by takes Is lead poisoning, or "painter's colic" as it is popularly known. members of all three shipboard de­ The poisoning results from the absorption of lead either through breath­ partments. ing vapors or through the mouth if paint has gotten 'bn cigarettes or Masterson, who sails in the en­ food from painty hands. It is an insidious, slowly progressing disease gine department, has been an SIU which leads to gradual weakness, anemia, a variety of digestive troubles member since joining in Baltimore and sometimes paralysis of the wrists and the ankles. All paints will carry instructions as to their safe and proper use on August 6, 1941. He comes origi­ nally from Missouri, but now has which should be followed by the crew. In general, the following pro­ his family in Dundalk, Maryand. cedures should be taken as a matter of course: He is 52 years old. Ventilation Problem , i, if if A) When painting in close quarters, adequate ventilation should be Occasionally, a seaman, or any­ assured. The object of the method of ventilation, no matter what body else for that matter, gets a method is used, should be to Vemove all pbisohous and flammable paint yearning for something different in vapors from the immediate area, it's important that in providing ven­ the way of meal time tastes. Stew-' tilation, to make sure that the vapors are not permitted to settle in ard Wesley Young of the Rosario passageways, bilges and other spots where they can be a source of (Bull Line) recognized the mood danger. Most of these vapors are heavier than air and will tend to and took steps to accommodate it settle accordingly where they can stay for an indefinite period of time. B) Fire-fighting equipment should be kept on hand, ready for use accordingly. He informed the crew that if they wanted anything near the area that's being painteU. Entrances and exits should be kept special to notify the chief cook suf­ clear at all times and a minimum of equipment kept around. Certainly ficiently in advance and the dish any' equipment that could add to the fire danger should be kept out of the area. _ would be prepared accordingly. • WipeUpSpUls Young is another Seafarer who lives in the Baltimore area and O The job should be kept as orderly as possible. All spills should joined the Union in that port. He's be wiped, up and clutter kept down to a minimum. Painty rags or been qn SIU member since 1942 waste should be kept in a covered metal container for disposal when and is 40 years of age. the job is completed.'All this is the kind of good housfkeeping that goes with any job. • 'if if it D) The painter himself should dress properly for the job even though Ship's delegate Homer fiingo of another Bull, Line ship,' the* Su­ it might not be too comfortable in the hot weather. That means wear­ zanne, got a real­ ing a cap at all times and enotigh clothes to protect skin from coming ly ringing vote of into contact with the paint. A lot of Seafarers find it more comfortable confidence from to work in a short-sleevefd shirt, but long sle'eves are definitely prefer­ his shipmates. able. Some paints also require special respirators to protect the painter According to the from breathing in the vapors. ship's minutes, . Clean Hands And Face ' .the- crew gave ^ E) When the paint job/is over, the painter should make sure to give him a vote of himself a thorough cleaning, particularly around the hands and face. thanks for the Paint on the hands can get on cigarettes or food and from there into fine job he was a painter's mouth. The safest thing to do-is not even carry cigarettes Bingo doing and went on your person if you are painting and to smoke only after the hands on record as backing him 100 per­ have been cleaned off. If an area has been freshly painted no food cent. should be stored in it, bbcause some foods have a tendency to absorb Ringo, who sails in the steward the vapors which are toxic in effect. A lot of paint gets on the hands because the palm gets tired or sorb department, is a native of Ken­ tucky who was bom in the blue- and the painter holds the brush by the metal band. There's nothing grass state on August 16,1910. He wrong with this as long as the band is clean, but in most cases the joined the SIU In Nlw York on band has become well-cpngealed with wet paint with the result that March 10,'1945, and has been sail­ the painter's hands get an extra heavy poating and the hands can suffer from the toxic effects the paint. ing regularly since then. ACTION By .Bernard Seaman �lane 11, U54 SEAFARERS **Pace Screnteea LOG Pact Wage Gains Retroactive; Can Reopen On Welfare Items . Copies of contract are run off press in mailing room at headquarters In New York by Union employee. Th^ are being mailed to all SlU-contracted dry cargo companies. Seafarer ^Released' After 1-8 Months (Continued from page 5) McCarran Immigration Act went Into effect. It was at that time that Slanina's troubles began. Slanina was on the Trojan Sea­ men at the time. When the ship paid off in Norfolk in February, J953, Immigration authorities would not let him land in the • SlU Art Work Goes On Display (Continued on page 17) the event for the lucky winners. Although.the paiiel of judges is still incomplete, pending'confirmation of the availability of several potential judges on Tuesday, it is expected no difficulty will be en­ countered on this score. The judg­ ing will be held on Tuesday after­ noon. Favorable Reaction Early reaction to the display in the shipping hall was highly favor­ able to the entries, particularly In the case, of several oil paintings of early types of ships. Interest also centered on two gyroscopes machine-tooled out of bronze by one Seafarer. i Wfe;-- service is available. Compensa­ tion for lost gear under war risk insurance provisions is increased from $300 to $500. A change in the deck depart­ ment working rules provides overtime for carpenters required to re­ Money Draws . . . Resolving the issue of the lack of US currency in some foreign ports, the new pact features a clause calling for the issue of travelers' checks' in lieu of US currency for the purpose of draws in foreign ports. The full cost of the checks will be borne by the shipping companies. Firemen's Pay ... Firmen will enjoy parity with oilers, watertenders and firemen-watertenders on wages and overtime as a result of a clause in the new ag;reement scaling firemen's wages up to ' $302.32 back to October 1, 1953. Thus, firemen received a four percent increase on wages and overtime the same as the other engine ratings mentioned. The new base pay rate for firemen is $314.41. der deck department rules calls for no foreign shore gang work in quarters, storerooms, passageways and other interior sections of the ship unless the shore gangs are regularly maintained by the com­ pany. This will eliminate the prac­ tice of hiring irregular foreign labor on the spot to do interior painting and other work and de­ priving deck department men ofovertime accordingly. Changes in the engine depart­ ment call for the oiler to get one hour overtime on each watch for taking reefer box temperatures. To expedite the huge task of handling retroactive pay the com­ panies are to furnish the Unionwith a list of seamen entitled to retroactivity. The contract will run until September 30, 1955. Seamen Were in Forefront On D-Day (Continued from page 3) signed to operation scuttle as un­ fit for further service. Those three ships were the Matt W. Ransom, the Benjamin Contee and the James W. Marshall. The move old paint or varnish and re­ Marshall had been bombed and paint same. Section 29 on garbage gutted by fire at Salerno. The Matt has been amended to specify that Ransom had been torpedoed and garbage shall be stowed away from then brought into port by her heroic crew. And the Benjamin crews quarters. Contee, while sailing as a prison Another important provision unship in the Mediterranean, had been torpedoed by a bomber with a large loss of life among the Italian POWs. These three Libertys were not the only SIU ships lost in the in­ vasion. There were also a number well known to oldtimers — ships that been sailed for many WASHINGTON.—A seaman whose maintenance and cure years had by men of the SIU and SUP. beef wound up in the US Supreme Court emerged the victor Among these was the old last week, when the high court refused to upset a ruling in Keofresi, which had been in the Island trade, and which had been his favor by the lower courts. named after a Puerto Rican rum. The case involved a man was later certified "fit for duty." There was also the West Nilus, the who suffered illness while He then shipped again, but Illinoian, the Kentuckian, the sailing in the deck department shortly afterwards found he was Pennsylvanian, the old Alcoa suffering from hernia. Although Leader and the old Robin Gray. aboard a ship in 1951. advised to submit to corrective Kept Lines Open Ulcer Attack surgery for this condition, he After the beachheads were es­ According to the facts brought refused to do so when the first out in court, the man suffered an company was unwilling to guar­ tablished, an^ as Allied troops acute ulcer attack while the ship antee him maintenance and cure fought their way through the was in Buenos Aires, and was later payments following .the proposed hedgerows of Normandy and to­ repatriated to his home in Phila­ operation. Instead, he shipped out ward the heart of Germany, Seadelphia at which time he received and, after signing off that vessel, farer-crewed ships continued to keep the supply lines open, and treatment at the" US. Public Health went to work ashore. many Seafarers retain vivid memo­ Service facility in that city. He Meanwhile, he filed suit to re­ ries of this routine but far-froracover unearned wages from August placid shuttle run. 2-31, 1951, when the voyage for Later, as the invasion progressed, which he'd originally signed on the shuttle run was extended to was terminated, plus maintenance other French and Belgian ports, for the entire period from October and it was an SIU ship—the Bayou 17, 1951, until February 3, 1953, Chico—which was the second ship when his case came up in court, to carry Army supplies up the less any outside earnings during canal into the old city of Ghent that time. in Belgium. The US District Court for the Other SIU ships braved the Eastern District of Pennsylvania buzzbomb barrage with supplies entered a judgment in the seamen's for Antwerp, where at times a favor, which was later upheld by buzzbomb fell every 10 minutes. the US Circuit Court of Appeals Many Seafarers recall seeing these eerie, crewless missiles sail­ for the Third Circuit. Although the company had made ing through the sky over Belgium, an award to him consisting of un­ trailing flame from their tails and earned wages and maintenance droning like a huge swarm of bees from October 17 through Decem­ while the ack-gcks tried to knock ber 21, 1951, it denied his right to them down., recover further maintenance after Now, 10 years have passed since he had received a "fit for duty" those buzzbombs fell, but thos& certificate and returned to work. Seafarers who saw and heard them T^ seamen, on the other hand, jhave dot forgotten them. Neither contended that the disability he' have they forgotten the 1,154 buffered as a result of the original American-flag ships that went to gastric condition, followed several the bottom between the outbreak months later by the hernia, made of the European war and Ger­ his request for guaranteed main­ many's surrender, nor the 6,066 tenance following the prescribed American merchant -seamen. who sutrRery -;a:. iieasonable Fe.qpest of were killed or captured duiiing that IflWS®*1)f tW 'fiSHtlfiR. " iWh lOlMw ieihiiiny el'. \ Maintenance And Cure Rights Aided By High Court Ruling NOW AVAILABLE BOUND VOLUMES OF Seafarers Log 1947-1953 I Inclusive) r^ I I I country he had lived in for 31 of his 55 years. He had no passport and as far as Immigration was concerned he was a citizen of an Iron Curtain country. Seven Round Trips It was then that Slanina's ordeal began. I made seven round trip voyages back and forth on that ship, and wherever we went the captain tried to get rid of me. But every place we went to the local Government would not accept me for as far as they were concerned I had no legal way of landing in their countries either." That didn't stop the skipper from trying. He tried to put Slanina ashore in Bombay, in Algiers, Spanish Morocco, Italy, and Yugo­ slavia. On the third voyage around when the ship laid up temporarily for a two week period, he tried to put Slanina on a Panamanian scow heading for South America, and on another occasion tried to turn him over to Czechoslovakian au­ thorities. Finally though, after Slanina's case had became the subject of a Baltimore newspaper series, his attorney was successful in winning permission for him to land on parole. Immigration has agreed to admit him fgr permanent residence in the United States—after he has bMU living here for 82 years. (Continued from page 3) clause has been written calling for carriage of US travelers checks in the event US currency is not available. These travelers checks, which are the equivalent of US currency, will be supplied crewmembers at company expense. Another thorny point, the ques­ tion of continuing allotments when a man has been taken off a ship because of illness or injury, has been dealt with by providing that allotments to the family are to be continued during repatriation for as long as a man has money com­ ing to him in the form of wages. Two important provisions deal­ ing with the comfort of the crew have been added. One calls for re­ placement of all present mat­ tresses with innersprings when the old ones wear out. Another specifies installation of two 12inch fans in every foc'sle where there are two or more men sleep­ ing, and one 16-inch fan in in­ dividual foc'sles. Transportation In a tightening up of the trans­ portation procedure, the contract specifies prompt payment of wages and isubsistence when a seaman who accepted transportation pre­ sents himself to the company at the port of engagement within 30 days of signing off articles. In the event a ship is wrecked, sold or laid up, the transporta­ tion cla^e in this instance has been strengthened to call for firstclass air transportation if the crew travels by air, or the difference in cash if only irregular airplane kdlter. SEAFARERS LOG •reeUyii )2, N«w York - 471 FMirth A»»riu» fl««M Had m Hi# {ollowin«i vtlumai •!Iha I9S3 LOG O $S HCIU 11*1 cofflphta M(i af kaund valumai af tfia LOG far 1947 thraiifh mi 9 |2S ateh. laclatad ha fatal af NAVIE THE ii\ �SEAFylRERg ZOG Vase dclAeeB Seafarer Warren Messenger, known to his ship­ Seafarers posinr for the camera on deck aboard mates as ttie "Son of the Sheik"^ after this epi­ the Steel Apprentiee are, left to right, King, sode, relaxes after a bout with the hookah, an ntility; Re^ OS; Slim and Tex, ABs, en Far Oriental water-pipe. Eastern run. Seafarers aboard flie Steel Apprentice on a recent Far East run did quite a bit of picture-taking as well as engage in usual pursuitsi as these pictures attest. The pho­ tos, submitted by Jacob Malenke, crew messman, depict the doings aboard the I^hmian vessel on its run to a danger zone. Shown hcjre.are such pursuits as touring on a motor scooter, which drew hundreds of people in some, countries where the Seafarer in­ volved revealed the scooter to pry­ ing native eyes, relaxing 1^ a "harem" after nnoking a hookah, a sleepy troubador and a military A Malayan civet cat perches man at the ready in the perform­ menacingly on the shoulder of ance of his duties. There was a Seafarer Bob Mitchell, who little bit of something for ail on bought the feline aboard ship. the trip. ."Be Bop," passenger messman, takes time out for a siesta, dressed as a gaucho. He was the singing troubador of the vessel, good for a funny story at all times. Seafarer Jacob Malenke, above, caused quite a stir in several countries with his mo­ tor scooter. -- A French Marine machine gunner is alert as Hie ship goes up river to Saigom No incidents en­ sued, but the crew felt better with him aboard while they were in the trouble zone. Hurricane Blows Up Newsworthy Events Aboard On Far East Run t- Many things are happening aboard the Waterman ship Hurricane as it runs along in the Far Eastern trade, according to reports received from the vessel. Some are worth writ­ ing home abouti and some are just clean fun, but they all add up to life aboard the ship. First in a list of instances"*""" ^ ^— coming to the fore is one con­ other two guys. They're not even Indochina, Korea,.Japan and the Smoggy City, Los Angeles, where cerning Eddie Morris, Jr., son sweating." The bosun on the vessel, Chico the crew hit the beach in search of of a former Boston Red Sox pitcher of several decades ago. This Troche, decided to open an insur­ womanly wiles. It seems the boys Morris, however, was on the receiv^- ance business on the side in addi­ did all right in most of the places tion to sailing for a living. How­ mentioned, but after a while they ing, not the pitching end'. Morris, it turned out, was asked ever, there are some special re­ just had to rest to give themselves to referee a few bouts In a local quirements to be met before he'll and their pocketbooks a break. insure anyone against anjrthing. fistic arena in Bowling Brawl First of all, he won't insure the Pusan, JCorea. He There's a slight difference be­ property of anyone smoking non­ tween two of the crewmembers did all right until union-made cigarettes— in bed. aboard the ship, who travel by the the main event You're also out if you burn garbage names of "Papa Gray" and "Grand­ when his emo­ on the front lawn of your property. pa" Jones. They'rfe' old timers and tions got the He'll insure bomb shelters, too, have decided to retire from the better of him. but only if they're 90 or more feet sea to upen up a bowling alley and Then, there underground and the applicant, billiard parlor, where they ban pool turned out to be who must be past 86 yeai's of age, 4heir resources in Arkansas or three instead of is accompanied to Troche's insur­ Mississippi, "Grandpa'' insists that two pugilists in Morrlu. ance office by his grandparents. all of the equipment be made of the ring, with Mississippi long . leaf >yellow pine, Morris flailing away us the melee Gay LoHiariot The report from the Hurricane and "Papa" demands that it , be turned into a fiasco. When the boat was finally oOfer, goes on to say that things, as far made of Arkansas oak and bauxite. the jndges asked for Morris' deci­ as the Casanovas and. Lotharios At the last report no agreement sion, "One black eye, one bloodif aboard are concerned, are settling had been reached' and the crew nose, two injured hands and a down to normal now that the ship was thinking of throwing open the sprained ankle for me," he reftlied, has been out several months. The beqf to arbitration by the UnUed "and I guess it's a draw foF thUiiie 'Shiji^'hlt' thi%e spots In Okinawa, 'Nations. • -"'' -. That horsee have the power of sleepmg while standing? Their legs are provided with muscular mech­ anism which cause them to lock, as it were, and permit the anlmids to rest somewhat as if they were standing on stilts. Horses some­ times go for months without lying down. i 4" 4" That strictly speaking, steam Is invisible? ' The term is properly applied to the transparent gas or vapor into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point. The visible mist commonly called steam, which consists of minute droplets of water in the air, is not formed until the water vapor has cooled and condensed. ' 4> That applications for SIU ma­ ternity benefits must be supported by the following documents: (1) your marriage certificate, (2) baby's birth certificate dating birth fiffer April 1, 1952 and (3) the discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was horn? Proc­ essing of all applications can he speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applica­ Jy«> 11, tions should bo mad* to Unioa'' Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. -,' 4" <4 4. t 3^., That so-called tin cans iised In preserving foods aro not made of' puro tin? They" are composed of thh material known as tin plate, which consists of thin sheet iron coated with' tin. The element tin in its pure-state is llttlfe affected by the air and will not rust, being for, that reason used to. coyer other metals to protect them firom rust-' ing and corroding. That bees do not produce any sound with their mouths, as is often supposed? Bees %iake the characteristic monotonous noise known as huipining as weii as the iolider buzzing sound ^entirely by vibrating the wings rapidly. 4 4" 41 That Maine is the only State in the Union that adjoins only ono other State? It is cut off entirely from the rest of the Union by New Hampshire. The honor of being hounded by the greatest number of other States is divided between Tennessee and Missouri, each being touched by eight other States. San Francisco Turns To Pearl At Seafarer Harry Kronmel, working his way around the world once again, reports to the LOG about his recent dis­ coveries in Sari Francisco, which he likens to a gem set in the shoreline of the' "West>— ^ —=— Coast. Kronmel, who often tongue. My knowledge of Spanish reports on the activities along is severely limited, so my perform­ the African coastline, now switches ance should have rated an Oscar. his line of reporting fire and aims Other Points of Interest It at a new target. "There are other intriguing "I have discovered a new peari," aspects of this sprawling City on he begins, "a thing of excitement the I'acific. Chinatown stands out and rare beauty—San Francisco. in its Oriehtai beauty and array, "It is the most heterogeneous by nothing this side of city in the United States, with a" matched York and Cathay. Fisherman's greater mixture of people, than New Wharf, another poiht of interest, even New York can beget, Spanish features seafood at reasonabletown, where nationals of Cuba, prices, asfine well the lore of the Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, sea. These areas Joe DIMaggiO's Mexico, Peru and Ecuador are to hunting grounds. be found, excites the blood with "Market Street, the center of the latin living. peari, everything to attract the "I was invited to a feast where eye ofhas the tourist, with Cineraiha I partook of food and wine in the big gimmick days to lure generous portions, and where, the city slicker these and the country along with the combustibles, Span­ bumpkin. streets of this Jtown ish humor was the highlight of the are laid OutThe uncompromisingly, tak­ night. I ate and I diank with ing- no hack-toik from the city's abandon, laughing heartily at jokes bills as the avenues defy gravity which were 98 percent Spanish and steep grades, feeding, veinand two percent in thq English like, the city's traffic needs. Magic of The Night Rpssl-Roasted "Ifigher up in the mountains you can see the bay, one of the most beautiful in the world, The Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bridge stand out sharply against the background of the city's sky­ scrapers and the blue Pacific. JJIight comes and everything turns to pin-point magic; everything turns into a beautiful pearl." Wleporthost Baggage Chech ' Frank Rossis former chief cook aboard the Seatrain Georgia^ gets set to" cut up a roast turJcey on a recent run. Photo was tidcen by-Anderson, engine 3,1 OtiiltyJ ' Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear clmcked at any SIU. baggage room should notify that particular hall right.;away so that no one can improperly claim the ba^age vrith that check. Headquarters officials advise you to> do. this immediately to avoid loss-^ your gear . and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked' as soon as you find put you've lost the check. -- • �Jane 11, 1954 SEAFARERS Pare Ninefeea LOG Seafarer In Double Celebration By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor . A ray of light coming from the sun or from a lamp vibrates in all directions at right angles to itself. When a ray of light hits certain objects or passes through certain materials which cut out all these right angle vibrations except those going in only one direction, the light is spoken of as "polarized." In nature, light is most often pola­ rized in two ways; 1. Sunlight in a clear, blue sky, coming toward us in a direction which is at right angles to the sun itself, is polarized light. 2. Light bouncing off non-metallic objects, when both the line of sight (reflection) and the direction of illumination are near an angle of 32 degrees to the surface, is also polarized. Polarized light that bounces off non-metallic surfaces tends to ob­ scure the true color and tonality of objects behind what we usually refer to as "glare." The glare is caused by the mirror-like reflection of the light source, the surface of the object "having the quality of a mirror." For example, a very slick non-metallic surface like that on a sheet of glass or on still water will reflect polarized light in an even "tone" of white and hide any ttetaft behind it. Other surfaces, such as that of a sheet -of lustre-type photographic paper, give off a sheen of pola^zed light which obscures the actual tone and color of the object. In photography, the light which is most generally useful to us is "unpolarized" light. It carries mirror-like reflections but" diffusely re­ flects the color and tonality of the scene. Use Of Polarizing Filter Naturally, not all the light coming from an object, as described above, is polarized light which the polarizing filter has any control over or can eliminate completely. This is accomplished by the filter acting as a directional grid, selectively permitting the diffused reflection to pass, and blocking out the surface reflection. Because all surface reflection lias direction, that is, has a certain axis, the trick is to rotate the grid or filter to an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of the surface reflection light, light which is polarized and has glare. In actual use on a camera, the polarizing filter requires increase in exposure—for two reasons: 1. The density of the filter itself requires an increase. 2. The greater the brightness of the polarized light in proportion to the brightness of the scene in unpolarized light, the greater the in­ crease needed for normal reproduction. The actual amount of increase is dependent upon the polarizing filter used and the conditions under which it is used. The polarizing filter has an infinite number of uses in the control and elimination of reflections because all types of light, coming from many sources, can be polarized light. The following list of fundamental uses will give you an idea of how often you may find a need for this filter. 1. To eliminate or diminish oblique reflection or glare from a sur­ face of glass, water, varnished wood, concrete, and other non metallic objects: Used In Color Photography To reveal texture or surface detail which is hidden by polarized light from such surfaces. In color photography, cutting through sur­ face reflection is the only way to get maximum color saturation, and the only way to cut through this reflection is with a polarizing filter. 2. To photograph through glass or water which is reflecting polarized light when the camera axis is around 32 degrees to the surface. 3. To reduce polarized haze in the sky areas of a landscape and render the sky darker without changing the tonality or color of the foreground, as would be impossible when using colored filters. This technique is also especially valuable in color photography. 4. As a neutral density filter to simply cut down overall brilliance. 5. In combination with a colored filter to achieve special effects. 6. To control contrast in scenes which are "flattened" by polarized glare or haze. Seafarer George B. Dunn's mother and father, soon to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, pose in Boston, Mass., home. to his mother and father in the early years of their wedded bliss. A brother John, a lieutenant, was killed at Iwo Jima on invasion day on that bloody Pacific Isle, while another brother. Bill, was killed in a construction job accident. However, for the most part, Dunn says his folks have led a happy life, even with the double tragedy a heavy burden upon their shoulders. Faithful Readers Avid readers of the LOG, his parents are well up on the doings of the Union, says Dunn, adding that they read every issue from cover to cover. His father is close to 80 years of age and still active, going to work everyday as a means of keeping his agile mind and body alert. His mother, in her 70's, still keeps the home fires burning with home-cooked meals, insisting on doing all of it. Dunn will be around for some of her cooking on June 29. mother and father will celebrate their 50th or "Golden Wedding" Anniversary together. Moreover, aboard the Coe Victory in Yoko­ he adds, the same day of the month hama, Japan. Right now Dunn is marks the date of his birth. Dunn is one of five sons born in the land of the lotus blossoms, but he assures the LOG in a letter that come that notable day, he'll Chowtime: Steaks be in Boston, Mass., ror a very notable occasion. Dunn is proud to write that the aforementioned date bears a dual significance in his life and those dear to him. First and foremost, he states, is that on the next-tothe-last day of the month his June 29, 1954, is rather a special day for Seafarer George E. Dunn, now steward And Slops Speah Your Mind At SiU Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. ' Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the fioor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sailing Round The Coast Of Africa By Harry French The Robin DOncaster vms none the faster Than all the ships at sea, . From New York she bound to a place called Cape­ town: The harbor looked beautiful to me. With a skin on my back, in the bush I lay flat, Causing the bosun to 'most die of fright I thought he would run, but I saw a gun, I started to leap and bound. When he saw it was me, he laughed eerily. It'was time for me to leave town. Qiuz Corner (1) From what country did the US buy Alaska: (a) England, (b) France, (c) Russia, (d) Spain? (2) A man has three times as many nickels as he has dimes, for a In Mombasa Bay I heard someone say, total of $7.75. How many of each coin does he have? John Masters fell off the ship. He started to swim, but wouldn't give in '3) Which of the following countries has the most dense population To the tide for a one-way trip. per square mile: (a) Japan, (b) Italy, (c) Netherlands, (d) India? Durban was aft, and how the crew laughed (4)' Who was the President of the US 100 years ago, in 1844? Was . Back down the coast to tjie port we like most When they found out a man missed the ship it: (a) William Henry Harrison,, (b) John Tyler, (c) Andrew Jackson, But it all turned out good, 'cause he made the . The trip was very fast. (d) Martin Van Buren? In the Navigator's Den we wouldn't give in, Hood, X (5) Texas and California are the largest and second largest states • To the English we fought to the last. Now he can continue the trip. in the Union. Which of the following states is>third largest in the US: In Luderitz Bay, some people say, (a) New York, (b) Colorado, (c) Montana, (d) Kansas? There's a few jungle bunnies who go see their Thar's diamonds in them thar hills. (6) Which is the only major league baseball team that has won honeys ' ' But take my advice, stay away from the ice every World Series it played in: (a) Cleveland, (b) New York (Ameri­ Near Beira away from the lights. can). (c) Boston (American), (d) St. Louis (National)? In a bar called Fernandos' you'll find the Com­ Or the guards will fill you with pills. mandos (7) How large would a drawing be of a field 16 yards long and 18 The States wouldn't seem far, were we traveling In a dance, with o drink or a fight. yards wide, if the scale used was one-quarter inch to the foot? by car, * But by ship it's as far as the moon (8) What is the meaning of the word iniquity: (a) persecution, (b) When a safari began to fly way inland It will surely feel grand to set foot on land wickedness, (c) inequality, (d) honesty? The officers took to the air . Still it's true it all ended too soon. (9) How many members of the US Senate will be elected this year: Their cameras in hand, they thought it was grand. (a) 16, (b) 48. (c) 32, (d) 96? The voyage will beover, we'll be one trip older, Fifteen pounds they gave for the fare. (10) One-sixth of a number plus three-fifths of the number amounts We'll part in a friendly way. to seven less than the missing number. What is -t? Nacala is small but the bushes are tall. But we'll meet again, maybe in LM The leopards come in town at night In Durban, or Luderitz Bay. V (Quiz Answers On Page 25) The gangway went down, the crew went to town To see sights we did not care, The ladies-came fast, the drinks didn't Vast It was time to go to our lair. �iiv- _ Ptte Twenty SEAFAttERS _ _ . . LOG- ..-: ,. \ : Jane 11, Yokohama USSC At New Location 'L.' t'- Siarriny in the floor show at the United Seamen's Service Club in Yokohama, Japan, is this trio of dancers billed as "The Dark Team." They spark two floor shows held niyhtly at 7:30 and 9:30 PM, There is danciny and other entertainment for Seafarers before and after the shows. Sjf Spike Marlin Two of baseball's most noted re­ to be the deciding blow of the con­ lief pitchers both hit the long, long test. trail back to the minor leagues re­ Page's career was notable for its cently, Joe Page and Joe Black. pgrevious ups and downs. It's a Neither of them figure among base­ well-authenticated fdci that he was ball's great pitchers, but both of within one pitch of being fired • them, while they had it, were, as early in 1947 when he was on the the saying goes, "instrumental." verge of forcing in a run with a At their best they both had two walk. He recovered from that sit­ major assets—a fast ball and ex­ uation End went on to feats to sew cellent control. They weren't of up the pennant almost singlethe tricky breed. They would come handed. In 1948, the success went in for a few innings and simply to his head and his waistline. fire the ball past the hitters. i The Yankee manager, Bucky When last seen. Page was at­ Harris, got fired, and the Yankees tempting a comeback with the low­ did not win the flag seven years in ly Pittsburgh Pirates. His last ap- a row as they might have other­ pearaVice was at the Polo Grounds wise. when he came out of the bullpen In 1949 Page was up again like a in a typical Page-ean situation— pogo stick, climaxed by another runners on second and third and slellar World Series performance. nobody out. He loaded the bases You could argue that when Page with an intentional pass and then had it, he could throw harder 4han struck out the pitcher. any modern pitcher for a short No Double Play Ball span. On one occasion he came in The young Page would have fol­ in the eighth inning against the lowed this up by throwing a double Red Sox, then the Yankees' archplay ball at the next hitter. The rivals, with a runner on third and old Page didn't. His faint facsimile one man out. The next five men in of a fast ball was deposited by a row struck out on 18 pitches with Whitey Lockman into the Polo a feeble foul tip being the best that Grounds' inviting right field sector. any of them could do. Before Page finished he had Black's case Is, If anything, a gotten three men out, but also sadder, one. He had one brilliant given up seven runs. A day or two season as a freshman in 1952 when later he had his free pass to the he nearly succeeded in upending outside world. i" the Yankees in the World Series. Black's going-away suit was cut Since then, although he still has out of the same cloth. His final ape youth and speed, his ability de­ pearance was an attempt to hold serted him in a^ mysterious way. Philadelphia at bay. Instead he known only to unsuccessful ball­ gave up a home run which proved players. Decked out in new array, ac­ cording to Seafarer Luis Rami­ rez who writes from Japan, is the new United Seamen's Service Club in Yokohama. What's more, he adds, everyone is ready to wait on the entertainment-seeking Sea­ farer in this home away from home. It is even better than the orig­ inal building, he goes on to say, though the latter was designed by America's foremost architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, who also Crewmen Disciiss Bailey Board drew up the plans for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo'. The new building is a completely reconditioned one, refurbished especially with the needs of the club in mind. In ad­ dition to having all the old facili­ ties, Ramirez notes, the new plans call for a hotel annex, to be ready sometime in the future for the Seafarer R. Burton Is singing Playing a hot tune on his har­ convenience of seafarers during a new number at the Yoko­ monica is Seafarer Reginald their stay in the city. hama USSC, while Pepin Ciroi.se, AR, on the Seacomet These pictures show a highlight Agnlar keeps time to his II, with the Jamboliers accom­ of the activities of the new build­ rhythm. Both are on Wacosta. panying him. ing, two nightly floor shows. In addition to the regular profes­ sional entertainers, seamen are in­ vited to display their talents be­ To quote a song title of an earlier day, "strange things are fore the friendly audiences. All in all, everybody has a good time happening" concerning the good ship Calmar of the company Seafarers W. D. Johns, left; FWT, and T. C. Deale, oiler, aboard at the'USSC. of the same name. At least that is what is reported to the the Alcoa Partner, discuss the workings of the Bailey combustion -'•'LOG via recent minutes of a control panel board as the ship gets underway on a recent voyage. shipboard meeting. These strange things concern whales. mifmrnimf Seafarer Thomas Lowe, ship's delegate and secretary of the last meeting, reports it In nrst-hand, eye-witness fashion, because, be The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, claims, it happened while he was at the wheel. At about 9:30 AM bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-knoum and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, on the morning of May 19, Lowe cooking suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Alonzo "Tiny" Milef' -THE UNION IS MOlVSPENP/KjeTiME i took the wheel and the old man ski's recipe for Boston cream pie. and third mate were on the bridge. AND MOAJETTDieiSOE TO EVERY f Suddenly, from out of the vastDespite all that may be said about French cooking in gen­ /WEMBER TWE MEW DE LUXE UNION nesses of the deep, half a dozen eral and their pastries in-particular, this country boasts some black, killer whales broke the sur­ traditional dishes that are original and truly good eating*. face of the ocean and started Certainly Boston cream pie is 4swimming lazily around the vessel. in this category. one-third of the milk and one-half In no time at all they were on all of the dry ingredients. It is Simply made, Sides, surrounding it, as if they The mixture should be put in a the end results of some Kbusewlfe meant to hurl an onslaught against shallow baking pan and slipped who tangled with the problem of the hull with one fell swoop. into a 400 degree oven for about 25 something differ­ From out of the pack there rose ent for dessert. or 30 minutes.. one fierce-headed monster intent Just bake a cake, The recipe for the vanilla cream on doing damage to the ship. He split in half sand­ filling for the pie is as follows: wheeled about from his circular, wich filling be­ Take 8 cups of milk, Hi cups of path around the ship, and headed tween the layers cornstarch, 2 cups of sugar, 1 straight for the side of the vessel. and top the whole teaspoon of salt, 8 well beaten eggs, He came at the ship like a run­ with chocolate 4 tablespoons of butter and 1 away locomotive, awpsome, powerr icing. tablespoon of yanilla. ful, spouting spume through his Mix Together Here's "Tiny" blowhole. You mix the cornstarch and Milefski's recipe MUefsfcl sugar together and add to the When he was 20 feet from the for the cake. Two hull, the maddened whale changed cups of shortening; 4 cups of sugar, scalded milk. Then you pour the •his mind. He faiurled himself about 2 teaspoons of vanilla, 2 teaspoons mixture over the beaten eggs, six feet above the surface of the of salt, 2 cups of milk and two- adding butter and the vanilla water, turned, and raced away full thirds teaspoon of baking powder. extract. When the cake is done, it ts First you beat the shortening throttle. There was no truth to 4 1 A<7i-riNAE the rumor circulating about the until it is white and creauiy and allowed to cool and then split and ship that he got "chicken" after slowly. add the sugar, eggs and the vanilla cream filling put be­ extract Then you alternately add tween the layers. reading ite name. Whale Makes Whale Of Tale exmmwmEANmes^ ^AFEGUARD'iaMZ BOOK/ BOOK ATMO COST- �'• ••X- • • 11. U54 ThinUo lAtborHas Part III PoUtiea I'y. F!u:» Twwity-niB SEAFARERS LOG LETTERS' Ashs For More Papers Aboard To The Editor: To The Editor: of the "deck maniacs," states that We have just received the latest At a recent SIU branch meet- court authorized the issuance of the reason that he is so anxious to copy of the LOG aboard the Steel • Sng, which I attended, the port injunctions to private parties (em­ get home is that he is going to use Apprentice, and I would like to go agent explained the state political ployers) as well as public officials. The tide started changing with To the Editor: some of his acreage to develop a on record as saying that one copy situation, and asked all members A word of greeting to all from new breed of corn and also water­ of the LOG for each department to vote the slate endorsed by the the passage of the Railway Labor State Federation of Labor. I ob­ Act of 1926, but the first all-in­ the crew of the Hurricane, now melon. According to the crew mess- delegate is not enough for ship­ served that the speech was having clusive legislation was the Norris- known as the "Big Oriental Mys­ man, he is really the guy that can board consumption on a foreign little effect on some of the mem­ LaGuardia Act of 1932. This Act tery Ship" of the Waterman fleet do it, fdr he has plenty of com and trip. bers present. After the meeting I outlawed the yellow-dog contract and all because neither the com­ not the planted kind, and the rice It would be better for all con­ overheard one brother, saying that and labor injunction, and clearly pany nor the military authorities and gravy is making him as fat as cerned if more copies could be for­ a Union shouldn't become involved stated that individual workers know to where, or why or when a Tom Watson melon. warded, as we should be "free from the inter­ this vessel is going to depart and in politics. have some broth­ Charlie (Chuck-a-Luck) Jensen, Now. I am forced to take issue ference, restraint, or coercion of where she will go once she leaves another "deck maniac," has writ­ ers aboard who on this matter. The right to vote employers of labor, or their agents" the dock. In fact, one brother call­ ten to a well-known music com­ keep the paper to Is one of the . / ' , in the choosing of representatives ed his wife at his home in Mobile, pany for the ten easy lessons on themselves when or in self-organization for the pur­ Aabama, on April 28, and she in­ how to play the guitar, so that he basic fundamen­ it is received. As pose of collective bargaining. tals of any dem­ for myself, I can emulate a real steel guitar Labor received it's real "Magna formed him that the company offi­ ocracy. The SIU don't like to act player and have his own orchestra. cials had informed her that the Carta" with the passage of the has never gone like a detective Good luck, Charlie, but with those Hurricane was due on the West National Labor Relations Act of overboard in poli­ in tracing down 1933, or more commonly referred Coast on April 28th. Same date, big hands of yours, you should tics, nor has the the current issue Graifcr have written for tuba lessons. same ship and the same baloney to as the Wagner Act from the membership ever of the LOG when from the higher-ups. So If a C-2 Awaiting Orders bill's sponsor. Senator Wagner. been "used" po­ it la received, I am hereby asking The NLRA guaranteed the worker can travel that fast, then something According to rumors and the fa­ the Union to take this into con­ litically, but as new in jet or, atomic power has certain rights and imposed pen­ mous Waterman scuttlebutt wire­ sideration when LOGS are sent Samuel Gompers Darley alties on the employer as well as been added. Perhaps the company less, it seems that we may be on out. I am not the only one who once said, "Our enemies must be punished and our the employee for violations of the meant April 28th, 1955. the Japan-Korea shuttle run for feels this way. I think that more Case Of Grits friends rewarded." Naturally, he Act. Best of all, the Act gave trade some time to come. Yet when you copies of the LOG aboard ship was referring to political enemies unions legal status as such. We have one of our brothers who ask some of the brass what's the would lead to better unionism. and friends. Model Law Seymour (Lefty) Graifer hails from north of the Mason- dope, they merely reply: "It's Kis­ The Wagner Act was a model Dixon Line to thank for obtaining met and Manana, for we are await­ No Hands-Off Policy ^ i t Can anyone be so naive as to law—it stood for 12 long years one-half case of grits after the sup­ ing orders." Hang up that home­ think that any of the pro-labor without the crossing of a "t" or ply on this tub bad been exhausted, ward bound pennant, skipper. To get down to more serious laws that we now enjoy were en­ the dotting of an "i"; it withstood and do not think that the boys acted through the goodness of the the criticism of the public and bus­ from deep Alabama did not grin matters, please allow me to state- To the Editor; I'm now on the Del Mar, after politicians? Never! The US gov­ iness, but in 1946 a prejudiced like a toothpaste advertisement that this is an above the average crew, and as of now, we have had spending a good vacation in Mexi­ ernment has never adopted a House and Senate saw fit to pass when they received the news. hands-off attitude towards labor; the Taft-Hartley Act, with which There are many debates going no major beefs and darned few mi­ co, well, and still sailing. As you knew, we show m.ovies the different administrations have we are all too familiar. One high- on, both pro and con as to whether nor ones. Just a peace-loving gang either been pro or anti-labor. Let placed union leader has said that the 100 percent bonus, the $5.00 with no bouts so far and from the aboard this vessel, and I was sur­ us review the record and we will the Taft-Hartley Act set labor back per day or both apply to the Hai­ aspects of things, none are sched­ prised to learn that many of our uled for the future. members haven't seen "This Is the see why it is impossible to follow 50 years. The Taft-Hartley Act is a good phong, Tonkin, French Indochina a non-partisan policy in the field SIU" yet. I thought it wouid We all like the photos in the example of what can happen when area. The writer is checking and early April LOG, showing a Mardi be a good idea of politics. investigating the same but I have As time and history have proven, we are not vigilant, when we sleep, informed all the brothers that the Gras float passing the Union Hall to have the film, a labor union can only stand up and above all when we do not vote. patrolman on the payoff will give in Mobile, gnd it was also a good which was recent­ As has been pointed out in the under so much anti-labor legisla­ picture of the Hall in the back­ ly taken in LOG some people are overly con­ us the verdict on same. tion. During the first 150 years of ground. The Mobile boys were Brooklyn. If pos­ Frank Ballard has really been American history. Congress and fident of the powers and prestige quite puffed up about the article sible, we may be singing the "Home Again Blues" state legislatures either avoided of labor. In recent months labor that accompanied same, for it was able to show it in the subject of labor unions or has received some surprising set­ and Sam, you made the trip too a boost for Mobile. the Buenos Aires treated them with kid gloves, and backs from the rulings of the Na­ long. Early this morning-he went Seamen's Union S. Zuberlck ' the laws they did pass were so tional Labor Relations Board and into action and started packing his hall. I don't ^0 written that the judges could in­ the courts. Therefore, brother gear, telling the delegate to call have to tell you Martinez terpret them as they wished. -One members, let us all vote in the in- headquarters for a replacement why. .terest of our country, our own per­ and to get him reservations on the of the earliest anti-labor laws, and If possible, will you please send probably the greatest cross that or­ sonal interest, and above all in first plane leaving for Mobile, Ala­ it to me at the New Orleans hall; bama, for he would not stay on a To the Editor: ganized labor has had to bear, was the interest ' of our Union. we will be there about the middle Milbnm'e (Red) Darley ship that runs out of Mobile Ice My wife and I enjoy the LOG of June. I would also appreciate the Sherman Antitrust Act of.1890, Cream. very much, and I don't think my receiving some Union reading ma­ which supposedly originated for Who Conquered wife misses one word in any copy. terial. the purpose of breaking up the big The trip has been uneventful so corporations and trusts, but was Dick Martinez Savannah wasn't far enough into far with smooth weather and the deep south for us, so we have used as an anti-labor weapon more (Ed. note: The film and reading smooth relations all around, and moved to the Crescent City. And, material are on their way to New than anything else, even though To the Editor: I woud like to tell the member­ though, we hit French Indochina, amazing as it seems, my wife halls Orleans.) labor unions were not even men­ tioned in the Act. The Supreme ship about a quarter of an acre of nothing out of the ordinary oc­ from the northern part of Ireland. Court ruled that labor unions were property in Long Island which 1 curred, except that some of the I'm still wondering if it was me a conspiracy in restraint of free would like very much to sell only Hurricane Lotharios made their or that good old southern sunshine trade, which is a violation of one to a merchant seaman who is still usual feminine conquests. Yet, I that took her away from the land of the statutes of the act. sailing. am afraid that when the draw sheet of the shamrock. To the Editor: Three Sanctiona I am writing this letter from the At his earliest convenience, any is published, we will all find out I am encloring my new address Under the infamous Sherman prospective buyer may inspect the who was really conquered.* here in New Orleans; please send land of frauleins and gasthaus's Henry (Haiphong) Laird, God's the LOG to me here instead of to (beer joints^. I used to enjoy this Act there were three types of sanc­ property personally. It is located at particular run, when I was ship­ tions: (1) criminal penalties of Mastic Acres in Shirley, Long Is­ gift to the femme fatale, and the Savannah. ping out, but now—ugh! We have fines and imprisonment (2) re­ land and the price is very, very lightning crew pantryman has the Edgar L. Baker about four former SIU men in our straining orders and injunctions, reasonable. The lot and map, or terra firma symptoms, for the only (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent outfit, including one called Car­ and (3) civil suits for triple dam­ description of the property is: thing that beats him ashore are the to New Orleans address, from mine Mancino, and another called ages. Labor felt the full impact School District 19, Mastic Acres mooring lines and the gangway, nowyour on). Ulm, who ships out of Baltimore. of the Act for the first time In the Unit 14, Lot No. 647. and oftimcs, he and the gangway its. Mancino ships out of New York, Pullman Strike of 1894. Strikers run a deadheat. Joseph A. OlinskI so all in all we have a good time refused to handle Pullman cars; Ray (Rice & Gravy) Hodges, one amusing the morons te.xcuse me, therefore train service was inter­ sergeants) with sea stories. fered with and the mails were To the Editor: While stationed in the States I held up. On these grounds an in­ First, I want to thank you and received the LOG regularly, but junction was issued. Eugene V. also tell you how much I enjoy the since coming here in such a hurry Debs, who led the strike, was SEAFARERS LOG. With my hus­ I neglected to change niy mailing Jailed and the strike was broken. band at sea continually, sailing for address. Would you please have The injunction was used freely Cities Service on the Cantigny, try- the LOG sent to me here; I like until the Clayton Amendment to in to save for our first baby, due in to feel that I am part of the SIU, • the Sherman Antitrust Act was August, makes my days all the even though they call me PEC. passed under the administration longer and fuller with longing to President Wilson. The amend­ Samuel "Scotty" Beattie see my husband climb down the ment stated specifically that trade (Ed. note: We are sending the gangplank and come across the LOG to you in Germany, as you unions were not "combinations or dock to me. requested.) conspiracies in restraint of free I've read the poems in the paper, trade" as the courts had found in written by Seafarers telling how the Sherman Act decisions, and lonesome It Is at sea. I hope this that the law was not to be con­ loneliness for seeing that certain strued as to forbid their existence If a crewmember quits while ship isn't shared by them for see­ or activities. The president of the -a ship is in port, delegates ing the docks. Although I know it AFL was so elated that he publicly are asked to contact the hall in my heart. It makes me feel all called the Clayton Amendment Immediately for a replace­ labor's "Magna Carta." He had not the bluer to know he's lonesome ment. Fast action on their part too. reckoned with the anti-labor Sur will keep all jobs aboard ship •tatefurc aboard tho HarrieaiM taka a break from their labors to preme Court, whe repealed, the Ke^ our china up with those filled at all times and elimi­ havo their pkturea taken. They are, left to right, Red House, Lotus amendment by intm-pretatlon. swell articles from tiie Seafarers nate the chance of the shipStone, Rby Hedges, Henry Laird, Chailes JOnaoBi Ted: StannMna ^ Three yeanr after the paasage of theraarlves. sailing shorthanded. CiaytOK AnwndnwBi this same MrCr ABtkow FkHUM EiOts of Action On Far East Run •^1 Back To Sailing^ Ashs For Movie Southerners Go Southerner Wants To Sell Property On LM Keeps^Up With SiU Overseas Hopes 3ien Not Eonesome At Sea Fill That Berth ' ^V(L AM •.A ''11 �ir-- Pate irwenty-twe. Santore Pride Oi Ore Fleet SEAFARERS,IOC , LETTER S 11. 1954 Keeps in Touch Through Paper To The Editor: To The Editor: writing down. He asks the crew to putting Mrt .that .many hours to • I have been rc(ceiving the LOO It is hard to believe, and no sign one copy and he. signs one please you fellows yet not one vote one could ever tell me that Ore regularly over here in Germany; of thanks comes ti'om their fellow it is my letter from home. I h^ve ships out of Baltimore were any himself, and when we ask for a copy he says he just makes one members of the AMEU. They, the about 141^ months more to go; in good. I was on one seven years copy out for the company. This is, To the Editor: I "waht to thank you for your crew, take everything for granted, the Army, and without the LOG ago, and said I never would ride one again. Recently, however, after of course, after we have signed it. prompt attention in sending me violating their contract and tolerat­ to help me keep in touch with hearing the fellows tell me that We don't know what happens to the three back issues of the LOG ing the violation of their written the SIU, I would probably go com­ Ore ships were better than they these reports but we do know this, which somehow failed to reach me agreement without benefit of over­ pletely bughouse here. The thing I used to be, I shipped out on the that when any of us go to get any previously. It sure came in the time for the steward department Santore as deck engineer, just to dough that's coming to us because nick of time, as my husband is due just to please the other two depart­ miss the most is we couldn't collect it on a ship, and in. That is the first order of busi­ ments. That, in the steward de­ the good SIU see for myself if this was true. go to collect it at the company's of­ ness with him when he comes partment, is something for each chow. I may have Seven years ago, these ships We also , have" seamen one of you to consider. It is no done some beef­ were the worst, but I am making fice, the company always has a big home. long tale, that we don't have any friends who, coming in from voy­ surprise to me why some of the ing about the my third trip on money coming, or if we were hurt ages, miss some of the papers. best men in the Arco Fleet desert­ chow to the cooks the Santore now that I sailed with, and I'll be on here it was our own fault and we know Now they can always catch up as ed you. Laugh at us? Brother, you are but when I get I have all copies. for a couple of this is not true. Laid Up On BeachIt has been in the news here making me laugh.- We can go in out of the Army trips more. Since It is the opinion of some of the about closing the shipyards aropnd any respectable place or places and back to sea I have been on Fink board, only four crewmembers that this is a good Baltimore in October if no new where seamen hang out and we can again, the stew­ or five men got idea to help our brother shipmates. ship orders come in for the yards. always hold our heads high. I ard department won't hear any­ off on each trip. Some of us have laid up for days on This will be a hard blow to the might meet you in some of those thing but compliments from me. I am sorry to bother you again This trip, no one the beach in some foreign port thousands of shipyard workers to places, or, my brother members not knowing that anyone could be be laid off and to the prestige of might meet you in such places, but about my change of address; I in the engine de­ Reid partment is get­ there to help us and get us back this city itself. Keep up the good you aren't laughing at us. We have hope the one below is permanent the last laugh. this time. ting off, and only three men in and we have had to put up with an work. unconcerned attitude from a com­ Leo V. Carreon Mrs. E. S. Potts Pi't. Robert Fink the other departments. US 51260317 I'd like to give the steward de­ pany official in this port. We even i i t HQ and HQ's Co. 12tli partment all jhe credit for making know of guys having to repatriate Inf. Reg. this ship the best feeder that I've themselves back to the states by working their way back aboard an­ APO 39 been on in the past five years. c/o PM, New York, NY Mr. Charles Stirling, the stew­ other ship, when actually they To the Editor:. (Ed. note: We have changed ard, knows how to get the food would be entitled to transportation To the Editor: The Hastings is al; the beginning your mailing address on the LOG's This is my second trip on the on the ship and chief cook Joseph because they had someone to pro­ of another Far East trip; we are subscription list.) Arlyn, a Bull Line ship. She is not tect them and their rights at the Padelsky is the best cook there is. a beauty. She is one of the ugly now running the Coast, picking 4" I'll put him up with any chief time. ducklings of World War II. There up cargo which will sure be a We know that if our Union were cook in the SIU. Wherever our mixed up lot as it runs rrom am­ steward goes there will be the best informed of a member in need, it is nothing to brag about her. But munition (small arms) to phos­ she can hold her own among the would stand ready, willing and able of food. R. R. Wingert, second phate and other general cargo. So cook and baker, puts out dough­ to assist him and we have seen from ships that ply the coastal trade. far we cannot find out just where To the Editor: Why? The answer is simple. The Just a few lines to thank and be nuts, cookies and cake every cof- reading the LOG that our Union we will go foreign, but expect it feetime, and his bread is just like is doing a very good job on this men who man her are men that to include Japan, Korea and the grateful to all the staff of the "Clinica Maldonado Sierre," Stop what you could buy in a store. score. We welcome any and all make what a ship should be. We Philippines. 36.Hato, Rey, Puetro Rico, for the Mr. Wingert is the best baker any­ suggestions for a planned and or­ made her a beauty because we have As I was having dinner in the one could ever sail with. The ganized action to assist the mem­ men on her who take pride in their messhall with this crew on Me­ way they treated me was fine, especially Dr. Sein who put me in whole crew feels the same way bership in cases of this sort and we profession. They are fully aware that their job, their security arid morial Day, I got to thinking of the operation ward just two hours about this steward department and endorse these ideas 100 percent. their future are under the wing, other crews I have had the pleas­ after I was there, with a very, very the ship. Steel Admiral Crew protection and guidance of a union ure of sailing with and of the men critical operation to perform. Que We have a good captain, good with whom I have associated in to the fact lhat I was on the beach ^ t they created—the SIU. mates and the best of engineers. If the last 12 years, who made that you sail aboard the Santore, you Comparing this outfit to the last long, last sea voyage. There are here in f^uerto Rico four months, will see more bookmen riding this one I was with, the Atlantic Refin­ those shipmates lost during the the Puerto Rico Public .Health ship. The Santore is the pride of ing Company, is like comparing war and also the men who have Clinic wouldn't operate on me. Also a vote of thanks to the Blue the Ore fleet; we made it and we To the Edltor.*^ night and day. To the men of the Cross in Puerto Rico which my are going to keep it the best in June 2 was a big day in this rain- Atlantic Refining fleet who gave passed on ashore after. To these men who have bettered wife, Providencia Litchfield, be­ the fleet. soaked, fog-bound land of England their oath and obligation to us only conditions and gotten or helped to Vance A. Reid —it was the running of that turf to tourn aroun''. and give us a good get what we have to(^ay, we owe a longs to. I repomibend by experience to classic, the English derby, which stab in the back; you might be special thought-on this Memorial any brother to join the Blue Cross is a race of the best t^ree-year- laughing now, but you haven't got Day. until our Union sets up a hospital olds in the world. the last-laugh. There will be a W. O. Cunningham plan which we need so badly every­ Horses from all over the racing day when the Turners, the Mcwhere for us and our family. world are entered in this oldest Dades and some other so-called big To the JSditor: George Litchfield We, the crew of the Steel Admiral race in English history. Horses shots will give you the boot, and from the United States, France, you will find yourself facing a who are ardent readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, have been fol­ Ireland and England run over a blank wall in your security. There will come a day when you To the Editor: lowing very closely the response of distance of a mile-and-a-half. The bookmakers at the track made a will fully realize what you have . After reading Mr. Jellette's let­ the membership to the letter origi­ nally written by Stewart Hanks, in killing. In fact, one would think It done, and all of you are not far ter in your May 14th issue, I can­ To the Editor: We, the crewmembers of the the "Letter of the Week" column. was "Be Kind To Your Bookmaker from it. I still say, and sincerely not keep from telling him how believe that no right he is. Seacliff, would like to recommend This letter referred to the notifica­ Day." This year's race was won by man in his right My husband had been a seaman the lounge of Eddie.Mack, which is tion that the Union should receive an American horse named Never mind would like Say Die. The second goat was Ara­ for ten years when I married him, located on the corner of Dauphine from the ship's delegate aboard to be chained to but because I was so in love with and Conti Streets in . New Or­ ship, when any of our brothers are bian Night and the third was Darius which was the cockroach hisjob. A job like him that I couldn't bear the leans. If seamen want the best of hospitalized. one in Atlantic is thought of his being away from me courtesy and attention, then this is We have discussed this matter yours truly had backed. The win­ where you are at sea, I begged him to work on the place for it. Women, and ner, Never Say Die, was a 33 to 1 pro and con, in the shipboard meet­ never free from land at- very low-paying jobs which strictly women. ings and the following is our shot. This was the 175th Derby. fear; fear of los­ couldn't cover our expenses, in­ The bookies off the track, that is Eddie, and we Seafarers who fre­ opinion on it. To notify the Union ing your job and stead of letting him sail at a high- quent this bar, would appreciate it when any of our brothers leave the street bookies, took a terrible not knowing paying job at sea, for which he was if you would send a couple of copies Carreon the ship, should be a must and we beating because the average house­ where to tiurn to. qualified. of the LOG regularly to the are glad that the matter has been wife in this country has a flutter I know, because I worked for the He has been gone for two months louiige. on the gee gees, and like all women brought to the membership's at­ William O'Brien tention. We are also confident that she plays the long shots. They only Aj;lantic Refining Company for now and I haven't heard a word (Ed. note: We have added Ed. our Union will do something about bet a shilling ($.15) or, at the most, five long years. I am no different from him, possibly because he feels a pound ($2.80) but at 33 to 1 the from other fellows. I can bet most I will never make a "seaman's die Mack's Lounge to the LOG's this, for the following reasons: anyone that they feel the way yjife." So remember, wives, if your mailing list.) loot is tasty, to say the least. Replacement Problem Give my regards to Broadway, I do when I was still with them. A husband is a seagoing man, don't When a ship is left shorthanded, and cheerio. feeling of insecurity hovering over try to change him, for it's better to the Union should know about it be­ you always. John Fitzsimmons cause there will be a matter of It was not a political election be lonesome sometimes and have if i> settling repla6ements as quickly as that we went through last Novem­ those happy hours while he's in possible and where possible. If a ber. It was their very all. Yet port than not to hear from him at Under the rules of the Va­ replacement is not possible, an ad­ they chose bondage to freedom of all and be without him forever, cation Plan as set forth by the perhaps, as I am. justment in the advance of wages movement. Free wherever you trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ Yes, Mr. Jellette, "Once a sea­ •may be necessary and we must be To the Editor: chose to go to. Free whatever ply within one year of the Just a few lines to ask if you port you choose to sail from. Fr.pe man, always a seaman," and represented by our Union in these payoff date of his oldest dis­ would put me on the mailing list from the bosses who tell you where' though they may be on land I have matters. charge in order to collect his learned through experience their The steamship companies have for the LOG. I am an ex-skipper at to ship out. full vacation benefits. If he had it all their own way for years, present—no ships—but have been They talk about their good food hearts will be on some ship and presents any discharge whose making out a report on an ill or on several SIU ships and have en­ and living conditions. You guys out at sea whete they find their payoff date is more than a injured seaman4 For example, we joyed reading the LOG. 1 would have nothing to brag about. For contentment. I hope -my experience year before the date of his va­ have seen it happen many, many appreciate it very much if you one I will say that you acquire it may be of help to some wives who cation application, he will lose times that the mate will come down would send me the paper in the at the expense of another depart­ may be about to make the same out on the sea time covered and get a statement from the crew future. ment. I am talking about your mistake. Don't try to turn your by that particular discharge. as to how and when a man was hurt T. D. Whitaker chow. Your steward department is seagoing man into a landlubber, Don't sit on those discharges. or taken ill and then write it down (Ed. note: We have added ymir putting more than the eight hours for if he's a real seaman it will Bring them in and collect the "in his own words, as short as pos- name to the LOG's list of sub­ work to give you the things, the never work. money that is due to you. aible, and only what he feels like scribers.) Name Withheld grub you like. They have been Has LOGs Ready For Husband ilF Sill Men Have Final Eangh ^ a, Anld MAEng Sgne On Memorial Dag Gives Thanhs To CUnie Staffers Gives Report On English Derby Crew Supports Accident Forms Seamen CanH Be EMndinbbers Beached Shipper Misses the MMG Favored Spot in New Orleans DohH Wait^ Get Vacation Pay •I �: li'UM WWAFAHEMS IPG '"if, • -'frv'- 3f;- W»gm Tw^V-tb^ • - .» * 144 ' (NornKR S(K gABKtOT fTMLY. THE Xiir OF THE CABLE. 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In lb* caua* of ilic on>.<u> cable. —An 1858 Tribute To The Failure Of The First Atlantic Cable Man's triumph in linking continents separated by thousands of miles of water by means of a slender wire cable for wireless and radio communi­ cation was widely celebrated in the 19tb century, when Cyrus W. Field, a retired paper merchant, promoted and finally carried through the first At­ lantic Cable, The laying of the slim, one-inch cable on the ocean bottom was thought to be an impossible task by many, and so it seemed for some years after failure of the initial attempt in 1857-58. The first attempt in 1857 utilized an English man-of-war and a US warshipv Which started out in mid-ocean to share out the cable east and west. The wire broke off both ships when only 200 miles were down. The next year, both vessels started out from opposite shores to meet in mid-ocean. After five attempts that year, the" cable produced its first trans-oceanic message on August 16, 1858. VII. 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A noted publication of the time, "Harper's Weekly," thought so much of the undertaking that two months after it happened it devoted two pages of one issue to a tribute to the 1858 failure. At left are some excerpts from this material. Vlli. lY Vhta ta Ihc w(ia wk* gave Ilia omiian, Tkl* b lb* wild and raging M, Thai bapM and roared ao angrily. * Ami arallrrcd aurk complimetila over Ike nation. Ami Nanrd oxeMdii^ljr rm« lo ba Al .iglil AT Ik* ooran cahla. Ami lidknl eif ik* ITnion and civiliialion, I iki Ike leal of ill* ocean cabb. Xil. Tkta b Ik* fymrt now cut by ih* nalba On aeconat *( thai wonderful eabbraltawi ««* lraa«il"-Toa know lb* gabtaHaa AM Ik* *M «r Ik* M^kiy akUni I •jj 'I �SEAFARERS T*te Twenty-four L&G » \fiine 11,1954 ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' SEACARDEN (Pentn. Nav.), May J3— Chairman, W. Bilgar; Secretary, S. Kutkowski. Repair list of previous voyage was read, and repairs not completed were noted. Ship's delegate will contact the chief mate about repairs that can be done at sea. Delegates will make out a new repair list before reaching the next port. Cots and linen will be taken off the deck when not in use. Minor beefs were discussed and ironed out. •i':. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers) May 10—Chairman, N. J. Wood; Secre­ tary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate will see what can be done about repairs. Last issue of the library is aboard. Recreation room and laundry cleaning schedule has been posted. Brother Ciark was elected new ship's delegate by acclamation. Dele gates will ask for a better slopchest. Ship's delegate will see the captain about painting out foc'sies. Water fountain will be repaired, so that the messman can fill pitcher for messroom tables. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), May 13— Chairman, George Chandler; Secretary, L. Hendley. T. Scanion was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will be contacted about painting quarters in Wilmington. ment delegate will turn a repair list over to the ship's delegate. Two days' dis­ charges are due for April 5th and 6th while in port. COMPASS (Compass), May 23—Chair­ man, J. Doris; Secretary, Pete Piascik. J Harris was eiected ship's delegate b.v ac­ clamation. One engine department mem­ ber was taken off because of illness, and wiper was promoted. There was consid­ erable discussion about the unsanitary condition of the toilets, and the limited facilities which forced crewmembers to use other toilets in addition to their own. Water glasses should not be put in the sink. Steward suggested that a list be posted regulating sanitary detail per de­ partment for the recreation room; he will tvpe this up. Letter will be sent to the New York hall requesting them to con­ tact the various companies and submit to the LOG for publication the li.st of names and monies being held to their account. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for the chow being prepared and served. Chief cook thanked the How Ta Get Disabied Payf Any totally disabled Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has been efnployed for seven years on SlU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25' weekly • disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on. un­ usual situations slv^uld be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, e/o SiO Headquar­ ters," 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. retary, Joa N. Atchison. Two men missed ship. There is a balance of $74 in the ship's fund. There was a discussion on changing the ship's delegate, as it is ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), December thought by several that one man should 29—Chairman, Hollinger; Secretary, Earl not hold the job too long. A vote was C. Jordan. E. H. Young was elected ship's taken, and it was decided that Brother delegate by acclamation. February 20—Chairman, J. C. Mitchell; watch for keeping the galley stove going Smith will continue as ship's delegate. Secretary, Emil Gomez. Suggestion was during the off hours when nobody was made that the negotiating committee take working. Vote of thanks went to Broth­ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 22— action on shipping companies providing er Doris for the good job he did as ship's Chairman, Charles W. Cothran; Secre­ transportation between out-of-the-way delegate. tary, Charles Goldstein. Ship's delegate docks and some public transportation. reported on holidays with reference to Ship's delegate will draft a resolution arrivals at each terminal following a holi SEATIGER (Colonial), May 16—Chair to forward to headquarters. Suggestion day. He wili continue to submit requests was made to send a letter of explanation man, Thompson; Secretary, Slick Story. for a sink at butcher's block and one for to the- New Orleans hall concerning the There should be LOGS and OT sheets at the galley. Otherwise, everything is ship's library. Vote of thanks went to Rio. Mate will have deck and steward shipshape. Crewmembers were request the steward department and J. Hender­ department .quarters painted as soon as ed to be reaspnabiy clean when coming son. Crew asked for cooperation in keep­ we have bad weather. Passageways and to the messhall at meal times. Crew­ ing passageways, showers, heads and laundry have been painted out. CaP' members off wateh should report to the washing machine clean. Suggestion was tain is getting US money for draws when messhall at meal times in consideration made that ship's delegate End out about possible. Five men missed ship at Cura­ for the cook and the messman. getting new washing machine and radio cao and were reported to headquarters. parts. Coffee pot stand should be moved Messroom should be kept clean and wash­ April 25—Chairman, A. Thompson; ing machine turned off after use. from the messroom to the pantry. Secretary, E. Gomez. Repairs wer6 taken February 27—Chairman, Arthur Promcare of or are in the process of being posor; Secretary, Arthur Promposor. ALEXANDRA (Carras), April 16— taken care of. Radio will not be re­ Chairman, D. E. Jtssop; Secretary, C. paired. Repair of ship's wheel has not Gann. Letter sent to headquarters about been made yet. Patrolman straightened steward's requisition, washing machine out disputed OT. New system of gang­ and mattresses, was read. We had to way watches was explained. Draw will wait to obtain needed gear at Corpus be given before arrival in port. Sugges­ Christi. Washing machine is not com tion was made to have more cooperation pletely satisfactor}'. Patrolmai will be in keeping the washing machlhe and contacted on this. Patrolman will be sinks 'clean. Feet should be kept off asked to find out why all passageways chairs. Brother Duncan was elected new deck and May 16—Chairman, Richard P. McBrlde; roms cannot be cleaned and painted. delegate. Bosun discussed turning down Patrolman will be asked to look at the Secretary, James Rivers. Repairs have of overtime. General discussion fol­ washing machine. New machine will be not been taken care of, as listed in the lowed on the same subject, in which aU bought if this one isn't going to operate last meeting's report; these will be re­ hands participated. satisfactorily. Steward reported on ferred to the patrolman at the payoff-. March 27—Chairman, Artie Thompson; shrimps, oysters, fruit, vegetabies; he More night lunch should be put out. Secretary, Emil Gomez. Radio and wash­ says action to be taken is in tne hands was a discussion on behavior ing machine parts were ordered on the of the erew and the patrolman. He will There ship and on the crew's relation­ repair list. Letter was sent to New Or­ give the patrolman a written list of short­ aboard ship with the company and topside. leans about the library and a letter to May 24—Chairman,- Emil Gomez; Secre­ New York on clariEcation of gangway ages, so that it can be given proper at­ tary, Arthur Promposor. Motion was tention. Repair list will be typed up watches were posted. Ship's delegate passed to check on new steward's stores. and given to the engineer, captain and warned crewmembers, as per captain's Subject of behavior was again brought ' orders, about excessive drinking on board. patrolman. up and members were requested to act April 26—Chairman, Louis W. CartSuggestion was made that the ship's Union men were supposed to. The wheel be given special notice on the re­ wright; Secretary, not listed. Mattresses, as of one of the engineers was pair list. Repair list will be turned in cots, pillows, etc., were covered by New matter brought up and will be investigated by tomorrow. Disputed OT will be given York patrolman, as well as other matters. the delegates. (Letter will be written to headquarters to the patrolman. about steward, delegates' beef. There KYSKA (Waterman), May 16—Chair­ STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), May 20— was a discussion on washing machine re­ Chairman, James Long; Secretary, T. pairs and mattresses and other matters. man, F. Arana; Secretary, Albert De For­ est. D. Wagner was elected ship's dele­ One man wUl be given other chance. Ulisse. Letter on shipwreck incident was by acclamation. There were some read to the membership. Steward was Soap is not good for hard water: it leaves gate asked about improvements on equipment glasses dirty. Discussion was held on the complaints about food—greasy soup, lack and food. Shipwreck letter will be re­ elimination of such items as juices, meats, working and cleaning gear from steward's ferred to fhe LOG. stores. Letter to headquarters was YGUNe AMERICA (Waterman), April drawn up. It—Chairman, Harold Thomson; Secre­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Soatraln), April tary, N. Lambert. Henry M. Murranka was elected ship's delegate. Motion was 25—Chairman, Santos Garcia; Secretary, passed to discuss all ship's business only Tom Bowers. A few men were late get­ through the ship's delegate at the payoff. ting back to Texas City on saUing day. Beefs will be discussed at the last meet­ Motion was passed to put new garbage of variety and not enough. There was ing before the payoff or not at all. Each cans on the stem of ..the ship. One of considerable discussion on the slopchest, watch will keep tim messroom clean. the men told the chief cook that he had which is practically bare. Mate is reluc­ May 9—Chairman, Leo Movall; Secre­ lost 21 pounds since he came on board tant to order standard items because tary, L. Lambert. Steward wUl check this ship on account of the cooking. The this is a short voyage. This will be the mattresses and see if any need to chief cook told the ship that he had taken up with the 'patrolman at the be replaced. There was discussion on cussed the man out. Several men agreed payoff. Ship's delegate was requested to ask the captain to assign an area to fresh vegetables and milk. Steward got that he chief cook can't cook. what he needed in Japan. Each depart • May 23—Chairman, Andy Gowder; Sec- hang clothes in, as the first assistant has beefed about the use of the amidship 'tween deck passages. There waq a gen­ eral beef about the ragged condition of the linen issue. Members were asked to remove books and magazines from heads when leaving. ROSARIO (Bull), June 2—Chairman, John Risbeck; Secretary, Mike. Kamlnskl. IP.- t $12 was collected for the ship's fund. Repair list will be turned in tomorrow. Motion was passed to post a list of the men who donated to .the ship's fUhd. Steward requested that all extra linen be turned in. There were comments on the laundry being left dirty. Third cook stated that since he has been aboard he has been unable to get a new locker; the present one is inadequate. Membership agreed that an awning is needed aft. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 9— Chairman, C. Hospedaiss; Secretary, Leon Hall, Jr. There was a very fast payoff in Mobile last trip, with no time taken up for few minor beefs aboard ship, such as sougeeing of the messhall twice a trip. Engine delegate reported that no repairs were made last trip. No steward depart­ ment repairs were made either. New pil­ lows should be ordered for the crew. This request was made several trips ago, but none were delivered to the ship. Crew messhall should be kept clean at all times; pantry should be kept clean and coffee cups not left on deck. Mess­ hall deck should be painted, as well as steward department foc'sle decks. Wash­ ing inachine should be cleaned after use. When night lunch runs out late at night, mate should notify the steward to make hot sandwiches or put out more night lunch. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Decambar 5—Chairman, F. P. Russo; Secretary, W. A. Mastarson. There is S10.25 in the ship's treasury. .Steward was accepted by acclamation as ship's treasurer. Sug­ gestion was made to hold another meet­ ing before arrival iq Singapore. Every- thing is in good order and running smoothly. ,T. A. Martineau was elected ship's delegate.. Secon.d electrician sug­ gested that one washing machine be used for white clothes and the other one for work clothes. He reminded members that there are no extra parts, and machine should be used carefully, and not for more than 20 minutes at a time, so as not to overheat the motor. All hands are to cooperate in keeping the laundry clean. Vote of confidence went to the steward department for a job well done. Attention was called to new clarifications to the agreement. F. P. Russo was unanimously elected deck delegate, due to resignation of former delegate. Bill Smith, who got a 'vote of thanks for a job well done on the previous voyage. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), May 10— Chairman, James Hanniss; Secretary, Wil­ liam E. White. Screens and fans have been received. Scuppers in the crew's pantry are stopped up; this was reported but nothing was done. Water faucet in wiper's room needs repairing. Steward will issue waste paper baskets for ail rooms that need them. Carpenter will fix all screen doo.-s. Department dele­ gates should be contacted on beefs, not topside. May 23—Chairman, James Hanniss; Sec­ retory, Michael Masek. There are a few hours of disputed OT due to bringing aboard slopchest. Letter was read tomembers about men getting off ship on account of accident or illness. Letter was endorsed by .all members and sent to the negotiating committee. Fii-st as­ sistant engineer will move the crew's laundry up to the steward department shower, if agreeable to crewmembers. There are extra showers aboard that c?.ii S!''! m be used by the steward department. Crew approved this unanimously. New library books will come aboard. Cots will be brought in after use on deck and taken care of. Ship's delegate will see the cap tain about getting some rubber wind chutes. Buzzer should be procured for the dumbwaiter. ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 23— Chairman, Paul Carter; Secretary, Eddie Callahan. Captain informed the ship's delegate that in the future any member missing a fire and boat drill without a legitimate excuse will be discharged. Sug­ gestion was made by retiring ship's dele­ gate, Hiers, that sick and injured re­ ports be sent to headquarters with the name and book number of every mem­ ber aboard ship. Swing seats on the fantail will be repaired by volunteers. Ship's treasurer reported that the ship's fund now stands at $4.49 and that he has not been reeimbursed for the new aerial an­ tenna he paid for. MARYMAR (Calmar), May 22—Chair­ man, G. Caccato; Secretary, Joe Thomas. There is $18.50 in the ships fund. Com­ pany should install a larger hot water tank so men coming dff watch will have hot water to take a shower. Men should atop leaving grease in tubs down in the laundry. Men using the washing machine should clean it when through: anyone caught leaving the laundry dirty will be fined $10. to go to the ship's fund. Razor blades should not be thrown in toilet bowls. One man on deck is not doing his work the way it should be done. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a swell Job. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April 11— Chairman, M. Bruno; Secratary, H. C. Kllmon. Ship's fund was turned over to M. Keefer; there is a balance of $32.35. It was suggested that the crew donate to the fund to build it up for emergencies. Shower head in the engine department sliower has been replaced. Captain told the chief steward and the steward de­ partment deiegate that if any more OT^ is worked in - that department without his personal authorization the steward wiil be logged. We will see if he will let the work be done as needed, but if not the steward department delegate and the the ship's delegate will try to get him to cooperate with the crew on mat­ ters like this. Library is for use of both the officers and the crew. Ship's dele­ gate will see the chief mate to find out if the carpenter will be permitted to build another shelf in the library for the new books we received in San Francisco. Members were asked to be more quiet in the passageways in consideration of the men who are sleeping. Watch below should not be called for breakfast unless they request it. May 13—Chairman, E. Lessor; Secre­ tary, C. C. Rush. Captain was contacted about the steward's shower. A satisfac­ tory answer was given. Disputed OT will be taken up with shore representative. Steward was logged for Insubordination. Crew messman was logged for late arrival to perform duties. Messhalls wiU be kept locked up In port to prevent long­ shoremen from consuming all the cold water. Laundry scuppers need cleaning. There was discussion about the captain running the steward department. Crew­ members should insert a separate paper for launch service in Saigon. Steward agreed to purchase fresh shrimps in Singapore. Chief mate runs the deck de­ partment and no other department should beef because of time off given* to them. DOROTHY (Bull), May 21 — Chairman, Pater Patrick; Sacratary, William H. Thompson. Mirrors will be ordered by steward. Bed - springs have been fixed. Hooks and hinges should be put on doors where they are needed. Vote of thanks went to the baker for the quality and quantity of the pastry turned out. Stew­ ard was asked to see If he could get some papaya juice. We will see if wa can get a set of No. 3 pocket books from the Union hall. Some brothers wanted a salt water shower on deck. They were told to use the fire hose or small garden hose that is hooked up on the fantail. Material to insulate and box steam lines is in the bosun's room. Ship's car­ penter wiil do the Job. $ANTORB (Ore), May 25—Chairman, Charles H. Starling; Secretary, P. Wlllnlon. V. A. Read was elected ship's dele­ gate. Brothers spoke about the ship's delegate. Brother Justin, who passed away this trip. He was an outstanding SiU man and we will miss him. Captain was requested to order another brand of cigarettes for the next trip. Crew will take care of the washing machine and turn the motor off when it is not in use. Ship's delegate spoke about the wonder­ ful steward department. Charlie Star­ ling, the steward, does his very best to get plenty of food and sees that it is put out so that everyone can gain weight. He says his cooks and the whole depart­ ment are tops. Chief cook Joseph Fadelsky puts out some tasty dishes, and wo put him right up to the top with the best cooks we have in the SIU. Baker R. R. Wingert can't be beat for baking bread cakes, pies and cookies. SEACLOUD (Amer. Met. Mar.), May 2t —Chairman, Red Baron; Secratary, John Fee. Wiper and AB refused to sail with the ship in Rijecka, Yugoslavia, after re­ peated requests by members of the crew. At the last minute, the agent and on* IBBRVILLI (Waterman), May 17— Chairman, Ralph Gulto; Secretary, Ru­ dolph Guthrie. There was some dispute on delayed sailing, but this was settled at the payoff in New Orleans. Deck de­ partment OT will be straightened out on arrival in Tampa. Crewmembers were requested to use toilets instead of fantail. Motion was made to have TV in messhall fixed. Donations were made to the ship's fund for this purpose. Pantryman re­ quested that men stay out of pantry durii.'g meal time. Men agreed to do so'and mqn asked that pantryman and messman eat before or after crew and not at the same time. This was agreed on. J. C. Duncan was elected ship's deiegate. Stew­ ard thanked the men fb'r their coopera­ tion in helping to keep the messhall clean. Steward and his department were thanked for fine services rendered. of the crewmembers went ashore and re­ quested that they return. They still re­ fused, apparently under the influence of alcohol. There was a general disccussion about coffee disappearing. .Steward fig­ ured that according to the amount of coffee consumed, 7.7 pounds a day was disposed of instead of the six pounds a day allowed. Engine room was rationed to three pounds every third day; this ac­ tion was taken because they used as much as 18 pounds a week. Crew gave James EUchenberg add the steward de­ partment a vote of thanks and confi­ JULESBURG (Terminal Tankers), March dence 15—Chairman, KImberly; Secretary, C. 1. served. for the fine meals prepared and Cooper. We will try to pick up a wiper in Yokohama, and to get US currency for GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), the draw. Letter will be mailed to New York for clarification on overtime. In­ A|>rll 18—Chairman, not listed; Sacratary, G. G. Parker. Master wishes to talk to structions were given to he whole crew the crew on and about the next port af­ by steward W. Lowes on Union policy. ter the meeting. Discussion was held March 28—Chairman, B. H. KImberly; Secretary, Cooper. Letter was written to on the lack of a llterty boat for the headquarters on disputed OT. Steward crew in the ports of Suyong and Ulsan, made a motion that the whole crew stick Koijea. together and square away the ship. This was carried. Discussion was held on YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), April steward department painting. This is OK 18—Chairman, Harold Thomsen; Secrewith the captain and there was no dis­ gested that in the future trash and other senting vote from the deck department. matter should not be stuffed in sanitary There is a beef against one OS about utensils in heads. All hands were asked to push the engine room door to until watches. May .1—Chairman, W. Lews; Secretary, closed fully, as it will help to keep out M. M, cross. Captain stated he will stick heat in the crew passageways. Chief en­ to the law on draws. Washing machine gineer said air duct will .be made for was temporarily repaired. ' Master will the messhall in the shipyard. Laundry give a copy of OT sheets to the crew be­ wili be kept locked in port. In the future. fore arrival. One steward department Steward suggested that ho be contacted member missed ship in Wilmln^on, Cal. about any improvements or adjustments. Everything is OK in the engine depart­ All hands were asked to clean the wash­ ment except one man who thinks he ing machine after use. Cooks asked that came.abpard for a vacation. Wilmington a larger fan, at least 17 inches, be in­ port agent Tillie got a vote of thanks stalled In. the galley. for his assistance while theshlp was there on a Saturday afternoon. Steward de­ STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), May 9— partment got a vote of thanks for fine Chairman, A. SchnarrIra; Sacratary, Harry food well prepared and excellent serv­ Kronmal. Al Thorne was reelected ship's ice. Ship's delegat- will check with the delegate. The first assistant requested captain abput time that the'-OS is to do ganltarjL .lixirk -in the .morning. - (Continued on page 25) �«;rjwi« 11> US4 Pace Tweaiy-lhrc SEAFARERS LOG ... mOEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS (Continued from Page 24) ttikt watw b* coni«rv«4. Motion was passad to cat a new washinc machine. Steward agreed to put out more fresh RUlt. Library, laundry and heads clean inc will be alternated by all departments. T^ash box should be put In the laundry. Crew pantryman should do a better Job. Steward should put out more canned fruit. Ha agreed. Crew should contribute •1 each at the first draw for the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will collect this. Letter was sent to the San Francisco port agent requesting he help in obtaining new washing machine. th* patrolman at tha payolT. Patrolman will bo atked to out why aU pasaagewaya and rooma cannot be cleaned and painted. New machine ahould be bought if. after the patrolman looks at the old one. he decides it won't operate satisfac­ tory. Steward reported on shrimp, oysters, fruit and vegetables. He says action to be taken Is in the hands of the crew and the patrolman. He will give the Tatroiman a written list of items short, so it can be given proper care. Repair list will be typed up and copies given to the engineer, captain and patrolman. FREDERIC C. • COLLIN (Dry Trans.). May 9—Chairman. L. Paradaau; Secre­ tary. H. Corde. Ship's delegate reported that arrangements for taking care of the maU wiii be made. Each department should clean the recreation room and the laundry for a week. ALMAR (Calmar), May II—Chairman. 1. Hogg; Secretary. M. Culp. Repair list was read. Work was done promptly. There is $62 in the ship's fund. H. Gerie was elected ship's delegate. It was suggested that the quality of the baking be im­ SEACOMET II (Ocean Carriers). April 3 proved. Steward head will be kept closed —Chairman. Francisco Martinez; Secre­ during meals. Coilee should be saved. tary. Frank P. Votto. Delegates reported no beefs and no disputed overtime. SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), May I May 11—Chairman. Paul Cassldy; Secre­ Chairman, Sylvester ZygarowskI; Sacratary. Frank P. Votto. The man who lary, John J. Mahoney. Two men missed missed ship in Yokohama on May 4th was ship in Yokohama. Motion was passed to have the chief engineer stop taking informed by the master that his pay was stopped as of May 3rd. He has a total light bulbs out of the crew showers and p.issageways and replacing them with of 120 hours OT. All but five Items on Sa-watt bulbs. Department delegates will the repair list wert taken care of. Vote make suK that all repair lists are made of thanks went to'the steward and his out and mvcn to the ship's delegate, and department for fine menus he has put out that sufficient stores are aboard before and fine food. Crew voted thanks 100 the next signon. Suitable new linen percent. should be procured for the next trip. We arc short of hand towiels. pillow cases, DEL 8UD (Mississippi), April 4—Chair­ bath towels. All bunks in crew's foc'sles man, Baldy Bollinger; Secretary. Joa should be checked for bed springs: a new Lae. All pending beefs going in to New Orleans were settled to everyone's satis­ faction: everything so far this trip is go-, ing along smoothly. Jimmie. Noonan was elected new athletic director by ac­ clamation. BlU Tatum was elected ship's delegate for another trip with a vote of thanks for a Job well done. Patrolman will be asked why oxygen badly needed for the hospital was not put on board, bed is neesded for the deck engineer's as it bad been recommended by the cap­ room. Vote of appreciation was ex­ tain. doctor, mates and engineers, as pressed for the former master. Captain weU as our delegates. An amendment was Andrew Jackson. Best of wishes to Cap­ added to the motion, that ship's delegate tain Jackson from all hands aboard tl^ will contact the captain and see'If oxy­ ship. gen could possibly be picked up at St. Thomas. Lengthy discussion was held on OATEWAY «TY (Waterman). May 15— this matter. Discussion was held on mat­ Chairman. Jimmy Pulllam; lecretary, Don tresses for the crew that need to be Collins. Carl Scott was elected ship's changed. Chief steward explained the delegate by acclamation: Don Collins was procedure necessary to get new mat­ elected treasurer. Suggestion was made tresses and said he would reorder them to make out a repair list and turn this this trip. He asked the crew for coop­ over to the ship's delegate, to be mailed eration in checking this time. Discus­ In to the first port of caU on the East sion was held and it was decided what Coast: no repair list was made' on the brand of beer to serve at the picnic. Ship previous voyage. New matresses should is well on the way to the glOOO-mark be put on the repair Hst. as well as on for the picnic fund, with $641.80 on hand the steward's requisition. . Pantry should at the end of voyage No. 47 and 150.92 be kept clean. There was general dis­ in the ship's fund. A fuU report was given on expenditures: report was ac­ cussion on the dirty water on board. cepted with a vote of thanks. Librarian reported $30 spent on books, with every­ ALEXANDRA (Carras). April II—Chair­ man, D. E. Jessep; Secretary, C. Cann. thing in fine shape. Report was accepted Letter to headquarters was read about with a vote of thanks. May 10—Chairman. Baldy Bollinger; steward's requisitions, washing machine, mattresses and the feelings of the crew lecralary. Eddia Caudlll. The question about conditions aboard ship. We had of obtaining oxygen in St. Thomas will to wait to obtain needed gear. Washing be taken up with the patrolman in New machine is not satisfactory and patrol­ Orleans. One man was sent ashore for man will be contacted. One man was medical attention. Purser presented a' logged In Corpus; beef will be given to bill to be paid by crewmember: bill should be paid by the company. This wiH be presented to the patrolman in New Orleans. Fight between two mem­ bers will be reported to the patrolman on arrival. $54 was donated to the ship's fund. Librarian will be given $30 to buy new books and magazines. Movie pro­ R. D. McManua jector will be sent ashore to 'be repaired. Please get in contact with your Motion was passed to spend $50 for new baseball equipment. Motion was passed brother at I Dunbar Lane, San to have the movie projector repaired and books purchased before donating to the Francisco, Calif. baseball team. Pledges are to be turned In for the picnic. Coffee cups should be returned to the pantry. Portholes Mario Carrasco should be kept closed. A clean and or­ derly picnic should be conducted. Cup William Turk ordered in Buenos Aires was purchased. Please Contact Herbert Resncr Treasurer reported $200.92 in the ship's' fund: $1117.06 in the plcnfc fund and concerning Joseph Ritterman who $67.74 expended. ^€ J^ERSONALS t t $ was injured aboard the S.S. Bien­ ville on June 5, 1953. His address is Suite 601 Tishman Bldg., 3460 Wilshire Blvd., Los" Angeles 5, Calif. iS* ^ Joseph L. Kellogg, Jr. Please contact your mother at 1318 Arabella Street, New Or­ leans 15, La. 3) 4 Damon A. Newsome It is urgent that you contact Stanley Poisso at Rt. 1, Box 72, Dry Prong, La. NOTICES Armstrong, Seatrain Georgia Ernest Harris, Steel Maker R. Robins, Robin Trent Please get in touch with Lou Bush, Sea Chest, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, NY. t 4) i Willard John Burley Jamea C. Long James Harold Pktton Joseph H. Pmdhomme Edwin B. Rhoada Albert B. Trochetfiiet Please contact the New Orleans branch of the SIU concerning ref'^ erence inquiries^ The address is 823 Bienville St., New Orleans 16, La. . HILTON (Bull). May 3-;-Chalrman. Egbart S. Sandly; Secretary. Robert E. Joy. With the ship's fund of $203 a TV set. and an iron were bought. Since this is AC current and no good on the ship, it wiU be exchanged. There is now $22.10 in the ship's fund. Motion was passed to start a new ship's fund with a $1 contribuUon per man. to be taken up at the payoff by department delegates and given to Jhe ship's delegate to hold. Men were asked to keep their feet off the messroom chairs. Discussion on bosun wUl be taken up by the deck department delegate on arrival in port, with the patrolman. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Waterman). May S—Chairman. James Morton; Secretary, Charles E. Spencer. Repairs were all taken care of. Injuted man was taken to the hospital in Ponce. Puerto Rico. He was severely cut by broken glass. All small beefs referred to the delegate were straightened out, so there are ho beefs going in. Throw in For A Meeting Job Undw the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and . other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. bert R. Jarrell. Coffee urn and toasters for the crew mess are being repaired as. of this meeting. There was a beef over the shortage o"f milk whUe sailing coast­ wise from Philadelphia to New York and in transit to Capetown. Chief steward ex­ plained to members that it was the port steward's fault. There was a discussion over the lack of hot peppers this voyage and the previous voj'age. and over some of the vegetables being too cold. and glasses should be returned te the messhall. A vote of thanks was again extended to the chief steward and his entire department for the fine Job they are doing. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). May 29—Chairman. J. Monast; Secretary. S. Rothschild. Some disputed OT in the deck department will be taken up with the patrolman on the ship's arrival. S. Pearson was elected deck delegate. Suggcstion was made to keep toilet bowls clean. SEATRAIN NEW YORK- (Seatrain). May 24—Chairman. Van Whitney; Secre­ tary. C. E. Mosley. AU new men will do­ nate 50 cents to the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the electrician, Gordon Peck, for installing our speaker to the TV. Vote of thanks went to the night cook and baker. Riviere, for the fine job that he is doing. Ship's delegate .Smith WiU seethe mate about cleamng the sky­ lights and screens in the messhall. Wash basins in thj 12-4 black gang and 8-12 deck gang rooms wiU be fixed. There is a $12 balance in the ship's fund. • . 1 ELI^BETH (Bull). May 30—Chairman, David S. Furman; Secretary, H. LSchancc. Motion was passed to install a pilot light on thei< washing remind men I ....i-o ...™machine -to -v tacted about « replacement. There were no replacements on the beach. Inquiries will be made on the reason why there was no American money for pre-Boston draw. One man wiU be turned in to the patrolman for missing the ship in Durban but catching it in the foUowing port. Suggestion was made to let the delegates handle the ship's business first with the patrolman. Cots will be turned in before arrival in Boston. Rooms should be cleaned out. as well as lockers, before the next crew comes aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will thank Mr. Pennington for the farewell drink he sent to the unlicensed personnel. Many thanks and praise went to the chief cook. Jose Ruiz, and the entire steward department for the good meals prepared and served during the voyage, by the crew. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian). January 31—Chairman. J. C. Vega; Secretary. L. O. Hale. There is a beef on the rooms not being painted. Captain promised to paint Ahem between 'Frisco and Manila, Collection of $375 was taken up for the carpenter's next of kin. AU three de­ partments should be a little more cooperalive about cutting down noise in the passageways and keeping messhall tidy. Cups should be returned to the sink after use. One member of each department should keep the laundry clean at all i ^is^sh^^d-s^ L"cep?edHteTafd1;^?\h^^^'ed'rFori' menf and wWe 1,. InnnH h « ' t^^t-^rj a"n° el^ra''.SeaVr^ rcrp"!!!*;',' ' AU glasses and knives should not be j vcr.v much appreciated. ^ ni '"M*"' March 30-Chairman. Fred C. Irizar; raing. No one is aUowed in the galley I secretary. F. C. Lukban. Men should be except steward department personnel. careful in Singapore about performing. Cigarette butts should not be OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Trans.), no date put in cups. AU cracked crockery should DEL NORTE (Mississippi). April 20— —Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not Chairman. Harold Crane; Sacratary. Bill listed. Each man will donate 50 cents Kalsar. Leaving New Orleans, brother Red McDonald received a wire that his father had passed away. The crew sent a floral offering through Mrs. Johansson, who has a charge account at a New Or­ leans florist. AU crewmembers were thanked for their cooperation. $.32 .was spent for light bulbs for the movie ma­ chine in Curacao; $40 on beer for the party on the poop deck going into New Orleans, leaving $40.37. with $50 owed to Mrs. Johansson for the flowers. Men were asked to come out for the basebaU team. We intend to have a game in Buenos Ahes for Captain J. T. O'Pry Cup. Mo tion was passed to use the ship's fund for its original purpose, and not for beer on the poop deck. Harold Crane was elected ship's delegate. April 25—Chairman. H. E. Crane; Seeratary, John P. ZImmgr. A letter from Brother Latapia was read to the brother­ hood. thanking one and aU for their kind treatment and consideration In his hours of Uiness while in the crew's hospital while convalescing from an accident he suffered while on duty. Brother who was gassed up at the southbound general meeting explaixed and apologized. A radiogram was received from the MacDonald family, thanking the crew for the funeral wreath sent by the ship. Brother Farr. who was put ashore in St. Thomas for Uiness, was given the customary $50 from the ship's fund. The third cook was confined to bed with a severe case of flu: an OS was confined to bed with bruised knee, which Be got when he slipped' on some stairs topside. Captain O'Pry was and is keenly interested in all reports and suggestions that would help to curb accidents to aU the ship's personnel. Our hospital patient. Brother Rodriguez, was put aboard in Buenos Aires and was given the customary $10 from the ship's fund. Brother Zlmmer got a vote of thanks for his efforts in be­ half of the ship's paper, the Navigator. There is a cash balance -on hand of $50.05. A baseball game will be - played in Curacao with one of the Island's teams. The baseball team thanked Brother Bill Bemish. the ship's bartender, for his kind "refreshments" tendered to the members of the team when they arrived from the game. Crew was asked to be a Uttle more considerate of the dryer in the laundry room, as the AB's room is right next door.' A pubUc prayer was said for the speedy recovery of Brother John T. Kelly, who'suffered two strokes within ttie past six months and who is now a patient at the USPHS hospital in New Orleans. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain). May 19—Chairman. T. Fales; Secretary. Jim Murphy. There is $29.16 in the ship's fund: all brothers were ashed to contrib­ ute to the fund at the payoff. Most of the repairs were taken care of. Ship's delegate wiU contact the boarding pa­ trolman about getting a cover for the poop deck, like the rest of the company's ships. Ship's delegate spoke at length on the necessity of cheeking on brothers by the watch when calling them to go on watch- or standby. Members were asked to be more careful with the washing ma­ chine, and not to leave it running. Cups tow.ards an iron. about port time. Old man will be seen EDITH (Bull), May 23—Chairman, Willis R. Thompson; Sacratary, A. Smith. Room aUowance should be collected for lark of heat. Chief engineer does not cooper­ ate with the crew. Suggestion was made to hold an arrival pool for booster on the \ be Inspected. AU cups and utensils should TV set. Vote of thanks went to the be returned to the sink at all times. Patrolman should check lockers at the steward department for a very fine Job. payoff. April 30—Chairman, Jerry Bozec; Sec­ BEATRICE (Bull), May 19—Chairman, retary, M. Jakelskl. There was a Al Wilo; Secretary, Roger L. Hall. There beef on John lack of Ice. Chief engineer was discussion on tlfe washing machine. will onlythe the wipers to pull ice One man missed the ship in New York once a day.aUow isn't enough. There is on sailing day. Motion was made to see entirely too which much performing. A full rethe patrolman about painting the crew;s | the the port of payoff. There have been a should be sougeed. Patrolman should at lot of disputed OT disputes with the find out about the excessive chipping at chief engineer; a_ rull report has been sea while night workers and men off prepared and will'be turned over to the watch are trying to get sleep. Each crew- agent and patrolman in the Port of New member is to pick up his own linen York on the activities and methods of change. Engine department should pick this Signed letter will state up their coffee for below during the what character. foc'sles are to be painted and when. steward's working hours, so as not to cut : FuU report was read on drinking and other departments short at night. I performing beefs. This report will be I presented to all brothers involved and COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service). May i to the patrolman. Brothers were given 15—Chairman, Bob Raid; Eacratary, A. C. I to understand that these beefs raised by Gibson. .Showers and toilets of all de­ I the brothers are not personal: that in partment heads were fixed. One man : line with the Union policy we must enmissed ship in New Orleans. Suggestion ' force discipline and rules set down by the was made by the third cook to start a rank-and-file. A rising vote of thanks ship's fund for the purpose of buying a went to the steward department. TV set. A vote was taken to start the May 15—Chairman, David Rivers; Sec­ fund with an arrival pool. Third cook retary. John M. Jakelskl. Complete re­ wiU take care of setting up the pool. pair list was read to the crew. 'A few Lake Charles :natrolman will be given the i beefs, some disputed OT, and a full re report on the man who missed ship and | port will be turned over to the boarding missed watches. | patrolman. Men who are getting off will April 11—Chairman, J. -Sheldon; Secra- ! return all foc'sle keys to the ship's deletary. Arthur Kayel. Schmeidel was gate. Suggestion was made to have tha elected ship's delegate. Suggestion was Sea Chest put more toUet articles aboard, made to keep feet off messhall chairs. such as tooth paste, mouth wash, hair Ship's delegate will contact the captain Ionic, etc. about sougeeing the crew's quarters, and having some of them painted. (ALMAR (Calmar). May 14—Chairman, May 4—Chairman, Peta Bush; Secre­ Buck Hostetter; Secratary. Thomas Lowe. tary, Arthur Kaval, Jr. Report was read Baltimore haU was notified , about tlie on the steward's death; the. crew re- bosun who missed ship in Baltimore. Too gretted his death. Crew could not attend [ much coffee is being wasted by making funeral as arrangements for burial had more than necessary. Library will be not been completed when the ship was • changed in San Franciscp. Repair lists sailed. $36 was donated by the crew for will be made up on the West Coast, so flowers and notice of his death in the that we can do what is necessary right newspapers. Death notice wiU be sent to away. the Union and the company. There was a few complaints on the way the food has VENORE (Ore), June 1—Chairman, Jack been coming out of the galley, but every­ Wise; Secretary, Pete Sheldrake. Gar­ thing was satisfaotorily settled. — bage should be dumped over the stern and not from the well deck so it blows ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping). back into portholes. Suggestion was May 23—Chairman, Harry Miller; Secre­ made to place open barrels over the tary, H. M. Gulnlar. Patrolman will be stern for dumping garbage. Patrolman told about delayed sailings in Philadel­ will be contacted about dogs on mes.sh.ill phia and Brooklyn, no shore leave in portholes and the painting of the engine Belra. Zanzibar. Luderitz Bay. Hospital­ gang's foc'sles. Steward will be contacted ized man in Beira was visited. Consulate about cots and the . patrolman about the in Durban and Capetown win be con- ! shortage of milk. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY Qnix Answers (1) (c) Russia. i would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose (2) 93 nickels .$pd 31 dimes. put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) (3) (c) Netherlands, PKZXIC Answer (4) (b) John Tyler, who was [SQdS @[§01 elected Vice president in 1840, and NAME succeeded William Henry Harrij son in 1841, when the latter died.' STREET ADDRESS (5) (c) Montane. (6) (a) Cleveland. The Cleve­ land team won both series it CITY ....ZONE STATE played in, once against Brooklyn in 1920 and then against Boston Signed ;.-. (National) in 1948. (7) 12 by 13Vi inches. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an oiJ tubseribor Bnil havo a chanqo (8) Ob) wickedness. (9) (c) 32. One-third of the 96- of addivit, ploaao qiyo your formor addrost baiowi member Senate ia elected every ADDRESS two years. v; • (16>"90.' xrrt ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), April 25 -Chairman, Joe C. Selby; Secretary, Al- SSBg! CaSiEKIjOHad! fflSQB HHS) LiGBHaa naa aaoB HiiiaaiKiies SBSiSQ mass fflsaaaaas ansa aaa sHuEia aagai • aaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaooo ••aeaoMMaoMoooooaw a aaataaaaaaaaataaa 3 • •' ' oaaMaaaaaoaaaa-STATS ^ aooaaaoaoMOBBM �I Face Twenty-elx SEAFARERrS lOG ^ ..June 11, 195t New Arrival Nods To Seafarers in in the HOSPlTALi The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Seafarer Adolph Eliasson and family sit in their Brooklyn home for photo with new baby, Elaine Barbarah, born May 17. Family received SIU maternity benefits of $200 plus a $25 Government bond for the baby. Eliasson last shipped aboard the Chickasaw (Waterman). Elaine Barbara seems more in­ terested in getting her forty winks than in smiling for camera. I?-' 1$^ if'- \l-' p- r m 1^- % l.i) All of the following SIU families Maria Angelina Seda, bom April will collect the $200 maternity 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Angel Seda, 147 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn 6, NY. Union in the baby's name. 3> t 4" Gail Arlene Harrison, born May Michael Caputo, born March 4, 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1954. Parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Nicho­ Stokes H. Harrison, 1234 Tulane las J. Caputo, 54 Mulberry Street, Street, Houston, Tex. Yonkers, NY. t. i. t 4i 3> James Shek, bom November 17, Beverly Anne Caillet, born April 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sou 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shek, 38 Rivington Street, New Wilbert F. Caillet, 1008 Washington York, NY. Avenue, New Orleans, La. 3^ 4" t 4^ 3> Elaine Barbara Eliasson, born Zacharias James Perkins, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and March 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Eliasson, 1720 Stanhope Mrs. Charles Perkins, 558 Bezzell Street, Brooklyn, NY. Avenue, Mobile, Ala. Ji 4» 4" 4" Raymond Richard Jordan, born Kevin Donovan, bom May 13, April 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mrs. Earl R. Jordan, 8 Mason Road, Donovan, 33 Maiden Street, Boston, Indian Head, Md. Mass. Henry Arthur Simmons, Jr., bom March 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Simmons, Route 2, Box 59, Pinesville, SC. t> t> t> 4 4 4 , Harry Arthur Gauntlett, Jr., born May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Gauntlett, 72-80 Radboum Road, Upper Darby, Pa. 4 4 4 Deboran Jean Karas, born May 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Karas, 55 Williams Street, Maiden, Mass. Jetry Brent Bankston, born May 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and _Mrs. Clyde Bangston, 319 Newton Street, Algiers 14, La. 4 4 4 Gerald Douglas Sayre, H, bom May 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Sayre, 1302 Ave­ nue NV^, Galveston, Tex. Disability Pay List Rising USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Luke A. CiamboU W. J. Moran Kung Yu Fah Herbert Parks James J. Pontes Peter Raptakis Sverre Johannessen Joseph A. Rockko Carl R. Johnson Vincent Tocco C. M. King W. Westcott V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. H. D. Carney Henry M. Owens Charles V. Horton Alexander PresneU USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. William C. Bedgood Samuel N. Hurst Paul B. Bland Herman C. Kemp Robert L. Booker Jimmie Littleton James Bush C. L. Middieton Lucius A. DeWitt John H. MorrisArthur L. Pricks Ivey M. Peacock Mike Coins James B. SeUers USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Henry J. Childs C. J. Neumaier Ho Yee Choe Daniel O'Rourke Thomas D. -Dailey Joe Perreira F. FondUa Anthony M. Resales Olav Gustavsen W. S. Singleton Leo J. Kennedy P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. Lonzie V. Albritton'John C. Green Frederick L. Bailey Carl N. Jackson Earl McKendree C. Barboza William Bargone Abraham H. Mander W. C. Bergguist John E. Markopolo Earl P. RusseU VirgU W. Bolton Robert Brown Jack E. Slocum C. S. Dick A. T. Utterbeck Joseph Dudley USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortuno Bacomo James R. Lewis Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant Joseph D. McGraw Joseph G. Carr Jar Chong Archibald McGuigan David Mcllreath^^ Emilio Delgado Frank Mackey Antonio Diaz Vic Milazzo John J. Dri.scoll Matthew Gardiner G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guranick Robert lizeinorc John B. Ilass E. R. Smaiiwood Henry E. Smith Thomas Isaksen Harry S. Tattle John W. Keenan Frederick Landry Renjto Viiiata James J. Lawlor VirgU E. Wiiraoth Kaarel Leetmaa CROWN HEIGHTS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY AUen Reid USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Eugene K. Iverson USPHS HOSPITAL PONCE, PUERTO RICO Perfecto Mangual USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Agnar Anderson . John E. Brady Charles Cantwell Lloyd McGec Edward E. Casey John Maclnnes Hepy Currier Francis Napoli Marinus DeJonge Sigurd Odegaad Eddie Driggers Charles Ogiesby EsteU Godfrey T. Papoutsogiov Edwin F. Growe Michael Pepkowic* Flemming Jensen Edwin T. Rushton Vincent Jones David Salgado L. Kristiansen Stanley Sargeant Alexander Leiter Hendrik Swartjes Choo Chang Lai Thomas Thompson Thomas Liles, Jr. Ciiiford Womack Tim McCarthy ^ USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Harry J. Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich James A. McFerren Earle G. Bouteila James H. Fenswick Frederick A. Burns Robert A. Rogers John G. Fiynn Walter Tkach Antonio Furtado USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Thomas Ankerson Joseph Michael Eari Brittain Kenneth W. MiUer Carl E. Chandler C.- E. Palmer Jessie A. Clarke Ralph J. Palmer George Pipinos James R. Dodson Samuel Doyle David Rivera Michael Duco Robert W. Scales Linus E. Twite Gorman T. Glaze Herbert Grant Warren Whitmer Walter Hartmann Henrich Wiese Walton Hudson Albert Willis Ben Lawson Gilbert M. Wright Roy McCannon Ruftell Wright Tony Mastantino CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Audy Lego USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Alfred Barrego Jean Latapie '' Paul Boudreaux Hubert F. LonczysU Charles E. Brady James M. Luck]' WUliam R. Burch Frank Martin Charles Burton Adam McDiarmid O. Butler William G. Moors McKenley Campbell Jean Murna S. C. Carregal Arthur I. Nelson S. Cope C. Osinskl Adion Cox F. S. Paylor " Clarence Crevier A. Quinonea Gordon R. Dolan W. E. Reynolds I. Ezell M. J. Rodriguez Thomas Fields James J. Ruth Nathan Gardner Edwgrd Samrock W. H. GUbertson John E. Sanders Jack H. Gleason Fred Shaia Peter Heuleu -• Clayton Thompson John L. Hinton Jack R. Thornburg Lyle Hipp Lonnie R. Tickle John N. Hull Arthur Vallents E. G. Knapp Dolphus D. Walker D. Korolia J. E. Ward Leo H. Lang L. W. WetzeU, Jr. Who tieis SiV UenetHs ? Hospital: Four more veteran Seafarers whcT are unable to go to sea any more for a living because . Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week of their poor health have heen placed on the SIU disability benefits list by the trustees of is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his the Welfare Plan. As a result, the four men wiU receiver $25 weekly benefits from the SIU hospitalization, providing he has worked a minimum of Mie day from now on. aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. The four Seafarers are Sam­ steward department, is suffering a week six months later. The total Matornity: uel L. Gordon, 69, bf New from poor eyesight and a heart con­ amount of money paid out thus far York City; Emst E. Eklund, 66, of dition., Eklund, an oiler, hai., been has been $44,345, most of it in the Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, New York City; Clarence B. Brun- ill for a year with a hernia condi­ past 12 months because of the rise can receive the $200 maternity benefit payirient, plus the Union's dage, 70, of Tampa, Florida, and tion while Brundage and Bellard in tlie benefit and the number of gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the marr James E. Bellard, 66, of Newport, both have heart ailments. men receiving it. riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a Herkimer County, New York. Under the SIU The new addi­ discharge from his last ship should be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ Gordon, who sailed in the tions to the list Disability Benefit, ments and bonds will be~given in cases of multiple births.'. a Seafarer is elebring to 38 the DitablHty: gible any time he total number of has seven years Seafarers who Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven seatime with conhave- received years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, traced companies disability benefits is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he ig and is unable to in the two years totally unable to work. Seafarers who have taken work because of a the series of inoculations re­ that the benefit Daatii: physical disability quired for certain foreign voy­ has been in oper­ from injury either ation. Of the 38 Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can Brundage Gordon ages are reminded to be sure or illness. Age is make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or to pick, up their inoculation men, seven have passed away since the benefit went no factor in determining the eligi­ not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard cards from the captain or the into effect. Thus, the plan is now bility of the Seafarers, although as an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. purser when they pay off at paying out $675 weekly in dis­ it works out, the benefit is used Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The beneficiary the end of a voyage. ability benefits to the 31 Seafarers mostly by oldbr Seafarers who are inay be changed at any time. g ' The card should be picked no longer able to work. now on the list. Schoiargliipi up by the Seafarer and held Checks for $50 are mailed out so that it can be presented every two weeks to the men's Four college scholarships worth a,total of $6,000 each are award­ when signing on for another homes, to simplify bookkeeping* ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ voyage where the "shots" are procedures. dren of S^farers who meet the educational requirements. Each required. The inoculation Started May, 1952 scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be card is you^ only proof of hav­ The disability benefit was first used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. ing taken the required shots. started in May, 1952, with the pay­ All can'didates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ Those men who forget to ment of $15 weekly in benefits to aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college pick up their ipoculation card ten Seafarers. Since then the num­ study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a when they pay off may find ber of Seafarers covered by the parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children that they are required to take plan and the amount of benefits of deceased Seafarers having three years' seatime are also eligible. all the "shots' again when they paid out have both been rising Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent want to sign on for another steadily. The weekly benefit has to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth such voyage. been increased twice, once to $20 Ave., Brooklyn $2, NY. a week in October, 1952, and to $25 Pick Vp'Shot' Card At Payot/ �June 11. 1954 SEEDP THE ^AFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN (News-about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIU Wei fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services. > Some of the lawyers who have a fondness for bird-dogging their cases at the Staten Island hospital have been in for some rude and un­ pleasant treatment recently. It appears that the Staten Island hospital has been redoubling its efforts tq clamp down on lawyers who sniff around from ward to ward looking to pick up a case here and there, sometimes by waving a llttie down-payment of their own in a patient's face. We heard a report of one case recently where It's said that one un­ happy bloodhound is nursing a sore seat because he was sent flying out the door and his briefcase after him. According to what we were told it appears that this particular character was caught red-handed when he approached one of our SIU brothers with a proposition. Another Seafarer, who was present, quickly barred the door and put in a call for the authorities. Clamping Down The people running the Staten Island hospital have been ti'ying for a long time to cut out this sort of thing and they've been really clamp­ ing down hard lately. It all is a good reminder to the Seafarers in the hospital to be darned careful about what they sign and who they do business with, because, we've heard a lot of unhapi^ stories from fellows who bit at the bait and got hooked accordingly. ' . Topping the list of hospitalized brothers at the Staten Island hospital is Andrew Franklin, last aboard the Ocean Ulla of Ocean Trans. Andy injured his back aboard the ship and. entered the hospitaf on May 29 for treatment. He hopes to be up and about soon, shipping out like always. Einar Hansen of New York is not too far from home in the local drydock. He's in there for obser­ vation after holding down the job of carpenter aboard the Robin Sherwood of Seas. A brother from Seattle, Oregon, Oscar Rosenfelt, is on the beach now and just waiting for a fit for duty slip so he can ship out again. Last time he was on the William Carruth as wiper. He injured his elbow aboard the ship and entered the hospital on May 25, Just a couple of weeks ago. Broke Hand Hansen John Brennan, from South Boston, is in the the hospital on the mend. He entered on May 27 after holding down an AB's job aboard the Sea Cliff. Brennan broke his hand on the ship and is on the l^ad to recovery on the Island. Readmitted to the Staten Isiand hospital is James Thompson, who is in again for, A possible foot operation and observation. He's an oldtimer in the Union and he should be up and around again before long. Juan Rodrigues of New York Is in the hospital for observation. His last job was chief cook aboard the Beatrice. . Other Seafarers in for observation include Ray­ mond Davis, fireman, off the Sea Cliff; Floro Regalado, from New York,. massman, off the Steel De­ signer; Joe Neubauer, oiler on the Western Rancher, and Hendrik Swartjes, AB on the Alcoa Runner. Arthur Wroton is on the mend for kidney trou­ Davis ble. This Norfolk,'Virginia, boy was engine main­ tenance aboard the Cracker State Mariner beforb he entered the hos­ pital on the last day of the last month. Also In is Clifton Wilson, chief steward aboard the Anne Marie before he had some eye trouble. . Baltimore Babe Bows in SEAFARERS PHS top-Rated For A Reason Ordinarily when a Seafarer gets ljurt or gets sick, he will go to a US Public Health Service hospital or outpatient clinic for treatment. But in many smaller ports, and par­ ticularly i.n the small tanker terminals, the USPHS has no facilities, which means that a Seafarer has to go to a com--*' pany doctor for treatment. instances reported in which com­ amination, he does not have the In one such instance, a Sea­ pany doctors have arrived at one diagnostic facilities at his disposal farer reported to Welfare Services that he had suffered a head-injury aboard ship. The company doctor took a whole series pf x-rays start­ ing below the belt and going as high as his neck. When the doctor got up to the neckline, the Sea­ farer swears tHat the MD declared, "I can't find anything wrong with your head." CoBcIusions Vary While this may be an exti'eme case, there have been a number of conclusion about a Seafarer's that are available in a Public health and US Public Health Serv­ Health Sendee hospital or clinic. ice doctors have arrived at an en­ Get Verdict Verified tirely different one. The proper thing for a Seafarer Lends To Company to do in protection of^his own inObviously, a company do-ctor i-terest is to get to a US Public who depends for his living on the Health Service hospital as sooa as company payroll will tend to lean possible in order to verify the diag­ over backwards in an instance nosis and treatment prescribed" by where it involves company" finan­ the. company, physician. dJndel'' the SIU contract', US Pubcial responsibility to a seaman. And even if the company doctor is | lie Health Sei"vice has the last thorough and accurate in his ex- word on a man's fitness for duty. Ships with 2 Broketr Rihs'It's Only Bruise/ Doc Said Another Seafarer who had his difficulties when he had to get treatment from a private doctor instead of the Public Health Service is Thad Hinson, former bosun on the Western Rancher. Hinson made an-*^—^ intercoastal trip, all the way the dark about my condition." from Oregon to New ,York Finally, Hinson went back on with two broken rib^ because of the incorrect diagnosis given him by a private doctor in a small Ore­ gon port. It was only when he got to New York and went to the hospital at Staten Island that he found he very definitely had two broken ribs. As a matter of fact, one of them was snapped clean through. "They showed me the x-rays at Staten Island," he said, "and it was easy as pie to see that the ribs were very definitely cracked." Fell Aboard Ship Hinson suffered his injury when he fell on the ship. He went into the small lum­ ber port of Westport, Oregon, for ; emergency treat­ ment at the I hands of the only doctor in town, who also is the doctor for local longshoremen."' "Instead of Hinson taking me to the USPHS hospital in Afetoria, Ore­ gon, which is nearby," Hinson sqjd, "he took x-rays himself and told me that I only had a bruise. Then he shipped me to a private hospital "For five days he' didn't even come around to look at me until I called up tlie .company agent and complained," he said. "Later I got the agent to put me under the care of another doctor, but he hadn't seen the x-rays and was in DonH SendYour Baggage COD Family phofb marks the arrival of Mary Jane Griffith In tlTe city of Baltimore, Bom January 16, 1954, Mary Jane poses her^e hbld by dad. Seafarer Jesse Griffith, plus mother and he„' older sister, who's giving the wooden nag a run for his monpy. Page Twenty-seven LOG Seafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. No Union hall can accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Unionf halls face the pros­ pect of having to jgo to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless • of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the: express company until claimed. Seafarers who want to be sure of getting their baggage when they want it, can sehd it to any Union hall provided they , prepay the shipping charges. the ship with his ribs taped up and took it all around the coast to New York. "We had a rough trip back," he recalled, "because the deck cargo of lumber was caus­ ing her to list a good part of the way." Fortunately they didn't run into any severe storms. Further Exam ^nally when he got to New York and his ribs yvere still pain­ ing, him, he went over to State i Island for further examination. There they found he had two broken ribs and immediately put him on the "not fit for duty" list so that he could get the proper treatment. / "It's a good thing that I was bosun instead of AB or deck main­ tenance," he said, "because the way I was feeling I just wouldn't have been able to do any heavy work. The skipper of the ship. Captain Dewey Derrigan, was real­ ly swell and helped make things a lot smoother than they would have been otherwise." The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and 92,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Erie Julian Criolin, 28: On March 7, 1954, Brother Criolin died of a brain tumor at the USPHS hospital in San Francisco, Cal. A member of the deck de­ partment, he joined the SIU in 1947 in Pennsylvania. Burial took place at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Francisco, Cal. ' 4« 4" i" ,•1 • ;r. I .s and the .decision of the USPHS has an important bearing on whether a Seafarer is eligible for maintenance and cure, or whether he can go to sea again. If the Seafarer is in an out-ofthe-way place, obviously he has to make do with the kind of medical trSatment that's available, and a company doctor will have to do in that instance. The important thing to do, if at all possible, is at some time during the coui'se of treat­ ment to get to the USPHS for the final say in the matter. This can prevent a lot of difficulty later on when a claim may have to be made and a diagnosis may be an issue. died of shock and multiple rib frac­ tures at the Kings County Hospi­ tal, Brooklyn, NY, on August 13, 1953. Cremation tdok' place at Fresh Pond Crematoi'y, Queens, Long Island, NY. ^ if if Frank W. Walaska, 42: On Ja"nuarry 25, 1954. Brother Walaska died at the USPHS hospital, Rich­ mond, NY, and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. He joined the SIU in New York in 1948 and sailed as a cook in the steward department. William E. Allmon, 43: Brother Allmon died of a heart ailment on February 24, 1934, at the USPHS hospital. Savannah, Ga., and was buried at that city's Hillcrest- Cem­ etery. A member of thfe deck de­ partment, he had bee^a member of the SIU since 195^joining in the. port of Norfolk. 4 4 4 Henry Core, 26: Brother Core ac­ cidentally fell from his ship to the barge and, as a result of the in­ juries received, died at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx. NY, on March 26, 1954. A member of the deck de­ partment, he had been sailing SIU out of Galveston since 1952. Cre­ mation took place a't Fresh Pond Crematory, (jueens. Long Island, 4»' 3^ 4» J«iuim M. Maximo: While the NY. La Salle was on the high seas. Lati­ i i John Richard Wisloff, 52: On tude 40 degrees 22 minutes north, longtitude 39 degi-ees 27 minutes, April 26. 1953, Brother Wisloff died west; Brother Maximo suffered a of heart trouble at the USPHS hos­ fatal heart attack, and was buried pital, Baltimore, Md. He had been at sea pn April 25, 1952. He sailed sailing as bosun in the deck de­ as bosun. partment since 1948, from New Or­ ^ if ^ _ leans. Burial took place at GreenBenno Ziellnski, 70: A member mount (Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. of the engine department since Brother VVisloft" leaves his daughter, 1938, when he joined the SIU in Karin Sigrid Vvisloff. of Goudre Qrle.anSj,, Brqtliqi\ ^ielinski Gate 14, Trondheim, Norway. i.x-t.f.-.f.s.r. ...-inr • J- Jr-.-•- i. - }- - �i '/- '• "i • ii- •: y » OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS 1NTE R N ATI O N At UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT^. AFL • 13< !S: ,"•-'4. - '.N" ••'" •- '0' T'J --V" Pacing the fight for Seafarets and ail otheF merchant seamen, the SlU has once again cut short efforts to impose arbitrary military rule on civilian seamen. The latest success came on the issue of shore leave for crewmembers in areas under military control; where seamen had been at the mercy of individual local commanders. Stirred into action by the strong objections of the SlU, the Defense Department has issued what amounts to a formal reprimand to the offending military commanders. At the same time, the Pentagon has publicly declared that searnen ar9 entitled to shore leave at all times—except in cases of extreme military emergency. Backing up Seafarers on beefs like this is on every-day matter in the SlU. The Union is pledged to fight any restriction on the n'ghts of its membership.' 7 .. I• J WW_ -• ^ • 'A V 'v" • • • " V,: -ir • k ? III inTT^^ ^ - .2^-': • 7-'"7 iliP I'"' 9 < •' 4 ^ -Kir J •i- Depairiment i-ySh V ot vessels It control Lcav. ior Shor.!; V >1 \ t.K r •: : * * r.P»4"« „,uu«r *1 I '-I • liil I ' m V' 1 iiii imder U.S. .'•••••7 • 7.'7-=-/.T 7"-^ 7 >;i •> •. 7:-^ 77"pp.yy7 ••, psgsAi llPii ; \ .ubjeo** •• ^"''•7 t 'l * V- , • 7: - . '• 7;. II. of Tess*** ^ 7:-'-7!'77r'7 . .: • -7^-7f^-,7 ® ^01|»Tlt«» »-rUS « U'J- rsss.':' .T-A.I vV''-i; *• • - .V # ^tricr •* � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 11, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 12 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 5 SEAFARERS, 11 SIU CHILDREN BID FOR UNION SCHOLARSHIPS SIU ART WORKS GO ON DISPLAY 20-TANKER PROPOSAL HITS SNAG IN HOUSE SEAMEN PLAYED LEADING ROLES AT NORMANDY TEN YEARS AGO DRY CARGO PACT UPS WAGES 50GS STILL AWAIT CLAIM BY SEAFARERS HOUSE BODY VOTES PHS $$ WITH CUT REPORT DUES RECEIPTS LOST ASK NEW MARINER CH. ELECT. RULE STUDY BIDS ON GAS TURBINE IN LIBERTY SEAFARER 'SPRUNG' FROM 18 MONTH STAY ON SHIP COAST GUARD NAMES NEW TOP OFFICERS CENTURY-OLD CORN-LIKKER CARGO FOUND PLAN TO ADMIT 15 NEW MEMBERS EACH MONTH MCS-AFL CHARGES VOTE MIX-UP CONGRESSMAN OFFERS BIL FOR 'WEST POINT' OF MARITIME AFL-ILA CONVENTION PLANNED GT. LAKES CREW FIGHTS TWO FIRES ON CARFERRY VOYAGE STUDY NY-CANADA DEEPWATER THRUWAY SIU ELECTRICIAN SPARKS VOTE CAMPAIGN OF DOCTOR FRIEND RETIRED, HIS HOME'S ON WHEELS BOOKS OPEN D-DAY PLUS TEN LOOSEN IT UP KINGS POINT AGAIN MAHOGANY FOR THE MILLIONS MAINTENANCE AND CURE RIGHTS AIDED BY HIGH COURT RULING SAN FRANCISCO TURNS TO PEARL AT NIGHT HURRICANE BLOWS UP NEWSWORTHY EVENTS ABOARD ON FAR EAST RUN SEAFARER IN DOUBLE CELEBRATION YOKOHAMA USSC AT NEW LOCATION THE CABLE THEY COULDN'T SPLICE DISABILITY PAY LIST RISING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/11/1953 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c3213ad318ef97a22e79e917818b03ca.PDF c00202834de1c56eb9fad4091a3d2de2 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL GROAN OK THC SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNIQN • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ! i V- ; ll ' i «• • • iil^ h -•• !• 11 Vi\ f il:^ :iV I B 'j \)' rf ij D'f . m 1• '• JS", • . •. V ' ' SlUNA Twelfth Biennial Convention The Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America held In Washington at the Gramercy Inn, took action on a wide variety of proposals designed to up­ grade the U.S. merchant fleet and provide guide­ lines for the future activities of the trade union movement. The convention delegates, represent­ ing 33 unions affiliated with the SlUNA, heard numerous speakers from the trade union move­ ment, Government and the maritime Industry. During the meetings of the various convention committees, the delegates mapped out important policy decisions on which the International will act during the next two years. Among the con­ vention's distinguished speakers was AFL-CIO President George Meany (lower right photo) who pledged the full support of the AFL-CIO to mari­ time labor's struggle for a stronger U.S.-flag fleet. During the course of the convention, SlUNA Pres­ ident Paul Hall paid special tribute to retiring International vice-president Andrea Gomez, of the Cannery Worker's Union of the Pacific, Los Angeles (lower left photo). News and feature stories on the convention appear on page 3 and the back page of this issue of the LOG and photo coverage appears on pages 11, 12, 13 and 14. �Paie T«« SEAFARERS^ L^C Repeal Of Sec. i4b Clears First Big Hurdle In House « iJan* lly 1968 By Paul Hall WASHINGTON^With pressure growing across the nation for legislation repealing The far-ranging scope of the resolutions, committee reports and posi­ the anti-lahor Section 14(h) of the Taft-Hartley Act, a hill calling for repeal took its tions adopted by delegates during the 12th Biennial SIUNA Convention first step in the House this week by gaining approval from the House Education and Labor in Washington recently, is another clear example of the complexity of Committee. The bill would rethe issues facing our Union today. The maritime Industry in the mod­ peal one of the most onerous rights movement—and an employ­ boasting that the union shop had ern world is closely tied to national and international events, the poli­ sections of the Taft-Hartley ers' association whose members re­ been outlawed and labor would cies of our own and other governments, worldwide economic and Act, a section which allows the ported "a more harmonious labor- work "joyously" lor wages averag­ political needs as well as the important issues facing the entire Ameri­ management relationship" under ing "6 to 49 cents below other can labor movement, including maritime labor. states to pass so-called "Rightunion shop conditions. southern states and from 50 to 95 Convention delegates gave fneir attention to Improving all segmerils to-Work" laws which have reg­ cents below northern states." of the U.S. maritime fleet, focusing on the special problems facing the Meany said repeal of See. 14 ularly been used by anti-labor ele­ bulk carrier, tanker and domestic segments as well as the tramp and ments to undermine union activity (b) will beip the labor movement He related how the argument in various areas of the United and sfa'engthen unions at the bar­ has been used in northern states Great Lakes portions of the fleet. In addition, attention was focused gaining table. But more impor­ that similar anti-union laws are on the problems facing those Union members who earn their livings States. tant, he sk'essed, it will help the needed to "compete" with "right- aboard vessels carrying cargoes on the nation's inland waterwaya and Weak unions and low wages are nation. "This is not Just a trade aboard vessels engaged in the fishing industry and the cannery in­ to-work" states, and declared: the "real purpose" of state "Right- union bill." dustries, which are closely Intertwined with the fishing industry. to-Work" laws, AFL-ClO Presi­ Attention was also naturally given to the many vital issues facing "This eountry needs the repeal In just the past eight years, he dent George Meany charged at House hearings on the bill prior said, millions of dollars and thou­ of 14(b) lor the saine reasons American labor in general—most notably repeal of Taft-Hartley Sec­ to its approval this week. sands of man-hours were thrown that It needs a Fair Labor Stand­ tion 14(b)—but also including an increase in the minimum wage, in­ into 40 major state battles over ards Act. The states that com­ creased coverage for workers under the Fair Lanor Standards Act, more Meany and Labor Secretary W. rlght-to-work" legislation — "a prise this nation should go for­ comprehensive unemployment coverage and many other issues. Also Willard Wirtz—the first two wit­ staggering waste of money and ward together, not backward tied closely to the needs of American workers, much necessary and nesses—scored 14(b) as an impedi­ manpower" which, on both sides, separately." overdue social legislation was discussed and acted upon by the dele­ ment to free collective bargaining should have been put to better gates. and a source of costly, sterile con­ use." A similar theme was sounded Naturally, many of the policies and programs of the U.S. government. flict which has hurt the nation. by Subcommittee Chairman Frank Its various agencies, and the administration itself came under the spot­ But that, he added, was merely Thompson, Jr., sponsor of the re­ Repeal Supported the "visible waste." The more last­ peal bill, at the start of hearings. light and were subjected to close scrutiny during these discussions and examinations. For example, no study of the problems facing the Amer­ ing damage was the suspicions and They were joined in their call conflicts injected into collective ican-flag tramp, bulk carrier or tanker fleets could' be complete unless UJS. an 'Economic Entity' for repeal by spokesmen for the it involved an examination of the policies of the Agriculture Depart­ bargaining relationships and the major religious faiths, the civil The United States, Thompson ment, the Maritime Administration, federal oil import quotas, the day-to-day dealings of labor and stressed, is "an economic entity." shipbuilding and operating subsidy programs, and many'others. management. The same companies produce and No study of the problems facing the American inland waterway fleet All this, he said, is because Sec. sell the same goods "in Newark would be complete without involving an examination of the attitudes 14(b) marked a "unique and pecu­ and New Orleans, in Seattle and of the Interstate Commerce Commission and its strong leanings toward liar" departure from the constitu­ Savannah. They, and their workers, the railroad Industry, the reasons behind the Administration's recurring tional doctrine that state laws do should be governed by the same calls for a "user tax" on fuel used by waterway operators, and the not supersede federal legislation on code of labor law." growth of industrial complexes along the nations inland waterways. A the same subject. comprehensive study of the plight of the U.S. fishing industry must in­ He termed Sec. 14(b) "totally clude the policies of several other major fishing nations—most notably What is more, Meany pointed oiit, the departure is a "one-way inconsistent with a national policy Japan and the Soviet Union—and our nation's reaction to those policies. street." The federal labor law of encouraging collective bargain­ In the face of this growing complexity, delegates to the SIUNA con­ permits the union shop—under ing." A union, he pointed out, is vention are to be commended on the fine job they did. The convention which employes are required to required to represent equally all actions covered the full range of maritime Issues, labor needs and Join the union after 30 days— employes in the bargaining unit. national issues involving not only the members of the affiliated unions, but prohibits the closed shop, It is patently unfair, he said, "to but all of the American people. which requires union member­ deny a union the right to seek a In addition to the many resolutions adopted on various vital issues, ship as a condition of employ­ contract which requires all those the delegates also went on record In favor of several pieces of legisla­ ment. While 14(b) allows states whom it protects to carry their tion presently before the House or Senate. Some of this legislation to prohibit the union shop, it share of the .costs. To me, the was introduced as a result of SIU efforts, such as the bill to block does not allow them to go be­ issue is as simple as that." the closing of PHS hospitals. And on this and other pending legislation yond federal law in the other Meany's testimony, was endorsed of concern to our people, our Union has appeared before the appro­ direction by permitting the by the ranking Republican mem­ priate committees and urged passage. closed shop. ber of the full Education & Labor The biennial SIUNA convention is an important event because it Meany charged advocates of Committee. Representative Wil­ regularly brings together many Union members and officials who, in "work" laws with the "illegitimate liam H. Ayres (O.). "For the first the interim may be scattered all over the world. In their discussions and improper objective" of luring time in several years," Ayres said, they can bring together the benefits of their collective knowledge of industry through anti-union laws he found himself agreeing with the maritime and related industries, and so are enabled to .make better and low wage standards. AFL-CIO's position. judgments and decisiona on the issues affecting all of .us. "It is utterly wrong for a state to solicit industry on this basis," he Joe Powell declared. NEW YORK—Joseph Powell, Meany read to the subcommittee Business Agent of Local 153, Office the letter a Mississippi mayor wrote Employees International Union, and Secretary of the Maritime Port to a Connecticut manufacturer in­ Council of Greater New York Har­ viting him to open a plant and bor, died suddenly of a heart at­ tack on June 3. Joe Powell, MTD Aide, Dies At 51 Sanitation Award Won By Luciie Bioomfioid I SEAFARERS LOG Brother Powell, who was born in June 11, '65 Vol. XXVII, No. IJ Brooklyn, was 51 years old. Funeral services were conducted at St. Helena's R.C. Church in the Bronx. Burial took place on June 7 in St. Raymond's Cemetery. Scores of trade union represen­ tatives and members of his own and other organizations attended the services for Brother Powell. Large delegations from the water­ front unions, including the SIU, also paid their final respects. Brother Powell, an affable, mildmannered man, was very popular with his trade union associates. He is survived by his wife Helen, with whom he lived at 1522 Unionport Road, the Bronx, New York; three sons, Joseph Jr., 24, Thomas, 17, Dennis, 15, and a daughter, Helen, 11. He is also survived by his father, William; five brothers, William, Edward, John, Vincent and Robert, and two sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Creren and Mrs. Regina Ager. Official Publication of the SIUNA Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District. AFL-CIO Executive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNEH EARL SREFARD Exec. Vice-Pres, Vice-President AL KERR LINDSEY WILLIAM« Sec.-Treas. Vice-President HOB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President HERBERT BRAND Director of Organizing and Publications Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst. Editor: NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: ROBERT ARONSON, PETE CARMEN; ROBERT MILGROM; Art Editor: BERNARD SEAMAN. Published biweekly et the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At. Untie, Cult, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, (75 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tol. HYaeinth 9-((00. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tho Act of Aug. 24. 1912. 120 iy Crewmembers, SIU reps and company officers gathered on the deck of the Luciie Bloomfield recently for presentation of the Bloomfield Sanitation Plaque for 1964. Bloomfield ships have received thirty-two consecutive scores of 100 from the USPHS during the past eight years and the Luciie Bloomfield was adjudged the "Cleanest of the Clean." Lett to right are: Donald C. Foster, third cook; Sigmund Rothchild, steward; Roan Lightfoot, SIU rep; Y. i. Pedrozo. Jr.. second electrician and and ship's delegate; W. M. Hightower, bed­ room utility, G. Baas, chief engineer; F. M. Reyes, MAP; J. B. Cotter and O. C. Webster, Bloomfield vice-presidents; and H. H. Rose, master. �Mil. mi SEAFARERS . taO SIUNA Convention Sets Program On Vital Maritime, Labor issues WASHINGTON—Delegates to the Twelfth Biennial Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America focused sharply on the plight . j of the American-flag merchant marine and recommended specific Government measures to restore U.S. shipping to its essential role in the American economy. ^ Over 200 convention delegates representing 33 affiliated unions within thfr SIUNA returned home from Washington on June 1 after taking action on the key problem areas of the^^ the country's defense or structure of the merged organiza­ maritime industry needing meet commercial needs and criticized tion is "unrealistic" and called for immediate attention by ap­ the poor U. S. shipbuilding record. a framework which would allow propriate government agen­ cies. The convention's rec­ ommendations for action to solve these problems was taken in the form of resolu­ tions and committee reports. AFL-CIO President George Meany addressed the assembled delegates on the first day of the SIUNA Convention and received a standing ovation. With Meany here are SlU President Hall and Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr. Convention Speakers Cite Ship, Legislative Needs WASHINGTON — Leaders of the U.S. labor movement, government and industry addressed delegates of the SIUNA'# Twelfth Biennial Convention held from May 26 through June 1. Many of the speakers urged Government action to upgrade type of collective bargaining agree­ the U.S.-flag merchant fleet, ment that they want." and several urged the repeal of t 3^ section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Kenneth BeLleu, Undersecretary Act which permits states to enact so-called "right-to-work" laws. Ex­ of the Navy—Speaking of U.S. mer­ cerpts from several of these chant fleet's role in land-sea exer­ speeches follow: cise "Operation Steel Pike"—"You 4" served us magnificently. I don't Senator Edward Kennedy (D.- know of an instant in that exercise Mass.)—"We need a new modern where you folks failed us ... I fleet. We need to encourage know from a national defense American investors to stay with the standpoint, not military alone, but American-flag ships, and the Amer­ for the good of the economy of this ican crews, rather than spend their country, we need a strong, modem, money and take the risks of foreign fast-mo^ng Merchant Marine, construction and foreign registry manned by people equipped with ... We just cannot afford to beg the knowledge of the latest things out of international ocean trans­ in technology . . . and we can outport, but without a positive replace­ (Contlnuea on page 7> ment and subsidy program keyed to long-range goals, there is the possibility that this will happen." 4> Delegates to the convention also took action on a broad range of problems faced by the U.S. labor movement, the country's working men and women and the nation as a whole. SIUNA president Paul Hall chaired the convention, and vice-president Morris Weisberger was convention secretary. The highlight of the conven­ tion's first day came when AFLCIO President George Meany pledged that the labor federation would go "down the line" in sup­ port of maritime labor's fight to preserve American ships manned by American seamen at American wage levels. Scoring the critics who charge labor is to blame for the decline of maritime by insisting on decent wages, Meany declared that the maritime unions are not respon­ sible "in the slightest degree" for the sorry state of the U.S. mer­ chant marine. He laid the responsi­ bility for the decline of U.S. mari­ time at the door of the Departmenits of Agriculture, Defense and State whose policies weaken, rather than help American shipping. Senators Urge Action Senators Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and Daniel Inouye (R. Hawaii) also called for a stronger American-flag mer­ chant fleet in speeches before the convention. Senator Hartke charged that the U. S. fleet was not "qualitatively adequate" to Senator Kennedy declared that he was in favor of a strong subsidy program for both the construction and operation of U. S. vessels. He expressed particular concern over the weak status of the U. S.-flag bulk fleet. Senator Inouye also called for a program of increased subsidies for U. S. shipping. Congressmen appearing at the convention also called for imme­ diate government action to halt the decline of the American fleet. Representative John Rooney (D.N. Y.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told delegates that he had added an additional $7 million to a request submitted by the Maritime Admin­ istration for the construction of five new ships for the American President Line. Two speakers at the convention stressed the contribution of the SIU in strengthening the merchant marine by its participation in President Johnson's Maritime Ad­ visory Committee which is charged with the formulation of a new na­ tional maritme policy. Nicholas Johnson, U. S. Maritime Adminis­ trator, and Theodore Kheel, noted labor arbitrator, said the SIUNA had submitted comprehensive po­ sitions and documents that are assisting the committee in build­ ing a record from which a new maritime policy can be devel­ oped. Both Johnson and Kheel are MAC members. Merger Talks Convention delegates adopted a report from the SIUNA Executive Board, setting forth the Union's position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union. The re­ port said the NMU's proposed 4* 4- 4" SIUNA Convention Highlights WASHINGTON — Delegates to the SIUNA's 12th Biennial Conven­ tion returned to the Gramercy Inn, site of the union's 11th conven­ tion in 1963. Once again guests at the hotel had cause to wonder if the International had moved its entire headquarters, lock, stock and barrel into the inn. Not only was the entrance to the inn draped with huge SIUNA convention banners, but the lobby was taken over by a large SIUNA exhibit, and the ball­ room, meeting and work rooms of the motel were all devoted to con­ vention business. t t 4 The Gramercy's lobby had a full display summarizing the SIUNA's remarkable record of achievement in its 27-year history in behalf of Seafarers, inland boatmen and workers in allied industries and crafts. A large alcove in the lobby was covered with panels picturing the membership on the job, the growth of the union's membership, photographs of union halls, copies of union publications and other dis­ plays. 4 Theodore Kheel, member of Mar­ itime Advisory Committee and noted labor arbitrator—Speaking on the SIU proposal that savings achieved through automation should be plowed back into additional shipping—"In an industry . . . which is declining ... to ask for and expect the intelligent and construc­ tive solution of the problems of automation, without at the same time having a firm commitment from the U.S. Government that any savings thus achieved will be used to develop more ships Is, in my judgment, to expect the impossi­ ble." 4 4 The convention sessions were held in the inn's main ballroom against a 56-foot backdrop showing the 33 affiliated unions in the SIUNA family and two large photographs of Andrew Furuseth and Harry Lundeberg. The walls of the ballroom were covered with large banners bearing the slogan: "The U.S. Is A Fifth Rate Maritime Nation—Strengthen Our Merchant Marine Now!" Other banners read "14(b) and Lower Wages Go To­ gether—Repeal 14(b)!" These ban­ ners provided the major themes of the convention speeches. Coffee was again available at the sessions for the convenience of all delegates. 4" Representative Frank Thompson (D.-N.J.)—Speaking of his subcom­ mittee's hearings to repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act— "Were there a 'right-to-work,' there would be absolutely no unemploy­ ment, and this would be great... it is a phony phrase . . . We contend that this section 14(b) causes tre­ mendous and unnecessary hostility between labor and management . . . and that it deprives workers in 19 states of their right to vote for the all components of both unions to participate on the basis of full equality. Convention delegates au­ thorized the continuation of talks on the subject. (See Back Page (Continued on page 23) 4 Members of the Puerto Rico delegation to the SIUNA Convention, headed by SIU of Puerto Rico President Keith Terpo, placed a memorial wreath on the grave of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Other members of the Puerto Rico delegation talcing part are: Mr. and Mrs. Felix Marrero, Rafael Hernandez, Ramon Pacheco, Juan Mor­ ales, Ernesto Erazo, Candido Valcarcel and Joe Ramos. They were accompanied by Peter McGavin, MTD secretary. 4 4 The only sad note of the conven­ tion was the news that Internation­ al Vice-President Andrea Gomez, who has the longest record of serv­ ice on the Executive Board, was retiring. SIUNA President Paul Hall presented Sister Gomez with a gold watch as only a token of thanks for her unsurpassed record (Continued on page 4) �SEAFARERS rate 'Mv LOG JoM 11. INS SlU-MSTU Granted Autonomy WASHINGTON—The establishment of procedures to grant full autonomy to the SIUNAaffiliated Military Sea Transportation Union was approved by the Twelfth Biennial Conven­ tion of the SIUNA, Convention delegates acted on a report submitted by the Seamen's Or­ By Eori (Bull) Shcpord, Vlee-Pr*sldMt, AHmtie ganizational and Grievance+ Committee recommending having recommendations for the quarters, 350 Fremont Street, San Impressive Record For Convention union's constitution to make their Francisco, Calif. autonomy for the MSTU. The delegates provided that the suggestions known to the commit­ After building oo« of the most impressive records of accomplish­ In approving the report, the tee. Prior to the election of the new MSTU constitution shall be convention agreed to the desir­ committee these recommendations consistent with the SIUNA con­ ment ever produced at a Union convention, delegates to the Twelfth ability of establishing autonomy may be mailed to MSTU head­ stitution. Biennial convention have returned from Washington to their home for the MSTU, and of creating an ports. Not only did the convention approve an impressive set of reso­ MSTU structure which will be of, lutions to reinvigorate the American-flag merchant fleet, and repeal sec­ by and for the entire MSTU tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, but they also called for vitally membership. The delegates de­ clared that the establishment of needed legislation in behalf of the U.S. labor movement and the na­ I an autonomous MSTU would be in tion's'welfare. Delegates also heard messages of support and friend­ ^cial Activities Committee also had ship from dozens of trade unionists, Congressmen and government (Continued from page 8) the best interests of the SIUNA and its membership as well as the of accomplishment for the SIUNA; a busy schedule of sightseeing officials. Th convention also provid^ an opportunity for delegates MSTU and its members. President Hall also appointed her as events for delegates' wives and to renew old acquaintances and meet representatives of the SIUNA'a guests including trips to the White The Military Sea Transporta­ vice president emeritus at the clos­ House, Smithsonian Institute, AFL- S3 affiliated unions from all over the United States, Puerto Rico, ing session of the convention. Trinidad and Canada. tion Union, which has been in CIO headquarters and other points NEW YORK $ 3' $ organizational status until now, is of interest In the nation's capital. This year's traditional convention The conunittee sponsored a special composed of members who sail in Seafarers in the New York hall have been giving a big hello to the Pacific fleet of the Miiitary banquet was held at the nearby visit to Arlington National Ceme­ Carl M. McDaniel, a veteran SIU brother who recently paid off the Mayflower Hotel where delegates, tery where a special wreath was Geneva. Tom B<^h, another familiar face who sails out of New Sea Transportation Service. their wives and guests enjoyed one The convention delegates ap­ of the best meals In memory. Top laid at the grave of the late Presi­ York, has put in an appearance after piling off the Flomar. Tom tells us that he'll miss his former ship, now that she is headed for the bone proved a six-step procedure under flight entertainment featuring co­ dent John F. Kennedy. yard as part of the Oalmar line's replacement program. First in line which the MSTU membership will median Morty Gunty and song 3^ 3; to collect his vacation benefits the^ elect a constitutional committee by thrush June Valli made the even­ Delegates who were race frack other day was Vincent McCioskey secret baiiot to draw up a perma­ ing an especially pleasurable one. devotees had their chance to root who was greeting friends he hasn't another familiar face that has nent constitution. Upon com­ their favorite home at the second seeii for several months. Other fa­ popped up jn the hall after paying t. S. t. pletion of the committee's work, The Convention Sociai Activities runni'' the SIUNA Handicap miliar faces at the vacation window off the Globe Explorer in Houston. a secret mail-ballot referendum Committee under the able guidance held : )r of the convention at were Arthur Wifert and A. Vidal NORFOLK will be held among MSTU mem­ of genial host Ed Mooney kept the the R-b.-roft Raceway in nearby who brought his son Elbert around The SIU United Industrial Work­ bers to approve the new constitu­ delegates relaxed with refresh­ Maryland. to see the hall. ers recently won an NLRB election tion. After the constitution is ments and dance music at his among employees of the NBC 3^ 4. BOSTON adopted, the membership will then famous hospitality room which was Lines. Workers at the company The SIU's 12th Biennial Conven­ elect officers, and, when these open for business nightly. On Shipping activity in Boston is piled up an impressive 37-18 vote officers are installed, the MSTU hand for the opening of the hos­ tion was addressed by many distin­ still moving on the slow bell, but in favor of the UIW. will be granted full autonomy. pitality room were several SIUNA guished leaders in labor, maritime the outlook is expected to brighten Shipping has been on the slow The convention urged all rank- friends including Speaker of the government and other fields. Among up a bit in the coming weeks. the host of Washington lawmakers side in Norfolk during the last House John McCormack. The Soand-file members of the MSTU Among the SIU oldtimers hold­ month, but it's expected to become to take the Seafarers rostrum were Senators Edward M. Kennedy ing down the hali in Boston is fairly active in the next four (D.-Mass.), Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), Kenneth LaRose who recently weeks. Douglas Clark recently and Daniel Inouye (R.-Hawaii), and picked up bis FFD slip. Ken re­ paid off the Cities Service Norfolk Representatives Hugh Carey (D.- cently finished a voyage on the Sea where he sailed in the deck gang N.Y.), John Rooney (D.N.Y.), Em­ Pioneer, and tells us he's looking to spend some time with his fam­ manuel Cellar (D.-N.Y.), Abraham for a deck slot on a coast hugger. ily during the summer . Doug told J. Multer, (D.-N.Y.), Hale Boggs Antone Paculnos is. singing the us that he was afraid the ship was By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President (D.-L.), Thomas Felly (R.-Was-h.), blues since the Mt. Washington going out for a whole year. RosPaul A. Fino (R.-N.Y.), Jacob Gil­ went into layup. Brother Pacuipos well Sanderlin has been telling the bert (D.-N.Y.,), Joseph Addabbo is visiting with his folks after gang in the hall that he hated to (D.-N.Y,), Paul G. Rogers (R.-Fla), spending a year aboard his favor­ get off the Steel Fabricator since it Frank Thompson (D.-N.J.), and ite "floating hotel." Joe Garello was strictly a first class ship, but The SIU and other shipping officials have been calling for the con­ told the boys in the hall that he'll he had to look over his farm down struction of a large, modern bulk carrier fleet for the past several years. Paul Krebs (D.-N.J.). take a chief cook or steward's job Carolina way. Herman White just In a series of well documented statements Union representatives have on the first coastwise ship that paid off the Steel Chemist where pointed to the rapidly aging condition of the present U.S.-flag bulk crews up. he made his first trip as baker. fleet, and warned of the ominous results that will occur if the present PHILADELPHIA Herman chalked up a record as a governmental policy of inaction and neglect continues. The shipping picture in Phila­ top notch man with the bread and The reason for this emphasis on the urgent need for bulk carrier delphia brightened up a bit during goodies as the crew piled up their construction can be found by taking a quick look at the current make­ the past two weeks, and the out­ votes of thanks for his efforts. up of this country's foreign trade. At the present time, 84 percent look for the future seems fair. PUERTO RICO of U.S. foreign commerce moves in dry or liquid bulk carriers. This The racing season has brought Attempts by the SIU of Puerto single statistic illustrates that if the American-flag fleet is going to Lester Lopham back to port after Rico to halt the- passage of mali­ meet the country's future transportation requirements, immediate ac­ a long trip to South Africa on the cious anti-labor laws have brought tion must be taken to build more and larger bulk carriers. NEW YORK — The slumping Robin Locksley. John Bergeria is A recent news item about the growing world-wide demand for U.S. U.S. shipbuilding industry had its another man who was attracted the Union and the Central coal is an excellent example of how this country's failure to rebuild worst year since 1956, according home by the local sports scene. Labor Council under strong attack its bulk fleet is leaving this trade in the hands of foreign-flag ship­ to the annual report of the Ship­ After piling off the Globe Travel­ by many enemies of the Puerto ping. A survey of the world coal market has led a British research builders Council of America. Fur­ er, John is out at Shibe Park Rican trade union movement. The firm to predict that international coal shipments will increase by 55 ther evidence of the country's lag­ watching the Phillies every day. anti - union legislation is being percent to 110 million metric tons by 1970. The United States, accord­ ging construction of new merchant The ponies have worked a reverse pushed by Governor Roberto San­ ing to the survey, will be exporting 55.4 million tons of the world total. tonnage was reported by Lloyd's affect on George (Frenchy) Am- chez Vilella who took office in Jan­ uary, Governor Sanchez' program Register of Shipping which shows blard who says he'll jump for a Normally, with these bright coal^ reverses his party's traditional exporting possibilities on the hori­ for instance, that America's chief that the U.S. has sunk to tenth BR slot on the Globe Carrier since policy of friendliness and coe^ ora­ his choices started running iii the tion with the labor movement for zon, both the nation's seamen and coal customers in the coming place in world shipbuilding. shipping operators should be ytars will be the member nations While the U.S. was dropping fur­ wrong direction. the past 30 years. beaming. However, any dreams of of the European Coal and Steel ther into the ship construction BALTIMORE Government officials and busi­ more jobs or profits arising from Community, Italy and Japan. doldrums, world-wide merchant The American Newspaper Guild nessmen are studying plans to put this trade must dissolve against While the growing need for a ship building hit a new, recCrd in has returned to work at the Sun the port of Aguadilla back into op­ the hard facts of an obsolescent modern bulk carrier fleet has long the first quarter of 1965. The Newspapers after winning an fleet and an indifferent govern­ Lloyds report found that in the agreement to submit several major eration. A group of business offi­ been recognized abroad, this coun­ ment. first three months of this year issues to arbitration. The Guild cials have incorporated for the pur­ try has been content to ignore it. pose of developing the port which The governments of other na­ Although 84 percent of America's there were 1,664 merchant ships, strike paper, the Baltimore Ban­ has been closed since World War II totalling 10,941,419 gross tons, un­ tions, however, fully realize the foreign trade is made up of bulk ner, had a special front page salute when military authorities said its value of insuring that their mer­ cargoes, U.S.-flag vessels are only der construction. to the SIU white caps for the sup­ open harbor offered little protec­ chant fleets include an adequate carrying a slender 5 percent of The Shipbuilders Council re­ port received from the Union. The tion against submarine attack. Ap­ number of fully modern bulk car­ this total. ported that only 16 merchant ves-» Banner has been discontinued now proval by military authorities and riers. Foreign shipyards are being This dismal situation can be re­ sels, with a total of 223,800 gross that the city's two major papers the Pubiic Service Commission will kept busy with orders for new and versed by an active program of tons, were built in 1964. The de­ have resumed publication. be necessary to get the port into larger bulk vessels, some of which government subsidies to build and cline of the industry was further operation again. Shipping has really been mov­ are in the 55,000 ton class. operate a fleet of modern U.S. bulk emphasized by the 1963 statistics ing along in Baltimore during the Frank Mateo is recovering from The reason for this new bulk carriers. A subsidy policy such as when 34 vessels of 421,800 gross past two weeks, and the outlook is an injury he received while work­ tons were produced in the U.S. construction is obvious when the this, coupled with effective en­ expected to be fair in the coming ing on the Del Sud, and told SIU future export traffic in coal, ore forcement of the cargo preference Japan was bound to be the period. Juan Davila is now at the members in the San Juan hall that and grain is considered. Bulk car­ statutes already on the books, ieading shipbuilder in the world Public Health Service hospital for the crew, chow and working con­ riers are the best suited to carry would go a long way toward insur­ with 3,068,937 tons now being treatment of an injury he received ditions couldn't be beat on his for­ these cargoes, especially since stu­ ing that the U.S. would have a built. Other top-ranked nations in­ while aboard the Thetis. He tells mer ship. Pedro Jimenez is an­ dies have proved that the majority strong bulk carrier fleet, fully clude Great Britain, Sweden, West us that he hopes to get another other SIU oldtimer who is making of this traffic moves over long dis­ capable of carrying this country's Germany, Italy, France and Nor­ deck slot as soon as he is declared regular visits to the ha''. Pedro's tances. The British survey found, growing foreign trade. way. fit for duty. Clarence Brockett is last ship was the Puerto Rico. Convention Highlights U.S. Fleet Does Not Meet Needs U.S. Ranks 10th In World Shipbuilding 4 / i: . �joM 11, isin SEAFARERS By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes LOG rate Five Six Seafarer Oldtimers Join SlU Pension Ranks Th« Seafarer'! Welfare Plan has awarded $150 monthly pensions to six additional SIIT veterans. The six new pensioners join the growing list of Seafarers whose retirement years are protected by lifetime SIU pensions. Lakes Shipping Shows Upswing The six additional pension"*land, he now makes his home in in the port of Baltimore ~~~ where he Shipping remains good in the Port of Detroit for all ratings, espe­ holders are Richard B. Waters, cially Firemen and AB's. For the future, the shipping picture loofcs Baltimore with his wife Mar­ sailed as a member of the steward very bright. The Steamers Ste. Claire and Columbia kicked off the 67, Charles Goldstein, 65, John guerite. Waters last sailed aboard department. Born in Puerto Rico, -i|| he still makes his home there with season with a Memorial Day sailing. Old-timers like Biackie Avedlsian T. Smith, 66, Thomas Rivera, 67, the Colorado, his wife Eva. Rivera's last voyage and Denno Gazsi were glad to get back in the swing of things on the Goldstein signed up with the Bob Lo boats, better known as the "ice oream boats." SIU in the port of New York, was aboard the Gateway City,sailing as a member of the deck Last week the Boardman of Huron Portland Steamship Company called for a crew. The Boardman was layed up at Sault Ste. Marie. department. A native of New York, She has been placed into temporary service as a swing boat in order he now makes his home in Weeto fill the current demand for cement. The vessel has now been re­ hawken, New Jersey with his wife named the L. G. Harriman. Beatrice. His last ship was the Robin Hood. The Seniority Office recently sent out notifications to crew mem­ bers to report aboard the Milwaukee Clipper, operating in Lake Mich­ Smith sailed as a deck hand. igan. The Clipper is scheduled to resume sailing on June 11th. Joining the SIU in the port of Waters Goldstein Detroit. A native of Newfound­ Checker Cab Taxi Company in Detroit has refused to bargain with land, he now makes his home in Local 10, Transiportation Services and Allied Workers-SIUNA. After Norfleet a three-year battle, the Checker drivers are still determined to win a Joseph Rudolph, 63, and James Erie, Pennsylvania with his wife Rudolph contract as evidenced by a recent strike vote taken by them. At the Norfleet, 65. Rudolph sailed as an AB and recent Seafarers' International Union of North America Convention Waters Joined the SIU in the Bosun in the deck department. in Washington, a resolution was introduced by the Transportation port of Baltimore, sailing as a Joining the SIU in the port of Services and Allied Workers re- • deck engineer and oiler in the Philadelphia. Bom in New Jersey, questing the physical and financial coming along fine and will soon engine department. Bom in Maryhe continues to make his home in support of the International, as be out and ready to ship. that state. Rudolph last sailed well as the affiliated unions. The DULUTH aboard the Massmar. convention went on record as giv­ Shipping is good in this port. ing wholehearted support to the Norfleet signed on with the SIU Checker Cab drivers in Detroit. We've plenty of rated Jobs in the port of Mobile, sailing as a such as AB's and Firemen and fine steward and chief cook. Bom in Smith Rivera Officers of the Local 10 have Galley job openings. Looks like a Montgomery Alabama, he now been in contact with the Wayne good year. Florence. Smith last shipped out lives in Mobile with his wife County AFL-CIO Organizing Co­ Our old book member, John DETROIT — Pat Finnerty, an aboard the Niagara Mohawk. Eoline. Norfleet last shipped out ordinating Committee, who are Nelson, is hanging around in SIU Great Lakes official for the Rivera signed on with the SIU aboard the Trans Orleans. giving their assistance preparato-y to the Checker drivers hitting the Duluth with us for awhile. Should past 16 years, has been appointed be shipping out soon. Many ships to the post of SIU Director of bricks. are hitting Duluth, hauling coal Organization for Lakes and Inland and grain from that port, which is Waters. CHICAGO unusual for this time of the year. Al Tanner, SIU vice president Shipping in this last period has announced that the new post had Frankfort been extremely good. Men have Even with the Ann Arbor No. 5 been created to help consolidate been shipped on a daily basis in tied up, we still have a critical the ever-increasing expansion of By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer this branch in all ratings. shortage of AB and Firemen Oiler Chicago meetings have been rated men." Shipping continues to held with SIU affiliated unions, be good from the Port of Frank­ During the past fiscal year, SIU men on pension and their depend­ particularly TSAW and DUOC Lo­ fort. ents received from the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans a total cal 777 in respect to contract nego­ The members in this port were of approximately million. Tho reason why SIU members have a tiations. Both Yellow and Checker shocked at the tragic death of far better pension plan than most other seamen in the maritime in­ Cab Companies were requested to dustry is because we do not have any "hidden requirements." All of offer counter-proposals during the Archie McNeil, who was killed on the requirments of our Plan are publicized and spell out the condi­ time that affiliated officials were May 24, 1965, while loading the tions clearly. attending the convention. In a MV Viking. Archie was a Wheels­ meeting lasting all day June 3rd, man and had been with the Ann Other plans, which may receive a lot of publicity, have what we the company submitted their pro­ Arbor Railroad Company since consider to be "hidden requirements," such as a requirement of 50-99 posals, but at this point, none of July 20, 1946, holding the Wheels­ days for one quarter's seatime credit. The seaman receives a maximum man rating since June, 1947, the proposals by the company have of four quarters' credit for 200 days of seatime in one year. If he been accepted. Additional meetings McNeil leaves his widow, Rita, and happens to sail for more than the 200 days during a specified year, he are set with Yellow and Checker four small daughters. receives no credit whatsoever for the accumulated days over the 200Cab Company, plus the quarterly Alpena day maximum. meeting with the UIW Local 300 Shipping is at its peak in the Another "hidden requirement" in one of the maritime industry wel­ shops. Port of Alpena, with plenty-of Pat Finnerty fare plana provides that there can be no break in employment. This Leon Striler has notified us that rated job openings. One of our provision specifically means that if for some reason you are un­ oldtimers. Royal McCllntock, re­ he is confined to the Veterans Ad­ the union and to make the best use employed for over 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar ministration Hospital in Chicago. ported to the Hall from one relief of the union's many segments and years, after 1953, then you forfeit all previous credit that you could It is believed that Striler is the job and was shipped out the same representatives in an accelerated have built up. 4first in-patient to be transferred to morning. organizing program and other seaman who filed for a maternity This is being brought to the at­ Buffalo a VA hospital under the new sys­ undertakings. benefit on August 13, 1963 for the tention of the membership because Shipping remains good in all tem. Finnerty has been assigned to in comparing various plans, it is birth of a daughter on January 20, departments especially for rated We regret the recent passing men. In an MTD meeting last work in all areas of the union's necessary to have all tho facts and 1963. Although the Plan office has away of the wife of Bill Toler. Mrs. night, a Political Action Commit­ lakes and inland waters operations details. As a matter of fact, it's contacted the home of this seaman Toler entered the hospital with an tee was formed in preparation for and will deal directly with all better to be able to receive a cer­ on three separate occasions since tain amount of money per month he filed the claim last August, no extremely bad cold for a routine the Fall election. Twenty local affiliates and units of the union. for which the qualifications are marriage certificate has been pro­ check, but died the same day. unions participated in this joint In addition to his responsibilities Brother Toler left the Buckeye MTD effort. in carrying out a program for ex­ relatively easy, then it is to talk vided to the Plan office. As a re­ Monitor on emergency leave and about a program providing a larger sult, the maternity claim is still General Mills announced recent­ panding the union's membership, amount of money—^for which it is pending. Since that time, a hospi­ we all join in sympathy with him. he will also implement policies to ly that the largest flour mill in strengthen the union, which next to impossible to meet the tal bill has been submitted for the Cleveland tlie world, llie B Mill in Buffalo, same baby, and tiiis claim is also include administrative and qualifications. will shut down operations on July being held up pending receipt of Shipping has been going along collective bargaining responsibili­ 44» a marriage certificate. at a steady pace since the start of 1st of this year. Three hundred ties,- Tanner stated. Proper Filing Of Claims: The the season with men coming and men locally will lose their jobs. It is to the advantage of both Finnerty, 40, was selected for Welfare Plan, at the present time, going and, as in every port on the Due to this shut down, flour cut­ the seaman and the Welfare Plan Lakes, Cleveland is having a rough backs will amount to 300,000 the new assignment. Tanner said, ,has a large number of uncompleted office to have each individual, because of his extensive experience bushels per week. claims on hand for the various time filling rated jobs that come and knowledge of all segments ot benefits to which the membership when submitting a claim, to fill in. the unions tug, dredge, vessel, of our Union is entitled. However, out the form in its entirely. He Back with us for what looks like allied marine and transporation prior to being able to make pay­ should submit with the claim form, if such papers are not already on a short stay are Don Kapela and operations. ment, the Welfare Plan must have file at the Plan office, the neces­ Harry Nally who just got off a Finnerty demonstrated his in­ the necessary forms, required by sary documents such as a mar­ month relief job on the Ferris. Seafarers are advised to se­ valuable ability during, negotiations law, completed in detail. Every riage certificate, birth certificate, Hitting this port regularly are cure a master's certificate at and in times of crisis; this talent member is therefore cautioned to enrollment beneficiary card, etc. mostly Keiss and Boland ships, all times when they become ill will now be put to work for the see that he has an up-to-date en­ This will enable the Welfare Plan with a few Buckeye ships for good or injured aboard ship. The best interests of the entire union," rollment-beneficiary card, as well office to process the claim much right to demand a master's cer­ Tanner said. measure. as a copy of his marriage certifi­ faster, reduce a lot of unnecessary tificate verifying illness or inWord is that one of our friends, Jury aboard a vessel Is guaran­ Finnerty, who is married and the cate, on file with the Plan office. work and save money which cqn A&G member Francis Gooley, in teed by law. An example of a claim that has be better used to pay mora father of six sons, makes his home the Detroit Marine Hospital, is not been completed is one for a benefits. in Parma, Ohio. Finnerty Named To Lakes Post No Hidden Gimmicks In Pension Plan Get Certificate Before Leaving Y'l �SEAFARERS rPaffe Bis Jaae 11. itis LOG {Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SlU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Wafers District.) May 22 to June 4, 1965 Seafarers found a generally improved shipping picture during the past two weeks as 1,255 SIU men answered job calls, compared to only 1,054 in the previous period. The recovery was most evident along the Gulf where every port showed a marked improvement over the slack period which existed during the past several weeks. Mo­ bile made the most impressive recovery, followed by New Orleans, Houston and Tampa. On the East Coast jobs were moving faster in New York and Boston, although other ports experienced a slowdown in activity. Job activity on the West Coast showed a mixed pattern as San Francisco shipped more men, while the pace of job calls lagged behind the previous period's total in Seattle. Wilmington registered a very slight dip in the number of Seafarers shipping. The job breakdown by department shows that Seafarers holding engine and deck ratings benefitted the most from the increase in the level of job activity. Steward depart­ ment personnel also found job calls were up over the previous period. The number of Seafarers hitting the registration count­ ers continued to rise during the past two weeks as 1,187 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Poft Boston I New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Tampa Mobile .... New Orleans. Houston Wilmington Pan Francisco Rattle rOTAlS men registered compared to 1,135 in the previous period. However, the upturn in job activity reduced the number of SIU men registered on the beach. The number of men in this category dropped to 3,526 from the previous period's total of 3,624. Statistics showing the seniority breakdown indicate there was little change during the past period, despite the improved shipping situation. Class A men picked up a point as they accounted for 55 percent of SIU men ship­ ping, compared to 54 percent in the previous two weeks. Also gaining one percentage point were Class B men who made up 34 percent of the job totals. The percentage of Class C cards dropped to 11 percent from the previous period's total of 13 percent. Shipping activity totals were off slightly from ^e previous period, even though there was an overall im­ provement in the job situation. During the past two weeks there were 56 payoffs, as contrasted to 55 previ­ ously; 40 sign-ons as contrasted to 41 in the prior period, and 98 in-transit ship visits, three less than the 101 two weeks ago. ffeg/sfered OASS B 1 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0' 13 33 4 5« 1 11 10 22 2 2 1 5 0 7 3 4 7 20 5 32 1 7 6 14 2 5 0 7 2 7 2 3 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 4 0 S 3 2 10 2 8 20 2 7 5 14 22 27 11 6o; 1 14 11 26 13 17 10 40 3 7 20 30 6 11 0 3 2 9 6 3 15 16 4 35 3 6 13 4 7 10 3 20 0 8 10 18 100 145 « 1 291 13 73 82 1 168 Shipped CLASS C Mtipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 2 3 ALL 1 l: 1 0 1 0 1 ' 0 0 19 7 10 60 2 31 11 46 3 9 0 0 3 2 1 6 18 5 10 4 23 3 7 12 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 3 14 0 2 23 311 2 10 11 20 1 10 39 47, 1 23 15 19 24 4 24 7 46 0 10 14 6 33 6 1 5 9 0 4 1 4 13 7 4 28 45 2 12 5 8 2 6 2 13 0 0 11 162, 10 68 84 1 81 179 40 1 300 GROUP 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 3 Poif Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 1 7 32 1 7 5 15 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 9 10 35 5 17 4 6 4 15 2 15 ~44 160 GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 " 0 39 2 18 6 26 7 6 521 3 15 11 29 5 6 0 5 0 7 3 3 5 4 16 0 19 7 0 10 0 11 8 13 3 0 5 8 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 3 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 20 7 14 7 15 2 24 0 11 9 6 1 30 27 4 16 10 1 2 17 10 29 4 22 37 3li 5 17 15 2 21 10 19 1 12 8 5 2 .8 2 5 0 3 5 1 6 1 0 4 18 29 1 13 2 6 4 12 8 17 4 2 7 3 5 11 4 2 13 0 6 0 5 14 100 180 209 159 66 1 45 141 23 1 15 85 1 228 59 1 24 3 ALL 0 1 43 4 2 10 2 22 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 13 50 5 3 25 10 0 2 21 4 21 Registered CLASS A Poft Bos I NY Phil iBal .... Nor I Jac Tam.... Mob NO Hon.... Wil SF Sea .... TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP I 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 4 8 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 6 *2 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 11 4 0 8 3 29 1 33 2 11 1 0 12 13 1 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 8 12 2 17 2 3 11 16 1 4 32 9 60 45 79 | 216 15 101 | 125 17 Registered _ CLASS A ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 145 I«n 160 45 350 46 O., 24 79 149 II I • j 40 90 194 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL A 1 B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3; 3 10 3 16, 0 1 1 0 4 52 4 29 0 0 4 85 39 97 13 149 3 44 88 41 1 1 0 2 6 5 2 13, 3 32 4 39 0 11 11 22 6 10 19 0 3 3 6 35 12 50 6 68 2 21 16 39 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 7| 5 18 1 24! 1 4 12 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 5 1 6 1 8 1 0 1 5 0 4 1 10 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 24 0 1 0 20 1 45 10 18 3 31{ 2 9 13 24 3 27 1 1 1 30 3 60 28 78 9 lis' 0 40 53 93 8 31 37 3 5 0 8 76 24 71 99 9 4 28 46 83 0 1 1 2 6 8 2 16 9 10 1 20 2 4 6 12 9 29 18 1 4 4 9 56 6 30 4 40 2 4 6 12 2 0 3 5 13 5 5 23 5 27 3 35, 1 4 5 10 5 19 18 1 42 209 180 '42 1 431 147 446 sfi 644' 23 176 212 1 411 2 4 1 2 1 0 2 4 2 4 2 5 1 Registered CLASS B 3 ALL 1 30 14 4 3 13 4 1 3 0 1^ 1 6 22 6 19 34 20 4 32 8 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1" 1| 0 2 9 12 0 3 3 1 10 0 11 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 0 19 1 20 11 3 11 18, 0 0 1 l! 1 0 4 5 0 1 1 2 9 8 73 i 90 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC ALL 1-s 0 0 Oil 2 1 0 0 7 20 12 49 17 1 0 6 4 3 6 13 4 0 0 8 8 13 11 8 32 24 1 0 1 2 3 6 2 11, 3 0 0 0 0 1 ll 3 0 0 0 0 2 2, 6 0 2 8 1 0 0 6 6: 22 11 6 39 6 0 0 1 ll 34 1 20 55 24 1 1 2 4 4 20 18 42 12 0 0 3 3 4 1 3 8 5 0 0 14 14 32 5 14 51 9 0 1 5 6 8 2 6 16 5 3 2 54 59 178 90 59 | 327 114 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 2 3 5 11 1 0 0 1 44 30 87 178 8 14 38 60 8 6 9 27 1 3 9 13 6 14 24 68 2 36 0 34 20 2 9 4 4 4 14 20 2 1 2 8 2 0 4 6 12 4 8 0 3 1 2 19 10 18 S3 0 17 2 15 29 32 64 150 10 8 114 132 43 14 15 84 37 6 4 27 2 5 6 18 0 1 2 3 17 8 11 45 2 4 0 6 11 3 11 30 6 25 33 2 193 132 261 | 700 ~34 45 288 | 867 SUMMARY 123 ALL 291 13 73 oc 82 =„ |I 168 81 179 228 15 _ 85 59 | 159 45 _141 * 15 101 I 125 82 29 216 9 735 37 173 242 J 452 208 349 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B 65 29 67 | 178 GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 100 44 92 236 TOTALS ... BS STEWARD DEPARTMENT Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 1 2 5 7 8 15 35 3 112 7 2 8 5 8 23 0 2 11 4 2 0 12 5 10 12 4 1 6 7 5 19 4 11 6 19 49 4 10 8 5 27 2 2 3 2 9 6 8 3 15 32 2 5 0 2 9 DECK Shipped CtASS C Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A CLASS B Registered Pay Hga !• Ofb OnsTraai. TOTAL Beitoa 1 • 1 2 NewYoili.... IS 4 11 SO Plilladelplila .. 4 B 7 IS BalriMor* .... i 7 10 22 Norfolk 0 1 4 S Jaekfoayiii* .. 0 0 7 7 Toaipa 0 1 S 7 Mobile 4 4 4 12 NewOrieoa*.. 7 5 12 24 Heastoa 0 B 17 SI WnralaytoB ..1 1 7 9 Boa ProaciMO. S S 9 21 SeotNe 4 1 3 0 GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 AIA. 0 1 1 0 2 8 16 0 26 0 8 2 5 3 5 60 19 34 86 130 28 244 10 32 56 4 5 98 0 9 12 20 13 6 0 3 0 39: 0 10 18 28 5 23 18 3 5 46 36 60 10 106 3 44 IB 28 0 0 2 4 0 6 12 15 1 4 8 14 28 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 7 8 1 IS 2 4 13 1 2 14 19 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 31 23 3 3 57 30 29 27 5 64 1 8 18 2 47 39 1 2 88 56 81 14 151' 5 41 69 115 7 46 74 4 77 55 7 79 12 146 6 22 29 57 1 9 1 6 1 16 10 16 2 28 1 12 8 21 9 45 13 67 10 5 9 7 2 22 32 2 11 0 1 13 7 1 8 1 22 30 18 3 51 3 21 31 23 1 35 300 162 " 35 1 497 361 488 84 1 933 36 180 255 1 471 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A TOTAt Shipped Ship AcffVifx SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 40 300 10_ 68 84 I 162, 23 | 209 14 100 66 | 180 67 I 178 9 — 8 73 I 90 130 | 687 33 176 223 J 432 SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 1 23 ALL ABC ALL 3 9 5 19 3^ 2 11 30 23 | 35 300_162 18 I 42 209 180 54 | 59 178 90 __ 95 j 136 687 432 Registered On The Beach CLASS A I CLASS B GROUP 1 23 ALL 35"! 497 3'61~488 ~84T 933 42 ' 431 — 147_ ^ 446 51 644 59 I 327 307 132 26l" 700 136 |1255 815 1066 396 12277 GROUP 123 ALL 36~180 23 176 34 45 73 401 255~47l 212 j 411 288 I 367 755 |1249 �>/i vii Mhc'. AM 11. 1MB AM 11, IBM - SEAFARERS rac« Serea LOG SIUNA Convention Actions By Undsay Williams. Vie«-Pr«sldeiit. Gulf Area SlU Assists Aluminum Workers The Seafarers' International Union, here in New Orleans, assisted the alnminnm workers in their beef with District 50, UMW. District 50 has had an intensive campaign in the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chaimette, La., for approximately three and a half months. They have been attempting to raid the Aluminum Workers' International Union which has had a contract with the plant since 1952. The piant has in excess of 2,000 workers. The Seafarers' distributed leaflets at the entrance of the plant at the change of all shifts on May 25 prior to the election that was to be held on May 27 and 23. The results of the election were: Aluminum Workers' International: 1131; District 50: 827; 9 votes no union; and two bailots voided. The greater New Orlaans, AFL-CIO, filed suit, here in New Orleans, attacking the constitutionality of a Plaquemines Parish ordinance, requiring fingerprinting and photographing of all itinerant laborers. The Maritime Trades Department at its last regular meeting went on record to support the greater New Orleans, AFL-CIO, and all other labor people and labor groups in their local activities to attack and set aside this Plaquemines Parish Ordinance. It also went on record to give full support to all maritime unions whose contracts expire June 15th, 1965. -t—— At the iast meeting of the Mari­ as the Montfcello Victory, the time Trades Department, here in Transhartford and the Mayaguez New Orleans, three unions re­ crewed up, clearing quite a few quested affiliation with the local cards off the board. Several oldcouncil. Their request was accepted timers have dropped into the by the council in session, as fol­ Mobile hall lately to say hello and lows: Barbers' Union Locai 496; catch up on the latest scuttlebutt. Communication Workers of Amer­ Raymond (Blackout) Ferriera is ica Locai 3410; and Office Em­ hunting for a group one deck job ployees Union Local 403. after sailing on the Wacosta for the last three years. Fred Johnson MOBILE is also looking for a group one Shipping has been good in deck slot. Fred started his last Mobile during the past two weeks voyage as deck maintenance on the Ocean Evelyn, but came back from Iran and the Persian Gulf as bosun. Bernard Overstreet keeps busy (Continued From Back Page) telling the boys around the hall Association, the Masters, Mates about the one that got away while and Piipts and the NMU-affiliated he waits for a group two engine Brotherhood of Marine Officers opening. His last ship was the urged "that earlier proposals for Ponce. E. B. (Coffee Joe) Gaines is a Federation of Licensed Officers keeping his eye open for a group be discussed by the six licensed one steward job after piling off officer organizations concerned." the Transorleans where he sailed Furthermore, the NMU in itself is as chief cook for a year. Also look­ a Federation consisting of affii- ing for a chief cook's opening is iates other than its seamen's or­ Robert Wells who recently got off ganization, inciuding marine offi­ the Neva West where he made the cers, tugboatmen. longshoremen European run for a year. Bob has been taking advantage of the and shqreside workers. chance to spend time with his wife Further evidence of the un­ and two children in Bayou La realistic nature of the NMU's con­ Batre, Ala. ditions is their absolute disregard HOUSTON of the relative size of the organ­ izations. In the 1963 AFL-CIO offi­ The shipping situation in Hous­ cial convention proceedings. Vol­ ton has dropped off a bit during ume II, pages 38 and 39. the the past period, but the outlook SIUNA membership was listed as appears brighter in the coming 77,000 white the NMU member­ weeks. Steward department veteran ship was listed at 42,000. G. R. Gonzales, Jr. has shown up The NMU ignores the necessity at the hall with his FFD and says of providing for participation by that he's ready to go anyplace, but the shoreside affiliates of either India. On the other hand, Louis organization. No voice, no place is Everett just caught. Our Lady of provided for them in the NMU pro­ Peace bound for India and claims posals. Any realistic merger talks its a great run for the money. He must obviously include considera­ recently finished a fine trip to Algeria aboard the Taddel Victory. tion of all those who would be E. Lasoya has been telling his affected by and involved in the discussions and ultimate objec­ SIU brothers that the Montpeller Victory can't be beat on an intertives. coastal run, especially with its A-1 We believe continuing discus­ airconditioning. Lasoya says that sions on the subject of merger are there is a world of difference today desirabie. Such talks, however, from the conditions he started should not be restricted or im­ sailing under 24 years ago. Darlo peded by unilaterally predeter­ Martinez is keeping an eye out for mined conditions as contained in a chief cook or baker job. He re­ the NMU proposal. They should be cently piled off the Penn Exporter conducted freely and in good faith which made the run to Alexandria. within the framework of the con­ Frank Radzvila has been bragging stitutions of the respective organ­ about the time he had in Seville, izations and the constitution and Spain when the Afoundria stopped policies of the AFL-CIO, with there on - the way back from which both SIUNA and NMU are Karachi. Frank can't get over the affiliated. beautiful senc^ritas, and says the Your Executive Board recom­ only thing the place lacked was a mends that the president of the good racetrack. SIUNA be authorized at his dis­ cretion, to continue discussions in behalf of our international con­ CALl SIU ffAU. / sistent with the principles out­ lined herein. Merger Talks (Continued From Back Page) tion, which would prohibit the closing of any of these hospitals without Congressional approval. Runaways: Urged the President of the United States to declare that the existence of such a fleet is inconsistent with the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act of 1938 and endorsed pending legisla­ tion which would amend the Internal Reyenud Code to provide for the taxation of foreign-flag ships substantially owned by American interests. Oil Imports: Urged extension of the cargo prefer­ ence principle to oil imports, so that at least half of all oil imported into the United States will be carried in American bottoms. Domestic Shipping: Urged revamping of the Interstate Commerce Commission in orcier to pro­ vide for the representation of the maritime point of view. Opposed pending legislation which would permit foreign-flag vessels to engage in the carriage of lumber in the domestic trades. Endorsed pend­ ing legislation which would permit the domestic and other unsubsidized operators to deposit monies in tax-free reserve funds for the purpose of vessel replacement. Opposed the imposition of the water­ ways user tax because of the destructiveiy heavy burden it would place upon inland waterways carriers. Endorsed pending legislation calling for a study of the feasibility of providing year-around navigation on Great Lakes waters by eliminating ice conditions and urged that Great Lakes vessels be covered by the provisions of the various con­ ventions for the safety of life at sea. Affirmed the intention of the SIUNA to continue all possible efforts to defeat further amendments to the coast­ wise shipping laws which would introduce foreigaflag ships into the Puerto Rico trade. General Maritime: Urged the increased used of American-flag as a means of reducing the baiance of payments deficit. Denounced the "effective control" theory of runaway-flag ships and called for the renunciation of this invaiid theory by the Department of State, Department of Defense and other appropriate federal agencies. Endorsed all possible measures to preserve the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Endorsed pending legislation which wouid close U.S. ports to all vessels trading with Cuba and Vietnam. Urged the Military Sea Transporta­ tion Service to administer the program under its jurisdiction in such a manner as to fully implement the purposes of the cargo preference law. Called upon federal agencies dealing with operating sub­ sidies to review this program to determine if it is being administered in a manner which is serving the interests of our total merchant fleet. Endorsed legislation that would extend war risk insurance to 1970. Supported the program of the Staff Officers Association to have a pharmacists mate on U.S. vessels as part of the ships complement. Fishing and Canning: Endorsed a boycott of Japanese imports if the Japanese persist in their encroachment on American fisheries and if the governments of Japan and the United States cannot resolve this issue. Called for a conference of rep­ resentatives of labor and management to plan a program for harvesting the anchovy fishery off the Coast. Recommended that a vigorous campaign ba Initiated to organize all unorganized workers in the tuna packing industry in the United States, Puerto Rico and Samoa, and also recommended . that the International and its affiliates explore and develop a program to organize Canadian fishery and cannery workers. Urged that all affiliates rep- i resenting employees in the tuna canning industry | work toward a common contract expiration dates ; and exchange information to counter the tactics' of the employer. ' Relations With Other Organizations: Urged that the SIUNA and its affiliates to give all possible support and assistance to COPE. Urged all affiliates of the SIUNA to participate to the fullest possible extent in state and local AFL-CIO bodies. Com­ mended the affiliates which are engaged in com­ munity service activities, and urged that these affiliates broaden their activities wherever possible. Endorsed the support of the SIUNA to the Co­ ordinating Council On Education For The Disad­ vantaged in the pursuit of its goal of helping to upgrade the quality of education available to all children. Civil Rights, Social Legislation: Reaffirmed the determination of the SIUNA to support and assist in every way possible the attainment of the go.il of equal rights and equal opportunity for ail and also urged the immediate enactment of voting rights legislation by Congress and urged all possible assistance in making equality of employment opportunity a reality. Called for immediate passage by the Senate of the Medical-Care-For-The-Aged Bill which has already been approved by the House. Urged that legislation be enacted to protect con­ sumers against misleading advertisements, decep­ tive merchandizing practices, excessive prices and unsafe products. Endorsed the legislative program of the AFL-CIO for the sound and orderly develop­ ment of our educational system. Urged all affiliates to press for adequate housing facilities in their own communities and recommended that the Interna­ tional continue its activities on the Washington level to obtain federal support for housing. Sup­ ported the Supreme Court declaration of 1964 which affirmed the democratic proposal of one-man, one-vote. General Labor: Endorsed pending legislation which calls for the repeal of section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act which gives states the right to destroy union security by enacting so-called "rightto-work" laws. Supported the amending of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Labor-Manage­ ment Relations Act so that all employees excluded from coverage under these acts shall be able to obtain adequate wages and improved working conditions. Pledged support to railroad labor in its fight against proposed mergers, and called on Congress to forbid any merger activity until it has thoroughly investigated the profits and financial structures of the railroads. Reaffirmed the inten­ tion of the SIUNA to participate with other unions in seeking the termination of the Waterfront Com­ mission or a reduction of its authority over the lives and jobs of longshoremen and other water­ front workers. SIUNA Convention Speakers (Continued from page 3) this country is to ba free. The im­ compete anybody In the world . . . portant thing is that 14(b) is going And these ships should go under to be repealed." our flag." Nicholas Johnson, Maritime Ad­ George Meany, President AFL- ministrator—"The Seafarers Inter­ CIO—"The only strong consistent national Union plays an important voice over the years on behalf of role in our merchant marine. Your a better merchant marine, to pro­ Union has been instrumental in vide a decent standard of living elevating American seamen to their for our people has been the voice present high status in our country. of the American merchant marine You have earned for yourself the unions . . . American labor is not in high standard of living that you any way responsible for the sorry are entitled to, a standard of liv­ state of our merchant marine . . . ing all Americans are proud of, the answer to the problems of the and one which I wholly endorse." merchant marine rests with those t 4" who have the responsibility and the Jack Kenning, Undersecretary of power to take the necessary steps, Labor—Speaking on the fight to to revive and expand the maritime repeal section 14(b) of the Taftindustry." Hartley law—"There can be no ^ equality of bargaining under the W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of open shop. To say we favor unions, Labor—pledging the Administra­ but insist upon the open shop, is tion's support for the repeal of to allow unions the right of ex­ anti-labor Section 14(b) of the Taft- istence, but to deny them their Hartley Act, told the delegates: functions . . . Union labor has one "You know the strength of our restriction. It requires member­ feeling about this, and the impor­ ship for the protection of the tance we attach to it, not just in standards of the majority of work­ terms of a section of the Taft-Hart­ ing people in a given plant." ley Act, but in terms of the question i 4 4" George H. Hearn, member. Fed­ of whether collective bargaining in » a, $1 eral Maritime Commission — "If there are still any doubts as to the essentiality of maintaining a strong, viable privately owned fleet employing American seamen, those doubts should be dispelled when we consider our important commercial role, and as the pro­ tectors of the free world. 4* 4> Edwin Hood: President, Ship­ builders Council of America—"The coming contest on the seas be­ tween East and West will not be met by ships still to be built. Ships-in-being will determine the outcome. Yet, the Soviets are out­ distancing us in the growth of their merchant marine." 4" 4' 4" Senator Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.l — "We have not been abie to achieve that acceptance by the American public of the merchant marine as an indispensable seg­ ment of the economy that is so potent a factor in the successful shipping operations of the Euro­ pean maritime nations. This is a field where Government and the Congress may well concern them­ selves." ^ �I Sis Pare Elsht Low Water Levels Still Plague Shipping On Lakes SEA FA JI£X S_X.il SEAFARERS LOG By Robert A. Matthews, SAULT STE. MARIE—Great Lakes shipping is still being Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep* plagued by problems created by low water levels which force Headquarters has received a number of Interesting questions on vessels to operate at less than capacity, according to testimony several shipboard beefs that have occurred In recent weeks. The first before the Lakes international ^ joint commission. by the members of the interna­ request for Information came from Anthony C. Parker on the Santore tional joint commission. The solu­ and dealt with oilers standing port watches. Despite these problems and tions that the LCA official recom­ 11. QUESTION: Having llitaned to radio all over th# world, what foreign nation would you say broadcasts the most Interesting programs, and why? A. Mm-ales: I'd say It was a toss up between Manila and Thailand. Question; What is the procedure for setting watchee for the three the heavy ice conditions that mends for study include the instal­ Both countries, limited traffic during the early lation of underwater dams at the oilers aboard ship from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. when the vessel is in you know, broadweeks of the sihipping season, St. head of the St. Olair River and the port for over 24 hours? cast many pro­ Lawrence Seaway officials are con­ possibility of creating additional grams in Eng­ Answer: The SIU Freightship Contract is very clear that oilers shall fident that new shipping records inflows similar to those from diver­ lish. Music is my be day workers when a vessel is in port in excess of 24 hours, and the •will be established this year on the sions of the Long Lac and Ogoki favorite kind of working hours for oilers are from 8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, and 1:00 P.M. waterway. Rivers into Lake Superior. radio and Thai­ to 5:00 P.M. Any work outside of these hours would be payable at the At hearings conducted by the land offers a fine regular overtime rate. Predict New Record Great Lakes international joint selection of class­ Therefore, based on the available information, these port watches commission, Oliver T. Burnical, Latin and Predictions of a new shipping ham, vice president of the Lakes record on the St. Lawrence Seaway from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. should be rotated among the three oilers. native tunes. For Carrier Association, explained that during 1965 were made recently by This has been a long standing policy and would be similar in nature to news and talk, your best bet is almost all of the newly built ships Willis H. Crosswaite, an official of an oiler standing winch watches. probably a Phillipine station. operating on the Great Lakes have the seaway administration. He said This, of course, would not apply to Firemen-Watertenders. 4" l" 4" navigable drafts of at least 25-feet, administration officials expected a Standmore Bell: My favorite for­ Another important question submitted to our office came from six inches. This is the depth of the new cargo record to be set in 1965 eign radio stations are based in draft now available on the St. even without the aid of another Morris Berlowitz, who is on the Western Hunter. Japan. Japanese Lawrence Seaway. Question: Does the steward department delegate have the right to radio has a little Canadian wheat sale to the Rus­ Dredging No Cure bit of everything sians. According to administration inspect his overtime sheet? Is this •4In order to open the Lakes to estimates, substantial increases in right subject to any limitations? gagement of the seaman he re­ and they broad­ vessels with this draft, channels the shipments of iron ore should Answer: The steward depart­ placed, New York. In other words, cast in both Eng­ were dredged three years ago. substitute for the loss of these ment delegates has a right to see it is the intention of the Commit­ lish and Japa­ However, the declining water levels grain shipments. his overtime sheet at all times and tee to provide that in cases of Ill­ nese. There are programs have lessened the value of these to consult with the department ness or injury incurred In the quiz Low water levels and heavy Ice new deeper channels since vessels conditions caused a slow start in heads to see that each member of services of the vessel, the seaman and stories as with the 25-foot, six inch draft, or shipping on the Seaway this year. the Steward department is being is to be provided transportation well as music more, can't use the St. Marys, St. During April, 458 vessels navigated treated fairly and equally. back to the port where he was and news. Varie­ ty is the spice of life and Japanese Clair and Detroit rivers. first engaged by the Company. the St. Lawrence section of the Question: "Let me know if in­ radio offers the most. Traffic jams in the waterway system. This figure was 100 vessels stalling gaskets in all the port The Clarification Committee has 4" 4" 4" system have developed because of lower than in April, 1964. holes on the ship is straight o.t. issued the following decision re­ Max Fingerbut: I'll have to {to low water levels in the Davis and The seaway administration re- on watch and o.t. and a half off garding midnight meals and night with Germany. First of all, I un­ Sabin locks in the St. Mary FaB® pdrted 2,900,000 tons of cargo was watch." lunches in response to several derstand the lan­ Canal. This situation has forced carried on the Seaway during beefs. In making its ruling the guage since both Answer: You are entitled to many of the transiting ships to use April. This was 383,946 tons less committee decided that the. basic of my parents the MacArthur lock, causing delays than was carried in April, 1964. overtime on watch and overtime problem was due to misinterpre­ are native Ger­ of up to nine hours. Burnham Cargo upbound increased by 9.2 and one-half off watch for per­ tations of the existing sections mans. In the sec­ pointed out that these delays have percent over 1964, while down- forming this work. ond place^ I love of the Freightships and Tankers caused great expense, since operat­ bound cargo totals decreased 28.2 Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement. In order to eliminate German music. ing costs for Lakes ships are $150 percent from last year." This de­ Agreement, Article III, Section 12 It's deep ..and this problem, the committee unan­ per hour. cline was responsible for the —Carpenter's Duties: sweet and sooth­ imously agreed to delete sub­ Burnham advocated that several overall decline from last year's ing—so different (a) Routine duties of the Car­ section (a) and (b) and to substi­ flow retarding programs be studied April figures. from the confu­ tute in their place the following penter shall include the following: sion of rock and roll. To tell the subsection (a) and (b): (a) 5. "Maintenance work such "(a) Members of the steward de­ truth, it even helps me sleep. First Quarter '65 Average Is High as repairing locks, installing port partment actually engaged in serv­ 4" 4" 41 hole gaskets, fixing and fastening ing hot lunches at midnight are Gus Liakos: The radio stations of steel lockers, and all blocks." to be allowed three hours' over­ Holland stand head and shoulders (a) 6 (c). "When members of the time for preparing and serving above the rest. I'm a classical Deck Department are required by same. music fan and the officer-in-charge to perform (b) When not more than the the Dutch sta­ regular work they shall be paid straight overtime for their watch equivalent of one department is tions play more on deck and overtime and one- served at 9:00 P.M. or 3:00 A.M. and a wider se­ WASHINGTON—^Unions won 64 percent of all the collec­ half for their watch below." night lunch, one cook shall be lection of classi­ tion bargaining elections conducted by the National Labor cal pieces, espe­ In response to a number of turned out to perform this work. cially my favor­ Relations Board In the first quarter of 1965, up from 59 per­ requests When a midnight hot lunch is the Beefbox is reprinting ite, Beethoven. cent in the preceding quarter. 4-the following ruling of the Clarifi­ served to not more than five men, Also, their news one cook shall perform this work. Other aspects of the report cation Committee on a question Also up, the NLRB reported, included: When from six to ten men are and language programs are excel­ involving which port was a man's was the AFL-CIO's share of served, one cook and one mess- lent. • The election tally included 54 actual port of engagement. The man shall perform this work. election successes. Out of 1,162 41 3) t elections in which an affiliated decertification elections with problem is described in the When from six to ten men are W. G. McChesney: I prefer Jap­ union was on the ballot, the unions losing 39, and seven union following example: served, one cook and one messm-an anese radio. They specialize in affiliates won 690 or 60 percent, shop deauthorization elections broadcasting my A vessel on foreign articles shall perform this work. When compared with 55 percent in the with the results 6-1 against con­ while on route around the world, more than ten men are served, particular favor­ tinued authorization. last quarter of 1964. ite type of radio arrived at San Francisco where one cook and two messmen shall show — replays The NLRB filed 53 petitions for Seaman A signed off articles by perform this work." During the January-March of American mu­ quarter the board conducted 1,670 injunctions under the mandatory mutual consent and Seaman B, his Money Due sical comedies. elections asked for by imions, em­ provisions of Section 10 (1) of the replacement, assumed Seaman A's Also, you can ployers and individuals. Dnions labor law, and eight petitions for Port of Engagement, which was S. S. Transorleans — Dis{>uted usually tune to a won majority designation in 1,066. injunctions under the discretionary New York. The vessel ultimately Overtime, Seymour Sikes. situation comedy provision of Section 10 (j). arrived at New York where articles More than 108,000 employes S. S. Fenn Carrier — Disputed or a rapid fire At the end of Mardi, 519 cases were terminated and Seaman B Overtime, Earl Beamer, Walter were eligible to vote in these elec­ delivery style terminated his service with the tions. More than 90 percent of were awaiting decision by the five Smith. comic like Bob Hope. I like radio them cast valid ballots, with 58 board members, compared with vessel because of illness, request­ S. S. Seatrain New York—^Dis­ humor and Japan has the funniest. percent of the ballots marked for 569 cases pending three months ing return transportation to the puted Lodging Allowance, Felipe 3JI 4< 4 port where he first joined the earlier and 517 pending a year union representation. C. Sun: I don't like any kind of Aponte, Pedro Agtuca, Ramon vessel, San Francisco. earlier. Aguiar, Francisco Bayron, Felix radio—any country, any style, any Other measures of NLRB busi­ In regards to first-class trans­ Bonefont, Gabriel Bonefont, Luis time. When I fin­ Awaiting disposition at all levels, ness also rose during the quarter— portation to his "original Port of Canteno, Luis Cepeda, William ish work I go including trial-examiner level, charges of unfair labor practices filed with the board, complaints were 8,975 cases at the end of Engagement," which section of the Dooling, Carlos Garcia, Arthur right to sleep. issued by the general counsel, and March, compared with 7,924 as of contract is applicable in the case Gilliland, James Gleason, Eugene I'm not as young December 31 and 8,551 on Septem­ described above? total cases awaiting disposition. Langstrand, Gus Liakos, William as I used to be. ber 30, 1964. Logan, Ruben Negron, Odd Olsen, And when you're Answer: When the seaman left The unfair practice cases were Fred Paterson, Earl Resmondo, trying to sleep, Of the cases pending at the end the vessel at New York, under the up 11 percent over the previous John Richardson, Jose Rivero, radio is not conr of March, 6,112 were unfair labor circumstances described in Section quarter. There were 2,876 charges ducive to pleas­ 14(b), he was entitled to return Francisco Roditiguez, Juan of unfair practices brought against practice charges. ure. It is a nui­ Rodriguez, Samuel Steliff, Alfonso transportation to his actual Port employers and 1,189 against sance, pure and of Engagement, San Francisco, Vallejo, Alvaro Vega. unions. The latter included 279 simple. Let the younger fellows even though at the commencement charges of illegal secondary boycott S. T. Transhartford — Check have their radios. I'd rather lie of employment at San Francisco covering restriction, Thomas R, down, close my eyes and not hear , VbfFro'CALL to be disposed of by the NLRB or hp, had|, |as§yme,4. .the Port, of Enr annon (Gpnnoa), anything. . ' , , }• J. J,., ; Unions Winning 64% Of NLRB Elections This Year 1 K -j:. i I. It. i ' M �f/l 'V ' f IVM 11, lt6S By Frank Drozok, West Coast Representative Anti-Labor Law Wiped Off Books The Assembly voted recently at Sacramento to wipe Califomla'a twenty-three-year-old ban on hot cargo strikes and secondary boycotts off the statute books, paralleling similar action by the Senate on an Identical bill last week. Also, after debate the Assembly vote indicated the law be stricken from the labor code. When originally enacted, the law carried a stipulation It would be effective only until May 31, 1943, or during a national emergency of war. The Kodiak, the largest ocean going railroad car barge ever built was launched at the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. The 400 by 76 foot hydro-train can carry forty eight fully loaded railroad cars per trip. It will be in the Puget Sound Van Line fleet and will be placed In service from Seattle to Whittier, Alaska. San Francisco Shipping in San Francisco for all ratings has been more than good and the shipping outlook is still favorable. We had four payoffs here recently, including the Ocean Evelyn, Western Comet, Longview Vic­ tory, Western Clipper, Ames Victory and the Wild Ranger. In Transits were the Steel Traveler, Elizabethport, Calmar, Seamar, Express Baltimore, Steel Admiral, Marymar and San Francisco. Ships due to pay. off shortly are the-f : Steel Flyer, Voung America, Fair- from San Francisco is bosun E. C. port, De Soto, Fanwood, Natalie Anderson. and the Morning Light. WUmington Chief steward R. L. Perry During the past period we had shipped out on the National Sea­ the Cities Service Norfolk sign on farer recently. An old-time SIU here and the Wild Ranger pay off. steward, he was glad he came out We had the Tops Tops, San Fran­ here from Houston, Texas. cisco, Ames Victory, Marymar and A steward with the SIU for De Soto in transit. The outlook about twenty years now, M. for the coming period is slow as Stelnsapir is just off the Western we are only expecting four ships Comet after about a year. He's in transit. planning a short rest of about a Jim Eiwiii, who paid off the month before shipping out again. Western Clipper was around tell­ P. Kronberg came in to the San ing the boys of his recent adven­ Francisco hall to register recently ture—and ha had a doozie. Seems and hopes to be shipping out with­ after paying off he took a trip to in the next few weeks. He is a New Orleans for a few days and veteran AB. was hardly settled In when a cou­ ple of robbers broke into his hotel Up from down south Is. J. W. Givins who came up here trying room and demanded his dough. for a steward slot. Another Sea­ Fortunately for Jim, the bulk of farer taking a try at shipping out it was safely stashed away in the bank by that time so all the hoods made off with was 21 bucks In pocket money. Explorer Plans Undersea Map Of U.S. Coast After nine months on the Robin Hood, Paul Tassin decided to call it quits and got off. He feels he's earned a little time off with the family before shipping again. We hope he won't stay out of action too long because electricians are in demand In this area. Following in the wake of his One of the many Seafarers famous father, Jacques Piccard, whose favorite run is to Japan, son of the world-renowned under­ steward Robert Morrow left the sea explorer Augusts Piocard, will Hanover recently and after a short rest is looking for another ship. voyage to the bottom of the sea In Guess what run he's holding out an underwater exploration expedi­ for? Bob had nothing but good words for the representation SIU tion of his own. stewards have been getting during The younger Piocard will chart payoffs recently. the continental shelf at the bottom Another steward department of the Gulf Stream all the way member, third cook Tom Connel from Florida to Newfoundland. whose last ship was the Yaka, The purpose of the trip Is to ob­ says he really had a good SIU serve and film marine life and to crew to sail with on that ship and study currents In the Gulf Stream he is now waiting for a third cook's slot on anything going any­ at depths as great as 1,000 feet. where. Gordon Marbury, a twenSix-Week Trip t.v-five-year SIU member whose Piccard and eight companions last ship was the Transyork is In will make the six-week voyage in town looking for an oiler's job on an instrument packed vessel only an Intercoastal run. 93 feet long. The sub won't use its Seattle motors, Piccard says, but will drift The Seafarers Welfare Clinlo is along unpowered in the northward now operating In the port of Seat­ flow of the Gulf Stream at be­ tle and Seafarers are reminded tween one and five knots. that they must have a clinic card Keeping an eye on Cold War com­ in order to ship from this port. petition, Piccard said; "I don't be­ Shipping here has been fair since lieve that the Russians have in­ the last report, and the next cou­ stallations on the sloping under­ ple of weeks look pretty good with water mass, but they very well plenty of payoffs in sight. could have. I am sure they have During the last period we paid studied the possibility of exploit­ off the Delaware, Anchorage, ing the sea as well as space." Henry and the Seattle, aiid signed Piccard promised to keep a on the Delaware. In transits Were sharp locfkotit foi' such installations the Seamair, Sumnilt 'and the* C^along the full length of tiie shelf. mar.' v.* SEAFARERS \ - 'I raf NlM LOG Some Doctors Still Balking As Medicare Passage Nears WASHINGTON—^While the House-approved medicare bill was being beefed up in the Senate Finance Committee on its way to virtually assured passage in this session of Congress, doctors' groups across the nation began a far-ranging debate on the need to provide health care to aU our nation's citizens, regardless of social status and was regarded as a back-door leal groups around the country victory for the AMA lobbyists, were making their attitudes on ability to pay. The Senate panel strengthened the House version of medicare by adding coverage for four special­ ized physicians' services. Payment for those services — radiology, anesthesiology, pathology and physical medicine—was not called for in the House bill, which cre­ ated a supplemental insurance program, at extra cost to the re­ cipient, for such coverage. The American Medical Asso­ ciation, which provides the main stumbling block to medicare, opposes such coverage for patients. Exclusion of the four services from the House bill who tried to retrieve as much as possible from their defeat on the whole medicare program. The measure to extend coverage to the specialized services—all of which are considered more or less vital to patients involved in sur­ gery—^was put forth in the Senate by Paul Douglas (D.-Ill.). Senator Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.), chairman of the Senate Finance. Committee, said the panel would continue closed hearings on the medicare bill. Academy Raps AMA Stand While Congressional action was being pressed in Washington, med- Consider Ship Boycotts, Aid Cutoffs House Bills Would Discourage Trade With Red North Viets WASHINGTON—A measure discouraging western nations from continuing to allow their ships to trade with Commu­ nist North Vietnam has been adopted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Sponsored by Representa­ consideration by the House Mer­ tive Dante Fascell (D.-Fla.), chant Marine and Fisheries Com­ the amendment tot he Foreign Aid Act would prohibit aid being given to any nation which fails to take steps to prevent ships or aircraft under its registry from trading with North Vietnam. During 1964, more than 200 vessels flying the flags of western nations hauled car­ goes to and from North Viet­ nam. Among the nations with ships involved in such trade were Britain, Japan, Greece, Norway, Lebanon, Panama, West Germany, Italy and France. The Fascell Amendment is simi­ lar to one the legislator added to the Foreign Aid Act In 1963, which cut off aid to those nations which did not move to cut off their trade with Communist Cuba. Another measure, now under mittee, would prohibit the trans­ portation of articles to or from the United States by vessels which have traded with North Vietnam. The bill, introduced by Repre­ sentative Paul G. Rogers (D-Fla.), has the full backing of the SIU, maritime labor and organized labor generally. The Severn River, a Panamanian-flag ship registered to a Liberian corporation, was recently picketed by AFL-CIO longshoremen because she was engaged in trade with the Com­ munist nation. The International Longshore­ men's Association has served notice that It would boycott the loading of any ships which have traded with North Vietnam. The boycott extends to all ports from Maine to Texas. Rail Tugman On Pension medicare known. In New York, the distinguished Academy of Med­ icine fired a powerful salvo at the anti-medicare AMA when it declared that medical care should be "based on health need alone, not on a test of ability to pay." The Academy's statement re­ pudiated the AMA's doctrine that care should be provided only to those who had proved they did not have the means to pay for it. Tb.e Academy said that the government has equal responsibility with voluntary agencies for taking "whatever actions are necessary" to assure all people "equal access to a high quality of comprehensive health care." Heedless of the deep antago­ nisms it is engendering among the public and other, more far-sighted health groups, the AMA has been edging closer in recent weeks to a bitter ruie-or-ruin policy. Rather than accepting its defeat on the medicare issue with good grace, AMA chapters around the country have been threatening to strike against the sick, aged and needy when the bill becomes law. Vote To Strike Dr. Jack Shreiber, a spokesman for the Ohio branch of the AMA, announced that Ohio doctors have voted to support a resolution to refuse to treat patients under the federal medical care for the aged program. Shreiber predicted the boycott would immediately spread to at least a half dozen states. The Ohio AMA resolution specifically urges doctors to turn down any fees from the government-admin­ istered plan. Dr. Donovan F. Ward, presi­ dent of the national AMA, cautiously avoiding the term "strike," nevertheless supported the Ohio doctors, stating that there was notling in the law that compelled doctors to par­ ticipate in the medicare plan. In Chicago, another spokesman for the AMA said it was assumed that there would be a move at the June 20 AMA House of Delegates meeting—a policy making session to be held in New York—to make the Ohio boycott position national AMA policy. Such a move, if carried out, could bring to America the same kind of shame and iilfeeling created by similar doctors' strikes in Belgium and Canada in recent years. PHS Clinic Asks Advance Notice SIU Railway Marin# Region tugman John Loti (left) picked up his first regular $150 monthly pension check recently at New York headquarters from RMR regional djrector G. P. McGinty. Lotz, who. has failed aboard Baltimore & Ohio fail tugs for-the last -20 yearsj/mekes .his home in Staten Island, N.Y., whero he plans to spend his retirement. Seafarers seeking other than emergency care at the US Public Health Service out­ patient clinic in New York have been asked to telephone, wire or write in advance for an appointment to assure bet­ ter care and avoid long periods of waiting. The USPHS facili­ ty, at Hudson & Jay Streets, NYC, says it is being swamped by "walk-in" patients who have ample time to make ad­ vance appointments. Unless they require emergency care. Seafarers are asked to write New York 13, or call BArclay 7-6150 before they cmne In. the clinic at 67 Hudson St., �Fur* Tea 8EAWAREK9 Jon* II. 1968 100 "Whdf If Was All About " SENATE PASSES WORKS BILL—The Senate passed a new public works and regional development bill by a 71-12 margin and sent the $3.3 billion measure on to the House. The program will have its greatest effect in areas of heavy unemployment. The amount called for in the Senate bill is $150 million more than the Administration asked for. The bill will set up the machinery for interstate regional development programs, like the Appalachia program. In most areas, the states will be called upon to match dollar-for-dollar the grants made by the Federal Government. In areas of the greatest need, however, the Federal Government will pay up to 80 percent of the cost. The bill also contains a loan program to promote industrial development and creates a new assistant secretary of commerce to oversee the program. i IMMIGRATION BILL—Charging that the present immigration <luota system "carries a stench of bigotry that affronts the nation's friends and plays into the hands of its foes," Paul Jennings, the newly elected president of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, testified labor's support of the Administration's immigration bill in hearings before the House Subcornmittee on Immigration and Naturalization. Jennings called for positive legisla­ tion that "will permit rather than restrict immigration." He noted that whiie 54,000 places under the present discrimatory quota system are unused each year, "desperate people cry in vain at our door" for admission to the United States. He said that "the 63,000 additional quota immigrants who would be admitted under the proposed immigra­ tion legislation would pose no threat to us as workers or neighbors." He pointed out that many American union members are either Immigrants or the sons and daughters of immigrants. 4" The Seafarers International Union of North America concluded one of the most far-reach­ ing and forward looking conventions in its history at its Twelfth Biennial Convention in Washington, D.C. Delegates representing the 80,000 members of the 33 affiliated unibns within the SlUNA family dealt with the prob­ lems facing not only the maritime industry and related crafts, but also to those confront­ ing the U.S. labor movement, the working men and women of the country and the na­ tion as a whole. Some of the Convention's most important and significant recommendations toward up­ grading American maritime dealt with the dry cargo freighters, bulk carriers and in­ dependent tankers that make up the nation's floundering tramp fleet. In their recommen­ dations to breathe new life into the fast dwindling U.S. tramp fleet, the convention delegates urged the Government to exercise strict adherence to Cargo Preference statutes, extend construction subsidy aid for bulk car­ riers, establish tax-free reserve funds in which tramp shipowners can deposit monies for vessel replacement, and to impose oil im­ port quotas which would operate similarly to the cargo preference laws. This was by no means the extent of the delegates' action on the glaring problems faced by U.S. maritime. Their recommenda­ tions ranged from a call for a uniform charter party agreement to govern the transportation of government-generated cargoes to a con­ demnation of the waterway user tax pro­ posal which would ruin the nation's inland boat industry, and a pledge to fight the Gov­ ernment's plan to close U.S. Public Health Service hospitals. Convention delegates did not restrict their - deliberations solely to the difficult position of the U.S. merchant fleet and the problems of ,maritime labor. During the convention, they recommended action on a wide variety of issues faced by our country and its work­ ing men,and wpmen. . , , _ .. Probably taie'df the most hn^i-teant ques­ iAAiKME tions considered by the delegates was the re­ peal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. This crucial issue considered by the delegates affects not only the SIUNA, but every trade unionist in America. The delegates called for the repeal of this blatantly infamous piece of anti-labor legislation. Continuing problems faced by the Ameri­ can working man such as the need for Fed­ eral minimum standards of wages and hours and unemployment compensation also were considered by the convention delegates. The convention went on record as calling for the enactment of the $2 per hour minimum wage, double time for overtime, a thirty-five hour work week and vastly extended cover­ age by the present act. Delegates also rose to the defense of the Supreme Court's historic "one-man-one-vote" decision as it called upon Congress and the states to reject legislative encroachments which would permit reapportionment of a lawmaking body on a basis other than popu­ lation. Other major resolutions passed by the con­ vention dealt with improvement of equal rights and opportunity, especially in the areas of job and voting rights, the curtailment of proposed rail mergers, the abolition of the New York Waterfront Commission, better housing programs at the Federal and local levels, and the endorsement of a broader War on Poverty with increased union participation in local programs to alleviate poverty. This brief summary of the national prob­ lems with which the SIUNA convention con­ cerned itself shows that all the affiliated SIUNA Unions are properly concerned with perfecting the Great Society originally de­ scribed by President, Johnson. An improved U.S.-flag merchant fleet is appropriately the major concern of the SIUNA, however, as the convention delegates demonstrated, the Union must be concerned with the welfare of the entire nation if the U.S. is to continue as the atrong, prosperous leader of. the Free WbrMl''-"- M ' 4" FIREARMS CONTROL LAW—The most far-out of the extreme right organizations have been pouring volley after volley of distortions and lies against a bill sponsored by Senator Thomas Dodd (D.-Conn.) which would revise America's gun laws in the interest of protecting the legitimate sportsman whiie making firearms less available to law­ breakers. The rightists have found an ally in the National Rifle Association, a bonafide sportsman's group, which seems to have gotten mixed up with the wrong company. Agents of the rightist groups are reported to have infiitrated the NRA in order to be able to gain easier access to firearms. The Textile Workers Union of America gained its fourth repre­ sentation election victory in the South since January 1, when workers at the Timme, Inc., plant in Wilmington, N.C. voted for the TWUA by a 382 to 224 margin. There were 24 challenged votes. Nearly 2,000 workers have signed up with the TWUA in the South so far this year. Earlier victories were won at the plants of Collins and Aikman Co., North Carolina; Roxbury Carpet Co., Tennessee, and the American Olean Co., Ken­ tucky. 4 4 41 The Brewery Workers won a seven-week strike at the Quaker Oats plant in Hao-rfsburg, Penn­ sylvania, that was called over the issue of working conditions. Em­ ployees at the plant had voiced dissatisfaction about forced vaca­ tions and slack season layoffs. The new contract helps to ease the problem through a supplemental benefit plan and a further stress on seniority rights. The SUB pian guarantees that a worker with 1,300 hours or more of company service is guaranteed 62 percent of take home pay during layoffs for up to 26 weeks a year. The two-year contract also provides wage hikes of 15 cents an hour, four weeks paid vacation after 20 years, a 40 percent improvement in hospital and medical benefits, and a sever­ ance pay plan. 4 4 41 By a vote 187 . to 112, workers at the Louisville Chair Company, Louisville, Kentucky, voted for the United Furniture Workers as bar­ gaining agent. It was the third vdknrcsedfMalt d^Hon at'thViUaht in less than three years. The UFW won the first election in 1962, but it was put aside by the NLRiB be­ cause management charged that a leaflet distributed to employees had misrepresented a company profit sharing plan. The second vote pro­ duced a narrow margin in favor of the company. That election too was declared void because the company had dismissed active members of the union before the voting. An NLRB decision recom­ mended a new election and the reinstatement of the dismissed un­ ionists. Despite the company's an­ ti-union campaign of letters, cap­ tive audience meetings and other pressures on the workers, the UFW won the third election and was de­ clared bargaining agent. 4 4 4 A month's strike action brought a first-time union contract to mcu-e than 1,000 employees of the Hughes, Hatcher, Sufferin chain of men's clothing stores in the De­ troit area. Office employees began the walkout when the company re­ fused to recognize the Amalgamat­ ed Clothing Workers Union as bargaining agent. While the pick­ ets marched, the union's organiz­ ing drive spread through the company's 15 stores until a solid majority of employees was signed up. The company then agreed to recognize the union, pending a check of union pledge cards by a local clergyman. The pact won by the workers provides for wage minimums and progressions for; all classifications, seniority rights and grievance procedures, five sick leave days yearly with unused days paid for in cash at year's end, hos­ pitalization bfepcflts, life Insurance Ind btlier beheW. " ' �JOM 11. INI SEAFARERS Delegates TURNER and MOONEY talk with Cong. DELANEY, House Speaker Mc CORMACK and Labor Undersecretary JOHN HENNING.i LUCY PERRONE Industrial workers, Pacific OisL LOG Delegates JIM DOOLEY, GEORGE MCCARTNEY, RED RAMSAY, BILL ARMSTRONB join in heavy applause to Pres. MEANY'S address. PHOTO REPORT FRANCIS BEDOOE Trinidad The Twelfth SIUNA Convention CONG. PAUL KREBS of New Jersey RICHARD HILLIS Jniand Boatmen, Paclfie CLARENCE HENRY ILA Vice-President Pictured here and on the following pages are some of the highlights of the f2th Biennial SIUNA Convention in Washington. They depict some of the people and events which made this recently-concluded Convention a mem­ orable one for everyone on hand. Delegates to the Convention from the 33 affiliated SIUNA unions acted upon a great number of issues of vital importance to maritime, the American labor move­ ment and the nation, and charted important policy for the international during the next two years—years which promise to be important ones for the future of maritime and organized labor in the United States. STEVE EONEY, Pacific CannOry Workers, and ANDREA GOfdEZ discuss Cannery report. Pacific IBU Pres. JOHN FOX (left) talks with IBU delegates DALE MELLINGER and DICK HILLS. The Convention also hosted an impressive number^f guests and speakers, who voiced their opinions on many important issues. Many of those who addressed the delegates during the proceedings are pictured on these pages, along with many of the delegates. Pictures, however, can't tell the whole story, and fuJI coverage of Convention actions and events is carried elsewhere iii this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. MORRIS WEISBERGER Bailors Union of PacifiO KENNETH BELIEU Undersecretary of Navy LEO -PERLIS Community Services Canadian brothers DOUCET, SOUTHERN, CAMERON, SWAIT, BLASCOW and DAVID chat With SlU Pres. HALL. , .5 Marr^. IUR|fB^ r; ;.CHAI(^^^ WKLT¥ ^ PAUL JENNINGS President, lUE •> LINOSEY WILLIAMS AGLIW District Brothers BEDDOE, MUNGROO and BLANCHE are attentive es committee report Is made to delegates. fAUSilN SKIfSNERV. >> ^l>Vl.^NELSO|l CRUtKSHANk^ CONG. JOHN ROONEV ••«««» Pishermen AFL social Securpjfef FRANCIS MUNGROO ' �PlW« Twelr* CONG. EMANUEL CELLER Of New York SEAFARERS FRED STEWART AGLIW District June 11. 19M LOG StUNA Executive Board dealt with wide range of problems affecting affiliated unions. JERRY WURP Pres., AFSCMB RAYMOND SUAREZ LAZU SiU Of Puerto Rico 'f JAMES MATTHEWS of SIU taxi local in Detroit is congratulated by President HALL on recent victory over Teamsters as JOHN WEAVER (left) of St. Louis cab local and MIKE JAKUBOWSKI look on. BURT LANPHER Staff Officers LES BALINGER Cannery workers Of Pacific, San Diego THEODORE KHEEL Labor Arbitrator CONG. PAUL FiNO Of New York HARRISON TYLER ILA, Chicago Sen. SENATOR VANCE HARTKE Of Indiana EDWARD KENNEDY (Center) talks with Massachusetts constituents MCDONOUGH (left) and AUSTIN SKINNER of New Bedford Fishermen. DON SLAIMAN Director, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Dept. AFL-CIO COPE Director AL BARKAN (right) presents COPE award to SiUNA President HALL. AL KERR secretary-treasurer, siu Chicago cab union presented plaque to SIUNA. SIU Pres. HALL accepU plaqUo from EVERETT CLARK, MIKE JAKUBOWSKI, DOM ABATA. Brothers DAVID, GLASGOW, WEiSBERGER, SWAIT, RAMSEY and DOOLEY were part of 13-member Seamen's Grievance Committee. Members of the delegation to the Convention from the SIU of Puerto Rico exchange views with Prissident HALU The delegation later submitted, their organization's report to the Convention. JOHN HENNING Undersecretary of Labor BEN MCLAURIN Reg. Dir., Sleeping Car Porters JOHN FORSYTH (right) and G. P. McGINTY of the Railway Marine Region, follow resolution condemning railroad mergers. FRED FARNEN Great Lakes District JOE GOREN Marina Cooks and Stewards WILLIAM JORDAN Marina Firemen �jmM 11. UM JOHN HAWK international Rep. SEAFARERS NICK PECORARO Seine Line Fishermen, San Pedro ANNETTE lOVINO (left) and MARGUERITE BODEN Of headquarters staff at registration desk. TEDDY 6LEASDN President, ILA GEDRGE JDHANSEN Alaska Fishermen MORT BRANDENBURG pres.. Distillery workers TS&AW delegates from Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit gathered here to have their pictures taken by photographer. NICHOLAS JOHNSON Maritime Administrator Constitution Committee report Id checked by four comitteemeni (l-r) chairman JORDON, F. OROZAK, R. HILLIS, J. WINTER. ED CARLOUGH, JR. Org. Dir. Sheet Metal Werkara DOOLEY, RAMSAY, GEORGE DIXON ViCi-Pres., ILA Mobile GEORGE ISSEL UlW-Pacifio CONG. HUGH CAREY Of New York Delegate WILDER SMITH of Marine Cooks and Stewards steps to microphone on Convention floor. Directly to his left Is delegate RALPH QUINONES of the SlU United Industrial Workers. Group of delegates from West Coast Fish and Cannery unions and Great Lakes seamen get together for picture. ' • Following Resolutions Committee report are (r-t) delegates JORGENSON and SWEENEY. LtUNARD MOLAUUHLIN SlU cf Canada Page TUrtcca LOG GEORGE HEARN Federal Maritime Commissioner BILL MODDY poy Scouts of America J. C. TURNER Pres., 0. C. Labor Council CONG. F. THOMPSON Of New Jersey JOE LEWIS Director, AFL-CIO Union Label Dept. HARRISON TYLER, Pres., ILA Local 19, Chicago Is introduced to Convention by SlU Pres. HALL. DOM ABATA applauds guest. GIL GAUTHIER SlU of Canada Congressman CARL ALBERT, Majority Leader of the House (left) and Congressman JACK GILBERT of N.Y. (third front _ left), talk with delegates JOHN DWYER and FRANK DROZAK,(right). �Pas* F»arfe«i LOG 11, IHI I -1' Greetings are exchanged between JOHN SALLOWAY (right), ILA Local 19 oHicial and PAUL HALL and MORRIS WEISBERGER. WILDER SMITH Marine CooKs ft stewards SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY of Massachusetts DON SWAIT SlU of Canada KEITH TERPE SlU of Puerto Rico PETER MC6AVIN (at ED HOOD, Pres. Shipbuilders Council, used visual display In address to Convention. TS&AW Pres. DOM ABATA (left) chats with HARRISON TYLER, Pres. ILA Local 19, . Chicago, and MRS. TYLER CONO. THOMAS PELLY of Washington Convention arrangements are discussed by two of committee—ED MOONEY, AGLIWO (left) and JERRY POSNER, MCS. SEN. DANIEL INOUYE Of Hawaii Protection of American fishing grounds was key concern of fisherman's delegates JIM ACKERT (left) and STEVE EDNEY. ROBERT BROWNLEE Staff Officers,' Paoifie EARL (BULL) SHEPARO AGLIW District WILLARO W. WIRTZ Secretary of Labor NORMAN DAVID SlU of Canada eORDON ELLIS Sailors Union of Paciflo Among SUP delegation was (l-r) Sec.-Treas. MORRIS WEISBERBER, JIM OOOLEY, BILL ARMSTRONQ and BLACKIE ELLIS. Jra^^^ Executive Secretary, administers oath of office to International officers who were elected In the final order of Convention business. Officers will serve for two years. ROBERT MATTHEWS AGLIW District Members of Legislative and ifW' �SEAFARERS Jon* llf !••• Pace Fifteea LOG New Yorkmar Launehed By Calmar In Baltimore By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director What's The Hurry? As reported in the MD COLUMN of the Group Health Association of America, Inc.. the story is told of a man of some importance in Minnesota in the latter part of the last century who was on h.is way to visit in the outer world. When he came to the coach stop, he was toid that he had just misSed the stage. He then remarked to the inn­ keeper "oh, well, what of It; there'll be another one along next week!" Sueh a man must "have been rare, even In those times, but his philosophy Is worth a thought or two as one sits in his car, one foot on the brake and the other on the accelerator, waiting for a traffic light to change. It is worth remembering when the green changes to yellow just as one enters that zone in which there is still time to decide to go or stay. It is even worth thinking about in planning whether to drive 200 or 500 miles a day on vacation. One might do well to remember it a thousand times a day when he is caught up In the sense of rush that is our civilization. Why are we in such an all-fired journey in seven hours instead of eight, or six instead of seven, or hurry all the time? It seems to be a game to see otherwise compress his trip into how late we can start somewhere less time than originally planned. so that by hurrying all the way The fact that he may not get there we can arrive just on time. Is at all seems not to occur readily, it the challenge of punctuality? if one can judge from talking with Probably not, for hurry seems some of the survivors. Maybe we should get up a so­ just as much a habit of people going home in the evening when ciety to offer a prize for the man punctuality is not the prize. One who can plot out a trip at reason­ might well ask many of the hur- able speeds, with hourly check­ riers: What's waiting—if you get points and predicted times of ar­ rival, and give a prize for the one there? Does "hurry" provide a sense who comes closest to the predicted of self-importance, does it reflect performance. Boat owners do this some deep desire to conquer with amazing accuracy. Maybe all space, oir is It simply that every­ the members of the club would then come home safely. body else is doing it? We might even do better if we We do get caught up in the mov­ let the wives do the planning, and ing stream, to be sure, but some­ plot the return trip as well! A one must start it; and even when trial run to the neighboring shop­ alone, we tend to hurry—^just to get there. Maybe it is sort of like ping center on an ample-time basis the challenge some men see in might make a good beginning. mountains. If they are there, they Most of us dream of an unhurried must be climbed. A person not in existence. All we need to do is wake up and try it. a hurry is sort of odd. We are just about to enter the vacation season. Supposedly this is a time when we change our habits, see new sights, relax, and enjoy ourselves. Will we? A com­ mon quip is that it is a relief to get back to work so that one can rest up from the vacation. A possible boost in inland wa­ This is the least of the hazards ters shipping may be in the offing of a long trip into which too much is crammed, for in many as industrial companies continue to expand their waterside manu­ instances it ends suddenly in a blinding crash caused by misjudg- facturing facilities. The American Waterways oper­ ment or human error. Speed, the handmaiden of haste, exacts a ators announced that waterside frightful toll on our highways and industrial plants had been ex­ panded at a faster rate during the streets during holiday seasons. And this summer will be much first quarter of 1965 than in any other period since the third quar­ like the last, no doubt. The man who drives about the city most ter of 1963. The increased expansion of of the year will suddenly find himself at the wheel of his too- plant indicates a renewed interest powerful car looking out at a on the part of management to straight, wide highway inviting take advantage of low cost barge transportation, especially for him to go 70 miles an hour. handling bulk-loading commodi­ He is poorly trained to travel ties. in this manner at these speeds Of the 125 new waterside sites, hour after hour. Our automotive and highway engineers have put 30 were terminals, docks and into his path a temptation he wharves. The rest were divided cannot readily resisit. It seems so among general Industrial and agri­ easy that if he just bears down a cultural plant and storage instal­ little harder he can make his lations. Industry Ups Waterway Use BALTIMORE—The Yorkmar, the last of six C-4 troop carriers acquired and rebuilt for the SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Corporation was christened here on May 25. The new ship will join Calmar's regular coastal service later this month. The Yorkmar, like the five^ ships that preceded her down handling equipment was installed ..new piping, electrical wiring the main deck. Hatches were en­ and ductwork were put in the ways at Bethlehem Steel on larged to 75 feet, big enough to place. Back at Key Highway Corporation's Baltimore Yards, has been completely redesigned and refurbished. Capable of 17 knots, she has completely dehu­ midified and heated cargo spaces, larger hatches and whirley-type revolving cranes of 25 tons ca­ pacity. Like the other new Calmar ships, the pilothouse, galley and crews quarters are air conditioned throughout. With the six converted C-4s replacing older Libertys in the Calmar fleet, the company will be able to schedule sailing between the East and West Coasts of the U.S. every nine days. The other new Calmar ships are the Penmar, Marymar, Portmar, Seamar and Calmar. Each vessel will be able to make the intercoastal run in Just 12 days, knocking several days off the old time. In ad­ dition, each of the new C-4s will be able to load 15,000 tons of cargo, or about 5,000 tons more than the Libertys are capable of carrying. Along with the four Libertys to be retained by Calmar, the new vessels will operate in regular trade between the ports of Phila­ delphia and Baltimore on the At­ lantic and Long Beach, San Fran­ cisco and Seattle on the Pacific. They will carry steel products and general cargo westbound and lum­ ber from Pacific coast ports on the return run. A "Brand New Ship" The new Yorkmar is a complete­ ly different vessel from that which entered the Bethlehem yard after removal from the Reserve Fleet. Troop accommodations, armaments and life saving gear were all stripped away, along with 3,000 tons of steel fittings and interior bulkheads and decks. All tween decks except one were removed as was the superstructure forward of the machinery spaces. After portions of the superstruc­ ture were modified and new cargo insure quick and safe loading operations. The preliminary design work and engineering was performed at the Sparrows Point shipyard. All excess structure and fittings were burned off at the Key Highway facility. With only sufficient struc­ ture left for bracing, the hull was towed to Sparrows Point for the next phase of reconversion—addi­ tion of a new deckhouse, structural reinforcement below decks and in­ stallation of the cargo handling gear. Three of the vessels four holds were lengthened and Equal Employment Practices Cited As Beneficial To Labor WASHINGTON—The fair employment practices section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, taking effect July 2, will "broaden the possibilities for both work and profit," and help both management and labor, an"*" clauses in colleotlve bar­ AFL-CIO spokesman reported nation gaining agreements," he said, and recently. added, "there are still too many "It will particularly help us [labor], because where you have discrimination, workers are divided—unions are weaker," .said Director Donald Slaiman of the AFL-ClO's Department of Civil Rights, during the network radio interview, Labor News Conference. "It should also help manage­ ment," he said, "because where you don't have the tensions of racial differences, you can have a more productive community." He pointed out that business will directly benefit from better living standards and increased purchas­ ing power among minority group workers. A "fairly significant number of unions" have secured non-discrimi- Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefits ..... Maternity Benefits . Dependent Benefits .......... Optical Benefits ............. Out-Patient Benefits .......... Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE; VACATfON :: BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD...^ ' ,r ' 16,943 4793,929.33 that don't have them." "N o t all non-discrimination clauses" are of equal value." Slai­ man said, pointing out that "many companies have conceded non-dis­ crimination clauses covering em­ ployees already hired, and yet have resisted giving up any of their management prerogatives in hiring." "We are going to continue work­ ing on this," he declared. Slaiman said that repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's Sec. 14 (b) (the "rigbt-to-work" section) would help secure compliance with the Fair Ehnployment Practices statute. "Where you have union security, you have more stable conditions— it is easier to get agreement with empl(^ers," he said. The new law, he said, will give "added force to the existing AFLCIO policy" and aid actions already under way. It will also "make it easier for us to get a response from local affiliates where they aren't doing what they could be doing" with regard to apprenticeship pro­ grams, he said. Reporters questioning Slaiman on the AFL-ClO-produced public service program, heard weekly on MBS, were Simeon Booker, Wash­ ington bureau chief for the John­ son Publications, and Joseph Gambatese, associate editor of Nation's Business. Quitting Ship? Notify Union Cash Benefits Paid — April, 1965 AMOUNT PAID $ 54,836.79 81,967,56 108.150.00 8,600.00 119,553.77 8,223.20 41,998.00 375.600.01 Calmar invested more than $27 million in the reconversion pro­ gram for the six vessels. The pro­ gram was carried out under the ship replacement program of the Maritime Administration which allows ship operators to trade in older vessels for newer or more efficient vessels from the Govern­ ment's Reserve Fleet. AFL-CIO Urges ^Rights' Complianee SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans CLAIMS 8,069 34 721 43 BBS 559 5,251 1,378 the main engines, boilers and other machinery were inspect­ ed and overhauled. Hull, decks and superstructure were sand­ blasted and painted and the vessel was made ready for sea trials. Th« now Yarionar, launched recently at Baltimore, completes SIU-tont,r;j|^^p4 Pflmar Steamship Cofnpany's six-ship, popr; yarsion project. A reminder from SlU head­ quarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replace­ ment Failure to give notice be­ fore paying oft may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of tho manning re­ quirements and needlessly mako the work tougher for your shipmatei. ' �•-1.^ • Pu* Sbdtm Jan* 11. ltd AHJCIO Ward9 Off 'PolmnttaUy ixphtiv' Mhm Growing Youth Unemployment Called Serious National Issue Carbon 'Tet—Handle With Care By Fr«d Stewart & Ed Moonty Headquarters Representatives A potentially explosive problem of extremely heavy youth unemployment soon may confront the nation unless massive job-creating programs are adopted, the AFL-CIO has warned. The article recognized that There are not enough jobs adding: "gradually, America has been "There Just are not enough Jobs to go around for the work awakening to the danger of largeforce in general, the Depart­ to go around. The economy has scale unemployment anK>ng its Carbon Tetnichlorldo la one of tho best Indnatrlal solvents in use today. It removes oil or grease completely, evaporates completely leaving behind no residue and It is quite Inexpensive. Unfortunately it is also highly poisonous to man, even in extremely small quantities. Because of its natural characteristics, carbon tetrachloride is partic­ ularly dangerous to seamen who spend a great deal of time working ment of Research declared, and not been growing rapidly enough youth" and this has resulted in and living in small, often tight compartments. It is so dangerous that the jobless rate for youth already to meet the job needs of a very enactment of three federal pro­ carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers and others of similar types are is double the national rate, with fast-growing work force." grams: the Manpower Develop­ no longer approved for marine use by the Coast Guard. Outlining the scope of the prob­ ment & Training Act of 1962, the millions of young people due to Although cabon tetrachloride is highly poisonous when absorbed pour into the labor force in the lem, the Department of Research Vocational Education Act of 1963 by the body in any manner, either when taken through the mouth or pointed out that in addition to and the Economic Opportunity Act absorbed through the skin, it most commonly enters the body through months ahead. The Specter of Mass Youth the 4 miilion already counted as of 1964. tho lungs while breathing, as a vapor. It evaporates so quickly and Unemployment, an analysis in the jobless, others should be counted so completely that relatively small amounts of the chemical will have These programs are good; they May edition of the AFL-CIO who are forced to work only part are steps in the right direction, very high concentrations of its deadly vapor in the air in a very American Federatlonist, points time or who dropped out of the the article Said. But, it cautioned, short period. For example, half a teaspoon of carbon tetrachloride is out that those born In the "baby labor force because they could their major drawback is that they enough to cause a concentration of vapors in a ten foot square com­ boom" years after World War II find no work. Furthermore, it seem to assume the prime cause partment which is 10 times the accepted maximum safe concentration. added, the labor force is growing are coming of working age. Carbon tetrachloride effects the brain, liver and, most Important, the by about 1.5 million a year net— of youth unemployment is lack 'Boom' to Continue the new entrants minus those who of skills. This may be so with kidneys. High concentrations effect the brain first, causing uncon­ some youth, the article added, sciousness. In high enough con--f This year, the article noted, 3.7 die or retire, etc. "but the major cause of youth centrations it will cause death by million young men and women "Simply not to lose ground, dition. Its effect on the kidneys activity of toe will turn 18. And the "youth 1.5 million additional jobs must unemployment is a lack of Jobs. disrupting toe Is most important because it is boom" will continue, it added, be created every year," the AFLMoreover, the article continued, brain. Tho chemical also effects with some 4 million youngsters CIO said. And, if unemployment though the Civil Rights Act of the liver, impairing tho blood's often overlooked, and can cause turning 18 each year on through is to be dented, more jobs must 1964 will help in some ways if ability to carry oxygen to the body death eyen two weeks after the the 1970s. it is vigorously enforced, it will cells and causing a jaundiced ion- actual exposure has taken place. be opened up. A strange fact about carbon The danger, warned the analy­ "In fact, if 2 million jobs were not assure work for Negro teen­ tetrachloride's effect on the body sis. arises from the fact that a created each year, it would still agers—whose jobless rate has hov­ is the way alcohol increases the large and increasing proportion be several years before the U.S. ered around 25 percent for 7 years danger of poisoning. A few drinks of the unemployed is made up of would be able to achieve full em­ —but merely an equal chance for will alter the body's ability to deal what jobs are available. young people. There is not only ployment," the analysis said. with the chemical to such an ex­ personal hardship and economic Large-scale unemployment "America will succeed in this tent that a concentration which and social waste, it continued, but /amiong the younger generation would not be dangerous without a political danger in large num­ task only if it adopts the right can have "disastrous results," the economic policies and programs the exposure to alcohol, or which bers of discontented youth. so the economy will grow rapidly AFL-CIO said. Eyen now, it noted would cause only minor light­ Compared to the national un­ enough to meet the job needs of in quoting Dr. James-Conant, edu­ headedness or nausea, now be­ cator and former president of employment rate of 5.12 percent rapidly-growing work force. comes fatal. in 1964, the jobless rate for 16- to "Purchasing power of the low- Harvard University, youth unem­ WASHINGTON — Improved 24-year-olds was more than double and middle-income groups will ployment has the makings of so­ Proper ventilation Is the best measures to aid the non-subsidized answer to the safe use of carbon —11.5 percent, said the article, a need to be boosted substantially— cial dynamite." Labor's Economic Review feature. through higher wages and salaries, There is no doubt, the article segment of the American-flag tetrachloride. Unfortunately, prop­ said, that the big-city problems merchant fleet and the commercial er ventilation is not always prac­ through improved social security Of the nearly 4 million people who were out of work in 1964, benefits, through higher minimum of delinquency and crime are fishing fleet have been proposed by ticed. The man using this ohemirooted in unemployment and the Representative Hastings Keith cal to take a grease stain out of over 1.5 million were under 25 wages. frustration and deprivation that his favorite necktie in a small years of age, the report observed. "To help create more jobs, (R.-Mass.) as part of a House bill compartment tor instance, is run­ go with it. Thus, it stressed, "although these hours of work will have to be re­ covering the merchant marine that ning the risk of losing his life. young workers made up less than duced and government spending— "Without Jobs, it is too much was introduced on May 5th. Remember, one half of a teaspoon 20 percent of the civilian work for public works, roads, hospitals, to expect that the unemployed force, they accounted for more education and housing—^must be young people will be constructive The House merchant marine bill of the chemical is enough to cause than 40 percent of the nation's expanded." members of the community," the was put forward by Representa­ a fatal concentration of vapor in a ten by ten compartment. unemployment." No single measure will provide analysis declared. "Rejected by tive William S. Mailliard (R.-Cal.). "And with the tremendous the needed push, the article cau­ the society in which they live, A similar measure was introduced Without proper ventilation, only growth in the young population— tioned. An overall program is they rebel against it and-society in the Senate by Senator E. L. twenty-five parts carbon tetrachlo­ (Bob) Bartlett (Dem.-Alaska). Both ride per million parts of air is pays the price." 3.7 million are turning 18 this required. measures are now under considera­ considered safe. As little as 250 year alone—the likelihood is that Better-Educated Idle Large numbers of people are they will make up an even greater Without these measures to deal passing through their formative tion by conunittees in their respec­ parts per million can cause death proportion of the unemployed in with the basic economic problems years with their hopes frustrated tive bodies. to someone who has been drinking. the years ahead," it declared. and to create jobs at decent and their attitudes twisted, offer­ The proposal by Keith would al­ Five thousand parts per million The problems faced by young wages," the analysis emphasized, ing material for totalitarian ap­ low operatoi-s of merchant ships may be fatal after an exposure as people reflect in good measure "efforts to help tlie youngsters peals and posing a threat to the to commit themselves by contract short as five minutes. This is usu­ the problems of the work force in through education and training democratic structure, the article with the Secretary of Commerce ally the delayed type, with death general, the analysis declared. cannot succeed. to take part in a vessel replace­ a week or 10-days after from kid­ said. ment reserve fund. Fishing craft ney damage. operators would commit them­ Twenty-four thousand parts per selves in a similar way with the million for very short periods will Secretary of the Interior. Growth Of Young People In Labor Force-1960, 1964, be fatal aftw a period of illness, and Projected to 1970 Merchant vessel operators would or if exposure is of approximately place into the fund part of the 15 minutes, may be fatal immedi­ MILLIONS OF WORKERS revenues they earned under the ately. Larger exposures will be provisions of the Cargo Preference fatal almost immediately. Act. Deposits and withdrawals These are the reasons why SIU from the fund would receive simi­ agreements require payment of lar tax deferment to that enjoyed overtime for members of the en­ by the subsidized liner operatotrs. gine department required to use Presently, any earnings set aside carbon tet for cleaning purposes by the non-subsidized operators aboard ship. It's a dangerous mate­ for expansion or modernization of rial and has to be used very care­ their fleets are subject to taxation fully and sparingly. by the government. Since 1936, when the Merchant Marine Act was adopted, the subsidized liner segment of the U.S.-flag fleet has enjoyed tax deferment on the monies it puts aside for fleet ex­ For obvious reasons the LOG pansion. cannot print any letters or Shipping experts estimate that other communications sent in about 600 tramp and coastal car­ by Seafarers unless the author riers, inter-coastal carriers. Great signs bis name. Unsigned Lakes carriers and non-subsidized anonymous letters will only liners would be able to take ad­ wind up in the waste-basket. tauren U.S. BurMu of Ubor StaUsUca, vantage of the provisions of the If circumstances Justify, the The increasing seriouinass of the problem of youthful unemployment in the United States it bill.' About 12,000 fishing craft LOG will withhold a signature shown graphicalliy We.- 'New.fobs ere not keeping pace with the growing numbert of youth would also have an' epportudity to on request. entering the job market each year. ^ participate. Bill Would Aid Construction Of New Ships THE YOUTH BOOM Sign Name On LOG Letters �11, IHI CASABLANCA 8BAFABHB8 PORTS OF THB WOpr n'^j Casablanca, tfaa Industrial and commercial capital of the North African kingdom of Morocco, boasts one of the largest man-made harbors In the world. It la a city more famous m legend than in fact. Considered one of the exotic North ^ca ports, with others like Tangier and Algiers, it has T «ettlng for countless stories, novels and toms. In 1943, however, it was the real setting for one of the most important of the wartime meetings between Allied leaders. The ships of the SlU-contracted Isthmian Lines make occasional calls at Casablanca, as do other ships of the SIUmanned fleet. The port is one of the busiest in North Africa, and is frequented by many foreign flag vessels. Surprisingly, though it is located in an old part of the worlds Casablanca is not an old dty. Until about a halfcentury ago it was little more than a collection of fisher­ men's shacks. A large white "house, owned by the village chief and a landmark to sailors, was responsible for the city s name. Casablanca was developed as a center of com­ merce by the French, whose influence still lingers over North Africa. Near the main gate of the dock area, on the Boulevard Moulay, is the local Seamen's Club. Open from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. daily, it offers the usual amenities for the Seafarer who does not wish to go into town. Casablanca has a rough reputation, and it is well earned. Seafarers are advised not to travel alone when returning to their ship at night, even if a cab is taken. Further, it is not advisable to take large anmunts of cash, cigarettes or other valuables ashore. Keeping these warnings in mind, the Seafarer can have a reasonably good time enjoying the attractions in town. Taxis are available at the dock area for the quick ride down­ town- Prices should always be discussed first with the dr^er. The old quarter of the city, with its narrow streets and teeming houses is fairly close to the port zone. Fur­ ther along the Boulvard de Almohades, following the coast line, can be found one of the largest swimming pools in the world. It is more than a quarter-mile long. Further along the same road is the city's best residential area, Anfa Hills. Here are more swimming pools and beach­ es, though bathing in the ocean is considered dangerous. The center of Casablanca, with its entertainment and shopping areas, is set in back of the old city. A trip to the Sultan's Palace, on the Rue Hadj Amar Riffi, is well worth the effort. Bus tours of other points of interest are easily arranged. iiiliBiliilii Hnsh. . ^ A buttling port (top photo) and the leather industry are two main­ stays of Casablanca's economy. New housing in Casablanca, like this family is en­ joying, still is decorated in the traditional North African and Arabic manner. i'-) 51 A familiar sight in the developing world: ancient slums, foreground, giving way to new blocks of modern housing for the city's thousands. i ! Ilill This new television facility, still under construction at the time the photo was taken, gave North Africa its first chance to lpQk;ln the wpi-W .of:,yi(feo. Boy scouts parade on the main street of Casablanca, a thriving Icityfthatwas once a»fishmg village. The SlU-manned Steel Voyager of the Isthmian Lines made a recent stop in Casablanca while j • ort a<^ound the-world trip., r, i �SEAFARERS Page Eighteea 15 Wor/cf Vessefs Reported Lost At Sea During 1964 Each year at least 15 large merchant ships weigh anchor in ports aroimd the world and head into the open sea, never to be seen again. The regular disappearance of ships continues year after year despite the latest advances in radio communications and search and rescue techniques. to determino the approximate Searching ships and aircraft can Some 600 seamen are lost position of the lost vessel and the then maintain their search pat­ yearly when their ships vanish quickness with which some ships terns by using the beacon as a without a trace, according to in­ formation released at a three-day seminar in New York on search and rescue methods in the North Atlantic. The seminar was spon­ sored by the U.S. Coast Guard. Two factors contribute to the sudden disappearance of large freighters, a Coast Guard spokes­ man said. They are the inability Anti-Union Bosses Hit By NLRB Ruling WASHINGTON — The United States Court of Appeals has upheld a recent National Labor Relation Board rule certifying a union as a legal bargaining representative in the event that an employer refuses to recognize authorization cards submitted by a union as proof of a bargaining majority. The Appeals Court upheld a decision and NLBB ruling ordering the S.N.C. Manufacturing Company of Oshkosh, Wise., to bargain with the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. At S.N.C. the lUE obtained the signatures of 51 of the company's 76 employes on union authorization cards and on March 1, 1963, re­ quested recognition and a bar­ gaining meeting. Management re­ plied that it "had no knowledge" of the union's majority status and demanded an NLRB election. Thereupon, the NLRB general counsel told the court, the com" pany "engaged in an active cam­ paign" to smash the union and, by April 1, 1963, dissipated the union's majority in S.N.C.'s two Oshkosh plants. The union lost the election, 32-42, on that date. The NLRB later ruled that the management broke the law by re­ jecting the cards as evidence of the lUE majority, promising and granting wage increases, setting up a shop committee to supplant the union, and threatening em­ ployes with "economic reprisal" if the union won. The Appeals Court agreed that the "employer's challenges to the board's findings and conclusions appear to us to be without merit." Argument Rejected Rejecting the company's argu­ ment that the union gave up its right to file refusal-to-bargain charges when it participated in an election, the court wrote: "This may have been a valid position under the rule announced in 'Aiello Dairy Farms,' 1954. But the board has now rejected that rule and, we think, it was within its statutory authority in so doing." The rule followed by the NLRB from 1954 to 1964 was that a union complaining of unfair employer practices could either file charges or proceed to an election, but it could not proceed to an election and then file charges based on pre-election conduct. go down. Aircraft and small boats disappear under similar condi­ tions. While nvwt major steamship lines require that their vessels radio their positions at least once a day, some ships do not follow the practice. If a daily position report was available to search and rescue teams, they would be able to locate and begin rescue oper­ ations on a foundering vessel in much less time, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Is currently experimenting with new radio de­ vices that may be able to cut down on the number of ships which disappear each year. Hopes are being pinned on a floating beacon which, vyhen dropped into the ocean, will follow the drift of the ocean so ft can be used as a reference point for searchers. The floating beacon, because it is drifting in the same general way as the helpless ship, main­ tains the same position in relation to the object being searched for. Mississippi Building New Inland Canal A new inland waterway is pres­ ently under construction between Biloxi and Gulfport Mississippi which may eventually allow ocean shipping to move Inland into the state over a 35-foot deep channel 250 feet wide from bank to bank. When all five stages of the proj­ ect are completed the cost will run more than $50 million. The first stage, a nine-mile stretch, has been completed only deep enough to handle tugs and barges leading to chemical plants in Harrison County. When completed, however, the project will become part of the intercoastal canal with termi­ nals and docking areas for ocean vessels. Completion is expected to spur a vast industrial growth in the area. About 1,600 acres have been set aside for industrial expansion along the canal route, of which 1,400 will be ready sometime in June, which will have access to this new navigation link with the Mississippi River. The new traffic spurred by the canal is expected to further boost the growth of Pascagoula and Gulfport, which are already heading for cargo records this year in spite of the long dock strike. Gulfport reports 123,622 of ton­ nage so far this year, compared with only 98,999 for the same pe­ riod last year. Ship arrivals are also up to 32 from 21 for March, 1964. Pascagoula reports a record of 1,005,682 tons handled during March, 1965—a 67.9 percent in­ crease over the same period last year. . ler^kWoiV... Jne U. ifW LOG guide post. Another radio device being tested by the Coast Guard is a transmitter the size of a cigarette package that can be attached to a life jacket. By tuning in on the transmitter, aircraft would be able to find a man drifting in the ocean faster than they could by visual methods. Had these devices been avail­ able, two of the most noted and recent ship mysteries might have been averted. In the first, the American-flag Marine Sulphur Queen vanished without a trace in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1963. In December, 1963, the Spanish-flag freighter Castillo Montjuich sailed from Boston with a 10,000-ton cargo of grain. She last reported on the radio on De­ cember 14 that she was 450 miles northwest of the Azores. She was never heard from again. In Beckbury it's Wlif Broome Over Mechanical Broom—^100% LONDON—Wilf Broome, longtime street cleaner of the English village of Beckbury is retiring—and the spectre of automation is raising iU ugly head. Village officials are protesting attempts by the county to replace old Wllf Broome with a mMhanlcal broom. "No mechanical broom, or sweeper, or whatever they call it can ever replace Wilf Broome," one viUage official protested. "Mr. Broome's done a tremendous Job for nineteen years and we don't want some mechanical contraption to replace him. For one thing, it couldn't." In his years as village street cleaner, Broome has compiled a record which any automated machine would find it hard to match. He has kepi the village so clean that it has won four first prizes as the best-kept village In Shropshire, in addi­ tion to many second and third place prizes. But Broome is 65 and eligible to retire on pension, and the fight against an automated re­ placement for him is under­ way. "No mechanical sweeper can look after our village like Mr. Broome," the town council chairman moaned. "A machine may be all right for open stretches of a road, but not for a village. We are going to protest to the county council in the strongest possible terms." To aU of this. Win Broome agrees, "It's very nice to know that I'm thought so much of," he commented. "The parish council is right about one thing. No machine can do the job as well as a man. I use brooms, a shovel, a scythe and a.scoop and no machine can do that." By Sidney Margolius Gambling No Cure For Financial Woes One of the prevailing financial problems of some moderate-income families is chronio gambling, a recent survey of family money problems by the Family Service Association of America shows. This survey is of special interest to working families because of discussions in various regions about legalizing some gambling activities, such as state lotteries and off-track betting. These proposals are aimed mainly at producing revenue for local communities to ease the present tax load on home­ owners. But opponents argue that legalizing betting would divert more money from families who can ill afford losses. Two kinds of gambling stand out In the family agency reports. One is steady, small gambling, much like a sport or hobby, which men, and often women too, do at work or in the neighborhood. The other is an attempt by wage-earners trying to maintain large families on low or moderate income, to solve their problems by "making a hit." For example, Jeannette Hanford, Director of the Family Service Bureau of Chicago, reports the situation of a couple who have eight children, including twins. The husband has held the same job for 14 years. But his wages of $72 a week barely cover food, rent, clothing and his transporta­ tion expenses to get to work. So he resorts to gambling as a way of solving his pressing financial problem. He hopes that some day he will win enough to give his wife all he feels she deserves. He means well, but his unrealistic hops is only making the family situation worse. The "recreational" or "hobby" type of gambling can be equally damaging to family finances, and it can also cause serious discord, the survey shows. One young man of 25 had married his only sweetheart when they were both 18. He had older brothers who were inclined towards gambling, relates Emily Dickinson, Director of the Family Serv­ ice Association of Tampa. Their betting always fas­ cinated him when he was a youngster, and he could hardly wait to grow up to go to the track with them. Not until he had gone into debt for $2,000 and separated from his wife did he try to quit gambling. The couple are back together again, and he knows his wife will not stand for any further ventures. But gambling can be a hard habit'to shake, and she is aware that he still bets small sums. From the experience of the family agencies, habitual gambling is a "complusive" problem much like alcoholism. In fact, the agencies, often bracket gambling and alcoholism as twin problems. Some­ times the gambler can't stop even when he obviously is marching to disaster. Mrs. D. D. Specht, of Family Service of Morris County, New Jersey, tells about men who have actually lost their busi­ nesses due to gambling. - Sometimes a husband will use gambling like going on a drinking "toot," to punish his wife when he la angry at her, reports Warde Laidman, Case­ work Services Director for Family Service Agencies of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties in California. Couples do use money surprisingly often to punish each other through heavy spending, gambling or other ways, reports Sidney Berman, Casework Director at Peninsular Family Service, Newport News. Gambling is a pretty hopeless way to try to solve personal problems. The odds are stacked against the bettor. The syndicates that ma the organized bet­ ting pools, as on football games, purportedly set odds to 6 to 5 in their favor. But even though you already start with this disadvantage, the point spread sometimes is Juggled to make the odds much greater, and you also lose in case of a tie. Ernest Blanche, a mathematician, who has done much research on gambling has written that with these various edges, the professional pool <H>eratorlB take often runs as high as 80 or 90 per cent. The "compulsive" type of gambler often needs counseling so he can see what his problems really are, and how to face them. Father Philip A. Carey, noted New York priest who has devoted a lifetime to the problems of working families, told this department: "I haven't any more moral objection to gambling than for a fellow to send away for tickets to a show, if it's for occasional amusement and as long as he doesn't confuse Aqueduct with an investment house. Yet, the pari-mutuel clerks all tell me how appalled they are at the inveterate gamblers. For them, it is compulsive, and an addic­ tion as fearful as that to narcotics and liquor." As far as the poor fellow trying to solve the „ problems of a big family on a low income, the onlji^ reaiistic solutions require, more overall planning,# and joint effort with other working people as inf unions, heaith-care and housing co-ops and other ^ mutual activities. A man working on the same job 14 years and earning $72 a week, will find a labor organization more useful than a betting pool. Large moderate-income families, especially, need > to know and use all available community resources. "It is not unusual to have a family come in head over heels in debt for doctor and hospital bills, when much of this debt could have been avoided if the family had been more familiar with com­ munity resources and the possibility of assistance," reports .Bea Kersten, AFL-CIO Community Services Representative in Minneapolis. "Similarly, too few families are familiar with the programs that could help in the education of their children. Nor is enough being done to upgrade vocational skills." This kind of mutual self-help and communiiy participation is the safest bet. �11, Utt SEAFARERS rage Nbuteea LOG Double Cuddle Ship's delegate George Lee Bangh Sr. sailing aboard the Del Santos (Delta Line) reports that the Del Santos crew is in shipshape condition after completing a smooth and successful run to the West Coast of South Africa. The trip began on March 15 and ended May 15 in New Orleans, Louisiana. — ^— wondrous. The mess crews sailing high throughout the voyage. Thanks "We had a very good crew aboard the following vessels have again to ail hands for a fine job." manning all departments and received the commendations of Seafarer Larry Bacon and his wife affectionately fondle their twin infant sons in their Detroit home. "Some people think that twins are double trouble." says Mrs. Bacon, "but _^^^^^^^^orjiSj|^^the^Ve^roved^^a^^doubI^blow DEL SOL (D«lta), May 14 —Chairman, R. C. Stough, Jr.; tacmtaiy, R. Lambert Brother J. E. Mullen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $37.05 in ship's fund. Crew requested to cooperate and keep natives out of quarters in foreign porte. Chairman, Edward Knight; Becretary, Tom Jewelt. $8.00 in ship's fund. Mo­ tion made ttwt bonus l>e given every 90 days, employment compensation, travel pay for fitting out after crew is calied. Brother Edward Knight was elected to serve es ship's delegate. DETROIT (Michigan Tankers), Febniray 2S—Chairman, Melvin W. Piace; Seeretaiy, James Hamilton. Brother Melvin W. Place was elected to serve as temporary ship's delegate while Brother Everett Is in hospital. Discus­ sion about contract. Crew would like to submit proposals for new contract when present contract expires. J. e. MILLER (Daitiand), May t1— Chaiiman, Walter Lack; Secratary, Michaal Reddy. Motion made for an increase in wages. Nothing reported by department delegates. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), May 17—Chairman, Edward Cole; Secratary, Z. A. Marfcris. Brother William P. Robinson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No t;eefs were re- DAVID P. THOMPSON (Boland & Cornelius), May 17—Chairman, Arnold Heatheriy; Secretary, James Saxon. Motion rrwde that increase in wages be included In new agreement. U. S. GYPSUM (Boland 8. Cornelius), March 4—Chairman, Vaughan Stacker; Secretary, Robert Pate. Brother Vaughan Stecker was elected ship's delegate. No t>eefs reported by de­ partment delegates. ATLAS (Burbank), May 23—Chair­ man, K. Turner; Secretary, K. Lynch. $22.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re. ported by department delegates. Mited by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the bosun and day men for the swell paint Job in steward department rooms. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done in feeding and service. CHATHAM (Waterman), May 18 — Chairman, Bernard Payne; Secretary, Sidney A. Darner. Vote of thanks to the steward department and to the ship's delegate for a job well done. SPITFIRE (General Cargo), May 18 —Chairman, C. A. Welch; Secretary, J. A. Stevens. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request made for Ice machine. Galley and messhall need painting. DEL MONTE (Delta), May 16—Chair­ man, Howard Menz; Secretary, Albert Espeneda. Ship's delegate repoited that everything is O.K. No disputed or reported. Brother Howard Menz was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Wiper missed ship in Mo­ bile. Bosun was hospitalized in Mobile prior to sailing. $9.28 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to ship's dele­ gate and department delegates. Vote of thanks also extended to galley gangs and messmen for special serv­ ice aboard ship. JOHN A. KLING (Reiss), May 19— KENT (Corsair), May 27—Chairman, Robert Murray; Secretary, Harold Suteliffe. Disputed OT in each depart­ ment. Crew complain about no co­ operation from topside. Many beefs to be taken up with patrolman. HALCYON PANTHOR (Halcyon), May 23—Chairman, Lucky Pritchett; Sec­ retary, Frank Kustura. Brother D. Pashkoff resigned as ship's delegate, and Brother E. J. Thibodaux was . elected to serve in his place. $4.25 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for fine food and service. Discussion on draws in for­ eign money. Vote of thanks to the electricians for operating movie pro­ jector. Motion made to have 20-year retirement plan. That firemen stand­ ing donkey watches from 5 pm to 6 am should t>e on Port time. Motion made to write Congressmen asking that aliens sailing American-flag ships should become citizens or else not be allowed to sail American-flag ships. BOWLING GREEN (Pan American Tanker), May 16 —Chairman, I. W. Griggers, Jr.; Secretary, A. C. Wilson. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Moore-McCocmack), May 17—Chairman, None; Secretary, None. Chief engineer re­ quests crew to conserve water, as the water tonnage Is very low. $26.50 In ship's fund. Soma disputed OT in each department. Special vote of thanks to the baker and to the stew­ ard departmenL there was not a single log since sign on," announces Brother Baugh. "It was a clean SIU idiip and all the top• id e personnel were O.K. Cap­ tain G. B. San­ born is a fine skipper. There were no overtime beefs and the food was swell — well cooked and Bauqh well served. The steward depart­ ment received an all bands vote of thanks. Ship's delegates in all de­ partments handled their Jobs efficiently. Deserving of thanks In this respect are engine department delegate G. E. Phillips, deck de­ partment delegate H. L. Campbell and steward d^artment delegate Sam Morris. They served the in­ terests of the crew." 4 t G. M. Bowdrc (B-461), ship's delegate aboard fiie Del Talle (Delta Line), reports that the crew has just won the annual Delta Line "No Lost Time Accident Award." Of the $70 prize, $53.83 was spent for books and maga­ zines, the balance remaining in the ship's fund. t. t. t. Seafarers on board the Iberviiie must be making out pretty well. Ac­ cording to all re­ ports, not only are they dining like kings, but they are smoking cigars fit for millionaires. "In fact," reports delegate J. W. Allen, "those Allen stogies are so big that crew members have requested that the messroom be outfitted with larger ashtrays. Something about the size of oversize soup plates might do—preferably in varying shades of gray." Seafarer George Litchfield, ship's delegate aboard the Seamar (Cal-' mar Steamship Corp.), passes along the crew's vote of thanks to the galley department. "While on board the Sea oar on a Baltimore to Seattle run, we had absolutely the best food and service," says Brother Litchfield. "Of course," he adds, "the me.ssmen, cooks and stewards were 100% SIU," 3i t i Seafarers take their chow seri­ ously. They've been all around the world and have sampled the best food that every port has to offer. When a Seafarer commends the cuisine and praises the service it means that the feats of the galley staff have been little short of their fellow crewmembers .for chow and service beyond the call of duty: Yaka (Waterman), Globe Prog­ ress (Maritime Overseas), Seamar (Calmar, Ocean UUa (Maritime Overseas), Lasalle (Waterman), Seatrain New Jersey (Sea Train), Long Lines (Isthmian), Robin Goodfellow (Robin Lines), Sacra­ mento (Oriental Exporters), Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mariners), Overseas Joyce (Maritime Over­ seas), Council Grove (City Service). 3^ 3^ 3^ Even landlubbers get tired of watching the same old re-runs on T.V. night after night. But seeing one film, time and again at sea, can sure run a seafaring man down. Well, Seafarers on board the Del Norte (Delta Steamship) have decided to do something about it. "We've requested a list of the movies run on board for the past year," reports Robert Calla­ han, meeting chairman. "That way we can avoid duplication. And what's more," Brother Callahan adds, "the ship's agent has an­ nounced that he will rent passen­ ger films to the crew. From here on in, mates, Saturday night at the movies ought to be a real treat." 4> 3>> 3i' Johnnie Hoggie, ships delegate aboard the Western Cmnet (West­ ern) reports that the entire crew wishes to extend a vote of thanks to Capt. Henry B. Smoak for "his consideration in respect to prompt draws, mail, crew matters, and everything else. During the ten months that he was master of this vessel, it has been a tight and happy ship." The crew also wishes to thank Chief Mate Ralph B. Hathaway for his attention to all who were sick during the voyage. "Both the Captain and the Chief Mate are tops," declares brother Hoggie. "We aim to please," is the motto of the galley gang on board the Del Ore (Mississippi Shipping Co.). The steward department has served notice that if any member of the crew wants a special dish, he should contact the galley, and, if possible, his wi^ shall be their command. Delegate Edward J. Riviere reports a rumor has it that some of the Del Oro's gourmets have already placed orders for such exotic rarities as pheasant under glass, roast lark's wing and black caviar on Andalusian cradcers. "I don't want to appear too hasty," says Brother Riviere, "and I prefer to hold off judgment until all the evidence is in, but it just might be that some of the boys are taking advantage of the steward department's good will. Unless 3^ 3^ ^ maybe they're kidding," he adds Steel Rover (Isthmian) delegate with a wink. Harry Huston reports that messmen 3> 3> 4 Henry Martin, Ship's delegate W. W. Blckford Chuck Carlson (B-467) sailing aboard the La Salle and George Gib­ (Waterman) reports that the crew bons are "putting has extended a vote of thanks to out the goodies the officers and members of the every day, from crew who attended to the needs of codfish balls to the electrician who fell 111 during jelly rolls and the voyage and had to be taken Boston baked from the ship by the Coast Guard. beans . . . The slop chest has A vote of thanks was also awarded Huston run out of large to the stewards department for size belts and rope yarn is serving fine food service and menus. to hold in the seams from the 3« i 4" Captain down to Freddy Bailey Seafarer Joe Fried sailing the wiper . . . Thank God for the aboard the Wacosta (Waterman) square knot . . . Everybody's piling received an ap­ on the pounds. It looks like they're preciated helping out to use six month's stores in hand from his ten weeks time. Diets are fellow shipmates definitely out." on his first time 3^ 3< 3< around as ship's delegate. "Having Ship's delegate William Meehan been ship's dele­ of the Del Mundo (Delta Lines) re­ gate on the Wa­ ports that the skipper, Captain costa, I would M. L. Leger, thanked all members . like to thank the of the crew for maintaining an Fried entire crew for accident free record. "We are now their brotherly spirit of coopera­ well into our second accident free tion during the trip," he says. "Be­ year," announces Brother Meehan. ing a ship's delegate for the first "Another vote of thanks was time can be a rough go. But thanks awarded on board," continues Mee­ to my SIU brothers and to the help han. "This one went to all dele­ of Ray Ferrara who had previously gates for a job well done and to been ship's delegate, my job was all Union brothers for their co­ made easy. There were no serious operation in making the voyage a beefs and spirits were generally pleasant one." �! f V1^ Pare Twenty SEAFARERS Jon* U. UM LOO 51U Scholarship Paves The Road To Success Wher«'s Th« Action? Seafarer Cleveland Alexander Howell and his wife Wilhelmine take enormous pride In the accomplishments of their son Lembhard, and no wonder. Lembhard, who ten years ago won one of the SIU's five yearly $6,000 scholastic scholarships, has recently capped his string of both academic and> personal achievements by currently expecting a second child. thankful for the helping hand the passing the New York State After finishing his hitch in the SIU extended to my boy, starting bar examination which qualifies Navy, Lembhard returned to New him out on a wonderful career— York and enrolled in the New York I'm thankful also for all the Union him to practice law in that state. University School of Law. Since has done for me and for my fellow Lembhard began winning laurels he had completed his studies at La­ Seafarers. It is a wonderful union, early. In 1955, graduating as an fayette in only three years, he re­ protecting us while we sail and honor student tained his eligibility for an addi­ guaranteeing our future when we from Charles tional year's coverage under the retire." Evans High SIU Scholarship Fund. A member of the SIU since 1947, School in New Brother Howell sails as a chief "And don't think that extra $1,500 York, he took the didn't come in handy," says Lemb­ steward. He last shipped aboard Dooley Gold Me­ the Steel Chemist (Isthmian), hard with an appreciative grin. dal—the school's After graduating from NYU Law highest academic School in three years, Lembhard achievement won yet another award. He re­ award. Winner of ceived a grant from the Ford Foun­ the SIU Scholar­ Howell dation to do political research in ship, he entered Lafayette College in Eastern Penn­ the state of Washington. Present­ sylvania, completing the four year ly working in the Governor's office course of college studies in three in Seattle, he will return to New years. Lembhard graduated from York in August to be admitted to Action in the marketplace offers Lafayette in 1958 as a Phi Beta the Bar. a method for trade unionists to as­ Proud Of Son Kappa, Cum Laude student in His­ tory. "Yes, I'm proud of my son," says sist each other in their campaign Upon graduation, he immediately Seafarer Cleveland Alexander How­ for decent wages and better con entered the U.S. Navy, receiving a ell. "He's been a good son and ditions. commission as Ensign on gradua­ he's made me very happy. Now Seafarers and ttieir families are I'm looking forward to watching my urged to support a consumer boy­ tion day. Being the son of a Seafarer, and grandchildren grow up and follow cott by trade unionists against having enlisted in the Naval Re­ in their father's footsteps. And various companies whose products serve while still attending Lafay­ I'll tell you something else," Broth­ are prodU'">d under non-union ette, Lembhard advanced as stead­ er Howell continues, "I'm proud of conditions, or which are "unfair ily in the Navy as he had previously my Union too. Not only am I to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ done in school. Beginning as a volved, and will be amended from deck officer, he rapidly moved up time to time.) to communications officer and then LOG-A-RHYTHM: navigation officer, being promoted "Lee" brand tires first to lieutenant junior grade (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and then to full lieutenant. & Plastic Workers) "I learned a lot about seaman­ a; i ship from my dad," says Lembhard. Eastern Alt Lines "What he taught me proved invalu­ By Henri Percikow (Flight Engineers) able In the Navy." We come, fighters for life J* •fc i Head Of Class From kitchen, class and shopH. I. Slegel For his first two years of naval Streaming to picket line. duty, Lembhard was stationed in "HIS" brand men's clothes Gripping hands. Brooklyn, serving aboard troop Under hostile eye. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) transport vessels. In 1960 he re­ 4" 4" 4« quested shore duty and was trans­ Men with rolled up sleeve. ferred to Boston, Mass., where he Sears, Roebuck Company Girls in gay swirling skirtsattended night classes in Boston Pony tails dangling, march Retail stores & products College Law School. Earning (Retail Clerks) Rebels against doom phenomonal grades that placed him 4 3^ 3^ at the head of his class, Lembhard With our flags overhead. Stitzel-WeUer Distilleries was awarded an additional $300 We march, hemmed-in. "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" one-semester scholarship from the With sign aloft— "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" college. Round and round. Bourbon whiskeys 1960 also brought success of an­ Chanting the slogans for today (Distillery Workers) other sort. While still in the Navy And songs ringing of tomorrow. and enrolled in Boston College, 4' 4" 4 Lembhard met and married his No jeering by hoodlums J. R. Simplot Potato Co. lovely wife Patricia. They already Or shutter snapping finks Frozen potato products have a duaghter, Helen, 3, and are Can cleave our welded circle. (Grain Millers) Picket Line 4 4 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4 4 4 EVERY Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) MONTHS Foreign Payoff? Leave Clean Ship If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY '.1,-1, J..L-JI . Seafarers are reminded that when they leave a ship after articles expire in a foreign port, the obligation to leave a clean ship for the next crew is the same as in any Stateside port. Attention to details of housekeeping and efforts to leave quarters, messrooms and other working spaces clean will be appreciated by the new crew when it comes aboard. Seafarers unloading grain from the Sacramento in Split, Yugoslavia say that it's the deadest, dullest, most boring town they've seen in many moons. "If you go to Yugo," says Seafarer Paul Stien, "stay out of Split." "Amen," adds Charlie Gamballini. "This town is amateur night every night." "I've heard of towns that close up at 9 P.M.," says Barney McNaiiy, "but the trouble with this town is it forgot to re-open." (L-r) Paul Stein, Barney McNally, Charlie Gamballini. STEEL APPRENTICE (isthmian). May 2—Chairman, Gene Flowers; Secre­ tary, Paul Lopez. All departments run­ ning smoothly. Some disputed OT in deck and steward department. Motion made that traveler's checks t}« re­ placed with American currency as they are hard to cash in foreign ports. Brother Jack McOermott was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Beef about steward not balancing menus. NATIONAL SEAFARER (National Shipping & Trading), April 2—Chair­ man, John Carey; Secretary, R. Marreno. One man hospitalized In Ceuta, Spanish Morocco. Brother R. Marreno was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs reported. DEL CAMPO (Delta), May 2—Chair­ man, R. Theiss; Secretary, Piascik. Brother W. Fleishman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Motion made that the union take care of membership during a strike by issuing meal books to mem­ bers needing same. Discussion on general subjects. TADOEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), May 24—Chairman, H. E. Arlinghaus; Secretary, J. N. McLaren. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to department delegates for their cooperation during this voyage. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NATIONAL DEFENDER (National Transport), May IS —Chairman, J. Stroud; Secretary, E. Gomez. Brother J. Stroud was elected to serve as ship's delegate and ship's treasurer. Motion made that the Union notify crews about contract and welfare ne­ gotiations. Ship's delegate to see the captain about necessary repairs to lifeboat which was damaged when fails snapped and lifeboat fell into the sea. $11.25 in ship's fund. WESTERN PLANET (Western Agen­ cy), May 15—Chairman, A. Hindinesi Secretary, E. Pedersen. One man hos­ pitalized in Guam. Some disputed OT in deck department. Discussion on COLORADO (Waterman), April 25— Chairman, J. R. Prestwood; Secretary, T. Robinson. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother Charley Wedgeworth was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested to remove clothes line when clothes are dry in laundry room. WESTERN COMET (Western), April 8—Chairman, John Hoggie; Secretary, Robert Hyer. $26.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Otherwise everything is O.K. Written resolutions and motions submitted to headquarters. Vote of thanks to deck department for job well done. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. LA SALLE (Waterman), May 8— Chairman, Edward L. Moore; Secre­ tary, Leon J. Webb. Brother Leo Gomes was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. The steward extended a vote of thanks to the engine, deck, and four to eight watch for keeping a clean pantry and mess hall. LA SALLE (Waterman), April 20— Chairman, E. L. Moore; Secretary, W. W. Bickford. Some disputed OT in engine department. Beef between steward and captain to be taken up with boarding p,..rolman. Motion that individual's blood type be shown on medical cards. Discussion about get­ ting the hospital cleaned and moved mid ship. Vote of thanks to officers and crew who attended sick electri­ cian. Crew extended a vote of thanks to the steward and entire steward de­ partment a vote of thanks for the good food and menus. LONG LINES (Ishmian), May 20— Chairman, Alfred O'Brien; Secretary, Dick GranL No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for doing a wonderful job of preparing and serving excellent food. Cleanli­ ness in the steward department was noted at all time during the voyage and they were commended for same. WACOSTA (Waterman), May 15 — Chairman, Ramon Ferrera; Secretary, Roscoe L- Alford. Everything running smoothly aboard ship. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to the crew for their cooperation. DEL NORTE (Delta), April 9—Chair­ man, Robert Callahan; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. $196.08 in ship's fund and $3.84 in movie fund. Brother Peter Gonzalez was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. General discussion was held. No beefs were reported. Crewmembers requested not to throw garbage from portholes. food and preparation of menu. Dis­ cussion of supplementing meat pro­ vision in appropriate foreign ports, rather than taking on whole year's supply at one time. NIAGARA (Erie Sand), May 8 — Chairman, Willis Campbellf Secretary, Richard Harmon. Request that each crewmember donate 25 cents to ship's fund once a month. No beefs reported by department delegates. VIKING (Ann Arbor), May 10—Chairman, Floyd Hanmer; Secretary, G. C. Dragoo. General discussion held on repairs. Crew request immediate ac­ tion on- items listed on repair list. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn), May 18—Chairman, C. M. Silcox; Secre­ tary, E. W. Swackhammer. Beefs about food. Crew complain about the mail not being forwarded to ship. Would like headquarters to investi­ gate same and find out the reason for this. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over­ seas), May 9—Chairman, J. R. Wilson; Secretary, Nicholas Hatgimisios. Ship sailed short one oiler. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a fine job. YAKA (Waterman), May 13—Chair­ man, 0. R. Ware; Secretary, N. F. Hatfield. One man hospitalized in Piraeus, Greece. All delegates were extended a vote of thanks for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for good job. Discus­ sion on feeding. VOLUSIA (Suwannee), May 16 — Chairman, H. E. Rosecrans; Secretary, A. W. Morales. Some disputed OT in engine department. Discussion on articles for next voyage. Discussion on transportation. Crew request that port agent be present at payoff. Vote of thanks to the entire steward de­ partment. Motion that disputed OT be available for. draws the same as wages, in all foreign ports. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Watenways), May 18-Chairman, E. A. Stanton; Secretary, W. C. Fisher. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Motion made that this ship buy stores the same as other ships of this company. Various beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. f �Jm Ih INi Seafarer Praises Pension Piah To tho Editor: This letter ii an expression' of gratitude to the Union for the fine pension that I receive every month. The pension will make all the difference. It will help me meet all my needs and, in gen- All letters to the Editor for publication in the 5£AFAR£HS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. . eral, just make life much easier for me. Once again, a sincere "thank you" to the Sill. Charlie Haytcher 4^ Seafarer Lauds Welfare Plan To the Editor: Just a word to let you know how much the SIU welfare and pension program means to me. Now that I am about to retire after a life at sea, I can look forward to my later years with­ out the fearful burden and worry of financial hardship— bills that I couldn't pay, illness that would sap all my resources, in short all those monetary pressures that my SIU pension takes off my back. While I was sailing, I had the confidence and security that the Union stood behind me and represent­ ed my interests. Now, in retire­ ment, I have the same confi­ dence and security because of my pension. The Seafarers Union is the best. A Union that cares and protects the old age of its mem­ bership is a Union truly dedi­ cated to the men that it serves. \i SEAFARERS God bleu tb« «U and aU my brother Seafarers. G. Roboi t t X Proud To Be A Seafarer To the Editor: I will always remember the days when my husband and I would read the Seafarers Log together and I want all the SIU brothers to know what I am sure they already know—^fliat they should be proud to belong to such a Union. When my hus­ band was still alive, he ex­ plained to me how lucky and how proud he was to be a Sea­ farer. Now that he is gone, I will always remember him and the way he felt about the Union. May God watch over him and protect his Seafaring brothers. Mrs. Louise Riviere t 4 4. Seafarer Praises SIU Benefit To the Editor: I was recently laid up in the hospital for some time. Now, everybody knows what that can mean — medical and doctor's bills that can put the everyday type of Joe in the poorhouse for the rest of his life. But not a Seafarer. My Union was right there to take care of everything. When the time came for my re­ lease, all I had to do was walk out the door. 'They told me at the desk that the SIU had picked up all the bills and I was as free as a bird. What a.re-; lief that was. And what a relief to know that I belong to a Un­ ion that provides such coverage for its membership.. And while we're on the sub­ ject of hospitals, I just want to say that it's a shame that they are thinking of closing the USPHS hospitals. I have always received excellent care and thoughful attention in these hospitals and if the administra­ tion thinks that it's doing a good thing by closing them down, they have ancther think coming. P. Rose. Bonus Baby Real Boon To Seafarer Seafarer Richard E. Perry and his wife received two special spring bonuses this year, and according to the Perry family, they couldn't be more pleased. The first bonus, the most"^^ ~ " • rewarding and most special gift that any couple can hope for, was the birth of their daugh­ ter Peggy Ann Perry. The second was the arrival of the SIU $25 bonus check that the Union sends to all new Seafarer arrivals. Speaking for daughter Peggy Ann, Mrs. Perry says: "As Peggy Ann's mother I would like to thank you for her. "I'm sure that when she is old enough to understand, she will appreciate it as much as I appre­ ciate it now. "It is wonderful to be, married to a man whose Union takes such an active Interest in the well-being of its members. "I can only hope that my daugh­ ter has enough sense to marry a man who belongs to a wonderful Union like the SIU. "The SIU bonus check is just what it says it is—a bonus added Fish Poachers Blasted By Gt. Lakes Seafarer Seafarer Homer L. Trembly is up in arms and burning mad about the questionable ang­ ling methods utilized by certain self-styled "sportsmen" in the Great Lakes waters around the upper Michigan. These so-called "game" fisherman, many of whom are members of local sportsmens clubs, have been * ^ spearing walleyed pike during of these rules can lead to the loss out, the walleye is not a pike at spawning season. Employing of millions of fish a year—not only all. Like the Sauger and the zander, the latest developments in tech­ nology and communications sys­ tems in order to circumvent con­ servation laws, these poachers use walkie-talkies and short wave ra­ dios to confuse harried game wardens. According to Brother Trombly, an estimated 60,000 walleyes failed to leave their seed in the several streams flowing into the Bays De Noc this spring. This mutilated spawning period may account for the loss of as many as a million fish, bad news to true game and commercial fishermen alike. In its thoughtless destruction of our natural wildlife, the illegal practice of stalk­ ing game - fish during the spawning season — a practice which inflicts im­ measurable dam­ age upon the whole complex of underwater lake life — is second Trombly only to the acti­ vities of some waterside industries which indiscriminately polute the Nation's waterways in their quest for cheaper waste dis­ posal methods. Brother Trombly points out that the sanctions pro­ tecting the spawning season are probably the most essential of all fish and gaming laws. Infractions Seafarer Lectures On His Travels Seafarer Louis Cirignano, illus­ trated a lecture he presented to a meeting of the Passaic Demo­ cratic club recently with a series of films he made while sailing to far eastern ports. The films revealed scenes of poverty and misery that brother Cirig­ nano encoun­ tered while visit­ ing Vietnam, Cirignono Formosa and Korea. "Visiting these areas or seeing these films should leave everyone with an appreciation of his home town," he said to his audience. Brother Cirignano, a graduate of Montclair State Teachers Col­ lege, served with the U.S. Mari­ time Service in World War II and the Korean Conflict. Vacation Pay Mrs. Richard E. Perry hugs bonus baby Peggy Ann. to the terrific coverage that the Union provides to its membership and their families on a day by day basis. "We can never thank you enough," says Mrs. Perry. Pair* Tireatr-OM . LOG As a result of instructions from an insurance represen­ tative covering the Union for possible theft or forgery of vacation payments to mem­ bers, a change in the method of payment of SIU vacation benefits has become neces­ sary. All payments will now have to be made at an office of the Union and proper iden­ tification must be given at the same time. those so easily taken during this period of voracious feeding, but, more Important, those who lie un­ born in the swollen bellies of cap­ tured females. "The random slaughter of wall­ eyed pike during the spawning sea­ son on the Great Lakes points to a serious failing on the part of the American gaming population, es­ pecially during this announced per­ iod of conservation," declares Trombly. "Now that the President himself has initiated a new drive to preserve U.S. wildlife and re­ sources, these ^actions are all the more reprehensible." According to Brother Trombly, the walleyed pike is one of the most sought after game and panfish In the northern American lakes system. Actually, as he points it is a member of the perch family and is often called the "pikeperch." The average walleye runs from two to five pounds. A tenpounder is bragging material, twenty pounds make a whopper, and the record walleye pike weigh­ ed in at something over forty pounds. "The walleye is a good fighter." says Brother Trombly. "They hit hard and stay in there. And after the trout they're probably the best fresh water dinner plate you can tie into. I'm satisfied with a heavy stringer of walleyes any time out. But I sure hope the game wardens bag those poachers," he adds. A member of the Union since 1960, Trombly is currently sailing as a fireman aboard the Ishpemlng on Lake Superior. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Summer By Roy Lee Hlnson The winter is post, the summer is here. Everyone has longed for this time of year. The flowers are new. they look so neat. Here the Summer Queen has taken her seat. She sits amidst flowers with butterflies, " Where memory of childhood never dies. Her moon and stars look down from above. She reigns over earth which every one loves. Old Mother Nature has taken her course. She warms the earth with all her force. The winter has past, the waters now flow. All have been waiting for the beautiful show. The farmer is toiling all hours of the day. He cuts the grass, then stacks the hay. The planter has placed his seed in the row. He works with plow with digger and hoe. The young bird's feed in a lofty nest. They bathe in light until sunset west. The new squirrels peer from a mighty oak. The fallow deer gazes at the timber folk. The wild people learn to run and fly. They are taught by the king up in the sky. They learn to flee, to avoid all strife. Everything living has care for life. The yellow breast sings so merrily. Her voice is heard from the top of the tree. Summer brings life to all except man, He dies with his foot prints in the sand. �' Piii* Tweril^-Tw* maB-JU UW SEAFARERS?LOG SIU AXtRXVAXaS and DiFSSlSmHE UlSriON HALLS All of the following SlU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESroENT Judy Renea Malone, born March cember 31, 1964, to the John Paul HaU 11, 1965, to the Bobby G. Malones, Cherrys, New York, New York. EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Russellviile, Ala. Cal Tanner 4" 4' 4" Judith Ellen Clark, born March VICE PRESIDENTS 4 4 4 Earl Shepard Lindsey WUIIams 9, 1965, to the Robert A. Clarks, Michael Manuel, born April 7, AI Tanner Robert Matthewa Baltimore, Md. SECRETTARY-TREASURER 1965, to the Meica Manuels, Ober4» 4» 4^ AI Kerr lin. La. Elizabeth O'Brien, born April HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart 4 4 4 25, 1965, to the Charles O'Briens, BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. John Wesley, born May 5, 1965, Rex Brooklyn, New York. Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 to the Morgan Harris, Cleveland, BOSTON 177 State St. 4» 4» t Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 Blair Hamaty, born March 17, Texas. DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. t t VInewood 3-4741 Samanthia Smith, bom Febru­ 1965, to the Elton Hamatys, 4 4 4 4th Ave., Bklyn Elizabeth Ann Paseler, born HEADQUARTERS ....675 HYacinth ary 11, 1965, to the Willie Smiths, Quincy, Mass. 9-6600 April 23, 1965, to the Richard PaseHOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Brookhaven, Miss. 4" 3^ 4" Paul Drozak. Agent WAinut 8-3207 iers, Guttenburg, New Jersey. Marlene Ann Martinez, born 4* 4« 4i JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax 4 4 4 Tina S. and Valina T. Wood­ March 7, 1965, to the Santos E. Wiiiiam Morris. Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Albert Maisonet, born April 30, ward, born September 15, 1964, to Martinezs, New Orleans, La. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRankiin 7-3564 1965, to the Albert Maisonets, MOBILE the Rufus B. Woodwards, Galves­ 4- 4> 4' 1 South Lawrence St. Brooklyn, New York Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Dennis Loper, born May 1, 1965, ton, Texas. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. 4 4 4 to 'the Collie Lopers, Mobile, Ala4» 4Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 Sonja Denise Land, born April NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brookiyn Rebecca Soiey, born January 8, 12, 1965, to the Robert T. Lands, HYacinth 9-6600 t J. t 1965, to the Clifton Soleys, WagMobile, Alabama. NORFOLK 115 3rd St. gaman. La. Melanle Menders, born April 4, Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent ..622-1892 4 4 4 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. 1965, to the William P. Manders, 4; 4> Patricia Timmons, born April 30, John Fay. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 Robert Megiio, born March 22, Mobile, Ala. 350 Freemont St. 1965, to the Frank A. Timmons, SAN FRANCISCO Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . ..OOugias 2-4401 Tacoma, Wash. 1965, to the Angelo Meglios, Eliza­ 4^ 4» Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. beth, New Jersey. Eric Snyder, bora March 20, SANTURCE PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos 4 4 4 Stop 20 Lawrence Stephen, born May 1, 1965, to the Edward L. Snyders, 4' 4" 4i Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 1965, to the Lawrence Stephana, Keith Carol Denise Cherry, born De­ Enterprise, W. Va. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. New Orleans, La. I Ted BabkowsM. Agent MAin 3-4334 The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay In payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): David McGee, born March 23, 1965, to the Donald McGees, Groves, Texas. $ $ Shelita Ann and Trenita Ann Charles, born January 19, 1965, to the Leonard Charles, N.O., La. i 3i Kenneth Croft, born April 21, 1965, to the Robert Crofts, Galves­ ton, Texas. Thomas P. McGulre, 47: Brother McGuire succumbed to heart seiz­ ure April 24, 1965 at the De­ troit USPHS Hosipltal. A member of the Union since 1962, he sailed as a hreman in the engine Depart­ ment. Surviving is his wife, Caro­ lyn McGuire. 4> I i I .M! I hi 4^ 4' Frank Martin, 80t Brother Mar­ tin died of heart failure March 23, 1965 at the Pine Crest NursIng Home. A member of the Union since 1947, he sailed as an FWT In the en­ gine Department. Place of burial was the Garden of Pines Ceme­ tery, Covington, Louisiana. He is survived by his wife Ola. 4 4 4 Angel Reyes, 51t Brother Reyes Edward Charles Burton, 39: died of natural causes in the Brother Burton died of accidental Staten Island causes May 5, USPHS Hospital, 1965 at Charity Staten Island, Hospital, New Orleans. La. A New York. A member of the member of the Union since 1941, Union since 1947, he saiied as a he saiied as a steward. He is deck hand. He is survived by his survived by Verwife. Carmen. bel Wren, a Place of burial friend. Place of was St. Raymonds Cemetery, burial was Greenwood Cemetery, Bronx, New York. Seymour Helnfllng, n-749 immediately to E. L. Meise, Gen­ Please contact your sister, Mrs. eral Public Loan Corporation, 70 R. Brady, as soon as possible. Bay Street, Staten Island, New York. Important! 4« 4- 4' A1 Whitmore 4 4 4' Your ex-shipmate Harry Larson Raymond E. Leanord says that your gear has been left Please contact your wife at 903 at Sea-Land in Newark, New Pine Street, Henderson, North Jersey. Carolina. 4" 4" 4" 4 4 4 Lambert Martindale Sidnet Z. Berger B-327 Please contact your daughter You are requested to contact Cecile Martindale Boatrigh at your wife Loraine at 532 East 43'd 3026 Tieman Avenue, Bronx, New Street, Baltimore, Maryland. York. URGENT! 4 4 4 J. Murphy 4> 4> 4< John Dletsch You are asked to contact your You are requested to contact wife Anita as soon as possible on your sister Terri. Very important. a matter of importance. 4» 4' 4' 4 4 4 Rudolph R. Cefarattl R. Metcalf Your sister wishes to inform you You are requested to contact that your papers have been for­ your cousin Robert Lee. warded to the New Orleans SIU 4 4 4 J. Doyle HalL Please get in touch with your 4" 4" 4^ daughter Sandra at the University Frank Pryznpyska You are asked to phone or write of Southern California. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lake® and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membersmp'8 money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Water® District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPINO RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all Union halls. M you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certiBed mail, return receipt requested. The liroper address for this Is; Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Pull copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all timcfc •ither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU hails. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless ho Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this siiould hnmediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities. Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Utdon has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the hasio rights of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and poUtical objectives which wiU serve the best interests of themselves, their famiiies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estahUshed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tim. a Seafarer feels that any ot the abov. right, hav. b,en violated, or that he has been denied hi, constllutlonel right ot access to Union record, or intormstion, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. TAMPA 318 Harrison St. Jeff GUlette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CeUf 508 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErmlnal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, ni. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 2Sth St. MAIn 1-5450 DULtlTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River-Rouge 18 Mich. VInewood 3-4741 inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St. .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6BnQ HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tel 529-7.548 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St T®'- 822-189.' 3 NORFOLK 115 Third St. DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harnson SL Tel. 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUG 8 DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredne Worker, Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Richard L. Tillman BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer. Agent TR 5-1533 CIHCAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-11.54 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1370 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse. Agent . DU 2-7694 DULITTH 312 W. Second St. RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. 5IARIE Address maU to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent'. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Wotchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. O. ....1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate. Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 68 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson. Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller. Agent ..SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent .. MEUrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis. Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim. Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. a. Avery BALTIMORE....1215 E. Baltimore St. EAstem 7-4P'>0 NORFOLK 113 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th tf'. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave Brookiyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MlAm 744 W. Flagler St. FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA .2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-38IS TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 fi i! �i»Uf» 11^ IMS si^lie^ule of Membership Mc stinss All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible, The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: SlU'AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next Slli meetings will be: New York . Philadelphia Baltimore .. July 6 July 6 July 7 Mobile 3^ Detroit Houston .... New Orleans June 16 S. .. .. June ll .....June 14 .....June 15 t. West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1981. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. San Francisco Seattie June 23 June 25 43, i. July 7 Baltimore ...July 8 PhiladelphiaGreat Lakes SIU Meetings tHouston .... ...June 14 Regular membership meetings Mobile ...June 16 on the Great I,akes are held on New Orleans ...June 15 the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM * Meellngi held at Lanor Temple, New­ local time, except at Detroit, port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault where meetings are held at 2 PM. Sle. Marie, Mich, The next meetings will be; t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Detroit . ? .. June 21—2 P.M. Alpena, BuITalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Dulutb, Frankfort, June 21—7 P.M. WilmlnKton , June 21 USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON E. A. Ainsworth A. B. Penor H. H. Armfield H. J. Presto J. M. Cogley T. J. Ross T. J. Connell A. Vaienzucko C. W. Lano USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA John Armisteed William H. Mason Flem A. Clay Charlie W. Phetpg James C. Everett William H. Price Herbert M. Fentress Joseph A. Robertson Patsy Frango Norman W. Sawyer Herman A. Haddock Vernon L. Sawyer Alfred P. Hargis Timothy Sullivan Charlie V. Horton Guy Whitehufst USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS George P. Anderson Cecile Morris Thomas A. Borden Jesse D. Peeples Jack O. Brock Morris J. Perry Charles Copeman Fred D. Peterson Clarence C. Flowers Charles O. Powell G. R. Gonzalez Louis J. Princa Leon C. Harper Harry G. Reynolds William C. Scruggs G. L. Hernandez William K. Kerwin L. V. Springer , William C. King Frank Taylor Joseph T. Vaughan Paul M. Landry Gustave H. Mayers Jack Wenger Walter H. McDonald William 0. Woolsey Junior Moncrief E. C. Yeomans, Jr. A. E. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Harris P. Arceneaux James Gardiner Paul O. Arceneaux George C. Giercz Francis Bass Emmett L. Harvey Riley F. Beech Frederick H. Hauck Ardell Burkett Leon Mead HInson James Carter Timothy Holt Warren J. Cavignac C. H. Houghtling Joseph C. Childress Frank F. James Edward L. Costlne Wesley J. Lewis A. E. Cunningham Lawyer McGrew Frank J. Duplechin Lonnie McKenna Adrian Fass Wm. E. Mauldin Marshal Foster Robert A. Medlcus Andrew Mir Louis G. Franco Warren R. Gammons Dalton H. Morgan Patrick E. Murphy G. A. Perdreaville C. Eldon Perdue Claude W. Pritchett James H. Redford Sam Robinson Patrick I. Scanlon John W. Smith Daniel W. Sommer Sam Stanley James J. Swank Joa Tamborella Ray Vaughan Rot>ert Wiikerson Anthony J. Zanca E. Cuencia Robert McDavitt F. Oacanay Frank Moran Ed Duffy Kurt Olsen Chris Elliot Norman Patterson Michael Filosa John Quigley Domlnick Fois Julio Quinonez George Folz E. Reyes Julio Gonzalez John Rotjerts Thomas Gordon Joe Saxon USPHS HOSPITAL Grant Johnson Anthony Scaturro JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Stanley Jurkiewicz Morris Siegel J. H. Morris I. M. Peacock Derek Lamb John Skinner W. T. Matthews E. J. Wright Juan Leiba Warden Smith R. B. Pardo James Lennon Joseph Townsend D. Leventis Carl TruMermans USPHS HOSPITAL Thor Lovaas Modesto Velez DETROIT, MICHIGAN John Lynch Arthur Wilfert Leroy Axllna Ralph Marker M. Makatangay James Xidas Andrew Blahnik William May Gerald Fast James Nichol USPHS HOSPITAL Gerald Fizell Joseph Ricksgera FORT WORTH, TEXAS John Fletcher Homer Smith Benjamin Deibler Abraham Mandar Wm. Freeman George Stevenson At>e Gordon Max Olson Troy Homaker Harold Thilhorn Thomas Lehay James Keller Clarence Troy SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR Marcus Langston John Waterman STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Clarence Lenhart John Webster Daniel Gorman William Kenny James Little Howard Williams AUierto Gutierrez Thomas Lowe Thomas McGuira Edwin Harriman Harry MacDonald Thomas-lsaksen USPHS HOSPITAL ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN William Bellfield Eric Johnson Percy Johnson Charles Brack ' Havan Massoudy U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL Charles Brick Edward McNamara WASHINGTON, D. C. W. W. Balch Wm. Nickels William THorrrson Edwin W. Bartol, Jr. Schuyler J. Pierson USPHS HOSPITAL Allen Cooper Edgar S. Smith MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James Corcoran Paul Strickland James McGee Edward Czosnowski Claude Sturgis V.A. HOSPITAL Lawrence DeAngelis Kary Thomas HOUSTON, TEXAS Brantley Fowler Carroll Vesper Thomas Manion Eric E. Harmel Alvin Williamson V.A. HOSPITAL Harry Hastings Price C. Willoughby WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Ray Herrara Gilbert Wolfe. Paul Kolesnick Philip Jeffers . Howard Vaeckel V.A. HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Oscar Kvaas Vernon Anderson Michael Cekot V.A. HOSPITAL Conway Beard Michael Cleary LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA James Bergeria Dan Coumey Raymond Arsenault Edward Boles Thomas Cox V.A. HOSPITAL H. Burgesser George Crabtree ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Joseph Carr James Cronin Robert Asbahr SlUNA Convention Sets Program (Continued from page 3) ence Laws—Demanded all govern­ industry. tit AFL-CIO's demand for equal rights ment departments to fully abide and equal opportunity for all cit­ for the complete text of. the Of the more than 80 resolutions SIU Inland Boatmen's Union merger report.). by the provisions of this law; acted upon at the Twelfth Bien­ izens, with special emphasis on Regular membership meetings called for passage of a law which for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Phila: .. .. ..July 6—5. P.M. Baltimore (licensed and un(Licensed .. .July 7—5 P.M. Houston ... June 14—5 P.M. Norfolk July 8—5 P.M. N'Orleans .. June 15—5 P.M. Mobile .... .June 16—5 P.M. . RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU members are scheduled each month in the various ports at 10 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings will be: Jersey City June 14 Philadelphia June 15 Baltimore June 16 •Norfolk June 17 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will ue: Detroit ............ June 14 Milwaukee June 14 Chicago June 15 Buffalo June 16 tSault Ste. Marie ...June 17 Duluth June 18 Lorain June 19 (For meeting place, contaci Har­ old Ruthsstz. 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio), Cleveland June 19 . Toledo June 19 Ashtabula June. 19 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). 4, 4. 4* United Industrial Workers Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be; NeW York July 5 With, the June 14 contract expiration date rapidly approaching, the four deep sea affiliates of the SlUNA presented a special report on negotiations for action by the delegates. The convention ap­ proved the report submitted jointly by the Atlantic and Gulf District, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine, Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders and Marine Cooks and Stewards, calling for a sixtyday extension of the contract dead­ line. The report said a major rea­ son for the drift to a strike con­ dition that has developed in the negotiations is the government's failure to provide answers which had been submitted 18 months ago by all parties involved, and which are "pertinent . to the contract talks." (See Back Page for the com­ plete text of this report.) MSTU Autonomy A report submitted by the Sea­ men's Grievance and Organiza­ tional Committee providing ma­ chinery that will bring full au­ tonomy to the Military Sea Trans­ portation Union was approved unanimously by delegates to the convention. The report sets up procedures for the drawing up and approval of a constitution "of, by and for" the membership of the MSTU which has been in organiza­ tional status. The convention re­ port envisions that the MSTU will attain full autonomy by Dec. 31, 1965 and will take its place as a full fledged member of the SlUNA. (See story on page 4). The SlUNA convention's key proposals to strengthen the U.S. merchant fleet were contained in the following recommendations for government action: • Build Up the U.S. Bulk Carrier Fleet—Extension of construction subsidies and other essential as­ sistance for an adequate bulk fleet, since bulk cargoes constitute 85% of U.S. foreign commerce. • Strengthening of Cargo Prefer­ would increase the carriage of gov­ nial Convention, 35 specifically dealt with urgently needed action ernment-generated cargoes on U.S. ships above 50 percent; demanded to improve U.S. maritime or pro­ vide necesisary protection for U.S. the preservation of the require­ seamen. These resolutions ranged ment that U.S.-fiag vessels carry from a call for action to halt the at least half of the U.S. farm product cargoes sold to Russia; proposed closing of seven urged the prepayment of freight U.S.P.H.S. hospitals, to a position charges on cargoes carried under that the determination of manning the cargo preference act and the scales is an exclusive bargaining establishment of a uniform charter item between unions and ship­ party for shipment of these car­ owners. Others included a call for goes; and recommended the use the replacement of Orville Free­ of a sealed bid procedure in the man as Secretary of Agriculture because of his anti-maritime and award of these cargoes. anti-labor policies; a recommenda­ • Imposition Of Oil Import tion for government action to pre­ Quota—Called for a law requiring serve the declining U.S. shipbuild­ that at least 50 percent of all ing industry. The convention also foreign oil imports into the U.S. cited the need to preserve and must be carried in American-flag promote the U.S.-flag tramp fleet vessels. through the establishment of tax• Runaway-Shipping — Urged free reserve funds in which tramp the President to declare runaway operators could deposit monies for flag shipping as inconsistent with ve.ssei replacement and other the purposes of the Merchant measures. Marine Act of 1936 and to include Delegates also recommended a recommendation in a new na­ other-specific action which aid tional maritime policy that the crafts and industries represented runaway-flag fleet should be elim­ by unions within the SlUNA. One inated; called upon the Depart­ of the most important of these re­ ments of State and Defense to re­ solutions was a call for a boycott of nounce the theory of "effective Japanese products if Japanese fish­ control" as invalid; and urged that ermen continue to indiscriminately runaway-flag operators be sub­ catch Biistol Bay Salmon during jected to the same corporate taxes che spawning period from June 1 paid by other American companies. to June 20. This resolution was • Assistance To The Domestic^ sponsored by West Coast fish and Fleet — Called for an adequate fish cannery worker unions. Priority Action program of assistance to restore the domestic-flag fleet by provid­ The convention devoted consider­ ing that the Interstate Commerce able attehtion to matters affecting Commission include a representa­ the U.S. trade union movement and tive of the maritime point of view, the welfare of the whole nation. and that the ICC provide for fair High on its list of priorities was and impartial regulation of all a call for the repeal of section 14(b) forms of transportation without of the Taft-Hartley law which per­ discrimination or unjust competi­ mits the passage of anti-union tive practices; strongly opposed "right-to-work" legislation by the attempts to undermine the protec­ states. Delegates urged swift Sen­ tions afforded the domestic fleet ate passage of the medical care for In the lumber trades; went on the elderly bill which has already record as opposing a waterway been passed by the ' House. The user Charge as injurious to the convention also pledged the SlUNA survival of the inland boat to support the achievement of the equal job and voting rights. Other resolutions called for a cur­ tailment of railroad mergers, im­ proved legislation to protect con­ sumers, the preservation of the Supreme Court's "one-man-onevote" decision, support of the Ad­ ministration's position in Vietnam, improved coverage and increases in both the Federal minimum wage and unemployment compensation, and a broader War on Poverty with increased participation by unions in local poverty programs. In the fina- atrlon of the 1965 convention, delegates unanimously re-elected Paul Hall as SlUNA president. Elected to the post of secretary-treasurer was A1 Kerr. Vice Presidents of the Interna­ tional who were elected to serve on the Executive Board for the coming two years include Dominic Abata, Transportation and Allied Workers; James Ackert, Atlantic Fishermen's Union; Lester Balinger, Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of San Diego; Frank Drozak, Atlantic and Gulf District; Steve Edney, Cannery Workers' Union of the Pa­ cific, Los Angeles Harbor District; John M. Fox, Inland Boatmen's Un­ ion of the Pacific; Gil Gauthier, Canadian Marine Officers Union; George Issel, United Industrial Workers, Pacific District; George Joliansen, Aiaksa Fishermen's Un­ ion; William Jordan, Marine Fire­ men's Union; Burt Lanpher, Staff Officers' Association; Leonard J. McLaughlin, SIU of Canada; Austin P. Skinner, New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union; Ed Turner, Marine Cooks "and Stewards' Union; Morris Weisberger, Sailors Union of the Pacific; Chalmer E. Welly, Sugar Workers' Union, Local 1; and J. S. Winter, International Union of Pe­ troleum Workers. Know;. �SEAFARERS LOG Jun* 11 1965 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Sill Statement On Merger Talks WASHINGTON — A report setting forth the SIUNA position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union as presented by the International's Executive Board, was unanimously approved at the Union's Twelfth Biennial Convention. The delegates approval of the position expressed in the report authorized continuation of talks on merger possihilities. The full text of the report appears below: For several months prior to the opening of this convention, informal discussions seeking the basis for a possible merger have taken place between representatives of the Seafarers International Union of North America and the National Maritime Union. These talks were initiated by the NMU through the offices of the AFL-CIO. The SIUNA participated in these discussions in good faith because we believe that one union would best serve the interests of the workers involved. After a series of discussions between SIUNA and NMU which were attended by a representative of AFL-CIO President George Meany, the National Maritime Union unilaterally issued a statemenj; publicly setting forth NMU's terms for a merger. No formal proposals had previously been received by SIUNA from NMU. We were disappointed by the unrealistic attitude expressed by the NMU in this document. All of the parties to these discussions have been com­ pletely aware of the structure of the two organiza­ tions involved and the constitutional requirements that all components of the two organizations are entitled to representation and the right to par­ ticipate fully on a basis of equality in whatever frame\vork might evolve from such merger. For example, the NMU, in its statement issued on May 12, but dated April 5, 1965, said "the pro­ posals which have been made to us have been in the direction of a federation of unions. The essential element in these proposals has been that all mem­ ber unions would maintain autonomy within the federation. This has been suggested as a practical first step, which might conceivably lead to merger of the unions in the future." The NMU statement went on to say "we believe this would be a useless gesture." If ultimate merger is to be approached realis­ tically, the parties must cosider and be guided by the constitutional structure of each organization. Since its inception the SIUNA has been a federa­ tion of autonomous unions, each of which is guaranteed full proportional participation in determ­ ining all matters of international policy irrespective of whether the autonomous union is composed of deep sea sailors, inland boatment, fishermen, can­ nery workers or those in the shoreside industrial and transportation affiliates of the international. All are represented on the executive board of the International under the terms of the SIUNA con­ stitution. Futhermore, with regard to the preservation of the autonomous unions within a federation the NMU contended in its statement that "a federation of auonomous unions will not work." In an effort to prove its contention that the concept of federation is not a workable basis on which to continue merger talks, the NMU docu­ ment said that "the fact disunity has continued as it has within the AFL-CIO is clear enough proof of the futility of discussions along those lines." As a matter of fact, this is contrary to the evidence. AFL-CIO Federation is successful. The record clearly indicates that since merger in 1955 there has been a gradual elimination of differences through constitutional machinery provided for such purposes. In this latter respect, we must take note of the fact that the NMU is under sanctions by the AFL-CIO for non-compliance with the AFL-CIO constitution, and conformance with AFL-CIO policy is a basic consideration in future ' discussions, NMU's attitude on continued merger talks with SIUNA is contrary to the position it has taken with licensed officers, including those affiliated with NMU. In a statement of policy issued on April 7, 1965, the NMU along with the American Radio (Continued on page 7) Major Issues Acted On By Convention Delegates WASHINGTON — Delegates to the 12th biennial convention of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America acted on and i^ithorized a vast number of resolutions and proposals dealing with seamen, fishermen, fish cannery workers and allied fields, civil rights and social legislation, tho SIUNA'S relations with other labor organi­ Subsidies: Urged construction subsidy aid for the building of a new American-flag bulk carrying fleet zations and general labor issues. as well as strengthening the Cargo Preference Laws, The convention delegates dealt with pro­ Cargo Preference Act: Urged that all Federal posals designed to upgrade the American Departments and agencies concerned with the merchant marine, the repeal of section 14b implementation of this act be required to comply of the Taft-Hartley Act, the continuing encroach­ fully with its provisions. ment of Japanese vessels on American fisheries and Merchant Marine Act: Called upon the President the proposed closing of seven United States Public of the United States to reaffirm the national mari­ Health Service Hospitals, time policy expressed in the Merchant Marine Act The Convention delegates also adopted a report of 1936. : from the SIUNA Executive Board, setting forth Hiring Hail: Reafiirmed the need to protect the the union's position on merger talks with the National Maritime Union in addition to a report hiring hall as the only fair and suitable means of on contract negotiations by the four deep sea assuring stability of employment in the maritime industry. union's affiliated with the SIUNA, USPHS Hospitals: Urged and endorsed legislaThe delegates acted on convention resolutions as follows: (Continued on page 7) Complete SiU Statement On Contract Negotiations WASHINGTON—^Delegates to the Twelfth Biennial Convention of the SIU­ NA approved a special report on the status of contract nego-liations jointly submitted by the four deep sea affiliates of the International. The report, which was presented by the Atlantic and Gulf District, Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine, Firemen and Watertenders and Marine Cooks and Stewards, called for a sixty-day extension of the contract deadline from the present June 15 ex­ piration date. The full text of the report follows: A June 15 deadline crisis Is developing in contract negotiations involving deep sea the current international situation. unions of the Seafarers International Union We hear much from people in Government of North America on the Atlantic, Gulf and about the irresponsibility of maritime unions. Pacific coasts. On the contrary, it is our desire to avert The situation is obviously drifting toward crisis in the Interest of the seamen we rep­ a strike condition. On the West Coast, no resent as well as that of the entire community. negotiations have taken place for several As of this moment, there are only 15 days weeks. remaining until the expiration date of the A key factor that has served to deter contracts. Thanks to Government apathy, an progress in the negotiations has been the atmosphere of pressure has been created failure of Government to discharge its re­ which is not conducive to intelligent and sponsibility to answer questions which all reasonable bargaining. Already this crisis parties involved had submitted in an effort situation is having a detrimental impact on to reach agreement. These questions were the U.S. shipping industry. submitted to the Department of Labor through Mindful of this situation, and as a demon­ representatives of the Mediation and Concilia­ stration of our good faith, we are desirous of tion Service and Maritime Administration doing whatever we can, to relieve the pressures after a series of meetings in which these which have been allowed to build up, and to Government representatives .participated with substitute a climate in which collective bar­ the representatives of the unions and manage­ gaining can proceed toward a settlement that ment. will be beneficial to the seamen we represent The questions involved Government atti­ and to the industry. tudes with respect to phases of American We are also mindful of the fact that the shipping. The answers are pertinent to the President's Maritime Advisory Committee is contract talks. Although the questions were presently considering the condition of the submitted 18 months ago, no answers have merchant marine, and that from this com­ been forthcoming. mittee may emerge recommendations that We are acutely aware of the distressed wlill provide answers to the questions which condition of the United States merchant we have previously pointed out are pertinent marine. We have repeatedly called attention to the contract negotiations. to its decline and the underlying causes, and In light of these facts, we believe that it to the responsibilities of all parties — unions, is in the general interest to provide additional management and Government — to cooperate time in the hope that it can be used to resolve in every area to prevent any further un­ the issues. Therefore, we will recommend to necessary harm to our merchant fleet, and to the memberships of our respective organiza­ promote the interests of this vital segment tions—the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine of the American economy. Firemen's Union, the Marine Cooks and We have full knowledge of the effect that Stewards Union and the Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes any interruption in American shipping will and Inland Waters District—that a period have on American seamen and other workers of an additional 60 days be allowed beyond who are dependent on it for a living. We the June 15 date. are aware of its effect on the industry. We We hope that this additional period of time are aw^are of the effect it could have on the will prompt the Federal agencies involved to total economy. We recogfiize the effect it act to enable the parties to work toward a could have on U.S. commitments in light of solution of the contract issues. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource June 11, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIUNA TWELFTH BIENNIAL CONVENTION REPEAL OF SEC. 14B CLEARS FIRST BIG HURDLE IN HOUSE JOE POWELL, MTD AIDE, DIES AT 51 SIUNA CONVENTION SETS PROGRAM ON VITAL MARITIME, LABOR ISSUES CONVENTION SPEAKERS CITE SHIP, LEGISLATIVE NEEDS SIU-MSTU GRANTED AUTONOMY FINNERTY NAMED TO LAKES POST LOW WATER LEVELS STILL PLAGUE SHIPPING ON LAKES UNIONS WINNING 64% OF NLRB ELECTIONS THIS YEAR SOME DOCTORS STILL BALKING AS MEDICARE PASSAGE NEARS HOUSE BILLS WOULD DISCOURAGE TRADE WITH RED NORTH VIETS NEW YORKMAR LAUNCHED BY CALMAR IN BALTIMORE GROWING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT CALLED SERIOUS NATIONAL ISSUE SEAFARERS PORTS OF THE WORLD – CASABLANCA 15 WORLD VESSELS REPORTED LOST AT SEA DURING 1964 MAJOR ISSUES ACTED ON BY CONVENTION DELEGATES Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/11/1965 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVII, No. 12 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/804515a3892f300b7af643fb76fc85d3.PDF 59c41a18fe66d9cbca3b60bac153da40 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAl 0»CAN OF THE StAfAHERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC AND GUtf DIST.irT . API : I ''il SIUHLES FOR BALLOT OIL FLEET Pledges Top 75%; Press For Early Vote -Story On Page 3 '^1 F I Views show typical vessels of the Atlantic ReSning Company's 23-ship fleet at installations in United States ports. rt'V,-.! �•^X-'STM:*:'-:^- Page Two SEAFARERS LOG June 12, 1953 H NO LAWYERS NEEDED The siu Welfare Plan office wlishes to remind Seafarers and their families that no lawyers are needed to collect any SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in recent months in which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in col­ lection of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers' fees. It's emphasized that the Welfai*e Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment of all benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan at 11 Broadway, by the individual involved. SIU Scholarship Winners Will Be Determined Soon Awarding of the first four scholarships, under the new SIU Scholarship Plan, will begin on June 23 when the SIU Schol­ The tankers Pan Massachusetts (burning in the background at left), and Phoenix were completely arship Advisory Committee me^ts in New York. Each award wrecked by a collision and subsequent fire in the Delaware River last week. Two men died as a re­ is worth $6,000. sult of the accident which apparently came about from' a mix-up in signals. At this meeting, the five prominent educators who make up the committee will study-*^ all of the material submitted year for four years, which is by the applicants. A complete enough to pay all tuition, fees, study will be made of eadh appli­ books and room and board in al­ cant's high school recoid, the ref­ most any college in the country. Crewmembers of the SlU-manned Liberty Bell (Tramp Ship) were praised highlv by» th« erences he has submitted, the The Welfai-e Plan has already Military Sea Transportation Service for their services in rescuing shipwrecked Japafa^ other data included and the score stated that financial aid will be shermen, the SEAFARERS LOG learned recently. ^ t achieved on the College Entrance given those " winners who show The Commander of MSTS in ^ ^ Exanunation Board tests. ability. to continue on into grad­ he Western Pacific, sent letshipwreck. The manner in which vessclis in the vicinity to pick The committee will then make uate work. you and your crew of the SS Lib­ up. ers of commendation to all ,l preliminary selections for recom­ Can Try Again crewmembers declaring he was erty Bell assisted In their rescue At present the Liberty 'Bell is mendation to the trustees of the It was emphasized thai those ap­ very pleased and gratified to note under adverse \(reather conditions on another MSTS voyage to«the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Final de­ plicants who do not win the your initiative and alertness .upon was highly commendable. -There East having paid off at Seattle cision and announcement of the scholarships this year are eligible sighting survivors of a Japanese is little doubt that had you not aFar couple of weeks ago.' . awards will be made by the trus­ to compete again for the scholar­ sighted the raft « . . the five sur­ '"jr tees. ships next year, providing all vivors would have perished. Under the plan, four scholar­ other requirements are met. "The Commander . . . desires to ships wiil be awarded every year, The members of the SIU commend you and your crew for with classes beginning in the^FaU Scholarship Advisory Committee this performance of duty which term. are; Bernard Ireland, assistant di­ ^emplifies the finest traditions of Regular membership meet­ To qualify for the scholarships rector of admissions of Columbia the merchant marine." ings in SIU headquarters and in any year, in addition to the Coliege of Columbia University; at all branches ar^e held every The incident described above other requirements, the applicants Elwood C. Kastner, registrar of took place last March 2, when a second Wednesday night at must take the College Entrance New York University; C. William 144-ton Japanese fishing vessel 7 PM. The schedule for the Examination Board test before Edwards, director of admissions of was wrecked about 100 miles next few meetings is as follows; Princeton University; Miss Edna May of that year. southeast of Tokyo, A large June 17, July 1, July 15, July Seafarers and the families of M. Newby, director of admissions flotilla of merchant vessels and US 29. Seafarers who meet the other of New Jersey College for Women Navy ships was searching for the All Seafarers registered on A union-wide secret ballot refer­ qualifications may apply and com­ of Rutgers University, and F. D. the shipping list "are required long-overdue ship when the Lib­ endum will be held by the Marine Wilkinson, registrar of Howard pete for • the scholarships. The erty Bell crew spotted five sur­ Engineers to attend the meetings/ Beneficial Association winners may choose the college of University. vivors on a raft and alerted Naval (CIO) to determine whether or not their choice, and will continue to 4to set up a national union. "Voting get the scholarship for a four-year on the referendum, whibh was ap­ Cub Scouts Thank SIU For Good Deed period providing their grades meet proved at the Union's recent con­ the requirements. vention in Minneapolis, will get Each scholarship pays $1,500 per underway late this summer. The MEBA's decision to act on the national union issue was seen by . maritime observers as a direct June 12. 1953 Vol. XV. No. 12 reaction to the progress of the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers As I See It Page 4 (AFL), an SIU affiliate. The BME, Committees At Work Page 6 which is national in scope has at­ Crossword Pu^e Page 12 tracted a considerable number *of Editorial , Page 13 engineers who were dissatisfied Foc'sle Fofographer Page 19 with the MEBA's multitude of Ipcgl Galley Gleanings Page 20 unions. Inquiring Seafarer .......Page 12 Separate Treasnries.. In The Wake Page 12 Under the existing MEBA set-up,' Labor Round-Up Page 13 each local union has its own treas­ Letters ; Pages 21, 22 ury and its own shipping rules, Maritime Page 16 with local members getting prefer^ Meet The Seafarer Page 12 ence over engineers from another On The Job...............Page 16 port. The result has been that Personals ....Page 25 MEBA m.embers have found it dif­ <3uiz ...Page 19 ficult to go from, one port to an­ Seafarers In Action.^ Page 16 other for shipping purposes. Ship's Minutes .".Pages 24, 25 The proposed amendment to the SIU History Cartoon Page 9 MEBA constitution would set up a Sports Line .Page 20 national treasury and a centralizefl Ten Years Ago Page 12 union organization. TopOf The News..........Page 7 Also adopted by the convention Union Talk Page 9 was a liinit on the number of new Wash. News Letter ...Page 6 members that can enter each year. Welfare Benefits Pages 26, 27 The MEBA has been suffering a Welfare Report ...... 1.. .Page 8 serious unemployment problem be­ Your Constitution ..... i.. .Page 5 cause of its policy of overloading Your Dollar's Worth.......Page 7 the membership in proportion to the number of jobs available. From Publifhitd biwMkly at tea haadouaitara of tha Saafarara InfamaNenaS Unim, Atnow on, the number of members hntle « _ ^ ^ Fourth SIU Director of Organization Keith Terpe (white shirt, center) receives plaque from Chib Scout Pack Avenue, Brooklyn 32, Hf, Tol. STorlIng taken in each year will be limited Enforoci OS gocoimi clou maltor 790 JB appreciation for the fine time the Union gave a group of cub scouts and their parents. The in a mann^-sinfilar to that em­ group ate in the SIU cafeteria and recently toured the Bull Line ship Ines as part of a day long outing. ployed by the BME, I i.-V'i'SiUriOla&.ic. vuoqiaqj.., ^ .,Vi n« baUftUiiOOi ; Hail SIU Crew For Rescue Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks SfAFARERS LOG MEBA Vote On National Unit Slated �mms ;^ • », » r- ;.Vi*«:z-;r^;,-V:"'-. - .. .,-,V * •->. , June 12. 195S r> •• * . • ^^», • t .-^ SE AF ARERS -^ ' f / r LOG Pagre Three File For Atlantic Fleet Vote Awaiting outcome of battle to save the Savannah USPHS hospital, hospitalized Seafarers in the Georgia port city get the latest news on the issue from the SEAFARERS LOG. They are: left to right, J. Littleton, J. P. Evans, and James Hall, with Nevin Ellis, SlU patrolman. SlU Steps Up Savannah Fight; Stanton Closes Atlantic tankerman Robert Pionk stands behind, the "no trespassing" sign at Atlantic's Fort Mifflin docks, with the tanker E. J. Henry in the background. Of course the sign won't apply when thn National Labor Relations 'Board election crew boards the ships,, along'wifE flnion observers, to voto the crews on the Union of their choice. , With the fate of the Savannah USPHS Hospital still hang­ ing in balance as the Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations neared the end of its public hearings, the USPHS announced ' officially that the Fort Stantonf USPHS Hospital is being port has been sought from other closed. labor organizations. The Georgia The siu, meanwhile. continued State Federation of Labor and the its last-ditch fight to save the sea­ Maryland-DC Federation of Labor port hospital at Savannah. Tele­ are among the labor organizations grams of protest have been sent that have taken steps to protest, the by all SIU port agents, and sup- closing of the Savannah hospital at the request of the SIU. Many individuals have also protested the closing of the hospital at the re­ quest of the SIU, and both Sen­ ators Richard Russell and Walter Assured of solid majority backing throughout the 23-ship Atlantic tanker fleet, the F. George of Georgia have prom­ ised to do their best when the SIU struck a telling blow for Atlantic tankermen by filing a petition for a collective measure reaches the floor of the bargaining election on the company's ships. The Union took the step on June 4 with Senate. At present, the Senate Subcom­ the strength of 583 signed pledge cards at hand, better than 75 percent of the entire mittee on Appropriations has just about finished its hearings on the fleet personnel. Actually only 30 percent pledged are needed to request an election. appropriation for the Health, Edu­ The election petition as­ After several weeks of private cation and Public Welfare Depart­ sures that Atlantic tanker- collective bargaining agreement. AMEU will subject you to addi"We are aware that you have an tional unfair labor practice sessions, public hearings on the ment, which includes the cuts af­ maritime subsidy problem will be fecting the Savannah hospital. In men will have the freedom arrangement with the Atlantic charges. opened by a Senate subcommittee the near future, the subcommittee to choose a union of their lik­ Maritime Employees Union . . . "With regard to bargaining with on June 16. Senator Potter of will make its report to the^ full ing hy secret hallot. It gives This will therefore place you on us, you may contact the under­ Michigan, chairman of, the sub­ Senate Committee on Appropria­ them their long sought oppor- notice that in face of our repre­ signed and a mutually satisfactory group of the'Senate Interstate ahd tions. If this report favors restor­ tunity to break away y from the sentative status, a renewal of the time and place will be arranged Foreign Commerce Committee, ing the funds for Savannah, there company-dominated Atlantic aforesaid agreement, or any bar­ for said negotiations." gaining whatever with the said hopes to gather enough informa­ is still a chance for the hospital. Greeted With Applause Maritime Employees Union. House Cuts tion to recoiflmend legislation to News of the SIU's petition had In filing the petition, the union the second, session of Congress this an electrifying effect among Sea­ to opeod up tho uoceufall and winter. Pre-Election when it acted on the bill, practic­ farers and Atlantic trankermen. Union To Testify ally doubled the original cuts that sary steps and pave the way for an Members at the last headquarters Timetable Government, management and had been made in the department's early election. meeting greeted the announcement Filing of the SIU petition union witnesses will be called to budget by Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, with a storm of applause, but they At the same time, the SIU took for an election in Atlantic was giv^ their views on the desirable Secretary 6f the Health, Education steps to protect back pay and re­ were outdone in their enthusiasm expected to set the following size and composition of the Amer­ and Public Welfare Department. instatement claims filed on behalf by the reaction of the. men in At­ series of events in motion, in ican Merchant fleet. During the These cuts doomed Fort Stanton, of men fired out of the fleet for lantic. Notifications wired to the accord with normal NLRB executive sessions the committee Memphis, Cleveland and Detroit union activity. The latest^ word is ships were followed in a few hours procedure in these actions: has heard spokesmen from the De­ USPHS hospitals, and will doom that the Union has every chance by a flood of congratulatory cable­ partment of Commerce, MSTS, the the Savannah hospital unless some of success in securing reinstate-' • Investigation of the validity grams from Atlantic tanker crews Mutual Security Agency, the of the funds are restored. of the SlU-petition; anxious to record their vote for ment and back pay for these men. State Department and the Mari­ • Issuance of a notice of a the SIU and get SIU conditions Prior to filing the petition the However, even if the Senate time Administration. hearing (already set for in Atlantic. Every single ship in committee report calls for restora­ SIU wrote to the Atlantic Refining The Michigan Senator declared, tion of the funds for Savannah, Company on June 2 demanding June 30); the fleet acknowledged the wires "Before we go into the operation then the bill still has to go to a that the company bargain for a • Hearing to establish the with praise. SIU, organizers con­ of existing forms of government meeting between the Senate and Union contract. The letter, sent election unit, voting period tacting ships in port found the Bid to shipping or the determina- the House committees, where the by SIU, Secretary-Treasurer Paul and prpcedure; men openly jubilant over the turn ?tion of n6w policies, we must first differences In the bills will be Hall declared in part: • Posting of notice of elec­ of events. make some tangible assessment of worked out. The funds for Sa­ tion; "This is to advise you that the AMEU' Stunned the merchant marine needed in the vannah would also have to survive Seafarers International Union of • The election; By contrast, the AMEU shorenational interest." . • Counting of ballots; this meeting. Nortli America, Atlantic and Gulf side payrollers and their dwindling Other members, of the subcom­ The closing of the Port Stanton District, AFL, is the exclusive bar­ • Certification order. band of diehard company union mittee are Senators Butler, Mary­ hospital was made official in an gaining representative for un­ backers were stunned by the blow. The SIU has already begun land, and Warren Magnuson of announcement by the USPHS, and licensed marine personnel present­ Hastily called meetings in the pressing the NLRB to set the Washington, long a sponsor of leg­ was met with a storm of protests ly employed by you and demands earliest Anchorage and on the ships re­ possible date when islation relating to merchant ship­ from the patients Ihcre. The hos- that you bargain with it for the vealed the negr-penic of the AMEU polling could begin. ping problems. purpose of entering into a valid . (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 17) Senate To Hear Views Un Shin Aid Move Stuns AMEU Crews Jubilant As News Hits Ships �-«a;- , • •\ Pare Four i •* ft -* -v.. > SEAFARERS A brand-new^ shiny barbershop staffed with expert union barbers opened for business at SIU headquarters last week. From now on Seafarers can get their hair trimmed and shampooed, whiskers lopped off, or fingernails manicured in between job calls. In addition to the barbering, a two chair bootblack stand there's always conversation with has been installed in the room the barber. Prices are the pre­ to put the proper shine on Sea­ vailing barber union standards which are set imder union contract farers shoes. The barbershop—o^ed and op­ since barbers work on a per­ erated by the Union—is located on centage basis. the second deck o£ New York The barber shop joins a long headquarters, just off the billiard list of headquarters facilities de­ room. At present it is operating signed for shoreside comfort, in­ with two chairs and two barbers, cluding the cafeteria, Sea Chest, but a third chair can be installed Port O' Call cafe, baggage room, TOKYO—Seafarers looking for if business warrants. Like many recreation room, library, TV room other SIU services, it is open to and others. It's assurance that an evening of ^im ashore in the public. Seafarers, already the best pro­ Japan's capital city better shy tected and best paid, will become away from the Shibuya section— Has Music Too Aside from the most modem known as the best-groomed in unless they want to be put in the barbering equipment, the shop maritime. position of being strong-armed by gleams from spotless tiles, chrome a dame. and mirrors and a brand new paint . Men who have been on the. Far Job. Soothing music piped in East mn have sent the SEAFAR­ through the building's FM radio ERS LOG glowing accounts of the systemhelps customers relax un­ hospitality and friendliness of the der the hot towel. Then, of course. Oriental dolls in Yokohama, Kobe and other bustling ports. It might come as somewhat of a shock to them if they were manhandled by one of the fragile little creatures whose escorts never have to wear Under the rules of the Va­ elevator shoes. cation Flan as set forth by the fflgh-Class Beer trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the It seems that the assorted gin payoff date of his oldest dis­ mills in the Shibuya section have charge in order to collect his specially-trained female squads full vacation benefits. If he who are famUiar with judo tactics. presents any discharge whose They latch on to an unwary passer­ payoff date is more th«n a by and before he knows what's year before the date of his va­ happened to him he's hustled into cation application, he will lose the nearest money trap. There out on the sea time covered they find their yen for fup con­ An early bird Seafarer gets by that particular discharge. verted into yen for the manage­ his hair clipped as the SIU Don't sit on those discharges. ment in rapid-fire fashion. For barbershop opens for business Bring them in . and collect the example a bottle of Japanese beer in headquarters. money that is due to you. in these joints runs from $3 to $7, which is quite a price even at favorable exchange rates. Not only are the girls powerful, but it seems that their work makes them mighty thirsty. Arid when they get a customer they make sure that he doesn't feel lonesome with jrist one little doll. A whole group crowds around and joins in It's always been a constitutional ment man who has been a member toasting him, at his expense. It's provision in the SIU to elect meet­ *of the Union for nearly ten years a common thing for a bill to reach ing officials at each .membership now, joining up in New Orleans in $100 in one hour.' meeting. There are no permanent October, 1943. He's 28 years old They Take Evenrthing chairmen in SIU meetings as each and a native of Alabama. After the customer is cleaned cession opens with nominations for Full Slate out of his money, watches, jewelry chairman, recordin"fe secretary,' and San Francisco's latest port meet­ and even coats, he's let go, sadder, reading clerk. This procedure was strengthened ing had a complete slate of rank but wiser—until the next time. in the new SIU constitution, which and filers, with Of course when it comes to sailrequires the chairman pro tem to William H. Rog­ ormen, there has been sopie doubt announce -to the membership' at ers as .chairman, expressed that the girls really each meeting that every member Ervin B. Max, have to haul the customer in. Just is free to nominate himself for recording secre­ take a man fresh off a 20-day these three pdsts. Greater em­ tary and John Liberty run across the wide Pa­ phasis has been placed in broader Brady as reading cific, or back froin a month iri a rank and file participation on this clerk. Rogers is no-shore-leave Korean port, and a mountain man score. all thafs required is a gentle tug As a result an increasing num­ gone to sea, hail­ at the sleeve, plus a couple of big originally Rogers ber of rank and file members have ing brown eyes. Denver, been taking over from the duties of Colorado, where he was bom on meeting officials July 20, 1924. He's been with the and gaining valu­ Union for just nine years, joining able experience in the port of Galveston. He sails in parliamentary with the black gang. Max is a native of St. Paul, procedure which is botli helpful Minnesota, who tied up with the to them as indi­ SIU in Baltimore in 1946. Brady viduals and to comes from the Quaker City, the Union, since Philadelphia. He's 32 years old and Taggart it provides an joined in New York seven years ever-growing body of men famil­ ago. He sails on deck. iar with parliamentary and Union Other rank arid filers serving at procedures. meetings last week include Mal­ For example, the last Mobile colm Launey and John Mitchell, port meeting was chaired by Cliff Lake Charles; Bill Warmack and Taggart, while' Eugene J. Linch Hugh Randall, Tampa; J. Riley served as recording secretary. and Jerrell Neel, Galveston; Casey SEAmp®?sBuy7waR Taggart's shipmates will be sur­ Jones, John Kackur and Fred Eng­ prised to know that he is a Yankee land, Seattle; R. L. Brown, Floyd SBAR AT THBlR OViN In disguise, having been bom up Simmons Jind Tom Gower, Nor­ north in New York in 191S. He is folk; R. Nicholson, W. Carter and one of the veteran union members. Pete Prevas, Baltimore; Donald Joining in Tampa January 25,. 1939, Rood, William Davles and S. GraiJust a few weeks |fter the SIU fer, Philadelphia; Robert Lee and was organized. He sails regularly Robert Murphy, Boston; Vlohn Thompson, Daye Barry, WilmingIn the stewards department, Linch is also a stewards depart- ton. Bar Girls Get Rough In Tokyo UonH Wait, Get Vacation Pay m GBSST e.«H Jme 12, 1963 LOG Barbershop Opens In New York Hq 'c,.- ffi.! «1. -s- * 8oo U • • • ^ SOMETIME IN TEfE NEAR FUTURE, THE MEN WHO BAIL Atlantic Refining tankers will have an opportunity to decide of thei^ own free will what kind of union representation they want. Your Union's petition to the National Labor Relations Board for an election in the fleet is giving, them the opportunity which all free American seamen have as their right. In recent months In the course of the organizing drive in Atlantic, your Union's headquarters and outports representatives have met a great many Atlantic tankermen. Their response to the SIU campaign has been an enthusiastic one. As any man who sails tankers will tell you, a tankerman gets precious few hours ashore. Yet these men have taken the time to come from distant tanker terminals to our SIU halls to find out what was going on. It was a real sacri­ fice on their part which proves their genuine in-' terest in getting Union representation. i~ : ( Similarly, the dozens of volunteer SlU organizes who have been sailing the Atlantic ships deserve a great deal of praise for sticking to the task de­ spite difficult conditions. Many of them have had plenty of reason to get off and get themselves a berth on an SIU vessel. Rut they have held out to see the drive through, even though it has meant financial loss,and poor working conditions. The Seafarers have had a considerable amount of help from a large number of Atlantic men who have been active in the fleet in your Union's behalf. They've done this despite the hard-timing many of them have received from shoreside straw bosses and ship's officers. Your Union certainly appreciates the cooperation It has received from the rank and file tankermen all tlie way down the line. When the SIU has won bargaining rights, they will receive from the Union the kind of protection and representation fori which the®SIU is widely known. •While this campaign has been directed by the Department of Organi­ zation and Education, the entire Union apparatus has been active iri the drive. Atlantic men have received a welcome reception in ejvery hall and have been able to see at first hand how the SIU operates arid the nature of its benefits. Where they have been In need of assistance they have received effective aid from the appropriate SIU department. It should be realized that this Atlantic drive is a continuation !of a long-range Union program in which the whole Union has, been in­ volved for years. The SIU is largely made up of men who were sailing in unorganized fleets like Atlantic until the Union entered the picture. In all of these organizing drives, just as in all major waterfront beefs and other issues, the SIU has had a proven record of consistent suc­ cess. We believe that this is because the SIU has more to offer in the way of all around benefits and representation for seamen than other maritime outfits. That goes double for one-company union set-ups. As a result, thousands of Seafarers who came in to this Union through drives at Isthmian, Cities Service and dozens of other companies now enjoy the full privileges of all Seafarers. These men are no longer, knoVvn as Isthmian Reafarers or Cities Service Seafarers. They are simply Seafarers like all the rest. ^Instead of being tied to- one company and one or two dreary shuttle runs the whole world , is their oyster. They can go practically anywhere they please on ships of their own choosing through the rotary shipping system. This has been the traditional way of seamen through the years, and the- SIU has preserved it, while assuring fair and equal shipping rights. Of course, those who fori anjr reason find advantage in staying with one company or a certain run are free to dcriso. The Union's shipping system is flexible enough to permit this practice, though most Sea­ farers naturally prefer otherwise. The SIU is firmly convinced that the Union way of doing things offers attractions to Atlantic tankermen that can't possibly be matched by any on^company set-up. To top it off, the Atlantic men will re­ ceive the determined and forceful representation that the SIU is knoVn for in the industry. Under such circumstances it's understandable that your Union ha's attracted the support of such a heavy majority in the Atlantic fleet. They want to take the opportunity, through the SIU, of gettirig these advantages that have been denied to them until now. Thousands of other Seafaring men have made the same choice and have never regretted it. Neither will the Atlantic tankermen. it ijil RECENTLY HEADQUARTERS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM Brother J. D. Malazinsky commenting on the change that has taken place in the status of the Seafarer in the community. The. brother finds that today the seaman's job has become a desirable occupation in the, eyes of the public, and the average seaman finds that he is being accepted at his worth. . i Brother Malazinsky points out that this is quite a contrast with the situation of just a few years back when the seaman was the favorite whipping boy of shoreside people. We wholeheartedly agree with the brother on this score. It's been obvious for some time now that people have stopped looking down thbir noses- at the man who goes to sea for - a living. On the contrary, the SIU finds that it's being looked up to ., I both in the trade union movement and the com9 munity at larige; \ All of this is pretty easy to explain, tri our mind. The Seafarer of today is a man with a good income, better than most, and job security through his Union hiring hall. Through his Union he's taking constructive action for his benefit and the benefit of his neighbors. By being a good neighi)or your Union is helping the seafaring man Win a fair measure of conimuriity respect and standing. : �in, SEAFARERS JSettlng Th« Vlf#lfare Plan Story r»g» wif LOC Sendfors Sfarf Own S/ucf/ On Limiting M5T5 Activity The battle over Military Sea Trarisportation Service shipping activities shifted from the House to the Senate last week, A three man Senate subcommittee headed by Senator Butler of Maryland heard much the same testimony as the House did on proposals to iflnit MSTS shipping that competes with private operations. cabin passengers carried in 1952, Testifying for the National Fed­ Of interest in the latest 9,503 were civil service employees, eration of American Shipping, S. Kwiatkowskl, AB (left), and J. Peragallo, FWT, look through the new booklets recently prepared by the Union explaining all phases of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, Its benefits and operations. SlU Vessel Flees Pier lii $300G Boston Blaze BOSTON—The SlU-jnanned Steel Age narrowly escaped damage when a major blaze swept a pier in. Mystic terminal here on June 2. The fire roared through Pier 48 of the ter­ minal and caused $300,OOO^ damage. Two-thirds of the Boston Fire D^artment, plus N^vy and Coast Guard firehghting crews had to be brought in play before the blaze was put out. The Steel Age was moored at a nearby pier and had to shift anchorage hurriedly to avoid dam­ age. Two other freighters and a collier were towed out of reach be­ fore the flames could spread to them. Two fireboats and 28 ^e en­ gines joined in pumping creams of water on the pier. Other small Navy boats went under the pier with hose lines to fight the blaze on the pilings. Gas masks were used by firemen and Coast Guards­ men to avoid smoke poisoning. • YOU Olid file 8IU CONSTITUTION testimony was a difference of opin­ ion between the Maritime Admin­ istration and the MSTS. While MSTS insisted on the necessity of maintaining its operations at the present level, Charles McGuire, head of the MA's National Shipping Autliority declared that his agency believed that private shippers should be used to the fullest degree for military requirements. MA Concerned Although opposing the present form of the bill that would prevent MSTS from competing with pri­ vately-owned ships, McGuire said the Maritime Administration was concerned with the growing activ­ ity of MSTS in merchant ship oper­ ations. He agreed that it was de­ sirable to maintain a nucleus of MSTS ships, but declared that MSTS operations should be limited in scope, Vice-Admiral F, C, Denebrink defended MSTS operations in much the same fashion as in testi­ mony before the House, declaring that MSTS should not be required by law to use private ships for transportation of commodities, and civilian personnel. At present MSTS operates a fleet of 264 ships. Figures brought out before the hearing on passenger traffic showed that among 325,476 1,162 contractors' employees; 34,983 were officers' dependents, and 132,940 dependents of enlisted men. Only 131,000 of the total were offi­ cers and men in the armed forces of the US. Frazer A. Bailey declared that the Government should encourage pri­ vate business to ^supply the Gov­ ernment's requirements, and not compete with private business in such instances. Tobacco Union Praisss SlU Aid On Union Label The SIU Sea Chest's program of supplying union-made and union-labeled products to ships, when available, drew praise recently from R, J, Petree, secretary-treasurer of the Tobacco Workers International Union, AFL, Petree declared that the with Mail Pouch since 1892,.. SIU's policy of promoting the "Several of the products which sale of union-made tobacco prod­ ucts is greatly appreciated by the members of his union, ^ In a letter to Price Spivey, gen­ eral manager of, the Sea Chest, Petree stated hi^ pleasure at learn­ ing that th^ Sea Chest is carrying Mail Pouch Tobacco Company products and recommending them to ships' slopchests, "Mail Pouch products," he wrote, "are made by members of th'e Tobacco Workers Local 2... This local has had a imlon contract Mail Pouch manufacturing carry the words 'iinion made' on their containers. These include Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco, Ken­ tucky Club Pipe Tobacco and Willoughby Taylor Pipe Tobacco..." These are the only products in the field, Petree said, which make a point of advertising they are union-made. In the Cigarette field, Raleighs are the only ones to carry a union label, althohgh most lead­ ing cigarettes are union made, ex­ cept Camels. Seafarer To Solo Ocean In Boat A daring attempt to conquer the North Atlantic singlehanded in a 30-foot sailboat will get under way this weekend. Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski, 38, a. member of the SIU for the past six years, will try to make 4 it all the way to his home in and the Caribbean. He expects Finland, with stops in England that it will take him about 40 days and the continent. While there have been a num­ ber of successful crossings of the Atlantic westbound, few have made the trip going east. And Kivikoski's voyage differs further in that he is attempting the north­ ern route. Most of the small boat attempts have been vii the Azores • SlU V:A«E:::: d()A8A^lr5Bf- BY • : .YOitR: . • -JHtS . fU: • rvfife YS.; DESIDHEO XaAC:C3«A»^ T: '. -v6«i,wdH'•TftEsnsSiSHrs, From Article X, Section 7 "Upon completion of negotiotions, the Committee sholl submit a re­ port and recommendations to the membership of the Union at a regular or special meeting.'' Negotiations betweOn the Union and the companies ore complete only when the elected committee mokes its report to the member* ship and receives approval. Only upon approval does the commit­ tee's action become union^olicy. to his flrst scheduled landfall, Land's End, England. Kivikoski is bringing to his ex­ acting task 20 years' experience as AB, bosun and deck maintenance on merchant shi^s of six nations. However, he has not worked pro­ fessionally under, sail, his sailboating experience being limited to boyhood days back home in Fin­ land. Not Home Since 1940 When the trip gets underway it will be the realization of a dream that has been many years in the making. Kivikoski has not seen his family since back in 1940 when he left Finland. Since then his father and two brothers were lost on a ship during World War II, Kivikoski decided to make the plunge- this summer, so back in March he bought the small twomasted schooner, the Turquoise for $3,600, Since then he has in­ vested all of his time and a con­ siderable sum of money in the hundreds of painstaking details in­ volved in repairing and outfitting the vessel, while she Is at anchor at^the City Island Yacht Club, City Inland, New York, The Turquoise is a twO-masted schooner of a type used by Nova Scotian fishermen. She is some­ what broader in the beam than a showy sailboat of her size would be and has a rounder hull, de­ signed to ride the waves rather than knife through them. The vessel carries three sails, a foresail, mainsail and jib, plus a small two-cylinder, 12 horsepower gasoline inboard motor, Kivikoski plans to make the entire voyage under sail, using ttie motor only for getting in and out of anchor­ ages. The interior pf the ship consists; •^ .'H •i' Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski sits at tiller of the 30-foot schooner Tur­ quoise which he hopes to sail across the North Atlantic, Hie schooner is shown at her anchorage off the City Island Yacht Club, City islands NY. of a small cabin, hardly more than five feet three inches high, which, contains a bunk, storage facilities, a head, two burner Primus stove, water tanks, radio, navigation equipment and other necessary gear. Kivikoski has been living aboard the ship ever since April, accustoming himself to the narrow quarters. "At the beginning I used to bump 'my head quite a bit," he said, "but now I've learned to avoid the ceiling," . Many Repairs Readying the vessel for the voy­ age has been a long and. arduous task. Kivikoski had to redo the bottom of ^e ship as she bad been on dry ground all winter, put up* new rigging and new heavy sails of ten inch canvas, rip out a spare bunk and stairway to make more storage space and more accessi­ bility to the engine and bow,'make a new tiller and sew lip a heavy canvas sea anchor. He's quite proud of the sea an­ chor which he will depend on to hold the ship head on into heavy seas. The anchor is cone-shaped canvas with a float. He has 150 feet of three inch line to hook on to the anchor. When it's put out it floats 15 feet below the surface. Kivikoski has tested the anchor (Continued pn page 17) ^ ^ �• • =» • ••?•'" SglF^JKJSRS JrO€ Pktvitti JSM It, ItU Del Sud Crewmembers Entertain 500 At Festive SiU Picnic in New Orleans SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON Trans-Atlantic shipping under the American flag will remain good for some time to come. A large part of the total Mutual Security Agency appropriations is being requested for the European area. Most of this assistance is for the purpose of the military defense within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Of the $5.8 billion originally requested by the Eisenhower Adminis­ tration, slightly over $4 billion will be for mutual defense materials and training. Of this amount, gbout $2.53 billion is requested for the European area, about $1 billion for the Far East, a little over $475 million for fhe Near East, and $20 million for Latin America. t No picnic is complete without a song or two and here Del Sud crewinembers and families chime in " with Papa Celestin's famous New Orleans Jam Band. Papa and the boys were fresh from a Washing­ ton visit where they entertained President Eisenhower. IK' 1^ IfeIS;;:' W. NEW ORLEANS—^For the second year in a row, Seafarers of the SS Del Sud"]played hosts at gala picnic and ball game. The crewmembers of the Mississippi Company passenger ship provided a big feed, music and dancing for approximately 5D0^ guests on Saturday, May 30. Attentog besides the Highlight of an afternoon of which were flavored with a mere members of - the crew were fried chicken, hot dogs, cold cuts, ten gallons of pickles and relish. Seafarers ashore in New Or­ beer. Ice cream and assorted fix-' The customers washed it all down leans with their families and many ings was a game of jungle ball be­ with 10V6 barrels of beer and 50 friends of . the SIU in'that port. tween the SlU-sponsored beach­ cases of soft drinks. For dessert combers and the Del Sud nlnC. The they disposed of 25 gallons of ice Beachcombers, remembering last cream, and six cases of apples and year's contest when they dropped oranges and two bunches of ba­ a close 4-3 decision, got off to a nanas. More than 300 buns accom­ fast lead and took a 15-6 victory. panied the franks while 100 loaves Entertainment for the hundreds of bread were sliced up to go with of guests was provided by the na­ the cold cuts. tionally-famous New Orleans Jazz Rides For Kids band led by "Papa" Celestine. The small fry was not forgotten The huge picnic cake, amply covered with frosting and decora­ either. Aside from partaking of the tions was carved with a practiced feed, the committee bought 2,200 hand by State Representative tickets for the various amusement Patrick McGittigan, who is well rides, enough to keep the kids known to Seafarers living in this happy on the whip, merry-go-round and other amusement devices. port Much of the credit for the success The picnic was made possible by the generosity of Del Sud crew­ of the picnic goes to the Del SUd members who took up a collection committee that handled all of the for $500 and then sweetened the hard work involved. The commit­ kitty with another $200 from the tee consisted of Baldy Bollinger, ship's fund. Between the dancing, deck storekeeper; Emiie Herek, the ball game and just^lain fresh chief steward; Louis O'Leary, air, guests at the picnic consumed bosun; Joe Lae, 2nd steward; John an impressive amout of food and Burk, engine utility; and Jack Bates, chief cook. drink. In the meat and poultry depart­ The Del Sud's first picnic, held Seafarer Sal Candela 'and ment there were 240 pounds of a year ago in April met with so partner are all set to hop to fried chicken, 150 pounds of cold much success, that the crew voted . .cuts and 75 pounds of hot dogs. to make it an annual affair. Papa Celestin's music. 4 t ^ With the realization that American shipyards will have no work at hand at the end of the -Mariner shipbuilding program. Government of­ ficials have been meeting with private tanker companies with a view of beginning a real tank ship construction program. - The meeting with the Government officials was attended by repre­ sentatives from about thirty tanker lines who informed the Government agencies of their .needs in-the way of new tankers. The Government has promised to leave the design of new tankers in the hands of the private operators provided the lines would agree to certain broad Gov­ ernment specifications. 4 it. There Is no doubt that most foreign nations need dollars and that their ships help them to edrn some. / The American shipping industry recognizes this need on the part of the foreigners, and that is why American ships seek to carry only 50 percent of this country's foreign trade. While foreign countries should be helped to earn dollars in this coimtry, the burden must not fall too heavily on any one industry. This principle has been recognized in the reciprocal trade agreements program where provisions have been made for the withdrawal of tariff concessions found tO be causing un­ due hardship to any segnaent of domestic economy. . It is not to the real interest of America's friends abroad that the American merchant marine be dangerously weakened any more than it is to their interest that any one segment of this country's essential industry be seriously injured. The strength of oiir industries and of our transportation system is one of our Aajor contributions to coUec- > tive security. " i 4 i The 15 American subsidized lines brought their big guns and best talent into play recently when they told Congress that they are not a pushover for labor unions in collective bargaining. Unsubsidizcd steamship companies had charged that because of the Government subsidy on excess American maritime wages, the subsidized lines,. in effect, encouraged wage increases in the hope of creating a monopoly by forcing from the seas those who could not afford the higher wages and operated without subsidy. The subsidized lines produced a statement from the Industi-lal Rela­ tions Counselors, Inc., of New York, which stated that there is no evidence that subsidized\ lines have been more willing to grant wage increases than the unsubsidlzed lines. Some American steamship lines are urging that the US Government should pursue a vigorous policy to insure that the nation maintains its leadership in the field of vessel design and propulsion. It is interest­ ing to note that a ship is being built in France utilizing gas turbine machinery and the British tanker Auris already is in experimental opera­ tion with a gas turbine. The Norwegians and Dutch have perfected joint plans for the design and production of a prototype atomic-powered merchant vessel. In view of this, future appropriation budgets for the Department of Commerce should include moneys to .step up research and development ih this field. t t t The future for American tramp-type vessels, according to some pre­ dictions, does not look rosy. The devastation in Europe, an unusual need of imports of bulk commodities, the 50-50 shipping provision in the ECA Act combined with a shortage of world ocean tonnage, gave the tramps their real start a few years ago. However, the large bulk cargo importing nations of the world, principally Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Holland and France, now have available or are in the process of building adequate merchant marines, and will be able to take care of their import requirements. 'Eventually, as the pre-war patterri*asserts itself once again, foreign governments will nominate their own national flag vessels for the car­ riage of tramp cargoes. The one, long-range hop^of the tramp operators lies in the possibility of beooming eligible, through amendment of existing law, to receive Government operating subsidy. ~ ' ^ 4i if . Not many lines have expressed interest in the purchase of the Mari­ ner-type vessel. Because of this, the Department of Commerce has been in touch with the White House, through the Bureau of the Budget, to determine what type of legislation can be passed that would result in lowering the price of the Mariner so as to makp the ship more at­ tractive to American owners. Under the law as it now stands, the Department of Commerce would have to sell the Mariner for not'less than brie-haif of its construction cost, if used in the US foreign trade. Roughly, this would be about $4Vi million. In aiiy event. Commerce is expected soon to send recom- . mended legisiatibn to the Congress in an effort to set a lower sales price. There is considerable dissatisfaction in the maritime industry ovep the fact that cbmpanibs that need to replace their dry-cargo ships have no alternative but the Mariner. Many of them do not like this but would rather build to their own' specifications. It S; An unidentified Beacheomber team member (left) relaxes after the tussle with tiie Del Sud "i'»» with his two ehildrep. At right. State Representative Pat McGittigan carves the cake. Looking on are: (left to right) Buck Stephens, SIU New Orleans patrolman; Louie O'Leary, Phil Rei% Joseph Lae, Baldy , Bollinger and John Bttrk. . eutouSS tllai ->.•» f of vUZ ja69 blocw �j'jA.r- vi-'t *»r< .-;.» r. r n T « - T-' • •* . • 'vj- JIme is, i»SS $EAFAREKiS Pace Serea LOG Jones Act A Law 33 Years Now FfRST ATOMIC CANNON SHELL FIRED—The Atomic Energy Commission has met with success in tests of an atomic artillery piece. The specially-designed gun fired a snjall shell with an atomic warhead six miles, and reportedly demolisl^ed a target with an explosion equiva­ lent in force to the first atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki A few days later the AEG conducted another test involving the,largest atomic explosion ever made. ^ t 3^ ** BRITISH CLIMBERS CONQUER EVEREST—A British mountainclimbing expedition has reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest, the first successful climb of the mountain after ten .previous attempts had failed. The actual dash to the top was made by a New Zealander and a Nepalese guide, but the conquest of the mountain was the climax of an 80-day expedition involving several hun­ dred porters, 20 guides and 13 British climbers. i> it ' CORONATION CELEBRATED IN STYLE—After many years of bleak austerity, the British public enjoyed a riotous blowout as Queen Elizabeth was crowned the first feminine ruler of the country since Victoria. Millions in London went to town in a Mardi Gras atmos' phere while hundreds of thousands of American and foreign visitors joined in the fun in the heavilydecorated city. The ceremonies and parades were put on television and TV films were flown to this country for showihgs on the eve­ ning of coronation day. TRUCE HOPES AGAIN BRIGHTEN — Possibilities of a a Kore^ truce looked good again last weekend with the announce­ ment that the Chinese and North Koreans had accepted "almost all" of the compromise UN truce i^n. These proposals had roused a After it« all over, newlystorm of protest among- South crowned Queen Elizabeth Korean government leaders who waves to crowd frbm palace have threatened to go it alone. balcony. Mass demonstrations against th^ plan have been made in the cities. it it BATTLE BOILS OVER BUDGET CUTS—The Eisenhower adminis­ tration was having troubles with proposed budget cuts of $5 billions In Air Force funds. Several in Congress, as well as Air Force spokes­ men objected strenuously to the cuts as Increasing risks to the national security. SIX KLANSMEN INDICTED IN FLORIDA—A Miami Federal grand jury indicted six members of the Ku Klux Klan on charges of atleifiptIng to kidnap Negro attorneys who had represented defendants In a rape case. They were also charged with beating a union organizer and a variety of other violent acts from 1949 to 1952. - 4. i HUNDRED:, KILLED IN NEW TORNADOES—A new series of tor­ nadoes has struck the Great Lakes area and Massachusetts In the worst tornado season in history. Rescue workers counted 139 dead in Flint, Michigan, and other Michigan and Ohio towns while 69 were killed in Worcester, Massachusetts. Whole streets of Flint and Wor­ cester were leveled including giant factory buildings and other large structures. So far this year, tornadoes have killed at least 420 people. Injured several thousand and done more titan $200 million property damage. One of the most important laws protecting American seaman, the Jones Act, went into effect 33 years ago last Friday, June 5. It wds this act which gave sean^ for the first time, the right to sue the shipowner for damages as a result of illness or injury suffered aboard the vessel. Up until the Jones Act, seamen were guaranteed maintenance and cure anditransportation if injured. These were traditional rights dating back for centuries. But, generally speaking, they could not sue to recover for damages. The Jones Act made it possible for seamen to sue shipowners by making two basic changes in the existing laws and practices. For one thing, it did away with the "fellow servant" rule altogether. This was the rule which placed re­ sponsibility for negligence on the shoulders of a shipmate if he was partially responsible, but not on the shipowner. Now'the shipown­ er was held generally responsible for acts of any crewmember in the performance of his duty that might contribute to another crewmember's injury. • In other words, it was the ship­ owners responsibility to hire com­ petent, efficient crewm'embers and the injured man could hold him liable. \ Doesn't Absolve Shipowner The negligence of a shipmate, or of the injured man himself is now regarded as contributory. It may absolve the shipowner of part E. B. Tilley, SIU Savannah port agent (left), and the Rev. Harry of the responsibility but not ali. J. Pearson, who dedicated the monument, stand amid the wreaths The second major change was placed on the memorial to merchant seamen at the dedication. in the "assumption of risk" doc­ trine. Previously the courts held A monument to seamen was recently constructed at the that the seaman assumed the risk Sailors Burial Ground in Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savan­ of injury because it was normal to his calling and therefore shipown­ nah, with the SIU's* Savannah port agent participating in ^ ers should not be held responsible. the dedication ceremonies. The Jones Act reversed this by ory of the Confederate officers The monument is composed providing that because of the dan­ of a 100-year-old anchor, im­ buried in the plot, and by repre­ gerous nature of the job, the sea­ bedded on top of a concrete slab. sentatives of two other maritime man should be accorded means of with a flag pole at one end, and a labor organizations. getting damages. It pointed out plaque bearing the names of all The Sailors Burial Ground was that the seaman is subject to the the seamen buried in the burial >(irst opened in 1860, but has sel­ master's discipline and can't leave ground at the other. dom been used during recent his job voluntarily if he deems it The monument .was dedicated years, except for the burial of Sea­ risky. Therefore it is difficult for during memorial services for sea­ farer Otto "Unde Otto" Preussler him to take action to avoid in­ men held in Savannah under the in the plot this past March. jury. sponsorship of the Savannah Port The cemetery has been operated by the Savannah Port Society, and As a result of the Jones Act. Society. SIU Port-Agent E. B. Tilley took ceremonies are held^ there every seamen today are fully protected in their rights to sue an employer part in the ceremonies and placed year to honor the men in the mer­ and recover damages In amounts a wreath from the SIU next to the chant marine on the anniversary adequate to compensate for their monument. Other wreaths were of the sailing of the steamship hurts. ^ placed at the monument in mem­ Savannah from the port in 1819. SlU Helps To Dedicate New Seamen's Memorial YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Norfolk, Va.; Charleston, SC; Long Beach, Calif.; San Francisco; Mare Island, Calif.; and Bremerton, Wash, or If you're skillful in repairing and converting, you can write to "Chief, Bureau of Supplies, Code SO, Dept. of the still find bargains in usable surplus Government goods. Navy, Washington 25, DC. There's always an unpublicized stream of Government sur­ Surplus vehicles often available Include jeeps, sedans, plus and salvage offered by Individual Army and Navy station wagons, trucks, buses and personnel carriers. Some bases, arsenals, airfields and quartermaster depots need complete overhaul, but others are in pretty good throughout the country.'' operating condition. Most of the sedans currently of­ To find out about such surplus goods you have to fered for sale are in the '40-'41 class. Those in operating phone, write or visit the disposal officer at the nearest condition command bids of $125 to $300, but some which Navy or Army post near you, and tell him the type of needed extensive repairs have been sold for as little equipment you're interested in. When goods in that cate­ as $25-50 recently. gory come up for sale you'll be notified and will have a Quality Is Tops chance to inspect them, and then you can place a scaled For surplus clothing items, you generally have to go to bid for them. . a retail dealer. ' But if the stuff is genuine surplus you The highest'bidder gets the goods, but don't overbid simply can't match it quality for quality and price for price even if it's something ydu want very much. Some of the in ordinary civilian goods. surplus goods need a lot of repair, especially some of the However, not all the goods sold by surplus stores these vehicles, and if you can't do the work yourself you had better get an estimate of the cost of reconditioning before days are genuine Government surplus. Shoes sold by you bid. To get an idea of how much to bid, shop around many stores as "Army-type" or "made on Government first and see what dealers are asking for such goods in lasts," are a comfortable style, but may not have the same used condition. Then estimate the repairs. But don't pay high-grade leathers used in the real Army and Navy shoes. Here are some of the real Government surplus goods as much for the item at surplus as you would to a dealer, because anything you buy from the Government is sold currently available in surplus shops throughout the coun­ try, and typical prices for which they are sold. as is, with no guarantee! and no refunds. Armed forces installations can be found in almost any ° Jackets: One of the best clothing buys in surplus stores part of the country, but If you don't know where, write is the combat jacket, the hard-wearing green twill one the Department of the Army, G-4 Section, Washington 25, with the draw-string around the middle. It sells for about DC, for location of posts in your area. For information on $13. Army truck-driver mackinaws, double-breasted, surplus Navy goods write the Navy yard nearest yoa woolrlined and quite warm and sturdy, go for about $13 .. I^ese are lo^a^^^ . Boston;. Brooklyn; too,, and would cost about $20 in a civflian version ex­ Bargains In Govt Surplus Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying cept the quality wouldn't be as good. One of the warmest garments available in surplus stores is the big Insulated aviator's B9 parka with mouton-lined hood for $30. •Another good buy are surplus tanker jackets, which are poplin, with zip front, knit collar and cuffs. They come in oiive drab or blue and retail in surplus stores for about $10. The Government itself paid $11.50 for them. Other Men's Clothing: One of the best buys is the knitted underwear shorts released by the US Marine Corps, which surplus dealers sell for 30-35 cents. Another useful surplus clothing item is the Navy NI arctic boots—knee-lfength rubber boots with felt soles which fit over a shoe. They've especially good for ship­ board use in cold climates. If you can't find them locaily. Sailors' Surplus in Orangeburg, New York, sells them for about $5^some new, some used but all in good condition. They sell for $15 in new, nqmsurplus versions. Navy storm suits are also available. These are doublecoated fabric shirt and pants. The Government itself pays $12 for these suits. Some surplus shops like Modell's (700 Broadway, New York,) sell them for $10. Where to Buy: There are surplus stores in every town in the country of course, but if you can't locate desirable surplus items locally, here are a few of the larger surplus dealers (in addition to those mentioned above) who pub­ lish price lists and sell by mail: Jacob Shannon & Co.: 218 N. 22nd St., Philadelphia; Johnson's Fair, 8th & Alleghany, Phila.; Sullivan Sur­ plus Sales Co., Liberty, NY; Stark's, 209 S. State St., Chicago; Palley Supply Co., Glendale 1. Calif.; Siouz Falls Surplus Store, Sioux Falls, S. Dakota. ' >I I I �Pare Eirlit SS'AFAR ERS tOn Construction Of Mariners Slowed By Shipyard Rre A'disastrous shipyard fire at a company supplying the new Mariner-type ships has bogged down the Mariner construction program. Several Mariners already launched wiir not be delivered for several months" tion are being used on Military because the special steel hatch Sea Transportation Service assign covers used by the ships wil raents. not be available. The hatch covers, which are electrically-operated, were made by a firm down in Panama City, Flor­ ida. A fire at the yard closed down production, and it was learned that the manufacturer's financial difficulties have further delayed operations, although pro­ duction is now resuming. As a result, it will be Septem­ ber, at the earliest, before any new Mariners will be able to go into operation, although several have The president of Bull Lines, My­ been launched in recent months. ron Bull, died suddenly last week Steel Delays From the start, the Mariner at the age of 49. Myron Bull was the third person program has been beset with dif­ ficulties. Work on the first 14 of to hold that office since the SIUthe 35 ships scheduled was de­ contracted company was first layed several months in 1952 be­ founded. A." H. Bull was the cause of steel shortages. The ques­ founder of the company and its tion of sale price of the ships to first president. He was Myron private operators, has also been a Bull's grandfather. The company's second president was Ernest Bull, thorny issue. The Mariner-class ship program son of A. H. Bull. When Ernest was designed to provide the US Bull died in 1943, his son, Myron, with several high-speed cargo ves­ took over the presidency. According to the company the sels that could serve both peace­ time and wartime needs. It was matter of a successor to Mr. Bull hoped that they would be fore­ still has not been decided and will runners of a modernized US mer­ be announced at a future date. It appears,Jiowever, that this will be chant marine. At present, SIU contracted com­ the first time in the history of the panies are operating two of the shipping line that someone not ships, the Keystone Mariner, as­ bearing the name Bull will become signed to Waterman, and the Corn- the president. Myron Bull died suddenly of a husker Mariner, to the Robin Line. A third ship, the Magnolia Mari­ heart attack on June 4, and was ner, was tentatively assigned to the i)uried in Tuxedo Park. He is survived by his wife, Fran­ Mississippi Shipping Company but it is one of the vessels being held ces, and two teen-age children, a up by the hatch cover problem. . daughter, Frances, and a son, Mj^' The ten mariners now in opera­ ron, Jr. Myron Bull Dies, Was 3rd Co Head JWSe-lJ. ili#'• •' SEA¥CASH BENEFITS 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPPRT ON BENEFITS PAID From •«ee*eeeee«ee To eeeeea No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafsrer Total Benefits Paid this Period -m3 yf. 7 7^ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hos0ital Bengfita ae Death Bencfita QJA DiaabilityBeneKta OH Maternity Bcnefica Vacation Benefits liOUL IX Total WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tuiv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Diaabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 > JtetaL 3^ lae£^ lAL-tcc s,m,7f6 Pate gepefita Be gap WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS m-. M WORK One of the powers of the SIU headquarters appeals committee is to alter or reduce a penalty im­ posed by a trial committee in New York or any outport. The com­ mittee can, if it wishes, reverse the decision of a local trial com­ mittee, and does so from time to time. But on many occasions it will reduce fines and suspensions if it feels that the trial committee has been unduly severe in its penalties. A situation of this kind was dealt with by the last headquarters appeals committee. It concerned a steward who was charged with misappropriating ship's . property and found guilty. The trial commit­ tee had ruled that in addition to the line the man was not "to be allowed to Douglas sail as steward. The Seafarer filed appeal on the ^ whole case with the appeals com­ mittee consisting of E. Spear^ H. Bennet, W.-Lachance, M. Byers, S. Freilich, J. Pacheco and F. Doug­ las. This group upheld the Judg­ ment of the trial committee as to ^e man's guilty but decided that Jn view of his previous record, ho should he pei^tted to sett ao steward in the iutwo, on j^ ho^ Vacation Cash on Hand Welfare It's a Seafarer's privilege to change his mind after he's thrown in for a job and then found that for one reason or another it wasn't to his liking. He can turn down the berth provided, of course, he notifies the dispatcher and comes back to the hall and picks up.his shipping card. However, it's another story if a man goes to a ship, works a day or two and then quits the ship without notice, leaving it to sail shorthanded. That's what hap­ pened in Philadelphia recently. The man in question signed on a Liberty ship as an oiler. He worked one day, got a draw from the skipper "and went ashore. The next day, which was Sunday, he came back aboard took his gear and left the ship. The result was she sailed shortCrawford handed. Consequently the Seafarer was brought up on trial before a com­ mittee consisting of Joseph Merkel, Mike O'Haimeslon, John Hoggie, B. Crawford, George Seeberger and Richard Heffiey. His iuuty departure from the ship without notiee^cost hlra a fine which had t» jbe paid before he ^pped Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable Welfare— DS Government. Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (WelfareXTOTAL ASSETS C(3MMENTSt ie ASHilL mM '/nST^ AU OO mmsws iweamm '' I • The Avairds CcmnLtteey con^osed of five college profeesore, will meet on June 23rd to select the winners pf the first scholarships given out under the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan, There was a total of thirty-four (3A) appli­ cants for the scholarship8y out of which nine (9} were eligible. Of the nine (9) eligibles, only eight (8) sat for the written examination. Hen entitled to bene^ts ui3der the W^fhre Plan are again reminded in filling out cards, be sure to put in the correct date. The correct date on your card is extremely jjiqjortant, especially where more tb^jpie jiaxd AB on file. .•• tnidf rensember this.• ^ �Jin* IS. itn Par* N1B« SEAFARBttS tpg UNION TALK Canada S/(/ Halts Phony Payoff By KEITH TERPI fUke a shot from out of nowhere, news of the SIU petition for an election in the Atlantic Refining fleet ' hit every one of the company's tankers like a bomb. shell. The SIU's hundreds of supporters ate it up, and the die-hards acted as if hari-kari was the only way out now." Company followers had been led to believe that, the Union would never go for an election, and they didn't take to the idea kindly at all. It was as if we'd been making everything up as we went along, but then suddenly pulled out the stops and showed we actually meant them. The occasion proved to be n rude awakening for these boys, as if they were waking up from a particularly bad dream. Where Do They Go From Here? The fat's in the fire now, and they know it. What's bothering them now is where does the election and a sure victory for the SIU put them. They can't all run for Esso and Socony, since Esso's been selling its ships and laying up whole crews all spring.^ Besides, sticking one's head in the sand like an ostrich doesn't change the problem one bit. They can put up some sort of a scrap, of course, and prolong their agony, but they remember that the same thing was tried in another big tanker fleet won by the SIU a few years back, and it got nowhere. So they're puzzled. Some of them, who've been alternating between one side and the other all the way through the drive, realize they've got to stand pat sooner or later and stick by that decision. Some are Just against change, even if it means a full belly, more dough in the pocket and the right to stand up as a free man Instead of a free rider for the first time. Another little gang has the idea the company can do no wrong, but if it did,! it must have been a mistake, it'll be fixed or they got a new man up in the Office who doesn't know the ropes. They'll lie them­ selves blind until they believe it, or at least think they do. They've been fed the idea that Atlantic will "do right" by them no matter what happens, and they've been living on that alone for years. No Perfect Cure-AU We've never advertised the SIU as a cure-all for all the ills a sailor can suffer. But-performance is-'^what counts, and we can stand on a mighty fine record; This Union, you'll remember, has never lost a beef, and we'll stand on that boast anytime. Whether it be on the picketline, on a ship or around the bargaining table, the SIU has always gone out to fight for the right of its members -7«nd the entire seafaring profession as well—to a secure, respecetable life. That's been our aim all the years of our existence, and our present condition shows we've been pretty successful at it. The Union wa^ of doing things has made a~big difference in the sailor's' way of life the past few years. We've been able to remove the stigma from the seafaring profession, and at the same time see that our people got the best possible treatment on all fronts, along with top wages and conditions, and the fullest possible security for the seaman and his family both on and off the job. SIU Never Stands Alone Our membership has the additional security of knowing their Union is part of the powerful AFL family, and a potent force as well in a combination of more than 200,000 AFL maritime workers on all coasts, with a common bond and interests. Seafarers are well aware too that every benefit they enjoy today has •not come about through any special benevolence or kindness on the part of the shipping operators towgrds them, but because their Union has gone out and fought for their rigjjt to a proper way of life, even better perhaps than is enjoyed by workers in most shoreside industries. Almost 600 men in Atlantic who've pledged their support to the SIU recognize all these things, new as they are to many who are only accus­ tomed to the workings of so-called "independent company unionism." The door is still open for the others too. Sooner or later they'll have to admit they haven't got a leg to stand on. MONTREAL—The SIU Canadian District last week swung into action in behalf of the crew of a Canadian vessel who claimed that the company was not living up to its agree­ ment on wages and conditions. . " The crew refused to accept the smaller payoff the com­ pany offered, and decided to Bosun Taught Self Art, Won SIU Contest Prize Tom Banning (left), San Francisco port, agent, and Hans Skaalegaard. Art Contest prize-winner, sit in Skaaiegaard"s foc'sie which has the bulkheads lined with his many paintings from the last trip. Hans Skaalegaard, one of the prize-winners in the recent Second Annual Seafarers Art Contest, is a typical Seafarerartist. As most Seafarers who do turned out during the trip. One of his paintings won a third prize in art work in their spare time, oils in the recent Seafarers Art Hans is completely self-taught. Contest. He's had no formal *31:1 training or schooling, and has learned his knowledge of art from his study of other paintings, and through trial and error. - • Hans just decided some years ago that it would be nice to paint and to put the things that he loves down on canvas^ so he got the nec­ essary equipment and just started to paint. That's all there was to it. This experiment turned out so well that Hans now spends most of his spare time aboard ship painting, and at the end of a voyage, he usually has the walls of his foc'sie covered with works that he has History Of The SIU The SIU was recognized by the NLRB as bargaining agent for unlicensed Isthmian seamen, but the com­ pany was obstinate. It ignored the fact that 96 percent of the man voted for rotary shipping and hiring hall protection. The strike threat left Utem unmoved. - •- ' ...v. • In fact, when Hans' entry arrived at headquarters for the contest, it got a lot of attention. It wasn't everyone who carefully packed his paintings into a crate six feet long, four feet wide and three feet deep, and weighing over 300 pounds. A popular man, Hans is now sail­ ing as bosun abroad the William Carruth. In fact, the crew of his ship also recognized his artistic ability recently. They picked out one of the paintings that he had made during the last trip, and pre­ sented it to the SIU at the San Francisco hall after their last trip to the Far East. SIU Siriheg tgthmian On August 14, 1947, the SIU struck the powerful subsidiary of US Steel. No Isthmian ship moved after hitting a US port. The strike was solid. The ships were tied up all over the country. The strike proviMl.to Isthmian that the men and the SIU meant 'raslneai., seize the ship and hold it up in Montreal until the company lived up to its promises/ The crew of the George Hindman of the Hindman Transporta­ tion Co. signed on in Genoa, Italy, although the ship flies the Cana­ dian flag. They signed for the.-trip to Montreal and claim the skipper, Theodore Karakalas, and company representative John Watson, who also sailed as third mate, promised them Canadian wages and condi­ tions. The crew soon learned otherwise. They sailed completely shorthanded, with five men on deck, three firemen, one oiler, one donkeyman and one cook. They had to work considerable overtime to keep the ship sailing. When the ship arrived in Mon­ treal, they found they weren't get­ ting Canadian wages either. Sacko Sotitis, fireman, who says he was promised Canadian wages, was of­ fered 35 pounds per month and 70 hours overtime at 2 shillings (29 cents) instead of the 170 hours he says he worked. Hercules Spydaker, cook, was offered 20 pounds for his work as second cook in addition to his own job, for baking bread and in lieu of all other OT. George Mammelis, AB, was offered 40 pounds for the complete trip, and 40 hours OT instead of the 100 he claims. Some of the crewmembers car­ ried SIU Canadian District books, and contacted their union in Mon­ treal. Union representatives found the company trying to rush the pay­ off and found that a plane was waiting to take the crew right back to Italy. Union representatives found the ship "unliveable." The fresh water pipes to wash basins, showers and toilets were cut and plugged. The men got one bucket of fresh water a day. No linen was issued and therfe were few blankets aboard. The company told the men to accept their payoff in good Cana­ dian dollars or the money would be sent to "somebody" in Italy and they would get their money in Italian lire, if they collected at all. The SIU Canadian District im­ mediately pledged to back the men and to give them all assistance and aid possible. No. 39 isthmian held out nine days and then signed a full SIU freight pact. It was a complete victory for the men and the SIU. The next day, Isthmian ships were posted on SIU shipping boards and men were tlirowing in for the jobs. They now had SIU bene­ fits and protection. .§• �SEAFARERS P^e Tea LOG iDlf l* 191^ < ' PORT REPORTS the hall, where he spends most of New Orleans: to further our claim of being a Seattle: his time while on the beach. true Brotherhood of the Sea: On the beach now, incidentally, John Thompson, A. F. Galdikas, are oldtimers W. Wells, F. Cullison T. H. Phillips, Fred J. Smith, A. L. Wadsworth, Ren Martinez, C. Pierand E: Harriman. In the hospital son, R. Palmer, R. H. Morris and are A. J. Jbhansen, J. Kismul, The local membership went on A. Pimental. Here in New« Orleans evidence Shipping has been very good George M. Rice, H. Tucker and R. record at the last meeting to so­ of the Administration's plan to cut here during the past two weeks, Wiseman. Gives Good Advice licit the support Jeff Gillette the USPHS program ig already ap­ Passing through here, in lei­ in which time we had three pay­ of all California parent, and during our last vidit Seattle Port Agent surely fashion, is Johnny Thomp­ offs, three sign-ons and three incongressmen for to the hospital we saw the staff ^ t. t. son, with a few words that are transits. the SIU drive to H already busily engaged in trans­ We registered 38 men in the Lake Charles: well worth repeating. Johnny feels keep open three ferring patients and bunks from that some of the members do not deck department, 21 in engine and of the USPHS floor to floor, and making prepara­ study the Constitution and by-laws 16 in steward for a total of 75, and hospitals which tions for the transfer of men from enough, and wind up hurting them­ shipped 39 in deck, 28 in engine Mrs. Oveta Gulp Fort Stanton, NM, TB hospital. It and 15 in steward for a total of 82. selves and their shipmates because Hobby, of the makes us wonder if, during the of their ignorance of these rules. The ships that paid off were the Things have been getting very recent election campaign, the vot­ Department of A good example' of this, says Greenstar (Triton) and the Choc­ hot down here in the fair city of ing public interpreted the economy Health, Educa­ Bracht Thompson, is Section 32 of the taw and Jean Lake Charles, with temperatures pledge to include this body blow tion and Welfare, Shipping Rules, which allov/s a LaFitte (Water­ Is determined to close by cutting running in the 90s. But the flood to the USPHS program. man to'call for a relief man for up man).' These appropriations. waters have all receded and things In the hospital now, incidentally, to three days while he is in port. ships also signed are slowly getting back to normal. are George Wendell, Dewey Shaw, This gal seems to be making a If Section 32 were resorted to on. In - transit Shipping has been good here and hobby of closing down Public more often, when a man cannot get Fred Farthing we have shipped 52 men during the Health facilities in what is sup­ time off from a ship, Thompson were the Yorkand • Joe Colls, past two weeks. This flurry was posedly a money-saving deal, but points out, some member.^pn the mar (Calmar) all recently ad­ and the Hastings caused mostly by the tankers of the if she is successful, diseases which beach could make a few extra dol­ mitted. Oldtimer and R'a p'h a e 1 Cities Service fleet, with the Chlcould have been curbed, and lars and the man on the ship could Niels Hansen, we wawa, Paoli, Logans Fort, Govern­ against which satisfactory progress have his time off anyway, and Semmes (Water­ are happy to re­ man). ment Camp, Bradford Island, Win­ Jones is being made, will spread again, avoid either a fine or a logging for port, is progress­ The Greenstar ter Hill, Royal Oak and Council and the government will not be taking time off without authoriza­ ing nicely, and came in in very bad shape because Gro^^ all calling in here, and then the only one which will have to tion. this news should of the captain, chief mate and shell out money to stop them, but If any of you other fellows have chief engineer hard-timing the the Logms Fort coming back and be welcomed by ' bringing the Chiwawa and Cantigny the people as well. And so this is any ideas along these same lines, all his many Chambliss crew. About 200 hours in dis­ with her. false economy. friends. we'd be glad to hear them. puted OT yas collected, and the We also had two Mathaisen tank­ Shipping Holds Up Paul Chamblis^ John Hartmann John Arabasz company fired the three culprits, ers in here, the Cabins and Bull Shipping for the past two weeks Wilmington Port Agent as we certainly didn't intend to Run, and in Port Arthur we had and Alvln Whitney are all the hee has been comparable with thdt sign the crew on again. We also the Del Campo and Del Viento of proud fathers of new daughters, ^ ^ of the previous two weeks. Not too Galveston: had a beef on the Yorkmar about Mississippi and the Carrabulle of and have submitted their creden­ tials for the collection of mater­ many jobs have come in; but, by stores, but got this squared away National Navigation. nity benefits. the same token, there has been no with a requisition for more stores Each of these ships took on a competition for jobs, and in most Otherwise, the cljief topic of in­ to carry them back to the East few hands, and we expect things to cases the jobs were on the boards Coast. continue to be pretty good for terest here is the weather, whiqhfor several calls before being about the next five days, but after has been making us very thankful Turn Over Fund Shipping was generally good taken. that we don't know what to expect. that we have air conditioning in The crew of the Greenstar the hall. Just about every record Despite the low registration and here during the past two weeks. MTC Is Gaining We had two pay­ turned over $130 to the patrolman shipping figures,' however, this on the books has been broken dur­ On the labor front, we find the ing these past two weeks, with offs, two sign- to be sent to the next of kin of port is kept busy by in-t;:ansit ship­ ons and 12 ships Raymond W. Saun'ders who died Metal Trades Council still battling temperatures above" 90 every day ping and the problems that exist down the line in - transit, and in Japan. in this field. and 97.3 one day last week. i"-" there were only a At the regular hieeting last with the Cities We had one ship sign on during We have been waiting some time few minor beefs, week. Brother F. R. England told Service Oil Re­ this period—the Madaket (Water­ to get the roof of the hall repaired, settled to the sat­ about the wonderful work the fining Corp., and man)—and 19 sliips in-transit, as but the Roofers and Sheet Metal slowly but surely isfaction of all Union Welfare Department is do­ follows: Workers are still on a holiday be­ concerned. ing, and cited his own case in making progress, cause since -their contracts expired Bessemer Victory (Alcoa); Mai­ Paying off and which he collecied his "aches and especially since April 30, the companies have done den Victory (Mississippi); Portmar, signing on here the men have Ortegnerra pains money" while in New York. little to settle their disputes except Yorkmar, Calmar and Alamar (Calsaid, "Get it on were the Repub­ A vote of thanks was also ex­ the line or else," to put large ads in the daily papers mar); Raphael Semmes, Citrus lic (Trafalgar) and Coeur d'Alene tsying to put the blame for every- • Packer, J. B. Waterman, Keystone Victory (Victory Carriers) and in- tended to Brother Jeff Morrison and ws think Tylenda thing on the Uiiion members. The Mariner, City of Alma, Andrew transit were the Genevieve Peter- for the work don^" here on the they will. money spent on these ads could Jackson and Warhawk (Waterman); kin (Bloomfield), Abiqua, .Royal West Coast during the past four Some of the boys running coast­ Michael (Carras); Sunion (Kea); Oak and Lone Jack f Cities Serv­ years. wise to Baltimore tell us they have have been used to raise the roof­ Amersea (Amerocean); Western ice), Julesburg (Terminal Tankers), For our Seafarer of the Week been over to the site of the new ers' and sheet metal workers' Trader (Western Navigation); Wil­ W. E. Doweling (State Fuel), Edith we nominate David E. Jones, who hall there and fhink it will be the wages. liam Carruth (Transfuel) and Steel (Bull), Heywood Broun (Victory joined the Union in 1939, sailed in finest Union headquarters yet, es­ Also on strike here are the Elec­ Designer (Isthmian). ^ Carriers), Del Viento (Mississippi) all war zones during the last war, pecially with. the excellent side­ tricians, who went on strike against Beefs Squared Away and Louisian'a, Texas and Georgia and was torpedoed twice. For the walk superintending they are dish­ 26 contractor-members of the As­ sociation of Independent Electrical past two years he has been ship­ ing out. Almost every one of these ships (Seatrain). Among the boys here on the Contractors when their contracts In here recently was Jose Orte- ping out of Seattle and San Fran­ had some grievance, generally minor and these were quickly set­ guerra, who ships as a bosun. He cisco as a steward and cook on Far beach we find C. Tylenda, A. R. expired- May 31. The strike does ' tled to the satisfaction of the crew. joined SIU on November 22, 1938, East runs. Jones speaks three Hickey, R. M. Thompson, "Sun­ ribt affect the large Kaiser Alu­ The City of Alma was really did picket duty in New York dur­ languages and gets qlong very well down" Todd, D. McCorkindale, minum *and Chemical Comjiany short on stores when she got here, ing the 1946 General Strike, and in Japan, and he also likes the Far "Red" Kehrly, H. E. Grant, B. W. plant at Chalmette, just below here. Shipping Is Slow . en route to Japan, but thanks to was at sea during the Isthmian East.runs because they are long Spear, K. E. Lee, "Big Chief" Watrips and the payoffs are fat ones. hoo Boren and "Swede" Hellman. Shipping during the past two previous notice from the Mobile strike. Furthermore, he collects his vaca­ Leroy Clarke Keith Alsop weeks has been the slowest in this office, plus a letter from the stew­ tion pay at the end of each trip at Lake Charles Port Agent Galveston Port Agent port in many years, with 212 mem­ ard and delegates, mailed from bers registered and only 145 ship­ —inu——— h. I I —— Panama, we were ready for her, ped, and the outlook for the next and even though she was in just two weeks is .not good as we have . a short time, we were able to get only five ships scheduled for -pay­ more than enough additional offs and two of -those are coastvtisc stores, to the crew's satisfaction. vessels. Bookmen, however, will Four of the crew of the Andrew Jeff Gillette. Agent ElUott 4334 FORT WILLIAM....118Vk Syndicate Ave. never find the going tough here. Jackson missed her because of SIU, A&G District - TAMPA Ontario Phonet 3-3221 II N. Franklin St. During the period-we paid off being jailed for brawling. We were BALTIMORE 103 Durham St. White. Agent - Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNE 14 North Gay St. Ray Ontario Phone: 5591 the Del Mundo and Del Sud (Mis­ WILMINGTON. CalU SOS Marine Ave. fortunately successful in getting E:arl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4S40 John Arabasz. Agent 272 King St. E. Tdrmlnal 4-2874: TORONTO. Ontario 276 State St. HEADQUARTERS... 678 4th Ave., Bklyn. the charges against them dismissed, BOSTON EMplre 4-5719 sissippi), the, Beauregard and De James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA. BG 617tk Cormorant St. Soto (Watermdn), and the CaraSECRETARY-TBEASUREB but penalized them according to Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 Empire 4531 Paul HaU 308'/4 23rd St. cASST. SECRErrABY-TBEASURERS VANCOUVER. BO 565 HamUton St. bulle (Nat'l Navigation). We signed Union regulations for failing to GALVESTON Keith Aisop. Agent Phone 2-8448 Lloyd Gardner Joe Algina Pacific .7824 join the vessel. Joe Voiplan LAKE CHARLES, La 1413 Ryan St. Robert Matthews SYDNEY. NS ... 304 Charlotte St. on the Del Alba, Del Sud and Del Claude Simmons WllUam Hall Phone 6346 Campo, the Beauregard and the Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-3744 Joe Bracht, formerly AB on the MIAMI BAGOTVILLX. Quebec. 20 Elgin St. Dolphin Hotel Andrew Jackson, is in Seaside Me­ Eddie Parr. Agent Phone; 545 Purplestar (Traders). Miami 9-4791 SUP THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. 1 South Lawrence St. In-transit were the Corsair, morial Hospital for an emergency MOBILE CAnal 7-3202 Agent Phone 2-1754 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. 113 Cote De La Mont we Patriot, CaValier and Polaris (Al­ 523 Bienville St. Phone 5-8777 QtniBEC eye, operation. Luckily, his eye­ NEW ORLEANS Quebec Phone; 2-'^a 823 N. W. Everett St. sight will not be affected and he Lindsey Williams. AgentMagnoUa 6112-6113 PORTLAND 177 Prince WiUiam St, coa), Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 Del Campo (IVUssissippi), Savannah Ave.. Brooklyn UICHMOND. CAUr ^ . .> .257 5th St. should be discharged soon and be NEW YORK . 675 4th Sterling Phone 2599 8-4670 and New Jersey (Seatrain), Clairable to get back to his family. NORFOLK . ..... 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANasCO 450 . Harrison St. Grfat Lakes District Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Douglas 2-8363 borne and Monarch of the Seas Also hospitalized at Harbor Gen­ PHILAD^PHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE 8700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Market 7-1635 Main 0290 eral Hospital is W. Gillick, for­ S. Cardullo. Agent Phone: 1238W (Waterman), Neva West and Gene­ ARTHUR 411 Austin St. WILMINGTON 505 Marino Ave. BUFFALO. NY. ...180 Main St. merly on the^Fort Hoskins. Brother PORT Don Hilton, Rep. Phone 4-2341 Terminal 4-3131 _ Phone: Cleveland 7391 vieve Peterkln (Bloomfield), Coeur SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE d'Alene'Victory (Victory Carriers), Gillick neerfed 10 pints of blood be­ T. Banning. Agent Douglas 2-5475 STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 fore necessary stomach surgery DETROIT 1038 3rd St. William Downing (State Fuel) and Coast Representative Canadian District PUERTA de TlERRA. PR , Pelayo 51—La 5 Headguartera Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Evelyn (Bull). could be performed, and the fol­ Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 MONTREAL.......W4 St. James St. West OULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. 2 Abercora a. . PLateau 8161 Phone; Melrose 2-4110 lowing 10 men at our meeting vol­ SAVANNAH , liindsey J. Williams 3261 E 93nd St. Agent Phone 3-1728 HALIFAX. N.S..... 138'A Hollla St. SOUTH CHICAGO unteered to donate a pint~ apiece SEATTLE........ ,?700 1st AVa. ^hone: 3^1- Wilmington: Weather's Good Noro, Shipping Is Likowiso Carry On Campaign To Maintain Kospiiais Cut In USPHS Program Alrebdy In Evidenco . City Back to Normal As Flood Waters Ebb Shipping Hoids Up; Two Vessels Pay Off iltr ">• •: OiRMCTOM Y �•1. • •.,!f^.;,r — •._ , . Sune It, 19SS Pari^Elerei SEAFAREnS tOG ......... PORT ItEPOKXS $an Prandsea: Shipping Continuing ToSliippihg Bo Vory Good Horo has been very good here during the past two weeks so that we have no men on the beaeh at present and are short of men in all ratings. As far as we can see, shipping will contiriue to be very good. During this period we paid off the Cecil N. Bean (Dry-Trans), William Carruth (Transfuel), Fed­ eral (Trafalgar), Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) and Kyska (Waterman). We signed on th« Kyska, Wil­ liam Carruth, Cecil N. Bean, Man­ kato Victory and Topa Topa (Waterman). ' In-transit we had the Raphael Semmes, Hastings, Madaket and Choctaw (Waterman), Seacloud (Seatraders), and Seamar and Alamar (Calmar). Beefs on Bean On the Cecil N. Bean there were quite a few beefs about unfair logging and overtime. The master had restricted the crew in Japan for 12 hours and the company had to pay over 280 hours OT. Also, the loggings were settled to the crew's satisfaction.. 'Aboard the Carruth, when she came in, was Hans Skaalegaard, bosun, who won a prize in the SIU art contest. At our regular meeting we dis­ cussed mostly the SIU Welfare Plan, and various members told how they had benefited from the Plan and from Welfare Services. ' In the hospital here we have P. Lawrence, W. J. Small, J. R. Coltrell, P. Smith and D. Sorrenson. T. E. Banning San Francisco Port Agent tit Mobile: Union Fighting Here ^er Hospital Service A few of the members here are having a little trouble at the USPHS outpatient clinic in getting treatment due to the fact that their discharges are not long enough or, in the case of new seamen, that they are not bona fide seamen. The Union is handling this matter with the head of the USPHS here and will continue to battle to see that all members entitled to treatment at the clinic get it with a minimum of trouble. This port only has out­ patient facilities inasmuch as the hospital was axed last year. All members who have been re­ fused treatment at the clinic should contact one of the officials of the hall and let him know about it. Also, while on the subject of hospitals, we have been getting quite a few favorable replies to our wires and telegrams to various senators and congressmen and the I^pa'rtment of Health, Education and Welfare in our fight to keep the USPHS hospital in Savannah open. Warned About Draft We are again reminding the younger seamen in this area that the draft boards here are flatly refusing occupational deferment for seamen and claiming that there is no shortage of experienced sea­ men, so seamen who are of draft age will do well to keep their boards notified that they are ac­ tively sailing, and above all, keep them informed as to their changes of address. Shipping at this port has been fair, with 149 men shipped to reg­ ular jobs during the last two weeks. At the same time we registered 151 men, and also shipped approxi­ mately 75 relief Jobs tP tu8 boats and short gangs. " Ships paying off here during this period included the Patriot, Cava­ lier, Polaris, Pointer, Roanler and Clipper, all of Alcoa, and the Mon­ arch of the Sea, of Waterman. Ships Signing On The Patriot, Polaris, Pointer and Roamer signed on, and so did the Del Viento and Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi). In-transit here were the Chicka­ saw agd De Soto (Waterman), Steel Executive (Isthmian), Catahoula (Cuban Distillery), Heywood Broun (Victory Carriers) and Archers Hope (Cities Service). All in-transit ships were contacted and all beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews concerned. Prospects for the coming two weeks look fair, with the following ships due to hit this port; Clai­ borne, Monarch of the Sea, Antinous and Iberville (Waterman), and Pennant, Corsair, Partner, Pilgrim, Cavalier and Patriot (Alcoa). Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent s, Baltimore: t. Allantie Fleet Drive, Hew Hall In Hews Right now we are in the thick of the Atlantic Refinery organizational drive, and we feel that the mem­ bership here is doing a fine job in contacting the crews of Atlantic ships whenever they are in port, and in doing everything else they can. to help bring this fleet into the SIU. Here at headquarters we are urging every SIU _man to take advantage of every opportunity to speak to Atlantic men, and we feel sure that with the kind of rank and file support we are getting we cannot lose, and that the same motto we have used in previous campaigns will again prove true in this one) Atlantic, Too, Will Be SIU. Outside of the Atlantic drive, our chief interest here, of course, is centered on the construction of our new hall, which is coming along in fine style. We are looking forward very much to the completion of this building, and we feel certain we speak for all the members when we say that there is no question but what this building will be one of the finest union halls anywhere. The. Baltimore membership, we know, is very, appreciative ""of a building like this. Shipping Is Good Shipping here during the past two weeks has been very good, with the number of men shipped just about equal to- the number regis­ tered, and with 16 ships paying off, 15 ships signing on and 12 ships in-transit. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent New York: Spriag Fever Is Here Bui Aclivify's Brisk Spring has finally arrived in the Big City and. from the large turn­ over in jobs on the ships arriving here it looks as if most of the boys want to take a vacation and enjoy some of this warm weather. Of course, the fact, that the baseball parks and the race tracks are in full swing may have something to do with it. Some of the boys also tell, me that thrte is some very inviting scenery around the local beaches and the seashore that could lure a man off a good ship at this time of year. At any rate, there seem to be more men looking for relief than there are looking for jobs here lately. The port has been busy during the past two weeks and shipping has been good in all departments. We paid off a total of 28 ships in this period, signed nine on foreign articles and serviced 13 in-transit, as follows: Ships Paid OffSimmons Victory, Jean, Marina, Evelyn, Beatrice, Suzanne and Elizabeth (Bull); New Jex-sey, New York, Texas, Georgia and Savan­ nah (Seatrain); Steel Executive and Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Robin Gray, Robin Doncaster, Cornhusker Mariner and Robin Hood (Robin); Amberstar (Triton); CarroU Victory (South Atlantic); Wild Ranger, Azalea City, Hurricane, Stonewall Jackson arid Afoundria (Waterman); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Logans Fort (Cities Service), and Sea .Comet II (Seatraders). Ships Signed On Trojan Trader (Trojan); Sim­ mons Victory (Bull); Longview Victory and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin Goodfellow and Robin Mowbray (Robin); Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Wild Ranger (Waterman), and Carroll Victory (South Atlantic). Ships In-Transit , . Alcoa Ranger, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Iberville, Maiden "Creek, Antinous, Chicka­ saw (Waterman); Steel Apprentice, Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Pennmar (Calmar); Abiqua, Bradford Is­ land (Cities Service), and Louisi­ ana (Seatrain). The outlook for shipping in the coming period is good as we have a number of ships due in from long trips for payoffs, and we expect a couple of tankers to be taken out of lay-up. We have also been in­ formed by a couple of our opera­ tors that they expect to crew up several tankers that they have laid up in some of the other east and west coast ports, Claude Simmons Ass't Secretary-Treasurer Boston: Shipping So Good Horo Dispaichor Almost Off We have had a good spurt in PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleana .......' Galveston Seattle San Francisco Wilmington REG. DECK -.. ' 30 185 61 156 15 16 6 ..; 51 103 58 38 44 16 •-Total* ...^.v.. T78 y's-'-. ••• .'-.v4 'j,', There have been a lot of pros and cons on what a bosun- should know. The first thing a bosun should know is hdw to handle men and work them. By that I don't mean just turning them to, and letting it go at that. He should place his men so as to get the most efficiency out of each sailor he has working. As an example, if he has a good painter and a good splicer, don't use the painter splic­ ing if there is painting to be done and don't-; use the splicer painting is there is splicing to be done. That way you don't cut down the efficiency and quality of each man's work and wind up putting out more work with no extra ef­ fort. When a rigging job is to be done, the bosun should always be at hand to see that it is done properly. It stands to reason, therefore, that he must know all phases of rig­ ging and know how to do it the first time without having to re-rig the job. I have seen jobs take twice as long just because they were rigged Allen wrong in the first place. As an example, during the evacuation of Inchon, they sent us some 95-foot steel pilings which had been turned down by sev­ eral other ships as having been too long to load. After a little de­ liberation we unshipped the stays, winged out no. 4 and no. 5 gear and worked with both winches at one time, making seven ton lifts with ease. They also sent us a truck that was 15 feet longer than no. 2 hatch. With_a little applica­ tion of triangulation and rigging know-how, it was rigged and put into the hatch on tha first try. After that the deck department made all the stevedore time we wanted. A good way to keep the mate from breathing down your neck is to keep a step ahead of him. If you have an idea he is going to have you do a job start on it be­ fore he tells you. Chuck Allen ir i/> if shipping here during the past two weeks, and shipped out 79 men while we registered 63. .Shipping, In fact, has been so good here, and our board so full of jpbs going in all directions, that our dispatcher, Jim Sweeney, has just about had to dig up men from the backwoods who didn^t even know there was a war on in Korea. But anyway, no ships have sailed short from here that we know of. As a matter of fact, Jim develop­ ed such a good sales talk, and be­ to paint such ili gan pretty pictures, that he darned near shipped out himself, and I had all I could do to hold him back. Our total shipping figures for the period are as follows: D. Sheehan Registered 30 in deck, 17 in engine and 16 in stew­ ard; shipped 26—in deck, 34 in engine and id in steward. During this pejiod we paid off the Archers Hope, Lone Jack and Council Grove (Cities Service), the Queenstown Heights (Carras) and the Ann Marie (Bull), and all these Ships signed on. In-transit we had the Steel Age (Isthmian), Government Camp (Citiess Service), Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping), Trinity (Carras) and Chickasaw (Waterman). The Steel Age had to shift out to anchorage during her .stay here as there was quite a fk-e near her which burned all night and com­ pletely destroyed Pier 48. On the beach here we have'D. Sheehan, A. Pinchook. G. Stabello. J. McLaughlin, J. LaPointe, B. Gordy, S. Gordon, R. Frazer, L. Williams, J. Chermesino, M. Sweet, C. Connors and J. Hunt. . J. W. Carey just got out of the hospital and is now an out-patient. G. Williams also got out and is In good shape. John Duffy is coming along fine, as is Stanley Greenridge. R. N. Rogers is getting back into good shape and should be out next week, and S. Kostegan is also Miami: due out soon. J. Flaherty should be out in a few more weeks, and J. Penswick, who won himself a prize in the SIU art contest, should be out soon. The only real item of news here James Sheehan is still the weather, which con­ Boston Port Agent tinues very hot, but the hurricane "Alice," fortunately, fizzed out in the Gulf after a week of on-aitdoff rains. Shipping has been very slow here during the past two weeks, and although a number of ships have been iri-transit, there have been few jobs. In fact, of six men Figures May 20 to June 3 REG. TOiAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL registered, we shipped only one— REG. DECK ENG. STEW, SHIPPED Bemie Lawson, who was put ENGI>'E STEW. REG. aboard the Florida, which is on 79 16 63 26 34 19 17 continuous articles, and which was 117 154 149 488 151 130 39*8 the only ship to pay off here. 39 35 49 61 40 136 149 In-transit were the Alawai, De 89 103 101 122 87 344 314 Soto, Mobilian and Iberville (Wat­ erman) and the Arlyn (Bull). 10 3 5 2 10 30 5 We settled the lodging beef on 46 13 15 10 18 35 9 the Florida and now are waiting 5 6 10 15 10 4 26 for them> to get a few passengers 46 149 53 55 47 151 48 so we can talk about repairs. 189 We have no men in the hospital, 72 68 65 56 250 75 but Donald White is recuperating 112 30 39 15 88 43 15 from a broken leg received in a 15 28 82 21 75 16 39 motorcycle accident, and has 39 52 158 57 33 123 46 switched J:o riding around in a 6 9 5 20 32 6 British MG. 10 ^ Eddie Parr 581 496 508 1841 634 1721 Miami Fort Agent '554 Weather Is Hot Here; Hurricane Fizzes Out A&c smpMNfG MMtmrn Shipping The PHrolman Says ... ;; • 519! . �IN THE WAKE As far back as 150 BC, the figure of Atlas was portrayed supporting the heavens and/or the earth on his shoulders. It was used common­ ly as aa illustration for many books of maps, but was first applied as the name of a collection of maps by Gerhard Mercator (1512-94), the Flemish geographer and mathema­ tician. Apparently- the suggestion Mercator tried to put over was that his book contained all the knowledge of the world b^wden its two covers. If so, he was par­ ticularly successful,at it. His pro­ jection maps are more generally used today than any other projec­ tion for navigators' maf)s of the world. MEET THE SEAFARER species of kingfisher. This bird, it was believed, spent 14 days* during the coldest time of winter building a floating nest, laying its eggs and watching over the eggs until thsy hatched. Since under natural con­ ditions such a nest could not sur­ vive the shock of wind and waves, the gods saw to it that during those 14 days the winds ceased and the sea subsided. Thereafter the seven days before and after the shortest day of the year (December 21) were called the halcyon days by many mariners. STANLEY C. SCOTT—Bosun Seafarer Stanley C. Scott has Blanche Sigman and the C-4 Gen­ been going to sea for the compara­ eral Sfuart Heintzelman. The Question: Do you have any gripes tively short period of 12 years, but latter was a troop carrier making about shipboard Union meetings? in that time, as a civilian and a much of the world in its ports of sailor in the US Navy he has call.' It was while he was with the Max Byers, ch. elect.: I don't girdled the globe many times anc have any real gripes about the has a thrill to match every voyage. MSI^S, Scott said, that he "began Starting his sea-going carQ^r in to look enviously at the SIU. I shipboard SIU 1941, 11 months, before Japan had earned a 60-day vacation with meetings. Mo.st struck at Pearl Harbor, the 39- MSTS, and 1 decided to make the of the time, I end year-old bosun got his sea legs at most of it." up as chairman, a comparatively late stage- in life. and make sure Taking the bull by the horns, , Howevei*, he made up for a previ­ that the meeting the Brooklyn-bom-and-bred Sea­ ous lack of maritime activity by a goes along okay, if if if hectic naval career. It was right farer jumped into the Union fight There is jusi one place in the and don't let any in the beginning of his ' service, with Cities Sqfvice. He went on Americas where both the Atlantic one man keep the too, that most of the drama of the the Abiqua as an organizer for the and the Pacific Oceans can be seen floor for too long. sea unfolded about his landlub­ SIU, but was fired off her after five months. The Union filed from the same spot. On a clear I think that the shipboard meetings are a great ber's legs. charges against Cities Service, and, day, both can be seen from the Scott was stationed at Pearl It is supposed that the body of idea. Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, on the eventually, Scott got $700 and a water known as the Black Sea was summit of Mount Izaru, an active if / if if cruiser Detroit, when the Japs hit Union book, "which was worth given that name by the Turks be­ volcano in Costa Rica about 12,000 Alphonso Parker, MM: The ship­ Hawaii. He worked without rest much more than that," he said. cause of its dense fogs and violent feet high. Actually, the portion ot Shipped To Islands storms, black being used in the the Atlaqtic that is seen is the board Union meetings are a great for 24 hours, from 7 AM around idea. It gives Caribbean Sea, but this has always The Brooklyn bosun, who ships the clock, earning a commendation sense of bleak, gloomy and forbid­ everybody for his work under hazardous con­ in Group I as "just about every­ ding. In winter the waters are been regarded as part of the North chance to talk ditions. Before he was discharged thing but a carpenter," last sailed often covered with heavy fogs that Atlantic. a^iout their beefs, from, the Navy in August,. 1944, he on the Puerto Rico (Bull). He was if if if obscure the sun and darken the and to keep the had an opportunity at some per­ on her two years, shipping to the The slang reference co a person entire area. The early Greeks men on the ship sonal revenge, getting in on some islands as AB deck maintenance called it "Pontos Axemos," mean­ or to his head, as a "coconut" ^ates ini^rmed about of the heavy counter-attacks of the man. Before that he sailed the ing inhospitable sea or sea un­ back several hundred years, and is, the Union and Pacific Fleet. Ames Victory (Victory Carriers), friendly to strangers, because of in fact, not too unusual after all, what is happen­ the Trinity (Carras), and Isthmiits barren shores and its lack of since the shape of the human head '^US Hits Back ing. However, islands where navigators could does somewhat resemble that of Scott was on the destroyer Reed an''s Steel Mariner, the last on a the men should five-months trip around the world find shelter from the frequent the nut itself. That is just what Portuguese explorers thought stick to the subject being discussed when the vessel was part of a con­ which he enjoyed very much. storms. voy for the first naval air assault when, in the late 15th centuiy, and shouldn't talk too long. Married 10 years come Septem­ 4- 4 4" launched by America at the be­ 4" if if they found this fruit growing upon ber, Scott has two children, Walter ginning of World War II. It was Some authorities. suppose the islands of the Indian Ocean. Not John J. Dorla, OS: One $hipname Africa to be another version only was the nut about the shape board meeting that I was at re­ late in January, 1942, when the aiged 6 and Jean, 8, named after task force hit the Mamhall and her mother. Scott was born in the of "Ophir," a seaport or region and size of a small head, but the cently was all Gilbert Islands, sinking the first Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, frequently mentioned in the Old base of it, with its three dark holes, fouled up by two Japanese destroyer and taking the but has since moved, after trip^ Testament, from which the ships really resembled a grinning face. guys who started first Jap prisoners in the war. The around the world, to his Bay Ridge of Solomon brought fine gold m That is what led the Portuguese arguing about assault paid off, in part, for the home where he can wateh SIUgreat quantity, plus sandalwood, to call the nut a "coco," for in their some beef that surprise raid on Hawaii by the contracted ships enter and leave precious stones and ivory. Although language that means "a grinning was mostly per­ New York's lower bay. sons of Nippon. the actual location of "Ophir" is face." sonal anyway. Turning to more peacfeful pur­ "I'm very well satisfied with the unknown, it has at different times They kept talk­ if if if suits, the Navy veteran ' shipped situation in the SIU," he said. been identified with India, Ceylon, Scientists say that the drainage ing, and weren't out on two SUP vessels, the Wil­ Most of all I like the job security the Malay Peninsula, Arabia and system of the rivers in the western even on the sub­ liam Endicott and the Caleb and trip choice which the Union Africa itself. hemisphere is the greatest on ject the meeting . 4if i> earth. It is estimated that the was discussing. That kind of thing Strong, when he shed his blues for offers. I prefer the West and East civvies. It wasn't long after that Indies and the Mediterranean runs. The seaman's reference to hal­ Aipazon discharges more water gripes me. when he began to ship Military The Mediterranean is a sailor's cyon days,ca time of calm at sea, into the Atlantic Ocean than the if if if Sea Transportation..Service runs to paradise. When you hit Naples, stems from an ancient tale about eight largest rivers of Asia togeth­ John A. Muehleck, cook-baker: Halcyone, daughter of the god of er. On North America, the Missis­ There are always some guys who Europe, South America', the Medi­ for instance, it's just a short hop terranean and points outward. Two to Capri. And when you're in - the winds, who was reunited with sippi River discharges more water hold their own of the vessels he shipped on under Genoa you just stay there and enber husband when the gods trans­ by itself than all the rivers of Eu­ meetings before MSTS were the hospital ship oy yourself." formed them both into halcyons, a rope put-together. ' and. after-the reg­ ular shipboard meeting, and gripe like mad about everything, but these guys ACROSS DOWN 13. Fruits Attu, Washington announced, which no jobs were available . . , -34. Fearful never say a word 1. side 1. Open a keg 18. Direction of 36. Dusseldorf's was the first American soil to be In Mexico the Chamber of Depu­ 2. Lee during the regu­ . exSt. Lucia river 4. Columbia, the regained by US forces in the war ties unanimously approved a dec­ fighter from Dominica 37. of the lar meeting. . If Day, Chum Ocean after seizure by thg enemy 19. Dice same laration that Mexico had been in singer a man has a gripe, the meeting is Swedish ac­ 39. Ancient home 20. Go over ac­ T What freight­ Algiers announced that as the re­ a state of war with Germany, Italy tress the place to talk about it. of Irish kings er carries counts Patron of sult of a meeting between General and Japan since May 22. 40. Centimeters: 21. SUiy 12. Honduras sailors if if if Abbr. Charles de Gaulle and General port Chinese 22. Teddy R's 41. New Guinea i i i Selig Freilich, FWT; The guys Henri Giraud, these two men and lader 14. City in NY party symbol port Nicaragua In Los Angeles, young zoot suit that gripe me are the ones who 23. What cook 42. What SIU 15. Sicily port General George Catroux, Rene port wears provides wearers and servicemen fought stay in their sack, 16. Goes over a What helms­ 24. Honshu port Masigli, Jean Monnet, General Al43. Girl's nick­ book man should be 25. Adriatic port even though they name pbonse Georges and Andre Philip while State investigators, under 9. East Indian 17. African tribe 27. Silver coins 44. Nothing know there's gor herb 18. Term of ad­ formed the executive committee orders from Gov. Eari Warren, be­ of Iran 45. Summer, in dress in Navy 10. Wander about 30. Gray lamb's ing to be a meetFrance which will govern the empire and gan searching for the basic causes 11. About 3'/4 19. City in Egypt fur 46. Whiskey iq^. Then they ounces in 22/ East end of represent the people of France un­ of a week-long series of^ disorders Holland finally get up and NY (Answers on Page 25) til their motherland is freed . . . . . Pope Pius XII again voiced an 26. Makes, a voy­ wander into the age Agents of the A & G District of appeal to the belligerents on both meeting late. 27. Put to flight the SIU held a conference in New sides to refrain from the furies of 28. Hogan or They hold everySnead York aimed at the tightening of total war, including aerial • repris­ body up, and 29. Girl's name the Union apparatus for the criti­ als .. . The SIU asked FDR to step 30. City N E of don't know what's Osaka cal war and post-war periods . . . in and correct the muddle on ob­ being discussed or what has hap­ Two US cargo ships, a tanker and taining seamen's papers caused by 31. Aleutian island group pened earlier in the meeting. an ammunition laden freighter, col­ the RMO . . - Official reports dis­ 32. Belaying —33. Sign of •if i i lided off the Atlantic coast, taking closed 17,083 American soldiers measles James Tarrant, AB: My big gripe 34. Territory in the lives -of 84 of the 151 men were held prisoners of war by the Axis, with the large majority in about shipboard meetings are the aboard. W Africa 35. Free of Japanese hands. characters who germs i i i wiil never accept 37. Iran coin i i i 38. Initials on the chairman's President Roosevelt signed the A military revolt in Argentina British war­ job, and always pay-as-you-go income tax bill of headed by Gen. Arturo Rawson, ships 10. Gorman, of try to make the 1943, making a 20 .percent with­ an anti-Isolationist, upset the gov­ Yanks same people do holding of taxable- income at ernment of President Ramon Cas­ 40. Demand 43. Member tif all the work, source effective on July 1, 1943, tillo, who took refuge on a warship. SIU i More of-these for all wage and salary earn­ Martial law was cleclared . . . With 47. Where. Machias is men should real­ ers .. . The SIU hailed Drew Pear­ the SIU as one of the backers of 48. Dryness ize that it's their son's revelation that the WSA was the organization, a merchant sea­ #»• Jewish ceremony place to take "conspiring to drive the maritime men's club was opened in Glasgow, hound 30. these kinds of jobs .end do their unions from the sea" by training Scotland, for the use of all seamen 11. Sheltered part^ in .running meeting. 'a surplus.o| appreqticc seaman for of Allied nations . i/ - A TEN "YEARS:SAeO *,*rsi-w51(s'J i.V/itie'v! i.u'f r '.v'T'• ' ii if/ .vu-.ii ,'jii' JO mit w *i>j jjoivil �June 12, 1953 SEAFARERS Vol. XV. Page Thirteen *Decforaffon of Independence' SEAFARERS ^ LOG June 12, 1953 LOG LEHER No. 12 Published biweekly by the Seafkrers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. STerling 8-4670, PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Editor, HEKREirt BRAND; Managing Editor, BAT DEKISON; Art Ecllfi>r. BEAM ADD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPTVACK. ART PERTALL, JERRY REMER, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. WEEK The Election Petition The SIU's petition for a collective bargaining' election among Atlantic tankermen has been welcomed with enthusiasm by all hands. The response from the fleet has been a stepped-up flow of pledge cards and a flood of withdrawals froni the companydominated Atlantic Maritime Employees Union. ' Prior to petitioning there were a few Atlantic tankermen ' who had been hesitant about lining up with the SIU because ' they had been fed a steady diet of propaganda to the effect I that the SIU would never go for an election. The petition ' flied with the Labor Board shot these stories full of holes. Now there's no doubt in anybody's mind that the SIU means business and can back its petition with the solid support of . a handsome majority of jthe fleet. Fundamentally, there's just one basic issue facing Atlantic men in this drive. It's simply a matter of choosing between a handout existence at the pleasure of the company, and the sturdy independence to be found in banding together with the SIU to bargain for shipboard conditions. Under the present set-up in Atlantic, the tankermen have no choice but to go begging for the company's favors, hat in hand. It should be pretty obvious by now to all that the AMEU has neither the strength nor the heart to get its back up to the company. If it did, it would find itself out of busi­ ness in short order. Given a choice between crawling or standing up to the . .company, it's easy to see how the Atlantic tankerman will < respond. He wants to be able to stand on his two feet. The only way he can do it is through the SIU. Almost 600 pledge cards from Atlantic men prove this point. 44" < Crewv^s Kindness Touches Widow To the Editor: I-am the widow of E. J. Blanes, who died while serving as a util­ ity man aboard the Amersea (Blackchester) on or about March 6 of this year, and was buried at sea on March 8. My husband was not a member of the Seafarers International Union, but had shipped in an emergency. He was a member of the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, but he had always spoken very highly of your Union, and wanted to join it, and now, after what his shipmates on the Amer­ sea have done for my family and myself, I can see why everyone has a good word for the SIU. The crew of the above-mentioned ship forwarded my family $275 Steps toward labor unity were Department of Labor was threat­ from Port Said, Egypt, by radio­ gram, and again, a few weeks later, taken by a joint AFL-CIO commit­ ened when the House of RepreseaI ,was sent a money oi^er for tee when they reached a "no-rai.d- tatives cut funds and personnel for $30 and advised that the crew- ing" agreement. -Tfie agreement the Bureau of Labor Standards in members had voted to give me will go into effect next January 1 half. The Bureau conducts a safety after approval by AFL and CIO training program that has been that much more. conventions individual unions. credited with considerable reduc­ I do not have enough words to It calls for and the naming of an im­ tions in accidents in industrj\ be able to say, "thanks" to them 4 4 4 Within the next month or so, the winners of the first SIU for the money, and also'for their partial arbitrator to settle disputes Fort Worth, Texas unions in a between unions. The committee annual scholarship awards will be known. Four Seafarers sympathetic radiogram right after will now go to work to try to der good neighbor gesture bouglit 200 or children of Seafarers will receive the generous $1,500 my husband died, nor for the many termine the jurisdiction limits of pure-bred pigs and sent them by yearly awards that will enable them to get the college ^u- nice letters that some of the crew- the various AFL and CIO unions. air to-Honduras where they will be members wrote me. And I have cation they would otherwise do without. used as a means of improving ani­ 4 4 4 been told that my husband re­ Selection of the scholarship winners has been a lengthy ceived mal husbandry in that country. A card-carrying general, prob­ a proper funeral in true process because the Union wanted to surround this procedure SIU fashion. ably the only one with union mem­ Funds for the pigs were raised in a with every safeguard. That's why all candidates had to bership, is the proud boast of the drive throughout the city's unions. Men Are Scattered 4 4 4 American Federation of Technical submit certain qualifications, pass the standard college en­ trance examinations and be studied by a qualified advisory Of course, about three months Engineers, Local 30, AFL. The A group of models in San Fran­ have now elapsed since my hus­ general in question is Frank C. cisco has applied for an AFL union board of college professors, and administrators. band's death, and I realize that Myers who was recently promoted charter and permission to organize The advisory board will meet on June 23rd to examine by • time those shipmates of to Brigadier in the Marine Corps models elsewhere in the country. the qualifications of all applicants and draft its final recom­ his this who served with him on the Reserve. Myers has been a member The models claim that society wo­ mendations to the trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Amersea must be separated and of the union since back in 1929. men have been cutting in on their After that the trustees will make the final selection. This perhaps scattered 'all over the During World War II he served as jobs by appearing in fashion shows at women's organizations. Employ­ Fall four young men and wornen will start on their college world; and in any case I do not a colonel in the South Pacidc. ers furnish the clothes and the wo­ know their whereabouts and have careers assured of $6,000 to complete a four-year course. 4 4 4 no means of contacting each one 4' 4 4 The full amount of aid appropri­ men do the modeling for free. ~ personally to express my deepfelt ations for Europe asked by Presi­ 4 4 4 General- Electric has offered a gratitude. And so I would appre­ dent Eisenhower was backed by ciate it if you would allow me space the AFL in testimony before the wage increase of a little more than After a certain amount of dilatory motion. Congress is in the columns of your Union House Committee on Foreign Af­ three per cent to 100.000 employees buckling down to work on maritime issues. It appears that" newspaper to e.xpress my thanks to fairs. AFL economist Boris Shis.h- in two unions. Workers involved a thoroughgoing effort is being made in both Senate and all the seamen of the Amersea. kin told the Committee that any are members of the International no matter where they now may be. cuts would be false economy by Union of Electrical Workers, CIO, House to draft a constructive merchant marine program. the United Electrical Workers, It's fitting that such a program should be drafted at this I am not a young woman any weakening ties between the US and independent. Another 100,000 GE time because the merchant marine is facing another period more, but that magnificent ges­ and Europe. workers represented by a variety of ture from the. SIU shipmates of 4 4 4 of drastic change. Right now, streams of ships and supplies my husband has made me realize craft unions accepted a previous are crossing the Pacific to Korea. Six months from now, if that there are plenty" of nice An open shop bill in California company wage offer last March. all goes well in current peace negotiations, the stream may folk in the world, so once again. If* was defeated in the State Assembly 4 4 4 Industrial Relations Committee by Cuts in work hours were won by dry up and disappear. you can find space in the SEA­ an eight to two vote after the State These violent changes in the pattern of shipping are nqthing FARERS LOG, please extend my AFL mustered forces against it. 1,500 AFL bakers in th ? San Fran­ cisco. Bay area after a four day new. They simply point up the need for legislative action most sincere and heartiest thanks The bill would have ruled out all strike over the Memorial Day to ship's delegate D. Jones, Calvin to stabilize a notoriously unstable industry. It's to be hoped forms of union security and made weekend. The work week for men that after the false starts of past years. Congress will come Lake, E. Ibarra, W. "Welden and the an open shop compulsory. It was was reduced to 35 hours from 371^ others too numerous to mention. I backed by the Associated Farmers up with constructive legislation this time. will always have a prayer on my and the California Chamber of with no loss in pay. Women bakery clerks received increases of ten to lips and in my heart for them, Commerce. 15 cents an hour. and also for the Union officials at 4 4 4 4 4 4 the port of Seattle, whose kindness New auto contracts providing A retirement village in Florida, and consideration so helped to The crew of another SlU-manned vessel, the Liberty Bell, lighten my burden during my hour small wage increases and boosts in is being built by the Upholsterers . has received a commendation from military authorities'for of pensions to a ceiling of $137.50 a International Union, AFL. The darkest need. rescue work performed in the Pacific near Japan. While month have been signed by major union plans to invest $5 million Also, I would like these Union auto producers. The United Auto­ of its own funds tn a community dozens of Navy and private ships searched the waters in officials and the men on the Amer-. mobile Workers (CIO) signed that will accommodate 500 families vain for a group of missing fishermen, the keen-eyed Sea­ sea to know that these heartfelt farers of the Liberty Bell successfully spotted survivors of thanks for their efforts after my agreements with General Motors, of workers over 65 years old. Ford and Chrysler calling for ten Rentals will run from $42 to $50 a a wreck leading to their rescue. husband's death come not only- cents raises for skilled workers month. The cottages will be of con­ Such incidents have not been unusual in the past. The from'myself but from my son and and live cents annual productivity crete block and contain one and competent, professional seamen, who make up the SIU have daughter as .well. increases. The cost of living form­ two bedrooms each. The program . had their share of. successful rescues at sea. Mrs. E. J. Blanes, was approved at the union's con­ ula in the contracts was revised, The crew of-the Liberty Bell deserves a "well done" for daughter, Gerl Lee, ; vention by all but five delegates 4 4 4 and san, Elweed living up to the best traditions of the SIU. The Mfetgr prognim of the US from California. ROUND-UP Scholarship Awards Action 111 Congress In Fine SIU Style w- m �Pace Fourteea SE AF ARERS LOG JOB* 12, 1958 •'' '/'"/ ~ 1 ' "-"' 1I { wmmI PliM ,. ' L / The Florida lays quietly next to her pier, bef takftig some more passengers between the 1 great southern playlands, Miami and Havar O °Q 0 I p. . _ .. . J• C X - X. that o seorfton °?,t '^Tw!SK?rS The trim 4 Havana, mahin9 , " and J i: tun-seeKing v ' Tanned and satisfied after their trip on Florida, a group of passengers disembark Miami after a pleasant trip from Havana. L £ srs .;-„",w:S-'"j:;is'w K Sy ;y->v.. I I ff§S55?5iiii ' hh ':' ' ' .'..„ :,.:'"^ rIs • W ^ ' %A • ) I• I ^ __ J I '?,-< I W- IT; 1\ " ^ f J ^J . < ' E. Reyes, bellboy; R. Gonzalez, waiter, anc Lirria, bar waiter, pay a lot of attention t] iI passenger on stewardess Jane Smith's lap. I t '•k- I 5'' I I r ' I mm»im S. Rodriguez (right), officers' messman, watd carefully as Tony Garcia, crew cook, carvq juicy piece of turkey for the evening meal.' •'..'•mr- '' �.p...-, \ SEAFARERS LOG pre I wo la. |he ajt A. Pedrajo quartermaster, and Bob Wright, third mate, stand their watch on the bridge, and keep the Florida on course as she makes her way between her two sunny ports of call. J. a lies a Even on a passenger ship there are beefs. Here, Eddie Parr (right), Miami port agent, checks some disputed steward department OT, There s always plenty of work for the deck department on a short run. Here, C. Hilseth, AB, and N. Gonzalez, OS, keep busy coiling a hawser to keep things shipshape, in true SIU style. iS I �Paffe Sixteea Plans to dredge the Gowanus Creek Channel in Brooklsm took a forward step when the House approved fund appropriations to deepen New York's tenth busiest waterway to 30 feet to accommodate largersized ships.. The Gowanus Channel appropriations was one of the few river and harbor items to survive the economy ax. Brooklyn civic lead­ ers had made a special trip to Washington to plead for the appropria­ tion. SE AT ARERS Jdne 12, 1953 LOG Safety In The Galley Shoreside safety studies have indicated that -one of the most danger­ ous places to be is in the kitchen. A considerable nuniber of minor and serious accidents take plac?« there because of knives, hot ovens, grease splatters, defective refrigerators, toasters and broilers, broken glasses and dishes, slips and falls on wet floors and so on. All of these hazards, and then some, exist in the ship's galley. To Seafarers who sail on the Cities it t t Service tanker Government Camp add to the normal run of kitchen dangers there's the pitching and The first French vessel to touch Lake Michigan since 1674 arrived will have Arthur *E. Sanders, AB, rolling of the ship—a considerable factor in rough weather, plus the In Chicago, May 30. The Jac^es Marquette completed a 65-day to thank for all the new recrea­ need to go up and down ladders and through passageways to store­ voyage from Marseilles by sailing down the St. Lawrence and through tion gear oh board. Sanders took rooms and freeze boxes. ' , the Great Lakes to the midwestem city. It carried a cargo of wines a few hours off his shore-Jeave to The most common dangers on ships seem to be cuts and bruises and liquors from France, cork from Spain and marble and olives from shop around ftw items that would from knives, cleavers or similar injuries from falling or being thrown Italy. . help the crewme'mbers amuse against sharp corners and brackets; falls on gangways and ladders; themselyes during their • off-duty burns from hot water'urns and grease splatters, and injuries from t it t • hours at sea. His shipmates showed heavy swinging doors on iceboxes. A decision is awaited from the Interstate Commerce Commission on UsuaUy the cuts and bruises received in the galley from sharp the request of the Isbrandtsen Steamship Company for intercoastal their appreciation by giving him objects and sharp edges are minor injuries. However, they always open a vote of thanks at a recent ship­ operating rights. Isbrandtsen wants to make trips every two weeks the possibility of infections, and usually keep a man from doing his from the Pacific Coast to the East Coast via Panama. Spokesmen for board meeting. Waterman SS Company and Luekenbach SS Company have opposed Sanders has been sailing .with job, particularly when they are around the hands. Dull Knives Do Damage the request on the grounds that additional intercoastal sailings are not the SIU for just two years now. Popular opinion to the contrary, it's the dull knife, not the sharp needed. , " He comes originally from the wheat and cattle state of Kansas one, that's responsible for most of the damage. The dull knife is (the t i i where he was born 29 years ago, one that slips off the object being cut and gashes the hand of the An appeal to American ship operators for research funds has been cutter. Starting with a sharp knife to begin with reduces the chance made by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The but he and his wife now make of accident. their home in Inglewood, Califor­ group is seeking $100,QOO to finance continuing research into ship In handling knives or cleavers, both the hands and the knife handle design and building, cargo handling, tailshaft failures and other tech­ nia. should be clean and dry to assure a firm grip. Cutting vegetables can nical matters. Funds sought are for the purchase of materials and 4 4 4 be safely done by first slicing them in half, putting the .fiat side costs of clerical labor. Ship operators have turned down requests on There certainly must have been down and then holding it with the fist closed, fingers safely tucked the ground that as customers of shipbuilders they should not have to a well-fed group of crewmembers under the palm. As a general principle, all cuts should be made away finance research. ' aboard the Lafayette (Waterman) from the body. on her last voyage .because they Other cuts will come from broken dishes and glassware. In such Three Army barges have crossed the Atlantic from Charleston, SC, were lavish in their praise of the cases it's just a matter of handling with care and immediately dump­ to France in the wake of the Kevin Moran, an ocean-going tug. It was whole galley gang. A vote of thanks ing any dishes and glassware that show cracks and sharp edges. the first transatlantic barge tow since World War II. The crossing took was offered to the entire stewards Where a sink, table or bracket has a stiarp protruding edge, the edge 21'/a days. Two nylon and one wire hawser were used in the towing. department, including Barrett W. should be smoothed off, or if that's not possible, should be padded in The nylon hawsers were eight inches in circumference and performed Moore, for their high-level per­ some manner to avoid injury. Keep The Deck Dry well during the trip. The 1,900 horsepower tug averaged 7.9 knots formance throughout the voyage which resulted in a bunch of satis­ Slipping as a cause of accidents can be very easily prevented by throughout the voyage. fied appetites and not a beef among simply keeping the deck clean and dry. Th» careful • galley-worker 444" the crew. will wipe up any kind of spill or refuse immediately. It takes only one Private shipyards in the New York area have received five overhaul In addition to handling his regu­ little piece of potato peel to upend a man. and conversion jobs from the US Navy as part of a new Navy policy lar galley chores, Moore served as Most of the more^rious injuries in the galley come from steam of keeping skilled craftsmen at work in Neiy York private yards. The department delegate for the stew­ or hot water burns and it is in this- respect that the coffee urns work ordinarily would have been done at the US Naval Shipyard, but ards. The 42-year-old Seafarer is are the most serious offenders. Usually what happms is someone will the Navy was fearful that the private yards would lose their nucleus a native of Mississippi, but he and turn on a steam or hot water valve on the um and then forget about of skilled shipyard workers unless more work w'as provided for them. his wife now live in Mobile, Ala­ it for a moment. The urn will boil over spraying on everybody in the The jobs were viewed also as a test of the ability of private yards bama. He joined the SIU IV^ vicinity. to handle complicated and difficult Navy conversion work. The best way to avoid this is to make it a practice to keep watch years ago, December 12, 1943, in on any urn when the valves are turned on. Ideally the valves should 4. t 4. that port. be in a position that can be easily reached in the event that the . Maritime interests in New York were considerably relieved by the 4 4 4 ^ urns boil over. news that the city had abandoned plans for a three percent service Ship's delegate Anthony Ferrara Even when the urns are operating properly, it's easy to get a steam tax. It had been feared that the tax would impose a serious handicap on the pore's ship repair, stevedoring, tugbont and maintenance services. of the Bluestar (Triton) gave the scald by lifting a cover off and letting a blast of live steam out into crew a little talk your face. Men working around the urns should be instructed to lift 4^ 4> 4> recently empha­ the cover off the back side of the urn first so as to let some of the Passenger ship service between the Pacific Coast and Australia sizing the im­ steam escape away from the face and body and then remove it alto­ came to an end on June 8, when the liner Aorangi completed 30 years portance of liv­ gether. Scalds can also be avoided by providing a sturdy. ladder or of service on the run. The liner has been purchased by a British ing up to the SIU stool for men to stand on while transferring hot water from' one um steel corpiration for scrapping. Ihe American-operated Matson line agreement at all to the other. gave up the Australian run in 1948 because the cost of maintaining times. Ferrara A natural precaution to take is to inspect all faucets, valves and services was too great. pointed out that connections in hot water and steam lines to assure that they are 4> 4 4> any man who working properly. Where dishwashing is done by hand, the temperature American merchant shipping may be carrying a smaller percentage fouled up on of the water should be carefully tested before the whole hand is put of world trade these days, but American marine insurance firms are board made in too hot water and scalded. Ferrara taking a large part of insurance business formerly handled in London. things rough for Machinery like slicers and* grinders also contribute their bit to the Foreign shipowners like the prospect of collecting insurance in dollars the whole crew and were leaving injury totals in the form of chopped or mauled fingers. Where there is and ai-e arranging for at least# part of their coverage with American themselves open to retaliation. no guard on a grinder, a wooden pusher should be provided to feed the firms. Practically all American merchant ships are* insured by Ameri­ It also makes things a little tough grinder. That way fingers won't be accidently put into the grinding can companies. for the Union at contract time. screw. 4> 4* •4' He also made arrangements with Watch The Reefer Doors ~ Daily dips in their own "swimming pool" are one of many attractions the captain of the ship to try to ' The large number of accidents in iceboxes in proportion to the actual for tankermen aboard a new Danish tanker, the Berta Dan. The pool, get some military scrip that could time spent in the box, makes them particularly dangerous. Most of w' lie small, (just 18 feet long) is a permanent installation aboard the be sent on behalf of_the crew to a them result from being struck by heavy reefer doors that will swing on vessel which is regularly employed on the Persian Gulf run. Seafarer who had to be hospital­ a-man in heavy weather. The weight of these doors usually makes such ized in Japan. injuries pretty severe ones. The best thing for the steward to do is to 4.4 4 The American tanker Pendleton, that broke in two off Cape Cod in Ferrara has been an SIU mem­ send two men to the box in rough seas, one man to hold the door open. February, 1952) ran into new difficulties when the salvaged bow ber for over four years, joining (n Finally, many accidents wiir take place in a ship's galley or store­ section ran aground while in tow. The bow was being hauled to the port, of New York January, room because of falling objects. Extra-special care should be taken at Fieldsboro, NJ, to be broken up for scrap when it grounded on a 1949. He's 32 years old and a na­ all times to keep objects from sliding or falling when the ship rolls, Delaware River sandbar. Salvagers are now cutting pieces off her tive of New York City. He sails on whether they are cases, pots and pans, coffee makers or any other with cutting torches to lighten the ship for refloating. movable object commonly used in a galley. deck. Burly ACTiON Speak Up, WiUie BM Bernard Seaman �•rvv. ••'^vf' .''"^''<v SEAFA:RERS LOG Jane 12, 195S Pare SeTenteea SIV Files For Election In Atlantic Oil Company AT SlU HEADQUARnRS 4th Av*. A 20th St. • Iroohlyn Swap yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port O' Call—YOUR union-owned and union-operatedbar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by th* SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATUNTIC AND GUIF DISTRICT A.F.L Seafarer Prepares For Solo Transatlantic Try (Continued from page 5) on trial runs and says that it has held the vessel very steady on her course. Canned Goods Stored Stocking and equipping the ship for such an ambitious voyage has been quite a problem. Kivikoski has stored up canned goods almost exclusively making use of modern canned concentrates. He has ten pounds of canned powdered eggs, 20 pounds of canned bacon, a large stock of canned bread as well as packaged Swedish bread similar to Rye Krisp, canned potatoes, pow­ dered and evaporated milk, pow­ dered cream for coffee, canned franks and beans, meatballs and spaghetti, and similar items. Also aboard are smoked hams, salamis and sausages as well as 100 cans of V-8 vegetable juice. "I like it very much," he said, "and find it quite nutritious." Sugar, salt, powdered coffee, cocoa, jam peanut butter and other staples complete the list. In addition just before he sails he will stock up on margarine and fresh vegetables. He even has a supply of vitamin pills. Kivikoski has two water tanks which will carry 40 gallons, plus lifeboat emergency rqjions of water in cans. He intends to use very little water, relying on the cann^ juices and doing most of his cook­ ing in a pressure cooker which is very sparing of water. Washing In Sea Water He's been washing his clothes in sea water, for some time now and finds modern detergents very ef­ fective in making suds out of sea water. He .also has 20 gallons of gasoline for the engine and kero­ sene for the Primus stove. A good deal of the work he has been doing consists of making or picking up spare parts—spares for all parts of the stove and engine, spare cleats, plus five additional sails and extra cordage. After he gets to England he in­ tends to gb to Finland via France, Qermany, Denmark and Sweden. He hopes to sail across Sweden from Gotenberg, through the chain qf lakes and inland canals; first I was going to tj^e the southern route," he said, "b|t^|here is an old skipper around here who is very familiar with the North Atlantic. He said I would be better off there during the summer be­ cause I would have a very few hours of darkness to contend with at this tinie of the year. "I Intend to ride the Gulf Stream practically all the way across. I am going up the coast on the outer side of the Grand Banks. When I get to 50 degrees north latitude, I will try to go straight across to Lands End." If all goes well, he will leave the boat with his family and fly back. He will ship through the winter and hopes to sail the boat back next summer. His last ship was the Wild Ranger (Waterman). One of the last things he did before leaving was to pay up his book for the full year of 1953. I've been a union man all the time I sailed," he said. "I was in the Finnish union and unions of other countries before coming to the US. I'm happy to have sailed with the SlU, because without the SIU contract I could never have saved up enough money to make this trip." AFL Far E. Rep. 'Best Anti-Red' "America's most effective onman fire brigade fighting Com­ munism in Asia," is Dick Devetall, AFL representative in the Far East, according to the St. Louis PostDispatch. The paper's Tokyo correspondent, Ernie Hill, wrote. that Deverall, with "a paltry $1,000 a month," does a better job of fighting the Red's propaganda than Radio Free Asia and all the official agencies out there. Deverall, says the paper, does this by attending union meetings throughout the Orient, by answer­ ing the questions of Red agitators and by raising bitTnt questions at these meetings gbout trade unions in Russia and JSoviet territory. The paper alsQ praisedt Deverall's anti- (Continued from page 3) at the thought of an election. At one "exclusive", meeting of a hand­ ful of AMEU men on the Yeager, an AMEU man, John Jacobs, pro­ posed that any individual who stood watch for an SIU man should be expelled forthwith from the AMEU. Bosun Mike Shinuta amended the motion to the effect that they should be thrown off the ship. (Subsequently wiser heads swiped the minutes off the ship's bulletin board so that the evidence would be destroyed.) Hundreds Withdrew The AMEU had already been staggering under a flood of signed withdrawals from their own mem­ bership who were disgusted by the inability of the company-dominat­ ed union to deliver, aivd^ who, for the first time, had a chance to get in with a legitimate union. The Gals Win Right To Wear Shorts Feeling the importance of fringe benefits, some 63 gal telephone op­ erators in Gulfport, Miss., staged a 26-hour walkout in 92 degrees of heat to win the right from the Southern Bell Telephone Co. to wear shorts on the job. "The gals, all members of the CIO Communications Workers, finally reached an agreement with the company that permits them to wear shorts while on the job, but prohibits bare midriffs and re­ quires them to put on skirts be­ fore leaving the building. Under the agreement, the com­ pany also agreed to serve "refresh­ ing drinks when needed," to place tubs of ice in front of electric fans and to make "proper adjustments of fans and windows." AMEU's "leadcrman" (that's the title under which the company keeps him on the payroll) had already received over 200 with­ drawals, via the SIU. Since AMEU records as of Au­ gust, 1952, before the SIU an­ nounced its drive, showed a peak membership of 550, the withdraw­ als which -the SIU has on record, al­ ready amount to 40 percent of the entire AMEU membership. This contrasts with the SIU's 583 signed pledges in the 750-man fleet. Or­ ganizing headquarters has been informed that another huge bloc of withdrawals is on i^s way as a result of the election an­ nouncement, with Atlantic tankermen who are still technically members of the AMEU now open­ ly declaring their break with the company union. Resentment against the AMEU, fast-spreading in the fleet, was in­ tensified by the election announce­ ment. The company union had de­ clared that the SIU would never go for an election, nor would the SIU protect the men fired on charges. It has been given the lie on both counts now, and Atlantic men are up-in-arms over the re­ peated falsehoods they have been fed by the AMEU. Company Yielding Contrary to the AMEU's phony propaganda, the SIU has received unofficial word that the company stands ready to yield on individual unfair labor charges. It is prepar­ ing, according to reliable informa­ tion, to provide reinstatement, back pay, or both for men fired out of the fleet for union activity. In one instance, the back pay will run as high as $2,000. Company representatives, with the costly Cities Service lesson flresh in their minds, evidently want no repetition of the $150,000 back wage bill that CS was hit with. Cities Service had to shell out the money to men fired from their fleet during the SIU organiz­ ing campaign at that company. Formal hearings on. the SIU's election petition are scheduled for June 30, at the Bankers Security Building, Philadelphia, where the NLRB regional office is located. Pending the hearings, the Union is drafting proposals as to the com­ position of the voting unit and the eligibility of voters. It is assumed that the company and the AMEU are doing the same. The SIU is making every effort to assure a speedy election so that Atlantic tankermen can "get out from under" at the earliest possi­ ble date and receive the benefits of an SIU Union contract. Co. Pays, Finds 65 is Not Old It cost the Royal Typewriter Co. at Hartford, Conn., an even $60,000 to learn that age should not be the determining factor in retirenient from work. The company retired 18 employ­ ees on their 65th birthday, and the CIO Auto Workers Local 937 main­ tained that, since the people were able to perform their duties, they should have been permitted to con­ tinue work. After long negotiations, the dis­ pute went into arbitration and the result was that 14 of the workers were ordered restored to work with "full seniority and all other rights," and to receive "full pay for the time he would have normally worked for the company from the date he was retired to the date of restoration to work." The back pay added up to $60,000. Widen Fight For Savannah (Continued from page 3) pital has already stopped admitting new patients, the announcement said, "and will be closed as soon as patients now being treated there are transferred to other USPHS hospitals." The patients there have been given their choice of New Orleans, San Francisco, Manhattan Beach or Seattle hospitals. However, this means they have to give up the ideal conditions for tubercular patients that they have had at Fort Stanton. 'Ideal iPlace' There, the long-term patients were able to live comfortably in two-man cabins. The U^RHS it­ self has said that "the- Fort Stan­ ton hospital is considered an ideal place for treatment ... of tuber­ culosis." It went on to say that, "The climate ... is high and dry alld the sun shines over 350 days every year. The winters are mild and summers have warm days and cool nights. At this altitude, the low barometric pressure is believed to be helpful in treating tubercu­ losis as it makes the task of ex­ pansion and contraction of the lungs easier. The air is clean and had more oxygen per cubic foot than at sea level. The isolation contributes peace and quiet." None of these benefits can be found in New Orleans, San Fran­ cisco, Manhattan Beach or Seattle. In addition, the USPHS admits that, as recently as 1949, over $20,000 was spent on the installa­ tion of modern x-ray and flu«»x)scopiq apparatus, in addition.tp the her, equipment • and many buildings that make up the hos­ pital. •No Other' SIU Hospital Delegate A. McGuigan at Fort Stanton has told the LOG that, "there isn't another hospital any place in this country where we can get the climate and the treatment that we get here. Here, we've got a lot better chance of getting well quicker." Another patient at Fort Stanton, Hawthorne B. Taylor, raises an­ other question. Taylor sent clip­ pings to the LOG from local news­ papers telling about the battle that the cattlemen in that area are wag­ ing over obtaining Government grazing land. Then, Taylor added, the Fort Stanton hospital contains about 27,727 acres, much of which is prime grazing land that has been used for the herd of cattle belong ing to the hospital. Taylor also pointed out that clos­ ing the hospital "means abolishing a small city in itself, as well as a third class postoffice, and disrupt­ ing many of the other towns in the vicinity which have many residents working at the hospital." Bookkeeping Taylor added the fact that, thj'ough Government bookkeeping, the operation of Fort Stanton was made to seem more expensive than it really is. The hospital raises almost all the beef, veal, pork, milk and cream that it uses. Taylor feays all the hospital's operating ex­ penses are taken from the Hospital Fund, but the money made from the sale of cattle, hogs and horses raised here is credited to the Gov­ ernment's Qeneral Fund and not credited b^pi^l. books, it makes it look as if the "hospital costs about $150,000 more than it really costs." The closing of the Savannah hos­ pital would mean a terrible blow to American seamen, since it is the only USPHS hospital available be­ tween Norfolk, Va., and New Or­ leans, La., a distance of over 1,000 miles by the most direct air route. Seafarers with non-emergency in­ juries would have to travel hun­ dreds of miles to these hospitals to get treatment if the Savannah hos­ pital is closed. _ The importance of the Savannah hospital is shown by the fact that, even though it may be cut, it is carrying an over-capacity load of patients, and has been crowded for some time. With a normal capacity of 117 beds, its daily load averages 123 patients. Originally, Mrs. Hobby had pro­ posed a cut of $1,700,000 in the hospital budget and the closing of Savannah, Fort Stanton and Cleve­ land. The House made the cut $3,288,000 which would mean two more hospitals to be closed— Memphis and Detroit. These cuts are only a part of the many slashes in the budget for health and edu­ cation services. Money for research and treatment of tuberculosis and venereal diseases has also been drastically reduced. If these hospitals are closed, it will mean a total of 14 USPHS hospitals that have been closed since World War II. This is more than half of the hospitals originally in operation, and any further clos­ ings, it is feared, will come dan­ gerously close to wrecking the entire inarine hospital program. -r. AAA * AAVAA �Pare Eirhteea S EA FARERi- LOG Jdae 12, 19SS 53 Years In ^Brotherhood Of S^a' Spanned By Team Of Father, Son That aound takea about five sec­ Toads art rather clumsy in their onds to travel one mile through actions and movements and appar­ There are a number of SIU men who can rightfully claim the title'of "oldtimer,'^ and who the air? If a storm is four miles ently they swallow their loose now are seeing their records of long Union affiliatipn continued into a second generation. away from us, we would hear the outer skin in an effort to free But few, if any, of these father-and-son combinations'can match the record of Nils Hanstvedt thunder.about 20 seconds after we themselves from it. The toad nor* see the lightning. If the air we mally molts or sheds its outer skin and his son, Alfred, who ships^ • breathe were hydrogen, instead of several times during the year. in the deck department. the heavier mixture of nitrogen • 4^ » For, between them, the two and oxygen, we should hear the That SIU agreements require Hanstvedts have a membership thunder about five seconds after that any man leaving a ship shall, record which spans more than half the flash. upon request, be given a slip show* a century—53 years, to be exact— ^ ing the reason for his termination and which goes back to 1900, when That there was one Queen of of employment? This clause was the elder Hanstvedt received his England who never was in England included in new contracts to insure IMTobationary membership book in at all? The wife of Richard the that men who leave a vessel due to the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, in Lionhearted, Queen Berengaria, no fault of their own can apply for San Francisco, from Andy Furunever did*set foot on English soil. and receive unemployment insur­ seth, who was then the secretary She and the King were married in ance. of SUP, SIU's parent organization. Italy in the year 1191 while Rich­ 4^ 4>'' 4) ard was taking part in the cru­ This book, together with other That men's side whiskers are sades. He returned to England once called "sideburns" interesting information showing after a man thereafter, but she never went named Biirni^des? The how seamen fared during those style was there. They never'hit it off too earliest days of maritime imion or­ set by A. E. Burnside, a Civil War well aiwway. ganization, young Hanstvedt ob­ general who wore his whiskers that it 4> $1 tained when, for the first time in way. The fact that these whiskers That disabled Seafarers over 65 are 13 years, he visited his home In on the side of the face led to years of age can collect Federal Bergen, Norway, and was reunited the switch on the name. Social Security payments and SIU with his 77-year-old father and the 4 4 4) disability benefits at the same other members of his family. That an ear of corn always has time? With the $25 weekly SIU Also Is Constitution an even number of rows of ker­ disability benefit, their monthly in­ More than simply a membership come ,could run up to a maximum nels? The number of roWs of ker­ book, the document now in young nels on a normal ear of corn ranges of $236, all tax free. Hanstvedt's possession is also a from eight to 26, depending to t 4. copy of the con­ At left is Nils Hanstvedt as he appeared when sailing SUP in the some extent on the variety of corn. That the highest point of land stitution and by­ early 1900s. At right, as the 77-year-old seaman is today. Picture in the New World is Mount Acon­ Good ears of corn with an odd laws of SUP, as was taken at Hanstvedt's home in Bergen, Norway, when his sea­ cagua on the Chile-Argentina bor­ number of rows of kernels are adopted in 1891, farer son, Alfred, visited him. * der? It has an altitude of 22,834 scarcer than four-leaved clovers. and it shows that 4 4 4 feet above sea level. Mount McKinin those days the member losing his clothes or be­ which took him to South America, ley in Alaska, with an altitude of That Seafarers shall collect room longings in a shipwreck, and a $75 South Africa and then Alexandria. pay of seamen at all times when a In Alexandria, he ran into a 20,300 feet, is the highest point in allowance was very meager burial benefit. vessel is in drj'dock overnight? North America* itself. Of interest also is"the record of couple of his old shipmates who as compared with Under SIU agreements, they are t. present-day Un­ his voyages which the elder Hanst­ told him that a man had died allowed $4 per night when re­ That the common toad swallows vedt noted on the flap of his book, the ship and that most of quired to sleep ashore. Hanstvedt, Jr. ion wage scales, and which- shows he made trips on aboard the other men had jumped ship in its own skin several times a year? and that seamen enjoyed few of the physical con­ the revenue cutter Daniel Man­ Lidia. Married American Girl veniences, on ship or ashore, en­ ning, from New Vork to San Fran­ Enjoying That California Sun cisco and Bering Strait, on the For the next four years, during joyed by Seafarers today. army transport Sherman and on most of the war, Hanstvedt con­ What is most interesting in the the Logan, Niagara and Mabel tinued to ship on Norwegian ves­ book, perhaps, is the scale of Rose. sels, but in 1945, while he was in wages adopted by SUP in 1891. Men signing on steam schooner^ After several years of sailing Houston, Tex., he met and mar­ trading to outside ports, for in­ around the world under the SUP ried an American girl, and he then stance, received $50 a month, while banner, however, Hanstvedt re­ wrote the Norwegian consulate men on sailing vessels bound for turned to Norway where he bought and asked to be released from that Mexican, Central American, South tv o tugs, converted them iHto fish­ coimtry's service because he felt American and Australian ports re­ ing boats, and from then on en­ he could not support'a wife on a ceived $30 a month. Men on other gaged in fishing, assisted by all Norwegian seaman's wages. His release c^me the following runs received amounts between the members of his family. year, in '46, arid it was then he Started Early these two extremes, depending on the type of vessel and the ports So it was that Alfred found him­ obtained an SIU work permit in visited. Men on sailing vessels self around boats almost from the Houston and signed on the Rock­ bound for Siberia, for instance re­ day he was bom, in 1918. By the land Victory (Waterman) carrying ceived $35 a month. time he was 16 he was sailing on cattle to Greece. In '47 he received book and signed on for an 11Overtime pay for these men Norwegian coastal vessels, but it his month run to Korea and Japan, ranged between 40 and 50 cents an was not until 193?, when he was and it was while there that he ap­ 21, that he made his first foreign hour, with only Sundays and holi­ plied for a visa to enter the States days counted as overtime on most trip. runs, although on coastal steamers The following year, while aboard as an immigrant. But it was not in the freight and passenger trade a Norwegian ship, Hanstvedt had until Christmas Eve of 1951, when Left to right, Mike Michalik, relief steward; Carlo Durand, saloon a nine-hour day was in effect. a small dog as a pet, but the dog he was again in Yokohama, that he mess; Harvey Smith, ship'f delegate, and Jerry Reardon, crew messThere was also a great difference was swept overboard and drowned, obtained the visa and entered this man, smile for photographer as the Tidewater Associated pulls into between the benefits enjoyed by and Hanstvedt decided that was a country in February, 1952. Ventura, Calif. During all the years he had been Seafarers today and yesterday, the bad luck omen. Consequently, away from Nonyay—since 1939— book shows. In fact, this early SUP when the ship reached Panama, he constitution lists only two major left it, and a few days later signed Hanstvedt had wanted to return to benefits—a $50 benefit for any on a .Norwegian gasoline tanker see his father, mother, and two LOG-A-RHYTHM; brothers and five sisters. But ail the while the fear of not being able to get back to the States had deterred him. OF PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP* Back to Norway —01 in— By M. Dwyer Now, however, with his legal en­ try settled,, Hanstvedt obtained a v/orkaway's berth on a Norwegi^ HeedquMtersi a W. OeriMr But Md MIHIOII StrMtt, Su FrmeiM* I will not say, and you must not say ; ; ship, went to Antwerp, and from AfllMad wlik lb* IM rnMiNO Ub«r ConatO He is dead, he has sailed awaj/r there drove to Bergen in the car he had taken with him from the With a cheery smile and a wave of his hand States. Received from.4^!^ He has sailed far off to a distant land. After an eight-month stay in Think not of him, in death, with a tear. Norway, Hanstvedt came back to For a true seaman knows not fear. New York as a passenger aboard a He has charted a course which we all must sail Norwegian vessel, then signed on ..Color of Syes/ • -i T? the Gulf Water (Mar-Trade) for a Though our hearts he heavy and our courage fait five-month run„ to Okinawa and Cdor of Hsir>^>^nyfX.Bmld. ^i^f^^rNadvity Formosa. I will not say, and you must not say This trip, on which he was ship's He is dead, he has sailed away, , V I «f doOwi ia I • Vnm ^fm Paoos^UM Ai MMiHni delegate, was Hanstvedt's most re­ Across the ocean's mighty foam, latwaddaw 'tottSrr attraima UJ cent one, and he has no immediate Beyond the horizon, where seagulls roam. j; plans about signing oh again. He He has sailed to the port of no return, is. however, looking forward to Though his memory lingers and our hearts still yearn. two things—^to getting his Ameri­ Above Is reproduction of SUP membership card, signed by Andy When the Greatest Skipper called, he could hot stay, can citizenship, and tp getting back Furusetb, given Nils Hanstvedt in 1900. Because Americans found Yet he loved life so, in his oum special toay. ' to Norway again next year to help bis name hard to pronounce, Hanstvedt sailed under name of Nels his parents mark their Golden Think riot of him in gric/, 1 pray, • Nelsen. LFor he is not dead^ he has sailed away. W.ei(idiDg.^8oniy{ersar3r, He Has Sailed Away Sailors' Union of the . • I �Xmie 12, ms SEAFARERS ^OG Wagm Nln«lcc«r 'Roun(dabout By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor Photography py Infra red radiation is nearly 50 years old but it yet has to take its rightful place in the widening horizon of pictoriai effec­ tiveness. ' When infra red sheet and roll film became commercially available around 1930, many people thought that it had just been discovered. Since then its peculiar properties have been used mostly in medical and criminal research, in aerial survey, or for the restoration of old paintings. Photographers have yet to discover its value in portraying striking scenes. We generally think of the spectrum as Including only those colors visible to the human -eye, because we can't see the ultraviolet nor the infra red. But both are being used in photography today. Until 1900 all film available was blind to most colors, responding only to ultraviolet, violet, blue and blue-green. When the addition of certain dyes gave us orthochromatic film, the camera's vision was enlarged to include green, yellow and yellow-green. Th^n came panchromatic film with an additional sensitivity to orange and red. Infra red is an extension of film sensitivity, using invisible rays still farther down the spectrum. The film is blind to yellow and green, but shares the response of other films to ultraviolet, violet and blue. By using a red filter these rays are absorbed so that only the effect of infra red will be recorded on the film. -The effects produced are remarkable for strong contrast. Having few Infra red rays, the skies become intensely dark and clouds stand out white against them. Water becomes dark, again in contrast to the land­ scape which shows an infinitely varied scale of tonal qualities. Sunlit grass and the leaves of trees turn white, as though snow-covered. In Haze is no barrier to infra red, wliich sees right through it, clearing the camera's vision for new distances and bringing far mountain peaks and horizons within its range, way beyond the capacity of the human eye. It will demonstrate to the user how much haze is often present when he is completely unaware of its existence. Anyone can get good results with this film by observing the recommendations of the manu­ facturer. Infra red rays come to a focus in a plane slightly-behind that in which visible light is focused, so a slight amount of extension.is recom­ mended after focusing. This amount is 1/200 of the focal length of the lens. However, if you close down quite small the depth of field will cover this slight amount. One of infra red's neatest tricks is turning day into night, complete with the feeling of moonlight. The movie industry makes standard use of this feat and this explains those beautiful "night" scenes that they get. Seafarer^s Son Is Youngest Of High Schools Graduates He won't be on a ship, but Seafarer George Golden will really be floating on the night of June 25, for that is the night his oldest son, Sherman, will be graduated from high school. Many boys are „ graduated-* from high school each year, of last March, is a member of the course. But when a boy class of '53 at Lafayette High graduates as the youngest member of a class of more than 400—well, that is something to smile about, and George Golden is smiling these days^ Sherman, who only turned 16 School, in Brooklyn, and will re­ ceive his diploma in the gradua­ tion exercises in Prospect Park. But graduating the youngest member of his class is not Sher­ man's only accomplishment. In addition, he completed his high schofl career in tWo and a half years—a year and a half before his time. Looking Toward College Right now, of course, Sherman The SEAFARERS LOG prides is looking for­ itself on the fact that it doesn't ward to his grad­ often make an error, but cases of uation day. But mistaken identity do occur some­ he is looking be­ times, and such a mix-up occurred yond that, too, to in the issue of May 1 when we September, when he hopes to be able to enter col­ lege and prepare himself for a ca­ reer either in Golden law, accounting or business. Also, he is hoping to obtain one of the four SIU scholarships which .are awarded annually, and which provide up to $6,000 for a full fourSteward Engineer year course of study at the college Gardner Gardner of their choice for Seafarers and identified second assistant engi­ their children. ~ neer Frank Gardner as steward As for Sherman's father, Geor.ge Frank Gardner. —well, he has only one immediate The confusion' arose when we goal in view, and that is to remain printed a Idtter stating that stew­ ashore until he sees that diploma ard Frank Gardner had entered in his son's hand. "I expect this the USPHS hospital on Staten to be the happiest night of my Island after getting off the Mae life," -he says, "and I wouldn't miss (Bull). This was correct, but un­ it for anything in the world." fortunately we printed with the George, who's been sailing SIU letter a picture of engineer Gard­ for the past three years, and ships ner. in the stewards department, lives Gardner, the engineer. w»s at at 2225 60th Street, in Brooklyn, sea aboard the Strathcape (Strath- and has one other son, Clark, who more) at the time. is going ;pn six. Xame Ms Satne —Face MsnH *«*#> Vw,' .• - With Seafarers LiAbove, Senorlta Helen Gallardo, of San Juan, helps OS J. A. (Mac) Mcintosh of Morning Light (Waterman) celebrate vessel's last night in Puerto Rican port before entering European service. Ji ^ • At right, oiler Bill Holloway (back camera) and wiper Jose Colls (right) join bosun and second electrician for poker game aboard Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). Photo was submitted by wiper Jerry Chalken. Above, members of the crew of the Young America (Water­ man) help to mark the opening of a new seamen's club in Yokohama. Left to right are Wayne Houx, Glen Bane, Pat Ryan and Carl De Marco. Ryan submitted the shot. Nick Gorash, night cook and baker aboard the Afoundria, displays some of his products. But We Kuow 2Plu»2I»4 Seafaring men who read the LOG are showing interest in many of the paper's feature items, if a recent letter from Anjan Nordlund can be held typical. In it Nordlund ques­ tions an answer to the Quiz Corner, of the May 29 issue. Quiz Corner can be found in every edition, and is pat­ terned after question-and-answer features found in daily newspapers. Nordlund thinks 24 hours.js closer to the correct answer, rather than 16, for the ques­ tion; "If a man-and-a-half can build a houo-e-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half, how long will it take six men to build four houses?" The proposition breaks dow.i to one man being able to build one house in one day (24 hoprs); therefore, six men can build that house in one-sixth the time, or ^our hours. Four houses to be built under those conditions total 164iours of labor, according to the figuring of LOG calcula­ tors.' Whetlier you think we are right or wrong,' don't hesitate to write in to the editor and let him know" about if. The LOG stands ready to be correcte^-or, like^ Caesar, buried, if not praised. The Seafarers who feed the Seatrain New Jersey take time to pose for a picture taken by Leonard Bailey, oUer. Left to right are: Sammy Johnson, steward; Jerry, messman; the chief cook; Jimmy Waldron, messman; Barney, messman, and the third cook. Quiz Corner (1) California is known as the: (a) Sunshine State, (b) Golden State, (c) Empire State. (2) In astrology there are how many Signs in the zodiac (a) 12, ib) 1(J, (c) 14? (3) If a player makes six hits in 24 times at bat, what is his baiting average (a) .450, (b) .750, (c) .250? (4) What decade was known as the American Clipper ship Era (a) 1820's, (b) 1830's (c) 1850's? • (5) In seaman's language what does "spice the main brace" mean? (6) If h equals altitude and area equals bh over 2, what is the area of a triangle whose base is three feet and its altitude five feet? (7) Approximately how many square feet are in an acre (a) 52,100, (b) 43,560, (c) 56,010? . . (8) What number is missing in the following series 14. 23, 32, .. 50? <9) If A IS traveling west at 50 mph and B is going 35 mph in an easterly direction, how tar apart will they be at the end of six hours if B stops to eat for 48 minutes? (10) The President receives a salute of 21 guns. How many guns are fired for the sovereign of a foreign state? (Quiz Answers on Page 25.) I �SgA»AnEBS €Oe ' Jma IS, mt Leads His Crew On A Merry Chase By Spfkk Marltn Down in Philadelphia a small been placed in the Yankees' AlUe baseball counter-revolution is in Reynolds. . The Japan to Korea shuttle can get to be a pretty dull run after a while, but according the making. A reformed Ameri­ Actually the practice of lifting to Daniel Piccerelli, chief steward, things can sure get interesting on the Japanese end can Leaguer named Steve O'Neill a pitcher the moment he gets.into now managing the Phillies is actu­ trouble is in large part an unjusti­ especially if you have a wandering skipper. " 4 ally permitting his pitchers to fin­ fied fad with managers. It's all right Piccerelli's ship, the Anne-* out looking for the captain—and Butler (Bloomfield), was run­ Yokohama and get 'the money to our draw. We stopped at all the ish games that they start even in if the ball club happens to have a ning ammunition, gasoline and give the crew a draw. Piccerelli spots where the skipper usually instances where they give up a few really standout relief pitcher who is tremendously effective over a stores to Korea, and calling back at says the captain picked up 800,000 could be found, and the story was runs. Yokohama at the time. Now, as all yen at the agent's office—and then the same at each place: 'He was JusL last week, O'Neill rode all short haul. Otherwise all the man­ the way with Jim Konstanty, when ager is doing is yanking a starting Seafarers know, Yokohama has be­ decided to take the long way back here, but he just left'.' The crew/got in touch with the eight nins were scored against pitcher for a bullpen resident of come a very interesting and scenic to the ship. him. The Phils won the game too, inferior ability. Likely as not the town during recent years. "The, crew got tired of waiting agent, and told him what happened, nine to eight. relief man gets his ears pinned Well, says Piccerelli, the skipper after a while," he says, "and really ^d then continued to look for the In days gone by that few, except back in short order. captain. decided that he'd go down to the started to get mad. Finally, the Even with a good reliever "The agent sent word to the greybeards, remember, it was ex­ agent's office, when they got into ship's delegate and myself went company about the whole thing, pected a pitcher would finish a around, it's poor judgment to pull and the company quickly told him game under his own steam. Teams a starter in the early innings be­ to get another batch of money and didn't always carry ten to a dozen cause he has run into a squall. Over The Coffee Cups In Holland to have the chief mate give us our moundsmen then. That's not to The starter is obviously not tired draw right away," he says. "Then say that relief pitching wfis un­ after pitching two' or three in­ the agent got in touch with the known. But if a pitcher had a nings. Chances are. good that he couple of runs scored against him can work out of the situation Army's CID and and a couple of men on base, the under his own power. If it's late told them that manager would let him 'work his in the game and the pitcher is the captain was way out of the inning; carrying 800,000 worn out, or if he simply can't lo­ Weak Second SMng yen. cate the plate, it's another story O'Neill is apparently trying to again. But there is no justification "These guys got -make that the pattern for his for assuming that if two or three right on the job," pitching staff, out of necessity. men have hit safely in an inning, he says, "and His second-string pitching is so everybody else coming to the plate foimd the captain woefully vfreak that almost every will beat the pitcher's brains in. in almost no time. time he's been forced to lift a They're really on Further, we're convinced that Piccerelli starter the dam has broken. the ban. In all, he the quick managerial yank is In recent years, there have been largely responsible for the failure, missed two draws and we didn't few starting pitchers whom a man­ of more jjoung pitchers to develop see him for eight days. v "Yokohama was a great place, ager will string along with fw a into seasoned performers. Brook­ though, and we had a fine time. full nine innings come what may. lyn is the guiltiest club in this re­ I'd just like,to pass along some in­ One of them though is Robin Rob­ spect. That's why, year after year, formation on Japanese stores to erts, O'Nefll's meal ticket, who has the club comes up with half a doz­ stewards. The milk and ice cream finished every game he started so en promising prospects who fade are fine. We picked up some ev^ry far this year. Another is Warren by the wayside. They simply never time that we hit Japan, and nobody Spahn, who is usually permitted get a chance to build up the nec­ ever'got sick from it. The Army plenty of leeway before' being essary confidence and competitive and the MSTS both approve the yanked. Similar confidence has ability to worjk out of a jam. milk and ice cream available oyer here, and we've used it all the On The Jean La Fitte in Pusan time. "Bloomfield is a good outfit to sail with anyway. We've had plenty of stot-es on this ship all the time. We've been out for almost five months, and we still have some frozen vegetables and good meats aboard. "And the cooks; Eddie Lamb, chief cook; Cecil DeCastro, night cook and baker, and Casimir Szymanski, third cook, are all doing a great job and putting good meals out for the crew. We haven't heard Left to right, Warfield, deck maintenance; Gremps, AB; Koralchuk, any complaints yet about the food On leave from the Wacosta (Waterman), crewmembers take it easy OS; Rogers, messman; King, deck maintenance, and Clarence, served aboard this tub.'* messman. In rear, at right, is Korean barber. and enjoy some of the attractions of Rotterdam, not the least of which are its coffee houses and its waitresses. It l.'i la ••r' Seafarer Sam Says fe---:. Jfe I ikifj•.wity i fyy VOLUh^%S OFT+4E 1952 9EAFARER& LOG AfZe- MOW AVAH-ABLS . ^EAFARPRS WflO WiSM TO ADP THIS PER/AANEAIT ReCORP OF THE SlU /M l9S2 TO THEIR. 6OOKSHELV/ES CAf^ ORPER THEM BV :W sy'*' • i||-^ m- • i&t- vy/Rm^^<^ THE EDITOR. f^RlCE-TWE CDSroF BINDIH6-H i-' . Polio Drivo Support Wins Crew Praise Once again Seafarers have dem­ onstrated their readiness to help others,, and once again, for their efforts, they have been- com­ mended. This time the occasion was the 1953 March of Dimes, and for their contrtbutioQS the crewmembers of the Alawai (Waterman) were praised by E. S. Sledge II, presi­ dent of the Mobile chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. "Today," Sledge Wrote Captain Beii Martin, the Alawai's skipper, "I was handed your check for $400, representing the contribution of the crew of Voyage 27 of the Ala­ wai to the 1953 March of Dimes. To say that we are pleased is a gross understatement. In October we received your check for $250, and the additional $400 now is really a wonclerful showing ofi sup­ port by you and your crew... "It gives me great pleasure to tell you that thi^ contribution en­ abled us to pass our collections of last year, and boosted our total col­ lections this year to over'$45;P00. "I want to convey to you and your crew the thanks of the entire Mobile chapter of the National Foundat ion lot Infantile Paralysis." , The LOG opens this column as on exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's chief cook Rudolph Michalek's recipe for chicken Paprikacash, a Hungarian dish. Chicken, says chief cook Rudolphf — Michalek, is usually one of the the meat is very tender. Then, take favorites of any crew, and they the- meat out of the pan. Add about like it even better when extra care an ounce of paprika, pepper and is used in the preparation of the salt to taste to the stock left in birds. the pan. Bring to a boil. Then take Sailing since 1914 in the steward off the stove and let cool slightly. department, Slichalek joined the Then, says Michalek, add a quart SIU back in 1945. of sour cream to thicken. If you Most of his time wish, you can use half sour cream has been spent and half sweet creSm. Mix this sailing passenger well, and use as the sauce or gravy vessels, and that for the meat. always means Serve this dish with either po­ special care in tatoes smothered in-parsley or rice, preparing foods. and a vegetable like broccoli. It's For the Hun­ the sort of recipe, says klichelak, garian dish of that usually proves very popular Chicken Paprikawith the crew of any shipi Michalek cash to feed an And, after almost 40 years of ex­ average crew of about 40 men, perience in sailing, in the steward Michalek" says to start with about department, and feeding the crews 10 fricassee chickens. Cut the of many ships as well Bs many pas­ chickens into about six or eight sengers, Michelak should have a parts. Then fry over a high flame good idea of whdt makes a crewin a pan with a little vegetable oil member happy. "In fact," says he, for about 15 or 20 minutes until "there's nothing like good food to well browned. — make a ship a happy ship and to Then, add about a gallon of make a voyage' pleasant. Special either chicken or beef stock to the dishes may take a little extra time, pan,"cover the pan well, and sim­ but they're worth it when they mer over a flow flame for about help make things happier aboard two and a half or three hours, until the ship.'- �n'-•f- u, usi AmC^Han PairoimeH Tops To the Editon A few days ago, I went' to the library cf "the Robin Doncaster, searching for something to read. Among the interesting reading material, the title of one book in particular held my attention— "The Importance of Living." The title is plain enough, but what is -living? Lots of familiar little incidents,which happen every day? Some of these are .damned Irritating, 'especially when you know they don't have to happen. How many times have, you At­ lantic men waited in line on pay­ day, signed^for your pay, signed articles and finally received a sealed brown envelope, only to find no overtime? This makes you prettjr sore, after having put in time on a wet, dreary sea, with nothing to look forward to but a measly 18 hours in port. But, If you complain too loudly, it'll be worse next payday. Patrolman Changes This This happens time and again. But It doesn't have to, when you have an SIU patrolman on your side. He's the guy who settles beefs and argues for you. He's the guy who makes sure^ou get the money that's coming to you. Fur­ thermore, it's his Job to see that a ship has ample supplies and stores of superior grade and to mi^ce sure the gear is in working order. Compare this with Atlan­ tic's hodgepodge method. Yes, it's pretty important to live. And one of the people who makes living less irritating and more pleasant is a patrolman— the SIU type. Be sure you get yours. Leon V. Kolarch SEAFAUERS LOG Fai» lVeii<r*«iM TIER S Above, crewmembers of the La Salle (Waterman) make friends with two young passengers as ship returns from Germany and Eng­ land. Left to right are Steve Guggin, Mario Caralejo, Bob Allen and Bay Alvarez, shown with Cathy and Zibelle Kietzmann. At left, Andy Boney helps make things ships))ape.. passengers Pais lyn who also deserves a pat on the Of LAdSaile Crew Todag^s Seamen Proud Of Craft To the Editor: Most of us, who have been go­ ing to sea for any length of time, know what hardships our Union had in getting the conditions we have today, but little do we real­ ize how through these conditions our social lifsk^was molded. In the days when the .ship op­ erators had control of v/ages and conditions, a seaman was thought of as Just a tramp, one whom no decent girl wanted to be seen with, one who didn't care about his ap­ pearance or responsibilities in life, and who spent all his money—what little he got-:=as soon as he reached port. He was a lonely man, shunned by the public. Seaman's Work Vital But through the years of con­ stant struggle and battles by our Union, conditions of seamen grad­ ually improved. People began to realize and feel the power of great men like Andrew Furuseth; they learned that men sailing below are intelligent and worthy of respect. A seaman is in-eplacer.ble; he is needed to carry on the world's trade and every country in the world depends on him. He earns his wages honestly and works hard for his money. He is away from his home and loved one.s and does not live in comfort, like those ashore. 'When the winds are strong and the seas' are high, in heavy rain ot' fog, his work does not stop. He docs not stop work in the hot Persian Gulf or in trop­ ical waters. The world's trade must go on and so must the sea­ man's task, no matter what dan­ gers lie ahead. A seaman is one who has knowledge of the world and its ways and understanding of people. "today a seaman has everything to be proud of. He can dress bet­ ter than the average man. own his owTi car and home. He does not neglect his family but provides for them well. There may be a few squanderers; but they are found in all walks of life. J. D. Malazinsky if the Union goes ahead with the construction of a housing project, a combination living room-bedroom back—this is Dr. B. S. Posner, a To the Editor: plan be adopted, ^ithout the Sea­ dentist at 322 Ninth Street. I walk­ I am sending you these photos farer having to buy any furniture, ed into this Jolly fellow's office from San Diego, Calif., as the per­ there^ could be built-in provisions one day and told him I was a sea­ son developing them for me is on for a television set, a radio and a man and I had to have my teeth his way there.. phonograph, and space for record fixed as soon as possible. Two days albums, etc., since all these items, These pictures were taken later my teeth were fixed. when bought separately, are quite aboard the LaSalle, of the Water­ Morris J. Black man line, and show some of the expensive. A built-in closet, with 4 4 4 passengers . we had aboard from drawers of all kinds in addition to Germany and England and they the usual clothing space, would eliminate the need for a lot of the were really a wonderful bunch. kind of furniture that takes away 'They asked for pictures of us from the good looks of a living To the Editor: Just a few lines to let my bx- and in return I told them I would room or bedroom. The modem shipmates know that I am sta­ have some pictures put in our sofa beds are not only comfortable tioned on this lonesome island of Union paper and that when they but beautiful and usable pieces of were" printed I would send them furniture for a Jiving room. 4" 4" 4* Okinawa, and I would like to hear some copies. from them. Can Live Wdl Steve Guggin Will you please send me the In this way, those who, like my­ 4 *4 4 LOG so I can. keep up with the self, cannot afford to pay the rent To the Editor: Union's affairs. I hope Atlantic on a large apartment, can live just This is to let you know that the will soon be under the SIU flag, as' well in a smaller one. In addi­ Marven (International Nav.) has too. tion, I would like to suggest that one of the best crews I have ever PFC Clin O'Leary all built-in features be equipped To the Editor: sailed with. All the hands are Pro Co. 452 APO 719 good hard workers, all are good -e/o Postmaster I believe most members favor with siiding doors, which are more friends, and there has not been San Francisco, CaL the idea of an SIU housing project, convenient and do not take up one argument,' except' in fun, by (Ed. note: Your name has- been and this could be proved if they space that could be used for furni­ 4 4 4 any member of added to our mailing list; you voill all were to write their opinions to ture. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the crew or the receive the LOG every two weeks the LOG. This is even true of officers. as published.) single or widowed members, many for one of the apartments, and Our captain, of whom -prohably remember writ­ would like to have my name put 4 4 4 too, thinks a ing in favor of the Welfare Plan. on the waiting list for four rooms To the Editor: The captain of the Holystar has great deal of the (I'm proud to say that I was facing the street. now begun to carry his authority crew, and .told among the first) when many of us Luis A. Ramirez ashore. He has gone to some of the captain of thought this was an impossible To the Editor: the proprietors of the local pubs the Ocean Star The following poem was written dream. and told them not to serve certain that he not only w >•••• .-sit in-honor of Father's Day; New York is the biggest port, members of the crew. The MPs had the b es t Hudkins the busiest in the world, but be­ "DAD" at'the gate told the crew that they crew he had ever cause of the uncertainty in ship­ could stay out after 10 PM as long sailed with but the best crew In A simple three-letter word is all ping during World War II, many To denote the presence of one as they were inside the gate. But the whole Far East. He goes all seamen moved to smaller towns. To the Editor: Whose sense of humor and love the captain insists on bed check at out for hi^ men. Due to the housing shortage, Throughout the Atlantic organiz-. 10 o'clock. .A.t this time the mate -for fun Of course, we all mourn the loss many of these have not returned.- ing drive the AMEU had an oppor­ usually wakes the men who are of Brother Sherwin, and we each Brighten every nooTc and corner This shortage is even more acute tunity to amend itself and give the asleep. Several times some of them put in $3.45 for flowers and a mon­ Of home when the long day is than it seems. Those who are des­ done. ument for the beautiful cemetery, seamen their 12-bucks-worth. Rep­ thought it was time to get up and perate for an apartment, even go to work, only to be told they overlooking Yokohama, where he if they are dissatisfiei with the resentation Isn't only a myth with were being checked in for the Summer's in the airjbr fair has been laid to rest. neighborhood or the layout, find And Dad's day has come again. We have made two shuttle trips So bring his slippers and his pipe themselves paying from $500 to the AMEU; they hav^ been actual­ night. We should be able to col­ ly campaigning against it. lect OT for this—that would be a to South Korea, and will sail for And put them hear his sasy chair. $1,000 and up for furniture which, sure way of stopping the practice. The SHTs fil­ the West Coast in a few weeks, For he's the pipe-and-slippers type. taken together, would not bring an . Thanks to the article published leaving the doll-babies to the ing of. unfair la­ offer of $100 from the nearest in the LOG we are now getting elements of time. bor charges in Start a fire in the hearth second-hand shop. our legal allotment of cigarettes— Robert Hudkiu To take the chill off all the earth); behalf of Atlantic Bribes Needed the first time that the captain has Ship's delegate seamen against Sing songs of tenderness and love not disputed anything that ap­ ARCO has In other cases, bonus money With words that his worth will t 4 4^ peared in our Union paper. howls must be paid, ranging from' $50 to brought hold. $200. Occasionally, you can find a from the AMEU And it exceeds the purest gold. Army Goods Aboard vacant apartment or a house chairman and his With regard to pilfered Army Hundreds of days and thousands where the owner or renting agent -die-hard follow­ To the Editor: cargo—there are about five and a of hours— Wemer I brought nine shirts to the I have rriine and you have yours— will not consider renting to a sea­ ers. The latest half containers of grease, solvents was by Garden Cleaners at 681 Fourth When memories of times long past man. This is only part of the seri­ howl and gasoline on the fantaiL. The Avenue, Brooklyn, on December Will bring the mist to our eyes, ous situation of the housing short­ MeTwin E. Webb to Keith Terpe. mate has acquired quite a bit of In the April issue of the Fleet working gear, ahd none of it came age. 20, 1052: I got a ship the same day but fast. This is why I believe it would News he stated, "Your filing and paid off at Galveston on April And lumps to our throats that through the ship's chandler. be greatly desirable for us to live of unfair labor charges is the most 1, 1053. On May^1, 1053, I sent a As usual, we sailed from Pusan last. in a housing project constructed sedous of your career," and Webb will all the gear flying in the letter to the Garden Cleuiers and asked them to mail my shirts to So break out-the •album and back and managed by the SIU, not only goes on to refer to the Atlantic breeze. because it will be an addition to seamen as "characters and perme^ Three days later I|t«ceived my we'll go A few men were told by the cap­ shirts at Port Arthur. The Garden To the time when rivalry was the many financial Investments of foripers." tain that they are going to see the the Union but also because it is a Laundry not only kept my shirts keen You'd think the AMEU stalwarts Coast Guard in Yokohama—^why, he great idea, because It is a neees^ were stockholders. It just goes to didn't say. The crew intends ta for me for more than four months, for the hand of a lass ^f sity—the only housing project, show you on whose side the AMEU get in touch with the SUP agent but alto took the time and trouble seventeen. t» iet my mail fkom the hall and And to Dad become Mom's best perhaps in the worlil, where sea­ is. I'm for the Seafarers 100 pe]> there so that these men will havo men will have Brst preference. send it Along with the shirtft beau. cent represeotatloa. Ex'SttJ Member On Okinawa Now Marven Captain Braqs Ot Crew Honsing Needed For Seamen Now • -H • Wakes Crew At 10 PM For Chech Seafarer Honors Dad On His Dag Atlantic Man is For SiU Drive Garden Clejuner Tops To Seaman T SJS): �Ijife At Sj^a WiBS Rough in i990^» JR S ' to the Editor: y To the Editorf 'Way back before the first World Back home again in good old War I sailed once in a hooker that New York, I attended llie membepi smeiled of. tar, taliow. and dead ship meeting last night. One thing rats trapped in the bilges. was surprised me — To the Editor: The following is the latest the Wiiiiam Dyer a rakish old brig- To the Editor: t|iq great number We are sending you a snapshot available listing of official ex­ Would you piease put this pic­ of members who antine of tall masts, square yards, change rates for foreign cur­ ture in the next issue of the LOG? do not wear the soiled sails, tarred shrouds, lan­ of our son, Johnnie, who has just become 15 months old. He is quite rencies. Listings are as of This is Billy Strickland of 445 SIU button in yards and dead-eyesr. June 11 and are subject to Captain Friend, an* old-^brigand their lapels. change without notice. of a master, owned the brigantinc Could this be England. New Zealand, south Afrlcat and owed money to a banker on a forgetfulness? We $2.80 per pound cterllng. '" loan made at a time when the rates should be proud Australia; $2.24 per pound' sterUng, on freight were down. But the to display our Belgium: 50 franca to the doUar. promissory notes to the banker emblem to every­ Denmark; 14.45 cents per krone. Jellette had to be paid on time. And so the one, like other Fr;^ce: 350 francs to the dollar. unfriendly Captain Friend of the union members, such «s the team­ Germany: 4.2 Harks tp the dollar, Holland: 3.80 guUders to the dollar. hooker in hock, watching the sters. Italy: $25 Ure to the doUar. weather at sea like a hawk and Television has brought the SIU Norway: 14 cents per krone. sailing sharp by the wind, ran the to the public's attention, thanks to Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. vessel on a shoestring, robbing our a series of movies, sponsored by Sweden:.19.33 cents per.krone. bellies and worked the guts out of Esso and presented several weeks India; 21 cents per rupee. us, five of us before the mast, in­ ago by John Wingate, who explain­ Pakistan; 30.2 cents per rupee. cluding the cook. ed the workings of the SIU's vari­ Argentina: 14J pesos to the dollar. ous phases for a week in the course Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Cramped Quarters Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. of his daily news program. Hard was our lot below the decks Venezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar. in a foc'sie in the bow—so small Made New Friends that we slept 'in hammocks and Through the medium of televi­ took our meals sitting on the floor. sion we have made and will con­ We ate salt horse and crunched tinue to make many new friends. hard tack. We held the tin plates If a company like Esso advertises on our laps, drank cold tea from the SIU, this is a sure sign that To the Editor: -a common can and saved the even non-trade union companies I am proud to have signed a crumbs. are beginning to see the light. . pledge card to become a member Unknown alike to the philan­ In view of all this I think it is of the Seafarers International thropist and the ambitious politi­ a small thing to ask all members Union. It is a great feeling to be­ cian, we lived on, from hand to to wear their SIU buttons proudly, mouth. Yet we worked in port the little beachcomber, as this pic­ long, as each and every man is to show that you belong to such a from dawn t* dusk, down in th$ ture shows. Could you publish this treated like a brother, and all are N. Lin wood Ave., Baltimore, Md. good, honest, trade Union. hold shoveling coal into a basket picture in the next issue of the guaranteed the same rights. He is the son of Seafarer Paul W. " More Offices Needed or heaving on a doily, resigned to LpC? IThis is something-you do not Strickland, known to his ship­ I also believe that due to the our fate. The hooker gave us no have when you ship with a com­ mates as "Strick," and now on the Benny dc Mickey Baxter rapid growth of the many services rest at sea. Caught in a squall, she pany union, when you are not su^e Holystar somewhere in the Far it>it performed by SIU headquarters called for all hands. You ran up if you will be there or gone tomor­ East. Will you please also say, on deck, grabbed hold of the downrow. They can fire a man with no "Dad, I want, you to know Mom here in New York, the Union is greatly overcrowded. I feel we hali, pulled up the sail, ran aloft, reason at all, and nothing can ever and I miss you very much." must expand the building facili­ pitted your strength against the be done about this. Mrs. Eleana Strickland ties, in line with our growth as a force of the wind, furled the beat- To the Editor: is A Free Man Union, This can best be done, I in sail and saved the canvas with Just a few lines to let my old I am a free man and like the think, by building a combination no thought of yourself. Loaded shipmates know I am now in feeling and intend.i'o stay this way. hotel, with office and recreational with coal to the scuppers, she Uncle Sugar's I especially like the SIU's rotary facilities, which could adjoin the leaked—running before a g^e. army," where system, which gives me my choice To the Editor: main building. The first two floors, Day and night we pumped. Every they don't be­ of ships and runs when I am fftady for example, could be used for hour for 10 minutes we bent double lieve in OT. My I received your most wonderful much-needed offices, with the con­ to ship out. to the handle, spinning the wheel last' ship was the and unexpected notice that I have ference room kept in the main I can't begin to put Into words in double time. , won first prize building as originally intended, Warhawk, one of all the rights and advantages this Meantime Captain Friend, a J. B. Waterman's for handicrafts along with the patrolmen's and great Union has worked for and worried man, stood at the wheel, floating in the Second representatives' offices. (At the chain gained for its brothep-members in steering with care turning grave gangs. Will you Annual Seafar­ present time, even the dispatchers' the past years and which it is con­ and looking grave. All he had was please ers Art Contest. counter is used by patrolman and forward tinuing to gain day by'day. the hooker. She was his bread and the LOG to me My sincere officials.) Beattie butter. And he owed money. at this address: I only hope that other men ship­ thanks to all the Hotel Needed, Too Afraid to lose her if she sank and Pvt. S. H. (Scotty) Beattie, ping company unions will soon see brothers who There is a great need for decent afraid to lose her by default on the 51253974, Co. G, 148th Inf. Regt., the light and realize the greatness made this con­ promissory notes he drove her— 37th Div., Camp Poik, La. Thank of our world-renowned Union, the test a reality. I housing accommodations for men ^ blow fair or foul. A rugged Indi­ you. Seafarers International Union. will be one of on the beach in the neighborhood, Taorin vidual in rough clothes, seaboots, John Somers the proudest of where they could live at a reason­ S. H. Beattie an old gray sweater and sou'wester. Seafarers in the new Baltimore able rent and be able to use the i 4• note: Youf new address Captain Friend stood the watch'on has(Ed. hall. This has been my home town services of the Union cafeteria. been noted, and the LOG will the poop, watching the weathen to be sent to you regularly every two for the last 35 years that I have Barber shop, etc. We have the land already, and windward as if looking for a sign. weeks from now on.) been sailing, and I hope to be should act, as we have very profit­ He made the brigantine sail by the sailing fon quite a few more years. t. t. Tovthe Editor: ably in the past. wind till she hummed aloft and As a veteran member of the AFL Believe it^or not, I have never had groaned below. He fought his way John Jellette a ring of any kind during my long Carpenters Local 1596, I have for to windward foot by foot, driving ^ 4 4> and checkered Seafaring life. many years been a collector of so the sprays flew high, the seas My thaniu to the Union officials union buttons, badges, banners, washed white and the foam churn­ To the Editor: ribbona and similar items pertain­ and members for their hard work ed astern like cream. The promis­ I was reading in the current is­ ing to organized labor. During the in the contest. sory notes had to be paid in time. sue of the LOG about the proposed To the. Editor: — John R. Taurin handbook soon to be published and month of, September, when the R. J. Peterson We all know that the Calmar AFL will hold its convention in would like to Line has been .tight on food for a ^ St. Louis, this cq>lection will be suggest that one - - . 4 very long time. section be devot­ on display at the nearby Central Now that we Public Library, 13th andOlive ed to Informa­ have a new deal, Streets. tion for 'a Sea­ To the Editor: To the Editor: we are getting I am writing to the LOG to ask farer's wife. This T am writing to thank both the better foodstuffs, '• At present the LOG is mailed if any of your members could make should contain ail members of The crew of the Analthough there necessary in­ contributions to this collection; anyi regularly to my home in Miami, niston City and the SIU for the is still room for Fla. After myfamily has read it, added to the collec­ contributions formation on help I received since my husband some improve­ what to do in the tion would of course, be available it is , forwarded to me, arrivirig was lost in Khorramshahr, Iran." ment. But, Jor weeks nfter it Was published and to any students or historians of the case of the death I am deeply indebted to the Rizzo God's sake, ' if suffering' from wear and tear. I of a Seafarer, the Union movement. crewmembers for their donation, you do get as would like the LOG sent to me Yearwood In addition to the emblems here in Germany, in addition to which was more than generous. rights and help she is entitled to much as" six The death benefit from the SIU how' to go about collecting any themselves, 1 keep a catalog. If being sent to my family. pounds of food per man a day and « was paid promptly, for , which I monies due her, and how to apply any of your members do send in a don't fiave the cboks and bakers Read By Army ' am very grateful, as our little girl for Social Security or survivor's trade union' button, I would like After I read each issue -of the to prepare it,-Ml our gains must was ill and my allotment had been insurance,, life insurance, etc. In to know the date when it was is­ be counted as lost. addition, she should be told what sued, the location of the union LOG it is passed among the day discontinued by the company. The stewa'rd' should not always Federal, State or local assistance (city and state) and any other in­ rooms for reading by the troops. be blamed, while the guilty one Proud To Be Belped In my opinion, it is an excellent I was always proud of Amert- is available and what to do in case formation available. education for emen who have little gets away with, a fat payoff at the can seamen and proud of being of disputes over titles or money Please mail any such items to: knowledge of the sea and also for crewmembers' expense and suffer­ matters. '"the wife of one of them, but now Harry Von Romer, Sr., 3817a Vest men who want to learn about our ing; Some fellows seenri to think, I am also ve^y humble and grateMany wives haven't any knowi- Avenue, St. Louis 7, Mo. Union and the men who make it. "Oh, I have ohe trip I'll sign on , ful at being allowed an insight edgq about these things, and I Incidentally, I aro taking the lib­ and make the money. They can't Pfe. J. Wayne Adair Into their devotion and loyalty to think the need for such informa­ erty of putting the SEAFARERS pay me otf until m get lt«ck." In (Ed. note: From now on, a copy each other. tion is urgent anfi. should be given L0& on display; I hope this meets of the LOG will reach vou repu- the meantime eveOTiiMV ifkes a Henrietta R. Klipacareful consideration. witfi your approval,, larly every two weeks, at. soon at terrific-be&j^eg,. (Mn. Stanley A. KUud . Loula a.. Hany Von itomftr. Sr. published.}: ' iCtefeaee .Teatwoodj . ' . - ' _ ^ Son Hits Beach At An Earig Age f I. fI": t' Uryes Members To WearSiU Emblem Money Exchange Dad On Holgstar, Rates Listed He Sends Regards ARCO Man Prond Of SMU Pledge Misses His OT in Army Chechs Contest WinnerSailing 35 Years Collector Seeks Union Emblems Stv V/iveg Need iniormation. Too I¥ot Enough Men To Prepare Food $1 Members^ Union Assist Widow I:., LOG Be^ By Hie Famtty, Buddies • —• - • - *• �Scottish Seaman Who Sought Exile Was Model For Fictional Character Many a seafaring man has dreamed longingly of being cast away on some island paradise Where he could enjoy his fill of solitude. Although this is the fancy of many, it has been accomplished by few, and those sailors of the past who have found refuge in the hidden alcoves of some tiny atoll have invariably been those who heat and light, and which also re­ which infested the island. At first, have been the victims o freshed him with their fragrant the rats would knaw his feet and storms or shipwrecks. Yet the smell. He might have had fish clothes while he "was asleep, but most famous castaway in history, enough, but because of the lack soon the tame felines always near Alexander Selkirk, directed his of salt he would not eat any ex­ his person posed a distinct threat own fate in choosing life on a bit cept the crayfish, which were as to them. It was not long before of land in the wide sea. large as lobsters and which we^ the rats disappeared from the Selkirk was Robinson Crusoe— very tasty when boiled or broiled. island. Later, however, for food, cloth­ or, at least, the real-life counter­ Anxious To Return part of. Crusoe made famous by ing and exprcise, Selkirk took to Despite his increasing fondness Daniel Defoe in his "Life And hunting down the numberless for the island and its solitude, Strange Surprizing Adventures of goats on the island. Then, when he Selkirk was anxious to get back Robinson Crusoe," published in had enough to fill his belly and to civilization. He did not seize 1719 in England, some 15 years cover his back, he would chase the his first opportunity, however. after Selkirk first endured the goats across the Island expanse Many ships passed by his little hardships of primitive island life. Once h# caught them, he would island outpost in the Pacific, but Born in Largo, County of Fife, nick their ears with a knife to in­ only two dropped anchor offshore. this Scottish sailor was to become dicate his mastery and as a means Both were Spanish galleons and an adventurer in goatskin as he of calcinating their number. Ac­ Selkirk, chose to spend the rest of lived for four, years and four cording to later stories, based his life as an outcast on the island months on the island group of upon the adventures of other voy­ rather than submit to the maraud­ Juan Fernandez, approximately agers . to the island, many goats ing' Spaniards. He feared they 300 miles. west of the coast of were found with their ears slit would make a slave of him or Chile. How he came to reside there some 32 years after Selkirk had murder him, neither of which al­ ternative pleased him. and his adventures on the island been rescued. Selkirk, after his rescue by theare garbled in the mixture of fact A goat, once, was very nearly and fiction of the last two cen­ the cause ot Selkirk's death and British privateers, admitted he turies. the saVer of his life. In pursuing would have submitted to a French the animal through the brush, he ship in those waters, but none . On Leaky Vessel near enough to observe his As a matter of record, Selkiijk caught it on the edge of a preci­ came signals. In the end it was the pice. His vision of the land drop chor> thc! unknown dangers and vessels, Duke and Duchess, out of and imminent danger was hidden rigors of the island to sailing Bristol, and commanded by Cap­ from him by foliage. Another tug aboard a leaking vessel with a cap­ tain Woodes Rogers, who picked tain who did not see eye to eye by the goat brought them both him off the little speck in the Pa­ with him. In 1704, when a sailing crashing down from a great cific. None the worse for wear, height. When Selkirk regained master, he quarreled with the cap­ Selkirk had but to readjust his consciousness, the goat lay dead tain of his ship and' asked to be taste for seasoned foods and learn undejMiiim and he was much shak­ put ashore, and remained on Mas to wear shoes again in order to en wp, but the beast had broken Atierra Island for 52 months until live among the people of England. his fall and saved his life. rescued by British privateers on Later on, Selkirk developed such February 9, 1709. Although Selkirk landed With a great speed -in chasing his goats gun and ammunition, his artillery that when the British finally res­ soon gave out and he was obliged cued him, they had a bulldog to conquer the primitive environ­ which, they sent out with him, and ment which surrounded him with also several of their nimblest run­ ners, but Selkirk outdistanced and craft and cunning. • In the beginning, partly out of tired them all, caught several melancholy, and partly because of goats, and returned with them on the lack of bread and salt, Selkirk his'^back. Domesticated Cats almost never ate until the pangs of hunger made further fasting In addition to tanung some kids, impossible. Nor did he go to bed Selkirk domesticated manjr of the until he could .no longer sit and wild cats on the island. That, too, watch his burning pimento logs, turned to his advantage as the which provided hin^ with both cats delivered him from the rats Like his fictional counterpart, Robinson Crusoe, Selkirk wore clothes made of skins of goats nhich inbabitgd Juan Fernandez Islands,-where he spent his exiie, in large numbers. He became a fast runner through chasing thrm. -s. •'•rSi • I'l:. I 7^ I - y/i ? .i Juan Ferhandes in cirele, are shown on map mhove. Islands • •jlte some thre«.hU9dred.^Uef .wes(.;of':CbUO., '•-'[ .'.'v-; v, „ In novel, Robinson: Crusoe had valet, butler and. general handy man named Friday. Selkirk, however, , : , lived alone for «.vev four years on an uninhabited island. . . ^ .j>-x vi.tM-rtei �?••-•'. '•••'''• ' Pac* Twentr-^Mff t*7 SEAFARERS LOG jroM M, 1961' .. . DIGEST of SKIPS' MEETINGS OULFWATER (Mar-Tradi), January 4— ' Steam line should be installed in washing Chairman, Vie D'india; Secretary, D. M. machine. Deck engineer will attend to Pearce. Repair list left by the previous crew was checked over. Alfred Hanstvedt was elected ships delegate. Motion was passed to rotate the cleaning of the recreation room* and laundry room among the three departments. Washing ma­ chine will be moved from the shower to a more suitable place below. Steward asked the crew to turn in old mattresses and draw new ones taken aboard in New York. Cots are available at the crew's request. Quiet should be maintained in the passageways at all times. There should be more lights in the recreation room. Rbpair list was dravm up: new items will be added as soon as they are noticed. February 1—Chairman, A. ^Hanstvedt; Secretary, D. M. Pearce. All items on the repair list have been attended to. More varied menus were suggested, with fewer starchy foods. • There should be more fruit juices. Stewasd delegate or stew­ ard should be seen about meal requests. III •ii *N :|gV=- fe- ; p" U tain in the crew's mess which is still unsatisfactory. Heads, showers, lockers this as soon as possible. Deck engineer need paihting. Ship's delegate wiU see got the crew's thanks for doing work on the chief engineer about hot: and cold the washing machine on his %>wn time. water, in the laundry. l.aundry should There should be nutre quiet in the pass­ be kept clean by all hands. ageways at all times. Passageways and foc'sles should be sougeed: captain will AZALEA CITY (Waterman), May 34— be asked. Chairman, A. Arnold; Sacratary, Paul April 19—Chairman, F. Young; Secre­ Whitlow.' All new members will contrib­ tary, Tom Msdigan. There is a large ute to the ship's fund; there is a S35 bal­ amount of disputed overtime in the deck ance in the fund now. No one is to and engine departments. Repair lists touch the clocks on the ship but the sec-, will be prepared and submitted. - Poor ond mate.. Men should keep the laundry' food should be brought to the attention clean. Sanitary men are to empty the of the patrolman. Men should be quieter trash can daily and sweep the deck free in the passages so that men oif watch of water. Brothers were asked to use can sleep. Cups and other utensils used outaide ladders when relieving the wheel between meal hours should be rinsed off In fair weather, especially with passen­ and placed in the drain rack. gers aboard. Man who missed the ship in Georgetown will be reported to the STEEL RECORDER (Isihmlsr.), May 14 patrolman. Ship should be washed —Chairman, Charles T. Scott; Secretary, down at least once a -trip; decks are P. V. Reyes. Captain wili be contacted aithy. Gear should be returned to the on paintidg heads; first assistant was galley after use. Treasurer should-buy asked about relftairing the drinking foun- a punching bag from the ship's fund. a suns Q s?oiftrcoAvs a SLACKS a -TOPCOATS a pRgsssHoes • WOI^6HCES • VON&ARSES a Kf^AKI PANTS • KHAKI SHIRTS' a 8US ViOPK&HlRTS • FPISKOOEEHS • HlCKOPy SHIRTS O CPO. SHIRTS a WHI-TE DRESS SHIRTS • SPORT SHIRTS • DRESS BELTS ^ a KHAKI WEB BELTS a TIES D SWEATSHIRTS a ATHLETIC SHIRTS P T-SHIRTS p SHORTS p BRIEFS P SWEATERS P UXSCSAGE a WORK SOCKS P DRESS SOCKS • LEATHER OACKETS a* WRITINS PORTFOLIO D SOU'WESTERS a RAIMSEAR ALLYDOR HEEPS CAN BE FILLED -FROM A SOU'uiESTER TO AtJ ELECTRIC RAZOR. WtU-TEVER Ftllf BUY FROM THE 'ibU CAM BE SURE YBofeE eETTINS TOP QUALITY SEAR, AT SUBSTAMTIAL SAVIHSS. Chesfh VP UNldH-OWMeOAND UNION-OPERATGP ... THE BEN6RT oF IHE MEMBERSHIP* STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), April 18 —Chairman, Q. Caruso; Secretary, A. Santiago. J. J. Libby was elected ship's delegate by acclamation^ There was A request made for a greater variety of night lunch. Messhalls should be left cleaner; better care should be taken of cots, which should not be left on deck when not in use. We have an exception­ ally good crew this trip. May 2—Chairman, G. Caruso; Secretary, Aram Hawk. Herman C. Kemp was left in the PG Hospital, Calcutta. He will be sent home in three weeks. Ship's dele­ gate collected 140 rupees and enough cig­ arettes to last him for hospital time. Steward has been putting out better night lui.ch since the last meeting. Get New Books Through Agents Seafarers who applied for new membership books in New York but are now sailing from outports don't have to come to this city to get their new books. If the men involved will write to headquarters and tell the Union which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book In care of the port agent. Under no circumstances however, will the books be nt through the mails to any rivate addresses. IL PONCE (Puerto Rican Marina), April 22—Chairman, Joss Celiadoi; Sacratary, R. Waikar. There is a balande of S19.17 left in the ship's fund. One man was left in Tampa in the hospital. Ship's dele­ gate discussed performing. May 14—Chairman, Ray Holdar; Sacra­ tary, Josa Cubano. Patrolman wiU bo no­ tified of the wiper who is under age. New delegates were elected; Ship's dele­ gate. Victor Carmone; deck delegate. Salvador Bcnnet: ^engine delegate, Al­ fredo: steward delegate, Juan Hernan­ dez. Motion was passed to have every­ one contribute SI to the ship's fund. New repair Ust will be made up by each de­ partment and turned over to the ship's delegate. PAOLI (Cities Sarvlcs), May 24—Chair­ man, Jossph V. Stephens; Sacratary, A. E. Roberta. C. G. Young was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There Is $33.53 left in tba treasury. Everyone should be properly dressed iir the ihesshall. AU coti were picked up because coastwise isn't considered tropica. De­ partments will make up repair lists. Rec­ reation room la being left dirty. Dele­ gate will'find out about getting a tietter brand of soap powder. Ash trays ahoud be put out on tablei. DENNISON VICTORY (Waterman), May 7—Chairman, Pablo E. Paras; Sacratary, Charles Bankiton. Hubert A. Gauhei^ was elected ship's delegate. . All hands should return coffee cups to. the pantry.' Manufacturer's directions should be fol­ lowed whan using the washing machine. Each department will take turns ip clean­ ing the laundry. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), May 17— Chairman, 1. J. Rivim; - Sacratary,. R. P. Callahaii. Patrolman's report on the gangway wag reported to tho crew; every­ body la satisfied. Men who missed ship will be rej>orted to .tha 'patrolman. Dis­ puted OT will ba . taken up with the pa­ trolman. Batter cara should ha taken of the movie machine. There should be no spitting on the deck. DESOTO (Wafarmen), March 28—ChelrSTEEL piSIOMEIl (isthihian). May Ur!- man, Fred Travis; Bacretary, A; Danne, fcttk Jo i? J: .;.aM;aiipi44A MUXl liLrU ' WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Trantfuel), May 24—Chairman, Vincent Genco; Sec­ retary, W. M. Pedersen. Ferformera will be turned over to the patrolman. Two men were hospitalized in Honolulu, and one man in Guam. Washing ma­ chine needs cleaning and repairing. Stew­ ard requested new piUows, piUow cases and mattress covers. A vote of thanks went to the steward department for some fine food and cooperation. Also, the bosun got a rousing vote of thanks for doing a good Job of bringing in a clean ship with the adverse conditions he encountered on this trip. Repair lists were turned in and are being' taken care of. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), May 23— Chairman, J. Tucker; . Sacratary, Jerry Chairman, Pat Rebertsen; Secretary, R. E. White. Record player and records WiU be bought from the ship's fund. Beefs from previous voyage were adjust­ ed satisfactorily by the patrolman. First assistant engineer was told by hint that he must work his department according to the present agreement.' Ray White was elected ship's delegate. Fiech man will donate $3.00 to the ship s fund. Steward reported that the captain will obtain any clothing or toilet articles for the slopchest if the men teU him what LIBERTY FLAG (Dover Steamship), they want. April 27—Chairman, E. Fields; Sacratary, Roland Vaiasce. Communication was sent to the hall on the death of our night cook and baker: a letter of condolence was sent to his sister in Basetrop, La. New Orleans agent was asked to send flowers to the funeral from the crew, with the crew to refund the money at the payoff. Two .men missed shi;) in Yo­ LA SALLE (Watsrman), May 23— kohama. Delegates should check the medical supplies, which seem to be in­ Chairman, C. E. HSmby; Sacratary, Stsva Guggine. Motion was made to have adequate. quarters back aft cleaned up. as they are in bad shape. There is a S21.50 balance EVELYN (Bull), May 1—Chairman, G. Smith; Sacratary, E. C. Oacay. Ship's in the ship's fund. Deck gang work is delegate wili buy playing cards out of being done by chief mate and cadet. Snip's the ship's fund. Decks in engine depart­ and deck delegate should aproach the ment foc'sle need repairing, and foc'sles chief mate on the subject in a nice way, need painting. Galley gear should be up­ as it was brought up that he has been turned to the pantry. New crewmembers reasonable and good to get along with were asked to donate 82 to the ship's in the past. Messhall should be kept fund. Repair list will be made up and clean, with ash trays used only for ashes and feet kept off chairs. Everyone should turned in before arrival in New York. clean up after himself; the messman should put a garbage can inside the messALBION (Gry Trans), April 24—Chair­ man, R. Nee; Secretary, D. Stone. hall. Washing machine should he turned Brother Deeds was elected ship's dele­ off after use. Day workers were asked gate by acclamation. Wiper and ordinary to take it easy on the night lunch for WiU clean up laundry. Ship's delegate the benefit of those* on watch. Boys were will find out about the hot water in Che asked to cooperate en the linen. laundry. Engine department foc'sles wiU be painted per agreement. Crew was NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory asked not to take individual beefs top­ Carriers), May 21—Chairman, Johnnie side. Long; Secretary, Paul Capo. All but a few repairs were taken care of; the re­ maining repairs will be attended to-this voyage. One man was taken off the ves­ sel in Miami by the Coast Guard due to an accident. All fans in crew's quarters need repairing: one brother had a serious accident with the fan, so men should not sign on until this is taken care of. Pass­ ageways should be kept locked in port. CARROLL VICTORY (South Atlantic), Foc'sles should be kept clean. New mat­ May 2—Chairman, C. Jensen; Sscrsfary, tresses are needed. Night., lunch should Bsb Johnssn. Repair list will be made up be more varied. Men shohld-be propmiy and handed ts the ship's delegate before dressed in the messhall. Black gang ind arrival in San Pedro. Motisn was passed deck department should take care of the to have the WUmington agent come laundry and the steward depatrment take absard as soon as the ship lands so he care of the recreation room. Brothers can settle the trouble aboard, with every­ should cooperate with the chief steward one present at this meeting, with no ex­ on the linen. ceptions. THE CABINS (Cabins), May 23—Chair­ SEASTAR (Tritsn), May 1—Chairman, man, R. Liparl; Sacratary, R. Arnold. Louis W. Pepper; Secretary, Den Ferrest. Performers in the last port will be re­ No American money was aviiable in ferred to the at the payoff. Japan. Repiars from the last payoff were R. Arnold waspatrolman ship's delegate. not taken care of. Vote of thanks went Second cook andelected is too slow at to the master. Robert P. Moore, for the serving and cannotbaker bake. Extermination cooperation he has given the crew on ail is needed, due to-roaches in the galley ship's business. He was an old Water­ storerooms.- PatroliAan 'will be con­ man skipper and they lost a good man and tacted on linen. Men are to be properly when he left that company. Headquar­ ters WiU be notified about the currency attired when entering messmali. and repair beefs. Mr. Kim wiU be con­ CAROLYN (Bull), May 17—Chairman, tacted before the end of this voyage. Collection will be taken up to start a W. C. Murphy, Jr.; Secretary, J. L. Podgortki. Membership was asked to please ship's fund at the payoff. Chief cook asked men to cooperate by staying out help keep the laundry clean after use. of the gaUey, and asking men in the de­ Men should be considerate of those who partment for what they want. Vote of are sleeping. Delegates will make up thanks went to the steward and chief repair lists. Vote, of thanks was given ceok for the good menus during the voy­ for good chow cooked and served by age and also to the steward department the steward department. for good service and chow. STEEL TRAVELER listhmian). May 4— Chiarman, R. Mlltan; Sacratary, J. O. Lakwilk. O. J. Mbrgen was elected deck delegate. Cott are not to be left on deck in port. Chief steward will issue linen on Friday. Chief mate will be asked about an awning for the crew back aft; he wiU be asked about washing down back aft. Mate had steward have garbage thrown overboard In port, due to the gaUeyman leaving it out on deck. Steward 'WiU change old* mattresses. Washing machine should be kept clea^ Someone in licensed personnel put up awnings Ship's delegate reported on getting th* washing machine repaired. Steward spoke on taking up a coUection for the movie fund. Chief cook mentioned the very good condition of the laundry and wash-, ing machine. No data—Chairmtn, J. Olssn; tscretary, A. Danna. Discussion was held on the deck maintenance foc'sle, which la too smaU for. the three men now sharing it. Ship's delegate,WiU contact the Mo­ bile hall. Phipps. Ther^e is S50.20 in the ship's . fund. MoUon was passed to have the carpenter remove the shelf from the crew messroom. Steward and one dele­ gate are to check stores in New Orleans. Patrolman should be contacted and cfew is not to sign on -until the ship is stored. Pantry should be. secured before leaving port. BIENVILLE (Waterman), March 32— Chairman, C. M. Allan; Sacratary, F. S. Payior. Brother Swaugthout was elected Ship's delegate. Repair lists should be made out by department delegates. New pillows and innerspring mattresses should be -procured. Ship's delegate wili inves­ tigate the skipper's cutting down tho steward's requisitions for stores. Deck delegate will see the chief mate about painting his department's quarters, which need painting very badly. Fantail should be kept clean for the crew 4o loui^o around in the tropics. Miy 17—Chsirman, Brsthsr Carrastoi Sacratary, Prank S. Paylar. One man was left ashore, due to injuries on ship. Patrolman will be asked to get all lock­ ers and bunk springs repaired. WARHAWK (Waterman), May 33 — Ciuirman, Stanley P. Gonitaar; Sacratary, Carl A. Sakeil. Brother Gage was elect­ ed ship's delegafe by acclamation. Wash­ ing machine should be cleaned after use. Glasses and dishes should be returned to the sink. Delegates should see tha captain about putting up radio aerials.' ABIQUA (Cities Strvics), May 24— Chairman, William E. Logan; Sacratary, Vincent L. Ratciiff. Captain and patrol­ man were given a copy of the repair list from the last trip. There is S8.07 in the ship's fund. Chief cook contended that steaks are not first quality; stew­ ard replied that choice cuts of meat are used. Crew asked that steaks he cut thicker. Chief cook said steaks must bo cut thinner .in order to be thoroughly cooked, and said also that steaks were dry because the second cook left them in the oven too long. Messroom should be left clean. One beef Will be settled by the deck delegate. Washing machine should be kept cleaner. ANN MARIE (Bull), May 2S—Chairman, Eugana Dakin; Sacratary, .Chriitephar Karas. Washing machine is being fixed. Clean linen wili be Issued when soiled linen is returned. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a Job being well done. PONCE (Puerto Rice), March 25— Chairman Prank Mataa; Secretary R. Weiken. Patrolman in Florida will be asked to straighten out standby pay. Cups should be washed out after use. Mattresses and pillows should be changed when the ship goes to drydock. Bedsprings should be repaired and door sills should be raised, as water runs into all rooms. Ship should be fumigated as rats have been seen. Frank Mateo was elect­ ed ship's delegate. ALCOA PARTNER (Aicaa), May 4— Chairman, Jesaph Sehseil; Sacratary, J. Jardan. New delegates Bre:'>-J. Jordan, ship's delegate; C. Jones, deck delegate; Hayes, engine delegate. Pantry should be kept'cleaner. There should be grits on the menu in the morning. May 17—Chairman, Antania Schiavant; Sacratary, R. Mitchell. Crew will make repaira at sea before arrival In port. Flowers were sent to brother Eddy Bozak who died In Philadelphia,- from all brothers aboard this ship and thanks were sent by his family. Recreation room should b« kept locked in port. Crew should' cooperate in keeping the laundry clean. Passageways -should be kept locked In port. Brother who obtained library books was thankgd. TRINITY (Carrat), May 9—Chairman. E. Black; Sacratary, J. Kutmisnski. Ship needs repairs that should have been taken care of iA tha shipyard. Agent will be contacted at -the first port. Drinking fountain outside deck department room needs repairing. Hora keys for deck de­ partment ar< needed. Overtime should be equalized in deck department. Re­ quest was inade for a chahge in library, suction fan in galley, new mattresses, wind scoops, porthole screens, new cots, cheat of wawers for each room, space permitting, eince lockers are almost rusted away. May 14—Chairman, E. Black; Secretary, R. F.'Grant. Innerspring mattresses will be put aboard at " the agent will be ci this lint Rone. Numerous foc'sle mpattt- ere ; - (GtmtiBiui iMxJ - �«>•«-> • SI 4.irj'-L f* V- *•• «.( H ^ '"• "*' * •! 5 Pare TweBtr-fir* SEAFARERS LOG _ Jim*. IX. 1»5S . DIGEST of SHIPS* MEETINGS ... (Continued from,page 24) BMdtd. Xapalra promiMd ara ilowly tMtag dona. Llnan wlU ba exchanged ea by placa and cota will ba algned and plckad up after u«e. ai.as per ewmangiber wiU ba coUected for a fhlp'f ftom thia fund two axtra eeta of Vala keya will be bought. Patrolman Philadelphia waa commended for hla action In major ehlp beef. toilet articles for the slopchest. Repair lists will be made out. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), May 31 —Chairman, G. Caruso; Secretary, Sanford Kemp. Four men were logged. One brother was left in the hospital In Cal­ cutta. 130 rupees and six cartons of cigarettes were coUected on board and delivered to blm by the ship's delegate. The company wUl take care of him. Any­ one who wishes to pay off after Savan­ nah must give the captain 24 hours' no­ tice. Ship's delegate wlU ask the cap­ tain to see if customs will release sou­ venirs to those wishing to take them off there. tOUTHIRN STATRS (Southern), May S4—Chairman, Charlei Moore; Secretary, L. B. Bryant, Jr. Record will be kept of .any official doing unlicensed work. Showers, heads and foc'sles should be aougeed and painted. Fans should he re­ paired and painted. Firehose nozzles should be replaced. Life jackets .should NORTH PLATTE VICTORY (Victory be replaced With cork type. Brakeson mooring windlass should be repaired and- Carriers), April 24—Chairman, Wallace; repair list posted for additions. Mattress­ Secretary, Fisher. Ship's delegate spoke about the restriction in Mojl, Japan, for es will be replaced as needed. two days as per orders of MSTS, with the crew kept on board untU It Is de­ LUCILi BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld), May 21—Chairman, George C. Brannan. cided what to do with the cargo. One One man was hospitalized In Trieste, man was demoted and "logged. Letter Italy. Vote of thanks went to the steward from MSTS will be sent to headquarters. department, particularly the night cook Beef was made about throwing jeUles and baker. Repair list should be checked and jams over the side in the saloon by new delegtaes. Foc'sle keys should Pantryman changes juices and salad without consulting the steward. Stew­ be turned In. ard tried to get milk In Yokohama but MARVEN (international Nav.), May • was unable. He wiU try again In Kure. —Chairman, Wllbort Wentling; Secretary, Ship's delegate will see the captain to­ Fred Hicks. There la a beef on cold night about ordering milk. Recreation drinks: steward 'will make sure there Is room wUl be painted. Ship's delegate enough for the rest of the voyage. will see the captain about US currency Screens are needed for portholes and draws 24 buurs before arrival. doods; ship's delegates will see the cap­ tain about tablets for malaria. LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), May I—ChairMALOEN VICTORY (MIsslstIpp)), May man, Edward Fields; Secretary, Ralph W. 17—Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Secretary, TIndell. This was an excellent voyage. Dan R. Phillips. R. J. WendeU was elect­ All men were asked to strip their bunks ed ship's delegate; he wllj see the first and clean their rooms before the payoff. assistant about getting showers fixed. All Repair list was made out. Arrival pool delegates are to make a list of repairs was made up by the ship's delegate. The that can be done at sea to be turned wjnner will take car® of the cost of a over to the chief engineer and chief mate. floral wreath which was sent for the fun­ Chief electrician will repair the new eral of our late night cook and baker, washing machine, using the motor from who died of a hea^ attack in Yokohama, the old wasiy^g machine. Vote of thanks Japan. -nvept'to the steward department, especial­ ly the baker, for the fine grub they are putting out. Steward returned thanks to the crew for their cooperation. ELIZABETH (Bull), May 28—Chairman, Christopher A. Bebba; Secretary, Ben Allen. Special meeting was held to elect Frank Gustav engine delegate. CAMP NAMANU (US Petroleum), May 17—Chairman, Deri; Secretary, R. Bascembe. A. Lutey was elected ship's dele­ gate. Report on one member will be sent to headquarters by delegates. Quar­ ters for messman and coks are inade­ quate. Action should be taken on this. Chief engineer will be contacted by the ship's delegate on repairing the electric fans. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), May 10—Chairman, R. Swayne; Secretary, A. J. Kuberskl. Joe Bracht was elected ship's delegate. Clothes should be hung in the fidley to dry and not In the recrea­ tion room back aft. Clothes line and clothespins are In the fidley. All hands should help keep the messhall clean at night. Sanitary men should alternate weekly In the" cleaning of the laundry. Repairs were not taken care of In New York. Each delegate will make up a repair list and turn this over to the sliip's dglegale before arrival in New Orleans. ALEXANDRA (Carras), May 2—Chair­ man, W. L. Zeeb; Secretary, T. Deloach. Captain has made no repairs so far ex­ cept the ones he wants to. Money draws in foreign ports will be In the money be gets from the agents. SoUed linen should be turned In, as supplies are get­ ting short. There should be more con­ sideration for the messman. Washing machine should be cleaned after use. HURRICANE (Waterman), May 24— Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William Pedlar. There Is S16 In the ship's fund. Dirty dishes should be placed In the pan­ try. Steward asked men to give him re­ quests for special dishes. It was sug­ gested that cake be served Thursday and Sunday to go with the Ice cream. Sug­ gestion was made that the captain put out a blanket draw before arrival in the States.- Patrolman will be asked about Quiz Anawera (1) (b) Golden State. (2) (a) 12. ^Can'Shakers^ Have No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot wlU be asked about painting the gaUey and crew pantry, screen doors, porthole screens. Only ship's personnel should be In the midship housing. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), April 24 —Chairman. E. N. King; Secretary, W. J. Brown. Repairs arc being taken care of by the engine department. Discussion was held on the • heating system. Fan room should be kept locked at all time so heat is not turned on. C. A. Dorrough was elected ship's delegate. Show­ ers and toilets should be kept clean. Chief engineer wiU be contacted on plumbing. Chief mate appreciated the crew's cooperation during the annual In­ spection. Captain will be asked about moving bunks and lockers around in the 12-4 room. May 23—Chairman, Nelson King; Sec­ retary, Robert Lyons. Patrolman will be told about faulty plumbing. Captain withheld passes at Yahata. although they were ready to be issued (cleared through customs, etc.) thus delaying shore leave of off-watch men. Patrolman will bo asked to check this. Captain accepted repair list with the exception of the re­ quest for necessary measures to aUeviate heat in the seamen's foc'sle which adjoins the fan and heater room. aulstant engineer Just Ignores the agree­ ment. Messroom should be kept clean. Standby on each watch will clean the tables and put cups away. Department delegates will collect money and turn It over to the ship's treasurer. Motion was passed to buy an ironing board and pad at the next port. Brother Sanders got a vote of thanks for purchas­ ing recreation gear In the last port, and a motion was passed to reimburse him for cab fare. Chief mate will be notified that the crew will clean recreation room when he stops using It as a store room. Three sanitary men Will rotate this job. Crew Is to cooperate. No one Is to throw refuse out of portholes. LAFAYETTE (Waterman), May 31— Chairman, Menz; Secretary, James W. Clinton. 'There Is too much noise In the passageway. Extra linen should be turned In. Mess tables need new tops. Entire steward department got a vote of thanks for a job weU done.. Crew mess­ man was thanked too. OS asked for co­ operation In keeping the sanitary sink clean. Ship's delegate will tell the offi­ ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), May 2— cers who use the laundry to help keep It Chairman, B. H. Klmbarly; Secretary, clean. Lloyd E. Wilson. B. H. Kimberly was elected ship's delegate. He will see the BRIGHTSTAR (Triton), May 17—Chair­ captain about getting US currency in man Eugsne Ray; Secretary, Jack God- foreign ports. Steward was asked to tray. Only some of the repairs have place garbage In drums provided wlille in been taken care of. We .got a few more port. Suggestion was made that each magazines on board from the ship's member of the crew make a voluntary chandler but they are nothing to be donation towards a sum of money to be proud" of. Stores have Improved. Slop- sent to Mrs. Viola Harrison, widow of our chest Is very slim, but the agent will late brother, T. G. Harrison, who passed try to get an SIU slopchest on. Trans­ away yesterday aboard ship. portation' question for the crewmembers sent from San Francisco will be reported SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), to the patrolman. Greasy clothes should March 22—Chairman, Willie A. Young; be steamed In the engine room first, not Secretary, Malcolm P. Cieutat. Delegates washed in the n)achlnes. Doors should reported no beefs. Steward reported not be banged while men are sleeping. there is no gaUey man on board. Dele­ Steward department was thanked for the gates will see the captain and contact the good chow. San Pedro patrolman on this. Ship's del­ egate says a small ship's fund will be left HOLYSTAR (Triton), May 38—Chair­ in the captain's hands. Library will be man, A. L. Davit, Jr.; Secretary, P. A. changed in San Pedro. Willlemt, Captain was asked about April 19—Chairman, Willie A. Young; painting foc'sles and keys for the mess- Secretary, Allan S. Thornc. Edward S. room door, but to no avaU. One man Brinson was elected ship's delegate hy left the ship for the hospital at Kure. acclamation. Suggestion was made to Messroom is left dirty at night. Cap­ get a written statement as to why there tain wUl be contacted about clogged is no shore leave. Purser or captain drains In ail showers and wash basins. should be asked to explain to the member­ MesshaU deck needs painting. Cots are ship at a meeting the "no shore leave needed for warm weather. situation," here in Inchon, Korea. Cap­ tain attended and said there would be no boats except in the case of sickness; men who go ashore in cargo ducks are off limits. There is no agent here to ob­ tain transportation and the Army does not want merchant marine personnel ashore. Lifeboats can't be used. Captain was given a vote of thanks for appearing explaining the situation. PORTMAR • (Calmar), April 28—Chair­ and May 11—Chairman, Allan S. Thorne; man, Ammons; Secretary, L. W. Lewis. Secretary, Malcolm P. Cieutat. One man V. A. Reid was elected ship's delegate by paid off for hospitalization. Delegates acclamation. Lighting is very poor and will up repair list. Twenty dollars should be repaired. Cots should be put frommake ship's fund will be spent on away. All hands should cooperate in games the. and magzines. keeping the ship clean. Members should be considerate of sleeping brothers. Stew­ PETROLITE (Mathiasen), May 10— ard department got a vote of thanks. W. H. Harrell; Secretary, O. D. Stores sljould be checked for shortages.. Chairman, Walker. awning for the poop was Extra company personnel is being fed. taken up The with the mate by the ship's creating shortages on the voyage for the delegate and a permanent awning was crew. suggested. Repair list will be turned over to the captain and chief engines to ELIZABETH (Bull), April 17—Chair­ have repairs made in the next port. man, Antonle Gonzalez; Secretary, R. S9.95 was spent to purchase an iron, Rosado. One man paid off in Puerto leaving $4.05 in the ship's fund. Ship will Hico, sick. Captain's refusal to pick up be -fumigated and more mattresses pro­ milk In Puerto Rico will be referred to vided. the patrolman. Suggestion was made that the. crew pay for the repairing of STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), May 14 the old washing machine. Old locker —Chairman, Charles Scofield; Secretary, should be repaired. There should .be James E. Moran. Chief mate's regard as more cooperation between departments. to the crew's health will be brought to the patrolman's attention. Repair list TROJAN TRADER (Trelan), May ID- will be turned in. Third assistant engi­ Chairman, Joe Brennan; Secretary, Pete neer thanked the crew for the donation Piascik. There are beefs about the cig­ sent to him in Singapore Hospital during arettes and delay in receiving draws in his attack of malaria. ports. A good deal of disputed overtime will be taken up with the patrolman, too. Repair list was read and added to. Foc'sles should be left clean and orderly. The steward department was thanked for the good job done. ^ This ship is a good feeder. it GEORGE UHLER (Southern), May 17— Chairman, net listed; Secretary, C. E. Simpson. Soap dishes should be placed In showers and utility shelves put up in wash rooms. More night lunch should be-^put out. Recreation room and laun­ HOLYSTAR (Triton), May 18—Chair­ dry should be kept clean; Deck depart­ man, W. F. Wallace; Secretary, P. Strick­ ment lockerg* need repairing. land. Two men missed ship in Yoko­ hama. Foc'sles nad messroom need paint­ ing. Captain will be contacted by the QUEENSTCN HEIGHTS (Seatrade), May ship's delegate about keys for the mess27—Chairman, A. R. Santonastasi; Secre­ room doors. Mate has been working on tary, A. Vlolantl. Two-men missed ship. deck. Discussion was held on the repair list and on putting such unwanted Items as CALMAR (Cplmar), May 17—Chairman, flying fish In the Ice box. Ship's dele­ G. Douglas; Secretary, A. J. Nelson. C. gate will take care of the ship's fund. Carlson 'was elected ship's delegate. Cof­ A new library should be secured in fee pots should' be checked for defective Philadelphia. cords. Men should cooperate In keeping the laundry clean. BLUESTAR (Triton), May 17—ChairMay 30—Chairman, G. Douglas; Secre­ man, Anthony Ferrara; Secretary, Louis tary, Nelson. Engineers and wipers have E. Meyers. Ship's delegate will collect started to paint their own rooms. First all mail. Nobody Is to run to topside. Deck maintenance will be out of the hos­ pital in about a month; the captain Is holding hU Job open. Performers were warned. Ship's delegate will talk to the captain about getting military script to send as a donation from the crew to the man In the Array hospital In Osaka, Norman "Red" Kirk MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), May 3Jap'an. Crew voted unanimously on this. Please contact your sister, Mrs. Chalrman, Barney Kinter; Secretary, Steward department members are to take Lucky Pritchett. Motion was passed not orders only from the steward. Captain Ruth Hathaway, 31 Heights ^ad. to sign on until certain repairs have been Lake Orion, Mich., as soon as made. Sick members are being denied medical attention, even In ports where possible. doctors can be reached. May 15—Chairman, Barney Kinter; Sec­ retary, Dexter Worrell. Two men missed Bill Baten ship in Mobile and two were fired for I left the papers you gave me performing; patrolman •will be contacted C. M. Giffantelli Galveston. Brother Worrell was elect­ Jesse Brinkley on the Seapender at the SEAFAR­ In ed deck delegate by acclamation. Each department should handle its own beefs, ERS LOG office for you to pick Chester Skakun as far as possible. All hands In the deck up. Please contact the patrolman, at department must help secure ship; the whole crew should cooperate with each headquarters, who paid off the SS other. lEit:iQNlKii NOTICES Hurricane on June 1, 1953, in re­ gard to your overtime. t t 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert €. Drain Please contact your mother as soon as possible at 5732 17th N.E., Seattle 5, Wash. SANTA VENETIA (Mar-Trade), May 17— Chairman, N. Hatgimisols; Secretary, T. Lewis. Captain Is putting out one draw every five days: on weekends he wiU put out a litJe more. He thanked the crew for doing a wonderful Job in sticking to­ gether. One messman will be picked up in Yokohama. Repairs will be made in Yokohama, and screens picked up. Bh'eryone should help keep the recreation room clean. Linen will be Issued only when dirty linen is turned in, because the boys have been hoarding It. If they are too lazy to change their sacks the BR will change it for them. Man who walked off the ship In Wakamatsu, Japan, was picked up in Yokohama two days later and is being held there till we arrive for GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), a Coast Guard hearing. May 19—Chairman, Arthur E. Sanders; Secretary, W. R. Weldman. Repairs were listed and turned over to department SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), May 17 heads. Repairs will be made as soon as —Chairman, Thomas W. Burke; Secre­ possible. One man missed ship in Lake tary, Thomas W. Burke. Payoff and signCharles. The captain is not satisfied with on in Savannah was handled in good SIU fire and boat drill. Each man will donate fashion. H. L. Lanier was elected ship's $1.00 to the ship's fund at each payoff. delegate. Crew of William Carruth 4 4 4 Vincent Genco has donated the Salitil Dubon , balance of the ship's fund in his Please contact Mary Ward at (3) (c) .250. possession, a total of $16, to the 1939 Fleet Street, Baltimore, Md., (4) (c) 1850*s. SEAFARERS LOG. phone Eastern 7-9825. 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Bonefont, Gabriel Borjancic. ..STATE aeeeeee«eeeeeae<-..lONE CITY asB ssiis sQQsa aaa ana afflcsa aama aaa giaiaDBS" QQaQa BBQDcs' mauasa !i!;]QaB3s aeaas EsananaQ B@@ i«eeeeeaeeeaeeeetei«< i«eesaiee9»»a*a%aaaaaeeeeeeaeeeee eeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeaaaeeeoeeeeG �.' • ' Par* Twenty-six SEAFARERS LOG _ " sf-i.,!,.- A'.! .^Z,* June 12, 1958 Seattle Seafarer Cashes In On Benefit in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you^see a friend's name on the fist, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Mrs. Albert E. Holmes receives $200 maternity benefit and $25 US Defense Bond at her Seattle home from SIU patrolman Paul Drozek on behalf of son Milton David. Holmes sails with the black gang. Ir • All of the following SIU families Mill Street, Chrichton Station, Mo­ • will collect the $200 maternity bile, Ala. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4^ ;t 4 Union in the baby's name. James Lawson Waldrop, Jr., bom May 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irma Irene Colon, bom March James Waldrop, 129 East Avenue 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. South, Panama City, Fla. Julio Colon, Box 3611, Puerto 4 4 4 Nueva, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gloria Sue Crumpler, bom May 4^ 15, 1953. Parent^, Mr. and Mrs. Jo Pitts Arras, born April 30, Floyd S. Crumpler, 1 Sutherland 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. WU- Drive, Chickasaw, Ala. liam Arras, 2564 B. Kittyhawk Ave­ .4 4 4 nue, Mobile, Ala. Catherine Deonne Wallace, bom i i May 9, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Celia Pamela Duchmann, bom Roshier L. Wallace, 1767 Huston April 25, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Lane, Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Fred H. Duchmann, 1628 St. 4 4 4 * Mary Street, New Orleans, La. Jule Dee Scarborough, bom 4it 4" March 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Sharon Ann Van Evera, bom Mrs. Richard Scarborough, WanApril 16, 1953. Parents; Mr. and chese, NC. Mrs. Louis L. Van Evera, 1030 4 4 4 Maldeis Street, Baltimore 30, Md. David C. Silkowski, bom January i i 4^ 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melanie Kay Mitchell, born May John E. Silkowski, 27 St. Mark's 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Place, New York 3, NY. John E. Mitchell, 2701 Emest 4 4 4 Street, Lake Charles, La. James Edward Wolf, born May 8, 4i 4" 4" 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Donna Michell Chandler, bom T. Wolf, 1813 East Battlmore Street, April 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Baltimore 31, Md. Mrs. Charles T. Chandler, Stokes 4 4 4 Road, Indian Hills', NJ. Pamela Yvmine Cameron, born it 4> 4^ March 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Charolette Dianne Falrcloth, Mrs. William R. Cameron, 507 born May 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. North Carolina Avenue, Mobile, and Mrs. James L. Faircloth, 2718 Ala. Honest Al in New Role i Ame V. Olsen, Jr., bom April 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ame V. Olsen, 1225 Music Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Alana Eve Whitmer, bom April 27, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Edward Whitmer, 125 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4^4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Constanza Loriz, born April 15, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fer­ nando. Loriz, 288 Ryerson Street, Brooklyn, NY. Ronald Smith, bom April 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith, 582 East 140th Street, Bronx 54, NY. Joseph Lindsey Martello, Jr., born April 16, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martello, 279 Soniat Avenue, Harahan, La. Cindy Lucille Chambliss, born May i5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Chambliss, 331 La^ barre Drive, New Orleans 20, La. Cynthia Maria Whitney, born May 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Whitney, Box 639, Barataria Boulevard, Marrero, La. Bridgette Johnson, born March 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ravaughn Johnson, Route 1, McKenzie, Ala. Gary Arthur Mottram, born March 25, 1953. • Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mottram, 16 Mile Street, Merrimac, Mass. USPHS HOSPITAI, STATEN ISLAND. NY Oscar Adams John F. Meo Edwardo Balboa Abraham Moses Arthur Botelho Alfred Mueller G. F. BishoS Leonard G. Murphy Robert Borland W. Omelanczuk Maurice Burnstine William Pepper Frank Calnan ' Winford H. Powell John Fanoli Bart James Power WiUiam Foyt H. Randoja Lawrence Franklin C. R. Robertson Joe Carl Griggs G. H. Robinson James W. Hamilton VirgU Sandberg Charles Henry A. L. Sargent B. Holmes James Sealy E. Hurst Jr.Joseph Sharp WiUiam Jimenez Manuel Souza Hans Kehlenbeck Anders Thevik Ludwig Kristiansen Thor Thorsen K. R. Kuchinski Harry Tuttle Frank C. Kumiega George Vickery Thomas F. Maher Richard Weir W. P. Malcewicz Joseph Wilkin John Mastropaulas Benno Zielinskl SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky ADELPHI HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY August Valentine USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEAOH. BROOKLYN. NY victor Arevalo Frederick Landry Edmund Blosser Harry McDonald Walter Chalk.' David McUreath C. M. Davison Claude A. Markell EmiUo Delgado Vic MUazzo Antonio M. Diaz John R. Murdock John J. DriscoU Eugene T. Nelson Jose G. Espinoza Pedro O. Peralto Enrique Ferrer G. E, Shumaker Robert GUbert Henry Smith Bart Guranick Herbert R. Totten Peter Gvozdich USPHS ftOSPITAL SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO Arthur Botelho BIKERS ISLAND HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY James R. Lewis TRIPLER ARMY HOSPITAL HONOLULU Thomas McCaffrey USi'HS HOSPITAL FORT STANTON, NY Bruno Barthel Jack H, Gleason Charles Burton Thomas Isaksen Adion Cox Donald McDonald John G. Dooley A. McGuigan Otto J. Ernst J. F. Thornburg F. Frennette Virgil E. WUmoth CHARITl? HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. J. F. McLaughlin USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. • Rogelio Cruz T. L. Ankerson Frederick Farthing James E. Belcher H. Fnage Alonzo Bettis Octave Bourgeois W. A. Gardner Paul Goodman . BraceweU Ben Collins Niel Hansen C. M. Hawkins Jose A. Colls Cope John C. Herber Harold E. Crane E. Jeanfreau T. S. Johnson • Joseph Somyak Thomas F. KeUer Henry S. Sosa Leo H. Lang C. H. Summerell S. A. Mangold James W. Sumpter Estel O. MaSSey R. Sundberg C. R. Nicholson T. R. Terrington C. Rushing Lonnie R. Tickle F. Sansone Hubert Weeks .Luther C. Seidle George R. Wendel D. D. Shaw William J. Witty E. R. Smaliwdod - J. L. Munneriynn Lynn C. Smith CITY HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. John S. Burke CHICKASAW INFIRMARY N. T. Tala CHICKASAW, ALA. USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Marcalo B. Bblen Paul D. Lawrence Warren Burnside Oscar Ozer James R. ColtreU William J. SmaU S. Heiducki Peter Smith G. Holgerson D, K. T. Sorensen USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Warner W. Allred W. Middendorf John F. Evans Jack D. Morrison Leonard N. Evans W. J. Morris F. W. Grant Ralph L. Sturgis James M. Hall Bernard Wolfman John A. Leavens USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. • . • Alfred Johanson George M. Rice Lewis M. Judd Henry J. Tucker Tony J. Kismul Robert J. Wiseman Herbert Pendry USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. S. Anderson L. Manhart Milton Raggett J. E. Markopolo G. Delgado Robert L. Shaw Raymond Harris - Frank D. Todd LeRoy H. Hoffman PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Roscoe Alford USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Carl E. Chahdler William Odum Jeff DavisG. A. Puissegar James Fried Hipolito Ramos QuUla E. Qarten Mack B. Singleton Gorman T. Glaze Samuel J. Steele Roy M. Hawes John Stone Vincent Jones Adoif Swenson Karl Kristensen - David F. Sykes Irwin Lltten Lloyd Thomas Peter Losado Adolph Vante James T. Mann WiUiam F. Vaughn Melvin Mason Edward H. Ward Tony Mastantino M. E. Watson Edward Melone • USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Eugene O. Barris S. R. Greenrldge Joseph W. Carey Stefa Kostegan John A. Duff.v R. N. Rogers' John J. Flaherty George A. WiUiama A. Green USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Lewis N. Childress H. D. MUliner V. De Almeida S. E. Roundtree Leslie M. Jackson Luby Wheeler Benefit Record: 4 Minutes Flat It may take three minutes to cook an egg, but it took just four to whip up an SIU maternity benefit check last week. The record-breaking performance was for benefit of a Sea­ farer who needed the money ' equal speed, but only because it in a hurry, didn't have any advance warning It seems that the Seafarer of the pending claim. in question bad his wife in a hos­ 4 4 4 that was a little sticky about Cinthia Darlene Nicholson, born pital getting their bill paid. They want­ May 19, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ed to see the color of his cash be­ Mrs. Dempsey Nicholson, Route 6, fore his wife was discharged, and Box 256, Mobile, Ala. she was due to go home that week­ 4 4 4. end. As usually happens in such Janet Laura Kuhn, born April situations heavy medical ex­ 27, 1953. Parents, ^Mr.'and Mrs. penses hadthe the Seafarer a lit­ Leo B. Kuhn, Beckmille Road, tle strappedleft for ready cash with a R. D. No. 1, Hanover, Pa. weekend coming up. 4 4 4 Extra-Fast Action Jesse Ronald Green, born May Since' he wanted to square 14, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Green, 718 Charbonnet things away with the hospital, the Seafarer came up to Welfare Street, New Orleans. 17, La. 4 4 4 ' Services in Brooklyn headquarters Wilbert James Miles, Jr., born on Friday morning, and asked if April 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and he could get extra-fast action on Mrs. Wilbert J. Miles, 351 West his benefit. He produced the nec­ essary papers which consist of Highland Av^enue, Prichard, Ala. marriage certificate, proof of birth 4,4 4 Angela Elaine Jensen, born May and the discharge from his last 20, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ship. His papers were checked on Carl Jensen, 266 South Hamilton right away and Just four minutes later he had the $200 benefit check Street, MobUe, Ala. Willis O'Berry, son of Sea­ in his hands. 4 4 4 Now all the Seafarer has to wait farer George O'Berry, shows Margaret . Ann Sumpter, bom May 12,1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. for is the $25 US defense bond. his progress at age 2i/^ months. James W. Sumpter, 3220 Holly Welfare Services is sori^ that it The O'Berry's live in Dade couldn't deliver the bond with City, Fla. Grove Street, New Orleans, La. Getting Older r-' •I j W' Seafarer Al (Honest Al) Whitmer, regular contributor to the SEA­ FARERS LOG and former editor of Delta Line shipboard news­ paper shown learning the ropes.of fatherhood with his new daugh­ ter, Alana. Al'a on tho Gidfwater right now. �June 12, 19SS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN SEAFARERS LOG Page Twenty-seven Co. Agent Huffy ? Nofify 51U The greatest number of cases that come to Welfare Services' attention involve Seafarers' claims for maintenance and cjire and, unpaid wages as a result of illness- or injury aboard ship. In many, instances the diffi­ he should have contacted the Union emergency cases the Seafarer culties arise when^the Sea­ while he was still overseas. That waits a few days before checking farer is in a foreign port and way Welfare Services would be in. That leaves a loophole open has to depend on the company able to act on the problem imme­ for the company to claim that he agents to provide hipi with unpaid diately instead of when the whole aggravated the injury or ailment , (News about in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Web wages, and after he gets out of the business was over. ashore and try to deny him part of 'fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer hospital, with maintenance and -Another difficulty arises with his maintenance on that basis. Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned «p while he makes cure money as well as skimp on- maintenance and cure claims here Obviously, this is a tough argu­ his rounds in his post,as Director of Welfare Services.) obligations to ""the Seafarer in in the US, if an injured Seafarer ment for the Seafarer to answer. That old movie gag about the fellow "who tripped up on a piece of other ways. Then when the Sea= takes his time about checking into It's common sense for the man to farer gets back to the States he a hospital immediately after leav­ report right in to the hospital to soap in the bathtub doesn't sound funny any more to Bill Bennett. comes up to Welfare ^Services to ing a ship. Sometimes in non­ eliminate any doubts on this score. Bill was second electrician on the Simmons Victory when he slipped collect the difference between the in the shower and cracked up a couple of his ribs. He's resting easier agent's payments and what the now, over at the Staten Island Hospital, now that we got his gear off the man is entitled to. In these in­ ship and checked it in for him in the headquarters baggage room. We stances, Welfare Services is able to straighten out matters and get saw Maurice Burnstine who has been in the hospital quite a while now, the man his money. trying out his artificial legs. Maurice is waiting for a couple of new Jlowever, the knowledge he will sockets that are on order and should make getting around a little collect his dough later on doesn't do the Seafarer much good while easier for him. Aubry Sargent is taking life easy waiting for his broken jaw to heal, He is beached in a foreign port. up. It seems that a couple of fellows took a dislike to Aubry one A couple of simple steps by the evening and'as he put it "they decided that my looks needed chang­ Seafarer can get him his mainte­ ing." The doctors have wired his jaw together and he expects that in nance money when he needs it most. a little while it will be as good as "new. Notify Union Fast All of the boys appreciate that Union hospital benefit, but Luther When a man is hospitalized in a Milton told us to make sure to thank the Union for him in the SEA­ FARERS LOG so ffiat everybody would know how he /eels about it. foreign port the first thing he Luther just got into Staten Island recently after being* an outpatient should do is notify the agent and awhile down on Hudson and Jay. The doctors felt he need's a little request his unearned wages and maintenance. If the man sees that patching up, that couldn't be done on the clinic visits. the agent is in any way holding up He's Seen Twins Already the payments he should let Wel­ Tom Maher wants us to straighten out a little misunderstanding fare Services know what the score that appeared in this comer last issue. He certainly has seen those is immediately, by airmail. brand new twins of his, because he spent a little time with them while Tjiat way. Welfare Services can still on out-patient treatment before he got into the hospital. We hope get after the company while the to get over your place, Tom, as soon as you're home again to get some man is still overseas, so that the pictures of the babies. company will instruct the agent to Bob Borland just got into the USPHS hospital recently after an abide by the Union agreement. accident he had on the Juiesberg. Bob caught a finger in some Once the agent receives instruc­ moving gear and had to be taken off the ship by the Coast Guard to tions from the home office on this get treatment. He was hospitalized down in Lewes, Delaware, for score, it's usually sufficient to guarantee full payment of moneys a while before being transferred up here. due and full satisfaction on all ' SStcomplaints. ' The scuttlebutt over at Manhattan Beach has it that the USPHS is Had to Work Way preparing to move In TB patients from other hospitals around July 1. Sometimes an accident will take Charles Shirley (right) is one Atlantic" man who benefited from The patients will come from Fort Stanton, Cleveland and Detroit, place in such a manner that there sailing SIU. He's shown here displaying the $200 maternity benefit according to what we've heard. Right now Manhattan Beach is pretty is a question whether or not the he received for his daughter, Joyce Lynn. . crowded with only a handful of empty beds, so the only way we can company is responsible, such as • see them making room for the newcomers is by moving out the 40 the instance in which *a man was The aid given Seafarers by SIU Welfare Services and the veteran patients that they have over there. hurt because of a dockside acci­ benefits provided by the SIU Welfare Plan without charge to All this is strictly unofficial, and the Union is trying to find out dent. The agent in this instance Just what's going to happen. As soon as we get the word we will pars claimed that there was nothing he Seafarers are proving effective organizing weapons among — could do, with the result that the tankermen of the Atlantic-^ it along. fleet. Several former and cur­ man had to work his way back as to enforce this contract clause in The Union is putting up quite a battle to save the Savannah USPHS soon as he was able to get around. rent Atlantic seamen have col­ all instances where it applies. It hospital from closing and the boys in the hospital there are pretty much concerned with what's happening. Right now we have about a When he got back here and went lected benefits under the SIU's contrasts strongly with the Atlantic dozen Seafarers in the hospital there including Warner Allred, John for his payoff the company pre­ simple qualifications and have been system where the company decides and Leonard Evans, Jim "Hall, Ralph Sturgis and a few others. They sented him with a hospital bill fo^ assisted by Welfare Services on whether or not the tankermen will receive maintenance if any and are all agreed that the closing would be a pretty rough deal for them medical care he had received over­ other personal matters. Atlantic men have been particu­ how long the benefits will last. and any other seamen who would ordinarily make use of this hospital. seas. Here again, if there was any larly impressed by the comprehen­ The fact that there is no charge doubt as to whether Hie Seafarer sive maintenance and cure clause whatsoever for all the SIU's bene­ is entitled to maintenance, un­ in the SIU contract and the fact fits—hospital, death, disability, earned wages and transportation. that Welfare Services goes to bat maternity and scholarship—is an­ other feature that impresses At­ lantic men. As they know from sad experience, every benefit that they might possibly get from Atlantic has to be paid for by themselves. The deaths of the following Manhattan State Hospital, Man­ And the whole sj'stem is so sur­ Seafarers have been reported to hattan, NY, on February 7, 1953. rounded by ifs, buts, and ands, that the Seafarers Welfare Plan and He joined the SIU in New Orleans nobody understands just what -is $2,500 death benefits are being two years ago. Burial took place involved except the insurance com­ at St. Lawrence Cemetery, New pany actuary who rigged the plan paid to beneficiaries. Haven, Conn.; the estate is admin­ up in the first place. The Atlantic Thomas J. Kustas, 46: A member istered by Vieno Irene Mattel, T93 man pays for it in a string of de­ of the engine department for the De Witt Street, New Haven,-Conu'. ductions at the payoff. Ijpast nine years. Brother Kustas In contrast the SlU"s require­ . t 4 4. died at the USPHS Hospital, Rich­ Joseph N. Lucas. 32: A resident ments are simple and easy to under­ mond, NY, on May 14, 1953. He of British West Indies, Brother stand—one day on an SIU ship is is survived by his wife. Aphrodite Lucas died of a lung ailment at the all that is needed for the bulk of Kustas, 83 Hamilton Place, Brook­ USAH 8167th AU Hospital, Tokyo, benefits provided by the SIU. lyn, NY. Burial took place at Cy­ Japan, on May 19, 1953. He had Typical of the licking .4.tlantic press Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, been sailing as a steward in the men take on their benefits are the NY. steward department since he joined deductions taken on one tanker4" 4" the Union, almost two years ago man's wages. Out of a $350 payoff Valentine E. Burzak, 38: On May in New York. He leaves his moth­ he shelled out $18.98 for annuity 9, 1953, Brother Burzak died at the er, Linda Lucas, St. Vincent, Brit­ tax, $6.75 for Blue Cross, and $2.70 VA Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. ish West Indies. for group insurance, or over $28 in He had been sailing in the steward all. 4 4 4 department out of Philadelphia George Marion Huguley, 18: A And even with these heavy pay­ since 1944. Burial took place at fatal automobile accident on May ments Atlantic men are never sure Beverly National Cemetery, Bever­ 16, 1953, caused Brother Huguley's of collecting a cent, because of. the ly, NJ. Brother Burzak leaves his death in Mobile, Ala. An SIU complicated eligibility require­ wife, Eleanor Burzak, 3111 East member of two years' standing, he ments they have to meet. Edgemont Street, Philadelphia, Pa. sailed as a utility man in the ste'wTo add to this, Atlantic seamen ard department out of Mobile. have nothing comparable to Wel­ t. t. Patrick Harvey Morris looks around SEAFARERS LOG office with Anthony ^Mattel, 38: Brother Burial took place at Whistler Cem­ fare Services to whom they can curious stare while being held by his dad, Harvey Morris, chief Mattel, who sailed in the steward etery, Whistler, Ala. His estate is turn when they need help on their •tewhrd. Patrick will cdebrate 2nd birthday in October. department, all ratings, died at administered by H. L. Huguley. personal problems. jsiaMLuO aiU no » lA jsnexA n SyOliJ ' Atlantic Tankermen Impressed By Union's Welfare Services Looking Things Over M �SEAFARERS^LOG Jiin* 12 1953 > OFFICIAL-ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I N TE R N AM O N A L U N IO N » ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFLT •' _ -.r * 'y' . :r.:® •••yii'i;';; TO X • . *•• "-^1 • ^ • :>/• ATIAMTC lANKERMM: /•••- ... f. . • •' -.w'v..:'-".'-.- tirv-:.' • •i /* ..V " '• ! . • - fip- . *4 .,-i. 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Title A name given to the resource June 12, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 12 Description An account of the resource Headline: SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS WILL BE DETERMINED SOON HAIL SIU CREW FOR RESCUE MEBA VOTE ON NATIONAL UNIT SLATED FILE FOR ATLANTIC FLEET VOTE MOVE STUNS AMEU; CREWS JUBILANT AS NEWS HITS SHIPS SIU STEPS UP SAVANNAH FIGHT; STANTON CLOSES SENATE TO HEAR VIEWS ON SHIP AID BARBERSHOP OPENS IN NEW YORK HQ BAR GIRLS GET ROUGH IN TOKYO SENATORS START OWN STUDY ON LIMITING MSTS ACTIVITY TOBACCO UNION PRAISES SIU AID ON UNION LABEL SIU VESSEL FLEES PIER IN $300G BOSTON BLAZE SEAFARER TO SOLO OCEAN IN BOAT DEL SUD CREWMEMBERS ENTERTAIN 500 AT FESTIVE SIU PICNIC IN NEW ORLEANS JONES ACT A LAW 33 YEARS NOW SIU HELPS TO DEDICATE NEW SEAMEN'S MEMORIAL CONSTITUTION OF MARINERS SLOWED BY SHIPYARD FIRE MYRON BULL DIES, WAS 3RD CO HEAD CANADA SIU HALTS PHONY PAYOFF BOSUN TAUGHT SELF ART, WON SIU CONTEST PRIZE THE ELECTION PETITION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ACTION IN CONGRESS IN FINE SIU STYLE TO THE LAND OF CUBA LIBRE GALS WIN RIGHT TO WEAR SHORTS CO. PAYS, FINDS 65 IS NOT OLD AFL FAR E. REP. 'BEST ANTI-RED' 53 YEARS IN 'BROTHERHOOD OF SEA' SPANNED BY TEAM OF FATHER, SON SEAFARER'S SON IS YOUNGEST OF HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATES NAME IS SAME--FACE ISN'T ROVING SKIPPER WITH YEN FOR YEN LEADS HIS CREW ON A MERRY CHASE POLIO DRIVE SUPPORT WINS CREW PRAISE ROBINSON CRUSOE BENEFIT RECORD: 4 MINUTES FLAT CO. AGENT HUFFY? NOTIFY SIU ATLANTIC TANKERMEN IMPRESSED BY UNION'S WELFARE SERVICES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/12/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8e81430b4c88ffe1f6e701b82f102d13.PDF 2602e15088e59d0a3011edaa78f9b875 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORQAMOFTHE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO Union Urges Congressmen To Act SIU Inland Boatmen's Union tugs, team up with Coast Guard tugs above to hold the listing Steel Fabricator against Norfolk dock after last month's fire aboard the SlU-manned vessel. The Fabricator is presently at Jacksonville for repairs. (See Page 2.) Sfeel Fobr/cofor. $IU HITS RENEWAL OF SCHEME TO END PHS FIT-FOR-DUTY SLIPS FOR SEAMEN Story On Page 3 US Charges Price Pigs By Cargill Story On Page 3 Kara photo shows smoke still pouring from piers of the SlUcontracted Pennsylvania RR in Jersey City. SIU Railway Marine Region members gained praise for heroic action during the blaze which gutted piers and equipment. (See Page 2.) ^ VI Union Action Settles Ship Beefs; $25,258 Gained For Seafarers Story On Page 3 2,400 VfC Seamen Come Under Banner Of SlUNA-MSTU Story On Page 3 0f«ccs#wn miiaaaa§ Newsmen from all over the world turned out in force fltfaaffOfl WWnCO¥» when the SlU-manned Globe Explorer arrived at Odessa, Russia recently with a cargo of 23,000 tons of U.S. wheat for the Soviet as part of the U.S.-Russian wheat deal. For an account of a trip to Moscow by a Seafarer aboard another SIU vessel which called at Russia with grain, see page 20. Pre-Balloting Report See Page 4 �SEAFARERS Tagm Twm SIU Supports ILA Picketing Some of the SlU crewmembers who won praise for heroism during the Steel Fabricator fire are shown here on deck. They are (kneeling, l-r) Charies Johnson, AB; John Ohonnosion, AB; Emmonouil Holkios, MM; Andrew Kinney, OS; Charles Wilson, MM. Standing (l-r) are Hans Schroder, 3rd mate; Jay Street, 3rd mate; Manfred Leuschner, AB; Henry Moffett, OS; Alfred Hsndyvedt, bosun; Lysle Fuertado, AB; Lawrence Chrisinger, cook and Claronce Pryor, AB. Steel Fabricator Under Repairs JACKSONVILLE—The Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), which suffered severe damage during a fire in Norfolk on May 15-16, has been transferred here for repair work by Jackson­ ville Shipyards, Inc. Isthmian Line officials expect the re­ gen breathing apparatus. pair job will keep the Fab­ Going Into the hold for short ricator In layup until July 6th. The fire, which started during cargo unloading operations, caused heavy damage in number 3 hold. Company officials estimate that the complete repair job will cost between $340,000 to $350,000. Needs Plates The main part of the repair work will consist of renewing plates, restoring the bulkheads in the hold, and installing new wir­ ing from the winches to the en­ gine room. Following completion of the repairs on July 6th, Isth­ mian officials have scheduled the Fabricator to begin loading cargo In Galveston on July 10th. Sixteen SIU members in the ship's crew won high praise dur­ ing the fire when they coura­ geously volunteered to enter the 'tween decks area of the burning hold to unload smouldering rolls of Hessian cloth. The teamwork and skill displayed by the Sea­ farers as they performed this risky work was lauded both by company officials and Norfolk firefighters. The successful unloading oper­ ation allowed city firemen to un­ cover a hatch where the core of the fire continued to burn. Utiliz­ ing the skills they learned in Union training programs, the volunteers worked with gas masks and oxy- periods of time, the volunteers unloaded 104 rolls of cloth from the smoky hold. They began the job at 9:30 PM Saturday evening and continued until 6 AM the following morning. Firefighting operations on the ship were hindered by an eightdegree list. RMR Vote June 15-19 JERSEY CITY—Election of of­ ficers for the SIU Railway Marine Region under procedures set forth in the Union constitution will take place during this coming week from June 15 to June 19th. The 12 offices which will be filled In the election are those of regional director, assistant regional director in Norfolk and Jersey City, as well as nine chairmen for each of the railroads covered by RMR contracts. Candidates elected to regional offices will serve threeyear terms. The election will take pla.ce over a two-day period in each of the four cities which have an RMR office. Balloting will take place on the following dates: Jersey City, June 15-16; Philadelphia, June 1617; Baltimore, June 17-18; and Norfolk, June 18-19. Hours of voting on the first day June 12,1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 12 will run from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM and from 9: AM to 5: PM on the second day. Members who are pre­ sent to cast their ballots before the closing hours of the voting, will PAUL HALL. President be eligible to vote. HEBfiEBT BBANO, EditOT; IBWIN SPIVACK A special meeting will be called managing Editor; BEBNABD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYEB, in each city between the hours THOMAS LAuquLiN. ROBEBZ ARONEON, of 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM on the Staff Writers. day when voting commences to Published biweekly at the headquarters select an election committee. The of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters committee will be chosen by ma­ District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, jority vote of those members pre­ Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post sent. Offlea In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act Notice of the election procedures •f Aus. 24, 1912. ~ 120 have been mailed to each RMR member. SEAFARERS LOG Ju* U» JffM LOG MORRISVILLE, Pa.—Seafarers aboard the SlU-contracted tanker Columbia are respecting picketlines set up here by the Inter­ national Longshoremens Associa­ tion. The ILA Is protesting the use of Steelworkers Instead of Longshoremen* In loading prod­ ucts aboard the ship here. The Columbia was returning from San Francisco Bay on the final phase of its maiden voyage as a steel products carrier for United States Steel when the ILA established picketlines at the company's facilities here. SIU members on the vessel then re­ fused to work behind the ILA picketlines and paid off the vessel. The Columbia, a converted T-2 tanker, is the first of two tankers which have been converted for carrying steel products from the East Coast to the Pacific. Job Raid Fails; NMU Sues SIU For $40 Million By Paul Noll This week your Union, the SIU, found it necessary to urge the appro­ priate committees of Congress to take a look at a situation which threatens to affect American Seamen. I am referring to the behindthe-scenes campaign which is being revived by the insurance com­ panies and other vested interests who are anxious to see the Public Health Service cease its practice of issuing fit-for-duty slips. As Seafarers well know, this has been a traditional function of the Public Health Service Hospitals, which are universally respected in the maritime industry for their fairness, objectively and professional competence. Because of these qualities of the Public Health Service, both labor and management in maritime have come to abide by the decisions of the Public Health Service, when questions arise concerning a seaman's fitness for duty. Most certainly, the Union would not necessarily accept a company doctor's decision in such cases. In fact, the SIU contract provides that in the event of a dispute over the fitness of a Seafarer for employment, the determination of the Public Health Service shall be binding. This system has worked effectively and satisfactorily. But now we find that there are those who have a special interest and who are determined to put a halt to the issuance of fit-for-duty slips by Public Health Service Hospitals. Obviously, the Union will not permit any group with a narrow, selfish interest in this matter arbitrarily to decide that a seaman is medically unfit for employment. We have fought too long and too hard to win a fair and equitable method of determining the seamen's fitness for employment. We will not revert to any system under which Seafarers could be made the victims of an insurance company's selfish objective. Although this proposal to halt issuance of fit-for-duty slips was suspended as a result of Union opposition, the interests who initiated this scheme have not given up in their efforts to bring it about. We will, however, maintain the same vigilance with respect to this attempt, as we have with respect to other attempts to whittle down services of the Public Health Service Hospitals. The Public Health Service Hospitals and their vital services are issues over which the Union has fought throughout its industry. Al­ most with clock-work regularity, there have been attempts to close hospitals, reduce and curtail services and otherwise diminish the effectiveness of these important institutions. It is reasonable to expect, in this day and age, that an institution such as the Public Health Service, with such a high degree of pro­ fessional competence, and the technical and scientific skills so val­ uable to the health and well-being of the community, would be in the process of expansion of its services. But such is not the case. Instead, we find ourselves having to fight for the maintenance of these serv­ ices. It is unfortunate that we must do it, but we will continue to do Just that. Having failed In an attempt to raid SlU-contracted jobs by picketline and other pressure moves, the NMU changed Its tactics and Instituted a $40 million damage suit and unfair labor practice charges against the SIU and two shipping companies. The NMU raid attempt was aimed at tanker jobs which have been under SIU contract since 1952—^first under the Colonial Steamship Corporation and then under its successor, the Western Tankers Corporation, which pur­ chased the vessels last year. When the NMU was unable to force Western Tankers to replace SIU crewmen with NMU men, the NMU refused to sign on aboard vessels of American ExportIsbrandtsen Lines, with which it has contracts, maintaining that American Export-Isbrandtsen was ^ JERSEY CITY—^Rail tugmen from the SIU-Railway. Ma­ the owner of the SlU-contracted rine Region played a major role in saving equipment worth tankers. millions of dollars recently in a disastrous fire which de­ After tying up 11 of their own stroyed two piers of the Penn-^ contracted vessels, the NMU de­ sylvania Railroad in Jersey cial praise for the role they played cided to halt the tactic, and release City. The fire, said to be the in the operation. The crews on the vessels and announced that it was filing the law suit and unfair "greatest" waterfront blaze in the numbers five, six and seven city's history, raged over a bridges also were cited for their labor charges. quarter-mile of the waterfront admirable performance. here on May 27. The assistance provided by the $5 Million Damage SIU tug crews has received high The fire caused damage to the praise from the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania's equipment tenta­ Railroad. In a letter to the tug­ tively estimated at $5 million, men, W. C. Rockcy, assistant company officials said. Nineteen superintendent of the road's ma­ fireboats worked to control the rine department, said, "I wish to blaze which broke out shortly be­ express my personal thanks to all DETROIT—The National Labor fore 10 PM. The fire was declared of our employees who partici­ Relations Board certified the under control five hours later. pated in combating the disastrous RMR crewmembers who were fire at Harsimus Cove last week. Seafarers International Union Great Lakes District as the exclu­ working on the middle and last The successful control of that sive bargaining agent for the watches on the Pennsylvania's serious situation without a per­ Pringle Barge and Towing Com­ tugs Pittsburgh, Jersey City, In­ sonal injury being sustained to dianapolis, New York, Altoona, any of our employees was, indeed, pany last week. The SIU had won an earlier Cincinnati and Harrisburg all most gratifying and you should election at the company on April provided invaluable help as they feel proud of having done an ex­ 16. Pringle represented one of responded to the emergency. The ceptional job. "The assistance and cooperation the last-unorganized companies on railroad's tug Trenton, which is berthed in Greenville, NJ, was I received while directing the the Great Lakes prior to the elec­ brought to the scene of the fire operation, under extenuating cir­ tion. by an urgent call to provide help. cumstances, makes me real proud NLRB hearings arose when The chief job of the tug crews to be part of an organization of the company filed nine separate was to pull every piece of fioat- men such as we have in our Ma­ unfair lahor practice charges ing equipment they could reach rine Departnaent." against the SIU. After more than out of the path of the fire and In addition to the destruction 50 days of inestigation, the NLRB into the harbor where it could be of two piers, the fire also de­ threw out all the charges. docked safely. The crews were stroyed three float bridges used The election was won by the instrumental in saving carfloats to carry railroad cars between SIU on a 20-14 count, with one and tugs moored at the blazing barges and tracks on land as well vote void and one challenged. piers worth millions of dollars. as three freight cars. Piers L Pringle Barge operates two tugs Bridgemen and .motormen work­ and M, both coal docks, suffered and two barges and employs about ing on number eight and nine complete destruction, while Piers 40 unlicensed seamen. bridge were singled out for spe­ H and K were severely damaged. SIU Rail Tugmen Star In Pier Fire NLRB Certifies Lakes SIU Win �fin* Iti ItM SEAFARERS^ « EOft Pag* Thre* i' •t\ SlU Settles Beefs, Nets Crews $25,258 NEW YORK—The SIU Contract Department has settled a num­ ber of outstanding beefs with ship operators that will benefit the Seafarers Involved to the tune of $25,258. The ships Involved in the beefs were the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), Taddei Village (Consolidated), and the Niagara (Oriental Exporters). The dispute on the Steel Fabricator arose as a result of the fire which blazed in her hold on May 15-16 while she was docked in Norfolk. Even though longshoremen were offered the premium rate to unload the cargo, they refused to go down into the hold. The unloading work was then performed by a group of 16 Seafarers who volunteered to do the Job. The contract provides that if sailors are required to work cargo, they are entitled to be paid at the longshore rate. Since long­ shoremen would have been paid $9.21 per hour for performing this work, the crew claimed this rate of pay. After discussion with the SIU Contract Department, company officials agreed to pay the crewmembers who worked the smoulder­ ing cargo at the rate of $9.21 per hour. The 16 SIU men put in a total of 200 hours which brings the total amount of money the crew received to $1,842. The Contract Department also reports that it has settled two beefs resulting from the loss of the Taddei Village. The ship has been declared a total loss after hitting a reef off the coast of Japan. Since the wreck occurred without any loss of life, the entire crew was repatriated to Los Angeles on a tourist class jet flight. The first beef on the wreck involved the difference between tourist class and first class jet fare. Since the ship was considered a total loss, the Union was able to collect $265 per man, the amount of the difference. The total for the 30 seamen involved came to $7,940. The second dispute involving the ship's loss dealt with the con­ tract requirement that the company pay $500 per man as a clothing allowance for personal possessions lost in the accident. The com­ pany has settled this claim which totaled $15,000. The majority of the crewmembers have already collected their clothing allowance checks, but the Contract Department is still holding checks for the following men: William H. Hutchinson, Manuel Silva, Claude B. Jessup, Walker E. Ward, William Essler, Charles Kemczynski and Peter Krupinski. The third beef which has been settled by the Contract Depart­ ment this month deals with a dispute about overtime for tank cleaning aboard the Niagara. The company agreed to pay a total of $465.84 to the men involved, and the Contract Department is hold­ ing checks for the following men: Christo T. Anastasiou, $24.50; Richard Anderson, $73.54; Robert C. Bnjan, $22.73; John W. Gibson, $32.04; James L. Grant, $104.20; Francis M. Greenweil, $5.63; Richard Heckman, $27.38; Herbert Mills, $54.68; Jose A. Paz, $58.96; Albin Samoska, $30.14; and John J. Wynne, $32.04. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of these men is urged to have them contact the contract department to pick up their checks. SIU FIGHTS REVIVAL OF MOVE TO END PHS FIT-FOR-DUTY SLIPS The SIU has called on the appropriate Senate and House committees to prevent the pressures of groups with vested interests from achieving abandon­ ment of the issuance of fit-for-duty slips by US Public Health Service hospitals. Although plans to drop'*^ ——• House Committee on Education "the revival of pressures to this service have been and Labor, SIU President Paul the change." temporarily postponed, the effect In a communication to members Hall said, "1 do not believe that SIU held that immediate ac­ of the Senate Committee on La­ the narrow, selfish interests of tion is necessary in light of bor and Public Welfare and the those who are seeking a cessation SIU Moves To Safeguard Crew Wages On 3 Ships The SIU has filed liens and taken other actions to protect the wages of Seafarers on three vessels operated by the Pacific Seafarers company. The Union's actions were taken against the Jian Baltimore, the A and J Faith in Cleve­ liens against the three ships to land and the A and J Mercury protect welfare, pension and vaca­ in Port Colburne, Canada. The company has filed a petition for reogranization in the New York courts. Arrangements were made by the Union to return the crews to their ports of sign-on and the SIU has advanced funds to the crew-mem­ bers pending the payment of wages as determined by the court. Liens in behalf of their mem­ bers were also placed against the vessels by the MEBA, ROU and MM&P, The Seafarers Welfare and Vacation Plans have also placed US Says Cargill Rigs Wheat Prices Cargill, Inc., a major US grain shipper, has been cited in a complaint issued by the Commodity Exchange Authority in Washington on a charge of manipulating wheat prices. Cargill was one of the firms handling the huge sale of US wheat to the Soviet Union and was a center of the dis--^ pute arising out of insistence thority complaint charged Cargill the height of the dispute over the by the SIU and other unions with "attempted manipulation and Soviet wheat shipments, SIU Presi­ that 50 percent of the cargoes go In American ships. Cargill sought to bypass the use of US vessels despite President Kennedy's pro­ nouncement that half of these cargoes would go in US ships. The Commodity Exchange Au­ manipulation" of wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade in May, 1963. Cargill has frequently been the object of Government charges re­ garding price manipulation, illegal trading and other malpractices. At Certify SlU-MSTU For 2,400 Seamen SAN FRANCISCO—The SIUNA-affiliated MiUtary Sea Transport Union has been certified as the exclusive bargain­ ing agent for 2,400 West Coast seamen on Military Sea Trans­ port Service ships. Weisberger authorized an organ­ Notice of the certification izing drive among MSTS seamen was received by SIUNA on the Pacific Coast, and appointed Executive Vice-President Morris Weisberger, who is acting admin­ istrator of the SlU-Military Sea Transport Union. The certification covers all civi­ lian marine personnel employed by the Military Sea Transportation Service, Pacific Area, in the nonofficer ratings. It culminates a campaign that • began two years ago when SIUNA President Paul Hall and Executive Vice-President William Handelsman to direct the campaign. The MSTU-SIU also represents all unlicensed personnel in the MSTS Hawaiian Command, and holds exclusive recognition for all chief stewards, second stewards, troop and third stewards in the four MSTS passenger vessels, and all chief stewards in the MSTS freight vessels in the Pacific Com­ mand. dent Paul Hall cited the company's long record of irregularities in grain dealing, dating from 1940 up to the present time. Denied Trading Privileges Hall noted that the company had only been reinstated as a member of the Chicago Board of Trade on October 24, 1962, after having been out since 1940, when it was denied trading privileges. Hall's reference to Cargill's rec­ ord were made after the company had attempted to justify its bypass­ ing American ships in the grain trades by saying it was doing so in the national interest. Hall said that the company was "waving the flag in order to mask its gluttony for greater profits at the expense of this nation's interests in the carriage of grain products to the Soviet bloc." The complaint lodged this week by the Government agency alleges that Cargill demanded and re­ ceived prices that were "arbitrary and artificial" and that, as a result, cash wheat was traded at artificial prices in violation of the Commod­ ity Exchange Act. A hearing before a referee has been set for August 19 in Minneapolis. The Government agency's com­ plaint came on the heels of Cargill's latest attempt tp manipulate (Continued on page 17) tion payments. The controlling interests in the Pacific Seafarers company also operate three other ships—the A and J Mid-America, the Anji and the A and J Doctor Max. Through arrangements made by the Union, the crew of the MidAmerica was repatriated from Saigon, Viet Nam, where the vessel is currently being protected by the US Government after being looted by a roving mob. The Union has advanced money to these crewmen and taken steps to process their claims against the vessel. Also as a result of the Union's efforts, the State Department has agreed to guarantee the wages and allotments of the Anji crewmem­ bers if they agree to remain aboard the vessel when It arrives in Saigon and to continue the voyage. In the case of the A and J Doctor Max, which is under time charter from Waterman, the Union has obtained assurances that Waterman will guarantee the wages and allotments of the crew­ men. of the issuance of the slips should in any way be permitted to inter­ fere with or cause the abandon­ ment of a valuable and necessary service by a highly respected and competent government agency." The SIU communication stressed that the traditional func­ tions which have been performed by USPHS include "that of pro­ viding reports on seamen patients indicating whether or not they are fit for duty aboard US mer­ chant vessels." Hall pointed out that because of the impartiality and integrity of the USPHS personnel, both maritime labor and management have accepted the USPHS deci­ sions with respect to seamen's fit­ ness for duty where disputes have arisen over this question. The SIU President's message said that a move is under way by groups with vested interests such as insurance companies and others, to have the USPHS cease issuance of the fit-for-duty slips. Hal! said that the SIU and other sections of maritime la­ bor "were absolutely opposed to the scrapping of so vital a service. Implementation," Hall said, "of this change was then postponed. However, we understand that the pres­ sures originally responsible for the proposed change are being revived." In bringing this issue to the at­ tention of the legislators. Hall said "we are calling this matter to your attention as a member of a Congressional committee with an interest and concern in such matters." The SIU President urged that the committee members use their (Continued on page 23) SIU Tops Teamsters In Detroit Cab Vote DETROIT—The SlU's Transportation Services and Allied Workers rolled up a decisive 3-2 vote margin over the Teamsters in an NLRB election among Checker Cab drivers here June 8-9. However, the Board announced that there were 312 challenged votes which could affect the final results of the election. The challenges will be disposed of after a five-day voting period, the Board said. Virtually all of the 312 challenges were made by the company, tlie Teamsters and the NLRB. Hailing the election turnout by Checker drivers, despite the efforts of the company to discourage voting, SIU TS&AW representatives are advising all Checker drivers whose votes were challenged that their votes will remain secret. They pointed out that the challenges by the company and the Teamsters were designed to reduce the total vote and to discourage drivers from voting. Although the Teamsters have a taxi local in Detroit, they never made any effort to organize the Checker cabs or get them an election. The NLRB vote was the result of the efforts of a group of Checker cab drivers who came to the SIU TS&AW two years ago for assistance. During the two years which followed, the company used every devic* to prevent an election, including the claim of multi-ownership of tha cabs. The Board ordered the election after a Supreme Court decision that multi-ownership systems are not a bar to an election. �Page Four SEAFARERS Jwe 18. Ifil LOG Russia Quietly Seeking Further Grain Purchases By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Gulf Shipping Outlook Bright The last two-week period has been a profitable one along the Gulf Coast from the viewpoint of Seafarers. Jobs have been plentiful in Mobile, Houston and New Orleans and the outlook for the immediate future is bright. With seven payoffs, four sign-ons and six ships in transit, the mem­ bership enjoyed what amounted to a shipping boom in Mobile which at times has had its lean days in recent years. ington as well as Ottawa. Wheat still not expected to come up to be in small amounts. Progress was being made in the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union too. purchases from Canada by Russia the Soviet's consumption. The grain transactions are con­ Bargaining began at Orange, Texas, on a first contract for the em­ bolster world grain markets and Because of last year's failure, tributing to a reduction in the ployes of the newly organized Slade, Inc., and Southern Towing strengthen the balance of pay­ the Russians were forced to pur­ critical US balance of payments Company. These companies are best known to Seafarers from that ments position of both Canada chase close to 12 million tons deficit. The USSR has to sell gold area as Higman'Towing Co. About 150 new members are involved in and the US, because Canada is from Canada and the US. They to get the necessary currency to this fleet. the largest single customer of the contracted for $500 million of pay for the Canadian and Ameri­ From Mobile comes news that R. L. "Lucky" Pritehett is asking his US, and she pays for American grain in Canada, then pieced out can wheat. The bulk of the gold friends to change his nickname as a result of his recent experiences. goods with nroney received from their requirements by placing sales are made to the free world He got off the Alice Brown after making several trips as chief elec­ $138 million of orders in this gold pool in London, and the US trician to do some work on some land he has acquired at Mobile. This the Soviet Union. collects part of the gold as a turned out to be his first mistake because he stepped in a hole and Although the Russians have not country. Indicated the size of this year's Administration officials ex­ member of the group. broke his ankle. Despite advice from the Mobile staff that it wasn't desired purchase, it is believed pressed hope that some of the The pool transferred $178 mil­ necessary for him to come to the Mobile SIU hall to bring in his that it will again be substantial. wheat purchases again will be lion of metal to the US treasury medical reports, he Insisted on-*in April. doing so. This wasn't such a man P. McNulty left the chief While the Soviets have come good idea, either. He fell on the electrician's job on the A. & J. under considerable pressure to stairs and fractured an arm. Faith to spend some time with his boost exports to earn money to Now, he has both an arm and a family. pay for the food she must buy leg in a cast. At last reports he In New Orleans it looked like abroad, Canada and the US are was playing It safe and both old home week with such famil­ receiving a powerful, unexpected breaks were healing normally. iar faces as Stan Zcaglcr, Andrew boost in bolstering their own pay­ Some of the oldtinrers on the Mir, John Luther, Leo Crawford, ments positions. beach in Mobile include H. M. Bill Tank, Bernie Guarino, John There is mounting European Gilmore, who is taking a rest with Picou and John Mina being seen NEW YORK—The SIU Seniority Upgrading Program was interest in granting credit to the his family getting off the around the hall. sailing at full speed ahead this week when the latest group Russians. American officials are Del Ore, on after which he was second Payoffs of class B Seafarers began participation June 8 in the pro­ not quite so afraid of selling cook. William R. Stone came W. G. Trice went to Houston gram inaugurated this past"*-^ "strategic" goods to the Commu­ ashore from the Ocean Ulla after to register after paying off as February by the Seafarers Battery Place, Suite 1930, New nists, and a slow growth in trade sailing as first cook for about a night cook and baker from the Appeals Board. could be underway. York 4, N.Y. year. He went into the hospital Council Grove in Mobile. The Twenty-six Seafarers are en­ Members of the SAB Seniority However, a sharp rise in US- to have a hernia repaired and is ship laid-up temporarily after a rolled in this fourth group of class Upgrading Committee include Soviet trade is unlikely because looking forward to a "fit for B men to take part in the pro­ Shepard for the Atlantic Area; there are few US export items duty" slip soon. C. H. Williams, trip to Russia with grain. Arthur Sulla decided to hit the beach in gram. Lindsey Williams, Gulf Area; A1 the Russians can sell to earn the on the Alcoa Ranger in an AB's Houston for a rest after several Announcement of the upgrad­ Tanner, Great Lakes Area; and currency that they must have to job for about two years, got off trips on the Walter Rice, Reynolds ing program was made in Feb­ E. B. McAuley, West Coast Area. pay for American goods. to study for a mate's license un­ Aluminum ore carrier. Bob Lam­ ruary by the SAB, a joint Unionder the upgrading program of bert got off the Inger, sister ship management panel governing the the join SlU-management ad­ to the Walter Rice, to recuperate shipping rules set up under the ministered Maritime Advance­ from an illness. He is now fit for contracts for SIU vessels, follow­ ment Programs. He lives in Mo­ duty and looking for a long trip. ing a Union-shipowner survey of bile, with his wife and children. Jimmy Foster paid off the Yaka manpower needs in all ports and H. H. Hurlstone, who has been and says he will be ready to go the number of men shipped to shipping out of the Gulf for 20 soon. He is another one looking fill SlU-contracted vessels in years, got off the Monarch of the for a long voyage. Steve Craw­ 1963. By Cai Tanner, Executive Vice-President Seas and registered in Group 1 ford, one of the Pearl River bo^s, The action was a move to assure of the Deck Department. He paid off the newly-contracted the availability of qualified Sea­ came ashore to help his mother SIU ship Ridgefield Victory and farers to meet current manning get settled in this country after went over to Houston to register. needs. In a recent exchange of letters between President Johnson and the he was able, with the help of the He says he plans to rest awhile The third group of 25 men to participate in the seniority up­ head of the Federal Maritime Commission, Adm. John Harllee, a mat­ Union, to get her admitted from before he starts pitching for a grading completed the program ter of great importance to everyone in the shipping business was dis­ the Grand Cayman Islands. Bow­ fireman's job. cussed. The balance of payments of the United States is in a very May 29. All participants received cer­ precarious position at this time, and one of the most thorough ways of tificates verifying their new class bringing about a better balance is to insure that more goods for export A seniority under the rules estab­ from the US travel in US-flag ships. Specifically, the balance of payments is the measure of payments lished by the SAB. Applications for the seniority into and out of the country by government, business and individuals. upgrading program are open to In the recent past, the payments out of the country have reached an qualified Seafarers. Class B men alarming figure over the amount this country is taking in. HAMBURG, Germany—technical committee of the Inter­ who wish to apply for an upgrad­ In his letter, Johnson appealed to the FMC to step up its activities national Organization for Standardization is meeting here ing application, or who wish fur­ which would help to wipe out the nation's adverse balance of trade to decide on a world-wide common size for cargo containers. ther information on the program, position. Johnson said that while "we have recorded substantial should write Earl Shepard, Chair­ progress" since the late President Kennedy announced such a program Concerns under contract to-*-^ — man, Seafarers Appeals Board, 17 in July of last year, "it is imperative that we restore equilibrium in the SIU which have container- and are said to be reluctant to our international accounts." ships are Sea-Land Service approve the metric series. "I am sure," President Johnson continued, "that you are entirely and the South Atlantic and Carib­ No votes have yet been cast by aware of the national importance of achieving balan(?e-of-payments bean Lines. Sea-Land has six such Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Is­ equilibrium. I ask you fully to take into account this urgent national ships, while South Atlantic has rael, Italy, the Netherlands, Nor­ problem in carrying out your-^ one. way, Poland and the Soviet Union. mandate as head of an independent no unwarranted discriminations Recommended dimensions for Delegates to the meeting, how­ regulatory agency of the United against this nation's exports. eight container sizes—five Ameri­ ever, are optimistic about the NEW YORK—Local 1814 of the States." "The most important program can and three European—are be­ chances of at least a compromise International Longshoremen's As­ Economists realize the im­ being undertaken by the com­ ing considered at the meeting. version of the container issue sociation recently celebrated its portance of the American merchant Basically, the American sizes are tenth anniversary with a dinner- fleet as a major contributor mission is an investigation into eight feet wide and eight feet prior to adjournment. The recom­ mendation would then go before ocean freight rate disparities; in dance at the Americana Hotel toward efforts to effect an our most important export trades, high, and range in length from the 50-nation ISO for final con­ Mayor Wagner recently honored equilibrium between outgoing and the export freight rates are sub­ five to 30 feet. The three Euro­ sideration. the local, the largest in the ILA, incoming funds. Revenues earned stantially higher than the import pean sizes are in metric measure­ That means that final accept­ by proclaiming June 6th as "Local by American ships for carrying rates on the same or similar ments, and are four to nine feet ance of the global standard is at 1814, ILA Day" in New York. Over foreign passengers and freight commodities," Harllee said. in length. least a year away. 2,000 guests attended the dinner- came to about $600 million on the US Favored The committee meeting here "As pointed out by the Joint dance, including SIU officials. favorable side of accounts in 1963. Economic Committee of the Con­ Most countriess at the confer­ plans to consider not only the Anthony Scotto, president of the The Federal Maritime Com­ gress such disparities can have a ence have given at least tentative actual sizes to be approved, but 8,000 member longshore local, com­ mission "regards that goal as profound and detrimental effect approval to the American sizes, also the definition of "containers" pared its strong present condition perhaps its most important re­ on this nation's export capacity but the European sizes have yet itself, and methods of marking, with its modest beginnings ten sponsibility," Harllee replied in a and, consequently, upon its bal­ to be worked out by the com­ testing and lifting them. years ago when a small group of return letter to the President. To ance of payments situation." mittee. The proposed container The committee was appointed members met in a dilapidated that goal, he said, his agency is There has been an improve­ sizes have the votes, already cast, because of a request by US in­ storefront in a Brooklyn slum. In engaged in an intensive effort, ment in the balance of payments of the US, Belgium, France, Ger­ dustry leaders and the American those days, Scotto said, Brooklyn involving informal and fact-find­ since the beginning of this year, many and Switzerland. Australia, Standards Association of the ISO longshoremen earned, an average ing investigations and formal but it is not enough, and it is not Portugal and Sweden have en­ to consider world wide standards dorsed only the American sizes, for containers. hearings to ensure that there are (Continued on page 14) annual wage of $2,500. WASHINGTON — Another disappointing wheat crop in the Soviet Union has led Rus­ sian officials to begin new but quiet negotiations to buy a large additional quantity of Canadian wheat to be shipped later this year and during the first half of 1965, Word of the Russian desire to buy is being received with Russia has reportedly started a made in this country, but they great satisfaction in Wash­ better harvest this year, but it is anticipate that any such sales will New Group Starts SiU Upgrading Class US Ships Aid Balance Of Payments Croup Seeks Standard Of Cargo Container Size Local 1814 10 Years Old �U, UM SEAFARERS Vacation Bonanza fV Hft LOa t Operators Rap Mid-Sale Rule Change MA Sticks To Revised C-4 Evaluation Ruling WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration has affirmed its method of evaluating Government reserve fleet C-4's used in exchange for older ships from private shipowners. The decision announced by MA Administrator Nicholas Johnson came after the shipowners had blasted the MA's evalua->trans, received one apiece. to $500,000 on the C-4s on an "as tion method. Johnson, in rendering his Maritime Administrator Nicholas is, where Is" basis. Credit is given Those happy smiles are all for Seafarer Frank S. Bosmenfe who is seen accepting a whopping $848.22 vacation check from SlU rep. John Dwyer. Posing for the check presenta­ tion are ll-r) Dwyer, Bosmente and his wife, Ramona. Bosmente was at sea for more than a year, most of the time as a night cook and baker on the Hercules Victory I SeaTramp). decision said that he is satisfied that the valuation policy of the C-4 military type vessels is fully supported by the statutory lan­ guage of the Ship Exchange Act, it's legislative history, and the intent of Congress. Of the 18 C-4s released by the Navy from the reserve fleet last year, the MA allocated 13 to SIUcontracted companies. Of these. Waterman drew six, Calmar five, and Oceanic Petroleum and Penn- Work Begun For 2nd APL Two More Seafarers Mariner Type Get Pension Benefits Two more Seafarer oldtimers have been added to the ever­ growing number of Union members who are collecting monthly pension checks. The joint Union - shipowner trustee panel announced its-t^ approval of $150 disability SIU A&G District in Norfolk pensions for Carl McCranie Sailing as a member of the engine and Fred Murphy. The action of the trustees brings the number of SIU members who can spend a secure retirement, supported by a regular pension check, to a total nearing 600. Carl McCranie, 70, became a member of the SIU when he signed up in New Orleans. He sailed as a messman in the steward department. McCranie ended his career as a Seafarer when he made his last trip on the Transeire (Hud­ son Waterways). Prior to becoming McCranie Murphy a seaman, he worked as' a railroad switchman. He makes his home in Port Arthur, Texas where he lives witli his family. Fred Murphy, 65, joined the Group Studies English Channel Traffic Rules For the first time in history, open-sea traffic control for ships was recommended at a conference in London in order to cut down the excessive amount of ship collisions be­ tween Dover, England and Cap Oris Nez, France. Repre­ sentatives from 14 maritime nations at the five-day con­ ference considered a set of rules to alleviate the dangers involved in the 21-miie-wide English Channel cro.ssing. Sta­ tistics compiled by Britain showed that 53 collisions oc­ curred in the area in a 21month period. department, he ended his days as a seaman with a trip on the Maiden Creek (Waterman). Murphy makes his home in Norfolk and intends to spend some of the com­ ing months traveling to visit mem­ bers of his family who live in Oklahoma. Labor Urges Conservation Legislation WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO has urged the House Interior Committee to approve a wilderness preservation bill which the Senate passed more than 13 months ago. AFL-CIO legislative director Andrew J. Biemiller, in letters to Chairman Wayne N. Aspinall IDColorado) and other committee members, termed the Senatepassed bill the "best" of the wilder­ ness protectiion bills pending in the committee. The Senate bill, backed by the Administration and conservation groups, would place 8.2 million acres of undeveloped national forest land permanently in the wilderness system and add an ad­ ditional 57.2 million acres of pub­ lic land conditionally to the system, subject to review. Over a 10-year period, other "primitive" areas could be added on the rec­ ommendation of the President, subject to a veto by either house or Congress. He urged that mineral leasing in wilderness areas be restricted to those situations where the Presi­ dent has ruled that a special need exists for mineral development. Labor's position, he emphasized, is that any legislation enacted should include "adequate protec­ tions to assure preservation of our wilderness heritage for the benefit of future generations of American citizens." SAN FRANCISCO —Construc­ tion was begun last month on the second of three Master Mariner cargoliners for SIU Pacific Dis­ trict-contracted American Presi­ dent Line when the keel for the President Monroe was laid at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's San Diego shipyard. The 23,000-ton American Presi­ dent Lines freighters will not be ordinary cargo freighters. Special innovations and design features will be built into the ships, and the three vessels will rank among the largest, fastest, and most highly-automated cargo-liners In the American merchant marine. The President Monroe is sched­ uled to be launched in February and delivered to the company in August of next year. A keel for the third ship, the President Harrison, will be laid in November of this year at which time the first ship, now under construction, the Presi­ dent Polk, will be launched. All three liners are expected to be in American President's trans­ pacific service by early 1966. The ships will incorporate an engine room central control system so that one officer may check the entire plant for general perform­ ance and safety without leaving the central control console. The new freighters, under con­ struction at a cost of mora than $37 million, are part of American President's fleet replacement pro­ gram, and will bring to 13 the number of cargo liners that have entered service with the company in the last decade. Eight additional cargo liners are in the planning stages and are expected to enter service by early 1968. Moving? Notify SIU, Welfare Seafarers and SIU families who apply for maternity, hos­ pital or surgical benefits from the Welfare Plan are urged to keep the Union or the Wel­ fare Plan advised of any changes of address while their applications are being proc­ essed. Although payments .are often made by return mail, changes of address (or illegible return addresses) delay them when checks or "baby bonds" are returned. Those who are moving are advised to notify SIU headquarters or the Wel­ fare Plan, at 17 Battery Place, New York 4. NY. Johnson, following the shipowners prodding, agreed to consider the complaint. The shipowners asked for a re­ view of the evaluation method be­ cause after the bids for the vessels were in and the allocations an­ nounced, the MA dropped a bomb­ shell by announcing that it had changed the manner in which the value of the C-48 was to be judged. The new system could add an esti­ mated $250,000 to the cost of each of the ships. Exchange Called 'Sale' Under the MA's new Interpreta­ tion, the ship exchanges under the Ship Exchange Act is considered a "sale" in which the traded out ship miLst be assigned a value "at least equal to the value of the ship to be traded-ln." This, the ship owners charged. Is subverting the entire program which Congress intended as a means to upgrade the non-subsidized US fleet. Under the old Interpretation of the "Vessel Exchange Act, a ship­ owner could receive a ship virtu­ ally free if the cost of converting the vessel amounted to more than $1.2 million. Under the new in­ terpretation, the MA has set a fixed price ranging from $400,000 on any ship turned in under the provisions of the plan, but the shipowner must pay the difference. The shipowner's association is seeking to make the government rescind the new policy and revert to the older formula which was used in the past, and charging that the MA should certainly not bo permitted to change the rules for this program after bids have been tended on the old policy. The Maritime Administrator also said in his decision that the five applicants for the 11 uncommitted C-4's will have 15 days within which time to advise MA whether it accepts the values placed on the C-4's and the ships they intend to turn in. Those agreeing will have a further 30 days to negotiate exchange contracts. Calmar Steamship, has already began conversion of one of the C-4c at Baltimore along with SIU Pacific District-contracted Matson Navigation. The rules change by the MA did not affect Calmar and Matson because the value of the trade-in vessels was equal to the price of the C-4s. Calmar was allocated five of the newer type vessels, for which It plans to trade-in the Pennmar, Marymar, Yorkmar and Portmar. By Ai Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer SIU Welfare Plan Makes Life Easier Many a Seafarer can recall clearly that it wasn't too many years ago when the only thing he could count on from a job was a month's pay. The idea of monetary assistance for himself or his family in time of sickness or old age when he could no longer work was virtually unknown. Today's Seafarer, on the other hand, faces completely different condi­ tions. He knows he can perform his job secure in the knowledge that his Union has provided a vast welfare plan which will help both he and his family in time of sickness and old age, but also will assist his loved ones after he has passed on. SIU members have shown time and again that they are aware of their improved benefits situation. One of the major indications of this is that 60 percent of our Union members are married and support­ ing families. Figures coming into our department show tiiat the number of our brothers who are getting married is increasing every day. This is obviously a good trend. It means that the professional sea­ man is a man who will make a career out of sailing, rather than taking a trip and then quitting until his money runs out. Not only has the Union built up a welfare plan to provide for the married seaman and his children, but it has also provided propor­ tal expenses, which include room tionate benefits for our single and board, the inevitable extras, members. While SIU men who blood transfusions, doctor calls, are married may get more in bene­ surgical and maternity expenses. fits tiian our single brothers, it Other forms of assi.stance in­ should be recognized that they have accepted more repsonsibil- clude medical examinations, opti­ ities since they must think in cal benefits, sickness and accident, terms of providing for tlie needs special disability, maintenance and of two, three, four or more people. cure and special equipment to aid There can be little argument with in recuperation from an illness or the fact that the married man's accident. In addition to the $4,000 dollar must go a great deal fur­ death benefit and regular month­ ther than that of a single member. ly pension, special scholarships We should all remember that are awarded to both Seafarers the single Seafarer also has his and their children each year. From this brief survey it can responsibilities. Ha may be re­ sponsible for taking care of de­ be readily seen that an SIU mem­ pendent parents, younger mem­ ber has more at stake in his job bers of his family or step or foster than his monthly wages. While parents. The Union welfare plan many of our brothers sometimes also provides assistance for these take these extensive benefits for granted, it should never be for­ dependents. Among the typical benefits gotten that they are the result of provided by the SIU welfare many hard-fought battles which plan which a Seafarer and his were waged by you and your family may depend on are hospi­ Union. �SEdFAREnS rase Sis It, lift LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Ship Activify May 23-June 5, 1964 The SIU shipping situation continued to show improve­ ment during the past two weeks as a total of 1,211 men were dispatched. The total for the previous reporting period was 1,198. The improved job picture represented increases in the number of openings in the engine and steward departments. Registration also showed a healthy rise, increasing to 1,340 for all three departments from last period's total of l]226. Every department showed evidence of the increase which has "been brought about by the optimistic job pic­ ture. The number of men registered on the beach also went up to 3,644 from the previous reporting period's total of 3.351. The improved job situation was especially reflected in Baltimore and Norfolk on the East Coast. Although the number of job calls in New York declined from the figure of the previous two weeks, activity there continues at a high level. Mobile showed the biggest improvement among the Gulf ports while San Francisco was the only place on the West Coast where activity picked up sig­ nificantly. The rising number of available jobs was further re­ flected in the shipping activity statistics (see right). Both the number of payoffs and in-transit ship visits rose over the previous reporting period's total, while the number of sign-ons remained pegged at the same level. The seniority totals indicate that the total of Class A men shipping slipped to 50 percent from the previous total of 53 percent. The percentage of Class B men re­ mained the same at 36 percent, while the Class C totals rose slightly to 14 percent. Pay Sign la Olh Ont Traof. TOTAL 3 4 0 letten 1 40 22 A N«w York 20 1A 3 Philodolphio.. 2 11 24 4 lalHmero .... 6 14 S Norfolk 2 12 2 I 0 Jocktonvlilo .. 1 * 19 0 20 Tampa 1 17 4 A Mobllo 7 20 A Now Orloani.. A 1A 34 Hooitoa A 4 24 WilmiagtoM .. 0 0 10 10 0 Sa« Fraaciico.. A 4 10 B Soattio 4 3 12 TOTALS A2 3A 154 252 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa lUobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 3 2 1 3 5 0 51 4 26 10 4 5 5 19 1 7 11 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 10 11 2 28 21 5 28 3 11 6 3 2 8 6 4 10 6 0 113 182 28 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 1 i 8 2 • 81 6 17 23 5 1 19 0 5 1 25 0 10 12 3 1 20 0 4 1 3 5, 0 2 1 0 0 0 I 1 1 23 1 9 15 19 1 s*, 0 ! 42 1 10 16 4 1 11 0 3 3 1 18 1 4 9 1 16 1 8 i 323 12 83 106 Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 1 2 3 6 2 2 ~0 1 35 6 1 46 10 5 2 1 10 1 19 7 1 22 6 8 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 5 1 oj 1 0 0 ! 6 0 1 "1 5 23 1 34' 18 8 25 2 1 27 16 4 2 1 7 0 4 1 «, 9 11 5 2 1 181 4 1 201' 76 144 35 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 11 8 0 1 0 0 9 7 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 4 1 19 13 2 11 11 1 4 1 1 9 8 0 5 5 79 64 12 ALL 1 "4 1 51 1 8 1 ! 32 12 1 1 3 1 1 1 ! 11 49 43 6 24 11 1 255 ALL 3 23 1 16 6 1 2 12 33 1 24 1 6 1 18 1 10 ! 1551 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 20 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 4 3 0 7 7 21 8 36 2 3 6 11 16 51 23 16 9 90 77 89 16 182 6 49 72 127 1 3 8 1 3 12 15 20 9 44 1 5 17 23 2 5 32 16 5 53 30 60 7 97 0 15 34 49 2 5 12 6 5 23 19 3 9 31 0 3 5 8 1 1 3 1 5 1 7 16 1 24 1 7 8 16 1 3 1 3 2 6 3 8 3 14 0 1 2 3 5 11 4 12 5 28 27 28 5 60 1 1 13 15 2 3 49 33 3 85 81 79 12 172 0 85 94 129 0 1 43 24 68 46 1 74 16 136 3 33 37 73 0 1' 6 6 13 14 1 13 32 0 7 5 8 15 2 3 24 18 3 45 20 29 5 54 3 6 15 24 0 1 11 10 1 20 5 18 12 36 22 29 54 6 24 1! 47 255 155 47 1 457 375 466 95 1 936] 23 185 321 1 529 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 2 1 5 1 12 41 13 2 18 1 2 6 1 4 0 1 8 4 7 27 11 24 6 3 11 2 14 1 50 175 3 1 7 2 5 2 0 0 0 6 2 3 2 1 31 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 71 0 1 ! 1 5 1 6 0 ' 60 7 25 22 1 54 9 22 6 7: 15 ; 1 5 1 17| 2 14 1 24 1 6 1 21 ' 1 29 3 0 i 10 1 0 7 7 4 1 ! 51 1 4 2 2 1 7 0 1i 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 5 1 12; 0 5 5 1 10 4 16 12 1 33 3 1 40 5 19 ' 37 2 5 9 16 1 27 14 1 12, 2 3 6 0 6 1 I 1 15 2 4 3 1 9 7 15 ' 16 0 3 7; 0 8 4 1 256 22 94 90 ' 206 30 133 Shipped CLASS B ALL ! 11 1 36 ; 1 6 1 34 ! 8, 1 21 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 4 1 0 1 4 3 1 4 1 23 1 1 9 7 1 26 .ri 1 0 26 22 1 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 1! 0 6 17 11 1 34 0 1 01 l! 1 12 111 24 i 0 3 51 8 1 111 2 0 2 111 3 ; 0 9 311 12 1 5 16 101 31 6 16 6 1 28 2 7 2 3 1 3 5 5 1 13 8 1 5 1! 14 24 92 62 1 178 L ® 1 186 ' Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 1 2 13 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 5 39 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 1 1 1 6 21 36 34 1 2 6 1 2 6 34 24 2 5i 8 8 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 41 ^ 1 12 5 1 26 1 31 0 1 22 28 6 13 7 7 1 3 26 13 0 14 2, 9 22 1 66 186 178 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 8 1 1 3 5 1 97 13 21 1 91 39 2 1 9 2 25 5 6 1 64 12 46 7 5 1 21 5 13 3 2 1 6 3 14 0 4 1 2 11 0 4 1 25 10 25 1 5 1 62 22 58 14 1 1 51 16 70 8 8 13 1 27 13 5 3 1 42, 10 35 5 2 1 25, 10 23 3 66 1 430 148 424 65 GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 7 11 1 14 1 46 56 121 1 149 19 23 1 32 1 10 12 39 1 65 2 15 22 8 7 17 1 21 2 20 1 17 2 12 6 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 9 10 19 1 36 40 62 104 1 94 2 72 1 94 6 21 45 7 4 14 1 26 3 7 16 6 1 50 3 21 1 36 3 12 6 1 637 45 186 248 1 479 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port 1-s Bos NY Phil Bal . .... Nor Jac Tam Mob NO 1 7 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 21 Registered CLASS B GROUP 3 1 2 3 0 1 18 10 26 3 2 4 5 8 4 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10 9 4 24 9 6 13 7 1 1 2 5 10 2 1 6 2 82 39 90 GROUP 1 2 3 0 0 3 4 3 19 0 1 4 3 0 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 1 25 2 1 15 0 4 1 3 18 0 2 3 2 11 0 1 232 14 8 100 ALL ! 5 1 61 1 9 ! 19 ! 11 1 4 ' 2 1 22 1 40 1 26 1 1 1 : ALL 1-s 3 0 1 1 26 6 1 5 0 1 12 4 1 8 0 1 0. 0 1 0 0 1 11 2 1 27 1 4 1 18 1 1 4 0 5 1 1 3 1 1 I 122 19 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 3 14 9 32 0 0 1 1 7 2 10 23 9I 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 11 10 2 29 45 12 4 10 27 0 0 2 2 5 3 1 10 2 0 1 4 52 14 '79 i 164 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A B c ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 16 12 3 60 20 0 13 0 11 12 32 16 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 17 4 17 8 9 49 9 2 11 1 0 9 23 6 7 22 4 1 4 6 0 6 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 10 10 j 0 0 3 3 11 3 24 6 1 9 0 61 17 15 1 0 15 ! 0 0 1 1 ' 45 ,2 13 54 13 18 18 1 0 0 9 1 27 9 0 9 2 16 4 3 10 4 4 4 4' 0 1 4' 2 0 0 7 8 10 6 8 24 9 0 0 6 61 0 1 7 4 4 4 4 4 12 0 0 0 4 4 0 8 84 1 100 3 2 55 1 60 164 100 60 1 324 18~ 8 GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 2 13 1 5 7 6 1 4 1 53 50 33 73 176 5 6 42 14 3 11 5 10 28 0 9 29 66 3 2 24 21 '11 25 15 3 6 19 0 6 2 13 7 3 8 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 6 1 0 3 0 10 48 1 0 9 20 7 15 34 22 66 139 6 4 121 131 80 6 5 31 42 32 13 22 8 4 5 5 17 3 1 3 66 0 8 3 11 6 35 16 36 33 6 5 25 8 4 14 35 297 1 364 208 114 279 1 699, 32 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS "GKOUF 123 ALL 113 182 28 I 323 50 175 31 I 256 103 39 90 I 232 266 396 149 r 811 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 12 83 106 201] 76 J44 35 T_255 22 94 90 206 30_ 133 23 I 186 8 100 122 71 14 79 I 164 14 48 185 296 j 529 177 291 137 | 605 SHIPPED CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL ABC 47 255 155' 47 20 24 12 79 64 155 'l86 178 66 39 22 '24 92 62 178 60 164 100 60 2 55 8' "8 84 100 3 44 179 210 | 433 11' 61 101 i 173 605 433 173 Registered On The Beach CLASS 8 CLASS A GROUP GROUP ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 457 375 466 95 I 936 23 185 321 I 529 430 148 424 65 | 637 '45 186 248 | 479 I 324'306 114 279 6991 32 35 297~r364 |1211>829 1004 439 12272,100 406 866 |1372 �It. IMt SF Authorities Planning Dock Redevelopment SEAFARERS LOG Baltimore SlU To Get Lifeboat Training Program BALTIMORE—Plans are underway for the extension of the SIU Lifeboat Training Program to this port in the near future. The SIU already offers a Lifeboat Training Program in New York. The purpose of the school is to prepare SIU members for the Coast Guard's examination in lifeboat handling. The program here is expected to get started in the summer and will be patterned SAN FRANCISCO — The Port after the course now being conducted in New York. Authority here has announced The SIU Lifeboat School in New York is the only school of its plans for the -redevelopment of the kind on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and it provides a minimum abandoned Ferry Building slips. of 15 hours of classroom work and 30 hours of actual experience Cyril Magnin, the Authority in the water. Films, booklets and charts plus dry runs in rigging, chairman, said that In addition to boat-handling, procedures and commands provide background for the dock redevelopment, the sur­ the actual testing and work in the water. plus property area north of Ferry Experience in the boat is designed to weld the trainees into Building Is to be rebuilt. a crew of Seafarers able to give and execute the commands that "We still need the good piers may, one day, save lives. The program was expanded several yet," he said, noting that Piers 1, years ago to Include instruction covering Inflated lifeboats, which 15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 35 and 45 still are now Coast Guard approved. have a long life ahead of them. The SIU's Lifeboat Training Program Is fully accredited by the The natural trend Is to the south CG, and trainees need only three months' seatlme for a lifeboat of Market, Magnin said, explaining ^ endorsement instead of the usual year. Seafarers make up the that the Authority Is spending '• largest group of seamen passing, due to the effectiveness of the most of Its development money in training they receive. that area. In addition to the new Classroom work for the Baltimore Training Program will take Army Street Terminal now under place In the Baltimore SIU Hall and work in the water will be construction, another giant new conducted at a site still to be determined. terminal will be needed In that area and Pier 50 needs expansion, Magnin declared. The biggest problem facing the House Committee To Act port Is finance, the Authority chief said. "At best we're happy to break even, since ours Is the only local facility In the United States that doesn't receive a subsidy." He pointed out that the Authority has cut expenses by $1 million for the past four years and that the Army Street bonds will be paid for out WASHINGTON—Hearings by the House Merchant Marine of the Increased revenues. Although the new facilities will and Fisheries Committee on the Federal Maritime Commis­ Increase revenue, Magnlh does not sion's implementation of 1961 dual rate legislation has been foresee the port regaining the sta­ set by chairman Herbert C."^" tus it held In the bay area back Bonner (D-NC). The long protects US shipping, is to be in the 1920s because of the number awaited action will begin on eliminated completely from the of subsidized ports In the area. dual rate contracts. July 7. It has been Magnln's belief that Even at this. It was made clear Both US and foreign maritime the City of San Francisco should that the foreign steamship compa­ circles have been hoping for a take over the port. "But there are nies and shipowners may not ac­ problems here. The city would new look at the dual rate amend­ cept the agreement once It is ments to the 1916 Shipping Act have to take over the bonded In­ outlined to them by their govern­ debtedness or the legislature which were enacted Into law by ment spokesmen that they still Congress in 1961. The FMC an­ would have to pay for it from gen­ nounced the form that dual rate retain the right to object to any eral fees" he said. contracts were to take to be used in Interference by the US with the US foreign trade In April this freedom of their shipowners and year and immediately elicited an shipping. outcry from 10 leading European maritime nations and Japan, all members of steamship confer­ ences. A steamship conference is a voluntary association made up of American and foreign lines serving on the same trade route and inter­ ested in maintaining the same . SAN FRANCISCO — The color­ WASHINGTON — Secretary of rates and practices. ful boat-trains of the late 1920s Still Not Happy Commerce Luther Hodges has ap­ proved a Maritime Subsidy Board A meeting here in mid-May be­ and 1930s, which carried Hawaiidecision deferring action on the tween Commission Chairman John bound passengers to dockslde to SlU-contracted Bloomfleld Steam­ Harllee and foreign shipping board the SlU-Paclflc District ship Company's request for a 20 attaches resulted In a compromise contracted Mat.son liners, will run year agreement on an operating of sorts In which the FMC agreed again between Los Angeles and differential subsidy on trade route to remove "jurisdictional" lan­ San Francisco next fall. 21. Matson Lines has arranged with guage from the contracts which Bloomfleld had requested the was objectionable to the foreign Southern Pacific Railway to run Secretary of Commerce to review nations. special trains from the Los and reverse the Subsidy Board de­ The foreigners are still far Angeles Union Station right to cision handed down In February, from satisfied, seeing US dual Matson's Pier 35, passing over the which extended Bloomfleld's sub­ rate regulations as yet another tracks of the State Belt Railroad, sidy operation on Trade Route 21 attempt of the FMC unilaterally which serves the San Francisco for only one year. Bloomfleld to police international ocean Embarcadero. The special cruise-boat train had sought a 20-year-pact for shipping. The foreign shipping of­ operations on the US Gulf-Unlted ficials hope that Bonner's hearing will pick up Lurline passengers Kingdom/European Continent will give them a chance to go on at Glendale, Santa Barbara, San route. At the time of its decision, record against such US policies. Luis Obispo, Salinas and San Jose the Subsidy Board had stated that The countries involved are en route to shipside. It is sched­ the subsidy extension was granted Belgium, Holland, the United uled to arrive at dockslde at 7 PM, so that the Board could study in Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Norway, In time for cruise passengers to greater detail its present subsidy Denmark, West Germany, France, have dinner aboard the ship, which sails for Honolulu at 10 PM. contract with Bloomfleld. Greece and Japan. The Lurline will visit each port The Subsidy Board action was Because not all shippers are the first time that the board had conference members, a dual sys­ at the peak of Makahiki festivities, deferred a decision on renewal of tem of rates exists and It is these including the colorful whaling a subsidy contract in order to grant dual rates on which the FMC Is spree at Lahaina on Maui. After visiting the Islands of an opportunity for comment and attempting to fix its regulatory Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai and Maul, possible public hearing. eye. Bloomfleld has already advised With the FMC still seeking the Lurline will sail to Los the Maritime Administration that "voluntary compliance" with Its Angeles to arrive Nov. 13. The it wishes to withdraw its applica­ regulatory orders, the foreign boat-train will be alongside Mattion for an operating differential shippers continue to drive a hard son's terminal at Wilmington, subsidy to operate on TR 13, which bargain. Consequently, under the waiting to carry San Francisco covers an operation from the US recently reached "tentative agree­ bound passengers and their bag­ Gulf to the Mediterranean, and ment," much language which gage up the coast. The entire Makahiki Festival on TR 12 from the US Gulf to the stresses the control of the FMC and the 1916 Shipping Act, which cruise is scheduled for 15 days. Far East. Dual Rate Hearings Set For Early July Defer Action On Bfoomfield Subsidy Bid Boat-Trains To Run On West Coast By Earl (Bull) Shtpord, Vice-President, Atlantic East Coast Shipping Looks Good The shipping situation in New York has been extremely good in the first part of June. During the last two weeks there were 20 pay­ offs, six sign-ona and 22 ships in transit. Kenny Singh was on the beach for a short time in New York after paying off the Detroit. However, the big city evidently doesn't im­ press him since he didn't waste much time before he signed on the Ellzabethport as ship's electrician. C. Gauthier who recently paid off the Thetis where he sailed as a BR, came around to the New York Hall the other day to say a few words of greeting. Taking it easy while he enjoys a couple of weeks with his family is A. Scaturnie, who just got off the Afoundria. The shipping picture in Boston has been shaping up fairly slow for the past few weeks, although the warm weather Is expected to perk things up in the near future. Summer boats should start making their crew calls In the next two weeks, and this should clear a good number of our Beantown brothers off the beach. Joe Garello dropped around the Boston hall to say how glad he Is to be back home after paying off the Chilore. .Joe is looking for a steward's job on a coastwise ship, since he wants to stay close to the mainland for the summer. Bill Connerty who just got back from Russia on the Fort Hosklns, sayshe is really happy about getting for all ratings In every depart­ back home to see his family. He ment, and in some cases there plans to get a ship bound for haven't been enough men available Europe as an FWT. John Roblee to answer the calls. Norfolk has is also getting re-acquainted with seen two pay-offs, two sign ons his family after a voyage to Rus­ and eight In transit visits during sia. John has big plans for the the past two weeks. The job situ­ summer and wants to ship out ation for the future continues to when the fall rolls around. John look very good. Kulas has been telling his friends Seafarers around the Norfolk In the Boston hall how sorry he hall have been listening to Ferlton was to leave the Mt. Washington Mears tell about his big vacation which he claims Is just like a plans. After paying off the Jean hotel. He expects to sign on one LaFitte, he picked up a whopping of the summer boats making the .$.500 cheek which was compensa­ Provincetown runs. tion for losing his gear when the Shipping down Baltimore way Taddei Village went on the rocks looks very good after slowing down off the coast of Japan. a bit for a few weeks. A total Back From Russia of 89 men shipped out and there Edward Blevlns is another Sea­ were six pay-offs, four sign ons and 14 in transit visits. The ship­ farer who is happy to be back ping outlook for the next few in the States after returning from weeks is expected to continue Russia on the Marore where he shipped as quartermaster. Jack good. .Mauldin has turned up in Norfolk Some Seafarers just can't seem to look for a good BR job. Jack to get enough of a ship. Mike iisuallyNships out of Balltmore, but Angino who has just spent six has decided to try his luck further months on the Bethtex is In town south. Walter Butterton is also on for a short vacation. He has been the beach looking for a bosun's passing the word around the hall job to come through. He has re­ that he's going to try and get the covered from an ailment which same run again. Dan Cherry is laid him up when he was sailing another familiar face that has on the Morning Light. shown up In Baltimore lately. Dan Shipping in Puerto Rico is mov­ reports that chief engineer Fisher ing along in the same steady on the Alcoa Voyager was the best fashion. Twelve men shipped out chief that he ever sailed with. He in the past week and there ap­ sailed on the Voyager as second pears to be a shortage of wipers electrician. to fill engine department calls. Shipping fell off In Philadelphia Island officials have been studying during the past month with a total a plan with officers from Sea-Land of 34 jobs being filled off the to make Puerto Rico into a huge board. The port recorded a total shipping hub which would Include of two pay-offs, three sign ons Europe, Latin America, the Carib­ and 11 in transits in the last two- bean and the mainland. week period. Delmar MIssimer Luis Carbone came down for a took a few weeks' vacation to make couple of weeks of relaxation after a scientific survey of the situation spending almost a year on the New at neighboring tracks. It seems Orleans. He reports he is about that science couldn't provide him ready to ship again. Enrique with the answers he was looking Rosado, who spent the last six for since he says, "I fed the horses months as a steward on the De­ at Garden State and Delaware. troit Is also taking a vacation in So now I have to ship to get more San Juan for a while. oats." P. Dorrian says that he enjoys sitting around the air conditioned hall In Philadelphia. He says that he'll ship on the first air condi­ tioned ship that comes along, and until then, he'll keep on rooting for the first place Phillies. Charles Palmer reports he picked up his pumpman's card during this stretch on the beach. Charles de­ clares that he's looking forward to using his new rating at the very first opportunity. Frank Fasaluk who Is taking a while on the beach after finishing eight months on the St. Christopher as an AB, has these timely words of advice for his SIU brothers. "Support the union label in everything you buy." The shipping situation in Nor­ folk has taken a decided turn for the better. There are job openings �rte Eifht SEAFARERS Ju* U, INI LOG :sst; IS: Text of President's Pre-Balloting Report quired under Article X, Section 1 (e) of our Constitution, that the following offices be placed on the next refer­ endum ballot of the Union for the election of the officers and other elected representatives of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Districts. The President's pre-balloting report, submitted in advance of this year's union elections In ac­ cordance with the requirement of the SIU Consti­ tution, is in the process of submission to the membership for its action at the July regular membership meetings in all constitutional ports. The report, which specifies the number of union officers that are to appear on the ballot, the requirements for candidate eligibility and other balloting details, was adopted at the headquarters meeting of June 8, as recommended in the Secre­ tary-Treasurer's report below. The report will be submitted and acted on at the other regular membership meetings to be held this month. The lext of the report follows: HEADQUARTERS: 1 President 1 Executive Vice-President 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 3 Headquarters Representatives PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT Under the Constitution of our Union, the Seafarers NEW YORK: 1 Agent International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, 10 Joint Patrolmen Lakes and Inland Waters District, Article X, Section 1 (e), the President shall submit a pre-balloting report at PHILADELPHIA: the regular meeting in July of every election year. The 1 Agent Constitution of our Union also calls for seven (7) Con­ 2 Joint Patrolmen stitutional ports of the Union, which are; New York, BALTIMORE: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston 1 Agent and Detroit. 4 Joint Patrolmen As your President, in consultation along with the Ex­ MOBILE: ecutive Board of the Union, a careful appraisal has been 1 Agent made as to what we feel will be the needs of the 4 Joint Patrolmen organization in all the Constitutional ports, Including the NEW ORLEANS: port of New York and Headquarters, for the coming term 1 Agent of office of the officers and other elected representatives 4 Joint Patrolmen of our Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven (7) Constitutional Ports it was felt that it was advisable - HOUSTON; 1 Agent to place on the ballot the elective jobs of those ports. 4 Joint Patrolmen Where necessary, the personnel for other than the Con­ DETROIT: stitutional Ports may be assigned as needed from those 1 Agent Constitutional Ports, where possible. As the membership is aware, it is necessary for the Union to keep abreast Your President also recommends, pursuant to Article X, of the changes in the shifting of the job requirements Section 1 (e) and Article XIII, Section 4 (e) of the Union's of the companies with whom we have contracts, as well Constitution, the depository to which the Polls Com­ as in being prepared to meet the opportunities for ex­ mittee's shall deliver, or mail, by certified or registered pansion through the means of organizing. This will enable mail, the ballots after the close of each days voting in the Union to maintain maximum services to the member­ the coming Union election, be as follows: ship, and to meet the needs of the organization resulting Mr. Harold Bach, Executive Vice-President from the changing character of the industry. Commercial Bank of North America As a result of the foregoing, it is the recommendation 1400 Broadway of your President, in this, the Pre-Balloting Report, re­ New York City, New York It will be the function of the depository to receive all the envelopes delivered, or mailed in, as aforesaid, safeguard them properly, in the bank, and to aurrendtf them only to the duly authorized Union Tallying Oom« mittee in accordance with Article XIII, Section B (d), of our Union Constitution, on or about the first businesf day in January, 1965. Proof of authorization shall be g certification by the Vice-President in charge of the Min­ utes, Robert Matthews. The Union Tallying Committee shall be authorized to sign a receipt for the said envelopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that all the envelopes received by the depository have been properly safeguarded, have been surrendered only to the said Tallying Committee, and that no one, other than appro­ priate bank personnel have had access to them. The Polls Committee is especially urged to insure tha^ whether delivered or mailed, the envelopes are properly addressed, properly stamped if mailed, and certified as per the Constitution. It is the further recommendation of your President that. In addition to the regular Constitutional requirements, each candidate for office be requested to furnish a regula­ tion passport picture of recent taking as well as a state­ ment of not more than one hundred (100) words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the Seafarers Log just prior to the commencement of voting. This is to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, faces, and records of all candidates for office. As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nominations open on July 15th, 1964 and close August 15th, 1964. All documents required for eligibility of candidates for Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than July 15th, 1964 and no later than August 15th, 1964. Your President wishes to point out that this PreBalloting Report provides for one of the largest number of elective posts to be placed on the ballot since the inception of the Union. It is strongly recommended that the maximum number of qualified members, who feel they can be of assistance to the Union in an official capacity, should submit their credentials. In this connec­ tion, the membership is reminded that the SecretaryTreasurer, A1 Kerr, is available to assist them in properly filing their credentials for nomination to Union office, if they desire such assistance. Fraternally submitted, Paul Hall Secretary-Treasurer's Report To The Membership: FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS-ADDITIONS TO VOTING PROCEDURES (The following is the text of an excerpt from the Secretary-Treasurer's report to the regular member­ ship meeting at SIU headquarters on April 6 and again on May 4 entitled, "Forthcoming Election Of Officers —Additions To Voting Procedures." The report was also forwarded to other constitutional ports for action at their meetings in April and May. The report was concurred in at all meetings.) Article XIII, Section 7 of our constitution reads as follows: "The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union." Therefore, in accordance with the above-mentioned sec­ tion and after consulting with and being advised by coun­ sel, it is found that additions to our voting procedures for the election of officers are required by law. Therefore, under the powers delegated to me by our constitution, in the aforementioned section, I am setting up the follow­ ing additions in our balloting procedure for officers. President's Pre-Balloting Report. Article X, Section 1, "The President," Sub-Section (e), provides that the President's Pre-Balloting Report shall be submitted to the membership at the regular meeting m July of every election year. It is recommended to the membership in this connection that such Pre-Balloting Report be made both at the June and July meetings so as to give more than adequate notice to any prospective nominee for office. Provision for Nomination by Others. Article XIII, Section 1, "Nominations," provides for selfnomination to office. In order to square any ambiguity as to the meaning of this section, it is recommended that a member may place his name in nomination or have his name placed in nomination by any other member and further, that in either event, such member nominated must comply with the provisions of the constitution, as they are set forth, relating to the submission of creden­ tials. This change is an amplification of the existing pro­ visions of the constitution and should not be construed to be an alteration of same. Absentee Ballot. Article XIII, Sections 3 and 4, "Balloting Procedures" and "Polls Committee," of the constitution, provide that balloting shall be manual in nature. It is now recom­ mended that the following absentee ballot procedure be presented to the membership upon advice of counsel as an amplification of such provisions: Full book members may request an absentee ballot un­ der the following circumstances, only. While such member is employed on an American-flag merchant vessel which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port in which voting is to take place during the voting period provided in Section 3 (g) of our constitution, in that event, the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request Is made, if such be the case. Such request must contain a designa­ tion as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. Such request shall be received no later than 12:00 PM on the fifteenth day of November of the election year and shall be directed to the Secretary- Treasurer at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. Upon receipt of such request, the procedures as established in Section 3 (d) of our constitution, shall not apply. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for deter­ mining whether such member is a member in good stand­ ing and further whether such member has, in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Regis­ tered Mail-Return Receipt Requested to the address des­ ignated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot, instructions for returning the ballot, which instructions must be complied with exactly. The Secfetary-Treaurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of the member, his ballot number and the date upon which such hallot was sent, which in­ formation shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XllI, Section 5 (c) of the constitution. The member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent jnailing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the Presi­ dent's Pre-Balloting Report. These absentee ballots must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1964, and must be received by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1965, regardless of when post­ marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be maintained separately by such depository and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIII of the constitution. �Ian* 12, 1964 SEAFARERS LOG rate NiM i i The Seafarers International Union had three booths at this year's Union Industries show displaying many of its consumer items, such as Cal-Pack products and Breast-O-Chiclcen tuna, both from the West Coast. The MTD set up its display in a fourth booth. Together, the displays gave the public a good idea of the scope and activities of the SlUNA In action. The 19t1i annual AFL-CiO Union industries Show in Louisville, Kentucky played host to thousands of visitors during its six-day run last month. The title of this year's show, produced by the Union Label and Service Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, was "Americans At Work." The SlUNA played a prominent port in the show with displays of SlUNA consumer products, exhibits explaining the functions of the Union and a special booth devoted to the Maritime Trades Department. Shown here are several of the SlUNA activities at the show. I-'':.'.- yi-Av A Louisville orphanage received gift of Breast-O-Chicken tuna, made by SlU cannery workers and bearing the Union label. Shown above are (l-r) AFL-CIO asst. reg. dir. Arthur Potter; AFL-CIO sec.-treas., William Schnitzler; SlU sec.-treas. Al Kerr; Union LabeLDept. pres. Richard Walsh; Union Label Dept. sec. Joe Lewis; and Labor Undersec. John Henning, who made the presentation to the delegation from the Catholic orphange. Formal opening of the Union Industries Show, at left, shows AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer William Schnitzler at the micro­ phone with officers of the Union Label & Service Trades De­ partment and guests on the platform with him. Thousands viewed exhibits of union made products and learned about union services. NAMB AMOUNT DUB Ingalls. R. B. Reibus, A. Feinstein. A. Tukey, S. N.. Jr. Hunt. E. R. Ryan. W. Jf. Fernandez. C. Lapham. E. J. Smith. L. H. Probert. R. Rivera. J. Wing. C. H. Gonzalez. A. Arancibia. A. Morey. P. T. Roesch, W.. Jr. Perez. C. R. Rodriguez, L. ' Volketrs, R. A. Delvalle. P. Garofalo. A. Padro. P. Rons. S. Velazquez. J. Wesley, J. Fulton. W. Glass. K. J. Whitney. V. Kamm. E. Yeiinerod. A. H. Jacobs. A. E. Rueda, S. J. Jansen. ~D. R. Soto, J. Reinvelt, R. K. Badyk, J. Irvine. M. D. Cortes. J. Anderson, C. J, Cobb. P. C. Rosado. T. A. . Silva. A. J. Coyle. J. Gonzalez. 6. Sanchez, M. Marie. A. J. Cruz. E. McLaughlin. A. J. 1.4a 5.21 1.97 4.63 4.44 2.43 8.34 3.61 6.81 .19 2.96 4.42 7.17 2.93 8.06 3.72 2.09 4.70 3.14 10.88 > 4.79 3.33 8.88 2.26 7.48 2.96 4.81 2.25 3.04 2.58 4.23 4.67 9.08 7.78 2.49 3.68 3.55 2.74 7.29 10.62 2.14 8.08 6.91 2.04 2.03 10.54 4.91 12.00 NAMB AMOUNT DUB Sarmento. 1^. St. John,. J. Rodriguez, R. O. Aguiar, J. Carbona, L. Peiz, S. H. Moraiea. R. Gogias, A. J, Ayaia, J. Fiores. J. Deigado, M. Lopez. O. J. Martinez. C. Berena, R. Q. Adamson, R. Valentin, J. Serrao, J. Meade, J. R. Thompson, O. Soils. F. Blanch, N. Muniz, F. Tibbetts, R. B. Smith. J. W. Nelson, A. T. Reyes. J. Eland, K. De Sa. J. A. Harford. H. R. Echevarria, A. Werner, J. C. Pacheco. F. J. Brown. K. E. Rosado, R. E. Kirs. O. Sierra, R. R. Latorre. P. • Luiidkvist, K. T. Boniila, E. J. Nieves, J. Riecheison, H. Nielsen. R. Vidai. M. R. Medina, L. Diaz. M. C. Molina, J. Miliar, S. j. Righetti, J. 3.43 4.92 4.32 5.18 3.60 9.00 2.18 4.89 6.90 3.99 2.19 5.06 2.34 12.33 5.22 5.66 9.01 1.11 5.53 1.13 8.60 2.19 4.30 2,78 4.62 2.59 4.82 6.09 2.43 4.75 1.71 3.34 7.15 3.73 3.55 2.30 2.20 9.58 4.34 6.26 2.89 1.99 4.81 5.64 5.38 2.91 2.84 4.04 SEA-LAND Money Due The names listed here of Seafarers vjith money due from SlU-contracted Sea Land Service are in addition to those printed in the May 29 issue of the LOG. The names appearing here were received after the last LOG went to press and are printed now in their entirety. NAMB A.MOUNT DUB Garrison, B. J, Loorents. H. Kariak, A. S. Lewin, P. Rivera, B. Cortes, E. Mojica, C. Case. A. Zaieski. A. Vonis. J. V. Mucia. J. Broomhead, W. R. Powell, E. Meie, A. A. PadiUo, E. 2.62 12.78 11.23 2.60 4.40 .87 2.16 2.06 3.69 18.46 8.69 3.35 5.11 5.49 3.21 NAMB AMOUNT DUB Cunningham, L. J. Cruz. J. Bonefont, E. Passapera, A. Quinonez. G. F. Daniiuk, A. Franklin. E. W. Mersereau. E. W Fernandez, J. Gill. L. Reyes. J. Campbell. R. D. Boggs, C. Hetterlch. P. W. Zaragoza, R. 4.59 3.79 3..37 1.17 3.11 2.19 6.28 17.29 7.56 1.13 10.34 2.22 10.67 2.14 8.61 NAMB AMOUNT Blyth. R. Gonzalez. T. D. Gorsh. N. Tokarchuk. F. Di Sarno. T. R. May, J. J. Passo, L. Averiil, D. A. Andrew, C. Bullock, J. Burlingame. L. Berens. G. R. Beye. J. J. Jr. Biss. E. Blacklock. R. L. Bozricki. C. Boyne. F. Brown. J. Q. Callazo. W. Campbell. L. D. Carlson, J. W. Carpenter, A. Cartwright, L. W Cuda. P. Chang, G. Collins. E. Cook. J. 1. Krisch. C. I. La Boberte, M. Linden, C. Loper, J. Lord. F. A., Jr. Murphy. J. J. Mazuk. F. C. McAlpine, G. Mills. G. Morales. C. I. Morales. I. Morin. H. Mazaris. J. . H. C. Nelson Woi. J. A. White Williams. E. Wright. R. J. Vakavonis. V. J. Zabala. F. C. Zablozkl, S. DUB NAME 10.86 8.42 10.52 3.29 8.00 9.47 1.70 2.66 1.01 2.19 2.08 2.09 2.92 4.30 .55 .25 .46 .90 1.71 .23 1.63 1.98 3.31 .87 4.38 .18 2.89 1.15 .27 1.03 1.28 .12 2.49 3.04 .98 .21 1.39 1.08 .36 1.50 2.18 1.74 .99 .02 .38 .13 .53 2.39 Zal. C. K. Strand. W. Nelson. R. Campbell. D. Usher. U. .4berson, C. Schaiter. V. Morgan. E. Hoke. J. Lewine. A. Smith. W. Woods. R. W. Rogers. B. Blades. P. Lewin. P. Streeter. M. Chisler. E. Hethington. E. Russell. F. Brotherton. F. Hall. D. Sniyln. J. Bonna. P. Hetterlch. W. Biair. J. Derboghosian, J. Hruz. H. \^>n. K. Sheppard. L. Shields. K. Alkire. J. Deigado. M. Wingfield. J. Campbell. D. Reed. R. C. Swanson. G. Kreitler, J. Matir I. Campbell. D. I.ewin. P. Gil Simpson, B. 1. Given. N. 0. Gibson. B. J. . Dillon. R. Kane. E. V. Rivera. A. Tones. P. J. AMOUNT DUB 1.39 157.56 14.65 18.21 8.44 43.45 26.40 14.15 5.45 9.86 70.11 8.95 11.12 37.4j> 9.42 32.77 31.77 9.27 18 51 53.15 13 48 23.48 12.14 57.66 18.41 28.63 21.00 49.42 98.33 727 10.28 34.82 .68 63.01 23.11 13.80 261.15 5.78 39.04 105.95 29.64 3.62 47.25 13.08 .12 2.47 81.13 2.77 �SEAFARERS Paf« Ten Speaking Out By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Sea-Land Increases Puerto Rico Service ELIZABETH, NJ—The SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service Inc., has announced a new weekly service from all points in Puerto Rico to Jacksonville Fla, The service is part of SeaLand's expanding trade with-*— Puerto Rico and began on pany'a Increased US-Puerto Rican June 6 with the arrival of the service which now includes regu­ Beware Cheap Health Policies Rising costs of hospital and medical care are leading moderate-income families—young as well as older people—to buy seemingly cheap health policies which actually provide little worthwhile insurance. Deceptive practices of some insurance sellers were spotlighted by hospital administrators in recent hearings by the U.S. Senate Sub­ committee on Frauds Affecting the Elderly. The deceivers sometimes use names similar to those of reputable companies; they advertise heavily, urging you to "Protect Yourself"; often they use the mails to invade states in which they are not licensed; sometimes they avoid paying any benefits at all, and when they do, the benefits often are pitifully inadequate. Jack Owen, Director of the New Jersey Hospital Association, told about one man who was hospitalized and told the admitting desk he had insurance in a large insurance company for complete hospitalization, and had paid the premiums for the past two years. He thought he had insurance with the well-known Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. But scrutiny of the policy revealed it was with a smaller com­ pany which also had the word "Equitable" in its name. It turned out that it was not a complete hospitalization policy, but limited payments to $15 a week. The patient's hospital bill came to $603, of which the Insurance company paid exactly $27. In another case, a patient had been paying $124 a year in premiums to a small company for what was claimed to be complete hospitalization insurance. When he had to be hospitalized, the insurance company was contacted but refused to respond either to the hospital or the patient. The patient's family finally paid the hospital bill without ever hearing from the insurance carrier. Another hospital filed a claim in November, 1963, on behalf of a patient. The claim still has not been acknowledged. Letters to the company have been returned and phone calls have gone unanswered although premiums still can be paid to the address. In a subsequent interview, Owen told this reporter that such deceptive policies hit not only older people but younger ones; that in general it is lower-income people anxious for health protection who get caught by the Insurance deceivers. The hospitals are concerned because often patients believe the hospital is collecting from the insurance company and trying to collect from them too, for the same bill. "When an unscrupulous agent tells a prospective client he will have full hospitalization and then only pays $10 or $15, the patient doesn't understand why he received an additional bill," Owen says. His group of hospitals has been having trouble with seven companies In particular at this time; three in New Jersey, one in Michigan, one in Massachusetts, one in New York, another in Delaware. Others have been reported, by other agencies, and Senator Harrison A. Williams (D., N.J.) chairman of the subcommittee, reports receiving many com­ plaints from people who are sometimes "hopelessly confused" about policies they bought. Often these policies have failed them when they most needed hospital or medical insurance. Senator Williams noted. One of the most active mail sellers is Guarantee Reserve Life Ineurance Company of Hammond, Indiana which advertises that "only three cents puts this great hospital sickness and accident insurance in force for 30 days to protect you and your family." The Better Business Bureau of Akron, Ohio reported that many inquirers expressed skepticism about this company's claim of "America's greatest insurance value." After a study, the bureau said "the advertising has the capacity to deceive the average, trusting reader—making the protection appear to be much greater." The BBB pointed out that the policy is highly limited in its coverage of only specified types of accidents and illness, and "the policyholder is likely to find that he has no protection for the ordinary, common accidents or the usual illnesses." The Federal Trade Commission recently cited this company for "misrepresenting the benefits provided by its policies." For example, benefits are provided for "confining sickness disability" only if the Insured person is wholly prevented from transacting any and every kind of business or labor. As for claim that three cents puts the policy in force for one month, the FTC pointed out that in reality, the policy provides no indemnifica­ tion for loss from sickne.ss until it has been in force for at least 30 days from the issuance date. Especially revealing to people who may be tempted to buy insurance by mail is the FTC's comment that while this company is licensed to do business in 20 states, as the result of its mail solicitation, it has policyholders in many others. Consequently, the misrepresentations are not regulated by state law in states where the company is not licensed. Some other mail sellers are not even licensed in as many as 20 states. Several other mail sellers recently active in promoting seemingly cheap policies are domiciled in Ml.ssouri, Nebraska and Illinois. But if seemingly cheap insurance sold by some of the mail-order and other fringe companies is so limited as to be almost useless, the more adequate policies offered older people by the reputable eompanies are so costly as to be virtually financially impossible for the average retired person. Latest in the Senior 65 plans 'a pooled effort by major insur­ ance companies), is "Western 65." Sacramento City Councilman Richard H. Marriott, who also is a labor editor, reports that California unions have been disturbed about the way this plan has been represented. This plan, which is the insurance industry's answer to demands for some degree of hospital insurance under Social Security, shows the Impossibility of such plans for most oldsters. The Western 65 "com­ prehensive" medical and hospital policy costs $23 a month, or $46 for a couple. In comparison, half the older families have incomes of under $2600 a year. Thus, this policy would take about 22 per cent of the total income of these senior citizens and they still would have to pay out of the pocket for dental and eye care, minor illnesses and that portion of their major illnesses not included in the 80 per cent coverage of the policy. Depending on which policy is selected. Western 65 pays up to $20 or $25 a day for up 31 days for hospital care. In comparison, actual hospital charges in major- California cities are about $32 a day. Am* U, IfM LOG Seafarer Lee Arnett hit the deck at a recent regu­ lar monthly meeting in the Port of New York to say « few words on the benefits he recently received from the SlU. freighter Summit from Puerto Rico. The Summit will serve north­ bound Puerto Rico shippers every other week, departing from San Juan on Thursdays and arriving in Jacksonville on Sundays. On alter­ nate weeks, a Sea-Land VP^PI which calls at San Juan on Fri­ days, will deliver cargo destined for Jacksonville on Monday. Regular Service Sea-Land announced that the new service is part of the com- NLRB Examiner Rules Union Need Not Bargain With Management Gronp WASHINGTON—A union has the same right as manage­ ment to withdraw at an appropriate time from bargaining with a group and instead to bargain individually with each employer in the group, a'*^ National Labor Relations Detroit Newspaper Publishers As­ sociation, notified the publishers Board aide has found. Upholding Detroit Printing Press­ men's Local 13 in its right to bar­ gain separately with the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, examiner Paul Bisgyer recom­ mended that the newspapers be ordered to bargain collectively with the union in separate bargaining units and, if an understanding Is reached, sign separate contracts. Same Right The decision said Bisgyer, "turns on the novel question whether a labor organization should be ac­ corded the same right as that en­ joyed by employers to withdraw at a proper time from an established multiemployer unit. He concluded that it should, noting that the issue has not been settled by the NLRB or the courts and that the Supreme Court expressly reserved a decision on the point in its Buffalo Linen case permitting emplo.vers to de­ fend themselves against union "whipsaw" strikes. The dispute arose when Local 13, after 25 years of bargaining with the publishers jointly or with their last Dec. 27 that it wanted to nego­ tiate contract changes and asked that negotiations be conducted "separately and Individually," but not jointly. The association refused, and the union filed unfair labor practice charges last Feb. 25. Bisgyer noted that under past board decisions, employers have had to meet two conditions for withdrawing from group bargain­ ing' one, the withdrawal must be timely; second, It must not be a "mere sham or pretense." In this case, he said, Local 13 met both conditions. The examiner pointed out that the newspapers want to maintain group bargaining because this per­ mits them the use of the lockout weapon but "there is certainly nothing fundamentally unlawful" In the union's attempt to strengthen its bargaining position and to re­ gain the iMihampered right to sti'ike. lar Puerto Rico-New York service from San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez. Sea-Land, which is a pioneer in transporation by ocean-going trallerships, recently started its long planned expansion of trailership operations in Alaska. Alaska Trade Two of the company's C-4 trailerships, the New Orleans and the Mobile, have entered the SeattleAnchorage trade. The two ships have been taken from the Balti­ more-Puerto Rico run and switched to the Pacific coast service. Fol­ lowing the transfer of the two C-4s, two converted C-2 freighters, ths Bienville and the Raphael Semmes, have begun servicing Baltimore, New York and Puerto Rico. Sea-Land has been operating regularly scheduled intercoastal service ' with specialized jumbo containerships since September, 1962, when the first of four ships was brought into service. Previous­ ly, the company had maintained an interim service with modified C-2s. Sea-Land inaugurated its Seat­ tle-Alaska service with a special sailing of the New Orleans from Seattle on May 3, 1964. The vessel arrived In Anchorage May 7 and returned to Seattle May 12. Regular weekly service be­ tween the two ports began May 14, again with the New Orleans, and thereafter a Sea-Land vessel sailed from Seattle every Thurs­ day. Bookings on the new Alaskan service are quite hcavj', according to the company, and are expected to increase as a result of the vast reconstruction program going on in Alaska as an outgrowth of the recent earthquake damage. As a result of the changing pat­ terns of Sea-Land trade routes, the company also said it has applied for permission to change the names of the vessels now assigned to the Alaska route. The New Or­ leans would be changed to the Anchorage, and the Mobile would be called the Seattle. Lifeboat Class #109 Graduates Cuba Blacklist Grows & Grows WASHINGTON — The government's blacklist of free-world ships ineligible to carry aid cargo because they have called at Cuban ports has increased steadily since the li.st was issued more than a year ago, according to the Mari­ time Administration here. The roster for May, issued by the MA, bears the names of 215 ships of 12 nations that have called at Cuban ports with commercial cargoes since the government ban was established in January, 1963. Last month, 209 ships were on the list, in March, 200, and in February 195. In April, 1963, only 60 ships were blacklisted. The list also names 35 vessels of seven countries that have been transferred to the eligible list under agreement that they will not trade with Cuba for the dura­ tion of the US boycott. Another successful group graduating from the SlU's Lifeboat school has photo taken in New York recently. All of the men in the class earned Coast Guard lifeboat tickets. They are (front, l-r) Charles Husted, Andre Merrltt; middle, Oliver L Nqsh, John B. Abroms, Ediiure Edstrom. Peter Dyer, Rus« sell Sultan; standing, instructor Dan Butts, Orville Payne, Chester Lobfr Vo^n Anderson^ end instructor Arne Bjornsson. �Jn« 12. IM4 SEAFARERS PM» LOO We//, Well—Is November That Near? MORE ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS URGED. The AFL-CIO has urged Congress to provide more adequate safeguards for workers at Hartford, Wash., and other atomic installations ^here government operations are being reduced or turned over to private industry. Labor voiced its plea in opposition to a proposed new section of the Atomic Energy Act on disposal of property which fails to provide protection for workers who may be adversely affected "if certain activities now carried on by the AEC are turned over to private business." 4. i 4^ REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION HAILED. Wisconsin AFLCIO ieaders have hailed the action of the state supreme court in reap­ portioning the state's 33 senatorial and 100 assembly districts as the culmination of labor's long fight for such action. Wisconsin AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer George Hall pointed out that labor for many years bas been in the battle to bring about redistricting "to restore the prin­ ciple that one man's vote is equal to any other's." Specifically, the redistricting gave urban areas more seats, hence workers will be more equitably represented. 4" J" 4^ PLANT PIRACY HIT. The practice of plant piracy must be stopped immediately by appropriate legislation according to two representatives, Henry Reuss (D-Wis) and Florence Dwyer (R-NJ). Mrs. Dwyer de­ scribed the practice as one in which a manufacturing company "pulls up stakes from an established industrial community and moves to a less-developed area because of the availability there of non-union labor, lower wages, new buildings at reduced costs, local and state tax exemptions, free or reduced rates for public utilities and frequently some form of federal benefits." t 4. t MEDICARE NEEDED. The country's desperate need for a health Insurance program under the Social Security system was emphasized recentiy by a US Pubiic Health Service report that said that approximateiy 7.7 million Americans past 65 years of age have no health insurance. The USPHS also reported that almost half, or 3.6 million citizens, have incomes of less than $2,000 a year and fall in the Govern­ ment's definition of poverty-stricken. In addition, the agency states that many peopie, mainly the unemployable and those on low fixed incomes, "are unable to afford insurance protection." Reports such as these, also demonstrate again the need for every SIU member to write his representatives in Washington demanding prompt action on the Medicare Biii. >11,'111.II itoiU j s...' ... ^ y.^< . ^ The average American citydweller lives more comfortably on an Income of nearly $6,700 a year, but the US stUl has a "substantial proportion" of low-income families able to "eke out only the barest existence," the US Department of Labor reports. In 1960-1961, an estimated 54 per cent of city and suburban families had incomes between $3,000 and $7,500, but 21 per cent earned less than $3,000, the department said. In the lowincome group, 2.4 per cent were under $1,000, 8.7 per cent between $1,000 and $2,000, and 9.9 per cent from $2,000 to $3,000. 4" 4" 4 The US Court of Appeals for the pistrlct of Columbia has agreed to speed up the process of deciding if the National Labor Relations Board may open and count ballots cast by strikers and strikebreakers at the Kingsport, Tenn., plant of the Kingsport Press. Denying a company request for a restraining order to prevent the NLRB from counting the bal­ lots, the court agreed to expedite the ca.se and directed the court clerk to set as early a date as possible for oral arguments on the appeal. Five unions struck the plant March 11, 1963, in a con­ tract dispute: the Bookbinders, Machinists, Pressmen, Typogra­ phers and Stereotypers. 4 4 4. The first strike of the Teachers Local 1220, East St. Louis. 111., has won for the Illinois Fededatlon of Teachers its first written local contract, whereby the school board •greed to Increase wages by $306,- f x • K\j.r teachers, attendance officers and supervisors. More than 500 union members stayed away from school four days, until the board agreed to sign a contract, referred to as a "memorandum of understand­ ing." The "total victory" for the union and its members was won, the IFT said, despite efforts of 200 non-union teachers to break the strike by walking through the lines at many of the city's 35 school buildings. 4 4 4 The first major hotel contract in Texas has been won by a group of 125 low-paid workers, back on the job after a 54-week strike against against the Plaza Motor Hotel, El Paso. Culinary Local 628 of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees succeeded in getting a contract from new management of the hotei. The new management not only agreed to the return of all strikers to their jobs with no loss of seniority but also provided wage increases ranging from 5 cents an hour for some workers up to $87.50 a month for cooks. 4 4 4 The Communications Workers of America won important economic gains as they concluded a success­ ful 141-day strike against the Gen­ eral Telephone Company in Santa Monica, Calif. The union assured the right of all strikers to return to work as the final major point in the dispute, the third longest in the history of the union. The settle­ ment included a 3.54 percent wage hike for 8,900 company workers, as well as q reduction in the Social Security deduction' from pensions, plus improved vacations and dis- liiiiiai & C AT It's hearts and flowers time along the cam­ paign trail again. Politicians are once again taking to the hustings to remind their con­ stituents that the day of truth, election day, is not far off, and that their support at the polls is once again requested. No doubt, many of our elected officials do a conscentious job in attending to the needs of their constitutents and the public at large. However, many arise from their lethargy only at election time, and stump their district espousing beneficial policies that they have allowed to remain entangled in legislative cobwebs throughout their term. A democracy, unlike other societies, has inherent in its structure the right of citizens to retain or dismiss their elected representa­ tives according to their wishes. This is a good time to do a little research on how your elected representatives have voted on the crucial issues that have come before the House and Senate this year. How did your representatives vote on the various allotments that have been made to aid the impoverished in our country? What are their stands on medical care for the aged, on federal aid to schools and. hous­ ing and the multitude of other issues that effect our everyday life? The instrument of protest is guaranteed for US citizens under the constitution. It is the citizens who have used this right judici­ ously who have brought beneficial legisla­ tive and social change in this country. The average citizen, although he may be remotely removed from the legislative process in Washington, can make his rep­ resentative know his feelings on an issue either through correspondence or the ballot box. I- li .W •n, There is plenty of time between now and election day in November to find out how your representative has voted on important issues. The fact that their are still over 5 million unemployed people in this country is proof enough that there is much to b» done in Washington legislatively. Elected representatives must give their constituents much more that hearts and flowers before this problem and many others that are confronting us can be solved. Figures Speak In the April data sheet issued by the Marltime Administration, more concrete evidence of government apathy towards the decline in the size of the active US merchant fleet was documented. The MA reported that there were 13 fewer vessels active than iA the month preceding the April statistics. There were only 914 ships of 1,000 gross tons and over, the agency said, and they added that there were no new contracts placed and no ships delivered at the start of April 1. These statistics speak for themselves. There has been a lot of hp service tendered in Washington on the subject of aiding the American merchant fleet. Obviously, more than lip service is needed. Meaningful legislation in the form of in­ creased subsidies and other aid are needed if the American-flag fleet is to be a vital and useful arm of this country. It seems odd, that at a time when every industrialized society in both the East and the West are concentrating on building up th^ir merchant fleet, the United States, the most affluent and powerful on earth, is let- �Paee Twelve By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. O.T. Guidelines On Grain Ships SEAFARERS Jne 12, 19M LOG U.S. Merchant Fleet Registers New Drop WASHINGTON—In the latest monthly data sheet issued QuesHoil! If you were to re­ by the Maritime Administration, more concrete evidence on ceive a million dollars, what the continuing decline in the size of the active US merchant would be the first thing you marine was documented. The would do? agency added that there were temporarily inactive and some 28 vessels in custody of the Depart­ no new contracts placed and ments of Defense, State and In­ Two questions about the interpretation of the contract have been received from J. R. Thompson who sails on the Eagle Traveler, in­ teresting points are raised by both questions, one of which deals with the replacement of butterworth plates, and the second of which is con­ no ships delivered at the start of Odel Powell; The first thing I terior and the Panama Canal Com­ cerned with the breaking of watches. April 1. would do would be to invest in pany. QUESTION No. 1: What rate of O.T. are crewmembers entitled to MA reported that there were 13 homes and real There were 12 fewer active ves­ if they are required to replace Butterworth Plates through which fewer vessels active than in the estate. That is openings grain has been loaded? This occurred when we loaded grain month preceding the April statis­ sels in the privately-owned fleet. about the best in New Orleans and proceeded down the Mississippi to sea. tics. There were only 914 ships of One bulk freighter was transferred investment today, to ocean from Great Lakes service. ANSWER: Crewmembers engaged in this type of work are entitled 1,000 gross and over, the agency the safest, and I to the Longshore Rate provided this work was done for the purpose said. It was broken down to nine Two freighters were transferred would be think­ of unloading cargo or covering up when cargo is in the vessel. This government-owned and 905 pri­ foreign and a tanker was registered ing in terms of applies only if cargo was loaded through Butterworth Plate openings. vately-owned ships in active serv­ as a marine loss. This made a net rent property loss of two, for a total of 972. Of REFERENCE: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article III, Section ice. rather than real the 67 privately-owned inactive ves­ 20: HANDLING HATCHES, "(a) When the sailors are used to remove However, the list excluded the estate specula­ hatches, strong backs, and tank tops for the purpose of loading cargo, privately-owned vessels which are sels, several were being repaired or overhauled. The remainder were tion. 1 don't think 1 would be very or to cover up hatches when cargo is in the vessel, they shall receive either laid up or temporarily idle. interested in getting into the ship­ overtime as per Article II, Section 32, of this Agreement. The Maritime Administration's ping business in any form. "(b) No overtime shall be paid to day men or the watch on deck own active fleet decreased by one between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday, for t t t while the inactive fleet decreased covering up when no cargo is in>Roy Hinkson: The first thing I by 11. Thirteen ships were sold for the ship or taking off hatches for BREAKING WATCHES AND would do would be to take care scrap and the Hydrofoil Ship Deniany purpose other than actual WORK IN PORT, "(a) In all ports, of the needs of sion was placed in the reserve fleet cargo operations. watches shall be broken except in pending survey. The total govern­ my family and "(c) No member of the Unli­ those ports where stay of vessel ment fleet decreased by 12 to 1,785. see to it that censed Personnel shall be re­ will not exceed 24 hours, then The total US merchant fleet de­ they would be quired to perform this work watches shall run consecutively. creased by 14 from March 1 to well taken care where it conflicts with the long­ Any part of a sea watch from of in the fu­ WASHINGTON — Government 2,757. shoremen and the longshoremen midnight until 3 a.m., on day of ture. Of course, have contracts covering such arrival, shall constitute a complete officials were charged here late 1 would give last month with trying secretly to work. AND — Standard Freight- watch. When arrival occurs on a part of it to the ship Agreement, Article II, Sec­ Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, over­ continue railroad rates that dis­ Union, because I criminate against St. Lawrence tion 32: LONGSHORE WORK BY time shall only be paid for hours believe It is a good outfit doing Seaway carriers. CREW. In those ports where actually worked on such waters. a good job for us. Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Mich), there are no longshoremen avail­ "(b) In port when sea watches accused the government of "skul­ ij. J" 4" able, members of the crew may are broken, the hours of labor shall be required to do longshore work be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 duggery" and using "cover up" Lawrence Murphy: I'd go right or drive winches for the purpose p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through tactics which permit railroads to out and hire the best investment of handling cargo. For such work Friday. Except as otherwise pro­ carry Government shipments at counsel 1 could NEW YORK — A program to performed they shall be paid in vided herein, any work outside of rates much lower than those get my hands on, addition to their regular monthly these hours or on Saturdays, Sun­ charged to private shippers, sub­ train specialists for the fishing in­ because 1 don't dustry has been started at the wages $2.24 per hour for those days and Holidays shall be paid for ject to review by the Interstate have the knowl­ Suffolk County Community Col­ ratings receiving a basic monthly at the regular overtime rate for Commerce Commission. edge to handle lege here. The college is present­ Proposes Bill Wage of $357.47 or below, $2.28 the respective ratings that kind of ly the only educational institu­ per hour for those ratings receiv­ Hart is the author of a bill that tion planning to supply trained money and 1 cer­ "(c) When watches are not ing S364.50 but not more than broken in port and the vessel's would authorize the commission tainly wouldn't personnel for the Department of $416.07, and $2.33 per hour for stay exceeds 24 hours in port, to determine whether the Gov­ attempt to do so. those ratings receiving $424.07 or overtime shall be paid for all ernment rates are discriminatory, the Interior's lO-year program to I am going to revitalize the nation's fishing in­ above. The watch below shall be watches stood after 5 p.m. and be­ preferential, or prejudicial. The college now, and some of the paid at the rate of $3.35, and $3.49 fore 8 a.m. after 24 hours. If measure was introduced, he said, dustry. The two-year college program money certainly would go to pay per hour respectively, dependent watches are broken in a port after in response to complaints that is called Trident, because of its off my tuition costs. upon the monthly wage" ranges having been maintained for a rails were hauling Government three-pronged attack on marine4> 4> specified above. period of time, overtime shall be shipments at less-than-cost rates industry problems through re­ lower than those charged by the After 5 PM and before 8 AM paid for all watches stood between Hector Revara: The first thing I and on Saturdays, Sundays and time of arrival and breaking of Seaway, thus depriving the inland search, development and services. would do would be to buy my Many Problems Holidays, the rates shall be $4.47, watches. This shall not apply when waterways of doing business with Walter L. Smith, associate pro­ mother a house. $4.57 and $4.65 per hour respec­ the crew is being paid overtime for the nation's largest shipper. fessor of biology at the college, She is the one tively, dependent upon the month­ standing watche.s." Government officials who testi­ and the man primarily responsi­ person I love ly wage ranges specified above. Kenneth E. Blair, sailing aboard fied at Senate Commerce Sub­ ble for the curriculum, said the most in this This section shall not apply the Overseas Eva, sent in the fol­ committee hearings earlier said problems confronting the indus­ world, and I when longshorem.en are not avail­ lowing questions asking for con­ Government shipping agencies had try "involve cultivation, plant would make cer­ tract clarifications. neither the staff nor the know- sanitation and problems associ­ tain she would able due to labor trouble. Question No. 1: Can members of how to weed out unfair railroad ated with insuring a continuous live the rest of QUESTION No. 2: We proceed­ rates, but later they shifted their supply of marine raw materials her life on this the Deck Department turn down ed down the Mississippi River and policy and notified Hart that they such as fish, shellfish and sea­ earth without got as far as Pilot Town, where overtime and later on during the opposed having any financial needs or the legislation. trip demand that overtime be weed." they refused to take us across the equalized? worries. "T h e Government agencies Technicians will be provided bar due to the ship being loaded Answer: No. Once a crewmem- which could not defend preferen­ through the program who, too far down by the head, and 4» 4" 4* therefore unable to clear the bar. ber turns down overtime, he is not tial, prejudicial, and discrimina­ "through the application of prac­ Ken Westervick: 1 really don't We then went back to New Or­ entitled to equalization of overtime tory rates at a public hearing tical knowledge will gain insight know. It's difficult to say, but I were very much in favor of such as outlined in the contract, pro­ into the problems that confront leans and anchored. We arrived probably would deals at the meeting in which the the industry," Smith said. at 0100 and the Mate did not vided, of course, that the crewtry to go into press was not present. It is time member did not have a legitimate New Slant break sea watches until 12 Noon. some sort of to ask who is trying to cover up reason such as illness, etc. Professor Smith said that the We stayed there that time for business. 1 would Question No. 2: Can the mate these deals. The time has come few existing marine curriculums two days and 23 hours. Accord­ also probably in­ to end this skulduggery," Hart in other colleges or institutions knock off men who have not ing to Freightship Agreement, vest part of the told the Senate. turned down any overtime in are either four-year or graduate Article III, Section 6 (c), if money in slocks "I call upon the officials of the oi'der to bring the men who have watches are broken after being turned down overtime up with executive agencies to reconsider courses of study geared primarily and bonds, per­ for "blue water or deep sea tech­ maintained for a period of time high men? haps some real their private statements and to ad­ niques." Buch as our situation, from 0100 estate and other Answer: The crewmembers who here to their public testimony," The program involves, in addi­ kinds of sound investments. to 12 Noon, our overtime would did not turn down overtime should Hart concluded. tion to general education courses, be for the watches stood from ar­ be allowed to continue to work. 4> 41 4' modern biology, technical math, rival to 0800, or from arrival 0100 Overtime as equalization no long­ commercial fishing techniques, to time of breaking watches at er applies once a crewmember has Marcel Romano: Are you jok­ plant layout, technical chemistry, ing? It would never happen. But Noon. Are the crewmembers turned down overtime, provided microbiolog.v, navigation, econom­ if it did, 1 would who stood watches between the there was not a legitimate reason ics, shellfish, plant sanitation, be the same. I'd time of arrival and Noon- entitled such as illness, etc. Seafarers overseas who want commercial marine products, ele­ really have to ^to overtime? Reference 1 & 2: Standard to get in touch with headquar­ ments of marine ecology and ele­ think about it beANSWER: If the crewmembers Freightship Agreement, Article HI, ters in a hurry can do so by were required to stand watches Section 2. DIVISION OF OVER­ cabling the Union at its cable ments of applied marine electron­ for 1 could say ics. what, I'd do, but between the time of arrival and TIME. All overtime shall be di­ address, SEAFARERS NEW A spokesnoan for the college 1 guess one of Noon, other than Gangway vided as equally as possible among YORK. Use of this address as­ things Watches, they would be entitled the members of the deck crew. In sures speedy transmission on all said that graduates of the course the first will receive Associate of Applied to overtime. any event, the Boatswain shall be messages and faster service for Sciences degrees that will enable I'd do would be to take care of Reference: Standard Freightship allowed to make as many hours the men involved. them to serve as marine techni­ my folks and see that they would Agreement, Article 111, Section 6; (Continued on page 22) cians. have a secure life. Gov't Secretly Anti-:Seaway, Senator Says N.Y. College Course Aids Fish Industry Union Has Cable Address « t V. { �JOB* If. MM SEAFARERS Pace Thirteea LOG In the wildest traditions of Captain Kidd, 69 heavily armed men stole aboard the Portuguese cruise ship Santa Maria on a dark Venezue­ lan night some time back, and eleven days later, took over, lock, stock and barrel. Shocked over the sudden seizure of the vessel by opponents of the regime of Portuguese strongman Juan Salazar, nations represent­ ed on the 600 passenger list^' cerned Is a highwayman of the question whether or not it was national shipping, merchant ves­ rarely seen act today? Several re­ moved into action. The seas, a robber, one who attacked, legal for another state to interfere sels on the high seas are exclu­ ports have recently brought atten­ kidnapped, ransomed, and mur­ in what was essentialiy a crime sively under the administrative, tion to an area of the world where United States* was repre­ dered for personal gain. sented by 42 passengers on the Santa Maria. So, the US Navy was called out in a fanciful search which saw US ships and planes take over three days to spot the luxury liner—off the coast of Brazil. But, Captain Kidd antics or not, the sudden takeover, originally planned as an attempt to touch off a political explosion in Portugal against Salazar was not, in the strictest sense, piracy. Geneva Convention The commiting of an act of piracy according to the Geneva Convention, say international law authorities, is based on the plan to take over the ship for personal gain or vengence. That separates piracy from a political or warlike act of talking over of a ship. The piracy law itself dates back to the days of marauding buc­ caneers of the Barbary Coast and the Spanish Main and is badly outdated. The law just does not fit the antics of rebels against their own governments. The pirate with which these old laws are con­ More recently, Halls Inter­ national Law, the most respected study on the subject, says the test of piracy is whether the grab was performed for personal gain or rather for public. The hijacking of the Santa Maria was essentially for publie gain. The pirate Is one who is primarily interested in satisfying personal greed or vengence in places heyond the jurisdiction of the state and any political bias on the part of the hijacker rules out the crime of piracy. For the pirate is a stateless person according to international law. Piracy is a crime against international law, along with slave trading and mis­ use of the national flag, among others, but International law does not include such crimes as mutiny. Again, sometime later, another ship was hi-jacked when a group of Communists took over the Venezualan freighter Anzoategui. And from this second hi-jacking, where there was no breach of international law (no passengers from other states) there arose the against the state under whose fiag the vessel originally sailed. It was noted in legal pronouncements that the ship hi-jacker was a threat only to the country against which he was revolting. This makes ship hi-jacking very much like the crime of mutiny. Legal Point The legal authorities point out that to act otherwise, that is to accept the right of intervention of international shipping on the high seas, several problems would be created. The most dangerous, au­ thorities say, is the often hazy distinction between the rebel and the rebelled against. In other words, there lies in such a philos­ ophy the problem of just who one Is going to back in a sudden up­ rising. The rebel of today is often the Prime Minister of the country tomorrow. It could also lead to encourage­ ment of interested foreign powers to intervene in a domestic controversery by seizing the vessel of one group or another on the claim that it had been hi-jacked. For the protection of inter­ criminal, civil, and protective jurisdiction of the flag state. Only in cases of crimes under inter­ national law may all nations exercise concurrent jurisdiction. However, a flag-state may avail itself of the opportunity of asking for help from other nations. For a sovereign to request help, it may state the terms of the help re­ quested, such as inviting only certain nations to participate. The sovereign may also limit the help from these nations to search, without allowing that nation to seize the hi-jacked vessel. Hence, in the case of both the Anzoategui and the Santa Maria, the US was invited to search for the vessels (In both cases US Navy planes found the vessels after be­ lated searches) hut prosecution of the insurgents was reserved by the nations under whose flag the Anzoategui and the Santa Maria sailed — Venezuela and Portugal. The Portuguese hi-jackers, how­ ever, sought and received political asylum In Brazil. Is the crime of piracy, then, largely an old-fashioned and small shippers are constantly in danger of what was thought to be pirates. Off the North Borneo coast, a British naval rating was killed recently in a pitched gun battle with Indonesians, thought to be pirates. British insurance officials, how­ ever, have raised the question of piracy or political action. They cited that these recent attacks— some 32 — involved 10 ships mounting machine guns used to prey on shipping in the Straits of Malacca were given to the Indo­ nesians by the Russians. Political Tag With politics as involved as they are today, it's getting tough for a self-respecting pirate to lay claim to his hard-won title. They're all being stuck with political motives. Pity the poor pirate in the con­ fusing political world of today, whose simply out to make an easy and dishonest buck, but who is constantly being tabbed as a mal­ content fighting his own govern­ ment. Ah, for the days of the wild and wooly buccaneers. SlU Great Lakes Bob'Lo Excursion ln30fhYear DETROIT—The SlU-Great Lakes contracted Bob-Lo ex­ cursion boat enterprise opened its 65th season on the Detroit River on the traditional day, May 30, Over 700,000 passengers are expected to pile aboard the veteran steamers of the Bob-Lo fleet, the Columbia, 62 years old, aiid the St. Claire, 53, this season to mark an all time record in Bob-Lo traffic. Since the enterprise's present owners bought the Great Lakes longest surviving and strongest boat-trip attraction in 1949, the excursion has carried 8 million passengers and tripled its popularity. Back in 1949, the excursion 18 miles down river to Bob-Lo (actually spelled Bois Blanc) island, the passenger load was 300,000. By 1955 the total was up to 500,000. Last year's top was 700,000, and it is expected to go well over that figure this year. Indications that this year will well surpass last are in the advance group bookings. Last year over 1,000 groups held special picnic excursions. Only 300 groups were served in 1949. The Columbia and the Ste, Claire, the company's tvvo boats, have a combined capacity of 4,980 passengers. Built as coal-burners, they have been converted to oil and now are almost completely steel as the result of careful mainten­ ance and replacement. Maintenance costs for the two ships and the island (also owned by the Bob-Lo Corporation) are estimated to be about $150,000 a year. This year a 182berth marina on the west side of the island has been built at a cost of $175,000. Browning Lines, owners and operators of the enterprise, bought the package of the two boats and the island from a family's interests in Alpena who had operated the boats and park for 50 years. At that time Browning lines was a growing force in Great Lakes shipping; it operated nine ships. The Bob-Lo operation, however, now represents its entire shipping activity. Getting the Columbia ready for the '64 sea­ son, Forrest Riser mans the sougeeing machine above. The vessel got a thorough cleaning out and wash-down during the fit-out. Seventy men were shipped from the SlU Detroit hall as shore gang to get the Bob-Lo boats in shape for the May 31st deadline. The season got underway June 1st. I 81^ The Columbia was {ust about ready to begin its runs when this picture was taken. Another Bob-Lo boat, the St. Clair was also fitting out at the same dock. Spic and span and in tip-top shape, they will carry hundreds of thousands on memorable trips. \ SlU Great Lakes Dis­ trict member Paul Servinski is shown above giving the Columbia a good scrub-down. �rare FonrteM SEAFARERS Jiwe u, im LOG New License IVesf Coast To Port Canavora! By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative Nation Focuses On Coast Politics ICC Examiner OKs Calmar Lumber Hun WASHINGTON—An Interstate Commerce Commission The bir news out here, of course, is the recent Republican primary, Examiner recommended here last week that the ICC grant In which Goldwater walked off with the honors. Actually, though, approval of the SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Corpora­ of more importance to us out here, is the win of Pierre Salinger, former press secretary to the late President Kennedy over state comp- tion application to make intercoastal lumber delivery avail­ 700,000 board feet moving every troler Alan Cranston. Cranston seemed to be the strongest in the beginning, but as the able from the West Coast to three weeks. With the new vessels. White campaign rolled on, it becan>e apparent that Salinger was gaining Port Canaveral. added, Calmar expects to reduce Calmar, already an intercoastal In popularity and power. His forces were so strong that we felt sure he would win, even be­ water common carrier of lumber, transport time between West Coast fore the election, as reported in this column in the last issue of the made application last year to the ports and Cape Canaveral from ICC to extend service from the 24'days to 15 days so that 8-day LOG. West Coast to the ports of Cape schedules may bo establish^ In Another shipping official has come out for the importance of more Canaveral, In connection with lieu of 10-day sailings. help for US flag vessels from the Maritime Administration. "It is anticipated," the ICC ex­ George Killion, president of American President Lines, stressed Calmar's routes between presently the growing power of Russia on the seas. In a speech in Honolulu, served Pacific Coast and Atlantic aminer said, "that not only will transit time be cut by one-third Killion reminded the Propeller Club there that Russia is well on her Coast ports. Railroads Oppose but also the capacity of the ves­ way to out-stripping all other nations as a shipping power. Opposition to the application sels will be increased by 25 per­ Here in San Francisco we paid off the Mankato Victory, Antinous, Seafarer Harry (The Hat) the additional waterway cent." Ha added that Calmar is Orion Comet, Orion Clipper, Penn Carriers, and the Beloit Victory. for Byrd, his chapeau firmly in In transit were the Ames Victory, Choctaw, Keva Ideal, De Soto, Sea- service was raised by several "fit and able, financially and place, is shown here proud­ mar, Fortmar, Massmar, Elizabethport, Mayflower, Steel Traveler, West Coast railroads, including otherwise" to perform the pro­ Great Northern Railway Company; posed operation. Robin Kirk, and the Longview Victory. ly displaying his newly won The route followed by Calmar Hans Skaalegaard, the skillful "sea-scapist" is now on the beach Northern Pacific Railway Com­ third assistant Engineer's and working temporarily as a rigger in one of the local shipyards. pany; Union Pacific Railroad is along the East Coast through license in New Orleans. Hans sails as bosun and does quite a bit of his work in oils while at Company, and the Chicago, Mil­ the Caribbean and Panama Canal Boyd studied and got his sea. His painting are much sought after and he is considered a master waukee, St. Paul and Pacific Rail­ up the West Coast of Mexico to license through the SIU West Coast ports and return along in painting seascapes. Just back in SF after a few nmnths aboard the road Company. the same route. In the report made to the Com­ Upgrading Program. iKTankato Victory is Joe Carroll, a 20-year SIU man. Joe is looking forward to seeing a .workable pension plan that will benefit the ma­ mission, the examiner. Warren C. jority of the membership and not some short-sighted plan that will White said that at present Cal­ take away from what is already the best plan in the business. How­ mar is operating ten modified ever, Joe, a native Easterner but now strictly West Coast, is still a Libertys which were obtained In young man and is not planning to leave the sea for several years 1944 from the US government and subsequently converted to accom­ to come. Walter Cousins is back in the city by the Golden Gate after a sup­ modate over-size lengths of lumber posedly short run from Japan to the states. He flew from here back and steel products. The vessels, in February on what was to be a 25-day run and just paid off. He are owned by Bethlehem Steel enjoyed the many weeks in the Kobe and Yokohama shipyards, but Corporation and chartered by Cal­ WASHINGTON—^Federal legislation to protect the publia hated those long hours at the end of a tow line while on the National mar from the steel company, its and particularly the elderly—against misrepresentation by Seafarer. More about that later. As a consolation he at least had parent corporation. Calmar is in the process of ex­ land speculators and real estate promoters has been proposed enough time to file for his vacation pay and will spend a few weeks > changing six Liberty ships for six by the AFL-CIO. on the beach for a much needed rest off the lovers' run. The Federation called for C4 troop transports, which are to form filed with the SEC and In a And Victor Harding just paid off the Beloit Victory as AH. Known be converted into fast break-bulk regulation of interstate adver­ prospectus furnished each person as Scottie, he is quite a singer of old sea chantys. tising and sales-by-mail of homes solicited. Also, Alex Witchen, the culinary specialist who used to sail the merchant ships. In the report. White said that and home sites by the Securities Delta Line ships out of New Orleans just joined the Choctaw as "The legislation we propose la baker. Alex is well-known for his cooking and baking abilities and there was a market for some six & Exchange Commission in the urgently needed," the AFL-CIO the crew of the Choctaw is most fortunate in getting his services. million board feet of lumber an­ same manner that the SEC now statement said. "It would provida Alex just passed the 50-year mark and says his dogs are beginning to nually through Port Canaveral, regulates stock sales and offerings. for fair and reasonable regulation with shipments of .some 500,000 to bark a little after the years he has spent working around hot stoves. Ads 'Misleading' in the public interest, convenience Riley Carey finally made the round trip on the Beloit Victory after The AFL-CIO statement, sub­ and necessity, of offerings for sale, a long shuttle run hauling cement to Saigon and Formosa. He is now mitted to the subcommittee by through the mails or otherwise making the rounds down in the "Tenderloin" and is getting to be Legislative Director Andrew J. in interstate commerce, of land well-known to most of the SF innkeepers. Carey, a former New York Biemiller, cited "misleading" ad­ subdivisions and of other real es­ (Continued from page 4) sailor, has been around here for several years now and says he pre­ vertisements "designed to entice tate." fers it here. Byron Slaid, alias "Jimmie," now bosun on the Mankato coming fast enough. The Depart­ elderly citizens to purchase, sight' In a covering letter, Bie­ Victory passed through town last week to say he had a most enjoyable ment of Commerce sources said unseen, real estate purporting to miller praised the subcommit­ trip on the Mankato because of the real professional sailors he had in recently that the adverse balance be suitable for retirement living." tee's investigations into "wide­ his deck gang. It made the trip very pleasant because everyone in the of payments was improved by a After the sale is made, it was spread exploitation" of elderly whole deck department knew his job and was a credit to the SIU. !>51 million pick-up in sales and pointed out, the buyer often finds citizens — including hearings on Jim suffered a broken leg last year and still hobbles a bit during rainy a $155 million drop in foreign that the sites lack such essential health frauds, quackery, and de­ weather, but otherwise is feeling fine on sunny days. Jim is a real obligations during the period utilities as water and electricity, ceptive sales practices for health professional Seafarer and he says the SIU, with all things consid­ from Jan. 1 to May 15. As a re­ and sometimes even access roads. insurance. "The people most like­ ered, has the best set-up for the man who wants to make his living sult the adverse balance for the He urged the subcommittee, a ly to be victimized" by misrepre­ first quarter of 1964 was down by going to sea. unit of the Senate's Special Com­ sentation in land sales "and the In Wilmington, an American flag and plaque was presented to Wil­ to $41 million. mittee on Aging, to require com­ main target of the unscrupulous The agency also reported that plete disclosure of pertinent infor­ speculators" are retired persons liam (Bill) Bassett, Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles Central Labor Council on behalf of Paul Hall, MTD president and Pete it was engaged in eliminating mation regarding the property of­ or elderly persons near retire­ McGavin of the Maritime Port Council. The plaque and flag were pre­ "foreign discriminations against fered for sale in a registration ment, Biemiller pointed out. sented by Blackie Ellis, President of the Port Council, and Frank our merchant marine" that reduce the dollars earned by the Ameri­ Boyne, Wilmington port agent. Over the last two-week period, shipping has been very active, with can-flag shipping companies, 10 ships in transit. Wilmington is short on oilers, FWTs and ABs. Harllee assured the President. We are hopeful that, in the The outlook for the coming two-week period is also expected to be face of so many Government good as they expect some 10 more ships to be in transit there. Frank Feld, last off the Orion Comet, plans to stay on the beach for agencies so often trying to slip awhile after he collects his vacation pay. He said this was a rather something by American shipping short trip for him but he will have to check with his boss, the wife, concerns, some relief may be before he ships out again. He was glad to hear shipping has been achieved. It is obviously so im­ active in Wilmington and that the outlook is good. Bob Morales, who portant that the balance of pay­ was last off the Ames Victory as chief cook and has been on the beach ments deficit be straightened out, since last March not fit for duty, just received his okay and is ready the President is taking personal interest in seeking any and every to get anything smoking. way possible to even it up. And Pete Prevas is registered in Wilmington, but isn't ready to ship out one the ways is certainly that at the present time. He wants to stay with his mother for a few weeks moreofUS-flag ships be utilized in as he has been out for several months and feels he is due a vacation. our trade. It could turn out to be The Maritime Trades Council of Seattle endorsed the re-election of an effective way to bring other Governor A1 Rosellini and also Pat Sutherland, committee member of government agencies to observing the Washington State Public Utilities Commission for a place on the the ietter of the law, and at the Federal Maritime Board. same time vastly impoove the The Longview Victory, Robin Kirk, Mobile, Choctaw, New Orleans, economy of the United States. Young American and Trustco all paid off in Seattle during recent Johnson himself made such a weeks. The Trustco took 20 replacements. The Mobile is being re­ warning in the letter when he named the Seattle and the New Orleans is changing to the Anchorage. said that "the job is not yet The turn-over has been pretty good- on the two Sea-Land C4s, how­ finished." We're behind any such ever it is expected that the. homesteaders will eventually start making program which will not only help Seafarer John Ross, who sails in the deck department, was this coast-wise run into Alaska. alleviate the balance of payments caught by the LOG . camera recently catching up on some The National Seafarer paid off after a hectic voyage fsom .Tapan. problem, biit also will give" a of his writing in the hiring hall at NY headquarters. His What started out to be a run job turned out to be a lovers' stay in the much-needed hand to the Ameri­ can seaman. last shi>„wos tho,j;oblB. G^^fRlloWv JRoJaia X'neJ, f M,,,, Labor Seeks Protection For Elderly In Land Deals Jobs Nice Form �|taM It, if«4 SEAFARERS LOG Fuge Ftfteea fwmwt SchBdule Still Delinquent Seaway Corp. Studies Toll Hike WASHINGTON—Pressure for a toll structure change on the St, Lawrence Seaway has become more severe following closed-door testimony given recently to a House Appropria­ tions Subcommittee by officials of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. The toll structure of the Panama Canal was also stu­ rates and charges. I think that if centers such"- as Pittsburgh and died by the committee be­ our rate of increase in the last Youngstown, is a definite possibil­ cause of the increase of the an­ nual payment to Panama of $3 million. Behind On Payments Joseph H. MeCann, US Admin­ istrator of the St. Lawrence Sea­ way, admitted the possibility of a rise in tolls for the waterway to help it catch up in its delinquent payment schedule to the US Treas­ ury, already $9 million in arrears In interest alone. Both United States and Cana­ dian toll committees are expected to make recommendations to their respective governments by July 1 to keep the seaway solvent. Seaway traffic has not as yet come up to original expectations, although, McCann said, it "is ad­ vancing at a satisfactory rate of growth." The break even point on the Seaway is about 42 million tons a year. In 1963, 30.9 million tons were moved. It was originally anticipated- that the break-even point would be reached last year. Sentiment Against Rise There is strong sentiment against raising the tolls on the Seaway. The arguments are that the rise is too early and would only boost the cost of using the waterway and cause diversion of traffic to railroads. McCann said that another rea­ son put forward against a toll in­ crease is that "we have first to find our competitive level ... of three years is maintained for an­ other three years there will be no need to even talk about raising tolls." McCann claimed flatly that diversion of traffic to other areas, notably the importation of iron ore to Baltimore and on to steel SlU Company Sues Over Rail Rate Cuts DETROIT—The SIU-Great Lakes contracted T. J. McCarthy Steamship Company has filed suit here against the New York Central Railroad for what the shipping concern calls discrimi­ natory rate-cutting and refu-"sal to establish ship-and-train can beat them between Detroit rates for cars shipped to East­ and Buffalo any day of the week." ern markets. The $6 million suit for damages alleges that McCarthy's business has been "destroyed" by the rail's violation of the Interstate Com­ merce Act. The shipping firm has announced that it will not be in operation this year. The McCarthy company has four freighters which are special­ ly built with ramps and "flight" decks allowing about 500 automo­ biles to be driven on and off. "We're still competitive on the water," T. J. McCarthy, chairman of the board of the firm said. "We SiU Lakes Carterry Operates As Barge ST. IGNACE, Mich.—For the first time since 1888 railroad cars were ferried across the Straits of Mackinac May 25 by a "barge" towed by a tug. The "barge" is the SIU- hooks onto the Wawatam to per­ Great Lakes District-con­ mit the tug to operate alongside tracted Chief Wawatam, a vet­ it. eran carferry operating between the Straits of Mackinac and serv­ ing as a railroad link between Up­ per and lower Michigan since 1911. The Wawatam's Coast Guard certificate expired May 24, and Coast Guard inspectors, who had given the certificate two exten­ sions, finally issued orders to the Mackinac Transportation Com­ pany to repair her boilers or cease running her. The Wawatam's owners want to abandon the service, together with rail service to the northern end of the Lower Peninsula, but they cannot do so without permission of the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission. At the request of Attorney Gen­ eral Frank J. Kelley, Judge Noel Fox issued a temporary injunction blocking the abandonment of the carferry until ICC hearings, which have been scheduled for July 8. Must Operate Judge Fox told the company it was up to them to find a way to keep operating with the con­ demned boilers, so until the issue is settled the 351-foot ferry will be towed by the 142-foot tug John Purves of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The tug was chartered from the Roen Steamship Company, owner of three large lake tugs. It is a 1,800 horsepower diesel, twin screw, extremely maneuverable craft. Workmen welded two - large ity if freight charges are right. One consequence of higher Pan­ ama Canal tolls, Fleming said, may be that West Virginia-mined coal, moving through the Canal, might cease being competitive with Australian coal in some for­ eign markets. The Chief Wawatam can carry 22 raii cars and is the only car­ ferry in the US equipped both as a rail ferry and icebreaker, which is necessary to operate 12 months a year at the Straits. The company faces the prospect of disposing of the four ships or converting them to other trade, involving extensive conversion. The $6 million figure is the es­ timated damage to McCarthy earnings and assets. The latter consists of the ships and two ter­ minals, here and in Buffalo. Charge Discrimination The company charges that the rail company is pursuing "dis­ criminatory rate-making" in a continuing fight to eliminate wa­ ter carriers from domestic trade routes. In the suit, the Central is also accused of refusing to establish a ship-rail combination rate. This, if proved, would be in direct vio­ lation of existing interstate com­ merce legislation. The steamship company says that in 1962 and 1963 railroads set "a new level of greatly re­ duced all-rail rates" from Michi­ gan auto plants and that these rates were so low they knocked out ship-truck transportation of oars. McCarthy said it had offered to establish a Detroit-Buffalo ship rate that would have given the railroad "at least as much com­ pensation" for rail service beyond Buffalo as it received from its allrail rates. SIU Visitor By Al Tanner, Vice President and Frod Fcrnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Lakes Shipping Picture Active The outlook for shipping in the Great Lakes Area continues to be exceptionally optimistic,' with tonnage expected to remain, at least, on an even or rising keel. Cleveland, Buffalo and Frankfort have reported unusually good shipping, Chicago reports that shipping ac­ tivity has been very good and steady with no decline expected, while Alpena has reported shipping at an "unprecedented" high. Nearly all the Buckeye ships lately are coming into the Cleveland Port pretty regularly. At least two each week can be seen in port. The boys who had the Hearts game going so hot this spring have all shipped out now, but they promise to start the game again where they left off. Harold Carroll just got into town to spend some time on the beach here. George Mitchell has had his rest and now is ready to go. Louis Stein, after spending a short time on the beach, has just shipped, leaving very few book men on the board. Book men certainly don't have long to wait in Cleveland. The Chicago Port Council MTD has sent letters of strong protest to Chicago's Mayor Daley, urging him to support a very badly needed dredging of the Calumet River from the break wall to Calumet Har­ bor, which die at low draft. This condition is costing the port thou­ sands of tons of business each 4year, and we hdpe the Mayor will vision. Except for sailing on the get behind this move and put Cal­ Coast during World War II, Mel­ umet Harbor back into its usual vin was with Mackinac on the Wa­ full capacity. watam from 1944 to 1962. From Our "professional p o r t e r," 1942 to 1944 he sailed as oiler George Stevenson, finally has on the William Cullen Bryant, shipped out as a permanent coal deck engineer on the Bryant, oil­ passer on the Gypsum, which he er on the Angeline, and deck en­ feels now will be "it." But every­ gineer on the Benjamine Chew. body in Chicago Is betting the Fit-out of Bob-Lo is now com­ Gypsum uses hard coal and he'll pleted and their vessels are in be back shortly. Joe Yukes still operation. From all indications, is around, his usual jovial self. the company expects a very busy He recently passed up a job on season. the South American to remain Stanley Wares attended the home with his wife, who is ill. Ohio AFL-CIO convention in As Joe puts it, "I'll never have to Cleveland, the main themes of worry about a job in the SIU." which were politics and the War Willard Tolbert has shipped as on Poverty. We supported a reso­ relief deck hand on the tanker lution on unemployment compen­ Detroit. This is one Chicago ship­ sation for Great Lakes Seafarers, per that will never pass up a which was passed and given full chance to work, and we always backing by the Federation. We can rely on him to take the pier also supported Senator Frank W. heads off the board. King as president of the Ohio Bill Toler has shipped as per­ AFL-CIO. He was elected by a manent deck hand on the Piatt, three-to-one margin. where he no doubt will stay until The rocking-chair days of Ed­ layup. He has a party fishing boat ward "Shy" Ryan should be much in California, where he works more comfortable from now on. during the winter. Bill, as many On his recent retirement, Sea­ will remember, was the first man farers on the Huron Fleet pre­ to register at this hall when it sented Shy with a luxurious plat­ reopened in June, 1959. form rocker in appropriate cere­ Mackinac Transportation Com­ monies, with Capt. Ray Stafford pany, in compliance with Coast of the J. B. Ford doing the hon­ Guard specifications, currently is ors. The gift was a token of the making the repairs on the boilers esteem in which his fellow crew­ necessary to continue operation of men hold Shy, who has sailed the Chief Wawatam. The repairs with the Huron Fleet for over 30 are taking place while the vessel years. Happy rocking. Shy. When Robert Sheffield, sailing is being towed back and forth across the straits by the tug, John as an oiler on the A & J Mercury, Purves, so it now is official that was transferred from the vessel this ship will continue to operate to the Buffalo General Hospital, at least until the Interstate Conv this office contacted Dr. Bruck­ merce Commission makes a deci­ ner, head of the USPHS in this sion on the company's request to area, who arranged to have the patient transferred to the USPHS abolish her. Veteran Seafarer from the \Va- in Baltimore, Md., where he haswatani, Melvin L. Wheeler the relatives. This is an example of first SIU Seafarer employed by the exceptionally fine cooperation Mackinac to go on disability, is which we have always experi­ spending his time watching tele­ enced with Dr. Bruckner. mm rnwmmtimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmitmmmmmmmmmmt ooMyn32. NY The rotary board system of assigning jobs to Seafarers was explained recently to a high official of a German labor union when he visited the SIU hall In New York. Right is Heinz Kluncker, vice-president and negotiating secretary of the huge Federation of Public Service, Transport and Communi­ cations Workers. Explaining the system to him and Richard C. Kriegel, center, Department of Labor, is SIU Representa­ tive Jehn Yarmolav I �Pace Sixteea sBAfdnMns xof Jvn« It, UM Part Of Antipov0rty Program Expanded Job Retraining Waiting For More Funds SlU Provides Upgrading Opportunities By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives WASHINGTON—Although the Senate Apropriations Committee approved a $24.3 mil­ lion supplement to the Federal manpower training program recently, the Senate has not had the opportunity to act upon the additional funds because of the civil rights filibuster. This program, centered on-*equipping unemployed work­ by a committee to tide over a President Johnson's favored antiers with new skills, is thought number of Federal agencies for poverty bill, with all 19 Democrats With more and more stewards signing up for the SIU's Recertification Program, and more and more of them completing it, it may be Important at this point to stop and take a good look at all of the many programs a Seafarer has access to in order to improve himself aboard ship. Of course, the Stewards' recertification is only one of many programs to be essential to any serious at­ this fiscal year. The measure in­ on the committee voting for it available. But quite a number of stewards that have attended the tack on poverty in America. It cludes 46.9 million In emergency and all 12 Republicans against. school boast of their hard won certificate as a mighty proud possession. has been languishing since early funds for Alaska, but about nine- Although the Democrats had made It will become more Important to have the certificate as time goes on. The stewards who are not in tune with the importance of selfin the year because of lack of tenths of the deficiency measure concessions in the bill, the Repub­ funds. In the last four months, is for military pay increases and licans had called the changes improvement, take due notice and act quickly. You don't want to be programs to train an average of maintenance and funds for match­ merely technical. The bill's next left behind. The doors are open, so to speak, for the new member to perpetuate only 3,500 participants have been ing grants for public assistance. stop is the House Rules Commit­ The House denied any supple­ tee, where no serious trouble is a solid union by signing up for the Seniority Upgrading Program. approved each month, about a However, a look before you leap attitude is necessary for the aspirants However, a heavy mental appropriation for the expected. third of the previous rates. training program but authorized schedule of other controversial for this program. Later in this column, the necessary attributes for Using Balances The program, administered by eariy spending of funds allocated. bills may well hold the bill up on successful completion of this program are listed and explained. Many new Seafarers can be trained or older members retrained to In other action on a related bill, the House floor until after the the Labor and the Health, Educa­ take their places in our Seafarer society as full book members by tion and Welfare Departments, the House Labor Committee freed GOP National Convention. joining the Seniorty Upgrading Program. has been using unexpended bal­ However, too many men have"*" ances from completed programs adopted a status quo attitude with Seafarer must be physically fit, and reassigning money from no real desire to better themselves. have an attitude to get along and states that have not used it to The SlU-manned cable ship Long Lines (Isthmian) is celebrating They are not only hurting them­ have a good general conduct back­ states that have used up their in­ her first year in service hard at work on the high seas, laying the selves, they are damaging the ground. itial allocations. last section of a 5,500-mile underwater telephone line connecting future of a strong union. The kind The last classes will attest that The additional appropriation, if Hawaii and Japan by way of Midway, Wake and Guam Islands. of man with this attitude does not they have gone through the mill fin,illy approved, would be enough The trans-Pacific cable is scheduled to be finished this summer. have the basic interest pre-req- in the various courses the right to allow the Labor Department to A joint project of American Telephone & Telegraph Company, ulsite for retraining for the Union's way and they are now ready to go go ahead with training for 30,000 Radio Corporation of American and a Japanese company, Kokusal upgrading program. out as real assets to the Union and jobless workers under programs Denshin Denwa, the $80 million system will provide the equivalent All of the training programs to themselves. that it has approved but for which 128 voice circuits with additional capabilities for handling data are designed to protect the hard funds are lacking. • Ambition. The Seafarer must telephones and other more specialized communications. won gains we now enjoy, plus have the will to improve himself. -The House had earlier cut the According to present plans, the Long Lines will be spending her seeing that every Seafarer has the This means real will, not merely Administration's request for the next few anniversaries at sea in addition to her first. Plans now best possible chance of Improving a vague or intermittent desire. It manpower program for the fiscal call for completion of a second cable link between Hawaii and Cali­ himself individually. year from $411 million to $327.9 must be a drive to get ahead. fornia this fall and a Guam-Philippines telephone cable after that. million. To be eligible for any of the Then, after putting the finishing touches on the Pacific cables, • Industriousness. This attribute, retraining programs the Seafarer coupled with ambition, gives the Hope For Approval the vessel will be all set to lay a cable between Florida and must know the history of the Seafarer the ability to drive him­ St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and then begin work on trans-Atlantic Advocates of the retraining Union, have a lifeboat ticket, know self steadily toward improvement. Cable Number Four, which will link New Jersey to France. bill hope that the Senate will ap­ how to conduct meetings and know The Long Lines is operated for AT&T by SlU-contracted Isth­ prove the supplemental $24.3 mil­ • Dependability. This is impor­ the functions of the Union. mian Lines. The 511-foot vessel is equipped with the newest lion, and that, when the Senate tant for the Seafarer. He must be cable-laying machinery, capable of laying cable at a rate of 7 to 8 goes into conference with the Other qualifications demand that able to take orders from others, knots, even in rough weather. The effectiveness of older type House, the lower body will be the Seafarer know tlie work aboard and be relied upon to carry out cable-layers was often cut drastically because they had to hove-to persuaded to go along with the ship, general conduct, the con­ the orders with little or no super­ and quit laying cable during bad weather. additional funds. stitution, rights, the labor move­ vision. In addition to her job of laying new cable, the Long Lines' is The training program funds ment, educational programs and • Forcefulness. The Seafarer also .scheduled for a lot of repair work, maintaining the company's were part, of a $1.3 billion defi­ production incentives and working must give people the impression 23,000 miles of ocean cable already in service. ciency money measure approved methods. Generally speaking, the that he is capable and self-con• Dependability. This is impor­ tant trait. • Seif-Confidence. The Union man should never forget the things he does of which he can be proud, and he should always carry himself proudly and exude self-confidence. • Friendliness. Criticism of tha actions of other people can lead not only to strained relations, but WASHINGTON—A fleet of 23 research ships from five nations has provided the first picture of the Indian Ocean floor to a fall-off of shipboard efficiency. • Tact. It is essential that the and unveiled what appears to be one of the most remarkable of the earth's features, according to Dr. Bruce C. Heezen of Seafarer work in iiarinony with his Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory. shipmates. The Lamont Observatory," • Good Judgement. The Seafarer which sponsors the SIU- tending some 3,600 miles along ridges are lines of activity Is de­ flow of heat from the earth's In­ must regularly examine himself, the 90th Meridian east of Green­ noted by the frequent occurrence terior. manned research ship Conrad, particularly as regards initiative It was found, that some ridges and resourcefulness and the ex­ is participating in the survey as wich and is thus called the "90- of earthquakes along those lines and the abnormally high upward extending into the Indian Ocean ercise of good judgment. Ha part of the 1962-65 International Degree Ridge," he reported. Ridges that bisect the Atlantic do not display such activity, and should make resasonable sugges- ' Indian Ocean Expedition. Other Dr. Heezen believes they are dif­ tions to his Union. nations participating in the sur­ and Pacific Oceans enter the In­ ferent in origin. He thinks they vey are Britain, South Africa, dian Ocean from the south, form­ • Neatness. It is important to be ing an inverted "Y," the survey resemble elongated fragments of painstaking in regard to personal Australia and the Soviet Union. revealed. These ridges are divided continents and calls them "micro- appearance and taking care of Deep Trench by a deep cleft, and where they continental." shipboard equipment which is used One of the most drantatic dis­ cross fault lines (breaks in the Others suggest that soma of by the Seafarers. coveries is a trench in the ocean earth), they have apparently been the ridges might be similar to the • Health Habits. Seafarers should floor that is twice as deep as the displaced by lateral movements of mid-ocean ridges but inactive in ask themselves whether their hab­ Grand Canyon and at least 60 the ocean floor. the manner of some volcanic its are those that make for or miles long, Dr. Heezen said. It mountain chains. While much of the floor Is against good health, and how those has been named the Vema Trench Plains habits tell on working ability. for the Lamont Observatory re­ mountainous, there are abyssal plains, usually associated with In addition, the Indian Ocean Mental attitude is greatly affected search ship that found it. mapping disclosed great abyssal by physical health habits, and a near-by continental rivers, the Dr. Heezen de.scribed this and researcliers discovered. plains similar to those found in good attitude is all-important. other recent discoveries relating recent years carpeting other • Capacity to Delegate Work. Ridges to the earth's crust at the annual ocean floors. Dr. Heezen associ­ This quality is especially important meeting of the American Geo­ Four ridges that, unlike the va­ ates them with turbidity currents for those who are, or hope to be­ physical Union here. riety found in mid-ocean, are not —masses of silt or other niaterlal come, the key men. Some men in The Indian Ocean, although one centers of earthquakes and other that race across the sea bottom the key positions on board ship fall of the three great water areas of activity, have been identified, in­ at great speed. short in this category because they the world, until now has been little cluding the "90-Degree Ridge," Usually the material, having col­ lack persistence of a certain kind, Lloyd O'Neal Sr. of the known, but the soundings and the researchers said. lected off a river mouth, suddenly or because of vanity or selfishness SlU United Industrial other observations have thrown The ridges are thought by Dr. Is dislodged. The progress of such which will not allow them to Workers is shown above new light on the world-wide sys­ Heezen and others to be related catastrophic currents has been delegate authority. assembling a tug fender tem of mid-ocean ridges. Dr. to the basic forces responsible for observed on occasion when they Of course, it goes almost without at the UlW-contracted Heezen said. the existence of continents and were set in motion by an earth­ saying that a member must have a Curtis Bay Shipyard in The floor of the ocean Is marked oceanic basins. quake and undersea cables were great amount of pride in the fact that he is a qualified Union man. severed in quick succession. by a strikingly straight ridge ex­ The fact that the mid-ocean Norfolk, SlU Cable Ship Celebrates Birthday Study Of Indian Ocean Floor Shows Mountains, Valleys, Plains Rope Weaver �fii U.IH« SEAFARERS Cost Of Living index Takes Another Jump Catching Up weekly take-home pay stood at $91.22 for the factory worker with three dependents and $83.49 for the worker with no dependents. In each case, the April figure represented a new high, with an increase of 83 cents over the pre­ vious month. The unusually large over-the-year increase of $5.50 in spendable earnings was influenced by increased hourly earnings as well as the reduction in the Fed­ eral income taxes. Consumers found that overall food prices were unchanged be­ tween March and April but up 1.3 per cent above a year ago. Prices of meats, poultry and fish reached their lowest level since February 1960 and egg prices were down by 51^ per cent from a year ago. Prices of milk declined seasonally and sugar prices dropped nearly 4 per cent. The big food increase was in potato and tomato prices, but fresh vegetables declined in April, the first time in 1964. By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Mammography For Breast Tumors To Aid Nation's Needy Urge Passage Of 'Food Stamp Plan' WASHINGTON—With medical fees and hospital service charges zoon^g, the cost of living rose 0.1 per cent in April, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced. hourly aamings accounted for the Cost of many consumer increase. After deduction of Social cervices, as well as used cars Security and Federal income taxes, and meii's apparel, were factors Jn the Increase, but medical care —up 0.3 per cent over the month —figured prominently. The cost of medical care has risen 2.2 per cent eince April of 1963. A similar in­ crease was registered for recrea­ tion costs. Up 1.5 Percent At 107.8 per cent of Us 1657 average, the April Consumer Price Index was 1.5 per cent higher than a year ago. Prices of most coneumer items had advanced over the year except for meats, eggs and fuel oil. As a result of the in­ crease, some one million workers will receive a one-cent-an-hour pay increase. They include 800,000 auto workers, 100,000 farm and con­ struction equipment workers, 65,eOO aerospace workers, and 45,000 miscellaneous metal workers. The Bureau foun'd that net spendable earnings of factory pro­ duction edged up slightly between March and April. A small gain in Page Seveofeea LOG WASHINGTON—Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.) and Senator George D, Aiken (R-Vt.), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, have called for the passage of the Food Stamp Bill. The food stamp measure, vide better diets for 25 million passed by the House, would persons. He said he expects the While waiting for an en­ gine department dot to come up recently at the SlU hall in Philadelphia, Seafarer Teddy Wheeler took the opportunity to catch up on the latest news with a copy of the LOG. Teddy's last ship was the Alomar (Calmer). DONOTBUy Action In the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and tneir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Soft tissue radiography has received considerable publicity as an improved, reliable method of diagnosing cancer of the breast, and possibly as a useful screening procedure in periodic health checkups. As a diagnostic tool which helps determine whether biopsy is necessary, a well-made radiograph is sometimes valuable. But its usefulness for routine "screening" of the asymptomatic female population is less certain, according to The Medical Letter on drugs and therapeutics. In two series of cases by Dr. R. L. Engan and Harvey Geller reported in The Cancer Bulletin, University of Texas, there were as high as "Lee" brand tires 12% false positive readings (benign lesions mistaken as cancerous). Although this error was on the safe side, it could lead to unnecessary (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) operative biopsy. The number of false negatives (actual cancer missed on mammography) is less certain with claims of accuracy ranging 3) 4" t from 79 to 97 per cent in various studies. Eastern Air Lines Dr. Egan's excellent results are evidence of a real breakthrough in (Flight Engineers) the diagnosis of cancer of the breast by radiology. However, if these results cannot be duplicated by radiologists in other communities and other radiological laboratories then further studies will be necessary. H. I. Siegel Thus there is no practical importance of Egan Mammography to cancer "HIS" brand men's clothes control, unless there exists in local communities the ability to reproduce (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) his results. The National Cancer Institute has contracted with the Health In­ t surance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) to conduct a large scale, "Judy Bond" Blouses carefully controlled study which will help determine the reliability, (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) safety and long term value of mammography as a screening procedure 4* 4" in breast cacer. The study is intended to show whether mammography combined with physical examination results in earlier detection of Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products breast cancer, and if so, will the mortality be reduced. About 20,000 (Retail Clerks) women over 40 years of age wiil be initially screened with an annual follow-up for two years unless the pathology found requires earlier 4' 3^ 4follow-up. An equal number of women will be used as controls. Stitzel-Weller Distilleries The reproducibility of Dr. Egan's findings are also being carried out "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" by 24 radiologists at University and Medical Centers throughout the "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" country. The report of this study will be available within a few months. Bourbon whiskeys Thus the result of the HIP study and other studies may establish soft (Distillery Workers) tissue mammography as a standard screening procedure for breast cancer. Until the reproducibility of Dr. Egan's work has been proven it 4 3> 4should be realized that surgeons with special experience in the diagnosis J. R. Simplot Potato Co. of cancer seldom find it necessary to use mammography in deciding Frozen potato products whether or not to perform a biopsy. (Grain Millers) Mammography does however have special usefulness in the diagnosis 4 4" 4" of some conditions, as fibrocystic disease and primary carcinoma of the Kingsport Press second breast after mastectomy. It is also valuable in lesions of the "World Book," "Childcraft" ducts which might otherwise escape detection. The duct tumors are (Printing Pressmen) small but often contain calcium deposits which make them visible on (Typographers, Bookbinders) x-ray. Mammography may also be useful in diagnosing lesions in the (Machinists, Stereotypers) obese breast. It is hoped that with improvement in technique and with greater 4 4 4 experience, mammography will eventually become a standard part Jamestown Sterling Corp. of the examination of women in whom there is reason to suspect breast Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. cancer, and in women with a family history of breast cancer. Whether Furniture and Bedding It is reliable and safe enough to become a routine screening procedure (United Furniture Workers) like the "Pap" smear for the detection of cervical cancer remains to be determined by further investigation and study. permit communities to use the pro­ gram to help persons on relief ob­ tain more balanced and nutritious diets, instead of the com meal, flour and powdered products now distributed. The stamps, which would be purchased by welfare recipients, might be cashed in gro­ cery stores for almost any foods, except soft drinks, luxury frozen foods, intoxicating liquors, tobacco or imported items. Pilot Project McCarthy reported that the pro­ gram is now operated as a pilot project in 40 counties and three large cities in 22 states. He said 180,000 persons are now partici­ pating, and that "studies have shown that those who take part do Improve their diets. Something over 80 percent of the increases were accounted for by purchase of livestock products, fruits and vege­ tables." Both senators agreed that the food stamp program aids not only the recipients, but producers and business as well. Aiken recalled that he and Sen. Robert La Follelte, Jr., introduced a food stamp program in 1943, called then the food allotment bill. McCarthy noted that the program was u.sed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, and he pointed out that the current pilot program was one of the first executive orders of Pres. Kennedy to aid distressed families. Aiken estimates that the pro­ posed legislation would help pro- Cargill (Continued from page 3) the shipment of the Russian wheat cargoes. Last week it cancelled the charter of a US-flag tanker, the SlU-manned Transeastern, to car­ ry 43,000 tons of wheat to Odessa. The Transeastern had originally been fixed to carry two 43,000-ton cargoes to Russia, and had com­ pleted the first voyage. However, when it arrived at a Canadian port to pick up the second cargo, the company abruptly cancelled the charter. Cargill was apparently in­ tent on either chartering a foreignflag vessel or getting a lower rate than had originally been agreed upon. The SIU immediately com­ plained to Assistant Secretary of Labor James Reynolds and Mari­ time Administrator Nicholas John­ son, charging that the company was by-passing earlier agreements on the use of US vessels in the ship­ ment of these cargoes. Shortly thereafter, Cilargill an­ nounced that it had chartered the US National Defender, also manned by the SIU, to carry the cargo, but Increasing it from 43,000 to 54,000 tons at $13 a ton, as com­ pared with the original rate of $14.10. Meanwhile, the Transeast­ ern has been chartered by the Mil­ itary Sea Transport Service to car­ ry oil. The SIU will press its complaint over Cargill's action before the Maritime Grievance Committee which was set up by the Govern­ ment after the wheat dispute to deal with issues of this nature. The next meeting of the Grievance Committee is scheduled to be held in Washington on June 17. Agriculture Committee to take up the bill early in June. McCarthy predicted that after a day or two of hearings the Senate would approve the bill overwhelmingly. Grain Surplus We have had considerable sur­ pluses of grain in this country for years," Aiken pointed out. "When people consume grain through this program they will do away with much of this surplus, which is ex­ pensive to store, and rather em­ barrassing at times. Milk, eggs, meat; fruits vegetables and oils and fats would be added to the diet. It is not estimated that the con­ sumption of bread will be affected." McCarthy said that the food stamp program can be an important part of the "war on poverty" since "the fundamental objective is to provide food for those who are suffering from malnutrition and under nutrition, and who, because of poverty, are unable to purchase needed food for themselves and their children. Strengthening the farm economy is important, but secondary to aiding the needy," he concluded. U.S. Union Membership On Upswing WASHINGTON—Between 1961 and 1962, membership in national and international unions swelled by 283,000 to a grand total of 16,586,000 members, according to a study made by the Bureau of La­ bor Statistics. Based largely on reports of la­ bor organizations, the bureau's bi­ ennial tabulation is considered the most reliable basis for ap­ praising trends in union member­ ship. It will be published in the next issue of the Monthly Labor Review. After rising to 17,490,000 in 1956, union membership in the US dropped slightly, but the La­ bor Department's new survey indicates a reversal of the trend. One of the principal reasons for the increase in membership be­ tween 1961 and 1962 was a gain In the number of union members in government service. Kennedy Order This significant gain was large­ ly in the federal service and is attributed to the stimulation of the late President Kennedy's Ex­ ecutive Order of 1962 which rec­ ognized the right of federal em­ ployees to organize. YOU CAN'T SFBA\<UP IF YOU'RE NOT THERE - ATTEMP YOOP �IS, IMS LOO Certificate Of Achievement fAtony Hops 'Avfontatit Oppo$itlon' Cooperate More With Labor Chamber Of Commerce Urged WASHINGTON—Organized business has been challenged by AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany to cease its "automatic opposition" to labor's programs and to cooperate in helping make the nation's economic system work for the benefit of all Americans. , At the same time Meany, member of a discussion panel He noted that, while the labor position" to this and other labor at the 52nd annual meeting of force rose by 8.9 million persons proposals, such as extension of Secretary-treasurer George Munroe (right) of the SIUaffiliated Trinidad Seamen & Waterfront Workers' Union is shown above receiving a certificate of achievement from John Steglmaier, director of the US Aid Mission to Trin­ idad. Munroe and other Trinidad labor leaders were the guests of the SlU at NY headquarters in the summer of 1962 while on a USAID-sponsored labor training program in the US. The man in the center was not identified. Big Business Profits Skyrocketing in '64 WASHINGTON—Corporate profits skyrocketed to historic new highs in the first three months of the year, signalling a record-shattering 1964, a New York newspaper recently re­ ported. — ployment in industry Is expected to The earnings reports domi­ increase by about 8 percent from nated the business and finan­ cial press and spilled over to page one of the "New York Times" as the General Motors Corp. symbol­ ized the situation by reporting the largest quaterly profits ever achieved by an American corpora­ tion—$536 million, or a 29 percent spurt over the same quarter in 1963. Amid the increasing profit re­ ports came a survey from McGrawHill, major business publisher, that U.S. busine.ss as a whole ex­ pects to spend $44 billion on new plant and equipment in 1964, or 12 percent more than in 1963. About 20 percent of the total will be spent for automated equipment, an increase over the 18 percent allocated in 1963. Peacetime Record The profits and spending re­ ports came also as the national economy in April chalked up a peacetime record of 38 months of uninterrupted expansion without rece.ssion. The outstanding factor, economists noted, was the stability in wholesale prices and. according to the Times, "an unusually small upward movement of consumer prices averaging about 1.3 percent a year." The Times summed up the profit outlook after surveying first-quar­ ter reports from 355 companies showing a 33.2 percent increase over the same quarter of 1963. It commented that "the rate of in­ crease and the total corporate profits easily surpassed any other within a comparable period of his­ tory." Labor economists noted that the McGraw-Hill survey supported con­ tentions concerning the speed oi technological change. The survey asserted that if both employment and sales expectations are realized, it would mean annual productivity increases in the next four years of about 3.7 percent, a rate consid­ erably higher than the historical average. Labor has noted that the 3.5 percent annual productivity in­ crease of the past three years was not merely a reflection of cyclical changes. The survey pointed out that em­ the end of 1963 to 1967. This is below the estimated 12 percent rate of growth in Jobs which is deemed necessary if the economy as a whole is to achieve full em­ ployment by the end of 1967. STEEL FABRICATOR (ifthmlan). May 3—Chaiiiiiaii, J. Arnold; Secre­ tary, J. Ohannasian. One man hos­ pitalized in Djibouti and one man hospitalized in Calcutta. Beef on preparation of foods and service from the galley. Motion made to have the chief steward attend SlU steward department school before he Is al­ lowed to ship. Ship should be fumi­ gated for roaches. THETIS (Rya Marine), April 23— Chairman, C. L. Jones; Secretary, C. A. Collins. Brolher W. Cassidy, ship's delegate, is leaving ship at payoff and Brother C. L. Jones was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Discu.ssion on steward inspect­ ing all oranges when taken aboard as some have been rotten. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to depart­ ing ship's delegate. the United States Chamber of Comnoerce, reiterated his firm op­ position to the idea of Wage-price "guidelines" or of government in­ tervention in the collective bar­ gaining process to "assert the public interest." "I do not believe in the regula­ tion of wages or prices," Meany said to strong applause by 1,500 Chamber members. "Where does the process stop? The final step is that you regulate industry as a whole, and I'm opposed to it." It was Meany's first appearance at a national Chamber of Com­ merce meeting. He gave his opinion on the panel subject, the Changing Scene in ManagementLabor Relations, and answered questions of the panel moderator, Dean Nathan A. Baily of Ameri­ can University's School of Busi­ ness Administration. Other panel members were past Chamber of Commerce Pres. Richard Wagner, vice chairman of the Champlin Oil & Refining Co.; and Director William E. Simkin of the Federal Mediation & Con­ ciliation Service. Presiding at the luncheon meeting was M. A. Wright, executive vice president of Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) and chairman of the Chamber's labor relations committee. The AFL-CIO president told his business audience that he is "disturbed" over the health of the private sector of the economy. A. Aragonas. Crew extended their deepest sympathy to Brother Abra­ ham Aragones. steward, for the death of his youngest son. $4.75 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Crew asked to take better care of washing ma­ chine, and to make sure It is turned off after using. Vote of thanks ex­ tended by the steward to the unli­ censed personnel and officers for moral support and cooperation after death of his son. Vote of tjianks to the steward department for the good menus and good food cooked and served aboard. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), April 1'—Chairman, Melvin Keafer; Secre­ tary, Fred Tampol. Books and maga­ zines were given to ship by the American Seamen's Friend Society for which 85 was donated in appre• -1 COLORADO (Waterman), March 21 —Chairman, S. J. Cieslak; Secretary, T. J. Kearns. Some delayed sailing from Oran is disputed. Crew re­ quested to return all books to the library, and all linen to be turned in to steward at payoff. LA SALLE (Waterman), April S— Chairman. Jimmie Bartlett; Secretary, Leo J. Gomes. Ship's delegate re­ signed and brother Arne Boekban was elected to serve. $3.4Q In ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Held discussion about per­ manent telephone on bow, which In­ volves various safety items. COLUMBIA (Oriental), March 30 — Chairman, O. Fargo; Secretary, C. Johnsson. Brother Walter LeClaire was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Held discussion on getting transportation to and from ship in Morrisviile. Crew requesied to keep me.sshall clean. Vole of thanks to Union officials for their interest in crew during their stay in Morrisviile. JIAN (Pacific Warerways), May 2 Chairman^ T, Clough; Secretary/ A. Rudnlcki. .Some disputed OT in each department. Discussion on putting Canal Zone water in domestic tanks. Vote of thanks extended to the stew­ ard department for a Job well done. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), March 6 —Chairman, Edward Kelly; Secre­ tary, J. E. Hannon. No beefs were reported by department deiegate.s. Vole of thanks extended to the stew­ ard department. The steward thanked the crew for helping to keep messhall and pantry clean. PUERTO RICO (Motorshrps), April 24—Chairman, P. Muccia; Secretary, ciation for same. $5 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made that Brother Fred Tampol be re-elected as ship's leiegate. Crew request mora night lunch be put out. Steward requests all hands to cooperate with the crew messman and crew pantryman to keep both messhall and pantry clean. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), April 12—Chairman, Frank Arana; Secre­ tary, Jasper Anderson. $2.42 in ship's fund. Request made that $1 be contributed to fund at payoff. Mo­ tion made to have headquarters form a quarter committee to Inspect liv­ ing conditions on new ships. In the future. Ship's delegate offered con­ dolence to Brother H. Doweil on behalf of the crew, on the death of his wife. Discussion regarding trans­ portation for the crew from ship to bus station. Vote of thanks to en­ tire steward department. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), April 25—Chairman, A. Quinn; Secretary, Gus Lopez. Ship's delegate reported that all disputed OT will he referred to the patrolman. Crew request new 16 or 12-inch fans be put aboard ship before next voyage. $3.91 In ship's fund. List of personal property that from 1953 to 1963, and the num­ ber of those employed by 6.6 mil­ lion, the number of those working full time in private employment, which excludes government jobs, dropped by 400,000. Asks More Cooperation The finest thing that could happeitr he declared, would be to "build up complete cooperation between organized labor and or­ ganized business" on strengthen­ ing the economy because If labor and management do not work to­ gether to make our system work, "there will have to be some other answer, and this means the fed­ eral government." The unemployment situation, has an Impact on every American problem, he emphasized, declar­ ing: "It's at the heart of the civil rights problem, because Negro unemployment Is twice the na­ tional average. It's at the heart of the delinquency problem be­ cause Juvenile unemployntent is three times the national average. When Wagner, representing business on the panel, said the 35-hour week would "harm our ability to compete," Meany fired back: "This is the same argument we heard when we reduced the workweek from 60 to 48 and 40." Declaring ".we've got to come to" a shorter workweek, the AFLCIO President predicted that at its annual meeting the Chamber would again take "automatic OP- was damaged diia to breaking of water pipe over two crewmember's lockers was, given to the captain but he refused to accept same. MIDLAND (Clearwater), April 26— Chairman, Richard J. Malay; Secre­ tary, Richard Simpson. Ship's dele­ gate took the matter of disputed OT to the captain. This and a few other beefs will be referred to* patrolman at payoff. Chief engineer Is pleased with efficiencies and cooperation of hiackgang throughout the voyage. Motion made that membership vote on new agreements to be signed June 13. Coffee urn In pantry should be replaced. Ship needs fumigation for roaches. ORION CLIPPER (Western Tankers), March 22—Chairman, S. Bergeria; Secretary, Frank Nakllckl. Ship's delegate informed crew that the ship is going to Honolulu and will arrive there about the end of May. Also Informed crew that the Union has a school for Bosuns now, and the dues increased to $160 per year. Let­ ter will be gent to Union regarding treatment of sick men aboard. Motion made to have the doctors that come aboard these ships appointed by the American Council as some of the doctors that now come aboard seem to be quacks. Motion to write to headquarters in regards to cutting out the use of fish oil in engine room, or clothing allowance given when used. $13.63 In ship's fund. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), April 27—Chairman, K. J. McCulloughi Secretary, K. J. McCullough. Ship left Texas City short one wiper. Brother Gunnar Grahne was elected as ship's delegate. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. ERNA ELIZABETH (Overseas Navi­ gation), April S—Chairman, J. Nolsen; Secretary, $. Doyle. One man missed ship In engine department due to ship sailing before time posted. Motion made for 12 to IS years sea time for retirement, re­ gardless of age. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for Job well done. Crew request that this ship be placed among the best feeders. ORION COMET (Wsstarn Tankers), Feb. II—Chairman, J. Hoggia; Secre­ tary, M. Burns. Brother J. Hoggia was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Discussion on prices of slop chest which are way out of line. $29 out of ship's fund was donaled to men In Marina Hlspital. Request made for $1 per man to be put to­ wards ship's fund. Rusty water to be checked. Shortage of fans—only two were put aboard. minimum wage protection to laun­ dry workers earning 40, 50 and 60 cents an hour. Several million workers, he said, are "not in the market as consumers because they are pri­ soners of a low wage economy." Business, he asserted, "ought to look at this for the benefit of the entire economy" and not Just that "of a few employers who happen to be your members." Canada Hooks Into AMVER Radio System NEW YORK—Twelve Canadian marine radio stations along the east coast of Canada linked with eighteen US Coast Guard and Navy radio stations on May 1 to provide a total of thirty stations in the North Atlantic region which relay messages at no cost for merchant vessels of all nations. The extension of the radio net­ work is a new development in the American Merchant Vessel Re­ port System (AMVER), which is located at Coast Guard head­ quarters in the Custom House, here and serves as a receiving center for all messages that are received from ships that utilize the AMVER system. The AMVER system is an inter­ national mutual assistance program which provides, with the aid of electronic computers, a develop­ ment and coordination of search and rescue efforts in the offshore areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Carib­ bean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Merchant vessels of all nations making voyages in these areas vol­ untarily send sailing and position reports via the radio hookup to AMVER headquarters here. In­ formation from these reports is then entered into a electronic com­ puter which generates and main­ tains dead reckoned positions for the vessels. The memory of the computer also stores certain char­ acteristics related to about 15,009 merchant vessels sailing the Atlan­ tic from time to time. Normally the AMVER computer is plotting about 900 vessels simul­ taneously. This represents about 60 percent of the vessels of 80 na­ tions within radio range of tha AMVER communications network. The predicted positions of tha vessels are accurate to a probabla error of 25 to 50 miles. Over 2,500 separate vessels are plotted making 5,500 separate messages each month, and participation continues to grow each day. When an emergency occurs at sea, the computer is asked to pro­ vide certain infonnation concern­ ing vessels near enough to assist. This Includes the identity, loca­ tion, course, speed, radio watch and frequency guard, availability of doctor, radar and radio tele­ phone and destination. iNlHB CALL SlU HALL/ �• I n. is«4 SEAFARERS LOG rag* Niactcai Galley Experts Seafarers never had much of a reputation when it comes to worrying about the com­ plexion of their hands or deciding what kind of fragrance their soap cakes should have. A seaman who has just come up from a hot four hours in the engine room or has completed a paint chipping job in the teeth — of a raw wind isn't too likely which was directed his way when Health Service is considering drop­ ping its practice of issuing fit for to care whether his skin is his father passed away. duty slips, drew strong condemna­ 4 4 4 going to end up "softer than soft" One reason why chow on the Arizpa (Waterman) often draws raves from crewmembers is the care taken In its prep­ aration by the galley staff. Carl Churke, third cook, II) and Felix Tate, ship's baker, (r) are caught by the camera as they work on the dinner meal. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sailor's Request By Tony Toker Looking hack to one score and eleven, Onr pgthioay of life was 'tween Hades and Heaven. Until I realized that all was not right; I tried very hard vxith all of rhy might. Setting a pace that was easy to follow. Enjoying the oceans and watching the swallows. To me you are still the same girl I wed; Others may say not, just believe what I said. Keep faith in me always; don't ever despair. Even when gossips may foul up the air. Remember the good that I may have done; Never conderhn me, even in fun. Even though often tve are too long apart. Endless are my thoughts from where I depart. Coming to this phase or part of my poem. Understand darling, that I'm far from home. Relying upon your trust in me; Knowing my actions, judged/ they «nll be. Even when I'm angry or just a plain bore. Yes, I still love you. of that I am sure. ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), AprU 11 —Chairman, A. Howit; Sacratary, W. Massenger. $3.40 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department deleeates. Brother Messenger was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew re­ quested to close drain valve in laun­ dry room before leaving. Ship is Tunning smoothly. smoothly. Motion made that food plan be discontinued. Ships are not stored sufficiently and it Is a waste of Union funds for personnel to operate same. Vote was 100 percent in favor of motion. Motion made that instant coffee be put aboard ship and coffee urn repaired. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), April 12 —Chairman, Marshal C. Cooper; Sec­ retary, Charles E. Turner. Ship's delegate reported that everything is in order. Some minor disputes in deck and engine department to be taken up with patrolman. Entire crew requested to keep pantry and messroom clean. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), April 32—Chairman,, Harry K. Kauf­ man) Secretary, Fazll All. $64.10 in ship's fund. Motion made that qual­ ity of stores and meats be checked. $10 was given to chief electrician for carrying men In his car to SlU hall to vote. All men requested to turn In room keys. PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), April 5—Chairman, R. Harp; Secre­ tary, J. Padelsky. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything Is running I PENN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), May 2—Chairman, Lonnle Cole; Sec­ retary, Michael C. Miller. Motion made that SIU Food committee make sure that the ship has the right amount of food. Ship's delegate re­ ported no beefs but quite a bit of disputed OT in deck department. Everyone asked to be careful with smoking. MASSMAR (Calmer), May 8—Chair­ man, Joe Air; Secretary, John A. Ykeiow, Bumy, THAT SOAP POVVPgK OF VOUI2S su/se OlOMV , lAUNPPYi / The crew aboard the LaSalle when he lathers up. (Waterman) think they have a so­ Crewmembers on the Del Norte (Delta), therefore, weren't too lution to the age-old problem of surprised when A. J. Tremer de­ getting Into locked crew quarters manded that a more masculine brand of soap be put out for the crew's use. Tremer told his ap­ proving audience that Lux, Camay and all the other toilet soaps that are advertised to keep a woman's skin pure were just "too sweet" for his liking. t 4 4. The crew aboard another Delta Line ship also was forced to wrestle with a cleaning problem recently. Since the Del Compo has a limited amount of space where crewmemers can hang their laundry to dry, a definite problem had developed with what could be done with the wet wash. Ev­ eryone agreed that when laundry became dry, it should be prompt­ ly removed from the line. Naviga­ tion on the ship could also be improved if crewmembers would stop hanging their laundry out­ side crew quarters and in the al­ leyway, reports Joseph Zeloy, ship's delegate. Sullivan. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Crew beefing about the very bad food on the ship. This matter to be taken up with patrolman. partment. Brother Ralph O. King resigned as ship's delegate. Ven­ tilators in engine room need repair­ ing. Each crewmember requested to protest removal of radio operators. ROBIN 600DFELL0W (Moorc-McCormaek), March 22—Chairman, Lu­ ther Cadson; Secretary, Thomas J. Heggarty. Two men missed ship in New York. Radio operator requests that all wires be paid in cash. $17 In ship's fund. $10 was donated to Seamen's Library In New York. Brother Oreste Vola was re-elected to serve as ship's delegate. All de­ partments requested to keep laundry room clean. TRANSINDIA (Hudson Waterways), March 29—Chairman, A. F. Bankstron; Secretary, L. A. Brown. Brother Bankstron, acting ship's delegate, re­ ported things running smoothly. Ship sailed short an electrician. Brother Bankston was elected ship's delegate before end of meeting. Crew re­ quested to leave crew messroom open while at sea. Ship's delegate reported that two men missed payoff in Philadelphia and two men missed ship in Phila­ delphia. Some disputed OT in deck department. Captain will have ship fumigated for roaches in Rotterdam. SACRAMENTO (Oriental Export­ ing), April 5—Chairman, Robert Spencer; Secretary, Robert E. Summerford. Brother Slade was elected to serve as ship's treasurer. $19.50 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department and deck de- 4 4 4 Seafarers on the Raphaer Semmes (Sea-Land) have decided iti about time to improve the recep­ tion on their TV set. A recent reso­ lution asked that each crewmember donate $3.00 to the ship's fund for repairs to the set and also set up a committee to buy a new antenna, reports Guy Walter, meeting sec- its, Ott U Clair after the crewmember has left the ship. Crewmembers voted to set up a deposit system to avoid hav­ ing their shipmates leave ship with the keys in their pockets, 4" 4" Vance' Reid, ship's delegate on according to Leo James, meeting the Anjt (Pacific Seafarers), sends secretary. this message to his Union broth­ 4 4 4 Seafarers on the Penn Trader ers: "Wish us luck on this slow trip to China. But, this is what I (Penn Shipping) might have been like since we've got a good crew. under the impression that their eyesight was going bad until they All is fine." heard an anguished complaint at 4 4 4 " The crew on the Steel Vendor a recent ship's meeting. Crew­ (Isthmian) know how to comfort members. quickly backed up a de­ an unfortunate brother when he mand that the engineer come up is in need. At a recent ship's with brighter light bulbs which meeting, the ship's steward, Fred would produce more than 25 watts Shaia publicly stated his thanks both in passageways and living to the entire crew for the concern quarters, reports John W. Butler, and care they gave him while he ship's delegate. was sick. Frank Travis also ex­ Reports that the US Public pressed his gratitude for the help ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny Car­ riers), March 15—Chairman, John Bergeria; Secretary, Thomas Farrell. tion at a ship's meeting on the Transindia (Hudson Waterways). A. F. Blankston, ship's deiegate, states that it is the crew's feeling that such an act would represent the first step in completely ending the care of seamen by the USPHS. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), March 22—Chairman, None; Secretary, James W. Galloway. Ship's delegate re­ ported some disputed OT. Crew told that each department should order their own sanitary gear. Motion made io request clarification on shore leave for Ascension Island. COLORADO (Waterman), March 1— Chairman, Vincent Kohl; Secretary, T. J. Kearns. No beefs reported by department delegates. Discussion on more food being put out for night lunch, tables being set up correctly, and crew desire to have more coffee served at all meals. This will be corrected. Coffee time is proving a prob­ lem on the Council Grove (Cities Service) where there seems to be a shortage of cups to drink the Java. Despite this inconvenience, the crew was more than ready to vote their thanks for the fine work the steward department was doing. 4 4 4 Contented seamen who know they can look forward to meals prepared in finest SIU style con­ tinue to give high praise to their steward departments. Among the ships whose steward departments have receii'ed votes of thanks lately are the Steel Recorder (Isthmian), Transorient (Hudson Waterways), John C. (Atlantic Car­ riers), Fairport (Waterman), Montpelier Victory (Victory Carriers), Del Monte (Deltal, Midland (Clear­ water), Steel Architect (Isthmian), Transhatteras (Hudson) Water­ ways), Baltimore (Cities Service), Losmar (Calmar), Madeket (Water­ man) and Florida State (Ever­ glades). 4 4 4 Crewmembers on the City of Alma and the Fairport (Water­ man) are really beaming about the company's decision to provide watch focsles for the engine de­ partment since passenger opera­ tions were cut back. Sentiment for the move was very high before the decision i\as announced. 4 4 4 Former shipmates of Bill Olds on the Del Norte (Delta) were sad­ dened to hear of his recent passing. Many of those who remembered him were happy to contribute to the collection which raised $200 for his family in New Orleans, re­ ports ship's delegate Harry Wolowitz. 4 4 4 It's been all smooth sailing on the Marine (US Shipping). F. J. Johnson, ship's delegate, recently gave a vote of thanks to W. Drake, deck delegate; George Williams, engine delegate, and F. Davacol, steward delegate for their excel­ lent cooperation. The crew gave a rousing vote of thanks to Eddie Miller, chief steward, for his good menus, fine food and A-1 service �Fag* Twenty SEAFARERS U, INf LOO SlU Shutterbug Takes Trip To Moscow NEW ORLEANS—When the York (American Bulk Carriers) visited Odessa recently as part of tha US wheat ship* ments to Russia program, Seafarer Eric Joseph took the initiative to go sightseeing in Russia. Joseph's visit to Moscow repre-" sented the second time he had seen streets, and a great real of new the city. He had visited Moscow apartment construction. five years earlier when he had also However, Joseph strikes a more toured Kiev, Leningrad, Riga and somber note when he mentions the fact that he was followed by plain­ Moscow. He reports that he noticed sev­ clothes security police during his eral changes since his last visit to Moscow visit. Even though he was the Soviet capital. He noticed that faced with the uncomfortable situa­ the people on the streets were bet­ tion of being shadowed, he states ter dressed, that there were a that he had the freedom to go any­ larger number of small cars on the where in the city. 4 These views of Moscow were taken for the LOG by Seafarer Eric Joseph who recently made his second trip to see the Soviet ca­ pital. Joseph made hit visit when the York (Amer­ ican Bulk Carriers) de­ livered a load of wheat to Odessa as part of the grain shipments. The top photo shows the huge state-run GUM department stores in Moscow. The photo at the right depicts St. Basil's Cathedral. IsBiii'' -A.. - •• SlU-lifeboat training dramatically proved its value as It prevented an accident from turning into a tragedy when a Seafarer lifeboat crew successfully completed the transfer of an injured crewmember from^' the Oceanic Wave (American that they got a free ride since Oceanic) to a waiting doctor they couldn't keep tha boat going under its own power. When this became evident, oars were struck and "the Vikings could have taken lessons from the way the SIU boys PRODUCER (Marin* Carriers), April 19—Chairman, M. Poole; Secretary, T. Adami. Ship is running smuuthiy. Wiil pay oil April 24th. No beefs reported. Motion to install airpipes from pas­ sageway to each foc'sle. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. HASTINGS (Waterman), April I9-. Chairman, Leon Jordan; Secretary, John Wells. Nothing much to report. Everything is running smoothly. Draw will be put out before arrival. Pantry­ man hospitalized in St. Nazaire. France. $4.00 in ship's fund. Discus­ sion on repairs. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatratn), April 26—Chairman, A. Gylland; Sec­ retary, W. NIhem. Disputed OT lor OS wiU be taken up with patrolman. No major beefs reported by department delegates. Use Only One Mail Address from ship to bus station. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Motion made that headquarters form a committee to inspect living condi­ tions on new ships, in the future. CANTIONY (Cities •ervlce), April 23—Chairman, None; Secretary, A. Hebert. No beefs reported. Boarding patrolman to appoint deck delegate. Held discussion about food and prep­ aration of same. NORINA (Marine Traders), Feb. 2S —Chairman, John D. McLemore; Sec­ retary, Wallace O. Perry, Jr. Brother Wallace G. Perry, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department per­ taining to oilers standing watches. Crew requested to keep crew mess clean at aU times. OCEANIC SPRAY (American Oce­ anic), April 26—Chairman, John C. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), April S— Chairman, W. T. Roach; Secretary A, Q. Nail. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. missed ship in steward department. No beefs reported by department delegates. Everything Is running smoothly. Brother Vincent Young was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Miller Brown sent the lifeboat across the water," declares Brown. When the transfer had been completed. Walker was turned over to the Hanover's doctor who turned out to be a young German who had just completed his train­ ing in the US. The German medic told Miller that he was only too glad to do something for an Amer­ ican after the wonderful treatment he had received in this country. The doctor was forced to am­ putate two of Walker's fingers, but after the operation was completed and he had returned to his ship, the brave electrician offered thanks to everyone in the lifeboat crew who had worked so hard to help him. While the operation was in progre.ss. Miller held the lifeboat alongside the Hanover. The Sea­ farer's wait for their injured brother was made more comfort­ able by the hospitality of the Ger­ man crew which gave the Seafarers cold beer. DEL NORTE (Delta), April 19— Chairman, Harold Crane; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate reported that one oiler was flown to New Orleans froih Barbados for being undesirable and a telegram was sent to New Orleans hail to that effect. One man was hospitalized in Buenos Aires. Letter received from Buck .Stephens .stating that the movie fund money $400 (.short $34) was returned. Brother Stephens was thanked for his trouble in recovering the fund. At present movie fund on board is $205.80 and $86.00 in ship's fund. Motion made to have negotiating committee negotiate for two days off a trip. This to be included in con­ tract. RIO GRANDE (Oriental Exporters), April 12—Chairman, Hugh D. Curran; Secretary, S. T. Araies. Brother Hugh D. Curran was elected to serve as ship's delegate. One man missing in deck department. No beefs re­ ported. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), April 12 —Chairman, Frank Arana; Secretary, Jaspar Anderson. Letter sent to head­ quarters regarding conditions on lioard ship. $2.42 in ship's fund. .Sliip's delegate offered condolence to Brother H. Dowcii on behalf of the crew on the death of his wife. Dis­ cussion about transportation for crew Seafarer Joseph poses in front of tha Lenin Museum on his recent visit to Mos­ cow while a group of Rus­ sian school children line up in the background. Al­ though Joseph reports he was followed by security police, he says that he could go anywhere he wanted. and how movies shall be purchased. Crew requests a different brand of catus and chill sauce as present brand explodes. Crew also requests that wash water tanks be repaired as water is now mixed with paint. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), April 12—Chairman, George Hayes; Secretary, Edward MIshanskl. Ship's delegate reported that one fireman was missing duo to illness. No re­ placement was available. This ship won the Safety Award. Crew told to prepare rooms for spraying. Poor grade of toilet tissue aboard ship. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for preparation and serving of food during voyage. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), April 4—Chairman, J. Byrnes; Secre­ tary, Guy Walter. Brother Richard Brown was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $15.08 In ship's fund. No beefs reported. Motion made that each man. donate $4 to fund in order to pay for repaPs on TV. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseat), Feb. 4—Chairman, C. B. Lee, Jr.; Secretary, T. Jonet. Brother C. E. Lee. Jr., was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. Crew re­ quested to keep mc.ssall clean nnd to take care of washing m.achinc. WARM SPRINGS (Columbia), April 4—Chairman, Walter Marcus; Secre­ tary, Paul B. Gladden, Sr. One man MARGARET BROWN (Bioomfield), April 12—Chairman, P. Blaiack; Secre­ tary, S. Rothschild. One man mi.ssed ship and later rejoined in another port. Vote of thanks extended to stew­ ard department for excellent service. so upset the people of the USSR as the death of President John t, Kennedy. "They had extraordinary respect for the man," he declared. "Practically everyone I spoke with," he continued, "expressed the opinion there would be no war so long as Kennedy were President. Today they shrug their shoulders and say: Now we don't know; any­ thing can happen." 04-;, Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies duo from various operators in back wages and disputed overtime should first check whether they have a proper maUing address on file with the company. SIU headquarters officials point out that reports received from sev­ eral operators show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus cre­ ating much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. SIU Lifeboat Crew Saves Injured Brother aboard a passenger liner on the high seas. The incident began when ship's electrician Eddie Lee Walker was stoning a commentator on a gener­ ator, according to a report by ship's meeting secretary Ira Brown. Walker's hand slipped while he was working, and the top of two fingers of one hand were severed when his Walker hand was pulled Into the generator. A quick call for medical help was sent out on the ship's radio, and two minutes later the German liner Hanover answered the dis­ tress signal. The German ship radioed that it had a doctor on board and would turn about to meet the Oceanic Wave. Since the Hanover had gone through the Suez Canal at the same time as the American ship and was only a few miles ahead of it, a rendevous was quickly arranged. When the Hanover came into sight, the value of SIU lifeboat training soon showed itself. Brown writes that bosun, Frank Miller took command of number one life­ boat which was launched "with a bunch of real good sailors at the oars." In describing the transfer oper­ ation, Brown says that the lifeboat crew did a fine job in traditional SIU style. Although two engineers were aboard to work the boat's motor, the meeting secretary notes During his tour, Interpreterguides, "all women, most of them pretty" accompanied his party. He reports that he met several beauti­ ful Russian girls and found that getting acquainted with them was definitely an Individual matter. On the whole Joseph discovered So­ viet citizens were "friendly, polite and curious about anything Ameri­ can. On the other hand, it is obvious that both he and his fellow crewmembers on the York were not too pleased with the way a Russian patrol boat circled their ship for two nights while it awaited clear­ ance to dock at Odessa. Another unpleasant Soviet practice was the assignment of armed soldiers to patrol all the ships in port, he adds. According to Joseph, nothing has Hunt; Secretary, P. J. Foley. Held discussion on draws. Ship sailed from Galveston, Texas, short one oiler and one fireman. One fireman boarded at Freeport. Brother P. J. Douzat, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's delegate. DEL RIO (Delta), April 19—Chair­ man, Leon J. Penton; Secretary, Alf M. Toientino. Brother Norman W. DuBois was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship sailed one man short from Beaumont, Texas. $9 in ship's fund. Discussion on food not being cooked properly. Poultry is not cooled long enough. SENECA (Marine Carriers), March 27—Chairman, L. A. Mitchell; Secre­ tary, F. A. McGrath. Motion made to have the laundry room cleaning alternated each week between tha deck and engine crew. Motion to have recreation room clean and that the last stand-by help clean up the crew mess. Crew requested to be properly dressed when entering the dining area. No beefs reported by department delegates. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Feb. 24—Chairman, Edmund J. Len; Sec­ retary, James Gilliam. Ship's dele­ gate reported no beefs and ship is off to a good start. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department. Stow­ away is being returned to Massawa, Ethiopia—this being his third try. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), March 29—Chairman, T. Johnson; Secretary, K. Ryan. $13.55 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Discussion on movie projector LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March 29—Chairman, Rob­ ert W. Ferrandiz; Secretary, F. Ches­ ter. Brother E. O. (Tex) Warren was elected to servo as ship's delegate, and it was agreed that ha take care of the ship's fund. $7.15 in fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), April 5—Chairman, D. N. Dickson; Secre­ tary, W. P. Anderson. Brother D. N. Dick.son was elected to serve as ship'.* delegate. Deck delegate reported that he has a check for $110.38 to be deposited in ship's fund for movies. Said chock to be caslied In Sun Francisco and kept for safe keeping by the Captain. It was suggested that the ship's library be locked In port and the key kept In messhall. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), April 23—Chairman, George W. Alex­ ander; Secretary, Richard W. Simpkins. One man hospitalized in Odes­ sa. Another man paid off in Odessa due to death in his family. Brother George W. Alexander was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to Brother John J. Quinter, former ship's delegate, .for a Job well done. Crew requested not to smoke on deck while carrying gaso­ line as cargo. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), May 2—Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, R. F. Mackert. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything Is going well. Praised crew's behavior. One man missed ship in Nola. One man to get off in Canada for operation. Will see the captain about replacements. �U. 1M4 SEAT ARE BS' rag9 LOG Oldtimer Describes Thrills Of Days On Sailing Ships By Fred Harvey, H-120 EDITOR'S NOTE—Fred Harvey is an SIU oldtimer whose sailing career stretches all the way back to the days before steam ships replaced the clippers on the high seas. LOG readers will remember the ac­ count of his days on the whaler Andrew Hicks which appeared in the December 28, 1962, edition. i ni :.i"9;i i r^i It r: ? I^ \U I< Iv h. A drawing of the three sky sail W. F. Babcock under full sail shows the graceful majesty which inspired the loyalty of sailing oldtimers such as SlU member Fred Harvey. After having his fill of whaling, Harvey signed on the Babcock which sailed from San Francisco to Weesong, China. Seafarers Not Charity Cases To the Editor: I was reading a newspaper from England the other day when it struck me just how lucky the American seaman is to have such a strong Union as the SlU to represent them. The paper was the "London Observer," and in the classi­ fied pages there was a small advertisement asking for do­ nations to something called the "Royal Alfred Merchant Seamen's Society." The soci­ ety's pitch was that it never ignored a "distress signal from an aged or disabled seafarer." If American seamen weren't protected by unions like the SlU, they would also have to depend on charity handouts from organizations like the one advertising in the "London Observer." However, we do have the SIU, and I know we can all sleep that much better since we know that our Union will take care of us both while we are sailing and afterwards when we are forced to stay on the beach permanently. Today a Seafarer can hold up his head with pride and not worry about becoming an ob- To The Kditor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be tcithheld upon request. I ject of charity and whether or not somebody is going to an­ swer a "distress signal." Carl Cowl l" S* Mourns Passing Of Joe Voipian To the Editor: I was very sorry to hear that Joe Voipian passed away. All the oldtimers in the Union will really miss him, especially the ones who are now receiving pensions, not to say anything about the members who are about ready to start collecting their pension checks. tF You ARE RECEIVING MORETHAN ONE COPY OF THE In his job as head of the SIU's Department of Social Security, he was always fighting to make pension conditions bet­ ter for our Union's oldtimers. This is one of the reasons why the SIU has the best pension plans of all the maritime unions. He never gave up working for a better social security plan and an improved deal for SIU pensioners. Let's all hope that the good work that Joe Voipian dedicated his life to will be carried on. Leo Gillis. Seaman Lauds Care By Crew To the Editor: I am writing to tell you of the wonderful care and atten­ tion that I received on my last voyage on the Steel Vendor. During the trip I was taken ill with a kidney stone ailment which knocked me off my feet. I was laid up in bed for eight long days until the pain from the sickness cleared up. When I first got sick, the pain was so much that I really got scared, especially since I didn't know what it was. What I. really want to talk about is the class A treatment that the entire crew gave me. Even though they were all busy, every one of them told me how concerned they were about my poor condition. Dur­ ing the time I was flat on my back, there was always some­ one in my room watching over me. I got this attention for the eight days I was sick, every hour of the day or night. Since everyone on board the Steel Vendor went out of his way to make sure that I would pull through, I really find it very hard to single out any one or two men to give my thanks to. When I say every­ one, I mean right from Captain K. N. Greenlaw to the greenest seaman in the crew. Every last crewmember was ready and willing to do anything that I asked when I needed some­ thing. I want everyone in the SIU to know that as far as I'm con­ cerned, there isn't a ship sail­ ing that has a crew that can top the Steel Vendor's. Fred Shaia A ship flying across the water under full sail is a beautiful thing to see. Back in the days when I first started sailing, the notion of signing on a steam ship never even occurred to me. Sailing ships were good enough for me, just as they were for Andy Furuseth in his time. Back in 1903 when I was on the Andrew Hicks, we caught in the ice which was be­ crew consisting of 18 sailors, a sailed to the Arctic Ocean to ginning to move south. It was sailmaker, carpenter, cook, stew­ get Bowhead Whale. I remember going ashore on Middleton Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, south of Valdez. We found an old Scan­ dinavian captain who lived alone there raising blue and silver fox for their fur. Fresh Eggs After learning that we wanted fresh provisions, the old man told us where we could find sea gull eggs. We headed for some high cliffs and started gathering eggs using long "man helpers" with spoons attached. Til never forget how thousands of gulls descended on us, screaming their protests as they watched their nests being robbed. We managed to get several baskets of eggs which changed our menu on the Harvey ship considerably. We started eating eggs until they came out of our ears. For days we were served nothing but boiled eggs, and fried eggs, but we never did get a slice of ham with them. Our ship's captain gave the old skipper on the island a bolt of canvas for helping us out, and we proceeded to the Bering Sea. When we arrived there, there wasn't any wind. While we were be­ calmed, we started to fish, catch­ ing cod by the hundreds with an occasional halibut. This meant that we finally were able to stop eating eggs. Our diet, which now consisted of fried fish, boiled fish and fish served in every other way we eould dream up, still was a welcome change from our usual fare of salt "horse" (pork). McKenzie River After sailing through the Ber­ ing Strait, we eventually arrived at the mouth of McKenzie River where the crew got its first bowhead whale in the vicinity of Herochel Island. We didn't have much trouble in killing him, and after he was stripped down, we got about 1,000 pounds of bone out of him. This was sold back in the States for around $3 per pound. I guess the shipowner made a good profit out of It, but $3 is all the money that we ever got out of it. Continuing on, we sailed until we reached solid ice, and even though it was summer, I was able to go out on the ice pack with a hunting party. We bagged a polar bear later on and managed to get two walruses. Since the Andrew Hicks had to depend on her sails, she had to turn around toward Point Barrow in order to avoid getting during this time that we got ard, cabin boy and five officers another bowhead, collecting about aft for a total of 28 men. Although 1,500 pounds of bone and some the Babcock had a reputation as oil. After sailing through the a hellship only ten years before, Bering Sea, we killed Sperm we managed to do fairly well. In Whale which gave us about 80 those days we didn't stand the usual afternoon watch in fine barrels of oil. when we reached San Fran­ weather. This meant that every cisco in the early part of Decem­ second day everyone worked the ber 1903, I decided it was about whole days every 48 hours. time to do some sailing on another We made a fast passage to the part of the ocean. Up to that mouth of the Whampoa River in time, most of my trips were on about 45 days. Although Shanghai the Pacific and the waters north lies about 14 miles up the of the Arctic Circle. Whampoa, we dropped anchor at Barbary Coast Weesong on the Yangtze where Meanwhile, 1904 rolled around, our cargo was unloaded into and the old Barbary Coast looked junks. Since we were some distance as fine as ever. Business was really booming at the Thalia and to Shanghai, our skipper promised Hippodrome dance halls, and that half the crew at a time could things were roaring along Bart- get into the city for a weekend. lett Alley and other areas in the As was the custom in those days old Red Light district. along the Chinesse coast, a big Even though I was only 17 at junk would anchor off the stern the time, I felt strong as an ox of a ship whose crew couldn't and considered myself a good 1 get to shore. Crewmembers would boat man. After all, I had been j then have the opportunity to draw serving as a stroke oarsman in i a certain amount from the junk's a whale boat full of gear which ! proprietor out of the $25 a month carried a crew of six. Trying to wages that they were paid. Of run down a whale in one of those course, this didn't amount to too boats is a long way from the much since we all got a month's training SIU men get in lifeboat advance in San Francisco. How­ handling. I still say there is ever, things were very cheap in nothing like practical experience the Orient, and all the average in a whale boat in the long seaman wanted was wine, women swells of the Pacific or fishing and song, all of which could be purchased from the junk so con­ down on the Grand Banks. When I went to the shipping veniently anchored off our stern. Went Ashore master, I found out there was an The first Saturday after our American three sky sail yarder, the W. F. Babcock, loading oil for arrival, I went to take a look at the lamps of China. When he Shanghai with the port watch. I asked me if I wanted to sign on arrived there with $10 in my as third mate (about the equiv­ pocket and promptly bunked In a alent of a bosun's rating), I house that the agent had recom­ immediately accepted and went mended. After about 24 days, the coolie down to meet the skipper, a typical 'Down Easter.' He liked gangs finally got us unloaded, my looks and physique, so I got and we began to take on fresh provisions. Two men left ship for the berth. After we finished taking on jobs on the beach, and the cargo, the ship was towed down agent's shipping master replaced from Richmond and anchored to them with a couple of seamen pick up a crew. We signed on who were tired of staying in 20 men, most of them from board­ China. We beat a fast passage ing masters. Only about half of back to San Francisco, arriving them had ever seen a ship before. in the first, part of May. As soon We left for Shanghai in the as I hit shore, I began thinking middle of January, 1904 with a about getting a ship for Europe. HURRICANE (Waterman), May 3— Chairman, K. K. Brittain; Secretary, J. C. Thompson. Repair lists were made up and turned in. A nice trip. A couple of minor beets aboard. Vote of thanks extended to the ship's delegates for a Job well done, and a : special vote of thanks to the steward department for making it a wonder­ ful trip, OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overteas), March 1 — Chairman, A. Mlchelet; Secretary, L, Pierson. Ship's delegate didn't have much to report. There are a few beefs and some dis­ puted OT, CLIP ALL MAIL LABELS FROM THE fROHT PASES... AND RETURN LABELS EOINE CANADJUSYLlSr. WILD RANGER (Waterman), March 1—Chairman, A. L, Clamboll; Secre­ tary, W. C. Sink. Ship just came out of a l.l-day lay-up in San Fran- Cisco, and is in good shape. Brother Ciamboli was elected to serve as .chip s delegate. Motion made to have supply of stamped envelopes sent to ship for forwarding crew li.sts and ship's minutes to headquarters DEL MAR (Delta), March 29—Chair­ man, E. McCloskey; Secretary, Rich­ ard Stewart. One man missed the ship in Santos, Brazil, but was re­ placed by anotlier man who had missed the ship there. One man was hospitalized in Curacao, N.W.I. $.128.08 in movie fund. Motion made that the 4-8 FWT and Oiler be re­ lived while maneuvering by the 8-12 watch as customary and this to be entered in the eiariBrations at the next negotiations of the SIU con­ tract. DEL SOL (Delta), April 3—Chair­ man, Pete Valentine; Secretary, E. P. Sahuque. $5 in ship's fund. Motion was made that each man donate $1 to ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deek and engine departments, otherwise everything is running smoothly. MAYFLOWER (Mayflower), April 2S —Chairman, A. Rummel; Secretary, R. Sanchez. Brother F. Pehler was elected tq serve as ship's delegate. All delegates requested to make up repair list as soon as possible. No beefs reported. �• . Twenty-Tfr* SEAFARERS All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Patrick Cranford, born January, Chesapeake, Va. 21, 1964, to the Quincy R. Cran4 4 4^ Melanie Lewingr, born December fords, Chickasaw, Alabama. 23, 1963, to the Clarence Lewings, 4. i Wendy Koss, born December Many, La. 21, 1963, to the James A. Koss', 4 4 4 Alpena, Mich. John Grlmmett, bom January i 4" 3, 1964, to the Richard Lee GrlmTina Marie Cairns, born Janu­ metts, Atlanta, Georgia. ary 14, 1964, to the John V. 4 4 4 Cairns', Sault Marie, Mich. Susanne Morris, born August 4* 4" 4« 12, 1963, to the Mortimer Morris", Orrin Dawson Wicker, born De­ Mobile, Alabama. cember 18, 1963, to the Ben L. 4 4 4 Wickers, Jr., Groves. Texas. Tanuny Wall, born December, 4- 4« 4" 4, 1963, to the James H. Walls, Felicia Mary Pitre, born Novem­ Jacksonville, Fla. ber 9. 1963, to the Raymond Pit4 4 4 res, Marrero, La. Sara McGrew, born December 4' 4* l" Diane Vickery, born January 6, 29, 1963, to the Lloyd McGrews, 1964, to the Walter Vlckerys, Phil­ Leltchfield, Mich. 4 4 4 adelphia, Pa. Scott Alan Louis, born Decem­ 4 4 4" Will Beasley Jr., born January ber 11, 1963, to the John N. Louis", 1, 1964. to the Will D. Beasleya. Manlstlque, Mich. Lisa & Denlse Johnson, born November 18, 1963, to the Ray­ mond Johnsons, Detroit, Mich. 4 4 4 Tammy Frazier, born November 27, 1963, to the Thomas E. Frazlers, Elkton, Va. 4 4 4 Thomas John Buzalewskl, born January 29, 1963, to the Joseph Buzalewskls, Reading, Pa. 4 4 4 Jacqueline Caban, born Febru­ ary 8, 1964, to the Rafael Cabans, New York, New York. 4 4 4 Roxann Waters, born November 23, 1963, to the Phillip M. Waters", Dallas, Texas. 4 4 4 Helen Louise Bowers, born No­ vember 4, 1963, to the Raymond S. Bowers', Algonae, Mich. 4 4 4 Beth-Ann Colllngs, born Decem­ The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported ber 25, 1963, to the Charles F. Colllngs, Philadelphia, Pa. to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment 4 4 4 of elainis is normally due to late filing, laek of beneficiary Linda Trevisano, born February card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) i 4, 1964, to the Domlnlck TrevlMariano Seano, 74: Brother sanos, Brooklyn, New York. Clement Stann, 43: Brother Staim died of natural causes on Seano was a victim of heart dis­ 4 4 4 ease on August September 14, Houston Thomas, born January 31, 1963 at the 21, 1964, to the Houston Thomas", 1963 aboard the American Hospi­ Mobile, Alabama. Transhudson tal, Manila, The (Hudson Water­ 4 4 4 Philippines. A n ways). A member Gena Williams, born January 30, SIU member of the Union since 1939, he 1964, to the Gene Williams', Ports­ since 1957, he sailed in the deck mouth, Pa. sailed in the department be­ steward depart­ fore going on ment. He is sur­ vived by his pap> pension in 1956. ents, Alelde and Luclen Stann of surviving is his niece, Eufracla GalX r New Orleans, La. Burial was in lano of Manila, The Philippines. New Orleans. La. The place of burial is unknown. Marion P. Edge 4 4 4 You are asked to get in touch 4 4 4 John J. Donahue, 63: Heart dis­ with Red at 477-0606 In Mobile, ease was fatal to Brother Donahue Jose Alonzo, 40t Brother Alonzo Ala. on April 14, 1964 died accidentally when his house 4 4 4 in Jersey City, caught fire in Rudolph CifarattI NJ. A member of Tampa, Fla. Sail­ Your sister, Rita advises you to the SIU-Railway ing in the stew­ get In touch with your mother who Marine Region ard department, Is recovering from a broken arm. since 1963, he he was a member 4 4 4 was a tugman of the SIU since Marion McClure with the Erie 1952. He is sur­ Tha above named is asked to Lackawanna Rail­ vived by a friend, contact Lindsey Ogletree, care of road. He is sur­ Sydney D. Pat­ Airport Parking Company of Texas, vived by his wife, terson of Mobile, Sky Harbor Airport, 3000 Sky Har­ Margaret Donahue of Jersey City, Ala. Burial was bor Drive, Phoenix, Arizona. NJ. Place of burial was not listed. at Colon Cemetary, Tampa, Fla. 4 4 4 Joseph Boulanger, 67: Brother Boulanger died of natural causes on December 23, 1963 at Mercy Hospital, Buffalo, NY. He was a member of the SIU-Great Lakes Tug and Dredge District since 1961 until he re­ tired on pension in 1962. Surviv­ ing are three daughters, Rosemary Young, Margaret Dallman and Elizabeth McAndrew, and a son, Joseph Boulanger, all of Buffalo. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetary, Buffalo. 4 4 4 Tony A. Abella, 74: Brother Abella died of brain disease on January 21, 1964 at King County Hospital, Seattle Wash. He joined the SIU in 1961 and sailed as a member of both the engine and steward depart­ ments. He is sur­ vived by a daugh­ ter, Canida Asuncion of San Jose, Calif. Burial was at Holyrood Cemetary, Seattle, Wash. 4 4 4 Ferdinand J. Bruggner, 52: Brother Bruggner died of natural causes on No­ vember 2, 1963, in the Staten Island USPHS Hospital. He joined the Un­ ion in 1952 and sailed as a mem­ ber of the en­ gine department. Surviving are his sons, Andrew and Robert Brugg­ ner of Bradenton Beach, Fla. Bur­ ial was at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmlngdale, N.Y. 4 4 4 Translndia Crewmembers Seafarers in the New York area who sailed on the last voyage of the Translndia are asked to get in touch with Bob Aronson in the LOG office. 4 4 4 Charles (Dutch) Delhaus Tha above-named, who was a crewmember of the Del Valle, Voyage 81, is advised that his ra­ dio, suitcase and souvenirs are now in the purser's possession. 4 4 4 JteM It, ItM ihif Tax Refund Checks Income tax refund checks are being hold for SIU members listed below by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, 4 4 4 Henry Davis, Jr., 43i A heart San Francisco 5, Calif.: Julian B. Arzaga, Vasco M. Barattack claimed Brother Davis on ros (3), Eugene W. Bent, Marjarito January 24, 1964, Borja, Joseph Camp, Eugene L. en route to the Castano, Jr., Elgll E. Hjelm (2), Johns Hopkins Joseph Luberlch Waldo M. Oliver, Hospital. Sailing Jorgen G. Pedersen, Sammy Roin the steward gamos, Michael Romalho, Henry department, he R. Smith, Charles E. Swltzer, Ber­ had been a mem­ nardo Tombocon and Willie Wal­ ber of the Union ker (2). since 1950. Bur­ ial was at Mt. 4 4 4 Calvary Cem­ Eddie Candel! etery In Anne Arundel County, You are asked to contact Jlmmie Md. Isidore E. Levin of Baltimore, D. Coker, 2824 N. W. 59th Street, Md., was legally appointed ad­ Seattle 7, Wash., about an urgent ministrator of his estate. matter. All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following U the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Arvo Antilla R. A. Kennedy Joseph A. Baron* R. Klrsohenmann Daniel H. Bishop Duskn P. Korolla Gary J. Bryant M. M. Locklear WUbert Burke Henry J. Maas. Jr. George E. Burleson Mont McNabb. Jr. Adron Cox Claude McNorton Billy Dean Phillip C. Mendnza R. F. Edmonds Cleon Mixon John Fabis Charles Lee Monks Edw. S. Fairfield Ralph H. Newcomb O. R. Farrara Robert Odom John S. Fontan Earl J. Porta Theodore Forlin Vincent A. Quinn Audley C. Foster O. E. Richardson Richard Gallegoo J. P. Shaiigliiiessy James E. Gardiner Louis C. Storie John F. Gersey R. E. Stough, Jr. Jesse L. Green Win. D. Thiemonz* Otis J. Harden B. L. Trosclair Ramon Drizany John Valladares James O. Jackson Louis C. Vanacoer* Frank F. James John D. Vidrine Foster J. Juneau Roy R. Young Ben J. Kazuba USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND J. C. Arnold William Milter Tom Danzey James Mitchell Hector Durate Donald E. Murphy Arnold Heinvall S. Orkwiszewski Protasio Herrera Antonio Palmes Charles Hippard Ralph Pardue Emile Haude James Redden Lafayette Howard James Selmon Edward F. Lamb Carl W. Smith Charles Lovell Paul Strickland James Lyness Samuel Walton Jerry Miller USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS John W. Alstatt Chas. C. Martin John Aruanites F. Ouweneel Samuel E. Aviles Joseph P. Pettus James Bencic L. J. Pretious J. A. CichomskI Ernesto Ramirez T. H. Fitzgibbons Frank F. Reese James C. Flanagan J. Leo Rogers John W. Gibson Alfonso Sandino Otis Gilles John E. Sbamel S. H. Harrison Charles M. Silcox Milburn L. Hatley T. A. Spencer Walter J. Koyn L. Springer Michael Machusky Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAT. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS John J. May Harold G. Werns Ray Kiersten USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK John Aba Nils Larson E. S. Alvarez George McGinnis Forney Bowen Warren Mclnlyre Lawrence Byrne Ambro.se Magdirila Henry Callahan G. Mihalopoulos Anthony Carrano Haakon Mouin Ed Cleary Clifton Nelson Clarence Collins Harold Nelson John Cullinson Francis Neves Hamilton Dailey N. Palaulzoglnii Joe Denton Winford PoweU Lionel Desplant Tom Rainey James Fisher James Ray Robert Godwin Win. Sargent Lynwood Gregory At StracciolinI Ralph Hayes Tunis Tcnisson Erik Jensen Julian Visla Ellis Jones Harry White Derek Lamb USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FI.ORIDA G. C. Maddox E. S. Bagley H. J. Roef USPHS HOSPITAf. BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS Gilbert Edwards Charles Robinson Wm. Kouzounas Harris Smallwood Newton Paine Claude Valladares USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Pastor B. Ablin Edwin L. Kane Charlie A. Gedra Roland E. Parady Emmet C. Humbird R. O. Zaragoza R. J. Henningcr A. Bell USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA G. C. Atherton M. L. Hamilton Robert Bailey Wm. Harris Innes Blankcnship Joseph Perry Frank Buck Otto Sylvester Barron D. Daniels Hildred V. Whit* USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN P. M. Novak Edward L. Baats Wm. Wheeler USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON E. Le Bourveau John E. Kennedy Sam N. Bowser J. F. Malyszho G. E. Bradford Robert Maloy R. F. Nielsen CecU •. V/aUloh Antonio Penor Wm. L. Williams ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL DULUTH. MINNESOTA WUlard Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon Billy C. Lynn Thoraa* Cassion George W. McKnew Arthur Collett Samuel Mills B. F. Deibler Max Olson Ab* Gordon Jamea Webb John GotseR Willie A. Young Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez Wm. D. Kenny Edwin Harriman VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NEW YORK S. Frankiewicz Harvey Rhoden VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Sahford Gregory IRON MT. HOSPITAL IRON MT. MICHIGAN Arnold Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CHEST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON. KENTUCKY Frank Martin US NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA Henry Stone US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. DC Paul Stovall Wm. H. Thomson VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASS. R. Arsenault Beef Box (Continued from page 12) overtime as the high man's over­ time hours in the Deck Depart­ ment, except where such overtime has been paid for routine sea watches. The Boatswain shall have the right to stand week-end gang­ way watch in turn with the rest of the Deck Department. If he fails to exercise such right he has no claim for high man's overtime. If the Boatswain is required to work with and supervise the watch on deck on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays, for which the watch on deck receives additional overtime, he shall receive the same amount of overtime per hour as paid to a member of the watch on deck, in lieu of his regular overtime rate. When the Boatswain is working alone, or with men on watch below only, on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays, he shall receive the reg­ ular overtime rate prescribed." In submitting questions and work situations for clarification, delegates and crews are reminded once again to provide as much de­ tail as possible selling forth the circumstances of any dispute. Be­ sides those mentioned, some of the members who were sent clarifica­ tions on various subjects during the past few days included the fol­ lowing: Charles Crafford, deck delegate, Jefferson City Victory; Albert H. Schwartz, ship's delegate, Hudson; Jack Dolan, ship's dele­ gate, Anton Brunn; Mike J. McCormick, deck delegate, Sacramen­ to; and Richard Almojera, ship's delegate, Robin Trent. SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN �SMAFdREnS Jiwet 12, 1964 IOJG Fir* Twellty-Tl^«• Senrice Industries Show Job Gains rOTSSfSPTBT HALLS NEW YORK—According to recent figures released by the Department of Labor, Ameri­ can workeris earning their livelihood in industries which provide services rather than those involved in producing goods now are now leading the latter in the number of jobs held by three-to-two. two-fifths to reach a record total The figures which were tries have lost ground. of 36V6 million last year. Since 1949, when the number compiled by the Department It represented 59 out of every of jobs first topped its counter­ part in goods, the Department 100 persons on a public or private said, employment in the service payroll, and it was almost 11 mil­ industries has increased by nearly lion greater than the 25.6 million with a job in the goods-producing industries during the year. The Institute of Life Insurance said in a statement that "the strength and persistence of the ex­ pansion trend in the service in­ dustries and the new job oppor­ tunities they have been creating SlU-AGLIWD Meetings are of major importance in view Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, of the unemployment problem and Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a our rapidly growing labor force, month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the combined with the impact of auto­ listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. mation and technological change Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ on the goods-producing industries, gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU notably on manufacturing and meetings will be: agriculture. New York July 6 Detroit July 10 "To this a new factor is being Philadelphia July 7 Houston July 13 added by the tapering off in de­ Baltimore July 8 New Orleans July 14 fense expenditures and the re­ Mobile July 15 adjustments already taking place," the insurance group continued. i. They also reported that the serv­ West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings ice industries, led by public utili­ ties, are the leaders in capital in­ SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through vestment outlays which are such June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in a force for economic growth. West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. (Continued from page 3) The schedule is as follows: good offices to "assure the con­ 'Seattle Wilmington San Francisco tinuation of the fit-for-duty slips June 19 June 15 June 17 by the USPHS in the interests of July 24 July 20 July 22 American seamen and the US maritime industry, with which it has been traditionally concerned." Cleveland June 19 Great lakes SIU Meetings T h e SIU has traditionally Toledo June 19 fought any attempts to alter, mod­ Regular membership meetings Ashtabula June 19 ify or reduce the services per­ on the Great Lakes are heid on the first and third Mondays of (For meeting place, contaci John formed by the USPHS in the best each month in all ports at 7 PM Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ interests of American seamen. Periodically attempts are made to local time, except at Detroit, tabula, Ohio). where meetings are helo at 2 PM. curtail services that are essential 4" 4' i The next meetings will be: to the well-being of Seafarers and United Industrial Workers other American seamen, and the Detroit July 10—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Regular membership meetings Union has kept up a running fight Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, for UIW members are scheduled in opposition to such moves, The current effect marks' the June 15—7 PM each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: first time that an* attempt has been made by vested interest t i" New York July 6 groups to knock out the important Philadelphia July 7 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union fit-for-duty service which is ren­ Baltimore July 8 Regular membership meetings dered by the USPHS. 1:Houston June 15 for IBU members are scheduled Mobile June 17 each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: * Meetings held aT Laoor Temple, New­ eBNp'^M port News. Philadelphia ..July 7—5 PM t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Baltimore (licensed and un­ t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. licensed) .. July 8—5 PM Houston June 15—5 PM Norfolk July 9—7 PM N'Orleans ....June 16—5 PM Mobile June 17—5 PM ohow that service industries have dominated the expansion in em­ ployment over the post-war period, while the goods-producing indus­ icneauie o Membershi Meetings III 'K,' Hospitals II f uokj SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, HI. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. . RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. Mail Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 2604 S, 4th St DEwey 6-3828 312 Harrison St Tel. 229-2788 GREAT LAKES TUO A DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 04 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer. Agent TR 5-1538 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent .... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Genity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Erne.st Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address mall to Brlmley, Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent . .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent . . ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent ... MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE .. . 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4.6645' SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent ..MElrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendbeim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE I2I6 E. Baltimore St. EA.stprn 7-jnno NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th SI. DEwey 6-3818 Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndsey WilUama A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. BM Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ... .675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent . .622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S, 4th St. Frank Drozak, Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN fHANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent .. DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuley, West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes PHILADELPHIA TAMPA BALTIMORE 1216 E. BalUmore St. NATIONAL DIRECTOR EAstern 7-4900 Robert Matthews BOSTON 276 State St. GRE.AT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Richmond 2-014O Pat Finnerty HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn BALTIMORE ... .1216 E. Baltimore St HYacinth 9.6600 .EAstern 7-4900 5804 Canal St. 276 State St HOUSTON BOSTON WAlnut 8-3207 Richmond 2-0140 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn ELgin 3-0987 HVacinth 9-6600 744 W, Flagler St. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 WAlnut 8-3207 1 S. Lawrence St. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE, Jax MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 ELgin 3-0987 630 Jackson Ave. 744 W. Flagler St NEW ORLEANS MIAMI Phone 529-7546 FRanklin 7-3564 NORFOLK 115 Third St. MOBILE , ,1 South Lawrence St Phone 622-1892-3 HEmlock 2-1754 2604 S. 4th St. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6-3818 Te' 529-7.')afi 312 Harrison St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. TAMPA Phone 229-2788 Tel. 622-1892-3 Know Your Rights 4» 4* 4" RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membei-shlp meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU members are scheduled each month in the various ports at 10 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings will be: Jersey City June 15 Philadelphia June 16 Baltimore June 17 •Norfolk June 18 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memlers are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit June 15 Milwaukee June 15 Chicago June 16 Buffalo June 17 tSault Ste. Marie June 18 Duiuth June 19 Lorain June 19 (For meeting place, contaci Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 Ease Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). FINANCIAL REPORTS. The eonslUution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes speciOc provision, for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU AtlanUc. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and dishursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are avaUable at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able 111 all Union halls. If you feel there bag been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In aU SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pubUshing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960. meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested tn an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from a* :>ng Its ranks, one. individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event aiiyuue attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are avaUable in all Union haUs. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to famiUarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabUity-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem- . hers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role is all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain tlieir good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and poUtica] objectives which will serve the best Interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tima a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. �SEAFARERSli^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC,.GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO The AFL-CIO International Affairs Department For Democracy •At Home And Abroad The American labor movement has a deep and serious interest in international affairs, because it recognizes the interdependence of trade union workers throughout the free world. The labor movement recognizes that for a country to be truly free, it must have a strong, flourishing trade union movement. Restrictions in the freedom of workers anywhere constitutes a threat to our own free society. Thus American labor works to pro­ mote democracy everywhere. American labor's active partici­ pation in international affairs is not of recent origin. From its incep­ tion, the United States labor move­ ment dedicated itself to the cause of free trade unionism all over the world in recognition of the obliga­ tions v/hich workers in America freely assume to aid their brother trade unionists of the free world and of the common interests of all workers in their aspirations for economic progress, social justice, peace and freedom. The role of the American labor movement in today's serious world crisis, as AFL-CIO president George Meany has put it, is to en­ able our country to develop an effective democratic foreign pol­ icy and to strengthen the interna­ tional free trade union movement, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), as a vital factor for promoting human dignity and security, a strong free world and harmony among nations. By understanding American la­ bor's role in this struggle, Meany declares that our effectiveness will be improved in helping our coun­ try vigorously pursue an interna­ tional policy which will speed the day when all mankind will enjoy the blessings of human freedom, peace and prosperity. In order to foster labor's objec­ tives internationally and to imple­ ment its policies for international cooperation among trade unions in the free world the AFL-CIO has a Department of International Af­ fairs. Under the directorship of Jay Lovestone, the department keeps a sharp eye on international developments and assists the Fed­ eration's officers in their analyses and statements expressing the policies of the AFL-CIO on inter­ national affairs. The department also issues publications, setting forth views of the AFL-CIO on various international problems in foreign countries through the English, French, German and Italian editions of the AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News. Among its many activities, the International Affairs Department promotes the American Institute for Free Labor Development which provides vital training for effective union leadership for representa­ tives from Latin and Central American countries. The Institute is a projection of the AFL-CIO's keen interest in the development of free labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Last year 150 LatinAmerican and Caribbean area trade union leaders successfully completed courses at the institute in Washington. Most of these leaders are now active in the labor movements in their own countries, and as such are a link between U.S. and Latin-American workers. Members of the SlU are in an especially good position to under­ stand the objectives of the AFLCIO in international affairs since their jobs enable them to see con- The AFL-CIO Department of International Affairs is vitally Interested in worldwide labor issues. Young union leaders from 10 Latin American nations are shown here being welcomed to a recent class of the Ameri­ can Institute for Free Labor by AFL-CIO President George Meany. The AFL-CIO, through Its Department of International Affairs, upholds the realization that if freedom and democracy are not maintained throughout the world, then the entire free world is in danger. Helping those in lands threatened by communism, like this child in war-torn Vietnam, is important to the security of every American. ditions at first hand in virtually all ports in the free and Communist worlds. Recent articles in the LOG carrying the observations of SlU members who visited Russia as part of the US grain shipments program are a case in point. The articles by Seafarers aroused considerable in­ terest in Congress and throughout the country. After personally see­ ing how a totalitarian government stifles the rights of labor. Seafarers are in a far better position than most American workers to ap­ preciate the necessity for labor ac­ tivity in promoting democracy and the need for such efforts as those of the AFL-CIO in international affairs. The American labor movement's desire to see the concepts of free­ dom, economic and social justice established throughout the world is exemplified by the situation in wartorn Vietnam. On a recent ABC radio program, "As We See It," sponsored by the AFL-CIO, Tran Quoc Buu, president of the Con­ federation of Workers of Vietnam, told of his organization's struggle to raise the standard of living of the Vietnamese workers against the grim background of an eco­ nomically weak, underdeveloped nation. Acknowledging the politi­ cal disagreements, misery and poverty which confront Tiis country, the Vietnamese union leader stressed, nevertheless, that the workers in South Vietnam "are far better off than those in communist North Vietnam .. . also above all, we have our freedom." It is obvious thot the American labor movement cannot stick its head in the sand and ignore the crises throughout the world which threatens the freedom of workers in many areas, because a threat to their freedom is a threat to our freedom. No effort must be spared to spread the freedom and prosperity which we enjoy in the US to the four corners of the earth. 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Title A name given to the resource June 12, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU HITS RENEWAL OF SCHEME TO END PHS FIT-FOR-DUTY SLIPS FOR SEAMEN US CHARGES PRICE RIGS BY CARGILL UNION ACTION SETTLES SHIP BEEFS; $25,258 GAINED FOR SEAFARERS 2,400 WC SEAMEN COME UNDER BANNER OF SIUNA-MSTU TEXT OF PRESIDENT’S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT STEEL FABRICATORS UNDER REPAIR SIU RAIL TUGMEN STAR IN PIER FIRE NEW GROUP STARTS SIU UPGRADING CLASS RUSSIA QUIETLY SEEKING FURTHER GRAIN PURCHASES MA STICKS TO REVISED C-4 EVALUATION RULING AFL-CIO UNION LABEL SHOW SEA-LAND INCREASES PUERTO RICO SERVICE U.S. MERCHANT FLEET REGISTERS NEW DROP SIU GREAT LAKES BOB-LO EXCURSION IN 30TH YEAR ICC EXAMINER OKS CALMER LUMBER RUN LABOR SEEKS PROTECTION FOR ELDERLY IN LAND DEALS SIU COMPANY SUES OVER RAIL RATE CUTS COST OF LIVING INDEX TAKES ANOTHER JUMP BIG BUSINESS PROFITS SKYROCKETING IN ‘64 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/12/1964 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVI, No. 12 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1a137b8858457b5055ab2ab4f1e9d674.PDF f98b6408223fc31afc4b9fe95a8baf5a PDF Text Text Friday, June 13. 1947 THE SEAFAEEES LOG Pag» Three I Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE 13. 1947 No. 24 1 I I J NLRB^ Certifies Seafarers As The Bargaining Agent Isthmian Seamen Hi NMU's Charges Of Collusion #•• Not Substantiated By Record rK • m:. i Story on Page 5. �I tt tL HE A FA R E'R S LOG SEAFARERS LOG * 1 Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 International Officers HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - President 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. PAUL HALL --- - First Vice-President 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. MORRIS WEISBERGER Vice-President 105 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. CAL TANNER - - Vice-President 1 South Lawrence St., Mobile, Ala. EDWARD COESTER r - Vice-President 86 Seneca St., Seattle, Wash. JOHN HAWK - - - Secy.-Treasurer 105 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. r District Officials J. p. SHULER - - - Secy.-Treas. Atlantic & Gulf District P. O. Bo.x 25. Bowling Green Station, New York, N. Y. HARRY LUNDEBERG - Sec.-Treas. Sailors Union of the Pacific 59 Clay Street, San Francisco, Calif. FRED" FARNEN - - - - Secy.-Treas. Great Lakes District 1038 Third Street, Detroit, Michigan HUGH MURPHY ----- Secy.-Treas. Canadian District 144 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B. C. Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. GEORGE K. NOVICK, Editor It's Been A Long Time There's a certain feeling in the air wherever mem­ bers of the Seafarers International Union meet these days. It's not a more militant spirit because the SIU has a repu­ tation the world over for its militancy. Hospital Patients It's just tliat after many months of wrangling, months When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ in which the Isthmian seamen were prevented from being card, giving your name and represented by the Union of their choice, the Seafarers the number of your ward. has finally been certified as bargaining agent for the un­ licensed Isthmian seamen. Staten Island Hospital This has been a long uphill struggle. From the first, You can contact your Hos­ the SIU was faced with opposition from both the com­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ pany and the National Maritime Union. Both resorted to ing tiems: any means to.gain their ends. Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. With the NMU it was unfounded charges of collu­ These are Ihe Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, (on 5th and 8th floors) sion after the SIU had clearly established a majority in the as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. elections, supervised by the National Labor Relations heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3i30 p.m. Board. With the company, it started even earlier when ing to them. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) BRIGHTON HOSPITAL SIU militants were weeded out and discharged from ships NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. NICKERSON leaving on long voyages. A. BUCHENHORNER R. BAASNER C. PEDERSEN But the men of the SIU survived all those obstacles. J. MINNAHAN W. PARIS J. HARRISON Ships came into home ports v/ith solid SIU crews; crews that W. PARIS G. MEANEY G. CARUSO had gone out undecided or pro-NMU. By the SQore, Isth­ P. STOFFEL 4 4 4 R. LORD STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL S. WILUSZ mian seamen flocked to SIU Halls to become members of A. SANDY E. JOHNSTON G. H. STEVENSON R. CHRISTIAN s. the Union that fought tooth and nail for its members. H. SWIM J. BURNS A. R. GUIDRY There was never any doubt in the mind of the volun­ R. MADIGAN E. CARRERA J. AMAYA teers who, by every method knov.m to seamen, succeeded H. DAUGHERTY E. MOFIENE A. M. BRANCONI in getting jobs on the Isthmian scows. How they did it is P. La Cicero R. G. MOSSELLER E. DELLAMANO P. KOGOy N. NEILSEN their business, but what they did once aboard is the busi­ R. WRIGHT J. M. DYKES J. ROY G. GREY ness of every maiT v/ho belongs to the SIU. C. CARLSON H. HAMOND t These men, aboard unorganized ships, stood stead­ C. CASE E. E. CASEY BALTIMORE HOSPITAL fastly for the rights of the crew; they fought out overtime; F. HAMON J. M. BROOKS THOMAS PHELPS J. BUJEWICH they battled for better conditions; and above all, they J. O'NEILL , GORDON RAY F. NERING showed how much the members of the crew could gain W. BROSE RAYMOND NICHOLSON E. CHATARD C. MASON MANUEL ROMERO with a militant, tight-knit organization. J. B. CAUSEY A. WALTERS MANUEL SANCHEZ And that paid off. By a vote of more than 3-to-2, the C. MARTINEZ WM. HENDERSHOT 5« 1 t V. PLACEY i SIU defeated the NMU and the company. And, after re­ EDWARD CAIN JR. NEPONSET HOSPITAL A. RIOS peated stalling by the NMU, the NLRB has certified the FRANK JASHOLSKI MICHAEL PISKIN I WILL;ARD BANKHEAD SIU as bargaining agent for the unlicensed Isthmian sfeamen. H. BURKE LEO RICE J. S. CAMPBELL •4. ^ 4 An SIU contract is next in line. It may take work L. CLARK SAN FRANCISCO HOSP. ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL * to gain an agreement from this notoriously anti-union E. FERRER , AARON McALPIN J. R. HANCHEY M. MORRIS company, but the Seafarers will fight, with all its power. J. HODO C. LARSEN W. B. MUIR This marks a new era for Isthmian seamen, and it JOHN KREWSEN L. L. LEWIS marks another s^d chapter in the anti-labor, pro-company, L. TORRES P. KOGOY history of the NMU. ^ Men Now In The Marine Hospitals i �Friday. June 13. 1947 THE SEAFAREBS LOG Page Three Long Struggle Ends—isthmian Is SlU Cooperation Of Membership ships can rest Seafarers will The winning of the Isthmian ment with the election by the Seafarers Inter ship Company national Union can be attributed cooperate in a to the cooperation of the mem bership in the organizing drive Tiiis will be ample repayment for the time, money, effort and sacrifices made by the member­ ship of this Union. Men now sailing Isthmian By J. P. SHULER And No Goal Is Impossible By EARL SHEPPARD The deci.sion for which we have waited so long has been handed down by the NLRB Isthmian, too, is SIU. The long hard pull has paid off. And the NMU's stalling campaign to keep from Isthmian seamen the bene­ fits to be gained by the Union of their own free choosing has been stopped cold. For this tremendous victory, the Seafarers can congratulate the Brothers who took part in the Isthmian drive for a job well done. They did their job effi- ciently and thoroughly with all the energy at their command. Many of these men were in­ strumental in extending the or­ ganizing drive beyond the ships and into every place a seaman could be found. They were not satisfied with organizing around the clock aboard ship, but brought prospective Seafarers right into the Union Halls. And the Isthmian seamen, who so overwhelmingly voted for the SIU as their collective bargain­ ing agent, also are to be congratu­ lated. They have shown their dissatisfaction with the substand­ ard wages and low level work­ ing conditions prevailing on Isth­ mian vessels. They have demonstrated that they want these substandard con­ ditions wiped out and replaced with the best wage and working conditions in maritime—through representation by the Seafarers International Union. A full volume could be writ­ ten on the individual and collec­ tive merits of the men who made the Seafarers' victory possible. It is men like these who have proved that no aim is too high, and no goal is impossible for the SIU. assured that the obtain an agree­ Isthmian Steam­ as long as they manner as they WASHINGTON, June 12—The long, hard fought struggle to organize the unlicensed seamen of the Isthmian Steamship Company by the Seafarers International Union was crowned with success today when the National La­ bor Relations Board certified the SIU. This brought to an end seven months of foul chicanery and stalling by the National Maritime Union — stalling which prevented the Isthmian seamen from being represented by the Union ^ of their choice. have in the past. The decision of the National Labor Relations Board made final what the Or­ ganizers and men riding Isth­ mian ships knew would be the outcome. This is a great job done by the Orgauhing Staff and the biggest -victory the Seafarers have ever won in the organizing field. There are still a number of unorganized steamship compan­ ies in the maritime field and with the continuance of the good work of the Organirrrs and the cooperation of the membership they too can be brought under jthe banner of the Seafarers In­ ternational Uniori^ of North Am­ erica. Victory Of Rank And File .riu • . • T .!_ thought in the bag, surprised The campaign to organize Isth- ,, . . everyone by rolling up sweeping mian started close-to two years totals in the Seafarers' column. ago. In 194.5, with the end of' . i . ... -. . I And when the counting of balthe war in sight, the proposition jots commenced, the NMU offiof organizing the unorganized oc­ cials saw the handwriting on the cupied a prominent place on the wall. As total after total v/as re­ agenda of the Agents Conference. corded for the SIU, they resorted to challenging the entire votes A program was adopted, plac­ of some ships. ing Paul Hall in charge of all or­ CHARGES FLOP ganizing for the Atlantic and Phony charges of collusion, Gulf District. Earl "Bull" Shepwhich, by the v/ay, the NMU pard was made primarily respon­ never substantiated, were hurled sible for the field work. Cal Tan­ at the SIU. Hearings were held, ner and Lindsey Williams were and the well-coached NMU wit­ appointed to positions of respon­ nesses were unable to prove one single item of their wildly-flung sibility in the program. At the hearings, the For the amount of money ex­ charges. SIU was represented by Attorney pended by the Director of Or­ Ben Sterling. ganization's Office in carrying And so, the biggest organiza­ out the program, the results have tional drive in the history of the been well worth the expenses. Final tallying of the ballots, American Maritime Industry has issued in January by the NLRB come to an end, with the Sea Regional Director, showed that farers International Union certi­ the SIU had garnered 1256 votes fied to represent the unlicensed to 813 for the NMU. This should seamen of the largest freight have been enough for the NMU, chipping company in the world. By PAUL HALL The National Labor Relations Board's certification of the Sea­ farer' victory in the Isthmian Steamship Lines election is a but it wasn't. Next 'step is an SIU contract, tribute to the membership of the and the Isthmian men can rest Resorting to every legal tech­ SIU and to the organization as a nicality, and using every possible assured that the Seafarers will whole. _ subterfuge, the NMU was suc­ put the pressure on the company This decision definitely finish­ cessful in delaying matters, and to force bargaining sessions soon. es off the prolonged stalling tac­ in forcing hearings which the of­ NMU stalling is now ended, and tics of the NMU, whose smashing ficials themselves knew were the Union will make sure that defeat in the election soured company stalling doesn't take its worthless. them so that they used every trick place. in the legal bag to prevent tlie SIU ALL THE WAY At the present time, Brothers Isthmian men from getting the Hall, Sheppard, Tanner, and Wil­ From the beginning, the Isth­ benefits of SIU representation. mian election was an open-and- liams are down in the Gulf Area The NMU is responsible for the shut case. Ship after sliip came setting up an organizing program fact that Istliinian seamen have back from trips pledged to vote for the Towboat workers and Al­ long been delayed in attaining the for the SIU. Hundreds of Isth­ lied fields.. best wage and working condi­ mian seamen took out Full Books tions in the maritime industry. When informed of the certifiThe victory is a tribute to the Those of our members who wisdom of the Isthmian seamen in the SIU, and when the voting ^ cation, they jointly stated, "The started, these men cast their Isthmian Drive is just one more acted as volunteer ship's organ­ themselves, who chose the water­ votes for the Seafarers. izers did so of their own free job successfully carried out by front union best qualified to will. They did so because thcy raise their wage and living stand­ On fourteen ships the NMU j the membership. There will be felt the vast number of Isthmian ards. didn't get a single vote, while more campaigns in the future, seamen were being deprived of the SIU wasn't sfiut out once, j and the men who made Isthmian The Seafarer's will now demon- ^ Isthmian's largest ships cast de- SIU will be the one's to do th? the top wages and humane workng conditions enjoyed by Sea­ strate to the Isthmian men that cisive majorities for the SIU, and Job." In true Seafarers style farers. their choice was a wise one. |even crews which the NMU.that's exactly what they will da. Next Week: The Men Who Organizet! Isthmian Isthmian has finally been awarded to the Sea­ farers—something, frankly, that we have expect­ ed, since we knew the energies spent, the time put in, and the money invested in the organizing campaign—things not at all necessary if we were in collusion with the Isthmian officials, whose record has been consistently anti-union. The Seafarers went into the Isthmian cam­ paign with a battle plan carefully drawn months in advance, set down with as much detail as a pre-battle blue print can be. As it turned out, the approach was a success­ ful one, but—and this is a very big BUT—only because of the wholehearted support given it by the rank and file Seafarer, who gave up the wages and conditions tht were their's under an SIU contact to work aboard an Isthmian ship. They worked under conditions that no long­ er exist on SlU-contracted ships, and at sub­ standard pay. They could have taken the easier way and enjoyed the top wages and unmatched conditions on SIU ships. But they sacrificed this security and instead dedicated their efforts to wiping out the Isthman open shop, and thus bring Isthmian seamen the decent living wages and conditions which .so rightfully belong to every man who sails the seas. The sacrifice was not in vain. These solid Seafarers did the job—made Isthmian SIU! All thanks, all appreciation belong to these militant, sacrificing Seafarers, and these pages are the place to show it. Unfortunately, the NLRB decision came on the date of publication, when the paper was all set and ready for the press. Remaking the whole paper would have meant delaying publication for three days (over the weekend), and the best we could do under the circumstances was to tear out and remake these few pages. But next week, the entire issue will be devoted to these men—SIU members and Isthmian seamen—who did so much to insure the success of the Seafarers campaign in Isthmian. Next week, then, the men behind the scenes, the guys who made the wheels turn—the volun­ teer SIU organizers and the Isthmian men who determinedly struck a blow against the last of the big, open shop operators left in this country. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS Friday, Jurte 13, 1947 LOG Texas Now Opetatmg h SlU Stfk, WhiihMeans Okay AllDown TheLine By EARL SHEPPARD GALVESTON—The trial committee in this port sat in on the game the performers and gas houjids were playing, and dealt out a few cards themselves. They handed out sentences rang­ ing from one year's probation to permanent positions on the so­ cial register. This port was a perfect ex­ ample of a few gas hounds giv­ ing the entire membership a bad name as well as a bad time. This stuff is now non-existent and, in the event it comes up again, the guy or guys pulling it had better duck, and fast. The members here have had a bellyful of the BS those guys were throwing, and will in all probability continue the good work started by the trial com­ mittee. Today, the SIU is a respon­ sible organization, and we have pi'oved this in the hardest field in the world. Our membership, and our Union, is big enough to run its own business. We can not allow a handful of broken down drunks to brand us as an orga'nization of screw ball gas hounds.. Unless we take care of those guys wherever they raise their imperor Tragedy Underlines Need For Seafarers heads, we will tarred with the | Waterman Ship, which paid off same brush. We made a good after a long trip to the East. SKIPPER ACCUSES start down here, and we are cer­ There was a bit of excitement tain to keep it up, on this one, when the Skipper SLIGHT PROBLEM complained to the authorities in We had a little problem last the Panama Canal Zone that week, shipowner style, which or­ there were "un-American" ac­ iginated when Waterman started tivities on board the ship. Evi­ crewing the SS Ross, The com­ dently the Old Man had been pany refused to call the new reading too many Hearst news­ replacements over the weekend papers. so as to save a few bucks, and Wonder never cease, however, when they did call the jobs, because the Skipper blasted the there were not enough takers. officers for this, and didn't men­ For a while it looked like the tion the crow at all. ship might be hung up, but we All the beefs on this baby finally succeeded in crewing her were handled to the entire sat­ without a delay. isfaction of the crew. To all members—if you want This should serve as a lesson to the shipowners that to move to make a fast job on' most any their scows on time, they must kind of scow you can name— be at least half-way fair with then Galveston is the port for the SIU men. They must not you. tiy to hard time us. There is a nice beach here various We have a contract and ex­ where a guy can find pect to live up to it, BUT we ways to, as >Trcnchy Michelet do not intend to take a shoving would put it, "while away the around from the operators in hours." doing so. And without a bunch of Last week one ship paid off. drunks to pester you, from now It was the SS Joseph N. Teal, a on. Seaway Lawyer, NMU Learn From Northland Parleys By WILLIAM T. McLAUGHLIN By JOE GRIMES Mr. Hartley, co-sponsor «of the continue to carry on his bastard Taft-Hartley slave labor bill, has tradition. It's the same old poli­ announced that he will not be a tical baloney no matter how you slice it. candidate for re-election. The story of Hartley is the THINGS TO COME story of Jhe great majority of The morning press of Wednes­ politicians. His record shows a day, June 11, reports that Hart­ political career starting with the ley thi'eatens still stronger labor job of Library Commissioner in curbs "if labor calls a general 1923, from which he graduated strike against the bill." to the Kearney, N. J., Police and The "gentleman" from Jersey Fire Commissioner's job. is alarmed at 91 recently filed He hung on to that job for four strike notices, and is beginning years, after which he began cam­ to see labor plots around every paigning for, and winning, legis­ corner. lators' jobs, first in the Sttae of The same "gentleman" has New Jersey and finally in the been given an appropriation of U, S, Congress, 50,000 bucks to investigate labor. Politicians like their jobs and It's easy to picture things to work like hell to get them, and come if hatchetmen like Hartley then work even harder to keep are permitted to threaten and in­ them. Hartley is no exception. timidate labor. Two monster labor demonstra­ In his last campaign he sold his bill of goods so well that a large tions have just taken place in section of the labor movement in New York. First the AFL, and his district indorsed his candi­ then the CIO, staged great pa­ rades winding up with Madison dacy. Glad-handing is nothing new Square Garden rallies. Hundreds to this sterling U. S. Representa­ of thousands watched these pa­ rades; other thousands wore tive from New Jersey. reached by every means from The Newark Evening News of notes tied to milk bottles to leaf­ July 1.5, 1940 reports that he lets passed out on the streets. attended the annual picnic of The theme of these meetings the Federation of German-Amer­ has been to defeat the anti-labor ican Societies of Essex County, Taft Hartley bill, to cause a and in a speech bragged that he Presidential veto and to force had been attending the picnic for Congress to uphold the vote. 12 yeai;s. This is all well and good, but No swastikas were displayed regardless of what happens to at this particular picnic, but in the present bill, other bills will the 12 years he had been attend­ follow, presented by other Tafts ing, Bund speakers and swastikas and Hartleys, but sponsored by had always been the order of the same old industrialists and the day—but after all Represen­ tative Fred A. Hartley is a poli­ financiers. JACKSONVILLE — The nego­ Jacksonville Port Agent, first tiations for a contract covering began organizing the crew of the Northwind, He encountered the the unlicen.sed personnel of the usual type of sour propaganda SS New Northwind, Seaway from the local NMU adherents By FRANK MORAN Lines Limited, came to a succes­ to the effect that the SIU was not as much interested in es­ SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.— sful conclusion with a salary tablishing a contract with the tician, and to guys like him a The recent sinking of the Cana­ increase averaging 90 percent Company as it was in trying vote is a vote no matter where over former rates, a 40-hour dian freighter SS Emperor with to force the Seaway Lines out it comes from. an appalling loss of life should week in port, and a 44-hour of business in favor of U, S, Mr. Hartley didn't limit his su­ week at sea. bring home to the average Lakes shipping interests. per-patriotism to German picnics This is all old stuff since the seaman the risks that he takes alone, however. Just how barren and ^esolate in the every day following of LOG carried the story in full On November 28, 1941, the As­ two weeks ago. What is new, this sort of reasoning was is his chosen calling. sociated Press reports that he best pi-oved by the fact that the As long as anyone follows the however, is the way the Comp­ spoke at an America First meet­ Company, after signing the con­ any tried to stymie negotiations Lakes for a living, he should not ing in Paterson, New Jersey de­ tract, announced that it was at every turn, and how it was be satisfied with less than the best in wages, living conditions aided and a*betted by the Na­ buying another ship to be oper­ fending Japan with the state­ ment, "without provocation on ated under the same terms. and working rules, as well as tional Maritime Union, CIO. Japan's part we have made her a Incapable of understanding First, let's take up the Comp­ safely conditions. powerful enemy." These wages and conditons any stalling. Bargaining sessions the necessity - for seamen to be This was 12 days before Pearl have steadily improved over the commenced on May 12, but organized on an international Harbor. past few years, mainly through progress was retarded because basis, fustrated because they STILL BALONEY the efforts of the Seafarers. Inter­ the Company's legal adviser was stand exposed as Kremlin ac­ national Union and it's affiliate, on a case for the Florida Rail­ complices, these stooges will There is a story told on Jacobs stoop to any level to confuse Beach about the time the famed the Sailors Union of the Pacific. way Commission. Don't imagine for one minute The Company insisted that it unorganized seamen. cauliflower linguist and super that the big-hearted operators couldn't proceed without his ex­ In Canada it has been their bootblack "Beezey" Thomas ever improved these conditions pert advice because of the many stock ai'gument that SIU con­ shined Jack Dempsey's shoes. or ever will, unless they are technicalities involved in the ditions and wages aboard Cana­ Jack was wearing a new pair forced to do so by militant trade contract, which only a lawyer dian ships would force Canada of expensive white sports and out of the maritime picture. unions such as the SIU and SUP. could interpret. Beezey was in his cups. Jack When you're a member of the The Canadian Seamen's Union talked while Beezey shined, and So we marked time. Finall.y greatest seamen's union in the he showed up, and at every has fed this obnoxious tripe to its all would have been well had world,, the SIU, you can point session he admitted that ship­ membership for inany years. It Beezey not used black polish in­ with pride to the many things ping and" seafaring was utterly has raised this false issue for stead of white. ^ that you are helping win for all foreign to him, and he confi­ two reasons: When Dempsey became irate, seamen. Beezey looked up and inquired, ned him,sclf to battling us on the 1. So that the communist party When you're a part of the Sea­ ciuestions of wages and a closed could maintain firm control of "What's the difference Jack, it's farers, you can truthfully say shop. the maritime industry by mak­ .shoe polish ain't it?" that you're one of the guys who And the same goes for politi­ ing communist control pala­ FULL LESSON have" the best contracts, wages, table to the Government bureaus cian Hartley's decison not to run It should be noted that he and to the shipowners. hours, overtime, working and liv­ for office again next term., The ing conditions in maritime. The learned a full union le.sson, and 2. With the halo of "National National Association of Manufac­ when the time for signing the record backs you up. Unity" around its head, the turers always has a place for Here's another pointer. Make contract came around, he was party was assured a period of boys like him. The story didn't it a must to read each issue of the not present. reasonable growth with the tell what Jack gave Beezey, but. Since the SIU Canadian Dist­ minimum of interference. LOG and the Weekly Lakes Or­ it's a sure bet that the NAM ganizing Bulletin folded into it. rict won all its points, we regret will reward their boy Friday SHIPOWNERS' STOOGES If you don't secure your copy his absence. He could have with a good soft berth, regardless at the SOO, or at one of the ports rounded out his education by Canadian shipowners have of what color polish he used on around the Lakes where SIU or-' watching the Company officials gained millions in profits as a their shoes. gani'zers and Halls are located, reluctantly sign on the dotted result of this propaganda, and In Congress or in a director's drop a line to SIU Headquarters line. have gone as far as to boast scat, Mr. Hartley will still do at 1038 Third Street, Detroit 26, The trouble with the NMU how good CSU agreements are— the bidding of his bosses, and in Michigan, started when Jimmy Hanners, for them. congress other politicians will TWO BATTLE GROUNDS The employers and their politician-gcncrals have chosen their battleground well "and, as the House of Representatives and Senate roll call showed, are strongly intrenched in their Capi­ tol citadel. Labor has been banging its brains out but the big boys still hold the fort, securely intrenched behind their banucades of money bags and political domination. Labor can defeat this gang only by selecting its own battlefied, the point of production. If it must be war labor must win, for without labor there is no nation. Let the politicians label the general strike what they may, the general strike is the answer to capital's attack and will win the union's fight—and then Mr, Hart­ ley and Mr. Taft and the others of their ilk, will pull in their horns, tuck their tails between their legs and sneak away like the egg sucking dog. Attention Members Each man who makes a donation to the LOG should receive a receipt in return. If the Union official to whom a contribution is given does not make out a receipt for the money, call this to the attention of the SecretaryTreasurer. J. P. Shuler, im­ mediately. Send the name of the of­ ficial a,nd the name of the port in -which the occurence took place to the New York Hall, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. �Friday.. June 13. 1947 Tn£ SEAFARERS LOG HAPPY—AND COVERED BY AN SIU CONTRACT Above is a group picture of the unlicensed personnel of the SS New Northland just after they had voted unanimously to approve the terms of a new agreement between the SIU and the Seaway Lines. Limited. By the smiles on their faces it is easy to see that they are pleased about the whole situation, and who wouldn't be with salary raises averaging so much as 90 percent. (See story on Page 4.) Special Meeting In New Orleans Accepts HQ Recommendations; S. White To New York NEW ORLEANS, June 11—A special m e c t i n g today voted overwhelmingly to accept the recommendations of SecretaryTreasurer J. P. Shuler to trans­ fer Port Agent Steely White to Headquarters , as Deck Depart­ ment Representative. It was pointed out in the Secretary-Ti easurer's Report that by so doing, it would make available in the Headquarters Office a Deck Department Rep­ resentative for negotiations and handling of disputes. Brother White will replace former Sec­ retary-Treasurer John Hawk in this respect. With Robert Matthews as En­ gine Representative, and J. P. Shuler representing the Stewards Department, this will give Head­ quarters representation in all three Departments. A further recommendation of the Secretary-Treasurer was to bring in Earl "Bull" Sheppard as New Orleans Port Agent, as well as Gulf Representative of the Seafarers. This was also adopt­ ed. STREAMLINING These moves are the ^latest in several actions designed to streamline the organization in the Gulf, as well as to giva bal­ ance to the organization in Head­ quarters. It also marks the third change in several weeks for Brother Sheppard. Sheppard, a veteran SIU mem­ ber and organizer who handled all field operations which brought the Isthmian Steamship Company into the Seafarers coliim, later assisted in laying out the program of the International for work on the Gi'eat Lakes. The drive so far has been re­ sponsible for entering eight pe­ titions for elections in that area. The first of these elections re­ sulted in a victory for the SIU in the Huron Transportation Company. In this balloting, the NMU and the Company were de­ cisively defeated. Following setting up the Great Lakes program, Brother Sheppaid was -transferred to Texas to take care of an emergency situation which had arisen there. His job specifically was to iron out all local difficulties in Gal­ veston. ON THE BALL This job was carried out in typical SIU style, and now the Texas area is operating effici­ ently, as well as economically. With Sheppard's vast amount of organizational experience^, the Seafarers can be assui-ed that the entire Gulf Area will rap­ idly be reorganized in the form­ er hard-hitting group of ports that it once was, and which at one time constituted such a vital part of the SIU. The SIU in the Gulf Area is now preparing for the many struggles which lie ahead. Pro­ tection of gains already won, and the further advancement of the Seafarers are the two prirnaiy aims. Plans are being made to ex­ pand the organization in the Gulf Aiea, particularly in the inland field and Brother Shep­ pard is now consulting with the Gulf organizers in setting up a program designed to bring thou­ sands of new members under the banner of |he SIU. SIU Wins First Test On The Great Lakes; Hnron Renndiates NMU DETROIT — Climaxing the first ten weeks of SIU organiz­ ing on the Lakes for the 1947 season, the SIU won the first NLRB conducted maritime elect­ ion this year when 58 percent of the Huron Transportation Company seamen chose the SIU in a smashing victory over the NMU. There were fifty eligible voters on the two Huron ships —• the SS Crapo and SS Boardman — and the final voting results were as follows: SIU — 28 votes: NMU — 2 votes; No Union — 18 votes; and Void or Challenged — 0 votes. This made a total of 48 ballots cast. Breaking these figures down into percentages, the SIU re­ ceived 58.3 percent, the NMU got 4.2 percent, and 37.5 percent voted for No Union. This was a disastrous showing for the NMU after considering the amount of effort they put into their attempts to organize Huron. CRAPO FIRST Voting late at night on June 4, the SS Crapo was the first of the two vessels to vote. After the crewmembers cast their bal­ lots forward in the crew's lounge, the ballot box was sealed and removed to NLRB headquarters. The SS Boardman was supposed to have docked at 4 p.m. on June 5, but due to a breakdown did not arrive at Detroit before Friday morning. As soon as the Boardman dock­ ed, she was balloted. Immediate­ ly after, the ballots were counted in the presence of one ob.scrver each from the SIU, NMU and the Company with the above results. At the completion of the count, a tally count sheet was signed by the NLRB officer and the three observers. However, a lapse of five days is permitted for any of the parties to file an objection, 'befoie the SIU is certified "py the Board as sole bargaining agent for the Huron men. This means that the SIU will be certified by Friday, June 13, unless any objections are filed, Uuder the circumstances, the NLRB certification is mei'ely a routine matter, and everything should be setled by then so that bargaining negotiations with the company can begin at once. At the conclusion of the vote tabulating. Assistant Organizat­ ional Director Paul 'Vari'en de­ clared, "This is only a starter. Huron seamen have the t-onor of having broken the ice. How­ ever, we expect to have V/yandotte, Hanna, Wilson, Steinbrenner and Shenango join the Pluron seamen in an SIU victory parade on the Lakes. "In addition to the above named fleets which the SIU is fully confident of winning, we have several other Lakes fleets on our obj'ective list. As these out­ fits are lined up, they will be petitioned, and voted just as soon as possible after the pet­ itioning.'' Victory In Huron Election Is Only The First Step In The Seafarers Victory Parade On The Lakes By PAUr. WARREN the ranks of a fighting Union— a Union which believes it's only DETROIT — Well, the SIU duties are to win the best pos­ is over the hump as far as the sible .wages, hours, working and first victoi-y for the 1947 sailing living .conditions for the seamen. season on the Great Lakes is Welcome, Huron seamen! concerned. Unorganized seamen ,, WYANDOTTE PROGRESS sailing on the two Huron Trans­ Latest reports on Wyandotte portation Company ships showed indicate that the men who sail their preference for the SIU in the. four ships of this company no uncertain terms — 58 per­ will have only a short wait be­ cent worth! fore they can register their Complete details regarding the choice for the SIU in an NLRB Huron election appear elsewhere conducted election. in the pages of the LOG, so it's No official NLRB report has needless for us to go into any been issued on Wyandotte. How­ details in this article. However, we do want to toss ever, we are revealing no secret some orchids at the men re­ when we state that the NMU sponsible for the Huron ships has been unable to prove its phony charges of collusion in voting SIU. the case of Wyandotte. Yes, it's true that the SIU Due to the lack of any such oi-ganized the two Huron ships. But it's also true if these men evidence, this case now goes to hadn't gone all out for the SIU the Regional NLRB Director for as the Union of their choice a- decisiop. His decision should we wouldn't have secured 58 be forthcoming within the next percent to the NMU's 4 percent.**" few days. Reall.y a tribute to the Sea­ Here was another case where farers' actual gains for the sea­ the SIU did a good job of organ­ men compared to the empty izing the Wyandotte seamen. promises of the bankrupt NMU When the NMU saw that Wyan­ leadership. dotte seamen wanted no part Huron seamen'deserve orchids of their bankrupt organization, for recognizing the seagoing facts but did want the progressive of life. Not the empty orchids of gains of the Seafarers, then they some Winchell, but the actual resoi'ted to their usual dog-inpraise of their brothers in the the-manger tactics. SIU. After the SIU petitioned for Certainly, the SIU is glad to Wyandotte, the NMU tried to welcome the Huron seamen into intervene. They were given one week in which to show evidence of representation — only 10 per­ cent was necessary — but they failed to prove this. So, merely in order to ham­ string Wyandotte seamen in their efforts to secure an SIU contract with BIU conditions, the NMU filed unfair labor charges. Now, after stalling an election for the past few weeks, the day of reckoning is just around the corner. Wyandotte seamen know who has been holding up their securing of SIU hours, wages and conditions, the balloting will show it. OT'HER ELEOTIONS Additional hearings were held during the past week on both Haima and Wilson. In the case of Hanna, the NMU forced into the untenable position of filing unfair labor practice charges. This is just another. phony stalling device to secure more time for the NMu to make a last desperate dying man's grasp to get additional Hanna votes. However, Hanna seamen had bellyful of the NMU's intimi­ dation during their phony strike of last Fall. Hanna seamen were threatened with violence if they didn't strike the Hanna ships, so that the NMU could organize them! L'on ingots were even dropped from bridges onto the decks of Hanna ships in an effort to intimidate the Hanna seamen. These terroristic tactics, rem­ iniscent of the goon tricks which the NMU attempted on some Isthmian ships, failed to coerce the Hanna seamen. They wanted a democratic right to choose the Union of their choice through democratic methods, and they rejected all terroristic attempts of the water­ front goons. Today, the men sailing the Hanna ships are firmly I'osolved that they want the SIU as their choice to represent them in col­ lective bargaining with the com­ pany. And, come hell or high water, we're going to see that Hanna has a chance to vote SIU, and win an SIU contract! As for Wilson, this Company has resorted to a familiar de­ vice. They are refusing to allowChief Cooks ancj. Utility Engin­ eers to be included in the barr (Continued from Page 11) �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. June 13, 1947 Veto Anti-Labor Bills, AFL Rally Urges Excerpts From The Speeches Of Green, Meany, Duhinsky By AFL President Green: Abraham Lincoln once said: "Whatever hurts labor, hurts the nation." That is as true, now—every word of it—as it was then. And I don't think there can be any question but that the Taft-Hartley Bill hurts labor and therefore the nation. Thus, it must be obvious to any fair-minded citizen that that Tafi-Karilev Bill is a menace to America—a menace not only to all those who work for a living, but a menace to the American people as a whole, and menace to their cherished freedoms. We, of labor, want a strong America, not a weak and im­ potent one. We wa,nt prosperity in our country, not a Taft-Hart­ ley depression. We want to keep America free, not to let it succumb to the Taft-Hartley brand of oppression. By Secy.-Treasurer Meany: The attack on trade unions contained in the Taft-Hartley anti-labor bill is only one phase of an all-out war aginst the common people of America. Just as Hitler struck down labor unions as one of the first steps in his plan to enslave the people of Germany, so today we see the profit-greedy industrialists of America attempting to destroy workers' organizations as the first step in their plan to control the economic life of America. Pert of the gigantic AFL rally in New York's Mrdi'jon Square Garden v/hich called on Presi­ dent Truman to veto the Trft-Heriley "slave labor' till, end on Congress io support the veto. Twenty thousand AFL members were in the Ga.-dcn, while thirty thousand gathered outside to hear the speeches on the public address system. They knov/ only too well that the strength of the trade union movement must be eliminated before they can be secure in their domination of the lives of the people of this Nation. They are out to destroy the social and economic gains made by the little people of America since the failure of Big Business and Big Politics fifteen years ago. They are determined to bring back the good old days when the employer alone decided, under what wages and under what conditons the wage -earner gave his labor. Yes, they want a return to the company union, the com­ pany spy, the rule of company thugs, to barbwire fences, fear gas, company controlled sheriffs, company controlled judges and ever other devilish device of worker oppression that human ingenuity can devise. By ILGWU President Dubinsky: One more point—this bill is an invaluable recruiting agent for the Communists. At one strike, it nullifies the struggles we, in the labor movement, have waged aginst Communists. The The Tafts, the Hartleys, and their^masters of the NAM are blind. They couldn't do a better job them Stalin's own agents in fos­ tering resentment and strife in our land. Don't they know that this is the stuff upon which Communism feeds and flourishes? With telling shots. President Green scored the Taft-Hartley Bill as an instrument of the National Association of Manufac­ turers, and designed to break up the free American Labor Move­ ment. His words were greeted by resounding cheers. These three top AFL leaders called on President Truman to veto the bill, and characterized the bill as punitive and leading to industrial chaos. Pictured above, left to right, are George Mer.-ny, AFL Secretary-Treasurer; William Grean, President of the AFL; and David Dubinsky, leader of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. liii Everything ran smoothly, and the credit goes to the Committee on Arrangements, pictured above. Left to right, M. Rosen, Vice-President of the Central Trades and Labor Council; Martin T. Lacey, President of the Central Trades and Labor Council; Joseph Tuvim, ILGWU; Thomas Mur­ ray, President of the New York State Federation of Labor; Mrs. Betty Hawley Donnelly, VicePresident of the State Federation; William Collins, General Organizer of the AFL; and John Burke, Secretary, Joint Council 16, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. �Friday, June 13, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seyep AGREEMENT Between y Seafarers International Union Of North America .1 And Seaway Steamship Lines Ltd. This Agreement executed and entered into on tliis 1st day of June, 1947. by and between the Seafarers International Union of North Amexica, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor hereinafter referred to as the Union and Seaway Steamship Line Limited hereinafter referred to as the Company and shall re­ main in eilect until the 1st day of June, 1948. Provided, however, that this Agreement shall be considered as renewed from year to year thereafter by the respective parties hereto, unless either party hereto siiail give written notice to the other of its desire to amend or terminate the same. Any sucii notice shall be given at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of expiration. If such notice shall not be given the Agreement shall be renewed for the suc­ ceeding i'cai-, and from year to year thereafter. Ap­ plication by either party to open negotiations for changes in wage scale at any time during the life of this Agreement sh.all not be deemed cause for term­ ination. ARTICLE I Section 1. Recognition. The Company recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agency for all unlicensed personnel from time to time employed by the Company on all deep sea ships of Canadian ro.gistry owned'and operated by the Company and under Canadian Articles except that it is understood and agreed that this Agreement does not affect nor cover Licensed Personnel, Cadets, Super-cargo, Purser, Doc­ tor, Conce-ssionaiies, Cruise Director, and all female employees oth(>r than Stewardesses, and Waitresses. Section 2, Employment: The Company agrees to give preference in employment of un-licen.sed personnel to members of the Seafarers International Union of North America (Canadian District) and to order all re­ placements for the unlicensed personnel covered by this Agreement from the nlfices of the Union, except that it is agreed that this clause shall not apply to employment of .galley personnel as specified in supplcmentarv agreement attached hereto. Section ' 3. Selection of Personnel; The Company agrees to secure its unlicensed personnel through the offices of the Union with the e.xception of rating listed in Article 5, Section 5 of this Agreement, and always subject to Section 2 of this Agreement. The Union agrees to fui-nish capable, competent, and physically fit employees and in the event that Union men are not furnished with sufficient promptne.ss to avoid delay in any scheduled calling, the Company is at liberty to hire men without regard to Union affilia^"section 4, Rejection of Personnel: The Union agrees that the Company shall have the right of rejection of personnel they consider unsuitable with the under­ standing that if the Union considers the cause of the reiection unjust, the Company agrees to endeavor to reach a satisfactory settlement with the parties in­ volved, the Business Agent of the Union and the mem­ ber or members in question. If an amicable settlement cannot be reached by this method, the Union agrees to furnish prompt replacements and the matter is to be immediately referred to a Port Committee for final set­ tlement In the event the Port Committee rules that the member or members have been unjustly rejected the Company agrees to pay the member or members in question thirty (30) days wages at their regular riionthly rate of pay for the position they were originally dis­ patched to the ship to fill. In the event any decision of the Company physician is challenged by the Union as to the physical fitness of a Union member said rnember shall be re-examined by a Public Health Physician and his decision shall be binding. Section 5, Passes: The Company agrees to issue passes to the Union representative for the purpose of con­ tacting its members aboard the vessels of the Company covered by this agreement. Representatives of the Union shall be allowed aboard at any time but shall not interfere with men at work unless said men arc properly relieved. (The relief gets no extra compensa­ tion). Section 6, Port Committee: For the adjustment of any grievances arising in connection with performances of this agreement which cannot be satisfactorily adjusted aboard the vessel there shall be established a Port Com­ mittee. The Port Committee shall consist of throe (3) representatives of the Union and three (3) from the Company. It shall be the duty of the Port Committee to meet within twenty-four (24) hours Saturdays, Sun­ days. and holidays, excluded. In the event that the committee cannot agree, the decision of an impartial refei'ee acceptable to both parties to this agreement shall be final and binding. ARTICLE II General Rules Section 1—Discrimination: The Company agrees not to discriminate against any man for legitimate Union Activity. Section 2 — Stoppage of Work: There shall be no strikes, lockouts, or stoppage of work while the pro­ visions of this Agreement are in effect. Section 3—Emergency Duties and Drills: Any work necessary for the safety of the vessel, passengers, crew, or cargo, or for the saving of other vessels in jeopardy and the lives thereon, shall be performed at any time and such work shall not be considered overtime. When­ ever practicable, lifeboat and other emergency drills shall be held on week-days between the hours of eight (8) A.M. and 4:30 P.M. and on Saturdays between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon. Preparations for drills such as stretching fire hose and hoisting and swinging out boats, shall not be done prior to the signals for such drills, and after drill is over all hands shall se­ cure boat and gear. In no event shall overtime be paid for work performed with such drills. Section 4 — Ships Charted By The Company: This Agreement is binding with respect to all ships chart­ ered by the Company. (See provisions of attached sup­ plement.) " ^ Section 5—Safe Working Conditions: The Employer shall furnish safe working gear and equipment when in any harbor, roadstead or port, no man shall be re­ quired fo woi'k under unsafe conditions. Ordinary haz­ ards of the sea shall not be considered unsafe condi­ tions when applying this section. Section 6—Securing Vessel for Sea: All vessels of the Company must be safely secured before leaving the harbor limits for any voyage. Vessels sailing in the daytime must be safely secured before leaving the har­ bor limits. In the event the vessel is not safely se­ cured before reaching the harbor limits the vessel shall proceed to a safe anchorage and be secured before pro­ ceeding to sea. Vessels sailing after dark shall be safely secured before leaving the dock, or may proceed to a safe anchorage to secure vessel before proceeding to sea. When lights can be maintained on the after deck gear and hatches may be secured on this deck enroute to anchorage. Seciion 7—Sailing Board Time; (a) The sailing time shall be posted at the gangway on arrival when the vessels' stay in port is twelve (12) hours or less. When the stay exceeds twelve (12) hours the sailing time shall be posted eight (8) hours prior to scheduled sailing, if before midnight. If scheduled between midnight and eight (8) A.M. sailing time shall be posted not later than 5:30 P.M. (b) All members of the unlicensed personnel shall be aboard the vessel in a sober condition and ready for sea at least two (2) hours before the scheduled sailing time. In the event any member of the unlicensed per­ sonnel fails to comply with this provision, the Com­ pany shall call the Union and the Union shall furnish a replacement. If the original member reports after the Company has called for a replacement the man sent by the Union as such replacement shall receive two (2) days pay, which two (2) days pay shall be paid by the member who was late in reporting for duty. (c) If the vessel's departure is delayed and the delay i.s due to the loading or discharging of cargo, the new time of departure shall imnficdiately bo posted on the board and if such delay exceeds two (2) hours the watch below may be dismissed and sliall receive two (2) liours overtime for such i-eporting (d) In the event, after cargo is aboard or discharged and ship is ready to proceed, the full complement of unlicensed personnel is not on board, no overtime shall be paid. (e) The overtime prescribed above shall not apply when sailing is delayed on account of weather, such as i-ain, fog, 01' any otlier condition be\ond the vessel's control. Seciion 8—Ship's Delegate: One man in each depart­ ment on each ve.--sel .shall act as delegate for such de­ partment. Such delegates are privileged to present to their superior ofTicer.s. on behalf of the members in their department facts and opinions concei'ning any matter wherein adjustment or improvement is thought proper. Any matter so presented which is not adjusted satisfactorily to all concerned .shall be referred to the Union officials and Company officials upon vessel's ar­ rival in the first port where the Union and the Com­ pany have officials for adju.stments as provided under Article I, .Section 5, of this Agreement. Section 9. Authority of Master and Obedience of Crew: Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, and .shall not be construed, to limit in any way the author­ ity of the Master or other officers, or les.-;cn the obedi­ ence of any member of the crew to any lawful order. Section 10—Return to Port of Engagement: In the event a ship of the Company i.s .sold, interned, lost or laid up tlie crew shall be given transportation back to the port of engagement with subsistence, room and tvages. When roont e;.nti subsistence is not furnished aboard the vessel, room and meal allowance will be paid as prescribed in Articles II. Section 33 until crew is fui-nished repatriation "oy tiain. plane or vessel. Section 11—In tiie event a sltip tif tlie Company is lost tile I'l'ew .shall be i-ecompensivl for the loss of clothing, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($309.00) and to be repatriated to the port of engagement with subsistence, room and wage.s as per tr.is .-\groement. Section 12. Travelling, ui) Members of the Lhiion when transported by the Company during the course of their employment shall be provided with first-class transportation by rail: wlien travel at night is involved a lower berth shall be provided or the cash equivalent thei'cof and with subsistence at the rate of $4.00 per day in addition to their regular monthly wages. When traveling b.v ship is involved men shall be provided with seconcl class transpoidation or the cash equivalent thereof. If a member of the Union completes three months continuous service with the Company, he will be entitled to the benefits of this pi'ovision. (b) When a member of the Union is discharged for cause or voluntarily quits his job before completing three months continuous service with the Company, he shall not be entitled to any travel allowances or other benefits of this section. Seciion 13—Cusiomary Duiies: Members of all de­ partments shall pcrfonn the necessary and customary duties of that department. Each member of all depart­ ments shall perform only the recognized and customary duiies of his particular I'ating. Seciion 14—Holidays. The Company agrees to recog­ nize all Canadian Statutory Holidays, namely: Christ­ mas Day, New Year's Day, Dominion Day, Good Fri­ day, Thanksgiving, and Remembrance Day. In the event V.E. or "Y.J. Day are observed as National Holi­ days they shall be included in this list. Saturday afternoons. Sundays and holidays while at sea shall be considered holidays for the unlicensed per­ sonnel not on watch. Men on watch shall perform only the routine duties necessary for the safe navigation of the vessel on these days. In the event any of the above named holidays fall on Sunday the Monday following shall be observed as such holiday. Any clay that is a recognized holiday for the longshoreman in Continental U.S. Ports shall also be a recognized holiday for the crew while in that par­ ticular port. �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 13. 1947 Section 15—Fori Time; For the purpose of applying (c) When men standing sea watches are promoted shall be allowed one unbroken meal hour, if port overtime provisiojis of this Agreement, "Port Time" for the purpose of replacing men who are injured or one unbroken meal hour is not given the nien or the words "In Port" shall be defined to mean the sick, they shall receive the differential in pay only. involved shall receive one hour's overtime following: (d) But in no event shall any .member of the unli­ in lieu thereof. Tnis penalty hour shall be censed personnel work more than eight (8) hours in Commencement of Port Time: in addition to the actual overtime worked any one day without the payment of overtime. (a) From tne time a vessel is properly secured to during the meal hour. Tiic provisions in this a dock, buoy or dolphins for the purpose of: Load­ .section shall be applicable at all times at Seciion 21—Overlime Rale: The overtime rate for ing and/or discharging cargo, ballast, passengers or sea or in port to. men on day work. unlicensed personnel receiving less than $200.00 per mail; undergoing repairs; taking on fuel, water or month shall be $.90 per liour. All ratings receiving Section 33—Fresh Provisions: Adequate supplv of stores; fumigation; lay-up; awaiting orders or berth. $200.00 or more per month, the overtime rate shall be fruit juices shall bo provided foi- the unlicensed ^per(b) From the time the vessel is properly moored $1.05 per hour. so:-inel. Fresh milk, fruit and vegetables will be furor anchored for the purpose of: loading and or dis­ Seciion 22—Compulalion of Overtime: When over­ ni.shed at every poi'L touched, where available, and if charging cargo, ballast, passengers or mail; under­ time worked is less than one (1) hour overtime for one supply is po.s.'^iblo a suilicient amoimt to last until the going repairs: taking on fuel, water or stores: fumi­ (1) full hour shall be paid. When ovei'time worked ex­ next port or to. last until the food would ordinariiv gation; lay-up; awaiting orders or berth. ceeds one (1) hour, the overtime work performed shall with good care, .spoil. Shore bread shall bo furni.-.lied (c) Port overtime provisions shall not apply to be paid for in one-half ((,'2) liour periods, and fractional at all U.S. poits when available. ves.sels entering a port and anchoring for tne sole part of such period shall count as one-half (Q) hour. Seclicn 34—Midnight Lunch: If crew works continu­ purpose of avoiding inclement weather. •Seciion 23—Commencemenl of Overlime: Overtime ous overtime until midnight, men shall be provided (d) Port time shall not commence until the ves­ shall commence at the time any employee .shall he with hot lunch at midnight, one hour to be allowed sel has shifted from quarantine anchorage to a called to report for work outside of his regular sched­ for such m.eal, if the work continues. If this full hour berth or other anchorage for the purpose as pro­ ule provided such member reports for duty within is not allowed, an addition hour overtime shall be paid vided for in subsection (a) and (b) of this Section. nftcen minutes. Otherwise overtime shall commence at If the crew works as late as 9 P.M., coffee and lunch (e) Vessels lying at the same anchorage after ob­ the actual time such employee reports for duty and shall bo provided. Fifteen minutes shall be ailo-vved taining quarantine clearance shall be considered such overtime shall continue until the emplovee is and be included in overtime if work continues If awaiting berth and port overtime provisions shall released. crew works as late at 3 A.M. coffee and lunch shall be apply except in cases where vessel cannot move Seciion 24 — Checking Overlime: After authorized provided. If crew works as late as 6 A.M. coffee shall due to weather conditions. overtime has been worked, the senior o.fficer of the be provided. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed and be (f) Port overtime provisions shall not apply to department on board will present to each employee who included in overtime if work continues. vessels mooring or anchoring for sole purpose of has worked overtime a s ip stating hours of overtime awaiting transit of canals such as the Panama Seciion 35—Coffee Time: (a) All hands shall be al­ and nature of work performed. An overtime book will lowed fifteen (15) minutes for coffee at 10:00 A.M. and Canal. be kept to conform with individual slips for settlement (g) Port overtime provisions shall not apply to 3:00 P.M., or at convenient time near those hours. of overtime. Officers and men shall keep a record of vessels mooring or anchoring for sole purpose of (b) When crew is called to work overtime coffee .shall all disputed overtime. No claim for overtime .shall he landing sick or injured persons. be made by the watch or watchman and be ready at valid unless such claim is presented to the head of the However, a vessel taking on fresh fruits, veget­ minutes of department within seventy-two (72) hours after com­ Ibe time of calling, and allowed fifteen ables or milk while transiting the canal shall not readiness period. pletion of the work. When work has been performed be considered io be in port under sub-section (b) and an overtime claim is disputed the head of the deSection 36—Crew Equipment: The following items of this section. partment shall sign tlie disputed overtime slip there- shall be supplied the unlicensed personnel employed on Termination of Port Time: board the vessels of tlie Company: by acknowledging that the work was performed. (h) Port time shall terminate when the first ahead 1. A suitable number of blankets. Section 25 — Continuous Overtime: When working or astern bell is rung the day the vessel leaves the overtime and crew is knocked off for two hours or less 2. Bedding consisting of 2 white sheets, one spread, harbor limits, however, this paragraph shall not the overtime shall be paid straight through. Time al­ one white pillow slip, which shall be changed apply in cases where the vessel is being shifted as lowed for meals shall not be considered as overtime in weekly except that m the tropics, pillow slips provided for in Article II, Section 21. this clause. shall be changed twice weekly. Section 16—Shitting Ship. After the vessel arrives Section 26—Payment of Overtime: All monev due for 3. One face towel and one bath towel which shall i."i port as outlined in Article II, Section 16. any sub­ crew overtime shall be paid at the signing off. In the be changed twice weekly. sequent move in inland waters, bays, rivers and sounds event payment of overtime is delayed bv the Comnanv 4. One cake of Lux, Lifebuoy, oi" Palrnolive soap shall be regarded as shifting ship and overtime paid beyond twenty-four (24) hours after signing off articles witii each towel change, for men on duty wliile such moves are performed on additional compensation shall be paid at the rate of 5. One box of matches each day. Saturdays, Sundavs and holidays and after 5 P.M. until $10.00 a day for each calendar day or fraction therenf 6. buiaibic matcresses and piiluw shall be furn­ 8 A.M. week days with the following exceptions: aforesaid payment of overtime wages is delaved. This ished but hail', straw or excelsior shall not be Port Alfred to Montreal*or vice versa suitable. shall not include disputed overtime being settled be­ Port Alfred to Quebec or vice versa tween the Union Representatives and the Company. I. All disnes provided lor the use of the unlicensed Montreal to Quebec or vice versa Section 27—Rest Periods: When ship is under port personnel shall be of crockery. All moves from American ports to working rules and sea watches have not been sot and 8. Sanitubes shall be availabic for the unlicen.sed British-Columbia ports or vice versa. personnel at all times. members of the unlicensed deck and engine personnel Norfolk to Balti.more or vice versa. are required to turn to on overtime between midnight Any member willfully damaging or destroying linen Montevideo to Buenos Aires to Rosario and 8 A.M. they shall be entitled to a rest pc;'iod of one shall be held accountable for same. When linen is not or points above or vice versa • hour for each hour worked between midnight and 8 issued, men shall receive $2.00 e>ach week for washing Boston 1(1 New York or vice versa. A.M., such rest period to start at 8 A.M. the same day. their own linen. Ciew shall turn in soiled linen before Moves from Baltimore through the Chesapeake and Such rest periods shall be in addition to cash overtime receiving new issue of linen. Delaware Canal to Wilmington, Camden or Philadel­ allowed for such work. If rest period is not given, men Seciion 37—Uniforms: All uniforms required by the phia or vice vtr.sa. shall be considered a move of the shall be entitled to additional overtime at the regular Co;npany for all unJicensccI personnel shall be "furnship and such v.-ork after 5 P.M. and before 3 A.M. or overtime rate, in lieu thereof. This section shall' not rsiiea and paid foi- by the Company. In tne eve:U a Saturdays, Sunday.s or holidays shall be paid for at apply to men turning to on overtime at 6 A.M. or after man is I'equired to furnish his own uniform he f ui ] "oe Seciion 28—Work Performed by Other Than Mem­ paid an additional $12.50 per month for sa.i.e. the overtime rate. Section 17—Standby Work. When men are hired by bers of Ihe Unlicensed Personnel:* (a) Any woi h no Section 38—Mess Room: Each vessel shall be furnish­ the Com.pany for standby work in port by the day and formed by cadets, workaways, passengers,'prisoners of ed with a messroom for the accommodation 01 the crew, war, staff" officers or any member 01 the crew omer board and lodging are not furnished to them on the such messroom or messrooms to be in each case so shin, they snail be paid at the rate of $1.45 per hour. than the unlicensed personnel, that is routine work of constructed as to afford adequate sitting room for all Their regular hours of work shall be from 8 A.M. to the unlicensed personnel, shall be paid for at the regu­ and to be so situated as to ailord full protection from Noon and -from 1 P.M.. to 5 P.M. Monday thi-ough Fri­ lar overtime rate. Sufch payment to be divided among t.ie v/eather and li'om head and odors arising from the day. Any work performed by them outside their regu­ the unlicensed personnel ordinarily required to per­ vessel's engine room, fiieruum and hold and toilet. lar hours of work shall be paid for at the rate of $2.17 V2 form such work. Section 39—Crew's Quarters: All quarters assigned (b) In such cases an no unlicensed personnel is avail­ per hour. Men hii'ed to perform standby work shall perform any work that shall be assigned to them by able to carry out routine duties, making it necessary for for the use of the unlicensed personnel are to be kept their superior unicer, and they shall not be subject to such duties to be performed by a member of the li­ free from vermin insofar as possible. This is to be any working ru'e.s set forth in this Agreement unless censed personnel, such member of the unlicensed per­ accomplished through the use of extermination facil­ they shall be required to keep steam in the boilers or sonnel shall forfeit from his pay the equivalent of the ities provided by the Company, or fumigating the oil winches. When standby work in any particular de­ overtime to the member of the licensed personnel per­ quarters every 6 months with gas. Room allowance as provided in Section 32 shall be partment is to be prjrformed, an effort shall be made forming such work. This not to apply to Stewards allowed when vessel is in port and: to obtain men with ratings in such department if they Department. Section 29—Carrying of Cadets. Etc. In Lieu of Crew: 1. Heat is not furnished in cold weather. are available and are competent to peri'orm such work. 2. When hot water is not available in crew's wash­ Any man so hired for standby work that reports No cadets, workaways, or passengers shall be carried rooms for a period of twelve (12) or more con­ when ordered shall be guaranteed not less than four in lieu of the crew. Seciion 30—Launch Service: When a ship is anchor­ secutive hours. hours work and sha'l be paid in accordance with the ed or tied up to a buoy for eight hours, or over, for the 3. When crew's quarters have been painted and rates of pay outlin.ed in this seciion. Section 18—Longshore Work By Crew: In those ports purposes outlined in Article II, Section 16, the unli­ paint is not absolutely dry and other suitable "quarters are not furnished aboard. where there are no longshoreiTien available, m.embers censed personnel off duty shall be allowed one round of the crew may be required to do longshore work or trip to shore at the Company's expense, every 24 hours, 4. At all times v.'hen vessel is in dry dock over. r drive winches for the purpose of handling cargo. For where launch service is available. night and it is impossible to keep crew on board. Section 31—Room and Meal Allov/ance: When board such work performed they shall be paid in addition to. 5. When linen is not issued upon man's request their regular monthly wages, one dollar and fifty cents is not furnished unlicensed members of the crew, they prior to 6 P.M. on the day the seaman joins the vessel. ($1.50) per hour for their watch on deck and two dol­ shall receive a meal allowance of $1.00 for breakfast, lars and twenty-five ($2.25) per hour for the watch $1.00 for dinner and $1.00 for supper. When men are 6. When vessel is being fumigated and not cleared required to sleep ashore, they snail be allowed $3.00 before 9 P.M., men standing midnight to 8 A.M. below. After 5 P.M. and bi-fore 8 A.M. and on Saturdays, per night. watch shall be entitled to room allowance in Seciion 32—Meal Hours—Re'ieving for Meals: The any event. Sundays or holidays the rate shall be $3.00 per hour meal hours for the un'icensed personnel employed in for all hands so engaged. Seciion 40—Ventilalion: All quarters assigned to the This Section shall not be construed as to be applic­ the Deck and Engine Department shall be as follows: uniicensed personnel and all messrooms provided foi" Brea.kfa.st 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. able to any work where longshoremen are not avail­ their use shall be adequately screened and ventilated Dinner 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. able due to labor trouble. and a sufficient num.ber of fans where no trunking . Supper 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Seciion 19—Working Ballast: Whenever members of exrsts shall be provided. (a) At sea ihe 4 to 8 watch shall relieve itself for the crew may be required to discharge ballast out of Seciion 41--Washrooms: Adequate washrooms and supper. holds or handle or discharge ballast on deck, the watch lavatories shall be made available for the unlicensed (b) The 12 to 4 watch on sailing day is to be on deck shall receive their straight overtime rate for personnel of each division, washrooms to be equipped knocked off at 11 A.M. in order to eat at such work. The watch below shall receive time and with a sufficient number of shower baths which shall 11:30 A.M. and to be ready to go on watch one-half their overtime rate for such work. be adequately equipped with hot and cold fresh water. at 12 Noon. Ddy men .shall receive their straight overtime rate (c) These hours may be varied, but such varia­ Section 42—Lockers: A sufficient number of lockers between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon and 1 P.M. tion shall not exceed one hour either way shall be provided so that each employee shall have one and 5 P.M. After 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. day men provided that one unbroken hour shall be loc:ker of full length whenever space permits, and suf­ shall receive time and one-half tlieir overtim.e rate. If allowed at all times for dinner and supper ficient space to stow a reasonable amount of gear and watches are broken, day men's scale applies to the en­ p(?rsonal effects . when the vessel is in port. When watches are tire crew. broken, if one unbroken hour is not given, Sand Ballast shall be washed off decks with ho.se Section 43—Copies of Agreements to be Furnished: the man involved shall receive one (1) hour's during regular working hours without the payment Copies of this Agreement shall be furnished to the overtime in lieu thereof. This penalty hour of overtime. Master, Chief Engineer and Chief Steward who in turn shall be in addition to the actual overtime Seciion 20—Division of V/ages of Absent Members: shall supply each departmental delegate with a copy worked the meal hour. (a) When members of the unlicensed personnel are re­ at the commencement of each voyage. (d) When crew is called to work overtime be­ quired to do extra work because the vessel sailed with­ Section 44—Jury Toilets: When and wherever neces­ fore breakfast and work continues after 7:30 out the full complement as required by vessels certifi­ sary for sanitary reasons jury toilets shall be rigged on A.M., a full hour shall be allowed for break­ cate, under circumstances where the law permits such the poop deck. fast, and if breakfast is not served by 8 A.M. sailing, the wages of the absent ipembers shall be di­ overtime shall continue straight through un­ Section 45—Money Draws in Foreign Ports: Monies vided among the men who perform their work, but tendered for draws in foreign ports shall be in Canatil breakfast is served. no overtime shall be included in such payments. ^ (e) If one unbroken hour is not given, the men dian or U.S. Currency, where it does not conflict with (b) At sea, when day men are .switched to sea wacches existing laws. involved shall receive one hour's overtime in and promoted for the purpose of replacing men who lieu thereof. are injured or sick they shall receive the differential Section 45-—Calendar Day: For the purpose of this (f) When the watch below or men off duty are Agreernent the calendar day shall be fiom midnight to in pay and overtime for watches stood on the 1st working on overtime at sea or in port, they midnight. urday afternoon of standing sea watches. �.,F Friday. June 13. 1947 THE SEAFARERS lashings of cargo which has come adrift shall not con­ stitute overtime. Section 10. Call Back for Shifting Ship. When ves­ .sel is in port watches are broken..and men are called back to work after 6 P.M. and before 8 A.M. or on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays for the purpose of shifting ship in inland waters, a minimum of two 12) hours overtime shall be paid for each call, except when WAGES men are knocked off for a period of one (1) hour or less, Section 1. Wages. The monthly rates of pay of Un­ in which case time shall be continuous. licensed personnel in the Deck Department when the Section 11. Using Paint Spray Guns. When members respective ratings are carried shall be as follows: of the crew are required to use paint spray guns they Rating Monthly Rate of Pay shall be paid at the regular overtime rate during straight Boatswain $202.50 time hours and at the rate of time and one half the 'Carpenter 202.50 overtime rate during overtime hours. Quartermaster 164.00 Section 12. Division of Overtime. All overtime work­ Able Seamen 164.00 ed shall be divided as equally as possible among the Ordinary Seamen 145.00 members of the deck crew. In any event the Boatswain "When the Carpenter is required to furnish his own shall be allowed to make as many hours overtime as tools, he shall be paid $7.50 per month in addition to the high man's overtime in the Deck Department. If his basic wage per month. the boatswain is required to work with and supervise Section 2. Setting Watches. Sea watches shall be the watch on deck on Sunday at sea for which the set not later than noon on sailing day. When the ves­ watch on deck receives additional overtime, he shall sel sails before noon watches shall be set when all lines receive the same amount for which the watch on deck are on board and ve.ssel is all clear of the dock. receives additional overtme, he shall receive the same Section 3. Breaking Watches and Work in Port, (a) amount of overtime per hour as paid to a member of the vratch on deck, in lieu of his regular rate. In all ports watches shall be broken except in these When the boatswain is working alone or with men ports where stay of vessel will not exceed twenty-four (24) hours, then watches shall run consecutively. Any on watch below only on Sunday, he shall receive the work performed on watch below shall be overtime. i-egular overtime rate prescribed. Seclion 13. Cleaning Bilges and Deck, (a) When Any part of watch from midnight until 8:00 A.M. on day of arrival shall constitute a complete watch. This members of the Deck Department are required to clean shall not apply to men required for gangway watch. bilges, or clean rosebo.xes wherein the residue of grain When such arrival occurs on Sunday, overtime shall or organic fertilizer is present, the watch on deck shall be paid the regular overtime rate, and the watch below only be paid for hours actually worked on such watch. (b) In port when sea watches are broken the hours shall be paid at the rate of overtime and one-half. This of labor shall be 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 P.M. to 5 is also to apply to bilge and decks that have been flood­ P.M. Monday through Friday. Any work outside of ed with fuel oil. (b) When members of the crew are required to enter these hours or on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate for the bilges that have contained animal, vegetable, petro­ leum oil or creosotes including bunkers or molasses, for respective ratings. (c) In port when watches are broken a gangway the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein, the shall be maintained at all times. A sailor may be as­ watch on deck during straight time hours shall be paid signed to maintain this watch and eight (8) hours shall at the rate of $1.50 per hour. Section 14. Additional Work, (a) In all ports, mem­ con.stitute a watch. No overtime shall be paid for these watches on week days betw(>en the hours of 5:00 P.M. bers of the Deck Department may be required to chip, and 8:00 A.M. Overtime shall be paid for watches sougee, scale, prime and paint the vessel over sides. (b) Overtime shall be paid when sailors are required, stood from midnight to midnight on Saturdays, Sun­ either in port or at sea, to chip, sougee, scale, prime or days and holidays. Sailors standing gangway watches shall not be re­ pamt galley, pantry, saloon, living quarters, forecastles, quired to care for cargo lights without payment of lavatories and wash rooms which are not used by the Unlicensed Deck Department. This shall apply to all overtime. Sailors standing gangway watches shall not be required to do any other v.'ork except raise or lower enclosed passageways with doors or bulkheads at both ends. gangway, tepd gangway lights, and man ropes. Section 15. Going Ashore to Take Lines. The prac­ (d) In port all work done on Saturday, Sundays and holidays shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. tice of putting sailors ashore on dock to handle lines when docking or undocking is to be avoided as far as Section 4. Work at Sea. Standing Sea Watches, (a) possible. If, however, no other means for handling lines Men standing sea watches shall be paid overtime for is avilable and sailors are put on the dock to catch the Sunday watches and for all work in e.xcess of eight (8) lines or let them go, the sailors actually going on the hours between midnight and midnight each day. No dock arc to receive $1.00 each in each case. This is to work except for the safe navigation of the vessel is to be in addition to overtme, if they are working oveibe done after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and on Saturday time at that particular moment. afternoons, Sundays and holidays wiihout payment of Section 16. Docking and Undocking. The watch on overtime. deck shall receive overtime for breaking out or stow-(b) Sanitary work shall be done on week days be­ ing away mooring lines, docking or undocking after 5 tween 6 A.M. and 8 A.M. without the payment of over­ P.M. and before 8 A.M., and on Saturday afternoons time. Sanitary work in this section shall mean clean­ and holidays. All hands, necessary, shall be used to ing the wheelhouse, chart room, cleaning windows and perform this work. mopping out wheelhou.sc. Section 17. Cleaning Quarters. One Ordinary .Sea­ (c) If a man standing regular watch at sea on Sun­ man on duty shall be assigned to clean the quarters day for which he receives overtime is required to do and toilets of the unlJt;ensed personnel of the Deck work other than routine work for the safe navigation Department. Two (2) hours shall be allowed for this of the ves.sel, cleaning quarters as outlined in Article work between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon daily. III, Section 17, and docking or undocking as outlined Hv? shall be allowed two (2)-hours for this work on in Article III, Section 16, he shall be paid overtime in hoi'days and shall i-eceive two (2) hours overtime. addition to the overtime that he receives for standing Se.-ttion 18. Handling Hatches, (a) When the sailors the regular sea watch on Sunday. are u.sed to remove hatches, strong backs, and tank (d) If a man standing sea watches on Sunday is re- tops fo.'- the pm-pose of loading or unloading cargo, or required to do Longshore work, tank cleaning or hand­ to covei up hatches when cargo is in the vessels, they ling explosives during his watch he shall not receive shall rednve overtime as per Article II, Section 23, of the Sunday overtime but shall be paid the overtime the General Rules of this agreement. rate as specifed in this agreement for that type work (b) No overtime to be paid to day men on watch on in lieu of the regular overtime rate. deck between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. for cover­ Section 5. Division of Wafches. (a) The sailors while ing up when no cargo is in the ship or taking off at sea shall be divided into three watches which shall hatches for the purpose other than actual cargo opera­ be kept on duty successively for the performance of tions. ordinary work incident to the sailing and maintenance (c) This section shall not be interpreted to mean of the vessel. that the Deck Department shall do this work, whej-e it (b) Not less than three seamen shall constitute a com­ conflicts with the lon.gshore'men and the longshore­ plete sea watch at all times. When any of these three . men have contracts that they shall do this. ratings are missing and The watch is not complete, Section 19. Cleaning Steering Engine. When sailors wages equivalent to the fating that is missing from the are required to clean steering engine or steering en­ watch shall be paid to the other member or members gine bed, they shall be paid overtime for such work making up the remainder of the watch. performed. However, sailors may be required to clean (c) When the watch below is called out to wo'-k thcy steering engine room and grease tiller chains in their shall be paid overtime for work performed during their watch on deck during straight time hours without the watch below, except for such work as defined in Ar­ payment of overtime. Section 20. Ship's Stores, (a) Sailors may be required ticle II, Section 3. Seclion 6. Day Workers, (a) The following ratings to handle deck stores both on the dock and on board shall be classified as day workers; Boatswain, Carpen­ ship during their i-egular hours without payment of overtime. Regular hours are defined to mean 8 A.M. to ters, Storekeeper, AB Maintenance. (b) The working hours at sea for all men classified 12 Noon and from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through as day workers shall be from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and Friday. (b) When sailors are required to handle Stewards or 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday, and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon, Saturday. Any work performed by day Engine Room stores, both on dock and aboard the ship, men outside of these hours shall be paid for at their they shall be paid overtime at the regular overtime rate regular overtime rate, except for such work as defined during straight time hours and at the rate of time and one-half the overtime rate during overtime hours. in Ai-ticle II, Section 3. (c) Daily supplies of fresh provisions such as milk, (c) Working hours in port for all men classified as day workers shall be from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 bread, and vegetables shall be brought aboard by P.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. Any work out­ sailors when required to do so without payment of over­ side these hours or on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays time. (d) Ship's officers shall determine the number of to be paid for at their regular ovei liine rate. Section 7. Relieving Helmsman. No mate shall re­ sailors to be used in handling stores. (e) The Company -reserves the right at any time to lieve the helmsman except in an emergency, Sougeeing, chipping, painting, etc.. shall not be considered an emer­ use shore gangs to handle ship's stores. Seclion 21. Topping or Lowering Booms. When all gency. Section 8. Unsafe Working Conditions. Working hatches are to be rigged or unrigged, all hands avail­ in holds into which cargo is being loaded or discharged able are to be used in topping or lowering booms. If the shall be considered unsafe working conditions. (Men booms of only one hatch are to be topped or lowered, working or watching cargo shall not be included in this not less than two full watches are to bo used. (a) The watch on deck may stretch guys, topping lifts clau.se.) ^ Section 9. Securing Cargo, (a) If cargo is not prop­ and generally make ready cargo gear for topping booms. (b) When booms are lowered and. properly secured, erly secured before going to Sea and the watch below is required to secure such cargo, they shall be paid at the watch on deck may clear the deck dnd secure guys. (c) The watch on deck shall perform this work with­ the rate of overtime and one-half for such work per­ formed. If the watch on deck is required to perform out the payment of overtime during straight time hours. (d) All hands necessary shall be used for docking such work they- shall be paid at the overtime rate. (b) Routine tightening up of cargo lashings and re- and undocking the vessel at all times. ARTICLE III Deck Department Page Nine LOG Seclion 22. Handling Mail or Baggage. When sailors are required to handle mail or baggage they shall re­ ceive the overtime rate provided in Article II, Section 23 of this agreement. Seclion 23. Boalswain or Carpenter Standing Watch, (a) If the Boatswain or Carpenter are required to stan'd watch due to shortage of men, such watches stood be­ tween the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. and all watches stood between the hours of 12 Noon Saturday and 3 A.M. Monday shall be paid for at the regular over­ time rate. However, all walches :stood shall be in addi­ tion to their regular duties as boatswain or carpenter. In such cases there shall be no divsion of wages. (b) AB Maintenance may 'pe required to replace any unlicensed membei' of the Deck Department when said, rnember is sick or missing without payment of over­ time. except on first Saturday afternoon of standing sea watch. Section 24. Carpenter's Work, (a) Caipenters shall paint, chip, or clean the windlass and sound bilges, fresh water ballast tanks where sounding pipes are lo­ cated outside of engine or fireroom spaces, shore up cargo, and do customary carpenter's work aboard the vessel. (b) Carpenters .shall be required to stand by the windlass when mooring or unmooring or anchoring or when nece.ssary. R') 1. The Boatswain shall stand by the windlass and shall take soundings when no carpenter is carried. 2. An AB Seaman may be required to relieve the^ Boatswain at the windlass during the Boatswain's regular working hours. (d) When soundings are taken after 5 P.M and be­ fore 8 A.M. Saturday afternoon. Sundays, and holiciays, overtime shall be paid for such work performed. members of the unlicensed deck personnel ^all be required to lake soundings in absence of the Boatswain and Carpenter, except in an emergency. When this work is done after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. and one Saturday afternoons, Sunday, or holidays, ovc'rtime shall be paid at the regular overtime rate. (f) When members of the Deck Department are re­ quired to do carpenter work they shall be paid at the rate of $1.00 per hour for watch on deck and $1.50 per hour for watch below. Driving wedges, chipning, painting or cleaning windlass shall not be considered carpenter work on ships that do not carrv a ship's car­ penter. ' Section 25. Cleaning of Quarters. The unlicensed personnel of the Deck Department shall keep their re.^pective living quarters clean and tidy at all times, however, this .shall not- be construed to mean the daily cleaning by the ordinar .'^eaman each morning. Garbage. When m.embers of the Deck Department are required to handle garbage Py hand or .shovel, the watch on deck shall he paid at the legular overtime rate, and the watch below shall be paid at the rate of overtime and one-half Section 27. Sea Vv'atches in Port. When sea watches have been set or ha\e not been broken, all members of . each respective watch shall be on dutv and shall be paid overtime on Saturdays afternoons, Sundays and Tioiiday.s. Section 28. Chain Locker. Able Seamen, only, shall ,1 ' Locker to stow chain. In the event the Cham Locker i.s located lower than one deck below ^ suitable signaling system must be in­ stalled System to consist of two way bell or buzzer or voice tube. This shall only apply when men are .sent m tne_Chain Locker lor the puipose of stowing chain Section 29. Removing Scot from Smoke Stack. When members of the Dock Department arc required to removc soot accumulated inside of the smoke stack they shall receive mertime during regular working 'hours and time and one-hall during overtime hours. Section 30. Tank Cleaning, (a) When members of the crew are required to enter any tank in which water is regularly carried for tlie purpose of cleaning or' making lepaiis therein they .shall be paid straight overtime for r.titUght time houio for such work: for such work betweem the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. or on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays overtime and one-half shall be pnjo. ^^Len members of the crew are required to enter tanks that have contained animal, vegetable, petroleum oil or creosotes including bunkers or molasses, including use ol Butterworth System for the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein, the watch on deck during straight time hours shall be paid at the rate of SI.50 per hour. On Saturdays. Sundays, and Holidays or oetween the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. the rate for such work shall be $3.18 per hour. Three hours overtime at the rate of $1.25 per hour shall be paid for mis woik m aoditon to the overtime actually worked, however, this three hours overtime shall be paid only once when tanks are being cleaned on consecutive worlimg days. Section 31. Laying Dunnage for Cargo. When the crew are required to actually lay dunnage in preparamn lor cargo they shall be paid at the regular over.Tm overtime and oneiialt foi the watcb below. This does not mean handling ol dunnage m order to clean holcls or stacking dunnage or removing dunnage from holds, but only refers to ' actual flooring off with dunnage for cargo. When crew IS required to install grain fittings or otherwise prepare holes lor gram cargo, except as outlined above, they forim>d''' ^ overtime rate for such work perSeciion 32. Tending Livestock. When livestock is cai lioci. the sailors may be I'ocunred to feed and clean up and otl-umwise tend the livestock. Durin^^ straight Tinie Jiouis they shah receive the regular overtime rate itnd oveitime and a hall during overtime hours. ARTICLE IV Engine Department WAGES Wages. The monthly rates of pav of Unlicensed Per-^ sonnel m the Engine Department when respective rat­ ings are carried shall be as follows: Rating Monthly Rate of Pay Engine Utility, Electrican Plumber combined $225.00 Oiler- i05_oo •I: �Page Ten Fireman 160.00 Wiper 162.00 Section 1. Arrivals and Depariures—Saturdays and Holidays. Upon ve.ssers arrival in port, as defined in port time clause Article II, Section 20, overtime shall begin when "finished with engines" bell is rung. Upon I' vessel's departure for sea, overtime shall be paid up until first "ahead" or "astern" bell is rung. Section 2. Setting Watches. Sea watches shall be set not later than the "eight bells" prior to scheduled sailing time. When sea watches are set they must be set for the entire watch. Section 3. Breaking Watches. When a vessel is in port as defined in poid time clause. Article II, Section 20, and is scheduled to remain in port twenty-four hours or longer, sea watches shall be broken. When scheduled stay of vessel will be less than twenty-four hours, sea watches shall be maintained. If sea watches are to be broken thec' shall be lai'oken on the "eight bolls" after arrival. Section 4, Using Spray Guns. When members of the crew are required to use spray guns they shall be paid at the straignt overtime rate during straight tune liuurs and at tiie rate of time and one-half the overtime rate during overtime hours. Section 5. Tank Cleaning, (a) When members of the crew are required to enter any tank which water is regularly carried for the purpose of cleaning or making repairs therein, they shall be paid straight overtime for straight time Jiours for such Y»'ork; for such work between the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. or on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays overtime and one-half time sliall bs, paid. (b) When members of the crew are required to enter tanks, or bilges that have contained animal, vegetable, petroleum oil or creosotes including bunkers or mo­ lasses, including u.se of Butterwortn System tor the purpose of cleaning or making repairs tlierein, tne watch on duty during straight time hours shall be paid at the rate of" $1.25 per hour. (c) On Saturdavs, Sundays and Holidays or between the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. the rate lor such work shall be $2.50 per hour. Three hours overtime at the rate of $1.50 per hour shall be paid for this work in additon to tlie overtime actually worked, however, this three hours overtime shall be paid only once when tanks are being cleaned on consecutive working days. Section 6. Work Out of Engine Spaces. No member of the .Engine Department personnel other than the Deck Engineer, Engine Utilty, Storekeeper, Unlicensed Jr. Engineers, Electricians, Wipers, Plumbers and Ma. chinsts, shall be required to wbrk outsiUe the engine " spaces without the payment of overtime. Engine spaces to consist of fireroom, engine room and ice machine room. For the purpose of routine watch duties the en­ gine spaces siiall consist of fireroom, engine room, ice machine room, .steering room, and shaft alley. Section 7, Supper Relief, (a) At sea the four to eight watch shall relieve itself for supper. (b) In port the man detailed to oil winches shall re­ lieve the fireroom watch for supper when cargo is being worked, except when two or more men are stand­ ing fire room and/or engine room donkey watches to­ gether. Section 8. Work on Sundays While al Sea. (a) If a man standing regular watch at sea on Sundays, for which he receives overtime, is required to do work other than routine work for the safe navigation of the vessel, he shall be paid for such work at tne applicable overtime rate in addition to the overtime received for standing Sunday watch. (b) If a man standing sea watches on Sunday is ac­ tually required to do Longshore work. Tank Cleaning or Handling Explosives during his watch he shall not receive the Sunday overtime, but shall be paid tne over­ time rale as specified in this Agreement for that type work in lieu of the regular overtime rate. Seclion 9. Equalization of Overtime. Overtime work for men of same ratings shall be equalized as near as possible. This is to be govftrned by department head and departmental delegates. Section 10. Duties of Utility Man—Engine Depart­ ment. (a) The working hours of the Utilty Men .shall be the same as working hours for day workers. (b) They shall be required to assist engineers or deckengineers, etc., in all engine department work. (c) Utility men shall be required to have qualifica­ tions as oilers, watcrtenders and firemen. (d) They may be required to replace any unlicensed member of the Engine Department when said member is sick, injured or missing, without the jpaymcnt of overtime except for the first Saturday afternoon of standing sea watches. (e) The Utility Men shall not be used to replace any member of the ianlicensed personnel except when such „ member is missing or unable to perform his regular duties due to illness or injury. (f) All work classed as overtime for wipers during their regular working hours, with the exception of re­ pair work, shall also be classed as overtime for the utility men when performing the same type of work. Section II. Dulles of Oilers on Sea Watches—Steam, (a) Shall perform routine duties, oil main engine (if reciprocating), watch tempei-ature and oil circulation (if turbine), oil auxilaries, steering engine and ice ma­ chine. They shall pump bilges and tend water where gauges and checks arc in the engine room and no watertenders are carried. (b) Oilers shall do no cleaning or station work but they shall be required to leave safe working conditions for their reliefs, keeping the spaces around main en­ gine and auxiliaries clean of any excess oil. (c) On vessels with small cargo refrigeration plants, oilers shall oil plant, but shall not be required to take temperatures. On vessels carrying watch freezer.s, oil­ ers shall not handle refrigeration plant. (d) Starting and blowing down evaporator equip­ ment on freighters or vessels that do not carry special evaporator men, shall not be a part of the oilers' recog­ nized duties. . , , . (e) When such equipment is placed in operation, oilers may be required to check the equipment at regula- intervals, make necessary adjustments to insure proper and even flow of condensate and salt water, oil and tend any pump or pumps operated in connec­ tion with such equipment, without payment of overWhen oilers are required to start or blow down evaporator equipment, they shall be allowed one hour for each operation at the regular overtime rate. THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 13. 1947 Section 19. New Equipment Not Carried at Present. (g) On turbine propelled vessels which are certifi­ cated as passenger vessels and are carrying passengers, In the event the Company secures a type vessel dif­ the oiler on the 12 midnight to 4 A.M. watch may be ferent from those now opei-ated and covered by this required to assist in blowing tubes, where automatic Agreement or if the Company should install new or dif­ ferent equipment, than that presently in use and cover­ soot blowers are in use. (h) Oilers shall not be requiied to do any painting, ed by this Agreement, which would involve changes in cleaning paint, wirebrushing, chippng, scaling or polish­ working conditions the Company and Union shall meet to consider working rules to cover such vessel or equip­ ing wmrk without the payment of overtime. (i) When sea watches are maintained in port, oilers ment within a specified time agreeable to both parties. Section 20. Fire Room—Engine Room Boundaries. may, in additon to taking care of the Engine Room au.xiliaries, be required to do repair and maintenance On vessels having no bulkhead separating engine room work in the Engine Room between the hours of 8 A.M. and fire room, an imaginary line is to be drawn at after and 5 P.M. For such repair and maintenance work tiie or forward end of boilers, detpending on location of oilers shall be paid at the regular overtime rate of pay. boilers, for the purpose of defining engine room and Seclion 12. Dulles of Oilers on Day Work—Sleam. fire room boundaries. This imaginary line shall not ex­ Shall a.ssist the engineers in maintenance and repair clude from the duties of the fireman, fireman-watertender, watertender, and oilers any work as outlined work in engine room, machine shop, sliaft alley and store when located in or adjacent to engine room, pro­ in their respective rules. vided, however, he shall not be required to do any cleaning of boilers, painting, cleaning paint, poli.shing work, wirebrushing, chipping, or scaling. Their work shall be confined to maintenance and repair work only. Seclion 13. Dulles of Firemen—On Sea Watches (Wafer Tube Jobs), (a) Shall be required to do rou­ tine duties of the watch such as keeping burners clean, clean strainers, drip pans, punch carbon. He shall not be required to leave the confines of the fireroom at any time to do any work outside of the fireroom. (b) Firemen on watch shall be required to keep thihr respective stations cleaned and painted between the Rating f/Ionlhiy Rate of Pay lowest grating and the floor plates. On vessels with ir­ Chief Steward $300.00 regular gratings, 10 feet from the floor plates shall be 2nd Steward ... 215.00 considered the firemen's station limit. Head Waiter 100.00 (c) C leaning work for firemen on watch shall be Dining Room Waiters 145.00 confined to the hours between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. week Office Man 145.00 days and between 8 A.M. and 12 non on Saturdays. Any Bellman 145.00 cleaning work performed outside these hours shall be Linen Man 160.00 overtime. However, on all watches. Firemen .shall Bai'tender 180.00 clean up any excess oil occasioned by changing burn­ Cliief .Stewardess 170.00 ers and strainers without the payment of overtime and Stewarde.ss •150.00 not leave it to his relief to clean up. Cabin Steward 145.00 (d) The practices of fanning tubes, and the use of Utility 145.00 XZIT and similar preparations shall be classified as Chief Cook 250.00 general cleaning work and shall be confined to regular 2nd Cook 210.00 cleaning hours. 3rd Cook 190.00 (e) Blowing tubes shall not be a part of the Fire­ 4th Cook 175.00 men's recognized sea dutie.s on ships where lubes arc; 5th Cook 170.00 blown by hand. However, the fireman on watch may Fry Cook 190.00 be required to assist to the extent of helping to open Night Cook and Baker 200.00 and close breeching doors, and turning steam on and Crew Cook . 200.00 off. Where automatic soot blowers are used. Firemen Butcher 215.00 will handle valves connecting with same. Chief Pantryman 190.00 Seclion 14. Dulles of Firemen on Day Work (Water 2nd Pantryriaan 175.00 Tube Jobs), (a) In port, firemen on day work shall be Messman 145.00 required to do general cleaning, polishing and paint­ ing work in the fireroom, sponging and blowing tubes and assist the engineers in making repairs to boiler mountings, etc. (b) They may also be required to wash down steam drums of water tube boilers. (c) When required to do any cleaning of boilers and fire boxes other than above, they shall be paid over­ time. Section 2. Routine Duties, (a) Routine duties for Seclion 15. When Planl is Shul Down. When vessel the members of the Stewards Department shall be to is in port and the entire plant is shut down, the Water- prepare and serve regular meals, cleaning and main-, tender, Fire-Watertender or Firetube Fireman may be tenance of licen.sed officers, staff officers, chief stew­ placed on day work. His work shall then consist of re- ards, and passenger's quarters, dining rooms and messrepair and maintenance work on all mounts and boiler rooms, all enclosed pa.ssageways, smoking and lounge auxiliaries which are located in the fireroom. rooms, dance halls, bath i-onms, toilets, galleys, pan­ Seclion 16. Wiper's Dulies. (a) Wipers working hours tries, and all departmental equipment. shall be the same as working hours for day workers. (b) Any work necessary for the service of passengers (b) Wipers shall do general cleaning, .scaling, shall be performed by the membc:r.s c.f the Stewards sougeeing, painting and polishifig work in the Engine Department assigned to those particular duties such as Department and take on stores including standing by deck service, handling deck chairs, layout of games, on water and fuel oil lines. handling hand baggage from the dock to passenger s (c) Wipers shall not be required to paint, chip, sougee, rooms when taking on passengers, and from passenger's or shine bright work in fireroom fidley except in port. rooms fo custom inspectors' office when passengers are (d) One wiper shall be assigned to clean quarters disembarking. and toilets of the unlicensed personnel of the Engine (c) The routine duties of tlie night cook and baker Department daily. Two (2) hours shall be allowed for sh.all be to bake all hot breads and prep:.re all desserts. this work between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 Noon He shall not be reciuired to bake har.l rolls, breads, etc. daily. He shall be allowed two (2) hours for this work that is oidinaril.y furnished from ashore. on Sundays and holidays and shall receive two (2) Section 3. Selection of Personnel, (a) Recognizing hours overtime. the fact that the following arc essential to the welfare (e) Wiper may be required to paint crew's quarters of the passengers, the Union agrees that the Company upon payment of overtime. may select and employ the followin.g ratings provided (f) Wipers shall be paid overtime for cleaning in that the men are in good standing with the Union: firesides and steam drums of boilers. He may be re­ Chief Steward, Chief Cook, Stewardess, and Ca.shier. quired to wash out steam drums with hose without pay­ (b) The Company agree.s to .select all other unlicensed ment of overtime. personnel in the Stewards Department through the of­ (g) Wipers shall be paid overtime when required to fices of the Union, except as provided in Seclicjn 2, clean tank tops or bilges by hand or when required to •Article I hereof. paint in bilges. However, cleaning bilge strainers, Seciion 4. Overtime Work, (a) All work performed cleaning away sticks or rags shall be considered part, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidas in port, and Sunof v/iper's duties and shall be done without the pay­ davs and holidays at sea shall be paid at the overtime ment of overtime. rate. (h) It shall be the duty of the wiper to assist the en­ (b) On days when the ship arrived in port and .sails gineers in blowing tubes. The wiper shall also as.sist on the same day, the hours of work for the Stewards the engineer in putting XZIT and similar preparations Department shall be eiglit hours within a spread of ancl boiler compounds in the boilers. sixteen hour.s, the spread of 16 hours to commence (i) Wiper may be required to assist in repair work when the man reports for work. Any work performed but he shall not be assigned to a repair job by himself in excess of eight hours within the said 16 hour spread without the paymfent of overtime. This is not to include shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. Any dismantling equipment- in connection with cleaning, work performed outside of a spread of sixteen hours such as grea.sc extractors, bilge strainers and evapo­ within any 24 hour period shall be paid for at the rators, etc. rate of overtime and a half. (j) Wipers shall be required to pump up galley fuel (c) On days when ship does not arrive in port and tank during straight time hours without the payment sail on the same day, hours of work for the Stewards of overtime. Depai i'ment shall be eight hours within a spread of Seclion 17. Storekeepers (When carried), (a) Shall twelve hours. Any work performed in excess of eight be classifed as day workers. hours, or outside of the -twelve-hour spread, shall be (b) When carried, the storekeeper shall supervise paid at the regular overtime rate, except as provided work of the wipers under instructions for the First m Clause 4 (d) of this Article. Assistant Engineer and have charge of storerooms and (d) VVay Port Services. At Way Ports, the hours of stores. v/ork shall be eight (8) in a spread of fourteen hours. (c) Storekeepers shall not be required to do any Any work in excess of eight hours or outside of the painting, cleaning paint, wirebrushing, chipping scaling spread of fourteen hours, shall be paid for at the regu­ or polishing work without the payment of overtime. lar overtime rate. For the purpose of this clause, a Way Section 18. Hours of Work For Day Workers, (a) Port stop shall not exceed a 36 hour period. Working hours in port for all men classified as day (e) At all times, members of the Stewards Depart­ workers shall be from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and I P.M. to ment assigned for the exclusive service of the crew 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. Any work outside these regular duties between the hours hours or on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays to be paid of o:30 A.M. "and 6:30 P.M. for at the applicable overtime rate, except as provided Steward Department: m Article II, Section 3. Seclion 5. Saloon Service for Officers, (a) No officers (b) Working hours at sea for all men classified as or crewmembers, except the Master. Chief Engineer clay workers shall be 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 P.M. to Purser Doctor Cruise Director, and Chief Steward 5 P.M. Monday through Friday and 8 A.M. to 12 Noon shall be served in the saloon during the passengers Saturday. Any work performed outside these hours to meal hours, or be entitled to bell service. The Second be paid for at the applicable overtime rate, except as Stewards room and Purser's office shall be eptitled to provided in Article II, Section 3. bell service. ARTICLE V Wage And Manning Scales For Stewards Department Stewards Department Working Rules �Friday. June 13. 1947 THE SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG (b) No member of the Stewards Department shall be extra work because a vessel sailed without the full required to serve meals to officers or crew (except those complement required by this Agreement, or because of entitled to dining saloon service as in Section 5, Para­ illness or injury, the wages of the mi.ssing or disabled graph a) outside of their respective messrooms, with- men shall be divided among the men who do their v/ork, / out the payment of overtime. It being agreed that cer­ but no overtime shall be included in such wages. tain merhbers of unlicensed personnel take meals in (b) In port, members of the .Stewards Department dining saloon prior to regular meal hours and are en­ shall be paid overtime for work in excess of eight hours titled to service without overtime. This section shall caused by the shortage in the department, but there not be construed to apply to passengers or personnel shall be no division of wages because of such shortage. served during regular working hours on account of Section 14. Galley Gear and Uniforms, (a) The Com­ illness. pany .shall furnish all tools for the galley including Section G. Late Meals, (a) When members of the knives for the cook, white caps, aprons, and coats worn Stewards Department are required to .serve late meals by the Stewards Department shall be furnished and due to the failure of officers failing to eat within the laundered by the Company. prescribed time, the members of the Stewards Depart­ (b) The uniforms worn by the Stewarde.sses shall ment actually required to stand by to^ prepare and be furnished and laundered b the Company. serve the late meals shall be paid at the' regular ovwSection 15. Fireroom. Members of the Stewards time rate, except in case of dire emergency. Department shall not be required to enter the Engine (b) When meal hours are extended for any reason at all, and the unlicensed personnel are un:ibie to eat Room or Fireroom for any purpo.se. Section 16. Minimum Complement, (a) No member within the regular proscribed time, all members of the Stewards Department required to stand by to prepare of the .Stewards Department shall be laid off Sundays or and serve the meal shall be paid at the regular over­ holidays while at sea. (b) On ships arriving or sailing on .Saturday, over­ time rate for the time the meal is extended. This shall not be construed to mean overtime shall be paid when time shall be paid to members of the Stewards Depart­ meal hours are shifted as per Article II, Section 36, ment for hours actually worked in port. (c) When the ship is in port and no passengers are Paragraph (c) of this Agreement. Section 7. Extra Meals, (a) When meals are served^ aboard but officers and crew are eating aboard, the to other than officers or to crew in the messrooms, minimum Stewards Department required aboard on fifty cents per meal shall be paid. This is to be di­ Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays for the purpose of vided among the rriembers of the Stewards Department preparing and servjng 'neals for the officers shall be: — actually engaged in preparing and serving the meals. one cook, one crew cook, one galley utility, three No extra meals shall be served without the authority messmen, and one dining saloon waiter. Other members of the Stewards Department whose ser\'ice is not re­ of the Chief Steward of the ves.scl. (b) All meals served in the pas.senger's dining saloon quired by the Company shall not be turned to on Satur­ other than to passengers, the-Captain, Chief Engineer, days, .Sundays, and holidays in the home port. The above members of the Stewards Department Purser, Doctor, Cruise Director, Chief Steward, Execu­ tive officers of the Company, or Government officials, shall be required to do all cooking and serving to the shall be paid for at the rate (jf fifty cents for each meal officers and crew in the home port. Section 17. Cleaning Toilets. No member of the served to the waiter actually serving the meals. Section 8. Stores and Linen. Members of the Stew­ Stewards Department who is required to handle food ards Department sliall not be required to carry stores for the unlicensed personnel shall be required to clean or linen to or from the dock, but when stores or linen toilets or baths. are delivei'ed aboard the ship, members of the Stew­ Section 18. Penalty Work. Any work performed by ards Department may place them in their respective the Stewards Department that is not recognized as store room within their regular prescribed eight hours routine duties in this Agreement shall be paid at the without the payment of overtime. regular overtime rate. Section 9. Cleaning Chill Boxes. Members of the Section 19. Authority of Chief Steward. Nothing in Stewards Di^pai'tment shall be assigned by the Steward these working rules .shall be deemed to distract from to clean domestic refrigerated walk-in boxes and .shall the authority of tiie Chief Steward who shall be final be paid at the regular overtime rate for the time that authority aboard the vessel in all disputes in the Stew­ the work is performed. This shall not apply to re­ ards Department subject to the provision of Article II, frigerators in pantries, messrooms, bake shops, gal­ Section 9, of this Agreement. ley, etc. Section 20. Day Work, (a) When the full complement Section 10. Chipping and Painting. Members of the of the Stewards Department is carried and the passen­ Stewards Department shall not be required to chip, ger complement aboard ship does not require full scale, or paint. Stewards Department service, members of the Stewards Section 11. Sougeeing. When members of the Stew­ Department not required for the service of the pasards Department are required to sougee, overtime shall .sengers may be placed on day work and shall be sub­ be paid for the acutal time worked. However, porters ject to the following working rules:— may be required to a^ugee during their regular working (b) When members of the Stewards Department are hours without the payment of overtime. on day work their hours shall be from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 Section 12. Shifting Ship. When a ship is making Noon and from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Mondays through a shift as prescribed in this Agreement, Article II, Sec­ Fridays. tion 20, it shall be considered in port and overtime shall (c) Wh%n members of the Stewards Department are be paid to members of the Stewards Department on on day work they may be required to work in store­ duty on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. rooms, linen lockers, toilets, passenger and officer quar­ Section 13. Required Complement, (a) When mem­ ters, messrooms, galleys, bake shops, and butcher shops, bers of the Stewards Department are required to do steward department passageways, and do general clean­ ing, including sougeeing, within their regular hours without the payment of overtime. (d) When members of the Stewards Department are on day work they shall receive one full hour from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 P.M. for lunch. (e) When any members of the Stewards Department on day Work are required to change their hours so as to serve passengers in the dining saloon they shall be knocked off their day work at least four hours prior to the time of beginning such service or shall be paid at the regular overtime rate for all work performed out­ side of their regular day work schedule. SUPPLEMENT TO SECTION 2 ARTICLE 1. It is agieed that a galley unit of twenty-two (22) British Subjects, residents of Nas.sau. Bahamas .shall Ise maintainf d in employment as galley personncd in the fol­ lowing ratings: 2nd Cook. 3rd Cook, 4th Cook, 5th Cook, Night Cook, Steam Table man. Fry Cooks (2). eight (8) Galley Utility, Pot Washei-, Vegetable man (2), Dishwashei'.s, Bakei''s h(;lper (1). Pantrymen. It is furthei- understood .and agieed that rrcrnbership in the Union shall be a condition of employment, and that the conditions and provi.sions that constitute this basic, contract covering the unlicensed personnel as outlined in tSec. 1. Art. 1) shall have full foree and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized repNort'h A Seafare-is International Union of w-v\u '' 'm District) A. F. of L. and Seahave executed this Agrtrment the day and year first above written. SEAWAY STEAMSHIP LINES LIMITED N. E. WHARTON GLORIA WELLS. Witness SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (Canadian Di.strict) A.F.ofL. WM. MCLAUGHLIN E. M. BRYANT JAiMES BANNERS MEMORANDUM AMENDMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the event that the Cornpanv shall have cause to operate Passenger Ships chartered baiebuat or otherwise .Cargo ship chartered bareboat or otherwise, for vyhich no provisjon ha.s been made in the general or cepm-tment rules of this contract, it is agreed and un­ derstood that the amendments or clarifications deemed necessary by either party in connection with the fore­ going shall be negotiated in good faith and upon settlement being reached shall become attached to and be a part of. the provisions of the basic contract.' SEAWAY STEAMSHIP LINES LIMITED N. E. WHARTON GLORIA WELLS. Witne.ss SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF " NORTH AMERICA (Canadian District) A.F.ofL. WM. MCLAUGHLIN E. M. BRYANT JAMES BANNERS Endorsements Necessary For Rated Jobs By PAUL GONSORCHIK NEW YORK — On occasions when shipping is good in one department and somewhat lax in another, men have approached the dispatcher's window to reg­ ister for jobs in ratings other than those for which tney hold endorsements. While I want men to lill the positions that are heavy on the board at the moment. I can't register men in ratingJ for which they hold no endorsement. When men come to }'egister, they must show their qualilications for that position. Many new members are under the impression that even if they don't have the qualification they can ship in the job. Although an officer himself— OFF MY SEA CHEST. By Lewis H. Conarroe. New York: Henry I reserve, of course — Conarroe, who admittedly pulled strings to Holt & Co.. 283 pp.—$2.75. In his four years in the war­ gain his commis§ion, says his time United Navy, Lewis H. Con­ sympathies were four-square for arroe saw enough to make his the enlisted man, that monkeycivilian blood boil. Wisely and clad biped so constantly remind­ expediently, he didn't let it run ed of his social and intellectual over. Now that his dress blues inferiority. But ..despite the fact that he have been tucked away in moth balls at the bottom of his trunk, holds much of the Navy in con­ he gets it all "Off My Sea Chest," tempt, the author doesn't make ENDORSEMENTS FOR ALL which in some portions is hot speeches. The pages are chock Tliats impossible, for all men enough to melt down the Navy's full of chuckles. The purpose of !nust have an endoi-semcnt foi' the book is to make the reader ample endowment of brass. Fortunately, the author never laugh. And it does exactly that— the particular rating desired. Unrated men such as wipers lost his sense of humor, although and with satisfjnng regularity. Conarroe doesn't name names and OS, cannot .sliip in posi­ he came uncomfortably close to it on several occasions when he when he goes after his admirals, tions o*'w III. their 6 n un­ ran afoul of the snarl of red tape captains, commanders, et al. He less they i:;:v- eudorsemee.f.s fo.' in the U. S. version of the makes a composite picture of all those job.-. the brass-laden characters, in­ "Queen's Navee." gets of Mr. Connarroe's debunk­ In fact, he puts this sense 6f stead. ing operation. Among them you'll find the humor to work unsparingly in That small-time imitator of the dry-land skippers who make time his verbal broadside well-aimed bigtime Navy—The Coast Guard with their executive officers' at many aspects of Navy life. He —gets its share, too. Seafarers vacuous wives, who, in turn give debunks, he criticizes, he casti­ who know this naval arm. better, gladly of their time to add a gates the caste system husband­ will appreciate the author's feeled and nurtured by the Annapo­ stripe to ^heir mates' sleeves lis Academy and its socially con­ everybody thus getting some­ ings. With tongue in cheek, the exthing out of the deal. scious graduates. Lt. Commander furnishes a glos­ Most everyone should get a He lambastes the "old line," sary of naval terms, which he rigd adherence to "doing things kick of this book, all except the dedicates to "Landlubbers and the Navy way" instead »of the connivers, grafters, bootlickers the Washington Navy." and arrogant fools who are tarcorrect and easier way. Shippi ij Ri. t 22, whir". r.'ivPis- pass the Dispatcher's office un­ this, states: "Members upon shipping shall show then' qual­ ifications to Di-'patcher ii;r the job shipped on. No man shall be shipped wh . does not q'o.alify." Infractions of this ride oceur occasionally, and the mcrnbci can be held in violation of both 'h.' 'nioping nues and the consfduiciun of the SIU, wii?! ir Article 20, Section 7, reads: "Any member "found guilty of violating the shipping rules shall forfeit his shipping card and shall not have another is­ sued prior to the expiration of 30 -days." To be on the safe side and to avoid a non-desirable 30 day vacation, the best bet is to by­ less you are holding the en­ dorsements for the job you want. While shipping continues to remain pretty good in this port, it is expected to taper off in the near future when the relief ship­ ments ,of UNRRA come to an end. I'd like to remind members to take the jobs -off the board, as many permits have been issued lately due to a lack of men wanting the jobs listed. Every permit issued means one more man to compete with you for a job when shipping be­ comes tight, so. the best way to insure a quick ship in the future is to take a ship now. Huron Victory Is First Step {Continued from Page 5) gaining unit of unlicensed per­ sonnel. As a result, the Wilson Ti'ansit Company will be given a few days in which to file an answer to the SIU's demands that an election be ordered for all un­ licensed personnel on the Wilson ships. As soon as the NLRB decides on the bargaining agent unit for Wilson, then an election will be ordered for this company. Wilson seamen will then have an op­ portunity to choose the SIU to represent them in negotiations with the company leading to a union contract. Tiiose two companies have alread.y been petitioned, and pre­ election Imnrings were held in Cleveland on June 9. Following the same pattern already estab­ lished by other LCA operatoi-s, these two outfits are also trying to exempt Cliief Cooks. Thi.s the SIU will not agree to. We ai'c attempting to have an election date set for both Slienango and Stcinbrcnnei', wivh the NLRB deciding whether or not " the Chief Cooks are to bo in­ cluded in the unit. However, the NLRB has not yet informed us whether they will adopt the SIU suggestion or not. �Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 13. 1947 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Robert H. Harrison Loses Propeller; Storm Impedes Towing To Liverpool BLAST-MADE NETWORK It's open season on ship's propellers. Screws are busting out all over. The list of victims of sea mishaps w.is increased this week with the report that the SS Robert H. Harrison, a 7,181-ton South Atlantic Steamrhip Company vessel, lost her propeller several weeks ago, approximate-'t ly 400 miles off the Irish coast. She was towed into an English port after five hazardous days, which were aggravated by whip­ ping squalls and heavy seas. TELL OF PROPELLER LOSS Two weeks ago the LOG pub­ lished the story of the SS Fred­ erick W. Galbraith. also of South Atlantic, whose propeller went to the bottom off the African coast. This week the Seafarer-manned tug Eugene Moran towed another propellerless ship into New York harbor. The story of the Harrison's in­ voluntary contribution to the ocean bottom's collection of screws was recounted bv two of her crewmembers, Frank Jones, Bosun, and H. Kelly, AB. Against a background of heavy fog. the fwisied wreckage of Ihe SS Newhall Hills presenis an eerie scene of tragedy. This photo was taken by "Mac" Auley, Oiler aboard the tanker, two hours after series of blasts which cut the vessel in two. Probe Newhall Hills Blast That Took Seafarer's Life STOPPED COLD The loss occurred at 5 a. m. April 18—a Friday—as they were moving along off the Irish coast. The ship was jarred as the screw vrent swooshing to the bottom, giving the vessel the shakes for a few moments, they said. The First Assistant Engineer, who was at the throttle at the time, later told the two men that the engine stopped cold. A radio report to New York, explaining the Harrison's plight, was sent immediately. New York in turn radioed a British port to send a tug to the dis­ tressed vessel. At 7 p. m. that night, the British tug turmoil set out. She arrived at the Harrison's position on Sunday. Visibility was then extremely poor with rain squalls and heavy seas bat­ tering the helpless ship at will. A Dutch tug reported to have started out never showed up, apparently having been forced back by insurmountable sea con­ ditions. DRIFTS The inquest into the death of Seafarer Edward Bolehala, who was killed in the explosion aboatd the tanker Newhall Hills when it was rammed in a thick fog by an unidentified small crafr in the English Channel May 24, Seafarers H. Kelly, AB, (left) and Frank Jones, Bosun, of the SS Robert H. Harrison, who revealed story of five difficult days in squall-swept seas which hampered tug's task in towing their ship to port. By 10:30 p. m. the squall sub­ sided and a third line was pitch­ ed from the tug. It held and by midnight the Turmoil had the Harrison safely in low. In all, nine rockets had been used. On arrival at Mersey Bar, sev­ eral tugs took over and the Har­ rison was berthed ir Liverpool for two weeks r Tumg a new propeller. Th-^ - v,.- was trans­ ferred to Birkc-,.nead, where she remained in drydock for. eight days while she was outfitted with a new propeller. She arrived back in Norfolk May 27. The payoff was held the next day. All hands put in, for and were paid, overtime for their aroundthe-clock work during the deli­ cate towline operations. Kelly and Jones were on deck through­ out. The two Seafarers reported that in appreciation of the job done by the English crew of the Turmoil, the Harrison crew do­ nated 54 cartons of cigarettes— two cartons for each tug man. They said that every man in both crews worked like a beaver, and added that Chief Mate Pe­ ters and Second Mate Miller "were really a big help." They had praise, too, for the Harrison's skipper. Captain J. G. O'Rourke. was scheduled to be resumed thistweek. The inquest being con­ to save the vessel from sinking. ducted in England, adjouimcd "Mac" McAuley, Oiler aboard l^t week so that attempts could the Newhall Hills, said that never be made to trace the identity of once was there evidence of panic. "A torpedo couldn't have done the unknown vessel, which van­ a better job," McAuley said. ished after the blast. The 10,441-ton Newhall Hills, a The Newhall Hill's skipper. Pacific Tanker vessel, had her Captain Robert Lenahan, testibow completely blown off by the field at the earlier hearing that series of blasts touched off by he believed the missing ship was the collision. She flew her flag the Swedish ship Monica, of 396 at half mast for the 23-year-old tons. He said "she disappeared in Bolehala, an AB, as she was tow­ smoke and flames." ed into Sheerness, Kent, 38 miles PRAISES CREW from London. High praise of the Seafarers The tanker was moving at halfr crew was voiced by the Captain, speed in the dense' fog at the who said the men displayed time of the collision. The No. 2 "sheer guts" in volunteering to tank exploded violently, blowing man hoses and stand by the a mast overboard. engines while fire threatened a Captain Lenahan reported that' center tank, explosion of which, "tank tops, steel girders and the skipper said, would have de­ electric cables were blown over molished the ship. the top of the bridge and onto The crew battled for 24 hours the after part of the ship." Lira Rate, 'Snooty' Engineer Make Crew's Blood Boil The Harrison had drifted about 150 miles from her original Accusations of short changing position by the time the Turmoil reached her. Efforts were made and unfair money practices were to drop the anchor, but it didn't levelled at the skipepr of the Casa Grande by the crew at a touch bottom, Jones said. All apparently went well at recent shipboard meeting. the outset of the operation to ef­ The considered bearish act fect a towline. The Harrison be­ was pointed at the skipper when haved well until about 3 p. m. it became known that in Pal­ Monday, when the wind was al­ ermo, Italy, a nearby Waterman most hurricane in force, and the ship was given 373 liras to the tug had difficulty in keeping dollar while the boys of the away from her ward. One of Casa Grande were swapping the wind blasts almost ran the their bucks for only 225 liras. Harrison right on top of the tug At the meeting, which took as they were making up the first place May 5 at sea, the crew line, which parted soon after it of the Pacific Tanker vessel de­ was secured. cided to take the matter up "You could have spit on the when they hit New York and deck of the tug, from our ship, 'see by what sign of the zodiac Jones said. or by whose charts did he de­ termine the exchange rate. In The second line broke Wednes­ fact, there was quite a hollah day afternoon. Mountainous seas over the dollah. halted. continuance of the opera­ The ere vv, however, wasn't tion and-the tug skipper hove to until he thought it sufficiently through when it withdi-ew its safe to open the hatch contain­ attack upon the dubious mone­ tary dealings of the skipper. ing gear. They next inserted their barbs into the tender hide of the Chief Engineer and his "phony" assistant. According to the minutes of the meeting, the Chief had in­ structed his Engineers that they ts WWU& r STIFFS/ were not to associate with the crew in any manner. Giving the rest of the black gang the B.O. treatment- didn't ring true with the rest of the crewmembers. They realized that working in possible to wash down the mess the bowels of a ship does not and asked the Chief, in a nice make them aristocrats but, they way, if he would be so kind as asked: Can the rooster call the to have them cleaned. hen foul? The Chief, however, claimed UNTOUCHABLES that they were cleaned at least What roused the ire of some ten times since the ship left of the men was not the elevateds,.New York. snouts of the Engineers, but the To the Deck Delegate, Martin snub-all order of the Chief had Hitchcock, this was quite a meant the end of a study of joke, for he reported that some enginering which had been con­ 01 the crew had ben aboard for ducted by one of the less class- five months and they had never conscious engineers. seen them cleaned. The crew suspects that the PRESSURE PUT ON Chief Engineer did not gain his With the aid of the other aloofness in the engine room, Clyde DeShettler, but ashore, where they report, delegates, he "taught as a stooge all dur­ Stewards, and Eugene McNeill ing the war at the greatest naut­ of the Engine Department, the ical school in the world: Sheeps- Chief was approached and "pres­ head Bay." sure was put on him in a nice The crew was less concerned way." The scupper, situation was with the stand-offishness of the cleaned up satisfactorily to all. Chief than they were with the With all the grievances out of clogged up scuppers in the crew's the way,« the. meeting was admess. They were finding it im­ {Continued on Page 13) �Friday, June 13. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings SPAN SPLICE. May 19— Chairman Charles Scofield; Secretary Theodore Edwards. Delegates reported everything in order. Good and Welfare: After considerable discussion it was agreed to change lunch hour back from 12 to 1 to 11:30 to 12:30 as per agreement. Un­ animous agreement among the crew to have a log removed from a crewmember as it is dis­ rupting the cooperative spirit. S. J. 4S. T. BALDWIN HILLS. March 19 — Chairman Rossi; Secretary Weathers. Motion made that tripcard man's card be lifted due to his misconduct. List of fines for various offenses drawn up and approved by crew. i. 4. 4. TULARE VICTORY, March 19—Chairman Louis Fuselier; Secretary John Zenmer. Dele­ gates reported all in order in their departments. Ship's Dele­ gate elected. Motion carried that any crewmember using the laundry and leaving it in a dirty condition shall be fined $5.00. Money to be donated to marine hospital fund. 4. 4- 4. period he sail on union ships only so he can get a thorough understanding of the operation of the SIU. 4- 4* 4* BERTRAM G. GOODHUE. March 11 — Chairman Regan; Secretary Chow. List of fines and punishment for leaving messroom dirty drawn up and approved by crew. Discussion on night lunch. Suggestion that only the men on night watch be allowed to eat night lunch. Majority disapproved. Decided to put out sufficient night lunch for all until the supply runs out. Motion carried that the delegates contact the Captain and see if it possible that news broadcasts and music is turned on. Motion for Bosun to check on slopchest was seconded and amended to wait until trip back. He'8 Still Wearing The Same Size Cap r\is.sed along to the LOG this week was an cxtruet said to have been from a newly made Bosun's letter to his wife. Said the for­ mer AB; ' "I have been made a Bosun, which is my first big step up the ladder of success. However, for the time being, please continue to speak to the neighbors as usual and don't, under any cir­ cumstances move to a larger hou.se or buy a piano." 4. 4. 4. NEW LONDON. March 30— Chairman Gowder; Secretary Parkman. Reports received from the delegates of depart­ ments. No beefs in any de­ partment. Good and Welfare: Discussion on keeping the messroom clean at night. It was agreed that all would be a little more careful and try to keep things cleaner. Discus­ sion on the dirty muddy water in all the bath and wash basins was also brought up and was agreed by all thai something be done about it. It was agreed that Delegates use their own judgement about gathering up Union books and tripcards. Motion carried that a copy of the ship's paper "The Breeze" be shown to the Patrolman on reaching port ?.nd all insulting cartoons left out. 4- 4- 4JAMES JACKSON. March 24 —Chairman J. McGuffey; Sec­ retary E. B. McAuley. Dele­ gates reported disputed over­ time in their departments. New Business: Motion carried that pro-book crewmember be placed on probation for a period of six months and that during this 44CAPSTAN KNOT. (Date not given) — Chairman A. W. Dan­ ny; Secretary George Chisholm. Delegates reported all in order. New Business: Cap­ tain. when asked about paint­ ing crew's messroom, claimed there would not be time enough before reaching port. Vote of thanks to the Steward Depart­ ment for the way it has been carrying on its work. Good and Welfare: Motion carried to leave the ship and foc'sles in a good clean condition as every SIU ship should be. 4-4-4* JOHN A. DONALD. Chair­ man Nanjalis; Secretary Ker­ shaw. Motion carried that crew is not to sign articles until repair list is checked by board­ ing patrolman. Motion carried to have crew check slopchest medical supplies and stewards stores before leaving port. Mo­ tion carried to have radio loud­ speaker inspected and repaired. One minute of silence for de­ parted brothers. ^ ;; 4 4 4 M A D A K E T. April 20 — (Chairman and Secretary not given). Deck and Steward De­ partment Delegates report all in order. Engine Delegate claims that the food was not satisfactory. New Business: Motion carried that unless water situation is cleared up there will be no signing on. Motion carried that Patrolman is to instruct Captain that there is no contracted overtime. Good and Welfare: Discussion over the Deck Department not be­ ing allowed to paint out their foc'sles on company time. 4-4 4 HAWAIIAN CITIZEN. April 21—Chairman D. Prevatt; (Sec­ retary not given) Motion car­ ried to keep laundry clean by rotating the work among the three departments. Motion car ried to contact the Chief En­ gineer to fix leaking valve on alleyway starboard side. No slopchest aboard. Motion car­ ried that delegates check on slops when they come aboard in next port. Discussion about reading material for the crew aboard ship. Brother Prevatt was elected to contact shoreside for books. 4 4 4 HALF KNOT, March 29 — Chairman William Lawton; Secretary William Slusher. Delegates reported all running smooth in their respective de­ partments. New Busines: Mo­ tion carried to ask for wind chutes and a new clothes wringer. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made that members take coffee cups and dishes used between meals back to the pantry. Members asked not to use coffee cups as ash trays. Steward Department commended for good service. 4 4 4 NIANTIC VICTORY. April 12 —Chairman Morris Norris; Sec­ retary Joseph Garello. New Business: Motion carried that no member receive pay unless all money due him or his broth­ er members is paid before sign­ ing off. Motion carried to give Stewards Department a vote of thanks. Repair list made up and attached to minutes. Lira Rate, Chief Engineer Rile Crew {Cot!tinned From Page 12) journed, as the crew decided to get some rest following the hec­ tic boat drill they had experi­ enced the day before on Sunday. Sunday boat drills, the crew feels, makes the skipper out to be a fanatic. To them Captain Bligh is still on the high seas. (Editor's note: The LOG checked into the dollar-lira rate of exchange and came up with conflicting figures rang­ ing from 225 to 600 liras per buck. The Italian Consulate in New York, however, reports the official rate of exchange to be 225 liras. So fellas, give the skipper another chance and take that rope down off the olive tree.) i" SWAK/^B OJTFiTS •\o oo^ , rne UAifOAJ. WITH \ QJDMIHGAW O.-K-'SV UAJIOWCFF/G/AL fAerT^/^3- WITH Vo(;RHARP-E=A^ep DOIJISH f CUT and RUN By HANK Here's a newspaper item, dated June 10, 1947, full of good news for all merchant seamen: "A move is gaining ground in Washington to transfer from the Coast Guard officers to Civd Service examiners of the Department of Commerce the right to hear cases involving charges of negligence or disobedience brought against licensed or certificated merchant marine personnel. Leg­ islation is being prepared by Representative Lewis, of Ohio, and while it is estimated that the transfer would cost $280,000 a year in extra Civil Service salaries, the move apparently has the support of the Inaritime unions. About 18,000 cases of this type arise every year, of which about 5,000 are formally heard. Under the Presi­ dent's Reorganization Plan No. 3, these powers would be vested permanently in the Coast Guard." . . . Well, that's good news in­ deed, once this Reorganization Plan is defeated and legislation is passed to remove the Coast Guard from the backs of all merchant seamen. We hope the transfer will be a speedy success! To Brother Simon Kendall in the State of Indiana: Your shipmate. Dick Johnson, was around town recently asking for you to get in touch with him. He sailed on the SS Robin Wentley for South Africa . . . We just received a scenic post card of Fort St. George, from Brother Eddie Mooney aboard the SS Cavalier: "Hope everything is okay in the Hall. This trip is okay. Give my best regards to the Patrolmen and Slug. One more port and then home." . . . Little Joe Arras and his ever-faithful cigar just ca.me into our crazy-weathered town— from a trip which included a visit to Paris. Any story for the LOG, Joe? ... To Brother Abe Sprung, who may have just come in from his trip, we're repeating this important message: "Contact your sister. She's seriously ill. Signed. M.G." . . . We received another scenic post card from Baltimore Ski, who prefers to anchor in New York in between trips: "We're in Bari, Italy now and I thought I'd drop a line to let you know I'm still in the best of health, etc. Hope this card finds every­ thing with you okay. I'll probably see you about the 8th of June. Give my regards to all." 4 4 4 Brother Franklin Smith just shipped out on a long trip. Be­ fore he said adios to his shipmates in the Hall, to the habitues of the heart of New York, Brother Smith said that his shipmate, Alex the "Old Greek" probably shipped out down there in Galves­ ton after they had paid off from their trip to the Far East . . . George Walker, who just came back recently from a three month trip to the Far East, is now listening to little Joe Felton, the Bosun, who keeps worrying abopt getting two dollars for a shave . . . Herbert Bi-aunstein just grabbed a ship for a long trip. Good luck in everything, Herbert, and we'll be waiting for those occasional letters you promised. ' Here's a newspaper item which reveals another fasfmushroomed organization trying to grab merchant seamen: "The name of some Bronx merchant seaman who ga.ve his life during the war will be given to the Bronx unit of the Merchant Marine 'Veterans of America, a recently incorporated organiza­ tion to win for Merchant Marine veterans the rights, privileges and benefits accorded to other service veterans. Units, termed ships, are being formed throughout the country.'^ Doesn't this ambitious organization, rushing to bloom all over the country, realize or know that the SIU has been doing its best to get the Seamen's Bill of Rights passed? Now what can this mys­ teriously financed and, inspired outfit expect to suddenly per­ form for merchant seamen? Not miracles, anyway! �THE Page Fourteen SEAFARERS Friday, June 13. 1947 LOG THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS SS Evelyn Payoff In Balto. Climaxes A Smooth Voyage A SEAFARER TURNS CAMERA ARTIST Log' A'Rhythms Captain's Shore Leave] To ihe Editor: By THURSTON J. LEWIS Paid off the SS Evelyn, the "Pride of the Bull Line.'' On the trip I took a few pictures that I thought you might like to see. Maybe you can use some of t'uem. The captain roared upon the bridge. And paced the after deck. He worried every mile of wave For fear the ship would wreck. Down in Boca Grande, one of the Brothers started to swim to Cuba. Brother Harris threw him It- But when we got her safe to port. And tied here to the pier. Then he shouted in retort. And grumbled in his beer. *1* ^ •• •iiiiiiii Sunbathing on deck is Char­ les Mitchel, the Evelyn's Bellyrobber. difficLiltj' prorjto vvhcn he found the Mate. Scuttlebutt has it he isn't hard to sail with now. OVERTIME GOOD SS Evelyn crewmember with 'doughnut" he tossed to a Brother who foundered shortly after starting to swim from Boca Grande to Cuba. a doughnut so he wouldn't get lonesome. The .sea gulls asked him if he was g'jing to disap­ point them at supper time, so he called to the smaller of two boats in the vicinity to take him aboard, as the current had him and he was moving out fa.st. There were two men and two women in the small boat. They wei'c too much interested in .something; else to give him any help. They had plenty of beer aboard and urohably figured that he might like som.e too. They •uped archer and gave him a salt water m their wake. There was plenty of overtime on the Evelyn, especitlly in the Stewards and Deck Departments. The Engine Department didn't do so good compared to the rest of us. They put new pilows and mat­ tresses aboard. The first week the mattresses were too short. The next wek they began to wash over the sides and ends of the sacks. The pillows were about as big as the Moo.se's two fists. Something was being done a!K)Ut this when I got off. The woman in the pictures is Dotty Gann, who is trying to become one of our sister's. She is Baltimore's first stewardess, the only woman to be issued seaman's papers in aproximately ten years in this port. She says her old man is gone so much SOME CLASS •We finally attracted a cabin cruiser of the $20,000 class that went to his aid. He bought back the doughnut. He won't be swimming away from the regular beach in Boco Grande again very soon. (I hear that another of the boys got caught on the regular beach by swimming out too far and had to be bought in.) The current down there is plenty rugged, so watch it. Everything went fairly smooth aboard the scow. Slhe is paint­ ed up for Mrs. A. H. Bull to come aboard for dinner, and that isn't altogether a joke. Have a pic of the Deck De­ partment that a lot of you guys may know. Another pic of Chuck Hensely and Moose Foster, who iS«ere plenty useful around BaltiBfoite during the strike. Dolly Gann, first woman to be issued seaman's papers in Baltimore in 10 years. she figures that if ho can't stay home more than 15 percent of the time, she might a§ well go too. She has already been off Hatteras. 'Will send you some pictures There was only one smaU dis­ pute in the Deck Department— before long. yfhitey Gann, Cook about overtime, Baltimore Agent SS Evelyn Curly Rentz cleared up that This effective bit of pictorial composition is the work of Gilbert Parker, OS, who used the SS Meredith Victory to frame this early morning scene at sea. San Juan Hall's Treatment Wins Tribute From Brother "Who can stand a crew ashore. When they should be aboard? Next v'yage we'll gdt an ocean crew This line can well afford. "When I was young and shipped to sea I didn't give a flip For what's on land; now. look SEAFARERS LOG my apprecia­ To the Editor: St me— tion to the Agent in San Juan. The Captain of the ship." At the time of the strike, I was And to the Brothers who had in New York at a meeting where Yes. Captain, when your veins the Hall in San Juan was on the ran hot. pan. To me, then, it was another And ours were on the way. beef, and what the h - - -. You stayed aboard as like as not. Well, to get down to it, on But that's not what the ladies the way back from Liverpool, re­ say! cently, the SS Franz Sigel was sent to Puerto Rico for sugar. I ^ ^ 3* paid off, intending to go to New York City for a bit of vacation Seamen's Lament and then meet the ship in Mo­ bile. Little bankroll, ere we part. But during the trip across Let me press you to my heart; country I was in some way slip­ All the months I've worked for ped a knock out and I woke up you. minus my gear, shoes, glas.ses, cards and did not compete for the I've been faithful, you've been etc. I managed to make the job—my sincere thanks. true. Union Hall in San Juan, where I Harry McCormack saw the Dispatcher and told him Little bankroll, in a day. my story. You and I will go away. NICE TREATMENT To find some gay and festive Now get this. The Agent came spot. in. I didn't know him. Well, he I'll return—but you will not. went into his own pocket and Submitted by came out with a couple of bucks, got me fixed up with a place to Dick Birmingham To ihe Editor: sleep and within 2 hours I was 1 wish to pass along a word of on a job—and, I am glad to say, warning to those who are wise MEMBER'S FATHER making out okay. enough to accept it: Don't go to Now I'm Irish. I don't speak sleep on the subway, as 1 did WILL TRANSLATE the lingo of the island, and I had recently. It cost me $210 in hardnever seen' any of these men be­ HARVEY'S LETTERS earned cash to learn the lesson fore. I know that when I threw first hand. To the Editor: in my day-old card down here for I'm hoping the Brothers won't a Bull line ship, that almost every 1 read in a recent Issue of the require as costly an education. man in that Hall could have beat LOG where one of the Brothers The birds who get into the sub­ that card, as there was no man­ wants to have some letters writ­ way with a nickel and then get power shortage there. ten in Dutch translated for him. off with about 4200 nickels have But they all gave me»a break. set themselves up a neat racket. He can send them to me and i They did not compete against my They ride up and down all night will be glad to do it . for him. card. Remember, this—I asked for We get the LOG every week looking for guys who are asleep nothing. in uncrowded cars. And they find and like it very much. Our son IS OLDTIMER is an Oiler on the tug Moose them, too. •When 1 went down to Pier 9 Peak, Moran Towing, at present I am an oldtimer, who held a book in the old Atlantic and Gulf the following day to get a reissue on the way to Java from Tampa Watertenders Union in 1920-1921, of seaman's papers, which also with a dredge. He is a Union who was ISU until 1937, and then, were picked from my pockets, member and we are proud of him. during the mixup went to the three other guys came in during His name is Charles Engelsma. NMU, where 1 got fed up and the half hour 1 was there. They, If Brother Dave "Red" Harvey packed in my book. Then 1 got too, had made the mistake of will send his letters to me, I'll a pro book in the Seafarers Inter­ falling asleep in the subway. do the translating. I was born Their experiences were the same in Holland on a sailboat, and was national Union. But to get back to the treat­ as mine—cleaned out of cash and a sailor in that country until ment shown to me in San Juan. all papers. 1929, when 1 came to the States Besides losing everything — and started farming. Never in all the time I've been around—and it's longer than I cash, papers, etc., I have to wait I'll be looking for the letters. care to admit—have I seen such ten days before I can ship again. Thomas Engelsma a display of understanding and So, take heed Brothers. Stay Box 18 sympathy from a Union Brother; awake on those subways! Please express through the P. J. W. Alden. Ilh Subway Snooze Costs Him 4,200 Nickles �Friday, June 13, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS ABOARD THE SS JOHN SWETT Page Fifteen Montreal Branch Doing Good Job, Brother Says others I spoke to, arc more than To Ihe Editor: Most of the SIU members have appreciative of the fact that the lot had the opportunity to visit SIU has come to Canada to give he new Canadian District Hall the Canadian seamen the oppor­ n Montreal, so 1 went to tell all tunity to join the best Union i^n j •rothers that our Union is well existence. A.gain I want to say that when cpresented in that port by a 'cry able man. Brother Gene you aie in Montreal, give Brotl^Ler Gene Markey a hand, and you Vlarkey. Brother Mai'key is, vrithout a will find thiit he will redouble doubt, one of the best men that th;o favor. Eugene Wood could have possibly been assigned Stewerds Depp.rtmenl, front row, left to right; Black Gang men, kneeling, left to right: to the job. Not only did he go Stewards Delegate Hal Orbofske, Harry Croke and Joe Valenoia; Thomas Kennedy, Tony Sefpe; standing, left to out of his way to help the fellow MV Gadsden standing, 1. to r: Jimmy Savalle, A1 Manchester, right: Mitchell Zelack, Fr6d Clopton, Walter on this ship, but brother, he is Fillipponi. Edward Gross Snd Thearon Taylor. doing plenty to knock the hell Georg:; Barnes and Max Greenwald. Maneuvers In Port out of the commies' organization Cut The Day Short up here. In the short time he has been To the Editor; Ship's Officers here he has really done a job Thumbing thiough a copy of Proud of Crew on them. The way it looks at the "Shipmate," a "salty" publica­ Hall, with CSU members lining tion, 1 chanced across the follow­ To the Editor: up to get into our union, and all ing poem. I'm passing it along to We, the officers of the SS Ly­ of them more than willing to the readers of the SEAFARERS man Stewart, wish to express our throw in their CSU books, the LOG: da.vs of the CSU are numbered. One morniiig rocentl.\' a young sincere appreciation for the coTwo new Canadian District wife jperation received from, the men have shipped aboard this got out of bed, members of the crew of this ves­ ship with us. At one time both slipped into her slippers, got into her robe, sel. It is exceedingly rare that bolongcKl to the CSU and that raised the shade, a crew comes aboard and works was not so long ago. They are more than pleased with the won­ uncovei-ed the parrot, with us as unstintingly and will- derful conditions and wages on put on the coffee pot, inglj' as these Brothers have. this GIU ship and tlie treatiuent answered the phone, and courtesy shown to them bj' and heard a male voice say: We are proud to have had them the officers and crew. "licllo, honey—just got off the aboard. Deck Gang men in front row, left to right, are: Jimmy ship NEW EXPERIENCE Sa.vallc, Juan Lopez. • and Tex Jacks: Standing, left to right: Frank C. Waters, Master As one of the fellovv'.s, Jacques I'm coming right overl" Bill Scudder, Herman Monteiro, Nick Chichciln, Pied Carroll, Ethier, put it: "We're being So, the young wile unlocked and oi-icr officers Richard Kapps, Blackie Colucci, Sal Arine and Whitey Leuschkan. treated like fellowmcn." the door, Tlte new members are proving took off the pot, to be a fine bunch of brothei'.-. so covered the pai-rot, when you sail with them, help pulled down the ,shade, them along for they have a lot 1o took off her slippers, slipped into bed, learn about the SIU. Ha'cing boon imder the control of the commies and heard the parrot numble: To the Editor: scholarships in the U. S. to coor- to get a license so he can hit the so long, they find it hard to ex­ "Judas priest: What a short day that was!" While reading the April 25 is­ dinate the best features of all into floorplates the rest of his life, press themselves. Personally, 1 feel they will let him stay out of the Cadet sue of the SEAFARERS LOG, I an American cadet program. —J. S. Tu 193C Congress passed a bill Corps. The best way for hin^ to make wonderfully active mem­ noticed a letter written by one "Steamboat" O'Doyie, in which calling for not only a long-range got a license is to ship out until bers for they arc in a position LOG he gave the United States Mer­ shipbuilding program but akso for lie has the requisite sea time, and to make a logical comparison be­ For Sununer chant Marine Cadet Corps quite an adequate training program for then go to school for. a couple of tween the two unions. the men to .sail them. Out of this weeks. an unmerciful panning. The Second Cook, another To tlia Editor: 1 have not been going to sea former CSU member, told me While I am quite sure that came the USMS, which was found­ 1 am going to spend the sum­ King.s Point is well able to stand ed, not by a group of professional long enough to lose my idealistic that there is a tremendous dif­ mer at my home here in Mil­ by itself, on its own merits, due strikebreakers but merely as an view of it. In my opinion, sea- ference in the wages and work­ waukee, due to important busi­ to the fact that I am a graduate organization to give a bit of uni­ fai-ing is an honorable profession, ing conditions of CSU ships as ness that must be attended to. I feel constrairied to make some formity to a group of men who be you wiper or master, and 1 compared to SIU ships. 1 would appreciate it very much inquiry as to the source of our do more than anyone else towards choose to believe that seamen are The Second Cook told me he if you would send the LOG so friend "Steamboat's" alleged shaping the U. S.'s foreign policy. "Ambassadors without Portfolio," had quit sailing for awhile be- 1 can keep up with the Union's "facts." The Cadet Corps was launched in since in mo.st cases, the only ;ause he could not live on the activities, meanwhile. I have sailed with men of all 1938 as a separate organization American people of other coun­ noney and put up with the CSU Donald Strelow tries see are the seamen and they lictatorship. He, and all the the major unions of the United from the Maritime Service. Milwaukee, Wis, States and I have not the slight­ With the advent of the war, it base their opinions accordingly. est doubt that the SIU has the was necessary to provide officers We are the-government and the TRIO OF DUNCAN MEN cream of the unlicensed person­ fast and so the laboriously-plan­ only reason unions are broken by nel, and that it is the coming ned four year program was "organized government finkihg" union. shelved in favor of a quick course, is because they put themselves which quite satisfactorily did the out on a limb and let someone LAUDS SIU CREW At present, I am sailing on the job of providing engineers and saw it off. At Kings Point there are no cartdlelight ceremonies, Meredith Victory, South Atlantic mates. where the "crumbhouse cadets" It wasn't until June 1946 that Steamship Company, and we have pledge themselves to be union the original four-year course was a good responsible crew, which is bi'eakers. reinstated at Kings Point, and the more than I can say for a certain Grace Lines passenger job I was first graduates will come out in READ THE LOG 1950. 1 am inclined to say that CO on a few^ months ago. The SEAFARERS LOG and the I think I have made clear the to 70 per cent will go to sea. Pilot are always in the libi-ary fact that this is not a letter by a PHONIES OUTNUMBERED and no one is shot at sunrise if "government fink," but is some­ Sure there have been phonies caught reading them. I venture thing for "Steamboat's" benefit. graduated from the academy, but to say that cadet midshipmen 1 wonder if he is aware of the they are more than offset by the know great deal more of the sea­ fact that, prior to the inception many hundreds of graduates who men's fight for decent working of the Cadet Corps, and its acad­ have Chief Engineer's and Mas- conditions, from Andrew Furuemy, the United States was the ters' licenses. There were many seth's time until now, than many only sizeable maritime nation in who were draft dodgers but what average good union members. the world that did not have a were they dodging? The Cadet And through it all. never are the training program to adequately Corps had the highest mortality unions presented in other than a insure a steady fIo<w of officers to rate of anything under the U. S. completely unbiased light. man its ships. The wmy "up the hawsepipe" is flag, for its size. As early as 1931, several years As for the Coast Guard boys still open, and many good men previous to the first concerted ef­ being used to crush the unions, I are still coming up that way. The fort of the seamen to better their am quite sure that or friend must only man who might have to •conditions,-Richard'McNiilty, now be dnaware "that when a ihan worry about his job is 'the than Rear Admiral'6f U. S. M. S., was goes to join"' the MEBA Or the Who is grossly incOnipetent ahd Aboard ihe 'V/atefman Vessel, SS Jaittes Duncan oh a re­ ithdying the Vafibds ptbgrams of 'MMP, they dotft ask him Where \vho shouldn't have it anyway, cent'trip to'Lisbon'for discharge of hOr coal cargo, were Slim, Biitain, Japan, Germany, Nor­ he got his license. That he has it Carl H. Swadell, MEBA Second Cook; Clyde White, Bosun, and the Chief Cook, who was way and the three or four state is sufficient. If a man just wants SS Meredith Victory unidentified. Ray Durbin, Deck Maintenance, took the photo. MEBA Man Holds SIU Crews Top Industry; Denies Charge Cadet Corps Is Anti-Union �Pege Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 13, 1947 143 Companies Contracted To The SlU -Admira! Oriental Line -American Eastern SS Co. 3- -American-Hawaiian SS Co. 4- -American Mail Line 5- -American President Lines Ltd. 6- -American President Lines Ltd. 7- -Alaska Packers Association 8- -Alaska SS Co. 9- -Alaska Transportation Co. 10- -Ashley & Dustin Steamer Line 11- -Atwacoal Co., Inc. 12- -Automotive Trades Steamship Co. 13- -Arnold Bernstein SS Co. 14- -Alcoa SS Co., Inc. 15- -A. H. Bull SS Corp. 16- -American Liberty Lines Inc. 17- -Baxter and Co., J. H. 18- -Burns SS Co. 19- -Bloomfield Steamship Co. 20- -Bob-Lo Excursion Co. 21- -Baltimore Insular Inc. 22—Coastwise (Pacific Ear East) Line 23—Canadian National Railways 24 Cement Transit Co. 25 -Chicago, Duluth, Georgian Bay Transit Co. 26 -Cleveland & Buffalo SS Co. 27 -Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. 28 -Construction Aggregates Corp. 29 -Cleveland—Cedar Point SS Co. 30—Crystal Beach Transit Co. 31—Chamberlain & Co., W. R. 32 Coastal SS Co. 33 Coastwise SS & Barge Co., Inc. 34 Consolidated Olympic Line 3 5 -Coos Bay Lumber Co. 36 -Colonial Navigation Co. 37- -Canadian Gulf Line Ltd. 38- -Illinois-Atlantic Corp. 39- -Calmar SS Co. 40- -Cuba Distilling Co. 41- -Coyle Lines 42- -De La Rama SS Co. 43- -Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. 44- -Dorothy Phillips SS Co. 45- -Deconhil Shipping Co. 46- -Dougherty Co. 47- -Debardeliban Coal Corp. 48- -Emery Co., W. L. 49- -Erie Sand & Gravel Co. 50- -Eastern SS Co. 51- -Eastern Transportation Co. 52- -Fitzimmons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. 53- -Freeman & Co., S. S. 54- -Frelihew Southern Corp. 55- -Florida East Coast Coal Co. 56- -Florida Car Ferry Co. 57- -General SS Corp. 58- -Grace & Co., W. R. (As agents for Grace Lines, Inch Pacific Coast, West Coast, Mexican, Central Ameri­ can, Panama Service of Grace Line, Inc. and Pacific Coast South American Service of Grace Line, Inc.) 59- -Gorman SS Co. 60- -Griffiths & Sons, James 61- ^Griffiths SS Co. 62- -Gravel Products Co. 63- -Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 64- -Great Lakes Transport Corp. 65—General Petroleum Co. 66—Gulf Canal Lines 67—Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.—Tugboat Div. 68—Hammond Lumber Co. 69—Hammond Shipping Co., Ltd. I s T H M I A N I S I 70—Hanify Co., J. R. 71—Hart Wood Lumber Co. 72—fdobbs. Wall & Co. 73—^Hedger SS Corp. 75—Interocean SS Corp. 76—Island Transportation Co. 77—^Johnson. Lumber Co., A. B. 78—Kearney Steamship Co. 79—Kelley Island Lime and Transport Co. 80—Kingsley Co. of California 81—Luckenbach Gulf SS Co. 82—Lake Sand Corp. 83— -Lawrence Phillips SS Co. 84— -Linderman Co., Fred 8 5- -Los Angeles Tankers, Inc. 86- -Matson Navigation Co. 87- -Maritime Transit Co. 88- -McCarthy SS Co. 89- -Midland Steamship Co. 90- -Moore SS Co. 91- -Mississippi Shipping Co. 92- -Martin Marine Transportation Co. 93- -Mobile Towing & Wrecking Co. 94—Moran Towing & Transportation 95—Nantasket Boat Line 96- Northland Transportation Co. 97- Oceanic SS Co. 98- -Olson & Co., Oliver J. 99- -Owens—Parks Lumber Co. 100- -Overlakes Freight Corp. 101- -Ocean Dominion Line 102- -Orbis SS Corp. 103- -Ore SS Corp. 104- -Olympic SS Co. 105- -Pacific Atlantic SS Co. (Quaker Liite) 106- -Pacific Mail SS Co. 107- -Pacific Republics Line (Moore-McCormack, Inc.)] 108- -P. L. Transportation Co. 109- -Port Oxford Lumber Co. 110- -Peninsular and Occidental SS Co. 111- -Pacific Tankers, Inc. 112- -Ponce Cement Corp. 113- -Pope & Talbot, Inc. (McCormack SS Co. Div.) 114- -Ramselius Co., Captain J. 115- -Raritan SS Corp. 116- -River Terminals Corp. 117- -Richfield Oil Co. 118- -Sag Harbor Tanker Corp. 119- -Santa Ana SS Co. 120- -Seaway Lines, Limited 121- -Shepard SS Co. 122- -States SS Co. 123- -Schafer Bros. SS Lines 124- -Solano SS Co. 125- -Sierra SS Corp. 126- -Sudden & Christenson SS Co. 127- -Standard Oil of California 128- -South Atlantic SS Line 129- -Smith & Johnson SS Co. 130- -Seas Shipping Co. ' 131- -Savannah Lines 132- -Southern Transportation Co. 133- -Seatrain Lines, Inc. 134—St. Lawrence NavigatiomSS Co. 135—The Union Sulphur Co., Inc. 136 Tri-Lakes SS Co. 137- -Tidewater Associated Oil Co. (Associate Div.) 138 -Wilson Line 139 -Wisconsin & Michigan SS Co. 140- -Wheeler-Hallock Co. 141 -Wood Lumber Co., E. K. 142 -Waterman SS Corp. 143- -Wilmington Transportation And There Are Many More Coming � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 13, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME LONG STRUGGLE ENDS--ISTHMIAN IS SIU COOPERATION OF MEMBERSHIP AND NO GOAL IS IMPOSSIBLE VICTORY OF RANK AND FILE TEXAS NOW OPERATING IN SIU STYLE, WHICH MEANS OKAY ALL DOWN THE LINE SEAWAY LAWYER, NMU LEARN FROM NORTHLAND PARLEYS EMPEROR TRAGEDY UNDERLINES NEED FOR SEAFARERS SPECIAL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS ACCEPTS HQ RECOMMENDATIONS; S. WHITE TO NEW YORK VICTORY IN HURON ELECTION IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP IN THE SEAFARERS VICTORY PARADE ON THE LAKES VETO ANTI-LABOR BILLS, AFL RALLY URGES ENDORSEMENTS NECESSARY FOR RATED JOBS ROBERT H. HARRISON LOSES PROLLER; STORM IMPEDES TOWING TO LIVERPOOL PROBE NEWHALL HILLS BLAST THAT TOOK SEAFARER'S LIFE LIRA RATE, 'SNOOTY' ENGINEER MAKE CREW'S BLOOD BOIL SS EVELYN PAYOFF IN BALTO. CLIMAXES A SMOOTH VOYAGE SAN JUAN HALL'S TREATMENT WINS TRIBUTE FROM BROTHER Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/13/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/db442e81ff56c0afa3cea43672f20950.pdf 971717962a4abd63808293209c91be94 PDF Text Text 72 SIGN  PLAN  Almost  all  of  the  80  companies  contracted  to  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  have  either  signed, or are in the process of  signing, the Union's  revolutionary,  industry­wide  Vacation  Plan  agree­ ment,  the  Headquarters  Negotiating  Committee  announced  yesterday.  As  of  yesterday  the  committee  had  obtained  the  signatures  of  72  operators.  Negotiations  are  Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf  Diapiet, Seafarers InternatloniA Union of  NA  continuing  and  the  remaining  companies  will  be  dealt  with  in  the  next  few  days.  No. 12  NEW  YORK.  N.  Y..  FRIDAY.  JUNE  15.  1951  VOL.  XIII  First formal signing of  the new  Vacation Plan  Constitution  Changes  Go  To  A&G  Vote  agreement  took  place  on  May  15,  when  eight  ©f  the  SIU's larger  contracted com­ Mr.  E.  B.  TilleY'  Business  Agent  panies  a£Fixed  their  signa­ Seafarers'  International  Union  tures  to  the  pact,  which  for  the  No.  2  Abercom  Street  first  time  in  the  maritime  inr  dustry  guarantees  seafaring  men  Savannali.  Geor^a  two  weeks  of  vacation  pay  for  Dear  Brother  Tilley:  each  of  12  months  of  shipboard  District­wide  voting  on  the  This  is  to  advise  you  that  your  efforts  and  cooperation  have  made  it  possible  service.  proposed  constitutional  amend­ for  the  Laundry  Workers  International  Union  Local  218  to  sign  a  labor  agreement  The first  vacation  pay  benefits  ments  will  get  under  way  in  all  with  Riteway  Cleaners,  2202  Phoenix  Avenue.^ Jacksonville.  Florida.  will  become  payable  on  October  SIU  Branches  on  June  25  and  31  of  this  year,  according  to  This  laundry  had  been  handling  a  good many  of  tho SIU  ships  docking at  Jack­ will  continue  for  30  days.  terms  of  the  agreement.  The  op­ sonville  and  the  influence  of  SIU  members  convinced  Mr.  Kenneth  Crawford,  owner,  The ballot,  which  was  author­ erators'  contributions  to  the  Va­ ized  by  membership  action  at  all  that be  would  be  WIM  if  he  were  to  operate  his  plant  under  Union  conditions.  cation  Fund  began  as  of  June  1,  regular  port  meetings  following  I  understand  that  Mr.  Crawford  wrote  to you  and stated that he  would be willing  with  each  company  contributing­ recommendations  made  by  the  to  discuss  a  union  contract  with  a  representative  of  our  organ^iration.  etc.  This  con­ 35  cents  per  hour  for  each  man  last  two  Quarterly  Finance  Com­ tact  enabled  oae  to  quickly  negotiate  a  very  good  labor  agreement  for  the  workers  employed  aboard  their  ships.  mittees  and" the  Constitutional  PRO­RATA  PAYMENTS  Committee,  would  effect  several  in his  plant.  On  May  23.  1951.  the  workers  voted  unanimously  to  install  the  labor  agreement  Each  Seafarer  will  collect  14  changes  in  the  Union  Constitu­ days'  pay  for  each  year  he  has  tion.  which  Mr.  Crawford  and  myself  had  ne^tiated  and  to  join  our  organization.  ,  worked,  and  may  apply  for  pro­ Mr.  Crawford  has  also  informed  Mr.  Marty Walsh, r^resentative for  the Team­ OBSOLETE  PROVISIONS  rata  payments  after  he  has  com­ sters  Union  in  Jacksonville,  that  he  is  ready and  willing  to  sign  an  agreement  with  pleted  90  days  of  employment  The  questions  to  be  decided  in  them  to  cover  all ­his  drivers.  That  will  make  his plant  100  percent  Union.  on  any  Union­contracted  ships.  the  voting  involve  amendments  You  may  notify  your  membership  that  there  are  now  two  (2)  laundries in  Jack­ The  pay  to  which  claimants  are  to  several  constitutional  provi­ entitled  will  be  based  on  the  sonville  that  operate  under  union  conditions.  They  are:  Riteway  Cleaners  and  the  sions  which  have  become  obso­ rate  of  $115  per  year,  less  de­ lete  as  the  result  of  the  Union's  US  Laundry­Cleaners.  ductions.  success  in  obtaining  employer­ While  I  am  at  it  I  should  also  thank  you  and  your  organization ^or  the  assis­ The  manner  of  payment  is  pat­ paid  Welfare  Benefits,  and  the  tance  we  have  received  here  in  Savannah.  As  you  know,  Hahne's  )^aundry  8c  Dry  terned  after  the  highly  success­ proposed  dues  increase  recom­ Cleaners  is now  100  percent  Union  and  we  certainly  appreciate  the  help  the  Seafar­ ful  Welfare  Plan  method  of  mended  by  the  Finance and  Con­ benefit  disbursements.  Upon  be­ ers  International  Union  rendered  in  bringing  this about.  In  fact, were  it  not  for  the  stitutional  Comniittees.  coming  eligible  for  his  vacation.  splendid  cooperation  our  International  Union  has  received • from    your  organization  The  sections  of  the  Constitu­ (Continued  on  Page  13)  it  is  doubtful  whether  we  would  have  eio&barked  upon  an  organizing  drive  in  Sav­ tion  that  have  been  rendered  ob­ solete are  those  dealing  with hos­ annah.  But  with  the  enthusiasm  manifested  by  the  SIU  in  aiding  us  to  bring  about  pital,  death  and  shipwreck  ben­ higher  wages  and  better  working  conditions  for  laundry  workers  in  this  city  we  efits.  felt  juStifi^  in  launching  a  full TCale  program.  W^ the  continued  support  of  the  ;  The  questions  appear  in  the  form  of  the resolution which  was  SIU  I  feel  confident  that  this  organizing  drive  will  eventually  meet  with  complete  submitted  to  the  membership  at  success.  With  kindest  personal  regards.  I  remain  all  regular  Branch  meetings  on  June  6,  and  which  was  concur­ Sincerely  and  fraternally.  "yed  in  by  majority'  vote  as  re­ Todd  W.  Allen  quired  by  the  Constitution.  Intl.  Organizer.  LWIU  SAN  FRANCISCO,  June  14—  Balloting  will  end  on  July  24.  The  Seafarefs  International  Un­ ion filed  a  petition  yesterday  with  the  National  Labor  I^a­ tions  Board  in  this  port  for .a  In  the  interest  of  national  de­ on  the  grounds  of  hardship  in  made  waivers  almost  essential.  However,  the  Union  observed,  collective  bargaining  election  "Had  the  Selective  Service  or­ the  Coast  Guard  waivers  will  among  rank  and file  members  fense,  the  Coast  Guard  has  waiv­ obtaining  rhanpower.  ganization  instituted  a  policy  of  not  affect  the  continued  safe  of  the  Marine  Cooks  and  Stew­ ed  manning  requirements  for  2.  By  allowing  one­half  of  the  drsift  deferment  for  skilled  sea­ navigation  of  merchant  ships,  ards  Union.  ABs  aboard  non­subsidized  ships  non­subsidized  ocean­going  and  men  many  months  ago,  it  is  but  will  merely  ease  the  prob­ The  petition  was filed  one  day  to  be  aliens  who  currently  hold  Great  Lakes  ships.  The  waiver  lem  of  replacing  ABs  who  have  highly  unlikely  that  the  waivers  after  the  board  had  issued  a  rul­"  valid  United  States  certificates  order,  which  had  been  sought  been  drafted.  would  have  been  necessary."  ing  denying  the  National  Mari­ as  ABs.  by  the  Seafarers  International  time  Union's  request  for  a  col­ The  waiver  instituting  the  50­ Union  to  counteract  the  drain  on  lective  bargaining  election.  manpower  caused  by  the  draft­ dO  ratio  for  blue­  and  green­tic­ ,In  rejecting "the  NMU's  peti­ ing  of  skilled'  seamen,  became  ket ABs  waives  the  statutory  re­ tion,  the  NLRB  announced  thai  effective  as  of  June  1,  1951  and  quirement  that  only  25  percent  Page  2  the  CIO  union  had  failed  to  ob­ will  continue  until  September  of  the  ABs  could  be  blue­ticket  The  Best  All­Around  (Editorial)  How  Democracy  Differs  from  Communism  Page  2  tain  the  30  percent  of  valid  holders.  Under  this  requirement,  J,  1951.  Headquarters  Warns  of  Phonies  Page  3  pledges  from  members  of  the  On  offshore  .  merchant  cargo  a  ship  that  carried  six  ABs  must  NMUer  Thanks  Seafarers­ for  Criticism  Page  3  West  Coast  Cooks  and  Stewards  and  tanker  ships,  the  Coast  have  had five  green­ticket  ABs  Stewards  Department  School  ...'  Page  4  union  that  is  necessary  before  and  one  blue­ticket  man.  Now,  Guard  order  affects  the  comple­ Slopchest,  Laundry  in  New  Building  Page  4  an  election  can_  be  ordered.  however,  three  may  be  blue­ ment  of  able  seamen  in  two  News  from  the  Ships  J;  Page  8  The  NMU  had  been  conduct­ ticket  ABs and  three  green­ticket  ways:  Letters  from  the  Membership  Page  10  ing  an  all­out  drive  among  the  men.  1.  By  allowing  seamen  who  Report  of  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  Page  5  West  Coast  galley* workers  since  The  SIU,  which  had  appealed  have  been  examined'  and  rated  Maritime  Roundup  • ... Page 15  last  January.  The  NMU's  drive  as  blue­ticket  ABs  after  having  to  the  Coast  Guard  for  relaxa­ Beefs  and  Beefers  Page  16  was  viewed  as  an  attempt  by  seifved  12  months  on  deck  to  tion  of  the  statutory  manning re­ compose  one­half  the  number  of  quirements,  greeted  the  waiver  Reports  from  the  Branch  Agents  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Joe  Curran  to  get  a  foothold  on  the  West  Coast  by  offering  ­  ABs,  The  other  half  is  to  be  orders  as "a  realistic  approach  to  District  will be  found on  the following  pages:  New  Orleans  Page  6  the  operators  cut­rate  contracts.  composed  of  green­ticket  ABs,  or  an  industry  problem."  Savannah  Page  3  Shortly  after  the  NMU  cam­ Wilmingtqn  Page  6  men  who  have  had  three  years  A&G  District  Headquarters  Galveston  Page  4  paign  got  underway,  rank  and  pointed  out  this  week  that  the  Philadelphia  Baltimore  .\...  Page  7  of  deck  experience.  ­ Page  4  file  members  of  the  Marine  Mobile.  Page 7  ­•  This  •  waiver  previously  had  "drafting  of  skilled  merchant  Tampa  Page  4  Cooks  began  signing  pledges  for  seamen  without  regturd. for  the  bnly  affected  ships  on  which  the  San  Frandsco  ...........­Page  13  Boetoicr  Page 6  representation  with  W^st  Coast  ^  needs of  an  industry  vital  to . the  Master  had  vnade  special  appli­ Seattle  Page  13  Norfolk  Paget  District  offices  of  the  SIU..  nation's  defense  requirements  cation  far  such  a  ratio  of  Laundry  Workers  Union  Thanks  SIU  SIU Petitions  For  Election  Among Cooks  CG  Waiyes  Deck  Manning  Requirements  IN  THIS  ISSUE  • • w  �Fttffe  Two  T  BE  SEAF  A RE  R  S  L 0­G  FxidBy,  JjHM  15„1951  ^ ' ­v  •  i;.,.­:.. •  i  i'.:  '•   Published  Every  Other  Week  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and  Gulf  District  ASilialed  with  the  Americam  Federation  of  Labor  At  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York  4,  N. Y.  HAnbver  2­27B4  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2, 1949,  at  the  Rest  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y,,  under  the Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  The  Best  Ail­Around  Men  sailing  aboard  ships  contracted  to  the SIU's At­ lantic  and  Gulf  District  are  distinguished  in  maritime  by  two  facts:  They  are  the  best  paid  seamen  in  the  world  and  they  are  the  best  seamen  in  the  world.  In  its  continuing  campaigns  to  keep  Seafarers  enjoy­ ing  the  top  wages  and  working  conditions  and  welfare  Benefits  without  parallel  in  the  maritime  industry,  the  Union  has  consistently  maintained  that  the  two  facts  cannot  be  kept  apart.  The  best  seamen,  says  the  SIU,  deserve  the  best  in  compensation.  And  vice­versa.  All  this  of  course,  brings  tip  the  question,  "Which  came first?"  The  Union  answer  is  that  the  best  seamen  came first.  The SIU  has  always  prided  itself  on  possessing  a  member­ ship that  is  capable  of  the  best  in  peuformance of  its ship­ board  duties.  Hence,  it  has  always  fought  for—and  suc­ ceeded  in  winning—  the  kind  of  economic  compensation  that such  a  performance  merits.  And  if  anyone  should  wonder  why  the  Union  con­ stantly is  emphasizing  the  need  for strict  observance of  its  contractual  obligations  the  reason  should  Bfe  very  clear.  It is simply that  the SIU is vitally concerned  with preserv­ ing every single  advance  it  has  made  in  raising'  the stand­ ard  of  living and  conditions of  work of  its membership#  How Democracy Differs From Communism  DEMOCRACY  COMMUNISM  Further than  that, the  Union  bases its demands  of  the  BASIC  CREED  operators not  only  upon the  needs  and  requirements of  its  Dignity  and  worth  of  each  human  being  is,  Totalitarian  state  is  supreme;  each  human  be­ members  but  also  upon  their  proven  ability.  Our  Union  supreme;  society  strives  to  afford  each  the  great­ ing  must  serve  the  state  as  the  state  directs,  re­ est  Twssible  opportunity  to  reach  his  highest  gardless  of  his  own  Welfare  or  judgment.  Human"  has  correctly stated  that  Seafarers  are  an  integral  part  of  attainments.  ,  being  are expendable.  /  the shipping industry and  that, as  such, they rate  the  pro­ HUMAN  RIGHTS  per  return  for  their  contribution  in  the  smooth  and  effi­ .Because  each  individual  is  sacred,  he  has  cer­ No  one  has  guaranteed  rights  or  freedoms  cient  functioning  of  this  part  of  the  nation's economy.  tain  inalienable  rights  which  Democracy  guar­ Everyone  is  subservient  to  14  Politburo  dictatotn'  antees  by  law.  and  their  agents.  It  should  be  easy  to  understand  why  the  SIU  has  Freedom  of  religion.  Church  dominated  by  state.  |  been able  to come  back  time and  again  to the  membership  FREEDOM  OF  THE  l»ERSON  "  *  with reports of  ever­increasing wage rates, improved work­ airest  withoi^  warrant; no ari>^ary­.seizia?e  Aafctoary  sarrests^  imprisoinmenl  withertJt  trial}  ing  conditions,  and  expanded  welfare  and  vacation  bene­ of No  persons  or  property  or  search  of  homes;  trial  secret  police  seize  anyone,  search  any  homej  fits  that  are  the  envy  of  seamen  of  other  affiliations  by  an  impartial  jury  guaranteed.  ev^one watched  by spies.  dbroughout  the  shipping  world.  OTHER  FRimSDOMS  Freedom  to  seek  truth and secure  ecGurate  in­ State tidls  everyone  what , to  believe;  informal  When  Seafarers  caii  be  told—without  fear  of  con­ formation  in  schoids, univecsitiesj­e&wh^t  ;  tion  waiM»le  in  schools  and  elsewhare  is  dis*  tradiction—that  "You  arc  the  best  paid  seamen  in  the  t«rted to  serve state  purposes.  '  jRTorld,"  it  is  because  the SIU  Negotiating  Committee  has  Free  press and  ra£o| tree Stteech, fil^e(^[oln of  Stoto  press  and  radio,  persons  crli  ticizing  government  imprisoned;  assembly  onlj^  been  able  to enforce its  demands  by, telling the  operators  assembly; ^^seedoin' to  ­ferm  voIuhtjOTr^ 0^  ttons.  v/ith  government  permission,  Nq  organizations  riiat  ^*You  have  the  best, ^  most  efficient  seamen  in  the  free  of  state  Control.  world  on  your  ships."  REFBEUENTATIVE  GOVERNMENT  One of  the very important  factors that go  into mak­ Free ­elections  by  secrot  baUa€,  setnttal  party  One  party  "elections,"  single  slate  of  candl*.  ing Seafarers the world's best  seamen is  that they are THR  candidates  for  each  oftice,  nottiittated  'in  free  dates chosen  by communist  parly­ officials.  party  primary  Sections  or  conventions..  BEST  UNION  SEAMEN  anywhere.  Government  hy  laws  enacted  by  r^bsen  rep­ Gbvernmeht  by  decrees  of  dictatoris,.  withpwj^  consent  of  people.  "  ' ­ Seafarers have  built a close­knit  orgamzation,  they have  resentatives of  people.  I  •   •  *  rtnade  it  powerful  enough  to  c<MitinualIy  enforce  their  ECONOMIC  FREEDOM  Anyone  is free to  ­start  and  run  a  business,  rightful  demands  and  they  have  established  their  right  to  State  controls  and  operates  all  Jbiisiness;  nb  any  worker  is free  to  choose  and  change  jobs.  free  ente/prise.  Slate  dictates  worker's  job  ari^  Tbe  regarded  as  a  responsible  and  militant  part  of  a  tough  Workers  may  organize  free  uiiions,  employers  freezes  him  in  job.  Free  unions  and  trade  asso­ ^dustry.  ^  may  form  trade associations.  ciations  are  prohibited.  *'  Right  to  own  property.  Anyone  may  own^  a  They  have  built  and  backed  their  Union  in  every  home,  farm  or  htisihess,  and  choose  where \|ie  ,  No  one  may  own  property.  State  owns  all  housing facilities, farms, businesses.  State officiala  beef  and  problem  to  the  point  where  they  can  get  the  will  live.  assign  people  to  living  quarters.  "  State  officials dictate all  prices,­tenns  of  busi­ best  reprcsentiation  in  their figfit  fOr  a  better  living  for  Right  of  contract.  Employers fix textos  of  busi­ ness  by  contract;  workers  detemune  wages  jmd  themselves  and  (hteir  families  —•  and  that,  in  tlie final  work  conditions, by  collective  bargaining  and  ness,  wages,  work  conditions.  No  person or  is free  to contract  with^ other  <m  such  matterA  '  contract  with  employers.  analysis,  is  the goal of  eveiT working  man.  �Ftiday.  June 15,  1951  SlU  TH  E  SE  AF  AREKS  LOG  Page Three  f  Is  Helpful,  Says  NMUer  derful in  the indiistiy  is one  that  owners,  bankers,  and  insurance  as  always,  is  to  win  more  and  hospital  cannot ­collect  their  looks  as  if  it  was  written  to  companies  are  quite, capable  of  greater  benefits  for  our  mem­ money  from  the  visiting  Patrol­ The  June 1st . issue of  the SEA­ benefit  the insurance company...  taking  care  of  themselves.  At  bership  and  for  all  seamen.  men,  but  must  send  a filled­out  FAEERS  LOG  carried  in full  an  "The  insurance  company  one  time  the  NMU  had the same  form  directly  to the  benefit  fund  That  our  attempts  to  bring  the  open  letter  to  all  NMU  crew­s,  doesn't  invest  a  penny,  doesn't  attitude  but  times  have  changed.  office.  There  his  name  is  check­ written  by  hospitalized  NMUers  risk  a  penny  and  will  collect  St  "... In  The  Pilot'  of  March  entire  industry  up  to  the  SIU  ed  against  employment  records  in  the  Manhattan  Beach  Hospi­ least  $250,000  a  year,  and  the  22  there  is  the first financial  re­ standards,  and  the  accompanying  furnished  by  the  companies  once  criticism  of  the  NMU  and  the  tal.  ones  most  members  thought  it  port  from  August  1 to  February  other  maritime  unions,  are  well  every  three 'months.  If  a  man's  Signed  by  16  of  the  85  NMU  was  supposed  to  help  do  not  get  28.  $820,271  was  collected;  $110,­ name  is  not  on  the' list,  which  men  .in  thpt  hospital  (according  a  cent; also  with the new  resolu­ 432  was  paid  to  the  insurance  received  is  attested  to  by  the  is  very  possible  in  • view of  the  letters  we'get  from  the  members  to  the  letter,  all  of  the  85  ap­ tion  passed  at a  New  York  meet­ company.  Hedley  Stone  claims  time  lag,  the  benefit  fund  office  proved  the  letter,  but  lack  of  ing  all  the  qjdtimers  who  help­ they  get  6  percent,  and  those  of  the  NMU.  sends  him a  letter, asking  him  to  CONGRATULATIONS  space  prevented  a  full  listing),  ed  build  this  union,  and  sailed  figures  say^they  get  over  13  per­ list  the  voyages  he  inade  in  the  it  was  a  bitter  blast  against  the  under  the  terrible  conditions  cent.  Th,e  SIU  cost  is figured  at  Practically  all  of  these  (with  last  12  months,  which  he  returns  NMU  welfare  plan—^its  method  .that  existed  before  the  union  3  percent  with  their  money  in­ the  very  exceptional  abusiye  one  to the benefit  office to  be checked  of  administration,  the  limited  came  into  being,  are  now  left  vested  in  interest­bearing  bonds  that  is  typical  of  the  kind  the  against  the  Coast  Guard  records.  benefits,  its  imfair  eligibility  out  in  the  cold  with  nothing  to  at  2%  percent  Therefore  it  costs  eommies  used  to  send  us  when  And  by  this  time  a  man  may  rules,  and  its  complete  betray^  look  forward  to  but  a  pauper's  Vz  of  1  percent  or  $.50  on  one  we first  began  to  organize)  com­ be  dead,  discharged  or  on  a  ship  of  the  NMU's  oldtimers.  (The  16  grave;  the  national  officers  are  hundred  dollars  —  cheaper  than  mend  us  for  our  gains  and  for  bound  for  the  Far  East.  At  any  signatories of the  letter  have been  asking  you  to  eliminate  this  travelers  checks.  exposing  the  backwardness  of  rate,  there  is  delay,  especially  it  going  to  sea  from  16  to  48  years,  death  benefit,  too.  "... when  a  member  now  goes  the  NMU,  and  wind  up  hoping  he  is  in  one  of  the  distant  out­ and  the  average  was  29.3  years—  to  a  hospital  with  any  sickness  that  the  NMU,  too,  would  even­ ports,  San  Francisco  or,  perhaps,  •S   MART  POLICY­ no one­trippers  there!)  '  ^  that  will  keep  him  there  a  long  tually  get  what  we  had  won.  The  following  quotations  from  "... How  is  it  ^hat  the  so­ time,  such  as  TB,  cancer,  or  Sometimes,  the  NMU  mem­ Hawaii.  the  letter  will  summarize,  in  called  reactionary  unions  (That's  heart  trouble,  after  13  weeks  of  bers  go  even  a  little further,  and  THAT'S  ALL.  BROTHER  their  own  words,  the major  beefs  us,  the  Seafarers:  J.A.)  can  get  benefits  he  is  out  of  luck,  and  come  down  to  our. Hall  and  tell  Once  the  13  weeks  are  up,  he  of  the  NMU  oldtimers  on  their  a  policy  that  considers  the  wel­ if  he  dies  after  a  year  he  goes  us  personally  how  much  they  added,  the  poor  stiff  is  out  of  fare  of  their  membership first  to  a  pauper's  grave  if  someone  appreciate  the  SIU's  efforts.  One  luck.  To  become  eligible  for  13  welfare  plan:  "This  plqn  that  Curran,  Stone  always.  They  have  come  to  the  does  not  take  care  of  him."  such  paid  a .visit  to  the  Nejv  more  weeks'  benefits ­ for  the  &  Hanley  call  the  most  won­ conclusion  long  ago  that  ship­ York  Hall  a  few  days  after  the  same  disability,  he  must  leave  COMPARISON  HURT  LOG  had  published  the  NMUers'  the  hospital  and  go  to  work  to  This  was  a  pretty  blistering  letter.  reestablish  eligibility.  He  praised  attack  and,  unfortunately,  true.  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  for  its  un­ What  made the  charges look  even  First  off,  he  showed  us  his  limited  benefits  and  its  extreme­ worse  was  the  comparison  with  NMU  book,  to  prove  his  identity  ly liberal  eligibility  requirements  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  that  the  and  the  fact  that  he  was  one  of  (one  day  worked  within  the  pre­ letter  included.  As  we  stated  at  the first  members  of  that  union.  vious  twelve  months).  By  E.  B  TILLEY  that  time,  we  ran  this  letter  not  Then  he  thanked  the  SIU  for  SAVA^AH, June .6—We have  Among  those  who  participated  for  the  purpose  of flaunting  the  having  printed  the letter,  and for  "That  letter,  from  the  men  in  the  Manhattan  Beach  Hospital  been  informed  by Todd  W. Allen,  were  oldtimers  Robert  Bennett,  superiority  of  the  SIU  Plan  (al­ the  comments  upon  it.  Secretary­Treasurer  of  Local  221  J. H.  Ferguson  and  Joseph  Book­ though  we're  proud  as  heU  of  "You  have  no  idea  how  re­ put  it  right,"  he  said.  "What's  a  and  International  Representalive  er,  who  are  gracing  the  beach  it),  but  because  we  sincerely  sentful  the  membership  is  over  man  who's hospitalized  for  some­ of  the  International  Laimdry  here  and  waiting  for  the  good  hope  that  the  NMU  will  be  able  this  so­called  welfare  plan,"  he  thing  like  TB,  which  needs  long  Workers  Union  that,  with  the  shipping,  mentioned  above,  to  to  change  its  setup  and  give  its  said.  "The  oldtimers  have  been  treatment,  going  to  do?  He's  left  aid  of  the  SIU,  Local  218  in  come  around.  membership  all  the ­ protection  sold  out  completely,  and  are  high  and  dry  there  with  no .cab­ left  to  starve  to  death  on  the  bage  for  his  personal  expenses,  Jacksonville  successfully  nego­ In  the  Marine  Hospital  in  this  that  all  seamen  deserve.  tiated  a  contract  with  Riteway  port  are  S.  C­  Turberville,  R.  Our  attitude  is  that  any  sub­ beach.  Who's  going  to  take  care  and  for  the  things  that  the  hos­ pital  does  not  supply:  smokes,  Cleaners  of  that  city.  (See  Bro­ Harris  and  F.  J. Bruggner.  Drop  standard  agreements  in  the  in­ of  them?"  ther  Allen's  letter  on  page  one  them  a  line.  Brothers,  and  cheer  dustry  pose  a  potential  threat  to  He  went  on  to  blast  the  NMU  razor  blades,  stamps,  handker­ of  this  issue.)  Also  that  the man­ them  up.  all  han^,  and  our  prime  motive.  welfare  setup.  The  men  in  the  (Contfnued  on  Page  5)  ager  of  . Riteway  has  notified  Marty  Walsh  of  the  Teamsters  -^1 that  he  is  willing  to  sign  an  agreement with  them. This brings  to  two  the  imion  laundries  in  Jacksonville:  Riteway  and  US  Headquarters  of  the  SIU  A&G  sible  for  any  monies  paid  by  me  feiters'  expensive  and  near­per­ In  announcing final  disposition  Laundry­Cleaners.  Keep  these  District  announced  this  week  for  which  I have not  received  an  fect  method  of  reproduction.  of  the  case.  Headquarters  cau­ names  in  mind  when  you  are  that  the case  involving  the group  Official  Receipt  of  the  Union.  I  One  of  the  ruses  employed  by  tioned  all  hands  to  beware  of  '  in  that  port.  of  cdnnterfeiters,  who  had  duped  have  read  and  understand  the  the counterfeiters  was  to  tell  the  any  character  who  offers  a  book  Allen  also  thanked  us  for  our  several  permitnien  into  buying  above."  prospective  buyers  that  "we  for  sale,  just  as  they  would  steer  support  here  in  Savannah,  which  fraudulent  Union  books  in  New  The  new  procedure  closes  out  have  contacts  in  the  Union,  so  clear  of  any  other  type  of  il­ led  to  the  signing  of  Hahne's  Orleans early  this year,  had  been  the  possibility  of  a  permitman  you  don't  have  to  worry."  legal  transaction.  Laundry  and  Dry  Cleaning;  and  fully  disposed  of.  being  duped  because,  a^  the  vic­ The  ill­fated  counterfeiting  Permitmen  were  warned  that,  said  that  they  are  so  heartened  The  ringleaders,  who  had  tims of  the New  Orleans incident  venture  was  the first  of  its  kind  if  they  are  approached  by  any  by  our  backing and  aid  that they  boasted  of  "contacts  in  the  Un­ pleaded,  they  were  "ignorant  of  to  occur  in  the  SIU.  It  is  be­ member  offering  to  sell  a  book,  have  launched  an  organizing  ion"  as  a  means  of  facilitating  the  procedure."  lieved  that  those  who  engineered  they  should  take  his  name  and  drive  to  bring other  outfits  under  the  phony  sales, are  now  serving  The  phony  books  were  de­ the  scheme  had  hoped  to  cash  book  number  and  report  the  in­?  their  banner.  jail  sentences  for  their  counter­ tected  by  the  Union  almost  im­ in  on  the influx  of  new  men  into  cident  immediately  to  Union  FULL  SUPPORT  mediately  after  the first  sales  the  industry  caused  by  the  in­ Headquarters  or  the  nearest  SIU'  feiting  activities.  Branch  Hall.  ­ To  which  we  can  only  say  As  a  result  of  the fraud,  which  were  made,  despite  the  counter­ crease  in  shipping  activity.  that  whatever  we  can  do  to  help  was  nipped  by  the  Union  before  them in their  drive—or any other  more  than  a  few  permitmen  had  legitimate  union,  for  that  mat­ been  victimized.  Headquarters  ter—will  be  done  with  all  the  has  drawn  up  a  new  permitcard  ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT clearly  setting  forth  the  only  "strength  we  can  muster.  Affiliated with American Federation of Labor '  ­That  is  just  about  the,  only  conditions  under  which  payments  ­ • g  ood  news  from  out of  this  port.  ar6  to  be  made  to  the  Union.  Shippirtg; foir  the  last  two  weeks  The  Unipn  took  a  lenient  at­ has  been  bad,  although  it  looks  titude  in  regard  to  the  defraud­ miich  better  for  the  next  period.  ed  permitmen,  who  were  milked  Hope  we  have  something  better  of  sums  ranging  from  $300  to  $500.  Some  of  the  victims  plead­ to  report.  A TEMPORARY REVOCABLE WORK PERMIT This  time  all  we  had  were  ed  that  they  didn't  know  they  ^ips  in­transit:  The  Southland  were  entering  into  a  fraudulent  I understand and agree that ^the Seafarers' international Union of North and  Southport  (South  Atlantic);  scheme.  Monroe  (Bull);  and  the  John  B.  As  a  safeguard  to  both  the  America/ Atlantic and^Gulf District by issuing this Temporary Revocable Work Waterman  and  Chickasaw  (Wa­ Union  and  the  permitmen. Head­ Permit, in no way obligotes itself to admit me to membership, probationary or quarters  has inserted  a  statement  terman).  otherwise. There  was  no  regular  meeting,  on  the  front  cover  of  the  new  I agrcie that I am to pay no  monies to  anyone purporting  to be a representa­ because  ^  there  weren't  enough  pcrmitcards,  which  must  be read  and  signed  by  the  applicant  guys  to  make  a  quorum,  but  tive  of  the  Union  unless  I am  issued  an  Official  Receipt  of  the  Union  for  monies  there  was  a  special  meeting  in  when  the  card  is  issued.  The  so paid.  I further agree, that I shdll not hold the  Union responsible  for any monies  which  we  discussed  some  of  the  statement  contains  the  following  paid by me for  which I have not received an Official Receipt  of  the Union.  I hove  leading  articles  in  the  current  paragraph:  "I  agree  that  I  am  to  pay  no  read ond  understand the  above.  SEAFARERS  LOG:  the  Seafar­ ers  Vacation  Plan,  the  increased  monies  to  anyone: purporting  to  Welfare  benefits,  the  okay  given  be  a: representative  of  the  Union  .....SIGNED. the  Negotiating  Committee  to  unless <  I  am  issued  an  Official  DATED....... open  wage  increases,  the  recom­ Receipt  of  the  Union for  monies  Th«  front  eovar  ot  th*  Union's  ^o<rk  pormUeerdii  alorts  PermUmon  sgainsf  sharpRs  who  Trr<ji.ded  dues  increase  and  the  m  paid.  I  further  agree  that  I  cotMidor  nowcomtrs to  tho  • watorfroni fair  gama.  shall  not  hold  the  Union  respon­ lead  editorial.'.  ' :  By  JOE  ALGINA  Sayannah  Laundry  Union  Wins Strike With SlU Aid  SIU Books Can't Be Bought, HQ Warns Pormits  Seafarers' International Union  of  North  America  WORK  PERMIT  5,  ­ ill  i  �f  Page Pour  THE  S^E  AF  AREHS  L 00  SW Stewards Departiiieiit Sdiooi  Win  Teach  Shipboard  Routine  Philly Sealafer  As  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Dis­ Hobart  potato  peelers  and  mix­ trict's  new  Headquarters­New  ers.  York Branch  building nears com­ •   The  utmost  attention  will  be  pletion, final  plans  are  being  given  to  the  proper  sanitary  and  shaped  for  the  operation  of  a  hygienic  methods  of  food  prepa­ training  school  for  Cooks  and  ration,  stowage  and  disposal.  Bakers  that  will  be  one^  of  the  One  of  the  objectives  of  the  training  school  is  to  enable  all  ^nest  of  its  kind  anywhere.  enrollees  to  prepare  the  food  All  of  the  equipment  which  aboard  ships  so  that  *the  crew  the  men  in  training  will  use has  gets  the  maximum  out  of  it from  already  been  contracted  for,  and  the  standpoint  of  taste  and  food  delivery  and  installation  will  be  value.  made  as  soon  as  the  galley  sec­ A  principal  purpose  of  the  tion  of  the  Union's  new  quarters  Cooks  and  Bakers  training  pro­ are  ready.  gram  is  to  aid  Stewards  depart­ ment  personnel­in  obtaining  up­ EXPERT  INSTRUCTION  grading  and,  consequently,  to  in­ Instruction  in  the  various  as­ pects  of  cooking  and  baking  will  crease  their  earning  power.  Friday^ June  U, 1951  Mourns  'Poiiy'  Baker,  Official  Of  M  By  STEVE  CARDULLO  PHILADELPHIA, June  6—This  us  on  in  a  strike  in  t'ne  future,  port  continued  to  enjoy  good  if  we  stay  physically  and finjin­ shipping  throughout  the  past  cially  powerful,"  he  added.  two­week  period.  Seven  vessels  A  few  of  the  Seafarers  in  this  paid  off  with  all  beefs  but  one  port  right  now  are  Johnny  Het­ being  settled  on  the  spot.  zel,  just  in  from  the  Persian  A  disputed  overtime  beef  Gulf;  "Shanghai"  McCune,  now  aboard  the SS  Winter  Hill (Cities  beachcombing,  and  P r a n'c i s  Service)  was  forwarded  to  Head­ Brown  who  just  came  off  the  quarters,  which  ,immediately  Robin  Gray.  went  into  action  to  get  the  mat­ We'd  like  to  close  with  this  ter  squared  away  to  the  crew's  amusing  story:  satisfaction.  A  galley  utility  signed  on  a  The  death  of  "Polly"  Baker,  ship  but  hadn't  showed  up  as  District vice­president  of  the  ILA  sailing  time  approached.  The  here,  was  a  distinct  loss  to  wa­ company  called  and  asked  if  we  terfront  workers  in. this  port.  A  could  send  the  man,  over,  right  CASIMIR  SZYMANSKI  staunch filter  for  trade  unions  away.  We  replied  that  we  didn't  be  handled  by  experts  in  the re­ on  the  waterfront  for  most  of  know  whether  we  could find  the  spective fields.  Particular  stress  his  life.  Brother  Baker  had  been  particular  man.  To  which  the  will  be  made  on  the  proper  but­ ailing for  a  long  time.  company  said:  "You  ought  to  be  €5hering  of  meats  by  instructors  The  ILA  official  had  been  in  able  to—^he  gave  you  as  next  of  who  have  been  volunteered  by  many  rough  beefs  to  help  win  kin!  the  AFL  Butchers'  Union.  the  gains  which  the  ILA  has  Wish  we  knew  who  he  is!  The  Butchers  Union  already  The  facilities  being  planned  gear  normally  found  in  ship­ scored  for  longshoremen  over  has  donated  a  series  "i­harts,  for  the  new  Headquarters­New  board  slopchests,  and  the  inven­ the  years, ferother  Baker  believ­ showing the  various cuts  of  meat,  Yo|­k  Branch  buildipg  will  offer  tory  will  be  expanded  as  time  ed  in  the  close  cooperation  of  which  will  be  used  as  visual  Seafarers  the  maximum  in  serv­ goes  on  to meet all  requirements.  waterfront  unions,  and  there was  icing  of  their  shoreside  needs.  aids in  the  course.  Members  have indicated  to  the  never  a  single  time  that  he  did  Among  the  many  services  al­ Union  that  'they  are  sick  and  not  go  all­out  whenever  the  SltT  The  AFL. Bakers  Union  will  ready  in  the  blueprint  stage,  tired  of  ­the  kind  of  merchandise  asked  for  the  cooperation  of  the  supply .lecturers  for  instruction  which  will  be  made  available  available  on  ships'  slopchests,  ILA  here.  in  all  phases  of  baking.  when  the  Brooklyn  structure  is  and  the  Union  is  goinig  to  offer  There  was  a  large  delegation  All  instruction  will  be  planned  ready  for  txicupancy,  are  a  slop­ them  items  of  good  quality  at  of  representatives  from  the  vari­ By  HAY  WHITE  to  conform  to  the  requirements  chest,  laundry­drop,  spacious  reasonable  prices.  ous  Philadelphia  unions,  includ­ of  shipboard  routine,  and  the  baggage­checkroom  and  passport  The  quarters  set  aside  for  the  ing  the  SIU,  at  Brother  Baker's  TAMPA, June 8—Shipping was  men  in  training  wiU  work  under  photo  machine.  slopchest  will  also  house  a  cig­ fimeral.  Out  of  respect  to  his  good thr ­e  past  few  weeks.  The  simulated  ship's conditions  wher­ memory,  all  work  stopped  on  Fa:'ri|le  (Waterman)  paid  off  and  SORE  SPOTS  arette  and  tobacco  stand.  ever  possible.  the  waterfront  for  24  hours.  then  signed  on  a  new  crew  for  Much  of  the  equipment  in  the  In  providing  the  slopchest  and  The  laundry­droj)  will  be  lo­ In  addition  to  the  Winter  Hill,  a  Far  East  trip.  bakery  is  very  similar  to  that  laundry  services,  the  Union  will  cated  in  the  baggage  room.  This  the  other  ships  paying  off  here  There  were  a  few  gashound  used  aboard  larger  ships.  One  be  meeting  needs  that  are  the  arrangement  will enable  the Sea­ were  the  Republic  (US  Petrol­ beefs  aboard  the  Fairisle,  but  piece  cif  equipment,  an  automa­ frequent  causes  of  seamen's  dif­ farer  to  opan  his  bag  as  he  is  eum  Carriers);  Robin  Gray  these  were  cleared  up  in  good  checking  in  and  remove  his soil­ (Seas);  Ines,  Rosario  (Bull);  SIU  fashion.  In­transit,  the  fol­ tic . doughnut  making  machine,  ficulties.  will  turn out  40 dozen  doughnuts  Because  of  his  need  for  quick  ed  gear.  Laundry  bags  will  be  Trinity  (Carras)  and  Bradford  lowing  three Waterman  ships  hit  an  hour.  The  doughnut  mix  will  service  and  his  tmfamiliarity  provided,  in  which  he  will  de­ Island  (Cities  Service).  this  port:  the  Chickasaw,  Mobil­ be  the  same  as  that  in  staiidard  with  shops  offering  quality  mer­ posit  his  laundry  and  turn  it  At  our  last  regular  member­ ian  and  the De  Soto.  use  aboard  ship.  ship  meeting,  the  Headquarters  About  the  biggest  thing in  this  chandise  and  workmanship  at  over  to  the  attendant.  report  was  adopted  unanimously,  town  right  now  is  the  fact  that  prices  within  his  reach,  the  sea­ READY  FOR  STOWING  SHIP­TYPE  OVENS  as  was  the  resolution  authorizing  man  has  often  been  victimized.  When ' his  laundered  gear  is  District­wide  balloting  on  the  books  are  open  for  registration  The  ovens  will  also  be  similar  for  the  coming  city  elections.  At  to  those  with  which  vessels  are  The  SIU  has  long  been  aware  returned,  he  can  pick  it  up  in  proposed  constitutional  amend­ stake are  these posts:  mayor,  city  equipped,  except  that  there  will  of  this  situation,  but  lack  of  the  baggage  room  and  place  it in  rnients,  as  recommended  by  the  board  representatives,  one  muni­ be  more  of  them,  according  to  ample  quarters  necessary  for  his  seabag  or  luggage.  Constitutional  Committee.  cipal  judge  and  a  couple  of  Frenchy  Michelet,  who  will  su­ handling  the  services  on  its  own  Passport  photos  will  be  avail­ Under  Good  and  Welfare,  the  school  board  members.  We  are  pervise  the  installation  of  the  has  prevented  it  from  tackling  able  "while  you  wait"  by  simply  SEAFARERS  LOG  was  the  sub­ urging  everyone  we  know  to  the  problem  up  until  now.  galley  equipment.  stepping  into  a  booth  containing  ject  of  a  lively  discussion,  with  register  and  to  vote  for  the  pro­ ­  All  of  the  installations  will  be  For  the  initial  period  of  ope­ an  automatic. camera  apparatus,  the  membership  very  much  in  labor  candidates  running  in  the  of first­grade  quality  and  of  the  ration,  the  slopchest  in  the  new  which  snaps  the  picture  when  a  favor  of  the  recent  24  page issue.  primaries.  name­brand,  variety.  Included  Brooklyn  Hall  will  concentrate  coin  is  inserted.  In  a  few  mo­ They  were enthusiastic  about  the  The  regular  Branch  meeting  are  Magic  Chef  ovens,  Frigidaire  its  inventories  on  the­items  used  ments,  the finished  photo  will  various  stories  of  the  Union's  accepted  Headquarters  report  refrigerating  equipment.  Univer­ by  Seafarers  aboard  ship.  Com­ emerge  from  a  slot  in  the  ma­ gains  in  Welfare  and  Vacation  and  the  Secretary­Treasurer's  benefits.  sal  dish  washing  machines  and  plete  stocks  will  be  kept  of  all  chine.  financial  reports.  ^  The  resolution  submitted  by  SEND  WREATH  the  Constitutional  Committee  The  membership  also, author­ was  read  and  concurred  in  by  ized­  the  purchase,  of  a  wreath  the  membership.  a  run  job  to  New  Orleans;  Del  E.  Rydon,  A.  Oyhers,  J.  Hatch,  to  be  sent  from  the  Union  to  I  •   By  KEITH  ALSOP  The  Agent  reported  that  the­ Santos  (Mississippi),  and the  Mae  G.  Ford,  W.  Brabham,  J.  Melle­ the  funeral  of  "Polly"  Baker.  i  GALVESTON,  June  7  —  The  and  Evelyn  (Bull).  Mayor  of  Tampa  was  cominig  up  tios,  Li  McDonnel,  L.  Short,  L.  One  of  the  Seafarers  who  has  for  relection  and  pointed  out  the  boom  continues  for  this  port,  we  With  all this  activity, it  should  Lopez  and  Buster  Mills.  been  shipping  out  of  the  Port  of  Mayor's long  anti­SIU,  anti­labor  not  be  necessary  to  say  that  we  Philadelphia  is  Casimir  Szyman­ are  happy  to  say,  and  with  the'  Mills,  who  started  sailing  SIU  ski,  who  joined  the  SIU  in  1946.  record.  The  Agent  recalled  how  did  not  have  enough  men  on  the  very  welcome  assistance  of  New  ships  in  1945,  became  a  book­ the  Mayor,  with  the  police  de­ Orleans  and  Mobile  we  are  able  beach  to "hold  a  regular  Branch  member  in  1947,  and  has  been  This  Brother  has  never failed  to  partment,  machine  guns  and  city  meeting.  Among'those  members  tiim  to for  any  Union  beef.  to  keep  these  ships  moving  on  still  with  us  at  this  writing  are  active  in  the  Union  since  his  *  Szymanski  hails  the  Vacation  prisoners  had  walked  through  first  days.  He did  picket  duty  in  Plan  as  one  of  the  most  out­ our  picketline  during  the  1946  schedule  and  with  full  crews.  the  1946  (jeneral  Strike  on  the  standing  achievements  of  the  General  Strike  and  worked  Eight  ships  paid  off  and  sign­ West  Coast,  and  his  Isthmian  struck  SIU  ships,  the  only  port  SIU.  ed  new  articles  during  the  two­ strike  picketing  in  Houston.  He  says  that,  with  the  hospi­ where  ships  were  worked  tiveek  period.  These  were  the  During  his  eight­year  term,  tal  benefits  having  just  been  in­ HANDY  GUY  kstrathport  (Strathmore);  William  creased,  the  new  Vacation  Plan  SIU  seamen  in  this  port  had  to  He  also  was  on  hand  when  and  the  proposed  reopening  of  stay off  the streets, or  get thrown  Page  (Waterman);  Battlecreek  we  cleaned  the  wobblies 'and  the  wage  question. Seafarers will  in  jail.  In  most  cases  they  were ­ Victory  (Dolphin);  Seapearl  (Co­ other  political  elements  out  of  average a  couple  of  hundred dol­ given  heavy fines.  '  lonial);  Seacloud  (American  MM  the  SIU  ports  in  Texas.  All  in  lars  a  year  more  than  previous­ Heavy  registration  on  the  part  SB Corp.);  Aktion  (Actium); Sea­ all,  he  is  a  good  SIU  man  and  ly,  and  he  feels  that>^  dues  in­ of  labor  and its  friends  will send  atar  (Mercador),  and  the  Bunion  a  damned  handy  guy  to  have  crease  will  carry  because  the  this bird back  to picking  oranges,  (ilea).  around when  the chips  are down.  membership  feels  the  additional  he said.  IN­TRANSIT  Eleven  of  our  men  are  in  the  income  wiU  help  keep  our  Union  The  Retail  Clerks  are  still  on  In­transit  we  had  the  Joseph  marine  hospital  here  in  Galves­ in  a  strong  and  powerful  posi­ strike  against  the  largest  optical  company  in  the  city,  and  the  Folkes  (SUP);  Seatiger  (Colon­ ton,  and  all  of  them  would  ap­ tion.  ial);  the  Seatrains  Havana,  New  preciate  hearing  froni  (or  seeing,  • The  reason  our  Union  has  SIU is assisting  in its usual  man­ ; York, Texas and  New Jersey; Fe­ if  you're  around  here)  their  old  been  able  to  win  all  these  bene­ ner.  deral (Trafalgar); Southern  Cities  friends:  E.  E.  Roberts,  J.  Arra,  fits  in  the  past  several  years  The  Central  Trades  and  Labor ,  and Southern  Counties  (Southern  C.  Robertson,  J.  O.  Ashford,  J.  without  a  strike  is  that  the  SIU  Assembly,  of  which  your  Agent  Trading);  Strathport  (Strath­ F.  Lewis,  J.  Neubaurer,  E.  D.  has  been  strong financially,"  is .^iresident,  held  its  regular  •   more);  E.  W.  Scripps  (Istjimian);  Hodges,  D.  F.  Mease,  I.  Beard,  says  Syzmanski.  "The  shipown­ meeting,  but  the  business  wais  i  BUSTER  MILLS  Joseph  Pulitzer  Atlantic),  ers  won't  be  too  anxious  to  take  organizational  and  routine.­ G.  L.  Saylor  and  R.  Brault.  Skpchest;  Laundry  Lkap  Will Be  Among  Servkes  In  New  HQ  Hell  Register  For  Elections  is  Tampa's Plea  It's  Boom  Times  For  Port  Calyeston  �Friday.  Juna  15.  ISSl  TSK  SJ^AFAREHS  L&G  Page  Five  »  "I  SIU Criticism  Very Heipfiii,  Says  NMUer  REPORT  NUMBER  FOUR  • '(Continued from  Page  3)  chiefs,  and  the  rest.  He  has  ta' M  Each  week  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  will  make  its report  to  the  membership  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  go,  cap  in hand,  to social  services'  ^  through ihe SEAFARERS  LOG.  Included will he  the names of  the men  receiving hospital  benefits,  the  amounts  paid,  the  "And  those  oldtimers,  many  of  hospitals  in  which  they  a^e  receiving  treatment,  and  the  total  amount  paid  out  since  the  inception  of  the  plan  on  July  them  who  helped  make  the  1.  1950.  Also  included  in  the  report  will  be  the  names  of  the men who have died and the amounts paid  their beneficiaries.  NMU,  who  are  not  eligible  un­.­ der  this  insurance  company  set­^J  Period  Covered By  This  Report  May  20 ­ June  2  up,  and  who  are  being  cut  oflf' f  from  the  NMU's  hospital  bene­^ ;|  Cash Oil Hand  $243,457.23  fits—what  about  them?  US Government  Bonds  $506,137.54  COMPANY  REPRESENTATION  "The  whole  thing  stinks,  es­.  Estimated  Accounts Receivable  $150,000.00  pecially  if­  you  remember  that;  the  insurance  company  h^s  the!  Hospital  Benefits  Paid In This  Period  $2,961.00  last  word  whether  or  not  a  claim s  Total Hospital  Benefits Paid Since  July  %,  1950  $45,195.00  will  be  paid  under  the  agree­/  ment.  Even  if  the  NMU  wanted*  Death Benefits Paid  This  Period  $4,500.00  to  push  a  member's  claim—andj"  jl  you  begin  to  wonder  about  that) |  Total Death Benefits  Paid  Since  July  t, 1950  $42,500.00  —it  can't  do  a  damn  thing.  The  NMU  can't  represent  us,  and j ­ ­As  of  June  4,  hospitalized  Seafarers  eligibleTor  bene­ Death  benefits  paid  out  since  the  effective date  last  sure  as  hell  the  insurance  com­^  fits  under  the Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  began  receiving  pay­ July  1 now  total $42,500.  Of  this $4,500  was paid  out  in  the  pany  won't.  i|  ments  based  on  the  $10  weekly  rate,  which  was  instituted  two­week  period  covered  by  this  report.  "Keep  blasting  that  setup.,;  by  action  of  the  Plan's  trustees  representing  both  the  One  of  the  exceptional  virtues ^f  the  Seafarers  Wel­ You're  doing  a  good  job  for  us  Union  and  the  steamship  companies.  The  decision  to  raise  fare  Plan  is  its flexibility,  which  has  enabled  us  to  afford  rank  and file  members  of  the  NMU,  and  maybe  with  your  help''  this  benefit  from  $7  weekly  was  made  after  the  trustees  protection  for  many  Seafarers  who,  under  a  rigid  agree­ we  can  get  this  lousy  deal\  found  that  the  Welfare  Fund  was financially  able  to  sus­ ment,  would  have  found  themselves  outside  the  area  of  changed.  tain  the  higher  rate,  and  follows  out  our  original  purpose  eligibility.  "You  can  print  everything  I'  of  granting  Seafarers  the  maximum  in  benefits  whenever  When  it  became  apparent  that  a  number  of  oldtimers  say,  if  you  want  to.  But  I'd  ap­^  possible.  would  not  be  eligible  for  benefits,  because  they  had  been  preciate  it  if  you  would  keep*    The  hospital  benefits  increase  followed  by  several  hospitalized  when  the  Plan  went  into  effect  and,  therefore,  my  name  out  of  it.  I  still  got  to •|  make  my  living  by  going  to  sea,'>  weeks the  trustees' action to double  the death benefits  from  imable  to  work  the  one  day  required  for  eligibility,  the  and  I'd  much  rather  ship  as  a  $500  to  $1,000.  As  will  be  noted  below,  in  the  list  showing  trustees  agreed  to. a  special  list  covering  these  men.  This  union  man,  no  matter  if  it's  al  the  death  benefits  paid  to  beneficiaries  of  deceased  Sea­ hst  granted  eligibility  to  approximately  100  men.  Six  lousy  union,  I  only  wish  I  had i  farers  during  the  period  covered  by  this  report,  three  pay­ names  were  added  to  the  list  by  subsequent  action  of  the  come  over  to  the  SIU  six  years i)||  ments of  $1,000  each were  made  and  three  at  $500.  In  cases  trustees.  Many  of .these  men  have  been  receiving  weekly  ago,  when  I  had  a  chance.  ll ;J  know  it's  too  late  now,  so  I'l®/  where  the  $500  benefit  was  paid,  the  deaths  occurred  be­ benefits  since  the  day  the  Plan  went  into  effect.  \  stuck  where  I  am."  fore  the  effective  date  of  the  increased  benefit.  The  value  of  the  Plan's flexibility  in  providing  such  LIKES  SIU  PLAN  Cash  on  hand  totals  $243,457.23.  As  the figures  above  a  list^is  even more  important  in  view  of  the  fact  that  nine  indicate,  there  is  approximately  $150,000  payable  to  the  of  the men  on  the special  list  died  and  death benefits  were  Before  he  left,  he  commented  Fund  by  the  operators.  This  sum  outstanding  results  from  paid  to  their  beneficiaries.  Except  for  the  fact  that  a  on  the  amazing flexibility  of  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan.  the fact  that  the  operators'  payments for  men  currently  on  special  list  was  possible,  these  oldtimers  would  not  have  "I  just  read  about  you  fellows'  ships cannot  be made  until  the  ships payoff,  and  the  slight  received .hospital  benefits,  and  in  the  case  of  those  on  the  raising  the  death  benefits  and»  time  lag  between  payoffs*and  the  actual  payments.  list  who  have  passed  away,  the  families  would  have  been  jumping  the  hospital  payments; I  Imagine  the  insurance  company i  The. investment  in  United States bonds  which the  Plan  without  the  death  benefit.  increasing  the  benefits.  Why,  that (  purchased  several  months  ago  bear  interest  rates  of  2^  In  looking  over  the  list  of  hospitalized  Seafarers  ap­ would  be  taking  our  money  out J  and  2%  percents.  The  face  value  of  these  bonds  as  listed  pearing  on  thik  page.  Union  members  wiH  undoubtedly  of  their  pockets!"  above  are  $506,137.54  and  wiU  bring  an  annual  return  ot  find  the  names  of  former  shipmates.  Time  hangs  heavy  on  There  wasn't  much  we  could ^  more  than  $10,000  to  the  Fund,  which  will  further  help  to  these  Brothers'  hands  and  a  personal  visit  or  a  letter  to  tell  that guy. He  had  a legitimate^  defray the  already  low  costs of  administration.  them  would  help  keep  up  their  morale.  Letters  should  be  beef,  but  one  that  the  SIU  can­ i  The  $2,961  in  hospital  benefits  that  were  paid  out  in  addressed  to  the  men  at  the  hospital  as  it  is  listed  here.  not  do  anything  about  directly; '  the  period  from  May  20  to  June  2,  brings  the  total  pay­ "Meanwhile,  all  Seafarers  will  be  kept  informed,  All  we  can  do  is  what  we  have v  ments  of  this  type  since  the  Plan  began  paying  out  bene­ through  these regular  reports,  of  all  phases  of  the  Welfare  been  doing—point  out  the  mis­ ­ takes  and  bad  deals made  by thef  fits  to $45,195.00.  All of  these payments  were made directly  Plan's  uperations.  The  trustees  of  the  Plan  hold  regular  NMU  and  other  outfits,  and hopev  to  the  hospitalized  Seafarers  by  representatives  of  the  meetings  to  observe  the financial  status  of  the  Fund  to  that  they  can  and  will  do  soij^e­^  Union's  Branches  throughout  the  District.  check  on all  of  its functions,  and  to­ explore the  possibility  thing  to  straighten  out  a  mess  *  Upon  presenting  the  receipts  signed  by  the  hospital­ of  iuture  increases  in  benefits.  The  trustees  also  maintain  that  is  potentially  dangerous  to  ized  men,  the  Union  was reimbursed  by  the  Welfare  Fund  j^ular  contact  with  the  Administrator  of  the  Plan,  so  all  seamen.  for  all  of  the  payments.  This  is  the .procedure  whir^  the  they  can  keep  abreast  of  every  detail  involved  in  the  ad­ And  we  shall  continue  to  do ,  so.  Plan  employs  and  is,  incidentally,  one  of  the  reasons  for  ministration  of  this  project  for  the  maximum  benefit  of  very  low. operating  costs.  the  men  it  covers.  •  By  PAUL  HALL,  Secreiary­Treasurer,  SIU,  A&G  District;  SIU Welfare  Plan Trustees  ^  J  Listed  ]>elow  are  t!^ Brothers  who have  received  hosidtal  henefits  during  the  period  covered  by  this  two­week  teport,  the  hospitals  they  were  in  and  the  amounts they  were  paid.  Spaulding,  Joseph  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  21.00  Kurd,  John  35.00  Eklund,  E  MANHATTAN  BEACH.  NY  Sullivan,  Timothy  28.00  Vor^e,  Peter  55.00  Vaughan,  Wiiiam  Ashurst,  J.  H.  ..  28.00  • Pron, 'Philip  Atmore,  Robert  28.00  637.00  Widal,  .W.  Blake,  R.  A  28.0(Jt  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  jSruno,  Matthew  McGuigan,  Arch  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  Priscoll,  John  28.00  Lawlor,  James  14.00  Padzik,  John  Edwards,  John  T  28.00  Davies,  John  _.......  .7.00  Koslusky,  Joseph  Espinoza,  Jose  28.00  Page,  William  1  14.00  Quiim,  Robert  Ferrer,  E.  28.00  McCuiston,  W  24.00  Barron,  John  :  Grimes,  Fred  28.00  Cardoza,  Frank  .  7.00  Dudley,  C.  Keenan,  John W.  ................  28.00  De  Vito,  S.  '14.00  Milanesi,  Eugene  Lancaster,  J.  M.  28.00  P'Dowd,  R  7.00  Ames,  O  —  Landry,  F  ;...,  35.00  Gustav,  F  24.00  Prescott,  Jack  ,  Larsen,  Robert  28.00  Pilutis, .J.  —  7.00  Remahl,  E  Lomas,  Arthur  ,  .­.  28.00  Dacey,  C.  24.00  Grangaard,  J.  Lopez,  E.  28.00  Sanchez,  C.  24.00  King,  Peter  i......  McHreath,  David  28.00  Jastrzebski,  W.' —  14.00  Craig,  Frank  ...1...  Makris,  C.  28.00  Cuelle.s,  J.  24.00  Passalasqua,  P.  Milazzo,  Vic...........................  28.00  Grant,  Henry  21.00  Golden,  James  ..  Murphy,  B.  35.00  Cdllisto,  Joseph  7.00  Williams,  J  7.00  14.00  24.00  Watson,  W  14.00  7;00  Katransky,  M  21.00  14.00  Swienchoski,  S  14.00  Blomgren,  J  14.00  21.00  Bones,  A  14.00  21.00  Kimbrell,  D  7.00  14.00  Feliciano,  A  7.00  21.00  Thompson,  H  7.00  14.00  7.00  Beale,  L  21.00  Hall,  Virgil  7.00  14.00  Rios,  A  17.00  14.00  Downey,  Cyril  28.00  21.00  Motus,  F  •  24.00  42.00  Johnson,  V  17.00  21.00  Lopez,  A  :  17.00  28.00  Bergstrom,  Roy  56.00  21.00  Dixon,  Earl  21.00  23  00  Hammer,  John  7.00  21.00  Deoul,  B.  14.00  28.00  (Continued  on  Pdge T)  t- 'Cet Your Papers  The  Union  is  on  record  io  the  ­^ect  that  all  SIU  men  nsust  have  obtained  their  validated seamen's  papers  by  ­a]  August  1.  Anyone  who. does  not  have  .i:\  his  emergency  document  by  the  deadline  date  will  be  unable  to  register  or  ship  from  the  Union  Halls.  ^  Should  any  Seafarer  have  his  application  for  the  vali­ dated  papers  rejected  by  the  Coast  Guard,  he  should  im­ mediately  notify  the  Union  t?j  offices  if  he  Wants  Union  representation  in  an  appeaL  Men  who have  not  yet  ap­ plied  for  Ihess  papers  are  again  advised  to  do  so  at  once.  k  �'•   '  _  "  .  '  •  .  1  •   "  'v  ^­  •   Page Six  y  '  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  No  Payoffs;  The In^Transits  Are  Keeping  Wilmington  Busy  By  JEFF  MORRISON  Watch  Sailing  Board  The  best  conlract  in  the  maritime  industary  mukt  be  observed  in .order  to  preserve  its  benefits.  Included  in  the  SIU's  top. agreement'is  the  ranking clause  dealing  with  sailing­ board  time.  Men  who  miss  their  ships  jeopardise  this  clause  and.  consequently," their  shipmates'  welfare.  Failure  to  be  aboard  a  vessel  at  the  appointed  time­makes  the  offender  liable  to  a  $50  fine.  In  addition,  he  is  open  to  charges  by  his  shipmates  and  other  Union  Brothers.  The  SIU  is  proud  ­of  its  ability  to  make  the  operators  adhere  fully'  to  all  provisions  of  its  contracts.  It  can  do  so  because  it  is  a  responsible  organization  that  upholds  its  end  of  a  bargain.  ^  Men who miss ships  menace  the  Union's continued  progress  ­ in  their  Union  Brothers'  welfare.  Don't  pull  in  the  opposite  direction—get  to  your  ship  on  time!  ' Frldar.  June 15.  I95t  ' f  When  In  Doubt  Or  In  Troubie,  Just log Crow  WILMINGTON,  June  7—There  taking  things  on  the  slow  bell  were  ho  payoffs  in  this  port  in  as  he  recuperates  from  his  re­ By  BEN  REES  the  past  ­two  weeks,  but^  we  cent  illness.  Brother  Wilson"  is  NORFOLK,  June  7—When  in  maintain  that  our  shipping  slo­ back  in  the  running  after  being  doubt  or  in  trouble, log  the  crew  gan  of  "best  in. the  West"  still  in  a  serious  auto  accident.  He's  —that seems to  be the  philosophy  is  valid.  A flock  of  in­transit  none  the  worse, off  for  the  wear  oi  some  Skippers.  As  a  case  in  ships  kept  things  moving  here.  and  tear,  however.  point,  listen  to  the  story  of  the.  The  vessels  responsible  for  the  Lack  of  the  necessary  number  "two  Electricians  on  the  Carroll  activity  were  the  Ala«ar,  Cal­ of  men  prevented  us  from  hold­ Victory  (South  Atlantic),  who"  mar,  and  . Massmar  (Calmar);  ing  the  last  regularly  scheduled  were  logged  $751.40  by  the Skip­ Fairport  and  Raphael  Semmes  membership  meeting.  per.  (Waterman);  Steel  Surveyor  and  This figure  represented  the  Steel  Navigator  (Isthmian);  Tus­ cost  for  subsistence  for  the  en­ kegee  Victory  (Coral);  DePauw  tire  crew,  because  there  was  Victory  (South  Atlantic)  and  electricity  for  the  galley  oil  Seacomet  (Orion).  burner,  which  was  blamed  on  By  LINDSEY  WILLIAMS  no  beefs  among  the  crew  or  dis­1 ports,  recommendations and  reso­ The­  few  beefs  that  existed  the  Electricians.  puted  overtime. This  ship  was^ in! lutions  were  accepted  and  con­ aboard  these  ships  involved over­ NEW  ORLEANS,  June  7—Re­ very  good  shape  and  after  the  curred  in^  unanimously  at  the  What  really  happened  was that'  time  and  a  couple  of  personal  porting  from  down  yonder  in  needed  repairs  she  should  be  in  regular  meeting ­ last  night,  par­ all  the  fresh  water  and  a  good  differences  among  crewmen.  New  Orleans,  the  story  is  still  tip­top  shape.  ticularly  the  resolution  of  the  bit  of  fuel  oil  had  been  pumped  While  it  is  not  Union  policy  to  the  same—plenty  of  shipping  for  over  by  the  Engineers,  none  of  The SS Salem  Maritime  (Cities  Constitutional  Committee.  handle  personality  beefs,  we  did  ABs and rated engine  department  yvhom  had  ever  been  on  a  Vic­ Service)  came  in  for  payoff,  and  .Brother  Lew  Meyers is  in  port  talk  to  the  men  involved  and  men.  tory,  and  the  plant  was  lost  for  the  Patrolman  said  it  was  a  .gOt  them  to  shake  hands.  We  have  done  well  to keep  the  pleasure  to  pay  off  such  a fine  now  after  leaying  the  Del  Valle,  three  days.  where  he  made  several  trips  as  Other'than  that  we  have  no  ships  supplied  and  not  have  any  ship  and  crew—so  hats  off.  to  They  came  into  Norfolk  Chief  Steward.  aches  or  pains  out  here.  sail  shorthanded  or  held  up  due  the  Salem  Maritime  for  a  job  screaming  "Sabotage!"  to  the  Brother  Meyers  is  very  active  to  the shortage  of  men.  FAVOR  DUES  RISE  well  done.  Coast  Guard  and  the  FBI,  who  The  biggest  problem  had  Here in  NO the  Teamsters have  in  the  SIU,  having  been  a  book­ looked  at  it  the  same  way  as  0.  The  news  of  the  increased  hos­' was  to  supply  men  to  ships. in  a  beef" against  the  Holsum  Ba­ the  Patrolman  dicj.  The  Skipper  pital  benefits,  the  new  Vacation  the  Texas  area,  as  the  Texas  kery,  the ­  bakers  of  Holsum  had  tried  to  cover  all  this  with  Plan  and  the  plans  for  the  new | ports  are  practically  bare  of  bread.  The  membership  is  on  the  fantastic  logging—but  all  the  ­  HQ  building  naturally  is  being' rated  mei^.  record  to back  them  in their  beef  logs  were  removed  and  overtime  favorably  received  by  Seafarers  Since  the last  meeting we  have  with  this  outfit,  so  all  members  paid.  out  here.  Sentiment  favors  the. registered 221  members and  ship­ are  urged  to  pass  the  word  on  Shipping  has  been  .good  in  dues  increase  recommended  by  ped  272,  so  rated  men  are  able  and  not  use  Holsum  bread  while  Norfolk,  with  eight  ships  paying  the  two  Quarterly  Finance  com­ to  ship  from  here  at  any  time  in  the  port  of  New  Orleans.  off  in  this  last  period.  mittees.  or  better  yet  to  hit  the  Texas  Also  on­strike  in  the  port" is  The  Western  Trader,  Nikos  ,  One  of  our  very  able  ABs  is  in  ports  and  take  their  pick  of  jobs  the  Radio  Broadcast  Engineers,  and­ Jacob  C.  Harper  (Robin),  B port  at  the  moment.  He's  Merle  or  ships,  as  there  are  plenty  of  Local  Union  1139  of  the  IBEW,  signed  on  new  crews.  jobs  in  that  area.  against  Radio  Station  WWEZ.  In­transit  visitors  included  the  Since  the  last  meeting  we  had  To  date  these  unions  have  not  Shinnecock  Bay  (Veritas),  Stpel  the  following  ships  paying  off  called  on  us  for  any  support  Architect  (Isthmian)  and  the  Al­ here:  Alcoa  Patriot  and  Alcoa  other  than  moral  support,  in  the  coa  Partner. ­  ,  Polarius  (Alcoa);  the  Del  Rio,  case  of  the  Radio  Engineers,  and  There  weren't  enough  men  to  Del  San;tos  and  the  Bertram  asking  us  not  to  use  Holsum  make  a  quorum,  so  the  regular  Goodhue  (Mississippi);  Catahou­ Bread  in  the  case  of  the  Team­ Branch  meeting  could  not  be  la  apd  CarrabuUe  (Cuba  Distill­ sters.'  held,  but  a  special  meejing  was  ing);  Salem  Maritime  (Cities  However,  we  are  on  record  to  called  to  check  the  books  and  Service),  and  the  Tusk6gee  Vic­ back  these  people  100  percent  LEW  MEYERS  shipping  cards  and  to  act  on  the  tory  (Coral).  through  the  actions  of  the  mem­ resolutibn  submitted  by  the  Con­ NO  NOTICE  bership  at  the  last  meeting,  so  member  since  1945.  Lew  has  all  stitutional  Committee.  The  reso­ in  the  event  they  call  on  us  for  Stewards  department  ratings and  lution  was  read  and  discussed  In­transit  we  had  the  follow­ aniy  support  we  will  be  ready,  has  sailed  from  all  coasts  and  thoroughly  by  thoSe  prqsent  and  ing  ships:  the  Alcoa  Ranger,  Ca­ willing  and  able  to  help  them.  ports.  valier,  Pilgrim,  Clipper  and  '  was  concurred  in  unanimously.  Runner  (Alcoa);  Del  Aires,  Del  At  a  special  meeting  yester­ To  those  who  do  not  know  .Around  these  parts  is  Carl  Rio  and  Del  Valle  (Mississippi);  day,  the  membership  in  the  port  Lew  as  Lew  Meyers,  he  is  the  Carlson  who,  in  one  of  those  Steel  Flyer  and  Steel  Executive  of  New  Orleans,  with  several  well  known  wrestler  Lew  Mar­ breeze  shooting  sessions,  recalled  (Isthmian);  Kyska,  Chickasaw,  Brothers  up  to  the  Hall'  from  tinelli.  Lew  is  from  New  Or­ the submarine­air  attack  he  went  Morning  Light  and  Monarch  of  some  of  the  ships  in  port,  went  leans^and  is  trying  to  break  into  through  off  Algiers,  in  1944,  on  the  Seas  (Waterman);  Seatrain  on  record  to  unanimously  ap­ the wrestling  circuit  in this  area,  the  SS  Applegate.  Texas  and  Seatrain  New  Jersey;  prove  the  5  current  issues  and  so  he  can  try  to  be  the  home­ MERLE  A.  DUCETTE  They  were  warned  by  the  events  that  were  in  the  last  is­ town local favorite  or  the villian.  Navy  to  expect  an  attack  at  11  and Strathbay  (Strathmore),  Wliatever  it  takes.  Lew  is  try­ PM  and,  sure  enough,  right  on  A.  Ducette,  who  has  been  a  In  the  sign­on  column  we  had  sue of  the SEAFARERS  LOG.  member  of  the  SIU  since  1945,  the  following:^the  Alcoa  Patriot;  At  the  regular  meeting  the  ing  to  get  back  into  shape  and  schedule  planes  dropped fiares  the  Bertram  Goodhue;  Del  Aires,  membership  again  went  on  rec­ get  back  on  top  of  the  razzle­ and  bombs  and  the  subs  let  go  and  holds  Book  No.  50333.  Del  Valle  and  the  Del  Rio;  and  ord, with  not one dissenting  vote,  dazzle  heap.  While  on  the  Del  their  torpedoes.  Brother  Ducette  is  a  native  the  Catahoula  and  CarrabuUe.  to  approve  the  minutes  of  the  Valle  as  Steward,  Lew  wrestled  The  Applegate  shot  down  one  of  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  For  the  corning  two  weeks  we  special  meeting,  and  the  same  Hombre Montana  in Buenos  Aires  plane,  and  the  other  ships  two  born  23  years  ago.  have  six  scheduled  payoffs  listed  issues  that  were  again  brought  and  defeated­him. Hombre  is one  more.  One  ship  was  sunk  and  Looking  back  over  the  voyages  for  this  port,  but  from  all  indi­ before  the .membership.  of  the  leading  heavies  in  South  another  badly  disabled.  he  has  made  since  going  to  sea,  cations there  will  be  more,  as the  At  the  regular  meeting  there  America.  The  Applegate  was  almost  Merle  recalls  those  made  aboard  MSTS  does  not  give  the  com­ was  no  New  Business  or  Good  blown  out  of  the  water  by  a  Lew  holds  the  African  title,  the  Angelina  as  the  best.  He  so  panies  any  advance  notice  on  and  Welfare,  as  there  was  quite  but  down  here  he  is  the  self­ 500­pound  bomb  that  fell  within  ,  'enjoyed  the  runs  this  Bull  Lines  what  ships  are  coming  in  to  a  bit  of  discussion  in  regards  to  30  feet,  but  suffered  no  serious  styled  French  Market  Champion.  ship  made  to  Puerto  Rico  he  payoff  or  to  load  until  the  day  the  issues  brought  up  under  He  laid  claim  to  this  title  after  damage.  Carlson  said  that  no  .  stayed  aboard  for  a  year.  before  they  are  due.  Headquarters  report  and  resolu­ downing  numerous  quantities  of  magnesia  was  needecM:he  rest  of  Ducette  said  the  crew  was  In  some  cases  they  wait  until  tions  from  Headquarters.  All  re­ raviolis  and  lasagna.  the  voyage.  ­ .good,  the  food  was  good,  and  the  last  minute  to  have,  ships  fethe  run  was  good,  so  naturally  crew­up  and  sign­on  and'try'to  the  ship  was  good.  His  hobby  get  them  out  in  a  couple  of  used  to  be  women  but  he  gave  2jQm.g>  notice. They  seem  to think  that, up  recently  and  got  mar­  ean  get  a  full  crew  in  a  few  Petrolite  (Tanker  Sag  Harbor);iiion  of  the  Corstitutional  Comr  By  BEN  LAWSON  ­  ried.  Anyone  with  any  ideas  for  hours,  but  to ­them  that  is  not  a  Julesburg  (Terminal  Tankers);  mittee  as  read.  a  new  hobby for  Brother  Ducette  ^ard  job  as  their  crews  do  not  BOSTON,  June  6  —  There  is  The  Cabins  (Cabins  Tanker  In­ Also  concurred  in  were  the  I  ahould  drop  bim  a  line  in  care  need  the  necessary  papers  as  in  not  much  to  report  from  this  dustries)—these  thj.'ee  signed  on  Secretary­Treasurer's financial  |  .  of  the  V/Lmington  Hail.  the  case ,  of  private  companies.  port,  outside' of  the  fact  that  again  Ames  Victory  (Victory  reports  ahd  Headquarters  report  shipping  has  been  good  here;  Carriers);  W.  E.  Downing  (State  to  the  membership.  OLDTIMER  ROLLCALL  ships  paying  off  we  had  the  usual  run  of  very  mipor  and  from  what  I  read  from  the  Fuel);  and  the  Lone  Jack  and  As was  reported gibove,  nothing  There  were  a  number  of  old­  beefs  with  not  one  major  beef  other  ports  this  is  nothing  out  Cantigny  (Cities  Service).  of  account  has  happened  here,  |;  timers  on  the  beach  here  during  on  any  of  the  ships  paying  off  of  the  ordinary.  However^  we  In­transit  we  played  host  to'  so after  introducing Larry  Camp­ like  it  that  way  and  hope  that  the  Steel  Maker,  Steel  Designer  bell  and  Gene  Cabral,  who  are  the past  two  weeks. Among  them  or  hitting  here  in­transit^  were  F.  T.  Smith,  J.  A.  McKen­j  There  are  no  beefs  pending  it  sticks.  and  Steel  Apprentice  (Isthmian);  currently  on  the  beach  (but  not  zie,  B.  R.  Boalter,  H.  Cr  HiU,  C.  and  all  ships  crews  that  paid  Seven  ships  paid  off ^n  Boston  Federal  (Trafalgar);  and  the  for  long),  and  asking  their  ship4  J.  Wilson,  W.  E,  Ward;  L,  I.' off  since  thie  last  meeting  should  in  this last  tWo­week  period  and,  Gateway  City,  De  Soto and  John  mates  ^o  write  to  Charlie  Caiil  Wolfe,  R.  McCannon  and  Max  be  commended.  The  crew  of  the  with  the  exception  of  a  few  ov­ B. Waterman  (Waterman).  and  Frank  Dirk.smeyer  in  the  Byei­s.  .  "  '  SS  Tuskegee  Victory  (Coral)  ertime  beefs,  every thing  vy­ent  The  regular  Branch  meeting  Brighton  Marine  Hospital,  we'll  Byers,  by  the  way,  is  still  brought  in a  very good  ship  with  smoothly.  The  payoffs  were;  the  held  here  accepted  the  resolu­ knock  off  for  the  week.  Shipping's  Good Way Down  Yonder In  NO  Cveryth^s  Jast  fme  And  Dandy,  Says  Boston  r;,  •  A  "S  •'  • & 1  m  �'SBE  SEAFAHEHS  L&G  Mobile  Seafarers  Salute  Teamsters For  Strike Win  By  CAL  TANNER  MOBILE,  June. 8­^The  three­ ping  is  very  good  and  that  there  week  old  strike  , of  . the  AFL  is a  continuing need  for  all rated  7.00  Guidish,  Steven  ,;7.00  (QontitmeA  from  P^ge  5)  .  Tank,  William,  Teamsters,  who  were  backed  by  deck  and  engine  men.  7.00  Granziano,  J  7.00  'Thonipson,  K.  W.  We  paid  off  the Iberville,  Mon­ the  SIU  and  the  rest  of  organ­ 14.00  42.00  Cantoral,; E.  7.00  Tickle,  L  ized  labor  here,  ended  in  a  un­ arch  of  the Seas,  Warrior,  Morn­ 7.00  .1  LA  GEN. HARBOR  HOSP.  Isaac,  E.  ,  10.00  Young,  C.  B  ion  victory  over  the  Dixie  ing  Light  and  Fairhope  (Water­ 7.00  LOS  JCNGELES, CALIF.  Bozalewsid,  S.  10.00  AUmon,  J. B.  Dairies.  man)  and  the  Alcoa  ships.  Pit.  Beaudry,  L.  7.00  Porter,  James  R.  :.  7.00  Gardner,  William  10.00  grim.  Runner,  Clipper  and  Cor­ We're  happy  to  report  that  the  Graham,  M.  E. *.  —  7.00  US  littRlNE  HOSSPITAL  sair.  Teamsters  Local  991  won  reiia^­ 7.00  MOBILF,  ALABAMA  998.00  HarreU,  W.  B.  statement  of  all  strikers  and.  has  The  Warrior,  Pilgrim  and  Hogan,  R.  E.  7.00  Christensen,  B  7.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  *  LaperousCi  A.  J„  7.00  KimbreL  George  —  7.00  been  recognized as exclusive  bar­ Ruimer  signed  on  again,  as  did  :  FT.  WORTH.  TEXAS  7.00  gaining  agent  for  the  workers  the  Edward  Scripps  (Isthmianl  7.00  Douglas,  Horace  Lyons,  Jesse  J  294.00  McLaughlin,  William  ....  and  the  James  B.  Duke  (Mis­ Beams,  T.  7.00  involved.  .  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  sissippi).  Pickets  have  been  withdrawn  /•   252 Oft  MEMPHIS,  TENN.  us MARINE  HOSPITAL  28.00  from  the  company's  plant  and  One  ship  called  here in­transit  Hegarty,  John  B.  J,  14.00  Morris  Alpert,  business  agent  of  during  the  past  two­week  pe­ FT.  STANTON,  NEW  MEXICO  TOTAL  HOSPITAL  Ratcliff,  R.  A.  r...  28.00  Woods,  Gidlow  ;  28.00  This  Period  $2961.00  991,  said  that  all  details  of»  an  riod.  She  was  the  Chickasaw  agreement  would  be  worked  out  (Waterman).  >28.00  42.00  McDonald,  Donald  with  the  company  within  the  28.00  IMPROVEMENT  BEERSHEAD  STATE  HOSP.  Pritchard,  E,  L  Death Benefits  Paid  next  15  days.  Shively,  Clarence  D  28.00  '  SALISBURY,  MARYLAND  The  Union  succeeded  in  get­ Carr,  L.  R  1000.00  The  Seafarers  salute  their  fel­ Lucas, Michael  J.  28.00  ting  new  mattresses  placed­ 112.00  Carter,  James  1000.00  low  unionists  in  Local  991  for  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  aboard  the  Alcoa  passenger ships  Menodiado,  V.  500.00  their  successful  strike,  which  we  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.  for  the  use  of  the  imlicensed  SEATTLE,  WASHINGTON  Moulay,  Robert  500.00  regard  as  a  victory  for  all  or­ Thurman,  Henry  28.00  personnel.  7.00  O'Connor,  Daniel  500.00  ganized  labor.  The  beef  was  • Rinius, C.  J  14.00  Leverman,  Egon  The  SIU  is  continuing  to  meet *;  fought  to  win  union  recognition.  Adcock,  D  7.00  Pittman,  James  1000.00  Binnemans,  C  7.00  all  manpower  demands  made  by  The  second  piece  of  good  news  7.00  Rivera,  R  7.00  McNulty,  Joseph^  its  contracted  ships,  through  a  ,  14.00  4500.00  Mobile  has to  report  is  that ship­ Doyle,  James  7.00  Judd,  Edwin  system  of  close  cooperation  with,  the  other  Branches  in  this  area.  63.00  The  NMU,  however,  is  not  able­ BRIGHTON  MARINE  HOSP.  to  man  its  ships  in  the  Gulf °  BOSTON,  MASS.  area.  :  By  EARL  SHEPPARD  for  a  relief  for  as long  as  three  Three  members  were  brought  McKay,  J.  P  14.00  At  our  last  regular  member­;  days  without  having  to  quit  his  up  on  charges  for  discussing  Un­ McDonald,  M  49.00  BALTIMORE,  June  O—This  is  jolv  providing  he  has  cleared  it  ion­policy  in  the  bars. Apparent­ ship  meeting,  the  membership  my  first  report  since  having  Brennan,  John  7.00  with  the  head  of  his  department.  ly  there  are still a  few  members  adopted  the  motion  to  put  ther'  Dirkesmeyer,  Frank  7.00  been  assigned  by  Headquarters  question  of  proposed  constitu­­ to  administer  the Union's  affairs  Now,  just  because  you  have  who  are  not  aware  of  the  fact  tional  amendments  to  balloting  77.00  in this  port  while Bjcothec  Curly  caUodi the  job. in does  not  mean  that  it­not  only  is  a  violation  of  on  a  District­wide  basis.  Theyr  Rentz  is  out  on  a  leave  of  ab­ that  you  can  shove  off.  You  are  Union regulations  to  discuss  con­ US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  sence  fpr  hospital  . treatment.  supposed  to  wait  for  such  rehrf  troversial  Union  issues  in  bars,  also  concurred  in  the  Headquar­ BALTIMORE,  MARYLAND  or  issues  which  if  slightly  twist­ ters  report  to  the  membership,;  Dalton,  Jack  7.00  Here's  wishing  Curly  the  best  to  show  up  on  the  ship  before  ed  or  misunderstood,  might  bring  and  the  Secretary­Treasurer's fi­,  Mitchell,  P.  A  7.00  of  luck  and  a  regl  speedy  re­ you  leave.  Furthermore,  you  should  make  the  Union  into  ill  repute,  but  it  nancial  reports.  Handley,  L  ­  7.00  covery.  is  also  a  definite  sign  of  lack  of  Among  those  who  expressed?  Sullivan,  V/illiam  7.00  As  for  the  affairs  in  the  port,  proper  arrangements  with  him  respect  for  your  Union.  great  satisfaction  with  the  new?  Tonnison,  E  7.00  shipping  continues  at  a  good  to  see  that  he  gets  paid  when  Your  Union  has  spent  thous­ Vacation  Plan  was  oldtimer  W.  Mills,  Samuel  H  ,  "7.00  pace.  Much  of  the shipi^g was :he  puts  in  his  time.  The usual  ands  of  dollars  renting  and  buy­ A..  Young.  Young  pointed  out,  Copani,  R  28.00  on  the  Ore  Line  ships,  but  there  practice  is  to  leave  the  money  ing buildings  from  which  to  con­ that,  the  SIU  has  accomplished i  Omohundro,  Charles  7.00  were  other  companies  and  other  with  the  department  head.  The  rate you  pay  is the stand­by  rate  duct  the  Union's  business.  We do  a  great  deal  in  the  past fivej  Uusmann,  0  14.00  _runs  in  the  picture.  not  pay  rent  to  gin  mills  and  years,  and. has. taken  the  lead  inj  Gregory,  Charles  7.00  On the payoff  side  we had  the  as contained  in  the contract.  winning  top  wages,  working con­ At  the regular  Branch  meeting  therefore  should  not  conduct  Ring,  Arthur  R.  ...............  14.0tf  Steelor^  Cubore,  Venore,  Mar­ ditions  and  welfare  benefits.  business  there  either.  Karpinsky,  John  14.00  ore,  Bethore  and  Beltore;  the  held  on  June  6,  Brother  Rentz  . —  • Cox, Arthur  L  ­TOO  Mae,  Marina  and  Edith  (Bull);  was  elected  Chairman,  A1 Stans­ PRQTECT UNION WELFARE Martinez,  RichardT  —  14.00  the Abiqua  and  Winter Hill  (Cit­ bury  was  Reading  Clerk  and  The  Trial  Committee  which  Campiere,  Peter  14.G0  ies  Service);  Robin  Hood;  Devils  Leon  Johnson  was  Recording  heard  these  charges  recommend­ ed  that  measures  strong  enough  La  Foe,  John  21.00  Lake  Victory  (Bloomfield),  and  Secretary.  the Atlantic Waters  (Mar  Trade).  There  was  no  New  Business  toi  prevent  reoccurence  of  such  182.00  Signing  on  were  the  Abiqua,  but  a  resolution  concerning  pay­ incidents  be  taken,  so  that  the  and  all  the  Ore ships;  the  Steel  ing  off  in  Lake  Charles  in  em­ weKare  of  the  Union  and  its  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  SAVANNAH.  GEORGIA  .  Age  (Isthmian), ""and  the  Joikn  ergency  onty  was  accepted  un­ members  will  be  protected.  Pro­ per  topics  for  discussion  in  gin  Turberville,  S.  (7.  14!o0,  B.  Waterman  and  Hurricane  animously.  Another  res«i4ution,  submitted  mills  are  girls,  wine,  whiskey,  (Waterman)  J   Peacock,  Ivey  7.00  The  in­transit  ships  visited  by  the  Constitutional  Committee  horses  and  sports,  but  not  Union^  Bruggner,  F.  J  7.00­ were  the  Hastings,  Kyska,  Mo­ was  read  and  after  considerable  business.  Let's  remember  that  Harris,  R  17­00  bilian  and  De  Soto  (Waterman);  discussion  was  accepted,  w^h  and  save  a  Trial  Committee  the  trouble  of  telling  it  to  you  in  45.00  the  Robin  Wentley  anjd  Robin  only  one  man  opposed  to  it.  Gray;  the  Frances  and  William  During  the  discussion  it  was  a  manner  which  wiU  be  very  VA  HOSPITAL  CORAL  GABLES,  FLORIDA  James  (Bull);  Seamar  (Calmar);  pointed  out  that  although  SIU  displeasing.  All in all,  this interesting  meet­ Cabrera,  Reino  35.00  Anniston  City  (Isthmian);  Lynn  bookmembers  have  the  best  con­ Victory  (Dolphin),  and  the  Sou­ ditions  in  the industry,  have  the  ing ended  at  8:45  with  205  mem­ US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  thern  Cities  (Southern  Trading).  finest  operating  Union  in  mari­ bers  present.  GALVESTON,  TEXAS  Hodge,  E.  D.  ­  21.00  It  has  always  been  the  policy  time  and  have  consistently  been  In  the local  drydock,  collecting  Mease,  DonaM  F.  21.00  of  the  Union  to  get  rid  of  gas­ able  to  ship  without  difficulty  benefits  for  hospitalization  un­ Beard,  L  17 00  hounds  and  performers.  It  has  even  in  slow  shipping  periods,  der  the  Welfare  Plan  are  "One  W.  A.  YOUNG  i  Arras,  J.  ..r;.:........—.—...... ­..  14.00  also  been  Uniou  policy  not  to al­ they  were  still  paying  the least  Round"  King,  Andrew  Pickur,  Saylor,  G.  L.  —  7.00  low  any  drunks  in  the  Union  dues of  any of  the marine unions.  G.  B.  Gundersen,  Warren,  Lewis  "This is due to  the steady hand  on  the  wheel,"  says  Young.  This  Robertson,  C  14.00  Hall  for  any  reason  whatsoever.  When  the  NMU  membership  and  Clinton  Dean.  Lewis,  Joseph  F.  14.00  In  fairness  to  all,  let  it  be  was  starving,  and  that's  not  just  By  coincidence  the  weather  latest  victory,  according  to  the  Neubauer,  J  7.00  known,  that  although  there  is  a  a phrase either,  when the  MFOW  here  was  the same  as  it  was five  oldtimer,  "is  a  far  cry  from  the­ Roberts,  E.  E,  —  7.00  new  administrator  in  this  port  was  calling  us  for  jobs,  SIU  miles  out  of  town.  When  it  rain­ old  way  where  a  man  had  to  go  Ashford,  John  O. ...—7.00  there  will  be  no  new  policy  bookmen  were  shipping  with  ed  there,  it  rained  here.  When  to  the  company  office  and  take;  it  got  hot  there,  it  was  hot  here.  a  lot  of  guff from  a  paymaster  concerning  anyone  who  comes  relative  ease.  (The  Editor  asked  for  weather  and  then  end  up  by  not  getting  into  the  Hall  drunk  or  half­ The NMU  went so far  as to  bar  119.00  anything.  reports—^well,  he's  got  it.)  drunk,  other  than  that  he  may  all. its  alien  bookmembers.  US  MARINE  HOSPITAL  "Now  a  guy  will be  able  to go  Several  of  the  local  oldtimers  be  put  out  in  a  new  manner.  One  member  argued  that  now  NEW  ORLEANS, LA.  to  the  Hall  and  pick  up  his  va?­ were  in  port  during  the  past  There  is  too  much  work  to  be  was  the  "time  of  plenty"  and  he  Cantrell,  J. D.—14.00  cation  payr^^Thafs  the  way  to  two weeks.  Earl Smith,  P. Lynch,  was  therefore  decidedly  in  favor  done  as is,  without having  to put  Cara,  Wilson  O.  14.00  do  it,"  Young  concluded.  C.  J.  Knight  and  a  coupl4  of  of  the  resolution  to  raise  the  up  with  some  member  who  is  in  Chahoc,  P.  T.  7.00  Cruz,  ^gelio .—14.00 his  cups  and  wants  to  know  dues,  sa  that  if  we  ever  had  to  guys  named  Flynin  and  Cobb  In  addition  to Brother  Young,  oth^  oldtimers  on  the  Mobile­:  Gross,  E.  E. ...  14.00  what  happened  to  some  ship,  he  fight  the  shipowner  in  tough  were  among  that  gang.  Hackett,  J. J.  14.00  missed,  and  why  should  he  pay  times, someday  in  the future,  we  Well,  fellows,  guess  that  the  beach  at  present  are the  follow­ Kelly,  Daniel D.  14.00  the  usual  fine  for  same  when  would  be  more  than  well  pre­ above  will  be  considered  enough  ing:  F.  E.  Hobin,  S.  Pin/or,  Ki  (if  not  too  much)  for  the  time  Huller,  W.  Werneth,  M.  Costeltov  pared.  Lagan,  Hugh  F.  ——  14.00  he  was  only  in  a  gin  milL  '  I^ang,  Leo  14.00  If  you  want  to drink  kt Balti­ It  must  be  remembered,  also,  being.  If  you  have  any  sugges­ A.  R.  Velasco,  A.  Langevin  A.  DiNicola.  ;  j  tions  as  tft  what  type  of  news  that  with  a  better  reserve  fund,  Long,  J.  C.  y  7.00  more  (and  we  all  do),  stayj the  Four Seafarers  are in  the locai  ;  you  would  like  to  hear  from  the:  Union  can  venture  out  into  Mauffray,  A  • ....  7.00  heck  away  from  14:  N.  Gay  new­  precticea  and  ideas  which  this  port,  drop V  us  a  line.  Better  Marine  HospitaL  They  are  J­ Parksi  K.  t  7.00  Street,,  2iid  and  3rd  flO«?vs.  will  be of  greater  benefit  to  the  yet,  come down  in  person. Ship­ Jones,  H.  Pittmaia,  Tim  Burke  TTie  shipping  rules  allow  a  Raana,  Karl,  14,00  and  H.  D.  Sullivan.  ping  is  good.  membership in  general.  crewmember  to c,alt into  the If all  Ray,  Claude  14­00  >  •  Baltimore Barks Constitutional Amendments  �m  '.  Pag* Eiglii  THESE AF  ARE RS  LOG  I/.'  FUdajv  Jun* 18«  I8S(  .  ^ 1  Robin Trent Nine Slugs The Army sapped Betwisen Them Pron  Sees  Mowbray Men, 12 To 7  His  Way  Out  Gif  Hospital  In  a  bruising  Memorial  Day  contest,  the  SS  Robin  Trent  baseball  team  downed  the  highly  regarded  Robin  Mowbray  squad  in  Xourenco  Marques.  The final  score  The  sight  of  his  left  eye  restored  through  the  gener­ was  17  to  5.  Qsity  of  a  Union  Brother,"  —  *  The  Trent  nine racked  up  their  Seafarer  Phil  Pron  left  the  Qoacfar  rirjawniATI  " markers  with  21  hits,  while  OCcKM/ai  their  pitchers,  Don  Ephraim  and  Staten  Island  Marine  Hos­ Tfianlr  Msi<rt111QATI  (Speedy)  Reid,  limited  the  pital  last  week,  navigating  Xllctllli.  magllUOVll  Mowbray  batters  to  seven  hits.  the  steps  without  guidance.  On  T*  TT  losers  tpade  four  errors  Accompanied  by  his  mother,  1; Ul  J; IgilL  vrll  X"JJ.  ^jth  fheir  opponents  playing  er­ Anna,  and  a  brother,  John,  Bro­ Passage  of  the  Magnuson i  ther  Pron  went  to  his  Jersey.  ,  ,  ij  1  1­  The  holiday  meeting  between  City  home  "to  rest  up"  and  bill,  which  would  legalize I  t^o  of  the  Robin  Line  ships  on  then  decide  what  he  wUl  do  in  hiring  halls  of  the  seafaring  the  South  African  run  took  the  future.  unions,  is  essential  to  the  wel­ j Place  on  the  diamond  of  the  First  on  Icon's  program  was  fare  of  seamen,  crewmembers  of  Lourenco  Sporting  Club  and,  ac­ big  home  dinner.  Later  the  the  SS  Seaslar  declared  in  a  cording  to  D.  Jones  of  the  Trent  same evening he  attended  a party  The  Rowe  bzolhers.  Bill  (left)  and  Harry,  as  they  appeared  letter  to  the  measure's  sponsor.  crew,  the  game  was  the  "talk  with  Seafarer  Eric  Joseph,  who  during  a  meeting  in  the  New  York  Hall  recently.  Bill,  who  of  the  town."  donated  the  cornea  which  doc­ In  behalf  of  his  shipmates,  had  sailed  SIU  as  FWT  for  IVz  years  was  on  furlough  from  tors  transplanted  to  Phil's  eye.  .  Ship's  Delegate  Rocky  Milton  Extending  the  traditional  ges­ When  Phil  left  the  Marine  told  Senator  Magnuson  that  the.  ture,  the  winners  invited  the  the  Army,  which  he  entered five  months  ago.  Harry  sails  as  Hospital  doctors  and  nurses  were  Seafarers  aboard  the  Triton  downfalien  Mowbray  men  to  a  AB  and  has  been  a  Seafarer  for  the  past  four  years.  on  ­hand  for  the  big  farewell.  Steamship  Company  vessel  Were  celebration  at  one  of  the  port's  inns,  where  the umpires  declared  The  story  of  Joseph's  generous  grateful  for  his  part  in  trying  to  they  would  "rather  referee  ten  contribution to  a  fellow  Seafarer,  legalize  the  hiring  hall  and  for  wrestling  notches  than  one  ball  whose  sight  had  been  despaired  arranging the  hearings; scheduled  game  between  two  Robin  Line  of,  had  been  made  known  na­ for  this  month,  on  the  proposed  team^,"  Jones  reported.  tionally  by  the  newspapers.  amendment  to  the  Taft­Hartley  Trent  pitcher  Bob  Reid  was  The  large  screen  television  sets  donated  by  Baltimore  Pron  and  Joseph  met  in  the  law.  the first  casualty  of  the  game.  Marine  Hospital  when  the  lat­ Signing  the  letter  with  Milton  He  twisted  his  ankle  while  tak­ Seafarers  for  the  u­se  of  patients  in  the  Marine  Hospital  ter  was  admitted  last  January  were  Deck  Delegate  E,  Pagazzi,  Jhg  a  vicious  cut  at  a  slider.  He  were  a  sight  for  sore  eyes.  The  gifts replaced  small  screen  for  treatment  to  his  damaged  Engine  Delegate E.  P. Burke  and  was  relieved  in  the  second  in­ right  eye.  When  he  learned  that  «­ table  models.  Steward  Delegate  H.  E.  Fossett.  ning  by  Don  Ephraim.  however.  When  time  arrived  for  Pron's  sight  was  failing  as  the  SIU  member  Dick  Martinez,  one  of  the  patients  to  be  ope­ result  of  a  shipboard  injury,  Jo­ The  Seastar  letter  said  that  The  Mowbray's first­sacker  who  was  a  patient  in  the  Balti­ rated  on  he  refused  to  leave  the  seph  offered  to  give  the  cornea,  legalization  of  the  hiring  hall  bruised  both  his  ankles  and  was  more  hospital  when  the first  set  ward  for  the  operating  ­room  which  was  still  undamaged,  "so  would  knock  out  the  "red­tape"  followed  to  the first­aid  station  was  put  in  his  ward,  said  that  until  the  TV  program  he  had  that  both  of  us  can  see  when  that  the  T­H  law  has  bound  by  Hunky  Gretski,  Raviolo  Pin­ he and  the rest  of  the lads  "were  been  watching  was  completed.  we  get  out  of  here."  around  the  maritime  unions.  accio,  Chop­Chop  Korsa  and  T.  very  happy"  over  the  presenta­ .  Repeating  what  so  many  Sea­ Without  the present  hiring meth­ V.  Muntz,  all  of  the  Trent  According  to  the  surgeons  who  ,  tion.  Martinez  said  that  three  farers  have  stated  before  him,  performed  the  operation,  the  ods,  seamen  could  not  continue  squad.  to  improve  their  welfare  or hold  ^ Jones  expressed  thanks  to  more  sets  were  to  follow  for  Mdrtinez  said  that  he  found  the  transfer  was  successful.  Although  on  to  their  present  gains,  the  Gretski  foi*  arranging  the  game,  other  wards.  Baltimore  Marine Hospital  staffed  Pron's  vision  is  somewhat  blur­ Seastar  Seafarers  said.  to  Purser  O'Neill  for  seeing  that  Speaking  for  the  hospitalized  throughout  by  cooperative  and  red. at  present,  doctors  have  pre­ "The  working  conditions  and  all  gear  was  avsulable  anjd  in  seamen  in  Baltimore,  Martinez  friendly ,  personnel.  "It  rates  dicted  that .it  will  improve  with  time, and  that  he  wiU  be  able  the  seciuity which  labor itf striv­ shape,  and  to  Captain  Simpson  said  that  "the  Brothers  of  the  among  the  best,"  he  said.  "Everyone  does­  his  best  to  to  support  himself.  ing  for  are  jeopaurdized  by  the  of  the  Trent  for  obtaining  a  Baltimore  SIU  Branch .  rate  a  make  you  comfortable  and  to  brother  Josepl,  who  has  been  existing  T­H  provisions,"  Milton  launch  to  bring  his  team  to  the  round  of  applause  for  making  help  you  get  well  as, quickly  as  fitted  with  a  plastic  eye,  intends  informed  Senator  Magnuson.  life  more  pleasant  at  the  hos­ game  from  anchorage.  possible."  to  continue  sailing.  pital."  TV Sets Donated By SIU Men  Are  Sight  For  Sore  Eyes  Painting Up And Down  The  Alamar's  Rocky  Crasso  (on  deck)  and  Benny  Wilson  (on  ladder)  are  caught  by  the  camera  as  they  proceed  to  spruce  up  the  Calmar  ship.  The  photo  was  submitted  along  with  the  'copy  of  the  minutes  of  the  latest  shipboard  meeting  held  aboard  the  Ala­ mar.  The  minutes  Indicated  that  the  Alamar  crew  is  on  the  baU,  particularly  with  re­ spect  to  educational  discus­ sions.  The  lads  heartily  en­ dorsed  the  program  by  which  Headquarters  forwards  to'all  ships suggested  topics  for  ship­ board  educational  meetings.  The  medical  staff  also  found  the  sets  contributed  by  the  SIU  men  a  boon.  Nobody  leaves  the  ward  anymore  while  there's  a  program  on  the  air  and  the/doc­ tors can  make  their rounds  with­ out  missing  a  patient.  Martinez  said  that  the  doctor;  were  faced  with  one  problem  On The Cold Coast  Taddei Seafarers  Blank Reds, 4­0  Seafarers  hitting  Rotterdam's  Chinatown  should  steer  clear  of  a  grog..shop called  the  Old  Lucky  Star,  advises  Sal  (Blackie)  Can­ dela  of  the  SS Taddei.  "It  seems  that  they  might  be  ; commies,  since  they  don't  like  Americans and are  always having  trouble,"  says  Candela.  "Five  of US  were  in  this  joint,  including  yours  truly,  when  one  of  the  local  barflies  threw  a  drink  at  the  Bosun  —  for  no  reason.  When  this  happened  aU  hell  broke  loose  for  about five  minutes.  "Whitey"  Alsobrook  (left)  and  Jean  Latapie  pause ­ fox  a  "When  everything  was  quiet  street  photo  during  a  stopover  at  Takonadi, ­British  West  again,  the  score  was  SIU  —­  4,  local commies  — 0," according  to  Africa.  Photo  was  submitted  by  their  shipmate­G.  B;  Gillespie  .uf­the­MV­Del­Sol.  Candela.  �Friday.  Juaa 15,  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Nine  "''' Jif  Of  SIU  Ship  Meetings  STEEL  AGE  (Xrihmiiut),  AprU  30  —  Chairman,  Hoberi  Canior;  Secretary,  Oscar  Biain. The  crew  is  oh  record  supporting  the  Un'  ion's  position  on  the  "March  of  Dimes"  and  each  man  will  con­ tribute  as  much  as  he ­can.  The  Steward  requested  that  all  linen  U'lal  isn't  being  uoed  be  tuirit:u  over  to  hi|n  so  as  to  help  him  with  his  inventory.  Literature  from  Headquartem  on  thf  un­ loading  of  cargo  by  crewmem­ bers  in  foreign  ports, was  read  ­and  accepted.  S.  i.  t  SALEM  MARITIME  (Cities  Service), April  26—Chairman,  Jo­ seph  Scrammuzza:  Secretary,  C.  Middleton.  Delegates reported  on  numbei'  of  books  and  permits  in  each  department.  Ship's  Dele­ gate  read  a  report  on  the  "March  of  Dimes"  and  urged  all  members  to  donate  as  much  as  they  can.  The  guys ,were  asked  to  take  better  care  of  the  ship's  washing  machine.  Various  sug­ gestions  made  on  keeping  'the  ship  cleaner.  conduct  themselves  on  board  port  hole  screens  as  they  were  ship  and  also  in  foreign  ports.  only  ordered  for  the  deck  de­ partment,  This  will  be  taken  4  4  4  HURRICANE  (Waterman),  care  of.  A  discussion  was  held  April  22  —  Chairman,  F.  concerning  educational  literature  Peskuric;  Secretary,  P.  Whitlow.  sent  out  from  Headquarters  m  Delegates  report  no  beefs  other  New  York.  This  literature  was  than  repairs  and  slopchest.  well  received  and  tbe  crew  is  of  Motion  to  take  up  with  Patrol­ the  opinion  that  this  practice  on  man  the  inadequacy  of  the  slop­ the  part  of  Headquarters  should  chest.  This  was  done  in  New  be  continued  by  all  means.  York  and  the  company  was  told  exactly  what  the  crew  wanted,  EILEEN  (Mar  Trade),  AprU  29  but  it  was  not  put  aboard.  Mess­ —Chairman,  R.  Godwin;  Secre­ rooms  to  be  locked  at  nights  in  tary,  N.  W.  Kirk.  Delegates  re­ port,  both  foreign  and  stateside,  port  that  everything  is  shipshape  and  the  keys  to  be  given  to  the  in  their  departments,  with  no  Watchmen.  P.  Whitlow  elected  beefs  so  far.  A.  Smith  elected  both  Deck  Delegate  and  Ship's  Ship's  Delegate  by  acclaim.  It  kJt/  /4u^US+ 1  IK]  Delegate.  was  decided  that  the  Skipper  be  4  4  4­ requested  to  put  out  the  draw  ROBIN  TUXFORD  (Robin),  in  Japan  in  US  currency  instead  April  22  —  Chairman,  D.  Mc­ of  yens  or  scrip.  It  was  suggest­ Keel;  Secretary,  John  Logan.  ed  to  the  Steward  that  he  put  Departmental  Delegates  report­ out  shower curtains  and also  that  ed  there  were  no  beefs  other  he  should  try  to  get  fresh  vege­ than  some  disputed  overtime,  tables  and  fruit  in  Japan.  which  mostly  concerns  a  delayed  4  4  4.  sailing.  It  was  requested  that  the  ROBIN  KETTERING  (Robiq),  deck  department  secure  the  April  15—Chairman,  J.  TUIey;  washing  machine  to  the  bulk­ Secretary,  George  Leidemann.  head  as  a  safety  measure.  Departmental  Delegates  reported  ROBIN,  GRAY  (Robin  Line).  on  number  of  books  and  permits  March  21  —  Chairman,  Nick  4  4  4  SPARTANBURG  VICTORY  in  each  department  and  also  re­ Swokla;  Secretary,  Peter  Gard­ (Bloomfield),  April  29  '—  ported  no  beefs  in  their  depart­ ner.  Under  Good  and  Welfare  it  Chairman,  Tony  Kaviska;  Sec­ ments.  Bob  Gushue  elected  was  agreed  that  the  laundry  reta^,  Walter  J.  Walsh.  Dele­ Ship's  Delegate.  It  was  suggested  room  would  be  cleaned  by  each  department  on  a  weekly  basis.  DEL  VALLE  (Mississippi)  chase  a  larger  supply  of  stores  gates  report  no  beefs.  Chief  En­ that  a  suitable  place  be  foimd  It  was  suggested  that  in  the  April  8—Chairman,  Bob  Creel;  in  England  and  also  to  try  to  gineer  promised''to  take  care  of  for  the  ship's  library  and  the  Suez  Canal  toilets  and  showers  Secretary, Lew  Meyers. Delegates  furnish  ice  cream  twice  weekly.  the  cold  water  for  showers  and  Ship's  Delegate  is  to  see  the  * should  be  kept  locked  as  a  sani­ all  reported  disputed  overtime.  Crew  was  asked  not  to  leave  basins.  It  was  moved  that  no  Mate  about  this  matter.  It  was  one  will  be  permitted  to  work  suggested  that  the  stewards  and  tary  measure.  Also  that  port  Educational  matter  from  Head­ Iclothes  hanging  in  messroom.  over  ship's  side  while  the  ship  deck  departments  clean the  laun­ holes  be  kept  clamped  as  the  quarters  of  the  Union  read  and  4  4  4  is  in  motion.  If  the  job  is  too  diy  inasmuch  as  the  engine  de­ GREEN  STAR  (Trades),  accepted.  Crew  takes  the  posi­ natives  there  have sticky fingers.  difficult  to  handle  from  the  partment  uses  the  machine  be­ April  29  Chairman,  Wal­ tion  that  disrupters  and  anyone  Cots  which  are  to  be  issued  by  the  Steward are  to be  brought  in  trying  to  create  dissension ~ have  ter  Sibley;  Secretary,  Raffael  ship's  deck  it  can  wait  until  the  low.  and  not  be  left  on  deck  during  no  place  in  the  Union.  It  was  Martini.  Delegates  reported  on  ship  is  in  port.  It  was  decided  to  4.  4.  agreed  to  see  if  it  were  not  pos­ books  and  permits  in  each  de­ buy  a  washing  machine  in  South  CXPE  MOHICAN  (Mar­An­ working  hours.  sible  to  buy  better  stores  in  partment.  Crew  on  record  to  re­ America  if  they  are  available.  cha),  April  29—Chairman,  Joseph  »  »  »  quest  Union  to  try  to  have  all'  W.  Stephen;  Secretary,  Bernard  4  4  4  STEEL  DESIGNER  (Isthmian),  Buenos  Aires.  Second  Cooks  changed  to  Night  ALAMAR  (Calmar),  April  29  Toner.  Engine  Delegate  reported  March  9  —  Chairman,  A.  G.  FORT  BRIDGER  (US  Petrol­ Cooks  and  Bakers.  The  Ship's  —  Chairman,  E.  Hogge.  Ship's  eight  hours'  disputed  overtime  Brown;  Secretary,  Hector  Con­ eum),  April  22—Chairman,  Paul  Delegate  made  a  short  talk  on  Delegate  reported  that  he  in  his  department.  Crew  wants  rad.  Delegates  reported  no'beefs  Arthofer;  Secretary,  R.  Beale.  It  how  the  crewmembers  should  saw  the  Mate  about  ordering  Patrolman  to  speak  to  Skipper  outstanding. Suggestion  that  each  was moved  to have Patrolman  in­ about  full  draw  allowances  in  man  using  washing  machine  to  vestigate  profit  percentage  on  foreign  ports  and  it  was  suggest­ clean  it  after  use.  Ship's  Dele­ ed  that  the  draw  list  should  be  gate  to  see  the  Captain  about  the  slopchest.  Pamphlet  on  "Di­ prepared  24  hours  in  advance.  It  having  crew  quarters  painted  be­ V i d e d  Responsibilities"  from  was  moved  to  have  the  Ship's  Headquarters  read  and  accepted  fore  arrival  in  the  States.  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  SIU, A&G  District  Delegate  collect  contributions  for  A  vote  of  thanks  was  given  the  %  t  X  Douglas  2­8363  the  "March  of  Dhnes."  He  is  to  SEATTLE....  86  Seneca  St.  STEIE:!.  MARINER  (isthmian),  Stewards  department  for  an  ex­ BALTIMORE  <4  North  Cay  St.  Main  0290  have  contributions  listed  on  a  AprU  6  —  Chairman,  R.  F.  Ken­ cellent  Job.  WUUam  Rentz,  Agent  Mulberry  4540  BOSTON  276  State  St.  WILMINGTON.......440  Avalon  Blvd.  scroll  and  get  official  receipt  nedy;  Secretary,  Gordon  Hayes.  #  4  4  4  Terminal  4­3131  Ben  JLawson,  Agent  Richmond  2­0140  KYSKA  (Waterman),  April  John Bowdon elected  Ship's  Del­ 105  Broad  St.  from  the  Patrolman  for  the  con­ Dispatcher  Richmond  2­0141  NEW  YORK  BOwling  Green  9­3438  tributions.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  egate.  Departmental  Delegates  29  —  Chairman,  C.  L.  While;  CALVESTO;^  308'/5—23rd  St.  the  Cooks  for  the fine  food  was  Secretary,  Roy  Poole.  Delegates  reported  on  books  and  permits  Keith  Alsop,  Agent  Phone  2­8448  Great  Lakes  District  LAKE  CHARLES,  La  1419  Ryan  St.  given  by  the  entire  crew.  reported  no  beefs  in  their  de­ in  their  departments,  and  also  Keith  Terpe,  Agent  partments.  Communication  from  reported  everything  ship­shape  4.  4.  4.  1036  W.  5th  St.  MOBILE..,  I  South  Lawrence  St.  ASHTABULA  TRINITY  (J.  M.  Cartas  Inc.).  Phone  4­8831  insofar  as  beefs  are  concerned.  Headquarters  read  concerning  Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Phone  2­1754  .10  Exchange  St.  April  14—Chairman,  McDonald;  Observed  'one  minute  silence  for  "March  of  Dimes,"  and  it  was  NEW  ORLEANS  523  Bienville  St.  BUFFALO.  N.Y.  Phone  Clevelan'd  7391  Secretary,  Pete  Piascik.  Dele­ agreed  that  each  man  donate  as  Lindsey  Williams.  Agent  departed  Brothers.  2602  Carroll  St.  Magnolia  6112­6113  CLEVELAND.  much  as he  can.  Frenchy  Michel­ Phone  Main  0147  gates  reported  on  number  of  ^  t,  NEW  YORK  51  Beaver  St.  1038  3rd  St.  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ SOUTHPORT­(South  Atlantic),  et's  article  on  improvement  of  HAnover  2­2784  DETROIT....'  Phone  Cadillac  6857  partments  and  reported  no  beefs.  AprU  22  —  Chairman,  Johxiny  the  Stewards  department  was  NORFOLK........... 127­129  Bank  St.  Headquarters  531  W.  Michigan  St  Chermesino  elected  Ship's  Dele­ Phone  4­1083  DULUTH  Bragg;  Secretary,  J.  H.  Tulimor.  read  with  great  interest  and  it  Ben  Rees,  Agent  Phone  Melrose  4110  PHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  John  W.  Parker  was  elected  was  well  received.  683  S.  2nd  St.  gate  and  McDonald  was  given  a  S.  CarduIIo,  Agent  Market  7­1635  MILWAUKEE  Phone  Broadway  2­5017  vote  of  thanks  for  a  good  job  Ship's Delegate.  The crew  reports  4  4  4  SAN  FRANaSCO.....450  Harrison  St.  SOUTH  CHICAGO  3261  E.  92nd  St.  done  as  past  Ship's  Delegate.  An .  DEL  CAMPO  (Misrissippi),  that  this  is  a  good  feeding  ship.  Lloyd  Gardner,  Agent  Douglas  2­5475  Phone  Essex  5­2410  extra  forecastle  for  the  watch  in.  SAN  JUAN.  PR.....252  Ponce  de  Leon  April  29  Chairman,  D.  A.  It  was  suggested  that  the  re­ Sal  Colls.  Agent  the  black  gang  was  discussed.  It  pair list  be  got  in plenty  of  time  Ramsey;  Secretary,  W.  A.  Perry.  SAVANNAH  Canadian  District  2  Abercorn  St.  was  voted  to  purchase  additional  to  send  in  froftKthe  last  port  of  Communication  read  and  accept­ E.  B.  Tilley,  Agent  Phone  3­1728  463  McGill  St.  recreational  equipment  out  of  2700  let  Ave.  MONTREAL  discharge.  Various  suggestions  ed  on  the  "March  of  Dimes."  SEATTLE  MArquette  5909  Seneca  4570  the  ship's  fimd.  |  made  on keeping tiie  washrooms  Bosun  spoke  on  the  need  for  co­ Ray  Oates.  Agent  ..128H  HolUs  St.  TAMPA.  1809­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  HALIFAX.  N.S..  operation  between  all  depart­ Ray  White.  Agent  ,  4>  4.  a>  _•   q  clean."  Phone  3.  8911  Phone  2­1323  ments.  He  said  that  it  takes  co­ WILMINGTON. Calif...440  Avalon  Blvd.  FORT  WILLIAM.. 118^5  Syndicate  Ave.  LONE  JACK  (Cities  Service),  Phone  3­322 1  April  29—Chairman,  Bill  Cham­ MANKATO  VICTORY  (Vic­ operation  on  the  part  of  all  to  Jeff  Morrison.  Agent  Terminal­^4­2874  PORT  Ontario  COLBORNE  103  Durham  St.  HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St.,  N.V.C.  plin;  Secretary,  Bernard  Kimber­ lory  Carriers),  March  15—Chair­ have  a  good  ship.  Ship's  Dele­ Ontario  Phone  5591  SECRETARY­TREASURER  ly. Delegates  reported  there  were  gate  asked  the  guys  not  to hoard  man#  "^. Baylor; Secretary,  A.  C.  TORONTO.  Ontario  86  Colbome  St.  Paul  HaU  Elgin  5719  a  number  of  different  kinds  of  the  books  from  the  library  in  Mitchell.  Delegates  reported  no  ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  VICTORIA,  B.C....617H  Cormorant. St.  beefs  that  would  have  to  be  *  their  rooms,  but  to  bring  them  beefs  in  their  departments.  Deck  Earl  Sheppard  Empire  4531  straightened  out  by  the  Patrol­ back  so  others  can  read  them,  Delegate  reported  that  overtime  HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES  VANCOUVER.  B.C...565  Hamilton  St.  was  being  split as  evenly  as pos­ Pacific  7824  man  at  the  payoff.  It  was  moved  4  4  4  Joe  Algina  Robert  Matthews  SYDNEY,  N.S  304  Charlotte  St.  to  make  a  voluntary  contribution  •  SWEETWATER  (Mar­Trade),  Joseph  Volpian  sible  among  m^bers  of  the  de­ Phone  6346  to  the  "March  of  Dimes."  Dif­ partment.  Membefs  asked  to  be  April  29  ­^  Chairman,  Ray­ BAGOTVILLE.  Quebec  20  Elgin  St.  SUP­ ferent  suggestions  were  made  on  a  little  quieter  at  meal  times  So  mond  Ruppert;  Secretary,  Phone  545  :  the  Messman  would  have  less  Tim  McCarthy.  Ship's  Dele­ HONOLULU  37  Ormont  St  keeping  the  ship  cleaner  for  the  .....16  Merchant  SL  THOROLD,  Ontario  Phone  3­3202  benefit  of  all  hands.  A  lengthy  |  Phone  5­8777  trouble  iix  getting  the  orders.  It  gate  reported  he  asked  the.  Cap­ m  W.  Dumside  St.  QUEBEC.... 113  Cote  De  La  Montague  discussion  was  had  on  the  cook­ was  suggested  that  anyone  hav­ tain  to  have  the  radio  repaired  PORTLAND  .  Beacon  4336  Quebro  Phone  2­7078  ing  a  beef  should  take  it  to  his  foi  the  crew  and  the  Skipper  RICHMOND,  Calif.,,...,...257  9th  St.  SAINT  JOHN,...177  Prince  WiUiss­.  St  ing,  inasmuch  as  there  had  i>een  ..  bepartmental  Delegate  before  assured  I'lim  it  would  be  done.  N.B.  ­  Phone  2­3049  some  rancid  bacon  served.  PhoiM  2599  Steward  promised  to  try  to  pur­ (Continued  on  H)  ;  .  • taking it  further.,  ­• ­   •  *^Jhe rt^embershtp  ^^(fsihsitcfou  mu&f­ have t/cwr  • 11  V^liWafed  papers  order  be ab/e  ­te rebister and  shipWer+hat  cjlerfe. I­fyodhaNfe  r\otalre^clsij "  Hbr +f)eMi ­te i  CcastGuarclfdo  soa­Tonce^!  Directory  Of  SIU  Halls  �p89» T«n  TEFB  iSBABARBRB  B&G  JUro^lK  i95l  '  a>^  ­ RiEMBEIISBIP SPEJIKS  NMU Welfare Plan's Freeze  Of Oldtimws Stuns Member  Kirk Men Keep In Trim  then  you  really  know  you've  something  that  is  tops.  r  That  letter  that  a  bunch  of  What  a  difference  in  the  feel  NMU  oldtimers  are  sending  ings  of  the  SIU  oldtimers  and  around  to  all  the  Marine  Hospi­ the  oldtimers  in  the  NMU.  Our  tals  and  which  was  printed  in,  Union  didn't  forget  our  guys,  the LOG  sure  teUs a  rough story.  the  part  they  helped  to  play  Those  NMU  oldtimers  are  really  building  the  Union  and  piaving  out  in  the  cold.  the  way  to  better  canditions.  V Since  reading  the  letter  I've  NOT. FORGOTTEN  talked  about  the  NMU  Welfare  Elan  and  the  SIU's  plan  to  some  When  we won  a Welfare  Plan,  of  the  fellows  I  know  who  carry  the  SIU  made  sure  that  they  a book  in  the  NMU  and  I  learn­ were  the first  toi  get  benefits,  ed  that  nobody  in  that  union  even  though  they  weren't  elig­ feels.. like  they've  got  a  good  ible  imder  the  agreement.  deal.  Now  we  hear  a  bunch  NMUers  who  were  among  the  Brother  McConnell.  AB,  aboard  the  SS  Robin  Kirk,  holds  TOO  MUCH  first  to  join  that'imiqn  tell  how  still  while  a  barber  elh»  away  carefully.  la  photo  RIGHT,  ^ost  of  them  say  there  are  too  many  restrictions. Like  they  were  completely  left  out  of  Edwards,  AB.  relaxes  in  the  wheelhouse.  Photos  were  sub­ you've  got  to  work  20  days  be­ their  Welfare  Plan.  No  wonder  mitted ­by  Lawrence  Price*  a  member  of  the  SIU  affiliated  fore  you  can  get  any  benefits.  they're, hot—and  they've  got  the  Seaforers  Guuds and  Watchmen's  Union  of  the  West  Coast.  And  then you  can  only  get  bene­ sympathy  of:  every  American  fits  for  13  weeks.  And  what  seaman,  no  matter  what  union  bothers  most  of  them  is  the  fact  he  belongs to.  that  all  the  oldtimers  who  were,  It  makes  the rest  of  the  NMU  in  the  hospital  when  the  NMU  guys  wonder  just  how  far  their  T^elfare  Plan  went  into  effect  outfit  will  go  in  protecting  their  To  the  Editor*  ing  to  the  Union  was  evt insur­ vor  of  the  dues  increase  recom­'  interests.  Right  now' they  don't  are  out  of  luck  altogether.  It's  a  funny  thing  but  there  ance  for  me,  and  a  protection.  mended  by  the  Finance  Commit­ ,  .1  was  reafly  amazed  to  hear  seem  to  have  much  faith.  The  Union kept  getting me  high­ tees.  In  fact,  I  would  have  fa­',  these  things,  I  realized  that  As  a  member  of  a  Union  that  was­  a  time,  and  not  too  Irmg  er  wages  and •   improving  my  vored  it  long  ago.  the  SIU's  Welfare  Plan  is  re­ protects my  interests all the way,  ago,  when  I couldn't figure  how  working ,  conditions  and  I  was  garded  as  the  best  in  the  indus­ I  can't  say  that  I  don't  blame  people  could  spend  a  buck  on  enjoying  a  higher  standard  of  The  way  I  look  at  it,  our*  something  for  which  they  didn't  Union  is  no  different  than „ a,  tiy, but  when  you hear  the  NMU  them.  living  all  the  time.  get  an  immediate  peck^^e  in re­ business  or  a  person.  It  has  to^  J.  R.  (ScoUy)  Heath  guys  themselves  tell  you  that,  Gradually  I  found  that  the  meet  prices  lhat  have  been  go­ turn.  Buying food, entaiainment  and  Umen  was  wini^ng  new  kinds  ing  up  continually,  and  our  dues;  drink  was  something  1  coulid  of  security for  me,  like  the  haven't  changed  sihce  1946..  understand  because I'd  see  what  fare  Plan, benefits  in  ease  I  had  We've  been  getting  more  and  was  getting  and  it  made  me  to  go  to  the  hospital  and  the  more  for  every  buck  we  invest  $1,000  insurance  foe  my  bene­ as  dues.  We are  getting  a  bigger:  • eel and live  better.  ficiaries  in  case  something  hap­ return  for  our  dugs  dollar  thansj  Almost  just  the  opposite  was  'iy>  the  Editor:  my  lwofher4n­law  who  was  al­ pened  to  me.  And  now  the  new  ever  before.  Well,  it  has  been  a  couple  of  ways  trying  to  show  me  how  Vacation  Plan,  guaranteeing  me  If  we  want  this  to  continue,j  >  months  since  we  of  the  SS  WiL­ he was  being smart  by  investing  two  weeks  vacation  pay  every  and  I  think  all  of  us=  do,  wet  Ram  Burden  set  sail  from  Nor­ few  bucks  in  insurance.  He  year.  So  now  I'm  sold  on  this  'should  make  sure, we  fortify, our:  t  folk.  We  have  a  swell  gang  used  tot  sajf  he  was. hwesting  in  business  of  investing  in  my  own  organization  so  that  it  will  be  security.  aboard this  old  T­2 and  as things  his own  security. >  sure  of  being  able  to  continue  '  are  going  along  pretty  good  so  I  didn't  get  to  understand  a(Fhe  reason  I'm  writing  this  the  job.it has been doingso  welli  far we  cannot complain. We  have  what  he  was taking  about  imtil  to  you.  Brother  Editor,  is  be­ for  all  of  us.  .  signed  18  months  articles  so  we  became  ^  Union  man,  and  cause  I  hope  you'll find  space  If  you  ask  me,  I  don't  even  do  not  know  how  long  we  will  foimd  out  what  secucity  meant,  in  the  LOG  so  I  can  tell  my  think  a  thing  like  this  should',  be  out.  saw  how  the dues  I  was  pay  Union  Brothers  why  I'm  in»fa­ have to  be  voted on.  I  can't  see­ We  have  a  lot  of  oldtimers  on  liow  any  guy  in  his right  mind,  the  ship  and  of  course  a  lot  of  could  vote  against  it.  'When . I  gOj  new  boys,  who  are  trying  to  into  a  store  to  buy  a  suit,  or  at  learn  the  ropes.  We  have  with  drink,  or  go  to  a  movie,  I  no.­,  us an oldtimer  who  in  the  early  tice  that  the  prices  are  way  up :  ftoties,  was  a fighter,  and  a  over  what  they  were  only  a  good  boy.  His  name  is  George  couple  of  months  ago.  Yet  I  pay  By  FRANK  (I'll­Got­Ovor­It)  BOYNE  Jones  and  he's  from  Norfolk.  it  and  don't  beef.  I figure  that  my  dues  dollar  Jones' fighting  name  was  Each  night  before  I  go  to  bed  is  my  way  of  protecting  myself  Frank  Conway,  ^e  is  some­ Upon  your  picture  tears  I'll  shed,  against  this  stuff.  The  Union,  t  what  of  a  hero  on the  ship.  He  sees  that  my  wages  are  kept  in.  was  working  with  his  partner  Instead  of  crying ,in  my  beer  line  with  prices  and  wins  me,  when  the  other  feUow  slipped  I'll  just stay  home and  shod  a  tear.  extra  benefits  to  boot.  and  good  old  George saved  him  Old  man  Winston  Churchilli  The  tears  will  cotirse  tm  down  my  cheek  from  a possibly  bad injury,  One  of  the  hands  helping  to  made  a  lot  of  smart  remarks:  George  has  just  returned,  to,  Each  time I take a little peek;  make  the  SS  William  Burden  during  the  last  war  about  the  sea  and  is  trying  to.  make  The face  that once I held so  dear  a  smooth­running  SIU  ship  is  British  peoifie.  If  you  (and.  good  SIU  man,  in  which  we  all  Will fade  with each  ensuing tear.  George  Jones,  shown  here  as  Churchill)  wiU  allow  me,  I'd­  •   wish  him  luck.  like  to  sum  up  the  advantages:  Most  of  the  gang  came  on  in  he  c^peared  when  he  fought  And so as times: go by  I guess  of  membership  in  our  Union­ Eoston  and  Bfdtimore,  and  we  in  the  ring  under  the  name  of  Your picture'!! he a soggy mess,  this  way:  '  ace  all  getting  along  swelL  All  Frank  Conway.  Then I'll  realize  life is  vain  Never did  so many get  so much  send  regards  to  Ben  and  Jim,  for  so  little.  To think this mess  could  bring me pain.  SEAFAI^^S' LOG,  for the  way  also  Gene  in  Boston.  I'm  referring,  of  course,  !o  the  All  hands  want  to  thank  the  we  have  been  receiving  the  pa­ How  this  photostatic,  pulpy heap  dues  we  pay  as  compared  to the  per.  Keep  it  up.  benefits  we  draw.  Let's  vote  this  CQU14 make me lose a good  night's sleep?  We  received  a  letter  with  a  increase  100  percent.  We're  deal­ Just as. wi& tears; your picture laded  Ships Delegates  banner from the March  of  Dimes.  inig  with  our  own  security.  ^ with the years  you'll become  jaded.  Aboard ship­ the arm of the  We  will  try  to send  in  our  share  Johnny  Wesse)  ..  this  trip.  Let's  hope  all  ships  do  Union  is  the  ShhiM'  and  De­ (Ed.  note:  Your  views  '  ­As your red  locks with  grey are  blended,  ^  partmsnt  Delegates.  A  good  the  same.  well put.  Brother,  except wL­  .  ITl offer thanks for  gjecvices rendered;  Well,  that  will  he  all  for  this  cxew,  tor  its  own  protectiear  you  say  "I  don't  even  think  time.  Will  let  you  all  know  how  Even as my thanks fall due  its Driegatea early, and  a  thing  like  this  should  have;  *  carefully. Have  you and your  thills go  later  on.  ITI go  get me..another yotti  to he  voted on."  All sudt  mat­ Charlie Murphy  shipniate*'elect^  ye«i«  Dele*  ters  are  decided  by  the  mem­ ;  A you that's not strictly from hunger:  ;  SS  William  Burdan  gates?  Ifnoti do it »owl  hei^p hi  accordaifce  with  fhg  SbolUtaroai, Fiwglawd  Chm  ten years youngerc, ..li.  j  Union: tionitittU^^  To  Ihe  Editor:  SIU Men Get Most For Hues Dollar, He Sayst  Favors  Increase  To  Strengthen  Security  The  SS  Burden  Is  Anything  But  That To Her  Hep  Crew  Leg'A'Rhytkm  Why  Cry For  You?  I  �r;'.'yvsC­'^^­.:;.­\';_i.  Friday,  June  15.  1951  Army  Units  Wetl  Stocked  With STU Men  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Eleren  Liberal Pact Seen Assuring  Success  Of  Vacation  Plan  On The Run To Rio  To  the  Editor:  the  agreement  in  last  ^week's  LOG  I  felt  that  here  was  some^  fo  Ihe  Editor:  In  the  June  1  issue  of  the  thing that  had  been  written down  SEAFARERS  LOG  Brothers  Vic  very  clearly  and  that  was  not  "  I am  anxious to  read  the  book,  Miorana  and  Dick  Keene  wrote  intended  to  get  people  fouled  up.  "Seafarers in  World  War  II," and  the  Welfare ^  Plan  and  the  would  like  to  know  if  you  WRITTEN  FOR  SEAMEN  ".  ,  Vacation  Plan.  Miorana  said  the  Since  the  Vacation  Plan  is  Would  send  me  one?  Welfare  Plan's  increased  bene­ modeled  after  the  Welfare  Plan,  ­  I  am  going  to  radio • o  ­epair  fits  were  a  great  inorale^Looster,  we've  gotj  an  agreerrierit  that"^  itohool  here  at  Camp  Gordon,  and  Keene  said  the  Vacation  looks  like  it  will  be  liberally  ad­ and  I  am  not  the  only  one  who  Plan  was  won  because  we  have  ministered. When  our  agreements  looks  forward  to  my  receiving  a  strong  Union.  I  agree  with  are  written,  they  certainly  are  the  LOG.  both  of  them.  written  with  seamen  in  mind.  It  seems,  from  what  I  have  But  in  the  Vacation  Plan,  The  SIU  agreements.  Welfare  f  seen  of  the  Army  since  I  was  which  is  the  newest  thing  I have  and  Vacation  Plans were set up to  drafted  in  November,  that  the  to  get  used  to  enjoying,  I  think  get  all  the  men  in  on  benefits  merchant  marine  is  pretty  well  we  have  something  that  ought  and  not  keep  anyone  out.  represented  here.  _  show  that  they  were  set  up  to  The  trustees  who  worked  out  I saw  some  service  during  the  and  Vacation  Plan  agreements,  the  Vacation  Plan  agreement  latter  part  of  the  last  (?)  war,  to  work  out  line.  After  reading  rate  a  word  of  appreciation  for  so  if  things  come  to  the  point  putting  down  something  that,,  that  they  will  begin  to  release  everyone  can  follow  without  the  experienced,  rated  men,  please  help of  a  lawyer.  let  me  know.  Four  Del  Monte  shipmates  pose  on  deck  for  the  qgmera  Agreements  like  that  have  a  Vernon  L,.  Whitney.  of  shipmate  Ed  Sepulveda.  Left  to ­right:  Mauterstock,  AB;  helluva  lot  better  chance  of  Camp  Gordon,  Georgia  Walker,  Engine  Utility;  Benson,  AB,  and  Beverly,  AB.  working  smoothly  to  the  satis­'  faction  of  all  concerned  than  the  5  cute  ones  loaded  with  double­ To  ihe« Editor:  meanings.  You  know  the  kind,  ^  "the  party  of  the first  part agrees  .  )  The  SIU  members  of  the  Bal­ To  the  EdilOh  ing  entered  the  Armed  Forces  My  last  voyages  before  enter­ that  the  party  of  the  second  timore  port  have  lost  a  good  I received  the latest  edition  of  after  graduating  school.  Most  of  ing  the  Air  Force,  were  aboard  friend  in  "Whitey"  Slifker  of  part,"  and  so  on.  the SEAFARERS  LOG  the other  them  have  no  idea  of  what  a  the  SS  Robin  Tuxford,  and  the  108  N.  Ellwood  Avenue,  who  The  way  our  Welfare  Plan  is  day,  and  would  like  to  take  this  trade  union  is,  what  its  benefits  SS  Robin  Kirk.  Cpl.  John  D.  Marchilto.  died  suddenly  on  April  14.  He  workmg  out­  proves  what  I'm  opportunity  to  thank  you,  your  are,  or  how  it  operates.  was  buried  April  18  in  Park­ trying  to  say  about  the  ­Vaca­  :•   AF  12342848,  4111th­ staff,  and  all  those  responsible  I  wonder  if  it  would  be  at  all  tion  Plan.  J  Armament  &  Electronics  wood  cemetery,  Baltimore.  for  the fine,  prompt,  and efficient  possible  if  you  could  send  me  Joe  . Dembrowski  Sqdrn.;  9th  Bombardment  Whitey  was  morning  bartender  manner  that  I  have  been  re­ some  of  the  various  literature  Baltimore,  Md.  .1  Wing  (M),  Travis  Air  at  the  Lorraine  Tavern  under  that  the  SIU  has  written  ,  on  ^  ceivmg  it.  Force  Base,  California  the  Hall  at  14  North  Gay  Street.  As  a  rule,  mail  call  here  in  these  matters,  and  also  a  copy  Seafarer In Army Wants  1  of  the  present­day  agreement.  (Editor's  note:  A  copyjjf  the  the  service,  is  an  everyday  rou­ Bernard  Snow  and  several  There  are  a  few  fellows  who,  "Seafarers  in  World  Wax  II"  tine  affair.  But  once  every  two  others  of  the  members  went  LOG,  Shipmates'Letters |  weeks  I  am  treatd  to  a  very  I'm  sure,  if  given  a  fairly  good  and  the  educational  material  around  to  make  a  collection  for  To  the  Editor:  5  special  occasion  when  the  SEA­ idea  of  what  it  is  like,  would  you  requested  are  on  their  flowers,  which  were  some  of  the  like  to  go  to  work  aboard  the  way  to  you. The  contract  is  in.  best  we  have  seen.  An  anchor  I  am  a  bookmember  of  the  JPARERS  LOG  arrives;  SIU  who  was  drafted  into  the  ships of  the  US merchant  marine,  the  process  of  being  reprinted  PUTS EVERYTHING  ASIDE  and  I  think  they  would  in  time  and  will  be  forwkrded  as  soon  about  5  feet  tall  by  3  Teet  wide  Army  on  October  11,  1950,  and  I  All  other  matters  are  immedi­ become  honest­to­goodness  mili­ as  it  is  off  the  press.  We  hope  was  of  carnations  and  lilies  in  would /  like  to  have  the  SEA­ red,  white  and  blue.  There  was  ately  set  aside  at  that  time,  so  tant  Union  men.  you  are  successful  in  getting  also  a  huge  wreath  with flowers  FARERS  LOG  sent  to  me.  that  I  may  devote  every  ounce  A  lot  of  married  men  with  the meaning^of  imionism across  I  would  also  like  to  get  a  few  of  interest  to  reading  and  en­ family  responsibilities  have  ap­ to  the  men  in  your  outfit.  spelling  SIU.  letters  from  some  of  my  old  Four  SIU  members  served  shipmates;  so  please  put  this  in  joying  each  and  every  article  proached  me  on  this  matter  and  Whether  or  not  wy  of  them  among  the six  pallbearers.  These  the  LOG  so  that  they  all  can  see  and  story.  Each  edition  is,  to  I  am sure  that  they,  in  all  earn­ become  seamen,  whatever  they  me,  the  equivalent  of  a  thirty­ estness,  would  make  good  Union  do  they  will  be  better  off  as  were  B.  Snov/,  "Popeye"  Mc­ it  and  drop  me  a  few  line.^.  Crackerf,  Frick  and  George  It  sure  would  be  good  to  get  day furlough,  for,  as  I  relax  and  members,  being  of  sound  and  members  of  trade  unions.  read  the  various  stories  of  my  mature  natures.  some  news  about  what  is  going'  4  (Now,  as  to  the  chances  of  Rieier.  A  separate floral  display  was  on  in  and  on  our  Union  ships.  Brothers  at  sea  and  in  foreign  .  In  closing,  I  would  also  appre­ shipping  through  the SIU,  that  ports,  I  am  carried  away  and  ciate  it  if  you  could  print  a  no­ will  depend  on  conditions  in  sent  by  Betty,  Jimmie,  Bill  Bar­ Frank  F.  Reese,  11  envision  myself  as  being  with  tation  in  the  LOG,  asking  if  any  the  industry  when  they  are  rett  and  "Streamline."  All floral  US  54022894  them  once  more ­ and  enjoying,  of  my  former  shipmates  would  discharged  from  the  Air  Force.  pieces  were  placed  at  Whitey's  Co.  C  180  Inf.  Regt.  myself  to  the  fullest  as  they  care  to  write  to  me,  as  I  would  The only  advice  is  to check  at  grave.  40  Inf.  Division  travel  to  the  four  winds.  APO  6,  c/o  Postmaster  B.  Snow  greatly  appreciate  hearing  from  the  SIU  Branch  nearest  their  Further,  each  edition  is  in  it­ them.  San  Francisco,  Calif.  Baltimore,  Md.  homes  when  they  get  out.)  fedf  a  milestone,  as  it  records  the.  ­passing  of  another  two  weeks,  which  means  that  the  days and  weeks are  rapidly fleet­ ing by  and  soon  I will  be  among  the  countless  numbers  of  GIs  who  will ­  some  day"  return  to  To  rhe  Editor:  out, too,  but  Tony's  needk Ameri­ against  the  Japanese  during  in  Masinloc,  the  Huks  pulled  ^  the  sea  under  the  banner  of  the  can  recordings  for  it.  The  ad­ the  Philippine  occupation,  the  night  ambush  and  killed five  This  vessel,  the  SS  Quartette,  dress  is  Tony,  Manager,  Nagoya  Huks  were  originally  known  American­ GIs  and  others  in  an  SIU.  In  your  recent  editions,  I  is  a  Mobile­bbneyard  Liberty  Seamen's  Club,  Nagoya,  Japan.  as  BUDC,  meaning  Barrio  automobile  party.  It  seems  that  couldn't  help  noticing  the  write­ and  we sailed  from  there to  New  One  of  the  photos  shows  a  (town)  Unit  Defense  Corps.  bagging  an. American  is  equiva­ ups about  the new  publication  of  Orleans  in  February,  then  loaded  volunteer  guard  in  Masinloc,  Lu­ When  the  Japs  discovered  the  lent  to  a  promotion  for  them.  zon,  P.I.  where  the  Hukbalahaps  BUDC,  which  had  been  slay­ Needless  to  say,  I  hope  that  any  the  SIU,  "The  Seafarers  in  soybean  for  Japan.  Enclosed  are  some  pictures  of  are  doing  a  job  of  killing,  kid­ ing  Jap  invaders  by  the  hun­ SIU  seamen  going  down  that  ..World  War  n."  our  trip,  on  which  Bedroom  napping,  robbing  and  every  dreds,  the  name  was  changed  way  will  walk  gently  and  speak  WANTS  COPY  Steward  Tom  Willis  and  I  colla­ other  crime  in  the  book.  These  to  Hukbalahap,  the  deriva­ softly  while  there.  '  I do riot  know  if  you  have  es­ To  counteract  the  Huks,  each  ;;|  borated.  The  pictures  of  "Tony,"  islands  are  infested  with  these  tion  of  which  is  as  follows:  tablished  the  policy  of  sending  Philippine  community  has  crea­ her  club  for  seamen  and  the  Hucbong  —  a  group;  laban .—  pro­commie  bands.  They're  a  these  booklets  through  the  mails,  against;  hapon  —  Japanese.,  ted  a  force  of  home  guards  and  others  that  were  taken  in  JsTa­ leftover  group  of  the  guerrillas  but  if  so,  I  would  greatly ..ap­ many  of  the men  who loaded  our  goya  will  be  looked  for  in  the  JThe  first  letters  of  each  wgrd  who  sniped  at  Jap­occupation  preciate  one,  having  sailed  on  ship  hurried  home  at  the  end  LOG  by  our  crew.  were  strung  together  to  make  forces  until  the  islands  were  SIU  ships  for  ­17  months  during  of  the  day to  stand  guard. It  was  Hukbalahap,  or  a  group  liberated  by  the  US  Army.  After  Tony  treated  us fine  (she  paid  World  War  11.  nice  to  know  these  guys  were  against  the Japanese. Since  the  General  MacArthur  turned _  over  a  $1.50  cab  bill for  me  one  night,  Also,  I  am  almost  daily  asked  numerous  questions  by  various  let  me  have  cigarettes  and  a  the  reigns  of  government  to  the  end  of  the  war,  Huks  have  around.  At  any  rumor  of  Huks  members of  this an^ other squad­ drink  on  the  cuff).  We  feel  she  newly­created  Philippine  Repub­ fallen  more  and  more  under  in  the  vicinity,  they'd  gladly  es­ rons  about  the  merchant  marine.  rates  a  little  publicity  among  lic,  the  Huks  (would  you  please  the  influence  of  the  commu­ cort  you  to  your  ship.  They'd  There  seems  to  be  so  many  of  seamen for  things aren't  too good  explain  .  this  name)  promptly  nists  who  are  seeking  to  ex­ use  a  bottle torch—a  small  bottle  them  wrio  have  a  million  differ­ at  present.  The  few  remaining  started  their  reign  of  terror.  We  ploit  conditions  on  the  island  containing  kerosene,  illuminated  ent  ideas  of  what  the  merchant  GIs  in  the  area  swear  by  her,  Americans  who  "only  know  of  under  the  guise  of  nation­ by  a  wick.  This  proved  your  mission  was  a  friendly  one,  for  marine  is  like,  and  how  it  ope­ for  her  prices  are  well  below  them  through  very  brief  men­ alism.)  the  Huks  carry flashlights.  If  The  Huks  are  a  desperate,  tion  in  our  papers,  on  the  radio,  the  jacked­up  ones  that  prevail  rates.  you  had  no  bottle  torch,  you  well­disciplined,  armed  group.  would find  these  small  commu­ in  the  harbor.  She  has  four  or  There  are  also  quite  a  few  who  have  asked  me  how  they  five  girls  who  wait  on  tables and  nities like  Masinloc  armed  camps  What  arms  they  lack  are  ac­ fashioned  a  substitute  out  of  could  go  abbut  obtaining  jobs  also  sing  and  dance  native  style,  with  guards  protecting  them  quired  by  the  raiding  of  isolated  bamboo  cane,  the  tip  of  which  police  stations  and  even  federal  had  been  dipped  in  oil,  then  on  ships  and  what  their  chances  entertainment  that  is  well  worth  against  Huks.  (Editor's*  note:  According to  armories—even  in  the  suburbs  lighted,  or  out  of  suga^  can^  would  be.  A  lot  of  them  are  the  price  of  the  refreshments  which  will  burn by  itself.  our  expert.  Seafarer  Ed  Ben­ of  Manila  itself..  yoprig  fellows,  who  have  never  alone;  While  we were  taking on  cargo  (Con(muedonPag0  12)'  A  beat­up  phono­radio  helps  der,  who  ted  a  guerriWe  group  worked  a day  in their  liyes, hav­ /  I  Baltimore Mourns  'Whitey' Slifker,  Seafarers' Friend  Log Is Like Furlough To Corp. Marchitto  Quartette  Crew's  Softball  Victory  Over  'Billie­Boys'  Is  Highlight  Of  Colorful  Voyage  To  Far  Eastern  Ports  �#as« Twelifie  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Caiif<»iiia Charity Hospitd  Rapped For Foul Conditions  Seaforers Now  Fzidar.  Jun*  15.  1951  'Lest We Forget,'.  Brother Urges  More On Old Days  half­hitches  around  his  nmning­ To  the  Editor:  gear  and  bring  in  a  basket  and  On  May  12,  1951,  I  was  taken  throw  the  stiff  in  the  basket  for  r  Lest  we  oldtimers  forget,  or  off  the  SS  Amerocean  at  San  the  morgue.  the  newer.^  men  don't  know,  I  iPedro,  California,  with  pneu­ It  has  never  been  intended  for  hope  the  COG  will  run,  from  monia,  and  sent  to  the  Seaside  this  hospital  of .the  "living­dead"  time  to  time,  articles  describing  Hospital  at  Long  Beach,  Cali­ to  be  used  for  medical  treatment  the  "old  days"  at  sea.  fornia, ^fter  I  Aff^*txaniined  I  for  American  merchant  seamen.  I'm  always  interested  in  ar­ was  transferred  to  the  "Charity  The  attitude  of  the  Port  Medical  ticles  like  those  written  by  Louis  Hospital,"  Harbor  General  Hos­ Director  seems  to  be  that  all  Goffin  in  which  he  tells  of  some  pital  at  Torrence,  California.  merchant  seamen  are  "charity  of  the  conditions  aboard  ship  I  was  admitted about  noon  and  cases." A  man of  this type  should  before,  the  SIU  came  into  exist­ put  on  a  table  and  had  to  lay  be  removed  from  office  as  he  ence—of  the  days  when  seamen  there  about  two  hours  without  has  no  respect  for  the  simple  were  shown  less  consideration  lunch  or  treatment.  This  place  human  decencies  that  would  be'  than  cattle..,  <  had  the  atmosphere  of  a  typical  accorded  a  dog.  They  usually  GOOD  REMINDER  poor­house.  Dirty,  poor food,  and  alibi  that  there  is no empty  beds.  All  I. have  to  do  when  I find  complete  lack  of  prompt  medical  For  my  part  I  hope  they  never  that  I'm  taking  conditions  at  attention.  have  an  empty  one  for .me,  but  sea  today  too  much  for  granted  The  ward  I  was  taken  to  was  I  sincerely  hope  that  some  steps  Among  the  khaki­clad  Seafarers  who  have  paid  recent  is  to  read  of  the  old  days.  They  .• K  .C­10.  In  this  ward  about  12  win  be  taken  to  secure  a  decent  visits  to  the  Union  during  furloughs  are  Blackie  Coiro  (left),  offer  a  damned  good  comparison  I?"'  men  had  defecated  in  bed  and  hospital  for  merchant  seam^ to  'and  Rudolph  BiSow.  Coiro .'is  presently  assigned  to  Head­ between  what  seamen  had  to  liad  laid  in  it  for  some  time.  receive  decent  treatment.  quarters  Detachment  at  Camp  Kilmer.  N.J..  and  Bibow.  who  contend  with  in  the  pre­Union  Also  they had  some mental  cases  James  R.  Porter  sailed* as  FWT  for  iVz  years,  was  en  route  to  a  West  Coast  days  and  what  they're  like  to­ in the  same  ward  strapped  down  Wilmington.  Calif.  port  of  embarkation.  day  under  Union  contract.  to  their  beds,  and  to  top  this  Stuff  like  that  should  be  re­ off  they  had  an  active  tubercu­ quired  reading  for  every  new  losis  case  brought  in  and  then  man  sailing  aboard  Union  ships.  gave  instructions  for  every  one  And  it  wouldn't  hurt  the  old­ to  walk  on  the  opposite  side  of  To  the  Editor:  some  "pals"  he  meets  at  the  turned  out  to be  only  a  rainbow.  timer  to  read  them  seriously,'  the  ward.  place  he flbps.  These  guys  are  Therefore,  Brothers,  when  the  too,  just ­as  a refresher,  although  It is not  too unusual,  when you  Another  patient  with  a  con­ not  union  men,  just  the  kind  of  SIU,  at  meetings  and  through  there  are  few  oldtimers  who  tagious  disease  was  also  brought  go  to  the  Union  Hall  to  ship  renegades  who  prey  on  active  the  Union paper,  issues  warnings  in  and  was  transferred  0 few  out,  that  you  run  into  the  kind  seamen.  And  the  chances  are  to help  you avoid such situations,  have  to  be  reminded  of  the[  days  later  to  a  Veterans  Hospi­ of  Brother  who  will  tell  you  of  they'll  take  him  for  what  pay  pay  heed.  Accept  these  lessons  achievements  made  by  the  SIU,  I hope  that the younger  seamen  tal.  There  were  some  men  who  his  last  trip  and  inform  you  in  he  has  left.  as  you did  when  young­ at  school  are  thankful  that  the  Union  has  had  not  had  a  bath  for  several  detail  of  all  the  errors  he  made  and  believe  me,  Brothers,  your  The  next  day  he  wakes  up  a  brought  sailing  up  to  the  high  weeks.  Most  of  the  patients  were  in  port  and  at  sea.  campaign  toward  success  shall  sad  and  sorry  man.  He  thinks  standards  they  are  able  to  enjoy  up in  the seventies,  and one man  However,  he  is  now  deter­ of  the'long  and  {vrduous  trip  he  be  obtained.  That's  all.  today.  mined  to  turn  over  a  new  page  was  ninety­six  years  old.  At  made  to  accomplish  an  end  that  Paddy  Faxrell  .  Red  Samson  .  Bight  the  place  was  closed  up  in his careeer, as soon as  he ships  out  again.  He  tells  you  of  his  in­ tight  as  a  drum  with  no  ventila­ tion  and  the  odor  was  terrific.  tention  to  get  an  old  Liberty  go­ The  food  was  served  on  paper  ing  to  Korea  or_  thereabouts.  plates  and  was  usually  cold  by  He  visualizes  an  eight  or  nine  the  time  it  was  served.  The  months'  trip  and figures  that  af­ |ravy  soaked  into  the  paper  ter  a  thrifty  trip  and  skimping  plates  so  fast  you  had  to  soak  on draws  in foreign  ports he  will  gome  into  a  piece  of  bread  in  come  ashore  with  enough  sav­ order  to  get  any.  Toast  was  usu­ ings  to  start a  little  farm.  ally  cold  and  soggy  with  some­ ALIBIS  thing  like  butter  or  oleo  on  it  He  catches  his  ship  and  it  but  was  unrecognizable.  The  cof­ steams  out,  bound  for  the  briny  fee  was  served  once  a  day  black  deep  on  a  long  trip.  When  the  and  no  cream,  and  had  all  the  voyage  terminates  and  the  great­ earmarks  of  being  nothing  but  est  landmark  of  all—^the  Statue  chicory.  At  the  other  meals  they  of  Liberty—  is  sighted,  he  sighs  served  something  called  "juice."  sadly  because  he  did  not  fulfill  I  think  they  took  one  can  of  the  ardent  promise  he  made  in  juice  and  added  about five  gal­ the  Union  Hall  to  his  former  lons  of  water  to  it.  shipmates,  but  makes  all  kinds  The  interne  was  always  run­ of  alibis  as  to  his  weaknesses  in  ning  around  with  a  hypo  needle  the  various  foreign  ports  they  and syringe  the  size  of  a  grease­ docked  at.  gun  wanting  to  give  you  a  He  tells  you  how  someone  in­ Vspinal"  of  pimch  a hole  in  your  duced him  to  go  ashore  and  have  stem­end  just  to  see  if  your  a  few  and  that  was  the  begin­ Teun 'Of. "BilUe­Beys"  peso ior ­photo taken  before  they  were  beaten  12­7  in  hard­fought  blood'was  okay,  or  still  running.  ning  of  his  downfall.  .  They  didn't even take out  any­ So  he  decides  that  he  will  Softball  game  by  crewmen  of  the  SS  Quartetts  in  Masinloc,  P.I.  Accepted  by  their  fellow­ one  who  died  in  the  ward  im­ definitely  make  another  attempt  townsmen  and  activa  in community  life, "Billie­Boys."  are'  members  of  a  "mystical­religious"  mediately,  as  they  do  in  most  to  master  the  situation  and  the  cult,  ^y  decent  hospital.  In  this  next  trip  will  be  different.  He  men  of  about  15  in  number  who  which  were  of  top­shelf  quality.  t^nthmed from fage 9)  f'joint"  they  throw  a  couple  of  then  may  go  into  a  ginmill  with  However,  it's  a  poor  seaman  were accepted by  the community.  I  played  third  base  but  not  too  who  caraiet  find  some  wafy  of  They  took  a  very  active  part  in  well,  for tills  sort  of  shape­up  breaking ­the  monotony  and  we  local  affairs  and  most  of  them  was  beyond  anything  I  ever  naturally  found  two  taverns  had  businesses,  such  as  a  laun­ thought  I'd  be  up against.  where  you  c(wld  hoist  a  long,  dry,  and  small  stores  and .shops.  Their  pitcher  was  ironed  out  cool  one.  To  get  to  these  places  "We  didn't  know  what  to  make  in  a  long  gray  dress,  with  his  of  things,  until  it  was  explained  hair piled  atop hil head,  and  was  To  the  Editor:  Just  from  the figures  of  guys  you  had  to  traverse  a  water­ buffalo  pasture  with  your  torch  to  us  that  theirs  was  a  mystical­ barefooted  (as  they  all  were).  Shipping  sure  looks  good  for  shipped  you  can  see  how  condi­ if  you  went  at  night.  religious  belief  that  has  existed  He  struck  me  out  fi'm  in  cut­ Seafarers.  The  shipping figure  tions  vary  from  port  to  port.  A  These  taverns  were  something.  a  long  time:  that  as  women gave  down  dungarees, shoes  and  a  20­ hit  close  to  the  2,000­mark  in  month  or  so  ago,  for  example,  One place  you had  to  kick  a  pig  them  birth,  this  fact  dictated  centavo  strav/  ke'ly)  twice.  the  West  Coast  was  way  up  the  last  issue  of  the  LOG.  their  mode of  lifd and  they  prac­ Their  catcher  had  on  a flow:­ there.  In  the  past  issue  of  the  in  the  fanny  once  in  awhile  to  If  the  LOG  doesn't  mind  me  ticed celibacy.  They  all  wore  wo­ ered dr.^ss  and could  hit and  play  have, foot  room.  The  other  place,  tiling  it  what  it  already  knows,  paper,  I  noticed  that  things  the  Star  Bar,  was  a fine  place.  men's  clothtog,  some  wore  rib­ like  hell  and  was  their  best  all­ that  box  of  shipping figures,  leveled  off  a  bit  there  but  pick­ It  is  operated  by  Constantine  bons  in  their  hair,  and  others  around  man.  The field  was  quite  ed  up  in  a  number  of  other  showing  how  many  men  are  reg­ places.  Balbos  and  his  wife,  who proved  had  it  braided  and  coiled  atop  a  riot  of  color,  for  these  birds  ist^ed  and  shipped  from  each  showed  up  in  canary  slacks,  red  to  be  a  blessing  in  disguise  in  their  heads.  |>ort  for  the  two­week  period,  is  I  guess  in  the  next  issue  it  between  draws.  blouses  and  all  colors  of  dresses.  CHALLENGE  CREW  darned  good.  It's  one  of  the  might  show  that  the  Wlrat  Coast  As  dusk ^feH,  the Star  acquired  As we became  better  acquaint­ We  didn't  have  enough  men  first  things  I  turn  to  when  I  get  ports  will  be  doing  a  hangup  a  bit  of  gaiety  and  which  drew  in  this  village,  these  "Billie­ to make  up a  full team  and  some  business  again.  Anyway,  the  to­ toy  copy  of  the  paper.  some  of  the  local  "gels."  IVIiisic  Boys,"  as  we  learned  they  were  of  the  natives  helped  us  win,  SHIPPING  AT  A  GLANCE  tals  show  that  shipping  has . been  was  supplied  by  a  guitpr  or  termed locally,  issued a  challenge  12  to  7,  but .it  was  tough.  All  Reason  I find  it  so  interesting,  getting  better  and  be.tter  for  phonograph  and­ in  honor  of  our  at  Softball  to  oiu*  crew.  The  l^ds then  adjourned  for  a  cold  is  that  it  gives  the  picture  of  SIU  guys  all  the  time  and  as  first  night  ashore,  a  "gel"  gave  game  was  played  in  the  water­ one.  To  me  it  was  one  of  the  skipping  right  at  a  glance,  and  long  as  it  stays  in  the  family,  out  with  some  vocalizing,  later  buffalo pasture  and we used dung  dfmndest^  experiences  I've  ever  shows how  the  activity  is  spread  regardless  of  what  port  is  tops  to be  joined by  two  other  "gels."  piles  for  bases  and  home  plate.  had..  '  over  the  Branches  during  the  for  the  week  i;m  satisfied.  Later,  it  turned  out  they  were  The  "Billie­B'.iys"  supplied  the  Paul  T.  Cassidf  period  covered.  .  Ray  (Whitey)  Wilson  not  "gels'^at  all,  but  a  sect  of  bats,  balls  and  .gloves,  all  of  SS Quartcile  To  Ihe  Editce  ,1  Quartette  Softballers  Beat  'Billie­Boys'  Shipping  Figures  Favorite  Feature  Of  Log  For  Hint  ....  �Friday,  Jtma  15.  1951  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  ' A­Seafarer's Skeich Of Furuseth  Is Signed By  72 Operators  Page Thirlaaa  SIB  SupiHHts  Bering  Sea  Workers  In  Strike  For  Contract  By  RAY  GATES  SEATTLE,  June  8—The  Ber­ is  first­rate  and  the  vessels  pay­ ing  Sea  Fishermen's  Union,  sup­ ing  off  here  have  been  in  good  ported  by  the  Seafarers  Inter­ shape.  Among  these  were  the St.  (Continued  from  Page  1)  national  Union  and  the  Sailors  Augustine  Victory  J^ississippi)  pay,  a  Seafarer  simply  goes  to  Union  of  the  Pacific,  has  struck  and  the  Green  Star  (Triton).  any  SIU  Branch  Hall,  where  he  against  the  Alaska  Salmon  In­ Both  signed  on  again.  will  present  his  discharges  as  dustry,  Inc.  In­transit  were  the  Bienville  proof  of  employment  for  the  re­ The  Bering  Sea  union  broke  rwaterman),  Yorkmar  (Calmar),"  quired  period.  away  from  the  Alaska  Fisher­ Seacomet  (Colonial)  and  Bright­ Vacation  payments  will  then  men's  Union  last  January  when  star  (Triton).  be  made  by  a  Union  Patrolman,  it  petitioned  for  an  election  Quite  a  bit  of  painting  was  or  some  authorized  Union  rep­ among  the  workers  involved.  needed  around  the  crew's  quar­ resentative,  and  the  claimant  Last  April  it filed  imfair  labor  ters  on  the  St.  Augustine  Vic­ will sign a  receipt for the amount  practice  charges  against  the  in­ tory  and  the  Captain  was  au­ he  has  received.  The  Union  will  dustry  because  it  negotiated  a  thorized  by  the  company  repre­ be  reimbursed  for  these  pay­ contract  with  the  AFU.  sentative  to  turn  the  crew  to on  ments  upon  submitting  the  re­ FLOATING  PICKETLINE  this  job  and everyone  was happy. >.  ceipts  to  the  VacEkJion  Plan  The  strike  was  called  to  en­ There  were  also  a  few  minor  office.  force  the  Bering  Sea  Union's  de­ repairs  needed  which  we  had  One  of  the  features  of  the  mand  for  a  contract,  and  its  taken  care  of  at  this  port.  Vacation  Plan  agreement  is  a  members  put a  floating picketline  I  attended  the  last  meeting  of  stipulation  that,  if  a  Seafarer  around  ships  coming  to  Alaskan  the  Maritime  Trades  Department  dies  after  becoming  eligible  for  waters.  of  this  port,  which  was  called  vacation  pay,  his  benefits  will  be  The  SUP­manned  Sailor's  to  elect  a  delegate  to  the  State  paid  to  his  widow  or  designated  Splice  recognized  the  picketline  Federation  convention  to  be  held  beneficiary.  and  refused  to  unload  the  can­ here  next  month.  George  Miller  MUST  SAVE  DISCHARGES  nery  cargo  at  Naknek.  The  ship  of  the  Tacoma  ILA  was  desig­ In  connection  with  collection  John  Straha,  erewmember  aboard  the  SB  Steri  Designer,  was strikebound for five  days and  nated  to represent  the MTD.  of  vacation  benefits,  the  Union  stibmilted  this sketch  of  the late Andrew  Furuseth. who  fought  has  since  been  ordered  returned  ACTIVE  SEAFARER  stressed  the  importance  of  sav­ successfully  for  protective  seamen's  legislation  in  the  first  to  this  port.  ing  all  discharges.  Men  who  are  quarter  of  the  century.  John  S.  Asavicuis  has  done  On  the  Seattle  side,  shipping  prepared  to  present  their  dis­ his  share  in  a  number  of  beefs.  charges  as  evidence  of  employ­ Bom  in  New  York  in 1903,  John  ment  for  the  period  to  which  has  been  sailing  since  1922,  and  they  are  entitled  to  vacation  pay  in  between  foimd  time  to  ope­ will  get  their  benefits  immed­ By  LLOYD  GARDNER  try,  and  who  are  used  by  the  rate  a  bar  in  Antwerp,  an  en­ iately,  the  Union  pointed  out.  growers  as  a  scab  labor  force.  terprise  which  ended  when  the  Those  lacking  their  discharges  SAN  FRANCISCO,  June  8  —  The  Marine  Cooks  and  Stew­ Germans entered  the port  in 1942  will  have  wait  imtil  proof  of  Shipping  on  the West  Coast  con­ ards  and  its  pro­commie  friend,  and interned  him for  three years.  their  eligibility  has  been  estab­ tinues  to  be  good  in  all  ports  the  Harry  Bridges  longshore  un­ He  resumed  operation  of  the  bar  lished.  "  and  the  prospect  for  some  time  ion,  is  still  in  contract  negotia­ in  1946  and  kept  it  going  until  The  SIU's  achievements  in  es­ to  come  is  that  the  picture  will  1948,  when  he  sailed  as  a  Wiper  tions.  tablishing  a  guaranteed  plan  of  remain  bright.  The  gains  made  by  our  Union  aboard  the  SlU­contracted  Al­ vacation  payments  for  its  mem­ As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  would  in  the  past  few  years  was  the  gonquin  Victory.  bership  is  regarded  throughout  like  to  see  more  of  the  A&G  subject  of  much  discussion  by  As  an  SIU  man,  John  partici­ the  maritime  industry  as  one  of  District  men  make  the  West  many  Brothers  at  our  last  regu­ pated in  the AFL Garment  Work­ the  most  significant  advances  Coast  their  shipping  headquar­ lar  membership  meeting. Most  of  ers  beef  and  the  AFL  Retail  made  in  the  seamen's  behalf,  ters.  ­Jobs  are  plentiful ~  with  these  men  spoke  in  behalf  of  a  Clerks  beef  against  Macy's  when  arid a  mark of  the SIU's strength.  good  and  variedfruns.  Also,  the  dues  increase  to  assure  the  con­ Already  there  are  signs  that  beaches are  good  in  all the  ports,  tinued  success'  of  our  organiza­ the  Seafarers  Vacation  Plan  the  weather  is fine  (never  too  tion  in fighting  for  greater  se­ means  the  beginning  of  the  end  hot),  good fishing  and  plenty  of  curity  of  Seafarers.  for  the  obsolete  continuous  em­ beautiful  women.  What  are  you  The  meeting  acted  to  unani­ ployment  vacation  clause  pre­ guys  waiting  for?  mously  adopt  the  recommenda­ vailing  throughout  the  maritime  Here  are  the ships  we  paid  off  tions  of  the  Constitutional  Com­ industry.  Under  this  clause  a  in  the  past  two  weeks:  Citrus  mittee,  as well  as  the  Headquar­ ' seaman  is  required  to  work  at  Packer,  Young  America  (Water­ ters  report  to  the  membership  NILS  LARSON  least six  months for one company  man);  Greece  Victory  (South  At­ and  the  Secretary­Treasurer's fi­ before  he  can  become  eligible  lantic);  Lawrence  Victory  (Mis­ Raphael  Semmes  (Waterman);  nancial  report.  for  vacation.  sissippi),  and  Jefferson  City  Vic­ Steel  Navigator,  Steel  Surveyor  The  Seafarers  Vacation  Plan  tory  (Victory  Carriers).  WELFARE  SUGGESTION  (Isthmian);  Mother  M.  L.  (Eagle­ puts  employment  on  a  cumula­ Some  members  expressed  the  CLEAN  PAYOFFS  Gcean).  tive basis,  regardless of  the  num­ hope  that  the  Welfare  benefits  All  hands  are  wishing  the  best  ber  of  companies  for  which  a  All  ilvere  good  payoffs,  with  could  be  expanded  to  cover  men  of  luck  to  Captain  Evan  Evan­ SlU  man  works  during  the  year.  a  minimum  of  beefs  which  were  in  out­patient  treatment  and  to  sen,  Skipper  of  the­  Lawrence  settled  aboard  sh'p.  ,  The  other  seagoing  unions  are  help  widows  and  children  of  de­ expected  to follow  the SIU's  pat­ ^  The  Packer,  Lawrence  Vic­ Victory,  who  is  scheduled  to  re­ ceased  members.  tern  in  demanding  the  industry­ tory  and  Jean  LaFitte  (Water­ tire.  He  brought  in  a  good  ship,  One  of  the  Seafarers  paying  wide  vacation  plan  setup.  One  man)  were  the  sign­ons  for  the  manned  by  a  good  crew.  A  for­ off  the  Young  America  was  Nils  of  the first  organizations  to  fol­ period  covered.  All  needed  re­ mer  member  of  the  SUP,  Cap­ Larson,  an  oldtimer  who  holds  JOHN  S.  ASAVICUIS  low  the  SIU's  lead  was  the  pairs were  taken care  of  on these  tain  Evansen  is  regarded  by  his  Book  No.  58.  Nils  has  been  in  crew  as  a fine  Old  Man  and  National  Maritime  Union,  which  outbound  ships.  added  a  similar  demand  to  its  In  addition,  we  had  several  real  sailor.  The  Captain  says  the  USA  for  30  years,  coming  the  Seafarers  was  asked  for  as­ contract  proposals,  shortly  after  vessels  calling  at  the  port:  Ala­ it's  going  to  be  tough  to  keep  here  from  Sweden.  He's  an  sistance  by  these  two  unions.  In  naws  ,of tixe  SIU  victory  was  mar,  Yorkmar  (Calmar);  Fair­ away from  the sea  after all  these  American  citizen  and  sails  as  Seattle  during  the  past  two  Bosun  or  AB.  w'eeks,  John said  he's never  been  port,  Bienville,  Andrew  Jackson,  years.  announced.  A  real  sailor,  Larson  is  one  of  happier  than  he  has  been  since  REPLACEMENT  RULE  Once  again,  we  want  to  re­ the  Union's firmest  supporters  sailing  on  SIU  ships.  mind  our  members  not  to  quit  and  is  loud  in  his  praise  of  the  Others  in  the  port  at  this  any  ship  until  they  are  sure  of  organization  for  its  accomplish­ writing are Guy Whitehurst,  Dick  From  lime to  lime  word  comes to  Headquarters  lhal  a  replacements.  Nor  should  they  ments  in  behalf  of  the  men  who  Kavanaugh,  Leo  Ovall,  Boud  erewmember  has  been  promoted to.  a  higher  raling  or  Irans­ announce  that  they  want  to quit  go  to sea  for  a  living.  Buzbee  and  Walt  Sibley. A1 Gor­ ierred to  anolher  deparlmenl  aboard  ship.  This  is  in  definite  when  there's  only  a^short  time  "Let's  all  do  our  job  to  hold  don  and  C.  Shivers  are  in  the  violalion  of  Ihe  Union's  shipping  rules,  which  say  very  left  until  the  vessel  is  to  sail.  on  to  these  gains,  and  go  on  to  Marine  Hospital.  specifically  (Rule  number  29):  Another  thing,  unrated  men  even  greater  gains,"  says  Nils,  No  regular  membership  meet­ "No  man  may  be  promoled  or  allowed  lo  Iransfer  from  with  the  necessary  time  for  en­ who is  enjoying  the Frisco  beach  ing  was held  because  of  the lack  one  job to  anolber  on  board  ship,  excepl  in  case  of  exlreme  dorsements  should  go  after  their  for  awhile.  of  a  quorum.  emergency. This  is to  apply  where Ihere isn't  sufficient  lime to  ratings  without  delay.  You  ^so  in  port  are  "Wild  Bill"  dispatch  a man from |he Union  HaJU  before a  ship is scheduled  should  sail  in  the  rating  for  Thornton,  F.  Drozak,  W.  Norris,  Ray  Queen,  "Hoss"  Groseclose  to  leave,  or  the  Hall  cannot  furnish  replacements  as  required.  which  you're  qualified.  ATTENTION!  and  Charlie  Nangle.  There are  no  beefs in this port,  Any  mMnber  guilty  of  breaking  this  rule  shall  lose  the  job  If  you  don't  find  linen  immediately  and  shall  be fined  no  less  than  $25.00  for  such  but  the  AFL  Farm  Labor  Union  Needless  to  say,  the  increase  in  hospital  benefits  went  over  when  you  go  aboard  your  is  still  on. strike  against  the^big  offense."  big  with  the  following  Brothers  ship,  notify  the Hall  at ones.  fruit  and  vegetable  growers  in  In  port,  notify  fhe  Hall  immediately  if  a  man  is  needed,  A  telegram  from  LeHazve or  in  the  Marine  Hospital:  Emil  the  Imperial  Valley.  Some  pro^  and  one  will  be  dispatched.  If  an  emergency  occurs,  too  far  Singapore  won't  do  you  any  Gomez,  L. F.  Johnson,  L. E. Jar­ gress  is  being  made  in  the fight  away  to  be  handled  by  a  nearby  Hall,  and  a  man  must  be  vis,  C,  F.  Hahn,  Ruperto  Rivera,  good.  It's  your  bed  and  you  to  halt use  of  "wetbacks"—un­ promoted  or  transfered,  a^full  report  should  be  made to  Head­ C. L;  Moats,  D. M.  McKinnie and  have  to  lie te  it.  skilled  Mexican  laborers,  who  iriariora,  staling  the  circumstemces  and  the  men  involvivi.  are  ulegal  entries  into  the  coun­ G.  M.  Sipira.  Welfare,  Vaiatien  Gains  Hailed in Frisce  Shipboard  Promof'ions  I  �Fourteen  THE  SEA F  ARE R S  LOG  Friday,  June  15.  1851  Digested  Minutes  Of  Sill Ship  Meetings  STEEL  KING  (Isthmian),  May  '{Continued  from  Page  9)  8—Chairmay,  E.  Werda;  Seers­:  COUNCIL  GROVE  (Cities  S^­ tary,  P,  HarEyo.  Delegates  re­ • ice), April  15—Chairman.  Pete  ported  no  beefs.  Ship's  Delegate  Jomides;  Secretary,  C.  J.  Sul­ to  contact  Master  and  have  meal  livan. Quite  a  discussion  was had  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  hours  in  port  set  from  12  to  1  on  men  wanting  to  get  paid  off  PORT  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  StWDS.  SHIPPED  because  of  day  workers.  Each  on  the  Southern  end  of  the  run.  28  29  20  77  27  25  10  62  department  to  rotate  a  week  at  It  was  decided  to  get  a  clarifi­ Boston.....  J05  164  119  388  198  179  109  486  a time  the sanitary  work  in their  cation  from  the  Patrolman  on  New  York  Philadelphia,.  65  ^  52  47.  164  72  61  51  184  departments.. Deck  Delegate  sug­ '"'this  matter.""departmental  Dels*  Baltimore  106  89  52  *  24f  "69  72  40  '  201  gested  that  all  men  clear  their  gates  reported  a  number  of  beefs  Norfolk..  24  14  ­  .  16  ­  54  42  50  48  140  beefs  through  their  Delegates  in­ in  their  respective  departments,  Savannah  8  5  8  .21  Ir  2  .l '  ~~  '  4  stead  of  using  other  methods.  such  as  disputed  overtime,  etc.  Tampa  14  7  12  ­  33  * 7  ' 3  6  '  16  4  4  4  Ship's  Delegate  mentioned  sever­ Mobile  53  55  54  ,  162  59  50  50  159  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cilie*  al  new  educational  pamphlets  134  93  98  325  115  .95  81  291  ServiceT,  June  2—Chairman,  T.  aboard  for  the  guys  to  read.  It  New  Orleane.  A...  51  44  41  .  136  57  60  42  159  McCann;  Secretary,  W.  Frank.  was  moved  to  see  the  Patrolman  Galveston­  54  52  45  151  .  70  60  56  186  Delegates  reported  number  of  about­getting a  washing machine.  West  Coast  books  and  permits  in  their  de­ .t  t.  t  642  604  512  1>58  ^  737  657  494  1,888  p'artments.  Collection  box  to  be  SALEM  MARITIME  (Cities  GRAND  TOTAL  Service), May  2—Chairman^ N.  J.  set  up  at  payoff  for  donations  to  Benenate;  Secretary.  Jack  Scur  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (CitiM  contact  the  Captain  about  hav­ ship's  fimd.  Request  made  for  ARCHERS  HOPE  (Cities  Ser­ lock.  Ship's  Delegate  suggested  vice),  April  21—Chairman,  John  Service),  May  20  Chairman,  ing  the  vise  and  work  bench  more  fruit  juices  at  breakfast.  that  all  hands  should  read  the  Coulter;  Secretary,  Sidney  Lip­ Thomas McCann;  Secretary,  Wal­ removed  from  the  pumprooft,  as  Educational  bulletin  read  and  new pamphlets  so as  to be  famil­ chitz.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  lace  Frank.  No  beefs  reported  it  creates  a  hazard.  The  Engine  discussed.  iar  with  the  proper  manner  as  that  matter  of first  aid  kit  was  by  the  Delegates.  The  crew  in  Delegate  to  see  the  Chief  En­ 44  4  which  to  conduct  ourselves  as  taken  up  with  Skipper  but  with  the  meeting  went  on  record  to  gineer  about  getting  a  blanket  ARCHERS  HOPE  (Cities  Ser­^  'SIU  men.  Ship's  Delegate  to  at­ no  satisfaction.  Delegates  report­ endorse  the  Vacation  Plan  the  in JRreroom  for emergencies.  Sug­ vice).  May  30  —  Chairman,  S.  tempt  to  get  the  fan  tail  washed  ed  number  of  books  and  permits  Union  is  working  on.  AU  the  gestion  made  that  cranks  on  Lipschitz;  Secretary,  M.  Boyd  down  with  hose  at  least  once  in  their  departments.  Patrolman  guys  feel  that  it  is  an  excellent  lifeboat  davits  should  be.,  re­ Davis.  Ship's 'Delegate  reported  $103.46  in  ship's  fund.  Motioa  ^  each  week.  to be  asked  whether  or  not  black  idea,  and  one  of  the  most  pro­ placed  or  repaired.  carried  that  aU  lifeboat  gear  be  5^  t  t  gang  can  paint  out  Engineers'  gressive  moves  made  by  any  un­ 4  4  4  SOUTHERN  DISTRICTS  quarters.  Patrolman  to  be  asked  ion.  A  complaint  was  made  that  checked  for  seaworthiness.  Bug­'  (Southern  Trading  Corp.),  April  if  ­ship  can  be  shifted  without  some  of  the  crew  are  not  taking  WANDA  (Epiphany  Tankers),  gestions  made  that  Ship's  Dele­ 7—Chairman,  Herbert  Kreutz.  notice,  leaving  part  of  crew  proper  care  of  the  washing  ma­ May  14  —  Chairman,  Bernard  gate  go .ashore  in  next  port  and  Chason;  Secretary,  Edward  Rob­ ­Ship's  Delegate  stated  that  he  stranded.  chine,  and  the  men  Were  asked  inson.  Delegates  reported  no  ov­ buy  a  washing  machine  for crew.  had  received  complaints  about  to  rectify  this  condition.  Chief  ertime  beefs.  Deck  Delegate  re­ A  new  library  to  be  obtained  4  4  4  the  food  and  the  cleanliness  of  Cook  and  crew  Messman  thank­ ported  Captain  and  Chief  Mate  in.  next  port.  Discussed  and  ac­ cepted  as  good  policy  that  of  la­ the  galley  and  refrigerators,  also  COEUR  D'ALENE  VICTORY  ed  for  doing  a  good  job.  working  on  deck.­  Steward  dis­ bor  unions  cooperating  with  one  that  the  menus  were  not  varied  (Victory  Carriers),  May  20  —  cussed  ship  stores  and  use"  of  another.  The  importance  of  tak­ 4  4  4  enough.  Repairs  will  have  to  be  Chairman,  M.  Burnstine;  Secre­ tary,  T.  V.  Garcia.  Delegates  re­ coffee.  Ship's  Delegate  to  see  ing  more  interest  in  all  elections  WINTER  HILL  (Cities  Serv­ deferred  until  ship  gets  to  Nor­ ported  on  books  and  permits  in  ice),  May  12  —  Chcurman.  Char­ Captain  to  straighten  out  officers  stressed.  folk,  and  each  Delegate  is  to  get  who  demand  special  favors.  each  department  and  also  re­,  les  Greer;  Secretary,  M.  J.  Och­ up  repair  list  for  his  department.  4  4  4  ported  no  beefs.  The  Ship's  Del­ manowicz.  Deck  and  Engine,  4  4  4  STEEL  MAKER  (Isthmian).  (Strathmore),  April  8—Chairman,  H.  Thomas;  DEL  MONTE  (Mississippi  egate  was  given  a  vote  of  thanks  Delegates  reported  on  disputed  STRATHBAY  Shipping  Company),  February  12  for  the  work  he  did  last  trip,  overtime  in  their  departments.  June  1—Chairman,  J.  C.  Davis;  Secretary, *T.  Concepcion.  Dele­ —Chairman,  V.  B.  Burger.  Dele­ and  was requested  to  handle  this  Suggested  that  Union  negotia­  Secretary,  F.  Hartshorn.  Dele­ gates  reported  number  of  books  gates  all  reported  no  beefs  in  job  on  this  tripp The  crew  went  tors  be  asked  to  seq  if  possible  gates  reported  no  beefs. Steward  and perrhits  in their  departments.  their  departments  and  every­ on  record  to  give  the  stewards  to  get  company  to  put  motorized  requested  that  ship  be  stored  for  Ship's  fund  reported  as  contain­ thing  running  smoothly.  A  vote  department  a  vote  of  thanks  for  lifeboats  aboard,  due  to  nature  a  four  months'  t<|p.  Ship's  Dele­ ing  $51.  Crew  asked  to  keep  the  of  thanks  was  given to the  stew­ the  good  food  they  are  putting  of  cargo.  J.  Halpin  resigned  as  gate  to  confer  with ­Captain  to  library  clean.  ards  department  for  the"  excel­ out.  One  minute  of  silence  for  Ship's  Delegate  and  M.  J.  Och­ set  a  convenient  hour  for  issuing  May  13—Chairman,  F.  Pages;  lent  food  that  has  been .served.  the  Brothers  who  have  been  lost  manowicz  elected  to replace  him.  draws.  Vote  of  thanks  given  Secretary,  T.  Concepcion.  Ship's  All  hands  warned  about  smoking  stewards  department  for fine  Delegate  reported  that  when  se­ Much  discussion  had  on  the  at  sea.  on  deck  and  in  the  passageways  work  during  trip.  Rated  men  in  curing  for  sea  aU  sailors  must  4  4  4'  cleanliness  of  the  ship's  laundry  near  the  doors,  because  of  the  the  stewards  department  were  turn  to  and  none  can  refuse  to  PORTMAR  (Calmar),  May  19  ­and  the  slop  sink.  high  test  gas  being  carried.  —  Chairman,  J. C.  Mitchell; Sec­ asked  to  give  the  inexperienced  do  the  work.  Ship's  Delegate  to  1.  4.  S.  44  4  men  instruction  in  their  work.  see  Mate  about  painting  the  '  N.  B.  PALMER  (Palmer),  May  retary,  D.  Gilbert.  T.  Dickenson  May  9—Chairman,  M.  Danzey;  rooms.  Patrolman  to  be  asked  13  —  Chairman,  C.  Chandler;  elected  Ship's  Delegate.  No  de­ '  WINTER  HILL  (Cities  Serv­ Secretary,  M.  Hauf.  No  beefs  on  partmental  beefs.  It  was  moved  ice),  May  23  —  Chairman,  Tom  Secretary, J.  SmigelskL Delegates  if  everybody  in  engine  depart­ this  ship.  J.  Doris  elected  Ship's  to  have  Union  get  clarification  Brennan;  Secretary,  Joe  Mullin.  reported  number  of  books  and  ment  •  must  wear  shirts  when  Delegate  by  acclaim.  Doris  gave  on  company  instruction  sheet  Delegates  reported  on  nature  of  permits  in  their  departments.  working  below.  Vote  of  thanks  a  talk  on  the  benefits  oi_the  with  regard  to  allotment  of  milk.  disputed  overtime  in  their  re­ Discussion  on  washing,  machine  given  the  stewards  department.  Hiring  Hall  and  the  struggle  the  Steward  notified  crew  about  spective  departments.  Various  and  facilities  offered  for  washing  4­4  4  .  ­ oldtimers  had  to  win  it,  and  he  shortage  of  stores,  and  it  was  suggestions  and  ideas  discussed  clothes.  Patrolman  to  be  consult­ CLARKSBURG  VICTORY  also  talked  on  political  action.  luggested  that  the  Union  be  no­ which  affect  the  safety  of  the  ed on  transportation and  clothing' (Mississippi),  May  12  —  Chair  ship.  The  Ship's  Delegate  wilL  allowance  beef.  After  pro  and  con  opinions  from  tified  of  this  shortage.  man,  Carl  Lawson; Secretary,  M.  the  crew  the  meeting  went  on  Kikun.  Delegates  reported  num­ record  to  go  down  the  line  100  DEL  ORO^ (Mississippi),  May  of  books  and  permits  in  their  percent  behind  our  representa­ 20  —  Chairman,  Ramon  Ferrera;  departments.  Men  qualified  for  a  Secretary,  Arthur  Tarbell. Every­ tives  in  these  matters.  higher  rating  were  urged,  to  go  ,  thing  running  smoothly  on  this  up  for  their  tests.  Reading  of  4.  4  EVELYN  (Bull  Line),  May  20  ship.  The  Ship's  Delegate  made  educational  bulletin  and  discus­ —  Chairman,  N.  D.  Henson;'Sec­ a  report  as  to  conditions  on  sion.  Steward asked  crew  to k^p  retary,  Edward  C.  Dacey.  Dele­ board  last  voyage.  Cooperation  food.waste  as  low  ds  possible.  '  gates  reported  no  beefs  in  any  was  requested  by  the  Steward  of  Worfe­permitmen  were  urged,,  to  department.  Ship  in  very  good  the  crew  in  helping  to  conserve  digest  the  bulletins  being  sent  "  shape.  Henson  made  suggestion  coffee  this  voyage,  as  the  con­ out  to  the  ships  and  learn  the  ­ that  every  one help  keep  pantry  sumption  last  trip  was  way  over  background  and  history  of  the  clean  at  night.  He  also  suggest­ normal.  The  crew  is  going  to  SIU.  ed  that  all  seamen  who  have  help  the  Messman  in  keeping  4  4  4  filed  appUcation  for  validated  the  messroom  deck  in  a  cleaner  LAKE  GEORGE  (US  Petro­ papers  in  last  three  months  condition.  leum),  April  21—Chairman,  Wil­ should  pick  them  up  as  soon  as  liam  Smith;  Secretary,  Normim  4  4  4  i:­ possible.  YOUNG  AMERICA  (Water­ Kramer.  Ship's  Delegate  discuss­ man),  (no  date  given) — Chair­ ed  the  conservation  of  •   water  4  4  4  ii  COEUR  D'ALENE  VICTORY  man,  W.  O'Connor;  Secretary,  made  necessary  during  the  long  (Victory  Carriers).  March  25  —  John  J.  Burke.  Ship's  Delegate  voyage.  Pelegateg  reported  all  Chairman,  Antonio  Branconi;  stressed  the  importance  of  piain­ running  smoothly.  More  night  Secretary,  Wm.  J.  Nicholson.  No  taining  a  proper  gangway  watch.  lunch  to  be  put  put.  beefs  in  any  department.  A  vote  Other  Delegates  discussed  the  May  13  —  Chairman,  William  Smith:  Secretary,  Norman  Kra­ of  thanks  was given  to the  Stew­ importance  of  not  taking  exces­ ­W'"'  wd  and  his  department  for  the  sive  time  off.  Discussion  on  West  mer.  Discussion  on  having  letter^  fine  Easter  dinner.  A  discussion  Coast  transportation.  Suggestions  mailed  at  various  ports.  Motion  was  had  on  keeping  unauthor­ made  that  ship  receive  a  meat  carried  to keep  unauthorized  per­ sons  out  of  passageways.  Dis­ ized  people  out  of  crew's  quar­ slicer, new  or  reconditioned  mat­ ,  T'ive  ierev^^be^ of  Calmar's  SiS  F'ennmar  pause' for  the  cussion  on  needed  fans  aboard  ters  in  port,  and  it  was  decided  tresses  and  certain  needed  fe­ camera  with .West  Coast  R^resentative  Lloyd  Gardner  (left)  ship.  Crew  requested  that  copy  .  to  keep  all  screen  doors  locked ^  pairs.  Motion  that  each  man  do­ the  ship  recqntiy  to deUvifr  of  Union  contitution bo air­rpdilj  with  exception  of  om  by fchc;iiate,$2  io  ship's  fund  was  voted  in  San  Frandsc«.  Gardner  the  crew  a  bundle  of  LOGs  and  check  on  eondUious.  Id own.  ed  to  ship.  gangway.  f  A&G Shipping  trom May 23 To  June  6  Pennmar  Host  To  Visitor  ..  .  .  A: .i..: „•   ll*'•   MS W'­'i. .n\  '1  �Ftidar/  J«we  If, 4851  THE  SEAF  AREHS  EOE  Up  to  the  middle  of  March,  the  shipping  up­ surge  had  takeh, 63  Victory  and  Liberty  vessels  from  the  laid­iip fleet  in  Mobile.  .  .  .  According  tb a  report  of  tihe  Chief  of  Transportation  of  the  US  Army,  72  pbrcent  of  all  ship  losses  in. World  War  ir were by submarine,  9  percent  by aircraft,  5  percent  b^r  other  enemy  action,  such  as  mine  fields,,  and  shore  batteries,  3  percent  by  surface  raiders,  and  the  remaining  11  percent  were  marine  casualties  due  to  traveling  in  convoy,  .congested  harbors  and  traveling  without  lights.  1,056  ^ps  had  been  approved  for  sale.  343  of  these were for American flag  operation, and  1,113  for  foreign flag  operation  .... The  new  proto­ type freighter,  the Schuyler  Otis Bland,  has been  awarded  to  the  American  President  Lines  under  bareboat  charter  for  $28,110  a  month.  Only  two  other  companies  bid,  the  Paeiflc  Transport  Lines  and  the  Paciflc  Far  East  Line.  The  Bland  will  be  operated  on a service, route  or  line  determin­ ed  to  be  essential,  and  is  barred  from  carrying  cargo,  passengers  or  mail  in  the  domestic  trade  of  the  US.  Trade  between  the  United  States  and  Latin  The  NSA and its general agents have  been  un­ America ^is  ij'ear  will  overshadow  last  year's  able  to come  to terms  on compensation.  NSA  has  figures.  During  the  first  quarter  of  this  year,  im­ made  a  tentative  offer  of  $75  a  day  (over  and  ports  into  the  US  was  45  percent  higher  than  above  all  costs),  but  the  operators  are  asking  Jast  year,  and  US  exports  were  30  percent  high­ ,  about  twice  as  much.  The  WSA  paid  $80  a  day  er.  Latin  America  is  now  second only  to  Europe  during  World  War  11.  The  NSA  Is  expected  to  as a  market  for  American  exports. . . . Ck>ngress  make  a final  offer  on  a  take­it­or­leave  basis.  has agreed  to  lend  India  $190,000,000  for  famine  Those operators rejecting  that figure  will be  free  relief.  The  money  will  be  used  to  buy  2  million  to  return  the  ship  to  the  government  for  reas­ Ions  of  grain  and  other  basic  foodstuffs  in  this  signment  to  another  company.....  The  British  country.  . .  .  The  movement  of  grain  through  are hoping  that  the  current  retail  price  war  will  14^ew  Orleans  continues  Jto  grow.  The  exports  in  not  affect  their  merchandise  here.  April  from  that  port  topped  the  March  figures  Great  Lakes shippers expect  carloadings  to run  by  almost  2  million  bushels.  The  India  aid  bill  ahead  of  that  of  last  year.  They  urged  the  De­ ^ould  boost  the  total  still  higher  Phila­ .delphia,  too,  is  enjoying  a  boom  in  grain  ship­ fense  Production  Administration  to  reconsider  ments.  Grain  exports  during  May  more  than  its  reduction  of  steel  allocations  for  construction  and  repair  of  railroad  freight  cars.  There  is  no  trebled  the same  month  last  year.  point  in  going  all­out  in  manufacturing,  if  the  A  House  sub­committee,  headed  by  Congress­ goods  can't  move,  they  say.  .  .  .  Freight  revenue  man  Porter  Hardy  (Dem.,  Virginia),  is  trying  to  of  domestic  water  carriers,  including  coastwise  find  out  why  and  how  does  the  MSTS  operate  and  intercoastal  steamship  lines,  increased  21.5  the  largest fleet  of  commercial  merchant  ships  percent  last­year,  says  the  Interstate  Commerce  under  the  US flag.  .  .  .  Although  more  than  125  Commission,  Only  two  lines  showed  a  loss.  Isth­ shipping  companies  have  applied,  the  National  mian  and  the  Weyerhauser  SS  Co.  Among  the  Shipping  Authority  has  decided  to  limit  GAA  SlU­contracted  companies  which  showed  gains  operators  to  about  30  operators.  .  .  .  One  of  the  were  Calmar,  Waterman  and  Seatrain.  still unanswered  questions  iir Washington  is  aim­ '  .  On  June 1, five  more  Liberty  ships were  with­ fid  at, the stupidity  of  assigning  Navy  personnel  drawn  from  the  boneyard  and  allocated  to  gen­ to  the  expandfng,  over­manned  MSTS  merchant  eral  agents;  one  vessel  was  allocated  to  an  SIU  fleet,  while  highly  skilled  merchant  seamen  are  company,  the  Robin  Line .... Four  more  com­ toeing  drafted.  panies  were  appointed  general  agents  during  the  end of  May, bringing  the  total  to  38.  Among  the  The  only  bid  submitted  for  the  chartering  of  the three­ship "Good  Neighbor  Fleet' was  that  of  new  companies  were  Alcoa  and  Eastern. ... By  the  Moore­McCormack  Lines,  present  operators  fiC'the ships,  which oflered  $22,000  per  vessel  per  month.  .  .  .  The  privatelyrowned  ocean­going  merchant  fleet  flying  the  American  flag  totals  (Continued  from  Page  16)  1^10  ships—^more  than  15.5  millions  deadweight  to  handle  his  own  problCTos  himself.  The  offices  Ions, ­an all­time record­^nd  is  50 :;>ercent  larger  of every Union official in Headquarters and every  .  ^han  it  was  in  1939.  Union  Branch  are  open  to  him  for  legitimate  The  Senate  Labor.  subcommitfcM  opens  hear­ reasons.  No  Union roanber  need  depend  on  any  ings today  (June  15)  on S  1044, a bill  to legalize  character  with  so­called  connections  to  get  help  nvaritime  union  hiring  halls,  introduced  by  Sen­ on any  matter from  his representatives.  ator  Warren  Magnuson .... Magnuson,  inciden­ About all  these middle­men can do is get some­ tally,  blasted  the  great quaSitity  of  "misinfomia­ tme fouled up, so the smart thing is to avoid  them  tion"  that  has  been  ^read  about  the  Am^<»n  all.  merchant marine. For example, the Senator point­ PULLING  IN  OraOSlTE  ISIBECTION  esd  out  that in  one  year  the subsidies  paid,  It  doesn't  end  there, however.  These  lads  with  chant  shipping  was  less Hiat that  paid  the <dmd­ the  loose  tongues  are  only  warming  up.  "Why  tlar  cheese  iativE^Ixy  in  this country,  and ^at ih  n» year were j^ipping subsidies as much as those  the  hell  do  we  heed  a  new  HaR,"  and  "Why  should  we  build  up  the  Strike  Fund?"  and  paid  the  tobacco inthiStry.  ,  ­  •   "What's  the  matter  wllh  the  Shipping  Rules  as  The  Wage  Siabilization  Board  agreed  io  okay  they are?"  they  invariably  ask.  You  can  always  a  1$  percent  wage  increase  for  Bethlehem  ship­ answer  these  cold.. The answer is: We  doht  need  yard  workers,  in  Baltimore,  many of  whom  were  new Halls—if  we want  to jam ail the Brothers  in  going  into  other  industries  where  wages  were  dirty, dark Halls without loqn^ng, ti^let and r«­ higher.  This  was  the  first  general  increane  for  reational  facilities.  Strifces  never  were necessary  .ihipyard  wor^irs,  since  1948.  BethWiem  sialee  IF We never oared about getting more than $45  that  the  fi^ht  lilbor  situation has  begiin  to  ease  per month, IF we had been willing  to continue to  pff.  Other  yardsiare  expected  to  file  for  permis­ sleep on blue linen.  We never need make changes  sion  to  pay the ^atne  higher tates t>f  Bethlehem,  .in,  shipping  rules  or  other  regulations—^if  we  and  getting  the |WSB  approval  should  be a  rou­ idon't  want  to  make  things easier  and  more  effi­ tine  matter  .  . ^  . the  Britirii  goverhment  has  cient for all concerned, ^t, then, what  would the  asked  the  National  Shipidng Authoriiy tor  thb  gripers have  to talk  about  if  there were no prog­ use  of  gevernmCtit­owned sh^s  to move tr<m  ore  ress?  You're right,  they'd  probably  start  beefing  from North  Afrlpa  to  the  United Kingdom.  about  why  we  didn't  have  new  Halls,  why  we  r  When the  ship sales provisions  of  the Merchant  didn't  strike  for  better  condHions,  and  wliy  we  Ship  Sales  Act  of  194V  expired  on  January  ISf  didn't  improve our shipping rules.  Page  FiftMa  membership action,  all  Seafarers must  have their  validated  papers  by  August  1.  No  papers,  no  registration,  no sail.  The  NMU,  whose  contracts  expires  tonight,  still  has  not  come  to  agreement  with  its  con­ tracted operators.  Joe  Curran says that  the  NMU  "has  never  worked  when  it  had  no  contract,"  which  has  slight  overtones  of  strike  action.  For  the  answer  to  this,  see  the  next  issue  of  the  LOG.  .  .  .  Japanese  shippers  have  been  given"  the  okay  to  begin  their  Japan­North  America.  run.  Four  companies,  each  with five  ships,  are  in  the  group.  .  .  .  South  Atlantic  is  seeking  per­ mission  from  the  Federal  Maritime  Board  to  use  its  government­chartered  ships  to  pick  up  grain  and military  cargo from  the  ports  of  Phila­ delphia  and  Baltimore.  Their  request  is  being  bucked  by  Waterman,  which  insists  that  service  from  these  ports  is  being  adequately  taken  care  of.  The  strike  of  almost  1,500  cargo  checkers  in  London  was  ended  on  June  13,  after  11  days. •   102  ships  were  made  idle,  when  the  checkers  went  out  in  protest  against  the  hiring  of  28  ad­ ditional  men  they  claimed  weren't  needed.  .  .  •   In  a  paper  read  at  a  London  engineering  confer­ ence,  it  was  reported  that  the  use  of  atomic  energy  for  ship  propulsion  was  not  likely  to  gel  beyond  the  discussion  stage  for  some  years  to  come.  So  you  black  gang  guys  don't  have  to  worry—just  now,  that  is—about  changing  de­ partments.  The  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  annoxinced  plans  to  proceed  immediately  with  a  "substan­ tial"  improvement  program  at  its  Locust  Point  piers  and  terminal.  They  will  probably  be  com­ pleted  before  the end  of  the  year.  The  RR  hopes  that  it  will  bring  additional  tpnnage  to  that  port.  .  .  .  The  Commerce  and  Industry  Associa­ tion  of  New  York  asked  the  House  Committee  on  Public  Works  to  reject  the proposed  St. Law­ rence Seaway.  It  says  the  hearings  already  held  "abundantly  shows"  that  the  project  should  be  abandoned.  BEEFS  and  BEEPERS  We could  go on  forever on  the subject  of  beeto.  Fortunately  it  isn't  necessary.  Aside  from  the  trivial  small  beefs  that  are  an  outlet  for  steam,  and  which  are  very  much  in  order,  all  beefs  affecting  the individual  and  collective  welfare  of  the Union and the membership should be brought  out in the open.  To allow  beefs  to fester  in  the  dark  until  they  become smelly  cannot  be  considered  healthfuT  H  we  have  a  gripe  involving  our  shipmates,  Unioii  Brothers or  our Union,  we should  state  our  causU  before  the membership,  where  action  to  improve  or correct  a situation  can be taken.  Let's  exchange  our  views  and  ideas,  get  closer  together  and  therelby  build  a  more  tightly­knit  organization. Beefs are okay, if  they have a  sound  purpose.  If  we  bear  this  in  mind,  we  can  ail  move ahead  more swiftly  and surely.  �Page' Sixteen  ^rnmmm  !T®^"  THE  SEAFAttERS  LOG  Fridar. Ji^ 15, 1951  *  I  •  J  • A®­,­ S3  a  You  can't  dispose  of  a  subject  like  beefs  in  an  article of  this type.  The guy  that  can clear  up all  the beefs  around  us doesn't exist.  But  this article  might help  to get  a clearer  picture of  'which  beefs  are worthwhile, and  which ones ought  to  be  toss­ ed over  the side.  First of  all, let's get  clear on  what  we mean  by  beefs. This  article is  not  referring to the  kind  we  get  aboard  ship  that  involves  contract  violations  or  infractions  of  Union  Shipping  Rules  and  reg­ ulations,  or  any  of  the  things  covered  in  writing  that  our  Union  enforces  for  our  protection.  The  beefs  in  this  article  probably  could  more  correctly  be  called  gripes—those  little  dissatis­ factions,  dislikes,  rumors  and  whatnot  that  are  always making  the rounds and  most of  which'are  never  straightened  out  because  they're  never  brought  out  in  the  open.  All. of  us  gripe.  We  wouldn't  be  human  of  we  didn't.  There's  absolutely  nothing  wrong  with  a  guy  blowing  off  steam.  For  one  thing  it  makes  him  feel  better.  For  another  thing,  it  sometimes  leads to improvements, if  his purpose  is construc­ tive.  Gripes  of  this  type  have  many  times  been  the forerunner of  Union policy, because the mem­ ber  who  blew  his  lid  did  it  where  it  could  do  some  good.  He  either  wrote  a  letter  to  the  LOG  The  series  of  articles  which  appeared  originally  in  the Seafarers  LOG  and  later  in  a  booklet  called  "Food  for  Thought"  drew  much  favorable comment  from  SIU  men,  trade  union  organiz*  ations  and  individual  trade  union  zhembers  throughout  the. country.  Requests  for  reprints  of  articles,  which  deal  with  problems foced  in  many  labor  unions  in  general  and  in  the SlU  particularly, continue  to come  into  Headquarters from  SIIT  ships  as  well  as  from  various  sections  of  the  trade  union  movmnent. Particular  interest  has been  expressed  in  the  article  dealing  with  "Beefs—and  Beefers,"  which  has  been  rewritten  for  publication  in  this issue.  After  rea<Ung  "Beefs—and  Beefers,"  Seafarers  aboard  diips  and  in  the  various  Union  Halls  will  very  likely find  it  an  interesting subject  for  general  discussions.  Comments on  the  article  are  welcomed  from  all  hands  by  the LOG.  ing  to  get  down  to  talk  of  the  old  days  but  his  lousy  Messman,"  and  on  and  on  and  on.  Monot­ job  wouldn't  allow  it. Remember,  the  piecard  is  onous,  isn't  it?  Pretty  sorry  conversation  when  not  available  for  social  life  during  the  working  you get that for  a daily  diet.  day.  The  membership  pays  his  wages;  the mem­ There's another chronic beefer who is a familiar  bership  chose  hftn  because  it  had  confidence  in  type in many walks of  life. They're they guys who  his  ability  and  reliabihty.  The  official  is  respon­ are  opposed  in  principal  to  anyone  in  a  position  sible  to the  membership for  delivering the goods.  of  responsibility. Even  the most  diligent and con­ He  can't  deliver  the  goods  and  spend  the  day  scientious piecard  in  the world  is a target, of  this  sloughing  off  his  duties,  while  he  goes  aroimd  kind  of  beefer's  gripeis.  There  may  be  some  being  a  good  Social  guy.  If  he  does,  he's  hot  on  pyschological  reason  for  such  a peculiar  attitude,  the ball.  but  the  thing  that  concerns  Seafarers  is  that  it  is  harmful  to  the  Union's  progress.  If  represen­ CHRONIC  GRIPERS  >  That  little incident  is  just  a  case  of  misunder­ tatives  are  the  subject  of  unwarranted  arid  un­ standing.  Any  guy  'worth  his  salt  with  a  gripe  fair attacks by left­footers in  the seamen's society  like  that  will  get  the  pitch  if  it  is  put  to  him  then  they cannot  get  the kind of  "cooperation  that  clearly  and  in  the  proper  light.  On  the  other  is  essential  to  the  welfare  of  all  concerned.  In  fact,  these  gripers  are  the  kind  who  pre­ hand, there are  chronic  gripers  to  whom  nothing  can  ever  be  explained  because  they're  never  vented  the  Unions  from  becoming  strong  in  the  .  happy  unless  they  are  knocking  something  or  old.days.  Because  they  couldn't  submerge  their  someone.  Nothing  constructive  ever  comes  from  personal feelings, they  always attacked  any effort  these guys. They  generally  are fascinated  by  the  to  muster seamen  into  the strong force  that  was  sound  of  their  own  voices,  and  the  more  they  necessary  to  improve  their  lot.  drink,  the  more  they  pump  their  speech  boxes  TH^ "SWELL  GUY"  and  the  more  destructive  become  their  little  Less  easy  to  detect  as  a  torpedo  artist ds  the  stories.  seemingly  well­intentioned  guy,  who  always  ap­ A  close  relative  to  theSe  guys  are  the  "agiii­ pears  to  be  going  out  of  his  way  to  help  a  ship­ ners."  They're  "agin"  everything.  They've  got  a  mate  square  his  troubles.  He  generally  gets  by  thousand  and  one  arguments  why  the  Union  with  his shipmates  as "a  swell  guy," or  one  who  • and got  his  point  across  by  having  the  majority  shouldn't  do  a  thing  when  it  means  spending  a  "wouWn't  hurt a fly."  '  "  .  of  the  membership  read  it,  or  he  spoke  up  at  a  little time  and  money.  When  this  guy  goes  into  action,  many  of  his  membership meeting where action could be taken.  ~  An  example  oT  this  type  is  the fellow  who  in  shipmates are apt to be fooled and they'll remark,  Not  all  gripes  or  beefs  of  this  type  are  impor­ recent weeks  was lamenting  loud  and  long  to his  "Gee,  if  everyone  in  the  world  was  like  him,  tant  enough  to  be  aired  at  a  meeting.  Plenty  of  shipmates  and  all  who  would  listen,  that  the  what  a  great  place  it  would  be."  Yeah,  a  great  times,we  have  something  on  our  chests  that  we  Union  was  so  busy  chasing  nev/  companies  that  place for  guys  like  him.  Actually,  he'd  have  you  spill to one another  over a drink and  we're finish­ the older contracted  outfits and  crews were being  going  around  in  circles  to  satisfy  his  ambitions.  ed  with  it.  But  any  gripe  or  beef  that  is  big  ignored. This  guy was "agin" the  Union spending  enough  to  get  a  guy  all  hot  and  bothered  about,  time  chasing  these  "dinky  one­ship  companies."  and  which  he  keeps  repeating  to  everybody  he  He argued  that it was a waste of  time and money  comes in  contact  with, ought  to  be aired  in front  that should  be devoted  to the SIU  regulars.  of  the  men  whom  it affects—the  membership.  To  This guy, whether  he knew  it or  not, was doing  let  a  beef  take  the  dark,  winding  course  that  a sabotage  job  on  the Union.  He certainly  wasn't  leads  to  confusion  can  ultimately  be  harinful.  If  helping  to  build  the  Union's  strength.  He  hadn't  that's  a  guy's  intention,  then  he  means  no  good  stopped  to  consider  that  if  these  one­ship  outfits  Si  and should  be straightened  out  by  anyone within  remained  non­union  they'd  menace  all  SIU  con­ earshot  who's  interested  in  his  own  well­being  ditions and  contracts, including the SIU regulars.  as reflected  by  the welfare of  his organization.  His argument  to ignore these small outfits  sound­ ­ed  like  a company  line  of  reasoning,  hardly  that  LOADED  WITH  HARM  Guys have  passed along to Union  officials  beefs  of  a man  who calls himself  a Union member.  Incidentally,  these  one­ship  outfits  are  hardly  told  them  in  a  ginmill  that  are  really  childish  stuff. But  they  are always  loaded  with  harm  be­ a curse on lis. Two  Of  these one­ship firms  a year  which  is  to  be  known  as  "a  swell  guy"  or  per­ cause they  might  be taken seriously  by  the easy­ ago  had  one  ship  each;  today  they  have  twelve  haps a  very  important  persoh.  ships apiece.  Another lias grown  from one to  ten;  tb­convince  type  of  listener.  This  kind  of  a  do­gooder  will  invariably  try  Once a  certain member  was sore  because a  guy  another  from  seven  to  eighteen.  These  four  one  to. impress  his  shipmates  with  his  "contacts'*,  he once  sailed  with,  now  a  piecard,  didn't  spend  ship firms  alone  now  provide  the  Union  with  among  union officials,  a  line that might  be laugh­ a couple  of  hours talking''over  the  old  days  with  close  to  2,000  jobs  nnd  all  sWps  are  company  ed  off  as  a  joke  if  it weren't  for  the Jact'that  it  '  him. The disgruntled  Brother  was  yammering  in  owned.  is Often  swallowed  by  a  lot of  people.  *  a  ginmill  that  the  piecard  was  now  a  "bureau­ '  STUMBLING  BLOCK  While this  type of  operator  may honestly mean  cratic  so  and  so,"  and  that  "he's  too  big  to  re­ well,  he's a  meddler  and  it  is  wise  to  avoid: him  .  It  appears  that  what  the "aginner"  really  op­ I&V  member  his  pals,  now," and  "I knew  him  when."  poses  is  the healthy  expansion  of  the  Union  and  in the solution of  any problem. The correct course  p  You  know  the stuff.  the betterment of  conditions for the Union's mem­ to  take  is  through  the  regular  Union  channels,  SJ;*'­ But  when  you  look  at  this  gripe  coldly,  you.  bership.  without  falling  for  a  lot  of  mystical  malarkey  1  see how  foolish  it  is,  "The  membership,  including  But the gripers don't  confine their barbs to  pie­ about  "contacts,'  •  "connections"  or  "my  friend,  the griper, elected the man in question to a Union  cards, either. "The Bosun  is a  bum, doesn't  know  the Patrolman."  job  because  they  expected  him  to  do  the  job—  a  damned  thing," and  thii. "Steward  we got  is  a  „ .  Every  Seafarer  has  all  the  contacts  he  needa  and do it  right. Maybe  the official  was  just  itch­ phony,"  and  "where  the  helj  did  they  get  that  ­ ^  •   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help in any shape or form  needed.  Messages  have been sent  to"*"  SUP  headquarters  and  to  all  a five  percent  increase  in  wages  until  Thursday,  May  8,  11  days  SUP  branch  balls  informing  and  overtime  rates,  and  a  four  after  the  time  the  two  month  the  SUP  that  SIU  membership  watch  system,  as  weU  as  other  period  had  expired.  behind  them  all  the  way  and  that  minor  changes.  Neither  at  this  meeting  nor  at  Shipowners Stall  the  SUP  "need  only  say  the  word  any  subsequent  ones  did  the  oper­ to obtain unlimited support,  wheth­ Althou^ the  shipowners had  re­ ators'  representatives  accept  any  er it be financial,  physical or moral  ceived  notice* of  "the  reopener  on  part  of  the  SUP  demands,  include  backing,  in  keeping  with  the  tra­ February  27,  the  SUP  was  unable  ing  the  Saturday  overtime,  al­ ditional  cooperation  between  our  to  arrange  a  meeting  with  the  as­ though  they had  already  agreed  to  two  districts."  The  SUP,  mean­ sociation's  negotiating  committee  such  overtime  payments  in  a  con­ while,  is  standing  firm  in  its  con­ tract  with  the  Marine  Firemen,  tract  demands.  Oilers  and  Watertenders.  Not  only  did  the  operators  turn  down  these  Sign  With  Bridges  demands  but  .they  asked  that  the  Seafarer Irvin  T. Pearce  gets in  some­preiiaration for. an engineers'  There have  been.no recent devel­ SUP  give  up  its  right  to  open  «  license  with the  help of  the  BME  instruction iMtoklet,  before  ship­'  opments  in  the  strike,  with  the  contract  in  the  future.  ping  out  on  the  Robin  Doncaster.  Pearce  plans to  sit  for  hfrli­'  operators  association,  representing  Seafarers  who  have  taken  cense  when  the  trip  is  over.  One  last  attempt  was  made  by  24  dry  cargo  companies,  failing  to  the  series  of  innoculations  re­ the  Union  to keep  the  ships sailing  make  any  kind  of  contract  offer  to  quired for  certain  foreign  voy­ when  it agreed  to a  request  by  the  the  SUt*.  The  stand  pat  attitude  is  ages  are  reminded  to  be  kure  Federal  Conciliation  Service  that  in  marked  contrast  to  the  speedy  to  pick  up  their  innoculation  both  parties  submit  the  dispute  to  signing  of  a  contract  with  Harry  cards  from  the  captain  or  the  the  Wage  Stabilization  Board. This  Bridges'  International  Longshore­ purser  when  they  pay  off  at  the  shipowners  refused  to  do.  men  and  Warehousemen's  Union  the  end  of  a  voyage.  for a  17  cents an  hour increase  the  As  a  consequence,  a  strike  vote  The  card  should  be  picked  very  day  that  the  SUP  was  com­ up  by  the  Seafarer  and  held  .was  taken  on  May  26  with  a' tally  Enlarging its  program  to  help Seafarers  secure  engineer's  pelled  to  set  up  its picketlines  be­ so  that  it  can  be  presented  4>f  .3,5ia  to  68  in  favor. of  a  walk­ licenses, the Brotherhood of  Marine Engineers has announced  cause  the  operators  refused  to  when  signing  on  for  another  out.  Picketlines  were  set  up  the  make  a  counter­offer  to  the  SUP's  voyage  where  the  "shots"  are  next  morning  and  have  been  out  the setting  up of  a full­scale training program.  Tuition and  maintenance  for  Seafarers'*  demands.  ever  since.  required.  The  innoculation  taking^  the  course  of  school  union  with  a  recognized  maritime,  Ail  told,  the  associarion's  mem­ Further,  the  SUP strike  commit­ card  is your only  proof  of  hav­ bers  operate  some  35(T ships  which  instruction fpr licenses will be  school  to  handle  Seafarer  candir .  ,  tee'  pointed  out,  the  next  day  ing'taken  the  required  shots.  Bridges  was  quoted  in  the  San  Those  men  who  forget  to  are  being  tied  up  in  increasing  advanced  as  a  loan  by  the  BME.  dates  for  a  license  to  fi^  in  .any  numbers as  they  return, from their  Under  arrangements  made  by  the  gapsdn their training.  ­ Francisco  press  declaring  that  the  pick up  their innoculation card  voyages and  the men  pay off. Since  BME,  it  is  expected  thai  qualified  These latest  features of the BME  operators  were  "100  percent  right  when  they  pay  off  may find  the  strike  covers  only  members  of  Seafarers can sit for­the license  ex­ training  program  wore  instituted  ...  and the SUP 100 percent  wrong" in  that  they hre  required  to  take  this  beef.  the  Pacific, Maritime  Association,  aminations after two. or three weeks  after  the  union  received  several *  all the "shots" again when  they  none  of  the  ships  manned  by  the  of  schooling.  dozen  responses  from  Seafarers  to  ,  ^ One result  of  the strike  has been  want  to  sign  on  for  another  SIU,  A&G  District,  are  affected by  'Arrangements  have  neen  made  its  original  offer  of  instruction.al.  that  all  military  cargoes  that  ordi­ such  voyage.  the  walkout.  by  the  SlU­affiliated  engineers  aid for men  interested  in becoming  narily  would  have  been  carried, on  ships of  the  Pacific Maritime  Asso­ engineers.  With  this  encouraging  ciation's  member  companies  are  response,  the  officials  of  the  BME  now  being  handled  exclusively  by  decided  to  provide  the  necessary  the  Military  Sea  Transportation  financial  assistance  and  make  arr:  Service.  If  necessary,  additional  rangements for a  regular course; of  ships  will  be  broken  out  of  the  First  of  the  maximum  $140  vacation  benefits  were paid  to eligible Seafarers  on  June 2,  instruction.  boneyards  for  this  purpose.  Booklets  fllstrlbuted  ;  one day after  the SIU's revolutionary plan completed  its first  anniversary.  In addition, SUP­manned tankers  The  BME  has  been  distributihg  It was on June 1, 1951, that shipowners started contributing to the vacation fund, although  and  steamschooners,  which  are  instruction  booklets  since  mid­May  covered  by  separate  agreements,  pajmients were not  begun out  containing  sample  examination  of  the fund until Wage Stabil­ steward  utilityman,  who  has  been  abled  a  man  to  qualify  for  the  va­ are  still  being  worked.  questions typical  of  those  asked  by  '  sailing  on  SlU­manned  ships  since  The  strike  situation  developed  ization  Board  approval  was  1947  but  had  35  years'  seatime  be­ cation  dough  whether  he  Vorked  the  Coast  Guard  on  their  tests  for  obtained  in  February.  Since  then  for  one  company  or  a  dozen  dur­ when  the  SUP reopened  its  agree­ 3rd  assistant  licenses.  In  addition,  ment  under  the  required  two  Seafarers  have  received  weU  over  fore  that  starting  in the Philipptoe  ing  the  time.  The  way  the  Plan  the  officers  of  thie  BME  are  pre­.'  months'  notice  and  presented  de­ $800,000  in  vacation  benefit.  On  Islands,  welcomed  the  Union­ad­ is  set  up.  Seafarers  can  claim  the  pared  to  give  personal  assistance '  mands calling for  payment of  over­ a  year  by  year  basis  it  is expected  ministered  vacation  benefit  as  a  vacation  money  as  long  as  they  to  interested  Seafm­ers.  time  for  Saturday  work  at  sea,  a  that  the  plan  will  pay  out  ap­ much­needed  improvement  in  the  have  discharges  showing  the  re­ As  a  result  of  the  booklet  dis­ $30  a  month  increase  for  daymen.  proximately $21^  millions.  Up un­ industry.  He  noted  that  he  prob­ quired  minimum  90  days'  wor^  tribution,  several  Seafarers  have  til  now.  Seafarers  had  been  col­ ably  would  use  the  dough  to  help  time or  more.  lecting  on  the  basis  of  less  than  out an  aged sister  and brother  who  The  SIU  Vacation  Plan  is  the  already taken the exam, with  others  first  in  the industry  to guarantee  a  planning  to  do  so  in  the  near  one  year's  eligibility.  The  pl«  need  it  "more  than  I  do."  Fidelion  C.  Daqiian,  third  cook,  seaman  vacation  pay  based  on  the  future.  was the first  sOch industry­wide  ar­ June.13, 1752  Vol.  XIV. No.  12  rangement  for  seamen.  another  recipient  of  a  year's  vaca­ actual  number  of  days  worked  Typical  of  the  Seafarers  now  Under  the  Plan,  anyone  sailing  tion  cash,  pointed  out  that  he  had  aboard  ship.  Previously,  only  a  preparing  for  their  licenses  is  American  Merchantmen  Page  10  As I See It  Page  13  an  SIU  ship  since  last  June  1  be­ each  dollar  already  pinpointed  for  handful  qualified  for  employer­op­ Irvin  T.  Pearce,  currently  sailing  Burly  Page  16  came  eligible  for  vacation  benefits  a  special  purpose,  although  he  erated  plans  requiring  months  of  FOW  aboard  the  Robin  Doncaster.  Crossword  Puzzle  Page  12  after 90  work days.  'Payments  are  didn't  let  on  what  it  was.  Damian  continuous  employment  for  one  Pearce  has  been  studying  on  his  company.  Union  negotiations  with  own for a  few months,  but  now ex­ Did  You  Know........  Page  18  certified  by  official  discharges  has  been  a  Seaf;irer  since  1946,  Editorial  Page  13  showing  the  time  put  in,  with  They  and  ­others  who  qualified  the  shipowners  in  May  and  Octo­ pects to  be able to  sit for a  license  Foc'sle  Fotog  Page  19  benefits  scaled  from  $35  for  a  90­ for  the  full  year's  payment  lauded  ber,  1951,  put  the  Plan  In  motion  upon  his  return  from  the  current  Galley  Gleanings  ..... Page  20  day  period to  a  top of  slightly over  the  feature  aspect«of  it.  which  en­ pending  Government  okay.  voyage,  with  the  help  of  the  BME  Inquiring Seafarer  .... Page  12  $140  for  a  full  year.  They  can  instructibn.  In The  Wake  Page  12  be  collected  four  times  each  year  I've  thought  about  getting  a  Labor  Round­Up  Page  16  or  in  one  lump  sum  by  Applying  license  for quite  a  while," he  said,  Letters  Pages 21,  22,  23  at  any  SIU hall.  but I  wasn't happy  about  the  idea  Letter  Of  The  Week  Page  13  One  of  the first  to  qualify  for  of  leaving  the Siy.  Now  I can  sail  Maritime  Page  16  the  full  vacation  benefit  was  Sea­ under  the  BME  and  still  ^e  affili­ Meet The  Seafarer  Page  12  farer  James  J.  Casey,  wiper,  for  ated­with  the  same  international  On  The  Job  Page  16  continuous  time  on  the  Bull  Line  uniOn."^  Order!.  Pages  14,  15  freighter Ines since  June, 1951,  un­ Report to  Ball  Personals  Page  26  til  he  paid  off  last  week  in  New  A BME spokesman explained  that  Quiz  Page  19  York.  Casey,  who  netted  a  check  qualified  men  getting  off. ships  in ,,  Ship's  Minutes.... .Pages. 26,  27  for  $141.94,  representing  the  year  New  York  can  obtain  both  the  Sinking  of  Oregon  Page  11  and  a  cpuple  of  days  over,  needed  booklets and  instruction  courses by.  SIU History  Cartoon...  Page  7  no further  convincing that  the  SIU  ];epbrting  to  the  BME  at  675  4th  Sports  Line  Page  20  set­up was  the  best  one  going.  The  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  NY. •   Ten  Years  Ago...  Page  12  Ines  was  his first  ship  with  the  Other  intoiested  men  unable  to  Top Of The  News  Page  6  SIU,  ljut  it  won't  be' long  before  come  in  should  write  to  the  union  Vacation  Pay..  Pages  23,  24,  25  he'U  be  heading  off  the  beach  at  the  above­listed  address,  giving  Wash.  News  Letter....  Page  4  again  from  his  home  in  Philly  on  a  full  resume  of  their  background,  Welfare  Benefits  Page  25  another  vessel  contracted  to  the  so  that  their  eligibility  can  be  de­ FobliMod BiWMkiy  at tiio  bMOquaiter*  Seafarers.  termined.  •   .  ..  of  tha  Saafarars  fntarnatienal  Union.  At­ Two  otker  men,  both  off  the  The  spokesman  emphasized  that  .  lantic  C.  Guif  District,  AFL.  «7S  Faorth  Avonua, Braaklyn  »X  N.  Y,  Tai. STartint  same  ship,  Isthmian's  Steel  Archi­ One of ffrst  Seafarers to  colleoi the maidmuia  $149 vacatiion  bene­ the employment  outlook for 3rd  as­ «  S­4S7I.  Enfarad  as  s«ii»nd  class  matter  tect,  also  came  In  for  a  full  year's  fit, Fidelion  C.  Damian, cook  (L)«  gets bjia  cash  from Paul  Sanford  sistants is  excellent,  with­ a  big  de>  at  tha  Fast  OtSca  lirlBrooUyii,  M.  Y­ undar  tij^iAft^  J.1  AO  IjofjCiiifiC *)  V.  •  •  •  (  k.4  PiekVp'Shojt^  Card At Payoff  BME  Engine  School  Easy Way to Ticket  Reach Peak Vacation Pay  SEAFARERS  LOG  �• ­• • r    Friday. Jolie It 19Sf  • T  SEAFARBRS  LOC  Page Three  1  Seafarers Victorious  In Key Ship Veto Case  ­A  far  reaching  decision  hy  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board has led to an SIX? election victory in the engine depart­ ment of  ships owned by . Ocean Tow, Inc.  The decision's im­ portance  goes  beyond  the  is  that  in  organizing  any  Ocean Tow case and holds that  decision  company  all  ships  of  the  company  for purpose of bargaining, all  should  be  voted  as  a  unit, and  the  the , ships  of  a  company  are  to  be  fact  that  any  one ship  might  vote  against  the union  holding a  major­ considered  as  one unit.  The  case  arose  when  the  SIU  ity  of  all  votes  woiild  not  affect  organized the Alaska Cedar  and the  the  union's  bargaining  rights  on  Alaska Spruce,  two ships  owned by  that  company's ships.  Ocean Tow,  Inc.,'and obtained  rec­ Had  the  original  decision  been  ognition  as  bargaining  agent  for  permitted  to  stand,  it  would  have  the deck  and steward  departments.  been  possible,  for  example,  for  an  However,  the  Marine  Firemen,  outside union to  try to get  a major­ Oilers  and  Watertenders  Union  ity  on  one  ship  of  an  SlU­con­ challenged  the  SIU  jurisdiction  tracted  company,  and  then  take  over  the  engine  room  and  sought  that  one  ship  away  as  a  separate  to  have  the  engine  department  of  bargaining  unit.  «ach  ship  considered  a  bargaining  unit  in  itself.  The  MFOW's  action  was  motivated  by  the  fact  that  ^Private Eye^  overall  in  strength  the  SIU  would  win,  but  if  each  ship's  engine  de­ Looks Other Way  partment  was  considered  a  sepa­ Two  weeks  have  passed  ratif  .uhit,'  the  MFOW  would  win  since  the  LOG  printed  its ex­ one.'  pose  of  "private  eye"  Horace  As a  result, the  NLRB  issued an  W. Schmahl.  Beforelthe article  order  last  February  that  separate  appeared,  Schmahl  learned  of  elections  be  held  on  each' ship  the  LOG'S  investigation  and  which  was  done.  The  SIU  con­ threatened  to  sue  the  LOG  if  tested  the  order,  asking  that  the  he found anything at  all in  the  board  reconsider  Us  position  and  Story  that  could  be  considered  claiming  that  all  vessels  of  the  libelous.  employer  should  be  considered  as  To  date  the  LOG  hasn't  a­single  unit.  a  word  from  Schmahl  or  his  New  hearings  wtfre  held  on  the  attorney.  basis of  the SIU's petition at  which  " The conclusion drawn by the  the  SIU's  position  was  upheld  by  LOG  is  that  even  Schmahl  the  hearing  examiner.  The  deci­ must  admit  the  timth  and  ac­ sion has  now  been  affirmed by  the  curacy  of  the  article  which  Washington  office  of  the  NLRB.  pointed  to him  as  the  central  Ballots  have  already  been  figure in  a  clumsy  attempt  to  counted  giving  the  SIU  a  five  to  get former shipmates of  Philip  three  majority  on  both  ships  to­ Pron  to  unwittingly  testify  gether.  The results have  been for­ against  the  once­blinded  Sea­ warded  to  the  NLRB's  Washington  farer. The article also revealed  office  with certification  of  the SIU  Schmahl's  anti­labor  spying  as  bargaining  agent  expected  during the SIU's  organizing of  shortly.  Cities Service  tankers.  The net  effect of  the Ocean Tow  Union's  Disability  Benefit  A 'Godsend'  if  Fresh out  of  the hospital  and headed  for her new  Baltimore home, Frances Stone,  just seven days old.  Is the center  of  attraction for her dad.  Seafarer  Dolor  F.  Stone,  and  his  wife  Iris.  Frances  qualified  for  one  of  the  first  $200  birth  benefits  paid  out  by the  SIU, plus a  $25 US  Bond  in her own  name.  Again blazing the trail toward  better living  for  all  seafaring  men  the SIU  has  added a  new series of  valuable benefits to  its  welfare  program.  These  include  maternity payments for Seafarers' families, and disability benefits for men unable  to work.  In addition, the Union announced  that  a Welfare  Fund­sponsored  hotel  will  be buUt  adjacent to  New York  headquarters to provide comfortable, clean and  cheap  living  quarters  for.  men on the beach.  Although  these, projects  Dad  Terms  Benefit  'Family Union Pact'  will  mean  payment  of  large  stuns of  money out  of  the Uh­ ion^s  Welfare  Fimd,  the  fund  is in such soimd'shape that an­ other  $400,000 of  its reserve is  An old sea­going man, John C. Hopkins is one of the first  to  being invested in Government  Joseph A.  Cave, is the first  Seafarer­dad  to qualify  for  the  be eligible  for  the Welfare  Plan's disability  benefits,  and the  bonds  which  will  provide  addition­ brand new  SIU maternity  benefits for  his new offspring.  Un­ doubtedly typifying  the feelings of  the hundreds of  SIU fam­ $15  is a "godsend" for  him.  Visibly overcome  with emotion,  al  revenue  for the  fund.  John  had  just  left  the  head­ .  The  history  making  maternity  ily  men,  Joe  termed  the  new4  quarters  meeting  where  he  he  lives  alone  in  New  York,  and  benefit,  first  of  its  kind  in  the  benefit  "like  having  an  SIU  "They  couldn't  have  picked  a  bet­ was  introduced  to  the  mem­ pays $5  a  week for his room  out of  ranks of  imlicensed sea unions, will  contract for the  whole family.  ter  figure,"  he  explained  "because  bers  as  "one  of  " brothers  who  the  $4Q­a­month  payment,  he  pay  $200  to  any  Seafarer  whose  I'm  now .really  beginning  to  ap­ the  expenses  of  the  doc  and  the  through  the lean  years and  the fat  wanted  to  give  $20  to.  the  Hnion  wife gives  birth to a  child.  In ad­ preciate  the  wonderful  plan  we  hospital  came  to  about  $210­215."  He  noted  that  conditions  have  ones always  put his heart  and soul  that  "got  me  good  conditions  and*  dition  to  this  high  sum,  the  Wel­ have here."  fare  Fund  will  give  the  baby  a  At  the  SIU  headquarters  branch  changed  quite  a  lot  since  he  be­ into  the  Union."  wages while I  was sailing."  meeting  of  June  4 Cave  was  prob­ came  a  Seafarer back  in  1941,  but  Sailing  since  the  nineties,  John  If  you think  that living  on $40 a  $25  Government  bond.  was one  of  the charter members  of  month  is  easy,  particularly  when  •   The'only  other  maritime  union  ably  the  happiest  member  present  this  latest  gain  for  the  Seafarer­ the  SIU  and  has  always  been" re­ over half  of  it  goes for  room  rent,  that  has  a  maternity  benefit  at  when he  heatd that  the  Union  and  family  man  "was  a  real  corker.  luctant  to  cut  his  ties  with  the  just try  it some time.  But now  that  present  is  the  West  Coast  branch  the  Welfare  Plan  were  instituting  Alice and  I lost  our first  child,  but  Union  because  "I've  always  gotten  the  Welfare  Plan  has  adopted  a  of  the  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots,  a new maternity  benefit, $200 from  Junior is  going  to  be  the start  of  a  a  fair  break  from  the  SIU.  Too  disability,  benefit  plan  for  those  which  pays  the  usual allowance  of  the  Welfare  and  a  $25  Savings  real  SIU  family."  Bond  in  the  baby's  name  from  the  Generally  sailing  AB,  bosun  or  many  of  these  younger  boys  don't  men  who  are  unable  to  work  any  $50.  SIU  itself,  for  Seafarers'  children  day man,  Joe was home at the  time  Retroactive  to  I  know  what  it  was  like  way  back  longer,  John's  income  has  almost  of  the  baby's  birth  because  he  When  I  started  sailing."  tripled.  Now,  he'U  be  collecting  One  especially  desirable  aspect  born  on  or^after  April  1,  1952.  For some  time now,  John, who  is  the $40 a month social security pay­ of  the  maternity  benefit  is  that  it  It  was  the  retroactive  feature  of  wanted  to  be  around  when  every­ *!Q,  has been  forbidden toi go  to sea  ment,  and  about  $65  per  moath  is  retroactive  to  April  1,  J1952.  this Innovation  that struck  Joe and  thing  happened,  little  expecting  at  by  his  doctors.  He finally  retired  from  the  Union's  Welfare  Plan,  Every  Seafarer  eligible  under  the  set  him  computing  dates  on  his  ,e time that  he  would  be the first  his Union  book  last December,  but  for a  total of  $105 a  month.  Welfare  Plan  whb  .becomes  ,  a  fingers.  Joe  Cave  Jr.  was  born  in  known  dad  to  qualify  for the  new­ a  few  weeks ago,  he showed  up  at  John's reaction  was, "I'll  5e able  father  after  that  date  is  eligible  New  Orleans  April  2,  1952,  a^nd  est  wrinkle  in  benefits  for  Sea­ the  New  York  headquarters  with  to get along wonderfully now,  with  to collect the $200. The usual pracr  you  can't  come  under  the  wire  farers. He  took a  trip on the  tanker  Trinity  after  the  blessed  event,  $20  "to  pay  my  Way." '  the money from the Union. I'll even  tice  in  maternity  plans  Is  to,  put  much  closer  than  that.  Itching  to  Spread  News*  which  brought  him  into  New  York  This in spite of  the fact that  his  be  able  to ­buy  some  clothes  that  them: into  effect  ten  months  to  a  ^  only  income  since  he  had  to  stop  I've needed  for a  long,  long  time."  year  after  the  plan  is  announced.  Since  that  session,  Joe  Sr.  has  to  get  the  news of  his  latest  boon,  sailing has been social security pay­ "This  is the  kind of  thing  I  was  All  a  Seafarer  has  to  do  to  get  been  itching to  get back  home and  all  the  more  reason  why  Joe  is  (Cdntinued 'ofi  piage' W ­'  '  menbst; of $40  permon^.­"Although  (CH)ntin(ifed  on* gage" .17)  "'  bring­*bls  ­Wife'^ tlte  good  news!  (Continued  on  page  17)  �V  p'r;;­'',­ :Vig<ti l^iir  '^APAREm  ', Sunt  13. 195S  PRCiew Acfopls Gifts BB  jRam  SIU  NEWSLETTER  from WASHINGTON  '  =r==a  I  —I  ,  If  a  war with  Russia  should  break  out, the  Allies  will  not  be totally  unprepared  in  the  way  of  merchant  shipping.  The  requiremehts  and  availabilities  of  shipping  tp^  meet  any  foreseeable  future  emergency  have  been  worked  out  in .detail, on  a  highly secret  basis,  by  the  North  Atlantic  Planning  Board  for  Ocean  Shipping,  which  was  established'  by  the North  Atlantic  Treaty Council  back in  1950.  This Board  repre­ sents 12  nations  whose  Combined, merchant­fleets contain  a  large  pro­ "  portion  of  the  world's  tonnage.  The  organization  works  in  close  cooperation  with  other  bodies  of"  the  treaty organization  in  matters relating  to  merchant  shipping  in  de^  fense  planning,  and  has  concluded  plans  for  the  quick  mobilization  and  direction  of  vessels  in  event  of  ,war.  ^  it  t  •  While  on  the subject  of  war. It  should  be  noted  again  that  it lakes  an  estimated  250,000  deadweight  tons  of  troop­carrying  vessels  and  freighters  to  transport  one  full  division  and :its  equipmeut  the  5,000 :  miles  from ;  the  US  West  Coast  to  the  Far  East. ' Anpther  133,000 ;  measurement  tons  of  supplies  are  required  during  the  first  month  of  operation  by  the  military  and  19,000  tons  each  month  thereafter  tp '  support it.  it'  ,'4  4­ The  long  arm  of  the  law  had  to  stretch  but  a  feW  blocks  iri  this  city from the  FBI­building  to the  Department  of  Commerce  to  charge  a  high  maritime  official  with  fraud  in  connection  with  the  theft  of  marine  supplies  in  the  reserve  fleet  at  Beaumont,  Texas.  Captain  Some of  the Seafarers off  the  Puerto Rico  line up  with "Chicks" at  headquarters, where the girls were  Manuel  Gonzalez,  assistant  chief  of  the  Maritime  Administration's  presented  with  new  uniforms and  money  for equipment.  Crewmembers  pictured  (L­R)  are . (top):  Q.  Ship Repair &  Maintenance Division,  was only  one of  several to  be  ar­ Remaud, G. Fitzsimmons, S. Bemstei^. C. Kerrigan, W.  Grovner;  (2nd  row).  J. Black.  R.  McWilliams.  rested  by  the  FBI  in  connection  with  the diversion  and  sale  of  rope  ' H. Bennett. C. Sousa^T. Lewis.  In center of  3rd  row is. team coach  B. Greene, and  (bottom, right) Rita  from Government  ships at the  reseive fleet base.  Over 170,000  pounds  of  the rope was  disposed of  before the FBI  stepped in.  Mc Williams,  team  captain  and  daughter  of  Seafarer  who suggested  idea,  Bwift  action  will  be  taken  by  the  Government  against  Captain  Gon­ Only  a few  Seafarers have  so far  realized  the  oft­repeated  dream  of  a  "chicken  farm  zalez and  the. others involved as  a  warning against any future  pilferage  .. •   somewhere ..." when their  working days are  over, but  the SIU  crewmembers of  the Bull  of  Government maritime  property.  Line  cruise ship  Puerto  Rico  already  have some "Chicks" under their wing.  —  "The  Chicks,"  a  spirited  A  small  group  of  American  lines,  aided  by  some  Membersf of "Comii  baseball  squad  of  teen­age  originally  organized  the  squad  "Chicks" on  the front  anc  girls,  have  been  adopted  by  and coaches  them  in  most  of  their  cular wheel  emblem of ^e SIU on  gress,  is  attempting  to  have  legislation  passed  providing  fot  the  con­ version  of  ten  C­4  type  ships  into  ore^ carriers.  " ­  _  '  the crew  of  the  cruise  liner,  after,  games,  lauded  the  men  for  "their  the  sleeve.  a.  drive  spurred  on  by  Seafarer  wonderful  work  in  helping  these  Later  on  they  tried  on  the  new  . Those  behind  the  move  include  American­Hawaiian  Steaifishipi Cdihi'  Richard  McWilliams,  BR,  father  girls  have  good,  construetive  outfits  which fit  to  a'"T" and  are  pany,  which  owns  five  C­4s;  Luckenbach  Steamship Compapy,  owning  sure to  give them  at least semi­pro  two; and  Joshua Henry (Pacific Far East Line), which  owns thred. These  of  the  team's  captain,  Rita  McWil­ recreation."  He noted  that the  team has  been  standing  next  time  they  tangle  are'the  only  ten  privately  owned  C­4s  in  operation.  Repreienta^^ve  liams.  ­  ,  . With  the  cooperation  of  all  playing  boys'  teams and "has  been  with  a  neighborhood  aggregation.  Garmatz,  Democrat  of  Maryland,  is  one  of  the  Congressmen  carxl^ng  They've  already  issued  a  standing  the  ball for  the  shipping  companies.  crewmembersj  McWilliams  started  beating them."  '1A  ^  the  ball  rolling  to . collect  money  As  the  girls  continue  in  their  ehallenge  to  play  any  boys'  or  The  companies  want  Congress, to  authorize  the  Secretary  of  Com­ for  uniforms  and  equipment  for  winning  ways,  they'll  be  sporting  girls' .team  in  the  12­15  year  age  merce  to  grant  allowances  by  readjustment  of  mortgage  indebtedness  the youngsters' squad, which  plays  uniforms  which  feature  the  name  group.  to  the  owners  of  the  C­4s  toward  the  cost  of  conversion  to. ocean­ teams of  either sex  out  in  Jackson  going  bulk  carriers.  Heights,  Long  fsland,  an  . area  4  4  4  where  a  good  mai?y  of  the  men  Before  if  adjourns  for  the  current  session. Congress  is  expected  to  In  the  crew  live  when  IJiey're  off  pass  legislation  which  will  greatly  aid  publicly  owned  and  prlyately­ the  ship.  owhed  marine  terminals, docks  and  warehousing facilities.  The  Office  Presentation  at 'Hq  v "  ^  of  Price  Stabilization,  up  to  this  time,  has  contended  that  these  were  Presentation of  the gift  from the  Seafarers  on  the  Puerto  Rico  was  MONTREAL—Bolstered by the brand new Great Lakes and  not  public utilities  and,  therefore,  that  they  fell  within  the  orbit  of  OPS  price  control.  However,  Congress  will  rule  otherwise,  and  send"  made  at  the  headquarters  branch  meeting  June  4,  when  a  nine­ deep­sea agreements recently inked with the respective groups  legislation  along  to  the  President  for  signature  under  which  the  ma­ player  aggregation  was  present  to  bf  operators, the SIU in Canada  has gone out to  bring similar  rine  terminals  will not  be  under OPS  rate  control,  —  accept  the  bonanza  from  Thurston  benefits  to  previously  unor­"*­—  4  4  4  ganized  West  Coast  sfeameh.  on  the  West  Coast  have  indicated  Lewis,  ship's  delegate.  No  foreign  aid  cargoes  were  carried  by  Goveniment­owned  ships  '  McWilliams,  who  had  started  Reports  reaching SIU  Canad­ they  stand  squarely  behind  the  during May,  and  the only  National Shipping  Authority vessels rilsigned  the  drive  rolling,  found  it  snow­ ian  District  headquarters  indicate  Union in  its drive  to improve their  to  Mutual  Security  Agency  operations  are  now  on  4;heir  homeward  balling  before  his eyes  as the  idea  immediate  response from  the West  wage­earning  position.  caught  on  with  the  crew.  "They  Coasters,  whose  conditions  fali far  Some  of  the  companies  affected  .voyages and  will  be returned  to reserve.  On  May 31,  1952, there  were  really  pitched  in  to  help  and  iti  below wage  scales elsewhere in  the  by  the  campaign  are  the  Black  296  government  ships  in  service  under  the  NSA,  as  compared  with*  ..  Ball  Ferries  Limited,  BC  Steam­ 445  at  the  beginning  of  the  month.  took  much  less  time  than  we  ex­ Dominion.  ships Limited,  BC Packers Limited  pected to  get the money  together."  As  in  the  earlier  negotiations  Besides  the  uniforms,  the  girls  on  agreements covering  Lakes and  and  BC'Barge  and  Transportation  were presented with  almost $100 to  deep­sea  sailors,  the  Union  has  Limited.  cover the  cost of  bats,  balls, gloves  mustered  for  strike  action  if  nec­ and  the  like,  without  which  the  essary  to  achieve  its  principal  squad  could  not  function.  demands.  Overwhelmingly  behind  Hailing  the  good­hearted  spirit  the  SIU  organizers  in  the  cam­ which  prompted  the  SIU  men  to  paign,  the  crews  of  the  West  aid the  girls, Bernard  Greene, who  Coast  ships  are fiocking  to  sign  Seafarers  riding  ships  into  the  port  of  New  York  have  a  chance  up  with  the  SIU  to  demonstrate  to save  a lot  of  that  payoff  dough  when  they  use a service  offered  the strength they can  bring to bear  by  Union  representatives  coming  aboard  with  samples  of  work  Get Diseharge  if  the  shipowners  become  too  and  dress gear  from  the SlU­operated  Sea  Chest  at  headquarters.  .  Those  who haven't  yet  heard  of  this new  service or had  the op­ For Port Time  stubborn.  "An  unusual  salvage  claim  in­ To  Ask  Certification  portunity to  take advantage  of  it are  advised that  the men  lugging  Seafarers  should  be  sure  to,  volving  the  SUP  crew  of  the  Wil­ those  bulging sample  cases to  your ship are  members  of  the  SIU,  It is expected  that within  a short  get a discharge for all  the time  Uam  Meredith  is  now  being  heard  acting in behalf  of  the SlUrowned and  operated Sea Chest.  they  are  on  a  ship's  payroll.  time, the  Union  will  apply  to i gov­ in  Federal  couR.  The  claim  in­ Operation  of  the  Sea  Chest  in  headquarters  has  been  so  well­ Including  both  sea  time  and  ernment  labor  agencies for  certifi­ volves  a  1944  incident  in  which  received  by  the  branch  membership  that special efforts'are  bekig  port  time.  Port  time  counts  cation  as  the'proper  bargaining  the  Meredith  spent  40  days  trans­ toward  vacation  pay ^  just  as  agents  for  these  men  who  have  ferring  lend­lease  cargo  from  a  •   made tc offer men coming into the port the same  chance to  get  at  long  been  working  under  far  in­ wrecked  Liberty,  the  Thomas  G^  well­made,  bottom­priced  gCar  if  they  can't  get  to  the  beach  to  time­spent  at  isea,  but  Sea­ farers  must  have  a  diseharge  ferior  wages  and  conditions.  Offi­ Masaiyk,  come  info  the  store  and  see  what's  what.  the coast of  Libya."  cials have pointed out t||at it  would  The  master  and  crew  of  ,the  to  get  credit  for  it.  .  Stock carried  varies from  A to  Z, including work clothes  as well  Those  men  who  fail  to  get  be  extremely  costly  this  season  if  Mei­edUh  have since filed  claim for  ;  gs  the  latest'  styles  in rteri's  dresswcar' and  accessories.  Suits,  port  time  diseharges  will  not  the  operators  were  crippled  by  a  a"  salvage. award  fpr  fescue  of  shoes,  shirts  and  furnishings  of  all  types,  ^n  addition  to  luggage  be  able  to  get  that  time  cred­ strike,  but  that  the  action  will  be  about  bhe­half  the  cargo  of  the  and  miscellaileous items no^  found  in  comparable  haberdasheries,  ited toward  their vaeation  pay.  taken  as a  last  resort.  particularly  at  these  pfices, .can  be  had  within hours  by  ordering *  Maisaiyli..  ,  ..  '  '  Failure  to get  a  diseharge  for  Gains  under  the  latest  Cana­ the  US  Hepartixicht. of  ifusticdi  from  the, saihples  carried  by  the SIU  representative  who  comes  port  time  as  well  as  sea  time  dian  agreements  involve  boosts  of  fepfesrotlng the  US  as, the  defen­ •   abdafd'the'ship.;  ..  •   will  mean  that  you  will  lose  up  to  $20  a  month  for  the  deep­ dant in the aptfoh. are arguing t^t  At the present timej the service is still on  ah experimental  bgsis,  out  on  some  of  that  vacation  sea  ^ilors  and  increases  as •  high  since the  lend­iease  goods went  to  ; jnoney, so "be sure to  get those  as $25  in fresh  water  pacts cover'^  Russia,  apy  claim,  for  salvage  in  order  to gauge .the, demand for  it  in  New  "Fork  and  elsewhere.  Eventually,  it  is  expected  a  similar  se^ice  will  be  operated  out  '  port time discharges.  ing  thie  Lakes  shippers:  Faced  should  be  presented .tp, the  Soviet  of  stores to, be set  up in  major  outports,  :. •   with  these improvements,  the hien  government  Canadian SIU West Coast  Organizing Program Opens  e\—  Court Hears  Salvage Case  On  Cargo  hv  •  ^':'  W­^  Low'Priced Gear For Ships  St.•   �^rt Contest Awards Completedl Major Feature of Shio  ^  Vrf't'li'nrinnini^  cohte^ants  Wnn^ocfanfo  r'or^itnne*  fViAir T*ri»pa  Virniirt'h i­Vio  With'winning  receiving  •their  prizes,  either  in  in  nAronn  person  nr  or  •through  the  maile  mails,  the  last  details  of  the  SIU's  First  Annual  Art  Contest  are  rapidly  heing  wound  up.  All  entries  have  already  been  mailed  out  to  contestants with the  exception of  a few  in which  there  is  some  question  about  the  correctness  of  the  return  address.  *  B  Bill Cut By House Unit  The long­range shipping  bill was stripped of  one of  its most  essential features  when the  House Merchant  Marine Comrhit­ Wide  Outside  Interest  tee killed  proposed  tax deferment  benefits  to American  ship­ One  result  of  the  contest  has  ping operators. The bill has re­­*^  been  to  stimulate  considerable  in­ With  Congress  scheduled  to  ad­ ceived  the  support  of  all  seg­ terest outside the  Union in this un­ journ • .shortly for  the  nominating  ments of  the  maritime  indus­ usual  venture.  Several  publica­ conventions  there  isn't  much  time  try, including the  SIU.  tions both  in the maritime  and  the  >  jitt  the  same  time,  the  commit­ left  for action  on the  measure.  labor field  are  planning  to  run  tee  disregarded  objections  of  the  . The  tax  deferment  provisions  stories  and  photos  on  the  contest  White  House  and  Government  knocked  out  by  the  coiftmittee  which  is  a  rare  event  in  labor  spokesman  and  adopted  legislation  were  considered  the  heart  of  the  annals.  calling  for  additional  construction  measure­ and  were  most  sought  af­ All  four  winners  of  the fir^  subsidies  to  all  classes  of  Ameri­ ter by  the shipping  industry. These  prizes in  the various  categories are  can  vessels.  In  addition,, the'com­ were  the  provisions  that  were  among  those  who  mittee  approved  extension  of  con­ strongly  opposed  by  the  White  have  received  struction  aid  to  unsubsidized  lines  House,  the  Treasury  Department  their  waterproof,  both  for. the  building of  new  ships  and  the  Budget  Bureau.  shockproof,  self­ and for  the reconstruction  of  older  Not  only  did the  Committee  kill  winding  watchesi.  these  measures,  but  they  also  took  vessels.  In  addition  to  away  certain  tax  deferment  pro­ Time  Short  Walter  Schnyder,  visions on excess profits  taxes pres­ Washington  observers  expressed  who  got  his  belief  that  one  result  of  the  com­ ently  enjoyed  by  subsidized  ship­ award  at  the  mittee's  action  on  the  tax  defer­ ping  companies.  Up  until  now,  head quarters  ment  features  would  be  to  make  the  subsidized  companies  could  membership  Reyea  it less  likely that  any  shipping  bill  avoid  excess  profits  taxes  on  those  meeting  of  two  All smiles,  Seafarer  John  Bluitt  (R)  receives his award  from  LOG  would be  completed at this session.  earnings  that  they  deposited  in  weeks  ago,  John  Bluitt,  who  took  Art Editor  Bernard  Seaman,  for  taking  down first  prize  in  water­ They explained  that the  House  bill  their  construction  reserves.  watercolor  honors,  an(^  Philip  colors  in  the  SIU's  Ist  Annual  Art  Contest.  would  iK>w  differ  from  the  Senate  The  extension  of  construction  Reyes,  who  won  the  award  in  the  version  passed  last  August.  Con­ subsidies  means  that  many  opera­ the  only  materials  that  he  could  I  didn't  think  would  even  get  miscellaneous category,  c^me up  to  sequently,  the  two  bills  will  have  tors,  including  tramp  shippers,  get hold of  at the time.)  mention."  headquarters  to  receive  their  The  judges  thought  otherwise  It is expected that  the  watm re­ to  go  into  a  joint  House­Senate  would receive  aid  which  they  have  prizes.  and  had  no  difficulty  in  choosing  ception  of  the  Union's first  ven­ conimittee,  agreement  will  have  to  not  enjoyed  up  to  now.  However,  Pvt.  Roy  Alonzo  Christopher,  his  entry  as  outstanding  in  its  ture  will  encourage  many  more  be teached .on a  Rngle version and  doubt  was  expressed  by  industry  currently  with  the  Army  in  Eu­.  category.  (Christopher's  sketches  Seafarers  to. submit  their  work  in  the  prhole  bill  sent  back  to  .both  representatives  whether  these  sub­ rope,  received  his  watch  through  were  done  on  two  torn  scraps  of  the  second  contest  when  it  is held  Houses  of  Congress  for  another  sidies  would  have  much  meaning  the  mails.  When  notified  of  bis  black paper  which were  apparently  next  year.  without  the­  tax  deferment  fea­ vote.  success,  Christopher  wrote  the  tures  which  would  enable  Ameri­ LOG  that  "I  can operators  to compete  with for­ can't  tell  you  eign  shippers.  how  happy  it  While  the •   measure  has  been  made  .me  to  ­re­ supported  from  the  start  by  ship­ The SIU  and  the  AFL Maritime  Trades  Department  came  in  for  their  share  of  orchids  ceive  this  news.  owners,  shipbuilders,  all" of  the  last  week,  when  the  Commercial  Tele^aphers  Union  (AFL)  expressed  its  thanks  for  the  unions  in  the  maritime  industry  Nothing  Suitable  help it got  during its recent  strike against  Western  Union.  and  various  veterans  and  civic  .  to Send  The  orchids­  came  m  in  the'  groups,  its  major  opponents  have  "It  came  as  a  form  of  plaques  presented  to  tion  of  the  officers,  and  members  from  the  CTU,  was  told  "Thanks  been  the  various  administrative  complete  sur­ the SIU  and .to the  MTD,  and  of  the  Seafarers  International  for  the  help  of  the  men  of  the  agencies  who have  argued  that  aid  Christopher  prise,"  he  said,  letters  to  SIU  Secretary­Treasurer  Union  in  helping  other  AFL  affili­ MTD.  We  shall  be  forever  in­ should not  be provided  in the form  "as  I  had  noth­ Paul Hall  and MTD  Executive Sec­ ates  with­their  beefs,  but  it  was, debted  to them."  of  tax  benefits.  ing  suitable  to ­send  and  no  time  retary  Lloyd  Gardner.  not  until  we  became  embroiled  in  To the SIU, the  CTU said thanks  to  do  it  in.  So  in  desperation  I  The  telegraphers  were  on  the  a  nation­wide  strike  against  West­ to  the  Seafarers,  "We  shall  never  sent  the two  pastel  sketches  which  bricks  for  some  time  before  they  ern  Union,  that  we  realized  what  forget  what  they  have  done  for  finally  forced  the  company  to  such  help can  really  mean."  us."  agree  to  wage  increases  and  other  Citing  Philadelphia  as  an  exam­ Seafarers  in  Philadelphia, where  fringe benefits, including an agency  ple,  the  CTU  said  the  Seafarers,  the  CTU  was  hard­pressed  joined  help,  their  picket  lines,  gave  them  ad­ shop.  The  new  wage  scale  brings  'iin  response to an appeal  the  average  workers'  wages  up  to  joined bur  picketiines and  gave  us  vice  on  strike  strategy.  The  A&G  moral  and  physicaT  support,  and  District  voted  the  CTU  $500  to  about  $1.54  per  hour.  even financial  contributions  from  help  in  their fight.  Cite  SIU,  MTD  Help  The  CTU  gives  a  strong  meas­ their  own  pockets,  and  its  officers,  The  Industrial  Union  of  Marine  ure  of  credit  for  its  victory  to  the  who  BO  unselfishly  gave  of  their  and  Shipbuilding  Workers  (CIO)  SIU  and  the  MTD.  In  a  letter  time  and counsel  strengthened our  to  the  SIU,  M.  W.  Wile,  president  spirit  anrf^ determination  so  that  Have Your Hating  representing 40,000  shipyard  work­ Coast has postponed  The  right  of  a  union  man  to  re­ of­ CTU  Local  22,  said,  "We  had  they  could  not  be  broken."  Listed In Booh  ers on the East  a  strike  deadline  that  was  set  for  fuse  to  cross  a  picket  line  is  at  heard  of  the  magnificent  reputa­ The  MTD,  in  a  similar  letter  ­  Bosuns and  stewards receiv­ today.  stake in  a case  now being  appealed  ing the  new  membership  book  The  strike,  if  called,  would  have  .  to  the  US  Supreme  Court.  Both  now being issued by the Union  affected  eight  yards  operated  by  AFL and  CIO  Central  labor bodies  are  cautioned  to  make  sure  Bethlehem  steel  and  two  of  Todd  in New  York Ci1|f  are participating  that  their  ratings  are  stamped  Shipbuilding  Corporation's  shop.  in  the  appeal  as  "friends  of  the  into  the  book.  The Union  is asking for a 20 cent  court'' on behalf  of  one and a quar­ If  the' book  is  not  stamped  across­the­board  increase  and  the  ter million  union  members in  New  accordingly,  the  dispatcher  union  shop,  among other  demands.  York  City.  will  not  ship  the man  for  that  Although  the  strike  was  post­ The  case  arose  out  of  the firing  rating.  As a  result,  some  men  poned, the companies  were  warned  of  a  truck  driver  for  refusing  to  holding  those  ratings  mig)it  not  to expect  any  prolonged exten­ cross  a  picket  line  of  the  AFL  lose  out on  jobs.  sion.  Typographical Union  at the  Nassau  Dailjr  Review  Star,  a  Long  Island  newspaper.  When  the  driyer  was  fired, his union, the Newspaper and  Mail  Deliverers,  went  to  the  Na­ tional  Labor  Relations  Board  in  New  York  to  secure  his  reinstate­ ment.  The  Labor  Board  ordered  him  Seafarers have  only  two  days  left  in  which  to  vote on  the  put back  to  work  by  a  vote of  two  proposal  for. new  branch  halls  in  Baltimore,  Philadelphia  to  one,  but  the  company  appealed  and  Galveston.  •  to  the  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  in  The  vote,  according  to  the  was  called,  in  accordance  with  the  New  York  which  overruled  the  numbers  of  ballots  that  have  SIU  constitution,  so  a  majority  of  NLRB.  Now  the  NLRB  is  taking  the  entire  case  to  the  Sup!i:eme  been  used,  has  been  very  Seafarers  would  have  a  chance  to  Court.  heavy  so  far,  and  if  the  comments  register their  opinion  on  the  ques­ of  the  membership  around  the  tion.  The  resolution had  been  ap­ The  outcome  of  this  appeal  is  various  Union  halis  is  any  indica­ proved  previously  at  all  branch  likely  to  have  important  conse­ tion,  the  vote  has  been  heavily  in  membership  meetings.  quences  on  the  effectiveness 1 of  a  The  general  feeling  among  the  favor  of  the  proposition.  union  picket  line. If  carried out. to  ­  Most  Seafarers  have  , already  membership,  according  to  letters  its  logical  conclusion,  the  decision  voted  on the resolution  which calls  and  comments,  is  that  the  three  of  the New  York court  would mean  for  an  assessment  of  $20  for  the  ports  affected  should  be  given  the  that union men would be  compelled  same  comforts  and  con­veniences  on  pain  of  losing  their  jobs  to  go  Seafarbn and  rirls from  t&e  AFL Commercial  Telegraphers Union  three new halls.  ;  .  point  to  straight­talking  sign  displayed  at  Philadelphia  eatery  by  ;  Voting  began  May  15,  and  will  now  enjoyed  in  New  York  and  through picket lines of other unions  end  on  June  15.  The  referendum  Mobile.  and  carry  on  their  regular  work.  restaurant  unionist  while  Western  Union  beef  was In  process..  CTU  Lauds SIU  For  Strike  Aid  CIO  Shipyard  Union Delays  Strike Call  Picket Line  Case Will Go  To High Court  Deadline Hears in Voting  For New Outport Buildings  „  ^:}. [  ftiviaite'.  "f  I  • • /M  m  I  • f  • I  ­V  '• I  *  .V, I  �SEA^A  ii ­ • ^  ­ (  CG  Priofaes  SS  Michael  Crash, Fire  iMiiin joitt is, isn  <Why's He Flashing That Light, Pad?'  CALL  ME  MliSTER—General  Dwight  D.  EUsenhower  finally  plunged  himself  into  the  political  whirlppol  officially  by  resigning  from  active  duty  and  cutting  himself  off  from  the  Army  payroll.  The  General's  return  to  the  States  came  on  the  eve  of  a  narrow  de­ feat  in  the  South "Dakota  primary  where  according  to  unofficial  tallies •  Senator  Taft  barely  nosed  him  oiit  by  less  than  700  votes.  This  is  the  last  primary  in  which  he  and  the  Senator  faced  each  other  on  the  ballot'  With  convention  time  coming  near  it  is  beiom­ ing  evident  that  a  first  ballot  deadlock  is  assured  between  the  two  leading  rivals.  On  the  Democratic  side  of  the  fence.  Senator  Ke­ fauver  boosted  his  stock  considerably  with  thumping  victories  in  California  and  South  Dakota..  A  Coast  Guard  board  of  inquiry  has  taken  testimony  from  joffifcers  and  crewmembers  of  the  ill­fated  SlU­contracted  tanker  Michael  which  was  involved  in  a  collision  with  the  oil  barge  A.  C.  Dodge  in  t  i  t  the  Delaware  River,  May­25.  EUROPEAN  AID  AGREED  ON—Both  houses  Of  Congress  have  ar­ Two  lives  were  lost  aboard  the  rived  at  a  figure  of  slightly  less  than  $6V^  billion  for  military  and  Michael as  a i­esult of  the collision,  economic  aid  to  US  friends  and  %llies  around  the  world.  President  imd  several  men­suffered  injuries  Truman  had  requested  $7.9  billion  originally.  More  than  half  of  the  ift fighting the fire  which followed.  total  represents  military  equipment  made  in  the  US  that  will  be  Eight  men  were  lost  off  the  oil  shipped  overseas  to  allies  under  the  terms  of  the  "50­50"  provision  barge.  guaranteeing that  at least half  will he  carried in  US ships.  Seafarer  Walter Sibley, who  was  4"  t  helmsman  aboard  the  Michael  at  KOREAN  PRESIDENT  ROUSED  UP—Both  the  United  States  and  the time  of  the  crash, testified that  Britain  have  protested  to  South  Korea's" president,  Syngman  Rhee  for  the  captain,  pilot  and  one  other  his rough handling Of  the country's national  assembly  and his diwegard  officer  left  the  pilot  house  imme­ of  constitutional  procedure.  Rhee  arrestedi  several  legislators mwl  im­ diately following  the collision.  This  posed  martial  law  when  it appeared  that  they  weren't  going  to reelect  was  denied  by  the  pilot  in  subse­ him  president I  for  the  next  two  year  term.  As  a  result,  opposition  quent  testimony,  A  crewmember*  The  kids mug  fw 'the  photdg  as dad^ pauses to  catch his breath  legislators  have  gone  into  hiding  and  the  assembly  hasn't  been  able  of  the  ship  told  the  LOG  that  an  while  guiding  them  on  a  tour  of  the  SIU  Union  hallt  Taking  the  to  transact  any  business.  attempt  was  made  to  launch  life­ tour  are  Seafarer  Gns  L. Taylor,  Augusta  (left)  and  James.  boats  but  it  failed 'because  the  FRENCH  COMMUNIST  STRIKE  FLOPS—A  nationwide  strike  call  launching  gear  was  frozen.  by  the  French  General  Confederation  of  Labor,  the  Communist­led  The Midiael was  just a short  dis­ wing  of  the  French  labor  movement,  proved  a near­total  failure  with  tance  from  its home  port  at Pauls­ only  scattered  response.  The  strike  was  called  to  protest  the  arrest  of  boro,  N.  J.,  bound  home  from  the  Jacques  DuclosT'head  of  the  French  Communist  Party.  Duclos  was  Persian  Gulf  with  a  full  cargo  of  taken  into  custody  in  the  course  of  riotous  demonstrations  against  crude  when  the  crash  occurred  at  General ,Mathew Ridgway  upon his  arrival to take  over General  Eisen­ 10:34  P.M.  One  SUP  crewmem­ job.  Duclos  was  arrested,  among  other  reasons,  for  having  a  ber,  Clarence  Backman,  went  over  Seven ships  operated  by SlU­contraded  companies are  in­ hower's  loaded  pistol  in  his car.  The  strike  had  a  partial  effect on  the  water­ the  side  although  he had  a  plaster  volved in  a  transaction  awaiting final Government  approval,  front,  tying  up  the  port  of  Rouen  and  causing  temporary  stoppages in  cast  on  due  to  a  previous  injury.  other  ports.  .  ,  .  ;  •  i  which  would  result  irf  the  construction  of  14  new  US  tank­ The  third  mate  either  was  thrown  4*  4*  ^  from  the  bridge  or  jumped  after  ers  if  permission  is "granted  to  transfer  36  war­built  ships  without  a  Government  okay  or  MOONSHINE  MAKES  A  COMEBACK—Uquor producers  claim fhat  the impact.  Both  were  lost.  of  identical tonnage to foreign  used  in  trade  barred  to  US  citi­ production  of  illegal  whiskey  has  grown  to  the  point  where  it  dwarfs  Six  Hour  Fight  zens  and  would  have  to  be  resold  the  output  of  prohibition  days.  The  liquor  industry  says  that  recent  flag and registry.  ^  Seafarer^  remaining  aboard  or  chartered  to  the  US  on  the  increases  in  Federal  liquor  taxes  have  given  further  encouragement  The  arrangement,  which  hinges  spent  a  harrowing  six hours fight­ to  moonshiners with  the  customer  having  to  pay  around  $2.50 id  taxes  ing oil fires aboard the  Michael  un­ on  the  okay  of  the  Maritime  Ad­ same  terms  as  an  American­flag  for  every  bottle  of­legally­produced  firewater.  At  the  same  time,  the  vessel.  ministration,  would  produce  brand  til  the  blazes  were  brought  under  liquor  men  complain  that tAe  number  of  "revenoors"  working  for  the  control  and  the  ship could  make  it  new  high  capacity,  speedier  tank  Federal  government, some  900 inen, is far  less than  there were a dozen  ships  for  commercial  and  possible  to port.  years ago.  As a result, they  say  that more moonshine  is being  produced  The crash  was the last  in a series  military  use,  but the  kicker  in  the  than  is  legal  whiskey.  of  mishaps  that  had  dogged  the  deal is the  transfer of  almost three  4"  '  4"  4"  Michael  on  the  voyage.  Outward  times  as  many  ships  to  foreign  RACE  RIOTS  LEAD  TO  CONVICTIONS—Four  city  employees  of  bound,  her  generator  broke  down  registration.  Shipping  men  say  if  Cicero,  111.;  the  police  chief,  two  policemen  and  the  town  attornejr  they  can't  go  ahead  with  the  plan  in  the  Mediterramean  and  she  had  were  convicted  by  a  Federal  grand  jury  of  conspiracy  to  violate  civil  to  be  taken  in  tow,  while  in  the  in  ordinary  times their  ships  have  rights laws.  The  charges grew  out  of  three days  of  riots when  a  Negro  Persian  Gulf  she  ran  aground  and  to  lay  idle.  bus  driver^  Harvey  E.  Clark, moved  into  an  apartment  in  the  Chicago  had to he  pulled off.  Plans  for  the  new  ships  call  for  suburb.  The  convicted  men  were  charged  with  failing  to  prevent  the  11  of  them  to  exceed  29,250  tons  rioters  from "interfering  with  Clark's  efforts  to  moVe  into  the  apart­ at  16  knots,  with  the  remainder  Montreal—Construction  workers  ment that  he had  rented.  between  26,000  and  18,000  tons  have  about  neared  the  halfway  4"  with  speeds  of  15­16  knots.  The  .point  fn  renovating  the  building  CEILING  COMES OFF  ON  POTATOES—Government  officials gavg  36  ships  to  be  replaced include  14  which  will  eventually  house  head­ Libertys,  eight  Liberty  tankers,  11  quarters  of  the  SIU  Canadian  dis­ up  trying  to regulate  the  price  of  potatoes and  removed  price  ceilings  T2s  and  three  old  tankers,  with  a  trict.  At  Thorold  on  the  Welland  when  that  handy  commodity  disappeared  from  the  market.  Farmers  total  tonnage  equivalent  to  the  Canal,  units  of  a  new  hall  are  ex­ had been  withholding  potatoes from the market  in anticipation  of  Con­ pected  to  be  ready  for  occupancy  gressional action  removing the  lids, so the Office of  Price  Stabiiization  new  Construction.  threw  in  the  towel.  At  last  word,  potatoes  were  selling  from  ten  to  by the end of  this month  SIU  Companies  Work  on  the  Montreal  structure  15  cents  a  pound  in  large  cities,  but  a  break  is  expected  in  the  next'  Among  the  operators  pushing  is  proceeding  with  the  aid  of  a  few we6ks  when the  new crop  comes in.  Dwindling  stockpiles  of  plate  the  plaif^ are  the  American  Mer­ i  t  4"  #  steel  in  US shipyards may  serious­ chant  Marine  SS  Corp.,  which  $25,000  loan  voted  by. Seafarers in  IT  ON  CONGRESSIONAL  FRYING  PAN—The  most­investigating  ly  hamper  a  strengthening  pro­ would  build  a  20,000­ton,  •   18­ the  A&G  IDistrict at  a  recent head­ Congress  of  this  or any  other  century turned  its  attention  toward  the  gram  for  T­2  tankers  put  in  force  knotter  and transfer  two  Libertys;  quarters .branch  meeting.  following  the  breaking  up  of  the  Metro  Petroleum  Shipping . Co.,  to  So  far,  the  job  of  clearing  out  "morals" of  radio and  television.  A  sub­committee of  the  House  Inter­ ^tankers  Fort  Mercer  and  Pendle­ build  a  29,150­ton,  17­knotter  and  the  building  for­the  installation  of  state and Foreign  Commerce Committee somehow  assumed  Jurisdiction  ton  in  a  storm  off  New  England  transfer  one  T2  and  two  Liberty  modern facilities ior, the  member­ over  the ­problem  of  low  necklines,  crime shows  and beer  advertising.  ship  is  moving  'diortg  ahead  of  Prohibition  advocates  got  their  licks  in  early  with  complaints  about  this  past  winter.  tifiikers,  and  the  Western  Naviga­ schedule,  but  no .dale lias  been  set  the  number  of  foaming, steins of  beer  that  are  dangled  at  the  family  Low  supplies of  steel for  repair­ tion  Corp.,  which  would  construct  in  closeups.  Objectionable  hiunor  by  comedians  recently  out  ing the  300  tankships  affected  may  a  28,000­ton,  16­knotter  and  in  for the  actual opening.  The  Cana­ audience  of  night  clubs  was  also  criticized.  But  as  one  Congressman  oliserved  dian  headquarters  will  house  a  stall  completion of  tbe strengthen­ turn, transfer  three  Libertys.  ing  program  beyond  next  Winter's  Before final  Goveniment  appro­ cafeteria  ^nd  streamlined  recrea­ pithily that if  you don't­want  your kids to­watch it,  just turn the  set off.  4"  ^  4"  deadline,  or  forvce  diversion  of  the  val  can  be  obtained,  all  parties  tion  rooms,  in  addition  to  the  reg­ ' SLIGHTLY  UNDER  THE MINIMUMS—After  much  statistical  com­ ular facilities  for shipping and  dis­ work  to  foreign  repair  yardS~(Ie­ must 'conform to  several conditions  patching.  puting, some  United  Nations  specialists  have  figured  out  that  half  of  spite  available  facilities and  work­ set  by  the  Maritinie  Administra­ the  world  lives  on  an  annual  income  of'less  than  $100  a  year  in  US  Dormitory  Feature  men  in  the  US.  tion.  IJnder these' terms, the  trans­ The  site  at  Thorold,  a  few  miles  currency.  Roughly  90  percent  of  the  people  in  the  world  get  by  on  •   The  required  strengthening,  in­ ferred  vessels  could  not  be  trans­ from  Niagara  Falls  on  the  Cana­ less than  $600 a  year. ­Putting  it another  way, the UN  figured out that  volving  the  addition  .  of  four  ferred  to  non­citizens  of  the  US  dian  side,  will feature  a  dormitory  the  lis  and  Canada,  between  them  having  only  10  percent  of  the  riveted  steel  straps  and  reinforc­ and  hostel  for  the  convenience  df  world's population, raked  in  43  percent  of  the  world's  total  income.  In  ing  of  thg  bilge  keel,  ^us  the  the  men, as well .as a  cafeteria­ and  short, the  study concludes that although real  income has  risen  in. most  straps  or  girders  placed  as  crack  space for  a possible navigation  and  parts'of  the  world,  a  lot  more  progress  is In  order.  arresters  in  1947,  uses  about  100  cooking^ school.  4'  4»  .  4^  tons of  steel per ship.  Both 'structures,  realization­4>f  a  KOREAN  PRISONERS  "RECAPTtkED":—A  series  of  armed  raids  Unless  more  steel  Is  obtained.  Seafarers  who  have  retroac­ dream  for many  seamen  sailing on  by  infantry,  and  paratroopers  equipped  with  bayonets,  tear  gas  and  Industry  leaders  feel  the  program  tive  pay  coming  to them  from  the  Lakes,. are  expected  to  merit  concussion grenades "has broken  up die­hard  Comtniinist concentrations  may  be, bogged dowa considerably,  Victory  Carriers  should  write  the  long  wait for  adequate  facili­ within  prisoner­of­war camps  in  South  Korea.  The  raids  were  an  out­ thereby  ex^sing  the  ships  and  the  company  at  655  Madison  ties  to  service  the  f.^sh  water  grow'of  prisoner  demonstrations  and  the  seizure  of  the  former com­ their crews Id the chance of  a simi­­ Avenue, New  York, or apply in  membership..  ­  f  ­ ^  .  mander of  the  prison  camp.  General  (now  Colonel)  Dodd­  Groups' of  lar  mishap  this  coming  winter,  person.  On  completion^  the  Thorold  hall  prisoners  put  up  a  last­ ditch  fight  with  spears  and  clubs,  killing  one  when  the,  fury  of  the  Atlantic  is  If  ..writing,  include  your,  will  be the  second  building  erected  American  soldier  and  suffered  31  deaths  themselves  in  the  process.  at  its  peafc..  Government  officials  name,  Z^number,  the  name  of  in Canada  by  the  SIU  since it  took  After  the raids  were  completed,  the  Army  found  that  bodies  of  a  con­ in charge  of  allocating  basic  metal  the  ship  and  the  dates  you ,  over  the  ship  contracts  from  the  siderable  number'of  prisoners  who.bad  been  beaten, to death  or other­ suppli^ have  so  far  nqt  indicated  have  mon^ due  for.  eommunistrled  Canadian  Seamen's  wise  murdered  after  kangaroo  court  trials  conducted  by CiHnmunist  what  action  they  .  '  leaders  within  the  prison  compounds.  '  Union  in  194R, '  .  !<•   'r>  • ­ •  .  'velji/o"  ns  Ji  .9To1,fd  I'ti'a  iisiii  i'jiaxTO'.ie  itsu  .cu'Sij UvirMS  ­i selis;'  bus  Tankship Operators  Await  Govt Okay In Ship Switch  New  Canadian  Halls  Hearing  Final Stages  Lack Of  Steel  Perils  Straps  For  Tankships  'i  .'• ."*• H"..  •  Victory Cyrriern  Bas Bach Wayes  �H  Friday, June IS, 1»SX  t d &  Facd 8«yim  Fishermen Win Increase,  Hat€hes Open^  Ship  Sails On  End Alaska SlU Strike  The crew  of  the George M.  Kulukundis (Orion)  put  in a  hazardous ten days  during their  homeward  voyage  froni  Europe  tp  New.  York, when  the captain persistently refused  to se­ cure the ship and sailed  through heavy  fog and  rolling  seas  with  all  hatches  uncovered.  As  a  result,  when  the  ship"^  Successful  settlement  of  a  50­day  strike  by  the SlU­affili­ arrived in New York the skip­ John  Molnar  died  aboard  another  The­bosim  asked  every  day,  but­ ated  Bering  Sea  Fisherman's  Union,  the  second  in  its  brief  per was fired  by  the company  ship  operating  for  the  same  com­ the  mate  said  the  captain  refused  history, came last  week with  the signing of  a new  agreement  after  the  crew  and  the  Union  pro­ pany when  he ifell  through an  open  to  order  the  vessel  secured.  providing  increases  in fishings  tested  his  neglect  of  elementary  hatch  that  had  been  unsecured  According to  a chronicle  kept  by  while the  vessel  was still some  iZOO  the  crew,  on  the  16th,  the  vessel  rates  for  members  of  the  mon Industry, Inc. failed to bring a  seamanship.  miles from  the start  of  the  Hamp­ ran  into  a  heavy  pea  fog.  The  satisfactory contract. The strike  re­ Crew  Signs  Petition  union.  The settlement  calls for an  addi­ ceived  the  full  support  of  all  SIU  Although the crew  protested sev­ ton  Roads  Channel.  hatches  were  open,  piles  of  coal,  tional  four  to  six  cents  a fish  for  affiliates  including  the  SUP  and  eral  times  during  the  voyage  and  Bosun's  Plea  Ignored  guys,  runners,  wires, cro;s  battens,  red  salmon.  The  basic  rate  before  the  SIU  A&G  District,  as  well  as  even  signed  a  petition,  Captain  Captain  Anderson  is  no  longer  mooring  lines,  etc. were  strewn  all  the  strike  began  was  40  cents  a  shoreside  unions of  carpenters and  Harold  Anderson  refused  to  have  aboard  the . Kulukundis,  but  he  over  the  deck.  The  ship  was  on  machinists.  fish.  full  ahead  and  was  rolling  since  it  the  hatches  secured­ for  sea.  They  made  the last  trip a  tough one.  Under  the  new  agreement,  the  At  the  conclusion  of  the  strike,  said  he  had  proceeded  to sea  with  The vessel put out  to sea  on May  was  empty."  rates  go  to  44  cents  on  power­ telegrams  were  sent  to  the  SIU's  the  hatches  open  and  the  ship  in  13.  The  bosun  asked  if  the  ship  It  was  or.  a  coal  ship  such  as  operated  boats  and  46  cents  on  Seattle  branch  representatives  an  unseaworthy  condition  in  viola­ would  be secured and  was told  that  this  that  Molnar  was  killed  by  his  thanking  the  union  and  the  mem­ tion  of  Article  Seven  of  the  SIU  the captain  refu.^ed. The  bosun and  fall into the open  hatch.  sailboats  and  on  set  nets.  The  strike  began  on  April  1  bership  "for  the  valuable  support  agreement  and  Act  658  of  the  US  crew had  the impression  the vessel  On  the  17th,  the  "ship  was  roll­ after  three  months  of  negotiations  and  assistance"  in  helping  the  Coast  Guard  Regulations  because  woirid  anchor  to  secure  after  the  ing  steadily  and  pounding."  The  with  the employers, the Alaska Sal­ union  win  its  strike.  he "wanted  the  holds washed  obt."  pilot  had  been  di'opped,  but  the'  captain  still  refused  to  secure  the  Organized Last  Year  hatches.  "The  hatch  boards  were  In  November  of  1951,  Seafarer  ship kept right  on  its way.  The  Bearing  Sea  Fisherman's  moving  on  deck.  It  was  a  danger­ Union  was organized  in June, 1951,  ous  deck  to  be  on."  just  a  year  ago, and  affiliated  with  Captain  Leaves Bridge  the  SIU.  At  that  time  their  mem­ Despite  the  danger,  the  captain  bers  were  forced  tO'  go  on  strike  ordered  a  lookout  to_the  bow. The  to  win  union  recognition.  The  Captain,  although  the  ship  was  Bering  Sea  Union  had  originally  still in  a  heavy fog,  left  the  bridge  been  part  of  the  communist­ and  went  down  to  the  saloon. The  dominated  Alaska  Fishermen's  Union  but  broke  away  from  that  Demands  by  the Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots,  AFL,  for  a 15  ship  averaged  71  revs.  On  the 18th,  "decks are  in  same  in  January, 1951,  when  pro­ percent, wage  increase  for  deck  officers "employed  by  At­ Seafarers on  ships calling  at  the  group  condition,  only  coal  has  washed  posals  were  made  to  merge  with  lantic  and  Gulf  Coast  ship  operators  made  no  progress  at  off.  Pea  fog.  Ship  rolling." On  the  port  of  Singapore  in  the  Far  East  Coast longshore  union.  ­have  been  urged  to  donate  blood  the West  the first  negotiation  meeting  19th,  the  Captain  countermanded  The  SIU  and  SUP. gave  the  new  to  be  credited  to  the  SIU  at  the  union financial  between  union  representat­ flat  15  percent  rise  in  both  ba.se  the  mate's order  and took  all look­ support in  its early  Singapore  General  Hospital  as  a  days,  and  SUP  ships  operating  in  tives  and  an  employer  com­ pay  and  overtime  rates.  In  addi­ outs  off  the  bow,  despite  "dense  result of  an emergency which  used  the Alaska area respected  the float­ mittee.  tion,  the  union  demands  include  a  fog."  The  lookout  was  put  in  No.  tip the blood supply available there  ing  The union  group, .headed by  Cap­ 15  cent  increase  in  the  operators  2  hold  cleaning  bilges.  "Sea  high,  picketlines  put  up  by  the fish­ in order  to save a Seafarer's life.  ery  union,  refusing  to  load  cargo  tain  C.  T.  Atkins,  national  presi­ daily contribution to  the union  wel­ winds  in  force,  ship  rolling  and  The  incident  occurred  while  the  dent  of  the  MM&P,  asked  for  the  fare fund, as well as additional  pay  pitching  and  pounding."  Captain  Isthmian  freighter  Steel  King  was  out  of  the  Alaska  canneries.  for officers who do not stand  watch.  "left  bridge  and  went  to  saloon."  in Singapore on  its last voyage  and  The  committee  for  the  Compa­ On  the  20th,  "seas  calmed  down  "  Chief  Cook  Victor  Silva  had  to  be  nies  and  Agents  with  which  the  some,"  but  on  the  21st,  rain  and  hospitalized  due  to a  severe  inter­ union  is dealing represents 48 East  fog set in. "Revs  70 or  over and  no  nal  hemorrhage. His  condition  was  Coast  steamship  lines.  Another  lookout,  no  ship's  whistle."  "Cap­ so  critical  that  at  one  time  it  was  Great  Lakes  shipping  men  and  residents  of  the  area  are  meeting  between  the  MM&P  and  tain in  his sack." "Lookout ordered  doubtful  he  would  recover.  anxiously  watching  record  water  levels  which  are  likely  to  the  committee  has  been  scheduled  to  bow—taken  off  and  put  on  His  urgent  need  for  four  blood  cause serious  damage  to  waterfront  installations  and  homes.  for June 19. In the interim, the em­ hatches,"  after  mate  ordered  to  transfusions  exhausted  the  hos­ ployers  said  that  they  would  cover five hatches  while  watch  was  pital's  small  store  of  Silva's  blood  Levels  of  the  lakes  tend  tof  "study"  the  union  demands.  on  deck.  type,  forcing  the  hospital  to  re­'  vary  year  by  year.  At  pres­ Last  fall,  there  was  lengthy  dis­ .  Not  Securing  Ship  quest  blood  to replenish  its supply,  ent  they  are  at  the  highest  agreement  between  the shipowners  level  in  recorded  history.  Should  Captain  was  asked  if  bosun  the  staff  of  Isthmian's  Singapore  and  the  MM&P  over  the  welfai­e  could  cover  hatches,  and  answered  agents,  McAllster  &  Co..,  Ltd.,  a  storm  blow  up  in  the  Lakes  contribution  which  was  not  re­ .  Seafarers have  been remind­ solved  until  November  when  SIU­ that  he  "was  not  securing  ship,  saved  the day by responding to  the  region  millions  of  dollars  of  dam­ age  threatens  port  installation#.  ed  that  any  gear  sent  tp  any  contracted  companies  broke  with  just  covering  up  to  keep  the  appeal  for  blood.  In  the  light  ot this  experience,  Ordinarily  high  .water  on  the  Slil  hall  baggage  rooms  must  the committee's adamant  stand and  hatches  dry."  the  Union  urges  its  members  who  ];.^kes is welcomed  by shipping nien  have  the  shipping  charges  agreed  to  a  25  cent  increase  in  On  the  22nd,­the  "weather  was  fair."  The  bosun  and  a  couple  of  .  pass through Singapore to help  set  since  it means  thatXakes  ore  car­ welfare  contributions.  up  a  special  fund  of  blood  ear­ riers  can  carry  heavier  loads  than  prepaid.  Any  gear  sent  with  Demands  similar, to  the  MM&P  men  put hatch  boards and  one tarp  marked  for  the­ use  of  Seafarers  usual and still pass through shallow  COD  shipping  charges  cannot  program  have  already  been  pre­ on  each  hatch,  and  put  wedges  who  become  ill  or  injured  in  the  harbor  channels.  In  tbiS' instance  be  accepted  at  the  baggage  sented  to  the  shipowners  by  the  staggered  around  conning.  area. In this  way, any serious  draw  however, the  water leveW could  be  rooms..  So  if  you  are sending  NMU  and  have  bwn  rejected  by  At  the  payoff  the  whole  episode  on  the. hospital's  supply  wouldn't  disastrous  to  both  life  and  prop­ any  gear  to  a  Union  hall,  be  the  employer  committee.  was  explained  by  the  crew  to  the  sure  to  prepay  the  shipping  ­risk  the  chance  of  serious  conse­ erty.  Meanwhile,  on  the  West  Coast  patrolmen.  The  company  gave  the  quences.  Arrangements  for  donat­ The  US  Weather  Bureau  has  charges.  The  baggage  rooms  the  MM&P  voted  to  arbitrate  its  skipper the ax  when it was  realized  ing blood for this special SltJ bipod  been  extending  its  storm  warning  cannot  accept  COD  shipments  dispute  with  shipowners  over  em­ that  the  Union  would  not  let  the  bank  can  be  made in  iSingapore  by  system  to  prepare  for  a  possible  of  gear.  ployment of  officers of . SUP struck  skipper  endanger  the  lives  of  the  contacting  Isthmian  agents  there.  emergencyi'  ships.  next  crew.  Ask SlU Men  Donate Blood  In Singapore  m  • "i  >­  ^,1  r­sl  MM&P Asks Ship Operators  For 15 Percent Pay Boost  Floods Seen At Lake Ports  DonH  Ship Gear  To MJnion COD  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  The 1936  Spring Strike  • • y  No. 13  ifl]  The  rank  and  file  membership  of^ the  ISU  called  a  strike  of  Atlantic  and  Gulf  seameii  in  April,  1936,;­after  job­actions  on  the  California  and  other  ships.  The  A&G  Marine  Firemen;  endorsed  the  strike,  but  the, old  line  ISU  offi­ cials  caUed  It  an  >"owtlaw  at|rike.'*.  ; ­  ,  The strike was limited to the East Coast, and the  SUP  and  other West  Coast  unions,  whose  con­ i  tracts  ran^0  September  30,  1936,  helped  the  [ i ; ­  strikers  every  way. thCy  could.  The  result  i  : ­  ­was  that it  was  impossible  to spread  the,  and  cause  a  general  tiejup..  The  Conimunists  had  taken  over  the  strike,  and  in  May  the/seameq  revolted  and  voted  to  ­return  to  work  to  await  expiration  of  the lyest  Coast'agreements.  They'got  no  new  agree­,  .^inents,  ;  no.  raises,  no  guaranteies.  But  they  ­were  strohfler  than  ever  bbford.'  .  •  '"Wil  �»4[*Siehl  IF­'  SEAFARERS  l&C  PORT REPORTS  following  craft  have  honored  us  Seattle:  the  SIU  for  its  top­notch  opera­ Boston:  by calling  at  our  fair city:  Cantig­ 'tions.  ny,  Salem  Maritime,  Winter  Hill,  Some  of  the  oldtimers  on  the  French  Creek,  Bents  Fort,  Fort  beach  include  E.  W.  Nicholson,  R.  Hoskins,  Lone  Jack,  Chiwawa  and  Nicholson,'E.  L.  M e r e e v e g u, J.  Government  Camp,  all  Cities Serv­ Adams, M. W.  Townsend, J. C. Mit­ Shipping  and  business  has  con­ Ive.  We  also  had  the  Republic  of  Shipping has  been fine  out  here,  chell,  W.  S. Porter,  B. Wilkelmsen,  Business  didn't  pick  up  much  tinued  at  a  fairly  good  pace  for  Trafalgar  SS  Co.  calling  in  here  and looks like  it  will stay  that  way  G. C.  Frank, and  F. R.  England.  since  the  last  report  and  remains  Joff  Morrison  the  past  two weeks,  with  a  total  of  and taking a few men.  for  a  while.  fair  as  far  as  the  future  outlook  Seattle  Port  Agent  goes.  30  ships  having  paid  off  and  13  We've  also  crewed  up  the  W.  E.  We  paid  off  the  Ocean  Lotta  signed on  foreign articles.  Downing  (Mathlasen),  which  came  (Ocean  Trans),  Robert  Lowery,  4  »  »  The  activity  during  the  last  two  The  following  were  the  payoffs;  in  from  Japan.  Quite  a  few  of  Richard Pearson and  Joseph Priest­ Mobile:  weeks was  provided by  the follow­ the  boys  aboard  live  here  and  are  ly  (Bloomfield).  The  last three  are  Steel  Designer,  Steel  Fabricator,  ing  payoffs:  Tagalam  (Mar  Trade);  slated  for  lay­up,  to  gather  rust  Steel  Executive,  Steel  Voyager  getting  off.  Government  Camp,  Salem  Mari­ (Isthmian);  Angelina, .Frances,  Su­ The Metal  Trades Council  is still  while the foreign­flag  ships get fat.  time  (Cities  Service),  plus  The  zanne, Ines,  Rosario, Beatrice, Bing­ hammering  away  at  Firestone  Co.  The  Strathport  (Strathmore)  came  Clabins  and  Julesburg  (Mathiasen).  hamton  Victory,  Puerto  Rico,  and  at  the  Math­ in for payoff,  but since most  of  the  All  of  the  above  signed , on  again.  Elizabeth  (Bull);  Winter  Hill,  Lone  iason  Chemical  men  were  willing  to  stay  aboard  Shipping  for  the  coming  two  In  transit  were  the  Robin  Mow­ jack,  French  Creek  (Cities  Serv­ Co.  We  hear that  her,  we  extended  the  articles  for  weeks  is  expected  to  be  just  fair  bray  (Robin)  and  Steel  Maker  ice);  Seabeaver  (Orion);  Seatrains  since  only five  offshore  and  four  (Isthmian),  the  latter  just returned  some  progress  payoff  in  an  East  Coast  port.  Texas,  Georgia,  Louisiana,  New  is  being  made.  The  Lotta  signed right  on  again,  coastwise ships are  due  in for  pay­ from the  pineapple  run.  .  Jersey,  Savannah  (Seatrain);  Mary  Meanwhile,  the  while  we  had  the  Topa  Topa  (Wa­ off  and  replacements.  We finally  tracked  down  those  Adams  (Bloomfield);  Trinity  (Car­ garage  mechanics  terman),  Marymar  and  Pennmar  The  past  period  we  had  payoffs  Mar  Trade  people  on  some  dough  (Calmar),  and Alaska  Cedar (Ocean  ras);  Albion  (Dry  Trans);  George  on five  Alcoa  ships,  the  Patriot,  just knocked over  Kulukundis  (Mar  Trade);  Cape  Ed­ Corsair, Polaris,. Pegasus and Cava­ that  was  coming  to  Robins,  the  another  would­be  Tow),  here  in  transit  mont  (Alcoa);  Hurricane,  (Golden  lier,  plus  four  for  Waterman,  the  bosun  on  the  Tagalam's  last  trip,  tough  garage  ­  Had  Beef  maintenance  and  cure  money.  City  (Waterman)  and  Nikos  (Dol­ owner,  and every­ When  we  paid  off  the  Rice  Vic­ Fairhope,  Morning  Light,  Beaure­ in  Aucion  He  was  getting  around  on  a  cane,  phin).  body  (except  the  tory  some time  ago, we had  a  feVv  gard  and  Monarch  of  the  Seas.  short of  cash and  they  were  doling  Those  signing  on  were  the  Falr­ Sign­ons  included:  Wnfleld  owner)  is  happy.  beefs  about  the  master,  a  Captain  out  money  to  him  like  it  didnt  Stratton  (BuU);  Steel  Fabricator,  Brother Harry  Aucion,  who  sails  Edwards.  However,  we  settled  ihe  ly>pe.  Young  America  and  Beaure­ belong  to hinu  We  collected  $2(10  gard  (Waterman),  and  the  Alcoa  Steel  Voyager,  Steel  Architect,  in  all  ratings  in  the  Stewards  De­ beefs  but  held  off  saying  anything  him,  to  bring  the  benefits  up  Steel  Executive  (Isthmian);  Robin  partment,  is  catching  up  on  his  about  him  because he  professed  to  Patriot  and  Polaris.  In­transits  to  for  Wentley,  Robin  Doncaster  (Robin);  sleep  around  here.  He  says  that  be  a  "good  union  man."  Right  the port  included the Andrew Jack­ to date.  Seavictor,  Seamonltor  (Orion); Ann  'anyone  who  would  not  vote  for  after  that,  however,  he  tried  to  son,  DeSoto  and  Chickasaw,  all  There was also 9 bit  of  a.rumpug  with the  captain  of  this same  ship,  Waterman.  Butler  (Bloomfield);  Coe  Victory,  the new halls should'have  his head  chisel  four  of  the  guys  out  of  Louis  Emery  Jr.  (Victory  Carriers)  examined,  for  when  I  started. go­ measly  $16  on  lodging,  and  when  We had no  beefs to  speak of,  ex­ the  Tagalam,  when  we  questioned  on his  qualifications for  doing  and  Warhawk  (Waterman)  «  ing to  sea, we didn't  have a  decent  they  squawked,  he  told  them  that  cept  for minor  items easily settled  him  work rightfully  belonging  to  the  ri^t  on  the  spot.  The  ships  com­ Wide  Open Ride  place  to  apply for  a  job,  let  alone  if  they  pushed the beef  they might  SIU  crew,  but  that's  been  pretty  ing  in  here  have  been  run  very  We  ran into a  beef  on the  Kulu­ have  a  decent  hall  in  which  to  lay the  ship up.  well  straightened  out.  smooth  in  this respect.  The thing is,  the ship  was slated  meet  our  friends  and  to  read  and  kundis  with  an  oldtime  captain  by  Enjoying  himself  on  the  beach  The  big  kicker  in  the  deal  was  the name of  Harrold<A.nderson, who  relax.  Let's  put  a fine  hall  in  all  for  lay­up  vdien  the  beef  came  up,  in  the'cool,  coolness  of  the  Mobile  that  the crew didn't  put  in  for the  and  laying  a  ship  up  for  $16  is  comes  out  of  the  mothballs  every  the  ports  where  we ship from, and  branch  hall,  overtime  until  the  trip  was  over,  once in  a  while  to make  a trip.  He  make  the  SIU  even  stronger  than  something  new  'to  me. •  When  he  brother  Clarence  by  which  time  it  was  too  late  to  .  proceeded  to  sea  without  securing  it  is."  Harry  usually  sails as  sec­ wasn't  successful  In  getting the  Carter  has  made  do  anything  about  it.  The  broth­ the  gear and  sailed  merrily  across  ond  cook  and  baker,  but  on  his  men  to  phony  up,  he  yelled  they  quite a  switch  on  ers should  know  that  they  have  to  the  Atlantic  for  about  ten  days  last  ship,  the  Winter  Hill,  he  ate  were  giving him  a bad  time.  Well,  his original  plans  turn  ii)  their  itemized  OT  sheet  with all five  hatches open.  Luckily  so much  he had  to get off  atad rest.  we  settled  this  beef  too,  but  now  before  72  hours  are  up,  especially  for  a  livelihood.  we're ready to  say that  this charac­ they  did  not  run  into  the  weather  Red's A  Goner  when  it's work  done  by officers,  or  Clarence  started  ter  is  really  a  hard­timing  so  and  that a lot of the  ships have enMun­ they'll go without the  dough. That's  out  as  an  agrir  Brother  R.  L.  "Red"  Ferguson  so.  tered  this  year  or there  might  not  just  what  happened  here.  cultural  student  of  New  Orleans  fame  also  paid  us  The  new  books  that  we've  seen  have  been  anyone  left  to  tell  the  in  New  Orleans  We  had  a  clean  payoff  on  the  tale.  Needless  to  say,  this  charac­ a  visit.  He  usually  doesn't  stay  out here are really great.  We're all  and  after  a  long  Government  Camp,  thoi^h  there  here  long  enough  to  get  as  well  Carter  raring  to  go  out  here,  and  get  ter  is  no  longer  on  the  ship,  and  and  hard>  study  was a beef  about  putting deW  grat­ known  as  he  is  in  New  Orleans,  those new  books as soon as we can.  we  have  informed  the  operators  routine decided to  come to  Mobile  ings  on  the  catwalk  and  the hew  however. This  time, he  walked into  They're  great  that we  don't want  him on  any SIU  and  put  his  knowledge­  to  work  icebox for  the  crew  didn't tum up  the hall and.then  walked right back  ship in  the future, not  in command  Pledge  Support  yet.  Julesburg  and  Saleth  Mari­ for the  Baldwin  County  citizens.  out  to  take  an  oiler's  job.  Broth­ of  a  vessel  at  any  rate.  The  SUP  is  on  strike  out  here,  time  payoffs also  ran  smooth.  He  got  as  far  as  the  air­condi­ We  have  been  receiving  some  er  Ferguson  is a  great  lover of  the  and  they  just  have  to  name  their  James Sheehan  tioning at 1 South  Lawrence Street  Goddess  of  Chance,  and  right  now  overtime  from  the  outports  that  own  ticket  with  us  and  we're  with  Boston  Port  Agent  has been  disputed on  various tank­ he's  working  on  a  top  secret  sys­ them  all the  way.  The Alaska  fish­ and  hasn't  been  able  to  break  the  tie.  Since  1938,  he's  sailed  in  all  i  t  ers  for  steward  department  work  tem  to  beat  all  systems.  If  we  ermen  are  back  to  work  in  the  steward department ratings. Things  watch  Red  carefully  we  might  all  Son  Francisco:  in  port  before  eight  AM  and  after  Bering  Sea.  This  showk  what  'uni­ being  what  they  are  thouifii,  he's  five  PM.  Some  of  the  companies  get rich.  fied  support  from  all  unions  can  happy  albout  the  whole  thing  be­ Now that  the oil  strike is over  in  or  captains  seem  to  be  under  the  do.  Things  are still  the same  here  impression  that  the  home  port  nearby  Texas,  shipping  should  be  as far­as the MC&S is concerned.  cause  with  the fish  biting  in  the  nearby  streams he can't see moving  picking up, and starting  next week,  clause  that  was  negotiated  and  The  local  MTD  meeting pledged  on from  this port.  He hopes he'll be  added  to  the  freight  ship  contract  our  old  standby,  the  ferry  boat  100  percent  support  of  the  SUP  also applies  to tankers. This is  def­ Federal, will  be on  the Port  Arthur  beef,  and  the unions,  including the  able to make that dream come  true  Shipping  has  been riding  strong  about  the  chicken  ranch  in  the  out  here  for  the  last  two  weeks  initely not  so. Any  work performed  to  Mississippi  River  run  again.  SUP  and  Operating  Engineers,  vicinity  someday,  but  in the  mean­ with  well  over  150  men  sient  out  on  a  tanker  before  eight  AM  and  Our  local  baseball  team  is fight­ went on  record  for  donating  $100  time he sails  out of  here regularly.  on  regular  jobs  plus  another  100  after five PM from Monday through  ing  an  uphill  battle  to  capture  •respectively  to  cover  the  expense  On the  beach  with him  enjoying  shipped  to  standby  jobs  on  Lib­ Friday  in  any  port  is  overtime.  '  third  place  in  the  Gulf  Coast  of  a  delegation  the  State  con­ the azaleas  are  brothers J.  R.  Por­ ertys that  are  laying up.  A  bright  sign  during  the  period  League.  Whoever winsr we'll know  vention.  We  also to  plan  to build  up  ter,  E.  Hannon,  H.  M.  Hankee,  W.  During  the  period  we  paid  off  was the  crewing of  three ships that  that  our local  boys put  up a battle.  the  till f6r any  emergency,  just  as  Wemeth,  O.  Stevens and  C.  Nail.  the  following  ships:  Topa  Topa  were laid  up in idle  status and  the  Leroy  Clarke  the  SIU  has  done  in  the  past.  In  Cat  Tanner  (Waterman);  Frederic  Collins  (Dry  gain  of  one,  the  San  Mateo  Vic­ Lake  Charles  Agent  the  Northwest,'all the unions know  Mobile  Pert  Agent  Trans);  Michbel  Moran;  David  tory,  formerly  SUP but  now  oper­ Johnson,  Joyce  Kilmer  (Missis­ ated  by  Eastern.  We  believe  we  sippi);  Carroll  "Victory  (South  have hit the  bottom for  a  while on  Atlantic)  and  Shinnecock  Bay  the  lay­ups  and  a  couple  of  the  (Mar Trade).  The three  Mississippi  operators seem  to agree.  They  are  ships have  since  gone  into lay­up.  of  the  opinion  there  will  be  The  rest  all  signed  on  again,  as  more  ships  taken  out  of  lay­up  did  the  Kyska  (Waterman).  In  about  August.  We  certainly  hope  Shipping froiti May 22 to June  4  transit  were  the  Yaka,  Raphael  so,  and  can  assure  you  that  your  Semmes  (Waterman);  Brightstar  representatives  are  working  to  see  REG.  REG.  REG.^  TOTAL  SHIP.  SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  (Triton);  Pennmar,  Calmar  (Cal­ PORT  to it that we  get our share of them.  DECK  ENGINE  STE#.  REG..  DECK  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  mar)  and  the  Steel  Apprentice  More  jobs  mean  more  porkchops  Boston  33  24  .  ;  26  83  24  13  10  for  SIU members.  47  (isthmian).  Prospects for the next  two weeks  Claude  Simmons  New  York  ...,....,...,..,^187  ,  197  153  537  174  154  133  466  look  just  fair,  but  standby.and  I  Asst.  Sec'y­Treas.  Philadelphia  .... i'  53  41  38  132  38  ,  30  26  94  shift  jobs  on  Libertys  going  into  tit  the  boneyard  will  keep  anyone  Balitmore  • eeoeoeeoaei  169  i'l2  t'  79  360  [Lake Charles:  131  •   81  116  328  busy  while he  is waiting  for a  reg­ Norfolk  .,  83  67  89  71  .221  76  85  230  ular  job.  Savannah  • •  • • • «e«ooo«oee~4  34  Naturally,  the  big  news  around  23  • 25,  28  88  20  73  the  port  is  the  SUP strike  against  Tampa  F...,  12  11  32  22  the  West  Coast  operators,  and  we  10  '   'f  «  239  58  ­ ShippiBg''^as  on  the  slow  bell  MobUe  ....,  • teaeeoofl  64  58  ICi,  have  offered  to  give  whatever  aid  .  is  needed  at  any  time.  The  strike  ~for a while  ddWn  here, then  broke  New Orleans  102  / 91  286  84  103  83  272  is  going  ahead  on  everything  ex­'  loose  with a loud  roar, and  we not  Galveston  .,  • • eeeeees  38  cept military  cargoes  and  war  ma­ 49  110  37  31'  117  only cleaned  out  the  ball,  but  had  V . ­ teria, as requested  by the  Govern­ to caU  for help to fill up the  rated  West" Coast  ,  60  Hi  '  5»'  111  101  159  • 3  301  meat  Jobs.  H.  J.  Fischer  New  York:  ­Lay­Up View Brighier;  3 idled Ships Crew Up  fr­  •   »ti4ay. JaM is. 195s  'Pro­Union' Skippor  Hard­TimosGvorSIB  CrewJsrned in OT Ead  Of  Trip, Can't Golleet  From Soil To Tho Soa  Is A Roal Job Swileh  #­•   m  ilF:  llP  m'­':  ^i­­ iv  standby Job While Yol  Wail Always 0|ien Hero  c smppmc MiEcoRD  • 'v^.  F*""  '  P  Uffions keep Active  Despite HetWeallier  V  ''  • !  If  f>'  • *'*11  /• J,.:.­./.  li'i  �Vriiijr, Jane IS. Ittt  I  SEArARERS  IPG  Par*  Nfai*  PORT JOEPORtS  his  SIU  Vacation  Plan  check  for  Wilmington:  $117.63  represented  the first  time  he'd  gotten  this.benefit,  a  statistic  echoed  by  over  05  percent  of  the  men  coming  in  here.  Lindsey  Williams  New  Orleans  Fort  Agent  Activity  is  moving  along  at  a  The  weather's  hot,  but  the  ship­ t  t  fair  scale  in  the  Crescent  City  ping's  a  lot  hotter around  here.  It  with  nearly  the  same  amount  of  Baltimore:  has  been  excellent,  and  lo6ks  as  if  men  registering  as  shipping  out.  it  is  going  to  be  even  .better  for  We  still  have  a  shortage  of  rated  the  next  couple  of  weete.  engine  department  men,  but  the  We've  had  a  couple  of  beefs  steward  department  jobs  are  run­ from  the  membership  about  men  ning  a  little  slow.  Deck  men  are  getting  their  clothes  back  late  or  moving  out  Just  fine,  and  happily  Everything  is  rocking  along  on  not  at  all  from  various  boarding  we  have  no  boneyard  Jobs  s^ed­ an  even  keel  here,  as  shipping  cleaners.  I have  Jumped  the com­ uled­ for a  while.  holds  up  very  well.  There  have  panies  about  it,  but  I  think  it  We  passed  another  milestone  been  18  ships  paying  off,  17  sign­ would  be a  wise  move for  the men  recently  when  vacation  payments  ing  on  and  6  in  transit  since  our  to  get  a  duplicate  receipt  for  the  '  clothes  sent  out.  For  that  matter,  through  this  port  surpassed  $100,­ last  report.  000,  an  average  of  about  $1,100  a  The  current  political  muddle  is  the  membership  should  never  Philadelphia  Seafarers  on  voluntary  picketline  duty  during  Teleg­ raphers' beef  quitting lines  after the  settlement.  Seafarer  Casimir  day  since­  the  start  of  the  Plants  still  going  full  blast,  so  no  one  leave  their  clothes  in  some  shore­ Szymanski  (white  shirt)  Jauntily^  led  victory  parade  back  to  the  side  laundry  or  tailor, shop.  Why  shnows  from  on*  day  to  the  next  operations.  ^  SIU  hali.  MTD  also  furnished  support  during  strike.  trust  them  to people  they've never  what  the  picture  will  be  when  the  Paying  off  during  the  period  were  the  following;  Alcoa­Bunner,  voters  actually  grapple­  with  the  seen  before?  Th^  SUP  has  hit  the  bricks  out  Platte  Victory  (Mississippi);  Steel  ter  two,  in  addition  to  the  Cape  Partner,  James  Caldwell  (Ajlcoa);  situation  in  November.  Apprentice  (Isthmian)  and  the  Grieg  (Mississippi),  signing  on.  Steel  Architect  (Isthmian);  Del  On  the  Senate  side,  a  Republi­ here  for  Saturday  overtime,  as  Liberty  Flag  (Gulf  Cargo).  In­transit  activity  was  a  bit  you  probably  know.  Of  course  can  Congressman  by  the  name  of  Aires,  Del  Rio,  Del  Norte  (Missis­ heavier  than  usual,  with  the  fol­ The, Holystar  paid  off  after  a  we're  standing  by,  ready 'to  give  aippi);  Iberville  (Waterman);  Mas­ Beale  has  received  the  nominatidn  nine­month  trip  lowing  ships  in:  Dei  • Oro,  Del  01^­  SUP  brothers­  any  help  they  to  run  for  the  upper  chamber.  All  sillon Victory  (Eastern) and  Wanda  in  spotless  con­ Mundo,  Cape  Grieg  (Mississippi);  (Epiphany).  The  Caldwell  has  we  know  about  him  is  the  pretty  might  need.  Once  again,the  sail­ dition.  The  own­ Julesburg  (Mathiasen);  Federal  ors  have  had  to  hit  the  bricks  to  poor labor record he rung up whil^  gone  to  the  boneyard.  er,  Captain  John,  (Trafalgar);  Seatrains  New  Jersey,  The  sign­ons  included  the  Alcoa  he  was  in  Washington;  and  that's  gain  conditions  which  the  ship­ complime n  t­ Texas  (Seatrain);  Archers  Hope  owners  recognize,  but  refuse  to  certainly  not  to  his  credit.  Bunner  and  Partner,  plus  the  Del  ed  the  crew  for  (Cities  Service):  Evelyn  (Bull)  and  This  case,  is  particularly  Alba,  Dei  Oro,  Del  Mundo  and  The  Democrats  have  given  the  pay.  the  Job  thiey  did  Fairhope  (Waterman).  The  Rich­ puzzling,  because  the  shipowners  nod to d  chap named  Mahoney, but  Cape  Grieg  (Mississippi).  '  on  the  trip,  ard  Johnson  (Bloomfield),  went  are  already  paying  Saturday  over­ In  transit  were  the. Alcoa  Clip­ he  has  no  record  while  all  hands  into idle  status.  time  to  the  MFOW.  per,  Patriot,  Corsair,  Polaris  (Al­ at all since he has  praised  the  cap­ We  expect  a  real  sizable  "pro"  Thomas  Freela^d,  who  sails  as­ coa);  E.  A.  Burnett,  Steel  Execu­ not  been  in  Con­ tain  and  the  vote  for  the  resolution  on  new  an  AB,  has  been  a  Seafarer  for  Freeland  tive  (Isthmian);  Del  Oro,  Del  gress before.  bosun  for  having  halls  when  the  balloting  is  com­ the  last  seven  years.  He's  taking  However,  he  has  Mundo,  Cape  Giieg;  Seatrains  it  easy.on  the  beach  around  here  a  wonderful  trip.  There  was  only  pleted  next  week  here  and  in  the  Liouisiana,  Georgia,  New  Jersey  been  popular  in  right  now.  Just  resting.  Tommy,  a  minor  beef  about  some  disputed  other  branches  all  over  the  coun­ Democratic  cir­ (Seatrain);  DeSoto,  Fairhope,  who  hails  from  Arizona,  says  he  restriction  time  in  Savona,  which  try.  The  boys  down  here  are  real­ Morning  Light,  An&%w  Jackson,  cles  for  some  ly  hot  on  the  idea  of  a  new­hall  likes  those  South  American  runs,  is being  taken care  of.  time, and there  is  Monarch  of  the  Seas  (Waterman);  especially  Rio,  but  he's  settled  for  Some  of  the  oldtimers  around  for  this  port  and  are  collaring  me  Southern  Districts,  Southern  the  possibility  the  Yokohama­Wilmington  shut­ here  now  are  Jack Gridley, Blackie  regularly to  toss in  their own  ideas  States  (Southern  Trading)  and  the  that  if  the  cur­ O'Nell  tle  that  so  many  of  the  boys  are  Abbey,  White  Yerke,  Jack  Walker  on the  place.  If  the vote  goes well,  Seacomet  (Colonial).  The  Burnett  rent  split  in  the  and  Del  Wenger.  Not  many  left,  we'll  try  to  put  some  of  them  into  party is sealed,  Mr. Mahoney  could  homesteading  right  now.  was  also  idled.  because  most  of them have shipped  use  when  the  building  is  set  up.  Plans  Sea  Career  be the next US Senator from Mary­ Vote  SUP Support  out.  Keith  Alsop  An MTD meeting  in our hall last  land.  From  what  we  hear of  him,  Tommy's  making  the  sea  his  We'd  like  to  remind  the  guys  Galveston  Port  Agent  he  might  be  a  right  guy,  but  we'll  career,  and  says  that  it  will  be  a  week took  up the  wait  and  see.  having  mail  sent  to  the  hall  to  .  4.  i.  t  SUP  West  Coast  The Congressional candidates  en­ cinch  since  he  belongs  to  the  best  have  it  sent  in  care  of  the  SIU.  seamen's organization  in the world.  beef  as  a  major  We're  in  the  SyP  building  and,  Philadelphia:  item  and  went  dorsed by  labor are all  up for elec­ Since  he's  Joined,  he  says  he's  unless there's  some mention  of  the  been  hard  put  to  keep  up  vith  all  SIU,  the  mail  is  liable  to  get  on record  to sup­ tion  and  a  majority  of  them  may  the  rapidly  improving  conditions,  very  well  come  in,  but  time  can  port  the  SUP  only  tell.  *  wages  and  benefits  that  we've  got­ mixed  up.  The  address  is  440  100  percent.  The  Avalon  Boulevard.  PMA  and ^  the  On  the beach  with us these  days,  ten.  Sam  Cohen  Men  Needed  while  we  keep  our fingers  crossed  Since the settlement  of  the  West­ West  Coast  are  Wilmington  Port  Agent  ern  Union strike  everything  in  this  on  the  balloting  for  new  hails  by  The  time  sure  is  ripe  for men  quite  a  distance  4"  iSj'  port, is  back  to  normal  except  the  from  the  Gulf  the  membership,  is  brother  Luby  to  come  hinning  around  this  port  Bates  O'Neil,  who has  been  a member  of  shipping.  Port  activity  is  still  con­ of  .pleasure.  Black  gang  men  in  Galveston:  but  their  ships  fined  to  coastwise  tankers  and  a  all  ratings  can  ship  with  ease,  and  hitting  ports  down  here  will  be  the  SIU  since  its  inception^  coastal  Bull  Line  ship  now  and  tied up  the  same  way  they are  out  Luby  started  sailing  in  1916  and  we  can  also  use  some  good  stew­ then.  West.  The  support  of  the  MTD  boasts  the  proud  record  of  never  ards  department  nted men.  We  attended  a  meeting  of  the  goes  to  show  what  unity  between  having  been  logged  or on  charges.  The  Jeff  Davis  (Waterman),  Sea­ Commercial  Telegraphers  Union  A  real  oldtimer  in  the  marine  in­ coral  (Orion)  and  Holystar  (Inter­ AFL  waterfront  unions  can  do  when  it  comes  to  aiding  each  dustry,  he  says  he  is  absolutely  continental)  all  paid  off  here,  and  The  pace  of  shipping here  hasn't  (AFL)  last  week  and  accepted  a  amazed  at  the  gains made  by  the  then  signed  on  again.  Our  big  changed  much  since  the  last  re­ plaque  presented  to  the  SIU  in  other  in  maritime  beefs.  The  Del  Norte  was  on  semi­Idle  SIU and would never in  his wildest  business was  in  in­transits, though.  port, as things  continue  to  be  slow  appreciation  of  the  help  our  men  itatus  for  a  few  days,  with  the  dreams  have  thought  there  would  We  had  the  Heywood  Broun  (Vic­ and  the  weather  is  making  every­ gave  the strikers  during  their  beef.  The  ipembers  of  CTU  Local  22  crew laid  off  while  she was  under­ be  a  Vacation  and  a  Welfare  Plan  tory  Carriers);  Portmar,  Marymar,  body  lazy  to ­boot.  here  showed  they  were  good  union  as  they  ailt  now  set  up  for  Sea­ We  had  the  Edward  L.  Scripps  Galmar  and  Pennmar  (Calmar);  going repairs.  Possibly as  a result  the  Yaka  and  Fairland  (Water­ (Isthmian),  Genevieve  Peterkin  people when  they  abided by  a  vote  of  the  lull,  the  Del  Norte  Stars  farers.  Earl Sheppard  man);  Brightstar  (Triton);  Carroll  (Bloomfield) and  Royal Oaks  (Cities  of  the  majority  and  returned  to  were  off  pace  and  couldn't  uphold  .  BalUmore  Port  Agent  Victor^^South^Ltl^^  Service) in  for payoff,  with  the lat­ their  Jobs  although they themselves  the honors  of  their ship  as they've  had  voted  to  reject the  settlement.  done so  often in  baseball  games on  Waterfront  Slow  the  South  American  run.  In  any  Along  the  waterfront  things  are  event,  the  SIU  Beachcombers  put  going  along  at  a  very  ­slow  pace.  across 16 runs  to  win a recent  con­ The  only  thing  of  note  to  Seafar­ test  between  the  two  teams,  16­2.  ers  is  the  inquiry  into  the  fatal  We  will  wait  for an  explanation  in  Sam  Cohen.  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  PORT  COLBORNE  103  Durham  St.  crash  in  the  Delaware  River  in­ the  Del  Norte's  worthy  publica­ SIU,  A&G  District  HEADQUARTERS  875  4th  Ave.,  Bklyn.  Ontario  Phone: 5591  volving  the  SlU­manned  C a r r a s .  tion,  the  Navigator.  BALTIMORB  U  North  Gay  St.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  TORONTO.  Ontario  86  Cnlborne  St.  tanker  Michael  and  the  barge  Paul  HaU  Elgin 5719  Incidentally,  one  of  our  well­ Earl  Sheppard,  Agent  Mulherry  4S40  ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  VICTORIA.  B.  C  61714 Cormorant  St  C.  Dodge.  It  seems  as  though  the  ave  SUte  St.  known  brdthprs.  Jack  " 'Gator­ BOSTON  Lloyd  Gardner  Empire 4531  Richmond zmeo  Robert  Matthewa  Claude  SimmoM  mouth"  Bates,  stepped ihto the hall  Jamea Sheehaa, Agent  VANCOUVER.  B.  C  565  Hamilton  St.  whole  thing  amounts  to  everybody  DIapatcher  Richmond 2^)141  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVK  Pacific 7.124  calling  every body  else  a  liar.  The  the  other  day  to  shoot  the  breeze  GALVESTON  308i&  SSrd  St.  Joe  Algina  ­ SYDNEY.  N.S  304  Charlotte  St.  affair  was  so  mixed  up  that  the  Alaop.  Agent  Phone 24(48  and  collect his  vacation  check. The  Keith  Phone 6344  LAKE CHARLES,  La  1419 Ryan  St.  SUP  20 Elgin St.  Coast  CJuard  is  going  to  hear  the  BAGOTVILLB.  Quebec  • "Gatormouth"  feature  was  ap­ LeRoy  Clarke*. Agent  Phone  6­S744  Phone: 545  whole case all  over again,  and  most  16  Merchant  St.  ....1 South  Lawrence  St.  HONOLULU  plied  for  obvious  reasons.  It's  MOBILE  37  Ormont  St.  Phone 5­8777  THOROLD.  Ontario  Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Phone  2­1754  Phone:  3­3202  of  the  Seafarers  who  were  mem­ PORTLAND  Ill  W.  Bumside  St.  been  said  that  if  Alex  Graham  NEW  ORLEANS....;....S23  BienvUle  St.  .  113  Cote  De  La  Montague  bers  of  the  crew at  the  time  of  the  Beacon 4336  QUEBEC  Bell  had  known  of  our  boy,  he  Lindsey  WiUianu.  Agent  Quebec  Phone­  2­7078  257  5tb  St.  BlagnoUa 8112­6113  RICHMOND.  CALOr  177  Prince  WiHiam  St.  accident  will  have to  appear  at  the  Phone 2589  SAINT  JOHN  wouldn't  have  troubled  Ihims'elf  NEW  YORK  en 4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  N.B.  Phone: 2­3049  trial  to  testify.  BAN  FRANCISCO..  450  Harrison  St  STerllng 8­4671  with  inventing  the  telephone,  but  Douglas 3­8363  NORFOLK  ...127­139  Bank  St.  Meanwhile,  the  Chesapeake  and  Just  have  opened  a  window  and  Ben  Reea,  Agent  2700  1st  Ave.  Phone 4­1083  SEATTLE  Great Lakes District  Main 0290  Delaware  Canal  between  Phillv  .....237  Market  St.  let  Jack  pass  on  the  message  PHILADELPHIA  440  Avalon  Blvd.  ALPENA  133  W  Fletcher  and  Baltimore  will  be  closed  for  S.  CarduUo.  Agent  Market 7­1635  WILMINGTON..  wherever he  Wanted  it to go.  Terminal 4­3131  Phone; 123HW  SAN  FRANCISCO  480  Harriaon  St.  NEW  YORK  675  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  BUFFALO.  N.  V  .  180 Main St  another  ten  days due  to the  raising  H.  J.  Fiacher.  Agent  Oouglaa  2­S47S  First­Time  Benefit  STerllng 8­4671  Phonii:  Cleveland  7391  of  the  barge  F.  L.  Hayes,  which  SAN  JUAN.  PR  252  Ponce  de  Leon  Jack's  thinking is  as clear  as his  Sal  Cone,  Agent  CLEVELAND  734  Lakeside  Ave..  NE  Canadian  District  Phone;  Main  I­U147  figured in  an  accident  with the  An­ conversation,  however,  and  he's  SAVANNAH  S  Abercom  St.  .  .  .  1038  3rd  St.  gelina  (Bull)  11  days  before  the  463  McGUl  St.  DETROIT  B.  B.  Tniiey,  Agent  Phone 3­1728  MONTREAL . .  plenty  pleased  about  the  changes  SEATTLE  Headquarters  Phone:  Woodward  14857  MArquette 5909  2700  Ut  Ave.  ..  531  W  Michigan  St  Michael  episode.  he's  seen  in  the  industry  since  he  Jeff  Monlaon.  Agent  128Vt  HolUsSt  OULUTH  Seneca 4570  HALIFAX.  N.S  Phone:  Melroiie  2­4110  Phone^ 3­8911  A.  S.  Cardullo  N.  Franklin  St.  started  going  to  sea  back  In  1932.  TAMPA..*......1808­1811  3261  E  92nd  SC.  Ray  White. Afent  Phone  2­1323  FORT  WILLIAM., . 11814  Syndicate  Ave.  SOUTH  CHICAGO  PhUadelphla  Port  Afent  Pho  Essex  5­2410  During this  20­year spah, he noted.  inLMINaTONrOal)f....440  Avalon  Blvd  Onterlo  Phone:  34321  New  Orleans:  Vaeation Payments Top  too Grand Mark Here  Be Wary of Gleaners  Or They'll Clean Yen  Polilieal Scene Pleni|  Mnddled 'Til Nevsmber  Telegraphers Present  SIU Plaque For Aid  Menbers Have Plenty  Of Ideas For Hew Hall  SO/  HAtl.  DIRMCTCORW  �'i  •  Last  cf  a  frltt — From a  portfolio of American  Merchantmen painted by Lemuel B. Line. Reprinted  through  the  courtesy  of  Fortune  Magaxine.  ­t^Vr! ;• :  • .'• y. •  • ftV^v' ­ i'V.;.,  Exportar  ^asHng'  seven  holds,  »,M4 Tont  fogr  of  them  equipped  U'A Knot!  humidity  controls,  the >  SS  Exbrook  is  in  the  NY­ Mediterroneon and Indian Ocean  service.  Built  to  carry  extremely  heavy  loads)  she  can  handle  a  30­ton  locomotive  with  her  cargo,  boo'ms.  :'­jSr;'  %  Converted N3­M­AI  Equipped  iili­ i'i' • '  ir'  o •   m^­ p'­ with  S'WV"*  hydraulically  powered  cranes  that  can  load  nearly  two  million  board  feet  of  packaged  lumber  in  20 'hours,  the  M/S  C­Trader  is  a compact  coastal lumber  car­ rier  owned  by  W.  R.  Chamber­ lin  of  Son  Francisco.  Erivate Design  Manned  by  Seafar­.  24,^ Ton.  ers,  the  Chilore and  her seven  sister  ships  ore  specially  built  to  carry  iron  ore  from  South  America  to  the  Bethlehem  Steel  Corporation's  plant  in  Maryland.  Built  in  1947,  they  are  operated  by  a  Bethle­ hem  subsidiary.  Ore bteamship.  Stotrain  Working  the  Atlan­ J'"*  coastwise  *****  trade,  the  Seafarer­ manned Seatrain Louisiana  has a  mile  of  standard­gauge  track  on  deck  and  can  carry  100  fully  loaded  freight  cars.  A  $4  mil­ lion ocean­going  vessel, she  is the  newest  of  the  Seatrains.  T2­SE­A1  One of  o  class  of 481  U,M7 Tons  standard ocean­going  Wh Knelt  tankers  built  during  World  War  II,  the  ­SS  Gulfray  con carry  138,335 barrels  of light  oil  or  gasoline  in  her  tanks.  Op­ erated "by  the  Gulf  Oil Corpora­ tion,  she  has  turbo­electro  power  and a  12,600­mile cruising range.  lsl  One  of  five  coastal  tankers  of  the  Colo­ ­ rado  class  built  for  the Texas Company, the  SS Dela­ ware can carry up  to 20  varieties  of  petroleum  products  in  her  tanks. She  and another  sister  ship  are  all  that  are  left  of  the  type.  The  others  were  wartime  losses*  Eilvate Detigh  14,140 Tent  14 Knott  mp  mr}­ Private Deiign  A new  type of  super  30,155 Tent  K,„|5er,  one  of  three  ships  leased  by  the  Atlantic  Refining  Company,  the  SS  Atlantic  Navigator  is  built  to  carry 225,000  barrels of  oil.  Her  pumps,  rated  at  20,000  barrels  on hour, completely unload her in  12 hours.  ,  ..hya'/i  "<><?.•   •  �Triday. lone 13, U8j|  SEAP ARERS  LOG  Page  Eietea  FUtu­ Year­Old Sea Mf/gterjuz  What SankThe  Liner Oregon?  Way  back  in 1886,  the English  superliner  Oregon was  just  about  queen  of  the seas.  Called  "unsinkableshe had  just  managed  to slash  the  transatlantic speed  record  down  to an  "unbelievable" 6 days, 9 hours  and 52 minutes.  But her hour  The  Phantom  and  Gorham  met  German  liner  Lloyd  Fulda  on  of  glory  was to be shortlived.  the  the  way  to  New  York,  and  all  the  It  was  Sunday,  March  14,  1886,  smvivors  were  once  moire  trans­ that flie  proud  Oregon  was  steam­ ferred,  this  time  to  the Fulda.  ing at  full speed  toward New  York.  Meanwhile, one of  the pilots  had  At  4:30  AM,  she  had  just  steamed  put the  Oregon's third  officer, Tay­ between  Shlnnecoek  and  Fire  Is­ lor, ashore, and  he had telegraphed  the news of  the sinking to his com­ land,  On  Long  Island.  Her  chief  pany.  A flock of  reporters  hired  a  officer,  Mathews,  was  on  watch.  tug and  went  aboard the  Fulda  be­ Four • l  ookouts  were  posted.  The  fore  she  arrived  in  New  York.  Journalistic  History  night^s  deep  darkness was  surren­ However,  once  aboard,  the  Ful­ dering to  the murky pre­dawn half­ light.  The  sea  was  extremely  da's  captain  refused  to  allow  the  reporters  off  the  ship,  and  this  The  Sandy  Hook  Pilot  Boat 11,  the  Phantom,  (left  foreground)  has  its  deck  crammed  with  survivors  smooth.  gave  rise  to  another  epoch—in  as a  steady  stream of  loaded  lifeboats  continue  to  come  from  the  sinking  superliner  Oregon  (right  Mathews  later  testified  that  he  journalism  this time.  Even  cub re­ rear).  The  Oregop,  shown  in  a  painting  made  at  that  time,  sank  shortly  after  everybody  was  taken  spotted  a  sudden ­ white  light  al­ porters  today  know  about  "Tom  off.  .  ,  (Photo  Courtesy  of  Mr.  C.  C.  MlUer)  most  directly  in  €ront  of  the  Or­ Fielders'  Leap."  egon.  Then  there,  was  a  crash.  After interviewing  the survivors^  York  and  got  his  story  into  his  caused  enough  damage  to sink the  Nothing,  however,  was  ever  pride  of  the  seas.  There  had  been  found  to  explain  why—if  it  was  Mathews  said he  saw  another flash  the  reporters  were  anxious  to  get  paper.  back  to  their  papers  with  their  When the Fulda  arrived with  the  no trace  of  any  wreckage from any  the  Ross  which  collided  with  the  of  white  that  looked  like  sail*  stories.  The  tug  they  had  hired  survivors,  all  New  York  greeted  other  ship.  It  seemed  improbable  Oregon—she  just  displayed a white  Then  the  proud  Oregon  began  to  was alongside,  but the  Fulda's cap­ them.  An  inquiry  into  the sinking  that  if  the  Oregon  had  collided  light  for  an  instant  before  the  tain had  posted  crewmen along  the  was  held  shortly, afterward,  and  with  a  sailing  ship,  there  would  crash; why  she  went  to  the  bottom  sink.  rails to  keep  the  reporters aboard.  then the mystery began  to develop.  have  been  no  survivors  or  at  least  without  ieaving  a  trace  of  any  Panic Starts  The crew; and  passengers became  Thomas Fielders from  the Times  Mathews told of  the bright  white  screams  or  some  sounds  from, the  wreckage  or  debris;  why  she  sank  so  quickly;  why  none  of  her  crew  aboard.  p^icky,  and  Captain  Cottier  is­ slowly  edged  along  the  rail.  Sud­ light  he  spotted  just  before  the  men  crash.  None  of  the  other  lookouts  The 'inquiry  ended  on  the  note  survived,  or  why  none  of  her  crew  denly  he  swung  over  the  liner's  s|£^d  pistols to  his officers  and  sta­ rail and  jumped over the side.  One  were  sure  they  had  seen  anything.  that nobody  knew  what had  caused  made so  much  as one  outcry.  None  iiohed­thein  on  the  boat  decks.  of^  the  Fuida's  crewmen  tried  to  One  of  the  passengers  said  he  the sinking  of  the  Oregon.  of  these  things were ever explained  —that  is,  of  course,  if  it  was  the  Schooner  Missing  The Jsaders  of  v/hat  Captain  Cot­ stop  him,  but  only  succeeded  in  sighted  sails  brushing  past  his  Ross  which  collided  with  the  Ore­ Several  months after the inquiry,  cabin  porthole.  Ap early investiga­ ripping Fielders'  cOat  off  his  back.  tier  termed  a  mutiny  were  put  in  the  three­masted  coal  schooner  gon.  For  the  only  testimony  sup­ tion,  however,  turned  up  no  ships  Fielders,  luckily,  managed  to  jUSt  IroihS, and  order  was  restored. The  about  clear  the  gap  between  the  that  were  in  the  vicinity  at  the  Ross  was  reported  missing.  Her  porting  the  theory  of  a  collision  passengers  were  plagued  with  the  liner  and  the  tug.  He  landed  on  time  of  the crash.  No sailing  ships  owners  said  that,  according  to  her  was  the flash  of  a  solitary  white  schedule,  she  should  have  been  in  light in  the darkness,..and 1 person  realization  that  the  Oregon  car­ the  deck  of  the  tug  and  escaped  were  reported  missing.  ried  only­  enough  boats  for  less  with only  a  wrenched  hip,, but once  Besides,  it  was  "unbelievable"  the  vicinity  of  the  wreck  at  just  out  of  845  aboard  the  Oregon  who  thought  he  saw  white  sails.  than half  of  the 845 persons aboard  on the  tug Be  sailed  back into  New  that  a  sailing  ship  could  have  about  tfie time  of  the collision.  the  vessel.  As  the  Oregon settled  lower  in,  the sea,  the Sandy  Hook  pilot  boat  Phantom  sailed  into  view.  She  raced  to  the  scene,  and  with  he^'  three pilots,  William  Parker,  E.  E.  There  were  three  men  from  the  Mitchell  and  Charles  Samson  di­ strange  as  it  inay  seem,  there's  a  treasure  estimated  be­­""  UFEUM  k  lifesaving  station  working  during  recting  the  operation, lowered  her  the  storm,  plus  some  volunteers  two  boats  and  with  the  aid  of  the  tween  $400,000  and'$8,000,000  lying  in  85  feet  of  ­water  off  mum  3H  cA^aso cip<sba>  from  nearby  villages.  Oregon's  boats,  began  to, transfer  Delaware, and nobody has recovered it.. The water isn't deep,  the  passengers  from  the  sinking  and  the  spot  is  fairly  welU  Delqwavi  ZRArt)  SlLVEl^ ­ 4  Ships  At  Once  liner.  fSTiMAnsPT&K  At  one  time,  they  were  trying to  bor  of  Lewes,,  Del.,  on  May  23,  known.  Yet,  the fortune has  Clark n.  The  Phantom,  however,  wasn't  \uoeW "KTvvlEE^)  get  the  men  ifif  four  ships  that  1798,  aboard  the  English  sloop­of­ large  enought  to  take  all  of  the  been  on  the  bottom  for  over  \ Bay  were  washed  up  into  the  murder­ war  De  Braak.  She  was  supposed  mosoovillt  persons  off  the  Oregon,  so  with  150  years.  ous  surf.  The  schooner  Allie  H.  fniLLlOyi)  LIES  her decks  crammed  with survivors,  As  sea  bottom  treasures  go,  this  to  be  carrying  the  pay  for  English  Belden  was  the first  to  hit  the  fori  she sailed  after a  schooner sighted  one  doesn't  have  any  particular  troops  in  the colony,  and  had  con­ in  tBWES,  Saulabur  ^  beach.  She  grounded  just  outside  on the  horizon.  Soon she  returned,  the  surf.  While  the  volunteers  "  HAKSoR  ducteh  a  very  successful  raiding  glamour  attached  to  it.  It's  just  bringing the  lumber schooner  Fan­ were  trying  to  get  a  boat  out  to  nie  H.  Gorham  with  her,  and  thd  that  it  sunk  in  a  veritable  grave­ expedition on .the way over.  her,  the  Enoch  Turley  grounded  a  passenger  transfer  continued.  yard of  the sea,  and 14  expeditions  Overloaded  few  hundred  yards  away.  Then  •   Ehreryone  Rescued  the  Dow  hit  within  a  hundred  have  tried  to locate  the  wreck,  but  In  fact, she  had managed to cap­ yards  of  the  Turley,  and  the  Wil­ •   At 11:30  AM  everybody had been  were foiled  because  there  are  well  ture  and  sink  so  many "enemy"  liam  G.  Bartlet went aground about  taken'  off  the  Oregon.  Less  than  over  100  wrecks  in  just  abbut  the  ships during  her  trip, that  she was  800  yards  out.  half  an  hour  later, the  proud  Ore­ overloaded  with  "prizes" from  her  gon  gave  n  last  shudder  and  slid,  same  spot.  The  storm  stopped  all  attempts  The treasure  sailed into the  har­ conquests.  A  huge <iuantity  of  goid  to  the  bottom.  to  get  a  boat  out  to  the  stricken  ships,  so finally,  the  men  managed  and  silver,  taken  from  the  vessels  her.  One  of  them  reported  they  to get  a  line out  to  the Belden,  the  she  captured, filled  her  holds  to  had found  an anchor from the ship,  closest inshore.  From  her,  capacity.  She  was  so  loaded  that  while  another  claimed  they  picked  one  they  got  a  line  out  to  the  Turiey,  The  SIU  membership  is  proud  of  its Union  as  a  group of  hard­ she  had, 70  tons of  copper—a  huge  up  some  wood  from  her  deck,  but  and  from  the  Turley  they  got  a  amount  for  a  vessel  her  size­r­tied  that's the closest  any of  them came,  line  to  the  Dow.  The  Bartlett  was  working  responsible Seafarers  who  know  the  importance  of  doing  on  her  deck.  for  her  grave  is overcrowded  with  farthest  out,  and  it  was  only  after  —­their  job  well  in  order  to  protect  their  contract  gains  and  safe­ Her  luck  had  beeh  phenomenal,  Other  wrecks,  and  none  of  the  ex­ dVer  an  hour  of  trying  that  they  .guard  themselves on  the  job.  '  but  it didn't  hold out  long enough.  peditions  were  able  to  single  out  got  a  line  to  her  from  the  Dow.  The membership  has long  bwn  on  record  to  weed  put  the small  Just  as she  glided  into  an  anchor^  the DeBraak.  The  crewmen  were  then  brought  !  minority  of  pilferers,  junkies,  performers  and  other  undesirables.  age, an  unusual  gust of  wind swept  It is estimated that well over 100  into  the  beach  along  the  lines  the  harbor.  So  overloaded  ships  went  down  in  the  area,  and  stretching  from  one  ship  to  an­ • We cannot  tolerate  these  disrupters  aboard  our  ships,  nor  can  we  across  was  the  DeBraak  that  she  rolled  singling out  one  wreck is far  from  other.  permit  them  to  drag  down  the  good  name  and  reputation  of  our  over  as  soon  as  the  wind  hit  her.  All  four  of  the  ships  were even­ an  easy  job.  The  copper spilled  into the harbor,  Union.  ,  ^  tually  pounded  to  pieces  by  the  An  example  of  the  treacherous  With  the  many  newcomers entering  the shipping  industry, today.  and  the vessel  sank like  a  rock.  winds  and  currents  in  the  harbor  surf  and  the  storm.  Most  of  the  Some  35  members  of  her  crew  came  to  light  in  1888  when  the  other  vessels  had  been  swamped  Seafarers  must  be  vigilant  to  detect  and  expose  Irresponsible  characters who  think that  they  can get  by on  SIU ships  with  these  drowned  or' went  down  with  her.  Cape Henlopen Blizzard hit  the an­ at  their  anchorages when the storm  while  another  53  were  saved.  The  undesirable  practices.  .We  hereby  serve  notice  that  charges  will  DeBraak  settled  in  about  85  feet  chorage.  There  were  some  28  ves­ first  struck.  sels in  the anchorage,  and  most  of  So now, Lewes, Delaware,  boasts  be  placed  and  severe  penalties  will  be  imposed  on  all  men  guilty  of  water.  them  went  down.  Through  the su­ of  a  sunken  treasure  of  up  to  ^;^­jof  berf()rtTdhg  Jeb,;or  having  marijuana  or  other  narcotics  14  Expeditions  perhuman  efforts  of  the  men from  $8,000,000—^in  addition  to  the  car­ ­their  possession  oh  b(*fhd  ^n  SIU  ship  or  in  the  vicinity; of  Since then, g  total  of  14 salvage  a nearby  lifesaving station, and un­ goes  of  the  other  vessels—which  expeditions  have  Uied,  to  recover  believable  luck,  only  three  men  can't  be  found  because  there  ara  '  ^^­siu haiLi:''  '. v,;,.  ,  too  many  wrecks in  the same  spot.  ithe  treasure  that  went  down  with  were  lost  in  the  storm.  Wanna Dive For Sunken Gold?  Foul'^ups Warned: Keep Outi  �gwfss  Vac* Twelra  SEAF ARE It 5  LOG  THE  IN  THE  WAKE  4  SEAFARER  • I't:. .  Vrlday, Juw  is. l9Sa  MEET THE  SEAFARER  Bonanza  is  now  synonymous  In  mally  less  violent.  One  estimated  J. D.  McGOLDRICK. steward  the  US  with  a  successful  enter­ to  be  5,000  feet  high  was  Observed  When  your  brother  sees  that  "Otherwise  I guess  I'd  be  wearing  prise,  sudden  prosperity  or  good  off  New  South  Wales in  1804.  you've  latched  onto  a  good  thing,  khaki  now  .and^ everybody  knows  luck.  It  is  a  Spanish  word  mean­ tries it and stays with it too,  you've  that's  not  my  best  color,"  he  re­ Question:  Do  you  believe  In/the  ing fair  weather,  particularly calm  Reversing the  usual tranter,  the  got  the  beginnings  of  a  real  marked.  "The  Union  in  this  case  weather  at  sea.  To  wish  someone  shark  is  a  fish  named  after  man.  old' saying  "I've  got  saHwater  In  ily  tradition  on  your  hands. fam­ It's  proved  again  it's  a  seaman's  one  my  blood."­ "bonanza" in Spain meant ^e same  The name  comes from  the German  a sure  thing, even  if  you ha'l  from  true  friend  when  the  going  gets  as  godspeed  or  bon  voyag'e.  There  for rascal, especially a greedy  para­ (Asked  of  Seafarers  in  the  Gal­ the Texas cattle  country  where  the  tough."  "  '  is  still  a  port  in  SW  Spain  called  jsite  and,  in  turn,  sailors  applied  veston  branch  hall.)  only  water  is  in  the  sun­drenched  He  expects  to  keep  on  sailing  Bonanza,  so  named  because  of  its  the  word  to  the fish  .  .  . The  Bat­ creeks  that  the  big  herds  use  for  while  he  saves  up  some  money.'  good  anchorage  and  security  tersea  Bridge  which  Whistler  once  watering  places.  "Don't  know  what  I'll  do  with  it  against  winds  and  storms  suffered  painted,  located  in  the  borough  of  Paul  Norton.  AB:  I  don't  know  Many  youngsters  drifted  into  a  when  it "pUes  up,  but  I  guess  I'll  if  it's inherited  or  not,  but  I think  elsewhere  along  the  coast.  Battersea  in  London, does not  lead  ,  that's  the  way  it  sea­going  life almost  as a  lark  but  find  a  good  use  for  the  dough  4­  t  4"  to  a  place  the  sea  batters,  but  to  ^  '  is  with  me.  Both  wound  up knowing  there's nothing  when  the  time  comes  around,"  he  About  95  percent  of  all  rivers  an  island,  once  khown  as  Peter's  grandfather  like it ashore  and stuck  with  it for  explained.  in  North  America flow  south,  in  a  Eye  (Peter's  Island),  from  the  ad­ Lots  of  Travel  and  great­grand­ years.  That's  the  case  with  J.  D.  southerly  direction or  into  streams  jacent  abbey of  St.  Peter  at  West­ father  went  to  McGoldrick,  steward,  who,  at  24  that flow southward.  A  number  of  minster.  Varying  local  pronuncia­'  His  longest  trip  so  far  was  nine  sea  also.  But  of  has  been going  to sea  almost eight  months  on  a  T­2,  the  SS  Carlsbad,  rivers,  such  as  the  Monongahela,  tions  produced  the  current  name.  course  there  are  years.  He  was  working  in  a  ship­ in 1946,  but he's managed  to make  Tennessee,  Big  Horn,  Montana  and  41  4>  4«  some  excellent  yard,  got  a  chance  to  get  a  berth  ­a  couple  of  trips around  the  world  Powder  Rivers, flow northward  for  seamen  today  and  has  been  riding  the  briny  and  estimates  he's  been  in  almost  part  of  their  course,  but  the  St.  A  pretty  kettle  of  fish  has noth­ When  the  LOG  reporter  Johns  Rivet  in  Florida  is  the  only  ing  to  do  with a  kettle as  we know  who  are  the  first  since.  cornered  him  he  was  eyeing  the  every  big  port  over the  globe.  it  today.  Now  used  as  a  sarcastic  important  river  wholly  within  the  in their family  to  board  in  the  Galveston  hall  for  a  "Goldy" was  on the James  Swan  US  whose  course  is  in  a  northerly  expression though it  once was  used  go  to  sea  for  a  living.  hauling  coal  to  Italy  in  1947  when  good  one.  to  denote  pleasure,  the  phrase  direction ... Dominica,  largest  of  three. of  his  buddies  were  gassed  4  3)  t  An SIU member  since  1945, dur­ and  killed  inspecting  a  deep  tank  the  British­West  Indies in  the  came  from  the  word  kittle,  a  dam  Jacob Moser, AB: Sure, you  can't  with  fish  nets.  When  fishermen  ing  the  war  "Goldy"  was  sailing  on  the  ship  while  it  was  in  Sar­ group  known  as  the  Leeward  Is­ lands,  was  so  named  by  Columbus  saw  the fish  being led  into the  nets  get rid  of  something  that's in  your  out  of  Norfolk  mostly  to  Sicily  dinia.  "We  brought  their  bodies  and  Italy.  He  was on an  American  back  to  Norfolk  around  Christmas  in  1493  because  he  discovered  it  they  wquld  look  on  the  scene  blood.  I  took  a  with pleasure, in anticipation of  the  job  once  in  the  Trading  and  Producing  Company  time,"  on  Sunday  (Dies  Dominica).  he  declared,  "but  I  don't  handsome  profit  they'd  make  on  Philadelphia  City  ship while  an  organizing drive  was  care  for  that  idea  for  myself.  4"  4«  going on and  switched over as  soon  • "When  The  original  India  ink  was  ob­ the catch. The  kittle or kettle down  Hall,  but  I  gave    I go,  I  want  to  be  buried  as  he  had  the  chance.  He's  plenty  at  sea.  No  fuss,  no  cost' snd  the  tained  from  the  black  and  deep­ through the years somehow  became  it  up  to  go  back  pleased  he  made  the  change  too,  carpenter  gets  OT  foi*  the  joh,of  brown  pigments in certain kinds  of  linked  with  a  cooking  vessel,  and  to  sea  again.  I've  he  noted.  cuttlefish known as sepia. Produced  when  used  today  it's  taken  in  the  been  sailing  sewing  me  up  in  canvas.'  1  ckh't  chiefly  in  China  and  Japan,  it  is  sense  of  an  uncomfortable  situa­ since  1910  and  Native  Texan  see  coming  back  in  an  icebox," he  more  correctly  called "China  ink,"  tion,*'as  the  idea  of  someone  ac­ can't  get  away  commented.  Still single, he  and brother  Gene  from  the  saltwa­ having  been  named  in  the  seven­ tually­ coming  to  a  fast  boil  in  a  get  together  occasionally  with  the  Tacatlon  Pay  "Top"  ter.  There'll  no  teenth  century  when  it  was  cus­ steaming  kettle.  rest  of  the  family  in  Cameron,  Turning  to  pleasanter  subjb'cts,  better life  for a  man anywhere.  4>  3^  3^  tomary  to apply  "Indian" to nearly,  Tex{i8,  when  both  are  in  port  ,at  he noted  that he'd  gotten  his vaca­ everything Oriental. .. One species  Gateway  to  the  Mediterranean,  4  4  4  the  same  time.  They're  the  only  of  fish native  to South  African  wa­ the  Rock  of  Gibraltar  is  another  Edward  Smith,  steward:  I  don't  Seafarers  in  the  family  though,  tion  pay  already  and  had  that  ters  is known  to  shed  its skin  like  one of  those ill­used  names that re­ believe in it one bit. If  a guy wants  'Since  their  dad  lyorks  for  an  oil  spent.  •   The  retroactive  pay ­  was  still  coming  but  he  figures  hq'll  a  snake.  The  Agriopus,  a  type  of  peat  themselves.  Gibraltar  is  be­ to  quit  going  to  company  at  Marlin,  Texas,  about  put  that  away ^against  a rainy  day.  horsefish, develops  its brightly  col­ lieved  to  originate  from  the  Ara­ sea, .he  can  do  it  30  miles  away.  Cameron,  with  a  "That  vacaticm  set­up  we've  got  ored new  out,^r  skin  under  the old  bian  conqueror  of  the  area,  Tarik,  easy  enough  and  population  of  5,000,  boasts  39  sea­ is really  the  bOst  thing that^s  come  one,  which  is cast  off  in  patches.  who  called  the  place,  Jabal­Tarik,  the  lack  of  salt­ men—all of  whom,  like  Bill Eanes,  our  way.  Like  in  everything,  if  or  Tarik's  mountain.  The* easier  4"  41  4«  Grady  Coker,  Johnny  Sanders and  conditions  can  be  improved  ior­ water won't both  Watersprouts  at  sea  are  com­ sounding  Gibraltar  came  about  er  him.  The  only  brother Gene  sail  with the SIU out  seamen, the  SIU will  do it," he  a$­ posed  chiefly  of  fresh  water,  not  through  corruptions of  the original  thing is you  can't  of  Galveston.  Gene  is  third  cook  ^erted.  saltwater  as  commonly  supposed.  term  .  ..  ^  The  first  year  of  the  get  the  pay  and  on the  Martin McCarver right  how.  When  he's  not  sailing,  which  is  One  type  is  generally  .small  and  American  Revolution,  1775,  was  conditions  of  the  The  draft  board  "was  really  iiboiit  two  months  out  of  the  year;  starts  at  the  water  surface  some­ notable  for,  among  other  things,  a  SIU  ashore.  breathing  down  my  neck"  not too  ­''GOldy"  goes  in  for  hunting  and  what  like  dust  whirls  on  hot,  dry  sort  of  naval  battle  fought  on  dry  O t h e rw i s e I'd  long  ago,  "Goldy"  pointed  out  fishing.  "There's  lots  of  catfish  plains.  The  other,  the  typical  wa­ land.  That  year  a  bunch  of  Maine  They  had  him  down  at  the  induc­ where  I  live  and  I  always  get  a  tersprout,  originates  in  the  upper  farmers,  armed ­with  nothing  but  quit  the  seff  tomorrow.  tion icenter^already,  but  Keith  Al­ mess  for  eatin'.".  He  didn't  have  4  4  4  .  •   .  atmosphere and  is set in motion  by  pitchforks  and  rocks,  captured  a  a  conflict  of  winds  of  different  British  gunboat,  the  Margaretta,  Darid  Kosewich,  AB:  If  I've  got  sop,  Galveston  Port  Agent,  finally  time  to  pass  around  the  recipe  as  temperatures.  It  starts  at  cloud  after  it  had  stranded  at  low  tide,  saltwater  in  my  blood,~it's  really  got  across  the  idea  that  skilled  he  rushed  off  for  a  job  call  but  seamen  were  needed  at  sea,  so  he  maybe  someone  cin pin' him  down  level and burrows down,  essentially  and  repelled  a  possible  invasion  of  the  conditions  got  out  of  it  at  the  last  minutel  next  time.  and  wages qn  the  a tornado  over  water although  nor­ their  locality.  ships  that  put  it  there. I've  turned  down  plenty  of  jobs on  the beach  because  the  pay  General  Jimmy  Doolittle  was  est  air'raid  of  the  war  thus  fari  ACROSS  DOWN  18.  Sheriff's  group  38."  Ore  ship  just  wasn't  any  40.  Man  over  21  awarded  the  Congressional  Medal  1,250  British  planes  dropped  3,00()  1.'  Laker  cargo'  20.  Strange  1.  —  Port,  in  good.  At  sea  I  21.  Philippine  42.  Title  of  re­ B.A.  2.  Legendary king  of  Honor  for his  leadership  in the  tons  of  bombs on  Cologne.  ­ Island  spect  make  in  six  4.  What  we.'saU  of  Britain  22.  Island  near  44.  Friend.  In  history­making  air  raid  on  Tokyo,  in  months  what  I'd  4  4  4  .  3.  Cut  off 'spars  Cur.icao  .  Paris  the  first  time  that  twin­engined  President  Roosevelt  met  with  ».  Girl's  nick­ 23.  Etats  43.  Palestine  make  in  a  year  ashore.  4.  ScutUed  name  25.  At  full  speed  port  bombers  took  off  from  the flight  Russia's  Molotov  and  Britain's  5.  Strike  26.  Particles  46.  Sack  12.  Regret  4  4  4  deck  of  an  aircraft  carrier  .  .  6.  Exist  28.  Exclamation  47.'  Collection  of  13.  Passage  Joe  Pozzuoll,  OS:  Not  exactly.  There  was  talk about a  pipeline to  Eden  in  the  White  House  to  map  29.  JaU  sayings  7.  Scheme  future  strategy;' .  . .  Representa^  14.  It's  setp  in  32.  Island  30  ml.  48.  Call,  In  poker  I've  tried  to ,quit  sailing  for  ten  8.  CutUefish  help  ease  the  East  Coast  gasoline  tives  of  six  Iroquois  Indian  "nar  Hawaii  ­  N.  of  Timor  ao  24  hours  9.  Cut 'blubber  years  now ;and  I  shortage.  Meanwhile,  the  usually  33.  Lieutenant:  15.  Cape  —,  A1­'  from  whale  Abbr.  50.  That  girl  • o  ca  haven't  been  able  heavy  traffic  along  the  East  Coast  tiOhs" met  in  New  York  and  voted  10.  Meadow  36.  Marine  in­  53.  Notary  Pub­ to  "declare  war"  against  the  Axis  17.  Petition  11.  Tanker  cargo  to make the break  surer  dropped  to  a  mere  trickle  as  gas  powers  .  . .  Shut  Out  defeated  lic:  Abbr.  16.  Rio  de  ­ ­ 19.  Noah's  ship  yet.  Believe  me,  stations  wen|  dry  and  rationing  Africa  20.  The  SIU  Puzzle  Answer  on  Page  27.  Alsab  in  the  annual  Belmont  21.  El  —,  Texas  it's  not  the  call  began  to  tighten  up  . . .  The  SIU  Stakes  race ".  .  ;  A  Seafarer  who  23.  World peace  of  the  sea  or  the  played  &  prominent  role  in  the  spent  32  group  days  on  a  raft  in  the  At­ 24.  Province  in  call  of  the  dollar  Philadelphia  Maritime  ' Day.  .  A  lantic  called' for  nidders  and  sails  India  either.  I  guess  I  number of  Seafarers­were awarded  as'standard  equipment  •   27.  A  hobby  of  on  all  life  mariners  must just  like the  medals  during  the  ceremonies.  rafts.  28.  Blame  life and  can't  see  30.  Half:  Prefix  4  4  4  4  4  4.  31.  Greek  letter  changing  at  this  Commuters  aboard  a  ferry  in  The  Battle  of  Midway,  ending  32.  Boat  call  stage  of  the  game.  34.  Toward  Sydney  Harbor  found  themselves  with  15  Jap. ships  sunk,  was  the  85.  First­class,  «•   4  4  4.  in  the  midst  of  a  battle  on  their  headline  news.  One  young  Navy  a  seaman  37.  Item  in  Sea  BUI  Teffner,  oiler:  Call  It  what  way  home  from  work.  Harbor  flier, who was  shot down,  later told  Chest  you  will,  there's  no  hard  and  fast  patrol  craft  sank  tv;?;  Japanese  of floating  through  the  Jap fleet  38.  Contend  39.  Where  FDR  rule  about  guys  subs  that  had  invaded  the  harbor  on  a  life  raft.  . He  said  he  saw  met  Stalin  going  to  sea.  I've  . ...  The  SIU  took  action  t<i  insure  three  large  carriers  sunk  and  told  41.  Arrive:  Abhr.  42.  Jap  coins  been  sailing  for  that  better  crew's  quarters  and  of  "a  whole  line  of, flaming  Jap  43.  Fiber  used  to  16  years,  have  more  accessible  escape  ladders  ships"  .passing  him'  during  the  make  rope  45.  Own:  Scot.  been  with  the  from  the  engine  room  be  pro­ night  .  .  .  The  Senate  passed  an  46.  Hair  tonic  SIU  since  it  vided  on  the  new  Liberty  ships :..  Armed  Services  pay­hike,  bring­ 48.  Young  cods  81.  Conjunction  started  and  Some  187  persons were  nabbed  in  ing  a  private's  pay  up  to  $50  per  82.  The  United  wouldn't  quit  a raid  on a  gambling house  in New  month  ,  . .  The  US  and  Britaih  States  84.  A  cheer  now.  It's  not  just  York  City.  The  raid  was  ordered  agreqd  to  pool  their  war  produc­ 85.  Gossip  money.  The  con­ after  a  printed  invitation  to  the  tion  ,  . .  "The  SIU  won  its fight  to.  86.  Indian  homo  f7.  Very  clo<9, J#;..  ditions  of  a  sea­.  .  .  gambling  palace  was  niailed  to  enable  seamen  to  allot  their  wind  gq^g ^e:a^ really  topa,i^ppfS|  ^^or LaCiuardla^. i . |.n ^he  larg­ TEN  YEARS  AGO  �l­rMay; Jime is; »SZ  Pace  Thhieea  SEAFARERS  LOG  iu..:^  SEAFARERS # LOG  'In the Shade of  the Old  Apple Tree  Vol.  XIV  No.  12  IJan*  13,  1V52  Published  biweekly  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  ti  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel.  STerling  8­4671,  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  editor.  HERBERT  BRANOi  Managing  Editor,  RAT  OENisoNi  Art  Editor,  BERNARD  SEAMAN;  Photo  Editor,  DANIEI.  NILVA.  Staff  Writers,  HERMAN  ARTHUR.  IRWIN  SPJVACK,  >  ART  PERT ALL.  ;.V­.  ISO  Family Portrait  The action  of  the SIU in  instituting  two  new  cash  benefits  Union Cafe ^ust  for maternity and disability spotlights something  that has  not  been  fully  realized—^name.y  that  the  Union's  constantly  ex­ Has Everything  panding  progrjim  of  benefits  aids  not  only  the. Seafarer  but  To the  Edifor:  I've  been  reading  quite , a  few  his family  as .well.  In  its early  days,  the Union  was  compelled  to  concentrate  letters  in  the  LOG  about  the fine  on­factors'which  directly  affected  the ,Seafarer  himself—  setup  we  have  in  our  new  head­ Wages  and. working  conditions.  Family  considerations  were  quarters hall,  but it  seems that  not  secoridary  in  the fight  for  de'cent  treatment, i  It was  not until  much  has  been  written  in  by  the  the Union  had established  satisfactory conditions  aboard ship  fellows  about* the  Port  O'Call  bar,  that it  could  turn its attention to broadening  the number and  which  surprises  me  considering  type of  benefits so  as  to  include all  aspects of  thfe  Seafarer's  life.  In rapid succession  the Union  established  a death  bene­ it's  such  a  impular  spot  with  the  fit,  hospital  benefit,  a  vacation  plan; and  now,  payments  for  Seafarers  in  the  New  York  hall,  maternity  and  for  disabled  men  no  longer  able  to  Support  I've seen  quite  a few  bars  in this  town and in  other ports around  the  their families, ^  Of  course,  from  the  very  beginning  Union­won  wage  in­ world,  some  good and  some  not  so  creases meant  that  the Seafarer  had  more cash  in his pocket  good.  But  I  don't  remember  ever  and could  better support  his dependents.  The high standards  being  in  any  bar  where  seamen  eStg^Wished  by the Union  were in  themselves inducements for  hang  out  that  can  compare  with  I  jthp  S^cafarer  to obtain a  home  and  family.  In  the old  days,  the  Port  O'  Call  which  is  run  by  ith? family  man  was  something  of  an  oddity  at  sea  because  our  own  Union,  ^conditions in  the industry simply  did  not  permit  the seaman  The  other  day,  I  brought  some  to  maintain  a  home.  Today  the  normal  ambitions  of  every  friends  of  mine  down  to  the  hall  man  for; home  and  family  are  within  the  reach  of  all  Sea­ to  pass  the  evening.  They  just  couldn't  believe  what  they  saw,  farers,  ,  . The. rpaternity and disability  benefits  reflect  this change  in  especially  when  I  told  them  that  by  PAUL  HALL  .t.the status of  the Seafarer, a change brought  about largely  by  the  plac<^  was  managed  by  Sea­ farers,  ,! the  Union's. own  activities  over  the  years.  'While  they  are  • great' forward  strides,  the  Seafarer  has  not  heard  the  last  There  must  be  quite  a  few  fel­ in  the  Union  who  haven't  T  IS  A  WELL­KNOWN  FACT  benefits  are  not  there  just  for  tha  word, as the Union will continue to strive for broader gains for  lows  gotten  around  to  seeing  the  hall  among  seafaring  men  that  ten  asking.  They  come  to  those  who  its membership.  and  the  Port  O'  Call,  Believe  me  years ago not a  soul believed  it was  are  properly  organized,  and  deter­ X  t.  As I See It  I they  have  something  to  look  for­ possible  for  the  SIU  or  any  other  ward  to.  maritime  union  to  obtain  the  kind  They  said  that ^any  Union  that  of  welfare  benefits  Seafarers  now  At the same time that the Union instituted two new  benefits  could put  together a  place  like this  enjoy.  The  latest  of  these,  pay­ for  maternity,  for  the  dis­ the  Vacation  Plan^an SIU first—which  was  welcomed  as  a  and  run  it  the  way  it's  being  run  ments  abled  man  who  is  no  longer  able  must  be  one  fine  outfit.  great forward  step when  it  began  operating,  has  just  slipped  to  hold  a  job,  and  a  hotel  to  Wide  Selection  • past its first  anniversary marker.  It was on  June 1,1951, that  provide, decent,  low­cost  facilities  Aside  from  the  fact  that  the  the operators  began  paying in  50  cents  per  day for  each SIU  for  men  waiting  to  ship,  show  the  ­ crew­member, guaranteeing every Seafarer paid  vacations for  place  is  so  nicely  designed,  there  big  difference  in  the  life  of  the  is a wide enough  choice of  all kinds  the first  time in history.  Seafarer today.  wines  and  liquor,  I  don't  think  The Vacation Plan has operated so smoothly that the gigan­ of  that  any  sailor  would  have  trouble  The  SIU  has  reached  the  point  tic operation of paying out some $2% millions a year has rolled  finding the  kind of  drinks he  likc^.  where  after  years  of  steady  gains,  ahead  with  a  single  hitch  to  the complete  satisfaction  of  all  The prices are  square all the  way—  the Seafarer  has received  the first­ concerned.  none  of  the  chiseling  too  often  class  treatment  he  is  entitled  to,  and  can  lead  a  normal  life  with  The completion  of  the Plan's first  year  means  the  Union  is  that  goes  on  in  other  places.  home and  family.  now in  a positiorwto review  the long­range functioning of  the  If  you  feel  like  sitting  down  to  Plan..  When  contract  negotiations  open  the  Vacation  Plan,  enjoy  your  food  and  drink  they  Looking  back  on  the  entire  pic­ like all other features of  the agreement will  be evaluated and  have  nice  comfortable  booths  all  ture, you  can see  where your  Union  in  and  went  after  these  discussed, with the expedition that further gains will be made  around  the  room.  You  can  get  waded  things,  winning  for  the  Seafarer  your  stuff  served  to  you  by  wait­ along these lines.  resses  and  everything, is  kept  spic  the  kind  of  benefits  he  always  t  t  rated.  These  achievements  were  and  span.  made  possible  because  the  SIU  Then  there's  lots  of  good  food,  had  the  strength,  the  vision  and  steaks  and  any other  kind  of  meat  the  solid  membership  support  that  Ordinarily it is expected that  the officers of a  merchant ship  you  might  like.  There's  few  bars  are­so  necessary  to  progress.  take full  responsibility  for  its operation  with  the unlicensed  anywhere which  can offer you  these  Many  have  argued  in  the  men supposed  to carry  out  their instructions.  In  the case  of  kind  of first­rate  meals  to  go  with  past  that people  it  wasn't  the  business  of  your  liquor  if  you're  hungry  for  the  Liberty  ship  George  M.  Kulukundis,  the  roles  were  re­ a trade  union to  worry about  a sea­ versed, with an alert and responsible crew taking the initiative  some  chow.  man's  family,  or  what  happens  to  Music Too  when  the master  was  unable or  unwilling  to take  the  necfes­ him  when  he^' is  sick,  or  unable  to  As  if  this  weren't  enough,  they  work  for  some  other  reason.  sary steps to have the ship secured.  Failing to receive orders from topside, the crew went ahead  have  several  entertainers  here,  The need  of  providing protection  on  their  own  and  secured  the  vessel.  "Their  action  protected  who'll  sing,  play  the  piano  and  and  assistance  to  the  men  off  the  instruments.  Also,  they're  job,  as  well  as  on  the  ship,  is  all  personnel  and  saved  the  company  from  potential  trouble  other  easy on the  eyes. None of  this busi­ proven  by  simple  fact.  No ^ooner  in  the  event  somebody  had  been  injured  as  a  result  of  the  ness  of  feeding  nickels  and  dimes  did your Union go out  and establish  master's  neglect.  Going  beyond  that,  they  kept  an  accurate  to  a  jukebox  for  some  music.  record of  events so that they could quote chapter and. verse on  The  entertainment  is  on  all  ^ay  new  welfare  and  vacation  benefits  other  unions  in  the  industry  the whole incident when  the ship came into port.  It's a good  long  from  early  in  Che  afternoon  jfhan  realized  we  had  a  good  thing.  Ac­ example of  a  heads­up SIU  crew  protecting  its own—and, in  until  late'at night,  so that  any time  cordingly,  they  followed  down  the  this case, the company's—interests.  you  happen  to  stop  into  the  place  same  path,  with  the  result  that  it  .  if  ,4.  there's  sure  to  be  a  little  pleasant  seafaring  men  everywhere  are  en­ musical  background  to  your  drinks  joying  in  some  degree  the  benefits  and  conversation.  that  were pioneered  by  the SIU.  However,  the  best  testimonial  to  All  in  all,  when  you  add  it  up,  Another group of Seafarers that have done themselves proud  the  soundness  and  desirability  of  it's one  of  the most  pleasant  places  '  recently are the men of  the cruise ship Puerto Rico,  Thanks to  to  spend  an  evening  that  I  can  ail  our  benefits  is contained  in  the  their  generosity  a  group  of  young  girls  who  play  in  a  Long  think  of.  And  at reasonable  prices  letters received  by  the Union  from  \  . Island baseballleague have the­uniforms and  equipment with  too.  You  can't  ask  for  anything  the  wives  and  mothers  of  Seafar­ which to perform.  more,  I'm  all  for  it  and  I  know  ers, thanking  the Union  for what  it  . „V  It  may.seem to be a small  thing, but  it is this  readiness to  that all  of  you  will  be  too  when  has done in  this all­important  area.  ­  Lest  we  £^et. it  is good  for  which/is  winning  new  respect  and  appreciation for  you've, seen  the  place.  •   ,  ,  Harry  Bairiew'  to ramiind our^ielves'llial  all  these  ­Seafarers  inVthe 'oB^^  ­^hich  ibej^  live.  '  Notable Birthday  Knowing The Score  Helping Hand  mined  enough,  to  go  out. and  get  them.  if  if  if  OUR  UNION'S  STANDING  Y poliqy of helping  other groups  of  workers  in  their  beefs  was  ap­ plied  with  considerable  s'uccess  in  the strike of  the Commercial Teleg­ raphers  Union  against  the  power­ ful  Western Union Telegraph  Com­ pany.  Down in  Philadelphia, Local  22 of  that  union  appealed  to  us for  help  when  the  company  started  to  hard  time  their  members,  some  of  them  elderly  women,  on  the  picket  line.  Local  26  informs  us  that  in  re­ sponse  to  this  appeal.  Seafarers  down  in  Philly  pitched  in  on  the  picketing,  helped  out  on  the finan­ cial  end  and  contributed  to  the  leadership  of  the  strikers.  In  the  words  of  Local  22,  the  Seafarers  "so  greatly  strengthened  our  spirit  and  determination,  that  they  could  never  be  broken."  We  certainly  appreciate  these  sentiments  from  the  Tommercial  Telegraphers  Union  ^^s  long  as  we're able  to,  we intend  to help out  whenever  and  wherever  we  can.  Looking  at  it  from  our  own  point  of  view, someday  we  may  need  the  help  of  others,  and  we  have  been  assured  if  will  be  there  for  the  asking.  i  if  i  NE  POINT  TO  REMEMBER  O about  all  our  benefits,  new  and old,  is that none  of  them would  be  ours  today  if  it  were  not  ff^r  the  way  the  membership  has  been  solid  with  the  Union  to  get  these  things  we  all  want"  With  this  in mind,  the  Union  is  anticipating  a  favorable  vote  on  the  $20  assessment  for  new  halls  in  some  of  the  outports.  When  all  the  votes  are­ counted  next  week,  we  are  pretty  sure  that  the  mem­ bers  will  have  given  the  go­ahead  signal  for  the  Union  to put' up  the  kind of  rigs in the outporte that  we  nowiiave  In  New  York.  .'"  ­m  �Fac* Fourteca  '• iJ:.  Ijfjlfs^t;  SEAFARERS  LOG  r  jajf^  K •  :/  m  m­ f?'5.V'  &S: ­ •  Mr­ n  %  wf  ^''  • m.r  fS'­'  ORDER /  ite:  T?"  J;.,iJJg...  HOW TO CONDUCT  MasferS'Oi'Arms  As many masters­at­arms as are  necessary may be appointed to act  as  ushers,  doormen  and  to  keep  order  at  all meetings  ashore.  The Agehda  ^tr­>  Everyday  on  the  world's  well  traveled  sea  lanes  scores of. SIU  • ships' crews  gather  together  in  shipboard  meetings.  ­ Similarly every second Wednes­ day thousands of  Seafarers on the  brich iheet in the Union's various  branch  halls  to  discuss  and  act  upon  the Union's  business.  Whether  thef  meetings  Consist  of  a gathering  of  30  men on ship,  or 1,000  in  port,  they are all part  of  the same process and serve  the  same purpose.  It is at these meet­ ings  that  Seafarers  bring  their  opinions and  experiences directly  to bear on  the functioning  of  the  Union.  In  turn,  the  decisions  of  the  meetings  have  considerable  effect  on  the  lives  of  every  Sea­ farer.  <v  The way  in  which  these  meet­ ings  are  conducted  is  all­imporr  tant,  and  knowing  the  rules  can  count for  just as much in  the Sea­ farer's  life  as  knowing  the  skills  his  rating  calls  for.  A  Seafarer  who  knows  the  ropes  on  the  proper way  to conduct  a meeting,  is  going  to  be  able  to  contribute  much  more  of  value  to  meetings  than  the fellow who's in  the dark  about motions and points of order.  The  Union  wants  every  Sea­ farer  to  become  thoroughly  fa­ miliar  with  the standard  meeting  rules,  so  that  he  is  fully  compe­ tent at hitting the deck and­chair­ ing a meeting.  SIU  meetings  on  ship or ashore are outstanding ex­ amples of  true  Union  democracy.  A  Jieads­up  .membership' and  a  wide­awake  crew  is  a  guarantee  of  business in  a  truly democratic  fashion.  /  • :: •  •   ;.'rH '­  •  i  l!  Pr^­.­ Mr  m  .mr­ i:  !V/;L"''"  B;  Bl.;  Rules of  Order  S?:­ ^m^A/ATCR  Robert's Rules of  Order are the  accepted  rules  governing  meet­ ings  of  all  types  throughout  the  English ftpeaking world. This goes  for everything from  the Congress  of  the  United  States  to«a  county  political  caucus.  Special  rules  are adopted  to fit  special  needs  of  groups  but  rules  of  ­order  generally  are  based  on  the Robert's text  which CQvers  all  possible  circumstances.  git;  l¥^?'  \t  The Quorum  The  word  quorum  simply  de­ notes  the number  of  members  in  L  As a  good, standing  necessary  to  cons­ titute a  wprldng attendance at a  meeting. Due  to the  fact  that  tl^  majority  of  pur  niembership  is  away  at  sea,  the  quorum  estab­ lished at shoreside meetings is 25.  This means that 25 full book mem­ bers .in  good  standing  must  be  present  when  the  meeting "  is  called  to  order,  or  the  meeting  cannot  proceed.  Aboard  ship  the.  quorum  is  np  problem  inasmuch  as all crewmembers not on  watch  attend  the meeting.  Time of  Meeting  alae/oiecsmir  snAr^msAMfiiHe  Meetings ashore are held  every  other  week  on  Wednesdays.  The  meeting  hall  opens  at  7:00  PM  and  if  a  quorum  is  present  the  meeting shall  be  called  to  order.  If  no  quorum  is present,  the port  agent  will  remain  at the meeting  hall until 7:30  PM and then again  call for  a  count  to  determine if  a  quorum  has  been  obtained.  If  25  book  members are  not  then  pres­ ent,  the  agent  shall  declare  "no  meeting."  Attendance  at  every  meeting  is compulsory for  all members on  the shipping  list. The  penalty for  missing  a  meeting  without  a  le­ gitimate excuse is loss of shipping  date.  A  member  must  then  re­ register  and  go  to  the  bottom  of,  the shipping list. Employed mem­ bers  not  on  the  shipping list  are  encouraged to attend all meetings  but  may  or  may  not,  as  they  so  desire.  All  officials  are  required  to  at­ tend  all meetings unless  occupied  on  official  Union  business.  All SIU  men  are allowed  to at­ tend  meetings.  All  have  a  voice,  but  only  full  members  in  good"  standing  have  a  vote.  Aboard  ship,  meetings  should  be  held  regularly  to  take  care of  the ship's routine  Union  business.  Special meetings, should be called  when  any  disputes  between  indi­ viduals or  departments arise  that  cannot  be  settled  by  the  depart­ mental  delegates.  If  the  dispute  is entirely within one department,  a meeting of  the personnel of  that  department only  should  be called  and  should  not  involve  the other "  two departments.  ^  Vilday^ Jnae il3» ;lB5;t  /STfUsaeos^  The Agenda is simply the order  in which the business of  the meet­ ing  is  conducted.  At  shoreside  meetings it  runs  as follows.'  1.  Call  to order.  2.  Election  of  officers—chair­,  man, etc.  3.  Rea^ng  of  the  minutes  of  previous meetings..  4.  Reading of the branch agent's  report and  action  thereon..  5.  Communications,  and  action  thereon.  6.  Resolutions,  and  action  thereon.  7.  New  business.  8.  Secretary's financial  report  and  presentation  of  bills.  9.  Election of  the auditing com­ mittee  and  unfinished  busi­ ness.  10.  Secretary's verbal  report.  11.  Patrolman's reports, auditing  committee,  special  commit­ tees.  12.  Obligations.  13.  One  minute  of  silence.  14.  Good and  welfare.  15.  Adjournment.  Shipboard  meetings,  too,  need  an  agenda  to  keep  the  meeting  going on an even keel. Since many  things that  are taken up at shore­ side  meetings  will  not  occur  aboard ship, the following agenda  should fit  the bill:  1.  Calling  the meeting  to order.,  (ship's delegate)  2.  Election of officers—chairman,  etc.  3.  Reading of  minutes.  4.  Ship's  delegates'  reports,  re­ ports of  committees,  etc.,  and  action  thereon.  5.  Old  business.  6.  New  business  (motions  and  resolutions only).  7.  Good and  welfare.  8.  One minute of  silence.  9.  Adjournment.  Election of  Officers  The  meeting  is  called  to order  by ­ tl»  agwit  (ship's  delegate  for shipboard meetings, SIU crews ai% urj^ to  remoye this section and post it im  aboard  ship)  who  calls first  for  the nominations for chairman. He  recognizes  only  those  who  raise  their  hands.  Names shouted  from  sections of  the  assembly­are  not  recognized. To nominate a brother  „ for chairmau after you  have been,  : reco^ized, you  rise and state, "t  nominate Brother ...."  After a suitable number of nom­ inations  have  been  made,  the  nominations  may foe  closed  by  a  motion;  The  agent .then  asks for accep­ tances or declinatimxs. Those who  accept  are then  voted,  upon  by a  hand  vote  and  the one iwceivihg  the  largest  number  eJ  votes  is  declared chairman and takes over  the conduct  of  the  meeting.  /  The  doirman. then follows  the  same procedurevin  the election  of  other  meeting  officers.  The Right  idttfno  SPBAKiS  The  chairman  is  the conductor  and  regulator  of  the  meeting.  Every  member  has  a  right  to  speak  but  no  member  has  the  right  to  infringe  upon  the  rights  of  any  other  members.  For  that  reason  no one should  speak  until  he  has  been  reco^ized  by  the  chair. He may obtain this rectfgni­ tion by  holding up his  hand or  by  rising, as  the chair  shall direct.  Making a Motion  The  method  of  bringing  any­ thing toJ;he attention of  the mem­ bership  or  crew  for  action  is  to  make  a  motion.  The  motion  is  pimply  a  proposal,  or  a  verbal,  orderly  way  of  initiating  action.  If  everyone started flipping  lids  and  sounding  off  at  once  every  time  a  report  was  made,  nothing  would  ever  be  accomplished­  The  making of  a motion  is the way  to  initiate  discussion  on  any  given  point  of  the  agenda  or  any  issue  that  arises.  DISCUSSION  CAN  ONLY  TAKE  PLACE  AFTER  A  MOTION  HAS  BEEN  MADE  AND.  SECONDED,  EXCEPT  IN  THAT PART  OF THE  AGENDA  TITLED GOOD AND WELFARE.  A  motion  is "in  order" when  it  has  something  to  do  with  the  fixed  order  of  business,  such  as  motions "to accept" or "to reject"  a report. The same holds for reso­ lutions  which  should  be  acted  upon with motions "to concur" or  "to  non­concur.''  If  you  are  in  doubt  as  to  the  content  of  any  report  you  are  always  in  order  to  make  the  motion,  'T  move  to  refer this matter to new business.'­'  �':'• ; Vr 'V' :^u"'­^  A­tr^ff.";  /. ­FHaarriim#IS,'list  SRjfFARtRS  tRS '  LOC' .''  LOG  X''  ' ''Jiw'FiftoM.'­'­'  1  A UNION  MEETING ON  SHIP  AND  SHORE  The object  of  such  a  motion  is to  permit the regular business of the  meeting  to continue  according  to  the  agenda  or  order  of  business,  and then later to discuss the issue.  Ijo motion  is valid  until it  has  been "seconded." The procedure is  to be reco^ized by  the chair and  then  to  rise' and  say,  "I  second  the motion."  /  Dis€Ussion  msctos^iye  UtSCUSStM;..^  A motion  is open  to discussion  only  after  it  has  been  seconded  and entered in the minutes by the  recording  secretary.  Before  any  discussion  takes  place  the  chairman  requests  the  recording  secretary  to  read  the  motion as entered and then  opens  the floor for discussion. Discussion  should  continue  only  so  long  as  the  pro  and  opposite  viewpoints  are clearly expressed by the mem­..  bership  and  then  a  motion  "to  close, discussion" should  be acted  upon.  Discussion  on  the  motion  can  also  be  closed  by  any  member  being  recognized, and  saying,  "I  call  for  the  question,"  meaning  that  it  his  wish  that  the  motion  be acted upon  by the membership  at  the  meeting.  Generally,  motions  are  acted  upon by  those in favor  answering  with  "ayes"  when  called  upori^  and  those  opposing  answering  with "noes." In close counts where  the  voice  is  uncertain, a  show  of  Union  books  can  be called  for  at  the discretion  of  the chair.  The chair determines the result  by  announcing  that  "The  ayes  have  it—the  motion  is  carried,"  or if  the motion is lost, "The noes  have, it—the  motion  is  lost."  Chair's Aufhorify  ^te/uHr  «3P..  '4*'  Nvm  It  is the chairman's  duty  at  all  meetings to depid^ whether of not  a  motion  is in  order. It  is well  to  remember, however, t^t a chair­ man may be wrong and therf  the voting  member  always has­a  right  to  appeal,, the  decision  of  the'chair.  If  any  member  disagrees  with  the decision  of  the  chairman  all  he  has to  do  is  to  rise  and  state,  "I ^  appeal  the  dmsion  of  the  chair." After  this motion  is made  and.sefidnded, the chairman  turns  the  gavel  over  to  the  recordihg  secretary.  No  discussion  is  per­ mitted except by the maker of the  appeal and the chairman, who are  allowed  to  e^lain  their  points.  The  ,  recording  secretary  then  takes  a  vote  as  temporary  chair­ man  by  askingi  "Shall  the  deci­ sion  of  the  chair  be  sustained?"  : The  vote  is  taken  by  "ayes" and  "noes"  and  if  the  chair  is  sus­ tained by an "aye" vote majority,  is lost and the meeting  continues  under  4he­ decision  of  the chairman.  Ameiiffmenls  .CME/NM»/  irmeps..  To Table  A  motion  to  "table"  means  simply  that  you  do  not  desire  to  take  action  at  that  time  on  the  subject being discussed. It may be  because inforpiation is inadequate  or because it is  not an immediate  issue.  This should  never  be  used  to kill action or discussion  on any  matter  but  merely  to  postpone it  for  later  consideration.  It  can  be  moved  to  table temporarily  or  to  table  until  the  next  meeting.  To Refer  Another  way  of  stopping  too  much  tonsil bursting on  any sub­ ject,  is  to  move  to  fefer  it  to  a  eommittee;^  The­  committee^  is­ elects and reports on  the entire  matter at  a later time.  To Postpane  If  something  comes  before the  meeting  which  you  think  is  un­ wise to have brought  up, you  can  make  a  motion  to  postpone  the  matter, indefinitely. This  motion,  if  seconded,  is  debatable,  and  if  carried means that the matter can  only  be  brought  up again  after  a  motion  to  reconsider.  'V  •  >;^l.l  . >1­!­ f  • • 1  If  some  drunk :4ias  slipped  past  the  doorman,  then  it  is  in  order  to  call  for  a  point  of  "privilege"  to  have  him  removed  from  the  meeting. In  plain  words, "special  privilege" is a point to be used  in  any  event  where  the  entire  as­ semblaige can  be aided  and  never  used  as  a  pretext  to  stifle  any  point  of  businesi  ­­a I  Qood and Welfare  Good  and  welfare  is  that  part  of  the meeting where you can  get  up and talk about what you think  should be  done by  the Union  and  in the  Union, and  for  the  benefit  of  the  Union.  This is a good place­for the old­ timera to  clarify  issues and  give  the score  to  the n^trcomers.  No  motions  can  be  made  or  actions  taken  during  good  and  welfare. It is strictly a discussion  period where the membership can  clear the air, and give and get in­ formation.  ­­• IP  :  •  •   'HSi  '.[M  'Prepare Your Talk  Point of  Order  A  motion  may  sound  good  but  it  may  be  too flowery  and  there­ fore  weak  because  it  does  not  clearly express  the intent. In  this  event  an  amendment  to  the  mo­ tion is in order.  No amendment is in order, how­ ever, if it destroys the meaning or  the  force  of  the  motion.  An  amendment is only in order when  it  either  simplifies  or  improves  the motion.  In other  words  the amendment  must in no way  replace or change  the original  intent  of  the  motion  as  the  vote  on  the  amendment  carries  the  motion  automatically.  In addition there can  always be  an  "amendment  to  the  amend­ ment" which  is limited simply  to  clarifying  the  wording,  to  add  clarity or to broadening  the scope  so as to lend force  to the original  motion  and  amendment.  Substitutions  Often  a  motion  will  be  made,  seconded,  amended  and  the  amendment will be amended. This  creates general confusion and  can  be  eliminated  by  some  member  taking the floor and incorporating  the whole thing into a single  mo­ tion not conflicting with the origi­ nal  motion  or  amendments.  The  vote is taken on the substitute and.  if it is carried it becomes­the regu­ lar  motion,  replacing  the  regular  motion  offered  at first.  Limits  On  points  of  sharp  debate  where the matter is liable to con­ sume the entire meeting if unham­ pered,  a  motion  can ^ made to  limit the number of  speakei:s and  the time  allotted  to eaclu  liXmOFCRKI^  This  is  the  headache  of  the  chairman—the most misused priv­ ilege  of  all  meetings  anywhere.  A  "point  of  order"  can  never^be  used as a pretext to gain the floor.  It  is  simply  what  it  calls  for.  A  "point  of  order" is  a  question  on  procedure. For example, a motion  is under  discussion and a speaker  starts  to  discuss  something  else.  A "point of  order" can and should  be called for to­have the chairman  clarify  the  rules of  order  so  that  the business  in  issue can.be  han­ dled. This  holds  good  in  all mat­ ters where  there  is a  question  as  to whether or not  the proper  pro­ cedure is being followed.  Special  Privilege  '  'rS'"'  An  old  and  wise  philosopher  once wrote;  "It is not enough  to know  what  we are to say. We  must say it the  right  way."  In  Other  words,  all  of  Robert's  Rules of  Order will  not  put  your  point  across  to  the  membership.  The rules will only provide for an  orderly  meeting  so  that  you  can  be  heard.  How  effective  you  are  when  given  the floor—depends  upon  yourself.  It is well to  keep in mind a few  simple  rules  when  you  prepare  to  speak.  Speak  briefly,  and  or­ ganize  your  talk  so  it  comes  di­ rectly  to  the  point.  And  Remember  Keep to the  point.  Convince with facts.  Don't  become  personal.  Keep it short.  A pint of  tact is worth  more than  a case of  scotch.  Meetings on  Ship  "Privilege" is  the  right  of  any  Union member  but must never be  used  except  where it  benefits the  members as  a  whole. If  the room  is too  hot, a  point  of  '^privilege"  can  be caUed for to have the fans  turned OR w the portholes opened.  Shipboard  meetings  should  be  held  regularly to take  care of  the  routine  Union  business.  Special  meetings  should  be  called  when  any  dispute  between  individuals  or departments arise that cannnot  be  settled  by  the  departmental  delegates.  "  ^  Remember,  Union  democracy  operates aboard  the ships as well  as  ashore.  Hold  a  meeting—an^.;,  let  the majority  decide!  §  • '  �Kl'':  m  gA'v  •   i,'­ ."Tage i^ixt^  MARITIME  SEAFAStERS  tOG  v..  •  V  Jane  IS,;  ­THf  LABOR  ROUND­UP  The  26,000­ton" liner  Empress  of  Scotland,  docked  in  Montreal  last  week,  and  set  a  record  as  the  largest  ship  ever  to  arrive  in  that  port,  some 800  miles from  the  Atlantic Ocean.  The trip  cost the liner 43  feet  of  her  mast,  which  had  to  be  cut  off  because  of  the  Quebec  bridges.  At  times,  her skipper  said,  there  was  only  four  feet of  water  between  her  keel  and  the  bottom  . .  ! Ships  on  the  Qreat  Lakes  h^ve  gone  all­ ,out in  a camp'aign  to reduce smoke  pollution, according  to an announce­ ment,  and  have  cut  the  amount  of  smoke  they  send  into  the  air  by  The  big  news  in  the  labor field,  about  half  .  .  .  The  speed  tests  of  the  new  superliner  United  States  of  course,  has  been  the  fast  chang­ were  postponed  for  the second  lime.  Her  builders  said  she "surpassed  all  expectations"  in  her  preliminary  tests,  but  that  some modifications  ing  picture  in  the  steel  dispute.  The  Supreme  Court  ruled  that  .  were  needed  before her  speed  tests.  President  Truman  had  acted  un  if  i,  '  A  new  service  between  New  York  and  Albany  started  last  week  as  constitutionally  wuen he  seized  the  two  former  LSTs  began  making  regular  runs,  carrying  loaded  truck  steel  Industry.  Immediately,  the  trailers.  The  vessels,  which  make  the  trip  in  about  ten  hours,  carry  industry  was  turned  back  to  the  trailers  loaded  with  low  tariff  freight  .  .  .  Canada  got  tough  with  its  companies  and  the  steelworkers  policy  of  prohibiting  foreign  fishing  vessels  from  operating  in  its  waters.  The  Canadians  officially  closed  all  their  ports  to  any  foreign  walked off  their  jobs.  Union­management  conferences  trawlers.  Foreign trawlers  may  put into Canadian  ports only  for emer­ gency  or  mercy  trips,  and ­must  put  out  to sea  as soon  as  possible  . . .  were  held  under government  spon­ The  new,  93­foot  towboat  Russel  14  went  ihto  service  in  New  York  sorship,  but  they  were  "indefinite­ last  week.  A  long­range  towboat,  she  is  fitted  with  a  specially  fur­ ly  recessed"  late  this  week.  The  nished  "owner's  lounge."  President  then  went  before  Con­ 3^  4»  $•   gress and asked  for  legislation  per­ The  Argentine  Government  has  bought  the  42,400­ton  Juan  Peron.  mitting  him  to  seize  the  industry,  The  world's  most  modern  floating  whaling  factory,  she  has  been  held  at  her  dock  for  the  past  several  months  because  of  a  lawsuit  involving  saying  that  an  injunction  against  the  vessel  .  .  .  Congress  is  considering  a  change  in  ship  mail  routine  the  strike  vould  be  unfair  to  the  that  would  permit  ships  to  drop  mail  in  several  US  ports.  Present  workers and  fulile  as  far  as  bring­ regulations  require  ships  to  drop  all  their  mail  pouches  in  the  first  ing  about  a  settlement  is  con­ US  port  they  hit  .  .  .  Five  men  were  injured  in  an  engine  room  fire  cerned.  aboard  the  Anguslake  while  she  was  under  repair  in  LaChine  Canal  Congress  promptly  voted  down  Basin  at  Montreal  .  .  .  The  Italian  Line  has  added  a  hostess  aboard  three  seizure  bills,  and  the  Senate  its cruise ships to supervise  social activities aboard the vessel .  . .  Repre­ voted to request Mr.  Truman to  use  sentatives  of  nine  US  shipping  companies  have  told  the  Government  the  Taft­Hartley  injunction against  they  plan  to  build  14  new  high­speed  tankers—if  the  government  will  the  strike.  In  his  address,  the  allow  them  to  transfer  36  vessels  to  forei^ flags.  President  made  it  clear  that  he  would  not  voluntarily  seek  a  Taft­ $•   • 3!'  $•   American  shipyards have  announced  that  the  program  to  strengthen  Hartley  injunction, saying  that  the  all  T­2 tankers  will  soon  bog down  unless the  Government  allots  more  union  had  withheld  the  strike  steel  for  their  use.  The  yards  claim  they  could  handle  more  ships,  weapon  for  90  days'  already.  and  thus  complete  the  "strapping"  program  sooner,  if  they  could ^ret  X  X  X  '  enough steel  . . . The  Excambian gained  one  passenger  between  Genoa  Odds  'n  Ends—The  huge  Gener­ and  New  York.  It  was  a  healthy  boy  delivered  by  the  ship's  doc­ al  Electric  Co.  announced  it  will  tor  .. .  The  Pacific  Transport  was  towed  into  Yokohama  by  the  Sea­ force  a  strike  at.  its  Lockland,  borne.  The  transport  lost  its rudder  in  a  storm  and  drifted  helplessly  Ohio,  jet  plant  rather  than  grant  in a heavy  fog for two  days before the Seaborne took  her in tow ... The  the  workers  a  union  shop.  The  Todd  Shipbuilding  Co.  in  Houston,  Tex.  is  building  a  new  3,600­ton  company,^ which  is  paying  lower  deadweight  capacity  tanker  for  Great  Lakes  service.  She  will  have  wages  than  many  other  jet  com­ a  retractable  pilothouse,  folding  masts,  hinged  stacks  that  fold  back,  panies,  voiced  the" threat  to  a  four­ and  hinged  railings  so  she  will  clear  the  bridges  in  the  New  York  man  government  mediation  team,  State Barge  Canal.  and  in  full­page  newspaper ads  at­ 3>  $>  tacking  the  union  and  the  WSB  The  Port  of  New  York  handled  32,482,000  tons  of  seagoing  cargo  and other  government agencies .  . .  during  1951,  according  to  recently  released  figures.  The  total  for  the  Ohio  has  ruled  that  workers  left  US  was  178,000,000  tons  of  seagoing  cargo  handled  during  the  year  without  income  because  of  com­ . .  .  The  Sea Scouts  went  to  the rescue  on the Hudson  River  last  week,  pany­enforced  vacations  are  en­ when  their  little  launch  spotted  a  24­foot  cruiser  that  had  run  out  titled to  unemployment benefits...  of  gas  and  towed  it  to  a  nearby  dock  .  .  .  The  Moore­McCormack  The  NLRB  ruled  that  greeting­ Lines  has  announced  that  it  is  postponing  ordering  two  new  liners  card artists are not "professionals,"  until  the  "Government  sets  up  some  definite  contract  policy"  about  and thus are  entitled to union  pro­ subsidies  for  new  ships  .  .  .  The  Argentine  steamer  Santa  Cruz  was  tection  .  .  .  The  Mine,  Mill  and  towed  into  Buenos  Aires  following  a  20­day  ordeal  in  which  six  crew­ Smelter  Workers  Union,  thrown  members  were  killed  and  buried  at  sea.  A  boiler  exploded,  ifniing  out  of  the  CIO  as  Comhiunist­ the  six  men.  and  then  storms  buffeted  the  ship,  breaking  towlines  dominated,  won  a  representation  several  times  before  she  was  brought  to  port  .  .  .  The  Erie  railroad  election  at  the  Consolidated  Min­ has  announced  it  is  going  to  spend  $1,300,000  for  three  new  Diesel  ing  and  Smelting  Co.  in  Trail,  tugs  to  operate  in  New  York  Harbor.  B.C.  in  Canada,  which  handles  materials  for  atomic  research  .  .  .  iif  X  Employes  of five  affiliates  of  Wil­ The  British  Admiralty  has developed  an  underwater  TV  camera  that  son  &  Co.,  a  'meat  packing firm,  can  be  worked  at  a  depth  of  1,009  feet.  The  British  hope  to  use  the  have  won  wage  increases  after  a  device  to  locate  the  wreck  of  the  Flying  Enterprise  and  other  ships.  court  ruled  they  were  not  hotel  The  camera  can  be  maneuvered  into  ho'es  and  corners  of  underwater  suppliers,  even  though  most  of  wrecks  ... A  Dutch  tug  took  the  Socony  tanker  Shabonee  into  tow  thdir  products  go  to  hotels  .  .  .  east  of  the  Azores  after  she  lost  her  rudder ... Agreement  has been  The  CIO  and  AFL  have  joined  reached  on  control  of  American  President  lines,  ending  a  seven  year  forces  to  urge  an  increase  of  the  court  fight  between  the  Government  and  R.  Stanley  DoUar  . .  . The  $1.05  an  hour  minimum  wage  in  Navy's  new  troop  transport  Barrett  leaves  on  her  maiden  voyage  the  woolen  industry  to  $1.26Mi  or  carrying  382  passengers  and  1,^56  troops.  The  17,600­ton  ship  is  $1.30 finder  the  Walsh­Healey  «ir*conditionedo  Public  Contracts  Act.  Proper  anchoring  of  a  ship  is  obviously  essential  to  ship's  safety  since  a  ship  dragging  anchors  and  out  of  control is  the  cause  of  rnany  an  accident.  Both  the  anchors  and  anchor  cables have  to  be  properly  handled  as  well  as  pass  strict  inspection  as  to  their  manufacture  and  condition.  *  The  basic  principle of  the  anchor  is  the  same as  the  pickax,  and  in­ deed  the  old­fashioned  anchor  looks  very  much  like  one.  Once  the  point  of  an  ax  is  driven  into  the  ground  it  is very  difficult  to  loosen  • with a  straight pull  on  the handle.  However, when  the handle  is lifted,  the  point  of  the  ax  breaks  free.  The  same  holds  true  for  the  anchor,  although  the modern  version has  both  its arms  on  one side  and swivels  on  its  shank.  When  fts  cable  is  taken  in,  the  shank'of  the  anchor  lifts  and  its  hold  on  the  bottom  is  loosened.  The  weight  of  the  ship's  anchor  should  be  in  rough  proportion  of  one  to  one  and  a  half  pounds  for  each  ton  displaced  by  the  vessel.  Ships carry two  such anchors on  either side  of  the bow  (bower anchors)  where  the  modem  anchor  is  held  with  shank  drawn  up  in  the  hawse  pipe,  and  the  flukes  (ends  of  the  anchor  arms),  against  the  side  of  the  ship.  Types  of. Anchors  Carried  Other  anchors  which  ships  may  carry  include  sheet anchors,  which  are  simply  spares  of  the  same  type  as  the  bower  anchor  usually  car­ ried  in  a  hawse  pipe  abaft  the  bower  anchor,' or  on  deck;  the  stern  anchor,  which  as  the  name  puts  it,  is  carried  in the  stem; the  stream  anchor, a  medium­weight  job  carried  in  the stern  for  use  in  restricted  waters  to  prevent  swinging,  and  small  kedge  anchors  used  to  move  a  ship ahead  a  little at  a  time  or  warp  it  by  hauling the  stern  around.  The  anchor  cable  chains  have  one  end  hooked  to.the  ring  of  the  • anchor, while  the remainder  of  the cable  passes through  the controller  (riding  chock),  over  the  wildcat  (grooved  drum)  of  the  windlass  and  down  the  spillpipe  into  the  chain  locker.  There  tHe  cable Js  stored  and  secured,  either  by  shackling  the  bitter  ends  of  the  two  anchor  cables  together,  or  by  shackling  the  bitter  end  to  a  ring  in  the  deck.  Sometimes  the  bitter  end  is ­passed  through  a  ring  on  deck  and  then  lashed  to  another  ring  overhead  when  quick  release  of  the  chain  is  necessary.  .  '  '  The  controller  serves  to  take  the  strain  of  the  cable  off  the  wind­ lass  and  alsg>  keeps  the  cable  from  running  out  accidentally  while  raising anchor.  The wildcat  operates like a gear  in that it .has sprockets  on  it  which  fit the  links  of  the  anchor cable  so as  to contrql  the  cable  in  raising,  paying  out  or  holding  fast.  The  amount  of  cable  carried  by  a  ship  is  regulated  by  the  vessel's  weight,  size,  girth  and  amount  of  freeboard.  Usually,  in  anchoring  the ship five  times as  much chain  is paid out  as the depth of  the  water,  although  in rough  weather  this  proportion  is increased  considerably.  Anchor  Chain* Markings  In  all cases  it is  essential  to know  how  much  cable  the ship has out  Consequently  the chains are  marked  by  turns of  wire every 15  fathoms,  with an  additional  turn  for  each  fathom  as follows:  at  15 fathoms,  one  turn  of  ­wire  on  first  stud  from  each  side  of  shackle;  at  30  fathoms.  Diagram of .ground  tackle hooked  together as one unit.  tyo tums  on  second  stud, and  so on.  In addition,  white  paint  of  vary­ ing  band  sizes  may  be  used  between  marked  stud  linksi  In  letting  go  the  anchor,  upon  return  from  a  sea  voyage  the  chain  is  released  by  breaking  out  cement  plugs  placed  in  the  spill  pipes,  taking  off  the  devil  claw  and  releasing  the  riding  chock.  After deter­ mining  that  the  anchor  is  not  jammed  or  frozen  in  the  hawse  pipe,  it  is  let  go  by  releasing  the  break  on  the  windlass.  Once  the  anchor  hits bottom  the speed  of  the chain  slackens and  the  brake can  be tight­ ened  somewhat  to  see how  much  chain  is  out Jty  the markings.  When  the  vessel  has  come  to  rest  the  brake  is  tightened  fast  In heaving  in the  anchor,  care must  be  taken  in the  last stages  when  the  anchor  shank  starts  to  enter  the  hawse  pipe.  At  this  point  the  windlass  is run as  slowly  as  possible  and stopped  as  soon as  the flukes  rest against the side.  �^"! ry  nrr'wrriilljiiiipii J  Pa^  Scvcnteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  Friday. Jime  IS. 195S  ­rm:  Hail  New  Benefits  As 'Forward­Looking Unionism'  Van  Whitney.  FWT:  All these  new  gains  keep  reminding us that  only  a  union  like  the  SIU,  that's  constantly  look­ ing  forward  to  Inrpreve  con­ ditions  for  the  membership,  can  produce  benefits  like  these.  That  $25  bond  in  the  baby's  name  will  give  a  child  a  good  opinion  of  unions  rigLt  from  the  start.  Thomas  J.  Fits­ Vatrlck,  OS:  A  Seafarers'  hotel  in  New  York  is  ideal.  You  can  throw  away  an  awful  lot  of  dough  to  get  a  night's flop some­ times,  and ftis  will  r e a 11 y' be ,  something  fine  for  the  guys  on '  the  beach.  It's  just  the  type  of  idea  you'd  expect  the  SIU  to  come  up  with  for  the  members.  Dad Terms  Benefit  'Family Union Pact'  George  Stravar­ ides,  pantryman:  Disability  bene­ fits,  you  say.?  That  is  really  looking  ahead,  but the SIU  is the  type  of  Union  that's  been  doing  that  for  years.  Maybe  there  aren't  too  many  guys in  line for it  right  now,  but  sooner  or  later  we'll  need  some­ thing  like  that  when  we  can't  sail anymore.  same  as  for  other  features  of  the  Welfare  Plan,  namely,  one  day's  service  on  an  SlU­contracted  ship  in  the  previous  year.  Incidentally,  in  the  event  the  Seafarers  wife gives  birth  to twins  or  triplets,  each  one  of  the  babies  will receive  a $25  bond.  The  disability  provision  is  de­ signed  to  take  care  of  these  Sea­ farers  who,  are  100  percent  unem­ ployable  from  one  cause  or  an­ other.  Eligibility  requirements  aire  the  same­^ne  day's  service  on  a  ship in  the previous  year.  EliglbiUty  Set­up  The  trustees  of  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Fund  will  pass  upon  ap­ plications^ for  benefits  and  decide  whether an  applicant  is eligible  or  not.  If  they  agree  he  is  entitled  to  benefits,  he  will  receive  $15  a  week  or  approximately  $65  per  month  for  as  long  as  he  is  totally  disabled  without  time  limit,  effec­ rine  Hospital,  but  because  of  the  tive  the  day  his  application  is  ap­ long  period  that  he  was  unable  to  proved.  work,  he  couldn't  qualify  for  the  Here  too,  applications  should  be  hospital  benefits.  made  through  the  Welfare  Plan  at  Sailing  since  the  early  1920s,  11 Broadway, or  through the Union  George  joined the SIU  in 1942.  He  itself.  In  the  cases  of  disabled  sailed as  a mess  utility,  preferring  members  over  65,  the  Union  will  the  European  runs  and  Waterman  assist  them  in  securing  social  se­ ships.  curity  benefits  in  addition  to  the  "The  SIU  sure  has  done  a  lot  $15  weekly  Welfare  benefit.  of  wonderful  thinks  for  us,", he  In  effect,  the  new  disability  said. "You  have ho  idea how  much  benefit will  provide Seafarers  with  this  $15  a  week  metes  to me.  I'm  help  when they  need  it most,  at  a  going  to  be  in  the  hospital  for  a  time  when  they  are  imable  to  do  while, but  $15 a  week is wonderful  any  kind  of  work  for a  living.  when  you're  not  able  to  work  and  The  hotel  project,  long  a  prime  earn  any  money.  I  want  to  thank  Union objective, is still in the plan­ the  Union  and  all  the  guys  in  it.".f  Onion's  Disability  Benefit  A 'Godsend'  ^44  George  M.  Arnold  is  another  of  the  oldtimers  who  will  begin  re­ ceiving  the  new  disability  benefits  immediately.  George  hasn't  been  able  to  sail for  some  time  because  of  liis health.  Recently, he  became  confined  in  the  Staten  Island  Ma­ World's Speed  Record Topped  By  New liner  Proud  Dad  Felix  Bonefont  gives out  with  a  big  smile  as  he  appUes  for  $200  maternity  benefit for. daughter born  May  5.  For  the  aid  of  other  Sea­ farers,  ^e  ei^ibits  papers  .  The  new  superliner  the  United  needed  to  qualify  for  claim,  States  broke  all  listed  speed  rec­ your  marriage  licShse  and  ords  for  ocean  shipping  wiien  it  baby's birth certificate.  did  better  than  34 knots in an eight  you  the  truth,  I  still  don't  know  hour  speed  trial  off  Hampton  0  •   whether  or  not  to  believe  it.  What  Roads,  Vai,  on June  10.  won't tiiey  do  for  the  seaman  The actual speed  of  the new  pas­ next," he  mused,  "maternity Jjene­ senger liner  was  not  announced  as  fits  on ^p of  everything  else."  the  liner  is  designed  for  possible  •   An  oldtimer jn the  SIU, holding  conversion  into  a  troop  carrier  f  book  since  1938,  Stone  holds  all  and  this  information  would  be  ratings  in  the  engine  department,  considered  of  value  to  possible  and  usually  sails as  deck, engineer.  enemies.  However,  it  was  clear  :  The  baby,  Frances,  is  his fourth  that  the  ship  did  far  better  than  child,  and was  bom in  New  York's  the 34 knots announced.  Rockaway  Beach  hospital.  During*  The  previous  speed  record  was  tee  festivities­she  showed  no  con­ held  by  the  British  liner.  Queen  pera about her newly found­wealth,  Mary,  which  did  slightly  .better  waking  only  once  to  squawk ted  than.  32  knots  for  one  full  day  in  then  going  back  to  sleep  again. ^  August,  1938.  What  made  the  new  ship's  perv  r  V  ^  7^J5eafari;r  Felbt"  Bonefont,  PMi  fqrmance  all  the  more .remarkable  |Iearned^9f^^^ew  t^ncRtii v|^oni  • ms that It  was tecqmplished in. the'  'bigh­^^drted^rafti.''  Francisco  Rodri­ guez, OS: No, I'm  not  married,  but  I  know  what  it's  Uke in  the family  when  a  baby  comes.  The  bills  pile up and a  guy  just  gets  snowed  under.  This $200  really  gives  yoii  an  incentive  to  have  a  family.  You  can  bet  a  family  won't  for­ get the Union  for  a  deal  like  this  because  its  a  big  help.  :  Win Birth, Disability  Benefits; Hotel Planned  attended  the  last  headquarters  (Continued  from  page  31  glad he gave  Lady  Luck  that  little  membership  meeting* where  the  (Continued  from  page  3)  first  announcement  of  them  was  extra  nudge  back  in  1947.  made.  A  baby  girl,  Milagro,  born  the  $200  is  to  mail  copies  of  his  ii"  4"  4"  to  Bonefont  and  his  wife,  Augus­ marriage  certificate and  the  baby's  Little Frances  Stone didn't much  tina, on~May  5,' is their sixth  child.  birth  certificate  to  the  Seafarer's  know  what  was  going on  when her  Sailing SIU for the  past 12 years,  Welfare  Plan at 11  Broadway,  New  dad,  Baltimore  Seafarer  Dolor  F.  Bonefont  echoed  the  reactions  of  York  City,  or  toJUnion  headquar­ Stone,  started  beaming  all  over  the  proud  fathers who  got  wind  of  ters together  with  the name  of  the  when  he  stopped  in  at  SIU  head­ the  new  benefit.  "This  is  a  real  last  ship  he  worked  on.  The  Wel­ quarters  in  Brooklyn  on  his  way  break  for  the  big  family  man  like  office  in  turn,  will  send  him  home  from  the  hospital  with  his  myself,  and  we  mally  appreciate  fare  a  form  to  be filled  out and  mailed  wife.  Iris,  and  the  baby,  bom  May  how  it helps out  when  a  new  baby  in,  after  which  they  will  send  the  31.  Stone  had  just  filled  out  an  mmes,"  he  remarked.  He's  going  Seafarer his $200 check. The Union  application  for  a  new  membership  to  be  throwing  in  for a  job  pretty  will  follow  up  each  payment  with  book and was handing  out cigars to  soon  because  "there  are  a  lot  of  the  $25  bond.  all  his  old  friends  when  he  was  people home  counting on  me."  Eligibiiity  requirements  are  the  told  that  he  was  entitled  to  re­ ceive  the  $200  benefit.  "At  first  I  thought  they  were  kidding me," he  said.  "And  to  tell  (Continued  from  page  3)  talking  about,"  he  said,  "when  I  said'  I  always  got  a  square  deal  from  the  SIU,  and  that  it (vas  the  best  Union  around."  • M  ning  stage,  with  the  Union  intend­ ing  to  construct  the  kind  of  fa­ cility that  wiii  best meet  the needs  of  Seafarers  who  will  call  it  their  home  while  on  the  beach.  Con­ struction  will  be  financed  by  the  Welfare  Fimd.  It  is  planned  that  the  hotel  will  include  recreational  facilities  in  addition  to  sleeping  quarters,  as  well as other  personal services  that  would  be  desirable.  It  will  be  lo­ cated  directly  behind  the  Union's  headquarters  in  Brooklyn.  One  possible  delay  in  starting  the  hotei  iies  in  the  fact  that  ten­ ants  of  buildings  presently  lo­ cated  on  Union­owned  property  have  to.  be  relocated  before  the  Union  can  demolish  these  build­ ings  and  start  construction.  The  Union  is  making  every  effort  to  find  new  quarters for  these  people  as  soon  as  possible  so  that  work  can  get  underway.  With  all  these  new  expenditures _  undertaken  or  planned,  the  Wei­'  fare  Fund  is  investing  another  $400,000  of  its  surplus  in  Govern­ ment  bonds  paying  up  to  2.64 per­ cent  interest.  This  means  that  the  fund  now  has  a  total  of  $1,400,000  invested  in  such  bonds,  which  are  providing  a  considerable  amount  of  income  for  the  fund.  "Won't  Rest  on  Oars"  Reviewing  the  Union's  new  ven­ tures,  SIU  Secretary  ­  Treasurer  Paul  Hall  declared:  "These  new  benefits  are  proof  that  the  Union  is  not  going  to  rest  on  its  oars,  but  will  try  to ­provide  additional  gains  for  the  Seafarer  wherever  it's  possible.  I  don't  think  we've  heard  the  last  word  yet  on  this  score.  "The SIU  was  the  first  Union  to  establish  a  real  vacation  plan,  and  now  we're  happy  to  be  breaking  new ground with  the maternity and  disability  payments.  As  to  the  hotel,  that  is  something  we  have  long  been  anxious  to  go  ahead  with  and  I  think  that  before  long,  we  will  have  gotten  this  long­ needed  project  underway."  :^l  ­• b\  9  Vacation Every  90 Workdays  Happy  moment  for  disabled  Seafarer  George  M.  Arnold  comes  when  S|U  Patrolman  Allan  MacDonald  presents  him nd||^ one of:  the  at tee  Staten iMahd iMMgdial:  Seafarers  qualify  under  the SIU  Vacation  Plan  every  time  they  can  show  90  days'  discharges  for  worktime  at  sea  or  in  port  after  June  1,  1951.  Vacation  pay  can  be  collected  four  times  a  year  in cases of  men wite continu­ ous  sailing  time.  Yqur  dis­ charges  from  aq  SIU  ship  are  the  key  to  guaranteed  vacation  pay  —  another SIU  First in Maritime!  ;  ^  ^  ,1!  si  '­"'J  '.• J  'I  . • Y   ';  'iil  �SEAFARERS  LOG  Ihiire  Cii:liteeB  Friiajr, 7UM It, i9$t  Stars, Bars and poughnutsjGrace Ths Pii|itzer  That  the idea  of  turning air into  can  be  collected  as  many  as  four  a  liquid  was  once  ihought  so  im­ times  a  year.  possible  that  Swift  savagely  satir­ •   4^  4)  4>  ized  it  in  his  famous  Gulliver's  That an  assassin as  the name  for  Travels?  Swift  reported  some  a  murderer  dates  back  900  yeara  scientists  were  condensing  air and  to a  sect  of  religious  and  military  letting  the  liquid  flow  like  water.  fanatics  in  Persia  led  by  a  Tnnn  Today,  liquid  air  is  a  common  ar­ named  Hassan?  The  men  were  ticle of  commerce for refrigeration  known  as  Hashshashins,  from  purposes. ^  haschisch,  a  narcotic  with  .which^  it  it  they  drugged  themselves  when  That a  crazed radio operator sent  they  went  on  the, rampage.  an SOS in 1948 that  had an  Atlan­ 4*  4^  4>  tic fleet naval  force racing  to queU  That  ruby  jewels  were'  once  a  "mutiny"  on  an  SIU  ship?  The  thought  to  be  an  antidote  against  William  Carson,  a  South  Atlantic  poison?  Centuries  ago  these  pre­ freighter,  was  intercepted by a  US  cious  stones  were  worn  as  charms  destroyer  as  it  was  proceeding  as  a  safeguard  against  the  plague.  peacefully  homeward.  The  radio  It  was  also  believed  they  could  operator  who  sent  the  report,  a  protect  a  person  against  •   evil  dud,  jumped overboard  right after­ thoughts  as  well.  Ship's  delegate Ed  Wilkerson  (L)  shows off  Joseph Pulitzer's newly­acquired  rebel,  3rd  cook  Ping  Yeq  wards.  The  captain  later called  the  4i  4"  4"  Chee,  He's  from  South  China  of  course.  At  right,  A.  Lubas,  baker,  takes  a  breather  after  turning  crew  "the  best  I'dver  had."  That  someone  who  took  a  "nip"  out a  batch of  flaky dougnuts.  of  whiskey in" the  old days used to  4"  it  up  a  half  pint  at  a  throw?  That  an  album  originally  had  drink  The measure known as a nip comes  nothing  to  do  with  autographs  or  from  nipperkin  which  used  to  bo  pictures?  In  Roman  times  an  al­ bum  was  a  white­topped  table  on  just  short  of  half  a  pint.  4^  4>  4i  "Democracy  is  liberty  plus  economic  security.  We  Americans  want  to  pray,  think  as  which  the  names  of  officials  and  we  please—and  eat  regular."  This  quotation  is at  best,  the  practice  of  seafaring men.  At  records of  p^lic transactions  were  That  the  cafeteria  at  SIU  head­ the  dinner  table  aboard  ship,  informal  discussions  are  carried  on  by  men  from  all  parts  kept in a  pumic place.  In the  Mid­ quarters  still  draws  down  just  a  for  a  five­cent  cup  of  cof­ dle  Ages in  Britain  it  also  was the  nickel  of  the world.  They take pride>  fee?  Prices  all  down  the  line  in  name  for  a  register  or list.  in  denoimcing  any  doctrine  forces  who  would  deny  this  free­ Missouri,  Indiana,  Puerto  Rico,  the headquarters restaurant are  be­ 4>  •  4*  that  denies  their right  to  live  dom  are  substantiated  by,a typical  Minnesota,  New  York,  Alabama,  low  those  in  comparable  places  all  That  the  average  person  living  over  town.  ship's  crew  list,  identifying  men  Connecticut,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl­ and speak  as free  men.  vania,  California,  Texas,  South  70  years  consumes  44,000  pints  of  from  all  sections  of  this  country  t  4>  4i  One  of  their  main  interests  as  Carolina,  West  Virginia  and  H­ liquid?.  Scientists  have  computed  That the next  time someone tells  the  world.  seamen  can ­  be  imderstood  in  a  and  A  recent  list of  this  kind  shows  linois.  This  is  just  one  crew  on  that  during  this  same  period,  he,  you  he  had  a  hairbreadth  escape  famous  quotation  from  the  late  men  would  use  8,000  pounds  of  meat,  from  something,  you  can  take  a  sailing  together  from  such  one  ship.  Chief  Justice  of  These  men  despite  their  varied  26,500 pounds of  bread, 12,000 eggs  yardstick  and  measure  it.  A  hair­ countries  as  Norway,  Canada,  Ire­ the  Supreme  background  choose  to  work  to­ and  5,000  pounds  of  vegetables.  land,  Sweden,  France,  Denmark,  breadth  is supposed  to  be about  a  Court,  Charles  gether  in  unity,  under  a  flag  and  Italy,  Greece  and  the  British  West  4;  4.  t  forty­eighth  of  an  inch.  Evans  Hughes:  Union  that  protects  their  interest  That  Seafarers  who  applied  for  Indies.  41  4  4i  •   "The  legality of  in  democracy.  vacation  benefits  when  payments  That  a  man's  nephew  is  really  It  also  carries  men  who  came  collective  action  from  Maryland,  Massachusetts,  Freddie Stewart  under  the  Vacation  Plan  began  in  his grandson?  The  Latin  word  for  on  the  part,  of  February,  1952,  can  already  apply  nephew  meant  grandchild  or  de«  employees  in  or­ again if they have discharges show­ scendent  in  Early  English,  but has  der  to  safeguard  ing  90  days  worked  since  then?  come  down  to  the  present  with  a  .  their  proper  In­ Under  this  set­up,  vacation  pay  revised  meaning.  ,  terests  is  not  to  Stewart  be  disputed.  It  has  long  been  recognized  that  em­ ployees are  entitled to organize for  I  was  on  the  Kyska,  a  Waterman  ship,  out  on  the  Pacific  the  purpose  6f  securing  the  re­ last  month  when  we  had  a  little  imexpected  excitement  dress of  grievances and  to promote  involving  the  rescue  of  a  passenger.  Fortunately,  fast  work  agreements  with  employers  relat­ by the crew averted a possible  ing  to  rates  of  pay  and  conditions  tragedy.  water,  and  to  our  surprise  it  was  •  of  work ...  It  happened  on  Friday,  May  9,  a woman passenger.  She was  swim­ New Orleans—Steve  Silvestrin is  back  sailing again  after a  "Instrument  of  Peace"  which  was  a  wonderful  day,  the  ming  but  was  too stunned  to  real­ long  stopover  in  New  Orleans.  He  just  shipped  on  the  Del  ize  what  was happening.  The  chief  "Congress  was  not  required  to  first  good  one  of  the  whole  trip.  Mar  .  .  .  And  speaking  about  this  ship,  we  see  severhl  more  mate  threw her a  life ring  but  she  We  had  just  finished  our  lunch  ignore  this  right  of  the  employees  —  but  could  safeguard  it and  Seek'to  and  practically  all  bands  were  on  was  too  bewildered  to  grab  it,  so  familiar  names  on  the  crew­f  F.  W.  Brown,  DM,  jumped  in after  deck,  taking  advantage  of  the  list  including  Max  Fabricant  make  their  appropriate  collective  boys.  Pay  the  bill  and  no  more.  action  an  instrument  of  peace  slumbering  Pacific.  The  steward's  her,  and  held  her  up  until  the  as  chief  steward  and  Charlie  The  fellow  you  see  around  the  department  was  cleaning  up  and  boats  arrived.  rather  than  of  strife.  Bradley, 2nd  steward, holding  New  Orleans  hall  with  a  camera  "Such  collective  action would  be  getting  ready  to  join  the  rest  of  Skipper  Praises  Crew  the  two  stripes  job  .  .  .  "Val  strapped  to  his  shouldeTs  is  none  a  mockery  if  representation  were  the  gang.  Nunez  who  used  to  work  on  other  than  "Red"  Cobb  the  offi­ We  pulled her  into  the  boat  and  made  futile  by  interference  with  I  was  relaxing  in  my  foc'sle,  her  back'aboard  in  nine  min­'  the  Del  Norte as  laundryman  cial  photographer  for  thei  Beach­ freedom  of  choice."  reading a  book  when  we  heard the  had  utes  flat.  The  skipper  praised  the  is  aboard,  the  Mar,  as  saloon  combers . „ . Jack  Parker, formerly  The  seamen's  great sacrifices,  to  cry  "man  overboard,  man  over­ with  the  Sea  Hawk,  is now  selling  perpetuate  the  existence  of  this  board."  I ran  to  the  boats with  all  crew  as an  airtight, smoothly  func­ steward  .  .  .  Jimmie  Hollen  insurance  and  looking  very  well.  tioning  unit,  and  claimed  it  was  and Manuel  Gonzalez are. also  Of  all  the  southern; dishes,  the  right,  is contained  in war's  history,  hands.  The  mates  were  in  the  No.  ;when  seamen, gave  all  and  were  2  lifeboat  so  I  headed  there.  The  one  of  the  best  lifeboat  units  he  crewmembers ...  rebels  prefer  sS'uthern  Caviar,  satisfied  to  be  known  only  as "un­ ship  was  hard  over  and  the  en­ had  ever  seen.  The  Del  Mar  wi(^  a  clean  ship  which  is  generally  served  during  Those  manning  the  boat  were:  when  I  boarded  her  here  ... It  breakfast  with  eggs.  Perhaps  you  sung"  heroes.  gines stopped.  The  prevailing  odds  against  the  We  could  see  the  person,  in  the  John  T.  Hanson,  4th  assistant;  R.  would  be  nice  if  some  members of  yankees  will  know  it  better  by  its  M.  Anderson, 4th  mate and  former  the  crew  would  start the  ship's pa­ proper  name,  hominy  grits.  member  of  the  SIU;  P.  E.  Patrick,  per  again,  the  "Mar­Log,"  which  Salty  Dick  chief  mate;  W.  G.  Adams,  DM;  F.  was founded  by our old  friend Bill  W.  Brown,  DM;  A.  F.  Burris, chief;  Champlin.  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  electrician;  Hal  Nelli,  A6  and  Joe  Since  tho  officials  down  here  KidSrster  Nish,  OS.  received  their  new  Union  books,  The  woman  passenger  recovered  their  books  have. been  challenged  from the  accident pretty  rapidly as'  by  brbther  members,  reason  being  she  was not  in  the  water  too  long.  they  just  wanted  to  get  a  peep  at  By  Ctt'/l  Hicks  William  (Irish)  Adams  the new books.  Understand/all out­ Ship's  delegate  .ports  are  now  being supplied  with  Oh  I'm not  a  thing  of  beauty  I've  tasted  of  the  stormy  nights  a^lications.  With my  awkward  staggering pace.  And  heard  the  high winds  toss.  And  my  builders  shed  their  duty  I've  seen  the  magic  Northern  Weli­Kept  Secret  When my  bones  were  set  in  place.  Lights  F.  A.  "Blackie"  Bankston  was  And  touched  the  Southern  Cross.  bom Jiiiy  12, Julius Caesar's birth­ But  with all  my low'ly  labors,  day.  I know what  the initials stand  A  reminder  from  SIU  My  screw has  churned for  hours  for  but  Blacklegs  sworn  me  to  As  I  roam the  seven seas  headquarters  cautions  all  When  I  couldn't  move  d mile  secrecy  ... Don't  be  surprised  if  I  watch my  showy  neighbors  Seafarers  leaving their ships  Against  the  monstrous  powers  you  read  that MUton "Rags"  Maih­ From  Suez unto  the  Keys.  to  contact  the  hall  In  ample  That  battered  me  the  while.  lo  has  bi:come  a  prizefighter.  The  time  to  aUow  the  Union  to:  other  day  he  was  seen  eating  rice  And  from  far  off  ports down under  I  loafed  along  tlte  Irish  coast  dispatch  a replacement.  Fail­ and  spinach.  To Capetown  and  Port  Said,  And  heard  a  stately  blast.  ure  to  give  notice  before'  '  The best organized  and equipped  I  roll  through  seas  of  thunder  paying  off  may  cause  a  de­ ball team in our  organhation is the  Where  the  mighty  waters  spread.  Or  in  fog  like  some  great  ghost  Vve  seen  a  queen  ship. pass.  layed  sailing,  force  the  ship  Seafarers  Beachcombers  under  to  sail short  of  the  manning .  '  Maurice  Duet,  Let's  have  other  No  I'm not  a  thing  of  beauty  No  I'm  not  a  thing  of  beauty  requirements  and  needlessly  halls  and  ships  organize  their  own  Youngest  of  Seafarer  Luis  As  I  wallow '.round  the  Horn,  As  I  cross  these  watery  zones.  make  their  work  tougher . for J;  teams  .  .  ,  Received  a  report  from  Ramirez'  family,  Maria  Elena,  "And  my  crew  does  extra  duty  But  I'll  keep on  pulling  duty  your  shipmates.  .  .  •  Buenos  .Aires  that  the  barbers  V/i, poses  with niom. ,  She has  *  For my  gear  is old  and  worn.,  'Til  my  pent  is  Davy  Jones.  down  there  are  overcharging  our  two older  brothei^  7  • •   The Creed Of A Seafaring Alan  Passenger Saved By Kyska  Crew In Nine Minnies fiat  SiV  Beaeheomhera Eager  7 o Biaplay Biamoud Skill  Ode to a Tramp  Quitting Ship?  Notify Union  �irWar. Jnae II. »SI  Trying Out A New One  SEAFARERS  LOG  T*S9  Nincteea  Radio Man's  Book on Sale  dladlo operator  Harry  B.  Antrot­ ter's  latest  novel,  "Slow  Boat  Across" has been  published  by the  By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  Psychological  Library  Publishersj  With  summer  coming  we  not  only  have  a rise  in  temperature  but  a  103  Park .Avenue,  NY  17.  Dedi­ rise In  the  use  of  color  film.  Bright  sunny  days  with nature  contribut­ cated  in  the  author's  words  to  ing  colorful  backgrounds,  tempts  everyone  to  try  a  roll  of  co'.or  film.  "the  sea,  the  ship  Regardless  of  how  simple  your  equipment,  if  it  can  take" good  black  upon  her  and  and  white  photos  you  can  probably  take  color  shots.  above  all  the  Fellow some  simple  but  strict  rules regarding  exposure and  you'll  be  American  s e a­ amazed  at  the  results.  Load  your camera  with  a  roll  of  color  film, set  man"  the  book  is  you  shutter  speed  at  1/60  of  a  second  and  the  lens  opening  at  f ,6.3.  set  against  the  Put  your  subject  matter  in  sunshine,  click,  and  you've  got  yourself  a  background  of  a  nice  color photo.  C­2  voyage  You've  probably  heard  the  proverb  that  all  cats  are  black  in  the  througti  fhe  At­ dark.  This  is a  restatement  of  a  fact  basic  to all  photography  .  . .  that  lantic  and  Medir  objects are  seen  because  of  the  light  they  reflect.  In color  photography  terranean.  the  photographer  takes  into  consideration not  only the  amount  of  light  The  main  line  Antrotter  reflected  but also  the color  of  the  reflected  light,  because  it is  the  col­ of  the  plot deals  with  the  romantic  ored  light  which  forms  the  photograph.  In  outdoor  color  photography  involvement of  a crewmember  with  the  principle light source  is daylight,  usually  a  mixture.of  sunlight  and  a  woman  passenger  on  the  long  skylight.  For  average  subjects  fairly  close,  daylight  color  films  will  Stanley Schuyler,  steward off  the  PetrpUte,  takes ckreful  aim' with  trip  to  Venice,  Italy.  produce  excellent  results  without  any  filters.  Copies of  the  book  are  available  his  recently­acquired  Japanese  cue  stick  in  the  billiard  room  at  With distant  subjects the  proportion of  sunlight to skylight  is greater  SIU headquarters.  The cue  cost him  900  yen, about  $3  American.  at  the  above  address at  $3.50 each.  and  your  color film  usually  will  have  a  bluish  tinge.  Correction  filters  are  recommended  for  such  cases.  Supplementary  light  can  be  ob­ tained  by  using  reflectors  made  of  sheets  of  white  cardboard  or  any  surface  covered  with  tin  foil.  Auxiliary  light  in  outdoor  color  photog­ raphy  can  also  be  obtained  from  synchronized  flash  lamps.  Since  Durban, South  Africa—I  was  in  this  port  on the Robin Hood,  when I  was so unfortunate  you  will  probably  use  daylight  type  film  outdoors,  such  lamps  must  as to take a cab  to meet  my  date for  the evening.  Cabbies being what they are in that port  be  blue  coated.  Judging  Exposures  I should  have  known  better,  but  this is  whaL happened.  The  easiest  way  of  determining  correct  outdoor  exposure  for  color  At  7  PM  sharp  I  collared  this­f  cab and gave  Instructions on  where  New  York  and  I  mentioned  this  "What's  that?"  (He's  hard  of  film is  the literature  packed  with  each  roll  of  film.  If  this  information  is followed  carefully,  you  will  wind  up with  a  high proportion  of  prop­ to go.  "D» you  know  where  Long­ fact  to my  driver  (keeping  up  con­ hearing  too.)  erly  exposed  color  shots.  If  you  own  an  exposure  meter  be  careful  in  view  Court  is?"  I asked.  He didn't  versation,  you  know).  '  "Longview,  Longview,  savvy?"  using it  for color film.  Since the  color sensitivity  of  a  photoelectric ex­ know.  "Yes  sir,  dont  get  excited."  He  posure  meter  is not  the  same  as that  of  color  film,  many  errors  in  ex­ Well, he  agreed, but  started tell­ "WeU  then."  I  said,  "do  you  ing  me  about  Johannesburg  and  had  been  driving  around  for  half  posure  can  be  traced  to  this cause.  Most  users  of  meters  get  incorrect  know  where  Cato  Road  is?"  how  it  looked  the  time  he  was  an  hour  and  we  were  still  on  the  readings  because  of  the  inclusion  of  too much  sky  in  the  field of  view  main  drag  of  town;  somewhat  He  thought  he did.  there in  1898!  .  of  the meter.  Point your  meter slightly  downward  when  used outdoors.  I  could  see  that  this  was  going  i saw  I  had  to  cope  with  some­ slower  than  a  rickshaw  pace.  If  you  are  using  color  film  with  a  meter for  the first  time  make  an  Having  less  of  an  idea  than  my­ to  be  a  hassle  right  off  the  bat.  one  from  the  old  school.  exposure  at  the  indicated  meter  reading  and  at  50  percent  over  and  self  of  where  he  was  heading  and  He  started  thumbing  through  a  "You've  got  beautiful  buildings  under.  From  the results  of  such a  test  you {an  determine  the  accuracy  directory  and  after  15  minutes  of  here,  real  nice,"  I  said.  But  he  still  bugging me  up with  Johannes­ of  the  meter  reading  and  of  the  shutter  speeds and  lens  settings.  burg  he  cruised  along  looking  for  looking we  started rolling  with  the  Just  kept  on  talking  about  Johan­ If  you  find  consistent  errors,  compensate  in  all  future  shootings.  Longview  Court.  i  We  finally  assurance  that  he  would  get  me  nesburg  54  years  ago.  Thus,  for  example,  if  you  should  obtain  underexposure,  take  a  lower  reached  Cato  Road  and  started  there.  Another  thing  that  annoyed  me  climbing a  hill that  seemed to  have  film speed  rating.  If  you  should  obtain  overexposure,  set  a  higher film  By  that  time  I  was  wondering  was  that  he  had  a  memory  like  a  no  end  in  sight.  speed  rating  on  the  meter.  Once  determined,  these  altered  set­ whether  he  would  get  me  there  fog  horn.  My  cabby  spotted  two  natives  tings  should  remain  constant  for  a  given  meter  and  camera  combina­ that  day  or  next  week.  "Is  that  Longwood  Court  you  strolling along the  side of  the road.  tion.  Ignore  any  meter  reading  on  outdoor  subjects  in  full  sunlight  Now  Durban  happens  to  be  a  wanted?"  he  asked.  He  ^started  jawing  with  them  in  that  indicate  exposures  of  less  than  1/60 of  a  second at  f­8.  very  beautiful  city,  especially  at  "No  Longview  Court  on  Cato  Afrikaans,  then  English  and  then  Popular  Films  night.  Somehow  it reminds  you  of  Road."  some  strange  dialect  but  they  just  The  two  most  popular  color  films are  Kodachrome^and  Ansco  colorl.  didn't  get  him.  Ektochrome  is still  going  through  changes  and  until  it  becomes  stand­ By  this  ^ime  I  was  ready  to  ardized  as  to  speed  and  correction  filters  I'd  be  wary  about  using  it.  crawl  through  the  top  of  the  cab.  The  daylight  type  of  both  of  these  films  is  balanced  for  exposure  in  The  clincher  was  when  my  driver  sunlight.  Both  are  about  the  same  speed  and  with  care  some  beautiful  pulled  up  to  a  bungalow  and  non­ transparencies  can  be  made.  chalantly  said  to  me,  "Why  don't  Since  Ansco  color  film  can  be  processed  by  the  user  the  cost  of  the  you  go  in  and  find  out  where  film does  not include  processing.  Kodachrome is  processed  by  Eastman  Longwood  Court  is?"  We and our dear friends,  the roaches, completed the voyage  "Who  me?"  I  said,  "You  must  Kodak  and  the  cost  of  the  film  includes  processing  and  mounting  for  projection.  for  Isthmian  aboard  the  Steel  Ranger.  I  can  truly  say  that  be  ludding,  and  anyway,  it's  Long­ The  following  table  provides  approximately  correct  exposures  for  view,  not  Longwood  Court."  daylight  color  film  in  summer.  In  winter  use  the  next  larger  lens  they came  into the  States  just as  starved as we  were.  About  He  seemed  irked  at  me  but  re­ a  week  from  home,  most  of>  .luctantly  went  into  the  house  for  opening.  Shutter  Speed  Lens  Opening  our  chow  ran  out.  fellows  that  go  through  the  Suez  instruction.  By  this  time  I  quit  Bright  SunUght  1/60  6.3  There  were  some  good  meals  Canal  the  first  time.  Lay  off  the  smoking  my  cigarette's  and  started  Hazy­soft  shadows  •   "  1/60  4.5  served  aboard  during  the  trip  and  characters  who  come  aboard  try­ eating  them.  1/60  3.5  that's  when  our  dear  friends  were  ing  to sell  so­called diamond  rings.  To  make  it  short  and  sweet,  we  Bright  overcast,  no  shadows  Dull  overcast  1/60  2.8  in their  glory. There  were so many  They are  phonies.  The rings­are  of  finally  found  Longview  Court  that  you  had  to  beat  them  to  the  brass and  the stones are glass. Two  which  was  just  a  block  away  all  table  when  the  chow.bell  rang  or  fellows  aboard  got >  stuck.  So  if  the  time.  I  paid  him  about  12  you  were  out  of  luck.  you  are  smart  brothers,  you'll  lay  shillings  for  my  tour' of  the  city  I  guess  a  fellow  like  myself  ha§  off  too.  (approximately  $1.7(1)  and  went  on  to  consider  the  situation  before  my  way.  F.  Faskowski  sailing  on  a  ship  that's  32  years  Harry  Kroipnel  Engine  delegate  (1)  In  Coleridge's  Rime  of  the  Ancient  Mariner,  the  Ancient  Mari­ old.  Yep.  she  was  built  back  in  ner  was  condemned  to  (wear  a  cross),  (tell  his  story),  (interrupt  wed­ 192p,  even  before  I  knew  what  a  dings), (stay  at sea)?  ship  looked  like.  To  look  at  it,  it  (2)  An  express  train  traveling  10  mph  faster  than  a  local  is follow­ would  remind  ybu  of  an  old  barn  ing  75  miles  behind  the  local.  Five  hours  later,  the  express  crosses  both inside  arid  out.  Everytime  we;  a  bridge  which, the  local  crossed  a  half­hour  before.  What  are  their  had  a  little  ' rough  weather  and  speeds?  .  she started to roll, she  would shake  (3)  Winds  aloft  usually  have  (lower),  (the  same),  (greater),  (much  and squeak  as if  each roll  was  her  lower)  speeds  than  surface  winds  have?  last.  (4)  The  proportion  of  elderly  people  in  the  total  population  of  the  Before  getting  into  Belawan  US  is  tending  to  (decrease.  slightlT),  (decrease  greatly),  (remain  sta­ ijeli,  Sumatra,  we  had  three  bad  tionary),  (increase)?  rainy  days.  I  have  never, seen  it  (5)  A  man  has  $11.90  in  nickels,  dimes  and  quarters.  If  he  has  rain  so  hard  in  aU  my  life.  It  was  twice  as  many  dimes  as  quarters  and  has  136  coin^ altogether,  how  so  bad  that  soihe  of  the  fellows  many  of  each  does  he  have?  who  slept  amidships couldn't  sleep  (6)  The  Monroe  Doctrine  is  a  (statement  of  American  poUcy),  in  their  rqoms  because  the  boat  (principle  of  international  law),  (Pan­American  agreement),  (treaty  deck  leaked  so  much.  They  had  between  the  US  and  Great  Britain)?  to  sleep  aft  and  anywhere  it  was  (7)  The amount  of  water vapor  in  the air  compared with  the amount  dry.  As  for the  mess  hall—^we  got  the  air  can  hold  determines  the  (temperature),  (relative  humidity),  «  shower  with  our meals.  (velocity),  (ceiling)  of  the  air?  '  All  in all,  she  vrash't  a  bad  ship.  (8)  "The  golfers  should  know  this  one.  If  a  "spoon"  is  a  wooden­ We  got  six  months  out of  it  and  headed  club,  is  a  "brassie"  a  wooden  or  iron­headed  club?­ f  made  ten  ports  in  the  Far  East.  (9)  You  be  the  judge.  Should  a  husband  be  allowed  to  reduce  his  .  Anyway,  it  kept  us  away  from  old  wife's  alimony  when  times  are  bad?  man  winter.  Rumors  are  going  (10)  If  three  feet are  added  to  each  side of  a  certain  square,  its area  around  that  it  was  her  last  trip  is  increased  by • • 69 square  feet..,  What  is  the  area  of  the  original  These  two  bearded  old salts are  none  Other  than  Seafarers  Woody  with  Isthmian.  square?  and  Faskowski  aboard  the  Steel  Ranger.  They  didn't .say  whether  That's  about  all  for, this trip  ex­ .  (Quiz  Answers  on  Page­27) ,  ^  cept  for  j.^^tl^  pepiin^^  pK  9*"  sl^pqhest  ran  ®ut  of  razor  blades.­ Cabbie Stymies Seafarer  Weary Old Steel Rauger  Host  to 'Freeloaders'  Qtfii Cortiei  •  �Vair* Twentr  Passing The Good Word  SEAFARERS  LOG  FrUar, Jwu It, IfSt  Oide Photos  Wanted by MMG  By  Spikt  Marlin  We  were  stumbling  over  assort­ "It's simple, once you can under­ ed  feet  to  our  usual  60­cent  van­ Stan',"  he  explained.  "In  '47  Har­ tage  point  in  the  Yankee  Stadium  ris  took  over  the  Yankees.  Right?  grabbed  all  the  chips  too.  bleachers  when  we  happened  to  He  Right?"  We  had  to  agree.  spot  a  pair  of  familiar  brogans.  "This  Page  was  the  greatest  Looking  up,  ,we  saw  with  aston­ thing in  the  bullpen that  year. He's  ishment  that  it  'was  none  other  savin'  game  after  game,  includin'  than ,Focus  Coyle.  the  last  one  with  the  Dodgers  in  We  asked  him  what  strange  the World Series.  That makes him  quirk  of  circumstance  led  him  to  and  Bucky  the  heroes  of  1947."  pay  his  way  into  a  ball  game.  We  conceded  all  this  but,  . .  ' ^  "Well,"  he  admitted  sheepishly'  "Just relax," he said  impatiently,  '^ust  when  I  kicked  off  my  shoes  "I'll  explain  everythin'.  Next  year,  and  parked  in  front  of  my  set  1  (I  didn't  have  no  set  then)  I  calls  smelled  some  bumin* rubber.  First  up sick  one momin'  and comes  out  thing  ya'  know  a  few  condensers  to  see  them  take  Sox  apart.  Crewmembers  of. the  Bienville relax  while  listening to the  reports  fried.  And here  with Bucky  Harris  Along around  the sixth  innin' Har­ of  departmental  delegates  at  a  recent  shipboard  meeting.  in  town  with  the  Senators!  I  just  ris  waves  to  the  pen — aiid  out­ hadda  get  out here."  tomes  Page."  We  wondered  out  loud­ what  he  Sliglitly­Oversize  saw  in  Harris*  collection of  clowns  "One  look  at  him  and  my  eyes  and  castoffs.  is  bulgin'.  He  waddles  out  of  the  Meeting  Percy  Boyer,  who  I  was shipmate with  over  22  years ago,  started bringing  back  Plain  Facts  runway  like  a  momma  sow  that's  memories of  the  so­called  good  old  days  once again, particularly when I shipped out of  New  "Don't  you  go  gettin'  so  smiart,"  gonna  pop  nine  little  piglets.  Orleans  in  the  days  when  the  US  Shipping  Board  was in  existence.  he fired  at  us.  "Who's  on  top  of  'Man,'  I says  to myself, ^if  I didn't  Those  were  the  days  when ,we  who in the standin's?" We conceded  know  where  I  was  I'd  think  it  was  sat  in  the  fink  hall, and  when  old  lantine and  made  two trips to  Liv­ fall  out  and  break  a  leg.  the hard  facts  and  agreed  that  the  Hugh  Casey.'  As  the  sling  was  raised  the  old  erpool  and  Manchester,  England,  man  Markey  called  the  jobs,  we  Washingtonians  had  shown  no  "Sure  enough  he  stinks  up  the  raised our  hand as  if  we were back  from  New  Orleans.  We  had  quite  man's  legs  shot  through  the  holes  signs  of  growing  dizzy  on  the  un­ joint  that*  year.  Harris  keeps  of  the sling.  He  was  quite a  sight,  in  a  school  room.  He  then  would  a  number  of  screwball  characters  familiar  heiglits—^up  until  now.  w^vin'  for  him  and  the  infielders  howling  like a  bulldog  that  he  was  en this wagon, and no  one was nut  choose  whoever  he  saw fit  for  the  We  warned  him  though,  that  be­ keep  wavin'  at  the  line  drives  Jobs, regardless  of  how long a man  tier  than  the  skipper.  He  was  an  the master,  he gave  the orders  and  fore  the  season  came  to  a  close  whistlin'  by.  So  the  Yankees  lose  old  guy  in  his  late  sevenHles  with  they  were  to  be  obeyed  by  all  was  on  the  beach.  they  could  be  expected  to  seek  out  and  Harris  gets  the gate.  hands.  a  voice  like  a  foghorn  and a  ter­ In  the  fall  of  1933  I  shipped  on  their natural habitat, somewhere  in  "Then  Stengel  takes  over  in  '49  an  old  rustbucket  named  the  £g­ rific  love  for  whiskey  of  any  kind.  Well  the  winch  driver  took  him  the  dismal  gloom of  the second di­ and Page makes  a  great comeback.'  I  remember  one  trip  where  we  at his  word and when the  sling was  vision.  They  win  again  that  year,  and­in  made  Dublin  on  the  way  back  to  over the  hatch he obeyed  the order  New  Orleans.  We  were  standing  to  set  the  skipper  d o w n,  imme­ "Never  mind,"  he  sneered,  wav­ '50  and  '51  too."  by waiting  to let go.  Everyone was  diately.  He  came  down  with  a  ing us aside  with a scornful flipper,  Everybody  knows  that,  we  said.  aboard  except  the  skipper  and  all  bang.  Fortunately, he  was a  tough  "this  Harris  is  the  greatest.  Why  What  about  it?  old  bird  and  was  only  jarred  up.  if  it  wasn't  for  Joe  Page,  he'd  be_  "Don't ya' see," he exclaimed, "if  the gear  was  bat­ However,  the  old  man  managed  the  most  famous  manager  in  his­ it  wasn't  for  that  Page,  Harris  tened  down  ex­ to  get  up,  and  gassed  up  that  he  tory."  cept one  boom on  would  of  kept  his  job  and  won  We wanted to know  how come.  five  pennants  in  a  row.  Instead  was,  congratulated  the  wirch  driv­ No.  4  hatch  on  er  for  obeying  his  orders  to  let  He  looked  at  us  with  a  pitying  he gets  fired and is stuck  in Wash­ dockside.  him down at  once.  expression  reserved  for  stupid  ington.  Now  don't  bother  me  any­ Since  it  was  Louis Goffin  children.  !  more,  I  gotta  root  my  boy  home."  my first  trip  on  this  ship,,  I  was  .curious  as  to  the  reasons  why  this  boom  wasn't  cra­ Goffln  dled.  I  soon  Some of  fhe boys  sailing with  the Union­have  really  been  around  the  world  a  couple  of  found  out.  times, ahd in  all  kinds  of  foreign  ports,  but  I  doubt  whether  any  of  them  has  done  more  As  it  was  getting  late,  the  chief  mate  ordered  the  gangway  in.  traveling  than  the  coffee  bean.  If  you  look  it  up  in  the  books,  you'll find  that  the  coffee  Pretty  soon  a  cab  rolled  up  and  tree  really  got  around  in  the  out  came  the  old  man,  gassed  up  last  few  hundred  years,  al­ still  grown  in  large  quantities.  It  cultivated  in  14  Latin  American  like  a  light.  though right  how, as anybody  got  to  South  America  sometime  countries  as  well  as  in  the  Two sailors then  shimmied  down  who  has  been  on  the  South  during­  the  1700's.  The  regular  Hawaiian  Islands,  the  East  Indies  All  the  world's  a  stage  at  the  a  guy  line,  a net  sling  was hooked  American  run  knows  most  of  "coffee  run"  between  Brazil  and  and Arabia.  It took a  little time  but  mpment  for  Roberts,  AB,  on  up  to  the  runner  of  No.  4  boom  the stuff  comes out  of  Santos.  the  US first  got  started  in  1824.  that  coffee  bean  sure  did  manage^  and  the  old  man  was  shoved  into  the  Liberty  Bell  as  he  slaps  the  net  sling  with  the  two  sailors  Another idea  some seamen might  While  Brazil  grows  most  of  the  to  get  around.  Bill  Fryer  coffee  in  the  woiid,  the  plant  is  paint on  the  mast.  in  with  him  to  see  that  he  didn't  have  is  that  the  coffee  time  bull  sessions  are  things  that  originated  on  shipboard.  Well  they  are  pret­ ty  far  off­  the  mark,  because  it  seems  these  same  practices  were  common  in England  300  years ago.  The  LOG  opens  this  column  as  6  ounces  sugar,  %  ounce  salt,  Vs  As a  matter of  fact  the first  cof­ an  exchange  for  stewards,  cooks,  ounce  flavoring  (such  as  vanilia,  fee  house  in  London  was  opened  bakers  and. others  who'd  like  to  maple  or  lemon),  creamed  up  well  in  1652  which  makes  this  year  the  shaie  favored  food  recipes,  little­ in  a clean,  grease­free mixer.  Take  300th  anniversary  of  the  coffee  known  cooking  and  baking  hints,  2V4  pounds  flour,  Vs  pdund  corn­ time  talking  jag,  since  'coffee  dishes  with  a  national  flavor  and  starch, 1  ounce  baking powder  and  houses were famous for the amount  the  like,  suitable  for  shipboard  sift  well  twice  on  paper.  Add  1  pint  milk,  then  Vb  of  the  flour  to  of  gossip  and  tongue­wagging  that  use.  Mail  in  your  suggestions.  the  mix  in  the  machine,  both  at  went  on  in  them.  • S  lipshod  baking  often  ruins  the  low  speed.  Shut  off  machine  as  Originally  From  Africa '  best  efforts  of  the  steward  and  soon as everything is mixed to pre­ Getting  back to  the  start  of  the  cooks  to  satisfy  hearty  shipboard  vent  unnecessary  heating  of  ­the  whole thing,  the experts claim that  appetites.  "Baking  is  as  exact  ^as  contents.  the  coffee  tree,  which  isn't  much  any  science,"  says  SIU  oldtimer  Shake Lightly  fnore than an overgrown bush, orig­ Samuel  S.  'Van­ Have  a  lightly  greased  sheetpan  inated  in  Ethiopia.  The  bean  is  dal,  "since  you  covered  with  well­greased  paper  supposed  to  have  takep  its first  have  to  tise  pre­ ready.  Take  bowl  out  of  machine  overseas voyage through the  Indian  cise  amounts  of  and fold  (shake) in  remaining flour  Ocean  and  Red  Sea  about  1,200  ingredients  and  lightly  by  hand  until  no  clots  of  years  ago  to  Southern  Arabia.  For  know  jiist  how  flour  remain.  Using  six  handfuls  quite  a  while  after  that  most  cof­ they'll  react." ,  of  the  mix  to  make  one  jelly  roll  fee  was  exported  through  the  port  In  addition  to  of  24  servings,  spread  it  out  flat  of  Mocha  on  the  Red  Sea,  which  his  sea­going  ex­ on  bench  with  palate  knife  and  V^RK  explains how the word "mocha" got  perience  dating  drop  it  to  get  air  bubbles  out.  OONE MUST BE  back  40  years.  Bake  in a  380 degree  oven.  into the coffee game.  It seems that  Vandal  rTEMlZEDANDTURNEp'  coffee  was  terrifically  popular  Vandal  pat  in  Next,  on  a  pillow  slip  covered  "DEPARXMSNT  among  the  Arabs ­  and  Turks  be­ over  15  years  ashore  as  a  spe­ with  sugar  (grated  nuts  or coconut  cause  their religion  doesn't  permit  cialist  with  nationwide  baking  can  be  added),  turn  the  pan  up­ HEAP  WITWIN 72  them to drink.  As a matter of  fact,  concerns,  so  he  knows  what  he's  side  down  and  let  stand  a  few  HOURS OF THE TIME  the  Turks  prohibited  coffee  for  a  talking about. One  of  his creations,  minutes.  Remove  pan,  roll  off  the  VSftDRl^P.  while  on  the  grounds  that  it  was  developed  with  painstaking  care,  paper  and  then,  before  it  cools,  is  a  "basic  mix,"  which  can  be  cover  the  cake  with  jelly  or cream  intoxicating.­ RHIHS IN A STACK OF OVfeRTlME  used  for  making  jelly  rolls,  lady  and  roll  up  with  the  pillow  slip as  The  Europeans  first  found  out  SHEETS AT THE  PAiCfFF IS LABOR  LOST  fingers,  Boston  cream  pie  or  the  a  guide,  making  sure  to  twist  in  about  coffee  from  the  Turks  and  AMP  IVOM'T  FATTBN TPUR PAT.  the  ends.  The  entire  job  takes  no  Arabs.  After  a  while,  the  coffee  like.  bean  took­ a  long  overseas  hop  to  Here's  the  step  by  step  recipe;  more  than  45  minutes.  "It  can't  Java  and  Sumatra  where  coffee  is  Wi  quarts  whole  hggs,  2  pounds­ miss," vandal adds.  '  ^  • •    The LOG is Interested in col­ lecting  and  printing  .photo­ graphs  showing  what  seagoing  was  like  in  the  old  days.  All  you  oldtimers  who  have  any  old  mementos., photographs  of  shipboard  ufe,  pictures of  ships  or  ansrthing  that  would  show  how  seamen  lived,  ate  and  worked  in  the  days  gone  by,  send  them  in  to  the  LOG.  Whether they  be steam  or sail,  around  the  turn  of  the  cen­ tury,  during  the first  world  war  and  as  late  as  1^38,  the  LOG  is interested  in  them  all.  We'll­take  care  of  them  and  return  your  souvenirs  to  you.  Sling Net Carried Strange Cargo  Lofty  Perch  . mi  Coffee B^an Really Got Around  RITE IT UP —  PROAlTOi  y 'I  �­  Vridar. Jvw IJ, 185*  Marine Telle Why  Hei^s Union Man  To  the  Editor:  i was  very  glad  to  get  the  LOG  over  here  in  Korea.  I  am  very  proud  to  wear  my  Union  pin.  Many  a  Marine  has  asked  me  why  I,  as  a  Ma­ rine,  wear  a  union  button.  I  tell  them  with  pride  that  I  be­ long  to  the  best  Union  in  the  world,  the  SIU.  I'm  for the  SIU  MacDonald  100  percent.  I  told  my  buddies  that  without  any  unions in  the country  we would  be  at the  mercy of  big business.  I told  them of  how  they benefit  by  being  in a union  and how organized labor  always  helps the  individual  who is  a  union  man.  I  showed  the  LOG  to  them  and  they all agreed  that  the SIU  is one  union  that  certainly  does  a  good  Job.  I  told them  of  the fl^t  the  SIU  had  long  before  Korea  with  the  Communists on  the  waterfront and  how  the  SIU  defeated  them,  the  same  as  we  over  here,  will  beat  them  in  tbe  end.  Pfc  Charles  MacDonald  1214526  C Co., 1st SP Bn.  Ifit  Marine  Division  PMP  «/o  FPO, San  Francisco  ^  %  It­ SBAFAttERS  LOG  P«C«  Tweiily­«B»  L  E  T  T  E  R  S  '  Haiis Union Aid  To Disabled Men  To  the  Editor:  side.  That  way  the  captain  could  than  I  am  in  the  beltmaking  busi­ I  was  at  the  headquarters  mem­ open  his  porthole  for  the  short  ness.  Maybe  nobody  thought  of  bership  meeting  Wednesday  nighti •   time the  plant  was  down.  sending  them  to  your  contest.  June  4,  and  heard­ the  Secretaryr  ^  Sometimes  though,  she'd  do  a  To  the  Editor:  I am  very  appreciative to  all  the  Treasurer  report  that  the  Union  snap roll  and his  hole  dipped a  lit­ The  voyage  of  the  Bluestar  has  good  SIU  officials  and  men  of  a  was  going  to  pay  $15  a  week  to  tle  water—not  dripped,  dipped.  been  running  along  in  good  shape.  great  organization  second  to  none  disabled  Seafarers  who  no  longer  Heat  Merciless  We  have  had  two  breaks  on  the  for  all  the  things  we  have  accom­ can  work  and  also  that  the  Union  was  going to  bat  for  these  men  to  The  heat  was  terrible,  130  de­ trip  so  far  with  the  good  grace  of  plished  in  such  a  short  time.  grees  in  the  shade.  I  don't  know  Captain  Berger.  All  hands  not  on  1  I  also  received  my first  vacation  help  them  collect  Social  Security  how  hot  it was  in  the  sun  because  watch  were  granted  shore  leave  to  pay  in  40  odd  years  as  a  seaman  benefits.  it  didn't  shine.  All  of  the  mer­ stretch  their  legs.  All  hands  co­ and  the  agreements  are  tops.  I was happy  to hear this  because  cury  boiled  out  of  the  ther­ operated  and  we  the  delegates  are  Thanks  to  you  and  the  judges  for  I know  that  a  lot  mometer  we  had  in  the  messhall  well pleased  in the  matter.  of  oldtime  sea­ the lift.  Yours for  bigger and  bet­ so  it's  hard  to say  how  hot  it  was  The  deck  department  has  been  ter  art  contests.  men  have  trou­ inside  but  the  paint  all  peeled  off  exceptionally  cooperative  with  one  ble  collecting So­­ John  R.  Taurln  the  bulkheads  above  the  engine  another,  especially  the  bosun.  cial  Security  4  4  4  Some  of  you  may  know  him,  John  room.  benefits.  They  get  snarled  up  We  opened  all  the  iceboxes  Gallagher.  He  has  given  those  in  red  tape  be­ hoping  maybe  that  would  act  as  who  are  new  to  the  sea  as  well  as  cause  they  work  an  air  conditioning  unit,  but  that  the  old,  a fine  example  of  leader­ for  so  many  dif­ just  caused  the  eggs  and  other  ship  in  the  rank  and file  of  the  To the  Editor:  I  should  like  to  see  that  the  ferent  companies  perii^ables  to  spoil.  We  should  SIU.  All  the brothers  aboard gave  McCurdy  in  the  course  of  have had  a  fan  in  them  to kind  of  him  a  vote  of  thanks.  Also  there  steward's  department  gets  classi­ circulate  the  air.  Finally  we  were  Jis  among  us  Brother  Harry  fied  as  day  workers  so  that  they  the  years  and  songj^times  a  man  able  to  go  on  deck  just  before  ar­ (Whitey)  Lamacraft  of  our  Ca­ also  get  a  raise  like  other  day  might  lose  out  on  Social  Security  nadian  District.  He  is, by  the  way,  workers.  We  all  know  the  Union  benefits  through  one  loophole  or  rival  in Buenos  Aires.  one  of  our  photo  fans  and  I  must  has  done  a  lot  for­all  the  mem­ There  was  also  a  shortage  of  say  that  he  has  some  very  good  bers, "and  we  know  the  hard  bat­ another.  cigarettes  aboard  so  when  we  got  shots  of  the  fellows  and  the  trip  tles  we  had  to fight  to  get  what  When  a  man  has  the  weight  of  the  Union  behind  him  to  collect  to  Argentina,  we  found  there  was  we  have  today.  But  I'd  like  to see  these  things  it  helps  to  get  things  a  shortage  down  there  and  were  so  far.  that  a  little  more  be  done  for  the  done  faster and  better.  Winch  Handling  compelled  to  purchase  them  at  steward's  department.  I. J.  Torre,  the  deck  en­ Brother  And,  of  course,  I am  heartily  in  black  market  prices  when  we . got  We  should  take  into  considera­ favor  of  the  proposal  that  the  gineer,' suggests  that  the new  con­ there.  tract  should  specifically: state  that  tion  the  fact that  the  steward's de­ Not a'great deal  of  consideration  when  a  vessel  arrives  in  port  for  partment  has to  work  seven days a  Union  pay  these  fellows  $15  a  was  shown  the  crewmembers  re­ the  purpose  of  loading  and/or  dis­ week  and  always has  to  be  on  the  week additional  out of  the Welfare  The  Social  Security  bene­ quiring medical  attention.  The­ old  charging,  an  oiler should  maintain  ball.  The  chief  stewards  are  al­ Fund.  fits  are  pretty  small  and  this addi­ man  was  approached  in  regards to  the  winches  during  the  day  and  ways  between  crossfires.  They  tional  money  will  be a  big  help to  Emanuel  Perez,  AB,  and  he  said  the  deck  engineer  should  handle  have  to  satisfy  the  crews  and  also  the  older  brothers  who  no  longer  that the man's ailment was nothing,  tjitem  at  night.  the companies.  That's  why  I think  can  work.  With  this  money,  the  only  a  bellyache.  This  member  The  purpose  of  this  request  is  they should  be the highest  paid un­ men  will  no  longer  have  to  sign  To the Editor:  We  have  had  a  couple  of  xinfor­ was finally  hospitalized  and  an  that  not  only  will  more  deck  en­ licensed  men.  Next  to  them,  I  their  lives  away  to  a  welfare  tunate  incidents  on  this  ship,  the  emergency operation performed for  gineers  throw  in  for  the  jobs  to  think  the  cooks  should  get  better  agency  to  be  able  to  live.  Bradford  Island,  which hasn't  been  appendicitis.  get a  little  OT,  but  there  are quite  pay.  H.  C.  McCurdy  helped  out  by  the  attitude  of  the  Another  case  was  that  of  Ed  a  few  ships  that  have  had  night  Also,  I would  like to  see if  there  4  4  4  skipper  and  the  other  .  officers.  Spooner,  also  an  AB,  who  ap­ engineers  that  didn't  understand  could  be  a  way  to  get  the  com­ proached  the  old  man  for  medical  While  the  messman  was  sleeping  the  workings  of  the  winches  well  panies  to  supply cold  drinks in  the  on  deck  one  day,  one  of  the  crew  treatment and  was informed  it was  enough, to  repair  them  alone.  Mopchest,  especially  in  the  sum­ dumped  a  percolator  df  hot  coffee  only a  wind  burn.  But  in  the  port  In closing  all the men are  agreed  mer  months.  The  chief  stewards  of  Trinidad,  a  piece  of  steel  was  out  of  the  port  hole,  burning  him  that  those  who  are  responsible  for  could  take  care  of  handling  cases  To  the  Editor:  removed  from  his  eye,  which  was  badly  around  the  legs.  When  he  the  new  books  be  given  a  vote  of  of  cold  drinks  in  case  it  is  too  Our  Memorial  Day  dinner  on  went  to  the  mate  for  treatment,  infected.  •   thanks for  its style.  We are  hoping  much  for  the  person  that  handles  the  Liberty  Flag  was  one  of  the  R.  Weaver  best  we  Seafarers  have  had  the  i  the  mate  turned  him  down  and  that  they  will  fulfill  their  purpose  Deck  Delegate  in  making  clerical  work  at  head­ the  slopchest.  pleasiu­e  of  enjoying.  The  food  is  told  him  to  wait  until  after  eight  I  think  all  the  steward  depart­ 4"  t  4­  ,  quarters  less  complicated  and  help  ment  members  would  appreciate  it  exceptionally  well prepared  by  our  o'clock  and see  the  third mate.  our  patrolman  handle  a  speedier  very  much  if  something  could  be  staff  in  the  steward's  department,  This  man  is now  hospitalized  in  who,  I  may  say,  are  above  the  payoff.  Porta  La  Cruz,  the  port  we  are  done  about it.  average.  Rocky  Milton  Shuttling  to from  Argentina.  Jan  V.  Rooms  I've  been  sailing  for  32  years  Then there  was an  oiler who had  To  the  Editor:  Ship's  Delegate  4  4  4  and  I  never  had  had  any  better.  a  bad  tooth  at  sea  and  went  to  Well,  I finally  made  New  York  4  4''  4)  It's  like that  every day.  see  the  captain  about  it.  When  and  my first  glimpse  of  the  new  It  is  a  pleasure  to  write  about  port  was  reached  he  was  told  to  hall  left  me  speechless.  It  is  no  a  steward's  department  that  func­ pay  for  dental  work  out  of  the  doubt  one of  the finest  union halls  To  the  Editor:  tions such  as the  one on  board  this  draw  he  had  made  and  was  re­ in  the  United  States.  It  sure  is  To  the  Editor:  Would  you  please  send  me  the  ship.  It's  also  a  very  good  crew  fused  any  further  advance.  As  a  home  away  from  home.  The  cafe­ I  received  your  telegram  notify­ result  the  dental  work  was  not  teria,  library,  meeting  hall  and  ing me  that  I waa the  second  prize  book "Seafarers  in World  War  H"?  all  over.  We  have  a  few  oldtimers  I  am  a  retired  bookmember  and  aboard  including  Scales,  bosun;  done  because  the  oiler  did  not  executive  offices  winner  of  the  miscellaneous  en­ receive  the  LOG  regularly.  I  Bishop  as  steward.  Fontenot,  our  have  enough  cash  to  pay  for  it  tries  in  the  SIU  art  contest.  The  wouldn't  be  without  it  and  now  it  chief  cook;  and  Rose  our  3rd  are  beautiful.  To top  it  off,  the  chief  cook  had  I  want  to  say  wire  was  forwarded  to  me  here  in  is  better  than  ever.  The  LOG  is  cook.  a  bad  heart  attack  and  as  a  re­ that  the  SIU  has  Panama  by  my  wife.  one  of  the  very  many  things  we  I, would  like  to  give  them  credit  sult  has  been  laid  up,  leaving  the  sure  come  along  I am  employed  by  the  Ore  Line  of  the  SIU  can  be  proud  of.  in  the  LOG.  steward's  department,  two  men  to  great  success  as  quartermaster  for  thr last  six  Lloyd  Heinis  S.  J.  Smith  short.  and  this  demo­ years off  and  on.  '  The  doctor  at  Porta  La  Cruz  4  4  4  cratic  Union  It  really  was  a  big  surprise  to  (Ed.  note:  The  booklet  is  on  its  stated  that  the  medical  attention  me  because  there  are  better  men  way).  must  have  unity  given  to  the  crew  shouldn't  be  iq the years ahead  given  to  a  dog  and  that  the  mess­ if  we  are  going  Capo  man's  bums  should  have  been  To  the  Editor:  to continue  along  treated  more  decently.  successful  lines.  While  lying  here  iii  the  Savan­ James J.  Finn  If  any  man  wants  to  see  what  nah  hospital  with  a  lot  of  suffer­ Ship's  delegate  organized  labor  has  done  for  the  ing  and  a  lot  of  spare  time  in  be­  ^ '  $  ^  ^  seaman all he  has to do  ik  go down  tween,  I  have  done  a  lot  of  re­ to  675  4th  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  and  building  of.  those  castles  in  the  see  the  new  SIU  building.  air  I  built  back  in  1901  and  later  i  Also,  I want  to say . the  the  pizza  years.  pie  here  in Brooklyn  is very  "good.  I  recalled  when  I  first  started  To  the  Editor:    ant  to say hello to all my friends  in  the  windjamme^gs.  Landing  in  By some  strange twist of  fate we  I • w New  York  on  December  15,  1904,  have finally  blown  (literally  speak­ way  down  yonder in  New  Orleans,  I  got  hooked  up  immediately  with  ing)  into  Buenos  Aires,  the  port  especially Brother  Kouns, and  wish  all my  s hipmates the  best of  health.  "Shanghai"  Gus  Brown  and  was  of  ports.  What'  a  sight  the  Sea­,  Paul  Capo  mighty proud  of my  Atlantic  Union  cloud  must  have  presented  to  *  4)  ^  button.  Many years later  it was the  shoreside observers—broken  down,  ILA  and  since  1940  our  beloved  rusty  old  hulk  that  she  is.  SIU,  the  one  we  are  all  so  proud  And  weather?  Listen,  Captain  of  belonging  to.  Carlsen  had  a  mill  pond  in  com­ In  summing  up  these  dreams  of  parison.  We, only  had  six  inches  To the  Editor:  former  years  it  leaves  me  with  of  freeboard  leaving  Trinidad  and  I  do  think  you  all  have  done  a  but  one  picture,  a  picture  of  the  the­ first  four, weeks all  watertight  wonderful  job  and  accomplished  a  old  rocking  chair.  So  the  only  doors and  portholes had  to be  kept  lot  for the  seamen  in the  past  few  liope  for  us  oldtimers  with  over  dogged  down  except  once  in  a  years.  If  there  was  a  class  of  50  years  of  sea  service  is  that  we  while they could  be  opened on the  working  men  that  needed  a  break  can  expect  to rock  in  one  of  these  it surely  was the  seamen.  boat  deck.  *  chairs  for  a  little  while  before  But  most  of  the  time  they  were  As  a. seaman's  mother  I  am  With the themometer In the fiO's, Ler<^ Clarke,  Lake Charles port  the  call  comes  tb  step  rocking  t»  vl  all shut.  So on the  many occasions  proud  of  what  Bar  been  accom­ when  she  would  break  down,  the  plished  for  them  and  enjoy  read­ . agent,  reminds  us  it  wasn't  always  that way  with  this  photo  of  the  officials and  brother Seafarers,  to­ Ice­covered  deck  of  the  Golden  Hind: off  the  coast  of  Japan  in  gether as one and all.  standinB order  was  to  come  hard  ing the  LOG.  Crew Of  Bluestar  Cooperative Gang  Stewards Bate  Dayman^s Baise  Ottieersyegleet  Illy Mnjured Men  Liberty Flag Food  Simply ^The BesC  New Hall  Leaves  Him Speechless  Art Contest Prize  SiU War Story  A Pleasant Shock  Book Bequested  Cooling Note For Summer  Oldtimer Becails  Bays Gone By  Seaeloud  Sizzled  On Way To BA  SiU Praised Far  Job Well Done  h'­]  �SEAFARERS  LOG  Par* Tirentr­tw*  Cait^Us Chiet Tope  On Anne Butler  LET  T  E  R  S  •   Chief Cooh fLoses  Out On OT Ruiee  I vf­'  T*  the  Editor:  To the  Editor:  On  a  recent  voyage  aboard  the  Well, I  have been doing  this now  First I  must confpratulate  the ne­ Anne  Butler  we  had  the  pleasure  for  a  long  time  and  I  think  it's  IH­;:'­ Cotiating  committee  for  the fine  Money Exchange  about  time  that  the  long­lost  stew­ of  sailing  with  one  of  the  best  '3g'.  "  job  you  always  do  for  the  mem­ ard  should  get  a  wage  increase  so  skippers seen  in a  long,  long  time.  Rates Listed  bers  of  our  Union.  I  am  go­ he  at  least  gets  the  same  wages  In  behalf  of  the  crew  we  would  The  following  is  the  latest  ing  to  express  my  views  on  the  as  the  bosun.  In  my  opinion  the  like to give  this man, H.  F. Rogers,  available  listing  of  official  ex­ new  OT  victory  for  the  steward's  a  vote  of  thanks  steward should  get the  same  wages  change  rates  for  foreign  cur­ 'department.  I be­ for  making  this  as  the  third  mate.  rencies.  Listings  are  as  of  lieve  this  is  the  trip  so  pleasant.  Wants  Increase  June  10,  1052  and  are  subject  first  time  In  the  ­  Anytime one of  history  of  the  to  change  without  notiqe.  Too  many  good  stewards  don't  the  crew  needed  England,  New  Zealand,  South  Africa:  maritime  indus­ want  to  sail  steward  any  more  for  money,  medical  $2.80  per  pound  aterllng.  IS.  try  oim  Union  the  money  they're  getting.  I  have  Australia:  $2.24  per  pound  sterling.  aid or advice, the  Belgium:  SO  franca  to  the  doUar.  has  won  such  talked  to several  of  them and  they  old  man  was  Denmark:  14.14  cents  per  krone.  good  OT  condi­ say they'd  rather sail  messman and  France:  350  francs to  the  dollar.  right  there.  At  HoUand:  3.80  guUders  to  the  doUar.  tions  for  eyery­ have  peace  than  take  all  the  grief  sea  in  the  crew  Italy:  625  Ure  to  the  doUar.  body  in  the  for  the  money  they  are  making.  Norway:  14  cents  per krone.  messhall  the  McCann  4  i  i  Portugal:  28.75  escudos  to  the  dollar.  steward's  depart­ This is all  the beefs  I have.  Now  skipper  would  Nomicos  Sweden:  19..a3  cents  per  krone.  ment.  The  port  I ­ would  like  to  congratulate  the  drop  in  every  night  and  have  a  India:  21  cents  per  rupee.  Pakistan:  30.2  cents  per  rupee.  OT  is  considered  more  than a  vic­ Ihn Saudis Cows  SIU  and  the  leaders  of  our  Union  bull  session  with  the  boys.  If  you  >  Argentina:  14.2  pesos  to  the  dollar.  tory  but  let  me  express  this  Miihed By Crew  for  the  new  hall  in  New  York.  I  met him  ashore it  was  the same as  Brazil:  5.4  cents  per  cruzeiro.  <l>  thought  for  the  chief  cook.  Uruguay:  52.63  cents  per  peso.  think  the  new  hall  is  the  most  meeting  an  old  friend,  that's  the  To  the  Editor:  The  chief  cook  on  a  lot  of  ships  .  The after end  of  the Steel 'Work­ Venezuela:  29.85  cents  per  boUvar.  modern union hall in  the US. When  way  he  greeted  you.  He  called  gets  only  one  hour  per  day  when  I come  back  to New  York,  I  would  everybody by  their first names and.  is  a  sea­going  farm,  consisting  in  the  home  gort  while  the  night  er  like  make  a  tour  through  the  seemed  more  like  a  watch  partner  of  60  head  of  cattle,  six  of  which  Suggests Yearly, '  new  to  cook  and  baker  gets  three  hours  hall  and  see  how  our  Union  than  the  captain.  bulls,  and  four  milch  cows.  per  day  overtime.  Since  he  also  are  operates.  X'Ray Checkup  Good  Shipmate  They  are  going  to  take  up  resi­ has  the same  base  pay  as  the  chief  Leo E.  Movall  At  sea  he  would  joke  with  the  To  the  Editor:  dence  at  the  A1  Kharj  farm  in  cook,  this gives  the night  cook  and  sailors  on  deck  and  hold  safety  I  wish  to  thank, the  Union  for  4  4  4  baker $3.26  per  day  more  than the  Arabia,  under  the  care  of  Tubby  the  meetings  for  the  crew's  welfare.  check  in  payment  of  the  bene­ Hayes,  an  expert  at  dairy  hus­ chief  cook.  any  of  you  guys  ever  ship  with  biandry  from  Texas.  Two  other  fits  on  my  son, .Ciaude  A.  Ray.  Thanks  Union For  If  I  believe  that  the chief  cook  has  passengers.  Doc  Joe  Mims  and  I  would  like  to  make  a  sugges­ him  you  can  be  sure  of  having  a  more  responsibility  than  any  Charles  Kirkham,  also  from  Texas,  tion if  I may.  Would  it be  possible  Blood Donor Aid  good  skipper  and a  good  shipmate.  others  in  the  galley  but  still  the  are  along  to  care  for the cattle.  We  would  also  like  to  give, our  for  the  Union  to  require  every  To  the  Editor:  chfef  cook  gets less  pay.  I  do  be­ merchant seaman  to have  an X­ray  A  short  while  ago  it  was  essen­ thanks  to  the  chief  engineer.  Coy  The  cattle  belong  to  King  Ibn  lieve  that  the  rest  of  the  chief  tial  that  I  undergo serious surgery  L.  Kinsal  who  was  also  a  good  made  each  year?  cooks feel  the same  way about  this  Baud  and  we  hope he  doesn't mind  I  visited  my  son  in  the  hospital  at  the  Staten  Island  USPHS  Hos­ shipmate.  The  boys  in  the  black  having fresh  milk  every  day,  fresh  a.s  I  do.  in  New  Orleans.  They  have  two  pital.  Because of  the nature of  this  gang  really  enjoyed  sailing  with  I  do  hope  the  committee  will  from  the  cow.  wards  for  tuberculosis  patients.  operation,  it  was  necessary  for me  this  man.  " Like,  the  old  man, Jhe  The  only  objection  to  the  cargo  So  take  this  under  consideration. •   many  of  them  don't find  they  to  obtain  six  pints  of  blood  trans­ was  always  ready  to  lend  you  a  N.  Nomicos  is  noticed  when  the  ship  gets  a  have  the  disease  until  it  is  so  f9r  fusions.  hand  and  give  you  good  advice.  tail wind.  Then the barnyard smell  Within  24  hours  the  Union  had  We  would  sail  with  these  two  any  4.  t  advanced  that  there  Isn't  much  penetrates  the  living  quarters  and  hope  supplied shven  volunteer donors  to  time.  .  W  for  them.  gives  some  of  the  gang  a  smell  of  If  it  was  discovered  in  time,  the  fill  my  needs.  While  we're  handing  out  bou­ Seaman^s Mom  |i:l  "  home.  I  would  like  to  thank  the  Union  quets  we  would  also  like  to  thank  patient would  have a  better chance  Praises Union  In  addition  to  the  livestock  we  it  would  safeguard  other  peo­ and  the  seven  volunteers for  mak­ the  steward,  A.  G.  Espeneda,  and  To  the  Editor:  have  200  tons  of  high  explosives  and  ple who come  in contact with  them.  ing it  possible for me  to undergo  a  the  galley  force  for  the fine  chow  Gentlemen,  it  seems  that  your  in the  No. 1 and No. 3 hatches.  Our  successful  operation.  I  wish  also  served  on  this  trip.  All  around,  splendid  cooperation  and  treat­ only  casualty  thus  far, is  one  love­ I  feel  very  strongly  about  this.  I  to extend my thanks to the medical  they  made  the  voyage  a  pleasant  hope  I  am  not  presumptuous  in  ment  of  member  seamen  is  hold­ sick fireman  who  didn't  get  any  VTiting  you  and  making  this  sug­ staff  aiid  the  hospital  personnel  at  one.  our  son  sea  bound  ever  since  he  mail  yet  from  his  love  light.  Staten  Island  for  the  fine  care  I  P.  J.  MGCanm  was  17.  I suppose  the  salty  breeze  Edward  Kennedy  gestion.  received  while  confined  there.  Ship's  Delegate  Alice  Reed  is  under  his  skin.  He  has  many,  Ship's  delegate  Because  of  the  combined  efforts  4  4  4  many times assured me that he was  .444  of  so many  fine  people  I  am  com­ 4  4  4  with  the  best  Union  in  all  the  US  convalescence.  Yokohama Cafe  Steward^s Task  pleting  a  successful John  or  the  world,  and  at  last  I'm  be­ Finds Marriage^  Keenan  Will Carry LOG  ginning  to  agree.  Rates More Pay  4  4  4  To  the  Editor:  Since  our  son,  H.  C.  McCurdy,  Sea Mix Fine  To the  Editor:  Since the  seaman's c}ub  in Yoko­ must  sail  the  seas  according  to  To the  Editor:  This  is the first  time  that  I  have  They Say John^s  hama  has  closed  many  SIU  men  his  own  decision  and  choice,  I  am  I  have  been  going  to  sea  since  written to  LOG  but  I think  it's  here  have  been  missing  their  greatful  to  God  and  to  the  kind­'  1944  and  got  married  to  a  Mobile  about  time the  to  drop  you  a  line  and  An Oklahoma Boy  LOGs.  Frankly,  I  don't  blame  hearted  men  of  the  SIU.  girl  oh  February  23  of  last  year.  1  opinion  about a few  things.  To the  Editor:  them,, for,  although  I  am  an  NMU  We  read  the  LOG  with  interest  also  have  a  stepdaughter.  I  think  air I my  have  been  sailing  as  chief  We  have  a  couple  of  oldtimers  man,  I  think  it  is  the  best  sailor's  and  see  many  encouraging  items  there's  nothing  better  than  going  steward for 14 years and  have been,  on  the  Transatlantic  who  are  well  I>aper  on  the  newsstand.  in  the  seaman's  behalf.  •   back  and forth to  sea  especially on  sailing  as  steward  on  SIU  for  the  known to members of  the SIU.  One  Several  guys  have  asked  me  to  My  husband  is not  well, and  this  short trips where  I can  be at  home  last  10  years.  I  like  the  way  the  of  them  is  none  other  than  John  distribute  it  from  my  bar,  the  son  has  been  a  great  amount  of  wth my  family once  in  a  while.  SIU has been getting  wage increase  Fischer..  John  has  been  shipping  Port­Hole  in  Yokohama,  and  I'd  help  to  me  which  I've  needed.  He  after increase  for the members and  out  of  Baltimore  for  the  past  sev­ love  to do Jt.  has helped me  much more  than  my  better  working  conditions  for  us.  eral  years  and  claims  to  hail  from  Although  I'm NMU  and my man­ other  four  sons  and  daughter  to­ But I know  for a  fact that  one man  the  great  state  of  I»uisiana.  ager,  Tex  Wiley,  is  SUP,  I  assure  gether.  You  can  depend  on  my  the  SIU  must have  forgotten  about  The  only  trouble  is  that  no  one  you  that  the  LOG  wiB  be  handled  word  that  he  will  never  let  you  is  the  chief  steward.  Since  1948  on  this  ship  can  ever recall  seeing  every  bit  as  tenderly  as  the  Pilot  down,  nor any  one  else.  I am  glad  everyonr« has  gotten wage  increases  a  Frenchman  from  Louisiana  that  or  the  West  Coast  Sailor.  that  there  is  such  a fine  union  as  much  higher  than  the  steward.  wore  big  cowboy  boots,  a  ten­gal­ Max  Byers,  your  former  W^­ the  SIU.  There's  no  let­downers  The  steward  is  the  only  man  in  lon hat,  and keeps  a  special  groom  mington  Agent,  who  has  been  on  in  the  SIU.  They  strive  and  suc­ the  unlicensed  personnel  that  is  for  his  horse.  Yep,  John  might  the  Yokohama  beach  long  enough  ceed  in  pushing  worthy  members  the  head  of  a  department  and  he  tell  you  boys  around  Baltimore  to  qualify  as  candidate  for  em­ ever  upwards.  More  power  to  you.  should  be  paid  accordingly  to  the  that  he's­from  Louisiana  but  we  peror  in  the  next  Japanese  elec­ Mrs.  A.  E.  McCurdy  capacity.  The  steward  has  to  take  all  can  detect  that  drawl.  What  tion,  will  see  to  it.  inventory,  order  stores,  check  and  part  of  Oklahoma  are  iyou  from  Dick  Tullis  type  overtime,  take  care  of  the  anyway,  John?  (Ed.  note:  A  package  of  LOGs  ISMU's Boost For  *­ passengers  and  make  sure  fhere  is  Monroe  C.  Goddy  will  go  out  to  the  Port­Hole  regu­ Kings Point Fishy  plenty  of  stores  for  the  trip  and  Ship's  delegate  larly  from now  ori.l  To  the  Editor:  many  other things  that  a  man  does  4  4  4  4  4  4,  It's  pretty  easy  to  see  through  not  learn  overnight.  that  scheme  between  Joe  Curran,  Steward  Gets  Blame  Army Man Asks  Retii*ed Seafarer  US  Lines  and  their  support  for  If  something  goejs  wrong,  the  giving  lots  of  taxpayers'  dough  to  captain,  company  and  the  crew  About Getting Out  Seeks Pay Due  to  the  Editor:  the  brass  and  braid  boys  at  Kings  blames  the steward  for everything.  Tp the  Editor:  Point.  In  the  end  of  the  trip, on  payoff  Just a few lines to  let  you  know  I  was  aboard  the  Bluestar  from  Curran  and  the  NMU  have  been  day  the  Union  patrolman  jumps  that  I  got  the  LOG  and  thanks  a  February  1951 to  January  1952,  knuckling  down  to  pressure  from  Seafarer  Louis  J.  Caytpn  the  poor  stewards  when  the  crew  lot.  Do  you  know  during  which  time  we  got  a  raise  the  shipowners  and  the  'Govern­ shown  with  stepdaughter  DP  has  a  beef  about  something.  It  ^ny  information  *in  pay  and  Saturdays'  at  sea.  I  ment  on  plenty  of  occasions,  and  •  anne at  home in  Mobile,  Ala.  concerning  sea­ didn't  jcollect  any  of  the  pay'as  looks  like  the' steward  should  be  a  this  latest  deal  probably  isn't  the  men  getting  out  of  yet  and  I  have  vacation,  pay  father  to  the  whole  crew  and  the  Last  either.  I remember  during  the  I'm  easy­going,  like  all  the  crew  ship.  of  the  Army?  I  coming  alsQ.  How  dp  I  go  about  war  when  they  were  trying  to  put  on  this  ship,  the  Monarch  of  the  Here  is  just  a  few  things  that  would  like  to  be  collecting  the  money?  over  a  shipping  board  set­up  on  Seas,^and  they  all  seem  to  like  me  happen  every  day to  a  steward.  A  back  to sea  again  I  retired  my  book  and  am  away  seamen  and  Joe  and  his  "union  okay.  We are all a  jolly bUnch.  The  man  wants the steward  to send  his  and  I  have  an  from  the  waterfront,  so  you  know  pals  were  the first  to  fall  for  the  steward  and  I  are  great  pals,  but  laundr,;'  ashore  'for,  him .  and  pay  AB  blue  ticket  what boat  I am in.  I wrote the  cpm­ I'm  just  cook,  and  "handy  man"  for the laundry­ lyhen it c^es back  idea  and  love  it.  with ,  three •  mor^  pany  for  the  back  pay.  Please  ad­ They  must  be  going  off  half­ around  the deck.  How  can they  do  because  he  Is  gdbig  ashore  to  see  Mears  montoS .to  go  on  vise me  what to  do.  cocked  now,  to  .plump  for  more  without  me?  ^  R.  R,  Wheelington  .  it.  I  get  out/of  •  ,  his  wife.  Or  a  man  is  sicK; fjrom  money  for  the  military  boys  who  My life at  sea is to make an hon­ a  bad  night  ashore,' the  word , ia,  the  Army  in  Aiarch,  1953,  ;  ­(Ed. note:  The vacation  office at  strut  around  out  on  Long  Island  est  living  for  my  wife  and  step­ "See  the  steward.  .He  will  give  CpU Fqrlton J,  Mean  headqiMrtCrs  mill  attend  to  your  daughter left  behind at  home  wait­ yoii  a  dihik  to  help  you  out.'.'  But  (Ed.  ,note:  For  the  time  being,  vacation  pay 'when  you  send  in  «s <if toey  were  seamen.  It's a pretty  poor sea­g;bing union  ing for me  to return.  if  you  don't  give  the  man  a  drink  the  Army  is  not  processing  qnj/  your  .discharges.  ­ The  company  that'll  fall; for  an  Idea  like  Kings  sfumld serid you the  other money.).,  mpre discharges  of  seamen.}  Louig  J.  Cayton  I  you  are  marked  lousy..  ; ­ ,S'; V  m.  Point  and  its  military­stuff  and  nonsense.  "Eut  I  guess  Curran  kii'ows  on  which  side  his  bread  is  buttered  so  he  just  rides  along  with  the  operators  and  backs  it.  Anybody  who  is  sailing  for  a  living  can  tell  you  we  could  use  a  whale  of  a  lot  of  dough  for  new  ships  better  than  we  can  use  a  bunch  of  gold­braid  characters.  Maybe  Curran figures  they'll  make him  an admiral or  something  when  it's  all  over  so  it  pays  him  to go  for the  idea.  Ralph  B.  Decker  t  •>  • '­"  '* ­ •  .   ijipi  �Friday, Jane  IS, 195t  SBAFARERS  LOG  Pace  Twenfy­tiire*  LETTERS  •   SEA  FAR  E  R  S  CASH  BENEFITS  Traffic Director  Suggests Bosun  Put In Six Years  To  the  Editor:  Now  that  a  bdfeun  aboard  ship  earns  much  more .wages  than  an  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  AB, it  appears that  everyone who is  in  Group  I  wants  a  bosun's  job  when he  ships.  Vacation  Plan,  May  26—June  .  6  $85,741.24  Welfare  Plan.  May  18—May  31  We  have  a  ruling  in  the  Union  .  that  any  AB  who  produces  three  year's  discharges can  have a  bosun  Wincas  Krisuinas  11099  98.78  endorsement  stamped  in his  Union  Fred  Durham  JllOO  94.50  book.  I  strongly  Leroy  Larson  ......... 11101  77.39  believe,  and  will  George  Neyrey  11102  90.22  approve  .that  any  .4rUe  AUen  11103  80.50.  man  should  have  David  Lynch  ........... 11104  106.94  at  least five  or  Louis  Susiovitz  11105  114.33  six  years  on  deck  Terrin  Young,  Jr  11106  115.89  REPORT  NO.  9  Eiraer  Bennett  11107  57.17  before  he  can  By  Lloyd  Gardner.  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  Percy  Thompson  ....... 11108  136 11  sail  bosun.  With  Period  Covered  by  This  Report—May  26­June  6  Frank  Martin  11109  89.06  this  kind  of  ex­ 11110  65.33  p e r i e n c e  we  Cash  on  Hand  $219,338.61  Roger  Witham •   James  Oliver  11111  97.22  should  have  no  Estimated  Accounts  Receivable  ' 210,000.00  Douglas  Patterson  Blanchard  11112  115 56  difficulty  in  lay­ Morgan  Harris  11113  86.33  Vacation  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  71,131.24  Street  traffic  runs  light  in  ing  out  work  and  running  a  gang:  Donald  Ikerd  11114  75.83  Vacation  Benefits  Paid  Since  February  11,  1952  866,942.72  William  Lorenco  Marques,  Mozam­ Thompson  .... 11113  92.17  As  it  is  now,  you  hear  a  lot  of  bique,  judging  from  the  re­ 11116  44.72  guys holler,  "Gee  what a bosun  we  Our  Vacation  Plan  reached  its  first  birthday  on  June. 1,  and  as  you  Frank  Gonzales  Jack  Hayes  .......... 11117  58.33  had.  The  deck  gang  had  to  carry  laxed  egression of  this native  can  see  from  the  list  of  benefits,  quite  a  few  of  the  brothers  have  Golden  Gillispie,  Jr.  ... 11118  95.28  him.  Sure  he's' a  good  guy,  but  he  cop.  138.06  collected  the  $140  maximum  for  a  full  year's  sea  time.  Up  until  now,  MarshaU  McDonald  .... 11119  doesn't know  anything."  11120  131.83  because  of  the  fact  that  the  sea  time  first  began  to  count  toward  the  Joe  Selby  So  I  ask  the  opinion  of  you  fel­ Walter  Mueller  11121  103.83  benefits  on  June  1,  1951,  Seafarers  hadn't  been  able  to  collect  for  Floyd  BaUey  11122  87.50  lows  around  the  beach  and  ships.  Richard  McCarthy  ....„ 11123  96.83  a  full  year.  Let's  have  some  write­ins  and  ex­ John  Ryder  11124  50.17  press your  thoughts on  this matter.  But  from  now  on  in,  it  means a  lot  of  Seafarers  will  be  getting  the  Lembit  Saar  i.... 11125  100.72  L.  "Frenchy"  Blanchard  To­ the  Editor:  top  benefit  or  close  to  it,  depending  upon  how  much  time  they  spent  Louis  Farkas  11126  88.28 ­ °  I  think  it  would  be  a  good  idea  James  Flynn  11127  57.94  at  sea  in  the  12  month  period  before,  that.  And  of  course,  we're  if  the  Sea fchest  in  the  SIU  head­ Jens  Jensen  11128  68.06  Eugene  Blanchard  11129  36.56  quarters  would  carry  picture  post­ getting  quite  a  few  men  in  for  the  second  round.  11130  84.78  cards  showing  various  scenes  in  •   As  the  figures  show,  we've  paid  out  over  $860,000  so  far  since  we  Lee  Yee  Kow  Wallis  11131  59.89  the new hall.  I have lots of  friends  started  in February,,  or  better  than  $200,000  a  month.  It  all  adds  up  James  To  the  Editor:  Christos  Matarangas  ... 11132  104.22  •   As  I  sit  here  reading  the  new  who  are  seamen  who  have  never  to  a  stack  of  money  and  as  far as  we  can  see,  everybody  is  very  much  Pedro  Peres  11133  35.78  Arglrios  Sfikos  11134  93.33  LOG  that  was  sent  to  the  ship's  seen  this  place  and  all  its  beauti­ satisfied  with  the  way  the  Plan  is  working  out.  John  McHale  11135  91.60  delegate  on  the  Citrus  Backer  "l  ful  features  and  I  for  one  would  Cyril  Gleeson  11061  57.17  Leonard  Wright  Check  11136  107.33  have  been  reading  some  of  the  like  to  be  able  to  buy  postcards  Name  No.  Amount  Charlie  Neuklrcbener  ..  11062  119.78  Ernest  Cox  11137  35.78  like these so  that I  could send them  876.22  Oliver  Oakley  11009  letters  about  shipboard  activities.  Juan  Valladares  11063  71.94  Antonlos  Yiannacoureas  11138  67.67  136.11  Ernest  Andersen  Barney  Speegel  11010  I see  quite  a  few  good  points  that  copies.  11064  56.00  Nathaniel  Einsbruch  ... 11139  .  70.39  134.5^  Norman  Tukey.  Jr  11065  129.11  Miguel  Carmona  ..... r 11140  were  brought  out.  It  does  your  In  this  way  we  could show  a  lot  36.56  .11012  62.61  heart  good  to  of  people what we are talking about  Stanley  Jandora  Stephen  McKinney  ...., 11141  38.11  123.57  Armesto  11013  John  Dupesko  11142  79.33  know  that  we  when  we  tell  them  that  we  have  Ricardo  92.17  11014  James  Porter  George  TimnlcURe  11143  .  49.78  Aramin  Sevier,  have  one  of  the  the  most  comfortable  and  beauti­ John  Wilson  103.06  11015  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  ... 11144  4.500.00  AB:  The  SIU  has  best  unions  in  ful  headquarters  of  any  union.  103.44  Rafael  Maldonado  .... 11016  Frank  Nering  .......... II145  $55.61  David W.  McMollen  WlUlam  Tryon  the  world  to back  80.89  always  been  the  11017  Charles  Conahan  11146  45.89  us  up  on  our  11018  40.06  Union  to  set  the  Ronald  Wisham  Joseph  Cabral  11147  11.1.56  11019  64.17  pace  on  benefits.  beefs.  William  Bruhse  Hendrik  Svrartjes  11148  138.44  Stephen  Alesheskl  11020  53.67 4­lt  looks  to  me  I  notice  there  Gerasymos  Kokolls  ..... 11149  51.72  95.28  11021  Rafael  Santos  like  this  vacation  are  quite  a  few  Paul  WeUs  11150  43.94  Braullo  Ollveras  11022  133.72  pay  is  another  letters  on fouling  aUchael  Hynes  II151  87.50  Whitehead  .... 11023  103.44  first prize  for our  Joseph  Gleason  11152  57.17  up  on  board  ship  Seafarers  who  applied  for  Chester  Haga  John  Spatz  11024  103.83  Friedof  Fondila  11153­  102.67  Union.  and  in  foreign  new  membership  books  in  Cosme  Nones  11025  56.78  Donate  Glangiordano  ... 11154  73.11  countries.  We  are  on  this  Euro­ 11026  115.11  New  York  but  are  now  sailing  Graclano  Fraustlo  Joseph  Rioux  11155  138.44  pean mail  run and  you see it  often.  42.78  Harvey  Holstad  11027  11156  110.44  89.06  Duane  Fisher  The fellows  should  be  men  enough  from  outports  don't  have  to  WUllam  AUmon  119.00  James  O'Rourke  .......  11066  11028  11157  137.67  11067  88.28  Eugene  Lucero  come  to  this  city  to  get  their  John  Hughes  ...'  11029  109.67  Andres  Mine  to stay  straight,  but  if  they  do not  11158  127.56  39.28  Gerardo  Medina  109.28  Genaro  Bonefont  ....... 11068  Paul  Carter  /t.,. 11030  I think  they should  pay for it.  new books.  69.61  11069  50.56  Charles  McPherson  .... 11159  Stephen  Reltter  Ralph  Williamson  ...... 11031  70.78  11160  68.44  About the  Baltimore building  as­ 11070  45.89  Edward  Morris  Horace  Hunt  If  the  men  involved  will  Delio  Bazo  11032  69.22  11161  94.11  52.11  Stanley  Hutchinson  11071  sessment,  I  for  one  think  it  is  a  write  to  headquarters  and  tell  Clyde  Woods  11033  117.44  C.  L.  Massey  11162  47.44  Henry  RUey  11073  50.56  Thomas  Evans  good  investment.  We  need  new  the Union  which port they  are  Randolph  Fritter  11163  115.50  Charles  BrJwn  ..'  11073  52.11  halls  in  quite a  few of  the  ports.  I  sailing  out  of,  the  Union  will  James  AUen  11074  60.67  visited  the  new  hall  in  New  Yotk  James  W.  Par­ forward  the  book  In  care  of  Robert  HaU  11075  51.72  for  the first  time ^^ln  May.  I  think  the  port  agent.  ker,  AB:  One  of  {Theodore  Lawrence  .... 11076  63.00  Edward  Nooney,  we  have  something  to  be  proud, of  Under  no  circumstances  the favorite  ques­ Eiverett  McChesney  84.39  AB:  In  the  last  11077  there.  You  cannot find  a  better  however,  will  the  books  be  tions  you  hear  11078  42.00  few  years  the  Dock  Reid  place  to  go  to  ship,  eat,  drink  or  sent  through  the  mails  to  any  these  days  is  Arcangelo  Capua  36.94  11079  Union  has  really  Sloan  Orr  11080  ­  80.50  have  some relaxation.  "Have  you  col­ private  a^esses.  been  coming  up  Farris  Jones  11081  79.72  Garland  H.  Haga  lected  your  vaca­ with  some  big  Robert  Eisengraeber  ..., 11082  124.44  tion  pay  yet?"  for  the  Jose  Cortes  118.22  gains  11083  Well  I  just  got  Warren  Thorpe  ....... 11084  72.72  members  and  the  mine.now  and  it  Paul  Kent  11085  36.17  vacation  benefits  feels  swell.  John  Davles  11086  126.78  just  about  top  Frederick  Engel,  Jr.  ... 11087  35.78  the  list  as  I  see  Ralph' Smith  11088  92.56  it.  H.  Leonard  Shaw  11034  42.00  TOTAL  VACATION  Postcard Photos.  Would Boost Hall  Baehs New 0all«,  Fouh­Up Curbs  Get New Books  Through Agents  Whooping it ilp in Bermuda  :  Residelnts  of  the  island  celebrate  the anniversary  of  its discovery  with traditional  songs and  ddnces.  Photo submitted by  Sir Charles­ of  the Seatrain  New  Jersey^  '  Juan  Contreras  11035  51.33  Auguste  Vlox  11036  45.50  Pablo. Rodriguez  11037  39.28  Rudolph  Earner  11038  131.44  Yrjo  Juvonen  11039  42.39  116.67  William  Sloberman  ....  11040  11041  WlUlam  Kane'  84.78 •   11042  43.56  Grover  Turner  Dagpberto  Rlquelme  ... 11043  99.94  Francis  Albore  .....a..­ li044  121.72  NeU  Patterson  11045  108.50  Walter  Ralm  11046  117.83  Edgar  Barton  11047  84.39  11048  James  Moore  63.78  11049  Listen  Lanier  110.06  WUson  White  ....,  11050  119.78  James  GUsson  ...a.....  11051  88.67  David  Sykes  11052  71.94  John  Hunter  11053  120.94  91.39  Harold  Mlddleton  a­a...  11054  J.  F.  KeUey  ........a.. 11055  36.17  Warrep  Houston  ...aa.,.  11056  .136.50  .108.89  3oee  Ortlguerra  ...a...a  11057,  Wladyslaw  Hlnc  ...a... 11058  ^  49.00  45.11  dabert'  Dobbins  ,a.a,aaa.  11059^  WlUlam  Bause  ..a.....' HOW  73.50  0*1'toi  t 16  1.1 nv, :•   11089  Ramose  Elliott  ......... 11090  Ernest  Smith  11091  Frank  WoUnskl  ........ 11092  George  ZecheneUy  11093  Gordon  Decker,  messman:  It  cer­ tainly  is an  inter­ esting  system  the  Union  has' work­ ed  out  here,  but  even  more  inter­ esting  is the  cash  you  collect  when  ycv!  present  the  discharges.  Benson­Blackmon  C..i  11094  Adam  ' McDiarmid  ...  11095  MUton .Zeohenelly  11096  ,  11097  Isadora  Morgani  11098  61.44  56.00.  35.78  Frank  Meacher  .  11164  37.33  Thomas  Galvin  .  11165  52.50  Laurentlous  KotseUs  .. .  11166  Howard  Bickford  .  11167  Floyd  Shaw  .  11168  Sylvester  Walsh  .  11169  .  11170  Richard  Harford  Victor  Segoba  .  11171  George  Rautenfelds  ... .  11172  Victor  Bellens  .  11173  Robert  Ferryman  .  11174  Joseph  AUard  . 11175  CUfton  Jackson  ....... .  11176  Joseph  Kurosz  .  11177  Robert  DiUon  .  11178  Eric  Dahl  .  11179  Frank  Pascucci  .  11180  Paul  Foy  .  11181  Jean  VidaUs  .  11182  .  11183  68.44  Charles  Hawley  . 11184  ,  41.61  Chwan  1.  Lee  *103.44  Juan  Hernandez  ....... .  11185  101.50  Thomas  Conway  ...... . 11186  83.06  121.33  60.28  137.67  116.67  66.89  42.78  91.78  93.33  44.72  63:78  42.00  101.50  122.50  48.28  38.11  114.33  95.28  106.94  123.67  63.39  61.06  108.50  49:78  >  ii  '• '• 4  {  ­  • •||   J  1  —  Btg  • ­viiJ  ­"^1  �Far*  TwcBty­Yanr  ­Fridar, Joae i.lJ, IMl  • • i­«  SMA F A It git 5  X P C  ^  OB  S  E  A  F :A<R'^E'R  S  TOTAL  ass,741^4  CASH  Vacation  Plan  May  26—June 6  Welfare  Plan  May  18—May  31  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  • i­' •  ­'<tu  JS*­ '  I  ­11516  47.44  Joseph  Day  11640  60.67  11517  110.83  Pasquale  A.  Carbbne  11641  119.39  11518  138  Jl3  Adrlam  Roberts  ....  11642  52.11  11519  110.06  Van  Whitney  .  ....  11643  41.61  11520  94.11  Emeterio  Barraca  ..  11644  143.11  11521  118.01  Chang  Cltaun  11645  83.61  ....  11522 .  36.94  King  Shing  11646  104.61  11523  52.11  Jorge  Rodrlquez  ...  11647  124.83  38.89  Joseph  Gill  11524  11648  85.17  67.28  Antonio  Lbuzerio  ..  11925  11649  83J>2  11526  113.17  Sam  Telech  11650  81.28  11527  11651  114..T3  116.67  Peter  Heuber  11528  134.17  • Alexander Jones  ...  11652  127.17  134.94  Joseph  Mlnoglio  ...  11529  11653  104.61  11530  134.94  John  Hanson  11654  73.89  11531  120.56  Bobby  Ethridge  ....  11655  01.39  11532  126.00  Robert  Hogan  11656  110 08  11533  69.22  Alexander  Wheaton  11657  109.38  11534  112.78  John  Fonenot  11658  42.39  11535  82.00  Fred  Fowler  11659  59.11  11536  86.72  Calouet  Savan  11660  71.94  11537  135.33  Clarence  Reynold*  .  11661  46.28  11538  134.17  John  Sikes  11662  89 06  11530  124.44  James  Nelson  11863«  100.73,  11540  Ernest  Patton  .....  134.94  11664  52.11  11541  116.28  Edward  Fields  .....  106.04  11865  11543  85.17  Clarence  Mazoue  ..  11666  85.78  11543  $37.72  Clarence  Cooper  ...  11667  40.44  122.89  Henry  Donnelly  ....  11544  11608  40.44  11545  52.11  Jack  Woods  11869  81.28  58.72  Joseph  Soliniskt  ...  11670  MkM  49.78  Stewart  Healy  11547  11671  99.17  47.06  11548  49.00  Alvin  Ballard  11672  80.50  11549  134.94  Robert  Olds  11873  61.83  11550  134.94  Frank  Bachat .... •* *  112.7$    *  •0  •   11674    134.94  AntoniO  Santiago  137.28  11551  11675  134.94  John  Zimmer  ...  11552  11676  110.06  11553  134.94  Quentln  Vaughn  11677  53.28  Telesforo  Vazquez  11554  11678  38.11  113.17  11555  11679  94.11  49.78  Paul  Synott  ....  11556  40.44  11557  99.17  11558  134.94  11559  42.78  Walter  Keenan,  11360  38.50  night  cook  &  ba­ 11561  56.39  11362  134.94  ker:  The  thing  11563  118.22  that  I  like, about  11564  91.00  11565  133.30  it  is  the  way  it  11566  126.39  works  so  fast.  11367  136.11  11568  54.83  The  office  sure  11569  131.44  has  a  good  sys­ 11570  91.00  11571  42.39  tem,  nothing  11573  133.00  complicated  11573  35.78  11574  93.33  about  getting  the  11575  80.89  dough.  11576  141.17  11577  57.94  11578  107.72  11379  90.61  WiUiam  Evitt  ........ .  70.39  11880  11580  47.44  • Alex Francisco  114.72­ .  11681  11581  50.94  Johnny  BoUday  ...... .  134.04­ 11682  49.78  11582  134.94  .11683  Rose  i. .  11583  ­ 96.83  WiUiam*  134.94  .  11684  Leo  Morsette  11584  80  134.94  11685  Stockman  .... .  11585  130.28  Watson  127.94  .  11686  Perez­ ........  11586  132.61  Carlos  62.61  .  11687  Aguilas  11587  122.11  Paul  42.39  .  11688  Charles. JPhelps  11389  44.72  John  57.17  .  11689  11590  Void  Edgar Banks  56.39  .  ­ 11660'  McVlcker  .....  11591  72.72  Murray  GUllkin  43.94  .  11691  11592  82.83  Lester  Watts  79.33  .  11602  11593  130.28  Winford  Whltehurgt  . .  88.28  11603  11594  40.83  Elmer  Jefferson  86.33  .  11694  90 44  • 10;!.00  ., 11695  Norman  Ward  41.22  78.04  .11696  Rafael  Ramos  72.72  47.44  .  11607  Alfred  Abote  ........  117.03  42.39  11698  Rogue  Ramos  ........ .  42.78  Antonio  Aeosta:  43.58  .  11699  Joseph  Carass  71.94  Anybody  who  47.44  .  11700  Esko  Salomaa  • 79.44  comes  up  here to  35.39  .  11701  Emery  CroweU  .......  141.17  35.78  .  11702  James  Smith  131.06  collect cai. see  43.94  11703  Walter  Brown  ....... .  53.67  for  himself  that  68.44  .11704  Louis  Tuckfield  139.61  57.56  .  11705  Alfred  Meier  95.28  the  Union  has  35.39  .  11706  Gibson  Coker  35.00  won  us  a  good  108.50  ,  11707  Henry  Sedgeway  ^...  116.28  .  11708  103.44  Edward  Burns  .......  102.28  thing that  puts  11709  Hugh  HaUman  ....... .  124.44  66.50  128.72  11710  Paul  Burroughs ^.... .  80.11  money  in  our  82.83  .  11711  Charles  Long  ..  A ...:  89.06  pockets  when  we  78.17  .  11712  Clifford  Wuertz  ......  58.72  can  use  some­ 140.39  11713  WiUiam  Morse  ....... .  86.72  88.28  .  11714  Marion  Green  54.44  thing extra.  38.50  .  11715  Venson  Johnson  93.33  88.67  .  11718  Horace  Sikes  41.61  82.06  .  11717  John  Holley  94.50  44.72  .  11718  John  Young  111.22  42.00  Theodore  Blades  .  11595  41.22  .  11719  47.83  Harry  Neese  87.89  Erich  Sommer  ....  11596  77.00  .  11720  116.67\  John  MoweU  11597  36.94  Dimitrlos  Dafnas  ..  .  11721  126.78  61.83  Angel  CarrasquiUo  11598  ­  88.28  Eddie  Gonzales  .  11722  108.11  Donald  White  60.22  11599  47.83  Raymond  Reddick  .  143.11  11723  80.72  Fideleon  Damian  :.... .  84.50  George.  Grlswald  ..  11600  97.23  11724  56.78  WUUam  Passmor*  ... .  11601  105.39  WiUiam'Jenkins.  ...  117.44  .  117M  Kenneth  Sterner  ....  101.89  11602  37.33  Cameron  Wooten  .  98.00  11726  120.17  Edward  MitcheU  .;... .  11603  134.94  WilUam  Kemmerer  87.11  .  11727  lifm  Isaac  Hancock  11604  75.03  Floyd  Alford  .....  .  11728  123.28  Joseph  Samborskl  ....  68.89  • 11605  66.89  Halim.  Hambouz  ,  61.83  .  11729  11606  49.00  John  Hack  62.22  Robert  Bowley  ...  .  11730  1.33.00'  52.89  Joseph  Micheal  36.94  Anthony  Budvldas ;......  .  11731  121.33  117.44­ Tsu  Hau  Nam  62.22  Edward  Spooner  .....  .  11732  117.83  141.17  Enrico  TireUi  ......... b  11609  87.72  CUfford  Brissett  ­134.94  .  11733  108.50  Herbert  Collins  ........ ­11610  40.83  Albert  Kaanff  ,  35.39  11734  40.06  • Allan  Svensson  ...... .  11611  Guldo  Merola  45.09  11735  42.30  Clarence .Wright  ..... .  Edmund  SmeryczansU,..  11612  87.50  .  11730  49.39  Mont  McNabb  Robert  Lake  ­i,  11613  96.06  .  11737  Simon  CzeSloioski .....;..  11614  ' 106.17  PhUip  McBride  65.33  .  11738  James  Garland  ......  38.11  Chrlstopherff­Bobbe  .....  11615  181.00  .  11739  Richard  SchUltz  '.....  66.89  George  Lambert  ..../.  11616  11740  42..39  106.56  Theodore  Aleck  ...... .  11617  Spero  Demoleas.  59.11  .  i  11741  Deeds  Fritzbert  Stephen  ...... ­11618  ­ 128.00  Jay  .  11742  .47.44  Harry  X.edbetter  100.72  Josef  Ferenc  .;,...i.i.  11619  11743  63.78  Charles; J.  Mebl  ....  ..  11620  $117.06  James  Hibbitts  ....... .  .  11744  50.17  89.06  John  Wehman  Charles  Z.  Dichlar*  ....  11621  .  11745  Thomas  DlCarlo  60.67  Jack  E.  Walker  ........  11622  .  36.17  .  11748  Loton  Brooks  49.39  11623  141.94  Jgmes  J.  Casey  87.11  11747  85.04  Dlmitrioa  KatsUcas  ... .  11624  Gus  L.  Taylor  .  11748  120.56  11625  113.04  Isadora  Schecter  ....  Hubert  R.  Bower  Erling  Hansen  .  11749  43.17  30.28  Adam  A.  Kosinski  ......  11626  11750  125.61  To Cash  Vac.  Checks  ...  11627  4,000.00  Demetrlos  Hadjicosta*  .  .  11751  118.61  40.83  Cysbertus  Dys  Michael  A.  Filosa  ......  11628  Herman  PUler  .  11752  41.23  66.89  Stanislaus L.  Molenda  ..  11629  Charlambo  Joannou  ..  .  11753  143.50  116.67  11630  Howard  D.  StibOias  ....  11754  44.3.3  114:33  James  Slmms  ........ .  )1631  Ong  Song  Ching  11755  $43.94  11632  70.39  Laron  jGarabedlan  ... .  Karl  G.  Hagstrom  Francesco  Esposlto  ..  .  11750  38.11  63.78  11633  101.11  Edward  L.  Cuddy  11757  50.94  37J13  FeUx  Hammona  ...... .  53.67  Richard  J.  McLaughlin...  11634  .  11758  121.33  60.28  Michael  Rossi  62.22  John  F.  McLoughlin  ....  11635  WUUam  Andrew*  ....'  .  11750  37.33  63.78  109.28  Kenneth  P.  Jones  ......  11636  .  11760  94.11  11637  69.22  David  Nlelson  37.72  Charles  Gregson  103.3$  56:00  Fred  Morrl*  .........  11761  46,28  Ole  En^elSon  ..........  11638  11639  52.50  58.33  Earl  WUbu*  .io.'  .. JIUK;  »  tit' it,  11413  50.94  Teddy  Llntz  11289  John  Flaherty  67.67  Manuel  Maldonado  ..... 11414  11290  Ronald  Thompson  11413  Check  57.94  Hans  Hallman  WUliam  McKcnna  11291  11416  ­No.  Amount  Leo  O'DonneU  41.61  WUUam  Spear  11292  Name  11417  50.94  Francis  Connelly  11293  105.78  Juan  Ollvero  11187  loannis  Giannotis  Francisco  Martinci  .... 11418  47.08  11294  49.00  Erancisco  Soils  11188  Morgan  CarroU  120.50  11295  Jarjes  Temple  42.39  James  AUen  11189  39.28  David  Shaffer  11296  43.17  11297  50.94  Joseph  Fecke  11190  Wayne  Rank  35.78  John  Fltzsim­ 11298  Lawrence  Schroeder"  ...  3.000.00  To Cash  Vac.  Checks  ...  H191  54.06  11299  Timothy  Holt  mons,  messman:  46.28  11192  52.50  Gunnar  WeUand  11300  Sidney  Boudreaux  53.28  I'm  a  happy  fel­ 11301  93.33  Joseph  Wooiey  11193  loannis  Pandelios  38.11  low  when  I  have  11302  68.06  Fess  Crawford  Nicolaos  Karageorgis  ..  11194  43.17  Gaspara  Sanzone  ....:..  11303  84.78  11195  something  to  jin­ 36.17  11304  Thomas  Oliver  Kernert  Likes  91.00  gle  in  my  pocket.  11305  39.67  Jimmie  Arnold  11196  Stephen  Wagner  38..50  57.94  Edmund  Slgourncy  ....  ii;;o6  John  Robinson  .........  11197  40.83  Having  just  col­ 11307  Charles  Hyde  49.78  Benedict  Veiner  11198  91.00  lected  11308  Juan  Reyes  vacation  37.94  92.17  Robert  McCluskey  ..... 11309  Thomas  Harmon  .• .....?  11199  pay  on  top  of  a  54.44  11310  Foster  Shedd  .  92.56  11200  Carl  Mansfield  78.94  payoff  makes  me  11311  Percey  Jackson  52.89  Federico  Bucayan  11201  51.33  11312  CecU  MUls  77.39  feel  cheerful.  111.61  Salvatore  Municl  ........  11313  11202  John  Short  45.30  11314  112.78  Ralph  Garrett  11203  Robert  McNeU  110.06  11315  Joseph  Lae  40.06.  Charles  Terry  Victor  Valencia  ......... 11204  11316  77.39  11419  73.06  A.  G.  MUler  11317  124.06  Edward  Poe  11205  George  Manning  11420  11318  82.44  Arthur  Wiessner  Michael  Burke  ;  55.01  11206  CUnton  Murray  11421  Mike  Diaz  110.83  11319  Clarence  Osborne  11422  102.67  Nicholas  Bossanyi  11207  Frederick  Brown  127.94  Edgar  WUUams  11320  11423  50.94  David  Page  11321  87.11  Manuel  Segarra  11208  George  Ash  11424  50.94  Elliott  Shagar  11322  134.06  Evaristo  Pantoja  11209  Angel  Suarez  11429  Frederick  Nelson  35.39  11323  Thomas  Massey  .'  11426  35.39  Harold  Thomas  11210  Leo  Walsh  ...•   124.44  Francis  Sullivan  11324  Charles  Burns  ....'  11427  11325  96.83  11211  George  Davis  i7.B3  Nicholas  Leone  Edward  Jaks  i,  11426"  Void  11326  11212  85.17  Void  Ellecer  Jimlnez  1­1429  Antonio  Loya  '  50.94  George  Dunn  11327  Pedro  Guzman  11430  11213  93.33  Leslie  Green  Jack  Warren  72.33  George  Kasprzyk  11328  11431  113.94  11329  11214  90.61  Gust  Svorkos  Harold  Robinson  Anthony  Meshefsky  ..., 11432  110.44  Arnold  Jalnes  Armstrong  ...... 113:0  Eagen  114.33  11331  .108.50  Harold  Giddings  Earl  Quinn  11434:  46.28  George  Glcnnon  John  Hawley  11332  11435  4.000.00  Gordon  Shoolridge  i.... 11436  To  Cash toe.  Checks  ...  11333  Damion  Merca­ 37.33  Julius  Sirilo  Carmine "Tfufaro  .......  11334  11437  do, FWT: The  va­ Frank  Jankowski  11335  72.33  EmiUo  Sierra  11438  50.94  Luis  Cepeda  ,11336  cation  pay  is  just  Horace  McCurdy  ....  11439  11S37  43.17  James  Hand  Leonard  Cole  11440  another  point  40.39  Bernard  Landos  Chester  Komerowski  ... 11338  11441  48.67  Antonio  Acosta  11339  Paul  Bland  that  makes  it  so  11442  63..39  Ramon  Olivera  11340  Robert  Bridges  11443  good  for  the sea­ 11341  53.28  Quintino  Nobles  Duane  Warrington  11444  62.61  Richard  Robison  Thomas  Constantin  .... 11342  man  these  days.  11445  Winfred  Daniel  11343  140.00  Steve  Simmons  11446  We  got  the  pay,  11344  109.28  Mack  Patterson  AUen  Edenfield  11447  Jesus  Lopez  11345  109.67  NoUie  Towns  the  overtime  and  11448  102.67  Paul  Louloudes  Claude  Pritchett  ....... 11346  11449  now  these  new  95.28  Robert  French  '  Robert  Anderson  ...... 11.347  11450  Paul  Bruun  11348  63.00  Esteban  Oquendo  benefits.  •  11451  James  West  '.  ll::49  39.28  Robert  Goodnick  ....... 11452  11350  James  Bn'son  38.50  J.  B.  Brown  11453  Jose  Amar  11351  88.67  Hehnar  Bjork  11454  Rafael  Rodriguez  ....... 11352  140.78  41.61  .... 11215  Alejandro  ViUareal  Vincent  Stankiewlcz  .... 11455  Oron  Richard  11353  38.11  Roland  Reustle  ..... 11456  80 89  11216  Charles  Kogler  ...  Claud  Denny'  11354  42..'t9  Daniel  Ruggiano  11457  62.61  Curry  Miller  11217  11355  72.33  Ciriaco  Panganiban  .... 11458  Donald  Boyles  ....  11356  47.83  Robert  Greene  120.17  Fred  Shockley  ..... 11218  11459  WUUam  Etty  Degho  Gherardini  11357  71.94  Frank . Bradley  11460  73.11  Emeterio  Sugasariaza  ..  11358  11219  Ray  Jones  84.78  George  Lagoros  11461  38.11  Leonard  Helie  ..... 11220  11359  68.83  Patrick  O'NeUl  Dimas  Rivera  11462  11360  107..33  Fred  Scrrahn  36.17  Dudley  Johnson  11221  11463  Arthur  CoUier  ...  Aubrey  Rankin  11361  42.78  Benjamin  Lowery  ..'....  11464  124.08  11222  WiUiam  Brown  ...  Clyde  Brown  t  11362  96.08  James  Brannon  11469  80.89  Thomas  Flood  11223  11363  55.61  John  Logan  James  Lennon  ....  11466  11364  64.17  John  Graves  94.50  Clinton  Arnold  11224  11467  Konrod  Hoffner  ...  Nathan  Eidridge  11365  57.17  Jack  Styron  :.... 11468  55.22  11225  Joseph  Mosakowski  Joseph  Thomley  11469  101.89  Eladio  Torres  WiUiam  Little  .'.  i.  11470  138.44  11227  WiUiam  Singleton  ...... 11471  Gus  Kounanis  ....  Henry  DeFeo  .......... 11472  60.67  Frank  Connelly,  11228  Victor  Daca  Ervln  Bradley  11473  39.67  engine  dept:  The  11229  Chester  Sksznski  .  Henry  McNabb  11474  111.61  way  I  figure  it,  11230  Sanderson  Charles  ..;.. 11473  Edwardo  DeLaPena  Vincent  MackeUs  t..... 11476  80.89  this  money  is  11231  Richard  Tayler  ...  Leopold  Faulkner  11477  59.89  11232  Arthur  Masblech  ..  Albert  Dohler  just  like  an  exr  11478  127.94  112.33  Antonio  LaPorte  ..  Benjamin  WUson  11479  tra  few  bucks  in  Frederick  Landmeyer  ..  11480  88.28  Antonio  DosSantos  .... 11234  WUiiam  Powell  11481  54.06  yoiir  pay  enveW  11235  Ross  Perkins  Charlie  Johnson  11482  47.44  ope,  only  it  piles  11236  Vernon  Hayse  ,...  Donald  Benson  ........ 11483  John  Keeney  11484  38.89  up  as  you  work  11237  Harold  Riggs  Richard  Casben'  ........ 11485  124.44  so  you  can  get  it  11238  John  Henchey  ....  Herbert  Sandcrlin  ...... 11486  116.28  when you  need it.  ..... 11239  Cloise.  Coats  Lewis  Smith  11487  Edward  Blevins  11488  38.50  Marris  George  ....  Donald  Falconer  ...... 11489  115.11  Bert  Shannon  ....  Maurice  GUlespie  ' 11490  117.44  William  Bames  Francis  Mason  ....  56.39  Richard  Woodward  .... 11491  11366  44.33  Lewis  Wiiliamson  ,..  Eiroy  Henderson  ..  11367  75.06  WiUard  Bankhead  ...... 11492  11244  109.67  Robert  Ciinc  John  Haas  61.44  Raymond  WiUs  ....... 11493  11368  71.17  Geuige  Imniell  Dennis  Pierce  ... ..... 11245  11369  105.78  Walter  Czajkowskl  ....  11494  110.06  Raymond  Reid  WUiiam  Ward  117.00  11370  11495  11247  45.50  Guy  Reagan  Harris  Futch  11371  140.39  WiUiam  KleimoU  ...... 11496  11248  Harold  Marsh  42.78  Warren  Currier  39.67  Ervin  Burns  11497  11372  42.78  Miirtha  Henley  J.  D.  Deen  11498  11373  66.89  Clifford  Umfleet  Herman  Nongezer  .  11250  83.22  Warren  Burnside  ...  ll;!74  103.44  Charles  Bartlett  11499  Lois  Blizzard  11251  136.11  Jerry  MiUer  11375  140.00  Stanley  Barras  11500  1:11.06  Cleveland  Ebanks  ...  Austin  Kitchens  .,  11252  11376  37.72  Samuel  Vincius  '.  11501  Emery  Andrew  ...  11253  135.72  George  Luthi  11377  '  36.56  Joseph  Crowley  .11502  11254  OUver  Martin  ...,  70.78  Charles  Cassard  11378  11503  42.78  Luis  Gonzalez  Juan  Rios  11255  91.39  William  Grimes  ;....  11379  11504  98.00  Samuel  Paraiez  Teodonio  Capriano  11256  108.11  Paulino  Guerra  11505  11380  115.89  Joseph  Lutz  Jacob  Groby  11257  40.44  Sverre  Leknes  11.381  115.89  Erwin  Belz  11506  Lam  Wan  11258  55.61  William  Brown  ;  11507  11382  82.83  Roy  Belz  11259  Carl  Jones  92.58  Li  Chuan  11383  61.83  Nicholas  DeLos  Santos..  11508  Louis  Deese  47.03  Jay  Beck  11384  104.61  11261  Andrew  Howard  .,  95.28  Leon  Hall,  Jr  11385  93.72  Barney  Kelly  11262  $39.61  John  Williams  11386  104.22  Raymond  Vaughan  11263  103.83  John  Chiorra  11387  46.67  William V. Spear.  Harry  O'Brien  ...,  11264  74.28  Miguel  Llovet  li;:88  50.94  Alphonse  HoUings  11265  102.67  Victor  Bejarano  ....  11389  97.22  FWT:  It  seems  Bernard  Turk  ....  11266  100.72  Jose  Rodriguez  11390  138.83  that  the  Union  Edward  Taylor  ....  ...... 11267  130.28  Joseph  Bucher  11.391  133.00  Herman  Crist  ...,  11268  95.2r "Edward  Furneis  11392  80.89  really has  worked  Ctancel  HoUman  ..  11269  109.28  Martin  Kird  11393  36.17  up  a  fine  system  John  Free  11270  42.78  Elwood  Rich  11394  38.80  WUUam  Reynolds  .  11271  38.89  Julio  Colon  11395  84.78  for  paying  put  Joseph  Rodrigues  .  11272  36.17  Hubert  Andrews  ....  11396  43.94  vacation  money  WilUam  Durant  ...  11273  36.17  Vilhelm  Richarsen  ..  11397  115.89  besides  the  fact  Marcus  Johnson  11274  59.89  Frank  Dalton  ...  11398  94.50  Raymond  Orso  ....  11275  38.11  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  11399  5,000.00  that we're getting  11276  137.67  SeraHm  Dantas  Artemis  Fernandez  11400  $77.00  benefits  for  the  Saturnino  Hernandez  ... 11277  48.67  Jan  Sidor  11401  96.00  George  Dinoss  ....  ­'.:578  88.28  Joseph  Gibbons  11402  40.44  first  time.  11279  136.50  Roger  WiUiams  Juan  Nuniz  11403  51.72  Thomas  Kerrigan  .  11230  75.06  Jesse  Spivey  11404  73.89  11281  88.33  John  Der  Pasquale  DeMarco  11405  50.56  Andrew  Slewart  ..  11282  40.­44  Clifton  McLellan  ....  11406  107.72  Erwln  Whlttlngton  ..... 11909.  64.94  Robert  Robker  John  HouUhan  .... ..... 11233  11407  80.11  Dwlght  CarroU  11810  11234  43.94  John  Kennedy  Wilson  Morton  ..,  11408  47.44  Joseph  Dungway  11511  Timothy  SulUvan  .. ..... 11205  80.50  WiUiam  Doppmaii  ..  11409  81.28  James  Walker  11S12  John  Gilbert  .....  11236  12:!.28  D".n  Cummings  11410  11313  02.58  Manuel  Maldonado  Nathan  Richardson  .... 11287  •   37.72  Gregorio  Diaz  11411  35.00  Adam  Falcon'  ,,,,.11514  Mark  Sweet  ,,....­11288  37.33  Thomas  Carra  11412  1,1319  96.83  Jose  Luna  •   i  A,  •   f,4  f.r> ­4, r".,  ­• • Arthur  Browne  ..  John  McCann  ....  Anton!  Ratajczak  Perley  RoUlns  ...  Bernard  Kotch  ...  Soque  Macoray  ..  John  McWUlUms  .  Alfonso  Lopez  ...  Urho  Saarlneh  ...  James  W.  Clark  .  Hugh  Dick  Evlt  Ardoln  Joseph  Mendoza  ..  PhUlp  Colca  Raymond  Taylor  .  Oliver  Landrum  ..  Charles  Breaux  ..  Percy  Hernandez  .  Ernest  Bright  ....  Stanley  Wright  ..  John  Nuss  Joseph  Engels  ....  Emillano  Ducusin  Lawrence  Messels  Edna  Johansson  ..  Roberto  Carrasco  Francis  Paschang  Fabian  Prevou  ...  87.11  Harold'Crane  ....  46.67  Erich  Pfrommer  ,  135.33  Edward  Lane  ....  97.94  William  Drew  ....  96.39  Thomas  Rodger*  93.67  Asterlo  Delgado  .  70.00  Jesse  Lyles  39.67­ Charles  Huscarella  92.94  Thomas' Landa  ...  112.18  Laurence  Chopin  .  93,67  Joseph  Loveless  .  72.33  Roy  Spencer  .....  91.00  Ford  Doas  38.89  Edward  Lowe  ....  123.28  Nicholas  Bastes  ..  35.00  Ramoni..Ferrelra  ..  117.44  Anthony  Pennine  65.72  James  Dangey  ...  43.96  William  Scot  40.83  John  KeUy  ......;  40.44  Sam  Kmtckles  ...  119.89  Vincent  lharez  ..'  53.28  Louis  Schremp  ..  39.67  Steven  Martin  ....  94.11  Nicholas  ManefT  ..  129.11  Donald  Hubbard  .,  44.72  Karl  Johansson  ..  64.96  John  Kane  129.89  Thomas  Finn  .,  112.30  John  Beckmann  ,.  101.89  Walter  Sibley  ...  103.44  Thomas  McCarthy  35.39  George  Maslarov  123.67  Antonio  Perez  ...  35.00  Edward  Skorupskl  68.06  Antonio  Irizarry  .  111.61  Bernard  Brown  ..  110.44  Robert  McHugh  ..  74.28  Huey  GuiUory  ....  41.61  Melvin  Kleiber  ..  68.06  William  Johnston  120.56  Otho  Ware  80.11  Sung  Hsu  54.83  Georgios  Koustsls  94.11  Alonzo  MUefski  .  40.83  Void  111.61  Tadashi  Yatago...  97.56  Isidore  Levy  .....  82.06  .Stanley  Kurtlsh  ..  67.28  Leonard  Smith  ..  140.39  94.11  94.11  130.28  91.78  46.67  ir  ' (Continued  �19S»:  SEAPAn:E1tS  tOG  Par*  Twen^­fiT*: i  SEA  F  A  R  E  R  S  TOTAL  ^8,741^4  CASH  BENEFITS  Vacation  Plan  May  26—June  6  Welfare  Plan  May  18—^May  31  PAID BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  .  (Continued from page  24)  William.  SchUtz  11778  Frederick  Leftwich  .... 11779  Check  ^1780  Nam*  No.  Amount  Frank  Stevena  James  Boldwia  11781  Harold  Wimer  11782  11762  68.72  OUf  Berentien  11783  Harold  Lowry  11763  81.39  John  MarUn  11784  Caspar  Martinez  11764  99A4  Albert  Smith  John  Catrakis  11785  Mariano  Gonzalez  11768  ,  41.22  Theodore  Webb  11786  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  ... 11766  8A00.00  James  Ward  11767  87.89  Abraham  Aragones  .... 11787  11788  Dominyo  AcuUar  11768  74.28  William  Smith  Charles  Young  11769  94.11  Horace  Young  .......<, 11789  11790  Neopolemus  Zacharaia..  11770  '  49,78  Leon  Kiper  11791  Edward  Cumutte  11771  56.00  Frederick  Pehler  11792  "Alphonse  Stengel  11772  59.11  Henry  'Wintzel  Vernon  Harbison  '  11793  ,  John  Pentecost  11773  63.78  11794  CUfiTord  Eubanks  11774  98.78  Lewis  Brown  Lioyd  Paimer  11795  Michael  Di  Stefano  .... 11775  42.39  ­11796  Joseph  Kosinski  11776  42.39  Patricio  Guilien  11797  Jabez  Sampson  11777 .  63.39  Eigert  Trails  .;  Bobert  Butler  11798  PhUip  Mouton  11799  Anno  Saucier  11800  Randolph  Arceneaux  ... 11801  Abdon  S\yvera  11802  Harold  Laumann  11803  Alex  Alexander  11804  Joseph  Suarez  11805  George  King  11806  Clarence  Gardner  11807  Clifford  Kent  11808  Harry  Henze  11809  Harris  Shumar  11810  Bobby  Berrier,  22:  Seafarer  Chester  11811  Bobby  Berrier of  Corsicana, Texas,  William  Story  Oissott  11812  11813.  was  killed  in  a  truck  accident  on  Lee  Coursey  John  Tiilis  11814  March  22,  1952.  Berrier  had  been  Alfred  Blumer  11815  Charles  Scofield  11816  with  the  sru since  July,  1947, and  Karl  Karstens  11817  held  FOW  ratings.  He  is  survived  Alexander  Hoaj  11818  11819  by his  parents,  Mr.  and Mrs.  A.  C.  Felix  Cordero  FINAL  DISPATCH  Berrier  of  Corsicana.  Burial  took  place  Ih  Oakwood  Cemetary.  •   '  it"  5^  Walter  Edwards,  72:  A  veteran  of  many  years 'at  sea,  Walter  Ed­ wards  died  of  natural  causes  in  H^lem  Hospital,  New  York,  on  April  9.  Edwards,  a  native  of  the  British  West  Indies, had  been  with  the  Union  since  March,  1939,  and  sailed  as deck  steward.  He  is sur­ vived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Miriam  H.  Edwards  of  New  York.  Burial  was  In  Maple  Grove  Cemetery,  NY.  Daniel  W.  Midgett,  59:  A  tumor  of  the  lung  took  the  life  of  Daniel  Midgett  at  the  Norfolk  USPHS  hospital  in  January.  Midgett  had  been  sailing  with  the  SIU as  FOW  aince  March  of  last  year,  inter­ ment  was  in  Olive  Branch  Cem­ etery,  Portsmouth,  'Va.  "  Bernard  L.  McNeil,  26: A  native  of  Massachusetts,  McNefil  died  in  New  York  on  April  29.  He  had  been  with  the  Union  since  last  June  as  night  cook  and  baker.  Surviving is his  mother,  Mrs.  Sara  McNeil,  of  Winchendon,  Mass.  Burial  was  at  Calvary  Cemetery,  Winchendon.  i  4"  4>  Kenneth  W.  Nickerson,  49:  A  cerebral  hemorrhage  caused  the  death  of  Kenneth  W.  Nickerson  while a  patient  in  the  USPHS hos­ pital  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  on  April  25.  Nickerson had been  with the  Union  since  April,  1942,  and  sailed  as  an  AB.  His  wife,  MrS.  Kenneth  Nick­ erson,'  of  Mobile,  survives.  t  t  Theodore  W.  Ulinski,  30:  While  aboard  the  Compass,  Ulinski  went  overboard and died  at  sea on  April  23.  He  had  been  with  the  Union  since  December,  1945,  when  he  joined  in  Baltimore.  Surviving  is  his  mother,  Mrs.  Lottie  Ulinski,  of  Cleve.tand,  Ohio.  4ii  $1  $1  George  H.  Russell,  64:  A  heart  attack  while  aboard  the  Alcoa  Pioneer took  the  life of  George*H.  Russell  on  May  1.  His  wife,  Mrs.  G.  H.  RuSsell  of  Athol,  Mass.,  sur­ vives.  Edgar  D.  Gray.  23:  His  skull  fractured  in  a  highway  accident,  Sesfarer  Edgar  D.  Gray  passed  away  in  Sequoia  Hospital,  San  Mateo,  Calif.,  on  April  19,  Grhy  had  bfeen  with  the  SIU  since  March,  ,1947,  and  sailed  in  the  '  engine department.  He is survived  by his mother. Mrs.  Berra  A. Gray  ^ Whistlep,  Ala,  Robert N. French,  AB:  The  vacation  money  is  like  a  reserve,  because  if  you  want  to  you can  leave the  money in and col­ lect  when  you  run  short  from  being  on  the  beach  too  long.  44.72  118.61  56.00  119.78  42.78  62.22  48.61  105.00  57.56  45.89  64.56  103.83  102.67  132.22  76.61  71.17  53.28  40.06  48.22  1.32.61  112.78  78.17  61.06  78.17  96.44  134.94  140.39  129.50  132.22  71.56  64.56  78.17  133.00  133.00  81.28  73.11  63.39  66.89  93.33  107.72  41.22  107.33  •  J  USPHS  HOSPITAL  GALVESTON.  TEX.  WELFARE  REPORT  NO.  30  By  Lloyd  Gardner,  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  Period  Covered  By This  Report—May  18­May  31  Cash  on  Hand  US Government Bonds  Estimated Accounts  Receivable  Hospital Ben^ts Paid in Period .... .>..  Death BeneHjs  Paid in  Period  Hospital Benefits Paid  Since July 1, 1950  Death Benefits Paid Since  July 1, 1950 ..  Disability  Benefits  USPHS . HOSPITAL  STATEN  ISBAND.  NY  Alfred  Abate  ....  Leo  A.  AUen  • $$**»e»e  Fred  Anderegg  ..  William  Atchason  Victor  Arebalo  Raphael  Babianl  Eduardo  Balboa  Edward  Barron  Joseph  T.  Bennett  John  E.  Brady  '.  Billy  J.  Brewer  Loton  Brooks  Frank  Cardoza  Edward  Celkos  Nicholas  Chanaridis  Clarence  Li­^ Cousins  C.  P.  DePriest  Alvaro^  Dos  Santos  Joseph  P.  FarreU  Michael  Forde  D.  S.  Gianniotis  William  Girardeau  A.  Goldsmit  Marmo  Gordils  William  W.  Gordon  John  W.  Keenan  R.  Klaas  James  J.  Lawior  James  R.  Lewis  Henry  Mikuiski  Charles  G.  MUler  John  Miller  • f •   Marcel  MitcheU  N.  Mitrosmparas  Harold  J.  Moore  Kurt  O.  Nagel  Frank  Nering  Joseph  O'Malley  WiUiam  Owens  Alexander  Peffanis  George  Peltonen  Michael  Piskun  Joseph  Prindezis  Isabelo  B.  Quanico  Ernesto  Ramerez  Jose  Salgado  VirgU  Sandberg  Joseph  StLaurent  Frank  Tamburrino  Nicholas  Ventovratos  Richard  L.  Welch  Joseph  H.  WUkin  Donald  J.  Williamson  Leonard  Kay  Leo  H.  Lang  Nolan  D.  McCurley  William  L.  McLeUan  Charles  Mathews  Harry  S.  Murray  S.  D.  Newman  Raymond  Perry  Jerry  Pontiff  J.  S.  Preshong  Karl  Raana  Oiav  Reierson  •   George  P.  Ryninger  A.  A.  Sampson  Foster  B.  Shedd  Wilfred  C.  Sonnier  Andrew  Stauder  .'  Preston  J. ­ Stevens  Herman  Thompson  John  J.  Uszakiewicz  J.  E.  Ward  Curtis  E.  Wheat  Joe  B.  Wilson  Harry  G.  Woiowitz  f  463,355.38  1,000,273.44  Gerald  FitzJames  Lewis  N.  Lack  Joseph  Fusilier  Elbert  L.  Lawson  George  K.  Liebers  John  O.  McCann  Clifford  C.  Moore  Joseph  L.  Springer  Johannes  VanderEkide  William  F.  Vaughan  Edward  C.  Yeamans.  Jr  $15.00  30.00  56.00  15.00  15.00  30.00  15.00  15.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  $265.00  ­'­'I.AS.  210,000.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH,  NY  6,710.00  Robert  Atmore  7,900.00  Carl  S.  Berre  164,086.00  Rupert  A.  Blake  F.  Blanks  284,833.33  Claude  Edmund  C.  Biosser  •   30.00  Julian  F.  Bright  $60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  15.00  60.00  *.  30.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  45.00  ,  60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  75.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  60 00  60.00  60.00  ;  60.00  .60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  15.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  60.00  Paul  Canellos  Wilson  O.  Cara  ..,  Walter  Chalk  Emilio  Delgado  John  J.  DriscoU  James  R.  Downie  John  T.  Edwards  E.  Ferrer  Leonard  Franks  Robert  E.  Gilbert  Bart  E.  Guranick  Leo  KulakowsU  Robert  F.  Larwn  Francis  F.  Lynch  David  McUreath  Clifford  Middleton  Vic  Milazzo  :....  Lioyd  MiUer  John  R.  Murdoch  Pedro  O.  Peralta  .  George  G.  Phifer  .  R.  A.  Ratcliff  John  R.  Richters  Ruperto  Rivera  G.  E.  Schumaker  $870.00  Robert  Sizemore  Timothy  SuUivan  Albert  D.  Thompson  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  15.00  30.00  15.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  ;.....  15.00  15.00  30.00  15.00  .30.00  45.00  $15.00  30;00  15.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  45.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  30.00  BRIGHTON,  MASS.  15.00  $30.00  15.00  R.  P.  Bowman  30.00  15.00  Ray  Harris  30.00  15.00  Michael  Iwassko  30.00  15.00  William  Lake  "i..  30.00  30.00  Lawrence  Myatt  30.00  Thomas  Ritson  30.00  15.00  45.00  Harry  C.  Smaliwood  30.00  15.00  Lincoln  E.  Smith  30.00  15.00  George  Vourioumis  15.00  $255.00  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  30.00  BALTIMORE.  MD.  45.00  $15.00  15.00  Theodore  S.  Aleck  30.00  30.00  Thomas  L.  Ankerson  15.00  15.00  David  G.  Bierma  15.00  15.00  Nelson  W.  Blades  15.00  15.00  Hubert  R.  Bower  30.00  30.00  Henry  K.  Callan  15.00  15.00  Andres  C.  Castelo  15.00  30.00  Raymond  E.  Davis  30.00  15.00  Thomas  J.  Dawes  30.00  30.00  Cedric  U.  Francis  15.00  15.00  Stuart  M.  Ginsburg  15.00  15.00  Roy  M.  Hawes  15.00  30.00  .Tohn  N,  Hull  30.00  30.00  Theodore  Kupscznk  Ray  W.  Larson  30.00  $1,260.00  George  B.  Little  ,  30.00  Bernard  Lowy  15.00  WnUam  H.  MacArthur  30.00  $15.00  Joseph  T.  McNulty  30.00  30.00  Harry  E.  Messick  30.00  15.00  Frank  Morris  15.00  15.00  $60.00  Howard  R  Morris  Alfonso  Olaguibel  15.00  Daniel  R.  Parkman  15.00  15.00  Charles  N.  Payne  ,  615.00  WiUiam  Reinhardt  30.30  15.00  Louis  Rosenthal  ...  30.00  30.00  Alfred  Seeberger  ,  15.00  15.00  Abdon  Syivert  ..,,  15.00  30.00  Ellas  S.  Teian  ...,  15.00  15.00  Thomas  M.  White  ,  15;00  30.00  $660.00  15.00  Harry  Disch  11820  98.39  MikoraJ  StrawinsM  11821  41.22  John  Fiannery  11822  101.11  Amos  Hinman  :  11823  45.11  WUiiam  Gordon  ....... 11824  52.11  Joseph  Yanik  11825  47.83  Joseph  Wagner  11826  37.33  Edmund  Pacheco  ...... 11827  107.33  Charles  Hughes  11828  40.83  Domingo  Ortiz  11829  40.44  Edgar  Ungerer  11830  111.61  Juan  Parodi  '.  11831  93.72  William  Kennedy  11832  49.78  Hiram  Goeham  11833  141.17  Klaus  Djukastein  11834  61.83  John  Rupeikis  11835  54.83  Roman  Kubitsky  ....... 11836  130.28  Thomas  Cormick  11837  $42.78  Robert  Warmack  11838  80.11  Rufus  Hurley  11839  60.67  John  Byrd  11840  110.83  Jesse­ Turner  11841  43.94  Kenneth  Jenkins  11842  84.00  MarshaU  Howton ­....... 11843  105.00  Chang  Ngo  TT....  11844  86.72  Louis  Babin  11845  124.06  Christopher  Dacey  ..... 11846  .  72.72  Edward  Dacey  11847  143.89  Rufus  Johnson  ......... 11848  58.33  William  Smith  11849  38.11  R.  E.  Smith  11850  46.67  Edward  Bender  ;  11851  79.33  Larry  Webb  11852  68.06  George  McCord  11853  55.61  George  Reinhart  11854  47.44  Duncan  Armstrong  .... 11855  60.67  Donald  Black  .x....  11856  117.83  Edward  Stefanskl  ..1...  11057  117.83  Thomas  Jackson  11858  115.11  Endei  Pappel  11859  124.44  Vincent  Rizzuto  ....... 11860  46.67  Void  11861  Void  James  Adams  11862  116.28  USPHS  HOSPITAL  John  Bloodworth  11863  40.06  SEATTLE.  WASH.  Omer  Dixon  *...  H864  107.33  Void  11865  Void  William  B.  Jones  .,  John  Gribbon  11866  66.89  Francis  I.  Gibbons  .  Antonane  Elchuk  11867  134.94  Joseph  L.  Somyak  Monte  Smith  11868  101.11  Oskar  Osmundsen  11869  105.39  Roland  Hebert  11870  40.44  Charles  Case  11871  48.22  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Charles  Johnson  11872  85.17  MOBILE.  ALA.  Boyd  Amsberry  11873  117.83  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks....  11874  4.000.00  Tim  Burke  George  FUomio  11875  99.94  Joseph  S^kFazio  Clifford  Brown  11876  58.72  James  C.  Glisson  Louis  Ledlnghan  11877  "  93.33  Robert  Boutwell  11878  104.61  Harry/L.  Glover  Roy  Pitts  11879  49.00  James  H.  Jones  . .  Chee  Mohat  11880  49.39  Robert  N.  KeUey;  Fidel  Lukban  11881  128.72  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  ...  11882  1,000.00  Walter  T.  Noel  Norman  Pierce  11883  35.00  James  R.  Porter  .  Jose  Abreu  11884  124.83  USPHS  HOSPITAL  $165.00  Demos  Whealton  11885  44.72  NORFOLK.  VA.  Edward  Puchalski  .;.... 11886  120.17  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Vernon  Anderson  11887  121.33  $15.00  Herbert  Armfield  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  Anthony  Ferrara  11888  .89.83  Albert  M.  Brickhouse  .. .... s  45.00  Charile  Jones  11889  128.33  Claudius  Archer'  15.00  $l5.0t1  JuUan  M.  CuthreU  loannis  Gerontopoulos  ..  11890  36.94  15.00  James  C.  Gordon  30.00  Michael  Callahan  11891  124.06  Lloyd  T.  Bacon  is.oo  Thorns®  M.  Gower  30.00  Andrew  HarvUla  John  O'Connor  11302  61.06  OUver  Celestljie  15.00  Regnal  Phillips  11893  92.56  Jessie  A.  Clark  • • • • • • • • • • 30.00  60.00  L.  M.  Jackson  •••••  Eivyn  BusseU  11894  113.56  30.00  30.00  Charles  P.  Jones  Andreas  Papadmatis  ... 11895  120.94  R.  Cruz  .  3aoo  Shirley  E.  Roundtree  ....  30.00  Henrich  Sterling  >......  Robert  Pace.  11896  101.89  King  W.  ElUott  30.00  Victor  Lee  ..11697  43.56  Joseph  S.  Fazio  Spurgeon  Strickland  ....  15.00  30.00  Harry  Kronmcl  11(198  38;89  Ralph  C.  Garrett  ...........  30.00  Robert  R.  White  ......;..i  • 30.00  Julius  Boeala  11899  130.28  30.00  A.  L.  wmis  John  McCarthy  11900  . 38.11  William  P.  Grabenauer  ...... • •  •   30.00  Henry  Grant  ...  11801  88.67  John  E.  Kane  15.00  ,  1345.00  $1,920.00  CENTRO  ESPANOL  TAMPA.  FLA.  Julius  AtweU  Emigdio  Reyes  $30.00  lO.OO  $40.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAVANNAH,  GA.  TerreU  D.  Adams  Warner  W.  AUred  W.  B.  Creech  L.  A.  DeWitt  RusseU  H.  Eagle  Eugene  Gardner  Theodore  Haienda  Bernard  M.  Larsen  I.  Chuan  Lee  Louis  C.  MiUer  J.  T.  Moore  C.  V.  Strong  Joseph  P.  WUiis  $15.00  30.00  15.00  15.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  45.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  $360.00  BELLEVUE HOSPITAL  NEW YORK. NY  Lawrence  DuBeau  .  .  $45.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAN  JUAN.  PUERTO­RICO  Emil  J.  Medvetz  Angel  Suarez  $45.00  15.00  $60.00  USPHS HOSPITAL  SAN FRANCSCO, CALIF.  WiUiam  J.  Anderson  Simon  Bunda  John  Kosmas  Jean  M.  Rioux  Charles  Robertson  ...  Peter  Smith  David  Sorenson  WiUiam  Timmerman  .  Alvin  Vauderpool  ....  $15.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  30.00.  30.00  30.00  15.00  30.00  m  $225.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FORT  STANTON.  NM  Francis  1.  Gibbons  USPHS  HOSPITAL  CHICAGO.  ILL.  JuUus  R.  Scot  $15.00  ­ ­S J  $165,000  DisabUity  Case  as  per  Board  of  Trustees  .  Meeting  5/6/52  Otto  P.  Preussler  $30.00  DEATH  BENEFITS  George  H.  Russell  Bobby  Wayne  Berrier  Richard  Rowan  Theodore  W.  Ulinski  $2.50a00  2.500.00,  40a0O  8.500.00  $7,900,00  �'  4)%  r.s­­­' .• • '  •  •  .  i­  ­'_• • *• •• '.­i,.    v­v. y*.  .  •   .  5«AFA^REitS  LOG  TWjMit^;^  '' ':"2^ v; ,g:  v;i^ •  • S;:'  v­ ­*  liue II, i9!t  ... IM6EST Of SHOPS' MEETINGS...  agreement.  Steward reported  that he has  Sues  Canal  js  disputed  both  ways.  Moro  CHOCTAW  (Waltrman),  May  14—Chair­ gate  will  take  oara  of  the  milk  situation  stores  enough  for 60  days.  The  Japanese  strict  regulation  needed  on  clothing  to  man,  Mika  • rutonr  Saoratary  Norman  before  sailing.  Mora  night  lunch  and  tomato  Juice  has  gone  bad  and  will  not  be  worn.­  General  improvement  on  con­ • mykowskl.'  caUef  mata  promised  to  bread should  be provided.  When the  port  be  served.  Suggestion  was  made  that  if  ditions  is needed.  There  are  not  enough  havo  the  Uundry  painted during  thU trip.  steward  was  asked  about  mora  soft  the  captain  refuses  to  order  milk­  in  tablecloths ­ for  everyday  use,  but  they  drinks,  ha  said  ha  provided  enough.  Oilers  are  unable  to  gat  into  room  tia­ Japan,  ship's  delegate  shoidd  speak  to  vriU  be, used  untU  they  are  worn  out,  causa  of  faulty  lock,  about  which  noth­ Three  men  volunteered  to  stay  and  back  him  about  the  agreement.  All  hands  and  then  wUl' not  be  replaced.  Per­ ing  has  been  dona.  The  bosun  will  re­ the  patrolman  when  ha  sees  the  port  The  membership  is  again  should  turn  off  and  clean  the' washing  formers  at  sea  have  been  brought  up  for  pair  this.  Gangway  watches should  check  steward about  milk, soft  drinks and  other  machine  after  use.  Crew  was  asked  to  the  third  time.  beefs.  There  was  not  enough  tomato  the  messroom  during  night  watches  in  cautioned to beware of  persons  turn  in  all  extra  linen.  foreign  ports.  Bepair  lists  should  be  juice  and  orange  a^p.  'soliciting funds on ships in  be­ ^AkBlON  (Trantfuel),  May  »—Chairman.  turned  In  as  soon  as  possible.  Chief  LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  May  S  D.  B.  McCorkIa;  Secretary,  Allan  A.  Ellis.  steward  asked  that  aU  surplus  linen ^  LEWIS  EMERY  JR.  (Victory  Carriers),  half  of  memorials or any other  —Chairman,  Oman  Bartlett;  Secre>tery,  Company  and  Union  wlU  be  notified  tbat  turned,  in  before  reaching  New  Vork.  May  4—Chairman,  Oscar  Kllpparg;  Sec­ so­called "worthy causes."  Roy  Feeble*.  Delegates  reported  no  this  sttip  needs  a  wasliing  macliine.  Crew  should  clean  the  washing  machine  retary,  L.  BarcltxaWskl.  Tubercular  hos­ il­ •   beefs.  Motion  wa*  made  to  have  the  Report  was  sent  to  Galveston  and  head­ lifter  use  and  take  care  that  buttons  and  pital  donaUon  letter  wiU  be  sent  to  the  No  "can­shakers"  or  solici­ ship  fumigated,  according  to  contract.  quarters  that  one  OS  missed  ship  in  ether  objects  are  not  cloging  the  drain.  hall  to be  okayed.  AU soiled  linen should  Motion  was made  to have  the  crew  mess­ Houston.  Repair  .lists  should  be  mado  tors  have  received  authoriza­ No  data—Chairman,  MIka  Brutonf  Vae­ be  returned  to  the  jrtoward  when  leaving  haU.  and  galley 'painted.  Ash­ up before  the  next  jaeeting.  Engine  dele­ ratary,  Norman  Smykowikl.  Badlo  for  the  ship;  all  fec'sles  should  be  cleaned  tion from  SIU headquarters  to  tray*  pantry  should  be  used  for  cigarettes,  not  gate  reported  not  much, cooperation from  the  messroom  was  bought  for  $ST.  Bal­ and  all  keys  returned  to  the  ship.  on the  paint  job needed  collect  funds.  The  National  cups  and  plates.  Motion  was  made  to  the first  ance  of  $9  left  in  ship's  fund.  Laundry  get  a  different  brand  of  coffee  in  New  in  head  and  shower.  Hen  who  received  room  should  be  kept  clean  by  sanitary  Foundation  for  Infantile  FAOLI  (Cities  Service),  May  4—Chair­ transportation  and  didn't  get  off  ship  York.  Vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  seci^  en In  each department.  Steward  asked  man,  Veal;  Secretary,  A.  RIcclardalla.  Paralysis is the only charitable  ond  cook  and  baker  for  extra­fine  chow.  wiU  be  referred  to  the  patroiman.  Stew­ at  linen  be  dried  before  disposal  Into  One  OS  shipped  at  Lake  Charles;  one  IVlper  left  ahip  In'  Fsuisboro.  due  to  an  ard  warned  that  coffee  mugs  and  cups  soUed'linen  locker.  organization  which  has  re­ emergency.  man  getting  off.  Ship's  fund  now  stands  are  running  low.  at  S48.02.  with  S13.99  going  for  a  spare  ceived  membership  endorse­ WINTER  HILL  (Cities  tervlcs).  May  7  I.  A.  BURNETT  asthmlan),  March  3»—  piece  for  the  washing  machine.  SAN  ANBELO  VICTORY  (Sbafrade  Chairman,  John  Mitchell;  Secretary,  Chairman,  R.  Thais;  Saoratary,  Franklin  ment.  Funds  for  this  cause  Del),  May  S—Chairman,  Cyril  Magnon;  Laroy  J.  Doty.  •   Delegates  reported  no  K.  Chance.  Minutes  will  be  posted  on  are  collected  through  normal  Secretary,  Jerry  DeMOo.  Eogin*. depart­ beefs.  Motion  was  carried  to  get  a  new  SEATHUNDER  (OrloiOr  April  7—Chair­ the  buUetin  board.  Ship's  delegate  re­ ;..,itsar  ment  quarters  and  showers .havent­been  washing machine.  Motion was  passed  that  ported  a  balance  of  $10  In  the  ship's  man,  Clark  inman;  Sacrafary,  Frank  Union  channels  at  the  pay­ofF.  painted.  Ship's  delegate  reported  that  every  member  clean  the  deck  and  the  fund.  Request  was  made for  a  new  per­ Leonard.  Beef  over  members  going  to  Beceipts are issued on the spot.  the  captain ­  wiU  'not  put  out  a  draw  machine  after  use.  Ship's  delegate  wUl  colator  by  messman.  All  hands  will  keep  the  captain­  with  complaints  Instead  of  taking  them  up  at'meetings.  MOtlott  to  for  arrival  on  Sunday.  Men  getting. Off  find,  out  why  the  new  lockers  are  not  the  laundry  and  recreation  room  clean.  anyone  caught  tampering  with  tbp  should  strip  their  bunks  .and  clean  being  used and  department  delegates will  May  3—Chairman,  R.  Thlaw  Secretary,  ffne  machine  was  defeated.  Short  lockers.  AU  men  to  turn  In  their,  extra  prepare­  a  list  of  rooms  needing  new  Franklin  E.  Chance.  SIO  in  the  ship's  washing  was  held  on  fouling.up Jiy.  missing  Draw.  Delegate*  reported  no  beefs  linen.  Motion  was'passed  that .  aU  hands  lockers.  Beef  was reported  that  the cooks  fund  will  be  given  to  the  LOG.  If  the  talk  Each  delegate  will  make  up  a  repair, list.  were  running  short  on food.  Chief  cook  watches,  etc.  Better  cu­e  should  be  ship  goes, to  the  boneyard,  ship's  fund  taken  of  messroom ­and  pantry.  ­ Steward  Boatswain  thanked  his  department  for  be  careful  of  coffee,  a*  supply  isfVnniOg  stated  that  this  was  being  taken care  ofi  low.  Suggestion  was  made  that  patrol­ and  washing  machine  will  be  given  to  discussed  merits  of  Argentine  and  South  a  good  job  well  done  by  all.  Vote  of  man 'find  out  why  the  mate  wiU  not  give  he :ia now  breaking  out  his  own  meat­for  the  patrolman.  Beef  about  the  pantry­ African  stores.  metos.  Complaint  was  made  about  men  thanks  was  given  to  the  entire  steward's  As'  m any ­  s tores  as­ pos­ proper  medical  attention.  Suggestion  was  man  will  be  turned' over  to  patrolman.  department  for  the  good  meals  and  the  made  to  turn  over  major  beefs  to  the  missing  watches.  One­member  who  Ship's  delegate  wiU  turn  over  all  infor­ sible  wlU  be  taken  at  Durban.  missed  hli  watch  In  PhUadelphia  has  do­ cleanliness  of  the , department.  patrolman.  nated  SIO  to  ship's  fund.  TAMAR  I  (Orion),  April  2—Chairman,  LONE  JACK  (Cities  Service),  April  27—  Leon  White;  Secretary,  Robert  McCul­ BEATRICE  (Bull);  May  7­^halrman,  J.  (lOVERNMENT  CAMP  (CItIss  Sarvlce).  lech.  Steve  ­Fulford  was  elected  ship's  Chairman,  Edward  Casey;  Secretary,  D.  O'ROurko;  Secretary,  S.  Evahchuck.  Re­ delegate  by  acclamation.  Ship's  delegate  H.  Singleton.  Delegates  reported "too  pair  list  was  voted  oh  and  accepted.  April  30—Chairman,  T.  Wevsr;  Secretary.  will  make  up  a  laundry  and  recreation  beef*.  Repairs  are  being  slowly  taken  Second  mate  told'  the" chief  mate  he  R.  McNeil.  AU  beefs  taken  up  with  the  room  cleaning  schedule.  Ship's  delegate  care  of.  Balance  of  S35  was  reported  to  didn't  want  two  of  the  AB's  back  aft  patrolman  in  Lake  Charles  were  setUed.  will  speak  to  the  captain  about  painting  the  ship's' fund.  Those  who  play  the  when  tying  up  ship.'  Both' of  these  men  Deck  delegate  WiU  buy  a  tube  for  crew's  crew  foc'sles  and  putting  out  some  cig­ phonograph at  night, should  tune  It  down.  have  been  on  the  ship  fof  several  trips,  radio,  and  be  paid  back but  of  the  ship's  fund.  Patrolman  wiU  be  contacted  about  Vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  steward  arettes.  mation  about  ^hting  to  the  patrolman.  keepiu  iroards  out  of  the  crew  messhaU  Beef  against  captain  will  be  reported  to  May  4—Chairman,  Leon  White;  Secre­ department  for  the  food  ahd  service.  in  Lake  CUiarles.  Motion  was  pbssed  not  the  patrolman.  Cots  should  be  returned  tary,  Robert  McCulloch.  Ship's  delegate  to  post  old  minutes  of  the  meetings  any  BULL  RUN  (PofroJ. Tankers),  May  S—  to  the  chief  steward  before  the  ship  reported  that  the  mate  has  had  painted  Chairman,  more;  the  ship's  delegate  wUi  keep  a  KIrby  DIgman;  Secretary, T.  C.  docks.  Linen  shoidd  be  turned  in  be­ as many  rooms as he. could with the  paint  Minor.  Harris'  was  elected  iMp's  dele­ copy  in  case  anyone  wants  to  see  them.  on  hand.  All  delegates  will  prepare  re­ fore  the' payoff.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  speak  to  the  patrol­ pair lists  to turn  in to  the ship's  delegate,  gate.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  check  on  port­ man  in  New  York  to  see  about  getting  wind  chutes,  and  slopchest.  Mo­ STEEL. KIN(»  (Isthmian),  February  l»—  who. In  turn,  will give  copies to  the chief  holes,  a  new  washing  machine.  tion  was seconded  that  each  man  donate  Chairman,  Oorward  McKeel;  Secretary,  P.  engineer  and  the  chief  mate.  Discussion  $1  to  the  ship's  fundi "In response  to  a  with  no  beefs against  them  by  other sec­ J.  Haraye.  Steward  department  should  was  held  on  the  care  of  crew  washing  suggestion,  ond  mates.  Bosun  has  no  complaints  COEUR  D'ALENE  VICTORY  (Victory  said  ihe  cleaner  in  be  quiet  at  work.  Crew  messman  will  machine.'  recreation  room  and  foc'sles.  .  the  laundry steward  room  would  clean  the  wash­ about  them,  either.  Motion  was  made  Carriers),  May  10—Chairman,  L.  Hltch­ make  coffee  at  10  AM.  and  at  3 PM  the  that  these  men  be  backed 100  percent  by  ner;  Secratary,  H.  Kowaltkl.  Sliip's  del­ ing machixiG*  OS on  that  watch will  make  coffee.  Ship's  CATHERINB  (Dry­Trans),  March  IS—  the  crew.  AU  other  beefs  wiU  Im  ac­ egate  reported  a  balance  of  S8.2S  in  the  Chairman,  Robert  Byrne;  Secretary,  J.  R.  delegate  was  elected.  corded  the  same  treatment.  Letter  of  ship's  fund.  Motion  was  unanimoiiriy  GREELEY  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  Young,  Charles  Bolton  was elected  ship's  April  24—Chairman,  W.  Oedd;  Secre­ delegate;  Pickett  Lusk,  deck  delegate;  May  I—Secratary,  Rosarlo  Lliiarl;  Sacre­ complaint  written  by  the  steward  to  the  passed  not  to  payoff  untU  aU  Iwefs  have  .  tary,  P.  t.' Harayo. A.  B. Packert  resigned  Milford  Valentine,  engine  delegate;  El­ tary,  Patrick  Ryan.  Delegates  reported  company on  the  poor  quaUty of  the meat,  been  settled  saUsfactorily.  Motion  to  get  and  A.  H.  Griffin  was  elected  ship's  del­ bert  and  vegetables  wiU  be  added  to  a  new  second  Cook  was  passed.  Vote  ot  Lawson.  steward  delegate.  Log  of  everything  in  order.  Motion  was  passed  fruits  egate.  Bosun  moved  that  a  member  be  wiper  that  all  delegates  draw  up  a  list  of  re­ the  sliip's  minutes  and  turned  over  to  thanks  was  given  to  the  chief  cook.  will  be  lifted,  as  he  was  sick  and  brought  up  before  the  patrolman.  Mo­ quests  for  the  negotiation  committee  to  the  patrblman.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  teli  KATHRYN  (Bull),  May  II—Chairman.  tion  was  seconded.  Ship's  repair  list  under  treatment  from  the  captain.  There  study  and  incorporate  into  the  new  the patrolman  that  the  entire crew  is dis­ should  be  ready  at  the  next  meeting.  will  be  steak  twice  a  week.  Card  play­ A.  Albsn;  Secretary,  F.  A.  Bartolomel.  satisfied  with  the  poor  quaUty  food.  are  not  to  drink  the  watches'  coffee  Suggestion  was  made  that  mora  variety  ers  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Steward  at  night.  GULFWATER  (Metro  Shipping),  April  asked  aU  hands  to  replace  used  cups  in  be  Introduced  in  the  menus.  May  4—Chairman,  Pickett  Luck;  Secre­ 27—Chairman  Stavo  Dorl;  Soeretary,  Jo­ the  pantry.  BENJAMIN  SILLIMAN  (Seat  Shipping),  tary,  Billle  Padgett.  All  members  were  seph  Medwed.  Steve  Deri  was  elected  SANTA  VENSTIA .  (Elsm),  March  S—  February  17—Chairman,  O.  Hunt;  Secre­ asked  to  list  items  for  the  repair  list.  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Captain  Chairman,  Sam  Singer;  Secretary,  Mur­ Ship's  delegate  reported  that  the  stew­ tary,  A.  J.  (tebron.  Beef* were  made  on  lias  asked  aU  hands  to  watch  relations  ray  Kaplan.  MoUon  was  passed  to  have  William B. White  the  leaky  mushroom  vents;  an  attempt  ard  and  baker  were  not  qualified  to  per­ with  the  people  of. Spain.  Bxtra  cigar­ aU  crewmembers  sign  the  foc'sle  repair  .  will  be  made  to  remedy  this  situation.  form  their  duties;  the  third  cook  was  Contact  VA  office  at  1  Beacon  ettes  wUl  bo  issued.  Vote  of  thanks  list.  Repair  list  wlU  be  taken  care  of  in  It  wa*  suggested  that  the  last  standby  the  only  man  In  the  galley  who  did  his  wan  given  to  the  steward's  department  San  Francisco.  McLaughlin  was  elected  on  each  watch  leave  the  messhaU  in  a  work  well, but  he was  untidy.  Galley  was  St.,  Boston, regarding  your  GI dis­ for  a  job  weU  done.  Crew  was  asked  ship's  delegate:  Parr,  deck  delegate!  decent  condition.  Captain  and  mate  found  to  be  Insanitary.  Only  the  deck  ability  claim.  to cooperate  in  keeping  the  mesahaU  and  Singer,  steward  delegate;  Kimbrlel.  en­ complimented  the  deck  department  on  department  has  cleaned  the  recreation  pantry  clean,  and  maintaining  quiet  in  gine­delegate.  SuggesUon  waa  made  that  their  efficiency  in  securing  the  number  room:  laundry  Is  being left  dirty.  Toilets  the  morning.  Care  should  be  taken  with  the  repair  list  be  gone  into  more  thor­ William  Owens  one  hold  during most  adverse  and  trying  should  be ­kept  clean  and  reassigned.' to  the  washing  machine;  faucet*  and  steam  oughly.  e.specialiy  in  regard  to  Ughts.'^  provide  ample  facilities  for  all  depart­ weather  conditions.  lines  win  be  worked  on  in  port.  Re­ painting  decks,  cleaning  the  whole  ship.  .  Get  in  touch  with  R.  Rodrigue,  pair  Ust  April  4—Chairman,  L.  W.  Roun;  Sec­ ments.  Beefs  should  not  be  taken  top­ should  be  made  up  and  given  Steward  suggested  that  the  slopchest  and  Box  355,  Westwego,  La.  Important.  retary,  R.  Keith  Sawvel.  Eugene  Cabral  side  by  a  few  members,  but  should first  to  the  chief  engineer five  day*  before  hospital  suppUes be  checked.  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Card  tables  be  ironed  out  at  meetings.  Chief  cook  April  4—Chairman,  Sam  Slngsr;  Ssera­ the  ship  reaches  poi­t.  AU  members  should  be  kept  clean;  cups  and  dishes  should  do  their  own  work  while  in  Bal­ tary,  Murray  Kaplan.  Chief  mate  wiU  is­ "CharUe"  should  be  placed  in  the  sink.  It  was  sue  a  Ust  of  men  to  go  ashore  whilo  boa,  Spain.  agreed  that  the  deck  department  will  are  being  painted.  Repair  list  .  I  am  anxious  to  hear  from  you.  TAINARON  (Actlum),  March  14—Chalr­^  foc'sles  clean  the  laundry,  steward's  department,  WiU  be flUed  out  and  sent  to  the  com­ Please write.  M. H.  recreaUon  room.  Coffee  um  and  silver­ man,  W.  Mitchell;  Secretary,  J.  Harris.  pany  from  Japan.  Bosun  says  that  aU  ware  In  crew  messroom  should  be  kept  Steward  was  elected  ship's  delegate,  due  decks  as  weU  as  foc'sles  wUl  be  painted.  cleaner.  There  should  be  enough  salads  Motion was passed  to use  only percolators  to  a  shortage  of  bookmen.  Ray "Whitey"  Davis  made  for  each  man.  More  variety  asked  April  20—Chairman,  O.  W.  VInar;  See­ to  make  coffee.  Ship's  delegate  com­ for  in  salad*.  More  night­  lunch  should  manded  the  steward  for  critlcislng­ths  Get  in  touch  .with  Herbie  Del  retary,  T.  Schultx.  OUer  overtime  penal­ dirty  be  made—especially  boiled  eggs and  sar­ has  gone  to  the  captain  with  a  beef.  appearance  of  the  ship and  starting  ty  hour  wUl  be  talked  over  with  patrol­ dines.  Crewmembers  should  not  whistle  and  Vdrco as soon  as possible.  man.  Sanitary  conditions  are  not  up  to  tha  move  to  get  it  cleaned  and  painted.  May  3—Chairman,  L.  R.  Resan;  Secre­ sing  in  the  midship  house.  May  4—Chairman,  Sam  Singer;  tacrs­ standard.  This  wiU  be  brought  4o  the  tary,  R.  Keith  Sawvel.  Ship's  delegate  attenUon  of  the  patrolman.  Repair  list  fary,  Murray  Kaplan.  Ship's  delegate  re­ ThomhiU  reported  that  the  hot  water  beef  has  LASALLE  (Waterman),  April  24—Chair­ wUl  be  made  up  and  given  to  the  ship's  ported  that  a  few  repairs  stiU  need  to  been  straightened  out.  Patrolman  will  man,  H.  Hallalre;  Secretary,  J.  Bronsen.  Room  near  the  deck  engineers'  Gear  left  aboard  Seatrain  New  delegate.  Laundry  1*  being  neglected  be made.  be seen  about having  the  crew's  quarters  Ship's  delegate  wiU  get  slopchest  list  foc'sle  WiU  be  cleaned  and  used  by  ste­ again.  Jersey has been sent to the address  painted;  this  wiU  be  added  to  the  re­ next  trip.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  vedore  checkers  while  in  foreiim  ports.  pair  Ust.  Crew  mess  should  be  cleaned  the  ship's  delegate  suggest  to  the  cap­ you designated.  Sir Charles.  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities  Sarvlce),  hnd  the  passageway  on  the  portside  tain  that  overtime  hours  be  noted  on  Chairman,  Thomas  MeCann;  Secrstsry,  $  j;  $1  should  be  sougeed.  Fruits  and  juices  pay  sUp.  Motion  was  made  that  the  pa­ Clifford  Martin.  SIilp's  delegate  reported  should  be  served  cold.  trolman  take  care  of  deceased  bosun's  Morris  Cohen  the  ship  is  going  foreign.  New  ship's  effects  and  money  and  see  that  proper  elected.  Motion  was  passed  to  Your  family  is  anxious  to  hear  delegate  SANTORE  (Ore),  April  2S­Chalrman,  disposal  is  made.  Steward  wUl  check  the  ship  fumigated  when  in  dry  J. Turner;  Secretary,  H.  Rlggs.  Old  wash­ stores  as  they  come  aboard  for  quality  from  you.  Write  Mrs.  E.  Fish­ have  dock.  There  is  no  ice  aboard;  steward  ing  uiachiite  was  discarded,  and  the  and  quantity,  and  report  any  complaints  is  taking  ice  from  smaU  ice  boxes  in  man,  723  Palmetto  Drive,  Franklin  mcssrooms.  motor  kept  for  repair  purposes.  Ship's  to  headquarters  for  further  action.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  see  the  On  arrival  in  th*  Slates,  discussion  wlU  delegate  reported  that  only  one  water  Square,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  steward  about  making more  ice and  serv­ bo  held  with  the  patrolman  about  for­ fountain  has,to  be  working;  the  other  HENRY  T.  RAINEY  (Bull),  May  3—  ing  cold  drinks  twice  a  day  instead  of  eign  help  doing  crew's  work.  John  Parr  ^  was  just  for  convenience.  Ship's  dele­ Chairman, H.  D.  Carney; Secretary,  L. F.  only  at  noon.  ­Ebich  delegate  wUl  make  was elected acting  ship's delegate,  to tako  Patrick  C.  Burson  out  a  draw  list  end,  the  ship's  delegate  car9  of  crew's  business  whUe  in  port.  WiU  give  them  to  the  captain.  Mem­ Your wife  hasn't heard,from  you  bers  should  keep­  the  messhaU  clean.  Editor,  MALDEN  VICTORY  (Mlssltilppl),  May  «  in some time.  Contact her at How­ Ship  saUed  a  man  short.  Chairman, J.  D.  Dillon; Soeretary,  Blumlo.  SEAFARERS LOG.  ard  Apt.  1.  Endicott  City,  Md.  Ship's  delegate  wlU  speak  to  the first  STONY  CREEK  (Amer.  Tramp),  May  4  assistant  about  keeping  the  laundry  —Chairman,  William  Maui  Secratary,  L.  locked  when  the  ship  is in  port.  Patrol­ 675 Fourth  Ave.,  Franklin.  Sliip's  delegate  reported  that  man  WiU  speak  to  the  company  officials  Richard B. Henry  Brooklyn  32, N.  Y.  bosun  admits deck  should  b* hosed  down  about  putting  a  new  washing  machina  Get  In  touch  with  Henry  A.  Ga­ once  a  week,  but  nothing  has  been  done  on  board.  licki, 201  Broadway, Bayonne,  N. J.  about  this.  Wiper  overtime  through  .1  would  like to receive the SEAFARERS  LOG—please  THOMAS  STONE  (Eastern),  March  «—  St  St  Chairman,  W.  LaClaIr;  .Secretary,  T.  L.  Wilfred "Bed" Shea  put  my  name  on  your  moiling  list.  (Print  Information)  Tstara.  Sliip's  delegate  suggested  that  each  department  delegate  try  and  take  Please  get  in  fbuidi  with lyrour  care  of  the  beefs in  his  depariment.  Car­ mother  right  away  at  248  Prince­ penter is  standing 8­13  watch, as  one man  NAME  The  following  men  have  been  missed ship  in  Norfolk.  Steward has  sup­ ton  St.,  E.  Boston,  Mass.  pUes  for  more  tlian  60  days; he  can  giva  classified  2A  by  their  selective  out  St  St'  s>  clothing  racks  and  soap  cups.  Sug­ STREET  ADDRESS  service boards: Billy  F. Cherry,  im­ gestion  was  made  that  4­8  watch fiU  tha  Joseph  Codarre  coffee um  at  S PM  so  that  the  water  wU'  Please  write  your  son,  Edwin  tU  Sept.  2,  1952;  WUilam  Dauphr  be  hot  enough  when  the  pantryman  has  Codarre  (No, 18453);  at  Box  51,  ney,  status  unchangeid:  Kenneth  to  make  coffee.  CITY  ZONE......STATE.  March  22—Chairman,  C.  H.  Mots;  See­ Paul  Marpie,  until  June  6,  1953;  ' rotary,  Comstock, N. Y."  T..  L.  Tatars.  Ship's  delegate  re­ Thomas  D.  O'Brien,  until  Nov.  28,  ported  tliSt  a  few  articles  are  missing  St  St  S>  the  foo'sles.  Motion  ­was  passed  1952;  Charles  George  Peters,  Nov.  from  • JiQned.  Book  No..  David Ashmore  that  aU  hands  remain  in  the  messhaU  27,  1952;  Gerald  Elroy  Peterson,  while  three  delegates  Inspect  foc'sles.  Get  In  touch  with  your  wife  at  TO  AVOID DUPLICATION;.. ­If  you  are  an  old  subtcrlber  and  hava  a  change  Discussion  was  held  on rieanlinest  of  until  March  1, 1953.  575  W,  177th  St.,  N.  Y.  C.  of  address,  please  give  your  former  address  below:  the  laundry.  St  s  s>,  ,  iSt.  .S^  St  April  13—Chairman,  R.  B.  Kledllngery  Richard  PaeroU  Secretary,  T.  L.  Taasrs.  Motion  was  Joseph Woikowskt  ADDRESS  aeaaasaa BaeaaseaatsaeaaiaBaaaeaaaaaaasaaaaaa • '#  passed.to  send  one  delegate  to: the  haU  e a aaetaaaactaaaaaaaa « aaaaaaeaiti  It is urgent you get in touch with  Your  geai* may  be  picked up  at  to  speak  to  the  patrolman  about..condi­<  your draft  board at  150 Nassau  St.,  the  SIU  headquarters  •  baggage  Uons  and  beefs  ao  tbat  he  wUl  have  aU  ^Can'ShaUert^  Have No OK  S li  PERSONALS  tit  4  3;  .t  4  $  t  • c  4;  t  t  .  NOTICES  CITY  •  •SMMBdMBBMatSae    f  ZONfe.  STATE..;  'robht In'Hrioibklyii;''"  ^  (Continued on  page 27)  �Fridaxr June 13« 1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Twenty­seveii  ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ...  (Continued  from  pagp  26)  the necessary  facts when  he  comes to  pay  the  ship  off.  Vote  of  thanks  was  passed  on  the  steward's  department  for fine  co­ operation  and  a  willingness  at  all  times  to  satisfy  aU  hands  to  the  best  of  their  ability.  Repair  list  will  be  made  out;  Steward  asked  that  extra  linen  be  turned  over  to  him.  Next  crew  will, check  slop­ chest.  should  be  checked  and  repaired  by  the  chief  electrician.  Shelves should  be  built  in  the  messhail  for  the  condiments  now  left  on  the  tables.  Pantry  sink  should  be  repaired.  WINTER  HILL  (Cities  Service),  no  date  —Chairman,  Thomas  Durkin;  Secretary,  Thomas  G.  Davis.  New  lockers  on  board  will  be  used  in  crew's  rooms.  S25  was  aUocated  for  the  purchase  of  basebaU  equipment  for  the  crew.  Suggestion  was  MANKATO  VICTORY  <Vtc­Csr),  April  (  made  that,deck  gang  showers be  painted.  —Chairmsii,  W.  L.  Butch;  Secretary,  J.  There  is  a  balance  of  $55.90  in the  ship's  P.  Gavin.  Delegates  reportbd  everything  fund.  okay.  J.  P.  Gavin  was­  elected  ship's  delegate.  Motion  was  passed  to  give  the  GEORGE  A.  LAWSON  (Pan­Oceanic),  old  washing  machine  to  the  engine  de  27—Chairman,'H.  L.  Meacham;'Sec­ partment.  Ship's  delegate  reported  that  April  retary.  Earl  Mulllns.  David  Smith  was  as  mapy  repairs  as  possible  will  be  com'  elected  ship's  delegate.  He  wiU  see  the  pleled  this  voyage.  Painting  of  thp  captain  about  repairing  portholes  In  foc'sles  will  be  started.  A  supply  of  peni­ crew's  quarters,  passageway  doors,  sink  cillin  Is  now  on  board.  Slopchest  has  and  icebox  in. crew's  pantry.  Messrbom  been  checked  and  is all  right.  New  wash­ should  be, kept  clean  by  members. '  ing  machine  has  arrived  and  will  be  in­ MSy  17—Chairman,  Edward  W.  Seeley;  stalled.  in  the  laundry  by  volunteers.  Secretary,­*  Earl  Mulllns.  Any  member  Chief  cook  asked  that  the  galley,  pantry  who  gets  drunk  and  cannot  stand  his  and  other  facilities  be  left  clean by  those  watch  WiU  be  reported  to  the  patrolman  using  them  between  12 and  6  AM.  actipn.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  see  the  April  23—Chairman.  W.  L.  Busch;  Sec­ for  captain  about  having  the­  washing  ma­ retary,  J.  P.  Gavin.  Repair  list  was  read  chine  Department  repair  lists  to  the  crew,  items  were  discussed  and  are  to repaired.  be  made  up.  several  new  ones  added.  HARRY  T.  (Palmer),  May  24—Chairman,  SEATRAIN  SAVANNAH  (Seatrain),  May  Melvin  Keeffee;  Secretary,  RL'T.  Whitley.  37—Chairman,  T.  B.  Lawson;  Secretary­ Better  care  should  be  taken'  of  the  Doug.  Acker,  Sr.  Although  a  few  com­ washing  machine.  Repair  lists, should  be  plaints  have  been  made  against  members  made  up  and  turned in.  New  coffee um.  who  leave  the  washing  machine  and  refrigerator,  mattresses' and'plUows  Ubve  messhail  dirty,  the  ship's  delegate  re  been  ordered:  ports  that  all  business  is  in  order  and  ready  for  the  payoff.  A.  Gylland  was  FRANCES  (Bull),  May  35—Chairman,  elected  as  incoming  ship's  delegate  for  Van  Whitney;  Secretary,  Mike  Zelonka.  the  next  voyage.  Delegate  wiU  take  up  Motion  was  passed  to  have  a  telephone  the  'Size  of  sheets  with  the  patrolman.  instaUed  from  reefer  room  to  engine  Members  were  asked  not  to  wake  the  room  in  case  of  foul  weather.  Vote  of  cooks up. after 6:30  PM  to ask  for keys  to  thanks  wspt  to  the  steward  department  the  iceboxes.  ..  for  the  good  food.  Keep Draft  Board Posted  SIU  Hfeadquarters  urges  all  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ lective  Service  boards  posted  on  all  phanges  of  address  through  the  use  of  the  post  cards  furnished  at  all  SIU  hails  and laboard  ships.  Failure  to  keep  iour  draft  board'informed of  your where­ abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  drafted  into  the  services  with­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  aid Seafarers  who fail  to com­ ply.  Moore.  liWion  was  passed  not  to  sail  lintU  the  (Sinking  fountain  and  the  tele­ motor  have  been fixed.  Steward  depart­ ment  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  good  food.  Recreation  room  aiid  pantry  should  be  kept  clean.  More  night  lunch  should  be  provided  as  card  players  eat  most  of  it.  MICHAEL  (Carros),  May  24—Chairman,  E.  Flalds;  Secretary,  R.  C.  Lundqulst.  There  is a  balance  of  $22.05  in  the ship's  fund.  Delegates  reported.no  beefa.  gate  WiU  speak  to  the  mate  about  equal­ izing  oVertiitae  and  if  he  gets no  satisfac­ tion.  will  see  the  patrolman.  Engine  delegate  warned  the  men  against  any  further  'tampering  with  the  new  fans,  which  have  Just  been  instaUed.  Vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  entire  steward  department—espeClaUy  the  night  cook  and  baker,  for  his  great  variety  of  pas­ tries.  One  brother  donated  $10  from  the  proceeds  of  his  radio  raffle  to  the  ship's  fund.  HURRICANE  (Waterman),  May  25—  Chairman,  A;  Laizaro;  Secretary,  P.  San  SEACOMET  (Colonial).  May  13—Chair­ man,  Mack  Patterson;  Secretary,  Hubert.  Terrlll.  Beefs  wiU  be  settled  by  the  patrolman  upon  arrival  in  port  and  the  crew  wUl  not  pay  off  untU  disputes  have  been  settled;  MesshaU,  recreation  room  and  washing  machine  should  be  kept  clean.  Repair  Usts  are  to  be  turned  In  to  dep'artment  heads.  QuaUty  of  food  should  be  improved.  May  25—Chairman,  M.  B.  Harris;  Secre­ tary,  Red  Beers.  Unlicensed  personnel  who  f<ml  up  wUl  be  given  one  more  chancq/before  having  charges  preferred  and  being  turned  over  to  the  patrolman.  Mel  Harris  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Replacements  in  the  steward  department,  due  to  three  members  being  discharged,  were  discussed.  Miguel.  'New  locks  are  needed  on  the  crew  foc'sles.  Crew  was  asked  to  re­ turn'used  cups  and  glasses  to  the  mess­ hail.  Request  was made  to have  the deck  DEL  SANTOS  (Mississippi),  no  date  foc'sles  painted  as  well  as  the  recreation  Chairman,  B.  M.  Moya;  CSecratary,  T.  room  and  the  messhdU  deck,  before  ar­ G.  Beatraus.  Wolff  was  elected  rival  In  the  States.  Lower  passageways  ship's delegate. Justin  All  repair  work  has been  should  be  cleaned.  completed.  It  was  imanimously  decided  ABIQUA  (Cities  Service),  April  23—  to  install  the  new  washing  machine  and  Chairman,  Harry  Utratll;  Secretary,  Rob­ use  both  the  old  and  new  machines.  ert  Lafferty;  Fred  Huslani  was  elected  MARY  ADAMS.  (Bloomfleld),  May  17—  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Wash­ ing  machine  should  be  kept  clean  and  Chairman,. Robert  M.  Douglas;  Secretary,  turned  off  when  not  In  use.  Cups  should  Longfellow.  Ship's  delegate  r e p o r t e d  $10.78  in  the  ship's  fund.  Discussion  was  be  replaced  in  the  pantry,  held on  getting  a  library.  Brothers  were  SEAGXRDEN  (Peninsular),  May  11—  asked  to  clean  their  foc'sles  before  leav­ Chairman,  Al  Kramer;  Secretary,  Don  ing  the  ship.  Williams. ^ A1  Kramer  was  elected  ship's  MONTEBELLO  HILLS  (Western  Tank­ delegate.  SUp's  delegate  wiU  speak  to  ers),  May  25—Chairman,  J.  Schilling;  Sec­ the  chief  electrician  on moving  the  wash­ retary,  T.  O'Connor.  Ship's  delegate  Is  ing  machine  so  that  an' automatic  drain­ holding  the  steam  iron:  any  member  ing  system  and  hot  water  pipe  can  be  instaUed.  All' open  and  bare  wire  and  who  wishes  to  use  It  'will  sign  for  It.  electrical  circuits  in  the  after  hous»  Quiz  Answers  (1)  Tell  his  story.  (2)  50  mph,  BO  mph.  (3)  Greater.  Motion  was  passed  to  get  enough  cots  (4)  Increase.  for  the  entire  crew  at  the  next  port, and  (5)  85  nickels,  34  dimes,  17  check  all  foc'sles  for  adequate  ventila­ tion.  Steward  asked  that  all  linen  be  quarters.  turned  in.  (6)  Statement  of  American  ROBIN  SHERWOOD  (Seas  Shipping),  policy.  May  IS—Chairman,  C.  Terry;  Secretary,  (7)  Belative  humidity.  M.  J.  Ruane.  Crew's  laundry  will  be  done  ashore  while  in  port.  All  unnu­ .(8)  Wooden­headed.  J.,  .  .,  ithorized  persons  ^ould  be  kept  out  of  CARKABULLE  (National  Navigation).  May  11—Chairman,  G.  HObner;  Secre­ tary,  M.  A.  Machal.  Three­department  committee  wiU  draft  a  letter  to  the  Un­ ion  asking  for  information  on  the  pos  sibUity  of  terminating  articles.  ALBION  (Dry  Trans),  May  25—Chair­ man,  no  name;  Secretary,  Robert  F.  William  Jordan;  Secretary,  Nell  Baglg.  New  washing, machine  arrived.  William  Jordan  was  elected  ship's  delegate  unan­ imously.  CoUection  wiU  be  made  for  the  purchase  of  an  automatic  switch  to  turn  off  the  washing  machine.  Ship's  radio  wiU  be  repaired.  FAIRPORT  (Waterman),  May  24—Chair­ man,  Paul  Arthofer;  Secretary, .  Alex  CANTIGNY  (Cities  Service),  May  18—  Chairman,  Giovanni  Abumdo;  Secretafy,  P.  V.  Hammel.  Men  were reminded  again  to  wait  for  replacements  to  prevent  the  ship  saUing  shorthanded.  Bedsprings  ought  to  be  repaired,  as  they  are  ruin­ ing  the  mattresses.  May  30—Chairman,  P.  V.  Hammel,  Sec­ retary,  G.  Calllaito.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Members  were  asked  to  clean  the  washing  machine  after using  it.  Juice  squeezer  .should  be  cleaned  after  use,  and  ice  cube  trays  replaced.  Men  were  asked  to  use  the  ashtrays  in  the  mess­ halls  and  recreation  room.  Webber.  New  washing  machine  and  re­ frigerator  should  be  placed  aboard  be­ PUERTO  RICO  (Bull),  JUnc  1—Chair­ fore  ship  leaves  Baltimore.  man,  Allan  Lake;  Secretary,  Jim  Murphy.  Maurice  Olsen  was  elected  deck  delegate.  SEACORAL  (Coral),  March  3—Chair­ man,  George  Gragg;  Secretary,  Calvin  J.  $14  was  donated  to  the  ship's  fund.  Slover.  Alexander  Gur.skie  was  unani  (Bull),  May  1—Chairman,  mously  elected  ship's  delegate.  Discus­ no ELIZABETH  Secretary,  Juan  Cruz.  Motion  sion  was  held  on  where  to  set  up  the  was name;  passed  to  have  a  canopy  instaUed  new  washing  machine.'  Standby  should  aft  before  the  ship  sails  from  New  help  clean  the  messhaU  and  recreation  back  York.  Discussion  was  held  on  what  to  room  at  night.  Crewmembers  are  weU  do  with  the  old  washing  machine.  Dif­ pleased  with  the  way  the  foc'slep  are  be­ ferent  brand  of  foap  was  asked  for.  ing  painted.  May  25—Chairman,  Tony  MeshcfskI;  INES  (Bull),  May  25—Chairman,  Red  Secretary,  Calvin  J.  Slover.  Repair  lists  Campbell;  Secretary,  William  Jenkins,  for  aU  departments  were  accepted.  One  crewmember  missed  ship  in  Santo  Foc'sles  should  be  cleaned  before  payoff.  Domingo.  Members  wUl  ask  the  Union  patrolman  to  contact  aU  ships  on  the  JEAN  LAFITTE  (Waterman):  April  20  Puerto  Rico  run.  cautioning  them  about  —Chairman,  V.  Alstlne;  Secretary,  W.  J.  laundry  work  ashore,  as  elothes  were  Brown.  Delegates  reported  everyW^ing  in  lost  during  the  last  trip  at  San  Juan.  NIKOS  (Dolphin),  April  27—Chairman,  N.  W.  Kirk;  Secretary,  J.  W.  Thomas.  order.  Discussions  held  on  vents  for  the  crew's  quarters  aft; rubber  mats  needed  in  the  showers.  May,  18—Chairman,  V.  Alstlne;  Secre­ tary,  W.  J.  Brown.  J.  E.  Parks  was  elect­ ed  ship's  delegate.  Repair  list  wUl  be  turned  in  to  the  chief  engineer.  Discus­ sion was  held on  moving  the  menu board.  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Seatrain),  May  18—Chairman,  R.  W.  Sweeney;  Secretary,  E.  Jones.  Washing  machine  should  be  left  clean  at  all  times.  More  fans  wiU  be  instaUed,  and  checked  by  the  elec­ trician.  Electrician  wiU  install  and  check  aU  missing  lights.  Steward  will  see  if  he  can  get  a  television  set  in  New  York.  EVELYN  (Bull),  May  25—Chairman,  G.  B.  Smith;  Secretary,  E.  C.  Dacey.  Genco  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Repair  Ust  WiU  be  drawn  up  and  turned  in  to  the  ship's  delegate  before  arrival  in  New  York.  MARVEN  (Inter.  Nav.),  May  17—Chair­ man,  Fred  Isrel;  Secretary,  Clarence  R.  Haun.  Fred  Isrel  was  elected  ship's  del­ egate.  Steward  department  wiU  clean  the  recreation  room: deck  and  engine  de­ partments  WiU  alternate  cleaning  the  laundry.  Money  draws  In  Argentina  should  be  in  US  money,  as  it  was  stated  by  patrolman.  Coffee  urn,  kick­out  panels  and  mess­ men's  head  have  not  been  repaired,  as  agreed.  Chief  mate fired  crewmember  Just  before  sailing  time  and  threatened  him  with  bodily  harm  in  the  presence  of  several  members,  when  he  overheard  the  fired  man  questioning  the  chief  engineer  about  this.  There  should  be  less  noise  at  night.  Ship's  delegate  will find  out  if  the  galley,  pantry, recreation  room,  mess­ haU  and  passageway  are  going  to  be  painted,  as  promised.  June  1—Chairman,  R.  W.  Guthrie;  Sec­ retary,  Frank  Friesen.  Repairs  carried  over  from  previous  trips  should  be  done  this  trip,  as  well  as  ­painting  of  the  stewards'  toUets,  showers  and  passage­ ways.  Third  cook  paid  off  in  Newfpund­ land.  Crew's  bedsprings  should  be  re­ paired  and  mattresses  replaced;  hospital  • should be  cleaned  and  painted,  Motion  was  passed  to  have  the  patrolman  clear  up  for  the  captain  the  fact  that  passage­ ways and  lower  deck  in general  belonging  to  the  crew  should  be  cleaned  up  and  quarters  should  be  painted.  Departmental  delegates  wiU  draw  up  repair  lists.  SEACLOUD  (Seatraders),  May  18—  Chairman,  Richard  Weaver; Secretary,  W  J.  Walsh.  Captain  said  that  the  painting  of  recreation  room,  galley,  passageways  and  some  of  the  crew's  quarters  will  be  done  next  trip.  All  engine  room  quar­ ters,  with  the  exception  of  the  deck  en­ gineer's  room,  have  been  painted.  Al­ though  the  ship  has  been  carrying  coal  and  iron  ore.  sougeeing  of  steward's  de­ partment  quarters  was  ruled  out  on  the  grounds  that  the  ship  would  only  get  dirty  again.  Mattresses  and  piUows  for  the  coming  voyage  should  be  placed  on  board.  TAINARON  (Actlum),  May  11—Chair­ man,  Herbert  Bennedy;  Sccretal^,  M.  L.  Bumgardner.  M.  L.  Bumgardner  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  It  was  STEEL  ARCHITECT  (Isthmian),  Feb­ decided  that  a man  from  the  steward  de­ partment  WiU  clean  tjie  recreation* room.  ruary  10—Chairman,  Edward  Nooney;  Secretary,  John  Latella.  John  LateUa  (9)  Not  II  he  dldnt  increase  it (inside  passageways.  Two  and  a  half  Wiper  and  ordinary  wiU  take  turns clean­ will  be  donated  to  the' ship's  ing  the  laundgy.  Each  man  is  to  clean  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Library  and  when times  were good, a  New  York  shillings  messroom  should  be  kept  in  order.  Ex­ fund  by  each  member,  and  the  fund  will  the  washing  machine  after  using  it.  court  declared.  tra  fans  should  be  instaUed  in  rooms  oe­ be  held  by  the  ship's  delegate.  Buzzer  on  galley  elevator  should  be  repaired.  SUZANNE  (Buil),  May  27—Chairman,  eupied  by  more  than  two  men.  Ship's  (10)  ICQ  square  feet.  W.  Blanton;  Secretary,  L.  B.  Gooch.  Mo­ delegate  wiU  speak  to  the  captain  about  ANTINOUS  (Waterman),  April  20—  tion  was  passed  to  have  messhail  chairs  this.  Wipers,  who  are  in  the  foc'sle  with  Chairman,  McCarthy;  Secretary,  Kissel.  repaired.  Larger  cakes  of  soap  should  the  watches,  should  have a  room  to them­ Puzzle  Answer  Crew  should  help  keep  messhaU.  pantry  be  is^ed.  Ship's  delegate  should  check  selves;  this  wlU  be  taken  up  with  the  and  laundry  clean.  Repairs  will  be  repair  Ust  with  patrolman  and  see  that  patrolman.  Slopchest  price  Ust  should  be  posted  on  (Tie  buUetin  board.  taken  care  of  by  the  New  York  shore  it  is  taken  care  of.  May  6—Chairman,  E.  J.  Nooney;  Secre­ gang.  Suggestion  Was  made  that  the  after  part  of  ship  be  lighted  up  at  sea  SEACLOUD  (Seatraders),  March  19—  tary,  R.  Lake.  Captain  suggests  that  the  for  safety  on  deck.  Light  bulb  should  be  Chairman,  W.  J.  Walsh;  Secretary,  Rich­ request  to  separate  quarters  of  oilers,  instaUed  oh  the  washing  machine.  iYuit  ard  Weaver.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  firemen  and  wipers be  taken  up  with  the  Juices  and  more  steak  should  be  served.  the  ship's  delegate  contact  the  captain  head  office.  Case  of  member  brought  up  May  18—Chairman,  O'Connell;  Secre­ about  unsafe  gear.  Ship's  'delegate  on  charges  wUl  be  referred  to  the  pa­ tary,  Ty'ir,  Action  should  be  taken  on  th:\.'i;ted  the  steward's  department.  Mat­ trolman.  Contributions  for  the  chief  those  repairs  which  were  not  made  duc­ tresses  and  bed  springs  are  to  be  re­ cook,  who  is  seriously  Ul,  will  be  made  ing  the  last  trip.  Treasurer  reported  placed  and  fans  repaired.  Ship's  delegate  at  the  payoff.  Suggestion  was  made  that  $42.50  in  the  ship's  fund.  Motion  was  WiU  see  the  captain  about  painting  inside  the  crew  keep  out  of  the  pantry  at  meal  passed  to  have  the  New  York  patrolman  passageways,  galley  and  some  of  the  times,  leaving  the  messmen  to  handle  aboard  to, check  the  repair  Ust.  Sugges­ foc'sles."  Company  wiU  provide  cots  ber  meals.  Ship  should  be  fumigated.  Stew­ ard  department  was  given  a  vote  of  tion  was  made  that  a  safety  code  be  fore  the  next  voyage.  '  thanks  for  the  exceUent  service.  drawn  up  by  the  Union  for  contracted  ships.  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Cities  Service),  May  14—Chairman,  Robert  Brown;  Sec­ )SEAVICTOR  (Orion),  April  28—Ch­lr­ MARYMAR  (Calmar),  April  3$­Chalr­ retary,  Robert  McNeil;  Ship's  delegate  msn,  George  Clark;  Secretary,  Feul  Sin­'  man,  R.  Nicholson;  Secretary,  Harry  L.  wUl  sde  the  captain about  putting on awn­ ski.  Crew  was  asked  to  cooperate  in  Franklin.  C.;  Ruley  was  unanimously  ings on  the  fan  taU  and  painting  the rest  keeping  the  laundry  clean,  and  to  turn  elected .ahlp'a delegate.; He wUl  see a bout  of  the  crew's  foc'sles  when  the  ship  goes  off  the  washing  machine  after  u­Jng  it  (Vi:  0 )  J­.ttint­ P oLV)  Ship's  delegate  wlU  jp^ I potion  war |>a;^  to  have  a^  ^ujtahle  EIBB  leiDQS  SBS  Qnsois  mmn  [lOESlOISQ  QBBKiQB  QSQ  BISDEICIS  QQSa  BS]  QSSQE2!  SBBS  SSlZaD  BDQ  CaODSDH!!  QD  isfiJBs  SBDD  ans  iSQBDI^  ns  SSCIS  BQBQB  QDS]  • (SB aacssQ  gangway  put  aboard  instead  of  a  Jacob's  ladder.  May  25—Chairman,  George  Clark;  Sec­ retary,  Raul  SInski.  Although  a  motion  was  passed  to have  the  messballs painted,  the  Bosun  was  told  that  the  captain  said  there  would  be  no  more  overtime,  for  painting.  List  of  violations  of  agreement  by  the  captain  wiU  be  turned  over,. to  the  patrolman  in  New  York.  It.  was  sug­ gested  that  the  contract  be  clarified  on  several  points.  Vote  of  thanks , went  Jlo  the  steward  department for  cooking,  bak­ ing  and  good  service.  LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Juno  l^hairman,  Bartrett;  Secretory,  C.  G.  Bolton.  Ship  should  be  fumigated.  Some­ thing  should  be  done  dbout  the  fact  that  this  ship  always  sails  six  or  eight­ hours  later  than  the­  time  posted.  Grant.  Repair  list  was  made'  out  and  given  to  the  ship's  delegate.  Beefs  will  be  straightened  out  by  the  patrolman.  Foc'sles  should  be  cleaned  up  before  the  payoff.  Steward  reported  that  there  is  a  shortage  of  cups.  AU  members  gave  The  steward  department  a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  good  meals  and  service.  CITY  OF  ALMA  (Waterman),.:May  30—  Chairman,  Harry  Huston;  secretary,  H.  A.  Townsend.  Running  Ust  of  repairs  WiU  be  posted  in  the  messroom  at  the  start  of  the  next  trip  to  insure  work  be­ ing  done,  inasmuch  as  the  last  repair  list  was  not finished.  Spare  parts  are  aboard  the  ship  so  that  washing  machine  can  repaired  at  sea.  Each  department  lockers  will  be fixed  by  the  crew.  Ship's  WiU  be  take  turns  oleaning  up  laundry;  delegate  wUl  try  to  get  tablecloths,  cof­ steward  wiU  post  schedule.  Robert  San­ fee  urn  and  locker  shelves.  chez  was  elected  ship's  .delegate  by  ac­ clamation.  CALMAR  (Calmar),  May  18—Chairman.  ANN  BUTLER  (Bloomfield),  May  22—  Chairman,  P.  J.  McCann;  Secretary,  A.  LONE  JACK  (Cities  Service),  May  25­ CAPE  EDMONT  (Alcoa),  May  20—  6.  Espeneda.  Suggestion  was  made  that  Chalrman,  C.  Burns;  Secretary,  T.  L.  Chairman,  E.  N.  McEnIs;  Secretary,  L.  B.  the  snip's  radio  be fixed  during this  trip.  Moore.  Since  the  steward  still has  about  400  pounds  of  canned  coffee  on  hand,  he  will  not  be  able  to  ehan'ge  the  brand,  as  previously  suggested.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  S42;  the  launch  fare  In  Bridge­ port  has  been  paid.  Unequal  division  of  overUme  was  discussed.  The  deck  dele­ to  the  mate  about  having  the  fan  tail  washed  down  every  morning.  Crew  wishes  to  go  on  record  as  thanking  the  Lake  Charles­ agent.  Leroy  Clarke,  for  the fine  way  in  which  he  handles  all  beefs—smoothly  and  with  nn  fuss.  TOPA  TOPA  (Waterman),  April  13—  Chairman:  Paul  Drpzak;  Secretary,  A.  M.  Branconi.  George  King  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Black  gang  heads  need  to  be  repaired.  One fire  hy­ drant  and  the first  aid  kit  should  be  re­ paired.  May  18—Chairman,  A.  M.  Branconi;,  Secretary,  C.  Ridge.  Motion  was  passed  to  have  aU  heads  repaired  before  sign­ ing  on.  $10  from  the  ship's  fund  waa  donated  to  a  sick  MFOW  member,  who  was  a  passenger,  for  his  transportation  home.  FRANCES  (Bull),  March  1—Chairman,  Joseph  Buzalewski;  Secretary,  Mika  Zel­ onka.  Several  beefs  were  reported  to  the  patrolman,  who  wiU  straighten  tliem  out  before  the  payofT with  the  dele.gates.  Food  should  be  improved  and  a  locker  instaUed  for  the  deck  department.  March  30—Chairman,  Gottschalk;  Sec­ retary,  Mike  Zelonka.  Report  on 'repairs  will  go  to  the  patrolman.  Vole  of  thanks  went  to  the  steward  department.  Alen  are  to  be  dressed  properly  in  the  mess­ hall.  April  27—Chairman,  Van  Whitney;  Sec­ retary,  Mike  Zelonka.  Deck  department  beefs  wiU  be  straightened  out  by  the  patrolman.  .  Laundry  cleaning  schedule  wiU  be  posted on  the  buUetin board.  Toi­ lets  should  be  kept  clean  and  locked  in  port.  May  25—Chairman,  Van  Whitney;  Sec­ retary,  Mike  Zelonka.  Motion  was  passed  to  instaU  a  telephone  between  reef e r  room  and  engine  room  in  case  of  foul  weather  on  deck.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  steward  department  for  the  good  food.  June  a—Chairman,  Philip  Salino;  Sec­ retary,  E.  CRourke.  Overtime  beefs  of  the  electricians  wiU  be  taken  ip  with  the  patrolman.  Old  books  and  ma.gazines  will  be  turned  over  to  American  Sea­ men's  Society.  More  juices  for  break­ fast  requested.  Request  was  made  that  a  complete  menu  be  Usted  on  the  black­ board  for  each  meal.  MONTEBELLLO  HILLS  (Western  Tank­ ers),  June  8—Chairman,  John  O'Dea;  Sec­ retary,  T.  J.  O'Connor.  Peter  Christo­ pher  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Dis­ cussion  was  held  on  smoking—where  and  when  permitted.  Steward  asked  that  old  cots  be  turned  in,  so  th­\t  he  can  see  how  many  there  are.  ­xm  LONE  JACK  (Cities  Service),  June  8—  Chairman,  T.  J.  Moore;  Secretary,  Robert  Bowes.  Ship's  fund  stands  at  $52.  No  one  is  to  payoff  before  the  patrolm.in's  okay.  Motion  was  passed  to. purchase  a  timing  switch  for  the  washing  machine.  Crew  was  asked  to  turn  repairs  in  to  delegates,  as  weU  as  safety  suggestions.  Discussion  was  held  on  painting  12­4  deck  and  obtaining new  mattresses.  Crewmem­ bers  talked about  the  bad  ehickens  being  served.  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities  Service),  May  24—Chairman,  Thomas  McCann;  Sec­ retary,  Clifford  Martin.  Ship's  ddegate  wUl  see  the  chief  engineer  about  repair­ ing  deck  and .engine  department  shower  heads.  GaUey  and  messroom  wUl  be  painted  later..  Medical  attention  given  by  captain  and  mates  scored  no  good  sev­ eral  times  at  meeting.  YORKMAR  (Calmar),  March '23—Chair­ man,  T.  Hirsh;  Secretary,  Vyrel  G.  Suth.  Floyd 1.  Kelly  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  One  box  of  washing  powder  wUl  be  issued  each  week  by  tbe  steward  department,  since  there  is  a  shortage.  Suggestion  was  made  that  de­ partments  rotate  the  cleaning  of  the  laundry  and  recreation  room.  Members  were  asked  to  put  used  coffee  cups  in  the  sink.  May  11­,­Chairman,  Hirsh;  Secretary,  R.  E.  Charrion.  One  AB  jumped  ship  in  Portland,  Ore.  Seattle  hall  sent  a  re­ placement.  Steward  agreed  to  put  out  more  dishes  due  to  a  shortage.  Crew  complained  about  the  quality  and  variety  of  the  food.  ROBERT  LOWRY  (Bloomfield),  May  25  —Chairman,  C.  W.  Doggett;  Secretary,  Martin  W.  Seithel.  Ship's  delt  ate  re­ ported  a  beef  about  the  captain and  chief  mate  working  on  deck.  Several  overtime  beefs  were  reported.  All  surplus  linen  should  be  turned,  over  to  the  steward.  Suggestion  was  made  that  messhail  and  recreation  room  be  painted  and  foc'sles  sougeed.  ANNISTON  CITY  (Isthmian),  May  11—  Chairman,  Michael  J.  Carlln;  Secretary,  Michael  J.  Denignowskl.  John  Kulas  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  acclamation.  Brothers  were  asked  to  take  good  care  of  the  new  washin.g  machine.  The  new  iron  may  be  gotten  from  the  steward  at  any  time.  AU  linen  is  to  be  exchanged,  P!c;e  by  piece.  Messman  wiU  make  cof­ fee  in  the  morning,  ordinary  in  the  afternoon.  •   .  ^  q>8>eV8.»7Ji  • M    gCag­B. »#.e'.  '8"iat>ecJ  i  k «'"•   I  �i  '• ^iiiV­. •  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATIANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFl  •   ^  • J.­v  .  :^igi  • ^7y.i:ry  ."\  '''"yk  ,T.  b~  ,?V1  ij:1lK • W "|5:SSf?:f  '\­^d.:^­­­''  .}'­!i­:\­­\:' "^­.'i''­~^  ''W^r­:;. • •  • • ;•   ^:*^i,^.­"'':>,'  ­t  '"­.A •   :  It'­  "  u/v>;'.vr;;^''.V '•  •  b,  •  v. ­ 9­,  ­1 '•   .  '•   .  ­''­v­,­­. 'Zf.  v"!  • •   • "  ••   ­;*•.•   ­.­,  ­  . /li  7;te  . '• ^  W' :• '  .  .  ..  .­'; ;iy  ..1;."...  .­.  aiv, • j>!*­..—  T;;  '­­f  The heart of the Union is the rotory hiring hail with its emphasis  on  absolute,  job  democracy.  Rotary  hiring  is  the. most  precious  possession of Seafarers and  was only won oftet much hardship  and  sacrifice by the  trail blazers in  the Union.  .What  is  rotary  hiring?^  fe­ ­  •.  *  ' . •  • The    first  crack  at  the  job  goes  to  the  man  who  is  longest  on  the  beochl  • Every    Seafarer  is  guaranteed  that  his  turn  to ship  will  come  when the men ahead of him on the list ship out.  ..  ..riSf  .  '­'­J!­'­  ,  y.'­.­  • • 'v'­­­f:.:,­.'^ • %f;­. • • ;• /• ',.'­• n­  • A Seafarer can throw in lor d    job at any time.  If he holds the  oldest  ticket,  he  gets  the  job.  If he  decides  to  wait  for  a run  of  his choice he  con do sc^his  ticket.^has priority  over men  register­ ing  after  him.  \  • .  • Rotaiy    shipping  eliminates  the  crimp  and  shipping  master  who so  long held seamen in bondage.  With them the seaman could  either  "crawl or  starve."  Today  their grip  is broken  thanks  to the  Union's  successful  struggle  for  job  democracy.  ...'J",  i  ViM.'fy'  .  •  '•  .  •  .   •.   r' • >­,• •   My  • •  :i,  lit'":  5; .*».,•  ...  ­  >  • Air jobs come    from one place—off  the  shipping board, ruling  out daily rounds to company offices or piers, hot in hand, a humilia­ tion still  fresh in  the minds of many  a Seafarer^  M'  • Jobs go    to competent, professional  sailors  who  deserve  them  and not  to inexperienced  men who  will  sell  themselves  cheaply  to  get  aboard a ship.  ^  • To    sum  up,  rotary  shipping  guarantees  every member  an  ab­ ever devised,  proven every^ day  over cfrtd  over  again at  the hourly  jobxalU Iddvery SljLf  hal^  •  '  .  r,  T  '.1:M.'i•   }.:;^  ....  ­'•   '  "  " "  ;i^;;'  ' t­''"• ^4' " ' • '  "  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource June 13, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 12 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WINS PAY FOR BIRTH, DISABILITY SIU PLEDGES FULLEST AID AS SUP STRIKERS DIG IN BME ENGINE SCHOOL EASY WAY TO TICKET REACH PEAK VACATION PAY EXPAND WELFARE COVERAGE SEAFARERS VICTORIOUS IN KEY SHIP VOTE CASE 'PRIVATE EYE' LOOKS OTHER WAY UNION'S DISABILITY BENEFIT A 'GODSEND' DAD TERMS BENEFIT 'FAMILY UNION PACT' PR CREW ADAPTS GIRLS BB TEAM CANADIAN SIU WEST COAST ORGANIZING PROGRAM OPENS COURT HEARS SALVAGE CASE ON WAR CARGO LOW-PRICED GEAR FOR SHIPS ART CONTEST AWARDS COMPLETED MAJOR FEATURE OF SHIP BILL CUT BY HOUSE UNIT CTU LAUDS SIU FOR STRIKE AID PICKET LINE CASE WILL GO TO HIGH COURT DEADLINE NEARS IN VOTING FOR NEW OUTPORT BUILDINGS CIO SHIPYARD UNION DELAYS STRIKE CALL CG PROBES SS MICHAEL CRASH, FIRE TANKSHIP OPERATORS AWAIT GOVT OKAY IN SHIP SWITCH NEW CANADIAN HALLS NEARING FINAL STAGES LACK OF STEEL PERILS STRAPS FOR TANKSHIPS ASK SIU MEN DONATE BLOOD IN SINGAPORE MM&P ASKS SHIP OPERATORS FOR 15 PERCENT PAY BOOST FLOODS SEEN AT LAKE PORTS WHAT SANK THE LINER OREGON WANNA DIVE FOR SUNKEN GOLD? FAMILY PORTRAIT NOTABLE BIRTHDAY KNOWING THE SCORE HELPING HAND HOW TO CONDUCT A UNION MEETING ON SHIP AND SHORE SEAFARERS HAIL NEW BENEFITS AS 'FORWARD-LOOKING UNIONISM' WORLD'S SPEED RECORD TOPPED BY NEW LINER THE CREED OF A SEAFARING MAN PASSENGER SAVED BY KYSKA CREW IN NINE MINUTES FLAT SIU BEACHCOMBERS EAGER TO DISPLAY DIAMOND SKILL LOST CABBIE STYMIES SEAFARER RADIO MAN'S BOOK ON SALE COFFEE BEAN REALLY GOT AROUND Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/13/1952 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f230083ea283957363960f0fc07194c2.PDF e35075c8d22533538aca37ecbd714bec PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VIII. NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1946 No. 24 SlU-SUP Work-StoppageTies Up All Ports; Forces Bargaining Sessions By Operators NEW'.YORK—As a result of the Seafarers show of strength and solidarity, which was evidenced by the complete work-stoppage on June 6, negotiations with the op­ erators commenced on Tuesday, June 11, The Union was represented by Brothers John Hawk; Paul Hall; Robert Matthews; J. P. Shuler, and Joseph Sussman. Hawk Gives Testimony Against O'east Guard Militancy Is -—— (By a Log Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, June 13—The august ears of mem­ bers of the House Committee on Executive Department Expenditures were flapping this morning. The members of Congress were listening to John Hawk, Vice President of the SIU, take the hide off the Coast Guard. He did a good job of flaying. And it« was a new experience for the as­ sorted Representatives who con­ stitute the committee, for usually the Coast Guard is spoken of only with reverence for its life Here is the news that we have; saving role in peace time and all been waiting for! A Mari­ the part it played in the war. They heard Hawk tell, in un­ time Council has been formed in varnished seaman's language, New York to coordinate AFL what the Coast Guard officers Maritime labor acitvities. Thus had been doing to American sea­ far, six AFL unions are actively men since an executive order participating; others while coop­ placed the Bureau of Marine In­ erating, are reporting back to spection and Navigation under their membership for further in­ its jurisdiction. structions. Hawk was testifying against See story on Page 3 for com­ {Continued on Page 14) plete details. AFL Maritime Group Formed in New York i The first session was devoted to the presentation, by the Sea­ farers, of the basic proposals to amend the agreement between the Union and the Mississippi ' Steamship Company. This is -in line with the Seafarers' policy of dealing with each company in­ strike vote. They went on rec­ dividually. ord to regard the Navy and Coast BASIC DEMANDS Guard as strikebreakers if they Most important of the Union's try to run Union ships in event demands is a change in working of a strike. hours, both at sea and in port. OVERFLOW MEETING T'nis proposal is based on the Approximately 1000 men walk­ fact that seamen are the only ed off their ships in Philadelphia. workers in the maritime industry They met in Redman's Hall after who are not protected by the attendance overflowed the SIU V7ages and Hours Act. headquarters in South ' 7th St. Seamen, therefore, are com­ One resolution condemned Labor pelled to work 56 hours per week Secretary Schwellenbach "for re­ while at sea, and 44 hours per fusing to let the ship operators week in port. None of this time meet the Union." Truman's is covered by overtime pay. strike-breaking threat was also The Union proposes that this blasted. ineouity be immediately elimin­ Shipping in the port of Balti­ ated and a 40 hour work week more was crippled as some 3000 set-uo. This could be accomplished by men stopped work to attend the The Keynote Of All Stop-Work Meetings Shipping activities were vir­ tually paralyzed in all Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Hawaiian ports as SIU-SUP men left their ships simultaneously at noon on June 6 to attend joint meetings pro­ testing the stalling of negotia­ tions for new contracts. In addition to a condemna­ tion of the Government-operator stall, the membership called for a strike vote to back its demand for basic changes in present con­ tracts, and strongly denounced President Truman's threatened use of the Navy and Coast Guard as strike-breaking agencies. Militancy was the keynote of the meetings in all ports. In New York, 5000 Seafarers quit work for three hours and unanimously authorized the (Continued on Page 4) (Contin7icd on Page 4) 51 J �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 14, 1348 a' ii-i 11 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated uith the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y, HAnover 2-2784 t » 1 » HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 2 5, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Taking Our Stand • 'Government manning of ships is a lockout. This statement, made at the SIU-SUP stop-work meeting in Webster Hall on June 6, will go down in maritime history as the call to arms against fascism on the waterfront. « The work-stoppage last Thursday is a sign to the operators and the Government bureaucrats that the Sea­ farers is ready to take any action necessary to protect the rights of seamen, and to erase the existing wage and hour inequities. OF The profit hungry shipowners made billions of dol­ lars out of this war. They made this at the expense of the taxpayers and the seamen who sailed the ships. There is no reason why some of this exorbitant profit cannot now be returned to the merchant mariners in the form of higher wages and shorter working dayrs. Hospital Patients Even Congress, which has been angrily trying to strait-jacket labor, realizes the need for increased wages to offset the rising cost of living. Of course, as usual, Con­ gress went too far and voted itself a 50 percent increase in salary. If this measure is approved by the House of Rep­ resentatives, and there is very little chance that it won't be, it means an increase of $5000 per year for each Con­ gressman. We wonder how this stacks up with IS'/zC per hour increase granted to shoreside workers, and the 9c per hour boost which has been offered to seamen. Merchant seamen have always been treated like step­ children by the government. When the Fair Labor Stand­ ards Act, better known as the Wages and Hours Law, was recently amended by Congress, the question of the forty hour week for seamen came up for discussion. Over the protests of all seamen, and in the face of testimony from responsible maritime union officials. Congress decided to exempt shipowners from having to treat their employes decently. Organized workers in all other industries are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Is this our reward for the blood we shed during the war? This type of Government discrimination is further carried on by the threat to use the Navy to man ships in .the event of a maritime strike by any union. The recent work-stoppage should be sufficient warn­ ing to the Government that we will not tolerate fascist methods. Mussolini made the trains run on time for the tourists, but did nothing for the workers. Mr. Truman cannot sail struck ships with Naval personnel and attempt to keep seamen in economic slavery without running afoul of the SIU. Our Union has gone on record that when the first ship is taken over by the Navy, or any other Armed Service, we will immediately consider it a lockout. That goes for .any ship, no matter what union it is contracted to. And when that happens, every SRI-SUP man will hit the bricks. This is not an idle threat. Seafarers will not scab. When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ing to them. W. SILVERTHORN NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL FRANK ALASAVICH J. DENNIS R. FRENCH HENRY UGLIS J. COXV/ELL ERIC ANDERSON R. R. GAYECKO J. A. MAYA BILL BLAIR GEORGE DAVIS CHARLES TYLER AXEL HENRIKS WALTER CAHILL EMERY SIMMS A. SKYLLBERG i 1 & GALVESTON HOSPITAL LEROY DAVIDSON R. V. JONES WILBUR MANNING BROMMLY RAY D. LOSKO BROWN E. LADINER ROBERTS JAMES SNELL DYKES G. W. WIGGINS P. MANDEY R. M. l^OLAN H. OLLOMON J. R. QUINN BRANT EDWARD CUSTER BLANCHARD W. LEWIS SPENTS W. T. HUNTER WITT i t VAN AKIN BRIGHTON HOSPITAL FLETCHER S. F. PUZZO WALK , • T. DINEEN VAN AALT P. CASALNUOVO HANS O. HANSEN Jt. t t STATEN I^AND HOSPITAL J.-SINIARD H. SAUKIASIAN V. PAINTER ED. JOHNSTON R. M. BROWN H. GILLAN E. L. OLIVER A VINCENT JONES AL LONGUIDES T. FORTIN H. C. HENRY G. PHINNEY JR. W. G. H. BAUSE H. STONE • E. G. MOSSELLER ~ S. KELLEY W. B. MUIR You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) M. J. GODBOUT , L. KAY JOHN DALY W. W. McCLURE L. L. MOODY L. R. BORJA ' E. B. HOLMES G. H. STEVENSON C. G. SMITH T. E. LEE G. L. PERRY G. KUBIK L. A. HORNGY H: NIELSON J. L. JONES G. JANAVARIS R. A. CENTRIC , Si 4 t BALTIMORE HOSPITAL IVER IVERSEN E. J. DELLAMANO NATHAN BARKSDALE WILLIAM ROSS ROBERT LITTLETON JAMES KELLY WILLIAM RUMBOL LEONARD PHILLIPS FRANCIS STURGIS MOSES MORRIS ARTHUR yiPPERMAN JOHN STEWARD JR. THOMAS CARROLL DONALD LE BOUEF ' ; ,.f , A �Friday, June 14, 1946 THE SE'AF'ARERS hOV Page Thre«» AFL Maritime Council Is Formed In N. Y. Things Move: Strike Preparatiens (Just In Case) And Organizing Drive Meve At Fuii Speed Ahead . By EARL SHEPPARD being computed on the basis of SIU agreements rather than the company's directive. Right now is the time for eveiy man lu keep on his lues and to make these improved con­ ditions permanent. Many sugges­ tions have come in from crews as to clauses in the agreement which will be negotiated when the Seafarers is certified by the Labor Board as representing Isthmian seamen. The organizational apparatus of the Seafarers has been given the task of mobilizing the man­ power of the Union to carry out the business of strike prepara­ tions. A survey made in the port of New York has shown that practically every bit of the nec­ essary work can be done by Union members. Printers, multilith operators, sign painters, stencil cutters, clerks, cooks and even a doctor and lawyer were SHIP MEETINGS among the members who volunAt all ship meetings the ques­ teei'ed for this work. tion of the agreement to be ne­ Preparing a strike apparatus, gotiated should be a point on converting the Union to the job, the agenda. Accurate minutes and fitting the whole pattern to­ should be kept and all sugges­ gether is an immense organiza­ tions should be worded so that tional job. To avoid confusion, the negotiating committee will all report and paper work is be­ be able to use them as a guide. ing prepared uniformly and will Particular attention should be be issued from Nev/ York. paid to all shipboard beefs and A complete set of files is being these, too, should be discussed at set up so that in the event of a the ships meetings and recorded strike a complete record of each in the minutes. In this way cer­ man's activities will be kept both tain precedents can be establish­ in the ports and in the master ed even before the voting ends and negotiations start. files in New York. and going back aboard the ships as volunteer organizers. The companies are getting ner­ vous about this sentiment and arc doing everything in their power to prevent it. This grow­ ing Union sentiment has already resulted in a general bettering of conditions. Every member of the Seafarers should make every Mtempt pos­ sible to contact tanker crews and individual seamen sailing the tankers. Things are moving fast now and the quicker an estab­ lished base is formed aboard these unorganized ships, the quicker a real drive can get un­ der way. Personal conatct with these crews is the best method of organization. WAGE INCREASES The Seafarers is now going in­ to negotiations with all contract­ ed operators. This is described in greater detail elsewhere in this issue of the Log. The result of these negotiations will doubt­ less furnish a pattern for the in­ dustry as a whole on the unor­ ganized as well as the organized ships. The SIU is fighting the fight of the seamen as a whole, and it is up to every member to see that the unorganized seaman knows that the wage increases he has won and will win, are the result of Seafarers action. Right now is the time for every Seafarer to get on the job, stick on the job and organize every unorganized seaman in the industry. UNORGANIZED TANKERS The effect of the Isthmian or­ ganizing success is being shown on tankers. A large number of crew members of the unorganiz­ ed companies such as Standard Oil, Atlantic Refining, Cities Ser­ vice, Sun and Sabine transpor­ tation are coming into the Sea­ farers Halls, and requesting that the Union start an all-out tanker FOOD AND HOUSING organizing campaign. Many of Another big job is the setting these men are taking out books up of the proper committees to handle the food and housing sit­ uation. The main committees are already hard at work setting up galleys and scouting the ciiy for sleeping accommodations. In the A Strike Gear Kit, consisting Headquarters, so that full credit event of a strike, the committees of credentials, forms and instruc- | for time on picket watch will be now at work will have to estab­ tions that will facilitate the given to each Brother, lish many sub committees. prosecution of a strike,, if one is 3. Picket Captain's Watch Re­ The present strike preparations called, has been announced by port: This form will permit each are a training ground. The real Paul Hall, Chairman of the Sea­ Port Strike Committee to see task now is organizational so that farers' Strike Preparations Com­ to it that its Port is completely the Union will be in fighting trim mittee. covered, and to secure sufficient for anything that occurs with the The Kit, already in the hands news for the strike bulletins. right men for the right jobs. of every Port Agent of the Sea­ 4. Strike Bulletin Forms: This farers, while by no means com­ ISTHMIAN RECRUITING is a standardized masthead-form plete, as operations will differ in Isthmian seamen in increasing to be used for the dissemination slight details from Port to Port, numbers are joining the Seafar­ of all strike and Port, news, so will create a structure and proers. Many of the new members that all members will be familiar ceedure that will channelize the | voted NMU in the elections but with the progre.s.s i)f Ihe strike. energies of the Branches and per­ after seeing the Seafarers in ac­ In addition, a copy of each Port's mit an orderly funclioning of the tion decided to become SIU bulletin will be sent to every Union machinery. members. other Port, to present an all-in­ "The job was done in good clusive picture. Another thing that has influ­ Seafarers fashion," said Brother enced them greatly is the fact 5. Pamphlet On Strikes And Hall, "speedily and intensively. that the SIU didn't stop organiStrike Strategy: This is an anThere was no playing with this zatoinal work when a ship was work. The Committee went right alysis of the types of strikes, and voted, but rather stayed on the to work and came out with a'the general and specific probjob and deveted its activities to working plan in short order. If.lems arising from them. While improving ship conditions and the time ever comes for us to hit l not in any sense a final guide; educating the unorganized sea­ the bricks, v/e won't be caught as local conditions may raise men as to the principles of problems not covered or details short." unionism. Included in the Kit are the not discussed—the basic struc­ ture of the strike apparatus that CONDITIONS IMPROVE following: will meet practically any unforPractically all Isthmian sea­ 1-. Strike Credentials: These seen situation is outlined in the men report that, with the voting will prevent any unauthorized booklet. drawing to a close and SIU vic­ person from speaking in the name tory practically assured, condi­ The first section describes the of the Union and discrediting it. tions are rapidly improving. The different kinds of strikes, and 2. Picket Card System: This old bell to bell and no time off pracitce of the Isthmian lind is is a complete set-up that will j fast becoming a thing of the past. register each striker. Copies wiU ground from which to proceed, On some of the ships overtime is go to the Port Agent and to [Then follow a chapter on "The Each port will issue a daily strike bulletin and a board will be kept with reports from all ports, so that every man wiU know just what is going on everywhere. All of these bullet­ ins and minutes will be cleared from New York, and this alone requires an efficient mailing and filing staff. NEW YORK—Delegates from of policy wei e issued concerning American Federation of Labor both the present situation within maritime imions met in an em­ the industry, as weU as other ergency session Monday, June 10 pertinent problems within the at 2:30 P.M. in Port Director's field. These statements follow: Auditorium to create a perman­ 1. Member Unions of the AFL ent AFL Maritime Council of Maritime Council of Greater New Greater New York and to coor­ York will at all times respect dinate AFL maritime labor ac­ bonafide economic picket fines tivities. maintained for the purpose of-^ The Council is composed of the protecting workers, wages and following maritime unions: Sea­ conditions. farers International Union, Sail­ 2. In the event of a strike by ors Union of the Pacific, Masters, any CMU affiliated Union, this Mates and Pilots, Intrenational Council will respect picket lines Longshoremen's Association, Ra­ around that particular Union's dio Officers Union, and the Am­ contracted ships. erican Merchant Marine Staff 3. If, during any beef on the Officers Association. waterfront, a question is raised These member Unions have as to the validity from an eco­ joined this Council as active par­ nomic point of any picket line, ticipants and are taking back re­ then that validity shall be decid­ ports and recommendations to ed by this AFL Maritime Coun­ the membership of their respec­ cil, and handled accordingly by tive Unions for further action. the respective Unions. The first meeting of the Coun­ 4. In the event that any AFL cil elected as co-chairman Paul Union of this Council goes on Hall, New York Agent of the strike for the purpose of better­ SIU, and Jack Dwyer, New York ing or maintaining wages and Port Agent of the SUP. Tempor­ conditions, all member Unions ary Headquarters for the Coun­ will assist one another to the best cil has been established at 51 of their ability. Beaver Street. This AFL Mari­ 5. Continued attempts by com­ time Council of Greater New mie-controlled Maritime Unions York is now functioning on a per- aimed at disruption within AFL manent basis, and will continue Maritime Unions will be regardto do so. |ed by this Council as a declaraAs a result of the first meeting tion of War by those commie outof the Council, several statements fits responsible. Purser Turns In His NMU Book, Joins The Staff Officers Assn By TOM HILL N. Y. Rep., AMMSOA A recent issue of the NMU Pilot carried an item which stated "Cape Blanco Purser joins NMU." A few days ago this same Purser came into the office and said he wished to turn in his NMU book and join the Staff Officers Association. The following is a copy of the KIT SETS UNION APPARATUS IN ORDER Use Of Strike Funds" and the "Structure of the Seafarers." The fourth and last chapter is the most important of the book. Described here are the descrip­ tion and functions of the Port Strike Committee, and the var­ ious sub-committees — commit­ tees on Food and Finance; Local Speakers Bureau; Publicity Com­ munications and the Picket Com­ mittee. These are the basic commit­ tees of the Union on strike, and upon them rest the success and failure of the Seafarers in a beef against the operators. Brother Hall pointed out. letter that was mailed with the NMU membership book and dues receipt to the NMU office. This letter is published with the per­ mission of the Purser in question, who is now a member in good standing in the AMMSOA: MV CAPE BLANCO, New York, N. Y., June 4, 1946. Pui'sers' Division, National Maritime LTnion, 346 West 17th Street, New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: Inasmuch as one cannot serve two masters any more than he can be a loyal and faithful mem-' ber of two labor organizations, I am, voluntarily, relinquishing my membership in the Pursers' Division of the NMU, to affiliate myself with hte American Mer­ chant Marine Staff Officers' As-, sociation. I assure you, gentlemen, that in this action, I am guided by no other motive than my own con­ science, nor has there been any pressure placed upon me from any source. This action is ab­ solutely voluntary on my part, and I take my leave from the NMU without prejudice or ani­ mosity, and I sincerely trust you wiU accept my action in the same spirit. I am forfeiting the dues paid into the NMU, and am returning Book 176890 and Receipt No. J15604. J. A. Leighton, Purser, MV Cape Blanco "This is the section that must be read, not once but over and over again," he said. "This is the backbone of the Seafarers' apparatus, and it must be set-up in a foolproof fashion. The Strike Preparations Committee is ready to answer any and all questions on this structure, and to receive suggestions and recom­ mendations. We are ready to It is not too late for other Pur­ roll, if we have to, and when sers who have made the same that time comes we are going to mistake to correct it. Our office roll at full speed ahead." at 21 Bridge Street is open to you at aU times. The Associa­ tion's aim is to aid in the progress and betterment of working con­ ditions for all Staff Officers Pur­ sers. �m Friday, June 14, IMS TBE S£ d rA K EM S LO€ Page Four W B Militancy Is The Keynote Of All Stop-Work Meetings TAMRA JOINS THE PARADE (C.onihiHcd from Page 1) joint meeting. There the Sea­ farers voted to send telegrams to Truman protesting his threat to Tuse armed lort..s to man ships while a statement, from the Union hall scored the "governmental bureaucratic intervention" in col­ lective bargaining. About 1000 Seafarcr.s in the - New England ports of Boston Providence and Portland. Maine joined in the nation-wide stop­ page. At Boston two sessions had to be held when an overflow SIU-SUP men that "the long­ crowd arrived at the Union hall shoremen will support the SIU. for the meeting. We arc behind you regardless of After hearing a report on th what happens." status of negotiations with the In Port Houston, all SIU-SUP operators the men adopted a reso­ members staged a five hour work lution urging "the earliest pos­ stoppage. Resolutions were sible resumption of AFL and adopted demanding an end to owner negotiations." Here too, "government and bureaucratic" Schwellenbach drew fire for the interference in the wage and suspension of SlU-operator con­ hour negotiations with the ship This is part of the Tampa Stop-Work meeting. Hundreds of SIU and SUP seamen walked ferences while the owners talk operatoi's. off their ships and had their say about the operators and government bureaucrats. In the fore­ with the CIO. The 500 SIU-SUP participants ground (right) is Sonny Simmons, Tampa Agent. Sitting next to him is the leader of the SAVANNAH PROTESTS in the stoppage held in Galves­ ton were joined at their meet­ Tampa longshoremen, who pledged their support to the Seafarers. SIU members packed the Hall in the port of Savannah for the ing by representatives of the meeting. They joined in the pro- Masters, Mates and Pilots; Com­ mercial Telegraphers Union, and the ILA. They approved the SIU-SUP condemnation of Tru­ man's threat. The membership The Log wanls at once the also voted to instruct the na­ names and addresses of bars, tional officers to start at once clubs frequented by seamen, lieve the unemployment of sea­ the negotiation.s to achieve the (Continued from Page 1) ih men and avoid an eventual wa­ particularly in foreign ports, Union's basic demands. yiinstituting the four" watch sys­ terfront WPA. At Port Arthur, the story was so that they can be put on tem for Deck and Engine Depart­ the same. An effective all-out Another proposal calls for a 30 the Log mailing list. With ments for all men on sea watches; participation in the work stop­ percent increase in wages for all the postal delivery to ships the six hour work-day for Stew­ page, with the voicing of demands ratings, plus additional inci-eases ards Departments at sea; and snafued, this remains the only similar to those of their Brother for certain ratings to eliminate a six hour work day based on a practical way of getting the Seafarers in the nation's other six day week at sea and in port existing inequalities. Increases ports. Union paper into the mem­ for all men on day work in all in the overtime rates for all test which ecliued up and down Thus did the militant SIU-SUP departments is also requested. berships hands. departments. meet on June 6 to gird itself the nation's coasts. The demands for increases in So do it today—send us the NO WPA At Norfolk, too, the SIU-SUP against the threats of finks and wages and overtime pay is based names and correct addresses wo#k stoppage was greatly suc­ reactionaries. The above proposals would upon the fact that decreases in of your favorite places all cessful. Ships lay idle as the serve two purposes. First, to take-home pay have affected all men met and expressed their bring the work-week of seamen unlicensed personnel, while at over the world, wilh an esmilitancy. more in line with the work-week the same time, the cost of living estimation of the number of of others in the maritime indus­ has incrca.sed approximately 30 Down in Jacksonville, SIULogs they can use. try; and second, to increase the percent. Thus there is a gap of SUP men tied up their ships while manning scales and thereby re- at least 30 percent whidh must they attended the meeting held That controversial Isthmian be adjusted in seamen's wages. in Carpenter's haU. The men ship, the Sea Stallion, which has voted to back the Union 'TOO Other demands which were percent" in whatever action it often been claimed by the NMU, submitted included increases in is again in the Port-of New York. may take. the stand-by rate, longshore rate When the Sea Stallion was voted For four hours 1000 Seafarers in Savaxmah a few weeks ago, for work performed by crewstajmd away from their ships in the crew gave the Seafarers an members, and tank-cleaning rate. the port of Mobile. The meet­ edge as the Union of its choice. By ROBERT MATTHEWS 100% UNITED ing, originally scheduled for the SAN FRANCISCO—Activities by the fact that the Union was Crewed up again at Houston SIU hall, was of overflow pro­ Impetus to the Seafarers' drive have picked up considerably the notified that the Shipowners portions and had to be held in after her previous crew had past week in San Francisco. We would meet immediately to con­ for wage increases, the four the larger AFL hall which also voted SIU, the Sea .Stallion stop­ paid off the SS Charles McDon­ duct negotiations. After two watch system, and changes in was inadequate for the crowd. A ped briefly at Newport News and nell, Mississippi Shipping Com­ meetings with the operators the working rules, was given by the Paulsboro, N. J., to take on cargo before hitting the Big City to pany. This ship was in from a Union reports that definite prog­ complete work-stoppage. From every port in which SIUtake on the balance of her cargo. ten and a half month voyage. All ress has been made. I am leaving at once for New SUP men held meetings, ex­ disputes were settled before the As this item hits the press, the York to represent the Engine De­ Stallion is headed for the Far payoff, with the exception of two. partment in our own negotiations pressions of support were sent These involved overtime for to the New York Headquarters East with stops scheduled at with our conji-acted companies. Shanghai, Manila, Cebu, Saigon, Oilers standing evaporators and Our progress will be reported to Office. The telegrams asked that and then possibly back to the Third Cook working out of the the membership at regular inter­ immediate negotiations be start­ galley doing jobs such as soogeed, and that a strike referendum United States again. ing, making up rooms, painting, vals. be taken so that action could be Currently, the Sea Stallion has etc. These two beefs have now planned in the event that nego­ a strongly pro-SIU crew — one been settled and are payable. tiations break down. which can be expected to hold The SS Wall Knot, Waterman New Orleans wired, "All in tight in any eventuality, and one Steamship Company, is paying this 100 percent. Press for im­ of which the Seafarers can be off this week. This ship is in from mediate bargaining. Meeting justly proud when Isthmian a year's voyage with very few voted for strike vote." second meeting was held later in comes under an SIU contract in disputes, which will be squared Slay on the job in the From Baltimore came the en­ the SIU hall to allow all men the near future. event of any maritime strike up before the pay-off. thusiastic telegram, "If operators to participate in the action-. Also in, for payoff, is. the SS or work stoppage. Keep in will not bargain honestly, this touch with SIU Halls in all William Sturgis, Calmar Steam­ ILA SUPPORT meeting goes on record to hit the ports. Don't act independ­ ship Company, with few beefs bricks." The New Orleans hall, likewise which will be settled. ently. Contact bonafide SIU was jam-packed for its meeting. representatives in all ports, The past week saw two stopThese sentiments were echoed If you don't find linen Approximately 1500 men parti­ work meetings on a coastwise who will keep you advised by Seafarers in every port along when you go aboard your cipated in the stoppage in the ship, notify the Hall at once. of further developments basis to put pressure on the West the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Gulf port in order to discuss their from time to time. Read your Coast Shipowners to meet with Coasts. The meetingF-. also went A telegram from Le Havre or demands. and enter into negotiations with LOG and the official SIU Singapore won't do you any on record to regard the Govern­ Bulletins. Visit your Halls, ment's seizure of ships as a lock­ good. Ifs your bed and you the Sailors' Union. The President of the Interna­ and be governed accordingly. out, and to walk off the ships if The effectiveness of these stoptional Longshoremen's Associa­ have to lie in it. work meetings can be measured and when this takes place. tion in New Orleans told the Let Us Have 'Em Work-Stoppage Successful, And Operators Negotiate Sea Stallion Crew Is Still For SIU Frisco Shows Operators The Way With Two Stop-Work Meetings To All Seafarers On Isthmian Ships AHENTION! �Fridar. June 14, 1946 THE S E AP ARERS LO G Page Five !And Here's What We Really Think! pROTESTS against President Truman's threat to use the Navy to man ships in the event of a strike mounted rapidly. Among the first unions in the nation to make its sentiments heard, the SIU held a nation-wide two hour work-stoppage on Thursday, June 6. The stoppage had a two-fold purpose. First, to give voice to our opposition to the President's strike-breaking tactics, and second, to bring pressure to bear on the operators to bargain honestly with the SIU-SUP. Feelings against the unjust treatment we have suffered at the hands of the shipowners ran so high, that a vote to have a strike referen­ dum was carried before the stoppage ended. Friday, June 7, the LOG photographer and reporter went roaming through the New York Hall to find out what the membership thought about the work-stoppage meeting, the vote to strike, and the entire situation. All the Brothers interviewed by the LOG were unanimous in their approval of the action taken. All know the score. Left to right—R. Brown, D. Whittaker, H. Murdock and J. Holland RIVERSLY BROWN, Waiter: One thing that struck me during the meeting was the role that the Navy and Coast Guard might play in the event of a strike. I'll admit that it had me worried for a little while. Then I started to think about the days of 1942 and 1943 when we carried the ball. Where was the CG in those days? The Washington bureaucrats have threatened us plenty of times, but we al­ ways licked them. With a Union like ours, I'll bet the President would not have been able to break our strike by threatening to use the Army, Navy, or even the Marines. DUDLEY WHITTAKER, Waiter: Our meeting was for a worthy cause. I've spent 27 years of my life going to sea, and the only thing that has improved conditions during this period is unions. The operators don't fear us when we talk to them singly. But it's a diiferent matter when we talk to them as an or­ ganized group. We deserve a better break, and if we can't get it by bargaining, we'll go on strike and get it that way. The iniportant thing is that we will get it. HERB MURDOCK, AB; When I look back on the way the NMU had to practically force the membership to vote for a strike, and then I compare it with the way SIU men are aliSrays ready to take action for what is rightfully theirs, then 1 am really proud of being in the SIU. That meeting last Thurs­ day was an example of what I mean. No monkey business, just thousands of men, meeting for ihe same purpose, and having the same end in mind. It was a real demonstration of solidarity. JOHN HOLLAND, Second took: It was a successful meeting from every point of view. Above all else, it showed the ship­ owners that v/e are united and that we don't fear a showdown with them. It's about time somebody told those guys that they can't take anything they want without a complaint from the people. During the war the shipowners msde money hand over fist. Now that the profits have dropped just a little bit, ihey are immedietely crying that they can't afford to have seamen live like decent human beings. Well, we seamen can't afford not to. Lefl io right—J. A. Ryan, L. Collins. E. Gereaux. JOSEPH A. RYAN, Steward: The meeting went in groat style. You could feel that some­ thing very important was happening. Everyone was tense and excited. It was a good feeling to know that any action we took would be backed up by 62,000 Brother Seafarers, and if that wasn't enough, we could depend on 7,000,000 AFL Brothers, I don't think that the shipowners are overjoyed at the prospect of tangling with us. They know that they can't depend on mak­ ing us split amongst ourselves. We are in this together—for bread and butter, not politics. LUKE COLLINS. Bosun: That meeting was right on the nose. It was the only way we had to bring the shipowners to see that we mean business. They will stall as long as possible, but this will put a stop to their finagling. I can't understand the operators. Seamen's lives don't mean anything to them. They don't care a bit about the fact that we can never save anything for our old age, or even sup­ port our families in half-way decent style. All they care about is profits. They act like masters, not like men. EMANUEL GEREAUX. Steward: * The meeting, and the action taken, was one of the best things we ever did. If seamen ever have to show their solidar­ ity, now is the time. The bosses have the go-ahead signal from the President of the United States, and Congress has told them they will back up any labor-breaking tricks that are tried. What more do the operators need? Now they will refuse to bargain honestly, and we v/ill get the bad publicity no matter what happens. Well, publicity never scared us before, and it won't stop us now. iliiiiiiiiiiHi EDWARD TESKO. OS: This will show the shipown­ ers that we are strong and will not be pushed around. The operators piled up all kinds of money during the war. and now they v/on't even bargain with us when we ask for a liv­ ing wage. What kind of busi­ ness is lhat, anyway? Thous­ ands of seamen died during the war, and everybody made a big fuss over us. Now that the war is over, we are being treat­ ed like poor relations. They might be able to get away with that with other people, but not with seamen. Left fo right—H. Jensen, J. B. Blanchard, J. Quigley. HAKON JONSON, AB: Like everything else the Seafarers does, the stoppage was 100 percent effective. It showed thai we are united for any action that we might have io fake. I thought that the new men might not understand strike strategy, but from the way every­ body responded, if looks like the older men took the time to teach to newcomers exactly what ihe score is. It would do us all a lot of good to learn from the men who were involved in past action for seamen's rights, wages.^and conditions. JOSEPH B. BLANCHARD, OS: It was the most effective way to let the shipowners know that we mean business. Those guys are used to plenty of notice so that they can get their hot-shot lawyers and Government stooges on the ball. If that doesn't do the trick, they get a bill introduced in Congress, or else the President acts as a strike­ breaker. The hell with that kind of business, I say. We want more money, and we want changes in working hours. No other group works as long hours as v/e do, and it's about time some­ thing was done about it. JOHN QUIGLEY. OS: That was a militant thing to do. I'll bet the shipowners and the bureaucrats didn't know what io do about it. We are prob­ ably the only remaining unions that operate along trade.union principles. We don't want the Government to butt in—we want to negotiate with the operators. Union members are getting tired of having to take what the Government gives them with­ out having a chance to complain. The bosses steal everything that is not nailed down, and when we ask for a living wage, fhey go crying to the cops. SALVATORE FRANK. JR., OS: (above) Seamen need high­ er wages and shorter hours. The four-watch system will bring our hours of work more in line with the hours worked by shoreside workers. All in all. I think our demands are very moderate. We are asking for a decent wage and decent hours. Is that asking too much? m �[ft Friday, June 14, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six Philly Work-Stoppage Meeting Shows SlU Waterfront Strength P;.' 15./ p; |vi • By J. "RED" TRUESDALE Operators Spend Big Cahhage To Advertise Lies in Attempt To Get Puhiic On Their Side By JOE ALGINA panics w(5Uld like to get away you go. to the hospital in a forwith something like that, but we' eign country. This business keeps should keep on our toes to see' popping up, and we have trouble each and every time. that it doesn't happen. The only way to stop the op If the ship you are on starts erators from chiseling is to be to ration food, contact the Union ready for them with all. the in Hall as soon as possible, or tell formation. Otherwise, they can the Patrolman in the first port figure out more ways to hold up you get to. The Union has a way a payoff. If you have all the of dealing with the operators in records, such as hospital records situations such as this. you can collect your money at HOSPITAL RECORDS the table, instead of having to Again I'd like to remind you wait a month for correspondence fellows to get clinical records if I back and forth. PHILADELPHIA — We tied up the Philly waterfront tighter than a drum last Thursday. It proved to everybody that the NMU makes the most noise, but the SIU has the real power on the waterfront. The original plans were to have the meeting at our own Hall, but we knew that we could never get the members into this small place, so we scouted around and found a hall large enough to ac­ commodate the huge crowd. I'm sure glad that we did because there were over a thousand men present. As is usual in an SIU meeting, there was plenty of discussion. We don't believe in railroading anything through, and we had a lot of ideas and comments pre­ sented from the floor before the vote was taken. now on, this gang of Seafarers is in it until we win. We know that we are right, and all the finky bureaucrats and scab-herd­ ing Presidents can't bluff us out of our basic demands. We're not going to fight this battle in the newspapers, or in the buildings of Washington, D. C. We are going to fight this out NEW YORK—There ought to be a law about lies in advertise­ ments. This week, the American Steamship Companies ran a lying ad in papers from coast to coast regarding the proposed maritime strike. Honest, that tripe was enough to make a guy thfow up. The companies didn't even try to tell the truth. They probably figure that if they tell lies often enough, and in enough newspapers, there REAL ACTION might be some people who will with the shipowners, in collec­ The membership not only voted tive bargaining sessions. We don't believe them. to send our basic demands to the want charity, or booty. We want First of all, they start off with shipowners, but went on record only what's coming to us. the statement that if the ship­ as favoring a strike vote to be After a six month trip, the SS owners meet thS demands of taken as soon as possible. And George Prentiss hit this' port Union leaders, then the Amer­ all of this was spontaneous. with more trouble than a pack of ican Merchant Marine will be By ARTHUR THOMPSON Talk about things moving fast. monkeys. The Captain had driven from the seas. This meeting started with a rush, charges against four men in the They admit that they can af­ SAVANNAH—I was quite sur­ seems to know what to do with and went along at the same fast Deck Department and that's no it and she's just laying here. We ford to pay a wage increase and prised to read a letter in the Log to increase the ovretime rates. a couple of weeks ago which was heard from reliable sources she's clip. I never saw anything quite joke. It had us plenty worried. like it before. The crew was from the SUP,, But they balk like mules when it signed by E. B. McAuley, Sa­ going to South Atlantic soon. There is no one that can say and so of course we went down comes to a reduction in working vannah Agent. Now, I was al­ STOPPAGE OKAY that we don't have the most mili­ to represent them. We had to ways under the impression that hours. Our work-stoppage meeting tant Union in the whole United go round and round a couple of I was the Agent down here. I'm CRY BABIES was a huge success. Ou? hall States. The crews of all SIU and times, but we finally beat them not sure whether or not I should was so packed we couldn't hold SUP ships, in the Philadelphia' on every charge. Some of the oldtimers can re­ turn my money over to Mac or them all. We even posted a harbor were at the meeting. They member when the seaman was This is another example of Sea­ put in for overtime for doing warning on our bridge out front all went down, the line 100 per­ farers representation paying off. supposed to be on duty 24 hours work which should not be mine. to cross in groups of not more cent to support strike action, or The men know that if they are a day. When this was finally I asked Mac about it and he said than six. It's not a very sturdy anything else necessary to get brought up on unjust charges, or reduced to 12 hours, the ship­ he'd take up the beef for me. one and it's quit a drop if it our just demands. owners cried that they would if overtime is withheld without At any rate we're still moving should give way. soon be forced out of business. No matter what happens from cause, we will fight for them. along at a fair clip at the present Everybody played ball with us writing. We crewed up the SS and we had perfect backing from Samuel Mclntyre, which the all AFL labor in this town. The South Atlantic took over from Savannah policemen are moving Isthmian' and she's on her way By LOUIS GOFFIN to organize under the AFL ban­ now. ner with the assistance of the JACKSONVILLE — I read, Today, however, with our ro­ We paid off the SS James Electrical Workers Union and with a great deal of interest, the tary shipping system in Union Jackson, another South Atlantic the Firefighters Union. article in the May 24 issue of Halls, any man that is qualified ship, and it was one of the best the Log written by the four can register and ship as Bosun, payoffs we ever hit. The dele­ Bosun's from Houston. Being an The trouble is that with the gates and all the crew worked old Serang myself, I was of wages as low as they are, the with us to make it a clean one course interested in their beef experienced seaman is reluctant and, according to the minutes of that Bosun's should receive more to take a Serang's job. They say, their meetings and their letters to pay, considering the responsi­ and rightly, that why should they the Log, the Officers were well bilities that are thrust upon take the headaches for a lousy liked by the crew. Well, they weren't. They made them. few -extra bucks a month, when GOOD FEEDS more money than ever before. I can remember the depression they can sail AB, and with over­ And they continued to make The Stewards Dept, too, came days of the 1930s when I was time make more dough without money even after the three watch in for some praise. How the hell sailing out of New Orleans having to take the responsibility Several times members of the system was started. How those they could cook anything with through the old slave market at of running the Deck Gang. characters can find the nerve to the stove they had is something Stewards Department of various Canal and Decatur Streets. This REAL BIG SHOT holler about not making money of a mystery. They couldn't get ships have complained that they was the well known Shipping In the good old days the Bosun ' is beyond me. Everybody knows enough heat in it to melt ice. have failed to collect money due Board Fink Hall, and it was work­ was sort of a little tin God. He that the operators made more The range is being repaired how­ them. ed on the school boy system of was a big shot, wiht two Ordin­ money out of this war than prac­ ever, and should be in first class In m.ost cases the Chief Stew­ raising your hand when a job ary Seamen, eight Able Seamen, tically any other group of people. condition before they leave. The ard decides who is to divide the was called. and one Carpenter in his gang. You would think that they Steward, H, Higginbotham is extra meal money, but actually, If Old Man Marky liked your However, when the poor ship­ would be satisfied with that lie. staying aboard, so if you like eat­ this is set down in black and looks he would point to you, and owner decided to cut the eight But no, they've got an even big­ ing, you've got a good ship here. white in the respective agree­ you were shipped—providing of ABs to six, the Bosun had to go ger one up their sleeves. She's also freshly painted and ments. course that you could pass the to work. clean. * It is a good idea for all men to Shipping Board doctor. And also MORE LIES This as not to the liking of the read the agreement and become providing that you weren't a mili­ Serangs. The SS James Caldwell, which They claim, seriously, that sea­ men receive the best of food and is a Bull Line ship now, but prob­ familiar with these sections. tant and on the blacklist. So now the oldtimers won't The other complaint we get is lodging on shipboard at no cost. ably going to Alcoa, is also in However; when it came to take the jobs and any man with Every seaman knows that his port, but is only in transit. We that the Steward claims money Serangs, it was a different story. and AB ticket can register as take home pay is cut by thirty sent q few replacements aboard. when he has not performed any As a rule, the Mate would come Bosun. As a result, many shifjs The SUP ship, Sharon Victory, of the work. This is wrong, and up to the slave market and ship sail with Bosuns that are inex­ dollars a month which is deduct­ paid off today and will need some should be reported when, it hap­ tiis own Bosun. With very few perienced. ed for board and lodging. The shipowners figure that the deck men. The Mate, who was pens. We have ways of dealing exceptions, he would pick out In order to correct this, we public will be on their side if a one of the Navy's pride, is con­ with Characters like that. an oldtimer. agree with the four Brothers The best way to handle the strike does come off. Well, lies sidered strictly N. G. by the crew There were a group of old- from Houston. First of all, wages have a habit of bouncing back and there is no love lost for the question of overtime pay is as timers who hung around who should be raised to at least the follows; The Steward and the wouldn't think of sailing as any­ level of the Chief Cook's. Sec-i in the liar's face, and this one is "Old Man" either. These characters gave the boys Stewards Department delegate thing else. They were aU known ond, ABs should have at least no exception. This strike isn't going to be won in the news­ a bad time fro'm the day they should submit the overtime list to the Mates who sailed out of three years discharges as AB be­ papers—it will be won by mili­ signed on. Neither one belongs to the Captain. This should be New Orleans, and it was a sure fore being allowed to sail as to a Union and both have sailed signed by the Steward, the Dele­ thing that one of this gang would Bosun. tant action and unity. gate, and the men'involved. We get the job. We have received a lot of com­ considerably. By following this plan, we can The other SUP ship, SS Zach- are quite sure that this will work plaints about food rationing on This §prt of shipping kept ABs assure oursblves that our ships ships at sea and in port. There ary Taylor, is still in port and out to the complete sasisfaction from any chance of ever getting will be manned with experienced, Nobody of all concerned. H. Gonzales a Bosun's job. is no exccuse for thik The coin- looking a bit forlorn. satisfied. Bosuns. Savannah Has Good Payoffs And Successful Work-Stoppage More Dough For Bosuns Is Okayed The Patrolmen Say— Overtime Beefs ".7 �Priday^. Jun* 14. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOC Page Seveu Oldtimers And Newcomers Make Seafarers Militant And Strong By PAUL GONSORCHIK I'll bet some of the oldtimers are surprised at the way the tripcard men and probationary men came through last Thursday, It was a beautiful picture of co­ operative and coordinated action. If this is an example of their future action, there is no doubt that we will win our demands. "We liave a bunch of militant oldtimers, and the new men are ready to take their places with them. The remarks I heard after the meeling at Webster Hall were all complimentray. As one of the men said, "For such a large group, it's surprising how wellmannered this bunch of SIU men can be." Another one said, "When we are confronted with a situation like this one, we really go to bat. The shipowners ain't seen noth­ ing yet." All the CIO maritime unions can holler their heads off about strike action. We keep quiet un­ til the right moment, and then we go ahead. That's real union­ ism—not. the phony com.mie kind. ROTARY SHIPPING To change the subject—I wi.sh to hell you guys would study the shipping rules. You know, the ones you are voting on right now. If you would study these rules, you wouldn't come up to me with silly requests. I can't place you on a ship where you have a friend unle.ss you are next on the list. Everytime you ask us to do that, you are asking us to violate the ship­ ping rules and the constitution. If we got into the habit of do­ ing that, what would happen to our Union. Think about it a little while. Get on the ball and cooperate with the officials who are carrying out the rules which the membership set up for the benefit of all. Someone once said of the mule that it has no pride of ancestry or hope for posterity. Such is the case of the NMU. Conceived by a group of wreckers out to destroy the legi­ timate organizations of seamen it mushroomed amid favorable conditions and grew to formid­ able proportions. The member­ ship of the NMU, as a whole, are seamen like you and me. The difference lies in the fact that they are controlled body anc soul by a Communist minority of about five per cent of their membership, while we run our Union for our own interests. Past events have proven that seamen are an honest, sincere and tough group of men who, al­ though in many cases, are slow to start, still are hard to stop when they do get going. The Patrolman Says: Day Cooks In 1943 when we negotiated the Supplementary agreements, the Liberty ships were the ones most available and so most of the discussion was about them. As galley space was limited on Liberties, we specified that the Night Cook and Baker should work nights. This arrangement v.-orked out very well. Now that the vrar is over we face the change to a Second CookBaker instead. The Victory ships are now fit­ ted as cattle carriers with a manning scale of 13 men in the Stewards Department. This in­ cludes a Night Cook and Baker. At this time, we would like to point out that there is larger galley space and better facilities on the Victory ships. Therefore we would like to recommend that for smoother operatfon and bet­ ter service, all Cooks work days. This will distribute the duties and free the ovens at night so that they can be used by the bakers. We believe that this will work out Well in every case. . Claude Fisher R. Gonzales t t S. Lonnie Grantham "You're never to old or too young 1o stand on a picketline." These words are part of the phil­ osophy of Lonnie Grantham, who has stood on enough picketlines io know what he is talking about. Lonnie has been in the thick of things for a long time. In 1906 he was helping Andy Furuseth organize on the West Coast. 'T .vas just a young fellow then," ho .ays, ''but if we have trouble •low, or ever," you'll find me on ,ho picketline again." He can spin some good yarns about those hectic daj's when the fight for seamen's rights was starting. He remembers the days when Union Organizers had to climb ropes to get aboard a ship, LONNIE GRANTHAM and had a good chance of getting a cracked head as a reward for this activity. Two of his sons served honor­ After getting a taste of the or­ ably with the United States Navy ganizing side of a seaman's during the war. Seamen United Union, 'Lonnie went to sea con­ WAR SERVICE tinually until 1918 when he wa; Quite a few of the men hear­ His experiences during the war ing the woi-d "Unity" never stop elected a representative of tht are on a par with what other to think of what it really means. LSU. Seafarers went through. He is To some men it is merely that FRAME-UP maddest over the fact that the they .agree, verbally, with what During the 1919 strike, Lonnie others saj^s, and let it go at that. was in charge of the picketline firet ship in twenty years was Unity means more than just lip at the foot of 29th Street, Brook­ blown out from under him. Be­ service ' to an ideal. By just lyn. Even in the wilds of Brook fore Grantham was elected a agreeing and voting With the ma­ lyn trouble found him and he New York Patrolman in 1944, he jority, you arc not a part of the was arrested for causing the went through two more torpedounitv of an organization. You spoilage of food on the vessel ings, and survived close to a thousand air raids. must do more than t.hat. Ice King. From now on, our unity will "I was in Bari, Italy, during The shipowners tried to have be e.xpressed in our actions. All him railroaded, but the Judge the big raids they had there," he of U.S must think and act torecalls. "Seventeen ships were settled for a $25.00 fine. gethei'. The operators always sunk, and more than 250 merch­ From 1921 to 1941, Grantham work as one. If they can do it, ant seamen were killed. I guess stayed ashore' He went into so can we. I was luckj', because although The best demonstration of business for himself in New York I was hit by shrapnel,- it wasn't unity was in the work-stoppage City and did pretty well. He got serious. Lots of the other men last Thursday afternoon. SIU and married, sired a family of five, really got theirs in that battle." SUP members all over the coun­ and really ' settled down to an Lonnie Grantham is just like try stopped work as one man. unexciting life of a landlubbei;^ the rest of the Seafarers. He is But like many other retired This was not an idle piece of a good Union man because he business. It had a purpose behind seamen, Lonnie returned to the knows what organization has sea as soon as his country needed it, and it served its purpose. done for the seamen. He is ready The operators know that we him. Within a month after Pearl are united. Individually we are Harbor, he had sold his business, to fight for seamen's rights when­ nothing. United we are power­ made all necessary arrange­ ever and wherever necessary. ments, and was ready to ship out. ful. If the Seafarers hit the bricks Grantham is not the only patriot, this time, look for Lonnie on the Salvador Colls or lover of the sea, in his family. picketline. He'll be there. HaY Gonzales iSlvilliillBff It has been proven that anyone who stands in the way of progress of these seamen is going to get pushed aside—but hard. This brings us to the tasks of the immediate future. BETTER FINKING The U.S. Maritime Commis­ sion, with the War Shipping Ad­ ministration and the Recruiting and Manning Office, has planned far better than did the U.S. Ship­ ping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation (Sea Service Bureau Fink Hall) of 1917. Throughout the apparatus of these federal agencies are the Coming into the maritime in­ dustry they have been greeted" warmly by our union and shown the way to maintain and better their conditions. FREE DISCUSSION The membership of the SIU, as a whole, is aware of the problem's facing it. Discussions on policy have taken place constantlj' at the Union meetings, in the Hall between meetings, and aboard ship. Nothing has been with.held, with the good as well as the bad factors being discussed. Our leaders are practical sea­ men with sea expei ience both in peace and war time. This is a. leadership fhat knows the prob­ lems of the membership. A lead­ ership lhai was elecled by and enjoys ihe full confidence of the members. Great progress has been made in the organization of the unor­ ganized. Today hardly an unor­ ganized ship is afloat upon which some rank and file member is not sailing, voluntarily enduring bad conditions in order that we may employees of the shipowners ultimately count that .ship as an planning how to convert this ap­ organized ship too. paratus into a union-smashing To sum it all up, we have now juggernaut. a membership fhat knows the In this period of the First score and is prepared fo fight. World War t,he_ same forces were The going will doubtless be at work, and in the postwar peliod they all but succeeded in tough but, where in 1917 the completely wrecking all unions. ca.'-ds were stacked against us, Today the stoi'j' is different. By today' \',e hold the balance of and large, the trainees of the power. We may have to pound Maritime Commission and the re- the bricks on the old picket fines cruits of the RMO come from again but today we have our working class families. Their su'Dstantial union halls and strike ratliers and brothers are union funds. r.en and in many cases they What is cf greater importance .hcrnselves have carried union is that ws have the lessons of carste in shoreside unions. the pest to guide us in the future. Great Lakes Sec'y-Treas Reports By FRED J. FARNEN After a period of negotiation, Detroit Agent William Steven­ son and I met with the officials of the Bob-Lo Company on Fri­ day, May 24, and the final agree- We still have 22 hours over­ time in dispute with the Sandboats. I am m.eeting Mr. Florsheim in Chicago soon and hope to settle , the matter once and for all. This matter has been hang­ ment was signed. The wage scale ing fire since the start of the 1946 is based on a thirty day month, season. and is as good as any we have REAL UNITY negotiated so far. On June 3, I attended a meet­ Another contract we finally ing in Chicago composed of all signed was with the Ashley and the AFL Waterfront Unions. This Dustin Steamer Line. T h meeting was for the purpose -of agreement look several weeks to forming a IMaiilinie Council in negotiate, but it is worth it. The ihe City cf Chicago so th.?.t a Company knew that it couldn't closer relationship between them win, but they wanted to hold out will exist. I will submit a full for a while. Well, all's right that report about this meeting as soon ends right. as the minutes ot the meeting are released. HOLD UP As far as the McCarthy Steam­ A Maritime Council of this ship Company is concerned, we sort would be a decided asset in should be able to clear up the the event that any one of the contract terms within the next Waterfront Unions has to take week. The only thing holding up any action, now or in the future. the agreement with this com­ On the whole, the outlook for* pany, and with the Detroit and organization looks pretty good. Cleveland Navigation Company, From all reports. Isthmian is is that we just have not been practically in the bag, and once able to get together at the same time to iron out the few remain that is certain, we can go on to ing difficulties. All that remains newer things. There are many fleets that offer fertile ground for to be discussed with D. aYid C. is an SIU Organizing Campaign. the question of freight contracts, Our record of militancy and and ship-keepers. honest dealing has given us a good reputation with seamen. We should capitalize on this' by con­ centrating our attention on an­ other unorganized fleet as soon _s possible. Make Istbmian SIU! �• J;'M^ THE l^age Eight SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 14, 1946 How Seafarers Responded To Call At Savannah the Seafarers voted, lined up outside Hall for a picture Seafarers leave ship for meeting In every Hall it was a rank and file show Mobile Seafarers showed they could block a street with their numbers ;i-iicLVv. �'»V" Friday, June 14, 1846 THF SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine ! 4 • T -.^1 Scenes Duplicated All Over Nation „ ^ W- ' i&iA,Z •r Philadelphia had an overflow, enthusiastic meeting -^1 Steely White speaks to the boys at New Orleans ISSilfial New Orleans narrow streets crowded ij �;r-fSF7-^T • Page Ten •-' ir -t THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday; June 14. 194S SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Another Chief Mate Stinks Up His Ship Aboard the SS Baldwin Hills "overtime is about as free as icewater in hell" in the deck depart­ ment, the minutes of the May 30 meeting reveal. The reason; the usual—a Chief Mate who lias the whole Deck Standing on its collective ear. So the men voted 100 percent to have the character taken off the ship. The matter first came up when the Deck Delegate reported that members of his department had numerous beefs, all centering around the Chief Mete. Mem­ bers then testified that he wa.s impossible to get along with, con­ stantly rebuking the men on their work, and, in short, making the trip as miserable as possible. Mustard Adds Color To Voyage One Assistant Engineer com­ ing up—with mustard! But this the crew of the SS R. 'K. Johnson doesn't relish. At a re<?ent membership meeting they protested "the manner in which the Fir.st and Third Assistant En­ gineers used the crew's messhall •as a scene for one of their drunk;en brawls." MEAT NEEDED Getting down to the matter of things more edible, the crew passed a motion to have a Patrol­ man come"aboard at the start of the next trip to see that there is an adequate supply of "good meat," vegetables, and dry stores. The men don't want the next crew to have to pass a similar motion Someone popped the question as to what became of the peni­ cillin that came aboard in Boston. Crew Of The Pipe Spring Misses Mail Four Months Members of the crew of the SS Pipe Spring, Pacific Tankers, Inc., have what seems to us a reasonable and legitimate beef contained in a petition forwarded to the Seafarers and other mari­ time unions. They haven't had any mail for four months. The petiuon follows: We, the crew of the SS Pipe Spring, left San Pedro, Calif., on February 21, 1946. Since that time we have been in the follow­ ing places:.- Kwajalein, Marshall Islands; Tacloban, Leyte; Singa­ pore, Malay States; Behrein Is­ land, Iran, Palermo, Sicily; Hornow being recreation room. ta and Fayal, Azores, and at pres­ Stewards Dept. should sweep it ent are in Aruba, NWl. As have have received no mail every day; .galleyman sweep T-passage forward of galley; in said ports, we, the crew, feel Black Gang maintain port pas­ there is an immediate explana­ sage and half after T-alley; to tion due us, and can see no reason contact Captain to try to obtain for the" very poor service. Enclosed is a list of the crew louder, clearer more apropriate radio programs at frequent members and officers who would intervals on ship's radio; to give like to hear from you immediate­ Stewards Dept. a vote of thanks ly on this subject. for services rendered and good One copy of the above ot be food put out by them. Cups, dishes, etc., be returned to pan­ JAMES MILLER, (date not try between meals, trash to go noted) — Chairman A. King; into receptacles instead of on Secretary L. Sheton. Previous deck. minutes read and accepted. All members in Stewards dept., JAMES JACKSON, March 27 with exception of Steward, are -^Chairman Boudreaux; Sec­ tripcarders. Good and Welfare: retary hay. . Motions carried: new ice box to be put in mess­ that elected delegate go before hall, drinking fountain put in the Captain and request that messhall, fix drain, scupper in lodging money be paid tomor­ crew quarters, aft. Motions row; that the messroom and carried: ship not to leave until quarters be painted out and ice-box is obtained. adequate quarters provided for t 1 the crew; that fans, radio WALTER FLEMING, March speaker and scuppers be check­ IS—Chairman Joseph T. Creed and put in working condi­ means; Secretary Charles Nietion; that, unless ship's condi­ haus. Good and Welfare; mo­ tion is brought Up to peacetime tions passed on J he following: standards, the crew refuse to to put clothes on tables when take ship out; that copies of this ship is rolling, tables to be set meetings minutes be made for properly for all meals; meals the Patrolman and Captain; to be served at specified times; that Brother Boudreaux repre­ crew to put dirty dishes in sent the three depts.. and consink. fact the Captain and Patrol­ man today. (Continued on Page 11) MINUTES OF SlU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING The Purser used two bottles of the drug for a badly infected tooth. The remainder "disap­ peared." None was available when the need for it arose after that. It was also asked if the Cap­ tain was right in saying "that no penicillin was to be used in the treatment of venereal dis­ eases." DRAWS CENSURE The Captain drew censure in the case of Paul Froom, a Wiper, who injured his foot while on duty. Brother Froom was told by a doctor in Ea Pallice, France, to keep off his feet for 12 days. But, say the minutes, the Cap­ tain ordered him to turn to. The injury is not healing and Froom is suffering from pains in his foot. Brother Kearney conducted the meeting from the chair, and Brother Ridge was secretary. 1* VERBATIM "Motion made, seconded and carried that fo'csles be painted on next trip. Captain's word, via scuttlebutt, has it fo'csles will be painted next trip. Scuttlebutt ALL IN FAVOR satisfactory." A hand vote, for or against Everything was satisfactory in having him taken off the ship, the Engine and Stewards Depart­ was decided upon. The count ments, too, the minutes said. The fried fistic artists tossed mustard and other condiments at each other. Their respective ; aims were as wide as their ap(petites, leaving the messhall I looking like a busy artist's easel. ^ showed every member present in favor. At the same meeting the crew voted to put in a good word for the Captain. They adopted a resolution commending the Caplain for peiforming his duties in the most efficient manner pos­ sible and still remaing "just one of the boys." Just to shon; you how they feel about the Captain, we're quoting verbatim from the Good and Welfare section of the minutes: JOSEPH HEWES, May 3— (chairman and secretary not noted). Motions carried: to present overtime beefs to Pa­ trolman. engine delegate to contact Mobile Hall; all Union meetings ashore and at sea be discussed; to have penicillin aboard all American ships for protection and health of sea­ man. 4 1. 4. ANSON BURLINGAME, March 29 — Chairman Robert Edmonds; Secretary John R. Tilley. Steward read his orig­ inal requisition, then compared it with the purchase order. Mo­ tions carried: to form a com­ mittee to investigate possibility of increasing purchase order to conform with Steward's orig­ inal requisition; to have Stew­ ard appointed to committee because he has information concerning stores list. Crew decided that if no satisfaction was obtained after contacting the company's agent, the com­ mittee would call the Mobile Hall for advice. 4. S. ANSON BURLINGAME. April 9—Chairman Joe Prudhomme; Secretary John R. Tilley. Delegates made their re­ ports. Good and Welfare: co­ operation of men asked in main­ taining cleanliness of vessel. Motions carried: gunner's mess forwarded to the following or­ ganizations: Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Masters, Mates end Pilots Union, Seafar­ ers International Union and the Sailors Union of the Pacific. The letter is signed by 21 crew members and officers. Remembering all the clamor about sending mail to the boys overseas as the greatest booster of morale, it seems to us that Pacific Tankers might do well to get on the ball. CORRECTION In the June 7 i.ssue o'f the Log. a story on the SS Colabee de­ scribed Chief Cook Alfred Rog­ er's popularity with this fellow crewmen. It also stated that the Captain threatened to order Rog­ ers off the ship because of an ar­ gument with the Port Steward. J. R, Wright, Steward on the Colabee, informs the Log that it was not Rogers, but the man who was Chief Cook before him who the Captain wanted off the vessel. "Rogers is a hell of a nice fel­ low," said Brother Wright, "and he never had an argument with anybody." The Log is glad that Steward Wright .set us right. �'IPHT"- Friday, June 14, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings (Continued from Page 10) WALTER FLEMING, March 25—(Chairman and secretary nol noted). Motions carried: that one of the crew be told to wash his personal clothing more often; that scullery be painted; coffee urn to be clean ed after used: fans to be put back in crew messhall; that sufficient night lunch be stock­ ed; that coats be supplied to crew messmen; that messhalls be kept more orderly. S, ^ Food Family Style; Tables For Ladies? John Scardina, Bosun on the SS South American, a Great Lakes steamer, told a shipboard membership meeting that he and his men are not being served the same food as the rest of the crew. They'd like their chow served "family style" in the messhall. A report on Brother Seardina's beef will be presented to the membership at the next meeting. Brother Ellis Lamb, who acted as meeting chairman, explained that the matter of overtime, which had been overlooked on pay day, was brought to the attention of the company agent. The agent sgid that he would check the records at the main office. A motion was carried that meetings be held every other Thursday afternoon. Fred Ehler was elected Forward End Dele­ gate by unanimous vote. Secre­ tary for the meeting was Chester Kramer. % X X AIKEN VICTORY, April 22 —Chairman Wilson; Secretary Slimac. Delegates reported that all books were picked up. Steward gave thanks for crew's cooperation—best he ever sail­ ed with, he said. Motion car­ ried calling for more Union ma­ terial to be taken to foreign ports, especially the Log. Molions carried (Good and Wel­ fare): to get two automatic toasters; to have Patrolman ob­ tain more than one carton of cigarettes per week; to get washing machine for crew; delegate to appoint man to clean laundry before reaching porL' to try to obtain iron for crew's use; the three delegates to check food supply before ship leaves port. Steward io notify delegates of shortages in requisition; to. have Patrolman consult Captain about more varied and better-stoked slopchest; contact Merchant Marine library for more books. » » WILLIAM S. YOUNG, April 23—Chairman Walter Sibley; Secretary William Brodie. Ch. Cook brought up on charges of incompetency with all hands voting that he be paiii'off. One crewmen ordered out of meetting for being intoxicated. Good and Welfare: to ask Skip­ per to get a new spider as there was none at the wheel. Mo­ tions carried: to have no dis­ puting of beefs at mealtime; to keep cups and dishes off tables, cigarette butts off deck of mess, violators to be fined and money to go to Log. Steward was informed that blackboard in mess is inadequate. 4. 4. 5. WALTER L. FLEMING. April 5—(Chairman and secre­ tary not noted). Minutes of last meeting, read and accepted. Good and Welfare: It was recommended that the refrig­ erator in the crew messhall be repaired, A motion was car­ ried urging that all stevedores and shoreside civilians be kept out of the messhalls while the ship is in the port of Venice, Italy. ' 4. 4- 4> KING S. WOOLSEY, April 6 —Chairman John S. Gersey; Secretary Salvatore Candida. Minutes of previous meeting were read and accepted. The delegates reported smooth sail­ ing in their respective depart­ ments. Good and Welfare: mo­ tions were carried urging that the messhall be kept clean at all times; that crewmembers wear proper clothing in the messhall and that cups are to be removed from the table after use. X X X ANTELOPE HILLS. May 30 Chairman W. Young; Secretary D. Dickson. Last meeting's minutes read and accepted. All delegates reported their de­ partments in shipshape. The matter of a payoff at sea was discussed. Recommended that the deck delegate see the Skip­ per about the possibility of col­ lecting since oil skins were not furnished for cleaning the tanks. A hand vote was taken to decide on a payoff at sea. Good and Welfare: messmen to speed up on serving the crew. Messmen to serve men on watch first, with the end two seats at the tables to be re­ served for the watch. Mem­ bers in silence for one minute in remembrance of our depart­ ed brothers. XXX CAPE TRINITY. May 2S— Chairman Chandler; Secretary Dennis Black. Discussion on the matter of argument be­ tween Steward and Fireman. Both men presented their stories. Also discussion and settlement of beef raised by crew member concerning an extra dinner Captain had ser­ ved to himself and a guest. Complaints on needed repairs in crew's fo'csles and heads. Suggestion for new mattresses and springs. Ch. Electrician suggested that Delegate contact Union about possibility of get­ ting an electrician's agreement. All matters introduced at meetting fully discussed and agreed upon. 4> 4- 4> faxon, Paris Sewers; Something In Common Living conditions aboard the SS James Jackson sound like something you'd expect if you were a squatter in the sewers of Paris, according to the crew's f) mPOUKSHIK AKE UP REPAIR LISTS BtFORtlWE SHIP PAYS OFF. THESE LISTS SHOULD BE IN DUPLICATE,WITHOME GOINS TOIHE PATROLMAN, ANDIHE OTHER TbTME SKIPPER. CUT AND RUN By HANK Well, as we swing into the season for Persian Gulf weather, rationed ships, etc., there are lots of good men anchored in ports everywhere. Here in New York we have l<^ts of oldtimers. There's Ray Grant, Leopold Renta, Eugene Dauber, William Daly, Henry Sorensen, Clarence Wright (the Gulfer), Nathan Pearce, Eric Moe, Charles Kath and Lionel Rotherham, another one of our Gulfers . . . "Flash" Fred Fannin, one of our Baltimore oldtimers, is in remarks, included in recent ship's town, taking it easy on giving out any opinion about the present "hot situation" . . . We had a little complimentary story about minutes. Arthur Ignatz, one of our oldtimers who is Skipper now from The crew charged that "this what we heard) but we lost it. ship is in the lousiest condition of any to date." The following brolhers are down in Mobile: Albcrlo AranaJudge for yourself. "Rats bia, George D. Jones, and Hafford Roberts. The following Gulf­ aplenty, fo'csles dirty and uners are down there* too: J. Davis. K. Huller. J. Maguire and painted, lofckers wrecked, scup­ James P. Lilly. How's the Royal Cafe, boys? . . . Over in Frisco pers plugged, bunklights out, fans there's J. Berkenkemper and Andrew Smith ... In good old out, mattresses filthy, vents all Philly there's Mark E. Jackson. Raymond Thomas. George Karleaking," the crew says. petas, Alex Janowski. Oscar Stevens. L, Smith and Gulf broth­ Paint was requested, also a er T. W. Keyser, who just came out of the armed forces . . . change to other available quar Little Charlie Seymour is down in Charleston, by the way. ters which are now being torn out to make stoi-e rooms. These requests were made of the Mate, Frank Forzano shipped out after waiting around for a few weeks who answered that the present trying to get on a ship with his pal. Frank finally decided it would quarters had been certified for NMU Men Thank be good enough just to get on the same ocean, at least . . . Looks the crew (Certified by whom. like "Red" Malone shipped out on the first ship he could get, Seafarers Crew Mate— the Good Housekeeping instead of waiting for the ship one of his pals recommended . . . Along with the minutes from Institute?) The presence of Arthur Meeks in our town sure does remind the 4- 4" 4» the SS Samuel Johnston came a boys of the good old passenger .ships . . . William Thornton intends AZALEA CITY. May 26 — to get married—in 1955, however! He bases his delayed action of his note to its SIU crew from the NMU men aboard the SS Walter Chairman Goldslon; Secretary future marital status on the beef about finding an apartment. Heinfling. Previous' minutes Apart from the apartment scarcity, he Says getting a wife is easy! F. Ki'aft in appreciation of SIU and delegates reports accepted . . . After all, though, look at F. L. Berry. He believes that two can hospitality. and carried unanimously. Two live as cheaply as one. He must have a pre-war apartment, no doubt. messmen to work in crew The note follows: 4 4 4* 4* messroom, PO mess to close. Lobito, Angola Johnny Flynn. fresh in from several cities, must be slowly Cold drinks to be provided as March 20. 1946 forgetting his beef against the OPA. Say. did they also write soon as Engine dept. furnishes To the men of the SS Samuel that song. "Cement Mixer." Johnny, just to remind you about ice. Slop chest to be opened as Johnston: it? . . . One of our best shipmates, oldtimer Andy Thevik. who soon as possible. General dis­ This is to acknowledge ap­ hangs out over there along Brooklyn's Thoid Avenue, just came cussion on cots, fans, clocks, preciation of the splendid en­ in after a short trip! . . . "Red" J. Whitten is in town again, we mattresses, etc. Delegates to tertainment provided for our heard. AB Harvey Hill has been in tov/n for a few weeks. see Captain about increasing men by the Army personnel of What's new Brother Hill? . . . We wonder if Johnny Cabral is cigarettes to not less than two the SS Samuel Johnston, cartons a week. Blain, Collins, taking any of those sharp clothes with him when he grabs a We also appreciate the cor­ ship? . . . Drew McKenney the Cook and Steward, is seeing Heinfling and Gradick elected dial hospitality extended to our as Isthmian committee to con­ lots of his pals again! men by the SIU members tact Isthmian ships in -the ports 4 4 4 4 aboard your ship. we enter. Good and Welfare: Joe Brenner, where have you been in the last two or three These things have helped to to take up question of "Log" at make our stay in Lobito a last ship meeting prior to re­ years? You did a good job at last week's meeting and we feel like pleasant one, and our best turning to States. Deck Dele­ you do, indeed . . . Brother Coombs, the Assistant Eleclriciaii, sure wishes go to every man serv­ gate recommended that crew has been running into hard luck lately. He missed jobs on the ing aboard the Samuel John­ take better care of recreation board several times! . . . Raymond Rivera sure is no master of the ston. equipment. Messman thank­ English language. In behalf of the maritime workers he described ed crew for cooperation by the present situation to be in a "mell of a hess." Well, maybe it is (Signed) — Salvatore Serio, wearing shirts at mealtime. that way, too? . . . "Pop" Harris'wants to know who the infant NMU Deck Delegate; Willie Crew stood in silence fox one named William McCuiston is, who got up on the floor saying he Kidd, NMU Engine Delegate; minute in memory of brothers was in the strike of 1921? "Pop," you see, was in the strike of William Hagbourne, NMU 1906 or thereabouts! lost in World War II. Stewards Delegate. �P«g« Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Jime 14, 1946 rr- e THE MEMBERSHIP UNION SLOP CHEST DR. PEPPER & FRIENDS ys COCKROACH/ IS THE BIG ISSUE Dear Editor: I noticed in the Log quite a bit 1 jof comment on the slop chest question. I have also noticed a very strong motion emanat­ ing from the port of Baltimore, advocating the boycotting of a -certain "cockroach" who supplies ships from tjjat port. Ed, you know me, and how I usually wind-up on the beach Dear Editor: •with nothing left except shorts Have been sailing with the SUP since 1942 from the East aftlsr one of those jamborees in and West coast. Have enjoyed the Log, but the enclosed snap •the waterfront gin mills, so you is my first contribution. The pix was taken aboard the SB can see Ed that this slop chest Meyer Lissner on her recent return trip from Japan. I'm hoping business really concerns .• my you'll be able to run this as I haven't the boys' addresses and stark nakedness, to the point that I'd like them^to see "Tiny's" photogenic stomach. unless something is done I may have to go around in a barrel. Incidentally, my home is in London, England, but since 1942, Do you think it possible fSi- the when I left England on the SS Lewis Morris, I've become al­ Union to put a textile factory, most as Yank-fied as my Yank wife who says she married me to cigarette factory, ice cream and get even with the girls over there who married "our" boys. milk chocolate factories aboard And after I've shown my wife what it's like over there, guess our ships, so as to insure that where the Peppers will make their home. In the States, of course! our slop chest will be supplied I. H. Pepper with items that us seaman who are honor graduates from Ox Head Bay do not have to suffer what wa.s left of a pair, and a iron-clad rules of mutual ex­ •the inconvenience of being im­ pair of dungaree's draped over change between the watches. properly garbed, and naturally, his arm. That's not the dope, Ed,- be­ Ed, you will agree that we should cause I know you would never SURPRISE have our milk chocolate refresh­ go for anything quite as immoral ments daily; maybe we rnuld use as that. But, Ed, could we get I sure was surprised, Ed. when the milk chocolate for "chaser's' them milk chocolates and that -Jo told me that he called them good old bourbon piped into the things shorts and dungarees, for fo'csles ... so that the Union I am telling you, they was noth­ does not have to ask the old man ing mure than "mosquito netting" to come down and serve the crew dyed and sewed up. Well, Ed, a drink before turning to . . ; Ed, it was the same old story that all that is really a brilliant idea, of the boys down in Baltimore don't you think. tell, them mo.squit.o netting dun­ Ed, here is really what ought garees and shorts came from that to be done about the slop chest. Baltimore "x'ockroach slop chest As follows: supplier." 1. Elect a permanent Com­ Getting back to that well sup­ mittee for a period of 90 days plied fo'csle, Ed, and me grow­ to make a study of the slop ing bolder all of the time with chest situation and report back the strength of our Union, which after that time with recom­ is stronger than Sampson was be­ mendations. provided that you agree that we fore Delilah clipped off his locks, 2. The Committee should •^ Dught to have a gin-mill aboard. I want to know if you could have make study of the possibility of I always was a hog, Ed, for . . . Now listen, Ed, I know that the Union operating the Slop making demands and since have you think I want a bevy of pret­ Chest, giving all information of given you an idea on what ought ty girls a.ssigned to them fo'csles initial cost, profits and etc. to be in the well supplied slop and set up a sort of a harem with 3. Make a study of some cochest I haven't told you what I think ought to be in the well sup­ plied fo'csle, but I'll bet you will hit the ceiling when I do, know­ ing what a moralist that, you are. Dear Editor: •HOOLIGAN NAVY' MAKES NO SENSE, SIU BROTHER SAYS Dear Editor: How long arc we going to en­ dure these Johnny-come-latelys known as the Hooligan Navy— the Coast Guard? We, the Mer­ chant Marine, fought a good fight to free the rest of the world— only to come home to be kicked around by this phony outfit! Who do they think they are—demi­ gods—to rule the destiny of mer­ chant seamen? Who are they to tell a man he cannot earn his living by the means. he knows how? •When a civilian breaks a law he is tried in a court and if found guilty, is sentenced to prison. In prison he will get food and shelter. But if a sea­ man commits what the Coast Guard thinks is an offense, he is hauled in, bullied around and always found guilty! And his means of earning a living is taken away from him without any guarantee of his Greetings to the landlubbers and beachcombers. We are on Ed, them brothers down in the SS Wallowa, Pacific . Tank­ Baltimore sure have the real Mc­ ers, aiid we are bound a roundCoy on that "cockroach" slop the world cruise. We left Galves­ chest supplier and from the looks ton on March 28. of things they are in damned Our first port of call was the good mood to put the "kybosh" gay port of Naples, Italy, and on him. when we got down around Suez, I was talking to one of the Bal­ there were a lot of guys on the timore seaman the other day Ed boat who wished that they had over the phone. Now Ed I know missed Naples. that you are wondering how We put in at Ras Tanwa to come that I was talking to a guy load, and we got no shore leave on the phone instead of just there. However, the situation shouting it right out like I do wasn't too bad because we got to the Bosun when I am way up 25 cases of beer from the local high out of his reach after I've brewery, and it was more than been given a dirty job, such as welcome to have a cold beer in slushing rigging on a windy day. this hot climate. My friend Jo Blow from Bal­ While waiting to go in to load, timore gave me a buzz and told we hooked three sharks, and me to rush right up to his room finally succeeded in landing the at once, meaning Ed on the' smallest one. This baby was only double with a pair of shorts and J4 feet long. We are enclosing some dungarees. Upon arrival, a picture of the shark, and our Ed, I found old Jo standing in apologies for not throwing the Sue middle of the deck holding little feller back into the water.' a pair of shorts in one hand, or I We have only five full book To The Boys On The Beach By CHARLES GOTTEN This is not sarcasm Nor we are putting on the heat For beer, rum, and senoritas, Venezuela can't be beat. When we take them in our arms Sure we fall for all their charms And as we drink this fiery rum Sure as the devil, we are done. We drink the rum and good cold beer Morning, noon and night It shows we are a good Union crew For we never have a fight. Every one is willing Each one does his share And if one brother is slipping The others do not care. Brothers, here is a lesson You can learn it everywhere Union men on union ships Can't be beat anywhere. A bunch of real good fellows Serving red, white, and blue You never hear a bellow When you sail for SIU. rent being paid or food on his ALL ENGINEERS table for his family. This treat­ STRAIGHT GUYS ment is worse than the treat­ ment of animals. I ask you—is ON THE JACKSON! this the glory that 6,000 seamen Dear Editor; died for? We had quite a few beefs on Matthew (Jabo) Sams the Jackson on this trip but they operative plan operated by the were mostly smoothed out to the Union. crew's satisfaction. 4. Study the possibility of We want to express our graticreating an official in every tue to the Deck and Stewards port whose job will be fo in­ Departments for the way they spect the slop chest and put cleaned up the ship. The cook's his okay before allowing a crew main handicap was the galley to sign on. stove and the shortage of food Rope Yarn but under the circumstances a good job was done. We had a good bunch of en­ gineers—all straight guys who know their jobs. The water situation was screw­ ed up. There -were fires in the holds which heated the water lines and tanks, causing the water to become full of rust. Sometimes we thought we were in the paint locker instead of in the shower. All the tanks are being cleaned out, now. We ran out of coffee, tea and cocoa during the last week. That was due, mainly, to the 12 extra passengers we brought back from France. I don't think the six passengers who slept in the gun crew quarters aft arc likely to sail on another Liberty. There was a lousy slopchest so we advise the next crew tO' check the store.s and slopchest before signing on. Wallowa Crew St Friend The ship was in bad shape ot members on board, but the rest Right now we are in Colombia; begin with but it's getting bet-. of the crew is pretty swell all from here we will proceed to ter. However, before you sign around. Tully Robertson is the Singapore. We will be seeing on remember the next trip is Steward and the Chief Engineer you landlubbers soon. Keep it No. 13. was asking, the other day, where full speed ahead until we get Robert J. Stark the beer barrel who walked like home. Engine Dept. Delegate a man was. Red Hall SS James Jackson . Boys On Wallowa Are Sharks At Fishing THE REAL McCOY Log-A'Rhythms �•a \ •^'' •' Friday. Jim* 14. 1846 ^ SEAFARER RESTS IN FRANCE -A'' - ' rife SEAFARERS LOG LOG COLUMNIST GETS PAT ON BACK FROM OLDTIMER Page Thirieen CREW OF THE WHITE SANDS' Dear Editor: Since I am now shorebound, I must do all my sailing in my thoughts. My mind constantly wanders off to the waterfront scenes, and to old cronies that I knew. One particular character has imbedded himself for life in my mind. He is Red Upchurch. Not only was Red a natural born comedian, but he couldn't settle down to a serious conversation on any sub­ ject and come out of the dis­ cission with increased know­ ledge. In addition, he was al­ ways ready to lend an ear to the tiuu'ules ur worries of others. Crew members of the flobin Line's Ira Nelson Morris With Red's jovial air, one gather around the last resting place of their shipmate Thomas would get the impression that Keevins, New York-born Seafarer, who died while the ship was his outer cheerfulness was a in port in France. The burial took place at St. Eloi, La Rochelle, manifestation of his inner soul. France. Actually he was far different. He was a diplomat, comedian, and psychologist all rolled into one. You notice that I speak of him in the past tense. Because of the rapid pace he was going, I'm sure he must be dead by now. If which the responsibility of he is no longer among the liv­ Dear Editor: finance administration and scope ing, it is a dirty shame. The Union slop chest should by of operation rests with tho.se who John A. Haicher. ail means be established as an secure the benefits of the or­ Retired Bock Member outright consumer co-operative. ganization. (Editors Note: Them is fine The cost of financing the co­ At the present time, the Union, op shpuld be borne by the per­ by virtue of its operation as a sentiments. I'm sure that Red is He's not sons who use it. The issuance of labor union, is exempt from tax­ enjoying them also. capital stock is one method; pos­ ation of income by the Federal I dead, he's just writing on the sibly a preferable method con­ government. It is highly doubt­ Log.) sists of a contribution by each ful that the Union could continue participant of loan capital. to enjoy this status if it engaged THE EDITOR GETS At any rate, those who take in the operation of a merchan­ .advantage of the services of the dising project and became the INSTRUCTIONS ON REACHING BRONX co-op should furnish the neces­ recipient of profits therefrom. sary capital for the operation of The group that is interested in Dirr Meestah Chomming! the project. establishing the proposed slop These are official insli'uctions This means first, that there is chest should consult with the for getting to The Bronx: no drain on Union funds; second, Eastern Cooperative League and At the the 4th St. Independent that no burden for the co-op is Wholesaler on setting up the pro­ placed on those who do not use ject. The ECL & W has offices Subway Station:— it; third, that co-op members are in New York and is in a position Get on "D" train going to The free to determine the financial to render valuable advice and as­ Bronx. You will find that train policies of thir organization with­ sistance in effectuating this pro­ at the lowest level; get into one out referring the matter to the posal on a sound operating basis. of the FRONT CARS. The sta­ H. S. Corlelt tions follow in this order: Union. The result is a co-op in I4th St., 23rd St., 34th St., 42nd St., 50th St., 7th Ave., 59th St., This is the crew of the SS White Sands, as she pulled into Philadelphia last week. Captain Thomas, her skipper, allows he never had a bettor or clcanor crew. (Btulher Truesdale, who sent this up from Philly, adds here: and taking it from a Cap­ tain who just came out of the Navy in June, it is quite a compli­ ment for the boys.) SIU Brother Advocates Co-operative Slop Chest I am a book member and belonged to the Union for two and a half months, so I would like to get an answer on this. Anthony Gniewkowski Glassport, Pa. 125th St., 145th St., Tremont Ave., Fordham Rd. GET OFF AT THIS STATION —KINGSBRIDGE ROAD. Leave the station at the north end; use the East-of-the Con­ course stairs. You will then be at 196th St. and the Concourse; walk three blocks east, past the church and the public school to 315 East 196th St. We'll be looking for you Sat­ urday. Bemie Answer: Yes Brother, you can pay all dues and assess­ ments that have been called for so far. Any other assessments which are called between now and the time you ship out (such as a special strike assessment, etc.), you'll have to pay for re­ troactively. Editor's Note: Well, I'll be derned. How did this get in here? Hmmmm. In with the rest of the mail, I guess. Well, maybe some Seafarer may want to get to the Bronx. Ho hum. BROTHER WANTS TO PAY DUES TO SIU IN ADVANCE, ASHORE I paid off in New York on April 1, and I'm going to slay ashore until about July. I would like to know whether there is any way to pay my dues and assessments that may come up be­ fore July, while I am at home. Send your dues and assessments by money order, indicating what months you want to pay for to the Atlantic 8E Gulf head­ quarters, 51 Beaver St., N. Y. 3, and hold the money order re­ ceipt. Then, when you get around to the hall you can have your book stamped to credit you for the payment on presen­ tation of the receipt. Millji ERIC IVIE UPCHURCH It seems that a lot is being said about forcing the Coast Guard to relinquish control over seamen, but very little mass action is be­ ing taken. As long as "govern­ ment of the people, by the people and for the people" remains the foundation of our democracy, there is nothing to prevent us from arousing public sentiment in our direction. The American people love par­ ades. Although we ai-e not the lobbyist type of union, we could make an exception by donning our white caps, march right up the steps of the nation's capitdl with placards bearing "Civil­ ian Seamen Want Civilian Con­ trol." (It is wise to point out that "control" is used merely for psychological purposes). If this didn't work we could threaten the government, not with a strike, but with a flat re­ fusal to sail the ships. In other words, we seamen would decide to quit the sea and return to the farms, factories, etc. This would prevent any attack on the Union by the government. Our pat answer would be: We still have a shipping hall, but our member­ ship is quitting the sea. In an­ swer to the possible absolvement of the union we could say that they're quitting the sea, not the Union. Brother Paul Hall mentioned that we should woi'k out a plan for turning our national head­ quarters into strike headquarters overnight. A forerunner to this should be the taking over of the b.fiU- below the Hall and putting into operation our Stewards De­ WELL, BROTHERSr WHY DON'T YOU WRITE THE LOG This is it. Right here is where you can blow off steam or do a little gum-beating. Every week 62,000 Seafarers and others turn to this page to read what you are doing, thinking and saying. Maybe you've an idea for Union action, or a tip that will save your Brothers trouble. Surely, you and your ship­ mates, while plowing around various ports o'call, have run into things Interesting or laugh- partment upgrading school. The reason is obvious: S-O-U-P. For the benefit of those who may bring up the shipowner in place of the government—by this move we would force the ship­ owners into united action against the Coast Guard control, since their pocketbooks would be at stake. And since our govern­ ment is supposedly interested in maintaining a large merchant fleet, it would yield to the pres­ sure from both sides. And still further, we would not be walk­ ing out on the shipowner but on the Coast Guard, which is gov­ ernment by the Coast Guard, of the Coast Guard and for the Coast Guard. X t X. Some Consolalion A man, with rare exceptions, or unless in the company of a woman, will think about things in relation to himself. If he has one blind eye, he fails to find consolation in thinking of an­ other man totally blind. Yet, the man totally blind doesn't stop to worry either way. He is forced by nature to be con­ templative, rather than self-en­ grossed. Susan Q was a brave little^girl A brother flamed her golden curl Now, Susan Q is very bald. But Susan worries not at all. Susan says no need to curse, Susan says it could be worse. Susan Q is the type of girl who believes that no matter what is happening to her, something worse is happening to someone else. getting. Seafarers and ships-— where they go, what they do. . ^AlNT « their laughs and their beefsare news. Write 'em up. �#age Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 14, 1946 Hawk Testifies Against U.S. Coast Guard L-T came about when the Coast Washington doubletalk by a Commissioners. Some 51 years revoked in that period than ever Each time ago—back in June, 1884, to be were under commerce from 1884 Guard was transferred to the doubletalk master. Navy from the Treasury Depart­ I received an answer from him exact—the Congress created the to the beginning of the war. The ment for the duration of the war in reply to one of my letters to office of U. S. Shipping Com­ Coast Guard has instituted a legal the President I was inspired to missioners under the Depart­ system to blackball seamen emergency. Congress throughout the industry. The seaman didn't complain new hope. They were in such a ment of Commerce. when the Coast Guard took over bright and cheerful vein. Every­ acted wisely in doing so. You gentlemen may say that the functions of the Bureau, such thing was going to be rosy, they There was a crying need for this calls for an investigation of as issuing seamen's certificates, assuerd me. Oh yes, thank you such officials. . One of their ma­ the Coast Guard. I say that the examinations for licensed officers for your kind letter; we are glad jor functions was the protection inherent evil will continue to ex­ But of merchant seanjen against ex­ ist no matter how many investi­ and discipline of licensed and un­ to entertain your views. licensed officers. After all, there they didn't seem to mean any­ ploitation by merchant officers or gations are carried out. I say thing. Nothing happened. was a war on. shipping companies. They were that the only answer is to return Besides, the executive order es­ The next thing I knew the to superintend the engagement the Bureau to the Department of tablishing this procedure was to President's Reorganization Plan and discharge of seamen, to act Commerce. end six months after the termina­ 3 had been submitted to Con­ as impartial arbiters between the The Unions for which I speak tion of the war. Not six months gress. Part 1 hit me in the face seamen and the officorSj and the and other maritime unions have after peace was declared, gentle­ when I picked it up. seamen and the companies. been fighting Coast Guard con­ men—six months after hostilities That was a new deal for the trol ever since the end of the The main argument for con­ ceased. tinuing the Bureau under the .seamen. It was the first deal he war.' I have received communi­ During the war and since it. Coast Guard seems to be that it ever got that wasn't a raw one. cations from most of the mari­ ended, the seaman has had plenty will more efficiently handle the By and large the Shipping Com­ time unions. I have talked with of cause to regret the Coast matter of inspection of vessels missioners under the Department seamen of all maritime unions. Guard control. "Hearing units" and their equipment, since it is of Commerce acted impartially. I cannot recall a single instance were established to try merchant responsible, in a measure, for Neither the seamen nor the ship­ of a seamen or union which did seamen for infractions of disci­ their safety at sea. No argument ping companies had any major not concur in our position. pline. In these "courts" seamen could be more fallacious. fault to find with their decisions. I am empowered to speak for are tried by Coast Guard officers, Statement of Sailors Union EXCEED AUTHORITY The inspectors under the De­ the Sailors Union of the Pacific, usually lawyers in uniform who Since Coast Guard control and the Seafarers International Union of the Pacific and the Seafar­ partment of Commerce always have no sea experience and do ers International Union of were former merchant captains "hearing units" came into being and the National Organization of not know the practical end of North America on Reorganiza­ or engineers. They understood the seaman has been relegated the Masters, Mates and Pilots merchant seamanship. tion Plan 3, Part 1, regarding the problems of a merchant ship to his old position. The "courts" and I am sure I know how all UNFAIR TRIALS the transfer of jurisdiction of much more fully than a man set up by the Coast Guard have seamen stand. Not a few times, but often, sea­ without merchant experience ever not been impartial, and they have the Bureau of Marine Inspec­ SEAMEN MODEST tion and Navigation from the men have been tried and sen­ could. gone beyond the realm of their Merchant seamen are not given Department of Commerce to tenced to revocation or suspen­ It is our experience that the in­ authority in cases too numerous to pointing to their deeds during the Coast Guard, before the sion of licenses for the smallest spectors under the Commerce De­ to mention. I shall mention one the war, but I wonder how many House Committee on Executive infraction of discipline, and often partment always investigated our example, however. Thas is the of you gentlemen recall an item Department Expenditures, de­ without the presentation or hear­ complaints regarding items of matter of '/insubordination." that was on page one of most livered by John Hawk, Vice- • ing of factual evidence. safety aboard ship quickly and Scores of seamen have had their newspapers during 1942. It was These are not baseless beefs, President, SIU of N. A. completely. The same cannot certificates revoked or suspended the Associated Press "Box Score gentlemen. They are facts. I Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen:— can substantiate them through a be said for the Bureau since the because they talked back to Coast of U. S. Ship Sinkings," and was Guard officers. This had noth­ run about once a week. Censor­ I am going to speak against host of seamen who were per­ Coast Guard took it over. ing to do wth their shipboard ac­ ship on sinkings was at its height Coast Guard officers always permanent Coast Guard control secuted by the Coast Guard of­ tivities or their own officers. They then, and few details of sinkings seem to regard any complaints of the Bureau of Marine Inspec­ ficers. merely ran afoul of the Coast tion and Navigation and Ship­ So the war ended. In the of unlicensed seamen with - a Guard and were "insubordinate." were given until several months after they occurred. They take the ping Commi.ssioners' functions, days that followed, seamen were jaundiced eye. This practice has continued since as provided in the President's buoyed by the expectation that attitude that we have something But there was mounting hor­ the end of the war. Reorganization Plan 3, Part 1. their days under the Coast Guard up our sleeves. ror at the way these cold -figures Under Coast Guard control a I should like first to' bring out soon would be ended. When the I see no reason to believe that seaman's papers—the means of mounted each week, Ten ships the point that I am speaking for "duration and six months" came our complaints would be enter­ his livlihood—have stood in con­ in a week was a low score for the the seamen who will be affected to an end, sure enough, the Coast tained with any more respect if German subs. The v/olf packs stant jeopardy. I know of more by this jurisdictional switch. Guard was returned by the Navy the inspections are under their cases of seamen's papers being played havoc down the Atlantic Coast. They picked off the As a former seaman, I speak to the Treasury under an execu­ permanent jurisdiction. revoked during the period since tankers in the Gulf like sitting not only for the members of the tive order. Here, however, is our biggest the war ended than I ever heard ducks. The few eye-witness Union I represent, but for unor­ But the Coast Guard had de­ beef against the permanent of during all the years I was ship­ stories that were allowed printed ganized seamen and those of cided long before that it wanted transfer: ping before the war. I will ven­ to retain control of the Merchant other Unions. The office of the Shipping ture to say that more have been told of the fountains of flame as tankers exploded, of men swim­ Seamen all feel the same way Marine. So the other executive ming through a sea of fire. about the Coast Guard. They order didn't come through. Instead the Bureau was sched­ Then, as our convoys began to think it a fine branch of the serv­ move, the scene of operations ice for iceberg patrol, life saving uled to be continued under the shifted to the North Atlantic. activities and its other pre-war Coast Guard in perpetuity. That was a bitter blow for Every survivor was an exposure functions. But they don't like seamen. case. The North Atlantic is a the "brass hat" attitude that is The membership of my Union bitter cold sea, gentlemen. part of the Coast Guard tradition asked me—why didn't the Pres­ when dealing with seamen. Sel­ FOUR TIME LOSERS dom does a seaman refer to the ident hold public hearings on the But through it all the mer­ Coast Guard as such. It is always transfer before he drafted the or­ chant seamen went on shipping. der? Why didn't you write to the "Hooligan Navy." I know well a dozen men who This may sound like gross dis­ him and tell him what a good are four time loser,s—who have respect to you gentlemen, but if job the Bureau had done under had four or more ships shot out you ever sailed on a ship and the Commerce Department? Why from under them. They always SS ELLENOR WILMINGTON, CALIF. were brought before a Coast didn't you ask him to let us—the went back. But 6,000 merchant M. Gordon, $2.00; A. Maldonado, SS PIPE SPRING men who would be most affected Guard kangeroo court on some seamen won't go back to sea. John W. Bell, $5.00; Robt. Taylor. $1.00; T. B. Rosencrans, $2.00; B. asinine charge or other, you'd —speak out before he laid down $2.00; Joe Young, $3.00; L. W. Chance, Merandez, $1.00; B. D. Nobicov, $1.00; They are at the bottom of it. the law? be calling them hooligans, too. $2.00; M, Mowell, $2.00; Jim Benlley, Marcet & Cooper, $2.00; L. Weber, Thousands more were maimed. My answer was a weak one. $2.00; Marty Steffen, $2.00; Dave $1.00; F. Sweeten, $2.00; C. E. Ramirez, The members of my Union have And so I should like to ask you found the Coast Guard officers, I had written to President Evens, $2.00; D. Brown, $2.00; E. Kar- $1.00. Total—$13.00. gentlemen a question. I should $2.00; A. J. Mitchell, $2.00; INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS with few exceptions, tyrannical Truman on three occasions ask­ pinecz, like to ask you whether • you H, Butts, $2.00; Joe Castagnola, $2.00; F, Gardner, $2.00; D. E. Wehmuenster, and imperious. They are in­ ing to be heard. Jim Ramey, $2.00; Tom' Ramos, $2.00; $1.00; R. Finlayson, $1.00; P. Bosley, think the men who sailed the In my letters to him I had L. Paez, $2.00; H. Berry, $2.00. Total $2.00; W. F. Moody, $2.00; H. Cashvan, ships through the war zones clined to treat seamen as though $2.00; S. J. Leiacheur, $2.00; A. Pisano, should be perpetually shackled they were enlisted personnel of poMted out the fact that the —S-IO.OO. $1.00; J. Vllos, $2.00; C. Shanks, $1.00. Bureau had operated successfully the Coast Guard. NEW YORK to the Coast Guard—which they Total—$16.00. Merchant seamen don't like under the Department of Com­ SS GOV. J. LIND hate—as a reward for their serv­ B. Smith, $5.00; R. D. Humphrey, this at all. They are civilians. merce since 1884. Seamen and BOSTON ices to their country. They want to be directed by shipowners alike were sati.sfied Crew of SS Lind, $9.00. Total—$14.00. John Fedesovich, $1.0. I don't think these men are SS EVANS with it under that Department. civilians, as civilians. asking for very much when they Robert Cartwright, $:?.00; G.' E. GALVESTON I had pointed out to the Presi­ Strumski, Seamen resent enforcement of merely request that they be al­ $1.00; Chee Mohat, $1.00; INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS any will beyond that of their dent that when the transfer was Bin O'Mar. $1.00; Vernon B. Mino, S. Cappello, $1.00; A. R. .Marchana, lowed to continue thier chosen officers and the policies arrived effected all of the old Bureau $2.00; Pedro D. Velez, $1.00; John Klau- $2.00; W. M. Harn. $5.00; H. N. Jan- pursuit under peacetime controls. at by the rank and file of their employees were transferred, too. sen, $2.00; W. V. Grocki, $2.00; Rob­ dro, $4.00; J. G. Coulter, $1.00; R. T. I think we all want to get back Unions. They were merely supplemented ert S. Freeman, $1.00; Paul R. Klausen, Ballard, $5.00; S. Rothman, $1.00; B. to peacetime. $1.00; Ed Castro, $1.00; Jack Ross, But during the war emergency by Coast Guard officers who $1.00; Melvin Zeitler, $3.00, Total— Bergeson, $1.00; S. C. Hanks,, $2.00; No, I don't think it's very B. T. Kincard, $5.00; D. Ellsworth, the merchant seaman recognized superimposed Coast Guard ideas. $22.00. $5.00; H. G. Dawson, $2.00; T. Pen- much to ask. the need for the executive order The real work of the Bureau con­ SS CAPE TEXAS land, $2.00: H. Martin, $2.00; C. W. But they won't realize that R. Natol, $2.00; J. Rosario, $2.00; McCambridge, $2.00; N. R. Rehmeyer, transferring the Bureau of Ma­ tinued to be done by the old em­ simple desire, gentlemen, unless M. Valentine, • $1.00; M. M. Iturrino, $2.00; T. C. Cobb, $2.50; A. D. Beasley. rine Inspection and Navigation ployees. $1.00; R. Barcelona, $1.00; F. Bone- $2.00; W. E. Clark, $2.00; E. C. Phelps, you make it possible for them and from the Department of Com­ All of my letters were an­ font, $1.00; C. Llamas, $1.00; J. Forres, $2.00; R. H. Jewer, $2.00; F. M. defeat Part 1 of the Reorganiza­ merce to the Coast Guard. This swered in non-committal, official, $1.00: A. Morel. $2.00. Total—$12.00. SchivabL (3rd Mate SS DeSotoI $5,00. tion Plan. It's up to you/ (Continued from Pa;^i' 1) the President's Reorganization Plan 3, which would place the ; Bureau under Coast Guard juris­ diction permanently. The response was grutifyingi for the Committee members who are considering the Reorganizaliun Plan listened eagerly to his revelations of Coast Guard kangeroo courts, malfeasance and persecution of seamen during I, and since the war. In addition to his role as spokesman for the SIU and the SUP, Hawk was authorized to speak in behalf of the National Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, representing more than 30,000 licensed officers, and for the International Long­ shoremen's Association, repre­ senting 80,000 workers. Here is the text of Hawk's tes­ timony, which set the solons' auditory appendages to flapping: fj i| �Friday, June 14,1S4S THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen BUUJ<]TIN Clark, Alan G. ...! Clark, F Clark, H Clark, Henry V , Clark, John D Clark, James E Clark, .Tohn .T Clark, J. O Clark, John W Clark, John W Clark. Joseph J Clark, Joseph T Clark, Thomas J Clark, Vernon A Clark, Woodrow Clarke, George Clarkashoff, Samuel Clarkin, Bernard N Clary, Richard D Cla.ss, Robert Clegg, Daniel L demons, Cecil L Clendcnning, Paul W CTcrisasio, Michael F. ... Clifton, Buddie Clifton, Fred Cliflon. James Clinkenbeard, B Clippard, Frederick B. .... Cline, Joseph F Coady, Stanley Coats, Glenn B Cobb, Clarence W Cobb, Otto, C Coccia, Baldo Cochcnauer, C Cnchi-on, H .. Cochian, James O Codgatc, Leigh Coffey, Walter T Coffman, Donald R Coffman, Martin T Coggins, Donald S .. Cogloy, John M . Coit, William L Colb}^ John B Colca, Philip J Cole, Calvin A Cole, Grover C Cole, Luttreil . Cole, Phillip R Cullfla, Antonio Colella, William A. Coleman, Charles A. Coll, Andrew . Collett, Arthur G . Collin, Harold E . Collins, Charles E Collins, Edw. W Collins, H. H . Collins, Myron Colomb, Etienne L Colpitts, Lawrence H. Colt, Kenneth H Colyer, E. A . Compton, Noel Condos, Geo Condrey, Samueel C. • Conjour, Leon J Conlin, J. D Connoll, Pete J Comeaux, Anthony Compologne, Armond Connor, Ivor R Conner, Willis Conlev, Joseph E. Jr. Connor, Harry G — Unclaimed Wages— Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. SiU HALLS 1.37 .01 NEW YORK 51 B«avcr St. 47 HAnaver 2-2784 BOSTON 330 AtUntic Ave. 95.62 Uberty 4057 8.04 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 5.70 This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some of PHII..ADELPHIA B Ssuth 7th St= 4.27 Phone Lombard 7651 .24 which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to Mis­ NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 27.12 sissippi Shipping Company, 339 Chartres St., New Orleans, La,, enclosing CHARLESTON 68 Society St. 4.00 your z-iiumber, social security number, date and place of birth and present Phone 3-3G80 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. 1.02 Canal 3336 30.29 address. SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 3.82 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 1.79 Conrad, Benjamin 1.42 Crandell, Caleb R 19.22 Damos, F 1.65 2-1754 .33 Consalvo, Gaetano 6.22 Damson, Chris 45 Ponce de Leon 2.23 Crane, James 1.00 SAN JUAN, P. R San Juan 2-5996 .70 Contatore, Anthony 2.84 2.25 Cranford, Charles L. Jr GALVESTON 305Vi 22nd St. Dana, Ira B 15.77 3.38 Crater, James 59 2-8448 Conway, E. L 3.56 Daniels, Lonnis C 74 TAMPA 1809-1811 Franklin St. 7.82 Crawford, James M 5.04 M-1323 1.78 7.38 2.82 Conway, James R Crawford, Rupert W 5.94 Daniels, Robert JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Conway, Thomas J 1.98 3.96 Phone 5-5919 11.32 Crawford, Russell G 6.93 Daniels, Thomas W Coogan, Joseph J 2.82 445 Austin Ave. 10 PORT ARTHUR 2.84 Crawley, Wm. D 5.51 Daniels, William H Phone: 28532 Cooglc, Murray L 7.13 Daniels, William J. B 1.48 2.82 HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd. Creel, Robert C 59 Cook, Byron E. Jr 45 Phone Wentworth 3-3809 2.06 1.80 Crews, A. W 1.00 D'Anjou, Harry J RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Cook, Donald E 14.34 Danzey, C. A 17.12 10.09 Crews, Tracy E 4.13 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Cook, Harold R .45 1.58 Garfield 8225 9.75 Cripe, Jack C 2.00 Danzey, J. L Cook, LeRoy .38 86 Seneca St. 7.13 SEATTLE 8.73 Criswell, Nolan S 3.17 Danzey. Morris J. Jr Main 0290 Cook, Vincent E 59 .02 PORTLAND 5.94 Ill W. Burnside St. Crockwell, William H 12.00 D'Archowlean, F. Cook, W 74 9.08 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. 9.40 Cronan, John J 2.64 Daie, Edward J. Terminal 4-3131 Cooke, Paul 0 3.48 .45 T. Darman, Andrew 1.98 Cronan, Wm. P 59 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Cooney, James L 6.43 2.25 BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. .42 Cronin, Floyd B 2.75 Darsey, Robert . Cooney, W. J " .45 Cleveland 7391 Da Silva, Jose 26.60 2.23 Cronin, John J 5.65 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. p, Wm. E 19.49 Darwin, D 12.83 Superior 5175 1.98 Cronin, Thomas F 24.19 per,* Delmar R 8.95 75 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. 4.95 Crosby, Stephen W 35 Daub, Leslie R Main 0147 per, Frank E 5,59 20.54 26.48 Crosby, Thomas J .'. 1.48 Davenport, Harry T DETROIT 1038 Third St. per, Houston 1.52 1.93 Cadillac 6857 4.22 Cross, Clair L 2.28 Davey, Sidney John Cooper, Leonard M 3.76 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Davidson, C 7.00 18.00 Cross, Robert P 3.71 Melrose 4110 looper, Stnley Geo 4.79 11.39 VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. .59; Cross, P 70 Davidson, Robert opcland, Arthur M. Jr 1.37 ... 3.96 VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. 3.18 , Cl'oss, Walter J 59 Davies, James opeland, W 4.50 ... 3.96 Davilla, Dominick .. Crosswhite, Louis 6.40 5.00 ] npeland( Charles J 5.58 ... 9.20 46.30 Crotwell, Floyd H 2.06 Davis, Charles, P. .. opher. Steward 45 ... 4.46 Charles S. Jr. Davis, 15.49 Crouse, Howard 2.68 oratti, Nicola 21.81 .... 2.97 4.82 , Crowell, Emery D 2.67 Davis, Edgar O ... 1.32 Davis, E. R Anyone knowing the where­ 1.34; Cressiiian, Walter 21.80 y, Charles A 1.98 ... 5.25 Davis, E. V abouts of William Gubich, five Crowley, C. G. ...'. 1.80^ 25.57 1 Eugene 98.75 .79 Davis, George F feet, eight inches, age 27, who 41.63 Crowley, D. M 4.501 W 18.75 ... 2.23 Davis, Jas left New York in Dec. 1945 in 43.70 Crowley, Eugene 6.34 rn, Sheldon E. ... 2.97 ... 12.49 Da-vis, James C the auxiliary motor yawl, Mid1.65 Crowley, Wm. P 49,18 ', Henry N. . .. 2.38 Davis, 2.23 Lowell gett, please communicate with 1.33 Cruz, Esteban 70.90 le, Alfred . .. 9.50 Davis, Oscar Thomas 85.771 his parents, at 340 Bedford St., 1.50 . Crury (Cruz) Luis 3.96 er, Emile J. .74 Davis, Paul H 2.58 Bklyn, N. Y. .01 ; Crym, Harry N 6.40 John 4.43 Rudolph 1.98 3, 5, S, 8.95 Csmereka, Ciobael L. Jr 24.17 Davis, lo, Anina ... 1.34 R. N 2.25 Davis, 7.69 : Will holder of dues receipt Cuadra, Alfredo 19.28 Manuel T 117.50 Davis, Stanley B 4.78 number 2415, who paid off the 10.43 ^ Culletron, James A 2.07 Jose ... 3.56 Davis, Wm 21.60 SS Cornelia on May 7, 1946, 3.56 , Culeton, John J 6.14 please bring that receipt to the .95 Culclon, John 30.53 George .69 attention of the New York Agent. .99 Culver, Stanley A 12.75 ^ , ® J. 926.63 Cullinan, Eugene T 8.26 ^-"1 '• 2.13 1.48 , Jose 5.65 Culolta,a Samuel E. W 11.87 : d 14.38 J: I Day, Howard Elbert 3.23 3.96 ^ Culpepper, Robert C 2.41 Day, Sidney C 33 Cumba, C 57 .59 J Day, Theo Carl 15.14 1.48 ^ DONALD G. JONES Cummings, Chas. H 2.75 arles W. ... • .40 Dayse, Harold 13.46 R9 ^ Cummings, F 02 Gel in touch witli your mother. Henry D. 18.88 Dayton, Raymond E 4.82 16.93 ^ Cummings, H 2.25 4- J. SW. .40 Dean, Homer J 12.92 47.47 ^ Cunningham, Charles W... 2.31 11.39 Dean. T. 0 37 WILL E. HOFFMAN .45 ^ Cunningham, Chas. W 20.74 tney, H 20.59 Dease, Francis J 2.44 Deck Engineer on the SS J. 16.50 ^ Cunningham, N 11.40 eau, B. A 1.80 Deansolt, George 6.75 H. Gardner, Waterman Lines, 7.44 , Cunningham, S. G. 33 ure, Joseph C 95.62 Deaton, Jay Douglas 5.94 please get in touch with Pati'ick Curcio, Louis 3.48 •'^•3 c leski, Tliaddous 1.98 De Benedetto, A 9.50 Cronin, 1412 Edwards Avenue, 10.80 ^ Curl, Glen M 1.48 ngton, Howard R 45 Di Llasi, Charles 20.62 Bronx 61, New York. 2.25 ^ Curl, Harry 1.16 , Allen P 45 .91 Decareaux, Ignace 5.64 ^ Curran, Wm. H 6.69 m, Billie 23.76 Decker, Robert A 7.50 1.37 ^ Currier, Fred W 45 irt, Emory B 21.77 23.82 Deegan, J. P .45 do Neville, F 5.94 ^ Curry, George 88 m, Norman 1.44 8.91 Deofe, Michalios 7.11 Del Valle, T .59 ^ Curti-s, Malcolm R 39.59 37.37 Frederick G 12.00 De Fusco, William .59 Demmary, Arnold ^ 5.94 ^ Cuthbert, Richard G ' 8.39 6.09 Marrin E 2.75 18.75 De Mr.I P. Eugene J De Groffem'cid, E 3.22 p Cutshall, Thomas 2.25 54 Roily B 2.75 5.10 Dendo, A De Haus, Arnold .63 Czakowski, W 6.19 52.15 Warren C 1.19 4.28 Denton, Edward F Dahler, Frederic A Czarnecki, Sigmund J 6.85 3.89 Coxhead, Harvey 627.65 Deiss, F. F. 4.80 Denzak, R. D Szyzowicz, Edward 45 26.60 Coy, Thurman W 2.84 De Jesus, Pedro 2.77 De Olivera, M. C 8.02 De Julio, C Coyle, Charles P 59 6.89 De Parlier, Edouard Leon 2.48 Anyone having any informa- Coyle, David R 11.88 Delaney, Joseph 10.89 De Paz, Phillip 5.64 Dafnis, Artstedcs 6.Y5 25 Delaney, Michael John .... 1.78 De Pietro, Anthony ,tion leading to the hospitaliza­ Coyle, Joseph D 1.34 Dahlen, Edw. J 94 tion and later death of Edward Coyle, R. T 23.94 dc la Reguera, J. F 4.95 Derasier, F. > .'. 14.00 Dahlquist, Arik Vr .45 8.29 Del Rosso, Louis E. Hamilton of the MY Hillsboro Coyne, James J. ..., 2.82 Derth, Albert F. F 2.97 Dahlenborg, T li42 79 Dellinger, "James M 1.98 Dermond, Milton Inlet in San Francisco, please Craft, Arlen E 59 Daily, Philip J. Jr 18.00 4.22 Dernott, J. W. S communicate with the New Or­ Cragie, A 53 Delmonico, E. H ,.. 2.00 Dake, C. M 59 1.83 De Shane, Charles E 2.97 De Long, R. E leans Agent. This brother's Craig, Lawrence S 3.57 Dam, Espur H Desjardins, R. C 84 Delong, Wm. F 29.15 7.57 widow is in^need of this , infor­ Craig, Luther Jr 5.Q0 Dam, Frank 26.62 6.35 Desmond, Tomothy E 3.31 De Marino, Joe mation in order that aher may Craig, Roft. Franklin 1.37 Dambrino, Donald enter Suit. Desmoulins, B. B 22.05 Demuth, Joseph E 1.93 Damguard, Delmar E 16.63 Craig, Wallace F. 2.81 NOTICE! PERSONALS NOTICE! i' �I®.''? "•'• ' ->^ -J .. - ' ' ' 7r ' KV;. Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS E OG HERE'S ISTHMIAN SEA STALLION f ^ !•• n.. JJ V Hf-'. Prior to the actual election on the Phoenix, NMU organizers Chandor, Reyes and Martin tried all of the tricks in their bag in a vain effort to win the crew's votes. Boarding the ship several times, according to SIU Gulf Or­ ganizer Lindsay Williams, they tried the old "wine, women and 5ong" routine, and even took the boys for a "boat ride." u With the Sea Stallion faintly visible in the background, this group of Isthmian seamen wat snapped near 29th St. Docks, Brooklyn, just before they took off for the Far East. KneelinC; (reading from left): "Screwie Louie" Larsen, Jerry Beckner, Jim "Flash" Brasdell, Richard Jamrus end W. "Finn" Flemming. Second row: Sid Turner, Harry Le Maire, Alvis "Bloodhound" Rainey, E'aul Tassen; Ben Little Jr., Jack Tice and T. G. Morris. Rear: Walter Hatten, J. R. Groves, Gus Kern,' C. W. Schneider and W. R. Dixon. WSA And Maritime Commission Charged With Collusion By Senator; Face Prohe I,: I. Charges by members of Con­ gress that the War Sliipping Ad­ ministration and the Maritime Commission have been scandal­ ously mismanaged culminated , this week in the introduction of a bill proposing Congressional in­ vestigation of the two agencies. private interests they were sup­ posed to supervise. Such action, plus Senator Aiken's charge of collusion and mismanagement, ties in with the SIU's demand, on April 12, that the two WSA officials be dis­ missed on the basis of their col­ lusive dealings with shipowners The bill was presented concur­ rently by Representative R. B. Wigglesworth in the House, and Senator George D. Aiken in the NEW YORK—Another finking Senate. company tactic has come to light in the attempts, by the Calmar COLLUSION CHARGED Steamship Company, to go back In asking for the investigation, •o the days of backdoor shipping. Senator Aiken told the Senate This scabbing practice has that "reports of the Comptroller General, beginning with 1942, in­ long been a favorite trick of the dicated that $8,007,163,990 was operators to get around the Un­ Union men improperly accounted for by the ion Hiring Hall. Shipping Administration and don't go for this, and so as soon Maritime Commission. The re­ as some of the members of. the ports show gross negligence, Seafarers received telegrams ask­ wastefulness, collusion, and in­ ing them to report to the Calmar office for assignment, they want­ efficiency." ed to know the score. Aiken pointed out that the two Union officials immediately agencies have been run, since swung into action. The Calmar their inception, by Naval officers. He questioned the propriety of Line was contacted and a spokes­ the appointment of Admiral W. man for the company said he W. Smith to head the Maritime knew nothing about it, but would Commission in view of the fact checH. that Smith was a colleague of A few days passed and noth­ Admirals Land and Vickery, for­ ing happened, so the Assistant mer heads of the commission. New York Port Agent, Joe Algina, again started burning up POSSIBLE COVER-UP the telephone wires. This time "It is not appropriate," AiJcen another .story. said, "to place Smith in the po­ POOR EXCUSE sition where he may have to re­ Said the Calmar spokesman, port that Land and Vickery did "It is our custom to send these not merit the trust placed in telegrams to officials and li­ them." censed personnel." Underlining the demand for "Well," said Algina, "the tele­ the investigation was the an­ grams we have heard about were nouncement that Captain Gran­ to ABs, Oilers, and Wipers. How ville Conway, head of the WSA, come?" will retire on June 30, and be­ "If what you say is so, it's our come president of the Cosmopol­ error," was the answer. "We itan Shipping Company. will see to it that it doesn't hap­ Conway is the latest in a long pen again." And that's how it is up to now. line of members of regulatory commissions who left to take If any Brother Seafarers receive high paying positions with the these telegrammed invitations to Results overwhelmingly in favov of the Seafarers indicated .heir complete lack of success in attempting to bribe Isthmian seanen. They voted SIU! Contrary to actions aboard )ther ships which have hung up arge SIU votes, NMU observers aboard the Sea Phoenix did not Aallenge the vote. This change in tactics indicates that the NMU is finally realizing the futility of challenging the SIU landslide in the current Isthmian election. TWO TO VOTE As this Log goes to press, two additional Isthmian ships are scheduled to ballot. At Balti­ more, the Sea Hydra crew is awaiting its turn, and the Clyde L. Seavey will register her choice at Philadelphia. to the detriment of organized and unorganized seamen. The Seafarers has been in the forefront of the fight to have the WSA and the Maritime Commis­ sion drop all jurisdiction over the Maritime Industry. Events now coming to light prnve that it was right all along the line. With the completion of this week's voting, including the two last-named vessels, approximate­ ly 15 percent of the Isthmian Fleet remains to be balloted. This means, as reported in pre­ vious issues of the Log, that the completion of polling Isthmian ships will be accomplished con­ siderably short of the estimated 6 months period. MORE ADDITIONS Another recent addition to the scab, notify the Union Hall im­ mediately. As fas as the SIU is postwar Isthm.ian Fleet is the concerned, back door shipping is Twin Falls Victory, which was taken over by Isthmian at New finished for ever and ever. Calmar Tries Backdoor Shipping • The Patrolmen Say>». Sad, Sad, Story This is the story of the noncooperating Steward. I went on board the SB White Oak for a payoff, and the Steward Delegate told me that there were plenty of beefs. Later I went out to look for him, and found him in the fore­ castle, hitting the bottle. After seeing the condition he was in, I didn't want to speak with him. No sooner did I return to the messroom, than the Skipper walked in and said that he wish­ ed. to speak to me alone. So I went to his stateroom. There he wanted to know how come we shipped out a Chief Cook who can't slice ham, can't boil water, and is not wanted by the Stew­ ard To top it all off, the Captain said, this Chief Cook wants to go as Steward liext trip. I rushed out to see the Stew­ ard, and he agreed with every­ thing the Skipper said. So I de­ cided that a meeting should be called. This meeting .brought out something different from what the Captain and the Steward told me. It seems as though the Chief Cook was the best liked man on Friday, June 14. 1946 Sea Phoenix Goes For SlU; Isthmian Vote Nears End NEW YORK, June 12—Voting at New Orleans last week, crewmembers of the Isthmian Lines ship, Sea Phoenix, cast 90 per­ cent of their total ballots for the Seafarers International Union as the Union of their choice. 1& • •- board, and his cooking was said tb be very fine. The whole crew wanted him to go as Steward on the next trip. The upshot of it was that the crew brought charges against the old Steward, and I took his tripcard with me when I left the ship. Salvador Colls X % Good Training When I went aboard the SS F. M. Smith, Mississippi Steamship Company, I couldn't tell whether I was on a large passenger ship, or just a simple freighter. This scow was so clean that I had to take a second look to believe my eyes. The crew left everything in apple-pie shape. Each Delegate had all the books and tripcards of his nien in his possession. Best of all, there were no gas hounds to hold things up. It is easy to see that the tripcard men on this ship got some very good training and will be­ come excellent Union" members. It is the responsibility of the oldtimers to take them in hand and teach them what they need to know. •yy. Hwmilton Orleans on June 8th. Leaving New Orleans on the 11th for Houston, a strongly pro-SIU crew was reported on the Twin Falls with Warren Wyman acting as ship's delegate. Two other re-allocaitons to the Isthmian Fleet are the Sirocco, and the Belle of the Seas. Both of these vessels are C-2's, and the Belle was acquired May 27th, while the Sirocco v/as turned over to Isthmian more recently. Gulf Organizer Lindsay Wil­ liams also reported the depart­ ure from New Orleans of the Cape Martin, which voted 70 per­ cent for the Seafarers a short time ago. She was headed for Port Said, Bangkok, and other Far Eastern ports. STRIKE POLICY Elsewhere in the Log appears a bulletin regarding the course of action for Isthmian Seafarers to follow in the event of a mari­ time strike or other work stop­ pages. All SIU members sailing on Isthmian ships are urged to keep on working no matter what aetion takes place on other ships. They are also urged to keep in contact with SIU Halls in aU ports in order to be informed of any further developments, read the Log and official SIU bul­ letins, and follow instiuclions is­ sued by bonafide SIU representa­ tives. Belle Of Seas Backs Stoppage Holding a sliipboard meeting while at sea, crewmembers of the recently acquired Isthmian Lines ship. Belle of the Seas, unani­ mously endorsed the SlU-SUP work stoppages of June 6th to force ship operators to negotiate contract demands of the SIU and SUP. Dated June 9th, a cablegram of endorsement was received at the SIU New York office from the Belle of the Seas. It read as follows: "Belle of the Seas Isth­ mian crew at joint meeting voted unanimous confidence in SIU ac-. tions to force negotiations." ALCOA SHIP Formerly operated by the SIUcontracted Alcoa Company, the Belle of the Seas was acquired by, or chartered to, the Isthmian Lines on May 27th. Some Sea­ farers members remained aboard her when this C-2 • was re-allo­ cated, and they quickly convert­ ed the new crew to the SIU way of life. The • Belle left San Francisco on June 6th headed for Manila and China. A short trip of less than two months duration is ex­ pected by the crew, with the pos­ sibility that the ship will return to the East Coast rather than the West. . Bon voyage, fellows, and many thanks for the endorsement. Make Isthmian SIU! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 14, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 24 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU-SUP WORK-STOPPAGE TIES UP ALL PORTS; FORCES BARGAINING SESSIONS BY OPERATORS HAWK GIVES TESTIMONY AGAINST COAST GUARD MILITANCY IS THE KEYNOTE OF ALL STOP-WORK MEETINGS AFL MARITIME GROUP FORMED IN NEW YORK TAKING OUR STAND AFL MARITIME COUNCIL IS FORMED IN N.Y. PURSER TURNS IN HIS NMU BOOK, JOINS THE STAFF OFFICERS ASSN KIT SETS UNION APPARATUS IN ORDER SEA STALLION CREW IS STILL FOR SIU FIRSCO SHOWS OPERATORS THE WAY WITH TWO STOP-WORK MEETINGS AND HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY THINK OPERATORS SPEND BIG CABBAGE TO ADVERTISE LIES IN ATTEMPT TO GET PUBLIC ON THEIR SIDE PHILLY WORK-STOPPAGE MEETING SHOWS SIU WATERFRONT STRENGTH SAVANNAH HAS GOOD PAYOFFS AND SUCCESSFUL WORK-STOPPAGE MORE DOUGH FOR BOSUNS IS OKAYED OLDTIMERS AND NEWCOMERS MAKE SEAFARERS MILITANT AND STRONG GREAT LAKES SEC'Y-TREAS REPORTS HOW SEAFARERS RESPONDED TO CALL SCENES DUPLICATED ALL OVER NATION MUSTARD ADDS COLOR TO VOYAGE ANOTHER CHIEF MATE STINKS UP HIS SHIP CREW OF THE PIPE SPRING MISSES MAIL FOUR MONTHS SEA PHOENIX GOES FOR SIU; ISTHMIAN VOTE NEARS END WSA AND MARITIME COMMISSION CHARGED WITH COLLUSION BY SENATOR; FACE PROBE CALMAR TRIES BACKDOOR SHIPPING BELLE OF SEAS BACKS STOPPAGE Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9043ef35fa9496215b4cd6c2ac8c3b99.PDF ff0dc5b6127af8ea7768e76b5761e29d PDF Text Text Vol. XXV No. 12 SEAFARERSWLOG Juno 14 1963 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SlU Plan Passes Milestone S & A Benefits Top Million Story On Page 3 Virgin Islands SlU Scores New Gains In Caribbean Drive Old-Age Ships Curbing Trade^ House Warned -Story On Page 16 -Story On Page 2 Rarely has a pure, bona^j^de trade union beef between a . union and a company been the subject of so much propaganda, subterfuge, Government pres­ sures and confusion as In the case of the trade union beef between the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of Canada and the Upper Lakes Shipping Com­ pany, an American-controlled corporation. With almost every day comes another attempt to becloud and camouflage the simple, un­ derlying issues between the union and the company. This issue solely Involves the right of a union to use the tra­ ditional trade union weapons of picketing and protest against an employer which has locked out its members and has em­ ployed as a strikebreaking agency the puppet Canadian Maritime Union, an organiza­ tion branded by its first presi­ dent as a company union. There ore no victims In this dispute other than the 300 Ca­ nadian seamen who were locked out of their jobs by an employer who admitted spend­ ing nearly a half-million dollars for private detective agencies In his union-busting attempt. The trade union movement has an unequivocal position on union-busting operations of this sort. The fact that interna­ tional borders are involved does not change the character of this menace to militant trade unionism. To do other than to fight this menace is to surrender to the forces of anti-unionism. And no amount of irrelevancies and extraneous issues will alter this simple fact. ICC Anti-Shipping Move Again Tips Balance For Rails -Story On Page 3 Who Says I Ain't A Lady?' ^Am.m Loa. �S E^A F ARE R S Oufmoded Ships Curb US Trade, MEBA Charges juM 14, LOG At AFL-CIO Union-Industries Show WASHINGTON—The probable obsolescence of nearly 80 percent of the US merchant fleet in the next seven years was cited to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries last week as one of'*' the chief reasons for the de­ statements made by Ralph Casey, cline in the maritime indus AMMI president, during the course dry today. The testimony on of his recent testimony before the committee arguing in favor of the behalf of the Marine Engi­ Bonner bill. In his own testimony, neers Beneficial Association Casey attempted to "analyze" came in the ccurse of committee Hall's criticisms of subsidized ship hearings on the proposed bill for operators. compulsory arbitration in mari­ Calhoon stated that the problem Part of the SIUNA display at the AFL-CIO Union-Industries Show featured promotion of time labor disputes. of outmoded, uneconomic ships union-operated cabs and work of other SIU affiliates in the St. Louis area. Above (l-r) Testifying on the Bonner bill provides a major stumbling block are Joe Hughes and Lou Colvis of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union, flanking Yellow Cab (HR 1897), Jesse M. Calhoon, (Continued on Page 11) MEBA president, declared that with President Dominic Abate of the Transportation Services & Allied Workers, from some 78 percent of the less than Chicago, plus Lloyd Young and E. B. Foerst of TSAW Local I, St. Louis. Below, foursome 900 vessels in the active US-flag includes Secretary Joe Lewis o fthe Union label Trades Department, which sponsored the fleet "will be unable to pass the show, with MTD Executive Secretary Pete McGavin, Abate and Colvis. necessary inspection requirements" seven years from now. He stressed that this was an urgent problem which no amount of new labor legislation would resolve. SIU President Paul Hall charged this week that the American Mer­ chant Marine Institute "is con­ temptuous of the problems of the unsubsidized segment of the mari­ ST LOUIS—In a move to pro­ time industry" although AMMI CHICAGO—The focal point in mote the use of union-contracted poses as a representative of all the Upper Lakes shipping dispute taxicabs, the Yellow Cab Company segments of the industry. has shifted to this port,, where the here rented a special stand near Hall's charges were made in let­ Justice Department completely the entrance to the AFL-CIO ters to Rep. Bonner and the other overturned the position it took be­ Union-Industries Show which had members of the committee. (Full fore the Supreme Court earlier a six-day run here last month. text of Hall's letter is carried on this year on the question of Na­ Page 11.) The company's drivers are rep­ tional Labor Relations Board juris­ The letter was an answer to diction over foreign-flag ships in resented by the SIUNA-affiliated Transportation Services and Allied US Commerce. Workers Local 1. The drivers be­ In a decision in Federal District came affiliated with the SIUNA Court yesterday. Judge James B. early In 1962. Parsons accepted the Government's contention that the NLRB had Sponsored annually by the AFLjurisdiction over the dispute in­ CIO Union Label Trades Depart­ volving the Howard L. Shaw, an ment, the show was billed as the Upper Lakes vessel that has been world's largest labor-management idled here since April 22. function, because its displays showed off the many products and The ruling completely contra­ services of American union labor. dicted the Justice Department's SIUNA affiliates in the area took position in two foreign-flag ship Seafarers and all union mem­ cases decided by the Supreme part LONG ISLAND CITY—Two more employment agencies bers are being urged not to buy Court on February 18, whe^ the products of Jay-Kay Metals Spe­ high court upheld the Govern­ which were trying to send scabs into the struck Jay-Kay cialties in order to assist Jay-Kay ment's position that the NLRB had plant here have been penalized by the New York City De­ employees in their struggle no Jurisdiction, The ships involved partment of Licenses and re--* against the company. at the time were Honduran. ceived fines for their offenses. of 80 Warren Street, was found The company was struck by the SIUNA President Paul Hall said The Department of Licenses guilty of the same offense last SIU-UIW two months ago when it the Chicago decision shows how found the Goodwill Employment month, and had its license refused to agree to an improved American unions are being "hamp­ Agency and the Signal Employ­ suspended for ten days by the. De­ contract for its 600 workers. ered" in legitimate labor disputes ment Agency, both of 80 Warren partment of Licenses. Jay-Kay Metals manufactures a "by policies of expediency pursued Street, New York City, guilty of It was also learned that Jay-Kay large variety of home equipment by agencies of our Government." sending job applicants to Jay-Kay had been using the name of at and electrical products, including He said the SIUNA would appeal without informing the applicants least one other tenant in its build­ variety ol ho;..e e.^uipment and the ruling, which arises from an that a strike was going on. NEW YORK •— A 21-year-old ing here as a gimmick to recruit electrical products, Including NLRB action against American Coast Guard, enlisted man was Goodwill Agency was fined $100 personnel. This was -strictly a de­ broilers, skillets, deep-fryers, hot unions supporting the SIU of Can­ arrested June 6 after confessing vice to get around the legal re­ and Signal Employment was fined plates, air purifiers, fans, rotis- ada's dispute with the Upper quirement that job agencies must that he had opened the flood $25. series, barbecues, reducing equip­ Lakes Shipping Company. advise applicants of the existence valves of a floating drydock at a Atlas Employment Agency, also ment, hair dryers and can openers. of a labor dispute before sending shipyard here, causing the 205The company's products go them out. This practice was stop­ foot ocean-going tug Tamaroa to under the following brand names: ped when the company was sink last March. Roto-Broil, Rex, Broilette, BroUAnnouncing the arrest, a Coast advised of it by SIU officials. Qiiik, Ideal, Embers. Futurama, Guard spokesman said that Harry Meanwhile, the SIU-UIW has Broil-O-Grill, Majestic, SuperD. Lane, boatswain's mate, took continued to thwart a Jay-Kay bid matic, Samson, llealth-Aire, to get a temporary injunction that the action without knowing the Aurora-Maid, V/hirlwind, Vim, would stop picketing at its struck possible serious consequences to Hurricane, Peerless, Bell-Air, Kool plants. At hearings being held this the vessel and for himself. Air, La-Belle, Whirlpool, Jet-Kool, After Lane opened the valves, week in Queens County Supreme Vornado, Belco, Royal, Rivierathe drydock capsized and pitched Court, the judge reserved a deci­ KS, Supenuatic, Supreme, Fleet­ the Tamaroa over on her side. sion on the injunction move pend­ wood, Eldorado, Capri, Golden The Tamaroa was normally used ing the filing of further briefs by Capri, Comet, Electra, Imperial, for search and rescue work in both parties. Windsor (Gotham), Budget, Fiesta coastal waters. She is at the St. The strike by the 600 Jay-Kay George, Staten Island, CG base In and Regent. workers began after the break­ commissioned but inactive status. A number of its products also down of contract renewal talks Lane had been a member of the go under such names as: Massage that followed a 3-1 SIU election vessel's crew for two years. Belt, Massage-a-Lounge, Formette, win in balloting held by the Na­ Vibrator-Pillow, Motion Table, tional Labor Relations Board on Slim Form, Slim Massuer, Slim February 14. Tone, Regal, Lady Duchess, Seafarers as well as Jay-Kay Duchess, Tempest, Presto, Capri, employees have effectively Camelot, Lady Empress, Valor, manned picketlines • around the Lancer, Remington, Crest, Laclock at the Jay-Kay plant here Belle, Roto Cut, La Salle, LaEmployees of Jay-Kay Metals man picketline outside one and at the subsidiary Fox Plating Sabre, I'^een-Cut, Thermoflex and Company In the Bronx. of the entrances to the company's Long Island City plant. Heat 'N' Vibrate. US Policy Shift Fogs Canada Beef Don't Buy Jay-Kay Products Union Label Show Plugs SIU Cabs 2 MORE JOB AGENCIES HIT FOR J-K SCABBING Hew Way To Quit A Ship? (NTWeUGSPTMLf, CMl&UHALL imsptArav/ �Itate IC IHI Gov't Eyes Runaway's Inland Run WASHINGTON — Inquiring into a "foreign invasion" of US inland waters, the Federal Maritime Com­ mission is investigating whether Brent Towing Company (MemphisCaribbean Lines, SA) has success­ fully managed to penetrate US inland water commerce without publishing required rate informa­ tion. Panamanian-Flag The FMC probe involves the company's Panamanian-flag opera­ tion between ports on the Missis­ sippi River and outlets in Central America and the Caribbean. The company has been operating the small freighter Ruth Ann in off­ shore cargo service since last sum­ mer. The same operator also has a towing service on the Mississippi based in Greenville. Meanwhile, another foreign in­ filtration of US inland waters was successful recently, when two con­ verted LSTs operating under Liberian registrj' hauled out the first foreign cargo to originate by water from as far upriver as Louisville, Ky. The LSTs carried a 3,900-ton industrial plant used to make syn­ thetic rubber products, fromJJOUISville to Cnbo, Brazil, near Recife. The two vessels Involved were the Iguana Foam and the Iguana Crest, both registered under the Liberian flag. A Brazilian concern, which will use the equipment to process alcohol in sugar cane refin­ ing, purchased the plant from a Louisville-based chemical firm that had bought it originally from the Federal Government. & E A'FA tt EES Cargo For Puerto Rico Containers for new run to Puerto Rico are loaded aboard SlU-manned Seotrain Savannah (Seatrain) at the com­ pany's terminal in Edgewater, NJ. Interim service to Puerto Rico was begun by Seatrain last month with the Savannah and the New York. The ships have been equipped with fixed cranes so they can discharge cargo containers without shoreside equipment. ICC Again Tips Scale For RRs WASHINGTON—The Interstate Commerce Commission again pointed Up the need for an overhaul of its procedures when it squashed a move by SlU-contracted Calmar Line designed to recapture some the cargo lost by intercoastal end of the year. water carriers through selec­ The SIU and the AFL-CIO Marl- time Trades Department have long urged a change in the composition of the ICC, which regulates the operations and ratemaking of domestic shipping lines, so that Commission members would include representation of a shipping viewpoint. In its action late in May involv­ ing Calmar, the ICC barred the ^company from introducing a re­ duced freight rate for a "deferred service" on shipments of book matches and steel casings, com­ modities which occupy a large WASHINGTON—Fee-charging private em.ploym.ent agen­ amount of space in comparison to cies, which would like to undermine the Federal-state em­ their weight. lower rate would have been ployment service, actually are milking job-seekers of "over forThe a service under which a ship­ $100 million a year," in the ment could be held up by the opinion of an AFL-CIO ex­ vate employment agencies by the carrier until there was an excess Federal Government," Munts said, of space aboard a vessel after pert. "despite the fact that much of their regular cargo had been loaded. Besides "gouging" job-seekers through excessive or undeserved business is done across state lines. Calmar noted in proposing the de­ fees, according to Raymond Munts, State regulation of the fee-charg­ ferred rates that this arrangement assistant director of the AFL-CIO ing agencies," Munts continued, would promote greater utilization Department of Social Security, "is piecemeal, ineffective and out­ of shipping capacity. If the deferred service cargo many of the estimated 4,000 pri­ dated—where it exists." Privafe employment companies could be made available at a time vate employment agencies are guilty of misrepresenting jobs to have set up a "war chest of $163,- when a ship was not fully booked, their clients—and some^, also prac­ 000," Munts noted, "to pressure it would provide additional reve­ Congress into cutting the budget nue which the ship would not tice strikebreaking. of the public employment service." otherwise earn, the company Defends Federal Agencies Munts argued against recent at­ This money, he suggested, might stressed. Shippers who wanted casings or tacks on the US Employment Serv­ be used by these private con>panice, which provides free testing, ies "in getting their house in matches to move immediately would have to pay the regular counseling and placement services order." rate, which is higher due to the to all. He declared that the public high cubic displacement of these employment service frees job commodities in relation to their seekers from "commercial exploi­ weight. Loading of low-weight, tation." Strikebreaking and scabbing ac­ June 14, 1963 Vol. XXV, No. 12 h i g h-displacement commodities limits the amount of a heavy cargo tivities by job agencies in the New like finished steel which a ship York City area are typified by the can haul, even though the vessel actions of several agencies during hasn't exceeded its tonnage ca­ the course of ,the current SIU pacity. strike at the Jay-Kay Metals PAUt HALL, President Company. A number of agencies HEBBEHT BRAND, Editor; Inwiw SPIVACK, In proposing the deferred rates, have neglected to advise prospec­ Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Calmar noted that intercoastal tive job applicants of the dispute Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKVIR, lines have repeatedly lost seg­ In trying to fill the struck corn- ALEXANDER LESLIE. HOWARD KESSLER, ments of traffic to railroads StaJ3F Writers, pany's bid for new employees. through rate cuts that were justi­ fied on the grounds that they per­ Agencies in the newspaper and printing trades field also special­ Published biweekly at the headquarters mitted lower cost transportation of the Seafarers International Union, At­ by a fuller use of rail equipment. ize in this type of operation. lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters "The intercoastal carriers can The AFL-CIO at Its Executive District, AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Avenuo. 32, NY. Tol. HYaclnth 9-6600. expect to maintain their present Council meeting In May called for Brooklyn Second class postage paid at the Post a Congressional investigation of Offico In Brooklyn. NY, undor tho Act traffic or to attract new traffic of Aug. 24. 1912. private employment agencies — only if they can provide the ship­ their operations and activities. per with a lower cost for the transportation." Calmar argued. "There is no regulation of pri­ tive rate-cutting by transcontinen­ tal railroads. Under ICC procedures, no change in the situation is likely to be accomplished before the AFL-CIO Raps 'Gouging', Urges Job Agency Probe SEAFARERS LOG Pace TlvM LOG A Benefits Seafarers Million NEW YORK—The SIU's sickness and accident ben­ efits program for seamen passed another milestone last month, when the total amount of benefits paid out to Seafarers in all ports topped the $1 million mark. The S&A program covering off-the-job illness and injury was the first of its kind instituted among unlicensed ship personnel when it be­ that length of time. gan in October, 1961. Seafarers applying for the out­ Benefits at the rate of patient benefits are reminded that $56 per week for a maximum of 39 weeks have been paid .out since then at an average of $50,000 per month. The S&A program was designed to provide assistance for out­ patients not receiving mainten­ ance and cure payments or any other form of benefits. This was a group previously not covered by any other SIU welfare benefits. Reached In May Actual payments to date are In the neighborhood of $1.1 million, since the million-dollar-total was reached midway In May, according to SIU Welfare Plan figures. Under the terms of the program, the $56 maximum weekly bene­ fit amounts to $8 per day, the same as the full rate paid to SIU hospital in-patients by the Welfare Plan or by the shipowners as maintenance and cure. Payments at the $56 rate are limited to 39 weeks in any con­ secutive combination of inpatient and outpatient time. Thus, a Sea­ farer Who is in the hospital for ten weeks and receives $56 during that period, qualifies for up to 29 weeks of additional benefits if he remains on outpatient status for Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that pay­ ments 0^ funds, for whatever Union purpose, be made only to authorized SIU representa­ tives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered be sure to protect yourself by Immei.i tely bringing the matter to the attention of the President's office. they should bring a USPHS medical abstract certifying the nature of their disability when­ ever they apply. This document is essential for the processing of any claims. The normal seatime rule on eligibility for benefits; also applies. Applications at head­ quarters and in the outports are handled in the same manner as vacation benefits. Columbia Gets Two US Vessels WASHINGTON — Two 170-foot coastal vessels are being provided to the Colombian Government un­ der the excess property program of the Agency for International Development. The purpose is to help stimulate Colombia's inter­ national trade as part of the Alli­ ance for Progress. Oi'iginally built as military air­ craft salvage and rescue boats, the vessels now are being over­ hauled and re-fitted in a United Slates shipyard for use on Co­ lombia's rivers and coastal waters to transship cargoes to and from ocean carriers. The vessels are driven by dieselelectric engines at a speed of eight knots. Each has 512 gross tons displacement., Their original cost was $860,000 each. Under the excess property pro­ gram, the cost of overhauling and re-fitting the vessels is being met by the Colombian governn>ent. Up­ on completion of re-fitting, the ships are due to sail for their new home waters under the Colombian flag with a Colombian crew. Gov't Farm Agency Enters Ferry Biz WASHINGTON—The US Department of Agriculture, dis­ regarding opposition voiced by private vessel operators, is just about ready to set itself up as a competitor in the trans­ portation industry. A passenger ferry to carry department employees to and from the Animal Disease Laboratory on Plum Island in Long Island Sound was launched on May 28. The Shahan, a 108-foot welded steel vessel, is due to begin service on July 1 hauling about 250 employees between the island and Orient Point, Long Island, NY. In entering the transportation field, the Agriculture Department's earferry replaces a commercial carrier, New London Freight Lines which has serviced the route for five years. Despite company pleas that loss of the route would force it to close down all of its common carrier operations, the Federal agency went right ahead on a plan announced some months ago. It advised the freight line that it would have no further use for its service which offers slops at Plum island and other points; as soon as its own vessel was built. The Shahan was built at a shipyard in Warren, Rhode Island. �r«f« Wtmr Jme 14, 1»M SEA F ARER8 LOO (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) May 16-May 31, 1963 SIU shipping did very well during the past two weeks, as slight slowdowns were reported in only three ports. The good report developed in spite of the fact that a large amount of jobs was passed up by class A seniority men. The dispatch total showed 1,367 men shipped, compared to 1,246 during the previous period. The bright picture reflected a total of 1,342 men register­ ing for jobs, which was just below the number which ac­ tually shipped out. The number of men on the beach also fell off, reaching 3,379 as of the close of business May 31. Heightened job activity was indicated in all ports ex­ cept Boston, Norfolk and Mobile. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Jacksonville, Houston and San Francisco all Ship Activity showed notable gains in the dispatch totals, while the others held their own based on past performance. The number of ships in port was also up considerably, with New York recording the most visits—^95 in number. New Orleans had 43, Houston 38 and Baltimore listed 26. Payoff, sign-on and in-transit ship activity was higher than it's been for some time. This contributed to the job upturn for this period. A breakdown of the number of men shipped by seniori­ ty group shows that class A took the bulk of the jobs posted, filling 55 percent of the total shipped. Class B shipping dropped a bit to 33 percent of the total, and the balance went to class C men. The only rise was a small one in the class C portion. Pay Slga IN Off* OM Trani. TOTAL Boston 0 4 7 New York.... 46 12 37 41 Philadelphia .. B 6 13 23 Baltimore .... 6 S 15 26 Norfolk 0 0 8 8 Jaeksonvllla .. 1 3 4 13 0 0 0 0 Mobile i NewOrieam.. 11 Hooston 6 Wilmington .. 0 Son Francisco.. 3 Seattle 6 Tampa 2 10 4 0 4 B 11 22 23 6 10 4 18 41 SB 6 17 18 TOTALS ... 42 BB 162 SOf DCCK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia.. Baltimore .. Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 16 7 6 81 33 39 3 9 6 41 19 16 5 12 6 2 5 2 2 U 2 30 14 13 74 24 37 13 45 15 24 6 7 6 0 1 24 5 17 2 5 3 12 4 132 179 47 I 358 Registered CLASS B GROUP 128 ALL 5 1 4 0 37 3 15 19 7 1 6 0 19 4 14 1 4 0 1 3 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 6 0 27 2 11 14 24 1 11 12 2 2 4 0 7 6 13 0 0 11 6 17 8 70 91 I 169 Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 2 8 ALL 128 ALL I 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 77 3 23 9 35 24 41 12 6 11 2 19 0 3 8 11 6 13 21 14 29 47 2 3 1 8 4 3 1 1 3 12 2 6 10 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 21 0 4 6 12 0 50 3 11 16 30 14 26 10 46 2 5 15 22 12 30 .4 5 0 2 2 1 1 1 15 3 5 12 4 10 1 7 9 1 17 0 2 10 92 181 41 | 314 16 66 82 | 164 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 128 0 0 0 3 12 0 2 1 0 6 5 3 1 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 24 30 TOTAL Registered On The Beach SHiPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP ALL A 2 8 ALL 12 8 ALL B C ALL 1 33 0 0 1 1 10 16 7 0 0 4 9 "11 15 77 35 15 127 91 121 32 244 4 42 57 108 3 19 11 3 33 10 14 28 0 IB 5 10 81 25 36 68 0 18 14 47 21 13 1 12 12 14 18 35 0 14 1 3 8 1 2 12 11 28 3 13 0 6 12 10 6 8 6 5 5 1 6 2 15 18 0 0 5 4 3 X 3 21 83 0 4 3 28 37 38 18 2 11 4 50 30 4 98 84 63 80 14 157 3 17 78 3 46 22 3 31 24 60 71 58 80 19 157 5 19 0 0 5 6 6 12 1 1 0 8 4 4 30 22 26 2 50 2 11 12 25 3 15 12 3 27 20 16 4 24 40 3 12 9 0 17 10 0 I 571314 164 57 ! 535 361 480 104 | 945 17 140 244 | 401 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 8 1 16 42 6 1 16 4 2 6 2 5 3 1 4 6 45 11 5 14 2 2 2 11 2 11 53 175 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS B Shiooed CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 0 9 1 0 2 0 2 1 63 7 44 11 5 20 17 34 2 9 0 2 2 4 2 9 10 7 18 4 19 4 24 1 6 10 0 0 2 1 1 2 7 1 7 6 0 4 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 1 1 13 1 7 17 2 3 9 5 59 1 17 14 32 3 8 30 3 22 2 15 26 7 30 9 3 2 6 0 1 4 0 4 13 0 3 7 0 4 2 12 17 0 0 7 7 0 8 4 28 1 256 15 85 72 ' 172 39 168 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 2 0 50 6 5 19 3 14 0 6 26 1 3 15 6 0 0 2 10 0 5 2 4 0 0 2 0 4 11 4 45 5 22 7 41 0 4 15 4 0 3 0 15 1 0 3 10 0 2 3 31 1 238 12 99 Shipped CLASS C 3 ALL 0 0 8 33 10 4 25 9 3 1 7 2 0 2 2 6 17 44 30 15 2 5 2 5 10 7 69 1 180 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 32 3 ALL 0 0 18 8 7 4 7 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 3 6 1 1 0 1 4 0 7 4 26 1 59 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B '"ROTTP GROUP CLASS 3 ALL C ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 A B 11 0 2 2 9 0 2 0 1 3 2 6 36 42 91 50 33 18 101 49 120 16 185 13 17 10 31 2 13 12 14 7 2 0 6 6 58 7 36 16 44 1 0 9 26 25 7 1 0 9 6 18 3 27 13 6 3 2 9 2 10 6 21 4 0 1 10 3 14 10 7 4 10 6 2 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 39 23 5 23 6 21 11 1 11 11 11 4 6 97 95 7 84 0 46 74 120 44 6 45 61 5 88 87 72 22 40 38 9 41 -30 1 10 6 2 14 5 7 14 6 2 5 1 4 43 29 5 5 5 11 5 24 9 1 15 4 6 23 34 3 4 27 5 1 8 10 10 7 238 180 59 1 477 133 436 50 1 619 32 175 203 1[ 410 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos ... NY .... Phil Bai .... Nor Jac .... Tarn Mob .... NO .... Hou .... Wil SF Sea ... Tfsrfttc 1-8 2 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 27 Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 3 ALL 1-8 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 i1 8 0 48 5 4 34 43 4 11 11 22 11 6 1 3 4 3 1 1 4 6 10 28 3 0 7 10 1 9 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 12 0 0 4 1 9 9 0 70 14 10 42 1 1 30 32 4 6 7 13 34 0 15 4 1 14 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 11 19 0 0 4 4 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 11 13 1 55 54 112 248 12 8 119 139 17 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 1 1 16 6 19 45 0 4 6 11 9 5 8 23 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 9 9 28 50 12 3 14 33 2 0 3 5 3 2 d 13 2 1 4 8 63 29 94 1 203 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 0 0 21 2 2 17 5 1 4 0 12 1 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 23 1 21 1 19 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 7 2 1 7 8 87 1 102 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 1 17 45 21 16 0 11 0 5 12 12 23 12 0 0 3 1 10 8 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 0 23 1 1 50 6 33 6 19 0 0 5 0 4 3 3 13 10 1 1 8 47 1 50 203 102 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 2 C ALL 1-8 15 0 i 3 C 5 0 1 2 6 4 83 26 10 63 IS 50 32 75 183 5 17 10 16 1 6 24 1 2 7 0 B 9 63 0 0 5 5 47 15 18 13 17 12 18 3 2 10 15 6 7 4 1 4 0 10 3 1 2 6 9 16 3 3 1 10 8 12 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 50 29 16 0 0 11 10 8 16 1 28 74 18 31 23 74 146 8 3 71 82 1 85 3 26 58 11 26 19 29 2 31 6 11 2 5 5 4 3 2 2 0 7 0 56 0 0 8 10 8 28 8 20 10 3 7 15 26 3 3 9 10 25 19 4 1 183 129 282 | 105 25 30 250 1 301 50 1 355 1 699 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered Registered Shipped CLASS A CLASS B a ACS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 132 179 47 I 358 8 70 91 I 169 92 181 41 I 314 53 175 28 i 256 15 JI5 72 I 172 39 1<»8 31 | 238 82 54 112 I 24'8 12 8 119 I 139 80 29 94 I 203 267 408 187 J 862 35 163 282|480 211 378 166 j 755| Shipped CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 16 66 82 164 12" 99 69 180 7~ 8 87 I 102 35 173 238 i 446 Registered On The Beech TOTAL Shipped CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 1 3 24 30 I 57 314 164 57 I 535 361 480 104 I 945 17 140 244 I 401 1 32 26 I 59 238 180 59 I 477 133 436 50 I 619 32 _175 203 410 3 0 47 I 50 203 102 50 I 355 288 129 282 | 699 25' 30 250 305 7 56 103 J 166 755 446 166 11367 782 1045 436 12263 74 345 697 11116 �Pare Five SEAFARERS LOG 14» INt Gulf, Bait Runs Spur Box Trade New Docking Methods Eye Smaller Crew LONDON — Two new develop­ ments by British firms would mean smaller docking crews to handle large vessels like super­ tankers and bulk carriers in nar­ row harbors and waterways if they prove fully successful. The first is a closed-circuit tele­ vision system which has already been installed on the 20,000-ton British tanker Border Chieftain. Designed for use specifically on supertankers and bulk carriers which carry their bridge aft, the system caiis for a fixed TV camera mounted high on the foremast. With the system operating, a viewing monitor on the bridge provides the captain or pilot with a clear view of the bow and gives him a point of reference with which to judge the position and distance of jettys, tugs, buoys and small craft which would normally be out of sight from the bridge. Another system under develop­ ment in Great Britain is a new type of small diesel tractor that acts as a self-propelled winch to maneuver large vessels into their berths. The tractors are designed to take light lines ashore before a vessel's main hawser is secured on the dock. The manufacturing com­ pany predicts that a two or threeman crew now will be able to do a job previously needing eight men. Designed for use primarily with tankers, the tractors are equipped with three-cylinder diesel engines which are fire-proof. They are also fitted with numerous safety devices, such as a heavy tubular framework to protect the driver and crew from ship ropes and from spills in the water when the vehicle slams a curb on the dock. Scenq at dedication ceremonies for the Anthony Anastasio Memorial Wing of the Brooklyn Longshoremen's Medical Center pictures SlU President Paul Hall speaking at the micro­ phone. Among others on the dais (l-r) are ILA President William Bradley; Dr. Francis Mitchell, medical director of the center; Anthony Scotto, president, ILA Local 1814; Alex Chopin of the NY Shipping Association; Assistant US Labor Secretary James J. Reynolds. Dock Work Gang Study Underway Brooklyn ILA Expands Clinic BROOKLYN—More than 1,000 labor, Government and industry officials attended the dedication ceremonies last week for the new Anthony Anastasio Memorial Wing at the Brooklyn Longshoremen's Medical Center. The $1.5 million facility was added to an ex­ isting building to provide -• comprehensive medical and tasio and other local officials in ad­ pant in the ceremonies. He also vancing the cause of preventive reported on the progress to date in dental treatment for members medicine by means of the new in­ the longshore manpower study of Local 1814 of the International Longshoremen's Association and their families. The construction of the new wing climaxes ten years of effort on the part of Anthony Anastasio, presi­ dent of Local 1814 until he passed away in March, on behalf of Brooklyn longshoremen and mari­ time workers. The 10,000-member Local 1814 is the largest local in the ILA. Authorization for medical treat­ ment of longshoremen at the center was obtained over the objection of the Kings County Medical Soci­ ety, which opposed the legislation enacted by -New York State this year to make the new program possible. Speakers at the dedication cere­ monies lauded the efforts of Anas- Al Grossman, 46, Dredgemen's Official, Dies Of Heart Attack NEW YORK—^Well known throughout the maritime labor movement, Albert (Al) Grossman, general organizer and public relations representative of Operating Engineers Local 25 here, died of a heart attack on Memorial Day at his home worked on the West Coast as a in Queens. Ha was 46 years longshoreman and shipyard work­ old. Local 25 Is the dredgemen's union which has had its main office in the SIU headquarters building since It was chartered in 1959. Grossman had been with Lo­ cal 25 since it was established and, in addition to his regular duties, was a member of the union's Exec­ utive Board and a trustee of its welfare, pension and vacation plans. He was editor of "The Dredgeman," its official organ. Long active in the trade union field, he had traveled extensively on behalf of the dredge union. Only the week before his death, he had been in New Orleans, where he helped reach an agreement be­ tween the Government, construc­ tion industry officials and 19 trade unions representing about 500 dredge workers to be employed at a new missile-testing site in Mis­ sissippi. He had also served pre­ viously on a number of special as­ signments for the SIU and the Maritime Trades Department in severai areas. A native New Yorker who er, Grossman is survived by his wife, Sylvia; two children, Theodore and Andrea; his mother, Mrs. Esther Grossman, and a brother, Israel. Services held here May 81 were attended by a large delegation of officers and members from the Albert Grossman SIU, Local 25 and other maritime unions. Burial was at Beth Moses Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.Y. stallation. Local 1814's diagnostic medical center has been in opera­ tion for several years under the supervision of Anthony Scotto, newly-elected local president and head of the Maritime Port Council of New York. In addition to SIU President Paul Hall and other labor and waterfront industry officials, US Assistant Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds was a featured particl- Bull Line Ship Plan Awaits Bids NEW YORK—A US Marshal's sale of the Emilia, one of the ships in the Bull Line-Kulukundis American-flag shipping operation, was unsucces.sful la.st week when there were no bids on the vessel which still carried an estimated $1 million in cargo aboard. The cargo, which was not to be included in the sale, was the reason for the total lack of bidding because of the difficulty any suc­ cessful bidder would have in un­ tangling the mountains of red tape involved in distributing it to its owners. The US Attorney's office now plans to have the cargo re­ moved and again put the Emilia on the block, at which time a quick sale is expected. Meanwhile, court - appointed trustees are continuing efforts to secure the necessary financing for reorganizing the American-flag op­ eration of Manuel E. Kulukundis under a trusteeship arrangement. The Emilia is one of the ships in­ volved in the reorganization plans. A minimum price of $250,000 had been set for the vessel. The Emilia, a C-2, has been tied up at Bull Lines' Brooklyn pier for six months. Her 9,000-ton cargo consists of 40 panel trucks, eight locomotives, tin plate, vege­ table oil and 2,600-tons of grain bound for Middle and Southeast Asian ports. Monies derived from the sale of Bull Line-Kulukundis ships will be used to pay creditors, which in­ clude the SIU and other shipboard unions, plus SIU crewmembers with liens against individual ships be used to pav creditors. undertaken by the Departn>ent of Labor as an outgrowth of last winter's ILA strike on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The study will be continued until July, 1964, under the settlement terms that ended the walkout. NEW ORLEANS — Container­ ized shipping became available in the Gulf area for the first tinw when the Mobile, a combination breakbulk containership operated by SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship of Puerto Rico, arrived here last weekend. The Mobile is one of the two C-4 combination container and cargo vessels that will provide a weekly shipping service between Mobile, New Orleans, and the ma­ jor ports of Puerto Rico. Both ships contain refrigerated cargo space and are equipped to handle heavy lifts. Shippers can work out a doorto-door trucking and shipping ar­ rangement with interchange agree­ ments to load the Waterman con­ tainers at their own platforms, reducing the rate of marine insur­ ance necessary by up to 50 percent. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, SIUcontracted Sea-Land Service an­ nounced that in order to keep up with demand for container space on its new Baltimore-Puerto Rico run, two of its fully-containerized vessels have been put in service. The Rafael Semmes and the Fairland, both converted C-2s with a capacity of 226 containers each, are scheduled to sail each Friday from Baltimore and each Monday from Jacksonville, with stops at San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez. Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director EEiminating Food Poison Dangers Although It can occur at any time of the year, food poisoning is gen­ erally associated with summertime, when all things seem to grow faster and bigger. Including bacteria. More SIU ships will be finding themselves in warm climates with the arrival of summer, so stewards have to be on their toes to pre­ vent any possibility of an outbreak of food poisoning aboard ship. At its mildest, food poisoning can be merely an unpleasant nuisance, but at its worst it can lead to prolonged hospitalization or even death. Not long ago, American newspapers were filled with stories about a rash of food poisonings fatal to several people, which was said to be the fault of a batch of defective canned tunafish. This was a special case of food poisoning, however, caused by botulism, which is the Improper canning or preserving of food. Medical authorities agree that most cases of food poisoning are the product of careless, unsanitary food handling and preparation. Aside from the necessary sanitary precautions with which every SIU steward is familiar, the best weapon against food poisoning is refrigera­ tion. The disease-bearing bacteria won't be killed by refrigeration, but cold will keep them inactive and prevent their multiplying to dan­ gerous numbers. In the summertime, therefore, it is doubly important to keep most foods refrigerated whenever they are not actually being prepared or served. Salads are very susceptible to these bacteria, especially salads con­ taining miik, cream, mayonnaise or other dressings, and those con­ taining cold eggs or meats. Other items to be carefully handled are desserts and pastries that have a custard or cream filiing. Bacteria will breed very rapidly in these foods if they are left standing in a warm messroom or galley. Mayonnaise is especially susceptible, as most instances of food poisoning seem to be traced to such items as chicken, tuna or potato saiad prepared with mayonnaise. These items should always stay under refrigeration until they are actually ready to be served on the table. Chilled foods which have warmed too much are not the oniy potential carriers of food poisons. Heated food can also be carriers if they have just been warmed up and the heat is not high enough to destroy the bacteria. The damage can be done by warm gravies, for instance, if they have not been brouglit to a boil before being served. The practice of cooking and serving to order aboard SIU vessels is a major weapon in fighting the possibility of food poisoning, because this keeps food from standing around in gravy until mealtime. Close, crowded work areas in ships' galleys and messrooms, the relatively poor ventilation compared to shoreside facilities and the greater exposure to heat all multiply the dangers of food poisoning aboard ship. For these reasons, steward department men must e.xercise great care regarding personal cleanliness, cleanliness of the galley and prompt refrigeration of food whenever possible. (Coviments and suggestions are iiwitcd by this Department and can be sxibmitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) �SEAFARERS tmgt Six House Group Backs Bill Making Nurses 'Officers' Jon* 14, lies LOG SIU Committee Nominees in NY SIU Official To Head NY Railtug Panel WASHINGTON—A bill calling for the re^stration of pro­ fessional nurses as staff officers in the United States mer­ chant marine was favorably reported to the House last week by the Committee on Mer--*chant Marine and Fisheries. steward department aboard ship as waitresses and beau­ The committee's report said stewardesses, ticians as well as nurses. The SIU NEW YORK—G. P. McGinty, regional director of the SIU Rail­ way Marine Region, has been named chairman of the New York Harbor Marine Board of Adjust­ ment for the year beginning May 20, 1963. The six-man Harbor Board, con­ sisting of three labor representa­ tives and three representatives of railroads operating in the area, was set up as an outgrowth of the 1961 railroad tug strike. It serves as a special board to handle job disputes which arise in the marine operations of the 11 affected rail­ roads. Other labor representatives on the panel are D. J. Lytle of the Marine Engineers Beneficial As­ sociation and O. A. Akerman of the Masters, Mates and Pilots. it "believes that the professional status of nurses, both in the Armed currently counts two retired Delta Forces and civilian life, warrants Line stewardesses among its ac­ their classification on board ship tive pensioners. Under the proposed legislation, as staff officers and accordingly applicants for registry would not recommends enactment . . It be required to take an examination noted that professional nurses to qualify, but would have to fur­ have been classified as staff offi­ cers in the past, together with nish the Coast Guard with proofs of experience, minimum periods of • pursers and ships' surgeons. service, citizenship, good charac­ Competing in election by SIU headquarters membership for In making its recommendations ter, etc., as well as a valid license spot on new Quarterly Financial Committee, Seafarers Allan to the House, the committee cited issued by any state or US territory. Bell, steward department; plus Norman Dubois and Joe the fact that the Coast Guard has undertaken a job reclassification Obrezo of the deck depaHment, await result of balloting at and because the law does not spe­ last week's regular meeting in New York. Dubois won the cifically include professional nod in close voting. Similar elections were held in all ports. nurses as staff officers "they would be classified with oilers and wipers." A hearing witness estimated there are about 20 professional nurses on both the East and West LONDON—Faced with the mounting problem of maritime unemployment and loss in Coast available for ship duties; shipbuilding orders, the British government has announced plans to aid the shipbuilding about 70 on call; and a total of be­ industry by offering good credit terms to domestic shipowners who place construction or­ tween 200-300 who would be ready ders at home shipyards. to come back to ship when and as NORFOLK — Substantial wage The action came a few days further aid to French shipbuild­ dustry has to be placed on a profit­ needed. hikes, health and welfare cover­ after one British line ordered ing has been made by the chair­ able basis. "Whether our country The bill was formally introduced age and many other improvements in the House en January 17 and, have been won by the SIU United a 67,000 ton freighter from a Ja­ man of the French Shipowners As­ will have a modern and sufficient if passed, would amend a 1939 Industrial Workers at three ship panese shipyard because of lower sociation who termed the present marchant navy without loss of law to make the ladies who qual­ repair plants whose workers had price and easy credit terms. A subsidy inadequate. Seeking bet­ time," he declared, "is a matter ify into "officers and gentlemen." never before been organized until follow-up statement by the gen­ ter credit terms, he said the in­ for the government to decide." The SIUNA pursers union, the they elected to come under the eral-secretary of the Boilermakers' Society declared that British Staff Officers Association, is mak­ SIU-UIW banner. shipyard workers might refuse to ing plans to organize professional The three new companies are nurses in all Atlantic and Gulf the Colonna Shipyard Company, repair English-owned ships pur­ passenger ship fleets, pending fi­ McAllister Brothers and the Cur­ chased abroad. In announcing the government's position. Transport nal resolution of the bill. tis Bay Shipyard. Mini.ster Ernest Marples said the There are no lady officers on The contract at Colonna came US merchant ships today in any after the SIU had launched an government would lend up to $8 shipboard department, although extensive organizing campaign million to finance new orders for Cash Benefits Paid — April, 1963 British shipyards. many women do serve in the that lasted over nine months. AMOUNT PAID CLAIMS Marples said a scrap and build A new three-year-pact went into scheme had been discarded in fa­ Hospital Benefits $ 65,664.00 8,028 effect after employees at the com­ vor of the new plan to extend cred­ 66,527.05 24 Death Benefits pany had ratified it by a vote of it for loans up to a maximum of 59,400.U0 396 . Pension-Disability Benefits . . . to 1. The company's 175 em­ ten years, which will be made 6,799.60 33 ployees are engaged in ship and available to shipowners at the gov­ Maternity Benefits 76,901.05 806 tug repair work. ernment Interest rate of five per­ Dependent Benefits 401 4,371.30 The victory at Colonna Shipyard cent. The program is considered Optical Benefits was an impressive feat due to the to be the best available in any Out-Patient Benefits 41,638.00 4,484 fact that the company had been country to domestic operators. 435,846.13 1,400 Vacation Benefits existing for 85 years as a non­ British shipbuilding and ship- TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION union operation and had resisted owning interests were enthusiastic 15,572 $757,147.13 the organizing attempts of many over the government's test venture BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD. WASHINGTON — Westinghouse other unions until the UIW won which will continue until May, Electric Corp. will pay $800,000 to recognition. 1964. Terms of the loans will be the Tennessee Valley Authority Pacts with McAllister and Cur­ and other Government agencies to tis Bay are for shorter terms and based on advice of a special ad­ settle claims for overcharges stem­ cover about a dozen workers at visory committee under Transport April, 1963 ming from the electrical equip­ each location. The companies' tugs Ministry auspices. Across the Channel, a call for Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Port ment Industry's price-fixing con­ were already under SIU contract. spiracy of severar years ago. 127 42 11 Baltimore *'' * The settlement will bring to 1474 9 134 Houston •••••• more than $8,5 million the amount 53 4 6 43 • Mobile the Government has collected 349 20 7 from companies which were de­ 322 New Orleans • * fendants in the anti-trust cases. 421 29 51 341 New York • • • • The largest single settlement, with 90 17 34 •••••• 39 Philodelphia " General Electric last July, came to Norfolk SIU Wins Throe New Pacts British OK Domestic Ship Aid SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans 'Rigging' Costs Westinghouse $800,000 Tab SIU Clinic Exams-All Paris $7.5 million. Seven smaller companies have also reached settlement agree­ ments, and civil suits are still pending against five firms. The Westinghouse settlement is based on sales totaling $15.7 mil­ lion. Of the overcharge payment, $430,000 will go to TVA and $370,000 to the other agencies. Settlements of civil suits brought by municipalities and private utility companies which purchased electrical equipment at "rigged" prices still have to be reached. vvwns TO •mijOQ TOTAL ••.••••• 953 162 72 1187 SIU Blood Bank Inventory April, 1963 Scene at one of the Norfolk area ship repair facilities just brought under SIU contract shows Colonna yard worker Ion ladder, left) checking over the Godspeed, a replica of Capt. John Smith's historic vessel from the Jamestown (Va.) Festival. She was in the Colonna yard for refitting. Port Boston New Fork .... Philadelphia .. Baltimore .... Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Previous Balance 7 Pints Credited 0 23 59 16 30 6 13 36V6 6 6 6 16 286 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 283/b em 2m Pints Used 2 15 4 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 34 TOTAL ON HAND 5 71 19 59 16 25 6 11 391/4 6 1 6 16 280V4 �14, INS 'S'EJ FARERiS LOG ISIU MEMBERSHIP ••MEETINGS DITROIT, April 12—No meeting held due to lack of • quorum. 4- t HOUSTON, April 15—Chairmen, Llnd•ey Williams; Secretary, Bill Doak; ReadIng Clerk, Paul Orozak. - All previous port meeting minutes accepted. Port Agent's report on shipping, new compa­ nies and blood bank accepted unani­ mously. President's and Secretary-Treas­ urer's reports for March carried. Ac­ cepted Headquarters' report on proce­ dure for nomination of convention dele­ gates. Quarterly linanciat committee re­ port accepted. Auditor's reports carried unanimously. Motion carried under new business to deal with shipping of key obs In coming negotiations with Keva deal Corp. Total present: 413. t NEW ORLEANS, April 14—Chairman, Lindsay Williams; Secretary, Clyde Lan­ ier; Reading Clerk, C. J. Stephens. Min­ utes of all previous port meetings ac­ cepted. Port Agent reported on shipping, local elections and Bull Line situation. Report accepted. President's report for March carried. Secretary - Treasurer's March report accepted. Quarterly finan­ cial committee report carried. Head­ quarters' recommendations on procedure for nominating convention delegates ac­ cepted. Meeting excuses referred to dis­ patcher. Auditor's reports carried. Total present: 490. NOBILB, April 17—Chairman, Lindsay J. Williams; Secretary, H. Fischer; Read­ ing Clerk, R. Jordan. All previous port meeting minutes accepted. Port Agent reported on shipping, death of Brother Andreas Ingebretsen, Bull Line pay and blood bank. Accepted. President's and Secretary-Treasurer's reports for March carried. Report of quarterly financial committee accepted. Headquaters' pro­ cedure on nominations for convention delegates accepted; Meeting excuses re­ ferred to dispatcher. Auditor's reports carried. Total present: 339. Fttt* Serca Study May Derail Merger Moves WASHINGTON—The hopes of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads for Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion approval of a proposed merger are heading for a sharp jolt, according to a news report last week covering a special study being made by an ICC economist. The reported findings by^ ^ The railroads are attempting to pers, labor groups and local offi­ the ICC economist closely pa­ their merger applications. The pending ICC report also rush through their merger approv­ cials in almost every major city rallel charges made by the notes a tangle of complicated rail­ als before these Senate measures served by the two giant railroads Railway Labor Executives Associa­ tion and Its member unions, in­ cluding the SIUNA, regarding the dangers of the merger trend among the major railroads. These moves, if successful, could have an Im­ portant effect on the remainder of domestic shipping In the US. "A combined Pennsy-Central road, even when pitted against the other two big rail systems current­ ly emerging in the East—would still control more miles of track than the other two systems com­ bined, would originate 48 percent of all rail freight traffic between 37 major Eastern and Midwestern cities, and would appear to have a big edge in getting the business of New England shippers through links with the New York, New Haven & Hartford and Boston & Maine Railroads," the "Wall Street Journal" reported on June 6, citing the ICC man's calculations, Hartke Bill Recent newspaper advertise­ ments sponsored by the RLEA urge public and labor support for a resolution sponsored by Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana, calling for a study of the railroads' flnanelal structure to determine what truth there is to the pleas of "poverty" on which the railroads are basing road stock holdings which further cloud the possible consequences to the rest of the transportation in­ dustry if the mergers are granted. The RLEA and its member un­ ions are also supporting two sep­ arate Senate bills, S. 942 and S. 1138, designed to halt further mergers pending an impartial study can be put into effect. They origi­ nated last year. The ICC economist is expected to testify in the ICC merger hear­ ings which picked up again here this week after a month on-theroad in Cleveland and Boston. The hearings were originally expected to last about six months, but ship- Put Away The Whip, Bosses Told WASHINGTON—The hard-driving boss doesn't get the best out of workers, in the opinion of a personnel iexpert who believes that "the best production managers are those who support and en­ courage their employees rather than drive them." Dr. Rensis Likert, director of Michigan's Institute for Social Re­ search, who was given an award here for "profound and authorita­ tive influence on personnel management policy in all enterprise," said: "One traditional and central assumption which research is pro­ gressively and seriously undermining is the notion that buying a man's time gives the employer control over the employee's behavior. "Most organizations base their standard operating procedures on this assumption. But the plain facts are that the highest-producing managers in American industry do not, on the average, believe in its validity nor do they base their managerial behavior upon it." He charged that direct pressure for production at all levels of management, whether in business, industry or government, is more often associated with low rather than high productivity. Pressures which may include manpower cuts, budget cuts, job timing and production standards, may lead to short-term gains but at the longrange expense of the organization, he added. demanded a chance to voice al­ most unanimous opposition to the proposed merger. How much weight the ICC will give to the economist's report is not clear. However, the Justice Department has contended that, in the past, ICC has often glossed over the impact of rail competition on other forms of transportation in approving every major rail merger proposal on which it has completed action in recent years. The Justice Department has al­ ready asked a special three-judge Federal court panel in Detroit to reject the ICC's approval, given in December, of Chesapeake Sc Ohio control of the Baltimore Sc Ohio. It charged that the decision "is invalid for lack of adequate findings as to effect of the acquisi­ tion upon other railroads." Testi­ mony yet to be heard in the pres­ ent Pennsy-NY Central hearings is that of the ICC's own staff mem­ bers, as well as the results of a computer study of the merger be­ ing conducted by the state of Penn­ sylvania. Pending also is the proposed merger of the Norfolk & Western Railway and the New York, Chi­ cago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate) Railroad. W v'^ ..li , • ..V. ,.'J i-l iii'.T a'' I'he US Navy battleship Arakwa was a strange ship with a strange name. She fought only one battle in her career. But that one was enough to give her a unique place in the history of US fighting ships because she fought that battle on dry land, over two miles from any water. And for ammunition her cannon were loaded with—cheese! The Arakwe was built in the closing days of the Civil War, too late to take part in any of the conflict. She was a wooden ship, a sidewheeler with huge paddle-wheels churning in covered boxes on her sides. She was a proud vessel, but was already outmoded when she first slid out to sea, for by that time the days of wooden fighting ships were numbered. For several years the Arakwe was on patrol duty, cruising up and down the Caribbean. Then the orders were changed and she was sent 'round the horn to Aconaqua, Chile. By stationing her there, displaying her cannon and flag, the US hoped she would somehow bolster the morale of the shaky Chilean government. By this time the Arakwe was listed as a gunboat and her armament was down to the cannon which she displayed so freely. She still had never fired a single shot in anger when orders came by mall instructing her to return Stateside. But just then nature took a hand and the Arakwe never made it home. The ship was anchored in the bay at Aconaqua. Captain Alexander was stUl going over the mail which had brought his new orders when he noticed that the cabin lamp was swaying strangely fore and aft. This seemed unusual, since the Arakwe was well inside the bay and it was a windless day. He went on deck immediately and soon learned his predicament. Due to a submarine earthquake somewhere out at sea, the water around the Arakwe was rapidly draining out of the bay and rushing seaward. In minutes, every drop of water had drained from the bay. The Arakwe was aground on the muddy bottom with her stern to the sea. Captain Alexander knew well what would soon follow. After rushing out to fill the earthquake's chasm, the water would return in the form of a giant tidal wave, one of the most powerful and destructive forces of nature— and his vessel was directly in its path. Alexander wrote in his log: "I anticipated that we might be able to ride it out by cutting the anchor cable, which was quickly accomplished. The stench from the Bun shining on the mud of the harbour bottom was most distressing and several of the crew were made ill." All now waited anxiously for the waters to return, and soon a giant wall of water came roaring in from the sea. The log continues: "The great wave which struck us broke over the stern of the ship and did heavy damage as well as sweeping overboard three members kl of the crew who were never seen again. We had no control of the ship and indeed counted ourselves fortunate to be afloat." Although still afloat, the Arakwe was swept inland, careening madly along further and further from the shore. Swept along with her were scores of other boats and assorted debris. With her flat bottom and shallow draft, the Arakwe managed to ride it out. She finally cam," to rest at the foot of a cliff on a sandy desert strip—^ two miles from the sea! Wreckage of other vessels and their cargoeB was scattered all about her for miles in the deep sand. Now the looters began arriving, plundering the riches that wera theirs for the taking. Captain Alexander thereupon began arming his men. The" Arakwe was a fighting ship of the US Navy and he would not let her be stripped clean by a pack of thieves. But the looters came in swarms. While there was still plenty of loot lying about on the sand, they took Alexander's warning and stayed away from the Arakwe. As pickings began to run thin, however, they became bolder. The thinner the pickings became, the bolder they got. More and more arrived constantly. A group now tried to climb aboard the Arakwe. The crew, tired from its long ordeal, managed to beat them off with great difficulty. Soon, however, the looters crowded together in a meeting just out of pistol range. Obviously they were planning a mass attack on the harassed ship. Captain Alexander thus ordered the cannon loaded. But although powder was available, there was no shot. That was located somewher# below, out of reach in the twisted wreckage below the main deck. Searching desperately for a substitute, Alexander finally ordered the cannon loaded with hard round cheeses that were available right in the galley. Now as the mob surged across the sand toward the old battleship, screaming and firing pistols, Alexander held his fire. Wlien tliey were just a couple of hundred yards away, he gave the order and the cannon roared. Balls of cheese went skimming over the sand with the speed of express trains. The looters were knocked off their feet like pins in a bowling alley. When they got up, they had had enough of the cheese. One more volley, a broadside of more cheese, and the mob retreated in wild disorder. Had she been stocked with limburger the Arakwe might have been able to fight off an army. But even though she had won her battle the Arakwe was a doomed ship. Too far from the water to refloat, she eventually broke up where she lay. But she had gotten her wish. In the Navy's records, she was off icially listed as lost in action! �Jane 14. 19fS SEAFARERS LOG rase BsM Senate Plugs USPHS Loophole WASHINGTON—A bill which would reinstate coverage under the US Public Health Bervice hospital program to some 6,000 seamen-fishermen who are owners or part-owners of fishing boats and other vessels has now been passed by the Senate. The bill would restore elig-"^a "user" charge system covering tended at that time. Ibility to self-employed US PHS care. The ruling arose out of claims seamen-fishermen for medical According to the report of the for medical care in 1951 by owners care in hospitals, out-patient clinics and other facilities of the Public Health Service. When the bill came up back In April, the Budget Bureau took the occasion to urge a throwback to the old idea of "user" charges. Whereby either seamen or the shipping industry would have to pay the cost of all Federal medical care programs. The budget agency told the Senate Commerce Committee at that time that it viewed selfemployed seamen as "having as­ sumed the business risks of an entrepreneur" whose income is based on profits rather than wages, and therefore felt they did not qualify for Federal care. Until 1954, seamen-fishermen had been covered for USPHS treatment. Tax Welfare Plans An increase in present tonnage taxes on the operators, or a direct charge against established labormanagement welfare plans fi­ nanced by shipowner contributions was the basis of the budget agency's proposal for instituting Commerce Committee, which ap­ proved the bill for Senate action on May 27, the original adminis­ trative ruling blocking USPHS medical care for the seamenfishermen "created an unfortunate Inequity" that was not really in­ of pleasure yachts and by a house­ wife living aboard a houseboat who was "employed in the care, preservation or navigation" of the vessel to the extent of turning on the navigation lights each eve­ ning, the committee stated. Lucile Bloomfield Draws 'Perfect Score' 7th Time HOUSTON—A seventh consecutive perfect score for vessel sanitation, never before attained by any other US-flag vessel, has been awarded to the SlU-manned freighter Lucile Bloomfield by the US Public Health •f-feet "100" on a sanitary inspec­ Service. The ship received tion. its latest 100% rating for over­ Praising the ship and her SIU all ship cleanliness in its annual sanitation inspection at New Or­ leans last month. The Lucile Bloomfield's record accomplishment marked the 21st inspection in a row where a Bloomfield ship has attained a per- crew, USPHS inspector W. B. Griffin was quoted as saying that he regretted it "was not within his power" to give the C-2 freighter more than the 100% perfect score. Adding his praise was Bloom­ field Vice-President O. C. Web­ ster who congratulated the entire Joe Algina, Safety Director Immediate First Aid For Burns In ancient times, medical men cailed upon to treat burns did so with applications of plain cold water, probably on the assumption that any damage caused by heat could be best treated with its opposite—cold. In modern times this practice was largely abandoned in favor of salves and ointments developed through modern research. But now the wheel has come to a full circle, and the cold water treatment of burns is once more finding favor with mediqal men, largely through the experiments of Dr. Alex G. Shulman of Los Angeles, according to a report by the National Safety Council. Dr. Shulman's experiments began several years ago when he accidently spilled some boiling grease on the back of his hand. The pain was so intense that he could do nothing but immediately plunge his hand into .a pan of cold water simply to relieve the agony. It was an hour before he could remove the hand from the water without recur­ rence of pain. Later, he was surprised to find that the hand healed much more rapidly than he had expected for a burn so severe. This experience led him to experiment further with the cold water burn treatment, which he has since applied even to electrical and chemical burns. He found that persons treated immediately with cold water recover better than those not so treated, regardless of subse­ quent medical treatment. This development is most significant in the field of safety for first aid treatment of burns both aboard ship and ashore. Its advantage is that it is so simple and quick that anyone, even without special skill, can use it as a first aid measure. If a shipmate is burned in an accident aboard ship or if a member of the family is burned at a back-yard barbecue, here is the simple procedure to follow; Completely immerse the burned area in a large basin of cold water. The temperature of the water should be comfortably cold, usually under 70° F. Ice or fresh cold water will have to be added from time to time to keep the temperature low, as heat from the burned body will gradually warm the water. If at all possible, don't place the sensitive burn under a cold running tap or shower because the pressure of the running water may offset the relief brought by the cold water, and possibly damage the delicate burned tissue. If the burn is on an area which can't be immersed, like the head or torso, apply towels that have been soaked in ice water. Keep the towels cold by changing them frequently, almost constantly if necessary. The treatment may be needed anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours depending on the burn. The best judge of when to end the treatment is the victim himself. The time to stop is when he can stand removal of the cold applications without recurrence of pain. Minor burns may need no further treatment. If the burned surface Is raw, you can cover it with a single layer of petrolatum gauze and a loosely applied bandage from the first aid kit. Any severe burn should eventually receive^ treatment by a doctor. But for immediate, on-the-spot first aid, cold water applied as described above will not only relieve the pain but should insure faster and better healing most times no matter what subsequent medical treatment is necessary. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Burnett Ramsperger crew "whose desire to operate the cleanest ship afloat made this award possible." Among those he singled out for special mention were Seafarers Peter Sheldrake, ship's delegate; Leon R. Curry, bosun; Emil Herek. chief steward; Leslie Burnett, chief cook, and Richard Ramsperger, night cook and baker. The Bloomfield representative declared that the vessel was "one of the cleanest" he had ever per­ sonally inspected and "in every way exemplifies the old slogan 'An SIU ship is .a clean ship'." Webster noted that the perfect score was a "distinct credit to the men who man these ships "and offered" heartiest congratulations 'to a fine crew on a job superbly done." Big Payoff jiilplll Big smiles for Seafarer Sfeve Beraldes af Wilming­ ton SIU hall is for vacation check of $1,465. The payment covers a two-year stay on the Eagle Traveler as a bedroom steward. By Sidney Margolius Fiuoridation Urged For Dental Heatlh Money is the biggest single factor that determines the amount o£ dental care a family gets, and thus Its dental health. One Government study found that only 23 percent of low-income families seek any dental care, and only 33 percent with income between $3,500 and $5,000. Even among families with Income up to $7,000, fewer than half get adequate dental care. The result of the money barrier is a simple one: no teeth. If this is an affluent society we live in today, it is a strangely toothless one. Over 12 million Americans don't have a single tooth they can call their own. With overwhelming evidence showing that fiuoridation of water is both a safe and economical way to strengthen children's teeth, labor unions are increasingly interested in securing this benefit for their members. Earlier the AFL-CIO had urged state and local labor groups to work for fiuoridation of community water supplies "because pre­ vention and protection of health is better than the best cure." Only two of the nation's 12 largest cities have not yet adopted fiuoridation. After 12 years of discussion, Detroit city authorities re­ cently decided to fluoridate. This leaves New York and Los Angeles as the cities of over a million population still without fluoridation. Other cities of varying sizes which also recently adopted fiuoridation are Kansas City and Toronto. Now the New York City Central Labor Council is campaigning actively to secure this public-health measure there. According to the labor council's Community Services Committee, during the past school year 37 percent of New York City's school children received no dental care at all, and an additional 13 percent got only partial care. The number of dentally-neglected children is rising, it warned. "Dental decay is the most widespread affliction from which we suffer, and dental care costs families more than does any other medical condition." Evidence from all the towns which now have fluoridated water con­ firms its effectiveness. Philadelphia reports that tooth decay in the city's school children has been reduced up to 75 percent after seven years of water fluoridation. Greatest reduction was found in six-yearolds—the group that had been drinking fluoridated water from birth. But older children too were helped significantly. In Washington, DC, which has had fluoridation for ten years, the health department reports that decay rates among school children have been halved, with the greatest reduction again among the six-yearolds. The Indiana State Board of Health reports that children in several communities there, which have been fluoridating for over ten years, have less than half as much decay as before fluoridation. In Corvallis, Ore., scientists have found that over twice as many children now are free from cavities or fillings than in 1952 before fluoridation. Several towns in Iowa and Tennessee which have fluoridated, also report im­ portant decreases in tooth decay. All the documented evidence by impartial Investigators indicates that fluoridated water is as safe as it is effective. Medical experts who have checked on individuals who lived for many years in regions where the water is naturally high in fluorides or where fluorid. s has been added, have found no evidence of damage to health, such as the often-feared "damage" to bones or kidneys. Strangely, despite all this evidence, many people are still sincerely afraid of fluoridated water. In 1960, for example, out of 33 referendums in smaller cities and towns, fluoridation was defeated in 29. The Ameri­ can Dental Association reported that it had found most of the criti­ cisms against fluoridation were without foundation. These charges consist most often that fluoridation is "Communist-inspired; that it introduces a health-damaging poison into drinking water; that it is being promoted for commercial profit, and that it violates constitutional rights of the individual." Practically all public health agencies and public leaders recommend fluoridation, including the US Public Health Service; the American Dental Association; the American Medical Association; President Ken­ nedy, Secretary Anthony Celebrezze of the US Department of Health, Education & Welfare; most state and local boards qf health, the Ameri­ can School Health Association; the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and others. One of the arguments often used by opponents is that there are other alternatives for families who want this health measure without fluoridating the water supply of those who don't. This is partly true, and determined families in those areas which still refuse to fluoridate may want to consider the alternatives. But, health authorities point out, the alternatives are not as inexpensive or convenient, do not have the proven effectiveness and do not satisfy the needs of the greatest part of the population. The New York City Board of Health analyzed the various alternative methods and reported these findings: ' TABLETS: Taking a fluoride tablet a day Individually involves extra expense, difficulty in control, and, perhaps worst, neglect. This was shown by the experience in Newark, NJ, which offered free tablets to residents. There were few takers. HOME-PREPARED WATER: Adding fluoride tablets to water your­ self not only is more expensive, but children would have to be con­ stantly supervised to make sure they drank the prepared water rather than using the more convenient tap water. MILK: Adding fluoride to milk would bo effective, but would result in variable consumption of fluorides since some areas served by the same milk company already have fluorides In the water, either natur­ ally or added. Nor are milk companies eager to take on the additional responsibility and expense. BOTTLED WATER: Commercially-bottled fluoridated water would cost about $18 per person. This would bar many low-income families, and would create problems of supervising the firms selling the water and testing the water. In contrast, the cost of providing fluorides in the community water supply is only about nine cents a ;'ear per person, and the small amounts added have bnen shown by wide-spread experience to be safe and simple to controL : �PaffC Nin* 8E A FARERS LOG Ju« 14. 19it TANKER IN PORT AnivinE in the Port of New York to unload a cargo of fnei and heating oils, the SlU-manned supertanker Orion Star (Colonial) is a big new ship that handles long and short hauls as they come. The photographs here are from a recent voyage. The ship is now enroute to Japan for discharging. ''"'' i •,.v •• "No smolcing" sign Is pointed safety reminder to all hands that smoking is taboo Orion Star is discharging cargo. Similar signs are posted all over the supertanker. At payoff, D. Malkin, steward, is the man of the moment counting out voyage eaVnings. •W I , Close-ups show bosun J. LoCoste, A. Cigiio (top, leftlj cook F. Atfcinn checking stores (top, right); two unnamed Seafarers in a coffee toast (bottom, left); oiler Sam Higgins in his domain. i * Maze of cargo lines pump different types of petroleum products into tanks on shore. truck stands at gangway (right, foreground) with load of provisions for next voyage. Delivery Galley crew of F. Adkinns, H. Phiiilps, R. Boultan end Anthony Cigllo has fish ready for lunch. �Tea SEA FARER8 LOG Federal Office Of Consumers Urged Via New Senate Bill Taklns It Easy in New Orleans WASHINGTON—Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), joined by 22 co-sponsors, has Intro­ duced a new bill to establish a separate Government agency to represent the interests of consumers. The Office of Consumers ha proposes, Kefauver told the Senate, is intended "to be a burr in the hides of-*— government officialdom, to ment consumer-related programs During one day of Senate dis­ get important consumer Is­ now carried on by various Govern­ cussion largely devoted to con­ sues raised, and to aid in their settlement in such- a fashion that consumer interests will be heard . . He said that to enchance the chances of getting the bill enacted, he is not seeking, as he has in the past, to consolidate in one depart­ ment departments and agencies. The proposed new agency would present the consumer viewpoint before Government regulatory agencies and would act as a "pub­ lic watchdog on industrial pricing developments of particular impor­ tance to consumers," be said. Four More Veterans Join SlU Pensioners Four SIU veterans have been added to the list of Union oldtimers who have closed out long-time deep-sea careers to start enjoying their retirement with the assistance of the Union's $150-a-month pension. at New York in 1957 and last Trustee approval of the lat­ sailed aboard the Madaket (Water­ est group of SIU oldtimers man). brings 1963's total of pensioners certified for lifetime retirement benefits to 32. With a combined total of nearly 140 years of service at sea, the new pensioners include: Lop* Aloba. 67; Frank Hall, 77; Raymond MeNeely, 61, and Nelson J. Wood, 62. Bom in the Phillipines, Alo­ ha started work­ ing at sea while living in his na­ tive island. Arrlvlng in the McNeely States at an early age, he sailed in the deck de­ partment untU he switched over io steward. Now living in Brook­ lyn, NY, he signed on with the SIU New 'Queen' Liner Eyed By Cunard LONDON—Cunard Line is ex­ pected to announce its decision on a replacement for the aging Queen Mary sometime this month, when the company holds its annual board meeting in Liverpool. The 81,000-ton superliner is past her 27th birthday right now, and is figured to have about another five years of active service ahead of her. A formal committment on replacing the Mary and on giving the newer Queen Elizabeth a suit­ able running mate has been de­ layed almost two years. Cunard will probably settle on a ship in the 55,000-ton range as being better suited for today's trans-atlantic travel needs than the 75,000-tonner it originally planned. The company wound up in the posi­ tion of spurning British govern­ ment construction aid after it was reluctantly offered on the bigger ship. It has been putting off a final decision on a new vessel ever since. Meanwhile, the companjr fixed additional plans for Mediterranean and Caribbean cruises out of Southhampton and New York next winter, following its success on an experimental cruise program with the Elizabeth during the past sea­ son. The Queen Mary will be util­ ized this time out also. The oldest pensioner in the group, Hall resides with his wife, Grace, in Coinjock, NC. Born in the "Tarheel State," the Navy veteran of World War I already had a few years of seatlme under his belt before he enlisted. He joined the SIU at Norfolk in 1939 and kept on sailing in the engine department. His half-century career at sea ended when he paid off the Antinous (Waterman). sumer problems, a group of liberal Senators took the floor to discuss and urge enactment of: • A "Tmth-in-Lending" bill, long sponsored by Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-IU.), which would re­ quire a full disclosure of all fi­ nance charges on consumer in­ stallment purchases and loans in terms of a true annual interest rate. • A"Truth-in-Packaging" bill, by Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.), which would ban deceptive and misleading packaging and labeling of food, household products and other supermarket items. • A bill by Sen. Jacob K. Javlts (R-NY), to set up a Senate Select Committee on Consumers, com­ parable to the existing Small Business Committee. All of these measures, carrying a long list of co-sponsors, have been supported by the AFL-CIO. Douglas told the Senate that his bill "would not in any way control credit or regulate the terms of credit." Its objective, he em­ phasized, "is merely to strip away the disguises which frequently hide or distort" its tme price. Comfortably settled in lounge at New Orleans SIU hall, (l-r) Seafarers Frank J. Foley, Wilii«n Stieffel, R. R. POSCIMI and F. W. Fancy relax between hourly job calls. The reading material helps pass the time, too. Caribbean Unions Stop Scab Ferry GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA—This small British colony on the northeast coast of South America is moving into the second month of a general strike. The strike was called by the"*^ Trades Union Coimcil when the government of Dr. Cheddl Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Seat Belts May Save Your Life Hall Wood Mississippi-bom McNeely trav­ eled to New Orleans to join the SIU in 1941. He shipped in the steward department from then on, until he paid off the Orion Planet (Colonial) last year. He and his wife, Irma, live in Slldell, La. Wood is a native New Yorker who shipped as a steward after signing on with the SIU in 1946. An Army veteran of World War II, he last paid off the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans). A resident of Queens Village, NY, he lists his daughter, Mrs. A. McGovern, of Brooklyn, as next of kin. Seafarer Lupo Aloba, 65, reads notice of his new $150 monthly pension at SIU headquarters. Death is usually tragic, and needless death is donbly toagio. Many deaths and severe Injuries from auto accidents are quite needless. The child who falls from a moving vehicle, the girl who's thrown to the floor by a sudden stop, the woman who's catapulted against the wind­ shield by a collision—all could have been protected by adequate seat belts. As we've studied accidents and their victims more thoroughly, we've discovered that many serious and fatal injuries could have been avoided if we could get passengers stopped as soon as the car stops. Fundamentally, it's the job of ear designers to tackle this problem, but they've shown remarkably little Interest in taking the lead. One major auto maker incorporated a number of safety features in a model several years ago, but buyers showed less than active interest in it. So it was redesigned into the competitive "death-trap" that the public seemed to demand. However, it's past time that the customer took the initiative in protecting himself. Let's assume you're a careful driver, never e.xce8d the speed limit, drive on the right side of the street, don't do much highway driving, keep your car in good condition, and never have bad an accident. Is that enough? Not at all. Some of the worst accidents happen when one car Is standing still at an intersection. Many others occur at slow speeds on city streets. Still others occur when someone loses control of his car and skids into an innocent driver. Most city streets were designed a half century ago, and as the number of cars using them rises, so does the number of collisions. Only an incurable optimist assumes he won't be involved in a colli­ sion. Many of us have gone for years without one, but this only shortens the odds that we will be. We're up against a statistical risk that no one can ignore. All safety belts aren't the same. To be effective, the bracket the belt is attached to must be firmly fastened to the frame of the car. Indeed, it's sometimes advisable to bolt or weld a reinforcement at that point. Second, the belt itself must be strong enough to resist wear, as well as the strain of a sudden Impact. Heavy web belts, like those used in airplanes, are generally satisfactory, and they're certainly cheaper than the stout leather ones. Finally, the buckle must be easy to fasten, easy to tighten, and easy to release, yet it must hold under the impact of what amounts to a 5,000-pound-Ioad. Passengers may find a complicated buckle arrange­ ment bothersome, so make it easy to get into. You should have belts for persons in the front seat, and there's much to be said for adding them to the back seat of the family car. If you really want thorough protection, there's a harness-type strap that fits your shoulders as well as your waist. For small cars especially, this offers greater protection. Regardless of what type of strap or harness you buy, you have a better chance to survive a mishap with a minimum of body damage. With summer vacation driving facing us, now's a good time to get this extra protection. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this I^epartmeni and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Jagan sought to push through a labor relations bill which would give it power to arrange which unions- should be recognized by employers. Jagan has been seeking, also, to run the government with strike­ breakers. Apparently he has had little success. Fiank Pilgrim, writing for the "London Observer," reports that the government did manage to restart the ferry service across the Demerara River here when it hired a retired Trinidad captain as a strikebreaker. Some 300 people bought round trip tickets but refused to embark on either side. It was a campaign of passive resistance by strikera and sympathizers. Then, according to Pilgrim, the captain broke down and joined the strikers. Another captain was hired th# next day but he was so erratic that the government sacked him. On the third day, the govern­ ment sent police to block any new moves by the strikers. However, massive demonstrations on the ap­ proaches to the docks blocked any would-be travelers from attemp­ ting to reach the ferry. To date, there has been no seri­ ous violence in the strike. The TUG has discouraged parades and urged that people keep calm. The situa­ tion is reaching a serious stag* now as supplies of food and fuel are almost exhausted. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has black­ listed Georgetown and no supplies are coining from overseas. Put Postal Zone On LOG Address The Post Office Department has requested that Seafarers and their families include postal zone numbers in sending changes of address into th* LOG. The use of the zone num­ ber will greatly, speed the flow of the mail and will facilitate delivery. Failure to include the zone number can hold up delivery of the paper. The LOG is now in the process of zoning its entire mailing list. �p Jaae 14. Itit SEAFARERS COPS nspom When liberals talk about Class of '58, they're not referring to graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Podunk College, but to the men who were elected to the United States Senate that year. By and large, the Class of '58 has produced more progressive, pro-labor senators than any group in recent times. In case you haven't checked your calendar, the Class of '58 comes up again in 1964. It's certain even now that the manpower of the re­ actionaries and the money of big business will be poured into an allout effort to rout Class of '58 liberals. The right-wingers know that if they are successful in 1964. conservatives wiil hoid effective control of the Senate for years. In Wyoming, for example, the John Birchers and other rightists who have gained a stranglehold on the state, are training their guns on liberal Gale McGee. In Ohio, the conservatives are out to get Stephen M. Young; in Maine, Ed Muskie. Other members of the Class of '58 on the rub-'em-out roster of the right wing are: Clair Engle of California, Vance Hartke of Indiana, Phii Hart of Michigan, Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, Howard Cannon of Nevada, Harrison Williams of New Jersey, Frank Moss of Utah, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Thomas Dodd of Connecticut. Among them, these 12 have hung up a composite voting record on the COPE scorecard of 314 "right" votes on important legislation against only 31 "wrong." (Included in the tabulation are votes cast by those members of the 1958 Senate class who previously served in the House.) In all, a total of ?2 incumbent liberals and moderates will be running for the Senate in 1964, and only 12 conservatives will be on the block. There is more at stake than simply the winning and losing of a cluster of seats in the Senate. The liberals up for election in 1964 have been building up seniority during the past six years. In the Senate, seniority is the crucial key to committee leadership and in­ fluence, and it is the committees and their subcommittees that shape bills and either boost of biify them. ^ The successes of organized political action by the labor movement are clearly illustrated in a special reprint from the "Plasterer and Cement Mason," publication of the Plasterers Union, on the life of Jim McDevitt, director of COPE until he died a few months ago. McDevitt first went to work as a plasterer in 1916 and was vice-president of his home union at the time of his death. The story on McDevitt details his early days as a union officiai in Pennsylvania and his role as head of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor from 1938 until 1951. Pennsylvania was a major battle-ground for union political action in those days, particularly with the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act. "In 1947," the account in "The Plasterer" recalls, "the Pennsylvania State Federation established a permanent Committee on Political Action. Its purpose was to put the federation's political activities on an effec­ tive and continuing basis. The first test came in the 1948 elections. The committee set out to reach the federation's 700,000 membership. It sponsored mass meetings, bought time on radio stations and space In newspapers and published quantities of its own literature to get Its message across. McDevitt predicted that the liberal-labor vote in Pennsylvania would defeat 10 Congressmen who had voted for TaftHartley. Experienced reporters covering the campaign thought he was talking through his hat, but the returns showed that 11, not 10, TaftHartley congressmen were defeated in Pennsylvania." The formula utilized here, of course, was further developed as time went on. In 1951, McDevitt left his post with the state fed to head the old AFL Labor's League for Political Education, predecessor of COPE before AFL-CIO merger. Thus, much of what was to become a national political education campaign for the entire labor movement, through COPE, had its roots in Pennsylvania almost 20 years ago. No-Strike Proposal Nixed On All Sides DETROIT—Labor, Government and business all found themselves on the same side of the issue of compulsory arbi­ tration at a panel discussion here—they were all against it. The symposium, at Wayne | State University, was spon-' pulsory arbitration" and was gored by the Detroit Metro­ seconded by Kelly. politan Area Joint Construction Activities Committee. Heading the list of speakers was C. J. (Neil) Haggerty, president of the AFL-CIO Building & Con­ struction Trades Department. He joined with Under Secretary of Labor John F. Henning and Edward T. Keily, labor relations director of the Associated General Contractors of America, in oppos­ ing forced bargaining. Haggerty and Kelly were teamed up in a discussion on gen­ eral labor issues and problems in the buiiding trades, including dif­ ferent forms of government inter­ vention in collective bargaining. Haggerty said the Building Trades are "unalterably opposed to com­ The contractors' spokesman said he viewed anti-strike legislation as "tampering" with the rights of both labor and industry. In his opening remarks, Hen­ ning warned against promoting compulsory arbitration in collec­ tive bargaining disputes. Henning's statement reaffirmed the position he stressed in an appearance at last month's SIUNA convention, when he stated: "Neither a moral nor a political justification exists for the enact­ ment of legislation designed to provide for the compulsory arbi­ tration of major labor disputes in the maritime industry ... the proponents of compulsory arbitra­ tion are disciples of despair." Page Eleven LOG Outmoded Ships Block Trade (Continued from Page 2) in the way of US maritime growth and expanded trade for Americandag companies. He said that new ways had to be found in this area and others to reverse a trend that will mean the end of the line for almost four of every five ships in the present US-fiag fieet. He echoed previous labor and industry speakers, in taking a firm stand against compulsory ar­ bitration as the suggested "cureall" for the ills of the industry. Meanwhile, in an appearance on the West Coast, Hall reaffirmed the position he took before the com­ mittee in March against the Bon­ ner legislation. In a debate with J. Paul St. Sure, president of the Pacific Mari­ time Association, at the University of California's Annual Industrial Relations Conference, Hall referred to the Bonner proposal as a "farce" because it would benefit only the subsidized shipowners and "would give them a total alibi to continue milking the taxpayers . . He said available Federal money should be spread out to include operations in the bulk trades and in other areas. Hall put the blame for the pres­ ent poor condition of the maritime industry squarely on the shoulders of Government agencies which, through administrative procedures and simple short-sightedness, had done more to destroy the American merchant marine than all the labor disputes put together. He singled out the Defense, Commerce and Agriculture Department as good examples where bureaucrats were more concerned with protecting foreign maritime interests than those of the US. Text Of Hall Letter To Bonner Committee June 10, 1963 Hon. Herbert C. Bonner, Chairman Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries House Office Building Washington, D.C. Dear Congressman Bonner: In the course of his statement to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee on May 14th, Ralph Casey, president of the American Merchant Marine Institute, made sev­ eral statements in regard to my own testimony on March 22nd and 29th that require correc­ tion because they are either inconsistent with the facts or misleading. Mr. Casey stated that the main theme of my testimony was the charge that the subsi­ dized lines are soft in their bargaining because they are not bargaining out of their pocket but at the taxpayers' expense. As the printed record of the hearings very clearly show, I pointed to a number of problem-s which I considered as ills contributing to the merchant marine's present condition. Of the eight or nine principal causes I cited, the unrealistic application of subsidies in light of our nation's existing maritime needs was but one. And as one of several areas in which action could improve the position of American shipping, I suggested the following: "Reevaluate and overhaul the U.S. subsidy program to the end that it will encourage management and efficiency and develop trades and cargo shipments that are truly important to this nation." I think that any one who knows what went on in the hearings must agree that my refer­ ences to subsidies hardly constituted the main theme of my testimony, as Mr. Casey stated it did. The allusion to the subsidized operators' bargaining practices, to which Mr. Casey is so sensitive, were the result of questions put to me on the subject by members of the committee, so that a reading of my testimony will quickly put Mr. Casey's comments thereon in their proper perspective. When you weigh Mr. Casey's statements against the record, I believe it becomes obvious that what he really is saying is that as far as he is concerned the main theme was subsidy, be­ cause this is the subject which appears to be his prime concern at all times and to which ail other problems in maritime are subordinate. Mr. Casey, as spokesman for the subsidizeddominated AMMI, is dedicated and committed to the preservation of status quo. Consequently, his chief function is to forestall or divert any examination of the present methods of subsidy application and any reference to it causes ail else to fade from his view. Particularly significant is Mr. Casey's statement to the committee that in regard to the charge that the subsidized lines are soft in bargaining, "this is a natural and logical question to ask. In fact," stated Mr. Casey, "at one time while serving with the General Accounting Office I, myself, wondered about it." Subsequently, Mr. Casey continued, he became "convinced that there is absolutely no foundation for the charge." I am sure that Mr. Casey's convictions with respect to subsidies deepened as his tenure as president of the AMMI increased. I am equally sure that the subsidized companies who con­ trolled the policies of the AMMI would not have countenanced otherwise. Mr. Casey then proceeded in his testimony "to analyze" for the committee the reasons for my attitude for subsidized shipowners, in the following manner; "(1) The SIU labor agree­ ments are almost exclusively with non subsidized lines—and (2) for the most part these ships are World War II built and have either reached 20 years of age or are rapidly approaching it with little or no likelihood of replacement. So Mr. Hall has an extremely bleak outlook in the area of deep-sea operations and he knows it." On Mr. Casey's allegation that SIU agree ents are almost exclusively in non-subsidized lines, here are the facts: Companies 15 Total SIU subsidized ships Total SIU East Coast subsidized companies Mississippi Robin-Monreinac BloomSeld Ships 316 Total subsidized ships in U.S. 10 113 8 13 7 4 7 American Mail Line •. American President Lines Grace Lines Oceanic Steamship Moore McCormack Pacific Far East State Lines 11 27 7 S 6 17 16 As for Mr. Casey's remark that "the vessels of non-subsidized lines are for the most part World War Il-built and have either reached 20 years of age or are rapidly approaching it w th little or no likelihood of replacement" and that "Mr. Hall has an extremely bleak outlook in the area of deep-sea operations," Mr. Casey here confirms a condition in our industry that I have continually tried to convey—and that is that the AMMI which he represents is contemptuous of the problems of the unsubsidized segment of the maritime industry. This is hardly tiie a titude that we might expect of an association which purports to represent the interests of all segments of the industry. It appears that Mr. Casey has unwittingly put into sharp fo us the AMMI's precise position, which is to function primarily as a promoter for the large subsidized operator and to do it in the name of all members of the AMMI from whom it un­ ashamedly collects membership fees, while lacking any understanding of, or concern for, the non-subsidized operator. In view of Mr. Casey's sweeping, self-serving statements which distort my testimony for any one who might not have been aware of its contents, I believe it necessary to make this submission. Sincerely yours, Paul Hall i �Fas« Twelr* SEAFARERS LOG Jn* 14, INI Sees Flashlight Vital To Safety The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $13,000 in benefits was paid (any apparent delay in payment of claim is normally due to late filing, lack of a beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): Russell Clymer, 40; Brother Clymer died of a heart ailment on May 5, 1963 at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md. He joined the SIU in 1947 and had sailed in the deck depart­ ment. A friend, Mrs. Francis Hanover, of Baltimore, sur­ vives. Burial was at Baltimore Na­ tional Cemetery. Total benefits: $4,000. iS^ Frank Soriano, 99: Brother Soriano died of natural causes aboard the SS Wild Ranger at sea on August 27, 1962. He signed on with the SIU in 1943 and had sailed in the steward depart­ ment. His neph­ ew, John Soriano, of Brooklyn, NY, survives. Burial was at sea. Total benefits: $4,000. 4. t 5. Walton O. Hudson, 43: Brother Hudson died of injuries received in an accident on April 24. 1963 in Ivanhoe, Va. He had sailed in the deck department since he joined the SIU in 1953. His mother, Blanche G. Hud­ son, of Washing­ ton, DC, survives. I Burial was at West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va. Total benefits: $500. ^ Clarence T. Davis, 67: A liver infection proved fatal to Brother Davis at Memo­ rial Hospital, Long Beach, Calif-., on Janu­ ary 13, 1963. An SIU member since 1939, he had shipped in the steward de­ partment. Sur­ viving is his wife, Etta B. Davis, of Baltimore, Md. Burial was at National Cemetery in benefits: $500. Si Baltimore. Total 4 Wade H. Sexton, 40; Brother Sexton died of lung cancer on April 26, 1963 at the USPHS Hos­ pital in New Or­ leans, La. H e sailed In the engine depart­ ment after join­ ing the SIU in 1957. His wife, Frances Sexton, of Houston, Texas, survives. Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Houston. Total benefits: $4,000. All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name, representing a total of $1,800 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $225 in bonds: Cheryl Elaina Sylvester, born 28. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. March 1, 1963, to Seafarer and Robert N. White. New Orleans, La. Mrs. Eddie Sylvester, Whistler, t. t. t. Ala. Robert Lowery McGill, born February 1, 1963, to Seafarer and ^ <t John David Schwealn, born Mrs. John McGill, Pearl River, La. Febfuaiy 12, 1963. to Seafarer and 4; 4^ 4^ Mrs. Jerry R. Schweain, Cape Juan C. Moore, born May 5, Girardeau, Mo. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lester 3/ Moore, Livingston. Texas. Peter M. Escalona, bom March S- i i 24, 1963. to Seafarer and Mrs. Damarla Alvarez, born March Dominador Escalona, Seattle, 26, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wash. Samuel Rodriguez Alvarez, Saint 3^ i> 3^ Joseph John Air, born May 4, Just, Puerto Rico. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert t 4> 4i Yolanda Marquez, born April 10, N. Air, West Islip, New York. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Felix 3/ S> 3/ Craig Allen White, born March Marquez, Orocovls, Puerto Rico. Seafarers are urged at all times when in port to visit their brother members and shipmates in the hospitals. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the country: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Clyde Barnes Anthony Maxwell Felipe Basaldu George McFall Arthur Botelbo Rosindo Mara John Brady Louis Moore Bobby Butts John Morris WUliam Muiier E. Constantino Quincy Crawford Ralph Newcomb Wm. Croissant Charles Parmar Harold Eby George Peres Frederick Eawarde Clyde Pritchett Eusene Engeihardt William Roberta Nalale Favaiora Calvin Rome Eugene Gaiiaspy Emile Roussell Manuel Gormino Nicolas Sabin Aubrey Sargent Orlando Gonzaiex Joseph Savoca Leon J. Gordon Meivin Spires Carle Harris Ashton Stephens Herbert Hart Adoiph Swenson Daniel Hutto Joseph Tague Waiter Johnson Harvey Thomas Oscar Jones Woddie Tieiman Alford Keenum Robert Trippe E. Kirkpatrick WiUlam Wade Steve Koiina James Walker Warren Lewlf Joseph Wiiiiama Clyde Lowe Luther Wing Thomas Lyona a> USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Adoiph Anavitata Thomas Hickey Felix Arce Henri HUlion Chris Astyfiaea William Leonard John Barone Salo Lepisto Louis Basta A. Longueira B. Berglund James Stripp Jose Bonefont E. T. Mara Raymond Bunce, Jr. Thomas Mastlna R. Burton Solon Pateras Anthony Caramaa Floro Regalado Carmine Cassano Francis Roth Howard Fauikiver Leon Ryzop Charles Fediw Luis Salazar Charles Fertal I. B. Schneider Theodore Gerber Joseph Scully Samuel Ginsberg James Shiber John Givens Klaus Teshke Robert Goodwin Regino Vasques John Graddick James Webb Walter Gustavson Frank Weber Frank Hannacheck Yu Song Yea Fred Harvey Cblng You John Hansen USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Issac D'Amlco Jessa Morris Rafael Diangelo W. T. Shlerling J. R. Miller K »roowyn IMT I wouM like fD receive the SiAl^^ USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Walter Conner Bert Mclnnemejr Clantoii Jernlgan Carl Olson Jose Kamminga William Plerca WiUiara Mason Willie Stona USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Edward Douglas N. Blanchard James Barnes Lucien Eiie Charles Bi;own Antoine Granger Lynn Baker I. B. A. Pedersen WUmer Black Rafael Pereira WiUiam Bcdgood Clarence Simmons Emanuel Vatis Alvah Burris Henry Childers USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. William Langford Edward Atkins Harry Baum William Maley David Wilson G. Chamberlaine Wong Sing Donald Hampton USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Edward Broussard Anthony Hickey Edward Czosnowski Levi Middiebrook Edward Farrell Charles Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Edward Cichorek Charles Scott James Nelson USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Radlka William Burton Gaetano Busciglio Vance Reid David Rudolph Sidney Day Edward Ruiey Gorman Galze Lynwood Gregory John Thompson Earl Hartman Harry Thrash Daniel Hill Stanley Vernux George Warnick Everett Hodges Frank Liro George Warren Carence Parks John White Emmett Pheian VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS John Butler USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon .Tnseph Gross Thomas Leliay Robert Banister Benjamin Delbler Arthur Madsen Claude Doyal Max Olson Abe Gordon Charles Slater Leneard Higgans Willie Yo".ng SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Aibei tcK GutiPi rez William Kenny rtiomai Isakxen To the Editor: The following is about a safe­ ty situation I ran into on my last trip. It amounts to putting the skids on a safety program for the cost of a couple of flash­ light batteries. This is a very sad case of "economics." Everyone who has sailed on Calmar ships knows they put on Just enough stores for the trip. But when they have certain stores and don't use them, this can make a difference. I joined the good ship Ken- All tetters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFAMERS LOG must be signed by the writer, /fames will be-withheld upon request. mar (Calmar) on March 23 in Philadelphia when she was starting out for the West Coast on her regular run. A week after we left Baltimore, my flashlight went dead, as I had been using it for securing and for going on and coming off lookout. This is a pretty normal thing.' Since we were out at sea and there were no hardware stores around, I asked the mate for a couple of batteries for my flash­ light. The answer I got was that he didn't have any. Luckily an oiler had a couple of extras. A couple of other sailors also asked the mate about this, and the answer he gave them was that the batteries he had were only for himself, the bosun and the carpenter. They were ad­ vised to buy a new light if they didn't have any extra batteries. The slopchest has flashlights, but no batteries. Just before this, there had been a safety meeting called by the mate, who started to cry tlie blues about safety. When everyone in the deck depart­ ment called some of the unsafe conditions to his attention, in­ cluding the need for proper lights to work with during the trip, you never saw a safety meeting end so fast. That's when the safety pro­ gram went to pot, since it meant a couple of dollars to repair or replace a couple of items on the ship. During the whole trip not a man whose light went out was able to get replacements from the mate. It was lucky these ships only go off the coast and aren't out four or five months. I believe in a good safety program and will go the limit to see it followed, but tiie situa­ tion on the Kenmar was a pret­ ty bitter pill to swallow. I've never run into another com­ pany that refused .to issue bat­ teries when the ones you have run out while you are working on a ship. I wish I knew who is supposed to supply batteries during the trip. Mike Machel 4" 4" Philippine Union Sends Greetings To the Editor: On behalf of our organization and of our seafaring members, we wish to convey to your mem­ bership, your officials and your great organization our sincere and honest feelings of gratitude for the kind and thoughtful act in sending us five cartons of pocket-«ized books and other reading materials. We of the General Maritime Stevedores Union of the Philip­ pines are deeply grateful for this kindness and for constantly receiving copies of your official organ, the SEAFARERS LOG. Please accept our lasting grati­ tude. Ramon M. Pugao Secretary-Treasurer General Maritime A Stevedores Union Manila, Philippinee 4 4> 4> Afoundria Cites Mate's Antics To the Editor: We're having a little difficul­ ty aboard this ship, the Aioun-. dria (Waterman), but we still hope it will clear up by the time we hit our payoff port of Hous­ ton in June. It looks like the chief mate is deliberately tiying to keep the deck crew from completing any job given to it. By making us look bad, he covers his own incompetence and can justify using shore labor while knock­ ing off the crew on weekends. He's got us using hand tools for chipping when machines are on board, .since hand tools are much slower. Although we can use electric buffers, we are not allowed to use power tools. Then a complaint is made to the captain that no work is being done. Whenever it does look like we will get a job finished, we're taken off that job and put on another. Then we go back on the first job too late to complete it. So far one man has had to go to the hospital in Egypt to have a sliver of steel taken from his arm because of a "mush­ roomed" cold chisel. We've been told to repair what few tools we have, but when we do try to repair them, we're told to use It now and repair it later. This goes on and on. One tool we've been using like this for three weeks, although we've made two ports of calL This same condition was brought up at a safety meeting, then promptly ignor^. The working tools are also locked up in the mate's room, so if a tool is needed to do a fiveminute job, you first have to find the mate, then go with him to get It from his room. This makes a five-minute job take 15 to 30 minutes and sometimes more. We hope this guy straight­ ens out soon because we're getting absolutely nowhere in a hurry. Gene Bacon Ship's delegate Picture-taking time on the Afoundria finds Gene Bacon, ship's delegate (left), teamed with Alphonse M. Tolentino, chief steward and ship's re­ porter. �Jmmt U INS SEAFARERS LOG Tagt TMrtcea Menu-Planners Jefferson City Victory ship's delegate Joseph Michael has an idea on how to avoid the "deep freeze" which took over his ship at sea. Michaels wants all vessels coming out of lay-up to have a thorough going-over in advance to make sure heating facilities are 'in top shape ^ape before sailing time. If they're not, he feels and ship's fund to $343.22. That's could be done to improve safety the ship should stay in port real fiscal responsibilities on the on board. Stores list for a voyage of the Bethtex (Bethlehem Steel) yets a going-over from steward Lao Gorabadliail (left) and chief cook A. J. DiBoitelomee, as they plot out possible menus for tho days ahead. DiBartolemeo looks like he's fig­ ured out a couple of real winners. 'Grin And Bear W On Haven Is Routine until all the trouble is cleared up. Due to heating failure last win-, ter, the Jefferson City (Victory Carriers) sailed with no heat and all hands had to go around like Eskimos wearing parkas when eat­ ing. No more deep freeze for him, Michaels says. He's one of the "some" who "like it hot" % % How to avoid the many shots given on and off ship is the thing that bothers Steel .Scientist (Isth­ mian) ship's delegate Don Dickerson. Though shots are necessary, you get shots wherever you go, or so it seems, Dickerson says. Then again, sore arms occur more and more when all shot records are taken off the vess^ and turned in. Offering a sug­ gestion on how to lower the number of shots given, Dickerson asks that when the ship Is lay­ ing over at any When things run smoothly aboard ship, small upsets don't matter much. But when one big item goes awry, there's Sru port, the men take all the trouble. West Coast. Again good luck necessary shots Lawson This is the tale of woo from lasted only a short while, as at the clinic and the trouble-ridden Hedge trouble soon overtook the SIU pick up a duplicate copy of their Haven (Ht^ge Haven Farms), crew once more. shot record. which set out from Providence re­ cently and never did get to Its orig­ inal destination at Cartagena, Co­ lumbia. After Just a few days out of port, failure in the main genera­ tor cut off all power, leaving the T-2 tanker adrift. Tempo­ rary repairs fi­ nally restored a Rendueles semblance of working order, enabling the ship to steam into Jacksonville. But by then the Hedge Haven needed so many re­ pairs that she was forced to quit her Columbian run. Finally things were righted once again, and the ship left to pick up a cargo of oil for delivery to the COEUR D'ALENI VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carrleri), Chairman, Chuck Daw­ son; Secratary, N. Poreail. Ship'a I' clesate Thompson resisned. Mc­ intosh was elected to serve in his place. Nothing dons on repair list for last three trips. PENN TRADER (Ponn Shipping), March 17—Chairman, Stephen Emer­ son; Secretary, C. Trosciair. Stephen Emerson was reelected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to write headquarters rgarding no work being done on repairs. Equipment on ship not working properly. Shortage on cigarettes. See captain about buying some in Trinidad. OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritime Ovcr•eat), April 3—Chairman, V. Halt; Secretary, J. H. RatlllT. Ship's dele­ gate reported everythmg is running smoothly. Captain says he has a good crew. Vote of thanks to steward department for doing a good job. ELEMIR (Marine Carriers), April 17 —Chairman, Charlee I.. Dendrldge; Secretary, Kenneth Collins. Special meeting to be held before payoB. when patrolman comes aboard, to setUe all beefs. MADAKBT (Waterman), March 13— Chairman, Wm. P. Phillip; Secretary. Albert G. Espeneda. Discussion about mattresses in hospital. Crew requests •hip's delegate to see captain about getting new ones in hospital, or to see patrolman before payoff. Vote of ttuinka to steward department. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), March 31 —Chairman, Barney Speegle; Secre­ tary, Tony Gaspar. S57.00 in ship'a fund. Most of repairs were taken care of. Deck and black gang rooms not palnteiL Crew reminded not to dump garbage In the after end of the house. Due to illness, the 2nd cook and a messman had to leave the ship on the way around through the Canal and, to make matters worse, a refrigerator went on the fritz and the meats began to spoil. The next problem came when two of the remaining men in the galley also had to get off, leaving the steward department almost com­ pletely unmanned. The rest of the crew, says ship's delegate Manuel A. Rendueles, got together on repairing the freezer and restored all provisions which hadn't spoiled. By now. the Haven had also reached a US port and was able to pick up some muchneeded replacements. At last report, conditions had inched their way back to normal, and the Haven was making its scheduled stops on the West Coast with only minor sore-spots arising. STEEL SCriNTIST (Isthmian), March 14—Chairman, A. M. Maidonado; Sec­ retary, Fiorencio S. Omego. $8.91 in ship's fund. Motion to feed checkers and supercargo after all crewmembei'S have eaten, with payment for extra meals. A higher rate of pay or some other form of compensation should be given to oilers to compen­ sate for loss of OT on weekends and holidays. Union urged to negotiate the same agreement for men standing watches in port as the mates and engineers have, such as OT for all watches after S FM and before 8 AM, regardless of cargo being worked. Wording in paragraph D of Section 3 in contract reading Take care of entire plant" should be deleted. ^ Money, money, money was the theme of a report by Del Sod (Delta) treasurer Loeie P. Brlant, Jr. At the outset of the voyage, be said, there was $4 01 in the movie fund and $119.21 in the treasury. Collections ac­ counted for $79, making a total of $198.21 In the en­ tire ship's fund. Two men who left ship due to Briant Illness were given $50 each. After various other ex­ penditures were noted by Briant, he ended his account with the an­ nouncement that additional dona­ tions from the crew had brought the combined total of the movie companies issue US currency instead of travelers checks. Motion to have shore passes Issued before work is started on cargo. Discussion on ship­ ping rules. It was suggested to be sure and wire In replacement needs. BO as to give members a chance to make Jobs. PAIRPORT (Waterman). April 13— Chairman. F. L. Lamberti; Secretary, A. J. Kubertkl. Ship's delegate re­ ported one man hospitalized in Inchon. il9.40 In ship's fund. Discussion on fireman claiming OT when winches are used by shore gang after B PM COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Transpert), March 6—Chairman, Bob Layke; Secretary, E. Perry. Wiper requested that efforts be made to get better accommodations for wipers, as foc'sles are too small and there is no place to hang gear. Ship's delegate to speak to master. The matter of new lackers will be referred to patrolman at payoff. and before S AM. Crew requests that decks outside midship house and aft on poop deck be painted with non-skid deck paint. Decka are flahoUed and this creates unsafe condition. Vote of thanks to steward department. LONGVIEW ViCTORY (Victory Car>Hers). March 31—Chairman 6. Ortiai Secretary, none. Motian m-de on limiting length of articles and need for port payoff. The matter of fresh fish being purchased from port to port instead of voyage storing should be taken up with Food Committee. MARYMAR (Caimar), April *— Chairman, John Hannay; Secretary H. joaeph (^eude. $41.0» in ship's fund. Motion made to have aU contracted 4 it A smooth run to Honolulu was reported by Steel Executive (Isth­ mian) meeting chairman C. Lawsoa and secretary Bill Stark. Handing the steward department a "well done" on all fronts, the SIU crew also voted to donate funds and books to the Staten Island, NY, USPHS Hospital after receiving a letter requesting aid. A special roster for donations was posted and a sizeable amount was given. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Ripening Life Of Man By Roy Lee Hinson Out of the home come forth a son Entering the race that others have run. Learning, accepting, refusing the truth In infancjf, childhood, even in youth. Living on earth which Heaven affords. Enticing armies with flashing swords. Hearing flattering, contructhx remarks. Sitting, lounging around in the parks. At sounding of trumpets of young manhood. Accepting a place where others have stood. Succeeding, failing where others have failed, Trodding, blazing a brand-new trail. Leading a life where all men are free. Leaving a trail which others can see, Never to see what he has do7ie. Except through the mirror of his own dear ton. What wrong he did or good he rendered Who he blessed or who he hindered; Or what he did he cannot see. Except through those whom he set free. The ripening life is man's life Life nor words cannot entice. Nor people he knew long afore Or clay he marred or things he tore. The things he made and things he wrote Are like a tiny beam or moat; Casting power upon the sea. Or like the foam upon the Lee. . He is an heir of the free Once in his possession is the key All his good and bad is hid ^All he can see is what others did. was payable. Saling board was not properly po.sted when s)\ip sailed frrm Baltimore. Motion made to have port payoff after voyage. patrolman or port captain to find out when air-conditioner for crew mesahali will t)e installed. Vote of th.nnki given to steward department. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Export), April 13—Chairman, C. E. Martin; Sacretary, Z. A. Markris. Ship's dele­ gate placed order for new mattresses. Glenn Larkson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Crew re­ quested to keep messhall clean at ail times. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. TRANSORLEANS (Hudson Water­ ways), March 30 — Chairman, John Hunt; Secretary, Pat Murphy. Motion made to hold safety meetings. Men are careless with cigarettes while fuel is being carried on vessel. SANTCRH (Marven), April 7—Chair­ man, James P. Ahcrn; Secretary, Andeers E. Johannson. James P. Ahern was elected to serve as ship's delegate, replacjing Louis E. Meyers. No beefs reported by department delegates. OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Over­ seas), April 4 — Chairman, Waiter Kohut; Secretary, Donald Alt. Ship's delegate reported three men hospital­ ized. Bonus for ammo will be paid. No launch service was available at Port of Djiboutf. $2.60 left In ship's fund. Vote of thanks to entire steward department for Job well done. DIANA B (Conestoga), March 17— Chairman, Fra d Sulllns; Secretary, Andrew Leinasky. Everything running okay. See captain about water and find out how long there ia going to be a water shortage. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian). March 34—Chairman, Fred Shala; Sacretary, part of all hands. i 4" With all the talk about ship safety, the SIU crew of the Robin Sherwood (Robin Line) has been doing a great deal of thinking on the subject and has come up with 11 suggestions that would be pretty helpful. At their last ship's meeting, they advised that every­ thing from painting the lookout platform to Installing a new hand­ rail on the aft poopdeck ladder Buckiier, John Hannay was elected to serve aa new ship's delegate. Crew asked to donate Sl.OG for TV repairs, stamps, etc. Baker J. Padclsky does well at both fishing and baking. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), March 31 — Chairman, Gena Flower*; Secretary, J. J. Cabral. Dis­ cussion on the master getting more American money before sailing from the states. $37.35 In ship's fund. Dis­ cussion regarding checkers and long­ shoremen using crew's recreation room, which should be kept lochetl in port. See mate about having the hospital sougeed. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEANS EVA (Maritime Overtess), March 3—Chairman. F. O. Whitlew; Secretary, D. D. Backrak. Cigar­ ette beef of Uat trip was settled, •long with some disputed OT which MOBILE (Sea-Land), April 10—Chair­ man, Stephen Carr; Secretary, Simeon Simos. $17.23 in ship's fund. Motion made regarding a raise in wages. Ship's delegate to get in touch with ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin), March 24— Chairman, Arveli Bearden; Secretary, Luther Gadson. $17.00 in ship's fund. Motion to have head­ quarters negotiate to have weekend OT incorporated in monthly wages. THETIS (Rye Marine), March 17— Chairman, Neil Lambert; Secretary, Francis Haigncy. Neil Lambert was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ne beefs reported. Company is installing airconditioner in saloon and messhall. ORION COMET (Orion), April 4— Chairman, E. Gomez; Secretary, E. Trakimavich. Ship's delegate hospital­ ized in Persian Gulf. E. Gomez was elected to serve in his place. Had discussion on quantity and quality of friuts and vegetables. Steward will try to get permission to condemn rancid butter and replace it. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), April 4—Cliairman, Carl Lawson; Secretary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate reported that collection for merchant marine librar.v from crew amounted to S115.00. S45.00 in ship's fund. Crew beefing atrout food. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), April 19—Chairman W. Kushner; Secretary, N. Bryant. W. Kushner was elected to serve aa ship's delegate. .Motion made that transportation beef regarding travel between Houston. Brownsville and Port Arthur be settled. �Fat* FonrtecB SEAFARERS u, im LOG SOLID SlU SEAMANSHIP SOLVES 'Sea Life' THE SHIFTING DOUGHNUT CAPER Jim Mafat By Seafarer Tony Petrillo, Book P-678 Seafarer Tony Petrillo, aboard the SS Ocean Dinny, sent in the following story from a place located "somewhere in the Mediterranean." He's a long-time SIU member who sails in the steward department. The Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas) steamed out of New York harbor on March 29, bound for ports in the Mediterranean area, loaded with a 5,806-ton cargo of heavy struc­ tural steel and machinery. Thanks to St. Christopher, the captain, chief mate, deck gang intuition, good seaman-^ship and a general instinct for The captain immediately sum­ from a roll into a pitching motion self-preservation, all finally moned the chief mate and all of which presented a new and serious went well after soma harrowing experiences. It all began at midnight, April 1, when the vessel encountered a storm with rolling seas. Right off the bat, Captain Lundquist, our skipper, felt a slight list to port. Call it premonition or call it fate; the whole thing boils down to good seamanship. The captain decided to call the standby gang and check the cargo in No. 2 hold 'tween decks. Sure enough, we discovered that the "Doughnut" (a nickname given to a large, round steel casting weighing 116 tons when it was loaded by New York stevedores) had shifted six feet to port, part­ ing the chains Petrillo and crushing the timbers to splinters. the deck gang. Without the slight­ est bit of hesitation, armed only with a dull ice saw, a dull hatchet and a grim determination to do their duty, they set out upon an almost impossible task of shoring up the huge weight. There was little that kept the boys from smashing themselves to pancakes under this massive weight except their resolve to get the job done. Forced to climb over a deck load of steel girders, earthmovers, caterpillar tractors and turbine casings, the hardy deckhands hauled by hand from the after end of No. 5 hatch on deck to No. 2 hatch, down through two sets of manholes time and time again, carrying timber, turnbuckles and chains to be used for shoring. They worked throughout the night. Finally, with the "Doughnut" lashed from port to starboard, the deck men were able to breathe easier—but only for a short time. The day after, the ship went Hospital Stay 'Unfair' To 77-Year Oidtimer Now awaiting a cataract examination, 77-year-old Seafarer Fred Harvey is mighty upset about his temporary incarcera­ tion at the Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital. Any one of Fred's numerous^ shipmates and countless lyn, Harvey joined the SIU at New York in 1949 and has been an friends can tell you why. problem. More shorings and lash­ ings had to be added fore and aft of the "Doughnut." Again, sailors had to go through the procedure of the night before. When the job was at last completed, 18 chains had been used, plus several 6x12 and 10x10 timbers and a number of turnbuckles. Now, we all thought that, at last, the job was over. However, there was no such luck. Suddenly, the shoring in No. 4 hold let go and broke up. This new job was also completed quickly. Crew Praised Due to the effort put in— the captain and chief mate had nothing but praise for the sailors who battled danger many times in performing their tasks. The compliments went the other way too, because proper supervi­ sion and teamwork made all the difference. Until we arrived at Huelva, Spain, our first port, a 24-hour round-the-clock watch was main­ tained down in No. 2 hold to keep an eye on the lashings. On arrival in Huelva, we were greeted by a surveyor sent to check the condition and securing of the cargo. All hands were mighty pleased when the surveyor complimented the gang on the job done, and gave the okay to sail as is for Taranto, Italy, where we were to discharge the cargo. A short while later, a letter of commendation from the company was added to the compliments for an Impressive Job done in the best tradition of the sea. Sailing the seas for over 60 active and spirited member all years, Harvey just can't stay too these years. He lives with his wife, long in drydock. Margaret. ..f He gets itchy after just a few days ashore and he longs to be back on a ship where he feels he naturally belongs. Harvey's first sea-going job was on the whaler Harvey Andrew Hicks. He spent lour years on there from 1900 to 1904, and can vividly re­ call the days when "you slept 20 in a foc'sle" and ate out of a common barrel of greasy slops. It was a rough life for seamen in those days, he recalls, and it really took a man to get along and do his job. Born in Illinois back in 1886, Harvey started sailing when he was 14 and has kept at his profes­ sion ever since. Sailing in the deck department, the blue-eyed, whiteCause of all the trouble on the Ocean Dinny was this I 16-ton haired Seafarer spent 10 of his steel casting, shown being loaded by longshoremen In New more than 60 years of sea-time aboard foreign flag-ships. York. The "doughnut," as it was nickname, dwarfed docker A year-round resident of Brook­ (circled) guiding it aboard. "I warned you a hundred times not to grow those tropical plants in the foc.'slel" LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), April 7 —Chairman, A. Gonzalei; Secretary, R. Agular. P. Garcia was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. One man missed ship in San Juan. Motion that air conditioning be installed on this ship in crew messhall. Suggestion that all pipe systems In connection with the living quarters and washroom be repaired before the ship leaves port. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for the good feeding and serving during the entire voyage. YORKMAR (Calmer), April 11— Chairman, Leo J. Ooucette; Secretary, none. Motion made to contact Food Plan representative so that fresh fruit may be put out for night lunch. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. MARORE (Marven), April 14—Chair­ man, Lawrenco P. Contlcallo; Secre- powder and spray should be used on all Isthmian ships, as it was very effec­ tive. A new washing machine is urgently needed. Laundry water is rusty and the tanks should be cleaned thoroughly.' STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), April 7—Chairman, J. L. Morgan; Secretary, William Lovett Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. Crewmembers requested not to bring whiskey aboard ship. It was suggested that all crewmembers do­ nate to the ship's fund. $6.00 in treasury now. Ship's delegate to see captain about putting a notice up re­ garding the laws in Saudi Arabia. TRANS6L0BB (Hudson Waferways), May 19—Chairman, Glenn Tsnlay; Sec­ retary, S. U. Johnson. Suggestion made that negotiating committee try to obtain a day off on trailer and container ships, since the turn-around is so fast. MIDLAND (Marine Carriers), April 21—Chairman, Ronald Barnes; Secre­ tary, Pete Triantaflllos. Ronald Barnes was voted unanimously to remain as ship's delegate. He reported that all draws will he issued one day before arrival, and that the schedule will he posted on sanitary work, which in­ cludes laundry room and recreation room. tary, Walter J. Walsh. Four crew­ members hospitalized during voyage. Request for clariflcation regarding a five-day advance notice when staying on or getting off a vessel, on arrival. On previous voyage the ship was laid up for 10 days, and crewmembers who gave advance notice of quitting were disqualified for unemployment com­ pensation. Only an 8-hour notice was given by the operator regarding layup. Launch service Issue to be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to Ed Pottts for the goodies during voy­ age and a vote of thanks to Lt. James H. Montgomery, USN, for his efforts in attending to the sick quartermaster at sea. Bosun will pay duties on souvenirs belonging to Lahyn. Deck delegate to pack same. ARIZPA (Waterman), April Chairman, Walter Crlstlon; Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe. Discussion on having new watch foc'sles for firemen and oilers. Patrolmen should check on thirty-minute callout. Ship should have clock back aft so crew would not have to go all the way to messhall to check the time. Vote of thanks to steward department for wonderful job. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), April 19 —Chairman, M. C. Cooper; Secretary, C. L. Strlngfellow. $18.00 in ship's fund. E. A. Wright was elected to serve as ship's treasurer. Crew re­ quested to keep library locked in port. The matter of shore gang in Trinidad using ship's toilet and shower to he taken up with boarding patrolman. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), April 14—Chairman, Jack Bowman; Secre­ tary, Gui Lopez. $15.81 in ship's fund. Captain given a vote of thanks for fumigating the ship in San Francisco. Recommendation should be made to the company by the SIU that the same PANOCEANIC FAITH (Panoceanle Tankers), May 12—Chairman, J. R. Batson; Secretary, R. S. Cowperthwalte. J. R. Batson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to have patrolman aboard ship at signon. Crew requests new water cooler be installed in passageway. STEEL KING (Isthmian), April 28— Chairman, Jack Thommen; Secretary, Victor A. Cover, No beefs reported by department delegates. $6.25 in ship's fund. Motion made that new ice-cube machine be installed on ship. Matter of dirty water and tanks to be referred to headquarters. Discussion on food and messroom service. CHILORB (Marven), May 1—Chair­ man, R. J. Helellg; Secretary, E. C. Barnhlll. Ship's delegate reported everything is running along fine. Rob­ ert J. Heilig was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested to donate to ship's fund. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), May 8—Chairman, B. C. Browning; Secretary, J. V. Smith. Smith was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. All agreed to have patrolman on arrival to settle OT beef and deal with tactics of the captain and mate. ANTON BRUUN (Alpine Geophysi­ cal), April 29—Chairman, Albert Pralean; Secretary, Robert Axtman. Mat­ ter of captain kdeping sufficient US currency on board for draws was promptly corrected by Union officials. $12.00 in ship's fund. Suggestion was made to ask headquarters for definite status of crewmembers' repatriation in December, 1963 and confirmation of membership status. Vote of thanks to A1 Prejean for outstanding job as ship's delegate. rue PBACB CORPS! / —" y # / T. m Jf:: �Pace Fifleea SE A F A RER S LOG June 14. 1941 Trawka, John F. Nolde, John A. Sheerin, Anton Vuksinick, William J. Secure, Gerson K. Rose, Alfred D. Hills, Jr. Court Squars BuUding, Baltimore her soon as possible because of 2, Md., by mail mr in person, in the difficulty in getting mail to order to receive additional monies you. obtained from the US District 4 4 4 Court. 4 4 4 c/o Martin J. Jarvis, 123 Second Nonuan Mendelaon Ex-SS Pacific Carrier 4 4 4 Edward Kenneth Dudley The above-named or anyone St., San Francisco, Calif., regard­ Wayman C. Lizotte All former crewmembers of this Daniel W. Rose asks you to con­ knowing his whereabouts is asked ing an accident to Harry Baum. vessel should immediately contact SS Maiden Creek tact him at home, at 6721 NW 4th to get in touch with Mrs. Wesley Call coUect YUkon 2-9617. Sol C. Berenholtz, attorney, 1209 Your wife asks you to contact Court, Miami, Fla. Radcliffe, 1827 E. Belvedere Ave., 4 4 4 Baltimore 14, Md. Domingo Jartin t i. i You are asked to send a for­ Kenneth Shipley warding address or to contact the 'y'Mm Would like very much to hear Records Department at SIU head­ from you. Write or visit 16302 quarters regarding mail being held Santa Anita Lane, Huntington for you. Beach, Calif. Katie Hansel and 4 4 4 family. FIllAICIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, takes and In­ Money Due land Vetera DlatiTct wakes spsclfic provision for safeguarding the neabershlp'a t It The following members of the woney and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit David H. (Frank) Van Horn deck department have money every three Mnths by a rank and file auditing comalttee elected by the newE*-Coe Victory coming for payment of disputed bershlp. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. The above-named or anyone overtime in connection with tank Should any wenber, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to Inknowing his whereabouts is asked cleaning on January 26-27, 1963, apact these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified nail, return to get in touch with his sister, Mrs. aboard the SS Penn Carrier, and receipt requested. Henry Dillard, 2568 Gresham should write Capt. G. Lesh, Pennm Boad, Atlanta, 16, Ga. trans Company, Inc., c/o Penn TRUST FUNUS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland t i 4" Shipping, 405 Park Avenue, New iiPi Vetera District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various Seafarers on ships in Ceuta, York, NY, for collection; trust fund agreements.- All these agreements specify that the trustees In Spain, are asked to pay a visit to John Bergeria, William S. charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and nansgement represent­ Seafarer Howard Bickford at the Porter, John Chaplinsky, John atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds Red Cross Hospital. He's oif the are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund SS Rye. financial records are avsllsbls at tha headquarters of the various trust funds. ' ' ^ ' > - 7-- V mi ill 4 4 4. Michael J. Stratas Contact Mrs. Michael J. Stratas, PO Box 428, Martins Ferry, Ohio. 4 4 f >>' ^ f { 'SIU HALL If, St any time, you are denied Information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. 4 Ernest Ibarra You are asked to get in touch with John R. Duggan, attorney. PHS Merging Coast Clinics LOS ANGELES—The US Public Health Service will combine its downtown outpatient clinic here •with existing facilities in the port area of San Pedro beginning Au­ gust 1, The move means that the clinic in the Federal Building here will be closed. Under the new set-up, enlarged quarters are being prepared to serve the entire harbor area through the clinic in the San Pedro Federal Building, 825 South Beacon Street. The San Pedro staff will be in­ creased to include a medical officer in charge, seven physicians, three dentists, a dental hygienist, dental assistant, two nurses, and clerical administrative help A medical laboratory and physiotherapy faci­ lities will be added. Staff members now working here •will be allowed to transfer to San Pedro. The USPHS will maintain a contract with the White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, for emer­ gency service, and will contract with the county health office for inoculation work. KHiPPTWt RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusI'vely by the contracts be^tween the Union and •the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all.Union halls. If you feel tbere has been any •violation of your abipplng or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified nail, return receipt requested. Bie proper address for this is: Max Harrison, Qiaiman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1630. New York h, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Union headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred •(» are available •to you at all tines, either by writing directly to the Union or •!» •the Seafarers Appeals Board. SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul Bali •XETUTIVE VUX-PRESIDENT Cat Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndsey Williama A1 Tanner Robert Matthewi SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill UaU Ed Hooney Ered Stewart BAUTIMURE 1216 £. Baltimore St Rex Dickey, Agent EAstem 7-4900 BflSTON 276 State St Joho Fay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DE-l'ROIT 10226 W Jefferson Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS STS 4tli Ave.. Bklyn ^HYaclnth 9-6600 HOUSTON 3804 Canal St Paul Droxak, Agent WAlnuf 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE. Jax William Horrla. Agent ELgIn 341987 MIAMI 744 W Flagler St Ben Oonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Lnuif Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS . 630 Jackson Ave Buck Stephens. Agent Tel 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacInth 9-660C NORFOLE ... 416 CoUey Ave Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPHIA ... 2604 S. 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 RAN FRANCISCO .. 450 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B. HcAuley. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR 1313 Fernandc'7 Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SEA rrLE . SSOS , tst Ave. red BabkowskL Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 812 Harrison St. Jeff GUIette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON CalU 505 N Marine Ave Georsa McCartney. Agent TEnninal 4-2528 CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard •ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. mm mm fmm |P •'i'i®' ills PAYMEKr OF MONIES. No monies'are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given •uch receipt. If In the evenf anyone attempts to require any such payment be wads without supplying a receipt, or if • member is required to make a payment and 1^ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to Mdce such payment, this should immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. mm CONSTITOTIOWAL RIGIfrS AND OBI.IOATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of ita constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to famillarlza themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well SB all other details, then the member.so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. .1 D West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through Novem­ ber, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Seattle Wilmington San Francisco June 17 June 19 June 21 July 22 July 24 July 26 August 19 August 21 August 23 September 16 September 18 September 20 October 21 ^ October 23 October 25 November 20 NoTember 18 November 22 Wm mm EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAF.mERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally^ refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Schedule Of SIU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York .., July 8 Detroit July 12 Philadelphia July 9 .July 15 Houston .... Baltimore .. July 16 July 10 New Orleans Mobile July 17 mmmmm RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benofits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaran'teed equal rights in employnient and as Dembers of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in •the SIU constitution and in the contracts which •the Union has negotia-ted with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against •because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels -that he is denied •the equal rights •to which he Is entitled, he should notify SIU President' Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. 11 V Iii; pi iii? Ill 1111 li® �SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Virgin Islands SlU Drive Scores In NLRB Voting . Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director SAN JUAN—Continuing the SIUNA's drive to broaden the scope of free American trade unionism throughout the Caribbean area, the SlU-affiliated Virgin Islands Labor Union has just scored two National Labor Relations Board election wins in St. Thomas. Aged Spend Most On Health Care The criticai need for special assistance for our aged citizens to pay Emplovees at the Walter • for theit* medical care costs is underscored in a new study by the Social Quick Freeze Corporation, feeling in the working community On The March." Broadcast every Security Administration. It shows that the average per capita expen­ ooei'stor of ttie Lucy Super­ of Puerto Rico and throughout the Sunday from San Juan, the hour- diture for medical care of persons 65 or over in 1961 was $315, or two long program Is relayed to prac­ markets, voted 28-2 in an NLRB Caribbean. Another reason why the name tically all of the radio stations on election to join the SlU-affiliated Virs^in Inlands union. The VILU "SIU" has become synonymous the islands, with rebroadcasts also 'von a unanimous victory in with labor and free trade unionism beamed over the powerful SOtOOO NLRB voting at Morgan & Yates, throughout the Caribbean and watt Radio Caribe in Santo Dom­ Latin America is the popular radio ingo to practically all of eastern Inf., a bottled gas distributor. The Virgin Islands Labor Union program "SIU En Marca" or "SIU South America. affiliated wth the SIUNA just two years ago with a membership of some 1.500 industrial workers In various plants on the Island. It has successfully broadened its organizing efforts ever since in bringing other grouos of workers under the union banner. In addition, several thousand workers in other parts of the WASHINGTON—Oral argument on American-Hawaiian Caribbean have also petitioned to Steamship's bid for Government-insured mortgages on three have the SIU and its affiliates represent them in their collective proposed intercoastal containerships will be heard by Mari­ time Administrator Donald bargaining negotiations. W. Alexander on June 21. Secretary of Commerce to reopen iisitaa SIU Gains and review the case. The hearing is another step A campaign by the Seamen's and In a separate proceeding. Com­ Waterfront Workers Trade Union in American-Hawaiian's five-year of Trinidad, a 6,000-man organiza­ fight to get its construction pro­ merce Secretary Luther Hodges tion which affiliated with the gram underway. The three .new last month called for reopening a SIUNA in October, 1961, is also vessels, if constructed, would case involving a proposed subsid­ making headway in some areas in operate out of the West Coast and ized passenger-cargo service to Eu­ would be manned by members of rope from Baltimore, Philadelphia Trinidad and in Tobago. The SIU has similarly been ac­ the SIU Pacific District. The A-H and Norfolk, which will provide a tive on the educational front in entry would be the second in the hearing in another few weeks. the Caribbean through a school of intercoastal trade since SlU-con- Hodges set aside a decision of the labor-management relations based tracted Sea-Land began East-West Maritime Subsidy Board for fur­ ther study. here in San Juan. This program operations last September. enables SIU members in Puerto Paul N. Pfeiffer, a chief exam­ Rico to attend courses covering iner with the MA, has already ap­ the complete range of trade union proved Federal mortgage insurance activities. on the three 24-knot, llft-on/liftThe courses, taught by experts off containerships which would be in various fields, offer full uni­ built by the company at an esti­ versity credits and are aimed at mated cost of $56 million. Each promoting a stronger trade union of the vessels would carry 988 30foot containers. In reaching his decision several months ago, Pfeiffer cited a study by the Western Traffic Associa­ tion, a railroad group which vigor­ ously opposed American-Hawaiian proposal. The study indicated a sizeable volume of traffic potenti­ ally available to an intercoastal containership service. It went so far as to outline rate-cutting pro­ cedures for use by railroads in case another containership service NEW ORLEANS — Seafarers started. will be calling at Barbados with American-Hawaiian has been cargo as well as passengers now denied before in its efforts to win that the SlU-contracted Delta Government insurance for its three Steamship Lines has been granted proposed ships. The new proceed­ permission to carry freight to the ing is based on an order of the island on its three combination passenger-cargo vessels. The Del Norte, Del Mar and Del Sud are involved in the new order. Delta is also seeking per­ mission from the Maritime Ad­ ministration for its freight vessels to carry US cargo from the Gulf to Barbados. At present the three Delta liners offer the only direct Ameri­ can-flag service from Gulf ports to Barbados on regular sailing schedules. Delta passenger vessels began calling at the island this year on the line's 42-day cruises to East Coast South American ports. Permission to carry cargo was requested in May because the company felt there was sufficient demand for American goods on the island to warrant carrying the cargo, which will include cereals, animal feed, fresh fruit and miscellaneous items from New Orleans and other Gulf ports. West Coast Boxshlp Run To Get Hearing June 21 Delta Line Barbados' Calls OK'd and one-half times the national average. "Approximately 20 percent of all expenditures ma\le for personal health services in the United States in 1961 went for the care of the 9 percent of our population aged 65 and over," declared Dr. .Donald P. Kent, director of the Office of Aging, Department of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare. The HEW study shows that an estimated total of $26.6 billion was spent in 1961 for personal health care of all citizens. Of this, closa to $5.4 billion was spent for care of older persons, and approximately $21.3 billion (80 percent) for the 91 percent of the population under 65. Health care expenditures Increased in 1961 over 1960 for both ago groups, but the rate of increase was slightly larger for the older popu­ lation (9 percent) than for the younger (7 percent). Of the amount expended in 1961 for medical care of the under-63 group, 81 percent came from private sources; for the 65-plus group, 72 percent came from private sources. Public expenditures for medical care of older persons in 1961 increased by 13 percent over 1960 com­ pared with 9 percent for younger persons. The rate of increase in public expenditures for older persons was almost twice that for private expenditures for their health care. Although the data, especially for private expenditures, are neces­ sarily based on rough estimates in the absence of recent information, they are indicative of general magnitudes and the relative importance of the various sources of expenditures, according to Dr. Kent. Per capita medical expenditures from private sources were $103 for persons under 65 and $226 for older persons. Per capita expen­ ditures from public sources were $25 for younger persons and $89 for the 65-plus group. Compared to 1960, all per capita medical expenditures were higher in 1961, but the rate of increase was greater for older persons than for younger persons regardless of source of funds. ICommentarCnd suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Check-Up Time At SIU Clinic Grandmother and mother of an SIU family, Mrs. Eula Garcia (left) visits the SIU clinic in Brooklyn with grandchildren, Thomas, 3 months, and James, 5. Scheduled for their regular check-up, they are the children of her daughter Marion and husband. Sea­ farer Dominick Brancoccio, cook. Mrs. Garcia's hus­ band Antonio and their sons Victor and Richard are Seafarers, too. Also part of a busy day at the clinic, Gary Hindenes, 5 (below, left), opens wide for the clinic's Doctor Shelley, while brother Greg, 7, looks on with mom. Dad is Seafarer Arnold Hindeiies who sails in the black gang. While all this action was going on among the youngsters. Seafarer James Walker and his wife Beatrice (below) were in still another room having their health records brought up to date by technician Ben lannotti. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 14, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: S&A BENEFITS TOP MILLION VIRGIN ISLANDS SIU SCORES NEW GAINS IN CARIBBEAN DRIVE OLD-AGE SHIPS CURBING TRADE, HOUSE WARNED ICC ANTI-SHIPPING MOVE AGAIN TIPS BALANCE FOR RAILS OUTMODED SHIPS CURB US TRADE, MEBA CHARGES US POLICY SHIFT FOGS CANADA BEEF 2 MORE JOB AGENCIES HIT FOR J-K SCABBING AFL-CIO RAPS ‘GOUGING’ URGES JOB AGENCY PROBE ICC AGAIN TIPS SCALE FOR RRS GULF, BALT. RUNS SPUR BOX TRADE BROOKLYN ILA EXPANDS CLINIC AL GROSSMAN, 46, DREDGEMEN’S OFFCIAL, DIES OF HEART ATTACK HOUSE GROUP BACKS BILL MAKING NURSES ‘OFFICERS’ LUCILE BLOOMFIELD DRAWS ‘PERFECT SCORE’ 7TH TIME FEDERAL OFFICE OF CONSUMERS URGED VIA NEW SENATE BILL VIRGIN ISLANDS SIU DRIVE SCORES IN NLRB VOTING WEST COAST BOXSHIP RUN TO GET HEARING JUNE 21 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/14/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 12 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/dad45b3bfa6339898166659f32d4bdee.PDF b0626d5b8d04859ad8908a546dcb4647 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. JUNE 15. 1945 PhilippineRibbon For Merchant Seamen Postwar Prosperity For Everyone (?) WASHINGTON (LPA) — The "United States News." published by ultra-conserva­ tive David Lawrence, last week carried a prediction for the future that had govern­ ment and labor economists laughing out loud. "At $120 billion of national income." said the paper, "there will not be 60.000,000 jobs. There will be several million unemployed. Yet. for all but the unemployed, there will be prosperity ..." The logic is fascinating, said one economist. "There'll be jobs except for the jobless, food except for the hungry, homes except for the home­ less, clothes except for the naked. The idea that there will be prosperity for every­ one save several million un­ employed should put to rest any doubts about whether we'll have a healthy econ­ omy. Everyone knows that apples are nutritious and with millions of unemployed, selling apples on the street corners, how can we help but become a healthy nation?" President Truman has author­ ized the wearing of the Navy's Philippine Defense Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon by officers and seamen on ships of the Merchant Marine partici­ pating in those operations, the War Shipping Administration has announced. In a letter to Vice Admiral Em­ ory S. Land, USN, (Ret'd), Capt. J. K. Vardaman, USNR, Naval Aide to the President, said under date of May 16: "With further reference to your request to the President, some time ago that Mercfiant Marine personnel be allowed to wear the Philippine Defense Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon: "The President has directed me to advise you he approves the wearing of these two ribbons by Merchant Marine personnel, un­ der rules and regulations similar to those prescribed by the Navy Department for wearing of the same ribbons by naval person­ nel." Hundreds of SIU Liberty ships, Victory ships, C's and Hogs have have been subjected to enemy at­ transported troops and supplies tack and some have been sunk or in the operations that have re­ put out of action with serious gained the Philippines. Many casualties among their crews. Higgins Dumps Agreement, Provokes Union Walkout By WHITEY LYKKE New Orleans, June 8—There is a strike going on down here at the Higgins Industries, Inc., leading manufacturer of landing craft. Andrew J. Higgins^ who poses as a staunch "friend" of labor, recently cancelled his contract with the New Orleans Metal Trades Council, AFL, forcing the walkout. The unions here charged Higgins with preparing to re­ still working, scabbing on the union. establish the open shop. Oiie is E. J. Vorel. He walked One of Higgins purposes seems through the pickctline the first to be to divide the returning ser­ two days and was scared off only vicemen from the workers, with when he was told that both the the hope of smashing the unions. Shipriggers Union and the SIU In one newspaper interview, Hig­ were blackballing him. gins was quoted as saying that he Another is Ben George Ferris. was against veterans paying He turned out to be.a super-scab"high" initiation fees to unions, ber. He not only works as a fore­ an unfounded charge. The unions man during the strike, but is also involved walked out on the prin­ instructing other scabs in splic­ ciple of "no agreement — no ing and general rigging work. work." These men are being blackball­ 1 At the shipyard there are about ed by the Shipriggers Local No. forty members of the Tugboat- 635 of the Ironworkers, and will, men's Union of the SIU, who, of of course, be cut into our social course, refused to cross the pick- register. etline. This branch has had rep­ Of the 3,000 men employed by resentatives at their strike meet­ Higgins, there have been only a ings, and has found that there are dozen or so men walking through leveral retired or ex-SIU men the picketline under police escort. a gef> No. 24 Board To Cut Bonus This Week, According To Shipowner Shoot LABOR SOLIDARITY Louis Saillant (right), secretary of the French General Confeder­ ation of Workers and president of the Council of National Resis­ tance. is greeted in San Francisco by K. C. Apperson. organizer for the International Association of Machinists — AFL. Saillant was one of the outstanding leaders in the underground fight of free French unions against the' Nazi oppressors. (LPA) Favors Benefits For All Seamen Philadelphia sentiment is over­ whelming on two points about the Merchant Marine. One is that merchant seamen should get the same benefits after the war as soliders and sailors, and the other that the United States should maintain a huge merchant fleet. Whether this fleet should be op­ erated by the Government or by private companies is a disputed point, and one on which many Philadelphians have formed no judgment. Eight out of ten city residents think they should get the same benefits basing their opinion principally on the risks run dur­ ing the njonths when submarines were taking a heavy toll of Atlan­ tic shipping. One person in eight was against extending service benefits to the seamen, and one in sixteen had no opinion. When interviewers for The Bulletin Poll inquired whether the coun­ try should keep a large number of merchant vessels after the war, they found virtual unanimity. Eighty-four per cent of those talked to said "yes" and only four per cent "no." On the question of Government vs. private oper­ ation, exactly half thought the Government should be the oper­ ator. The Maritime War Emergency Board is scheduled to meet this week and render a final decision on the reduction of tonus rates in "non-combat areas." According to the June 11 issue of the Journal of Commerce, which accur­ ately reflects the views and plans of the shipowners, the Board has received many briefs* demanding a change in the bonus adjustments would hurt the war effort "because the pressure of rates, and is now ready to act. simple existence for them and Significantly, all the briefs de­ their families would be too great manding cuts in the bonus come to allow them to remain longer from the shipowners. The Pacific Shipowners Association demand­ at their jobs." ed that the bonus should be abol­ Representative Patterson quot­ ished entirely in the Atlantic. ed MWEB member John SteelThis position was supported by man, who said he recognized that the American Merchant Marine bonuses and\vages were one but Institute and many individual that technically the MWEB had no control over wages and, there­ operators. fore, could do nothing. Aside from the SIU brief de­ The California Democrat con­ manding the retention of full tended that MWEB must put an bonus rates until basic wages could be adjusted, briefs on be­ end to its "mechanical" thinKmg half of the seamen were filed by and take the initiative in facili­ Representatives Welch (Rep., tating an "ordinary transition." Calif.), Patterson (Dem., Calif.), He also wrote Vice AdmLal Em­ ory S. Land, War Shipping Ad­ and De Lacy (Dem., Wash.). "The matter of war bonuses is ministrator, to the effect that the an industry-wide matter that WSA cannot dodge its responsi­ cannot be limited to any ocean," bility as owner of the fleet and Representative Welch wrote. He as the agency directing its war recommended readjustment of use. He urged Admiral Land to wages for all seamen, stating that recommend delay in bonus re­ after this had been accomplished, ductions and use his good offices and only then, would a reduction to facilitate wage adjustments. of bonuses in aU areas be in Capt. Edward Macauley, Dep­ order. uty War Shipping Administrator, Representative De Lacy, who is the only member of WMEB in is a former marine fireman, told Washington at present. Dr. Steelthe board "war bonuses have now man and Frank C. Graham, the become part of seamen's take- third member, are expected to home pay." He cautioned that re­ come here for a meeting which ductions in bonuses before wage probably will be held Friday. SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE AND A GOOSE FOR THE WORKERS WASHINGTON, June 8—^An astonishing double stand­ ard toward pay rises was indicated by President Truman in two conflicting statements at his press conference yesterday. Commenting on the $2,500 "expense" account voted by the Congressmen to themselves, the President indicated that he did not like the method used, though he would not veto the bill. However, he said, if members of Congress would vote to increase their basic salaries from the $10,000 a year they now receive to $15,000 or $25,000, he would be glad to sign the bill. Having been a Senator, he said, he knew that mem­ bers of Congress were grossly underpaid. Meanwhile, labor leaders who spoke to the President this week, asking for an upward revision of the Little Steel for­ mula, were told by Mr. Truman that the formula still stood and thai there was no change contemplated in the "wage stabilization yardstick." Two Senators lost no time in taking up the President's suggestion. Today Senators H. Styles Bridges (R„ NJI.) and Overton (D. Louisiana) introduced a bill to raise Congression­ al salaries to $20,000 a year. This would represent a 100 per cent increase. �' t;.."'"V•' f ' Page Two THE SEAEAkERS LOG Friday, June 15, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated uith the American federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J. HARRY LUNDEBERG 4" i S" ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK -------- Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station p.. New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 .5th Street, N. W., Washington, D, C. Entry As Second Class Matter Pending Judge, Jury And Jailer No decision has yet been made on the Coast Guard bid to take over the peacetime control of the merchant seamen. Not much has appeared in the papers of recent days, though you may rest assured that those busy little bureaucrats are working night and day trying to expand their power. When the Coast Guard comes out into the open to demand that its present war emergency control be made permanent, we must hit them and hit them hard. Foremost among the opponents of the Coast Guard power grab has b^ the Seafarers International Union, and through the Log and other publications, we have time and again exposed the dangers inherent in military control over civilian workers. Those seamen who have been before the Coast Guard on charges know the tremendous power that agency wields. Case after case, which in shoreside industry would have Thanks to the cooperation of meant at most a reprimand, resulted in the seaman's papers rank and file members of the being lifted for various periods of time. union, packages of literature pre­ A shoreside worker who is fired can always get a job pared by the educational depart­ ment will be placed in the hands In another factory or shop. He is not blacklisted or barred of the membership sooner than from working at his skill. Indeed, the law of the land for­ was expected. Realizing the im­ bids the blacklisting of a worker, since this takes from him portance of giving this literature his only means of livelihood, his trade or profession. the fastest and widest distribu­ By LOUIS GOFFIN On the other hand, the merchant seaman who has had tion possible, these members vol­ his papers lifted is unable to go to sea, he is unable to earn a I've met various guys whQ are unteered their time to collate, Uving. He cannot turn to anything else—^seafaring is the under the Impression that carry­ fold and package the material ing a union book makes them* a every union man will shortly only thing he knows. union man. I differ with have at his disposal. One of the inhuman methods that was used by all the good them, because I believe that a The packages, which will be totalitarian countries to prevent revolt from below was to good union man does more than placed on the bunks of Seafarers members on all ships in port, con­ punish not only the man who actively opposed them-^but just carry a book, his family, too, punishing the innocent along with the al­ I believe that to be a good tain a copy of the Constitution union man, a fellow has various and By-Laws of the union; the leged guilty with one indifferent blow. booklets "You and Your Union," This is the case here under the present Coast Guard duties toward his brother mem­ "Here's How Brother," "Order!— bers, and to the oinion. In a very (Control over merchant seamen. The brass hats punish inno­ few words, my opinions of what How to Conduct a Union Meet­ cent-people, the wives and children of seamen, by unjust constitutes a good union man is ing on Ship and Ashore," "In­ economic action against what the military mind considers as follows: He is tolerant to his structions To Ships Delegates," shipmates, and helps the young "The SIU at War," health infor­ an offender. mation and organizatinoal leaf­ Merchant shipping is a civilian occupation; its person­ first trippers. in the understand­ lets and pamphlets. of union contracts, and their nel is civilian, and wants to remain such. Seamen do not ing This literature will serve two duties aboard ship. want a military setup, the unnecessary harsh, degrading He attends all union meetings purposes, to educate the mem­ discipline, the sea scout uniforms, the unbending, final-as- aboard ship and regular meet­ bership and to aid in the organiz­ drive. A better educated death military law which continued Coast Guard control ings at the union halls. He ac­ ing membership will eliminate the cepts as part of his union duties petty disputes and beefs which will mean. From The Assistant Sec'y-Treas. Everything's OK Now The waterfront workers can relax. The new com' mittee set up by USS "to study the postwar needs of Am­ erican merchant seamen" is in good hands, and the seamen «an rest assured that their interests will be taken care of. On the committee are the following representatives of the seamen: six shipowners; two WSA representatives; -Iwo from the USS, one of them an industrialist; and one iW^all Street financier. Oh, yes, and one each from the NMU, NMEBA, and ^he MM&P. , So, relax, everything is going to be all right. ans the chair, or recording secretary's job. He never declines nomina­ tion for various committees that are necessary for the well "> being of his union. He acts as ship or department delegate when re­ quested by the crew. He keeps his book in good standing at all times, and never squawks when paying dues and assessments, because he knows the money is used to better his wage and working conditions. He always makes it his business to participate in all union discus­ sions, and when in port always votes in the yearly elections, and • Rank And File Helps Distribution sometimes turn what would otherwise be a happy trip into a seagoing nightmare. The organizing material will give union brothers literature on all referendum ballots. He helps to organize, because as a good union man he is q self ap­ pointed organizer. He has pride in the fact that he is a loyal member of the best union in the maritime field, and when some one asks him what union he belongs to, he proudly states: the Seafarers Internation­ al Union of North America, with which to approach unorgan­ ized seamen everywhere. More such material is being prepared and will be available soon. The brothers who helped pack­ age the material are: John W. Riebel, Bk. No. 22761; Frank Brainard, No. 88, Pac. Dist.; Tony Zachel, No. 41214; Howard E. Kaul, Pac. Dist Book; Jesse Blodgett. No. 42041; Ray Stirl Tucker, T.C. 19133. Book Campaign A lifeboat, fully equipped and with a sail rigged, is on exhibi­ tion in Atlas Court at Rockefeller Center throughout this week. It has a special story to tell. In boats like this merchant seamen on the war-scourged ocean lanes have looked back to see their tor­ pedoed ships burning and sink­ ing; and with every ship and its cargo a library was lost. In the years of the war, the los^ of seagoing collections of the American Merchant Marine Li­ brary Association has " reached perhaps into the hundreds of thousands of volumes. The life­ boat, symbol of the association's spring drive, serves as a remind­ er and an invitation to New York­ ers. It reminds them of the con­ solation that books give to men in the slow, lonely, toilsome life of the sea; and it invites them to share their books with these sea­ farers. May the lifeboat be filled with books many times over in the course of this week, and may the association's campaign through­ out the city prove that people on nc land are grateful to men in peril on the deep. i 'J �Friday, June 15, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Bucko Skipper Comes To Grief For Harsh Treatment of Grew A bucko skipper, still living in the 18th century, who threw 9 man into irons for what was no more than a minor infraction, came to grief last week as the SIU successfully pressed charges against him before the Coast By PAUL HALL Guard. Captain C. H. Deal, w ho A CLEAN SHIP, A CLEAN PAYOFF handcuffed OS William Vel­ Since the Seafarers have been stressing the importance of sub­ osquez, Jr., for 11 hours and mitting beefs, the ships paying off lately in New York have been 15 minutes, and threatened the much cleaner than before. The membership is learning right along the proper manner in which to submit their various disputes. rest of the crew of the SS Grace Abbott (Calmar) with the same When a ship comes in, all hands should have seen the Ships treatment, suddenly pleaded Delegates and have all their beefs down in a clear, concise manner. guilty in the middle of his trial, Then your Patrolman can devote his whole effort to the settlement after having unsuccessfully tried of those beefs, instead of spending the biggest part of his time in to defend himself. His license was trying to get them written down clearly. However, there is still suspended for one month and he room for improvement. All members should remember that the was put on three months proba­ cleaner a ship is brought in, the better the representation the crew tion. members will receive, because it allows more time for the officials William Velosquez, Jr., (left) the seaman who was thrown into In a desperate effort to regain to work on the disputes and settle them the SIU way—at the point irons by bucko Skipper Deal, is being congratulated by Patrolman some of his prestige. Deal turned of production. Jimmy Hanners on the successful outcome of his case. Patrolman to the crew and dramatically It is well, too, for crew to consult, as soon as the ship docks, the Manners was assigned by the Seafarers to handle the pressing of shoreside Patrolmen, so that all the beefs can be settled before the charges against the skipper; This marks the first time that any asked if they didn't want to ship pay-off. By having the disputes settled before the ship is paid off, disciplinary charges have been brought against a ship's officer by with him a^in. To a man they our members will have more time to spend with their families ashore, the SIU, as the union dislikes taking a man's livelihood away from answered "no." The SS Grace Abbott was a instead of having to run in and out of the union hall or the company him. hard working ship. The crew had office to get the dough which is coming to them. worked overtime for several days, putting in 4'/^ extra hours each BUCKING THE BUCKOS day. We have had many bucko skippers up this way, but one of the This day, Velosquez was asked prize packages of them all came in here recently. Captain Deal of to work overtime again and he the SS Grace Abbott, Calmar SS Company, undoubtedly will rate said he too tired from the very high in the "heel" class in the Maritime Industry. That sad, sorrowful noise you previous days' work and could There is a complete story in this week's Log about this char­ hear these spring nights is not not make it. He asked to be ex­ acter and it will give all the details. the sound of the surf against the cused. The skipper considered We bring this beef up here to point out that the Seafarers do shore, nor a wolf baying at the his authority threatened and or­ not intend to allow their members to be pushed around by men of moon, nor even Mayor LaGuardia dered Velosquez handcuffed to raging at someone or evei-yone. this sort. the rail of the monkey bridge. Kept there one hour in the rain, We have a pretty clean record in this outfit regarding the prose­ No, what you hear is the weep­ he was removed to the number 2 cution of licensed men on ships' beefs. We have this record, first of ing and wailing and the gnash­ mast table for a total of 11 hours all, because we do not like to see any man deprived of his living. ing of teeth emanating straight and fifteen minutes. Secondly, we don't like to squawk "Copper" to any of the Coast from the NMU hall on West 17th Street. The word has come Guard officials, or to anyone else for that matter. Deal threatened the rest of the through, first in unbelievable crew with the same treatment if There are times, however, when something must be done with gasps through the grapevine, they wouldn't work overtime af­ people of this type, and this was one of them. Our membership has then in apologetic forthrightedter the watch, saying he would good relationships with most all of the licensed officers on our con­ ness in the Daily Worker — The call a destroyer crew to bring the tracted vessels, and cases of this kind are an exception, rather than Communist line has changed ship in. The next day, realizing the rule. It is interesting to note also that any time the Seafarers again! his mistake, the skipper called have taken up a beef between the crew and some of these buckos The order is out: No more "co­ Velosquez to him, and asked him before shoreside authorities in the various ports, our men have operation" with the shipowners! to forget the entire incident, always been judged right. Russia^ trying to blackmail the promising to remove an earlier This outfit doesn't take pride in putting any seaman on the Allied nations into giving it more log. beach, regardless of his rating, whether he be an ordinary or a concessions, is holding the spectre NEW YORK, May 31—A new skipper. However, we feel that men of this calibre are mad dogs of "revolutionary communism" procedure to be followed by Velosquez had been logged 4 for 1 for being an hour and a half and have no place on a ship and should not go to sea. Not only does over their heads. merchant seamen in New York late returning from liberty, when this type of man have trouble with the unlicensed crew, but with What you hear is the NMU, and City when applying for food and the licensed officers as well, as the record will show. It is our opin­ the other communist leaders, shoe rations was announced to­ he was unable to get a launch to ion that the Seafarers, in making a. fight in matters like this case, weeping for the bourgeois com­ day by the local War Price and take him to the Abbott. When the ship came in, a dele­ are not just helping themselves, but are helping all phases of the forts that soon shall be but mem­ Rationing Board. gation of the crew came to the entire maritime industry. ories. In a letter sent to the New New York hall, demanding that Gone will be the warm featherYork office of the Seafarers, R. charges be preferred against DO-GOODING NO GOOD beds of the shipowners, the warm Katz, of the Consumer Depart­ Deal. Although the SIU does not fleecy blankets of super-profits, The USS in the Port of Norfolk is at it again! Our members and in. their place the cold,- cold ment, stated that his last dis­ ordinarily like to prosecute ships' will recall the various beefs we have had with this outfit in Norfolk charge paper must be shown by officers, and take their livlihood wcHcld of the. "class struggle." about their scabby, finky ways. They are npt content with being a Gone will be the aromatic cig­ each applicant, to prevent seamen away from them, in this case it charity or hand-out organization, but they must also interfere with ars, of the operators, the banquets applying for and obtaining dupli­ was felt that action was absolute­ affairs that definitely are not their business. ly necessary in order to save fu­ at the Hotel Commodore with the cate rations. The latest reports from the Norfolk Agent state that the officials landlocked profit - makers, the "Merchant seamen," ssiid the ture crews from high-handed of the USS in Norfolk are agitating against the Seafarers among all popping of photo bulbs and letter, "must present to the Board methods. unorganized seamen in that port. Rather a coincidence (or is it?) champagne corks. their last discharge paper which Patrolman Jimmy Hanners was that these people are trying to turn the seamen against the Sea­ Ah, it's to be a long, long cold will be marked by the issuing, assigned to the case, and with the farers at a time when the SIU is waging an all-out organizational year for our comrades. clerk. able help of Attorney Ben Sterl­ drive. It shouldn't happen to a dog, "In those instances where the ing was able to secure justice. It only proves what the Seafarers have maintained-right'along especially, a Russian bloodhound, seaman does not have a discharge Captain Deal was charged with —^that these people are detrimental, to the seamen's welfare. This, -^Top 'n.Lift slip or a discharge book, a letter unlawfully putting a man in r: from the company employing irons, and misconduct. His de­ in spite of the fact that they get their dough by blowing off about him, stating length of time sea­ fense; "before he entered his plea the free tickets, etc., they are giving to the seamen. These profes­ man has been at sea on the last of guilty, was that he was unsional dorgooding busybodies make a great show of doing something •i trip, and confirming the fact that famili^ with the regulations, and for seamen so as to enable them to panhandle money from various he is still in their employ would thcHight- that was the only way organizations and people. They use their position, instead of : helping, be appreciated." seamen, to interfere with their personal rights. he-could punish a man. He was .~ tV War Price and Rationing Board hdmonisbed by the Hearing Of­ The SIU at one time maintaihed- a picket line-around the-Nor­ folk USS for just such phony triokst Unless theyi correct this-aituaNo. 2531.2,' which handles ration­ ficers and the Chief of the Ship­ ing for merchant seamen, is lo­ ping Commission, for his actions tion immediately, we shall throw another picket line around them cated at 107 Walker Street. as the sentence was set. and make it stick. NMU On Merry Go Round Again, Gurran Moots Self Coining Out PROCEDURE FOR RflTIONING STAMPS I U. h ag get S'il'A: >e-jt . �"f'-f r^f?;- -if.,'" Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 15, 1945 Little SlU Tug Did A Big Job I" I lil- hi.'} With the relaxation of security- more than 200 Allied tugs to be Navy gunners. Mainy of the huge invasion ves regulations, that unsung, over­ used. looked hero, the deepsea tugboat, It towed a British cruiser, ships sels had to be pushed into posi has at last come in for its share and barges through enemy sub­ tion off the invasion harbors, be­ marine and air attacks, fighting fore troops could even be landed of -well-earned glory. The ending of the European off bomber raids with its two In addition, the tugs were busy in war permits the story of the SIU guns. It narrowly escaped being the construction of artificial har­ tug, the Black Rock, operated by dragged to the bottom several bors, built a mile offshore. Moran Towing Company, to be times, when ships it was towing This was done by towing huge concrete barges and caissons and told, and recognition sho-wn of were sunk. QUESTION: Which is the best sailor's port? The Black Rock ranged as far sinking them to form a solid the role played in the winning of as Bombay, India, and reached breakwaten the war. The Black Rock sailed to Eng­ New York only a few days ago It was a big job done by a little DAN BOYCE, Oiler—San Juan. land under its own power in May with a large disabled freighter in ship. Seafarers will appreciate Puerto Rico—you don't have to 1944, and participated in the tow. All this was done with a the magnitude of the job done by ask me twice. It is a town where Normandy invasion, one of the regular crew of 31, plus a dozen the Black Rock and other tugs. things are always popping, and it's within walking distance from the docks. Accommodations for seamen are pretty good—sleep­ ing, eating, music and dancing. It is easy to have a good time, and Eugene Arnold, 21 year old Or­ it doesn't cost much. The climate dinary Seaman, member of the is ideal. The last time I was there, Seafarers, is one ybung lad who three of the deck gang signed off does not let the disappointments and stayed for three months. of life keep him from what is That ought to give you an idea. the most important thing to him For further information, read , —^the development of his artistic what Bud Ray the PJl. Agent talent. writes about San Juen. Kept by the necessity of work­ ing since the day he left school, from going to art school; or from being able to buy the right kind of materials, Arnold did not give ED LARKIN, FOW — Rio de up trying to improve himself. Janeiro, in Brazil, is the place for If he couldn't get canvass, he me. You can have a good time used the only stuff he could get there for practically nothing. The aboard ship—window shades. If women are good-looking and oils were beyond his. reach; he friendly. There is always plenty used crayons or pencil. If he could to do in Rio—sightseeing, swim­ not get solitude, he closed his ming, dancing, or what you will. ears and worked in a crowded Get • there during a fiesta, and focs'le. Since models are not al­ there are plenty of them, and you lowed within fifty yards of a ship, will have the time of your life. he did the next best thing, he It's a scenic city, with plenty of closed his eyes and dreamed them scenic women. up. Cast your eyes at the picture he's holding up—is there any­ thing wrong with his talent or his imagination? Professionals, too, think his RUSSELL DICKERSON, AB— talent shows promise, and when Give me Marseilles, in sunny he hit the shore after his last France. The women are absolute­ trip, he was offered a scholar­ ly beautiful. I read a letter in ship in a commercial art school. today's paper where it said that But again fate stood in his way. the French women are the Illness in his family made it im­ world's best—not only on beauty, perative that Eugene continue but in understanding and personworking so he was forced to pass cdity. That sure is right! Besides up the free instruction offered that, the population is friendly, him. and there is plenty to drink in Brother Arnold comes from Marseilles. It's expensive, but Babylon, Long Island, where he Eugene Arnold, SIU artist, displaying one of the drawings that definitely worth it. went to high school. He was in he made on his last trip. Brother Arnold, not having regular the Army for eight months, in materials, uses whatever he can find aboard ship. In this case he the Corps of Engineers, and re­ ceived a • medical discharge. On has used an old window shade. His work is considered promising his retiirn to civilian life, he de­ enough to Warrant an offer of a free scholarship, which he is unable cided to ship out until the end to accept. Oh, yes, what do you think of Brother Arnold's friend? ANTHONY RATKOWSKI, Car­ of the war, when with clearer penter—I want to go back to Port > conscience he could pursue his No, she was not on that last trip with him. Bu Spain, Trinidad. It can't be art career. beat. There is plenty of congenial But throughout it all, while in companionship; the people in the the Army in a barracks with 60 port go out of their way to help other men, and on board ship, you. The beautiful tropical sur­ he has not forgotten his first roundings have to be seen — it's love. He draws diligently and uses According to a publicity re­ in cooperation with five sanitary something out of a moving pic­ engineers detailed to the WSA.' •whatever materials he can get— lease issued last week by the War ture. I remember it very vividly: "Included in the new sanitation -wrapping paper as well as win­ Shipping Administration, mer­ the delicious rum punch. Hotel program are," according to the dow shades. chant ships will henceforth be so release, "domestic water supply Paris, the delicious women at the When you add such spirit to a clean you can eat off the deck. No Queens Park Hotel — all this at and waste systems, garbage stow­ known talent, you can't lose. We just about the lowest prices pos­ think Brother Arnold will get bugs will be allowed aboard, un­ age, plumbing and plumbing fix­ sible. I want to make this a steady tures, the stowage, handling and der the new regulations. there. run. preparation of food, insect and "Modernized procedure calling vermin control, lighting and ven­ for the liberal use of insecticides tilation." will be under the direction of a NOTICE TO ALL HANDS trained corps of sanitary engin­ Well, there it is boys—all down on paper. Let's hope that from eers and inspectors," says the To cut down on beefs and make the payoffs smoother: to publicity release. It goes on, "The now on when the union asks that know what is legitimate overtime, study your agreement. Keep sanitary program is to be carried a ship be fumigated, the opera­ an accurate record of your overtime, with date, exact hours out with a trained staff of 30 in­ tor" will not demand an act of worked, nature of work and by whom ordered. If possible, have spectors located in major ports. the head of the department sign it. Keep separate sheets for The, 30 inspectors will -Work un­ Congress., If he does—we'll just "okay" and "disputed" overtime. Hang on to your records until der the jurisdiction of the United show him this fancy publicity re­ payoff. States Public Health Service and lease. •Remember: written evidence makes it much easier to settle An Ordinary Seaman But An Able Artist No More Bed Bugs—They Say y • V a �THE Friday, June 15, 1945 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Shipyard Workers Are Laid Off, Now They Try TO Ship Out V. By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH — Last week was ment papers to prove it and he pretty fast and rather busy. We believed these papers would en­ got the Burke off unassisted by title him to some money after the WSA and the MV Check Knot, war wa.s over. The bank asked the new Waterman diesel job, him to show these papers and the which was nearly two months farmer produced them. You've overdue. The crew is all SIU guessed it. They were his pay Additional proof that govern­ with the exception of a few trip checks for over a year. He By E. S. HIGDON ment employees in the maritime cards in the Stewards Depart­ thought he'd have to wait till the end of the war to cash them. ment. NEW ORLEANS—Shipping in and lodged a beef for subsistence agencies are cooperating with the This ship is a new type (AV-1), the New Orleans port has been and lodging for the time they did NMU to the disadvantage of and the first of its kind to come other maritime unions has been without steam and hot water on very slow this week, as all of the ships that have come here have the ship. There was more trouble demonstrated by the NMU itself from Southeastern Shipyards. Another one similar to it is long in getting this settled, but after in its official paper. been in transit. overdue from Brunswick, Ga., There was some excitement in a hard discussion the men were The following letter was pub­ but we are in hopes that it will By JOHN MOGAN lished in a recent issue of the this Gulf port, however, when promised pay for the time they be ready before the month is up. Pilot, and bears out the charge of Francis V. Higgens, Chief Cook, did without. BOSTON — As usual, every­ • was finally caught up with and Some of the men off the SS the non-communist waterfront There was quite a celebration thing in Boston has been calm pulled off the SS William Bevins. Sandwich just arrived in port and unions that government em­ here the other day when the He had been put on the "do not have turned over to the New Or­ ployees are acting as recruiting Southeastern Shipyards launched and peaceful except the weather. their one hundredth vessel. The Shipping has fallen off a bit in ship" list on October 7th, 1943, leans branch the authority to agents for the NMU. but has been sailing illegally handle the transportation beef on "Editor of the Pilot: I have MS Long Eye was the name of it, recent weeks, but we attribute since that time. After some dif­ which they have never collected been, receiving your complim.en- but I don't believe we'll get that that to the reorganization the in­ ficulty, Higgens signed off under —though the case has been hang­ tary issue of Pilot for some time. one. She slid down the Savan­ dustry is undergoing at the pres­ ing fire for some time. We are I read it with much interest and nah River to champagne on her mutual consent. And there was trouble on June going to bat for them to collect. then pass on each issue to some nose and 100th painted on her ent time. At this writing we can already see the end of the slump sides. 5th when the SS James Miller, Might sound like all "trouble" Bull Line, paid off. Philip Ander­ in New Orleans, but that isn't Work seems to be slowing and the return to normal ship­ son, messboy on the Miller,-jump­ (piite the truth. The organizing down in the yards, however, as is ping for this port. campaign to get the unorganized ed off the ship, ducking the PaHowever, though things in Bos­ evidenced by the number of '' trolman. Quite a guy — he re­ ships under the SIU banner is plumbers, machinists, electricians ton have been rather slow, the fused to do his work and was in going along fast and hot. Just as or what have you who are trying same cannot be said for the outthe habit of cussing out the rest soon as a ship hits the port, to get seamen's papers so they ports. In Portland, Me., there has of the crew. Watch out for this Lykke is down there with liter­ can sail now. None of them tried- been a big increase in business. ature and pledge cards. And the man and DO NOT SHIP again. very hard to get a ship during Jimmy Sweeney has been doing The crew of the SS Wood Isl- results are good. Soon every ship the days we were trying to side­ valiant service m^ing the 240will be an SIU ship. step torpedoes, and now that the mile round trip to Portland and big money days are over at the back about three times a week, yards they are anxious to be pa­ with only three trains a day run­ triotic and join the merchant ning up that way. But in spite of his great work up there set­ marine. merchant marine applicant who Of course, the fact that the tling "beefs" and lining up the By PAUL GONSORCHIK seems a good prospect. (Empha­ draft board is breathing down "pierhead junipers" on the baux­ By JAMES L. TUCKER NEW YORK — Shipping has sis is ours: Editor). They seem their necks has nothing to do ite run, we found we needed his slowed down a bit, but not so that CHARLESTON — Well, ship­ very happy to learn more about services even more in Boston. So we don't have jobs. We still have ping has slowed down, and I am merchant marine members, their with it. But these characters Brother Gene Dakin has been as­ can't get their papers so easily enough to go around. getting a breathing spell. Had duties, and activities. signed to look after things up To those of you who are un­ the SS Joshua Hendy, an SUP —Dossie E. Bodamar (Maritime anymore. Maine way for the rest of the I had the Steward and the aware of Shipping Rule 5, deal­ ship, in to pay off, and shipped a Service Recruiter, summer. Already, Gene has the Chief Cook of the SS Francis Lee ing with hospital cases—if you full crew. Brother N. A. Huff, Decatur USES office)." situation weU in hand. are discharged from the hospital Jr., of New Orleans, was the To which the Pilot answers: in yesterday. They were due for and report to the Dispatcher at Bos'n and it was a clean ship "Thank you very much for your a hearing at the Coast Guard. I On Memorial Day some of the the union hall within 48 hours, poming in. Had the SS John Mar­ courtesy."—as well they might, attended as their representative brothers and I placed a wreath your discharge will be honored tin Miller, another SUP ship in although we'd call it more than and the case came out to their on the Boston Common Memorial satisfaction. It seems the skipper Plaque, which honors seamen on your shipping card. If you for a stopover on the way west. courtesy. delay longer than the 48 hours, Looks slow for the next couple How much longer will this is quite a nasty character and who lost their lives in the ser­ you will have to reregister. This heartily disliked by the crew. He vice of our country. Attached to of weeks. The beach is getting common-law marriage of supvery much wanted the Steward the wreath was a ribbon inscrib­ includes those reporting from a nice play as the gang likes some p o s e d 1 y impartial government and Cook removed from the ship ed "Seafarers International Union convalescing hospitals. of the pin-up girls that hang agencies and the communist con­ and was having trouble getting of North America." We observed Quite a few members come in around over there. Still having trolled unions be permitted to rid of them. They, in turn want­ that the grounds surrounding the with the old story, "I didn't trouble with the draft board on continue? Or aren't the agency ed to get off the ship also but plaque are well kept, but that a know." This is a rather poor ex­ some of the fellows who stay heads interested? good many names are missing were encountering diffculties. cuse, since it means that you are ashore too long—so a word to the from the roster. If possible, we'd . not familiar with your own ship­ The old man had them on like to get a list of all Massachu­ wise, fellows, ship out and give ping rules, union contracts and charges for getting gassed up in setts brothers lost through enemy some of the other fellows a break. constitution. There is no reason Cuba, and he said he would drop action, in order to have their for this, since the union has the charges if the men would pay­ names memorialized. printed material, written simply off under mutual consent. This If any members are laid up they would not do and the We are still looking around for and entertainingly, that gives you in the Marine Hospitals in charges went in. They each had a suitable hall but have not been all the information that you need. For your protection you should your port, send news of them their papers suspended for thirty able to find one that fits our re­ quirements. So it looks as though By D. STONE read these pamphlets and book­ to the Log. A regular depart­ days and this was agreeable to lets and know what your rights GALVESTON — Recently the ment giving news of the men them since it enabled them to we'll be at the same old stand for a good while yet. Come up to see •are, priviliges are—and the rights port representative for the RMO in the hospitals will be print­ get off the ship. us sbme time. and priviliges of your fellow in Galveston has been making a ed as soon as this information No other ships are due in that members, who are protected the direct bid to get SIU members to starts coming in. Not only the union brothers I know of but some do come in [same as you. register at that finky outfit. now and then which have been If you haven't already received in the hospitals want such re-routed or diverted. Two of the members she ap­ yfhem, go to the fifth floor of the news, but the men on the proached turned her down fiat Here's a true story I heard the Brother Walter Cahill is being New York, hall and get yourselves ships wazit ,*o keep track of and immediately reported it to other day and you can take it for held in the New York County copies of the shipping rules, the their shipmates who are laid the union. One of them wanted what it's worth. A Georgia farm­ jail on charges of murder. Cahill constitution, union contracts and up. Send a weekly report. an endorsement, and being on a er went to a bank not so long ago insists that he was innocent, and the latest educational material. to apply for a loan. He said his that he was in a barroom at the Make it your business to know ship, went to the RMO to get the were told by Mrs. Banks that she savings had all been spent to time the murder took place. He your union, and by cooperating letter of committment. with it, save yourself and the He was refered to the union, would square everything away keep his family alive and now he is appealing to his shipmates who was flat broke and in desperate were in the bar with him to come but was told that if he would with the union. union a lot of grief. need. The bank wanted to know forward and testify concerning A last minute plea from the register with the RMO he would Just how this Mrs. Banks could if he had any collateral to put up his whereabouts. poor Dispatchers — don't ask us get the endorsement immediately square them with the union re­ for the loan. from them. Both of these men mains to be seen. whei* a ship is headed for, when If you have any information . it hasn't been in port for 12 hours stated that they would be in I wonder how Mrs. Banks The farmer said he was work­ which will help Cahill clear him­ •^ and hasn't even discharged her trouble with the union if they would feel if the union threw a ing in the shipyards for over a self, get in touch with the Dis­ registered with the RMO but picketline around her fink hall? year and he had some govern­ trict Attorney. cargo, is a guy/ get th) , Freeloaders Make Social Reg. USES Plugs NMU SIU HEROES ARE HONORED INDOSTON ADVISES STUDY OF SHIPPING RULES DRAFT DOARD IS COMDING REACH HMD STILL RAIDS SEAFARERS MEN NOTICE FOR ALL AGENTS Notice! j'av'/' V:f m �•Y''W ' Page Six II l( ! 1*7- - • •• •- THE NW MB ABA FAVQftlttfi COAST 6UARB CONTROL -iT, • - ' i • SEAFARERS LOG Intercoastal Sin'Miffg Soon To Ihcreaoe Unofficial government sources predict that intercoastal shipping will increase beyond all peace­ By ROBERT A. MATTHEWS time highs within the next three San Francisco—Well, here goes from the sunny port of San Francisco. That's a joke, of course, as I have seen the months. sun about once since I have been here. ^ And to think that I Refusing to allow themselves left a climate like we have down in Florida for this. But I to be quoted, these officials point guess we will survive. At least we are not alone out here as out that a revival of intercoastal shipping will take a great load I have seen quite a few of the* old-timers from the Atlantic and easily be referred to the Coast off the transcontinental railroads, Gulf in the past couple of weeks. Guard as a disrupter and banish­ now strained to capacity. To remind you fellows again ed by losing his certificates. While much war material for there is a job out here for every I say, let us do away with Coast Guard influence in the Bu­ the Pacific will continue to be one who wishes to come out. reau altogether, and get some old sent directly from the eastern In roaming around today skippers and engineers back in came across a copy of the Ship­ there who know what it's all and gulf ports, the railroads alone ping Register for June 2, 1945. will be unable to handle the vast There is an article on i>age 6 en­ about, instead of the ninety day wonder.; who control the set-up quantity of civilian goods to the titled " Controversy Over Navi­ now. That goes double for the West Coast, now that limited gation Bureau," which is very WSA and USS, too. civilian production is being al­ interesting. We have been successful in en­ attention," it "Considerable ticing quite a few of the Atlantic lowed. says, "is being directed at the and Gulf men to stay out on this It is unofficially intimated that proposal of the Coast Guard to coast and ship. I can't under­ the Maritime Commission will re­ permanently retain the Bureau of stand why more of you fellows lease seven million tons of ship­ Marine Inspection and Naviga­ don't come on out, because most ping to serve the intercoastal tion, with the prospect that this of the best ships we have are out trade. Seven million tons, mean will become a matter over which on the coast and will remain out' about 700 Liberty or victory controversy will center before a here for some time. ships. final solution is reached. "Unless one of several propo­ sals is incorporated into legisla­ tion by Congress, the bureau, which was transferred for the dirration of the emergency by executive order from the Depart­ ment of Commerce, will probably be returned to its original posi­ tion in the Government. "Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, is strongly of the opinion that the bureau would function more ef­ ficiently if it were retained under the jurisdiction of his organiza­ tion. In this position he has the backing of Joseph Curran, presi­ dent of the National Maritime Union and of other CIO maritime labor unions, including the Am­ erican Communications Associa­ tion. A certain number of ship operators are also in favor of this proposal. "On the other hand, the con­ templated transfer of the bureau is being vigorously opposed by the Seafarers International Union of the American Federation of Labor and reportedly also by the Sailors' Union of the Pacific. "Many ship operators are also not convinced that it would be wise for the Coast Guard to re­ tain the bureau, although some of these are reluctant to see it re­ turned to the Department of Commerce as the SIU advocates." The article was very correct in stating that the Seafarers Inter­ national Union was vigorously opposed to the Coast Guard re­ taining jurisdiction over the Bu­ reau of Inspection and Navigation after the war. After the experiences that our members have had with the Coast Guard, we emphatically don't want any part of the Coast Guard. The membership of the Seafar­ ers have suffered abuses and in­ dignities at the hands of the Coast Guard that would fill volunries. It is to be expected, however, that the finky NMU would want the Coast Guard to retain control. Why? Well, it's like this: Often times it seems that, the officials of the NMU experience difficul­ ties in explaining some of their finky actions to the membership. Occasionally one of the rank and file might dare to object^ and when this happens he could very Fridfifr, June J5; 1845 -i NMif STEWARD APPLIES TO SW NMU officials are so lax in pushing beefs, according to Chief Steward Francis Dunne (above left), that many old timers are leaving the outfit, some of them qukting the sea in disguest. "I quit going to sea last year," said Dunne. "I figured all unions were like the NMU—just dues collecting agencies." Brother Dunne is now sailing on SIU ships, and is having his beefs settled on the point of production. He knows what militant unionism is, because his father was the Secretary of a Schuykill County local of the United Mine Workers. "There is a great similarity between the United Mine By J. P. SHULER Workers and the SIU," said Dunne to Red Trusdale, (shown right) NEW YORK—The payoffs and time of the seamen and officers of New York Dispatcher, "both outfits think of their members first-— sign-ons have been slower in the the union if this would be re­ and get fmr them real conditions." past week than in any week of membered by the men consistent this year, with 18 pay-offs and 17 in patronizing this setup. sign-ons. One of the members came in The Alcoa Prospector came in with a peculiar beef last week. after being in drydock on the He was wiper aboard a ship in other side for two years, due to a port and no fireman would ship torpedoing. There was only on6 aboard her. In addition to his 8 of her original crew aboard her. hours a day wiper duties, he stood Most of them were repatriated a 8 hours fireman watch. He want­ year ago. ed wiper's pay plus fireman's pay The Edward Sparrow of Cal- and wanted 8 hours per day for watch while mar SS Company was in Friday standing fireman's Seamen will second the charge I Jackson, Mississippi, decided re­ with a prize crew of free loaders. he was wiper and 8 hours a day by Rep. Donald L. O'Toole (D. She signed on in the port of Bal­ doing wiper's work while he was N.Y.) that the War Department cently, and can join a trade union timore, and had 4 NMU book a fireman, which of course was a has been using prisoners of war if they want to. The local coppers formed a lo­ members aboard her, who were little out of order. He received to displace American workers and shipped by some company fink fireman's pay plus 8 hours a day to undermine their wage scales. cal of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal herder in that port. It is well for doing wipers work. Such cases the membership in all ports to as these would not arise if the The Congressman stated that Employees (AFL) and refused to realize that if we are to keep members would ship instead of during the latter part of April, obey orders of the City Commis­ such bums as these off our ships laying around and beefing about several hundred carpenters were sion to resign. The court case was laid off at the New York Port of to prove that they were gdilty of we cannot all ride C-type ships; how tough shipping is. that there are a certain number Although it has been hard to Embarkation, and that the work insubordination, and of an act of rust-buckets to be sailed, and keep the ships manned, we have they were doing was turned over tending to injure the public ser? vice. in order to maintain conditions got by with calling the WSA for to the POWs. on these scows there must be a a minimum of . seamen- If we are "These AFL carpenters," said it was proven in court that the number of union men on them. to defeat these fink agencies, we O'Toole, "are for the major part city did not act until a "citizens The manning scale for the new must all cooperate by manning, married men with: families. They committee" of local" business men converted Liberty and Victory our contracted ships, staying on are respectable and decent citi­ objected to the mayor. ships have takep up quite a bit them until they are paid off, and zens of the coDfimunity . . . These of our time the past week. The seeing that they are left in good carpenters received a daily wage The Printing. Pressmen of Chi-' National Maritime Union has ne­ condition for the next' crew thati in the neighborhood of $13.20, but cagp, backed by the other AFL the prisoners of war receive but gotiated with their operators and boards them. 80e. This may be some brass hat's 'printing trades organizations, are they have settled for a 28 man Often we hear little squawks I once again trying to crack R. R, Steward Department on the Lib­ from various other ports that idea of economy but. to me it is Donnelley Sons Co., the IcU-gest erties and a 45 man Steward. De­ blast officials and ships delegates merely, an, effort to establish a private printing firm in the worl(| i partment on the Victories, The because the beefs are not settled coolie system and coolie stand? SIU'is not in a hurry to make a entirely to their satisfaction. In ards. How can the War Depart­ Donnelley's has been a citad' jji final settlement on the manning most instances after checking ment justify such an act? What of anti-unionism since the begiw scale. We want to be sure that these men, we find that if they, explanation can we give to these ning of the century, when it they are adequately manned be­ had shown more militancy at the American citizens asito why their smashed the unions in its plant, fore leaving port. time of payoff-and had aided the livelihood is being taken away even running a "scab" apprentice from them?" school to train its own operators. There has been a number of Patrolman and Ships Delegates Called back to work by the men in, the past week, asking for by remaining on articles until all referral slips to tha Personal Ser­ beefs were squared. away< they Policemen- are not- only cops, WLB, the unions denied they vices of the USS for loans and would have a hell of a lot less to but they are people too, a jury in were on strike, saying that the men, had left their jobs because etc. The Seafarers International squawk about. Union has gone on, record time The $10.00, strike assessment the position that-they have thus they could not work under "in­ « after time to condemn methods will be in effect-after next Wed­ far, we need not fear postwar tolerable conditions." by which the United Seaman's nesday, but most of the boys are conditions because we are one or­ Donnelley prints many of the Service operated. The USS is not insisting on paying it< as they ganization that will'be able to nation's largest magazines, int-'' endorsed by this organization. payoff: now. If the membership cope with the shipowners' poli­ eluding Time, Life, and Readaonf Therefore, it would save a lot of I of the SIU continues to maintain tics and back-slapping. Digest. When Members Shun Old Ships The Free Loaders Can Thrive �I •* Friday, June 15, 1945 THE SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG m. Unclaimed Wages— Mississippi Steamship Company have been a member of this out­ fit since the day it started, and it is really gratifying to see the progress that we have made Maloy, J 15.33 115.64 Montierro, John V .. 9.57 Mee.ster, William M since that day. 35 1.32 Montross, Paul J 6.71 Mefford, GiUum ...J Malvenan, WiUiam DEXTER L. WORRELL, AB Manor, John When you run across a skipper 5.62 108.65 Moody, Robert, Jr 2.84 Meier, GranviUe H that is square, well you ought to 10.82 1.48 Moon, Eugene 10.54 Meissner, Richard Manor, George N say so. At least that's the way I 65 : 22.88 Moon, Jessie W 12.52 MeUo, N. R Manske, Wendel J I look at it. I just paid off the Al­ 13.86 4.80 Moore, Arthur R., Jr .24 Melone, E Manterys, Bolesane E. . exander Graham Bell, and the 84.76 73 Moore, Benjamin B 2.54 Melton, Lyle H Mantyloffen, M skipper on there is named Cap­ Moore, Gordon S 1.50 Memoli, Steven 97.33 3.46 Maples, Lyle W 10.66 tain William "A. Depuey. 2.23 Moore, John 1.69 Mendez," Genero Mapp, Ian J 1.93 7.33 Moore, WiUiam H 4.86 Menendez, F He's OK. When he hears that I am an apprentice undertaker. Marchant Douglas 3.74 3.55 Morales, Alfred 6.68 Menor, Victor there is a beef he comes right in­ During the pitch black of the still Marchese, Angelo 2.74 4.81 Moreaux, Allen A 5.64 Mercadi, T. to the focs'l and tries to settle it. night, a small, dim light makes Marcus, Morton 61 14.68 Moreau, Camille .79 Mericas, Evangelos I Not only that, he deals with the the pale face of the dead men Marhefka, Andrew G 1.98 4.36 Morel, Jose 10.54 Merlesena, Guy ^ department delegates — none of seem like the luminous paint they Marceline, Peter 1.68 2.90 Morejou, Greg 10.69 Merritt, Charles this trying to make the crew stool use for escape panels aboard our MarciUo, Felicie A vessels. To make the picture Morgan, Bruce P 4.50 Mertrud, V 5.12 .79 Marcus, S on each other. He treats the crew more psychologically complete, a Morgan, David L : 1.48 Merz, A 5.67 7.58 Marcus, Wm. J as self-respecting union men, and black cat sits at his feet, his green Mardis, Owen C 7.63 38 Morgan, John C 2.00 Messana, Emile J we treat him the same way. eyes staring at me with all the Morgan, Robert J. 74 Messana, Emile J 38 2.61 Marek, Henry J I want to say that I highly rec­ coldness of a shipowner. Morgan, Walter T 1.00 Messaros, Stephen 5.69 7.50 Marfino, A. J ommend the Alexander Graham 2.23 6.00 Morley, Charles W 1.58 Metclaf, N Bell for a good clean trip. At I cut the neat slit in the dead Marin, Gipriao man's throat, as I would like to Morris, Albert A 1.78 Metcalfe, Charles L 6.40 2.85 Marinus, Felix least as. long as this skipper is do to shipowners, and insert the Marjerdoff, W 1.78 3.81 Morris, David 3.03 Metros, Edward on her. fluid with a huge needle. After Morris, Harvey W 20.57 101.01 .74 Metzger, Paul D Marsh, Edmond H E. J. DUFF.Y, 1.98 3.96 Morris, L. A 1.77 Meyer, Wm. J Marsh, Leonard ' Engine Delegate this job has been completed, turn out the light to let the man Marshall, Ernel R Meyers, Charles E 2.38 2.23 develop, like Kodak film. 55.36 12.80 Meyer, Claude A Marshall, WiUiam E Now, after a most tiring day in Martenaen, C. A 1.40 1.25 Meyers, R the undertaking parlor, I must Martin, Duane 3.52 1.48 Michael, J SS WILLIAM PATTERSON return home to my wife, and her Michalik, Charles V 1.98 138.55 Martin, Homer C Recently I had to go before the Paid off in Philadelphia, 6.21 5.53 Mikkelsen, P. Y Martin, James E : Coast Guard for an upgrade en­ A. Diaz, 20 hrs; T. Bell, 20 hrs; 2.33 2.83 Milanovich, Alexander S. „ Martin, Joseph J dorsement. I needed a bit of ad­ Atkinson, 7 hrs; Henderson, 7 hrs; 7.11 6.77 Milazzo, Vic Martin, Neal vice and assistance, so I went to C. Hayes, 7 hrs; D. Thomas, 7 hrs. Miley, D. B 3.62 Martin, Robert C 3.62 the New York hAll of the Sea­ Collect at Bull Line office in NewMillard, Henry S 19.75 1.80 Martin, J. San farers. York. Miller, Alonzo E 10.70 4.88 Martin, Thomas I . received every cooperation H ft 5.58 . 21.99 Miller, Aaron Martin, WiUiam possible, and made the grade. MV SCOTCH CAP 5.69 3.84 Miller, Alfred W Martindale, Peter Even though I am not a full 1.42 The following me nhave vouch­ .. 13.33 Miller, Bert G Martinez, Antonio, Jr member, and hold only a proba­ 10.66 ers which are being held in the 7.11 Miller, Carl Martinez, Jose A tion book, there was no hesitancy 4.50 New York HaU until July 1, 1945: 1.07 MiUer, Charles F Martinez, Rene J on the part of the union. I re­ 28.14 J. E. Kane, H. J. Tilden, Bjame 6.77 MiUer, Charles Martinkovich, Frank C... ceived all the necessary assist­ 2.84 Strommen. 2.23 Miller, Clarence J Martz, George W ance. This is only one more rea­ Miller, Donald J 6.71 11.41 Masheroff, M ft ft ft son why I'm damn glad that I'm SS WILLIAM PEPPER 2.25 .... 19.66 Miller, E Masen, Charles L in our outfit. 3.63 AU hands have 5 weeks' Unen .79 Miller, E. A three aunts, and brother. This, it­ Masen, C RICHARD ALLEN, Miller, E. L 01 money due. CoUect Calmar SS 16.10 Pro. Book No. 41669 self, is nothing but Arsenic and Mason, J Miller, Elden 2.64 Company. 2.20 Old Lace. So, you see, I have no Mason, James Miller, Edw 1.28 .74 Masterson, F. G means of escape whatsoever. But ft ft ft 19.13 .11 Miller, Elwood L SS E. G. HALL my instructor is teaching me how Mates, C. J 3.59 The following men have money 1.38 Miller, F to embalm people while they're Mathiasan, John W Miller, G 5.43 11.55 Mattes, Edward P still standing up. He, like the due Ihem, payable at the Alcoa 9.94 Miller, George C. (MiUer, shipowner, wants more business Maupin, WiUiam B office, 461 Market Street, San H.) 1.13 Francisco, California: L. Crac8.62 Mauro, George I write this to call to the mem­ at my expense. However, he shall Maxson, Ormond E Miller, J 74 cock; Smith; Pollett; J. Mangia.... 1.98 bership's attention a union ser­ have my wife, her brother, and Maxwell, Gordon W Miller, James R 3.98 106.65 cino. The cooks have 14 hours vice- that many either forget the three aunts tonight, for I in­ MaxweU, Jerry 18 due for washing coats. The pay­ .33 Miller, John tend to embalm each of them about or do not know exists. This : 11.14 roll for the rest of the crew was 3.96 Miller, Joe H May, Alvin M information may come in handy ever so neatly. Miller, Joseph L ' 21.33 20.30 May, Charles M But, hereafter, when I return checked and found "everything at any time, there is no telling.' 6.93 paid." 5.64 Miller, Richard through the cobblestone streets MayhaU, Chas. R I arrived on the SS Frank Em­ on the way to my haunted look­ Mayer, Ernest 1.48 (Submitted by the New Orleans . 2.23 Miller, Robert erson recently, and wound up ing house, I should like to go in­ Mayne, Joseph A 2.23 branch.) 4.44 Miller, Victor R with Coast Guard "charges against to my drawing room, and find re­ Mazingo, Joseph Mills, Lloyd D 1.14 9.56 me. One of my shipmates, Ray laxation in reading the Log. 4.20 1.16 Mills, Ralph Mead, Herbert W ; SiU HALLS Brockhaus, called my attention After these murders are com­ Meaders, Joseph P. ... Mills, Russell 11.93 .. 6.50 to something that -he had seen in mitted, will you please commence Meder, Herbert 31.84 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. 12.15 Miner, Paul C the Log—that our union has a to mail me an issue? Minotto, R 1.00 BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. Medford, Charles G 2.53 14 North Gay St. special service division to take 4.74 BALTIMORE Medrand, Joseph .75 Minton, James M ERIC IVIE UPCHURCH .PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. 12.88 NORFOLK care of beefs of this sort. Medvesky, John 4.98 Miraglia, Felice A 25 Commercial PI, This was good news to me, as I 36.96 NEW ORLEANS Meehan .". 13.70 Mistretta, Salvadore 339 Chartres St. ' knew what it meant to appear Mitchell, Barton A 1.42 CHARLESTON 68 Society St. 220 East Bay St. before those people without help MitcheU, J 5.35 SAVANNAH DONALD McNEIL and 842 Zack St. ROBERT C. WILSON of any kind. Accordingly, I went Mitchell, J. R 3.96 TAMPA JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. WALTER JOHNSON to the New York haU and pre­ Your case will come up for trial Mitchell, Marcell 2.79 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. sented my case to the Beef Win- soon, Please communicate with Contact the New York Agent at Mitchell, R. J 64.83 SAN JUAN, P. R. .... 45 Ponce de Leon 305 >,4 22nd St. dew, and had Patrolman J. P. Silas B. Axtell, 15 Moore Street, your earliest opportunity. Mitchell, R. M 45.34 GALVESTON HOUSTON 6605 Canal St. Sbuler assigned to defend me at N.Y., Phone: BO. 9-8286. Anyone Mitchell, Samuel P 10.50 JACK BIBLER, No. 41485 RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. knowing the address of Brother the hearing. 47 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Stop in and see the New York Mitchell, William W And defend is the proper word Wilson, please notify Attorney 5.69 SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Business Agent at yoxir earliest Mobert, Roy K for it, too, as I was acquitted of Axtell. Mogan, Stephen J 4.13 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. opportunity. 440 Avalon Blvd. all charges. There is no doubt in Moise, William J 3.56 WILMINGTON 4. % % HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. my mind but what, if I had been PEDRO GUERRA Mole, Raymond A 7.61 All witnesses to the death of BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. without twis representation, I Book number 20669, AB; please ANDY BURIS on February 12, Moller, J. H 34 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. r-A would have gotten a good hosing^ get in touch with your wife. It 1945, or to the condition of the Monday, WiUiam M 23.25 SO. CHICAGO .. 9137 So. Houston Ave. 1014 E. St. Clair St. I think this service of the Slli; is very urgent. Anyone knowing gangplank on that date, com­ Mondfrans, Harry ..... 256.63 CLEVELAND 1038 Third St. is a damn fine one, and it make^ the whereabouts of Brother Guer- municate with his attorney RICH­ Monju, Raymond H 26.74 DETROIT DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. a guy feel good to know that we ra please notify the Agent, Bud ARD M. CANTOR, 51 Chambers Monroe, J 13.96 VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. get this kind of representation. I Ray, at San Juan, P.R. Street, New York City. Montgomery, WiUiam E. .. 21.66 VANCOUVER, B. C., 144 W. Hastings St. !, Skipper Of Bell h Is An OK Guy Undertaker Wants To Read The Log MONEY EveryGooperation Special Service Dept. Is Praised "'f-f �Page Eight THESEAFARERS LOG Friday. June 15. 1945 I: •K 1i' ' w/- '4 Your dues have built a strong union capable of forcing the ship­ owner to pay you a living 'wage. SIU wages are the highest in the industry—and they will go higher in the years to come. Your two bucks a month is ammunition in that fight. It is a guilt edge in­ vestment which pays plenty of dividends. V The old timers remember ship­ board conditions before the SIUSUP stepped in. Bad grub, ver­ min infested bunks, long hours, no overtime. All this is changed now—and it was your monthly dues which made it possible for the union to accomplish the change. The union will keep these conditions, and improve them. Not only does the union settle for you overtime and working condition beefs with the ship­ owner. but it represents you be­ fore the Draft Boards, the Coast Guard, the Immigration Service, and all other agencies which may attempt to push you kround. The union looks out for your welfare, ashore as well as at sea. ¥ North, South, East. West. There is an' SIU hall in every major deep sea and Lakes port in the country. Twenty-nine SIU halls in Canada, the United -States and Puerto Rico, stand ready to shipyou out. or give you aid and ad­ vice on any problems you may have. $2 a month from you pays for all this. \^IU\ '/// Sio 7 fv' I SWhen a man is laid up he really needs a friend—and finds one in the SIU hospital delegate. Not only does this delegate bring $2 a week benefits to pay for smokes and incidentals, but he brings reading material, and good cheer from the brothers back in the hall and on the ships. fr. i: I' i;.-;-,'-'.n' D",. iSi' I' pK The membership is kept infohned of union news, policies and decisions through the weekly union paper, the SEAFARERS LOG. Beside the LOG. educa­ tional leaflets anid booklets come •off the press every month. SIU men are good union men because they are informed! Your union is the most demo-cratically run union in the coun­ try. Rank and file control is a principle of the SIU. and every' member has equal voice and vote on all questions. The membership IS the SIU. and what it decides becomes policy which is binding upon, all officials. Officials, from lop to bottom, are elected every year by a two month referendum vote. Your $2 a monfh does a pretfy big job, don't you think? Especially, when you consider that the small matter of overtime from a single trip more than takes care of your dues for many months. The SIU , is a good investment in post wor jobs, wajges and [security! ^ ^ v v„ '-.t-'-}- '.y. • **• '-C.*'-r' V SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION J ' ',r: „" -j-. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource June 15, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 24 Description An account of the resource PHILIPPINE RIBBON FOR MERCHANT SEAMEN BOARD TO CUT BONUS THIS WEEK, ACCORDING TO SHIPOWNER SHEET FAVORS BENEFITS FOR ALL SEAMEN HIGGINS DUMPS AGREEMENT, PROVOKES UNION WALKOUT SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE AND A GOOSE FOR THE WORKERS JUDGE, JURY AND JAILER RANK AND FILE HELPS DISTRIBUTION BOOK CAMPAIGN EVERYTHING'S OK NOW BUCKO SKIPPER COMES TO GRIEF FOR HARSH TREATMENT OF CREW NMU ON MERRY GO ROUND AGAIN, CURRAN MEETS SELF COMING OUT PROCEDURE FOR RATIONING STAMPS LITTLE SIU TUG DID A BIG JOB AN ORDINARY SEAMEN BUT AND ABLE ARTIST NO MORE BED BUGS-THEY SAY NOTICE TO ALL HANDS NMU AND ACA FAVORING COAST GUARD CONTROL INTERCOSTAL SHIPPING SOON TO INCREASE WHEN MEMBERS SHUN OLD SHIPS THE FREE LOADERS CAN THRIVE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/15/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9a65ea67d4509aa7eca7c865009e7d0c.pdf b5cbdc762919a8f79a909b4ed20f3955 PDF Text Text Reeling  and  battered  under  the weight  of  the  overwhelming evidence introduced at its  unfair la­ bor  practices  trial  before  a  National  Labor  Rela­ tions Board  trial, the Cities Service Oil  Company's  Marine  Division  threw in  the towel last  week  and  agreed  to abide fully  by  terms of  a settlement laid  down by  the Board.  One of  the  most  damaging  blows  sustained  by  the company  was  the testimony  of  a former  Coast  Guard  intelligence  officer,  who  told  how  he  had  Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf  District, Seafarers International Union of  NA  operated  a  labor  spy  service  for  Cities  Service  during the organizing campaign  in its tanker  fleet  No. 12  conducted  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y„  FRIDAY,  JUNE  16,  1950  VOL.  XII  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District.  The  trial,  which  began  on  June  6,  came  to  a:  sudden  halt  on  June 9,  when  counsel  for  the com­ pany rose and said he had  been  authorized  by com­ Examiners  Aaron  Wiseman,  Clem  Culls and  NLRB  Deserves  Bow For  Fine  Job  We  of  the  SIU  believe  we  have  been  among the most  vociferous critics  of  bureau­ cratic agencies  in  our  government. We  have  blasted  numerous  agencies  over  the  past  years  whenever  maladministration,  ineffi­ ciency  or  injustice  has  marked  the  conduct  of  their  affairs.  On  the  other  hand,  we  have  been  quick  to  acknowledge  the  efforts  of  any  branch  of  the government  that  has  performed  ably.  True,  these  plaudits  have  been  few  and  far  between,  because  the  occasions  when  they  were  justified  have  been  rare.  This  week  the  personnel  of  the  Second  Regional  Oflfiee  of  the  National  Labor  Rela­ tions  Board  has  provided  us  with  one  of  those  rare  occasions.  Naturally,  Seafarers  are  overjoyed  at  the  victory  scored  at  the  NLRB  hearing  in  the  case  of  the  Cities  Se^ice  Oil  Company.  We're not losing sight of  the fact, however,  that  this  victory­ was  made  possible  by  the  sweat  and  toil  and  intelligent  application  of  the law  by  the Board's  highly  competent  staff.  Under  the  direction  of  its  Chief  Law  Officer," Miss  Helen  Humphries—who,  in­ cidentally  is  widely  respected  as one  of  the  most  able  labor  lawyers  in  the field—the  NLRB  staff  literally  labored  day  and  night  for  months  amassing  the  voluminous  data  springing  from  the  charges  leveled  against  the  company.  As  the  government  built  its  case.  Field  pany  officials  to  negotiate  for*  Arthur  Younger  pieced  together  the  threads  the  settlement  with  the  Board.  them  passes to  board  all  CS ves­ of  evidence  of  the  law's  violation.  His  action  amounted  to  a  con­ sels.  They  sailed  on  company  and  made  periodic  re­ And  before  that, staff  members  like  Field  fession  of  guilt  of  all  charges  sjiips,  ports,  which  were  transmitted  to  Examiner  Sam  Hacker  practically  worfeed  made by  attorneys for  the NLRB,  Lage.  them:  around  the  clock,  hopping  from  port  to  among  1.  That  the  company  warned  Before  Dugan  took  the  stand,  port  under  adverse  conditions,  including  its  employees  that  they  would  Joseph  Jenkins,  counsel  for  the  NLRB,  brought  out  that  a  com­ the company's  refusal  to offer  the minimum  be fired  for  joining  the  SIU.  (Continued on Page 10) cooperation  coming  to  a  representative  of  2.  That  the  company  engaged  in  espionage  on  Union  activities.  the  government  in  carrying  out  the  provi­ 3.  That  the company  dismissed  sions of  our  nation's laws.  159  men  during  1949  because  of  In the preparation and in  the presentation  their  Union  affiliation.  of  the  government's  case  Joseph  Jenkins  The  NLRB  order  to  which  the  and  Chester  Migden  had  wrapped  up  the  company  agreed  directs  the  re­ instatement  of  the  discharged  details  in  an  airtight  package.  The  results  of  the  Board's  handling  of  men  and  payment  to  them  of  $150,000  in  wages,  and  the  dis­ the  Cities  Service  case,  which,  it  must  be  banding  of  the  Citco  Tanker  Harry T?.,  Hasselgren, secretary­ remembered,  was  among  the  most  unusual  Men's  Association,  the  company  treasurer  of  the"  Atlantic  Coast  ones  on  record,  speak  for  themselves.  The  sponsored  and  dominated  union.  District  of  the  International  company's  capitulation  on  the  fourth  day  Also  specified  in  the  order  is  a  Longshoremen's  Association,  has  of  hearings, which  were expected  to run for  directive  to  bargain  collectively  been  elected  secretary­treasurer  of  the  International,  to fulfill  th«  weeks  and  weeks  before  all  the  testimony  with  the  SIU.  (Excerpts  of  the  settlement  post  left  vacant  by  the  recent  and  evidence  could  be  introduced,  is  a  tri­ stipulation  begins  on  page  7  of  death  of  John  R.  Owens,  who  bute  to  the  effectiveness  and  thoroughness  this  issue.)  was  also  secretary­treasurer  of  with  which  the  Board  people  tackled  the  The  company's  labor  spy  ac­ the  AFL  Maritime  Trades  D«­ partment.  case.  •   tivities  were  exposed  on  the  It  might  be said  that  their efficiency  thus  second  day  of  the trial when  the  Brother  Hasselgren,  who  was  by the ILA's '  saved  the US taxpayers considerable money.  ex­Coast  Guard  officer, John  Du­ elected unanimously  International  board  last  week.  gan,  took  the  stand  and  con­ In our  opinion, the work  of  Miss Humphries  fessed  that  he  used  his  wartime  and ""her  staff  on  this  difficult  case  was  a  experience  to  carry  out  espion­ masterpiece  of  expert  legal  workmanship.  age agamst SIU men  on company  We  sincerely  wish  that  our  government  instructions.  was endowed with  more people to efficiently  Dugan,  an  attorney,  specializ­ in  maritime  affairs,  testified  carry  out  its  functiohs  like  those  of  the  ing  that  he  had  been  retained  by  NLRB's  Second  Regional  Office.  William  Lage,  a  partner  in  the  ILA  Body  Elects  Hasselgren  New  Secy­Treasurer  law firm  of  Hatch,  Wolfe,  Nash  and  Ten  Eyck,  counsel  for  the  OS  Marine  Division.  Lage  instructed  him  to  report  on  the  activities  of  SIU  mem­ NEW  YORK,  June  16  —  An ( these agencies  will give  their  ap­ SIU  member  employed  aboard  bers  aboard  OS  ships,  ascertain  their  ships.  The  shipowners  be­ the  strength  of  the  Union  in  the  agreement  setting  forth  the  proval  shortly.  terms  under  which  the Seafarers  Signing  of  the  agreement  gan  payment  on  January  1.  fieet,  and  to get  "other  pertinent  Under  the  terms  of  the  Wel­ information,"  Dugan  admitted.  Welfare  Plan  will  operate  was  brought  to  a  virtual  end  nego­ signed  yesterday  by  a  commit­ tiations  which  the  Union  Wel­ fare  Plan,  as  agreed  to  by  the  Dugan  then  approached  "my  tee  representing  the  bulk  of  fare  Committee  has  had  under  shipowners'  committee.  Seafar­ former  asociates"  in  the  Coast  steamship  companies  under  con­ way  since December  of  last  year,  ers  will  receive  $500  in  death  Guard  who  gave  him  the  names  tract  to  the  Atlantic  &  Gulf  Dis­ when  the  SlU­contracted  com­ benefits  and.$7  per  week  in  hos­ of  three  men,  two  of  whom  he  panies  signified  their  agreement  pital  benefits.  The  Plan  provides  hired—^Anthony  Lawrence  Hen­ HARRY  HASSELGREN  trict.  to  pay  25 cents per  day for  every  for  the  trustees  to  set  up  addi­ nessey  and  John  Bosciano.  The  signing  cleared  the  way  tional  benefits  should  the  fund  The  company  lawyers,  Dugan  will  hold  office  imtil  the  imion's  for  the  Plan  to  begin  function­ grow.  told  the  NLRB  examiner,  "em­ next  convention,  which  is  sched­ ing  as  soon  as  the  Bureau  of  The  Plan  is  to  be  under  the  ployed  me  to  get  information  uled  for  next  year.  Internal  Revenue  and  the.  Na­ supervision  of  a  six­man  board  and  supplied.me  with  fimds  to  Officials  of  the SIU,  who  know  tional  Labor  Relations  Board  Hasselgren  through  the  many  of  trustees,  three  men  from  the  pay  the  individuals."  give  their  okays  to  the  Plan.  SAN  FRANCISCO—The  new  Union  and  three  from  the  com­ He  said  that  between  June  beefs that the  SIU aind  ILA  have  (Turn  lo  page  3  for  complete  Headquarters  building  of  the  panies.  Representmg  the  ship­ 1948 and September  1949  he  paid  shared  together,  greeted  Hassel­ text  of  the  Welfare  Contract)  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  will  owners  are  John  Boughman,  Hennessey  $2,100  and  Bosciano,  gren's  election.  The  Bureau  of  Internal  Rev­ be  formally  opened  this  Friday,  Clarence  Reed  and  Frederick  C.  one  of  CTMA's  top  organizers,  "We  know  Harry  through  enue  is  to  be  consulted  for  its  June  16,  amid, gala  ceremonies.  Theobald.  The  SIU  is  represent­ the  sum  of  $4,100.  The  cancelled  working  with  him,"  said  A&G  approval  of  the  money^  paid  in  •   The  new  building  is located  at  ed  by  Paul  Hall,  Robert  Matt­ checks  received  by  these  men  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  HaU,  by  the  shipowners  as  proper  de­ 450  Harrison  Street,  and  will  hews  and  Joe Volpian.  were  offered  in  evidence  at  the  "and  we  know  that  he  is  a  siC  ductions  for  tax  purposes.  The  also  house  the  San  Francisco  The  companies  which  to  date  hearing.  cere  and  capable  trade  unionist';,  .  NLRB  will  rule  on  the  Plan's  Branch  of  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  have  not  agreed  to  the  Plan  are  Instructing  the  two  hired  men  We'll  all  miss  John  Owens,  but'^''  compliance  with .the  labor  law.  District,  jand  the  International  expected  to  sign  up  as  soon  as  "to  report  on  all  activities  of  vre're  sure  that  Hassdgren  win  the  SIU,"  Dugan  said  he  got  carry  on  where  John  left  off."  meetings  can  be  arranged.  It  is  expected  that  both  of  office  of  the  SIU.  Operators Sign SIU Welfare Plan  New  SUP Birilding  Dedicated Teday  �Page  Two  T 1 F 4 R JE R s t SSSee­Saj  SEAJTARERS  LOG  Published  Every  Other  "Week,  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and Gulf  District  Affiliaied  with  the  American  Federalioif  of  Labor  At  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York  4,  N. Y.  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,  at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  It's  Not  Too  Late  Cities  Service  Oil  Company,  the  organization  which  thought  itself  bigger  than  anyone,  including  the  govern­ Mm  ment,  threw  in  the  sponge  and  quit  after  four  days  of  devastating  testimony  in.  its  trial  before  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board.  Humble  in  defeat,  the  company  ggreed  to  sign  a  settlement  stipulation  which,  in  effect,  was  a  full confession  of  all  charges  brought  against  it  by  f  'the  Union.  The  four­year  battle  was  virtually  over.  It didn't  have  to be  this  way,  but  the  company  took  the hard  way  and  lost.  Two  years  ago  when  the SIU  was  certified  as  representative  for  the  company's  unlicensed  employees,  the campaign  could  have  ended.  But,  because  the  company  was  stubborn  and  because  its  attorneys  tJiought  they  could  make  themselves  big  names  in  the  field  of  industrial  labor  relations,  a  program  of  terrorism,  intimidation  and  labor  espionage  was  planned  and  carried  out.  But  the  end  result  was  not  that  which  the  company  expected..  •  Throughout  the company's  wave of  terror  the  Union  and  the  men  on  the  ships  fought  back.' On  the  ships  the  l^en.  relentlessly  pressed  for  Union  representation,  and  ashore  the  Union  methodically  built  up  its  case  against  the  company.  The  trial  quickly  showed  the  company  that  their  plan  had  backfired.  Proof  of  labor  espionage  and  men  being, discharged  for  imion  activities  sent  the  company's  attorneys  reeling.  On  the  nwrning  of  the fifth  day,  the  company's  attorney  called  it  quits.  The  SIU  case,  how­ pever,  was  just" beginning  to  warm  up—there  were  more  startling  revelations  of  the  company's  activities  to  come,  but  the  company  had  no stomach  for  more.  fhaM alt* «he Vtdiut BroHkm (MuMiny hi ibe tahma  '  It's  plan  had  failed.  By  its  surrender  it  agreed  to  lii  by  ih«  Agniik. Iteiib tisoiblttB Sai tteto  LOtHS  ClftlGfNANO  s  rehire  the  men  it  had  discharged  and  pay  them  for  their  heavay  m  their  littids»  X>e  Wbtf  yew  dm  <Aed(  ihttd  By  G. GASTHO ,  HENRY WATSON time lost.  It agreed  to stop espionage  against  the SIU,  and  wriiliig  ibMB.  J. L. LIKNES NEW  ORLEANS  HOSPITAL  F. CARLINO  it  agreed  to  sever  its  connections  with  GTMA.  The  men  T.  W.  ULINSKI  T. F. ROZUM M.  D.  WATT  ASTERIO DELGADA W.  SANDERSON  who  had  put  into  operation  the  machine  for  stamping  C. R. HUNEYCUTT J. B. PURVIS •  P. PITTMAN  E. NAVARRE C. P. THOMPSON out  the  desire  of  Cities  Service  seamen  for  union  repre­ E. FOREMAN B.  P. JANASKO  •  mi­y'  T. B. MAYNES T MACK  J. LYONS  y  r  W. REID I: mentation  were  left  to  contemplate  the  ruins. •   M; SMITH ' W.  HANSTUSCH  EDURADO BALBOA W. P. GORMAN L.  WILLIS  EUSTACH BULIK W. EBANKSP  There  is  no  reason,  however,  why  the  events  of  the  D.D.KELLY  T. R. BYUS P. C. WILLOUGHBY, L.  A.  HOLMES  I past  cannot  be  forgotten  and  a  new  page  in  SlU­Cities  L.  ROBERT DOUGLAS LANG  % % % ... ii..  E. A, HANSEN ^ I Service  relations  be  opened.  The  Union  shortly is  to meet  E.  LANDRY  BOSTON  HOSPITAL  FRANK KUBEK H.  LAGAN  ­ with  the  company  to bargain  for  a  contract  of  a  nature  W.  H. V. NIELSEN FRANK  ALASAVICH  MOORE  HARRY PRYTULAK >  S  S  in  effect  on  the  hundreds  of  other  ships  under  con­ W.  H.  NUNN  F. D. BERTHOLD SAN  FRANCISCO  HOSPITAL  tract  to the  SIU. Here  is  an opportunity  to exercise  true  J.PISA  ARNB BPORNSSON M.  E.  LINDSEY  •  .h  JAMES  HODO  C. W. PALMER collective  bargaining.  •  T.  A.  CARROLL  'ALTON  LEACH  1 A,  T. FAPPAGOLLS  E. WALDEN  IKE  ISAKSEN  '  s  »  b  The SIU  has  proved  itself  to  be  a  responsible  Union.  R.  L.  LAMBERT  C.  L.  BARB  NEPONsrr  HOSPITAL  NORM  '  '  •   ^HARRY  PITT  It has  proved itself  qualified  to represent  the men  liow on  O.  G.  NEWMAN  ED  PRITCHARD  WILLIAM  PADGETT  SlU­Contracted  ships  throughout  the  world.  The  men  E.  C.  ROBINSON  BOB  BODCHARD  MATTHEW  BRUNO  S.  GALEK  '  y  MALVIN  COLLINS  aboard  Cities Service  tankers  have  proved  that  they  want  V.  ARJONA  ^  %  •  yii  R. A. BLAKE  SAVANNAH  HOSPITAL  the SIU  to be  their spokesinan.  Let  the coming* bargaining  H.  GORDON  ESTIBAN, LOPEZ '  J. (Chubby)  IHORRIS  L.  LEWIS  JOHN  PADZnC  talks  take  place  in  an  atmosphere  of  good  faith  and  L.  CANDY  CREECH  TICKLE  •   .f  J.  DRISCOLL  E.  E.  GROSS  understanding.  S  S  »  JOHN  T. EDWARDS  R.  J. HEBERT  MOBILE  HOSPITAL  V.  FERRER  All  it  requires  is  the same, kind  of  good,  sound  labor  E.  PLAHN  TIM  BURKE  K  A. LILLAK  W.  I.  MELLON  J. BENNETT  R.  BLATTINO  relations  which  have  been  practiced  by  the Cities  Service  L.  E.  ELLIS  E.  L.  ZEDAKER  JBIINEY  . • 1   .  J'  A.  NELSON  *  Company  in  its  other  divisions  and  subsidiaries  with  J.BROWN  TULL  bib  J. MORTON  fiU  DUTCHEN  ?^nions,  AFL  an,d  CIO,  representing  their  employees.  ' •.. ­I'y,.'r­   ' '6  F.EDMONDS  ;  ,  BALTIMORE  HOSPITAD  JOHN  LANCASTER  J. K.  HENRIKSON;  SIU  men  at  Neponsit  can  con4 «  ^After  all,  there  doesn't  seem  to  be  any  intelligent  R.  PERRY  i  tact Hospital Delegate William  A.  son  why  the  Marine  Division  shouldn't  follow  the  es­ E.  THOMPSON  e. fiSOLAN  iP«dgett  any  day  between  2r$(l  H.  BENNETT  H.  E.  GRANT  ^ y  and  4  PM,  on  third  floor,  WdltV  te  tablished,pattern of  the  Ckies Service  family.  G.  CAMPBELL  J.  BLOMGREN  ^  side.  mm  i. iiiiS'­.  '  �­tgtd  r. June  16.  19S0  THE SEAFARERS LOG Complete  Text  Of  Welfare  Agreement  Signed  By  SlU­Contracted  Operators  This  Agreement  and  Declaration  of  Welfare  Plan  made  as  of  the first  day  of  July,  1950,  by  and  between  JOHN  BOUGHMAN,  CLARENCE  REED,  and  FREDERICK  C.  THEOBALD;  PAUL  HALL,  ROBERT  MATTHEWS  and  JOSEPH  VOLPIAN,*who,  with  their  alternates  and  suc­ cessors  designated  in  the  manner  provided,  are  hereinafter  called  "Trustees;"  SEAFARERS  IN­ TERNATIONAL  UNION OF  NORTH AMERICA,  '  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  hereinafter  called  "Union;"  and  the  various  Employers  who,  in  writing,  adopt  and  agree  to  be  bound  by  the  terms  and  provisions  of  this  instrument  and  any  amendments  or  modifications  thereof,  hereinafter  called  "Employers."  4.  Either  the  Employer  Trustees  on  behalf  of  On these pages  is the full  text of  the Seafarers  the  Employers  or  the  Union  Trustees  on  behalf  Welfare  Plan  signed  this  week  by  a  maforit/ of  of  the  Union  may,  upon  application  within  sixty  the  steamship  companies  under  contract  to  the  (60)  days  prior  to  September  30,  1951  request  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District  of  the  SIU.  The  few  that  negotiations  be  opened  for  changes  in  the  remaining companies  not  yet signed are expected  amount  of  the •  Employer  payment.  No  such  to  fall  in  line shortly.  .  change  shall  be  made  unless  the  Union  and  the  The agreement spells out in full the terms under  Employers by  majority  vote agree  to such change  which  the  Fund  will  be  administered  and  bene­ and  any  change  so  agreed  upon  shall  not  affect  fits  paid  to  SIU  members.  The  Fund  was set  up  any of  the other  provisions of  this  plan. The  said  last  January 1,  when  the operators  began  paying  vote  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  vote  speci­ 25  cents  per  day  per  seaman  employed.  fied  in  Article  IV, Paragraph  2  hereof, at  a  meet­ Effective  date for  the Plan  to  b^n operations  ing  called  under  the  provisions  of  Article  IV,  hinges  on  the  time  necessary  for  the  Bureau  of  Paragraph  9  hereof;  it  being  specifically  under­ Internal  Revenue  to  determine  if  the  moneys  stood  and  agreed  between  the  Employers  indi­ can  be  declared  deductible  for  tax  purposes.  In  vidually  and  the  Union  that  any  Employer  who  WITNESSETH  addition,  the  Plan  is  to  be  submitted  to  the  Na­ WHEREAS,  various  Employers  having  collec­ tional  Labor  Relations  Board  to  check  whether  signifies  in  writing  to  the  Trustees  within  one  tive  bargaining  agreements  with  the  Union  have  it  in  any  way  is  contrary  to  the  nation's  labor  week  of  the  time  of  Such  vote  that  he  does  not  wish  to  be  bound  by  such  majority  vote shall  be  agreed  in  writing  with  the  Union  to  create  a  laws.  relieved  of  the  obligations  under  this  agreement  Welfare  Plan  for  the  benefit  of  the  unlicensed  arid  shall  cease  to  be  a  party  hereto,  and  no  seamen  employed  by  them  for  whom  the  Union  for in  this instrument, including  any amendments  Employee  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  benefits  is  the  collective  bargaining  representative,  and  hereto  or  modifications  hereof.  under  this  plan  by  virtue  of  employment  with  WHEREAS,  the  said  Welfare  Plan  is  to  be  8.  Seafarers'  Welfare  Fimd.  The  term "Fund,"  such  Employer.  known  as  the  Seafarers'  Welfare  Plan,  and  as  used  herein,  shall  mean  the  moneys  or  other  5.  The  Trustees,  in  their  names  as  Trustees,  WHEREAS,  it  has  been  mutually  agreed  that  things  of  value  which  are  xmder  the  control  or  shall  have  the  power  to  demand,  collect,  receive  the  Plan  shall  be  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  in the custody of  the Trustees for  the administra­ and  hold  the  Employer  payments  and  they  are  five  years  and  shall  be  irrevocable  during  the  tion  and  operation of  the Plan.  authorized  to  take  such  steps  as  may  be  neces­ period  of  its creation,  and  ARTICLE  II  sary  or  appropriate  to  effectuate  the  collection  WHEREAS,  it  is desired  to set  forth  the  terms  of  such  payments,  including  the  institution  and  1.  There  is hereby  created  the Seafarers'  Wel­ and  conditions  under  which  the  Plan  as finally  prosecution  of,  or  the  intervention  in,  any  pro­ agreed  upon  between  the  Employers  and  the  fare  Fund  to  be  used  for  administering  and  ope­ Union  is  to  be established  and  administered,  and  rating the Seafarers'  Welfare Plan  which is  here­ ceeding  at  law, in  equity, or  in bankruptcy.  6.  The  Trustees  are  authorized  and  permitted  WHEREAS,  it  has  been  mutually  agreed  that  by  created.  Each  Employer  shall  pay  to  the  Trustees  for  deposit  into  the  Fund,  currently  on  to  receive  and  accept  from  any  source  whatso­ the  Plan  shall  be  administered  by  Trustees  it  is  desired  to  define  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  a  monthly  basis,  the  sum  of  twenty­five  cents  ever  any  moneys  or  other  things  of  value  as  a  (25c)  per  day per  unlicensed seaman, represented  gift,  contribution,  payment,  dividend  *or  other­ said  Trustees.  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  by  the  Union  for  the  purposes  of  collective  bar­ wise,  for  deposit  into,  or  to  be  made  a  part  of,  preniises,  it  is  mutually ^understood  and  agreed  gaining,  employed  on  vessels  manned  by  such  the  Ftmd.  Employer  and  actually  working  thereon.  Such  7.  The  Trustees  shall  deposit  all  moneys  re­ as  follows:  contributions  or  payments  for  each  month  shall  ceived  by  them  in  their  capacity  as  Trustees  in  .  ARTICLE  I  be  made  not  later  than  the  tenth  of  the  second  such  bank  or  banks  as  they  may  designate  for  Definitions  month  succeeding  that  of  the  payroll  termina­ that  purpose;  provided,  however,  that  no  bank  1;  Employers.  The  term  "Employers,"  as  used  tions;  provided,  however,  that  the first  payment  shall  be  selected  as a  depository  of  the funds  of  herein,  shall  mean  the  various  Employers  of  • of each Employer  shall be  calculated  retroactive­ this  Plan  which  is  not  a riiember  of  the  Federal  unlicensed  merchant  seamen  having  in  effect  a  ly  to  January  1,  1950.  Checks  for  contributions  Deposit  Insurance  Corporation.  Things  of  value,  collective  bargaining  agreement  with  the  Union  or  payments shall  be made  payable  to the order  other than money, shall be kept in an appropriate  and  who  are, or  who  may  hereadter  become,  sig­ of  "Seafarers'  Welfare  Fund."  depository  as  may  be  selected  by  the  Trustees,  2.  An  Employee  is  qualified  to  participate  in  or,  at  their  discretion,  may  be  converted  into  natories  hereto.  2.  Administrator.  The  term  "Administrator,"  and  receive  the  benefits  of  the  Plan  when  the  money  and  deposited  iirto  the  Fund.  as  used  herein,  shall  mean  the  Administrator  Employer  is  obligated  to  pay  the  Trustees  the  8.  The  funds  shall  be  used  by  the  Trustee'­ sum  of  Twenty­live  cents  (25c)  on  Ills  behalf  (a)  to  pay  or  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  provided  for  in  Article  VI  hereof.  3.  Employees.  The  term  "Employees,"  as  used  or  such  other  sum  as  may  be  agreed  upon' as  benefits  described  in  Article  III,  Paragraph  1  herein,  shall  mean  all  of  each  Employer's  em­ provided  for  in  Paragraph  4  of  this  Article,  and  hereof, and  (b) to  pay for  the sound  and  efficient  ployees  for  whom  the  Union  is  the  collective  shall  remain  qualified  for  such  benefits  for  a  operation  of  the  Plan,  including  the expenses  of  period  of  twelve  (12)  calendar  months  after  the  the Trustees incurred  in carrying  out their  duties  bargaining  representative.  4.  Hospital.  The  term "hospital," as  used  here­ Employer's  obligation  to  make  such  payment  as  Trustees.  in, shall  inean  any  hospital  in  the  United  States  ceases;  provided,  however,  that  in  the  event  a  .  9.  Moneys,  and  other  things  of  value,  of  the  or  any  of  its  territories  or  possessions,  provided  qualified  Employee  becomes  a  patient  in  a  hos­ Fund  may  be  withdrawn  from  any  depository  Such  hospital  is  either  a  United  States  Marine  pital  such  twelve  (12)  month  period  shall  be  ex­ upon the signature of  two Trustees,  one of  whom  hospital,  a  United  States  Public "^Health  hospi­ tended for a time equal to the time the Employee  shall  be  an  Employer Trustee  and  one  of  whom  tal, a  hospital located  in a  port in the continental  is so hospitalized; provided,' further, that no qual­ shall  be  a  Union  Trustee.  United  States  where  the  Union  or  an  Employer  ified  employee  shall  be  eligible  to  receive  the  IQ.  No  Employer,  nor  the  Union,  nor  the  in­ maintains  offices,  or  a  hospital  in  a  seaport  in  benefits  of  this  plan  while  he  is  so  qualified  to  dividual  Employees  shall  have  any  vested  rights  the  continental  United  States  in  which  the  Em­ receive welfare  benefits  by  virtue of  employment  ployee  becomes  a  patient  due  to  acute  illness  or  with  an employer  who makes  no contributions  to  in or  to the  Fund or  any  part  thereof  except  the  injury  which  necessitates  his  being  taken  off  a  this  fund  and  who  has  a  collective  bargaining  right of  the qualified  Employees, or  their depend­ ents,  or  their  beneficiaries  or  next  of  kin,  to  agreement  with  the  Union.  ship  during  the  course  of  a  voyage.  receive  the  benefits  provided  for  in. the  Plan  to  3.  The—^former Employees whose hames appear  5.  Union.  The  term  "Union,"  as  used  herein,  shall  mean  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  on  a  list  attached  hereto and  made a  part  hereof  which  they  may  be  respectively  entitled,  and  who  have  had  long  employment  with  the  Em­ upon termination of  the trust  hereby created,  the  North  America,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District.  6.  Trustees,  (a)  The  term  "Employer  Trus­ ployers and  who,  on  July 1, 1950,  are imemploy­ funds shall  be  put  to the  uses  and  purposes spe­ tees,"  as  used  herein,  shall  mean  the  trustees  able  because  of  physical  disabilities,  are  for  the  cified  herein.  11.  No  Employee  or  dependent  or  beneficiary  purposes  of  this  Plan  considered  Employees  and  appointed  by  the  Employers.  (b)  The  term "Union  Trustees," as  used  herein,  shall  be  qualified  to  receive  the  benefits  of  the  or  next  of  kin  of  an  Employee  shall  have  the  shall  mean  the  trustees  appointed  by  the  Uniop.  Plan until the Public Health Service  certifies that  right  to  assign  any  benefits  to  which  he  or  she  (c)  The  term  "Trustees,"  as  used  herein,  shall  such  a  former  Employee  has  no  physical  dis­ may  be  entitled  hereunder  and  any  such  assign­ mean  Employer  Trustees  and  Union  Trustees  ability which  prevents his employment; provided,  ment  is  void;  nor  shall  any  benefit  be  subject  collectively  and  J shall  include  their  alternates  however,  that  the  hospital  benefits  provided  for  to attachment or other  legal process for or againstr  in  Article  III,  Paragraph  1 (b)  hereof,  shall  be  an  Employee  or  a  dependent  or  beneficiary  or  when  acting  as  Trustees.  ^  7.  Seafarers'  Welfare  Plan.  The  term  "Plan,"  made only  when  s ich disabled  Employee is con­ next  of  kin.  as  used  herein, shall  mean  the  benefits  provided  fined  m  a  hospital  as  an  in­patient.  {Cmntinued  on  Page  4)  ­ �Page  Foiir  TM M S AnEk 8 LOG (Continued  from  Page  3)  \,  ARTICLE  III  Application of  l^e Fund by the Trustees  1.  The Fund  shall  be  used  and  applied  for  the  ^rfollowing  purposes:  (a)  Upon  the death  of  each Employee qualified  to  receive  the  benefits  hereunder,  other  than  death  resulting from  war  risk, to  pay  or  provide  for  the  payment  to  the  designated  beneficiary,  or in  the  absence  of  a  designated  beneficiary,  to  the  next  of  kin  of  the  deceased  Employee,  the  sum  of  $500.00.  (b)  The  payment  of  hospital,  benefits  in  the  amount  of  $7.00  per  week  to  each  Employee  .  qualified  to  receive  the  benefits  hereunder  dur­ ing  such  time  as  he  is  an  in­patient  in  any  hospital  as  defined  in  Article  I,  Paragraph  4  hereof.  Such  Employee  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  payment  until  he  has  been  confined  to such a hospital for  seven consecutive days and  thereafter  he  shall  be  entitled  to  a  payment  of  $7.00  for  each  and  every  seven  (7)  consecutive  days  in  the  hospital  from  the first  day  of  con­ finement.  Qualified  Employees  who  are  commit­ ted  to  an  Institution  for  the  insane  by  a  Court  Order  are  specifically  excluded  from  hospital  benefits  but  are  eligible  for  death  benefits.  (c)  To  pay  for  additional  types  of  welfare  benefits  as  may  be  determined  ­by  unanimous  agreement  of  the Trustees;  the cost  of  such  addi­ tional  benefits shall  be  controlled  by  the amount  of  money  actually  in  the  Fund,  and,  based  on  Experience,  the  benefits  it*is  estimated  the Fund  can provide without  undue depletion  or excessive  accumulation.  In  order  to  accomplish  this  pur­ pose,  the  Trustees  by  unanimous  agreement  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  increase  or  de­ crease  the amount  of  any  benefit  which has  been  or  may  be  granted.  2.  Payment  of  the  benefit  provided  for  in  Paragraph  1  (a)  of  this  Article  shall  not  be  made  unless  necessary  and  appropriate  proof  for  such  benefit  is  presented,  in  writing,  to  the  Administrator  within  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  Employee's  death.  3.  Payment  of  the  benefits  provided  for  in  authority  to  act  as  a  Trustee  hereunder  in  the  ness,  providing  there  are  at  least  two  Employer  Paiiigraph 1 (b)  of  this  Article  will  be  made  to  absence  of "the  Employer  Trustee  for  whom  he  Trustees  and  two  Union  Trustees  present  at­the  the  Employee  personally  or  to  a  representative  acts  as  alternate.  The  Union  shall  appoint  an  meeting; and  at all  meetings the Employer  Trus­ of  the  Employee  when  such  representative  has  alternate  trustee  for  each  Union  Trustee  who  tees  and  the  Union  Trustees  shall  have  equal  been  duly  authorized  to  receive  such  payment ­ shall have full authority  to act  as a  Trustee here­ voting  strength.  The  vote  of  any  absent  Trustee  on  behalf  of  the  Employee;  provided,  however,  under  in  the  absence  of  the  Union  Trustee  for  shall  be  cast  by  the  Trustees  present  designated  that  application  for  the  said  benei^ts  shall  be  whom  he  acts  as  alternate.  Any  successor  Trus­ by  the  same  party  with  the  same  force  and  af­ presented,  in  writing  to  the  Administrator  not  tee  shall,  upon  the  acceptance  in  writing  of  the  fect  as if  such  absent  Trustees  were  present.  In  later  than  14  days  from  the  date  the  Employee  terms  of  this trust,  be vested  with  all the rights,  the event  any matter  presented for  decision  can­ I'is  physically  discharged  from  the  hospital  as  an  powers  and  duties  of  his  predecessor.  not  be  decided  because  of  a  tie  vote  the  matter  in­patient.  shall remain  in status quo  pending  arbitration as  2.  Successor  Employer  Trustees  and  successor  4.  The  Trustees  shall  not  receive  compensa­ alternate  Employer  Trustees  shall  be  appointed  set forth in  Article  VII hereof.  gg  tion for  the perforinanc© of  their duties as  Trus­ by  majority  vote  of  the  various  employers  who  5.  John  Boughman,  with  E.  S.  Trosdal  his  al­ ||;  tees,  but  the  Trustees  are  by  majority  vote  au­ are­ subscribers  to  this  instrument  at  the  time  ternate,  Clarence  Reed,  with  Donald  W.  Smitli  thorized  to  be  reimbursed  from  the  Fund,  the  such  appointments are  made;  provid^, however,  his  alternate  and  Frederick  C.  Theobald,  with  cost  of  all expenses  incident  to  the  performance  that  not  more  than  one  (1)  Employer  Trustee  Willard  A.  Kiggins,  Jr.,  is  alternate,  have  been  of  their  duties  as  Trustees  and  there  shall  be  or  alternate Employer  Trustee may  be employed  selected and  are hereby appointed and  designated  paid  directly  from  the  Fund  the  cost, and  ex­ by  or  affiliated  with  the  same  Employer.  Each  Employer  Trustees,  and  alternate  Employer  g  penses provided for herein and  the cost  of fidelity  Employer  shall  be  entitled  to  cast  one  vote  for  Trustees,  respectively.  Paul  Hall,  Robert  Mat­ £  bonds  and  the  expenses,  including  counsel  fees,  each  unlicensed  seaman,  represented  by  the  Un­ thews  and  Joseph  Volpian  have  been  selected  of  any  suit  or  proceeding  ion,  it  would  employ  at  the  time  of  subscribing  and  are  hereby  appointed  and  designated  (a)  brought  against  the  Trustees,  arising  out  to  this  instrument  and  thereafter  on  July  1 of  of  acts  within  the course  and  scope  of  the  each  year,  if  all  vessels  manned  by  it  had  a  Union  Trustees,  and  Lloyd  Gardner,  Joseph  Al­ giria  and  Lindsey  Williams  have  been  selected  powers  and  duties  of  the  Trustees;  or  full  complement  employed  thereon  and  the  and  are  hereby  appointed  and  designated" alter­ ,  (b)  brought  by  the  Trustees  as  authorized  in  nominee  receiving  the  majority  of  the  votes  so  nate  Union  Trustees,  any  one  of  whom  may  act  Article  II,  Paragraph  5  hereof.  cast  shall  be  appointed  by  aU  the  Employers.  as  a  Union  Trustee in  the  absence  of  any  Union  5.  If  upon  loss  of  qualification  as  prescribed  The  Employers  who  subscribe  to  this  instru­ Trustee. The  Trustees hereby agre6 to  accept .the  in  Article  II,  Paragraph  2,  hereof,  a  qualified  Employee  has, since  discharge  from  the  hospital,  ment  reserve  to  themselves  the  right to change,  trusteeship and further agree to accept such Fund  been  continuously  unemployable  because  of  phy­ at  any  time,  the  provisions  of  this paragraph  hy  for the  purposes herein  provided and  declare that  sical  disabilities,  the  Trustees  may  in  their  dis­  ­ a  vote  of  two­thirds  (2/3)  majority  of  the  total  they  will  receive  and  hold  the  Employer's  con­ cretion  further  extend  the  qualification  period  votes  so  cast  as  above  provided.  The  Union  and  tributions  or  payments  and  any  other  money  or  as long as the Public Health Service certifies  that  the  Trustees  hereby  consent  and  agree  to  the  property  or  policies  of  Insurance  which  may  such  Employee  should  not  be  employed  because  right  herein  reserved  by  the  various  Employers  come  into  their  custody  or  under  their  control  pursuant  to  this  Plan  as  Trustees  thereof  for  who  subscribe  to  this  instrument.  of  his  physical  condition.  3.  All  Trustees  and  alternate  Trustees  shall  proper  uses  and  purposes  and  with  the  powers  ARTICLE  IV  obtain fidelity  bonds in  equal amounts  and  to be  and  duties  herein  set  forth.  The  Alternate  Trus­ Appointment  of  Trustees  secured  by  such  surety  companies  as  shall  be  tees  hereby  agree  to  accept  the  obligations  and  ^ ;  1.  The  operation  and  administration  of  the  determined  by  the  Trustees.  The  Trustees  shall,  perform  the duties  of  a  Trustee  when  called  up­ Plan shall be the joint responsibility of  the three  from  time  to  time,  review  the  amount  of  said  on  to  act  as  a  Trustee.  ;  Trustees  appointed  by  the  Employers  and  the  bonds  as  compared  with  the  total  of  the  Fund  6. All Trustees and alternate Trustees shall Timtees  a  by  the  Union.  The  and  shall  reqiure  adjustmimts  as. appropriate.  be appointed to serve for the duration of this ' iployers  shall  appoint <an  alternate trustee  for  ­  4.  In  all  m^ings  of  the  Trustees/four  ahaJI  trust. After/the expiraiaon pf the initijail terid; ! Employer  Trustee  who  shall  have,  full  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  traHS^ftitidn  of  busl­ (Omfinued trti Page �,^.,„  'C^;jV ^layj  16^­1S50  •  •  • ' ''•   ^  e  T H M  s i^ A  F A R  New  York  In  A  Shipping  Sluinp,  Thinks It Might Even Get  Worse  ....  '•   • • '  ' • "  THE  CONTRACT  IS  THE  DIFFERENCE  Br  JOE  ALGINA  C  Page'I^t"­'!  ]m  Only  Payoffs  —  No  Ships  Sign  In  Port  Bostoii  NEW  YORK—Shipping  wasn't  There  is  a  trial  which  began  what  we'd  like  to  call  good  in  this  week  here  in  New  York  By  BEN  LAWSON  this  port  during  the  past  two  wherein  a  motorman  on  the  BOSTON—^The  activfty Hn  this  weeks.  We  suffered  the  loss  of  Long  Island  Railroad  is  charged  port  during  the  past  days  had  a  couple  of  more  active  Robin  with  manslaughter  in  the  wreck  been  confined  to  payoffs  with  Line  ships.  That  company  how  last  winter  that  cost  the  lives  of  no  sign­ons  taking  place.­  We  has  four  lying  idle.  Overall  it  33  passengers.  The  accident  oc­ paid  off  the  Ann  M^ie,  Bull­ looks  like  shipping  is  going  to  curred  at  a  spot  where  the  rail­ the  Wanda,  Epiphany  Tankers;  get  worse  before  it  will  get  bet­ road  was  building  an  overpass  the  Winter  Hill,  Cities  Service,­ ter.  This  week  Xsthmi^  delivers  and  the  railroad  was  using  one  and  the  Couer  d'Alene  Victory,  the  last  of ­  its  chartered  ships  to  temporary  track  for  two­way  Victory  Carriers.  the  Maritime  Commission,  so  traffic.  Two  trains  collided  head­ In­transit  we  handled  the  Ro­ that company  can't lose  any more  on  and  now  the  motorman  of  bin  Sherwood,  Robin  Line;  the  ships.  One  is  facing  a  long , prison  sent­ La  Salle  and  Azalea  City,  Wa­.  We  did  have  some  ships  in  ence  if  convicted.  terman,  and  the  Meredith  Vic­ port  recently,  and  though  they  The  railroad  itself  is  bankrupt  tory,  St.  Augustine  Victory  and  sound  like  an  impressive  num­ and  run­do­wn  and  took  almost  Steel  Vendor,  Isthmian.  The;  ber,  the  number  of  men  sent  out  no  safety  precautions  to  prevent  Vendor  had  some  beefs  which  wasn't  too  great.  The  ships were:  an  accident,  yet  no  one  has  are  going  to  be  settled  in  a  few­ Claiborne,  Fairisle,  Chickasaw,  pointed  the  finger  at  the  fail­ days  at  the  port  of  payoff.  Other­ Golden  City,  Warhawk,  Raphael  road  for  negligence.  Instead  a  than  that  all  the  vessels  were  S«rimes  and  Hurricane,  Water­ poor  working  stiff,  a  man  who  in  smart  shape.  man;  Steel  Rover,  Steel  Appren­ has  worked  for  the  company  for  I  know  that  Seafarers  in  all  tice,  Steel  Artisan,  St.  Augustine  27  years,  is  going  to  be  made  ports  will  be  saddened  to  hear  Victory,  Steel  Vendor,  Isthmian;  to  shoulder  the  entire  blame,  if  of  the death  of  Delancie W.  Hun­ Frances,  Marina,  Elizabeth, Puer­ any  is  to  be  found.  It  sounds  ter,  who  was  killed  while  work­ Well  able  to  appreciate  the  benefits  of  a  Union  contract  to Rico,  Suzanne,  Kathrjm,  BuU;  like  another  working  stiff  is  be­ Robin  Goodfellow,  Robin  Trent,  ing  made  the  scapegoat  for  a  govmning  wages  and  working  conditions.  Kenneth  Bryant  Robin  Mowbray,  Robin;  Seatrain  company  which  refuses  to  face  sti&es  SIU's  general  agreement.  Now  an  SIU  book  man,  New  York;  Algonquin  Victory,  its  responsibility  to  the  public.  Bryant  had  his  taste  of  sailing  without  a  contract  aboard  St  Lawrence  Navigation  Co.;  . There  was  another  case  re­ Cities  Service's  Winter  Hill  in  the  pre­Union  days.  In  fact,  he  Lake  George,  U.  S.  Petroleum  cently  here  in  the  city  where  Carriers;  John  Stagg,  Mar­Trade;  the  brakes  failed  on  a  bus  and  was  fired  for  union  activity.  He  since  has  sailed  on  the  SS  Nathaniel  Palmer,  Palmer  Ship­ a  smash­up  occurred.  The  bus  John  Hanson.  "What  a  difference  a  contradt  makes,"  observed  ping  Co.  company  yelled  that  the  driver  Ken.  "No  fear  of  being  fired,  and  you  get  top  wages,  condi­ was  guilty, yet all­the  passengers  tions,  and  representafion."  •   NICE  JOB  Recently  we  received  a  copy  testified  that  the  driver  worked  of  the  newspaper  the  crew  of  frantically  to stop  the  bus  before  the  Del  Norte  is  putting  out.  the  crash.  The  ccmipany  didn't  ing  aboard  the  Yarmouth.  Hun­ Titled  the  "Navigator,"  the  pa­ take any chances.  It took  the  bus  ter  was  Chief  Electrician  on  the  per  carries  a  lot  of  choice  ship­ to  its  garages  and  had  its  own  mechanics  "inspect"  the  bus  be­ Yarmouth  at  the  time  of  his  fore  the  police  were  allowed  to  death.  Several  Brothers  and  I  By  GAL  TANNER  give  it  the  once  over.  Yet  in  went  up  to  Stowe,  Mass.,  to  pay  "  spite  of  incidents  like  this  there  MOBILE­—Shipping  in  the  port  R.  Abernathy,  E.  Webb,  C.  Sey­ our  last  respects.  Del  was  52  at  are  still  people  who  say  unions  of  Mobile  for  the  last  couple  of  mour,  F.  Pollard,' W.  Richardson,  the  time  of  his  death  and  will  are  unnecessary,  "the  company  weeks  was  fair  with  approxi­ J.  Burrowes,  H.  Henderson.  be'  greatly  missed  by  his  mmay  '  will  take  care  of  me."  Yeah,  ten  mately  eighty,  bookmen  and  friends  in  the  SIU.  The  Brothers  in  .the  Mobile  to  twenty  years.  nine  permitmen  shipped  for  the  Marine  hospital  the  last  two  The  only  Seafarer  currently  two­week  period.  weeks include  the following,  Tim  bedding down  in the  Marine  Hos­^  We  had  a  total  of  seven  pay­ Burke,  J.  Bennett,  E.  L.  ZedakOr,  pital  here  is  Frank  Alasavich,  ­ offs  and  six  sign­ons  plus  two  A.  Nelson,  J.  Morton,  F.  Ed­ and  the  report  I  get  t.'­om  the  hospital  is that  he's coming  along  ships  in­transit.  monds.  No  SIU  Crew  is to  pay  off  fine  and  will  be  out  beiore  long.  Ships  paying  off,"  aU  in  good  any  ship  until  the  crew's  shape,  were  the  Fairport,  Mon­ quarters  and  mpiipment  are  Late Brother  board  and  marine  news  of  in­ as clean as any Seafarer likes  arch  of  the  Seas,  Kyska,  Morn­ ing  Light,  Wild  Ranger,  Water­ terest  to  all  Seafarers,  not  only  to find  a  ship  when  he first  man;, and  the  Clipper  and. Roam­ the crewmembers  of  the big  Mis­ goes  aboard.  Patrolmen have  er  of  Alcoa.  sissippi  passenger  ship.  The  crew  been  instructed  thai  the  deserves  a  round  of­ applause for  crew's  quarters  must  be  id)­ ­  Ships  signing  on  were  the  Clipper  and  Roamer,  Wild  Ran­ the  fine  job  it  is  doing  in  bring­ solutely  clean  before  a  pay­ ger,  City J?f  Alma,  Fairport,  Mon­ ing  to  the  Seafarers  one  more  off  wUl  be  aiiowed.  Please  arch  of  the­Seas,  Morning  Light,  means  of  knitting  the  members  cooperate  with  your  officials  By  JEFF  MORRISON  of  Waterman.  into a compact  organization. Let's  «in carrying out  this  member­ Ships  in­transit  for  the  pe­ SAN  FRANCISCO—During the  see  more  ships  follow  the  Del  ship  order.  riod  were  the  Azalea  City  of  past  two  weeks  we  shipped  but  Norte's  lead.  Waterman  and  the  Steel  Scien­ nincr  men,,  which  makes  this  tist;  Isthmian.  probably  our  worst  period  since  While  shipping  has  picked  up  we  opened  for  business  out  here.  a  little  bit,  there  hasn't  been  We  did  not  sign  on  or  pay  off  enough  Of  it  to  feel  the  differ­ a  single  ship,  but  in  transit  we  ence—ioid ­we  still have  an  over­ handled  eight  ships,  the  Lonp  all  beach >of  two  hundred  book­ Jack,  Cities  Service;  John  Bi  men and  134  permit  men.  Waterman,  Hastings  and  Fair­ By  E.  M.  BRYANT  We  have  two  ships  that  are  land,  Waterman;  Marymar  and  Pennmar,  Calmar;  the  Steel  Sea^  SAVANNAH  ­r­  Shipping  has  off  so  that  replacements  can  be  expected  to  take  practically  full  crews  in  the  next  two  weeks­ farer.  Isthmian,  and  the  North­ been  on  the  upgrade  in  this  port  sent..  western  Victory, Victory  Carriers.  for  the  past  two  weeks.  As  a  Seafarers  in  this  port  were  the  Roamer  and  the  Kyska,  This week­end we'll do a differ­ matter  of  fact,  job  opportunities  saddened  by  the  news  last  week  which  is  being  pulled  off  the  express  coastwise  run  and  is  be­ ent  kind  of  shipping.  We're  mov­ were  above  average  for  the  port.  that  Brother  C.  W.  McCraw  was  ing  put  on  the  European  run.  Mrs.  Carl  Reiss.  who  sub­ ing  our  rig  out  of  these  quarters  Men  were dispatched  to  the  SS  killed  in  an  auto  wreck,on  the  milted to  Ihe  LOG  Ihe  above  Well,  the  bids  on  the  furni­ into  the  new  SUP  building.  From  Jean,  Bull;  SS  Southwind,  and  night  of  June  5  and  was  buried  SS  Southport,  South  Atlantic,  on  June  8.  The  SIU  sent  a  ture  and  equipment  for  the  sec­ photograph  of  her  late  hus­ tomorrow  (June  17)  on  we'll  be  ond  deck  (recreation  deck)  are  band,  wishes  to  express  her  located  at  450  Harrison  Street,  and  to  the  SS  Julesberg,  Term­ wreath  to  the  fimeral.  being  sent  in  to  Headquarters  gratitude  and  heartiest  thanks  Room  100.  ini Tankers.  The  drive  of  the  AFL  Team­ this  week,  and  in  the  near  fu^  to  the  crew,  friends  and  Mas­ The  boys  here  on  the  beach  At  the  moment,  the  only  ships  sters  to  imionize  the  Yellow  Cab  ter  of  the  SS  Kyska  for'  the  ture  we  should  be  able  to  relax  are  going  to  lend  us  a  hand  in  scheduled  for  arrival  in  the  com­ Company  is  making  strides.  Lat­ ing  two­week  period  are  the  est  reports  have  it  that 68  of  the  between  calls  in  our  air­condi­ kindness and  generosity  shown  making  the  switch  and  setting  in  the  death  of  her  husband.  up  the  new  headquarters.  So,  if  Steel  Traveler,  Isthmian,  and  69  men  in  the  cab fleet  are now  tioned  recreation  hall.  Brother  Reiss,  a  icmgtime  you  boys  see  M.  Pennington,  J.  These  bids  were  secured  from  the  Fairisle,  Waterman,  carrying  union  books.  of  the  SIU,  was  Chief  Otto,  H.  Chads'  or  F=  Andregg  the major  dealers  in Onlce  equip­ Two  of  our  Brothers  are  in  ment  and  furniture  stores  in Mo­ Electrleian  aboard  tlw  Water­ with  callouses  on  their  hands;  IN­TRANSITS  Of  course,  we  will  have­  had  the  Savannah  Marine  Hospital.  bile and,  on approval  from Head­ man ship  Kyska at the  time of  you'll  know  the  reason  why.  few  Waterman  ships  h i 11 in g  They  are  J.  (Chubby)  Morris and  quarters,. we  will  buy  the  need­ his  death  on  March  19.  Many  They  came  from  honest  unioL  Seafarers  will  remember  Reiss  labor.  ,.fockspnville  and  Charleston  in  Candy  Creech.  Both  are  reported  ed  equipment.  •   .  .  as  doing  fine.  as  a  frequent  contributor  of  Some  of  the men  on  the  beach  jtransit.  Incident^y,'  it  is  up  to  That's  all  for  now,  here'^ hop­ ^e  delegates  of  those  ships  to  That's  all  for  now.  .  More  in  are:  F.  Fullbright,  R.  Dorgan,  timely  articles  to  the  SEA­ ing  the  change  of  address  will  A.  Smith,  W.  Palmer,  D.  Baiia, j  FARERS  LOG.  riotify, tliis  Hall  whien  a  man gets  the  next  issue.  ,  change  our  luck  in  shipping.  •  Sttght  Pkk­Up'la  Port  Mobile  Does  Not  Affect  Men  On  Beach  Notice To Crews  Frisco  Branch  Will  Move  Inb  New  SUP  Hail  To­Week Report Finds Savepnah  A).vfy,r. •  ­ m  •  �S "  Pago  six  T  HE  S k A E  A HER S  t 6 G  Fxi&^ Atiif  16;  TBE MEMBEBSBIP SPEAKS  I­'  Social  Life  On  Coral  Sea  Brightens  Routine  Voyage  SEXTET  FROM  THE  CLAIBORNE  And  last,  but  not  the  least,  A1  de  Forrest,  a  regular  oldtimer  ;  "  Now  this  could  be  a  tale  of  in  the  SlU,  who  is  in  charge  woe and  troubles,  which,  I  grant,  of  the  stewpot  on  this  scow.  are  many  during  various  stages  By  the  way,  we  ran  into  old  Of  this  particular  trip.  But  who  Bill  Higgs  and  his  gang  ashore  in  hell  cares  to  read  about  an­ in  Honolulu.. They  were  aboard  other  man's  troubles?  I  know  I  the  Mankato  Victo^,  heading  don't.  for  Yokohama,  too.  Thanks  for  It  is  old  home  week  on  this  the  drinks.  Bill.  tnisty little  Liberty  (I  have other  "Big  John"  Wunderlich.  Jr.  aames  for  this  gentle  little  Lady,  "  II   SS  Coral  Sea  but  I  am  afraid  they  would  be  unprintable).  We  have  Joe  Baron  as  a  Wiper.  His  imitations  of  a  Certain  character  provides  mirth  _0n  a  very  monotonous  voyage.  LUCKY  IN  CARDS  Abe  Ellis  is  our  Ship's  Dele­ gate;  the  man  of  luck  with  the  cards. Sure  wish I  had that  much  To  the  Editor:  luck  in my  amorous  affairs.  But  1  hardly  know  how  to  tell  you  that  is  another  story.  I  have  about  the  big  surprise  we  re­ turned  over  a  new  leaf  in  the  ceived  on  Easter  Mollday  morn­ book  of  life  since  I  got  married  ing.  '  Crewmen  of  the  Waterman  freighter  pause  for photo  between rotmds  of  foamy  lager  at  USS  to the  best  gal  south  of  the  Ma­ Sjx  or  seven  fine  yoimg  men  piub  in  Bremerhaven.  Germany,  during  recent  stopoVer.  Left  to  right:  K.  Puchalski,  DM:  J.  J.  son­Dixon  line.  crewmembers  of  the  SS  Lake  Grellon,  DM;  A.  A.  Murphy,  AB;  R.  Ruppert,  AB;  G.  Broxton,  Bosun,  and  John  Alstatt,  AB.  By  the  time  you  get  this  let­ George,  brought  a  generous  do­ ter,  I  expect  to  be  a  very  proud  nation  of  various  commodities,  father.  Say,  maybe  it  will ' be  such  as  cereals  and  vegetables  twins—or  triplets.  Who  knows  to  us.  the  strange  ways  oL Nature?  wear  and  sox  become  a  big  We  realize  that  the  Union  is  We  have  approximately  50  To  the  Editor:  Freeman  is  an  AB  on  the  little  children  in  our  home  so  item  on  the  budget.  not  an  insurance  company  nor  twelve  to  four,  so  is Red  Tallak­ we  want  you  to  know  that  mere  In  accordance  with  the  unani­ We  do  not  enjoy  the  benefits  a  charitable  institution.  However,  sen.  Not forgetting  Buddy  Baker,  words  cannot  give  full  expres­ mous  vote  of  the  SlU  Brothers  hospitals  in  cities  give  insofar  we  would  appreciate  it  if  these  who  is  the  DM.  Yours  truly,  as  sion  to  our  grateful  hearts  for  hospitalized  at  Fort  Stanton,  this  as  visiting  organizations  are  con­ requests  would  be  brought  up  is  a  request  that  the  weekly  cerned  because  of  our  isolated  usual,  is  getting  a  few  more  this  donation.  for  action  by  the  membership  at  benefits  of  three  dollars  be  in­ location.  We have  a  welfare com­ a general meeting.  gray, hairs as  the  Bosun,  who al­ G6OD  EXAMPLE  creased  to five  dollars.  ways  worries  more  than  neces­ mittee  that  represents  all  the  Donald  McDonald  We find  that  three  dollars  in­ patients  but  at  present  this  or­ We  hope  that  many  others  will  sary about  the forthcoming  bless­ Delegate  share  in  the  good  example  of  sufficient  when  you figure  cig­ ganization  is  not  functioning  too  ed  event  in  his  family.  Fort  Stanton  Marine  And,  of  course,  no  gang  out  the  young  men,  thereby  helping  arettes,  stationary;  stamps,  toilet  well.  Hospital  of  Tampa  would  be  complete  to  make  the  boys  and  girls  of  articles,  etc.,  as  necessities.  We  without  Bob  Keller.' His  crib­ today  the  men  and  women  of  also  request  that  the  donations  which  are sent every  two months  bage  playing  is  still  up  among  character  of  tomorrow.  be  sent  every  month  and  in­ the  champions.  He  has  several  May  1  extend  our  sincere  creased  if  possible.  worthwhile  opponents  on  board  thanks  to  the  members  of  the  The  situation  is  different  here  too.  SS  Lake  George  crew  and  may  a  job?  Yes,  most  assuredly  they  than  in  other  hospitals.  One? you  To  the  Editor:  1  mention  that  while  the  Sea­ GOOD­LOOKER  I'  would  like  to  discuss  the  so­ do—^but  not  to  another  man's  are  placed  in  the  ambulatory  You  all  know  "The  Best  farers  are  away  from  home  and  called  compulsory  vacation  plan,  job.  No  man  has  any  moral  or  section,  or.  zn  we  call  it,  "on^  Dressed  Man  About  Town"—sure  on  the  stormy  waters,  the  pray­ the  hill,"  you  wear  your  own  the  most  evil  plan  that  has  ever  legal  right  to  give .up his  job  in  ers  of  the  Sisters  and  girls  of  enough  we  have  Red  Palmer  been  considered  in  the  history  order  tha^t  an  unemployed  man  clothes.  With  us,  too.  When  he  heard  I  St.  Mary's  Home  in  Jacksonville,  of  the  SlU.  All discussions  for  or  may  get  it.  THINGS  CHANGE  was  mentioning  him,  he  told  me  follow  them  always.  against  the  plan  to  date  have  Let's  look  into  the  matter  as  to  say  he  is  the  taU,  debonair,  May  their  last  port  be  that  of  After  a  long  stay  in  the  hos­ overlooked  the  basic  issues  of  to why  these so­called  unemploy­ heavenly  joy  and  happiness.  pital,  the  clothes  you  thought  hwdsome  type.  this  question.  ed  seamen  are  ynemployed.  Sister  M.  Stanislaus,  you  had  are  pretty  well shot  and  The  plan  is  immoral,  uncon­ There  are  thousands  of  men  even  small  things  such  as  under­ Superior  SUGGESTS  RELIEF  stitutional  and  brings  distress  to  who  are  seamen  today  who  nev­ St.  Mary's  Home  man's  job  security  and,  conse­ er  would  have  become  seamen  JOBS BE VOLUNTARY  Jacksonville,  Fla.  quently,  his  livelihood.  Let's  ex­ had  it  not  been  for  the  war.  A  Waterman  Co.  Praised  TO AID  SHIPPING  amine  closely  the  vacation  plan  large  proportion  of  the  ships  For  Providing  Free  in  this  light.  On The Texas  that  these  men  sailed  are  now  To  the  Editor:  Passage To Snug Harbor  1.  It  is  immoraL  Man  receives  in  the  graveyards—and  under­ .  For  the  past  two  months,  this  his right  to  work  from  his  crea­ standably  so.  To  the  Editor:  compulsory  vacation  issue  has  tor,  hence,  a  man's  right  to  his  Now  if  under present  economic  been  kicking  around.  Now  I'd  We,  the  crewmembers  of  the  job  is  a  natural,  inalienable,  and  conditions,, the maritime  industry  like  to  piit  in  my  two  cents­ SS  Topa  Topa,  wish  to  thank  inviolable  right.  can  absorb  100,000  seamen,  us­ worth.  Recently'  1  spent  four  the  Waterman  Steamship  Corpo­ 2.  It  is  unconstitutional.  1  ing  a  hypothetical figure,  it  is  months  on  the  beach  before  1  ration  for  their  policy  of  provid­ herein  refer  to  the  Constitution  irrational  to  expect  the  industry  •   shipped  out.  At  that  1  had  to  ing  free  passage,  when  available,  of  the  United  States.  to  absorb  150,000  men.  take  the  last  rating  in  the  de­ to  old  seamen  who  are  traveling  3.  It  brings  distress  to  a  man's  The  solution;  then  is  obvious.  partment  I  sail  in.  east  to  enter  Snug  Harbor.  job  security.  There  is  no  job  se­ Those  who find  shipping  a  bit  After  such  a  waiting  period,  Some  of  the  retired  seamen  curity  if  a  man  is  told  he  can  tight  should  look  elsewhere  for  any  seaman  with  a  family  is  are  unable  to  pay  for  their  work  only  a  certain  length  of  a  job.  This  advice  is  especially  Weed  to  be  in  a hole  for  a long  transportation  to  New  York,  and  time  and  then  is  told  he  must  applicable  to  that  large  group  time.  1  realize  there  is  a  short­ Waterman's  providing  their  stop  work  and  look  for  another  of  young  men  whose  reason  for  age  of  jobs.  But  compulsory  va­ transportation  is  a fine  gesture.  job.  This  brings  distress  not  becoming  seamen  is  due  to  the  cations  will  only  help 90  percent  On  this  voyage  from  the  west  only  to  a  man  but  to his  fahiily.  war,  rather  than  any  choice  on  of  the  membership  who  are' ben­ coast  passage  was  provided  for  The  Union,^ since  its  inception  their  own  part.  efitting  by ..the  present  policy.  an  aged  member  of  the  Sailors  has  protected  its  members  from  The  vicious  compulsory  vaca­ But  the  10  percent  will  suffer  Union  of  the  Pacific,'' and  during  being  arbitrarily  dismissed  by  tiqn  plan,  wherein  a  man  loses  more.  the  entire  trip  he  was  accorded  the  operators,  but  under  the  in­ his  job,  should  not  even  be  put  I  suggest  that  the  shipping  the  same  treatment  given  the  famous vacation  plan,  the  Union;  up  for  a  vote  by.  the  member­ rules  be  amended  so  that  reli^  Joe  Winstead,  Watertender  paying  passengers.  in  effect,  will  be  doing  the  very  ship,  for  the  sinq>le  reason  that  trips  will  be  put  on a voluntary  on  the  Seatrain  Texas,  U  one  Again  we  wish  to .'eii^ress  our  thing  it  prevents  ship  operators  the.  plan  violates  the  natural,  basis  ­until  conditions  change.  I  of  the  Seafarers  who  have  thanks  to Waterman  and  its offi­.  from doing.  God­given  right  of  .  mdividuals  believe  this,  will  solve  slow  hecn  whipping  that  scow  into  cial for­ their  most  worHiy. policy.  The  question  has  been ­ raised:  to  decide  whether  or  not  they  shipping.  shiqie.  All  hands  report  ceope­ Chart**  J.  hitt^by  "Don't  the  unemployed: seamen  .wish, their  jobs.  .  Claud*  nshar  ration  is  iirst­rat*.  Ship's  D*l*gat*  on  the  beach  have  a  right  to  Edwin C.  Robp  :.  To  the  Editor:  Lake George Crew  Aids Orphans  In Florida Home  Ft. Stanton Men Ask Increase In Benefits  Roop  Says  Vacation  Rule  Would  Violate  Basic  Rights  �Friday. Jone 16. 1850  THE  SEAEAkERS  Li)G  'a  Text  Of  NLRB's  Settlement  Stipulation  o R  p E II  Printed  on  these  pages  are  the  pertinent  por­ to  the  NLRB  in  Washington  for  approval,  fol­ Cities  3ervi^  Oil  Company  of  Pennsylvania  tions of  the Settlement  Stipulation  drawn  up  by  lowing  which  the  New  York  Regional  Office  oS  ;|  (Marine: .Oivisi<m),  hei«m called  the Company, its  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  and  agreed  the  NLRB  will  take  steps  toward  enforcing  the  officers,'  representatives,  agents,  successors  and  to  by  Cities  Service  Oil  Company  and  CTMA.  Order.  At  that  time  Cities  Service  must  post  ossigns, shall:  The Stipulation, in effect, is a  complete surrender  Appendix "D" of  the Order  in  all  of  its ship  and  1. Cease and  Desist  from:  (a)  Interrogating  its  employees  concerning  and  admission  of  guilt  to  all  charges  leveled  at  shore  installations,  and  begin  the  payment  of  these  two  organizations  during  the  past  four  damages  to  the  151  men  named  in  the  Order,  their  union  affiliations;  years by  the SIU.  and  restore  to  employment  those  eligible.  (b)  Warning its employees to refrain from as­ Omitted  from  publication  here  in  the  interest  Final  approval  of  the  Order  is  expected' in  sisting, becoming  members of  or remaining mem­ of  saving  space  are  the  inlrbductipn,  a  lengthy  b^s  of  the  Seafarers  Ihtematiomd  Union  of  explanation  in  legal  terminology  outlining  the  about  two  weeks,  at  which  time  the  New  York  "  North  America,  A.F.  of  L.,  or  any  other  labor  case: Appendix  A, which lists the charges against  NLRB  office  will  begin  interviewing  the  men  organization;  the  company;  and  Appendices  B  and  C,  which  named  in  the  Order.  In  the  next  issue  of  the  (c)  Warning  its  employees  to  assist,  become  State  the  names  of  the  men  who  have  brought  SEAFARERS  LOG  the  names  of  the  men  wiU  members  of  or  remaining  members  of  the  Gitco  chargea  against  the  company.  be printed with  full instructions as  to what  steps  Tanker  Men's Association, or  any other  labor  or­ The  Stipulation,  signed  on  June  12,  now  goes  to  take  in  settling  their  cases.  ganization;  .  ­ <d)  Making promises of  benefit to its employ­ (d)  Offer  to  those  individuals  named "in "Ap­ es  to  cause  them  to  join  or  assist  the  Citco  emp.loyees,  or  in  any  other  mminer  discriminat­ ing  in  regard  to  hire  or  tenure  of  employment,  pendix  C"  immediate  employment  in  the  posi­ Tanker  Men's  Association,  or  any  other  labor  or­any  other  terms or  conditions  of  employment,  tions  in  which  they  would  have  been  employed  organization;  because  of  non­membership  in  or  refusal  to  en­ had  the  Company  not  discriminated  against  (e)  Threatening  its employees  with discharge  gage  in  activity  on  behalf  of  any  such  labor  or­ them,  or  in  substantially  equivalent  positions;  or  other  reprisals if  they  join  or  assist  the Se­ (Ed.  Note:  The  Order  here  refers  to  the  seven  farers  International  Union  of  |^orth  America,  ganization;  men refused  employment  by Cities  Service because  (n)  Discouraging  membership  in  Seafarers  A.F.  of  L.,  or  any  other  labor  organization,  or  of  membership  in  the  SIU.)  refuse  to  join  or  assist  the  Citco  Tanker  Men's  International Union  of  North America,  A.F. of  L.,  (e)  Make  whole  the  employees  named  in  or  any  other  labor  organization of  its employees  Association,  or  any  other  labor  organization;  by refusing to  hire or  by  discharging  or  refusing  "Appendix B" for  any loss of  pay  they may  have  HANDS  OFF  SIU  LITERATURE  to reinstate any  of  its employees  or  in  any man­ suffered ­ by  reason  of  the  discrimination  against  ­ (f)  Interfering  with  the circulation  of  imion  ner discriminating  in  regard  to hire or  tenure  of  them  by  payment  to  each  of  them  of  a  sum  of  ^terature  and  engaging  in  the  destruction  of  emplo3rment,  because of  membership  in  or  activ­ money  equal  to  that  which  would  have  been  earned  as  wages  from  the  dates  of  their  respec­ union  literature for  the  purpose  of  discouraging  ity on t«half  of  any such labor  organization;  membership  in  Seafarers  International  Union  of  <o)  Reusing  to  bargain  collectively  with  the  tive­  di^harges,  to  the ,dates  of  the  Company's  North  America,  A.F.  of  L.,  or  any  other  labor  Seafarers  International  Union  of  North  America,  offer  of  reinstatement,  less  their  net  eamuigs  organization,  or  encouraging  member^ip  in  the  A.F. of  L.,  by  making the  withdrawal of  charges  dxiring  such  periods;  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association  or  any  other  filed  with  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  a  PAY  FOR  JOB  SNUB  labor  organization;  condition  precedent  to  the signing  of  a  collective  (f)  Make  whole  the  employees  named  in  (g)  Keeping  under  observation  and  surveil­ bargaining agreement;  "Appendix C" for  any  loss of  pay  they may  have  ,  lance the  meeting  places,  meetings and  activities  (p)  Refusing  to  bargain  collectively  with  the  suffered  by  reason  of  the  discrimination  agairist  of  the  Seaf^ers  International  Union  of  North  Seafarers  International  Union of  North  America,  them  by  payment  to  each  of  them  of  a  sum  of  America, A.F, of  L., or  any other  labor  organiza­ AF.. of  L., or  its representatives as  the exclusive  money  equal  to  that  which  would  have  been  tion,  or  the concerted  activities of  its employees  representative of  all of  its ^ployees in  the  bar­ earned  as  wages from  the date  of  the  respective  for  the  purpose  of  selfrprganization  or  improve­ gamlng  vmits  described  below,  with  respect  to  refusals  to  hire  to  the  date  of  the  Company's  ment  of  working  conditions;  rates of  pay, hours of  employment, or  other  con­ offer of  employment, less  their  net  earnings dur­ (h)  Engaging in espionage  over  the activities  ditions of  employment. The  bargaining  unit, con­ ing  such  periods;  of  the  Seafarers  International  Unipn  of  North  sists  oi  the  following:  (g)  Upon  request, .bargain  collectively  with  America, A.F. of  L., or  any other labor  organiza­ the Seafarers  International  Union  of  North  Am­ ENTIRE  FLEET  UNIT  tion, or  the  concerted  activities  of  its  employees  erica,  A.F.  of  L.,  as  the exclusive  representative  The  Company's  unlicensed  personnel  aboard  for  the~ purpose  of  self­organization  or  improve­ the vessels  SS  Council  Grove, SS  French  Creek,  of  all of  its employees in  the bargaining  unit de­ ment of  working conditions;  scribed  below  with  respect  to  rates  of  pay,  (i)  Restricting  and  interfering  with  the  use  BS  Logan's  Fori,  SS  Abiqua,  SS  Cantigny,  SS  wages,  hours  of  employment,  or  other  conditions  of  the  radio  facilities  pf  its  vessels  by  its  em"  Cbiwawa,  SS  PaolL  SS  Royal  Oak,  SS  Govern­ of  employment.  The  bargaining  unit  consists  of  ployees for  the  purpose of  discouraging  raembm?­ ment  CaBip,  SS  Fori  Hbskins,  SS  Salem  Mari­ the  following:  ship  in  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  time,  SS  Bent's  Fori,  SS  Bradford  Island,  SS  The  Company's  unlicensed  personnel  aboard  North  America,  A.F.  of  L.,  or  any  other  labor  Wluter HUh  SS Archer's Hop© and  SS Lon© Jack,  including  deck and  engine employees,  machinists  the  vessels  SS  Council  Grove,  SS  French  Creek,  organization;  *  '  SS  Logan's  Fori,  SS  Abiqua,  SS  Cantigny,  SS  (j)  Conducting  polls  of  its  employe^  to  de^  and  pumpmen,  but  excluding  stewards,  boat­ Chiwawa,  SS  Paoli,  SS  Royal  Oak,  SS  Govern­ termine  whether  they  desire  a  rotary Vacation  swains,  pmrsers,  radio  operators,  and  supervisors  ment  Camp,  SS  Fort  Hoskins,  SS  Salem  Mari­ plan or  any other  condition of  employment  with­ as defined in  the Act.  2. Take the  following  affirmative  action  to  ef­ time,  SS  Bent's  Fort,  SS  Bradford  Island,  SS  out  the  prior  agreement  of  the  collective  bar­ fectuate  the  policies  of  the  National  Labor  Re­ Winter Hill, SS Archer's Hope and SS Lone Jack,  gaining  representative  of  its employees;  including  deck  and  engine  employees,  machinists  lations Act:  END  VIOLENCE  THREATS"  (a)  Withhold  all  recognition  from  Citco  and  pumpmen,  but  excluding  stewards,  boat­ (k)  In  any  other  manner  engagir^  in  any  Tanker  Men's  Association  as  the  representative  swains,  pursers,  radio  operators,  and  supervisors  threats  or  acts  of  violence,  intimidation  or  re­ of  any  of  its employees  as  defined  in  Section  2  as  defined  in  the  Act.  prisal,  or  making  any  promise  of  benefits  ifcp,  or  (3) of  the Act for the purpose of  dealing'with the  (h)  Post  in  conspicuous  places  in  its  Sea­ in  any, manner  restraining  or  coercing  its  em­ Company  with  respect  to  grievances,  wages,  men's  Rooms  at  70  Pine  Street,  New  York,  New  ployees  in  the  exercise  of  their  right  to self­or­ homrs  of  employment,  or  any  other  terms  or  York,  the  offices  of  all  shipping  agents  of  the  ganization, to formi  join, or  assist labor organiza­ conditions  of  employment;  Company,  and  aboard  all  vessels  operated  by  tions,  to  bargain  collectively  through  representa­ (b)  Completely  disestablish  Citco  Tanker  the  Company,  including  all  places  where  notices  tives  of  their  own  choosing,  and  to  eng^S  ih  Men's Association  as the representative  of  any  of  to  employees  are  customarily  posted,  copies  of  other  concerted  activities for the  purpose  of  col;  its  employees  within  the  meaning  of  Section  2  the  Notice  attached hereto  and  marked  "Appen­ lective  bargaining,  or  other  mutual  aid  or  pro­ (3) of  the Act for the purpose­of  dealing with the  dix D."^  Copies of  said  Notice,  to be  furnished by  tection, and  to refrain from  any or all such activ­ Company  with  respect  to  grievances,  labor  dis­ the  Regional  Director  for  the  Second  Region,  ities as  guaranteed  in  Section  7  of  the Act;  putes, wages, rates  of  pay, hours of  employment,  shall, after  being duly signed  by a  representative  (1)  Dominating  or  interfering  with  the  ad­ or  other  conditions  of  employment,  and  not  rec­ of  the  Company,  be  posted  immediately  upon  ministration  qf  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association,  ognize it  or any successor  thereto for  any  of  the  (Continued  on  Page  8) ­ or  with  the  formation  or  administration  of  any  above purposes;  '  other  labor  organization  of  its  employees,  or  (c)  Offer  to  those  employees  listed  in  "Ap­ 1 In  the event  this  Order  is enforced  by  a  Decree  of  the  United  States  Court  of  Appeals,  there  shall' be  from  contributing, support  to Citco Tanker  Men's  pendix  B"  immediate  and  full  reinstatement  to  inserted  before  the  words  "A  Decision  and  Order"  Association, or  to any  other  labor  organization;  ^ their foSier  or substantially  equivalent  positions  the  woi­ds  "A  Decree  of  the ­United  States  Court  of  ; (m)  Encouraging  membership in  Citco  Tank­ without  prejudice  to  their  seniority  and  other  Appeals  Enforcing....  er Men's Association  or any. other labor  organim­ rights  and  privileges;  (EA  Th©  which tiie  Company  mai4  |  |  •  .  .  post, reserved  to here as  Appendix  D, is  printed in  tion  of  its  ertipioyees  by  refn^g  to  hire  or  by  (BA  Ncite:^ Thu f»f©rs ])»  144 men^d^  full  at  the end  of  the  OMer.)  discharging  or  refusing  to  reinstate  any  of  its  from  Cities  Service  ships  for  union  activities.)  ,  r*  '.1:'  �Im ­E ­  Wi .A F  R s  t  r,  JuB*  le, i(  the Citco Tanker Men's  Association,  or any  other  collective  bargaining  representative  of  our  em­ (Continued from  Paie 7)  receipt  thereof  and  maintainei  by  them  for  a  labor  organization;  ployees;  period  of  sixty  (60)  consecutivp  days  thereafter.  WE  WILL  NOT threaten  our  employees  with  WE WILL  NOT in any  other manner engage in  Reasonable  steps shall  be  takeri  by  the  Company  discharge  or  other  reprisals  if  they  join  or  assist  any  threats  or  actS; of  violence,  intimidation  or  to  insure  that  said  Notices  are  not  altered,  der  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  North  Am­ reprisal,  or  make  any  promise  of  benefits  to,  or  faced  or  covered  by  any  other  material:  erica,  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  labor  organization,  in  any manner  restrain  or  coerce  our  employees  or refuse  to join or  assist  tke Citco Tanker Men's  in  the exercise of  their right  to self­organization,  (i)  Notify  the  Regional  Director  for  the  Sec­ ond Region,  in writing,  within ten  (10) days from  Association,  or any  other  labor  organization;'^  to  form,  join,  or  assist  labor  organizations,  to  the  date  of  "this  Order  what  steps  the  Company  WE  WILL  NOT  interfere  with  the  circulation  bargain  collectively  through  representatives  of  has  taken  to  comply  therewith.  of  union  literature  and  engage  in  the destruction  their  own  choosing,  and  to  engage  in  other  con>  19.  Upon  an  application  by  the  Board,  the  ap­ of  union  literature  for  the  piurpose  of  discour­ certed  activities  for  the  purpose  of  collective  propriate  United  States  Court  of  Appeals,  or  any  aging membership  in Seafarers Internation Union  bargaining,  or  other  mutual  aid  or  protection,  other  appropriate  court,  may  enter  its  Decree  in  of  North  America,  A.F.ofL;,  or  any  other  labor  and  to  refrain  from  any  or  all  such  activities  as  appropriate  form  enforcing  the  Order  of  the  organization,  or  encourage  membership  in  the  guaranteed  in ­Section  7  of  the  Act;  Board  herein  set  forth.  All  parties  hereto  ex­ Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association,  or  any  other  la­ WE  WILL NOT d(»ninate  or interfere  with the  pressly  waive  their  right  to  contest  the  entry  of  bor  organization;  administration  of  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Associa­ any  such  Decree  and  waive  notice  of  the  time  WE  WILL  NOT  keep  under  observation  and  tion,  or  with  the  formation  or  administration  of  and  place  of  the filing  of  application  for  the  surveillance  the  meeting  places,  meetings  and  any  other  labor  organization  of  our  employees,  entry  thereof.  activities  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union of  or  contribute  support  to  Citco  Tanker  Men's  As­ North  America,  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  labor  or­ sociation,  or  to  any  other  Jabor  organization;  COMPUTE  MONEY  DUE  srfi  WE  WILL  NOT  encourage  membership  in  20.  The  Regional  Director  for  the  Second  Re­ ganization,  or  the  concerted  activities  of  its  em­ ployees  for  the  purpose  of  self­organization  or  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association  or  any  other  la­ m  gion  will  cause  an  investigation  to  be  made  to  improvement  of  working  conditions;  bor  organization  of  our  employees  by  refusing  determine  the  amoimt  due  to  each,  employee  WE  WILL  NOT  engage  in  espionage  over  the  to hire  or  by  discharging  or refusing  to  reinstate  listed  in  Appendix  "B"  and "C",  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  2(e)  and  (f)  of  the  activities of  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  any  of  our  employees,  or  in  any  other  manner  Board's  Order,  set  forth  in  paragraph  18.  The  North  America^  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  labor  or­ discriminating  in  regard  to  hire  or  tenure  of  total  amount  due  to  said  employees  shall  in  no  ganization,  or  the  concerted  activities  of  its  em­ employment,  or  any  other  terms  or  conditions  of  event  exceed  the  sum  of  $150,000.  In  the  event  ployees  for  the  purpose  of  self­organization  o>  employment,  because  of  non­membership  in  or  refusal  to  engage  in  activity  on  behalf  of  any  that  the  total  amount  due  as  determined  by  the  improvement  of  working  conditions;  such  labor  organization;  Regional  Director  is more  than  $150,000,  the  lat­ WE  WILL  NOT  restrict  or  interfere  with  the  WE  WILL  NOT  discoiu­age  membership  in  the  ter  amount  is  to  be  distributed  pro  rata  among  use  of  the  radio  facilities  of  our  vessels  by  our  Seafarers  International  Union  of  North  America,  the  employees  listed  in  Appendix  "B"  and  "C".  employees  for  the purpose  of  discouraging  meni­ 21.  This  Stipulation  contains  the  entire  agree­ bership  in  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  labor  organization  of  our  ment of  the parties,  and  there is no verbal  agree­ North  America,  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  labor  or­ employees  by  refusing  to  hire  or  by  discharging  or refusing  to  reinstate  any  of  our  employees,  or  ISr  ment  which  varies,  alters,  or  modifies  this  Stipu­ ganization;  in  any  manner  discriminating  in  rfegard  to  hire  lation.  WE  WILL  NOT  conduct  polls  of  our  em­ or  tenure of  employment,  because of  membership  22.  'niis  Stipulation  is. subject  td  the  r^proval  ployees  to  determine  whether  they  desire  a  ro­ in  or  activity  on  behaif  of  any  such  labor  or­ of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  and  shall  tary  vacation  plan  or any  other  condition  of  em­ ganization;  • bi^ome  effective  immediately  upon  such  ap­ ployment  without  the  prior  agreement  of  the  WE  WILL  NOT  refuse  to  bargain  collectively  proval  fl'  m  Signed  this  12th  day  of  June,  1950,  at  2  Park  Avenue,  N.Y.C.  CITIES  SERVICE  OIL  COl^PANY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA  (MARINE  DIVISION)  By  JAMES  P.  FARRELL,  Coimsel  Signed  this  12th  day  of  June,  1950,  at  2  Park  Avenue,  N.Y.C.  SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION  i?.  OF  NORTH  AMERICA,  A.F.ofL.  i&s:  By  C.  PAUL  BARKER,  Counsel  Signed  this  12th  day  of  June,  1950,  at  2  Park  Avenue,  N.Y.C.  ii  CITCO  TANKER  MEN'S  ASSOCIATION  By  ALBERT  F.  STRASBURGER,  Attorney  K:'  Signed  this  12th  day  of  Jime,  1950,  at  2  Park  Avenue,  N.Y.C.  Chester  L.  Migden  Joseph  A.  Jenkins  Counsel  for  the  General  Counsel  National  Labor  Relations  Board  2  Park  Avenue  •  New  York  16,  New  York  ^  "APPENDIX  D'  NOTICE  TO  ALL  EMPLOYEES  PURSUANT  TO  '  A  DECISION  AND  ORDER  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board,  and  in  order  to  effectuate  the  policies  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act,  we  hereby  notify  our  em­ ployees  that:  ­  WE  WILL  NOT  interrogate  our  employees  concerning  their  union  affiliations;  WE  WILL  NOT  warn our  employees to  refrain  from  assisting,  becoming  members  of  or  remain­ ing  members  of  the  Seafarers  International  Un­ ion  of  North  America,  A.F.ofL.,  or  any  other  la­ bor  organization;  WE  WILL  NOT  warn  our  employees  to  assist,  become  members  of  or  remain  members  of  the  Tanker  Men's  Association,  or  any  other  labor  organization;  ^  WE  WILL  NOT  make  promises  of  benefit  to  our  employees  to  cause  them  to  join  or  assist  This  Is  how  the  LOG  ch^acierliod  CTMA  whan  it  burst  upon  iha  scene,  full  grown,  the  child  of  Cities  Service  genius.  Th^  fbe  CjS  seamen  agreed  with  the  Sllff,  that  the old  hag was a bagi.  Is  proved  by  the  lack  of  success  she enjoyed.  �iyv  T  a E  S  EkP A  R  ER ^  Ld&  Page Warn : :  time,  SS  Bent's  Fort,  SS  Bradford  Island,  SS  Winter  Hill,  SS  Archer's  Hope  and  SS  Lon»  Jack,  including  deck  and  engine  employees,  ma­ chinists  and  pumpmen,  but  excluding  stewards,  boatswains,  pursers,  radio  operators,  and  super­ visors  as defined  in  the  Act.  WE  HEREBY  disestablish  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association  as  the  representative  of  any  of  our  employees  within  the  meaning  of  Section  2  (3)  of  the  Act,  for  the  purpose  of  dealing  with  the  Company  concerning  grievances,  labor  disputes,  wages,  rates  of  pay,  hours  of  employment,  or  other  conditions of  employment,  and  we  will  not  ,  recognize  it  or  any  successor  thereto  for  any  of  the  above  purposes.  WE  WILL  offer  to  those  employees  listed  in  Schedule  "A"  immediate  and  full  reinstatement  to  their  former  or  substantially  equivalent  po­ sitions  without  prejudice  to  their  seniority  and  other rights  and  privileges;  I  WE  WILL  offer  to  those  individuals  named  in  Schedule  "B"  immediate  employment  in  the  po­ sition, in  which  they  would  have  been  employed"  had  we  not  discriminated  against  them,  or  in  substantially  equivalent  positions;  WE  WILL  make  the  whole  the  employees  named in  Schedules "A"  and  "B" for  any  loss  of  pay  they  may  have  suffered  by  reason  of  the  discrimination  against  them.  CITIES  SERVICE  OIL  COMPANY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA  (Marine  Division)  By  JAMES  P.  FARRELL,  Counsel  (Representative)  (Title)  Lloyd  Bertrand  pictures  a  company  spy  hard  at  work  on  the  SS  Royal  Oak.  Nice  work,  if  Dated  June  12,  1950.  you  can  stand  yourself.  NOTE: ANY  OF  THE  ABOVE­NAMED  EM­ PLOYEES  PRESENTLY  SERVING  IN  with  the  Seafarers  International  Union  of  North  low,  with  respect  to  rates  of  pay,  wages,  hours  THE ARMED  FORCES  OF THE  UNITED  ­America,  A.F.ofL.,  by  making  the  withdrawal  of  of  employment,  or  other  conditions  of  employ­ STATES  WILL  BE  OFFERED  FULL  RE­ charges filed  with  the  National  Labor  Relations  ment.  The  bargaining  unit  consists­.of  the  fol­ INSTATEMENT  UPON  APPLICATION  Board  of  condition  precedent  to  the  signing  of  a  lowing:  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  SELEC­ collective  bargaining  agreement.  •   The  Company's  unlicensed  personnel  aboard  TIVE  SERVICE  ACT  AFTER  DIS­ WE  WILL  bargain  collectively  with  the  Sea­ the  vessels  rSS  Council  Grove,  SS  French  Creek,  CHARGE  FROM  THE  ARMED  FORCES.  farers  International  Union  of  North  America,  SS  Logan's  Fort,  SS  Abiqua,  SS  Cantigny,  SS  This  notice  must  remain  posted  for  60' days  A.F.ofL.,  as  the  exclusive  representative  of  all  Chiwawa,  SS  Paoli,  SS  Royal  Oak,  SS  Govern­ from  the  date  hereof,  and  must  not  be  alter^,  employees  in  the  bargaining  unit  described  be­ ment  Camp,  SS  Fort  Hoskins,  SS  Salem  Mari­ defaced,  or  covered  by  any  other  material.  .dl  The NLRB Record Reaffirms SlU Charges  . : .f  Throughout  the  many,  many  months  that  the  Seafarers  International  Union  sought  to  get  offi­ cials  of  the  Cities  Service  Oil  Company's  Ma­ rine  Division  to  negotiate  a  contract  as  a  con­ "sequence of  the Union's collective bargaining  vic­ tories in the CS  tanker fleet, the  company stalled  and  double­talked  and  deceived.  Evidence  of  the  company's  "good  faith"  in  "bargaining" with  the SIU Ss  pointedly shown  by  the  fact  that  as  they  talked  their  agents  were  spying on,  and  firing  SIU  members and  carrying  on  the  activities  in  behalf  of  the  company­dom­ inated  Union,  CTMA.  All  of  this  the  SIU  knew,  but  its  accusations  were  brushed  off  in  the  negotiationa by  CS  offi­ cials  with  feigned  astoni^ment,  outright  denials  and even ­^Tomises' that  SIU accusera  would later  have  to  eat  those  words."  eaten~­but not by the  SIU. The dirty  mess charg­ ed  by  the  SIU,  denied  by  the  CS  Marine  Divi­ sion,  is on  the public  record.  A  fuller  airing  was  ^ averted  by  the  company's capitulation  after  four  days  ol  harrowing  testimony,  but  enough  was  heard  to establish  the  Marine  Division's  guilt  on  all  major  charges  and  to  wring  from  it  a  virtual  conferaidn  and cry of  "enough."  A  few  examples  of  the  sweet  innocence  pro­ fessed  by  company  officials  during  bargaining  sessions  and  the grim  truth  as revealed  by  testi­ mony under  oath at  the National  Labor  Relations  Board  trial  June 6­9  are reproducecLon  this page.  The bargaining  session excerpts taken  from  the  record  made  by the  company's  stenographer,  are  from  the meeting  of  Feb.  27,  1950.  Persons  whose  names  appear  in  the  ex­ cerpts  are:  PAUL  HALL:  Secretary­Treasurer  of  the  SIU's  Atlantic  and Gulf  District,  This  week,  those  accusing  words  are  being  a PAUL  BARKER: Counsel  for  the  SlUi  At  Negotiations  In  February  M.  LAGE:  Those  are  some  statements,  Mr.  Hall,  if  you  will  permit  the  expression,  with  nof  MR.  HALL:. . . Cities  Service  repesentatives,  foundation  whatsoever  in  fact.  in  one  form  or  the  other,  went  to  the  extreme  trouble  to  obtain  through  one  means  or  the  At  NLRB Trial  ln June  other  copies  of  a  photo  out  of  the  police  files  of  (John  Dugan,  retained  by  Cities  Service's  at­ a  man  who  was  organizing  for  the  SIU.  They  torneys to  deal  with  the  SIU  organizing, drive,  is  went  further  to  the  trouble  to  put  that  into  a  questioned  by  an  NLRB  Attorney)  newspaper,  which  the  officials  of  the  Marine  Q.  (by  Joe  Jenkins, NLRB  Attorney);  Directing  Division  of  the  Cities  Service  carried  on  board  your  attention  specifically to the month of August,  every  one  of  their  ships.  We  say  we  want  you  1948,  did  you  ever  ask  Mr.  Hennessey  to  render  to  do  things  like  that  and  wash  our  dirty  linen  you  any service  in  getting  police  records  of  SIU  out  in  the  open.  But,  we  say  to  you  that  when  organizers?  you  do,  Adkins,  let  us  hope  that  none  of  you  A.  Yes,  I  did.  I might  add  that  he  was  unsuc­ gentlemen  have  too much  dirty  linen  yourselves,  cessful  in obtaining  them.  '  because  we  certainly  are  going  to  wash  it  out  Q.  You did  that on instructions from Mr.  Lage,  in public for you same  as you  tried to  wash ours.'  did  you  not?  WILLIAM  LAGE:  Attorney  for  the  company's  Marine  Division  until  his  connection  was  severed  a  few  weeks  before  the  NLRB  triaL  M.  J.  ADKINS:  Marine  Superintendent  of  the  CS  Marine  Division.  JAMES  T.  HANAWAY:  Dispatcher  for  the  Ma­ rine  Division.  ALBERT  STRASBURGER:  Attorney  for  CTMA,  the  company­dominated  union.  JOHN  I.  DUGAN:  Attorney  and  former  Coast  Guard  intelligence  officer,  who  was hired  by  Lage  to  set  up  a  spy  ring  to  operate  against  SIU  and  its  members.  JAMES  P.  FARRELL:  General  counsel  for  the  parent  company  of  the  Marine  Division,  the  Cities  Service Oil  Company  of  Pennsylvania,  who  took  over  when  Lage  dropped  out  of  the  picture.  ARTHUR  J. O'LEARY:  Attorney  associated  with  Farrell  in  representing  CS.  JOSEPH A.  JENKINS: Counsel  for  the NLRB.  CHESTER  L.  MIGDEN: Counsel  for  the  NLRB.  A.  I  did.  At  Negotiations  In  February  MR.  HALL:  I  do  know  several  SIU  men  have  been  beaten  up  on  Cities  Service  ships  by  stool  pigeons  of  the  CTMA,  which  in  turn  is  a  stool  pigeon  of  Cities  Service  Marine  Division  and  I  • know we  are  making  official  complaints  in  the  proper  board  and  other  sources.  You  should  do  the  same  thing  if  you have  occasion  to  beef.  MH.  ADKINS:  If  you  are  accusing  the  Com­ pany of  fostering a Union  in this  CTMA,  you are  just  on  the  wrong  track.  Mister,  and  you  are  going  to  eat  those  words  sometime,  too.  MR. HALT.:  Whenever I eat  those words it will  be a  cold  day  in hell.  I guarantee  you  that.  (Continued  on  Page  10)  �Page Tea  Fridayt  JTuaie  16.  1980  (Conthuied  from Tsge 9)  ypfi At NliRB Trial In June  I  Mr. Strasburger (Attorney for  CTMA);Mr. Jen­ Jans  and  Mr.  Migden  showed  me  last  evening  the  proposed  or  substantially final  copy  of  the  proposed  settlement  of  this  case  which  provides  ;for  an  order  of  this  Board  as  well  as  a  court  4ecree.  ,  The  Citco  Tanker  Men's  Association  will  par­ ticipate  in  signing  such  a  stipulation.  *  ­*  »  Q."  Did  you  go  down  there  and  see  him?  and  report  back  to you  and  to  him  matters  con­ A.  I  went  over  and  saw  Mr.  Hamaway  and  I  cerning  the str^gth, the  membership  in  and  so  said, "I am  Hennessey."  forth  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union?...  Q.  What  did  he say?  A.  Yes.  •  ;  A.  Well,  he said,  "Oh,  Yes," and  he  picked  up  Q.  And  isn't  it  true,  Mr.  Dugan,  that  in  con­ —and  he had  various  lists  and  he picked  up one  nection  with  the  obtaining  of  this  information  and looked  at some others and made out a board­ you  were  paid  moneys  which  you  were  authpr­ ing  pass  and  says,  "Yes,  you  are  to  go  on  the  Jzed to pay  to these individuals who  went  aboard  Bradford  Island."  ship for .this  information  by  Mr.  Lage?  Q.  Did  you fill  put  an  application  for  employ­ A.  That  is  right.  ment?  •   •   •   A.  No.  .  ;  Q. Could  you  tell  us  how  you  obtained  them  Q.  Did  he  interview  you?  .  for  employment  and  whom  did  you  employ?  A.  There  was  no intendew.  A. ... Because  of  my  acquaintance  with  Intel­ ligence  functions,  during  the  war,  it  was  pr(*­ At  Negotiations  In  February  ably  presumed—I  was  apparently  selected  be­ MR. HALL: What about some of  the waterfront  stool pigeons  which agents of  the mar ine division  cause  I might  be  able  to  supply  them  with  per­ sonnel from  that  group. I  approached  one  of  the  have hired  to finger  union  men?  MR.  ATKINS:  I object  to  that  statement  that  officers  who  had  been  associated  with  that  the  company  has  had  anything  to  do  with  any  branch  during  the  war,  and  he  recommended  men.  stool  pigeons  on  the  waterfront  or  kny  front.  Mr.  Barker  (Attorney  for  the  SIU):  I  woidd  jy^e to  make a  statement, also.  The Seafarers  In­ ternational  Union,  along  with  a  number  of  its  members  who  are  the  charging  parties  in  this  matter, likewise will  participate in the settlement  stipulation  along  these  lines.,  Mr.  O'Leary  (Attorney  for  Cities  Service):  I  would  like  to  make  a  statement  for  the  record,  your  Honor.  The  respondent  in  this  proceeding.  Cities  Ser­ vice Oil  Company,  has authorized  James  P. Far­ At NLRB Trial  In June  rell, one  of  its attorneys,  to enter into a  stipula­ Q.  Will  you  state  your  name,  your  a^ess,  tion  settling  all  of  the  issues  in­this  proceeding  and  to  provide  for  a  Board  order  and  court  and  your  occupation  for  the  record.  A. John  Irwin  Dugan,,  21  North  Chatsworth,  decree.  * * * Larchmont,  N.Y.  I  am  ah  attorney  with  ofiic^  Mr. Farrell: As  General Counsel for  Cities Ser­ at  120  Broadway.  vice  Company  and  its subsidiaries,  including  the  respondent. Cities  Service Oil  Company  of  Fenn­  Q. Did  you  have any  discussion  with  Mr. Lage  sylvania  in  this  proceeding,  I  join  in  the  state­  (Cities  Service's  Attorney)  relating  to  the  Cities  ment  that  has  been  made  by  Mr.  O'Leary  and  Service Company  and the Seafarers  International  I have  been  duly  authorized  by  the president  of  UniffiB?  A. I did.  4he  company  to  enter  into the  settlement.  • •'o»'"    fj:  At  Negotiations  In  February  . MR.  HALL:  I  think  very  shortly  this  whple  rotten  corrupt  system  of  hiring  will  be  hitting  you  right  square  in  the  face  and  I  assure  you  regardless  of  the  hard  words flung  across  this  table,  I  would  certainly  leam  something  about  that  system,  Adkins,  because  when  the  corrupt­ ness  of  it  comes out  I suppose  you  are  the  man  who  is  going  to  have  to  answer  for  it, and  it  is  plenty  corrupt  and  rotten.  MR.  ADKINS:  That  is  your  statement,  Mr.  Hall, and you  have the right  to make those state­ ments,  if  you  wish.  I  just  hope  you  remember  them.  MR. HALL:  I will remember  them.  MR.  ADKINS:  If  you  don't,  I  am  going  to  give you  some  of  this record  to read.  MR.  HALL:  I  will  remember  every  one  of  them, because I have been sitting cm  top of  them  _ a long  time.  >  At NLRB Trial In June  Migden  questioning  Hennessey  at  Trial:  Q. Did  you  get  your  seaman's  papers  as  a  re­ ault  of  the  conversation  (Hennessey's  interview  vdth  Dugan  wherein  he  agreed  to  spy  on  SIU  sympathizers  aboard  Cities  Service  ships)^  A. As  a  result  of  Mr.  Dugan's  conversation  with  the  Coast  Guard,  of  which  he  had  beeh  a  former  commander  in  charge  of  Coast  Guard  jiearings,  he  held  the  conversation  with  some  person  in  the  Coast  Guard  and  my  papers  were  issued  just  that  quick.  Q. Mr.  Hennessey,  did  Mr.  Dugan  indicate  to  you  how  long  he  wanted  you  to  remain  aboard  any  particular  vessel?  A.  Just  one  trip  and  one  trip  alone.  *  •   •   Q. Was  there  any  arrangement  as  to finances  during  the  course  of  the  conversation?  A.  During  the  course of  the  conversations  Mr.  Dugan  had  stipulated  that 1 would  receive  $450  a  month  and  approximately  $10  a  day  plus  ex­ penses  during  the  voyages  aboard  vessels  and  that  would  be subtractible.  Q. Do  you  recall  what  happ^ed  when  you  Teported  to the Cities Service office  before board­ ing ffie  Bradford  Island?...  A. Yes. As a  niater of  fact, I walked  and I was  instructed—^I  will  give­ you  this  as  an^ explana­ tory  note—I  was  instructed  by  Mr.  John  Irwin  • Dugan to go over  to see Mr. Bamaway.  0  0  0  Q.  What .three  men  did  he  recommend?  A.  He  recommended  a  man  by  the  name  ot  Campbell, a  man  by  the name of  Lawrence Hen­ nessey, and  a man  by the name of  John Bosciano.  Q.  Did  you  mploy  them?  A. I  employed  Henness^  and  Bosciano.  Q.  Both  those  men  had  been  members,  had  they  not,  of  the  Naval  Waterfront  Intelligence  Squad  during  the  war?  A.  Tliat  was  my  understanding.  Q.  When  you  employed  Mr. Hennessey,  what  instructions  did  you  give  him?  A.  I instructed  Mr. Hennessey  to  report  to  mp  all  activities  on  the  ship  relating  to  labor  conr  ditions.  Included  in  that  are  his  estimate  of  th$  strength of  the Seafarers  International  Union  od  the  ship  and  any other  matter  which  would  afr  feet  the  labor  relations....  Q.  What was the relationship between  you and  Mr.  Lage  wi^  reference  to  the  Cities  Service  Company  at  that  time?  A.  In  the  spring  of  1948  I  was  retained  by  Hatch,  Wolf  and  Nash  (the  law firm  in  which  Lage  is  a  partner  and  which  represents  Cities  .  .  0  0  0.  ^  Service)... to  assist  them  in  Admiralty  matters  ­  and  particularly  with  the  labor  matters  with  Q.  Lage  wanted  him. (Hennessey)  to­identify  which  they  were  presently  engaged  and  pre^  the  men?  cisely  with  the  Seafarers  International  Union.  ­ A.  That  is  correct.  And  he  advised  me  he  *  *  0  wpuld­.  A isn't  it  true,  Mr.  Dugan.  that  m  addition  Q. What  identificatipns  was  tp  be  made.  to  your  being  retained  as  an adviser  in  Admir­ A. As  tp  the  idehtity  pf  the  men  with  any  alty  maters  you  were also  retained  by  Mr.  Wil­ labor  activities.  liam  Lage  to  procure  for  him  individuals  to go  Q. That  is  whether  he  was  SIU  or'CTMA?  aboard the vessds of  the Cities Service Company  A. T?iat  is  coirect.  ­  ^  Cities Service Threws in 1%e Sponge  ganizer  for  the  company  imion,  (Continued  from  1)  pany  official  made it impossible  for  was about  to be called  to. the stand  crewmembers  to tend  or  receive  for  examination  on, charges  in  con­ messages  after  Feb. 17,  1949,  in  an  nection  with  "his  role  in  the  anti­ effort  to  interfere  with  the  MiRB  SlU  campaign.  Action set for .three days  later.  Furman  had  been  scheduled  to  The  tie­in  betwe^  the  company  testify  earlier  but  ^sented  him­ and CTMA was further  revealed  by  self  on  a  plea  of  illness.  Dugan's  testimony  that CTMA  law­ The  ccmipany's  swift  capitula­ yer  Albot StrasW'ger  had gone to  tion eut off  testimony  that  was  es­ Lage  seeking  more  funds  for  his  timated  would  have  run  for  weeks,  services.  Lage,  it  was  disclosed  by  at  least,  and  which  would  have  the  witness,  referred  ­Strasburger  exposed  other  lurid  and  irregular  to  Dugan,  hoping  the  latter  would  practices  in  the  plot to  keep  the  quiet  him  down.  CS  segmen  from  obtaining  SIU  "I  told  Strasburger  he'd  have  to  .Representation,  for  which  they  get  along  as  best  he  could,"  Du­ , overwhelmingly  voted  in  two  gan  said.  NLRB  elections.  Bi  faet,  the  nature  of  ^e testi­ Lage  did  not  appear  at the  trial,  the  connection  betwee.n  him  and  niony  hrard  was  so  startling  that  the  company  having  been  severed  the  Union  is  exploring  the  possi­ several  weeks  before  the  hearing  bility  of  bringing  to  light  other  began.  ­ asi>ects  of  the  anti­omion  campaign.  At  no  point  during  the  hearing  The day  after Dugan appeared mi  the  stand,  the  Board  heard  oqe  of  was  the  company  able to  success­ his  men  tell  of  his  role  in  the  fully refute  any  of  the charges lev­ company's  spy  setup.  Hennesi^ey  eled  at it  by  the SlU.  SIU  A & G  Secretary­Treasurer  testified  that  he  had  been  fired  frpm one  of  the CS ships to which  Paul  .'Kail  hailed  the  company's  he  had  been  assigned  afb^  an  al^  capitulation  as  "one  of  the  most  tercation  with  the  skipper  who,he  si^ificant.  victories  in  the  histpry  said,  had  made  improper  advances  of  maritime  unionism  and  one  of  extreihe  value to  the  labor  move­ to him.  The  trial  ended  abruptly  the day  ment  as  a  whole. ^  after  Hennessey's  testimcmy,  when  • ^'The , company  was  practically  the  company  and  CTMA  .lawyers  trapped  with  the  . blood;  op  its  agreed  to  let  the  Board  issue  the  ban#,"  h^  said.  "The  entire  cam­ order  for  termk  of  settliement  just  paign  was  an  amazing  experience."  Hall  paid  tribute  to  the SIU  or­ as  David  Furman,  number  one  or­ gmuzers  for  their effective strategy,  which  enabled  them  to  see  the  fight  through  to  a  yicterious  finish,  ip  spite  of  the  innumerable  and  unprecedented  obstacles  placed  in  their  way  by  the  company.  ­"Director  of  Organization  Lind^  «ey  Williams  and' his  staff  did  a  terrific  job.  They  deserVe  to  be  commended  not  only  by  Seafarersj  but  all  laboring  people  for  their  part in exposing in detail the depths  to which  anti­union people can  sink  in  their  hysterical  and  irrational  campaign  against  trade  unionism,^  he  said..  ­ Among  the  main  pro­visions  of  the  order  are  those  requiring  the  CS  Marine­ Division  to:  1.  Completely  disestablish  the  CTMA­as  bargaining  reprteentative  for  any  unlicensed  personnel  out­ side  pf  supervisors.  .2.  Offer  reemployment  to the 15^  men  discharged  by  the  company  for  having  membership  in  the  SIU  gnd  to  pay  their  wages  for the  pei­ riodS'they  wpre  unemployed  as  p  result  of  the dismissals.  3.  Bargain  in  good  faith  with  the  SIU  for  contract  covering  un­ licensed  personnel.  4,  Cease  and  desist  from  int^s?  fering  in  any  way  yrith.  the  Sly^  from  spying  uppp ti^e  SIU, fropi  discharging  men  for  membership  in  the  Union  and  from  refusing  to  bargain  collectively.  �r /•  f^Ad»Y, Juno 16/1^50  TH1E  SEAFAW  S  LOG  ­  ' >  Page  Eleven  Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings in Brief  SAVANNAH—Chairman,  J.  C.  utes  of  meetings  held  in  othei  Thompson.  24560:  Recording  Sec­ branches read  and  approved.  Ag­ retary,  Jeff  Gillete,  37060;  Read­ ent  report  given  by  Buck  Ste­ ing Clerk. E.  M.  Bryant.  25806.  phens  in  absence  of  Bull  Shep­ J.  C.  Haire,  president  of  Sa­ pard,  who  was  ill.  Shipping  re­ PORT  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  vannah  Central  Labor  Union  and  ported  as  being  slow,  with  but  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  SHIPPED  organizer  for  the  AFL  Retail  four  payoffs,  three  sign­ons  and  29  17  25  71  30  19  25  74  21  ships  in­transit. Status  of  Bis­ Clerks  Union  was  introduced  to  Boston.  134  New  York  113  114  36i  89  70  85  244  the  membership.  He  made  an  so  Strike  given.  Various  reports  31  24  30  85  19  11  15  45  from  Headquarters  and  Branch  appeal  for  all  unions  to  aid  in  Philadelphia....:;..  89  54  53  196  46  44  33  123  officials  given  and  accepted.  Un­ the  organizing  of  retail  clerics  in  Baltimore.  (No  Figures  Received)  (No  Figures  Received)  Savannah.  Brother  Haire  said  Norfolk.  der  Good  and  Welfare Paul War­ 3  4  3  10  5  13  3  21  ren  discussed  the registration  re­ that  he  knew  of  no  other  union  Savannah.  12  15  16  43  15  11  13  39  quirements  for  Louisiana  resi­ with  a  better  reputation  for  as­ Tampa.  Mobile.  29  25  26  •   80  34  33  31  98  dents  in  coming  election.  Mem­ sisting  other  labor  unions  than  62  57  99  .218  55  45  75  175  ber  aliens  were  urged  to  work  the SIU  and added that  all mem­ New  Orleans..  Galveston  (No  Figures  Available)  (No  Figures  Available)  bers  should  be  proud  of  their  toward  their  citizenship  to  make  21  20  21  62  18  15  17  50  shipping  easier. Meeting adjoty^nr  . Union's record.  Minutes  read  and  West  Coast  accepted.  Port  Agent  discussed  GRAND  TOTAL..  410  329  387  1,126  311  261  297  869  ed  with  36Q  members  present.  shipping  in  the  port,  pointing  out  XXX  that  it  had  been  off  the  upgrade.  TAMPA—Chairman. R. H. Hall*  He  announced  that  Brother  C.  was  about  the  same  as  it  had  formed  the  membership  that  hiring  hall.  Members  were  urged  26060;  Recording  Secretary.  W,  W.  McCraw  had  been  killed  in  been  in  the  past  two­week  pe­ Brother  D.  W.  Hunter  had  been  to  read  the  latest  SEAFARERS  Hall.  39256;  Reading  Clerk.  C.  an  auto  wreck  on  June  5  and  riod. The  port is  running smooth­ killed  while  working  on  the Yar­ LOG  for  the  latest  on  the  vaca­ that  the  SIU  had  sent  a  wreath  ly.  Agent  said  he  had  been  in  mouth  at  East  Boston.  Flowers  tion  proposal. Tanner  also report­ Starling. 6920.  to  the  funeral.  No  charges  to  be  New  York  last  week  and  had  were sent  to the  funeral and  pro­ ed  that  he  had  secured  bids  on  Minutes  of  other  Branch  meet­ read.  Meeting  adjourned  at  8:15  sat  in  on  Cities Service  negotia­ ceeds of  a  collection  were  sent  to  furniture  for  the  recreation  deck  ings  accepted  as  read.  Motion  PM,  with  40  members  present.  tions.  They're  tough  people  to  his  widow.  Meeting  adjourned  at  from  all  leading  office  equip­ carried  to  non­concur  with  that  deal  with,,  he  said.  He  also  an­ 8:25  PM,  with  150  members  pres­ ment  dealers  in  Mobile  and  stat­ part  of  Galveston  New  Business  t  t  t  nounced  that  the  case  is  coming  ent.  ed  that  they  would  be  sent  to  dealing  with  men  throwing in for  ,  PHILADELPHIA  —  dudrman.  up  before  the  National  Labor  Headquarters  for  approval.  Un­ jobs in  other departments.  Tampa  X  t.  t.  B.  Higdon.  182;  Recording  Sec­ Relations  Board  on  Monday.  MOBILE  —  Chairman.  S.  P.  der  New  Business,  motion  by  M.  membership  feels  that  a  man  retary,  Don  Hall.  43372;  Reading  Meeting  adjourned  at  7:40  PM,  Morris.  44484;  Recording  Secre­ J. Carroll, 14,  seconded  by  sever­ holding  a  book  registered  in  one:  Clerk,  Don  Hall.  43372.  with  301  members  present.  tary. James  L.  Carroll,  14;  Read­ al,  that  bids  on  furniture  also  department  should  be  allowed  to  .  Minutes  of  meetings  held  in  ing  Clerk.  Harold  J. Fischer,  59.  include  bids  for  renovating  and  throw  in  for  any  job  for  which  *  5  i  other  ports  read  and  accepted.  Minutes  of  other  branch  meet­ re­upholstering  present  furniture  he  has an  endorsement, providing  Agent's  verbal  report  accepted.  SAN  FRANCISCO—Chairman,  ings  read  and  accepted.  Miscel­ and  all  bids  be  sent  to  Head­ no  other  Bookman  throws  in  for  Secretary­Treasurer's  financial  Jeff  Morrison,  34213;  Recording  laneous  reports  accepted.  Head­ quarters  for  approval.  Motion  the  job.  Agent  said  that  shipping  report  read  and  accepted.  Dis­ Secretary,  Frank  S.  Mitchell.  quarters  building  report  accept­ carried  unanimously.  is  holding  up  fairly  well.  Secre­ patcher  reported  about  twice  as  5661;  Reading  Clerk,  T.  M.  Col­ ed  with  motion  to  concur  with  tary­Treasurer's financial  report  ^  X  t.  many  men  registered  as  shipped  lins,  102120.  committee's  recommendations.  NEW  ORLEANS  —  Chairman.  and  Headquarters  report  to  the  during  the past  two  week  period.  Minutes  of  meetings  held  in  Agent  Tanner  reported  shipping  membership  were  read  and  con­ the  other  ports  read  and  accept­ prospects  weren't  too  bright  with  LeRoy  Clarke,  23062;^  Recording  curred  in.  Under  Good  and  Wel­ Meeting  adjoiu­ned  at  7:45.  ed.  Agent  reported  shipping  as  only  three  off­shore  ships  and  Secretary,  Bill  Fredericks,  94;  X  %  : are discussions  were held  on  the  BALTIMORE—Chairman.  WU­ being  dead  slow.  Morrison  also  eight  coastwise  and  Puerto  Rico  Reading  Clerk,  Buck  Stephens.  ruttire  prospects  of  shipping  in  liam Renlz. 26445;  Recording Sec­ repoiited  the  names  of  members  vessels  due  to  hit  the  port  dur­ 76.  this port  and  the problem  of  men  retary,  G.  A.  Masterson,  20297;  in  Marine  Hospital  and  urged  ing  the  next  couple  of  weeks.  Charges  against five  Brothers  missing ships. Fifty­four  members  Reading  Clerk,  A1  Stansbury.  the  members  to  visit  their  ship­ Tanner  also reported  on  the stat­ off  the  Del  Norle  read  and  re­ j were  present  when  meeting  ad­ mates if  they get a chance. Meet­ us  of  the  bill  to  legalize  the  ferred  to  a  triial  committee.  Min­  joumed.  4683.  ing  adjourned  with  31  members  Other  Branch  Minutes  read  present.  and  approved,  except  for  a  mo­ &  i  &  tion  to  non­concur  with  Galves­ BOSTON  —  Chairman,  C.  ton  New  Business  and  recom­ Brown,  28800;  Recording  Secre­ mending  that  the  shipping  rules  tary.  B.  Lawson,  894;  Reading  be  followed.  Communications  Clerk.  W.  Hamilton.  3400.  were  read.  Motion  carried  not  to  excuse  two  Brothers  from  meet­ Minutes  of  previous  Branch  ing  because  they  had  registered  meetings in all  ports read and  ap­ in  two  ports  —  Baltimore  and  proved, except for Galveston  New  Philadelphia.  Motion  carried  to  Business  on­ shipping  rules  pro­ ROBERT  WM.  CASEY  CREW.  SEATRAIN  HAVANA  JERRY PALMER  refer  other  excuses  to  the  Dis­ cedure.  Agent  discused  shipping  (W.  R.  Casey)  Men  aboard  this  ship  on  Jan­ There  is  a  letter  for  you  from  patcher.  Motion  carried  to  ac­ which had improved  a bit because  "This  man,  recently  known  to  uary,  1950,  who  witnessed  acci­ Don  Brown  at  the  Mail  Room,  cept  Headquarters report  as read.  of  the  Yarmouth  going  into  ser­ have  work^  on  dredge  boats  dent  to  Charles  McCarthy,  are  51  Beaver  Street  Port  Agent  said  that  shipping  vice  for  the  summer.  Agent  in­ along  Atlantic  Coast,  is  asked  to  asked  to  get  in  touch  with  XXX  get  in  touch  with  W.  C.  Cox  and  Benjamin  B.  Sterling,  42  Broad­ JIM  BARON  t"  Company,  208  South  La  Salle  way,  New  York  4,  New  York.  Please  get  in  touch  with  Tony  Street,  Chicago  4,  Illinois,  re­ XXX  Winnik,  Benefit  Street,  Water­ garding  an  estate.  TOM  F.  BAILY  bury,  Connecticut.  ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  XXX  "Please  send  me  your  insur­ XXX  SIU,  A&G  District  Robert  Matthews  Lloyd  Gardner  LEROY  WILSON  ance  policy:  Mother."  JESS  MARTIN  Joseph  Volpian  BALTIMORE  14  North  Gay  St  Your  cousin,  Mrs.  Frank  Pratt,  XXX  It  is  urgent  that  you  get  in  William  Rentz,  Agent  Mulberry  4S40  asks  that  you  get  in  touch  with  ANTONIO  ARENELLA  touch  with  Frances  Goodes,  36  BOSTON  ...... . .276  Sute  St.  SUP  her  at  Judsonia,  Arkansas,  Route  Get  in"  touch  with  Trans  Fuel  Newton  Avenue,  Baldwin,  Long  Ben  Lawson,  Agent  Richmond  2­0140  Dispatcher  Richmond  2­0141  HONOLULU  Corporation  for  money  due  you.  Island.  New  York.  16  Merchant  St.  1.  BALVESTON  308>/4 —23rd  St.  Phone  8­8777  X  ­X  X  Keith  Alsop,  Agent  Phone  2­8448  PORTLAND  Ill  W.  Burnside  St.  LOU  BROWN  BAKE  CHARLES,  La.... 1419  Ryan  St.  .  .  Beacon  4336  Vick  D'India  asks  that  you  X,.  S.  Johnston,  Agent  RICHMOND,  CaUf  ..287  8th  St.  MOBILE...'  1  South  Lawrence  St.  Phone  2899  contact  Susan  Parham,  124  W.  Cal  Tanner,  Agent  Pkono  2­17B4  SAN  FRANCISCO  480  Harrison  St.  71  Street,  New  York  City.  NEW  ORLEANS  S23  Bienville  St.  Douglas  2­8363  X.X  X  E. Sheppard, Agent  MagnoKa  6112­6113  SEATTLE  86  Seneca  St.  G.  H.  HIRAS  NEW  YORK  SI  Beaver  St.  Main  0290  joe  Alglna,  Agent  HAnover  2­2784  WILMINGTON­. ......440  Avalon  Blvd.  "Please  get  in  touch  with  me  NORFOLK  ..127­129  Bank  St.  Terminal  4­3131  on  the  SS  William  H:  Carruth,  Ben  Rees,  Agent  Phone  4­1083  Various  articles,  papers,  CG  Maxwell,  James  Adams,  Charles  c/o  Transfuel  Corporation,  25  BHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  passes,  wallets,  etc.  are  being  C.  Hurst,  Richard  Villafara,  Mar­ B.  Cardullo,  Agent  Market  7­1638  Canadian  District  Broadway,  New  York  City  —  BAN  FRANCISCO. .... .480  Harrison  SL  held  for  the  below  named  Bro­ tin  Kelly,  Oliver  Celestine,  Ray­ 404  Le  Moyne  St.  urgent:  Jimmy  Morris."  Jeff  Morrison,  ASfen*  Douglas  2­8478  MONTREAL  mond  Daniel  Turner,  Chauncey  thers  in  the  New  Orleans  Hall.  Thomas  Pyle,  Patrick  Fox.  UNlverslty  2427  XXX  BAN  JUAN,  PR  282  Ponce  de  I­eon  FORT  WILLIAM. .118H  Syndicate  Ave.  WARDE  FLAHERTY  Bal  Colls,  Agent  They  are  asked  to  write  or  call  Marion  A.  Caraway,  Edward  Ontario  Phone  3­3221  BAVANNAH  2  Abercorn  St.  Your  billfold,  with  discharges  F. Leasgang,  Edward  H.  Borsage,  for  them  as soon  as  possible:  HALIFAX  12e>/i  Hollie  St.  K.  Bryant,  Agent  Phone  3­1728  Phone  3­8911  and  other  papers,  have  been  for­ Adolf  Gallafes,  George  Manuel  A.  McKinstry,  Bk.  43280,  Henry  BEATTLE  2700  1st  Ave.  103  Durham  St.  warded  to San  Francisco  Branch.  Wm.  McKay,  Agent  Seneca  4870  PORT  COLBORNE  Velazquez,  Sydney  John  O'Neil,  F.  Hendon,  M.  H.  Otis,  P3­437,  Phone  8891  TAMPA.  1809­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  XXX  Alphonse  D.  Bailey,  Ralph  Law  Clarence  Grimes,  Ira  Van  lllA  Jarvis  St.  Bay  White,  Agent  Phone  2­1323  TORONTO  Elgin  8719  CREW,  WILLIAM  T.  BARRY  Russel,  Harold  P.  Parr,  Joseph  Bridges,  Maure  J.  Tassin,  Mit­ WILMINGTON, Calif,  227  Avalon Blvd.  Will  those  men  aboard  this  W.  Guiffria,  Joseph  W.  Leonard,  chell  U­  Lemoine.  E.  B.  Tilley,  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  VICTORU,  B.C.  .....602  Boughten  St.  Empire  4831  ship on  March,  1948,  when  Jesse  HEADQUARTERS. .81 Beaver St,  N.V.C.  Felix  John  Frank  Van  Looy,  John  H.  Quarterman,  Willis  VANCOUVER  866  Hamilton  St.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  R.  Matthews  was  injured  please  John E.  Logsdon, Oskar  Osmund­ C.  Raines,  Daniel  B.  Thomas,  Pacific  7824  .  Paul  Hall  Frank  W.  Sloan,  Jean  B.  Leon­ HEADQUARTERS  . .M2  McGllI  St.  get  in  ­touch  with  Benjamin  B.  sen,  William  John  Holscher.  • •^ DIRECTOR    OF  ORGANIZATION  Montreal  Plateau  870  Sterling,  42  Broadway,  New  David  Edward  Foster,  Hugh  ard,  .  James  Richards.,  Bern  Undsey  Williams  York  City.  Cowan,  Clayton  Field,  Edwin  O.  Smyley.  I­ >V  A&G Shipping  From  May 24 To  Juno 7  Vertauals  Directory  Of  SIU  HRUS  to­ �•   ­W'  fkE  SE  Ar^RER  Page  Twelve  SKIPS' iONUTES AMD NEWS  II­:.  SI­ R.C.  Bramble  Of  Del  Norte  Dies  In  B.A.  '  THEY  HOLD  LIVELY  SHIPBOARD  SESSIONS  Hanson Men Keep  Close Watch On  Maritime Affairs  The  Seafarers  crew  cur­ rently  aboard  the  SS  John  .  Richard C. Bramble, Third  Hanson  takes  a  serious  view  .  Electrician  aboard  the  SS  of  maritime  matters,  espe­ B'u  .  Del  Norte at  the  time of  his  cially  those  relating  to  their  death  in  Buenos  Aures,  was  own  welfare.  buried  in  Norfolk,  Va.,  on  As  a  result, toe  regular  ship­ May  6,  the  LOG  was  in­ board  meetings—and,  very  like­ I'.  ­rc­T.  formed  this  week.  ly,  the  foc'sle  chatter—are  very  I'­ The  46­year­old  Seafarer  died  lively  and  informative,  as  the  ^  of  a  head  injury  in  the  British  minutes  of  the  May  28  sefision  Hospital  on  March  16.  He  was  in  indicate.  good  standing  and  the  Union  During  the  Good  and  Welfare  paid  burial  benefits.  period  of  that  meeting,  Brother  A  native  of  Virginia,  Brother  Pete  Previs  read  to  his  ship­ Bramble  was  born  on  May  4,  mates  an  article  which  appeared  1904.  He  began  sailing  on  ships  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Balti­ under  SIU  contract  on  August  2,  rrfor«  ­Sun  and  which  drew­^ a  1947,  when  he  obtained  his  per­ clear  picture  of  the  present  con­ '  mit  card  in  the  Port  of  Norfolk,  dition  of  the  maritime  industry,  t  For  a  long  while  after  that  and  the  need  for  a  program  of  Brother  Bramble  sailed  out  of  action  to  revitalize  the  American  the  Virginia  port.  Of  late  he  merchant  marine.  had  been  shipping  out  of  the  Crewmembers  then  discussed  Galley  men aboard  the  John  Hanson  indude, front  row  (left  to righi)s>G.  Dendrinos,  Utility;  Gul,  F.  Mullen.  2nd  Cook;  M.  Varinaviis,  Steward;  E.  IGng,  Ch.  Cbofc.  Reur  row:  F.  SuUina,  MM;  various  phases  of  the  article  ini  which  the  author  deplored  the  .  GOT  SIU  BOOK  W.  VandersaU.  NOB;  C.  Bogdanos.  BR.  and  F.  Rombach,  MM.  decline  of  the  American  mer­ X  Bramble  was  issued  an  SIU  chant  marine fleet  since  the  book  in  the  Port  of  Tampa  on  war's  end  and  the  failure  to  May  11,  1949.  He  had  sailed  on  provide  a  plan  that  would  keep  toe  SS  Madaket  and  several  US flag  ships  on  the  high  seas  Moran  tugs.  He  joined  the  Del  to  numbers  consistent  with  our  Norte  crew  last  ­December  and  world  position.  that  ship's  publication  recently  RIGHT  SLANT  praised  Bramble as "a  good ship­ The  boycott  .action  planned  Previs  correctly  appraised  thd  mate, well­liked  and always  will­ against  Panama flag  ships  by  the  article  as  being  beneficial  to  seai  ing  to  cooperate  with  his  ship­ International  Transportworkers  men '  and  his  shipmates  agreed  mates."  Federation meets  with toe  unani­ to  send  a  letter  to toe  Sun,  ex­,  Dick  Martinez,  one  of  Bram­ mous  approval  of  the  SS  Ponce  pressing their  appreciation for its  ble's shipmates  on the  Mississippi  de ,Leon  crew,  according  to  the  publication.  passenger  ship,  said  that  all  minutes  of  the  May  28  shipboard  The  Hanson  crew's  letter  also  h^ds  were  deeply  saddened  by  meeting.  f.; ;  stressed  that  the  current  job  the  sudden  passing  of  the  ship's  A  motion  by  Ship's  Delegate  situation  in  maritime  was  being  Third  Electrician.  Abe Rapaport  "to  cooperate  fully  aggravated  by toe  continue^  Brother  Bramble  is  survived  with  any  moves  made  that  the  e;dstence  of  the  Maritime  train­ by­his  wife,  Margaret,  two  sons  SIU  might  make  to  expedite toe  ing  schools.  ,and  a  daughter,  all  of  whom  re­ fljoycott."  Discussion  then  went  to  the  side at  553  Fisherman  Road, Nor­ STUDY  URGED  subject  of  Panama flag  ships  and  folk  .  All  hands  were  urged  to  read  :heir  effect  on  conditions  gener­ I  Crewmembers  of toe  SS  Del  the  ITF's  plan  (rf  action,  which  ally  in  world  shipping.  Norte sent  a fiored  wreath  to  the  was  published  in  the  May  issue  In the Huwon's Black  Gang are. Mated  (Id# to right)!  Paolo  The  meeting  was  chaired  by  funeral.  of toe  SEAFARERS  LOG.  Pringi, Dlb Eng.; M.  Nolan. OilM; W.  MoUiday. Wiper.  Standing:  Joseph  Busalacki  and  Richard  X  Muridiy.  FWT;  P.  Simmons.  FWT,  and  G.  Daniels,  Oiler.  Jordan  served  as  recording  sec­ IN THE GALLEY  Photos submitted  by  L.  E.  HamUton.  retary.  Panam Boycott  Gets Okay Of  De Leon Crew  t  m  'Voice  Of  The  Sea''  By  "SALTY  DICK"  Pat  Frango was  all aniks wheix  Ha  ship  atfived  in  port' because  his  wife  lia^  come  from  their  home  in  Norfolk  to^eer  h^. . . . Erich  Pfommer  li« been  receiv­ ing  letters  from  Arkansas  to come  home  ifor  a  vacation.  He declined  the  invites  bur  H. R.  HuMioxi,  Steward aboard  the  SS  Coeur  d'Alene  Vic­ tory  sent  this  photo  of  Loo  do  Parlier  (left).  Chief  Cook,  and  BIB  Mpontsikariib 2nd Cook  aud  Baker, u they  prepared chow  for  their  shjypnaatos.  Hnston  says  the  ship  has  several  photog.  rsph«7  end  more  of  their  worx  is  on  the  way.  I  think­he's  weakening  now,  •  '——:  ——  :—;—^——4  While  Louis  Peed  was  show­ ness  at  home.  He  tells  me  his  Bill  Adams  is  having  more  trouble  with  his  hands.  May  ing  me  his  new  home,  I  grabbed  father  is  over  100  years  old.  John  Pbntan  has  decided  to  need  hospitalization.  This  really  a  bottle  of  beer  and  he  appar­ ently  still "doesrl't  know  anything  go  back  to  sea  for  awhile.  His  happened  recently:  A  friend  of  about  it.  His  home,  by  the  way,  brother,  Harold,  is  ­  building  a  ours  was  'walking  along  SoUto  home  and  doing  a  good  job  of  Ferry  in New  York  and  was  ap­ is  modern  and  comfortable.  In  order  for  Jimmie  Darouse  it.  .  .  ,  A1  Yarbrough  landed  a  proached  by  a  guy,  who  asked  to  go  home  from  New  Orleans  job  on toe  Irenestar  and  was  him  for  a  dime.  Our  friend  ret  he  has  to  wade  through  the  heading ..for  Europe  the  last  time  plied  that  he  was  broke,  where>i  swamps  and  beat  the  alligators  I  saw  him.  .  .  .  With  proper  upon  the  solicitor  took  him  into  from  the  path  to  his  door.  He  credentials,  a  seaman  may  rent  a  nearby  joint  and  bought  hnd  lives  in Ponchatoula,  La., .  . Al­ a_  car.  rm  mentioning  this  be­ coffee  and  doughnuts.  bert  Tocho  quit  the  sea  for  a  cause  many  men  are  under  the  .  Ray  Flynn's  hobby  is  to  gp  brief  period.  He'll  help  out toe  impression  that,  they  can't.  to  different  restaurants  to  try  Mrs.  in  the  grocery  store  they  "Little  Joe"  Kotalik  and  his  • out different  foods.  Sea: food  is  both  own.  bride  are  now  residing  in  New  his  favorite.  He  generally  sail;)  "The  Casanova  of  Bourbon  Ch­leans,  where  Joe  is  a  jobber  m  a  Chief  Pantrjinah  (salad  Street"  made­  a  trip  to  South  and  travdttng  salesman.. I  under­ maker);  .  .  . Did  you  know  thai  Ametica  and  quit.  On  the  ship  stand  that  a book  case  is  neede^  butter  in  Bumios  Aims  contains  he  was  referred,  to  as "Mule  in  the  New  Orleans  Hail.  Per­ no .salt?  . . >  Just  heard  that  Joe  Tram,"  ,  .  .  Walter  Jarrett  had  haps  a  crew  can  take  cars  of  Powers  is  Lounge  Steward  %n  to  leave  his  ship because  of  ill­ this roitftec,  .  to^ ^coa Cavalier.  �TBE  MB AF  A HERS  LOG  l^ig* Tldxteni  Gomplete  Text  Of  Welfare  Agreement  Signed  By  SIU Contracted  Operators  ion  are  necessary  or  advisable  in  the  sound  and  purpose and  delivered  to  the remaining  Trustees;^^  (Continued  from  Page  4)  all  Trustees  and  alternate  Trustees  shall  serve  efficient  operation  of  the  Plan  and  to  affectuate  provided,  however,  no  vacancy  or  vacancies  in  for  terms  lasting  for  the  duration  of  any  new  its  purposes  and  objectives  and  all  expenses  in­ the office  of  Trustees  shall  impair  the  powers  of  trust  or  extension  hereof.  Employer  Trustees  or  cident  thereto  shall  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  remaining  Trustees  acting  in  the  manner  their  alternates  may  be  removed  at  will  by  the  the  Fund.  hereinabove  provided  to  administrator  the  af­ Employers  and  Union  Trustees  or  their  alter­ 4.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Trustees, they  fairs  of  this  Plan;  and  further  provided  that  for  nates  may  be removed  at  will  by  the  Union.  shall  elect  a  Chairman  and  a  Secretary  whose  the  purpose  of  determining  the  voting  strength  7.  Except  as  provided  in  Paragraph  6  of  this  terms  shall  commence  on  the  date  of  their  elec­ of  the  Trustees  any  unfilled  vacancy  shall  be  Article,  a Trustee can  be  r&moved  only  for  mal­ tion  and shall  continue  for one  year, or  until  his  considered  an  absence  and  the  provisions  of  Ar­ feasance  in  the  execution  of  his  trust.  Any  Em­ or  their successors  have  been elected. At  no time  ticle IV,  Paragraph  4 hereof  shall apply.  ployer  or  the  Union  may  initiate  charges  of  shall  both  such  offices  be  held  by  Trustees  des­ ARTICLE  VI  malfeasance  against  a  Trustee  by filing  such  ignated  by  the same  party.  Administrator  and  Records  charges  with  the other  parties  to  this  agreement  5.  Meetings  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  held  at  1.  The  Administrator  specified  in  Article  V,  and  with  the Trustees. Such  charges  shall  be re­ such  place  or  places  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  Paragraph  10  hereof,  shall  be  appointed  as  fol­ ferred  by  the  Trustes  to  a  Board  of  Inquiry  the  Chairman  and  the  Secretary  and  may  be  lows:  which  shall  consist  of  an  equal  number  of  mem­ called  by  the  Chairman  or  the  Secretary  upon  bers  appointed  by  the  Employers  and  by  the  five  days'  written  notice  ,and  may  be  held  at  ^  In  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  held  for  the  pur­ Union.  The  members  so  appointed  shall  attempt  any  time  without  notice  if  all  of  the  Trustees  pose of  appointing an  Administrator, the Employ­ to  agree  upon  an  additional  member  to  act  as  consent  thereto. Individual members of  the Board  er  Trustees  shall  submit  a  list  of  twelve  (12)  impartial chairman  an^d  if  within a  period  of five  of  Trustees  may  not  take  any  action  for  or  on  persons  as  nominees  for  the  position  of  Admin­ days  an  impartial  chairman  is  not  agreed  upon  behalf  of  the  Trustees  between  meetings,  except  . istrator  and  the Union  Trustees shall  select  from  then  application  by  the  Trustees  shall  be  made  as  may  be specifically  authorized  in  writing.  the  list  one  (1)  individual  who  shall  be  the  Ad­ to a  Judge of  the United States District  Court^r  6.  The  Trustees  shall  keep  full  minutes  of  all  ministrator.  the  Southern  District  of  New  York,  who  at  the  their  meetings,  resolutions  and  actions.  In  the  2.  The  Employer  Trustees  or  the  Union  Trus­^  time  is  sitting  in  ch^bers,  for  appointment  of  absence  of  the Chairman,  the Secretary  shall  act  tees  may  initiate  charges  of  maKeasance  or  mis­ an  impartial  chairman.  All  records  and  other  as. chairman  and  shall  appoint  another  Trustee  feasance  against  the  Administrator  and  such­ information  available  to  the  Trustes  shaU  be  from  the  group  of  Trustees  to  which  the  absent  charges  shall  be  referred  to  a  Board  of  Inquiry  made  available  to the Board  of  Inquiry. If  a ma­ Chairman  belongs  to  act  as  secretary  for  the  under  the  procedure  set  forth  under  Article  IV,  jority  of  said  Board  of  Inquiry finds  that  a  Trus­ meeting.  In  the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  the  Paragraph  7,  hereof.  In  the  event  the  Adminis­ te  has  been  guilty  of  malfeasance  he  shall  be  Chairman shall  appoint  another Trustee from  the  trator  resigns  or  is  removed  or for  any  reason  is  removed  and  may  not  thereafter  be  eligible  to  group of  Trustees  to  which  the  absent  Secretary  unable  to  perform  his  duties,  a  meeting  of  the  serve  as  a  Trustee  or  alternate  Trustee.  All  ex­ belongs  to  act  as  secretary  for  the  meeting.  In  Trustees  shall  thereafter  be  held  as  soon  as  penses  incident  to a  Board  of  Inquiry  shall  be  a  the  absence  of  both  the  Chairman  and  the  Sec­ practical  for  the  purpose  of  appointing  a  new  proper  charge against  the Fimd  and  the Trustees  retary,  there  shall  be  made  pro  lem  appoint­ Administrator  as  provided  in  Paragraph  1  of  are authorized and  directed to  pay such expenses,  ments  by  the  Trustees  present.  this  Article.  including  the fees,  if  any, of  the members  of  the  7.  The Trustees shall  cause to be  kept  true and  3.  The  Administrator  shall  perform  the  duties  Board.  accurate books  of  account  and records of  all their  delegated  by  him  by  the Trustees and  his  salary  8.  If  for  any  reason  a  Trustee  cannot  serve  or  transactions  as  Trustees  which  shall  be  audited  and  the  salaries  of  his  assistants,  clerical  or  resigns  or  is  removed  before  the  expiration  of  annually  by certified  pubUc  accountants, or  more  otherwise,  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Trustees  and  the term  for  which  he is appointed,  his  alternate  often  as  may  be  determined  by  the  concurrent  shall constitute a  proper charge against  the Fund.  shall  succed  him  until  a  successor  is  appointed  action  gf  the Employers  and  the Union.  The  cost  4.  Each  of  the  Employers  shall  furnish  to  the  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Trustee  to  whose  of  all audits  shall be a  proper  charge  against  the  office he is succeeding  and, subject  to Paragraphs  Fund  and  the  Trustees  are  authorized  and  di­ Trustees,  through  the  Administrator,  necessary  1*6  and  7  of  this  Article, shall  complete  the  unex­ rected  to  pay  such  charges.  Copies  of  all  audits  and  appropriate  records  pertaining  to  their  re­ spective  Employees,  including  records  of  the  pired  term.  shall  be furnished  to each  of  the Trustees,  to  the  9.  Any  Employer  Trustee  or  alternative  Em­ Administrator,  to  each  of  the  Employers  and  to  names and . classifications  of  such  Employees;  the  ployer  Trustee  is  authorized  and  empowered  to  the  Union.  A  statement  of  the  results  of  such  number  of  days  worked  by such  Employees  with  caU  a  meeting  in  the  City  of  New  York,  N.Y.  of  "audits shall  be  available  for  inspection  by  inter­ place  of  employment;  Social  Security  numbers,  the  various  employers  who  are  subscribers  to  ested  persons , at  the  office  of  the  Administrator  if  any;  identification  numbers  of  the  U.S.  Coast,  this instrument  upon  five  (5)  days  written  notice  and  at  such  other  places  as  may  be  designated  Guard, and  any  other  information  that  the  Trus­ tees  may  require  in  connection  with  the  soxind  and  such  a  meeting  shall  be  called  whenever  a  by  the  Trustees.  and  efficient  operation  of  the  Plan.  The  Union  vacancy occurs in  the office  of  Employer  Trustee  8.  Each  Trustee  shall  be  protected  and  held  shall  furnish  to  the  Triostees,  through  the  Ad­ or  alternative  Employer  Trustee.  An  individual  harmless  in  regard  to  any  action  which  may  be  may,  at  any  such  meeting,  represent  more  than  taken  upon  any  paper  or  document  believed  by  ministrator,  necessary  and  appropriate  records  one  Employer  and  any  Employer  shall  forfeit  him  to  be  genuine  and  to  have  been  made,  ex­ or  other  information  available  to  the  Union  per­ the  right  to  vote  at  any  such  meeting  at  which  ecuted,  or  delivered  by  the  proper  parties  pur­ taining  to  the Employees  as  defined  in  Article  I,  he fails  tp appoint  and  have  present  a duly  auth­ ported  to  have  made,  executed,  or  delivered  the  Paragraph  3  hereof,  which  the  Trustees  may  re«  orized  representative  but  such  forfeiture  shall  same; and  no Trustee shall be held  liable for  any  quire in  connection  with  the sound  and  efficient  in  no  way  relieve  such  Employer  of  his  obliga­ action taken  or omitted  by him in  good faith, nor  operation  of  the Plan.  5.  All  claims  for  benefits  shall  be  presented  tion  to  be  bound  by  any  action  taken  or  decision  for  the  acts  of  the  Administrator  or  any  agent  to  the  Administrator  who  shall,  with  reasonable  made  at  such  meeting.  or  employee  selected  by  the  Trustees,  nor  for  promptness,  certify  to  the  Trustees  that  the  reo  any  act  or  omission  of  any  other  Trustee.  ARTICLE  V  ords  available  to  him  indicate  that  each  benefit  9.  The  Trustees  are  authorized  to  formulate  claimed  is  or  is  not  properly  payable.  The  Trus­ Authority  and  Liabilitios of  Trustees  1.  The Trustees shall have the  power to  require  and  promulgate  any  and  all  necessary  rules  and  tees,  by  majority  vote,  shall  have  full  authority  each  Employer  to  ftirnisn  appropriate  informa­:  regulations  to  facilitate, the  proper  functioning  to determine  all questions  of  coverage  and  quali­ tion  to establish  that  he  is  making  full  payment  of  this  Plan,  provided  the  same  are  not  incon­ fication  to participate  in  and  receive  the  benefits  to  the  Trustees  of  the  amounts  required  as  set  sistent  with  the  terms  hereof.  of  the  Plan ~ and  shall  have  the  power  to  con­ 10.  The  Trustees  shall  appoint  an  Administra­ strue  the  provisions  of  this  Agreement  and  the  forth  in  Article II, Paragraph 1 hereof.  2.  The  receipt  given  by  the  Trustees,  or  any  tor  as  provided  in  Article  VI,  Paragraph 1 here­ terms  used  herein  and  any  such  questions  so  person  acting  with  their  specific  authority,  for  of,  and  may  delegate  any  of  their  ministerial  determined  or  any  construction  so  adopted  by  aiiy  moneys  or  other  things  of  value  shall  ef­ powers  or  duties  hereunder  to  him  or  to  any  of  the  majority  of  the  Trustees  in  good  faith  shall  fectively  discharge  the  person  or  persons  paying  their  agents  or  employees;  provided,  however,  be  binding  upon  all  parties  and  persons  con­ or  transferring  the  same  and  such  person  or  that  the  Administrator  and  any  such  agent  or  cerned.  persons shall  not  be bound  to see  to the applica­ employee" authorized  to  have  access  to  money  or  ARTICLE  VII  tion  of  such  moneys  or  other  things  of  value  or  things  of  value  belonging  to  the  Fund, shall  ob­ Arbitration  be  answerable  for  the  loss  or  misapplication  tain  a fidelity  bond  in such  amovmt  and  secured  1.  In  the event  the Trustees cannot  decide  any  by  such  security  company  as  the  Trustees  shall  thereof.  matter  or  resolve  any  dispute  because  of  a  tie •  ­ 3.  The  Trustees  by  majority  vote  may  obtain  determine.  vote,  then  and  in  such  event  the  Trustees  41.  Any  Trustee  or  alternate  Trustee  may  re­ adTOinistrative,  consultative,  legal,  technical,  and  ­ ,,  (Continued  wt  P*g/e  14)  other services and ,assista.nce which  in their  opin­ sign  by  instrument  in  writing  executed  for  that  ­J'  :'': ­­i  .m  • m  �T Page Fourteen  SE imdaf . ^tiine 16^ l l  by  and,  between  the  Employers  and  the  Un­ cidental  to  its  operation  and  the  providing  of  (Continued  from  Page  13)  attempt  to  select  an  impartial  arbitrator.  If  the  ion.  If  the  trust  herein  created  is  not  extended  benefits  and'to  avoid  waste.  Should  any  income  said  Trustees  cannot  agree  on  an  impartial  ar­ and  no  new  or  other  trust  fund  or  welfare fund  be  earned,  it  shall  be  credited  to  the  Fund  and  bitrator,  application  shall  be  made  to  the Judge  is  created  by  and  between  the  Employers  and  shall  with  reasonable  dispatch  be  applied  and  of  the District  Court  of  the United States  for  the  the  Union,  then  and  in  such  event,  the Trustees  expended  for  the  purposes  of  the  plan.  In  the  Southern  District  of  New  York  who, at  the time,  shall  continue  after  the  termination  date' hereof  event  the  Trustees  decide  to  invest  or  reinvest  is sitting in  chambers, for  the  appointment  of  an  to  perform  and  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  any  of  the  moneys  received  by  them,  such  in­ Plan  on  the  basis  that  all Employees  then  quali­ vestments  or  reinvestments  may  be  in  such  impartial  arbitrator.  2.  The  decision  or  award,  which  shall  be  in  fied  to  receive  the  benefits  of  the  Plan  shall  Stocks,  bonds  or  other  securities  or  property  as  writing, shall  be final  and  binding  on  all  parties  ­continue  to  remain  qualified  until  the  disburse­ the  Trustees  in  their  sole  discretion  may  deter­ and persons  concerned, it  being the intention that  ments  of  the  moneys  in  the  Fund  reduce  the  mine;  provided,  however,  that  no  investment  or  ­such  written  decision  shall  be  made  within five  Fund  where  the  moneys  left  are  too  small,  in  reinvestment  shall  be  made  other  than  invest­ regular  working  days  after  the  Impartial  Arbi­ the  judgment  of  the  Trustees,  to  be  used  to  ments  in  which  funds  of  life  insurance  compan­ effectuate  the  purposes  of  the  Fimd  when  such  ies,  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  trator  receives  all  the  evidence.  3.  In  the  event  of  an  arbitration,  the  expenses  residual  moneys shall  be  given  to such  seamen's  New  York,  may  be  legally  invested.  10.  This Agreement  and  Declaration  of  Welfare  thereof, including the fee,  if  any, of  the Impartial  charity  or  charities  as  the  Trustees  in  their  dis­ Plan  may  be  executed  in  a  number  of  counter­ Arbitrator,  §hall  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  cretion  shall determine.,,  9.  Income  on ­the Fund,  if  earned, is incidental  parts,  each  of  which  shall  have  the  force  of  ah  §  Fund  and  the  Trustees  are  authorized  and  di­ only  and  the  Fund  is  not  intended  to  produce  original. Subscribing  Employers  are  not  required  •   rected  to  pay such charges.  income  other  than  as  may  be  collateral  or  in­ to  execute  more  than  one  counterpart.  ARTICLE  VIII  Miscellaneous  1.  The  Employer  contributions  paid,  or  to  be  paid,  into  the  Fund  shall  not  constitute  or  be  deemed  wages  paid  or  due  to  Employees,  nor  We,  the  undersigned  members  of  the SIU  Ne­ few  in  munber,  and  small  in  amount  of  money.  shall  the  Fund  in  any  manner  be  liable  for  or  gotiating  Committee,  hereby  make  the  following  The  reason  for  this  is  that  your  Union  Negotiat­ be  subject  to  debts,  contracts,  obligations,  or  report  and  recommendations  on  the  matter  of  ing  Committee  feels  that,  before  such  a  Welfare  liabilities  of  any  of  the  Employers  or  the  Union  the  Welfare  Plan.  Plan  as  ours  is  called  on  to  spend  too  much  or  any  of  the  Employees.  We  have  negotiated  on  this  matter  of  welfare  money,  we should first  ascertain  as  to  just  what  2.  None  of  the  Employers  or  the  Union  shall  with  SlU­contracted  operators  for  a  period  of  the entire  cost  will  run  into  and  the jnanner  in  in  any  way  be  liable  in  any  respect  for  any  of  over  6  months.  We  have  come  to  a final  agree­ which  it  will  operate.  By  starting  in  a  small  If­ the  obligations  of  the  Trustees  because  such  ment  with  the  operators  and  attached  hereto  is  manner,  we  can  iron  out  any  kind  of  kinks  in  Trustees are officers  of  or  in  any  way  associated  a  complete  copy  of  the contract  we  have  negoti­>  the  process  before  we  increase  the  size  of  our  with  any  Employer,  or  the  Union;  it  being  the  ated, subject  to  the approval  of  our  membership,  benefits.  intention  that  each  of  the  Trustees  designated  as  per  our  constitution.  (The  complete  text  of  In  addition,  by  starting  out  by  paying  benefits  as  a  representative  of  the  Employers,  or  of  the  the  Welfare  Contract  begins  on  Page  3.)  in  the  amoimts  shown  in  this  report,  it  will  al­ Union,  acts  as  a  representative  in  a  statutory  This  contract,  among  others, makes  the follow­ low  the  Welfare Plan  to  build  up a  cash  reserve  sense only  and  not  as  agent  of  any  person, firm,  ing  provisions:  >  of  funds  in  such  a  manner" so  as  to  continue  the  corporation,  or  organization.  1.  The  SIU  Welfare  Plan  will  not  be  adminis­ successful financial  operation  of  the  Plan  itself.  3.  Whenever  this  instrument  specifies  that  the  tered  by  any  insurance  company  as  is  the  case  The  membership  is  to  be  made  aware  of  the  Employers are  to  perform  any obligation  or duty  in  other  union  welfare  plans,  but  instead,  will  fact  once  again  that,  once  the  Plan  is  function­ or may  perform  any function  or  take any  action,  be  handled  by  representatives  from  both  the  ing, and  we see  that  we have  the  necessary  cash  as  provided  for  in  Article  IV,  Paragraphs  1,  6  Union  and  the  company  as  prescribed  by  law.  reserves on  hand  and  the income  comes  in  prop­ and  7,  Article  V,  Paragraph  7,  and  Article  VIII,  Not  using  an  insurance  company  will  save  con­ erly,  we  can^  at  that  time,  if  we  see fit,  re­nego­ Paragraphs  7  and  8,  hereof,  such  coll^tive  obli­ siderable  money.  The  actual  business  functions  tiate  any  type  of  new  benefit  our  membership  gation,  duty, function  or  action  shall  be  determ­ of  the  Plan  will  be  handled  by  an  Administra­ may  feel  is  necessary  for  the  welfare  of  our  ined in  accordance  with  and  under the provisions  tor, who will work  according  to the contract  and  people.  of  Article  IV,  Paragraph  2  hereof.  under  supervision  of  the  Union  and  Company  In  view  of  this,  we  therefore  recommend  the  4.  This Plan  is accepted  by  the Trust^s in  the  trustees.  following:  State of  New  York, and, regardless of  the domic­ 2.  The  Union  has  the  right  to  negotiate  new  1. That  this entire  report  and  contract  be  pub­ iles  of  the  parties  hereto,  shall  be  interpreted  types of  benefits other  than those of  hospital and  lished  in  the  current  issue  of  the  SEAFARERS  and  governed  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  death.  Such  new  benefits  will  be  negotiated  on  LOG, so  that  all  of  our  members  will  have  full  that  State.  the basis of  the amount  of  money on  hand in  the  opportunity  to  read  this  contract  in  its  entirety.  5.  The  place  of  business  of  the  Fund  shall  be  fund  and  the  ability  of  the  Fund's  income  to  2.  That  this  contract  and  report  be  read  at  New  York,  New  York.  Any  written  communica­ pay  same.  our  next  regular  meeting  to  be  held  on  June 21,  tion  to  an  Employer  Trustee,  individually,  shall  3.  The  Plan  at  this  time  calls­ for  weekly  hos­ 1950,  and  action  be  taken  simultaneously  in  all  be  deemed  properly  addressed  if  addressed  to  pital  benefits  of  $7.00  and  death  benefits  of  $500.  Branches.  ,  the  office  of  such  individual  Trustee  and  any  These payments will  be paid in the same fnan­ 3.  That copies  of  this issue of  the SEAFARERS  written communication to  the Employer Trustees,  ner­as are  the  regular  Union  Hospital and  Death  LOG wherein  this report  and contract  are carried  • collectively, shall    be  deemed  properly  addressed  Benefits  paid  now.  In  any  event,  there  shall  be  be  mailed  into every  SIU ship, so  that  they  will  if  addressed  to  the  office  of  the  Administrator.  no  wait  for  any  of  our  members  for  receipt  of  have  an  opportunity  to  vote  on  this matter  also.  Any  written  communication  to  the  Union  Trus­ their  benefits.  We  recommend  to  our  membership,  whether  tees,  either  individually  or  collectively,  shall  be  Your  Committee  feels  that  this  Welfare  Con­ ashore  or  on  ship,  that  this  contract  and  report  deemed  properly  addressed  if  addressed  to  the  tract,  as  it  is  negotiated,  represents  a  great  be  accepted  in  their  entirety.  ­ headquarters of  the  Union  in  New  York.  LINDSEY  WILLIAMS  achievement for our Union. It is to be pointed out  PAUL  HALL  6.  The  Plan  shall  not  become  effective  until  to  the  membership  that  the  benefits  'we  have  ROBERT  MATTHEWS  LLOYD  GARDNER  the  contributions  or  payments  thereto  by  the  agreed  to  pay  under  this  Plan  are  at  this  time  JOSEPH  VOLPIAN  JOSEPH  ALGINA  Employers shall  have  been  approved  by  the  Bu­ reau  of  Internal  Revenue  as  proper  current  de­ ductions for  tax  purposes.  7.  This  Agreement  and  Declaration  of  Welfare  Plan  and  the trust  created  hereby shall continue  In light  of  the sudden  and  dramatic developments  in  Cities  Service,  the  signing  of  the  until midnight,  June JO,  1955,  and  the provisions  Welfare Plan  in its final  form is forced  to share  the spotlight of  events in  the SIU.  hereof  may  be  amended  at  any  time  by  an  in­ In  the  long run, however, it must  be  conceded  that  the  securing  of  the  Welfare  Plan  strument  in  writing  executed  by  all  of  the  Em­ promises  the greatest of  rewards to  the men of  the  SIU.  Cities  Service  is  a  brilliant  victory  for  ployers  and  by  the  Union  and  subscribed  to  by  the  Union  in  the  field  of  organizing.  the Trustees;  provided,  however,  that  no  amend­ In  winning  the  Welfare  Plan  the  Union  can  again  take  bows.  Here  the  Union  has  dem­ ment  shall  alter  the  purpose  of  the  Plan  or  di­ onstrated  labor  statesmanship.  The  SIU  and  SUP were the first imion to win a  welfare  plan and  vert  the  Fund  to  any  use  other  than  for*the  thus open  the door  to greater security  for  the men  who make  their  living sailing  the seas.  exclusive  benefit  of  Employees  qualified  to  re­ The  benefits  to be  paid  under  the  plan  at  its  inception  do  not  ap^ar  to  be  tremendous,  ceive the  benefits,  or  their  dependents, or  benefi­ nor  does  the  Union  claim  that  they  will eliminate  all of  the  problems  facing  the men  of  the in­ ciaries or  next  of  kin.  dustry.  But,  and  for  this  the  Negotiating  Committee  deserves  praise,  the  program  has  been  set  8.  If  the  trust  herein  created  is  not  extended  up in such  a  way  that  the  initial  benefits  are  modest  so  as  to  put  no  strain  whatsoever  on  the  '  't^^l  for  a  specified  period  from  its  termination  date,  Fund. As  time  passes  and  the Fund  swells  the payments  will,  undoubtedly,  increase  and  other  the  Trustees  shall,  upon  termination  or  liquida­ provisions  be  incorporated  into  the  plan.  The  knowledge  of  other  welfare  plans  which  started  tion  of  the  trust  and  the fulfillment  of  the  pur­ off  big  and ended  bankrupt  in short  order  were  too familiar  to the committee  to allow any such  poses specified  in  Article III  hereof, transfer  any  errors.  Time  will  undoubtedly  prove  the  welfare  plan  to be  one of  the greatest  steps  ever  taken  stu^lus moneys  in  the Fund  to any  new or other  by  the SIU.  The events  of  the past  few  days  will  mark  this as  another  hour of  greatness  for  the  trust  fund  or  welfare  fund  that  may  be  created  SIU.  Report  Of  Negotiating  Committee  Welfare Phn Milestene la History Of Seahrers  • '  ti  �rv  iJtiile 18^  19$8  V  t ifir E  ^  "  ir  i  it rI t s i  a c  Ihhitexk  Ff# •  Digested Minutes Of  SIU  Ship  illeeti||^  BULL  RUN,  April  4 —Daniel  STEEL  MAKER,  Apx^jiO—E.  Butts,  Chairman;  Norman ,Kra­ F.  Lessor,  Chairman;  T.^bneep­ ie«.  Secretary.  Ship's  Delegate  doa. Seeref8fy» All  okay'^ three  reported  on  beef  on  lodging  departments^  ekcepf  for  some  While  ship  was  in  drydock.  Mo­ disputed  overtime  in  Black  tion  carried  to  have  Patrolman  Gang.  A.  H.  Sd^ihers  elected  see  Captain  alJbut  turning  more  Ship's  Delegate;  Under  Educa­ men  to  on  various  jobs.  Patrol­ tion  it  was  brought  out  that  as  man  also  to  check  on  safety  citizens  and  ­Union  members  we  equipment  aboard  ship.  Suggest­ have job  to do  with Congression­ ed  that  attempt  be  made to  have  al  elections  just  around  the  cor­ library  placed  aboard  ship  in the  ner.  It  is  cmr  duty  to  write  to  Congressmen  to  remedy  injustice  next  port.  of  Taft­Hartley ­ baft  cm  Union  t  ^  Hiring  Halls.  ALCOA  CORSAIR,  AprU  10—  ft ft ft  W.  Higgs,  Chairman;  J.  Roberts,  have  the  LOG  in  the  pres­ Recording  Secretary.  Ship's  Del­ ent  Overseas  fiction.  McLemoro  HARRY  T,  April  S  —  Waller  egate read  interim agreement  be­ elected  Engine­Delegate  No  one  Hallett,  Chairman;  F.  R. . Vorl­ t^O'een  SIU  and  Cities  Service.  to  handle  bread  with  dirty  kamp.  Secretary.  All  okay  hi  all  departments.  New  librai^  to  be  Motion  carried  to  allow  Ship's  hands.  put  aboard  in  Tampa.  Laundry  Delegate  to  use  his  own  judg­ *  i  »  and  rec  room  to  be  cleaned  al­ ment  in  renting  motion  pictures.  CHRYSSTAR.  AprU  13—L.  E.  Under Good  and  Welfare, a num­ Jarvis,  Chairman;  J.  F.  Ross,  ternately  by  each  department.  ber  of  Brothers  took  the  floor  Secretary.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ General  discussion by  crew, dele­ and  several  pointed  out  that  the  ported  that  Patrolman  will  be  gates  and  chairman  regarding  victory  in  the  Cities  Service  aboard  for  payoff,  that  needed  shipboard  conditions.  Men  re­ fleet  was just  further evidence  of  supplies  will  be  obtained  and  minded  that  this  is first  voyage  the  correctness  of  SIU  policy.  that  certain  repairs  have  to  be  under  SIU  contract  and  that  they  should  act  accordingly.  made. All  stores are  to be  check­ ed  before  vessel's  departure.  F YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO  CECElVfe THE LOG AT YOUR HOME,  BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE PREPAID  POSTCARD  SENT TO ALL SUB  SCRIBERS ANO MAIL  TO THE LOG AT ONCE­ THOSE NOT REPLYING  WILL BE DROPPHDFBDH  THE MAILING LIST.  %  *  *  ROBIN  NEtrt^lNO,  April  2  ­^Elbert  Hogge,  Ghairmaiu  Rob­ ert  MeCttUoeh^  Secretary.  Deck  i  »  »  Delegate  Larry  Laronde  said  no  BLLY.  April  5—Arthur  Kavel,  beefs  pending  in  his  department,  ft ft ft  Chairman;  Waller  Husson,  Sec­ Engine  Delegate  Barney  SpeO^e  GADSDEN.  Apru  J.  retary.  Delegates  reported  aU  read  charges  against  three  men.  PedOrsen,  Churinan;  S.  T.  Bfti­ okay.  John  Fedesovich  Was  elec­ Stewards  Delegate Sfiflley  Coop­ ler. Secreiary.  Six hours disputed  ts Ship's  Delegate.  Motion  (by  er  reported  all's  well  except  for  overtime  in  Deck  Department;  Boucher)  carried  to  have  all  two  hours  disputed  overtime.  ovmrthne  and  breskfast  beOf  m  The  latest  news  from  Eddie  Eriksen  aboard  the  Waterman  engine  heads,  showers  and  decks  Ship's  Delegate  John  Tilley  dis­ Elaine,  and  no  beefs  ki  Stew­ ki  Black  Gang  quarters  painted.  cussed  charges.  Brother  Covale­ ards .^department.  Crew  was  ask­ Scow,  SS  Southland,  is  interesting.  He  went  home  to  Copenhagen,  Suggested that  all cots be  washed  ski  agreed  to  donate  $10  to LOG  ed  not  to  leave  clothes  in  wash­ Denmark,  and  enjoyed  all  the  smorgasbord  he  wanted.  Scheduled  to  hit  the  states  around  June  23,  the  scow  left  Rotterdam  and  and  returned  to  Steward.  for  Brother  standing  his  Watch.  ing  room.  Suggested  that  we  ask  Bremerhaven  and  is  going  to  the  good  ports  of  Bremen,  Ant­ ^  for  wind  chutes  for  all  portholes  werp,  Liverpool  and  Dublin.  Crewmembers  of  the  Southland  pre­ MOSTANK.  April  8—H.  Ste­ for  ndXt  trip,  fer  the  Overseas  Edition  of  the  LOG,  by  the  way.  Eddie  mentions  yens.  Chairman;  W.  A.  Hender­ ft ft ft  that  all  Waterman  crews  never  have  enough  time  to  hit  any  place  shot.  Secretary.  No  beefs,  ex­ CLAIBORNE,  April  23—John  but  the  Habourg  House  in  Rotterdam—^which  he  recommends  cept for  2nd  Pumpman's disputed  Alslall,  Chairman;  G..  Thobe,  sending  some  LOGS  to.  "Two  more  items  about  this  scow!  Brother  overtime.  W.  A.  Hendershot  el­ Secreiary.  Ship's  Delegate  re­ Gapac  is Steward  and  there's  a  coca­cola  machine  aboard,  too.  .  . .  «eted  Ship's  Delegate.  Steward  ported  that  there  is  now  $2^.92  Charlie  Evans,  who  had  been  on  the  beach  for  three  weeks,  suggested  that  gangway  watch  in  ship's  fund.  No  beefs.  Repair  grabbed  an  AB's  job  on  the  SS  Steel  Apprentice.  That's  good  ^ kept  in  all  ports  for  security  lists  to  be  given  to  the  dele­ shipping,  indeed.  .  .  .  Ru^ell  Lund  is  now  homeward  bound  to  of  ship's  gear  and  stores.  Patrol­ gates.  Washing  machine  to  be  sunny  California  after  voyaging  aboard  the  29­year  old  SS  Annis­ man  to  check  medical  supplies  kept  as  clean  as  possible  by  all  ton  City,  an  Isthmian  wagon.  Russ  says  there  were  only  22  days  for  penicillin.  Steward  to  ­see  using  it.  of  shore  leave  in  the five  month  trip  they  had.  .  .  .  Brother  ft ft ft  Giaptain  aboirt  new  percolator for  ft ft ft  "Happy"  Harper  says he  met  Brother  "Tex"  Morton  recently.  STEEL  ADVOCATE,  AprR  17  YAKA,  Apra  30 —Tex  Soil.  crew's  mess.  —C.  Rice,  Chairman;  C.  C.  See­ ft ft ft  X  %.  Chairman;  Edward  Robinson,  A  vote  of  thEuiks  to  the  crewmembers  of  the  now  Irid­up  lig.  Secretary.  BCefs  were  tabled  •   JOHN  HANSON.  April  2­^U  Secretary.  No  beefs.  Joseph  el­ scow, SS  Thomas Sim Lee.  According  to Brother  Willis Thomp­ HoUoway.  Chairman;  Fred  Eng­ to  be  discussed  under  Good  Snd  ected  Ship's  Delegate  by  accla­ son  when  he  was  here  in  New  York  recently,  they  all  did  Welfare.  Agreed  that  Chief  Cook  land,  Secretary.  Delegates  re­ mation.  Discussion  oft  proposed  a  bang­up  job  of  protecting  the  SIU  from  vicious  anti­labor  and  Second  Cook  are  to  work  ported  not  a  single  beef  in  any  one­year  shipping  rule.  Comrie,  legislation.  . .  . "Blackie"  Mandno  is  in  town  right  now. ...  department.  Motion  carried  to  with  Steward  in  preparing  DM,  suggested  that  washing  ma­ Buddy  Benson  was or  still  is in  town.  loo. .  . . Other  Brothers  menus,  and  that  Steward  get  allow  delegates  to  transact  ship's  chine  be  purchased  at  payoff.  It  • Third Cook  on  the  ball  in  clean­ was agreed  that  he be  designated  In  Town—^Tom  Hale,  Charlie  "Carioca  Red"  Benway,  who  has  business  with  Patrolmen  before  ing the galley.  Discussion on how  to  collect  $2  from  those  wishing  been  anchored  here  since  Februcury  after  doing  some  Seatrain  business  of  individuals.  Discus­ >• ^1  to  make  the  delegates  jobs  eas­ to  contribute  to" purchase  of  the  sailihg;  Kenneth  Maxston,  who  says  he  went  home  to  Norway  sion  on  compulsory  vacation  is­ for  some  lime.  Waterfront  employmehf  is  in  gOod  shape,  he  ­  .  ier.  Washing  machine  hot  to  be  sue,  with  several  men  airing  machine.  ^iays.  . . . T.  E.  Maynes  . . .  George  Frank,  who is  waiting  fot  overloaded.  yiews—pro  and  con.  Ship's  Dele­ 4^1  a Europeeut  ruiu . . . Cwl Lawson and "Red" Shea  who finished  ft ft ft  '  gate  said  it  was  long  time  since  Says  Frisco  Agent  one of  the  best  trips  they  ever  had,  we're informed.  . . . Bosun  he  had  experienced  cooperation  STEEL  NAVIGATOR,  AprU  Roderick  Smith  is  in  and  his  shipmate  Frank  Moran  is  out.  such  as  he  got  aboard  this  ship.  16—R.  Mason,  Chairman;  D.  Rates  Among  Best  MaxwelL  Secretary.  Department  I'd  like  to  give  a  plug  to  one  Frank  is  out  catching  the  sunshine  of  Coney  Island  aboard  Delegates reported.  Engine: Short  of  the  best  agents  ever  to  hit  the  SS  Sandpaper—oOpS,  We  mean.  SS  Sandcraft.  Frank,  no  one  Fireman,  who  missed  ship  San  Francisco.  I  anr referring  to  doubt,  still  believes  a  mml's  best  friend  is a  hoTsch  Sometimes,  in  Penang;  Deck:  some  disputed  Jeff  Morrison,  of  course,  a  busy  Frank,  sometimes.  ft ft ft  overtime.  Workway  picked  up  in  man  in  this  Sunny  California  According  to  Brother  Howard  Lewis,  the  St.  Charles  Tavern  Singapore,  an  SIU  man  out  of  port.  Jeff  is  well ­liked  by  the  ft  »  »  TADDEI.  April  2  —  Frank  the  hospital.  He  is  not  doing  local  populace  and  is  very  popu­ in  New  Orleans  is  a  good,  quick  place  for  seamen.  .  .  .  We're  Borst,  Chairman;  James  ICaup,  any  work,  as  per  Union  agree­ lar  with  the  membership.  Some­ informed  that  Brother  Virgil  Harding  is  aboard  the  SS  Morning  Secretary. Committee to be form­ ment;  Thomas  Heaton  injured  times  a  little  praise  helps  a  guy  Light.  Happy  sailing,  Brother  Harding.  .  .  .  Brother  Glick  recently­ ed  to  write  members  of  Congress  while  cleaning  holds.  Ship's  fund  when  he  thinks  no  one  appre­,  had  a  discussion  about  how  many  scows  Bull  Line  took  ov»  urging  that  bilf  legalizing  mari­ contains  $20.  elates  his  good  work.  I  think  last  year^—^from  another  company.  Only  two,  the  good ships  Puerto  time  hiring  halls  be  passed.  Dis­ ft ft ft  every  Seafarer  hitting  this  port  Rico  and  And  Marie.  .  .  .  Not  mentioning  red  peppers  we'll  just  puted overtime  in  Deck  and  En­ ALCOA  ROAMER,  April  20—  appreciates  the  attention  and  say  that  Pete  De  Pietro  sailed  into  New  York  recently.  .  .  .  "Red"  gine  departments; no  other  beefs.  Doug  Craddock,  Chairman; M. A.  representation  they  get from  Jeff  Beers,  the  West  Coast  bartender,  is  doing  some  landlubbing  bar­ tending rf^ut Chicago  way.  .  .  .  We  wonder  if  Pete  Gvozdich  eVeht­'  Situation  regarding^ firing  Of  Machel,  Secretary.  All  okay  in  Morrison.  ually  sold  that  heavyweight  piece  of  gear  he  lugged  into  town­^  Steward  referred  to  Patrolman.  departments,  except  for  18  hours  .  Hury  (rite  Horse)  PiU  that  accordion?  .  .  .  We're  wondering  how  Norman  "Rpd"  Kirk  Suggested  that  draws  be  made  disputed  in  Deck.  Motion  carried  from  Baltimore  and  Danny  Merrill  from  Mobile  are  doing  right  earlier upon arrival  in port.  Vote  in  favor  of  netv  overseas  edition  of  thanks  given  to  Stewards  de­ of  LOG  in  preference  to  the  now?  partment  for  excellent  meals  and  Bulletin.  Motion  carried  that  all  ft ft ft  If  you  hear  somebody  laughing  all  the  time  and  talking  service.  If  you  don'i find  linen  mep  be  assessed  for  LCK^  a  bit  of  several  foreign  latiguages  you'll  understand.  It's  only  <  when  you  go  aboard  your  .stead  of  maintaining  it  by  dona­ ft ft ft  Ed  Larkin  becoming  AmericairisOd  agun.  . . . We  don't  know­ SEAtRAlii  HAVANA,  April  tions.  Patrolman  to  See  Mate  ship,  notify  the  Hall  at once.  how  true  it i«  but,  according  to  the  BioihM  reading  the  neiw'^ i  .  1ft—R.  Wisham,  Chairman;  F,  about  equalizing  overtime.  Dis­ A  telegram  from  Le Havre or  nevOL  "The  CardhiaL"  Brother  Duke  Livingston,  the  wrestler  '  Gorenflo,  Secreiazy.  Kristensen  cussion  by  Steward  on  yray  ship  Sitigc^ore  won't , do  yoil  any  and  a  steady  New  Yorker,  is  in  the  New  York­made  movie  v  good.  It's  your  bed  and  gou  elected  Ship's  Delegate.  Motion  was  stored  last  fr^p  and  his  rec­ about  a  wrestler  called  "Mr.  Universe"  with  Jack  Carson  of  F  F?!  carried  to  study  present  issue  ommendations  on  how  to  im­ have  to  lie  in  it.  Hollywood.  of  the  LOG  and  if  agreeable  to  prove  it  this  trip.  AnENTIOII!  J:.  �I0­­ By  JOHN  BUNKER  rlil'If  CHAPTER 10 THEY MADE THE BEACHHEADS PART I Oran,  Casablanca,  Avola,  Gela,  Salemd,  Anzio,  Guadalcanal,  Normandy,  Leyte,  Okinawa  . . .  Memorable  places  these,  stepping  stones  on  the  long  road  to  victory—the  invasion  points  where  the  tide  of  battle finally  turned  and  then,  surging  forward  on  the flood,  engulfed  the  Axis  in  a  deluge  of  men  and  materiel  as  the  Allies  inarched  inexorably  toward  Rome,  Berlin  and  Tokio.  ;  SIU  ships  made  these  and  other  beachheads  along  with  the  assault  troops  and  the  landing  craft,  and  the  names  of  far­flung  battle  shores  became  as  familiar  to Seafarers  as  the  names  of  towns  back  in  New  York,  Indiana,  Nebraska  or  Texas.  One of  many  SIU  freighters at  the  beachheads  was  the  SS  Jonathan  Grout,  a  Liberty  operated  by  the  Mississippi  Shipping  Company,  which  helped  carry  British  troops  from  Alexandria  for  the  invasion  of  Sicily  in  the  morning  of  May  10,  1943.  PEACEFUL  SICILY  It  was  an  idyllic  day  as  th€  Jonathan  Grout  approached  the  hill­fringed  Sicilian  shore,  and  were  it  not  for  the  firing  of  monitors  and  des­ troyers,  for  bits  of  wrecked  gliders  and  dead  paratroops,  bobbing  grotesquely  about  in  the  placid  tide,  the  war  would  have seemed  a  thou­ Official  Coast  Guard  photo  shows  Invaidoii  and  supply  ships  crowding  waters  off  Normandy  sand  miles  away.  Beach. Floating  above  them  are barrage  balloons,  protection  against  low­flying  enery  planes.  But  the  summer  calm  was  broken  that  after­ noon,  when  Stuka  divebombers  came  roaring  ship  Timothy  Pickerin  (SUP),  which  had  ar­ Germans  opened  up  on  her  with  long­range  ar­ down  onto  the invasion fleet  with  sirens scream­ rived  at  the  anchorage  only  a  few  hours  before  tillery. Shells  hit  within  50  feet  of  the ship  and  ing  in  their  noses  as  they  dived,  a  wailing  cry  and  was still crowded  with troops.*  shrapnel  peppered  the  decks  like  BB  shot.  that was intended to strike terror  in the hearts of  There  was  a  blinding  explosion.  Tongues  of  Captain  Harty  Ryan  "up  anchored"  as  sdbri  the  gunners  below.  flame  roared  out  of  the stricken  ship a  thousand  as  steam  could  be  turned  on  the  windlass,  and  .  Gunners  on  the Jonathan  Grout  and  the other  feet  into  the  air,  followed  by  whirling  clouds  of  they  sought  a  safer .spot.  But  the  Germans  got  ships  weren't  impressed,  however.  The  three­ smoke.  their  range  again  and  shells  splashed  too  close  *  inch  bow  guns  on  the  Liberties,  the  oerlikons  It  may  have  been  red  hot  hull  plates from  the  for  comfort.  It  was  "up  anchor"  again  ... a  and  the  bofors  threw so  much  steel  into  the sky  exploding  Liberty,  or  bombs  dropped  by  the  game  of  hide  and  seek  which  went  on  for  most  that  the divebombers  didn't  make  a single  hit.  second  Stuka,  but  a  tanker  nearby  was set  afire  of  the  day.  '  The enemy  didn't  give  up—not  by  a long shot,  and  exploded  in  a  flaming  holocaust  soon  after.  During  the  next  four  days,  gunners  and  crew­ they  didn't.  They  launched  50  raids  against  the  In  a  few  minutes  both  ships  were  nothing  but  men  ran  to  battle  stations  time  after  time,  for  anchorage  at  Avola  during  the  next five  days.  Armed  guard  and  merchant  crewmen  slept  at  twisted, shattered  masses  of  steel,  resting on  the  one  air  attack  was  quickly  followed  by  another^  the  guns,  while  the  British  stevedores  unloaded  bottom  with  only  their  masts  protruding  above  and  between  raids  the  Germans  plopped  big  bombs^  canned  gasoline,  trucks,  tanks,  food,  and  the  surface.  Of  the  192  crewmen  and  British  shells  onto  the  anchorage.  ml'  The  grind  of  the  anchor  chain  through  tha  the  myriad  other  implements  of  war,  knock­ troops  on  the  Timothy  Pickering,  only  about  a  ^  hawse  pipes  lent  a  mournful  accompaniment  to  ing  off  only  when  the  sirens  moaned  the  ap­ dozen  survived.  the  drone  of  airplanes  and  the  whistle  of  shells  TWO­TIME  LOSER  proach  of  more  raiders  and  the  lights  of  the  —they  called  them  "Whistling  Williams."  anchored  ships  blinked  off.  The  attack  had  lasted  only  a  minute  at  the  It  was  on  the  29th  of  January  that  the  Ger­ On  the  afternoon  of  July  11,  three flights  of  most.  mans  tried  out  the  radio­controlled  glider  bomb  high­level  bombers—15  in  all—swept  over  the  Another  Liberty  that  saw  exciting  action  in  on  the ships at  Anzio.  The  USS Philadelphia and  convoy  so  high  that  it  was  futile  to  fire  the  20­ Italian waters was the James  W. Marshall (SUP).  millimeters.  The  bombs  left  the  belly  of  the  Arriving at Salerno  just  two days after  the in­ two  freighters  were  victims  during  the first  at­ droning  raiders  like  tiny,  shimmery  pinpoints  vasion,  she  was  hit  and  set  afire  by  a  250­pound  tack  of  this  kind.  THREE  B0MBER5  DQWN  of  light,  bomb  that  smashed  through  the  bridge  and  'NICK  OF  TIME'  ESCAPE  wounded  several  men  at  the  guns.  Through  it  all  the  Lawton  B.  Evans  proved  The  first  salvo  shook  the  Jonathan  Grout  as  The  fire  was  quickly  extinguished  by  quick  herself  a fighting  ship, fit  to  battle with  the  best  though  she  had  been  rammed,  but  all  were  near  action on  the part  of  the crew, and  she continued  of  them­ misses,  partly  because  the  bridge  signaled  the  discharging  her  ammunition,  guns,  trucks  and  When  Stukas  and  Junkers  attacker  the  an­ fengiheroom for  "full  ahead" and,  moving  from  a  gasoline.  chotage,  her  gunners  knocked  one  of  the  Junk­ dead  stop,  the  ammunition­laden  vessel  scurried  Two  days later she was  hit  again,  this time  by  ers  down  with  20­millimeter fire,  then  blew  a  away from  the falling  bombs in  the  nick  of  time.  a  heavy  bomb  that  went  through  the  top  deck  divebomber  to  pieces  with the three­inch fifty  on  Not  so  lucky  was, a  Dutch  ship,  hit  by  bombs  of  the  ship  into  the  m4in  deck  before  exploding  the  bow.  (  and  sunk  nearby.  among  Gls  who  had  taken  refuge  in' the  mess­ Two days later  they  bagged  another  divebomb­ When  hot  shell  fragments  started  a  fire  amid  room.  er tha't  got  too near their guns.  On the same  day,  gasoline  tins  in  a  forward  hold  of  the  Jonathan  And  thrilling  tales  aplenty  can  be  told  by  the  the  Lawton's  gunners  blasted  a  glider  bomb  out  Grout,  two  ABs  instantly  climbed  into  the  hold  men  who  took  supplies, to 5th  Army  troops  hold­ of  the  sky  before  it  could  do  any  damage,  and  and  put  it  out.  BV  followed  that  up  by  obliterating  still  another,^  ing  the beach  at  bloody  Anzio.  Just  before  noon  on  July  13,  without  any  air'  For  months  the  British  and  Americans  had  divebomber.  A carburetor  from  the plane  landed  raid  warning,  a  pair  of  Stukas dropped  oyer  the  held  a  costly  strip  of  beach  and  marshland  30  on  the Lawton's deck and  was kept as a souvenir.  mountains  that  lined  the  bay,  and  plummeted  miles south of  Rome, and  all the while  they were  It  was  fortunate  that  the  Lawton's  gunners  onto  the  anchorage  with  their  engines cut  out.  supplied  by  merchant  ships  for  whom  "destina­ did  shoot  well  for,  soon  after  blowing  up  the  Lookouts saw  them  too  late. So  sudden  and so  tion  Anzio"  also  meant  "destination  front  line."  glider  bomb,  another  of  these  strange  missiles  silent  was  the  attack  that  not  a  shell  was  fired  The  SlU­manned  Liberty  ship  Lawton  B.  hit  the  Liberty  ship  Samuel  Huntington,  setting  at them  till they had blown their target  to pieces  Evans had  4,000  tons of  gasoline and  ammunition  it  afire  and  causing  an  explosion  that  rent  the  and  were  skipping  safely  back  to  their  bases.  in  her  holds  when she arrived at "Peter  Beach,"  ship  apart.  The  first  plane  dropped  two  bombs  into  an  Anzio, from  Naples  on  January  22, 1944.  Long  will  SIU  crews  remember  the  shuttle  open  hold  full  of  ammunition  on  the  Liberty  No  sooner  had  she  dropped  the  hook  than  the  run  to  "bloody  Anzio."  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource June 16, 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XII, No. 12 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: CS AGREES TO REINSTATE MEN, DROP CTMA, BARGAIN WITH SIU NLRB DESERVES BOW FOR FINE JOB ILA BODY ELECTS HASSELGREN NEW SECY-TREASURER OPERATORS SIGN SIU WELFARE PLAN NEW SUP BUILDING DEDICATED TODAY IT'S NOT TOO LATE COMPLETE TEXT OF WELFARE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY SIU-CONTRACTED OPERATORS NEW YORK IN A SHIPPING SLUMP, THINKS IT MIGHT EVEN GET WORSE ONLY PAYOFFS - NO SHIPS SIGN IN PORT BOSTON SLIGHT PICK-UP IN PORT MOBILE DOES NOT AFFECT MEN ON BEACH FRISCO BRANCH WILL MOVE INTO NEW SUP HALL TWO-WEEK REPORT FINDS SAVANNAH ENJOYED ABOVE-AVERAGE SHIPPING TEXT OF NLRB'S SETTLEMENT STIPULATION THE NLRB RECORD REAFFIRMS SIU CHARGES R.C. BRAMBLE OF DEL NORTE DIES IN B.A. HANSON MEN KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON MARITIME AFFAIRS PANAMA BOYCOTT GETS OKAY OF DE LEON CREW WELFARE PLAN MILESTONE IN HISTORY OF SEAFARERS THE SEAFARERS IN WORLD WAR II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/16/1950 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1950 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/24da548b5ed83f39de1365fa04916af7.PDF fd8b669b4dc1b74b77f5a144c0e10e37 PDF Text Text The Seafarers^ Log  Seafarers'  International Union of  North  America  . Official Organ of the Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes Seamen  VOL. II  NEW  YORK,  N. Y., MONDAY,  JUNE  17,  1940  ,446  BROTHERHOOD  OF THE  SEA  No. 4  AGENTS  CONFERENCE  ACTS  ON  ORGANIZATION  DRIVE!  Amendments  Eliminate  Phoney  Clauses  Fiash!  From  Unemployment  Insurance Bill  Wage  Increases  Won  REPOET  ON  THE  UNEMPLOYMENT  INSURANCE  BILL  FOR  SEAMEN  i ifl  *  '1  • • if  a  'if  !  ;  v­ .'4  • J"  3  By  Harry Lundeberg  Brothers:  For  the  past  week  1  have  been  busy  contacting  various  people  frienilly  to  us  in  reganl, to  getting  support  in  re­drafting  the  Un­ employment  Insurance  Bill  for  Seamen  in  order  to  get  a  bill  which  will  conform  to  the  policy  laid  down  by  the  SUP­SIU  to ­safeguafd  our  Hiring  Halls and  conserve  onr  freedom  as  a  trade  union.  The original  bill  in substance  would  establish  Fink  Halls,  making  oiir  Union  Halls  government  controlled,  etc.  (The  NMU  supported  the  bill  in  its  original  fink­hall  form.)  I  have  had  several  meetings  with  the  Railroad  Retirement  Board  who,  with  the  aid«of  the  CIO  commies,  drew  up  the  original  bill.  For  days  I  have  gone  over  the  bill  point  by  point  with  them  and  proved  that  the  bill  was  phoney  the  way  it  stands  and  that  If  we  didn't  get  it  changed  to  protect  the  seamen  we  would  kill  it  com­ pletely  rather  than  sell  out  our  Hiring  Halls  and  freedom  ....The  bin,  with  the  aid  of  your  Secretary  (Harry  Lundeberg,  Act­ ing  President,  SIU)  has  been  completely  redrafted.  The "following  has  been  accomplished  for  the  benefit  of  our  organization  and  the  seamen  as  a  whole:  Dangerous  Clauses  Eiiminafe l  1.  The  part  of  the  bill  giving  the  Board  the  right  to  establish  Fink  Halls  has  been  COMPLETELY  STRICKEN  OUT!  2.  The  parjt  of  the  bill  giving  the  Board  the  right  to  move  into  our  Hiring  Halls  and  supervise  shipping  has  been  COM­ PLETELY  STRICKEN  OUT!  3.  The  part  of  the  bill  giving  the  Board  the  right  to  prescribe  a  procedure  of  registration  of  unemployed  seamen  (lay  down  shipping  rules)  has  been  COMPLETELY  STRICKEN  OUT  OF  THE  BILL.  4.  The  part  of  the  bill  setting  up  an  Advisory  Council  consisting  of  one  shipowner,  one  Union  representative  and  one  from  the  general  public  to  find  ways  and  means to  eliminate  unemploy­ ment  for seamen  by  establishing  training  schools  for  "retrain­ ing"  seamen,  etc.,  has  been  COMPLETELY  WIPED  OUT  OF  THE  BILL.  5.  The  part  of  the  bill  giving  the  board  the  right  to  appoint  (stooges)  has  been  stricken  out.  6.  The  part  of  the  bill  giving  the  Board  the  right  to  enter  into  agreements  with  various  employment  offices,  (Fink  Halls,  ,etc.)  to  exchange  information  has  been  stricken  out.  7.  The  part  of  the  bill  giving  the  Board  the  right  to  make  nota­ tions  upon  a  seaman's  papers  has  been  stricken  out  and  in­ stead  the  only  thing  they  can  now  put  on  your  discharge  is  the  time  you  apply  for  unemployment  insurance.  New  Changes in  the Bill  f •  ;>  '>t <­ In  order  to  establish  a  procedure  for  administering  unemploy­ ment  insurance  for  seamen  and  to  eliminate  the  phoney  clauses  of  the  bill,  it  was  necessary  to  insert  a  clause  which  would  safeguard  the  seamen  as  a  whole  and  the  SUP­SIU  in  particular.  1. We  were  successful  In  making  the  Board  insert  unemploy­ ment  insurance  for  the  Great  Lakes  and  the  Inland  waters.  We  were  the  only  Union  that  fought  for  this.  The  CIO­NMU  were  fighting  against  these  people  getting  unemployment  in­ ranee.  2.  Thd  Board  shall  establish,  maintain  and  operate  Registration  offices  at  such  places  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  effi­ cient  administration  ot  the  Act,  for  the  purpose  of  accepting  registration  and  applications  for  benefits.  Remarks­.  This  means  that  the  Board  will  have  offices  to  take  applications  for  u7iemployment  benefits,  for  seamen  and  noth­ ing  else!  3.  Every  person  and  organization  engaged  in  the  operation  of  facilities  for  the  employment  of  employees  as  defined  in  this  Act shall  furnish  to the  Board  such  prescribed  information  and  report on  unemployment  and  placements as  the  Board  may  re­ quire  to  administer  this  Act.  ,  . ;  Remarks­.' This  meutis  that  we  agi'ee  to  furnish  a  list  of  the  number  (not  the  names)  of  men  registered  for  shipping  in  (Continued  on  page  2)  An  increase  of  $10  per  month  and  10  cents  per  hour was won  on the Range  Lines  when  the  company  signed  an  addendum  to  their  agreement  with  the  SIU  granting  the  higher  wages  and  overtime  rate.  This  is  the first  of  the  coastwise  operators  who  have  come  thru  with  the  raise,  thus  falling  in  line  with  the  off­shore  wage  and  overtime rate previous­ ly  established.  After  lengthy  negotia­ tions  and  imder  pressure  of  a  strike  vote  by  the  membership,  the  Eastern  S.S.  Co.,  which  had  pr«4­ ously  rejected  all  demands  for  any  concessions,  came  thru  with  a  proposal  for  a  $2.50  increase  and  impor­ tant  concessions  in  the  working  conditions  of  the  ships.  The  proposal  is now  being  submitted  to  the  crews  on  the  Eastern  S.S.  Co,  ships  for  approval.  Negotiations  are  now  in  progress  with  other  coast­ wise operators under  agree?  ment  with  the  SIU  for  in­ creases  in  the  wage  and  overtime  rate.  Engineer  Assaults  Oiler  William  L.  G.­eslnger,  twenty­ yeai^old  oiler  on  the  S.S.  Tex­ mar,  was  assaulted  by  John  Thrush,  the  first  assistant  engin­ eer,  while  the  ship  was  docked  In,  Brooklyn  and  was  taken  to  the  Groundwork  Laid  for  Further  Progress  At  SIU  Meeting  Proposals  Adopted  for  Consolidation,..  Of  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Districts;  Organization Drive Launched  ix  Meeting in a  hard working four day conference  (June 6­9)  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  the  Agents  of  th6  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Districts  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union  succeeded  in  hamniei'ing out  a program  designed  to extend the  progressive  expan.sion  of  the  organization  and  to  strengthen  the internal  structure  in order  to .solidify  the  gains  that  have  been  made  in  tlie  past  period.  *  Purpose  of  Meeting  The  conference  was  called  Communist  together  by Hariy Lundeberg,  Acting  President  of  the  Sea­ Party Lays  farers'  International Union  of  Down Line!  North  America,  for  "the pur­ pose  of  coordinating  the  ac­ NMU  Charlie  McCarthies  tivity  of  the  Atlantic  and  Out  to  Smash  the  SIU  Gulf  Districts and  to  formu­ late  a  program  and  policy  to  We  have  just  come  into  pos  increase  the  effectiveness  of  session  of  a  document  that clear­ ly  exposes  the  ruling  top­commit­ the" organization  and  to  pro­ tee  of  the  NMU  as  Charlie  Mc­ vide  the  means  for  the., fur­ Carthies  for  the  union­wrecking  ther  e­xpansion  of  our  organi­ line  of  the  Communist  Party.  zation  activity.  Also  to  elimi­ This  document  is  entitled:  "Branch  Resolution"  of  the  "New  nate  several  sources  of  fric­ York  Seamen's  &  Harbor  Work­ tion  between  the  several  dis­ ers  Branch,  Communist  Party  of  tricts."  the  United  States."  The  resolu­ Consolidating Districts  ­ tion  lays  down  the  "Party  Line"  Every  phase  of  the  union's  ac­ tivity  was  thoroughly  discussed,  both  as  regards  our  strength  and  our  weaknesses.  The  continued  growth  of  the  organization  con­ stantly  raised  new  problems  which  pressed  for  solution,  in  "Unity"  —  C.P.  Style  other  words, the  ,SIU  is experienc­ Point  3 of  the  resolution  under  the  somewhat  ironic  subtitle:  ing  what  Is  commonly  known  as  "Unity  of  the  Labor  Movement,"  "growing  pains."  One  of  the  the  following  instructions  are  main  questions  that  arose  was  the  necessity  of  consolidating  given:  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Districts  3. "Assist  in  the  organiza­ into  one  unified  whole  and  to  tion  of  all  unorganized  eliminate  seme  of  the  duplication  into  hnnafide  unions.  of  effort  that  now  exists.  A  reso­ WHILE  HELPING  lution  was  adopted  calling  for  the  TO  SMASH  THE.  amalgamation  of  both  districts  SIU,  I WW,  CTU,  and  with  the  centralization  of  head­ {AND!)  company  un­ quarters  for  the  organization  in  ions  as  shipowners'  Washington,  D.C.  which  would  also  function  as  the  legislative  tools  within  the  labor  office  of  the  SIU.  movement''  for  the  stooges  in  the  leadership  of  the  National  Mai­itlme  Union,  and  we  shall  demonstrate  how  this  "line"  is  carried  into  prac­ tice.  hospital  where  it  was  reported  that  he  had  suffered  a  possible  skull  fracture,  fractured  jaw,  and  Changes  Necessary  wrist,  and  extreme  swelling  and  Their  Master's Voice!  Such  a  change  in  the  organiza­ injury  to  his  arm.  Smash  the  SIU!  That's  the  The  black  gang  delegate  on  the  Communist  Party  program!  Im­ tion  structure  necessitated  many  alterations  in  the  constitution  Texniar  etated  that  while  the  mediately,  the  top  officialdom  of  which  was  originally  drawn  up  ship  was  on  the  West  Coast  the  the  NMU  declares  that  all  ships  on  a  district  basis.  These  first  assistant  had  threatened  to  under  contract  to  the  SIU  are  changes  were  made  and  will  be  "get  Brother  Gresinger"  before  "unorganized"  and  "Charley  Mc­ submitted  to  the  membership  for  the  trip  was  over, because  he  had  Carthy"  Lawrenson,  chairman  of  ratification.  Another  question  Insisted  on  the  payment  of  over­ the  so­called  reorganization  com­ which  had  been  the  cause  of  time  and  other  conditions  in  the  mittee  of  the  NMU,  announces  in  some  confusion  in  the  past  was  agreement. When  the  ship  docked  the  Pilot:  "The  SIU  has  got  to  that  of  different  shipping  rules  in  Brooklyn, Gresinger  and  other  be  wiped  off  of  this coast."  'When  prevailing  in  the  Atlantic  and  members  of  the  crew  were  going  the  Charlie  McCarthies  speak,  Gulf  districts.  A  completely  ashore.  As  they  passed  the first,  they  give  the  impression  that  the  vised  set  of  shipping  rules  was  assistant's'  room,  he  rushed  out  voice  is  theirs,  but—the  words  drawn  up,  based  upon  those  no'W,  (Continued  on  page  2)  are  those  of  their  master!  (Continued  on  page  3),  1  • 4  i J  �Monday, June 17, 1940  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  «  I;  1  Published  by thu  Seafarers^ Inierna^nal Union  of  North  America  AffiUilted  mth the  American r^iiihatiM  of; Labor  HARRY  LUNDEBERQ, A«(lM/Presl4ent  "''110 Market  Street, Room  402. San  Francisco, Calif.  Atlantic  District  HEADQUARTERS  New York  (Phone: BOwIing Green  9­2437)  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With  "Endeavor  To  Commit  Mutiny"  Are  Victims  Of  Curran  War  Hysteria!  (Continued  from  page  J)  with  a  club  or  wrench  and  began  Eleven  Aiembers  of  tlie  crew  of  the  3S  EWA  received  '  beating  (irestnger  al?out  the  head,  .sentences­ranging  from  30  days  to  9.0  days,  and  five  others  inflicting  severe  injuries  that  nec­ were  placed  on  probation  after  a  jury  brought  in  a  compro­ essitated  hospital  treatmenf.  mise  verdict  of  guilty  on one  charge in  the  mdictnient—"en­ Challenges  Union  deavor  to  commit  mutiny"—with  a  "recoiiiniendcitioii  for  When  Scotty  Thompsqn,  union  extreme clemency" and  found the men  not  guilty on  a  second  representative,  ivent  aboard  to  charge  of  "conspiracy  to  commit  a  mutiny  or  revolt."  In  find  out  what  Hie  beef  was  about,  he  was  confronted  by  the first  as­ other  \yords,  the  men  were  apparently  convicted  as Indivi­  .  sistant  who  challenged  the  un­ duals endeavoring  "to commit  mutiny," and  not  as a  group  ion's  ability  to  do  anything about  entering  into  a  "conspiracy  to  commit  mutiny."  it!  He further  stated:  "The  union  can't  do  anything  to  me!  I  have  Meetings  Called  Conspiracy  ^ Further,  it  gives  the  seamen  the  It  is  well  to  keep  this  dis­ right  to  consider  the  contract,  or  no  use  for  unions  anyway."  This  latter  statement  was  verified  by  tinction in  mind as  the charge  artlclc­.s,  broken  in  the event  that  other  officers  on  the  Texmar  who  of  conspiracy  was  based  upon  this  demand  for  a  draw  is  not  stated  that  the first  had finked  in  the  fact  that  the  crew  mem­ met  in  accordance  with  the  terms  every  strike  that  involved  the  of­ bers  held  meetings  aboard  set  forth.  ficers.  ship,  elected  delegates  as  Articles  Broken  spokesmen  for  the  crew,  and  When  the  skipper  refused  to  Scotty  Thompson  accompanied  give  the  men  a  draw,  they  exer­ by  the  black  gang  delegate  visit­ had  these  delegates  represent  cised  their  right under the  law, as  ed  the  hospital  to  ascertain  the  them  in  dealing  with  the  of­ quoted  above,  declared  the  arti­ extent  of  the  injuries  sustained  ficers  of  the  vessel.  This  is  a  cles  broken  and  demanded  to  be  by  Brother  Gresinger  and  then  procedure  that  is embodied  in  paid  off. The  crew then  proceeded  proceeded  to  the  precinct  station  our  agreements  with  the ship­ to  communicate  with  the  Amer­ house  to  prefer  charges  against  owners,  hut  one  that was  im­ ican  Consul  and  requested  his  in­ the first  assistant.  He  was  re­ tervention  in  the  dispute.  .The  ferred  to  ttie  Harbor  police  squad  plicitly  under  attack  as  was  crew  took  the  ship  to  Port  Said,  who  arrested  the first  on  a  revealed  by  the  testimony.  where  it  was  finally  decided  to  charge  of  felonious  assault.  The  Captain  Leithead,  master  of  |jay  the  crew  off.  Because  the  ar­ case  came  up  before  the  Magis­ the  SS  Ewa,  who  stated  on  ticles  had  been  broken  by  the  strates  Court  on  June  11th  and  the  witness  .Stand  that  "men  captain,  the  crew  was  entitled  to  after  hearing  the  testimony  of  one  month's  extra  compensation.  Witnesses,  Judge  Jaeobson  of  the  (aboard  ship)  have  no  husi  Their  wages,  with  the  extra  Magistrates  Court  remanded  the  ness  nieeling  in  one  body,'  month's  compensation,  were  de­ tlie  case  for  trial  to  a  higher  and  that  "everytime  they  posited  with  the  American  Con­ court,  'file  company's  attorneys  meet  together,  they  are  con­ sul  at  Port  Said.  asked  that  the  case  he  dismissed  spiring  (!)  against  tlie  mas­ Delayed  "Mutiny"  but  on  the  basis  of  tlie  evidence,  Much  has  been  made  of  the fact  the  request  was  denied  and  the  ter."  that  the crew  were  placed  in a  de­ first  assistant  engineer  was  held  Disturbing Symptom  tention  camp  at  Port  Said,  Egypt,  Engineer Arrested  '  More  About:  Unemployment Insurance  (Continued  from  Page 1)  our  Hall  and  also  agree  to  give  them  a  list  of  hoto  many  men  we  are  shipping  (not  their  names).  4.  Any  of  the seven  days  beginning  with  the  day  after  the  mini­ mum  period  provided, for  in  Section  3 (b)  of  this  Act  (14 days  on  the  beach),  with  respect  to  which  the  Board  finds  that  he  failed,  without good  cause,  to apply for  or accept  suitable  work  offered  individual  registered  at  the  employment  facility  at  which  he  is  registered  and  accepted  by  an  individual  who  registered  at such  employment  facility  subsequent  to the  date  on  which  such  employee  registered:  Provided  that  this  dis­ qualification  shall  not  be  applicable  to an  employee  until  after  he  has twice  failed  to  apply  for  or  accept  work sincce  his  last  employment.  Remarks:  This means if  you  are receiving  unemployment  bene­ fit­  yon  cannot  turn  down  more  than­ three  jobs  offered  by  'our  Dispatcher  if  your  card  is  old  enough.  If  you  turn  doum  three  jobs  offered  by  the  Union  you  can't  get  any  more  unem­ '  ployment  benefit.  With  these  drastic  changes  in  the  bill,  I  feel  that  we  are  pro­ tected  against  any  attempt  to  break  down  our  Hiring  Hall,  to  estab­ lish  our  Union  as  a  branch  of  a  Bureaucratic  Government  Board,  to take  away  our  choice  of  employment  as  free  men.  in  ?500  bail  pending  trial  in  the  When  Captain  Leithead  was  after  they  left  the  vessel.  This  Special  Sessions  Court.  confronted  with  a  copy  of  the  was  done  with  the  knowledge  of  agreement  between  the  SUP  and  the  crew  who  were  informed  of  a  Will  Press  Charges  the  Matson  Navigation  Co.,  own­ Adding  insult  to  injury,  the  ers  of  the  Ewa,  which  contained  war­time  Egyptian  nieasITre  which  company  then  tried  to  get  the  a  clause  expressly  granting  rec  required  all  aliens  to  be  com­ Union  to  agree  to  permit  the first  ognition  to ships  delegataes elect­ mitted  to  detention  camps  until  assistant  to  go  hack  on  board and  ed  by  meetings  of  the  crew,  he  they  were  expatriated.  The  crew  sail  the  ship.  The  answer  to  that  contended  that  "the  agreement  apparently  preferred  tlie  none  too  was  NO  SOAP!  He  then  went  was  not  binding"  on  him  and  that  pleasant  surroundings  of  an  C.P. SlQoges  Exposed  After  having  exposed  the  attempt  of  the  Communist  Party  down  to  the  ship  under  police  he  was  ONLY  bound  by  the ship's  Egyptian  detention  camp,  to  sail­ Btpoges  in  the  NMU  together  with  certain  Government  intellectuals  protection  and  remoyed  his  be­ articles.  Fortunately,  the  verdieet  ing  the  ship  back  to  the  United  and  the­Shipowners'  Lobby  to  sell  the  American  seamen  down  the  longings.  Next,  the  company  was  not  guilty  on  the  charge  of  States  under  the  command  of  river  in  the  biggest  attempted  sell­out  yet,  I  am  reasonably  sure  wanted  to  settle  the  case  out  of  conspiracy;  otherwise,  a  prece  Captain  Leithead.  This  is  under­ that  when  this  bill  (as  amended)  again  comes  up  for  considaration,  court  by  getting  Brother  Gresin­ dent  would  have  been  established  standable  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  NMU­Shipowner  combine  will  havs  lost  and  the  SUF­SiU  will  ger  to  drop  the  charges.  In  view  vyhlch  would  have  endangered  the  two  members  of  the  crew  were  again  have  stopped  tbe  Comrats  from  selling  out  the  American  sea­ of  the  fact  that  the first  assistant  rl^ht  of  ships'  crews  to  meet  to­ driveiv  insane  on  the  voyage,  the  men.  had  previously  boasted  that  he  gether  In  a  body,  elect  a  delegate  second  mate  and  the  deck  dele­,  had  put  three  men  in  the  hospi­ to  represent  them,  and  to  act  in  gate,  who  is  still  confined  in  the  Assistance  Acknowledged  tal  before,  and  because of  his aqx­ an  orderly  and  organized  manner  insane  asylum  at  Cairo,  Egypt.  Active  support  and  valuable  assistant  was  given  us  here  in  this  iety  to  protect  his  brother  mem­ in  presenting  their  demands  and  The  "incriminatingV  circumstance  fight  by  William  Green,  President  of  the  American  Federation  of  bers  against  future  violence  by  grievances.  A  fundamental  right  of  the crew's  commitment  to a  de­ Lgbor,  and  Richard  Welch,  Congressman  from  the  Mission  District  cfficers  aboard  ship,  Brother  Gre­ which  is  embodied  in  all  of  our  tention  camp  is  exploded  by  the  in  San  Francisco.  Also  the  imniediate  response  of  all  the  S.I.U.  singer  rejected  the  company  pro­ agreements  with  the  shipowners  fact  that  the  U.  S.  Consul  pro­ branches  on  the  east  coast  to  wire  their  protest  to  the  Committee  posal  to  settle  the  case  out  of  arid  orie  which  .the  American  sea­ vided  free  transportation  as  pas­ belped  In  no  small  way.  ,  court'  and  will  press;  charges  men  have  wpn  after  years  of  bit  sengers  with  all  expenses  paid  ­ Fraternally,  ter  struggle.  It  is  a  disturbing  until  their  return;  No  one  was  against  the  first  assistant.  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  syympton  that  this  right  Is  now  aware  of  any  "mutiny"  charges  Secretary­Treasurer,  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  until  the  crew  got  back  to  this  Getting  to Be  a  Habit!  being  challenfied.  country.  Acting  President,  Seafarers  International  Union  (We  have  just  been  informed  Protective Laws  involved  that  a  member  of  the  Pacific  The  verdict  In  the  Ewa" case  Clue  to Motive  A  clue  to  the  motive  of  the  Coast  Coast  Marine  Firemen  was  may  have  far  reaching  signifi  cance  as  it  involves,  the  applica­ skipper  in  refusing  to  give  the  recently  assaulted  by  the  first  en­ tion  of  certain  laws  designed  for  crew a  draw, and  refusing to  give  gineer on  the S,.S.  Kainalau, which  the  protection  of  seaqien.  The  them  shore  leave  in  Colachel—al­ S.S. PORTMAB  $  4.50  ivas  operated  by  the  Matson  Na­ case  grew  out  of  the  blunt  refusal  though  the ship  was  to stay  there  B.S.  COLABEE  11.00  vigation  Co. The first  assistaiit  on  of  the  master  of  the  Ewa  to  give  for  at  least  seven  days—was  re­ S.S.  ROBIN  GOODPELLQW  .........  6.00  this  ship  hit  the  MFOW  nian over  the  crew  a  draw  on  their  wages  vealed!  in  the  testimony.  Captain  g.S.  EVELYN  2.45  $2.3.95  the  head  with  a  heavy  screw  in  the  port  of  Colachel,  India,  In  Leithead  had  purchased  150  cases  conformanpe  ­with  Section  4530  of  beer  for  the  elop­chest  at  Ma­ driver  and  split  his  scalp.  The  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  nila.  He  testified  that  he  paid  Tot&l  $23.95  New  York  branch  of  the  MOFW  U.  S.  In  brief,  this  law  requires  2.75  a case  for  the  beer  and  Sold  ip6RRECTlON:  In  the  last  issue  of  the  Log  we  listed  the  went  on  record  to  prosecute  the  the  captain  to  give  the  men,  on  it  to  the  crew  for  15  cents  a  S:S.  Del  Mar  as  donating $12.35  to  the Log.  It should  first  assistant  before  the  Inspec­ demand,  a  draw  equal  t'6  one­halt  bottle,  which  makes  ?3.60  per  of  their  accumulated  wages.  This  IS'?:­'  ­have  read  the  same  amount  from  the  S.S.  Del  Sud  in­ tors  and  in  court.  Looks  like  it's  law  was  obviously  designed  for  case  of  24  botles.  THE  LAW  STATES  THAT  THE  'VESSEL  y (Stead  of  Del Mar,  ghtting  to  be  a  haJbitt)  the  protection  of  the  seamen.  (Continued  on  page ­J)  • ,/  • i  •   t'  Ui;  »  '•   i  .  �Monday,  June  17,  1949  *  •  I  '  '  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  L  Groundwork  Laid  MORE  ABOUT:  At SlU_Meeting  SSE WA  Cqse  What's  Doing  (Continued  from  page  2)  (Continued  from  Page !)•   .SHALL  OPERATE  TRE  SLOP­ In  force  In  both  districts,  which  CHE.ST  AT  NO  MORE  THAN  10  will  be  submitted  to  the  inem­ PER  CENT  GROSS  PROFIT!  her.ship  for  ratification  by  refer­ The  skipper  of  the Ewa,  who  was  whole.  Think  this  over  seriously  endum  ballot.  After  the  member­ operating  the  slop­chest  •  on  his  and  give  your  union  brothers  a  ship  has  acted  on  the  shipping  own  account,  was  making  over  30  BALTIMORE,  Md.,  June  11.—  the  light  and  is  willing  to  come  breakI  rules  we  will  have  a  more  or  less  •  •  «  per  cent  profit  on  his  beer.  Which  Shipping  continpes  fair  to  good  to  terms  with  the  A.  F.  of  L.  or­ uniform  set  of  shipping  rules  for  Quite  a  few  of  the  NMU  mem­ out  of  the  Port  of  Baltimore,  with  ganizations.  Thanks  to  SIU­SUP  the  entire  Atlantic­Gulf  Di.strict.  is  a  very  neat  profit,  IP  HE  SOLD  ALL  OF  THE  BEER  HE  the  beach  list  showing  227  mem­ efforts  on  the  Baltimore  water­ bers  are  getting  disgusted  with  Organizing  Drive  their  set­up.' It's  about  time  that  HAD  BOUGHT!  bers  shipped  during  the  past  two  front,  the  port  now  rates 100  per  In  the  field  of  organization,  the  the  majority  of  them  get  wise  to  weeks.  Total  beach  list  registra­ cent  Union  with  even  the  watch­ Beer  Sales  Fall  tion  a  t  t  he  end  of  the  past  week  men,  janitors,  stenographers,  and  themselves  that  they  belong  to  an  conference  acted  to  provide  the  Between  Manila  and  Colachek  numbered  180  in  the three  depart­ office  boys  all  organized  into  their  orgaaization  controlled  by  top  necessary  organizers  to  carry  the skipper  sold  ten  cases of  beer.  ments.  Nineteen  tripcard  men  respective  unions.  Cooperation  be­ committees  and  not  by  the  rank  out  the  elaborate  organization  Meanwhile,  the  crew  had  made  were  shipped  out  during  the  two­ tween  the  various  organizations  and file.  Every  day,  they  come  program  set  down  by  the  Agents'  up  their  minds  not  to  buy  any  week  period.  Prospec^  for  ship­ is  good,  and  outside  of.  the  deca­ into  the  SIU  hall  here  trying  to  conference.  Particular  attention  more  of  the  skipper's  beer  and  ping  continue  good.  Strangely  dent  NMU  whom  no  one  pays  any  join  an  organization  that  is  run  will  be  given  to  those  lines  which  with  visions  of  being  stuck  with  enough,  the  closing  of  various  attention  to  any  more,  the  whole  democratically  for  the  seamen.  are  now  unorganized  as  well  as  140  cases  of  beer,  it  is  evident  ocean  areas to  American  shipping  waterfront  is  solidly  A.  F.  of  L.  The  NMU  is  not  making  any  to  strengthening  the  lines  under  that  if  the  crew  were  refused  a  headway  In  the  port  of  Jackson­ agreement  with  the  SIU,  These  draw  and  refused  shore  leave,  by  the  Neutrality  Act  has  had  no  ville  and  all  this  bunk  about  "re­ organizers  will  be  assisted  by  a  they  would  be  forced  to  stay  great  effect  on  the SlU­SUP  niern  Check on Citizenship  organizing  the  unorganized'.'  is  planned  cooperation  with  the  offi­ aboard,  and  if  they  stayed  aboard  All  members  who  have  been  un­ bership,  since  most  of  the  Lines  affected  by  the  Act  have  quickly  able  to  prove  citizenship  and  who  not  getting  anywhere  because  the  cials  in  all  Atlantic  and  Gulf  ship,  they  would  be  forced  to  buy  found  other  services  and  routes  still  have  a  question  mark  on  seamen  on  the  East  Coast  have  Ports  who  will  work  in  conjunc­ the  skipper's  beer  out  of  sheer  mainly  in  the  Coastal,  ,Inter  their  papers  should  take  steps  had  experience  with  Curran's  tion  with  the  organizers  in  the  desperation! Therefore,  they were  field.  coastal, and  South  American  serv­ immediately  to  have  the  mark  re­ "reorganizers"  and  will  not  fall  refused  a  draw  and  refused shore  Weekly Log  moved.  Birth  certificates  or  bab­ for  this  line  of  hooey  again.  ices.  leave.  In  order  to  assist  in  the  or­ tisimal  certificates  are  required  •  »  •   In  supporting  the  charge  of  Ship  Transfers  ganization  work,  it  was  decided  "endeavoring  to  commit  mutiny"  to  prove  citizenship  and  once  ob­ Shipped  eight  members  during  , The  transfer  of  U.  S. flag  ships  taained,  these  certificates  should  the  week  on  various  ships.  There  to  supplement  the  work  of  the  numerous  incidents  were  cited  of  to  foreign  registry  still  continues  be  kept  carefully  in  case  of  loss  is still  a shortage  of  A.B.'s  in  this  field  organizers  by  publishing  the  alleged  insubordination  on  the_  with  the  latest  victims  being  tlie  of  seaman's  papers.  The  removal  port,  with  none  registered  on  the  Log  on  a  weekly  basis  just  as  part  of  the crew.  Incident,.s,  which  MAKAWAO  and  MANA  of  the  soon  as  possible.  Provision  was  in  normal  times,  would  have .re­ of  the  Immigration  Dept.  from  Matson  Line;  the  SAN  VINCEN­ the  Department  of  Labor  to  the  shipping  list  at  present.  made  to'  provide  the  nece.ssary  ceived  scant  consideration  by  any  TR,  the  T.  J.  WILLIAMS  jurisdiction  of  the  FBI  means  a  funds  for  weekly  publication.  It  jury.  However,  with  the  prevail­ June 10, 1940.  GEOnGR  O.  HENRY,  and  JOHN  close  check­up  on  all  aliens,  and  was  felt  that  the  weekly  publica­ On  my  return  to  Jacksonville  ing  war­time  psychology,  such  in­ WORTHINGTON  of  the  Esso  although  the  Unions  are  doing  tion  of  the  Seafarers'  Log  was  fleet;  the  old  ADMIRAL  WOOD  their  best  to  check  the  hysterical  from  the  Agents  Conference,  1  necessary  to  off­set  the  destruc­ cidents  can  be  inflated  out  of  all  and  several  assorted  yachts  and  drive  on  some  of  their  members,  found  that  several  members  had  tive,  lying  propaganda  of  our  proportion  to  their  actual  signifi­ barges.  To  offset  these  losses  to  no  one  can  foresee  whaat  Is  like­ taken  it  upon  themselves  to  get  enemies as  well  as  to  provide  the  cance.  The  main  facts  whicli  the merchant  marine we  note  that  ly  to  happen  in  these  troubled  filled  up  with cheap  wine and  pro  unorganized  seamen  with  true  Eland  out  in  bold  and  glaring  fifteen  ships  of  the  tied­up fleets  time;  so  to  avoid  the  possibility  ceeded  to  come  up  to  the  hall  to  pictures  of  the  program  and  pro­ contradiction  to  the  charge  are:  are  open  for  bids.  Five  of  them:  of  being  yanked  off  some  ship  be­ do  a  little  performing.  This  sort  gressive  character  of  the  SIU  Maiu  Facts!  the  BAYOU  CHICO,  CITY  OF  cause  of  lack  of  citizenship  proof,  of  thing  will  not  be  tolerated  policy.  1.Tlie  Captain  refused  the  crew  WEATHERFORD,  GEORGE  the  matter  should  be  attended  to  very  much  longer.  One  of  these  a  draw  that  they  were  enti­ Wage  Increase"  members,  Harold  Bell,  No.  270,  PIERCE,  SALAAM,  and  YAPA­ as soon  as  possible.  tled  to  under  law,  thereby  The  question  of  securing  an  in­ started  to  disturb  several  mem­ LAGA  have  already  been  ear­ breaking  the  articles.  crease  in  the  Coatwise  lines  now  marked  for  Waterman  Steamship,  Conference  Report  Approved!  bers  who  were  reading  and  mind­ under  contract  to  the  SIU  was  2. After  declaring  the  articles  and  the  fen  others  are  lined  up  Brother  Wm.  McKay  is  back  in  ing  their  own  business.  The  out­ discussed  at  great  length.  The  broken,  the  crew  immediately  for  reconditioning.  The  Maritime  port  after  a  short  trip  on  the  Ma­ come  of  it  all  was  that  they  conference  requested  Brother  contacted  the  American  Con­ Commission  has  also  invited  bids  rymar.  Patrolman  Zimmer  will  threw  him  out  of  the  hall  before  Hawk,  Sec.­Treas.,  Atlantic  Dis­ sul  and  requested  his  inter­ on.  the  BARREADO  and  MON  finish  up  here  this  week,  and  we  any  real  damage  was  done.  This  trict,  to  enter  Into  immediate  vention,  and  demanded  to  be  ROE,  two  old  timers  laid  down  are sorry  to see  the  brother  leave.  man  will  have  to  answer  to  the  negotiations  with  the  operators  in  paid  off.  Ex­Patolman  John  Lui  is  some­ membership  before  he  can  ship  In  the  James  River.  3. Even  after  the  articles  had  question  looking  toward  the  se­ where  in  the  Mediterranean  on  out  again.  been  broken,  the  black  gang  curing  of  the  $10  increase  in  Live  Up  to  Agreements!  «  *  *  the  Schoharie.  Agent  Elkins,  re­ kept  up  steam,  so  that  cargo  wages  and  10  cents  per  hour  in­ The  Blanch  cracked  down  hard  cently  returned  from  the  Atlanta  Another  man,  by  the  name  of  could  be  worked,  and  the  on  tlie  practice  of  some  engineers  conference,  explained  the  purpose  R.  W.  England,  an  NMU  man,  crease  in  overtime.  crew  sailed  the  vessel  from  (Since  the  conference,  the  in  having  members  of  the  black  and  results  of  the  conference  to  who ^had  been  expelled  from  the  Coiachei  to  Port  Said.  Range  Lines  signed  an  addendum  gang  do  certain  jobs  they  weren't  the  membership  at  the  last  busi­ AFLSU  in  the  autumn  of  1938,  4. In  Port  Said,  the  crew  volun­ supposed  to  be  doing,, forcing  one  ness  meeting.  There  was  much  came  Into  the  hall  w^hile  the  to  the  existing  agreement  grant­ tarily  left  the  ship  after  con­ ing  an  increase  of  $10  per  month  company  fo  pay  more  than  200  discussion  on  the  various  matters  Agent  was  out­of­town,  and  tried  tacting  the  American  Consul  and  10  cents  per  hour  overtime.  hours overtime  on a  ship that  had  brought  up  at  the  Agents'  meet­ to  ship  on  an  SIU  ship.  The  act  with  whom  the  money  was  been  on  a  trip  of  less  than  a  ing,  but  the  reaction  of  the  mem­ ing  dispatcher  happened  to  look  Negotiations  are  still  in  progress  left  to  pay  off  the  crew.  Most  with  other  companies).  month.  We  may  rest  assured  that  bership  was  highly  favorable.  into  the  deferred  list  and  saw  The  conference  also  went  on  peculiar  actions  for  an> al­ after  that  salutory  lesson,  the  that' he  had  been  expelled  and  re  record  in  support  of  any  neces­ W.  H.  Elkins  leged  mutinous  crew.  companies  will  see  to  if  that  their  fused  to  ship  him.  He  was  asked  sary  action  to.,  complete  the  sign­ Jury  Out  Long  Time  engineers  will  read  the  agree  why  he  had  come  into  our  hall  ing  of  an  agreement  with  the  The  jury  was  out  for  a  consid­ ments  and  live  up  to  them.  In  to  ship,  and  he  made  the  state­ Eastern  S.S.  Go.  that  will  be  ac­ erable  length  of  time  before  the  Stewards  Department,  Patrol­ ment  that  the  NMU  had  in­ ceptable  to  the  membership.  June  4,  1940  reaching  a  verdict.  After  they  man  Vechio  went  to  town  on  two  structed  him  to  knowing  that  tlie  were  out  for  seven  hours,  they  re­ The  S.S.  HELEN  of  the  Bull  Caution  Advisable  of  the  Lines  that  had  been  short  agent  was  absent.  So,  brothers,  changing  their  crews  lately  in  the  Line  came  in  yesterday,  and  it  is  you  can  see  for  yourself  what  One  of  the  most  important  turned  and  informed  the  court  way  of  fresh  milk.  The  matter  getting  to  be  the  same  old  song  steps  the  stooges  will  take  to  get  problems  discussed  at  the  confer­ that  they  were  unable  to  reach  a  was  speedily  adjusted  with  the  where a  member  goes  on  a  drunk  aboard  ships  that'  have  been  or­ ence  was  the  current  legislative  verdict.  Small  wonder!  However,  quantity  in  one  paiticular  case  and  misses  the  ship  at  the  last  ganized  by  union  men  who  have  assaiilt  upon  the  American  sea­ they  were  sent  back  and finally  being  upped  two  gallons  per  day  minute.  This  has  happened  twice  taken  it  upon  themselves  to  get  men  by  certain  pressure  groups  .arrived  at  the  formula  of  return­ their  last  two  trips.  I  wish  in  Washington, D.C.  These groups  ing  a  verdict  of  guilty  on  one  to  seven  gallons.  Recent  clarifica­ the  best  conditions  available.  are attempting  to  take  advantage  count,  dropped  the  second  count  tions  6n  the  Bull,  Cuban  Distil­ that  some  of  these  brothers  would  *  *  *  come  to  their  senses  some  time  of  the  condition  created  by  the  and  urged  "extrenie  clemency",  on  ling,  Waterman,  and  South  Atlan­ Shipped five  members  this  war  situation  in  pressing  for  pas­ the  court.  It  was  the  general  con­ or  another'  and  think  of  their  tic  S.S.  agreements  have  been  of  week  (June 10)  to  various  ships.  considerable  help  in  straightening  brother  members  who  are  holding  There  are  12  members  on  the  sage  of  various  anti­union  laws  sensus  of  opinion  among  observ­ down  the  beach  eagerly  looking  under  the  disguise  of  "National  ers  at  the  trial,  that  were  it  not  out  difficulties  on  the  ships  of  three  shipping  lists  at  present'  Defense."  Brother  Lundeberg  re­ for  the  present  unsettled  condi­ for  a  job  on  a  ship.  these  Lines,  and  the  practice  of  This  kind  of  stuff  isn't  any  time.  ported  to  the  conference  on  some  tions,  the  case  would  have  been  the  members  in  making  them­ pond  for  any  jinion  and  should  be  Steady  as  she  goe^l  of  these  measures  on  which  he  flii'own  out  of  court,  if  it  ever  selves  familiar  with  tliie  terms  oif  Fred  Lauriiailo.  testified  against  on  behalf  of  the  would  have  been  pressed  at  all.  the  various  agreements  saves  the  stopped  immediately,  or  else  toe  SlU­SUP  membership. He  warned  Caution Necessary  will  be  shipping  out  of  the  fink­ partolman  a  lot  of  time.  that  any  irresponsible  action  on  halls  again!  It  Is  well  to  recognize  the  sig­ Baltimore  Organizatioii.  the  part  of  an  individual  member  nificance  of  the  Ewa  case  and  ex­ I  sometimes  wonder  how  many  Progress  or  crew, under  present conditions,  ercise  the  utmost  caution  against  seamen  had  to  shell  out  a  five­ The  news  that  our  brother  or­ dollar  bill  or  have  a  letter  from  could  be  fatal  for  the  entire  or­ getting  involved  in  beefs  In  ports  JOHN  K. GLASS  ganization.  ganization,  the  CTU  (AFofL  Ra­ some  Senator  or  big  shot, so  that  where  there  are  no  union  repre­ dio  Operators)  had finally  broken,  he  could  get  a  job on  some  meas­ Resolution  Adopted  sentatives  available.  During  this  down  the  resistance  of  the  So­ ly  ship  that  wasn't  even  paying  JAIVIES  V.  VENDETTI  The  conference  adopted  a  reso­ period  of  emergency,  all  crews  cony  Vacuum  and  Isthmian  Lines  decent  wages,  had  no  conditions  lution  (printed  elsewhere  in  this  should  avoid  disputes  In  any  out­ and  come  away  with  signed  and  fed  .you  any  kind  of  slop  they  Please  communicate  'with  issue)  outlining  the  necessary  ports  and  sail  the  ship  to  the  agreements  from  both  outfits  wanted  to.  I  remember those  days  procedure  on  the  question  of  tak­ nearest  port  where  there  is a  un­ came  as  a  surprise  to  the  water­ and  there  are  quiteSi^^^ew  more  the  Ocean  Dominion  Line  at  ing  action  in  an  organized  man­ ion  office  and  representative  who  front.  The  CTU  with  39  signed  of  the  seamen  that  do.  This  per­ once!  17  Battery  Place ,  New  ner.  Anyone  violating  this  resolu­ can  take  up  the  beef  In  an  or­ agreements  under  their  belts  is  forming  bunk  can't  last  forever,  York  City.  Tlie  company  has  tion  >vill  have  to  answer  to  the  ganized  manner.  probably  the  smallest  but  strong­ not  with  the  Maritime  Comrnls­ $200  bond  posted  and  must  membership.  The  shipowners'  est  organization  on  the,  water­ sion  and  other such  agencies  who  establish the fact) that you  are  lobby  at  Washington  is  only  too  against  the  union.  It  is  the  re­ front,  and  their  signing  up  of  are  in  the  field  today  to  do­  one  anxious  to  take  advantage  of  any  sponsibility  of  every  member  to  Isthmian  is  a  good  indication  thing;  and  that  is  to  smash  the  in  the  United  States  before  it  phoney  beef  to  raise  a  hue  and  see  that  no  such  opportunity  la  that  the  Line  has  at  least  seen  seamen's  union  movement  as  a  will  be  returned.  cry  for  repressive  legislation  given  them.  BALTIMORE ­ ^EWS  AND  VIEWS!  JACKSONVILLE  Attention !  V­ <n­^  I  �­• i.  ••  •   • • " ­'  .  "•   THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  AUEW BILL  Lundeberg  Testifies  on Behalf  Of Foreign Born Seamen  Monday, June  17, 194t  "  4  FANTAS­nO  Shipping  Mystery  Man  Speaks  For  Ghost  Seamen  News  The  Maritime  Commission  has  A flood  of  legislative  measures affecting  the  interests  of  accepted  the  bid  of  the Waterman  the seamen  have kept  Harry  Lundeberg, Acting  President  of  Steamship  Corporation  of  $596,­ Seafarers' 'International,  in  "Washington,  D.  0.,  for  an  ex­ 000  for five  vessels  from  the  gov­ vernment's  lald­up fleet,  on  the  tended  period  of  time.  Certain  selfish  groups are  attempting  condition  that  Waterman  will  to  take advantage  of  the  eiirrent  national  emergency  to  fur­ build  lour  new  ships.  The five  old  ther  their  particular  group  interest  at  the  expense  of  the  freighters  that.  Waterman  is  buy­ organized  seamen.  Under  cover  of  supplementing  tlie  Presi­ ing  and  their  costs  are:  Bayou  dent's  defense  program,  the  powerful  .shipowners'  lobby  is  Chico,  ?147,000;  City  of  Weather­ 1100,000;  freorge  Pierce,  moving  to  nullify  many  of  the  conditions  gained  by  the  sea­ ford,  ?100.000;  Salaam,  ?96,000:  Yapal­ men  through  legitimate  union  brganwution,  ga, .ft .13,000.  All  of  these ships  are  Unmasked  Marvel  Plays  First  Fiddle  In  Shipowners'  Chorus!  The  tno.st  fnritastie  character  was  washed  itito  the  Na­ tion's  Capitol  this  past  week,  riding  a  wave  of  hysteria  that  threatens  to  engulf  the  organized  seamen  of  the  American  Merchant  Marine.  This  bird  by  the  name  of  W.  II.  ­T.  Rey­ nold.s  has  been  appearing  before  variou.s  congre.ssional  eom­ mittee.s  pa.ssing  himself  off  as  a  representative  of  the  Inter­;  national  Seamen's  Utiioo  of  Ariierica­  On  every  hill  affecting  now  tied  up  at  New  Orleans.  It  the seamen,  our  mystery  man appears to  testify  on  behalf  of  Testifies  Before  Committee  is  reported  that  they  will  be  oper­ Brother  Lundeberg  appeared  before  the  House  Commit­ ated  in  the  foreign  service,  but  a  non­existent  membership  of  a  non­existent  organization!  tee  on  Merchant  Marine  and  Fisheries  and  on  behalf  of  the  no  definite  run  has  yet  been  as­ Ghostly  Membership  The  Unmasked  Marvel  membership  of  the  SIU­SUP  offered  powerful  arguments  in  signed.  The  Inteniational  Seamen's  A  clue  to  the  identify  of  the­ opposition  to  the  H.R.  9918,  the  bill  which  would  eliminate  Union  went  out  of  existence  unmasked  marvel  is  contained  in  foreign­born  seamen  from  the  American  Merchant  Marine.  the  nature of  the  testimony  he of­ some  two  years ago  when  the  fers  He  was  the only  one  to appear on  behalf  of  the  seamen  at  the  on  behalf  of  his  ghost  mem­ Houston  convention  of  the  bership.  No  matter  what  the  na­ hearing.  The CIO­NMTJ  officialdom  was conspicuous  by its ab­ American Federation of Labor  ture of  the  bill  may  be,  Reynolds  sence:'  Altho  their  "official"  legislative  representative  was  lifts  his  voice  in  one  refrain:.  present  at  the  hearing,  neither  he,  nor  any  of  the  other  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y.—The  Inter­ revoked its charter and grant­ "Closed  shop  agreements  and  un­ stoogei'had  the  courage  to  take  the  stand  on  behalf  of  the  national  Ladles'  Garment  Work­ ed  jurisdiction  under  a  new  ion  control  of  the  hiring  hall  arQ ^  membership  they  are  supposed  to  represent.  They  get  mili­ ers  Union,  one  of  the  largest  la­ charter  to  the  Seafarers'  In­ honey­combing  the  American  tant as all hell  on the pages of  the "Pilot" where  they storm  bor  organizations  in  the  country,  ternational  Union  of  North  Merchant  Marine  with  a  disloyal  with  a  membership  of  250,000,  re­ America.  There  just  isn't any  army  of  malcontents."  On  every^  and  thunder  against  the  "reactionaries"  but  it's  another  turned  officially  to  the  American  bill  that  is  presented  he  urges  question  when  they  have  to face  these  same  reactionaries  at  Federation  of  Labor  on  June  6.  International  Seamen's  Union  "that  the  bill  be  amended  to  in­ a  public  hearing.  Then  tfiey  luck  their  tails  between  their  Twenty­tour  hours  earlier,  by  an  aside  from  the fictitious  exis­ clude  authority  for  the  Secretary  overwhelmingl  vote  of  640  to  12,  tence  it enjoys  in the  mind of  of  Commerce  to  establish  district  legs  and  slinlc  into their  holes.  the  union  voted  to  reaflilate  im­ W.  H.  J.  Reynolds,  with  a  offfces  for  hiring  seamen."  mediately  with  the  Federation.  membership  that  is  composed  Proposals  Submitted  Pipe  the  Same  Tune  (rAs  a  result  o  f  the  hearing.  Brother  Lundeberg  was  re­ BOOST  TOTAL  MEIVrBERSHIP  entirely  of  mystery  man  Rey­ strangely  enough,  the  shipown­  ,  quested,  by  Chairman  Bland  of  the  Committee,  to  submit  Return  of  the  Ladies'  Garment  nolds  and  the  ghosts  of  the  era'  lobby  at  Washington  pipes  some  proposals for  the safeguard  of  the foreign­born  seamen.  Workers  to  the  A.  F.  of  L.  brings  seamen  he  alleges  to  repre­ the  same  tune!  Could  It  be  that  W.  H. J.  Reynolds  actually  repre­  ,  In  ceompliance  with  this  request  the  following  proposals,  the  dues  paying  menibersliip  of  sent.  Federation  to  more  than  sents  a  much  more  material  body  which  were  printed  in  the  Congressional  Record  and  which  the  4,550,000—the  highest  recorded  than  the  ghostly  crew  of  the  de­ Bland  promised  Avould  receive  the utmost  consideration, were  membership  in  history.  The  ILG­ known  as  the  Congress  of  Indus  funct  international  Seamen's  Un­ submitted:  WU  was  one  of  the  original  un­ trial  Organizations,  in  1938,  the  ion?  Brother  Lundeberg,  who  has  Garment Union  Returns  to AFL  ni;  l^­ Statement  by Harry  Lundeberg  Secretajy­Treasurer  of  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  V  and  Acting  President  of  the  Seafarers'  International  •   Union  of  North  America,  affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  ~  Honorable  S.  0. Bland,  Chairman,  House  Committee  on  Merchant  Marine  and  Fisheries,  .  Washington,  D.  C.  On  behalf  of  8,000  Seamen  of  the  Pacific  Coast  and  12,000 Seamen on the Atlantic and  Oulf  Coast, I ask that  the  following  statement  be  put  in the  Record  as a Sup­ plement  to  my  statement  before  your  Committee  on  Thursday,  June  6,  1940:  In order to  protect and avoid discrimination  against  the foreign­born seamen who  are legally admitted  to this  "  country  by  the  United  States  Government  through  the  Immigration  Bureau,  and  in  order  to  protect'and  help  those  foreign­bom  seamen  who  have  sailed  in  American  ships for a number  of  years and  who have  proven to be  loyal  Americans  and  who  helped  man  the  American  ships,  when foreign  seamen  were  needed  to man  Amer­ .  ican  ships,  but  who  through  technicalities  of  the  law  cannot  become  American  citizens,  we  wish  to  offer  the  following  Amendments  to  H.  R.  9918:  1.  Legally  admitted  quota  immigrants  whose  call­ ing is  that of  seamen should  be allowed to  sail in  Amer­ ican  ships  for  a  period  of five  years—^the  time  it  takes  to  become  an  American  citizen  after  legal  entry—(B)  Or  as  an  alternative:  Leave  the  law  as  it now  reads under  the  law  passed  June  25,  1936:  That  75  percentum  of  the  crew,  exclud­;  ing officers,  shall  be citizens  of  the United States,  native­ bpm  or  completely  naturalized;  unless  the Secretary  of  Commerce shall,  upon investigation,  ascertain that  quali­ fied  citizen  seamen  are  not  available,  when  under  such  '  conditions  he may  reduce  the  above  percentum.  "  2.  That  alien­bom  seamen  who  for  the  past  ten  ;  years  or  more  have  followed  their  calling  as  seamen  in  vessels  of  the  United  States  and  who are  of  good  char­ acter and  repute sworn to by reputable  citizens and  cer­ tified  as  such  by  the  Bureau  of  Marine  Inspection  and  Navi^tion,  shall  be allowed  to pay  their  Head Tax  and  "be  allowed  to  continue  sailing  in  American  ships  until  they can  obtain  their  citizenship  papers.  We  also  ask  the  Committee  to  seriously  take  into  i  consideration  the  effect  this  Bill  wiU  have  on  alien­bom  fishermen  who  are  legally  in  this  country  but  cannot  i become  citizens  due  to  the  fact  that  they  are  Asiatics.  ,•  ')•  I'l fc­ Mi  ions  which  joined  in  forming  the  Committee  for  Industrial  Organi­ zation  In  1935,  but­  when  it  was  decided  to convert  the  Committee  into  a  permanent  organization.  ILGWU  withdrew.  Since  Novem  her  of  that  year  the  Ladies'  Gar­ ment  Workers  have  maintained  the  status  of  an­  independent  union.  RESOLUTION!  Adopted  by  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  Agents  Con­ ference,  June  6­9,  Atlanta,  Georgia.  WHEREAS: Certain  conditions  have  arisen  on  account  of  the  European  war  which  have  virtually  placed  this country  on  an  emergency  status, and  AVHEREAS:  Hostile  shipowners  in  conjunction  witii  various  anti­union  men  on  government  bureaus  are  trying to  destroy our  unions, and  WHEREAS:  Saboteurs  may  have  crept  into  our  ranks  with  the  specific  purpose  of  disrujiting  our  organi­ zation,  be  it  therefore  RESOLVED: That  we  go  on  record  instituting  the  fol­ lowing measui'es in  conformity with  our  constitution  and  for  the  benefit  of  the membership  as a  whole:  1.  In  ships  and  companies  where  our  organization  has  an  agreement,  no  direct  action  to  tie  up  a  ship shall be  taken either by an individual ccrew,  by  an  individual  official  of  the  union  or  by  an  individual  branch  before  contactmg  district  headquarters  thru  the  secretary­treasurer.  2.  The headquarters  shall have  the final  say  before  a ship  is  tied  up  and  they  shall  at  all  times  be  guided  by  the  constitution,  which  in  the final  analysis, is the law of  the membership as a whole.  3.  No action shall be  taken by the  Atlantic District  to tie up a ship with an agreement  with the  Gulf  District  and  vice  versa,  until  the  respective  dis­ tricts  where  the  ship  belongs  has  been  contacted,  and  be  it finally  RESOLVED: That  anyone  that  breaks these  rules shall  be made to answer  to the membership.  Our testimony before your  Honorable Committee on H.R.  8180,  Febi­uary  13,  1940,  brings  out  in  detailed  facts  what  would  happen  to  these  people  if  this  legislation  is  passed.  Very truly  yours,  HARRY  LUNDEBERG.  been  in  Washington  for  the  past  several  weeks,  reports  that  the  place  is  swarming  with  labor­hat­ ing  stooges  of  the  shipowners,  bent  on  taking  advantage  of  the  national  emergency  to  seek  the  destruction  of  the  seamen's  or­ ganizations.  All  of  their  fire  is  concentrated  on  the  union  hiring  hall  which  is  the  firmest  pillar  of  union  strength,  the  destruction  of  which  would  mean  the  collapse  of  the  entire  union  structure  in*­ the  maritime  industry.  Playing the  Angles  The shipowners  aren't  overlook­ ing  any  angle.  Mystery  men  and  ghost  seamen  are  supplemented  by  other  means  and  other  meth­ ods.  The  organized  seamen  seem  to  have  been  selected  as  a special  target  for  repressive  and  restric­ tive  legislative  measures  by  the,­­ labor­hating  fraternity.  It  is  nec­ essary  to  exercise  the  utmost  ,  self­discipline  on  the  part  of  ev­ ery  member  of  the  union  and  ev­ ery  unign  crew.  Union Discipline  Essential  Irresponsible  action  by  individ­ uals  create  "incidents"  which  are  seized  upon,  inflated,  distorted,  and  utilized  as  a  basis  for  legia.  lation  demanding  the  elimination  of  the  hiring hall  and  the destruc­ tion  of  t  he  union.  In  this  period,  our  primary  concern  must  be  the  interest  of  the  organization  AS  A  WHOL5.  The  Union  can  and  MUST  discipline  its  membershipj  Every  member  must  take  upon  himself  the  responsibility  to  act,  in  the  light  of  present  conditions,  in  such  a  way as to  safeguard  the  .welfare  of  the  Union  and  Its  membership  as  a  whole.  Unless  we  do,  we  will  find  ourselves  disciplined"  out  of  existence  by  the  "mystery  men'  and  their  masters.  In  Memoriam  CHARLES  COFFEY  Died  in  Africa  on  the  28th  day  of  March  1940.  • .v\  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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The motif of the completed building will be in accord with the tradi­ tional architecture of the French quarter. Bricks from old site are being used on project. (Other photo on Page 2.) Annual Report of the SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ^—--i : filed with The N. Y. State PAGE 10 Insurance Department ChaK§gi^*un "^Corridor of Manhattan Beach PHS Hospital is deserted as hospital prepares for closing. Patients were transferred to either Veterans Hospital, West Haven, Conn., or the Staten Island PHS Hospital, after closing came. Decline in TB case load was partklly responsible for the shutdown. (Story on Page 16.) ^hSt^tsn ASd Mobile was center for local clothVfflfieCin #tf(l« ing drive to aid Chilean earthquake victims. Checking donations (1 to r) Seafarer Marion Green, Mrs. W. E. Anthony, wife of Waterman executive, SIU Patrolman Bob Jordan and Albert "Metzger, Red Cross. (Story on Page 5.) !? > If^*» I'tSy • ^<^•1 .• i-«. • �rw* Tw® SEAFARERS LOG June 17, If 6f NLRB RULING DUE ON RUNAWAY SHIP ISSUES Management Act covers them. WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board is now considering whether or essential difference in the nature These vessels, he noted, come in of the operation of the affected not to uphold its 1958 finding that US maritime unions are entitled to organize crews of like foreign citizens into the US American-based runaway ships in accordance with the National Labor Relations Act. At vessels. In the case of the Yarmouth, and the foreign citizen coming a hearing held in Washington-^ Miller cited the fact that its home into the US is subject to US law. on May 31, the SIU and the Department and Defense state­ percent American ownership in port is Miami, that 95 percent of He too drew a distinction between National Maritime Union both ments as to the acceptibility of two of the three cases, P&O and gross passenger revenue is from the Riviera case, where 'the ship appeared In defense of the legal runaway-flag shipping. In effect West Indies Fruit and Steamship. passenger service, and 85 percent was temporarily in US waters, and right of US unions to represent then, they were asking the Labor Miller pointed out that th^ ship- of cargo revenue is from cargo these cases, in which there exist Board to shape laws of the United lines operate out of US ports and picked up in the US. American emploj'ers as well as these crews. The immediate issue Involved States which govern labor relations do the main portion of their busi­ He drew a distinction between employees engaged in the inter­ SIU election petitions, as well as decisions in accordance with the ness in the US. If, under law, thiS these cases and the case of the state or foreign commerce of the unfair practice charges concerning wishes of State and Defense De­ Board has jurisdiction over these SS Riviera in which the Supreme US. companies, then it is compelled to Court had ruled the National Labor In Direct Competition' the P&O Steamship company, op­ partment Officials. assume its Jurisdiction and cannot Relations Act was not applicable. No 'Genuine Link' erators of the Liberian-flag cruise Back in 1958 the NLRB had ship SS Florida; the Eastern Ship- ' They took this position notwith­ disregard the law to suit the wishes In the Riviera case, he noted, fhe ruled that it would take jurisdic­ . ping Company, operators of the standing the United States signa­ of officiab of other Government Court had stressed the wholly- tion over the SS Florida on the foreign nature of the Riviera—that ground that ". . . the employer's cruise ship Yarmouth, which is ture to the Geneva Convention on agencies. under the Panamanian flag, and the High Seas in 1958, which pro­ Going into the specifics of the it was a foreign-owned tramp ves­ operations have a direct and sub­ the West India Fruit and Steam­ vided for a "genuine link" between vessel's operations, he pointed out sel making a single casual call at stantial effect upon the foreign ship Company, operators of the SS the ship and the flag it flies. There that P&O, operator of the Florida, a US port. The three cases before commerce of the United States Sea Level, formerly the Seatrain is no such link in these cases, as was a wholly-American corporation the Board all involve ships wholly- and upon American workmen . . . New 6rleans. the vessels never go to the country which set up a series of three occupied in US commerce. the present complement of the Backed Argument All three ships operate exclu­ of registry, nor does anybody in other corporations so as to create Florida ... is in direct competi­ sively in American foreign com­ control of the vessels. The SIU attorney's argument tion with American seamen for a "phony transfer" to the Liberian merce, and all of them had been In rebutting the runaways' argu­ flag. In the Sea Level case, the was supported in all its aspects by employment opportunities . . .''the SlU-manned before they ran away ments, SIU General Counsel Sey­ vessel is owned and operated by the NLRB General Counsel's office. organization of the vessels' crews to evade US taxes and wage scales. mour W. Miller, and Dale Stout, a US corporation right out of an The NLRB attorney declared that . is therefore a matter of con­ In presenting arguments against representing the NLRB's general American port. In all cases, all the employees of the ships in­ cern to American seamen . . ." the NLRB having jurisdiction over counsel, both pointed to the essen­ that happened was the signing of volved spend all their time directly •The current hearings represent these ships, the runaway ship op­ tially-American natiu-e of the ship a few papers and the change in engaged in the foreign commerce an effort by the ship operators to erators leaned heavily on State operations, as well as clear-cut 100 the flag. Otherwise there is no of the US and that the Labor- overturn the 1958 decision. ITF Tightens Up Po/icy On Runaway Jurisdiction; Backs SIU Blacklist right Action strengthening its policy on organizing runaway flags was taken by the Sea­ farers Section of the International Transport Workers Federation at its conference in Lon­ don, May 30 to June 2. In addition to closing off escape hatches for runaway operators, the conference also went on rec-"* ^ ord as fully-supporting the vide for seafarers' representation the American union delegation, SIU position on the blacklist­ on national delegations to safety which included Robert Nesbitt, ing of ships of various nations by conferences and other proceedings vice-president and William Perry, the Arab League. under the UN's Inter-Governmen­ assistant to the president, NMU; tal Maritime Consultative Organ­ Herb Brand, editor SEAFARERS 18 Nations ization. LOG, SIU; and William Steinberg The conference, which was at­ NMU President Joseph Curran and Harvey Strichartz, American tended by delegates from 18 mari­ time nations, including the SIU and SIU President Paul Hall led Radio Association. and the National Maritime Union, took up the problem of runaway shipowners who have been seeking to escape their obligations by ob­ taining crews from legitimate Delegates to the Seafarers Section of the ITF adopted a maritime nations. It reaffirmed its previous policy to the effect that resolution strongly supporting the SIU's position on the issue jurisdiction over runaways lies of blacklisting and also freedom of passage through the Suez with the unions 'in the countries Canal. The resolution arose out of the SIU's recent action in picketing in which actual ownership and/or the Egyptian-flag vessel, SS Cleop^atra, in New York.' The picket line control of the ships is vested. Then, it strengthened this policy was in protest against the practice of blacklisting American ships be­ by unanimous vote, declaring that: cause they had once called at an Israeli port. As a result of the black­ "No union affiliated with the ITF list practice by the Arab League, many American-flag ships have been shall supply crews, make agree­ deprived of opportunities to participate in Middle East trade, ments or otherwise have dealings I.T.F. Resolution on Freedom of Navigation . with shipowners who have been This Conference of the Seafarers' Section of the ITF, meeting In pronounced unfair and classified London from 30 May to June 2, 1960: _ as runaways by the ITF." Notes with grave concern that the Egyptian government continues Under this resolution, it would violate the Convention providing for freedom of navigation through not be possible for runaway oper-: to the Suez Canal; ators to play the unions of one Observes that the freedom of navigation is one of the fundamental country against those of another, or to use legitimate European reg­ requirements of world trade and world peace; Observes further that the detention and blacklisting of ships of other istries as a means of escaping organizing by the appropriate nations by the Egyptian Government Uireatens the livelihood of sea­ farers and other workers and is thus calculated to provoke industrial unions involved. In the resolution on the black­ and retaliatory incidento and generally to result in an aggravation of list, the conference went on rec­ relationships; ord calling on the Egyptian gov­ Stresses that the workers of all nations are united by the same funda­ ernment to permit free passage mental interests and should refuse to be misled and set against one through the Suez Canal as well as another on false issues; urging a halt in the practice of Rejects as-totally inadequate attempts to justify interference with blacklisting ships of other nations neutral shipping on the grounds of a state of war between Egypt and which happen to trade with Israel. Israel; > ' , (See text of resolution adjoining). Holds with the utmost conviction that disputes between States can In .other actions the conference only be sharpened by unilateral governmental action and that they did tjhe following: should therefore be referred to the conciliatory procedures of the Other Actions United Nations; • Revised the International Sea­ Therefore once more addresses an urgent appeal to the Egyptian Gov­ farers Chai^r, for submission to ernment to honour its international undertakings by renouncing, actioh the ITF biennial Congress in July. « Approved the Special Sea­ against shipr; in the Suez Canal and placing reliance in the procedures farers Section report covering dc- of the United Nations; Calls mkon seafarers' organizations throughout the world. Including velopmrats since the previous Sea­ farers Conference, plus a list of those of Arab countries, to support this appeal by addressing thentselves to the Egyptian Government in similar terms and by urging their bwn ships under ITF agreements.* ; • Urged all governments to pro-., govemmehto Alio to nurite representations to the same end. :1 ..J r. '11 y r*. )l New Orleans Hail Progressing • l| ev •--'*1 r Resolution On Blacklist v-<r Sidewalk "lupers" watch construction workers Jnstall concreto beams for new hall for Seafarers in New Qrleans. From left: Seafarers Briant, Estevo, Schultz and Huseby. Kerr To Serve As Interim 51U Secretary-Treasurer With the approval of SIU membership meetings In all ports, SIU President Paul Hall has filled the position of secretary-treasurer as provided for In the revised SIU con­ stitution. Under an Interim"* appointment, A1 Kerr will liams; Vice-President in Charge of Lakes and Inland Waters, A1 Tan­ serve as secretary-treasurer of ner. Also members of the executive the SIU Atlantic Gulf, Lakes and board are the secretary-treasurer, Inland Waters District, to serve and three headquarters representa­ tives. Herb Brand, editor of the until the forth­ SEAFARERS LOO, has been coming Union named to work with the board as elections this Director of Organizing and Publi­ fall. cations. 4 The new SIU constitultion for­ mally instituted the executive board procedure in the Union A reminder from SIU head­ which' had been Kerr quarters cautions all Seafarers functioning i6v leaving their ships to contact several months past, and specified the hail in ample time to allow the new titles for SIU officers as the Union to, dispatch replace­ follows: President, Paul Hall; Ex­ ment. Failure to give anotice ecutive Vice-President, Cal Tan­ fore paying off may cause a be­ de­ ner; Vice-President in Charge of layed sailing, force the ship to. Contracts, and Contract Enforce­ sail short of. the . manning .re­ ment, Claude Simmons; Vice-Presi­ quirements, and needlessly ipake dent in Charge of Atlantic Coast, the work tougher for your, ship* Earl Sheppard; Vice-President in •states, .. Charge of Qul|,(^as|, l^ndsey Wll- KVTI Quitting Ship? Notify Union -rll �jm i7» im SEAFARERS LOG Pflff* Thre* RR Tug Deckhands Go SlU •• Union Wins By Heavy Margin In 5 Fleets; Other Votes Set -- M • Several hundred unlicensed deckhands employed by major railroads and rail terminals in New York harbor have voted overwhelmingly for SIU representation in recently-conducted National Mediation Board elections. As a result of these votes the SIU Railroad Division, if the SIU should win the Council, a grouping of AFL-CIO Marine Division will now other elections. In addition, the unions which is conducting nego­ also represent the deck­ group will also include railroad tiations with the railroads on terms deckhands employed by the Chesa­ of a new contract covering all rat­ hands employed by the peake and Ohio railroad In Nor­ ings on the tugs, captains, deck­ Pennsylvania Railroad, folk. These men had previously hands, engineers, oilers and cooks. Baltimore and Ohio Rail­ voted for SIU representation. The In recent years, the SIU has - >.» > > ^•' ; > made considerable headway in the tugboat field on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, organizing tug com­ panies in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York Docks. cesses in the railroad tug votes, Norfolk, Mobile, Tampa, New The key vote took place among the Union is now participating Orleans and Houston in the Harbor Lakes Seafarers in Detroit proudly point to poster announcing unlicensed deckhands of the Penn­ in the Greater New York Harbor and Inland Waterways Division. recent election results in Lakes where Pioneer, Buckeye and Steinsylvania Railroad, the largest unit brenner fleets went SlU. on the railroads. In system-wide voting which took place in Phiiadelphia and Norfolk as well as New York, the SIU received 174 votes to 95 votes for the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters had intervened in the election, hoping to make in­ The Great Lak&s District SIU is now negotiating with roads in the maritime field. SIU membership meetings in all ports have approved a three Lakes shipping companies after sweeping elections Now in progress are votes among leave of absence for Joe Volpian, assistant secretary-treasurer, 250 unlicensed deckhands em­ among unlicensed crewmembers by a better than 3 to so that he can set up a new Department of Social Security ployed by the New York Central margin. The victories clim-^ under the Seafarers Welfare^ and the New Haven railroads. axed.^a year-long organizing covering job security, welfare ben­ lems as those the new department Railroad Marine Division organ­ Plan. drive by the SIU among efits and an interim contract. handle. izers are confident of sweeping > The department will assist will crews of 28 ships owned by the At the' same time, the SIU is He has also served the Union in election victories on these two Seafarers in dealing with such Pioneer, Buckeye and Steinbrenner continuing its organizing campaign matters as Social Security old age various official capacities since companies. among crewmembers of two other lines. Aside from the Pennsylvania benefits, state and Federal dis-i 1943 and as an elected patrolman, PickandsThe vote tallies were; Pioneer Great Lakes, fleets, headquarters representative and Railroad vote, the SIU won on (16 ships)—For the SIU: 213, No Mather which owns 31 ships but is Baltimore aiid Ohio tugs by 70 ability benefits, the various state assistant secretary-treasurer con­ Union: 94; Buckeye (6 ships)—For now operating 25, and the 19 ship out of 77 votes cast, and scored unemployment insurance adminis­ tinuously since 1944. He first be­ the SIU: 77, No Union: 18; Stein­ Botand-Cornelius fleet, where a so- unanimous victories at New York trations and related subjects. gan shipping in 1922, sailing in the Trustees of the Seafarers Wel­ engine department. brenner (6 ships)—For the SIU: called "Independent" union now Docks, 12 to 0; Bush Terminal 130, No Union 7, Lake Sailors holds the contract. 15 to 0; and Brooklyn Eastern fare Plan named Volpian to head Volpian is now SIU Gets 220 Votes the new department because of his in process of sur­ Union (Ind.): 5. District Terminal, 24 to 0. The decision to continue the Under discussion are proposals All told, including the New York Considerable experience in this campaign in Plckands-Mather was Central and New Haven men, there area. In the past, he had served as veying the regu­ based on the large number of votes are approximately 850 unlicensed the head of the Union's special lations of the —220—which the Union received deckhands that would be under the services department, which had numerous F e din a recent collective bargaining jurisdiction of the Railroad Marine dealt with many of the same prob- eral .and state agencies in­ election. There were 320 votes In volved. In that the "no-union" column, and 31 connection, h e challenges. The SIU has also asked has been work­ the National Labor Relations ing closely with Board to Investigate certain as­ Volpian Nelson Cruikpects of the election, particularly shank, AFL-CIO Director of Social the fact that large numbers of Security, who, incidentally, is a officers, who had bumped unli­ Two SlU-contracted shipping companies have won Public former member of the SIU. censed positions during the drive •With Government welfare bene­ and campaigned actively on behalf Health Service sanitation awards, the PHS announced last Great Lakes longshoremen have of the company. fits constantly expanding, the new week. The awards went to the Marven Steamship Company department luccessfully concluded a threewould keep Seafarers The Great Lakes District de­ and Calmar Steamship Com» '• and their families abreast of their week strike of Lakes ports, during tailed a number of Instances of pany, and citations were pre­ ter in the inspections. Some 166 rights and benefits, and assist which they won their major ob­ open intimidation of crewmembers sented to the companies on separate items covering food han­ them with individual problems in jectives, Including a standard by officers and other supervisors. dling, water supply, waste dispo­ these areas. June 10. In continuing this campaign, the wage scale throughout the Lakes. sal and other matters are checked Meanwhile, it was announced The contract settlement nego­ Great Lakes District is challenging that an other SlU-manned ship, tiated by the International Long­ the company to make good on the Lucile Bloomfield (Bloomfield) shoremen's Association calls for a promises to its crews that it would had achieved a perfect score in three-year master agreement, pro­ give them the best conditions on its inspection. viding a standard wage scale of the Lakes if they voted against the The Lucile BloOmfield's achieve­ $2.68, plus fringe benefits amount­ Union. It informed the crews that it would ride herd on the company ment is all the more remarkable ing to 31 cents an hour. to, see If these promises are carried in that it was the fourth year in ~ Sought Blanket Pact out. a row that the ship had scored The ILA has for some time been 100 percent on the inspections. attempting to work out a blanket' Perfect ratings are a rarity . contract covering all Lakes ports As a result, officers of the com­ where longshoremen are em­ June 17,19M Vol. XXII, Ne. 13 pany have written a letter of con­ ployed. The ILA's aim was to bring gratulations . to the skipper Cap­ the hourly pay of Lakes long­ tain Rose, "and his fine crew with­ shoremen closer to those paid out whos? conscientious efforts their East Coast counterparts, this accomplishment would not PAUL HALL, President Which is $2.87 an hour at present. have been possible." HEBBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SKA". . . this high sanitary condition Because of the varying pay MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, scales in Great Lakes ports, the AL MASKIN, AHTHUB BERCER, CHARLES was due to a ship's crew that be­ total packjage Indreases derived BEAUMET, DEL ROBINSON, Staff Writers. lieved in the sanitation program from the new pact amount to 40 BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative. in its entirety and took pride in cents an hour In Cleveland, 42 making their vessel -a model of Publlshtd blwBBkly at tha haadquartan cents in Chicago, 44 cents In Buf­ of tha Saafarat* Intarnational Union, Ab cleanliness and cooperation for falo and 69 cents In Duluth, ac­ lantic Oulf, Lakat and inland Watar* others to follow." District, AFL-CIO, «» Fourth Avanua, cording to the ILA. A separate Iraaklyn The Marven line earned its 3>, NY. Tal. HYaclnth Sacand class postage paid at tha Past award for the fourth year running contract previously signed between Offica In Sraakiyn, NY, undar tha Act Robart J. Jurgan (taft) of Calmar and Marvan Siaamship com* management and the ILA local In of Aug. 34, Ifll. and Calmar for the third year in paniai and Pubtk Haallfi Sarviea official hold sanitation awards IM Toledo has Just been approved by a row, with all of the 17 in­ won by SlU-mannad vassals of both linos the ILA. volved' scoring 95 percent i»r bet­ road and three major harbor SIU also represents the tugmen of the Western Maryland Railroad in terminals — Bush Terminal, Baltimore. Brooklyn Eastern District As a result of the SIU's suc­ 'T •< BT H p « i «> b r# * i' > Start Part Tatics With 3 Lakes Co s r;: Lakes ILA »t -•t f >> hv-i y h>> >> Wins Area Pay Equality PHS Cites Marven, Catmar, Bloomtield SEAFARERS LOG •^A W: I W'- Volplan Named To Head New Welfare Plan Dep'f �^gcr' ^ SEAFARERS Watt Four Jttae 17, MM LOG <• <r *i«-^ SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPIN6 HOARD Ship Aefivity May 25 Through June 7 Shipping ^ged upward slightly during the period just ended when compared to conditions during the previous two weeks. A comparison shows that 180 additional Seafarers received employment last period In contrast to the figures recorded during the prior span. The best shipping was out of New Orleans, where a total of 249 men received work aboard various SlU-contracted vessels. Baltimore, Norfolk, Jacksonville, New Orleans and San Francisco. Houston dimly recorded the lowest decline in jobs shipped compared with the earlier two-week period. Other ports showing a decline' in shipping totals were Mobile, Wilmington and Seattle. Shipping in all classes broke down this way: 447 in deck, 430, engine and 344, steward. Ports with ICQ or less "A" and "B" men registered on the beach at Totals for all ports showed that 1,221 jobs in all classes were secured the end of the period were: Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Jacksonville, last period In contrast to 1,182 for the previous period. Miami and Wilmington. Ports with 50 or less "A" men registered on "A" and "B" registrations at the end of the last period stood at the beach were Jacksonville, Miami and Wilmington. 1,296. There were 1,182 for both classes during the preceeding two Pay SIga la Offs Oas Traai.TOTAi: iMtea 2 — 3 B New York ....22 3 If 44 PhiiadelpMa ..1 1 8 10 Baltlmero .... 8 3 4 IS Norfolk 1 1 f II Jocktoavillo ... I 2 B 8 Miami I I Mobile 8 Now Orloaas.. B Hooifoa ..... B Wllmlngtoa ..> SoH Proaelsco. . 2 .1 Forecasts by reporting port dispatchers for the coming period looked Soattlo weeks. * Eight ports refiected advances over the previous two weeks in the this way: Boston, same . . .• Baltimore, continued slow ... Norfolk, Totals number of men shipped. These were Boston, New York, Philadelphia, better , . . Wilmington, slow , . . Jacksonville, good. BB ~ 2 1 8 8 18 8 18 >.8 2 8 — B 13 31 31 8 10 8 M- 30 Tof "w Y.'T- DECK DEPARTMENT goff Boston New York Philadelphia, Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville. Miami Mobile New Orleani Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle .. isiau Shipped CLASS 8 Shipped CLASS A Rtglstertd CLASS B Rtgigftrad CLASS A Shipped CLASS C • TOTAt . SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B 4r- GROUP GROUP GROUP ' GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 8 ALL 1 23 ALL ABC ALL 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 3 2 2 — 1 6 8 12 3 23 3 1 — 2 2 1 2 3 B 4 1 — 2 1 1 8 — 63 4 78 88 136 41 265 2 5 1 3 63 8 90^ 22 23 29 11 29 58 5 17 54 30 7 17 3 4 10 7 10 17 11 12 6 «29 7 4 4 4 2 2 1 3 13 4 — 4 4 5 45 23 45 3 6 14 23 — 2 — 70 35 80 21 142 2 19 4 42 10 31 4 25 DO 2 14 26 17 58 15 23 13 23 2 8 3 13 3 — 7 2 39 13 5 5 11 7 22 4 7 7 18 7 2 1 2 2 — 5 7 1 3 6 1 7 4 4 11 2 23 2 11 11 12 10 1 — 1 3 6 6 — 4 4 4 1 1 1 — 1 1 — 1 20 90 1 25 38 44 8 4 1 20 1 4 22 "" "4 4 8 II 2 11 15 14 7 78 57 69 29 155 4 13 4l 8 10 14 18 40 20 14 26 14 18 46 5 11 32 52 38 12 42 20 40 7 10 27 6 14 9 13 1 4 5 10 5 1 73 3 27 28 7 7 52 17 18 16 12' 14 2 4 2 7 2 1 2 6 3 7 3 10 5 6 3 26 3 2 5 16 6 8 2 4 4 27 15 19 5 S 4 15 2 2 2 4 15 2 39 8 2 12 16 — 2 2 4 4 3 17 1 10 3 13 17 2 8 10 10 11 8 13 33 4 3 22 38 17 15 1 S 46 74 128 82 156 44 I 282 19 32 52 103 8 27 27 62 282 103 62 447 331 470 123 924 20 92 125 237 104 210 *45 I 359 Registered • - CLASS A GROUP Pari 1 2 3 ALL s 4 1 Boston............... 51 9 38 4 New York -— 11 9 2 Philadelphia 71 9 54 8 Baltimore . 4 Norfolk 4 3 2 1 Jacksonville. — Rliami .....a.......... — — — 22 4 17 1 Mobile......... 53 11 34 8 New Orleans. ^ 8 32 -/Z ' 42 Houston 9 6 3 Wilmington 18 2" 14 2 San Francisco 10 3 4 3 Seattle ... 51 217 31 1 299 TOTALS ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped - CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL — ,— — 1 4 3 1 1 .— 20 7 29 4 40 1 18 2 11 7 8. 9 — — 2 10 — 7 2 :— 8 2 2 5 37 3 34 5 42 15 1 21 15 9 6 6 1 17 5 23 2 4 2 3 4 9 —. ' 4 3 2 1 2 — — — — — — — —. - — — — _ 5 2 12 3 9 3 2 17 _ 3• 6 16 5 31 6 7 8 42 _ 10 8 -18 1 26 5 22 5 32 11 1 18 7 0 5 — _ 3 3 1 — — 3 1 4 1 — 7 1 10 1 5 5 2 12 3 2 5 4 7 4 1 6 4 14 — 5 2 — 5 74 49 128 30 175 36 241 . 3 54 48 105 i. -i«i TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS C SHIPPED / CLASS A CUSS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 4, S 1 1 1 11 1 8 2 4 2 7 —13 40 18 13 71 51 144 26 '221 4 82 33 4 9 69 >- 10 —. — — 17 — 7 .— 13 >- — 1 1 9 4 7 42 15 7 64 9 72 15 96 1 22 26 3 4 49 3 23 - 9 3 35 1 18 . 19 1 2 8 4 12 _ 8 3 2 4 2 2 16 1 2 0 1 3 4 8 — — — — — — — — 3 3 — 1 1 28 9 47 3 2 17 9 2 59 11 6 1 1 17 87 30 59 6 27 42 18 27 95 1 15 12 3 12 12 28 5? 19 42 9 14 32 11 14 79 1 11 12 9 5 24 9 4 4 1 12 1 1 2 4 4 8 — 8 1 4 3 5 12 5 5 22 4 27 2 13 — 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 14 1 5 — 7 6 29 1 27 4 23 2 0 2 9 6 40- 38 84 241 105 84 430 135 466 70 671 11 118 108 237 -A <!'"• < • STEWARD DEPARTMENT 1 [ Pari Im, Boston.. New York rr Philadelphia w g | > , ^ Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobiie New Orleans Houston Wilmington... San Francisco. .. Seattle .............. TOTALS S": • V .Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL . 1 2 3 ALL 3 6 1 3 2 1 1 1 49 2—11 13 15 10 24 7 3 _ — -7 — 1 2 63 4 23 9 31 26 3 19 4 1 — 3 4 2 11 3 1 — 1 2 — 1 2 — — 2 2 29 — — 9 10 4 15 "9 57 1—15 16 10 10 31 33 1 17 2 14 11 5 17 3 4 2 — 1 — 1 3 9 4 4 14 0 — 0 12 1 — 3 4 92 44 138 274 14 6 88 168 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 2 1 — '1 40 10 4 26 8 2 15 39 12 6 21 12 7 2 3 2 _ — 2 1 — — 1 5 1 12 18 15 2 39 56 24 7 5 12 — — 2 2 3 2 3 8 7 15 13 71 24 130 225 4 — 16 — 6 — — 2 1 — 3 7—61 4 16 Z 6 2 2 Z 4 — 68 3 —12 Z 4 — 8 1 47 Registered 0 It The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP A B C ALL 12 8 ALL 12 3 ALL 17 1 3 7 3 7 2 1 2 1 — 4 51 95 42 108 245 5 3 76 64 40 7 4 29 — — 5 5 7 8 8 6 — 14 14 31 39 5 7 4 23 51 50 19 39 198 4 18 2 11 3 4 4 5 12 12 4 28 11 1 4 . 9 3 — 1 2 3 5 4 19 4 1 4 79 — Z 24 22 ^ 11 38 18 4 — ii 12 50 10 12 8 48 50 84 49 19 75 143 1 37 27 10 16 53 1 1 12 7 24 14 0 7 9 4 '4 4 1 8 2 2 — 31 14 7 4 20 5 8 2 4 24 1 25 13 5 6 16 8 3 13 4 8 51 225 68 51 344 312 128 329 769 18 18 207 ,243 = --I SIIMMARY Registered CLASS A '5: % — — TOTAL SHIPPED <41 I ' • ' • • , . !' , Shipped ' Shipped CLASS B CLASS C GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 7 — — 4 4 6 — — 6 5 1 1 "5 *7 1 — 4 12 _ — 4 - 4 3 — 9 3 2 — 3 5 1^2 • DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUP 12 3 104 210 45 51 217 31 92 44 138 247 471 214 Registered *CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 8 40 74 5 74 49 0 88 1 274 14 i 932 27 126 211 ALL 1 359 1 299 Shipped CLASS A Shipped ^ CLASS B .-i"* Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered Oi It The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS. GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 12 8 ALL ABC ALL 12 3 ALL ALL 12 3 ALL 1 1 123 82 156 44 282 19 32 52 103 8 27 27 I 62 282 103 62 447 331 470 123 924 1 1^ 30 175 36 241 3 54 48 195 6 40 38 1 84 241 105 84 430 135 466 70 671 68 3 1 47 U51 225 68 51 344 312 128 329. .799 1 198 71 24 130 225 7 — 61 r364 133 , 355 219 748 29 86 161 276 17 68 112 1 192, 743 276197" 1221 778 1064 522 2364 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 20 92 125 237 11 118 108 237 18 18 207 243 49 228 446 713 �Ian* 17, !« i. SEAFARERS |f Too Much Radar Perils j»_, Ship Safety Seafarers Assist 'Quake Virfims I- J, K — 4 r-" — 4 Til" ? .» r> •> • 4 > i, 1- > I' * r>'i' •V >-> Seafarers and the Union have been highly praised for their actions in behalf of the people made homeless by the recent tidal wave and earthquake disasters in Chile. A British and an American mari­ The SS Santore'was in the time publication have both carried port of Guayacan shortly was then bundled and the US Air articles this month criticizing the after the Chilean disasters Force provided planes to carry practice of relying excessively on and Seafarers and other crewmem- the clothing to Chile and distribu­ radar and sticking to ship sched­ bers aboard donated a large quan­ tion to the earthquake survivors. ules despite hazardous navigation tity of clothing for the relief of Millions were reported without conditions. destitute people there. adequate clothing in the area, The British article, entitled For this they were lauded in where the winter season starts in "Thoughts on Radar, Radiotele­ local Chilean papers, and by R. J. June. phone and Reduced Speed," ap Jurgen, the President of the Ore pearing in the "Nautical Maga Navigation Corp., which owns the zine" said in part; Santore. Safety Not Speed He wrote the crew; "It was with a great deal.of pride that I heard "It is easy to tell: 'Reduce of your efforts to assist the earth­ Speed,* but how can a master of quake-stricken people of southern a passenger liner do it when he Chile when you were at Guayacan ^ust keep his timetable . . .? on May 23-26, 1960. Your action . . there are more cases (for reflects great credit upon your­ schedule-going vessels) when he selves as human beings and as will try to keep full speed even in Americans. It also reflects great fog, relying upon his radar, but Now accepted by Coast Guard fpr use on American-flag ships, credit upon your ship and "your strictly against the Rules of the SAN JUAN—The SIU's Puerto self-inflating life raft is shown during demonstration. Here it is employer, Ore Navigation Corpo­ Rican Road . . . Division dealt a severe re­ being righted after landing upside down. Rafts can supplement ration;' I want to express to each buff to. the International Brother­ "When owners praise a master lifeboats on ocean-going ships. of you my own and the company's hood of Teamsters as workers who always arrives . . . without sincere thanks." delay, they do not have any re­ employed by Maritime Trucking sponsibility for the safety of the Mobile Playg Big Role cast a near-unanimous vote for ship . . . Also, in the port of Mobile, SIU SIU representation. The final count " . . . every ship arriving at her members and officials gave their in the National Labor Relations destination in due time, even in full support to the American Red Board balloting was SIU, 41— dense fog, should be accused of Cross and other agencies earlier Teamsters, 1. •breaking the Rules of the Road.. this month when a drive was This was the second SIU elec­ Masters Cautioned started to obtain winter clothing tion victory in the Puerto Rico Similarly, an article in the Coast of the Chilean earthquakes. field in recent months. Guard publication, "Proceedings US merchant ships are now authorized to use inflatable The SIU help was credited by trucking In March, workers employed by of the Merchant Marine Council" life rafts as auxilary life-saving equipment. The Coast Guard Red Cross Chapter President Al­ Valencia-Baxt Express Company, declares: has given its approval to one model of English design, based bert Metzger as one of the main tiie largest single trucking firm ia "Some ship masters, unfortu­ factors in obtaining the Mobile Puerto Rico maritime field, nately, have thought that, the pos­ on its ability to offer a float--*^ quota of clothing within three the voted 10,6 for the SIU to 84 for tlie session of radar made it possible ing platform in rapid-fire or­ leak can ba patched with the days' time. for them to make fast passages in der to victims of ship disas­ patching equipment it carries Members of the Union donated Teamsters in an NLRB election. ^ limited visibility. The re?;ult has ters. It also offers protection before the raft loses too much air. clothing and assisted in sorting The SIU Puerto Rican Division often been a serious collision . . . from the elements and makes The rafts also contains paddles, and checking bundles as they were has been representing workers in "The Officer of the deck is re­ spotting easier for rescue ships baling cans, fishing gear, emerg­ turned into the agencies. The main tlie shoreside marine and allied ency rations and other survival meeting hall of the SIU building industries on the island for many sponsible for knowing all that oc­ and planes. Before handing down their de­ necessities. curs on the sea, in the air, and was turned over to the Red Cross years, in addition to which ths under the sea about him. He him­ cision to approve the use of the Under the approval granted by for use as a central collection Union maintains a hall for Sea­ farers in San Juan. self must know these things. He inert gas-Inflated craft, the Amer­ the Coast Guard, the inflatable agency. Most of the ships in the Puerto must look and see and hear. To ican maritime Industry as well as raft can now be used to replace Red Cross officials said they place full reliance upon radar as­ the Coast Guard had coordinated all lifeboats on vessels under 100 were having trouble finding a Rico trade are operated by SIUsistance' as a substitute for these extensive tests of the British prod­ gross tons. On vessels ranging large enough location to handle contracted companies, such as from 500 to 1,600 gross tons they the job when th^ received the Bull, Alcoa, Watemau and Seanatural senses Is to court dis­ uct for the past eight years. Records of 51 sea casualties in can replace all but one lifeboat offer from the SIU, "Everything Land. aster." which inflatable rafts had saved on cargo vessels, and on passenger worked out fine," he said, "and 335 lives were submitted by the ships all but two lifeboats. On ves­ we can never thank the SIU of­ US distributors of the life rafts. In sels over 3,000 gross tons, which ficials and membership enough for most instanotes, they involved use would include all vessels manned their help in this drive." of the rafts by small craft, usually by the SIU, the new raft can re­ Under the Mobile program, i a place any other life rafts, life public appeal for clothing for the fishing boats. floats or buoyant apparatus or can quake survivors was issued through Packed In Containers Tlie life rafts approved by the be carried as supplementary in the newspapers, radio and televi­ Coast Guard are packed in fiber­ addition to the lifeboats. Countless sion, with all city fire stations serv­ glass containers and are mounted lives, no doubt, will ba saved by ing as collection points. West on the decks. The container gives this Innovation which is highly Brothers Motor Express, Inc. SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping them protection from the elements flexible and easy to handle in donated trucks and drivers to col­ has continued very good in this that life^ boats normally do not emergencies. lect the donations from the stations port during the two-week period have. Each container is equipped Inflatable life rafts come in and deliver them to the SIU hall. just passed, reports Port Agent with a hydro-static release that sizes that will accommodate from There the clothing was sorted Walter Sibley. A total of 53 men prevents the ship from going down six to 26 people. in sizes, types and condition. It were shipped in all departments with a total of 69 men registered. with the rafts aboard. Once the San Francisco boosters claim tha container is 20 feet under water, sudden influx is from the Los it automatically bobs to the sur­ Angeles area, whose natives ara face and inflates ItseU in 10 sec­ seeking to escape the heat and tha onds. ^ miserable performance of the Los The inflatable raft is most 'de­ Angeles Dodgers. sirable because of its ease of A total of ten vessels wera launching. List or trim will not serviced by the port representa­ hinder the launching, there are no tives, two ships paid off, two signed problems with inoperative davits, Be Sure To See on and six reached here in-transit. such as occurs with lifeboats and Robin Trent (Moore-Mac) and it offers protection from the ele­ Ocean Eva (Maritime Overseas) ments for its passengers. Other paid off while Fairport and City highly regarded features are the of Alma (Waterman) signed on. ease in which leaks can be patched Ships serviced here in-transit and the number of items that come included the Kenmar, Massmar prepacked in the container. and Yorkmar (Calmar), Steel * Has Drawbacks Executive (Isthmian) and Atlas The biggest disadvantage, of (Tankers and Tramps).' course, is that unlike a lifeboat, SUNDAY, JUNE 26rii The USPHS hospital servicing the life raft cannot be boarded this port has reported the need to "dry," from the ship, but most SHOU WEAK « SEA SEAK repay 31 pints of blood given to be thrown in the water and then Seafarers here. In response to an SEA SEARS SHORE WEAK boarded by swimming survivors. Channel 7, New York (WABC-TV), 12:30 PM appeal Seafarers donated 24 of the That is why even the most in­ necessary units in the first six genious life raft design cannot re­ days. place lifeboats, serving as auxiliary FlUMED ON THE JOB Shipping for the next period llfesaving equipment. ' ABOARD AN SlU-MANNED SHIP looks as though it will be on the Because of the low pressure slow bell. with which the raft is inflated, a SIU Defeats IBT, 41-1 In San Jnan CG Okays Self-Inflating Life Rafts For US Ships •—for S!ll MEMBERS! 'fr/sco Good Despite Rise In Register rtmATbcmmm lOASoyWESlER* AaATSFEOAL. SEAQSSrPdKBS your SEA CHEST • PaS» FIT* LOG Seafarers On TV 'Americans At Work' �Fare Sis SEAFARERS Liberia, Panama Win UN Posts LOG Jun* 17, U6t First Daytime Meeting In Headquarters 4 •«i-l <4" • THE HAGUE—After a year of pressing, Panama and Liberia, the two leading runaway flags, have "crashed the party*' at the United Nations. The runaway flags have re­ ceived a favorable advisory ruling from the World Court eight of which should be the which will enable them to "largest ship-owning nations." Because hundreds of ships have join the UN's Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organiza­ been registered under the flags of Liberia and Panama they tech­ tion. nically do satisfy the rules and in The runaway countries, sup­ ported uniquely by the United theory, are major maritime States; had been pushing for powers. As a re-sult of the court ruling, recognition in the UN maritime which was 9 to 5, France and West body since last year, when their first bid for seats on the safety Germany will probably be dropped from the safety group, to make committee 'was turned down. room for the new members. Major European maritime coun­ Among the countries opposing tries had opposed the contention of the runaway nations bid to join Seafarers crowd New York hall a\ the first afternoon meeting held under the new Constitution. Panama and Liberia that the the committee were Norwayi the Under the new set-up, meetings are held once a month on afternoons in seven SlU ports. IMCO was "improperly c o n- Netherlands, Italy and Britain — stituted." The World Court was who argued that the IMCO was asked to review the case by the properly set up. It was these na­ UN. tions, led by Britain, who success­ It decided that the exclusion of fully blocked the Liberian and Panama and Liberia from the UN Panamanian entrance last year. shipping agency was improper be­ These countries had stressed the cause Article 28-A of the IMCO's fact that the pertinent clause re­ charter states that the committee ferred to "largest shipowning na­ must consist of fourteen members. tions" and that in reality, both Panama and Liberia could not Members of SIU families who have to undergo surgery are advised to find out in ad­ qualify since the tonnage regis­ vance what the doctor's fee will be. Because of the lack of any standardization of such tered under their flags was not charges, operation and after-care fees should be settled upon before the patient enters the owned by the citizens of these hospital. / countries. Dr. Joseph Logue, director of position to settle upon a fee with —and be glad to do so. If not, However this interpretation was overuled by the World Court, the medical department. Seafarers the doctor which will not be an un­ there are other surgeons of equal which indicated that on the basis Welfare Plan, cited a number of due burden on him. The Welfare skill who will be willing to co­ NORFOLK—A total of 11 ships of gross registered tonnage the cases in the record in which Sea­ Plan recently increased its surgical operate. were serviced by the union in this runaway countries should be ad­ farers who had failed to settle benefits in line with the -average "When you know what you are port during the period ending mitted. these matters beforehand had run charges for such services. getting into expense-wise, you will June 6, reports Paul Gonsorchik, Maritime unions regard it as into heavy fees for surgical and Another comment on the subject not suddenly be faced with a bill port agent for Norfolk. The Gallo­ rather Ironic that the runaway na­ medical care. Dr. Logue pointed was made by a syndicated colum­ which, in itself, may bring on post­ way (New England) was the sole tions, who are notorious for the out that by and large, surgical nist, Dr. Peter J. Steincrohn. Writ­ shock unnecess^ily. . ." payoff while the Thetis (Rye lack of attention which they give fees should have a reasonable rela­ ing In the "Bergen Evening Rec­ operative Prices for surgical procedures Marine) was the only sign on. to safety conditions on ships, tionship to the schedule of surgical ord" he noted: vary widely from doctor to doctor In transit were the Wild Ranger, should be admitted to the safety benefits provided by the Welfare "I believe every patient (whether and from city to city, and depend Lafialle, Warrior and Andrew Jack­ committee of IMCO. Plan. medical or surgical) should talk on a wide variety of factors, of son (Waterman); Galloway (New At the moment, the safety com­ Consequently, Dr. Logue advises expense with his doctor before which the skill and reputation of England), Longview Victory (Vic­ mittee consists of these "first Seafarers whose family members treatment is undertaken. The doc­ the surgeon are only one element. tory Carrier), Bradford Island eight" powers: the United States, have to undergo surgery or hos­ tor welcomes this . .. As is well known, the charges a (Cities Service), Thetis (Rye Britain, Norway, Japan, Italy, the pital treatment to find out in the "It is isn't an emergency, if you surgeon might make for the same Marine) and Steel Chemist (Isth­ Netherlands, France and West first instance what benefits the have time to talk to him before operation can vary from patient to mian). Germany. Welfare Plan provides. They can operation, all you have to do is ask patient as well. Such variations are Over-all, shipping was on the The six 9thn> member nations do this by contacting the nearest him: 'What is your fee for the often justified on the ground that upswing due to several ships re­ of the committee are: Argentina, I SIU port offices or the Seafarers operation and after care, and about the surgeon offers his services for turning from lay-up. With more Canada, Greece, Pakistan, the Welfare Plan, 11 Broadway, New how much will my hospital ex­ moderate charges or no charges at crew-iips to come, the future looks USSR, and the United Arab Re­ York City. Then, with that in­ penses be?' all to patients who are unable to a little brighter. public. formation, the Seafarer is in a "He should be williqg to answer pay. Entering Hospital? Check On Doc's Fees BEFORE * <- '•Vr Shipping Spurt Assists Nodolk Step to One Side... S,; r.T Standing right In front of a grinding wheel is like standing the line of fire—it's an invitation to be wounded. Grinding wheels sometimes hove the nasty habit of breaking up and spewing bits and pieces in the direction of the spin. That happens when a wheel is defective, something that can't always be seen In advance. That's whyjt's advisable to stand to one side, and keep out of the line of fire. -•:.*•>- / tW' �• ' : - • '.• i A/ 'iS ps^vs;;?®-:-.,- •-• riiMl7.19M SEAFARERS LOG By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS r: -V ^ •' >> >> f ^ y >> - ^ - A •'V-* •> n if T *> -a' FrA Pas* Serea IMWU Awaits Appeals Court Finding On Incres Dispute NEW YORK—Attorneys for the International Maritime Workers Union yesterday pre­ sented their arguments in the Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court against Summer Brings High rood Costs an injunction barring the IMWU from picketing the Liberian-flag Incres liners Nassau and Moderate-income families are in for a summer of high food prices. Victoria. If the Court rules• Costs have been moving up all spring and will rise further before sup­ against the IMWU, attorneys in this matter because the original reference to a recent US Supreme plies increase again this autumn. announced they will appeal to picketing was the result of an ef­ Court decision in favor of the This situation requires careful planning and shopping to defend not the US Supreme Court. fort to organize the crews for the Marine Cooks and Stewards which only your pocketbook but your family's actual nutrition. Surveys show The IMWU lawyers, in present­ purpose of obtaining a contract was at first enjoined from picket­ that nutrition is affMted noticeably by purchasing power. ing the Union's case, still held firm guaranteeing them better wages ing the Liberian-regist'ered SS Of course, there are pockets of poor nutrition among well-to-do in their original contention thai and working conditions. The New Nikolos, in 1957. The High Court families, too. For example, teenagers at eveiy income level, and es­ the National Labor Relations York Supreme Court earlier ruled overruled the decision of a lower pecially the girlg often suffer from poor nutrition. Board should have the jurisdiction that because the ships were under court, pointing out that the activi­ a foreign flag, the Union therefore ties of the runaway ships directly But money is the main factor. Low and moderate-income families had no right to attempt to organize affected the membership of the US are especially likely to suffer from insufficient calcium and vitamin the crews. unions. C, a Gh>vernment survey found. That means they don't get enough The attorneys also stressed the The Incres Line's injunction ihilk and fruit Juices and fresh fruits. In the South, where Incomes fact that, although the vessels were against the IMWU to prevent the are generally lower than elsewhere, families especially tend to have registered under the flag of a picketing of the Nassau and Vic­ Inadequate diets, US Department of Agriculture researchers report. foreign nation, the Incres Line toria was originally issued by State So if you haven't much money, you need all the more know-how. conducted all its business from of­ Supreme Court Justice Greenberg. Particularly, says home economist Faith Clark, moderate-income fam­ fices in the New York area, and At time the IMWU attorneys con­ ilies may need to spend less for some popular foods so that they may that New York was the home port tended that the case fell under the use that money for foods needed for better diets. of both the Nassau and the Vic­ jurisdiction of the National Labor Here is a check-list of cost-cutter that can help you buy the most toria. In that respect, they said, Relations Board because a legit­ nutrition for your food dollars this summer: the line was like any other alien imate labor dispute was involved. 1—Plan your menus around ad­ Some of the most famous names citizen conducting business in the The decision of the Appellate vertised specials; avoid Impulse in American history, which were US, and consequently is subject to Court and the details of yester­ buying. US law. day's proceedings are expected to 2—Serve fewer and larger given to Liberty ships, will be go­ Counsel for the IMWU also made be announced shortly. courses to enable bulk buying and ing to the scrap heap as the Mari­ avoid leftovers. time Administration has invited 3—cook vegetables in as little bids for the purchase, by US citi SlU Sponsors 'Derby' Entrant water as possible, but save any ex­ cess liquid—and that from canned zens, of 24 low-priority Liberty vegetables — for making soups. ships for scrapping. Among the liiiiliililiiiiiii Much of the nutrition is in the ships destined for the acetylene iiquid. Cook potatoes in the skin torch are the Pocahontas,^ Ralph instead of pared, to preserve food Waldo Emerson and the Christy value and avoid waste. 4—^Buy the cheapest brand of Matthewson. No bids of less than $90,000 per vegetable shortening instead of the more - expensive advertised vessel will be considered. Ordi­ brands. (They are all much the narily such vessels are sold for $70,000 but these ships can be same.) 5—Buy standard whole-wheat, scrapped in friendly foreign coun­ rye and white breads instead of tries and a higher price is asked for them. rolls or special breads. 6—Serve homemade desserts in­ The ships offered for sale are stead of commercial baked goods. the George H. Williams, Ralph 7—BUy standard grades (B and C) instead of fancy Grade A. (They Waldo Emerson, Smndon and John Bidwell located in the James River, are the same nutritionally.) S-^Buy supermarkets' own brands of canned or packaged foods In­ Virginia, Reserve Fleet; the Waigstead of the nationally-advertised brands, which generally cost more. still Avery, Benjamin Carpenter, Marion McKinley Bovard, George 9—Serve home-cooked cereals instead of ready-to-eat packaged W. Woodward, William Terry How­ types. (The home-cooked are often more nourishing, too.) ell, Charles C. Jones, William M. 10—Buy foods loose when available, such as cottage cheese, sauer­ Meredith, Matthew B. Brady, Poca­ Donal<l Borey, 13, reads a familiar pap.er at hall in New Or­ kraut, produce. You save packaging cost. hontas and John Jay located in the leans. He's being sponsored by SlU in local Soap Box Derby 11—Buy large sizes of^canned and packaged foods Instead of small. Wilmington, North Carolina, Re­ next month. His dad works for local shipping agency. 12—Buy plain instead of homogenized milk If the price is lower. serve Fleet; the Samsurf, Samfinn, Use non-fat milk to supplement your purchase of fresh milk. A sur­ located in the Mobile, Alabama, vey in Rhode Island found most buyers of dry milk did not reduce Reserve Fleet; the Samrona and . purchases of fresh milk. They used the extra milk to increase their the Salmon P. Chase located in the total consumption—highly desirable in view of the survey findings. Beaumont, Texas, Reserve Fleet; George B. Selden and the Mix extra milk powder into fresh milk for children, and into recipes the Francis Parkman located in the for desserts, baked goods, omelets, casseroles and cooked dishes. Suisun Bay, (California, Reserve 13—Buy cheese off the loaf instead of in packages or jars. , Fleet; the Henry S. Foote and the Missouri lawyers, apparently de­ rialized in stained glass windows 14—Buy brown or mixed-color eggs if-cheaper in your locality In­ Luis Arguello located in the As­ siring a monopoly in certain fields, presented to the cathedral. The stead of white eggs. (They are the same quality inside.) Use large toria, Oregon, Reserve Fleet; the have filed illegal practice charges three were Samuel Gompers, first eggs during spring and early summer; switch to mediums and pullets Christy Matthewson and the Ed­ against Edward M. Tod, director president of the former American In late summer. Mediums are a better buy than large when they are ward Canby located in the Olym- of community services for the St. Federation of Labor; William more than one-eighth cheaper. pia,.Washington, Reserve Fleet Louis AFL-CIO. Tod was speci­ Green, his successor and Phillip fically cited for advising union Murray, head of the former CIO 15—Buy medium-size oranges hnd other fruits instead of the large, members of their rights in cases until his death in 1952. AFL-CIO speciallyrselected, more expensive ones. Prove Eligibility involving unemployment and President George Meany pre­ 16—Buy those fruits and vegetables in season locally; avoid costs of workmen's compensation cases. If sented the Gompers and Green long hauling of out-of-season produce. For Hospital $ he is convicted of the charges, it windows while Electrical Workers Seafarers being admitted to a will mean, in effect, that the area chief James Carey presented th* 17—Serve fish, poultry, cheese, eggs or baked-bean main dishes occasionally, especially in summer when meat is most expensive. Tur­ Public Health hospital are Bar Association, which is spear­ Murray window. keys particularly are in heavy supply and will be reasonable this urged to carry with them their heading the attack, wiU have Union book plus proof of eli­ created a "closed shop" for its 4> 4^ $ summer. 18—Avoid heavy use of bacon, especially this summer when all gibility for SIU b e n e fi t s; members in that state and can namely, a record that they have force workers to hire its legal tal­ A "pattern-making" and "prece­ pork products will be expensive. dent-setting" three-year agree­ at least 90 days seatime during ent even in minor ffases. 19—In beef, look for the more economical cuts—chuck and round. ment was signed by the CCiinmuniThese can be just as tender and flavorful when broiled or roasted as the previous year and at least cations Workers of America and 4" it the costlier rib and loin cuts. Usually families use chuck and even one day during the previous six A few days after he was chosen Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., months. Failure to have the round for moist-heat cooking (pot roasting, stewing, etc.) But recent as one of the AFL-CIO merit Omaha, Neb., minutes before tha panel taste-tests rated these economical cuts just as tender when proper credentials will cause a scholarship winnel^. Gene S. Cain, old contract had expired. CWA delay In payments to the Sea­ broiled. Best chuck or round for broiling or roasting has the least 17, of Panama City, Fla., died in president Joseph A. Beirne pre­ amount of white connective tissue streaked through the lean but some farer. an automobile crash near his dicted that the agreement, which If the Seafarer is admitted to fat marbling for tenderness. hometown. His mother, Mrs. brought forth a package estimated 20—Avoid paying extra for semi-cooked or ready^prepared foods. a hospital which is no| a PHS Eloise Cain is a member of Post at over 10 cents an hour for tha But buy canned juices or frozen concentrates Instead of fresh, and institution, he should contact Office Clerks Local 1414. Cain first year, would quickly becoma the Union immediately. The canned tomatoes and peas except when fresh are in season locally. Union will arrange with the had planned to attend Florida the 1960 pattern for the entire Bell 21—Serve these cheaper, but nutritional vegetables more often; USPHS for a transfer to a Pub- State University as a political system. Significant in the agree­ carrots, collards, and green cabbage, kale, turnips (iuid sometimes ment was a "catastrophic Illness lie Health hospital in his vicin­ science student. spinach). and disability" protection, the first 4" • 4^ t ity. The PHS will not pick up You can get an excellent free foCd-buylng guide, with basic facts In a dedication service at Wash­ ever to be negotiated for telephon* on nutrition and many money-saving recipes. Just write to Office bf the hospital tab for private ington Cathedral in the natim's workers, affording them and their hospital care, unless it is noti­ ilnformation, US Agriculture Department, Washington 25, DC, for a fied in advance. capital, three labor leaders, each families up to $15,000 worth 9t copy of "Family Fare". of a different faith, wete memo­ coverage in health benefits. Another 24 Ships Slated For Scrap 1 'i �ru» Bcht SEAFARERS Congress Advances Aid To Unsubsidized Fleets WASHINGTON—A bill permitting non-rsubsidized steam­ ship companies, including Alcoa and Bull Line, to trade-in present _war-built ships for more modern vessels was passed by the House last week. Two"^^ > other bills easing the financial procedures will allow the SIUrequirement on the hard- contracted Alcoa Steamship Com­ pressed American merchant fleet, have also made headway in Con­ gress. The House Committee on Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries offered to the floor of the House the Sen­ ate bill authorizing the exchange of World War II vessels. Trade-in Senate OK's 55% Ceiling On Subsidy WASHINGTON — Reacting to cost increases in American ship­ yards, the Senate has voted 60-26 in favor of a bill raising the ceiling on ship construction subsidies to 55 percent of the total cost. The old ceiling, 50 percent, had be­ come inadequate to match the cost differential between US and for­ eign yards, principally Japan and Germany. The House had alrea'dy approved the 55 percent ceiling. It must now reconcile differences between the House and Senate version before final passage. While in the Senate, the bill was amended by Sen. John Williams (Rep.-Del.) to bar steamship com­ panies from offering free or re­ duced transportation to Govern­ ment employees and officials. Sen­ ator Williams has offered this amendment on numerous shipping bills only to have the House strike it from the final version. Major opposition td the bill was spearheaded by Sen. Frank J. Lausche (Dem.-Ohio) who was de­ feated when he proposed what would have been a 52percent , ceiling. The subsidized ship operators have been seeking increases in construction subsidies because, even with the US Government picking up 50 percent of the tab, the foreign ship operator has been able to get a comparable ship built at less cost than the Ameri­ can. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfield), May 23—Chairman. Harry Huston; Secretary. Lee de Parlier. All beefs squared away at pa.voff. Ship's dele­ gate resigns with vote of thanks. $20 in ship's fund; will make up arrival pool for Southampton. Recommend that heavier duty wringer be instalied to replace present one. Arrival pool to pay $50 to winner instead of pre­ vious system of $30 to Winner and $10 to each number above and below winningnumber. Ship scored 100 per­ cent on USPHS Sanitation inspection in New Orleans fourth year in a row. Safety plaque for "Safest Ship in Bloomfield" for least lost time on Bloomfield ships. LOG Jtai« 13, IN* KNOWING YOlJR SIU CONTRACT (This column is intended to acquaint Seafarers with important provisions of the SW contract and will deal with disposition of various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreynent which they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the SEAFARERS LOG.) pany to" trade-in its fleet of C-1 Section 44. MEAL HOURS AND RELIEVING FOR MEALS ... (d) When crew is called to work overtime bdlore breakfast and vessels for more up to date C-2s, work continues after 7:30 AM, a full hour sbaU be allowed for break­ C-3. At the same time the SIUcontracted Bull Line will be able fast, and if breakfast is not served by 8 AM, overtime shall continue to swap some of its ships for C-4s. straight through until breakfast is served. (e) If one unbroken hour is not given, the men involved shall Life Span Upped receive one hour's overtime in lieu thereof. ' In other separate actions both On one SlU-contracted ship recently, two daymen and the bosun houses completed voting on the measure to extend the life of sub­ were turned to at 6 AM. The men then knocked off for breakfast at sidized merchant vessels from 20 7:30 AM and then turned to again at 8 AM which is the regular to 25 years. The- bill amends the hour for daymen to start working. A claim was filed for one hour's overtime on the ground that a Merchant Marine Act of 19S6 that, set the previous ceiling of 20 full hour was not given for breakfast. The claim was disallowed under years. The Senate also added a paragraph (d) above, because the mate had knocked them off work technical amendment that spells before 7:30 AM. Had the men worked past 7:30, then they would either out the intent of the bill. Post have had to get a full hour for breakfast, or they would have been World War II vessels, those de­ entitled to a hour's overtime. The same would have applied if, for livered after January j, 1946 will example, the 12 to 4 watch had worked the same way. be the only ships affected by the If, however,, they were not given a full hour for either lunch or increased life-span. A similar bill dinner, then they would have been entitled to the OT. has been passed by the House. Extension of the useful life span of subsidized vessels is designed to meet the rising costs of building hew ships and will allow the oper­ ators another five years in which to raise sufficient funds for the construction of replacement ships Greek nationals who set up business under the runaway required by the Merchant Marine fiags are being welcomed back to Greek registry. Special Act, 1936. The only drawback to the new concessions are being made to Greek shipowners allotting : measure is that the added five them to bypass currency reg-"* years of life for the vessels will ulations which apply to all runaway ships to register under weaken their competitive ability, other Greek nationals, in or­ the Greek flag, and already, some as foreign ship operators would be der to make it easy for them to two mHlion tons of shipping owned able to put newer, more-modern fiy the Greek flag. by Greek nationals or ship opera­ vessels into service. The latest action by the Greek tors. of Greek descent have been government reflects the concern transferred to that nation's flag. Mortgages Eased of, Greek nationals over the suc­ Many of the vessels involved The third measure passed by the Senate and sent to the House, al­ cessful inroads made by the Inter­ were originally built for long-term though heavily oposed by the national Maritime Workers Union charter to US oil and bulk oil major oil companies, will authorize on runaway-flag ships. The IMWU's shippers, and operate under the the Maritime Administration to tie-up of lucres Line cruise ships control of large American oil, advance payment dates on new is seen as a factor in the sudden steel arid aluminum concerns. tankers built with l)s moragage loosening of Greek regulations for Others are vessels that were origguarantees. Authorization to ease benefit of runaway-flag shipowners. inaly-manned by US seamen but For some time now, the Greek were -subsequently transferred to the mortgage claims on. the ships government has been encouraging runaway flags, and then to Greek will prevent some of these com­ registry. panies from, defaulting. The oil companies had sought The new regulations set up for to stop the Senate passage in an benefit of the runaway operators attempt to put independent tanker will allow these operators to con­ operators out of , business and In order, to assure accurate vert currencies freely. Such free monopolize the oil-carrying trades. digests of shipboard meetings conversion of currencies is not per­ Many of the new supertankers in the LOG, it is desirable that mitted other Greek nationals, have been having difficulty getting the reports of shipboard meet­ and makes doing business on an cargo because of a slump in the oil ings be typed if at all possible. international level difficult and charter rates. cumbersome. Greece Invites Runaways To Escape IMWU Pacts Poland Gets More Farm Surplus Aid Despite the increase in tensions between the United States and the Communist bloc, American aid to Poland is continuing in even larger quantities. The United States and Poland are' expected to come to terms soon on a huge new $100 million sale of surplus commodi­ ties, including wheat, cotton, fats and oils. This is good news to the US shipping industry, since by law at least 50 percent of all foreign aid must be transported on Americanflag bottoms. Since the first agreement on aid in 1957, the US has given Poland almost $300 million worth of as­ sistance in sales-and-credit ar­ rangements. Sotne $235 million worth of this aid was used in the purchase of products, and credits amounted to another $61 million. A prolonged drought in Poland has created an almost critical situation and the surplus food products should be of great relief to the Polish popula­ tion. Currently the US and Poland are negotiating claims for American property by Poland after World War II. Poland, sources say, has set aside a confiscated ^40 million to pay for these claims.- * As soon as the negotiations on the property settlements are fin­ ished, agreement on the farm sur­ plus sale is expected to be reached. The US uses some of the money it receives from Poland, for these surplus goods, to finance its diplo­ matic mission, educational ex­ changes and to purchase Polish goods needed by other countries under the American foreign aid program. HURRICANE (Waterman), May 29— Chairman. L. Hartcastle; Secretary. J. Cersey. Beefs to be taken up with patrolman. Ice cream served should be in other flavors besides chocolate. Suggestion that catwalks be built over the deck cargo. WILD RANGER (Waterman). May 29 —Chairman. John Kelly; Secretary. A. O. Aaron. Payoff Norfolk. Des­ tination Far East. Men reminded to ren^ health cards. Everything run­ ning smoothly. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian). May 29—Chairman. R. Heins; Secretary, F. S. Omega. Discussion on repairs, extermination of roaches on , all fox­ holes, painting, need for cheinical for cleaning toilet bowls, new agitator, for the washing machine. $18 in ship's fund. Crew asked to return books and reading matter to library. At night, don't leave glassware in sink. Chief cooks wiU be glad to hear any food beefs. OREMAR (Marven). May 29—Chair­ man. W. H. Jones; Secretary. L. War­ ner. Toaster in night pantry and washing machine wringer need fixing. Oiie man missed ship in Baltimore. No beefs reported. Keep night pantry clean. Put more bread aboard for round trip. Bring all coffee mugs back to .pantry after using. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian). May 29—Chairman. Grady Falrcloth; Sec­ retary. Dick Grant. Ship's delegate reports everying running smoothly. Vote of thaiiks to ateward depoi tment for good food and service entire voyage. HURRICANE (Waterman), May 15— ChairMan, A. E. • Howse; -Secretary, John F: Cersey. Delegate''iKports everything going smoothly. Nd beefs reported. Late sailing at Toledo. Special meeting with the captain over - creWs quarters and certain - places- STEEL AFPRENTICE (Isthmian), Chairman. Paul Whltlov; Secretary, J. R. Olive. Ship's delegate reports all repairs taken care of. Crew'com­ plimented for their solid backing of electrician beefs and also on the re­ pairs. So far. things are running nnoothly.- M/S that negotiating -eom- mittee see about discontinuing Issu­ ance of traveler's checks. Suggested that ship's delegate see captain about getting Pall Malls in Yokohama. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas). June 2—Chairman. R. Berryman; Sec­ retary. S. Sosa. Ship's delegate re­ ports $10.25 in fund. Letter to head­ quarters to (Iptermine who lays up ship: also if we are entitled to bonded cigarettes on intercoastal run. No beefs reported. DEL CAMPO (Mississippi). May 22— Chairman. J. Chastain; Secre'tary. L. Munna. Ship's delegate reports every­ thing okay. Captain said we didn't have time to replace dish cabinet in crew pantry In New Orleans. $26.09 in fund. Crew asked to return coffee cups to pantry. ROBIN KIRK (Robin), May 29— Chairman. Carl E. Hargrovas; Secre­ tary, Louis E. Meyers. Ship's dele­ gate reports messman hospitalized ' in Canal Zone; Bnsun hospitalized in Aruba. Some c«-puted OT. Vote of thanks to steward department fojt'im­ provement in menus and foqd. prepa­ ration. Discussion re washing ma­ chine. . ORION STAR (Orion). May 29— Chairman. Roy Pierce; -Secretary. John Eubanks. Three men paid off by mutiial~cbnsent. Washing machine needs repairing. $26 and 6 pesos in ship's fund. Suggestion that no clothes or water be left-in washing machine. : ROBIN LOCKSLBY (Robin), May 21 —Chairman. John ReiflOta; Sscrstsyy, Gene Flowers. Motion made that all call-backs over the weekends Or holi­ days for any reasons whatsoever should be four-hour, minimum. No la'oels on bread-roome loaves - appear Wiper and engine delegate to see patrolman about firing of wiper and uneven distribution bf. overtime be­ tween wipers. moldy. Pork sausages of poor quality. Slop chest prices seem higher than shoreside—particularly soda pop. In Savannah, bottled pop sold at $2 a case—aboard ship canned soda told for $2.75 a case. i < ^ \\ STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), May 2$—Chairman. 6. Finklea; Secre­ tary. L. Paradeau. Delegate report* one man missed ship in Yokohama. Saw the old man about log's and warnings but he said he was turning all over to CG. $36 in fund. Turn in keys if paying off. FLOMAR (Calmer). May 29—Chair­ man. C. Hensley; Secretary.-J. Ponis. No beefs reported. All repairs taken care of. Crews' quarters painted out. Few hours disputed OT. Discussion on poor grade of food. Return all linen to steward. No fresh fruit for last nine days of voyage. Donations for treasury called for. Also discus­ sion on missing cups. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May I—Chairman. Scotty Eden; Sec­ retary. H. Krohn. No beefs reported by delegates. One man missed ship at Ceuta. Keep all foreigners out of passageways and foc'sles. Don't buy liquor In Suez Canal as Jt may ,be poisoned. Arab workers would not take or. deliver mail to ship. Crew laughed at their capers. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa). April 27 —Chairman. R. D. Schwarz; Secre­ tary. H. P. Ducleux. Ship's delegate reports things running smoothly. Re­ ceived telegram from Lindsey IViliiams requesting crew to stay pUt to pay off in Galveston as we have no representation in Tampa. ' Sent wreath to chief cook's mother-in-law's funeral. $14.90 balance in ship's fund, Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for good food. SUZANNE (Bull), May 22—Chair­ man. D. C. Haskell; Secretary. J. M. Morton, Ship's delegate reports no LOGS received during voyage. Crew mess involved In two fights in same night.. Had good cooperation from 1st assistant and-chief mate' so far. Few hours disputed .OT. Recommend that crew mess and crew pantry switch Jobs for remalner of trip. M *«<»• Type Minutes When Possible not being clean. Laundry cleaning was divided among all departments. ' *1 OREMAR (Marvan), May 29—Chair­ man, M. H. Jonai; Sacretary, L. War­ ner. One man missed ship in Balti­ more. -Toaster in night pantry and washing machine wringer will be fixed.. Suggestion that more bread he put aboard for roUnd trip; also that coffee muga be returned to pantry. DOROTHY (Bull), May 21—Chair­ man, William RobinMn; Secretary, J. . Hartman. Shlp'a delegate reports all laundry sent from Turkey, bad Job'. Captain agreed to aend all to Antwerp. Avoid heavy drinking. Few hours disputed OT. Discussion, re coopera­ tion in galley force. Check Incoming : stores. . Have not received any LOGs ; since Mavlng Kaltlmbre. " FELTORI (Ore), Mey Sl^halrman, . T. W.:»probblds;: Secretary, E. ^ Boyd. -Ship's-.delegate reports. Wjper llred under protest. Spigots iii laun­ dry room td be'.turned off tightly.' See patrouman about having rust re­ moved from tanks while'In drydoek. • iLIZARITH (Ojill), -June 5—Chair­ man. Brother VSIIIngat fscrsfary. R. Hsrnandst.. .No , beefs reported.'ISglnc department deck and shower necd'pailhttng. • V,.- �SEAFARERS I«M 17. 19M Fat« NfB« LOG V . •\ T '«<' " >• >, , r.. j-i:.- ; . Under upgrading, steaks graded "good" by Agriculture Dep't, replace "commercial" grade. \ : F" r» Sn FOOD PLAN IPORADES FEEDIN6 ITH 25 SlU-contracted operators having agreed to buy better-guaiity . '''5" j "PflradHig of steak meats is being extended to more SlU ships. Other companies are expected to follow the upgrading pattern shortly. W The policy of buying steak graded "good" Ijy fhe Department of Agriculture, as opposed Jo jhe "commercial" grade formerly stored. ^ improvement in shipboard fggjjng Companies now storing "good" steaks are: The upgrading is a product of the Food Plan's program of improving food preparation, service and storing, while at the same time eliminating unnecessary waste. Field representatives of the Plan, operating in various SlU ports, assist shipboard steward de­ partments in improving stondords. Albatross, Alcoa, Bloomfield, Bull Line, Calmar. Consolidated Mariners, Construction Aggregates, DeBardleben, Isthmian,- Fenway, Lion, Marine Carriers, Marine Tankers, Mississippi. Ocean Petroleum, Overseas Oil, Ponce, Robin Line, Seotroin, Seo-Lond, Trans-Ocean, Valentine, Victory Carriers and Waterman. • I — — —— - "I — • Cook D. DeLacruz slices steak off a "good' grade strip while L, Enriqtiez looks on. 2x1 Agriculture Dep't inspector W. O'CarrolI cuts bologna loaf as part of spot check made at suppliers. Watching (1-r) are A&G Food Plan field reps Bob Principe, New York; Phil Reyes, Mobile; Ed Smith, Baltimore. •.•a' w--' •. .. • •^'Under watchful eye of chief steward L. Enriqu^, Steel Architect, box "'»f strip loins is weighed to checiiviigainst amount -listed in check­ list. Isthmian port steward J. Lambert does the honors. Examining meat are Food Plan reps (1 to r) Ed Smith, Baltimore; Pete Loleas, Cliff Wilson, Bob Principe, NY; Ted Volter, Isthmian commis­ sary head; Pbil Reyes, Mobile; Tom Beatty, New Orleans. �'•m. 0. ' Vact Ttm SEAFARERS RECONCILUTION OF FUND BALANCES 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements • (line 12) : 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net increase or decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments. Amortization on Bonds.. (1,073.09) (b) Increase in Reserve for Benefits for Ellgibles on Special Disability (702,800.00) (c) Increase in Reserve for Contingencies ....... (53,243.57) 16. Fund balance end of year ' ANN.UAL REPORT For the fiscal , year ended December 31, 1959 - (Name of Welfare Fund) SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND (Address of Fund) H Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of tho STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein Is for the purpose of providing general infor­ mation as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 1ViIlia& Street, New York 38, N. Y. EXHiBrr B'l SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES^ As of December 31, 1959 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan—principal office) 11 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. ASSETS> • Columns Column Column (1) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Cash Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debenture;^ Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common Common trusts Real estate loans and mortgages Operated real estate Other investment assets Accrued income paid on investments ... Prepaid expenses Other assets _ (a) See Attachment (b) ...> • (2) $1,527,603.15 $1,289,669.40 2,512,087.35 $3,801,756.75 Applicable 5,205,787.39 17.08 198,973.45 —0— 198;973.45 $6,932,381.07 11. Total assets LIABILITIES AND FUNDS 12. Insurance,and annuity premiums payable 13. Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) 14. •Accounts payable. See Attachment 15. Aoorued payrolls, taxes and other ex- 59,031.93 penses $ 59,031.93 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves ^' . (a) Reserve for future benefits and $3,010,030.00 i expenses (b) Reserve for contingencies . 461,155.74 (c) Fund Balance $3,402,163.40 6,873,349.14 (d) Total funds and feserves $6,932,381.07 18. Total liabilities and funds 1 Indicate accounting basis by check; Cash X Accrual •. Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement o£ significant unrecorded assets and liabluties. Sea Atiachmant. - The assets listed in this statement must l>e valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used In valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shaU be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (e) and (f) (U (B). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1): Bonds at Amortlxed Cost, U. $. Treasury Bills & Stocks at Cost. / »If A (2) in item 13, PART III Is checked "Yes," show in this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b. if such value differs from that reported in column (li. > EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS r V-i .•iP,r'Z. For year ending December 31, 1959 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 11 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer ^ $3,018,774.05 (b) Employees (c) Other (Specify) • —0— 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income 205,912.88 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net (385.90) 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insur­ ance companies 6. Other receipts (a) Equipment & Rentals* $ 10,074.91 (ib) Interest on Delinquent Accounts 134.21 (c) 10,209.12 8. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive • $3,234,510.15 DISBURSEMENTS 7. Insurance and annuity premiums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits Benefits provided other than through Insurance car­ riers or other service organizations. See Attachment.. $2,269,986:34 9, Administrative expenses ' ' (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) $ 135,962.42 (b) Fees and commissions 41,994.57 (c) Interest (d) Taxes ,.,,,,, 5,120.33 (e) Rent 9,434,78 (f) Other administrative expenses 96,234.24 288.746.63 lOi, Other disbursements ' « (a) See Attachment S6,649.b (b) r-0— ^6,649.85 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive ....; $2,615,382.51 12. Excess (deficifmc^) of recelptf over disbursements •(line 6, less line 11)' ....i 819.127.64 $3,540,152.42 <^•1] 619,127.64 (757,116.66) $3,402,163.40 SEAFARER'S WELFARE PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT—FORM D-2 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1959 EXHIBIT B-1—Statement of Significant Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities ASSETS • . , Contributions Receivable .* $753,998.75 Interest Receivable on Bonds 28,350.49 Total Unrecorded Assets $782,349.24 LIABILITIES Incurred Benefits Payable $ 78,330.01 Administrative Expenses-Payable .. 29,954.66 Total Unrecorded Liabilities .. .V. $108,284.67 SEAFARER'S WELFARE PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT—FORM D-2 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1959 (3) Not —0— $1,404,030.64 lane n, »<# LOG EXHIBIT B-1 ITEM 10—OTHER ASSETS Loans to Ellgibles $ 44,259.78 Investment in Stock of Wholly Owned Corporations (at cost) ' 10,000.00 Travel Advance 400.00 Advances to wholly owned corporations 12,000.00 Miscellaneous Receivables 238.28 Jnsurance Claims Receivable 5,650.39 Security Deposits 125.00 Capital Donated to wholly owned corporations $1,778,445.14 Less: Reserve for Donated Capital 1,652,145.14 126,300.00 Fixed Assets Life Boat Program Equipn>ent 1,932.64 Training Ship , 129,921.90 Training School Facilities—Mobile, Ala 30,455.19 Training School Facilities—New York, N. Y. ......... 7,606.38 Recreational Facilities—New Orleans, Lh. ' 81,318.11 Medical and Safety Program Facilities, B'klyn,, N. Y. .. 89,642.19 Furniture and Fixtures—New York, N. V. .. V:.. v 132,579.48 Reconversion Costs—Philadelphia Bldg. 231,773.30 Reconversion Costs—New Orleans Bldg. ...... 21,728.56 Puerto Rico Restaurant Facilities 7,534.07 Cemetery Properties * ./ • 2,330.00 •K $ 686,821.82 686,821.82 Less: Reserve for Fixed Assets Total Other Assets ITEM 14—ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Payroll Taxes Withheld Overpayments of Loans by Ellgibles . Accounts Payable Miscellaneous .Contributions held in Escrow $198,973.45 $ 3,534.59 455.51 13,716.26 238.31 41,087.26 $ 59,031.93 •••••• I SEAFARER'S WELFARE PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANTttJAL REPORT—FORM D-2 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1959 EXHIBIT 'B-2—Line 8 Benefits provided other than through Insurance carrier or other service organizations. Cost of Benefits Provided $2,000,883.68 Cost of Fixed Assets Acquired for the Purpose of Providing Specific Benefits Under its Plan 269,102.66 $2,269,986.34 EXHIBIT B-2—Line 10 Other Disbursements Trustees Meetings , Travel Expenses Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Maintenance of Real Estate Write off of Loans Due to Death of Ellgibles Cost of moving Training Ship to Puerto Rico Pl4»4 12,436.56 6,115.10 23,806.04 1,886.97 1,787.80 10,617.38 56,649.85 ANNUAL RBpfOirr or THB SfAFARCRS WELFARE FUND StAtS Comm or, ZilL./iAAJ Tnmwi of the Fund end.. duly ewofii, eMh for himeeir depocte and wyf Jhst thta AaausI Repoct It tnie to the beet of hb {nforms* tioa.law»M«eMidbcUif. Eeiployw troiict: :." . , • -, ^ SubssTfesd Slid ssara ts bsfsni S9 tbk .SjiLjUy of— . , i "-i- -I •• •Wl . , LUCIIN RINAUOI Ow«««j in OiMwi, ceeey Ibw aphee itaiei, aft i9«| �JUM 17^ 19M SEAF^nERS . And Thin, The Imperlalisf Monster from The West .. . .' V > Face mevM 100 • • Seafarer Planning Pharmacy Career ->•. r ... (Ed. note: This i« the second in a series of articles on the winners of the five $6,000 college scholarships awarded each year by the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan.) K The selection of Seafarer George F. Johnson, as a winner of one of the SIU scholarship awards has opened the door to a career in pharmacy for the 34-year-old Seafarer. Johnson made the grade with just a-*" year to spare, since the cut­ given. During the lay-up, Johnson took the exam and applied for the off age for eligibility is 35. * > k •» 0eAmAn,mm.4 •>- :• >_ ^ T V >-!. tl i r >• "SVi *\ > • The sharp contrast between Moscow propaganda and reali­ ty shows up again in the recent news that the United States and Poland are currently negotiating a $100 million aid agreement whereby the US would supply the Poles with badly-needed farm products to compensate for severe food shortages in that country. These negotiations have been going on against the back­ ground of a Moscow campaign designed to blacken the Unit­ BALTIMORE—Port Agent Rex Dickey reports that the port here ed States as being in the grip of warmongers, militarists, has been slow and forecasts a con­ peace-wreckers, etc. tinued slack during the next ship­ ,To the residents of Poland, a Communist-run country and ping period. During the period a neighbor of the Soviet Union's, it may seem odd that the just passed, eight ships were paid country they are supposed to hate is feeding them and the off, three were signed on and four country they are supposed to love—the Soviet Union—sends ah.'ps were serviced here in-transit. A total of 185 men shipped in nothing but propaganda. If the Soviet Union is really catching up with, the United all classes while 420 men were reg­ istered, providing a sizable back­ States in both agricultural and industrial production—at least log on the beach. The largest num­ that's the constant boast of the Communist press, the radio ber of men to ship was in the deck and of Premier Khrushchev himself—then it would appear department where 70 men gained to be a simple thing for the Soviet Union to send enough berths on vessels leaving this port. supplies of grain, cotton and other essentials across the bor­ . Oremar (Marven), Jean and der into Poland, to make US aid unnecessary. Edith (Bull), Montcgo Sea (Lion), The fact that Poland has to turn to the United States for Feltore (Marven), Bethcoaster (Ore Navigation), Longview Victory these supplies, as it has done in past years and is doing now, (Victory Carrier), and the Village reveals either of the following two situations. A) The Russians can't help because there is not enough to tConsolidated Mariners) were paid off. Signons included the Oremar go around at home, or B) despite the much-vaunted talk of (Calmar), Feltore (Marven) and "comradeship" between Communist nations, the Soviets don't Longview Victory (Victory Car­ care whether or not the Poles have enough to eat. riers). One dividend arising from American aid to Communist Reachiim here in transit were countries is the visible evidence brought by Seafa^s and Marore (Marven), Steel Recorder and Steel Chemist (Isthmian) and other US maritime workers of the conditions under which Americans live and work. Every SlU-manned ship which Calmar (Calmar). pulls into a Polish or Yugoslav port, and every Seafarer who goes ashore in these ports makes it that much more difficult for the Soviet propaganda machine to spread distortions. These dividends arise directly from the fact that half of these aid shipments, go on American-flag vessels under the '50-'50 law. Otherwise the Poles would probably never come in contact with US ships and seamen. Judging from the reception SIU men have received in the past in Poland, this new line will be as unproductive as the old. On the contrary, these visits by American ships have contributed to the eagerness of Poles to maintain contact with the outside, as expressed, for example, in requests for copies of the SEAFARERS LOG. In any event, as long as the United States continues to sup­ ply countries in the Communist orbit, as well as many na­ tions outside that orbit, with the basic necessities of life, the Soviet Union is going to have a hard time convincing the world that the United States is decadent and evil- Shipping Lags in Baltimore pnoros fdeiKY ^BC. h-.l. I-.1 'n • ^ • • i.«« ."J*- One Of Five One of the five winners of ttie 1960 award, (the other four awards went to children of S e a f a r ers) Johnson was aboard the Del Norte (Mississip­ pi) in Buenos Aires when the good news came. He has been sail­ ing as second baker and as Johnson 8 t orekeeper aboard the Mississippi cruise ship. All told, Johnson's been with the SIU for 13 years, In the steward department. When not sailing, he makes Marion, Indiana, his home. Before joining the SIU, Johnson sailed with the Sailors Union of the Pacific for two years. Pharmacy Choice His choice of pharmacy as a pro­ fession reflects tbe fact that John­ son has tjvG brothers already studying in the medical field. He plans to study at Loyola Univer­ sity, Chicago, where he has already been accept^ for the fall term. Johnson gives much of the credit for his entry in the 1960 award competition to a coinci­ dence. The Del Norte had a voy­ age cancelled in December, just at the time that the College En­ trance Examinations were being APL Plans Box-Ships SAN FRANCISCO — Another major ship operator, this one American President Lines, is going to enter the containership field. Its new Searacer ships, built along the lines of the Mariners, will have one hold designed to accommodate 17-foot containers. _ The SIU Pacific District-con­ tracted company has been carry­ ing containers on an experimental basis in intercoastal service as well as to the Far East. Other companies now operating containerships in whole or in part are Sea-Land, Grace Line, Bull and Matson. scholarship. Hard Work Ahead Looking at his forthcoming school career realistically, John­ son acknowledges that the first years are going to be the most diificult as he has been out of school for some time. After all the congratulations he received from his shipmates, he intends to go all-out to make a success of his schooling. Normally, SIU scholarship win­ ners do well In college, so John­ son shouldn't have too much worry about, if he can just get used to • shoreside existence. MEBA Winner In Two Lakes Fleet Ballots Local 101 of the Marino Engineers Beneficial Association, that union's Great Lakes District, last week won representation elec­ tions involving 25 Great Lakes ships. Engineers in the 16-ship V/ilson Marine Transit Fleet voted 45 to 19 for MEBA and the men in the nine-vessel Lake Fleet Division of the Republic Steel Corporation voted 24 to 16 in favor of Local 101. The referendum, conducted by mail, lasted 30 days. An MEBA spokesman attributed the victory to job security provi­ sions, summer leaves and a ten percent wage increase negotiated earlier this season with the major Great Lakes ore fleets. The election results represent the latest in several victories won by the MEBA in the past year. Earlier, Local 101 won bargaining rights in the Wyandotte, Gartland, and Boland & Cornelius fleets which operate 30 &hips. Local 101 also obtained the right to a repre­ sentation election in the Nicholson Transit Company fleet after a fourday strike in April. The election will be conducted by a Michigan state court next month. New Meeting Procedure One of the major changes in the SIU constitution is the new schedule of membership meetings. They will now he held monthly in the deep sea ports of New York, Philadel­ phia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans and Mobile. The port of Detroit has been added to the monthly schedule. All meetings will be held at 2:30 PM, local time, for each of the seven ports concerned. The meeting schedule calls for New York meetings on the first Monday of each month, following the first Sunday; Philadelphia, the first Tuesday; Baltimore, the first Wednesday, and Detroit, the first Friday. Houston, New Orleans and Mobile will meet in the week follow­ ing the above meetings, Houston on Monday, New Orleans on Tues­ day and Mobile on Wednesday. Special meetings at a port may be called at the direction of the port agent or area vice-president, between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM, A two-hour posted notice of such special meetings is required. -.oH �Pa»» Twehr* JcB« 17. lese SE'AV'ARERS ^tOG SEItFUERS M nrDOCI There are only two Seafarers in the USPHS hospHtal in Brighton, Mass. reports Gene Dakin from the Boston hall. One is Seafarer Bsymond M. Davis, who sailed last as an oiler on the Del Aires. He was involved in an automobile accident in which he broke his left knee, and will be a long time recuperating from the mishap. The other man hospitalized is Charles A. McCarthy, who sails as second cook and baker. His last vessel was the Royal Oak. He has SiUHAU DIBECIORY SlU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters Distriiet PRESIDENT ' Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Claude' Simmons Lindsey WUliams Earl Sheppard A1 Tanner Now Voucher System Urged To the Editon We the crew of the Steel Maker wish to make the follow­ ing suggestion—That in the fu­ ture, all payroll vouchers be made up covering the period from January 1 to December 81 of each year for income tax purposes. We suggest this Instead of the HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES II ^'• l«r- w. Power McCarthy been troubled with asthma and has been under-going treatment in­ termittently for some time. Three Seafarers currently in the Staten Island USPHS hospital are B. J. Power, J. O. Roy and A. W. Wilfert. Power, who sails in the engine department, is in for a check-up and is in pretty good shape. His last ship was the Jean Lafitte. Roy is laid up with a back and head injury as a result of g fall He is progressing nicely. His last ship was the C'oeur D'Alene Vic­ tory, on which he sailed as a deck maintenance man. Wilfert, who was last on the Antihuous, is in for treatment of a diabetic condition. He is in fair shape. Seafarers are urged to write or visit their buddies in the hospitals. A note or a visit from a shipmate is always aprreciated. USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J. Adams Joannis Loukas Daniel H. Alvino John S. Lukas Adalbert T. Arnold Nicole Nomicos Henning Bjork Odd E. Olsen Bulof DeFretes Bart J. Power Wm. F. Doran Joseph O. Rir Antonio Ferreirn Patrick Ryan Claude A. Virgin George Fiance Richard L. Welch John Hawkins Arthur A. WUfert Thomas Lauer P. J. Wilkinson Thomas R. Lehay USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON T. Abella E. Edinger Peter F. DiCapi'a James C. MltcheU USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Ben Buck George H. Nolei WiUiam J. Jones Adam Siowick USPHS JIOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AUen G. Burke Frank O'Malley Dennis Cahoon Steven E. Purifoy E. T. Congleton Henri J. Robin Fonnie Rogers Isaac B. Duncan Charles Romer L. F. Drew DaUas H. SwindeU J. L. Griffin Wm. E. Joyner USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA A. Kitchings Ernest H. Webb Ivey M. Peacock USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MAS~». O. F. Blackmore Chas. A. McCarthy Raymond M. Davis John F. Santos USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Thomas E. Andrews B. R. Huggins William Asher Edw. O. Johnson Jerry M. Bankston Barney KeUy B. B. Blanchard Norman W. Kirk Edward Knapp Accurso Bonti Nathan A. Brewer Leo H. Lang Rene A, LeBIano Henry J. Buhot Clyde R. Leggett Joseph A. Cave Carter Chambers •James T. Moore VirgU L. Coash Jose Pagola James B. Dixon Louis W. Peed Philip H. Prescott Charles Ellzey Edward Fairfield Chas. R. Robinson James Glisson Calvin A. Rome Warren R. Gordon Toefil Sraiglelskl Leo C. Hannon James Sumpter Thomas Hanson Luther E. Wing USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Matthew Bruno Waldo M. Oliver .. Norman W. Dubois John Schackelford John F. Malysko Thomas J. Sullivan Charles Nail. VA HOSPITAL FORT MILEY SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Howard- J. Watts USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NEW YORK Wade Chandler William D. Kenny Bart E. Guranick Santiago Laurent# USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Robert W. Arleque Frederick Leeds Stokes Ayres Manuel Lourido Ludwik Borowik ' I. McCormick Joseph E. Brooke Wm. I. Mellon Thomas Buterakos Frank Nappi Thomas Collins Wm. P. Osterholts Sidney C. Day August Princen Lonnie Dooley George Reler G. D. Douglas James L. Rogers H. O. Fentress Robert O. Smith Gorman . T. Glaze P. Wm. StrickUnd Edward R. Gordon CecU Terry, Jr. Edgar Goulet John W. Tingle Loyd J. Griffis W. E. Tomlinson Danis Higgins. Walter A. Yahl Theodore Kubecka John Yuknas STOCKTON STATE HOSPITAL STOCKTON 3, CALIFORNIA Dan M. Christolos USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Frank E. Anderson F. T. Rotolo B. F. Deibler Peter W. Sotira Woodrow Meyers Joseph P. Wise Max Olson • Bozo G. Zelencie VA'HOSPITAL CENTER HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA Clifford C. Womack US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON 25. DC Wm. H. Thomson TRIBORO HOSPITAL PARSONS BLVD. & 82 DRIVE JAMAICA 32, LONG ISLAND James RusseU SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS R. /. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA Joseph J. Bass VA HOSPITAL 24TH ST. & 1ST AVENUE NEW YORK CITY Chas. 0. Bergagha VA HOSPITAL MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA Jacob L. Buckelew VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE. TEXAS WiUard T. CahiU VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND John Joseph Hazel VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONNECTICUT John J. DriscoU Henry E. Smith Bill Hall Ed Mooney HEADQUARTERS....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. . HYacinth 9-6600 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Balttefore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON. 276 State St. John Arabatcz. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4203 Canal St. R. Matthews. Agent CApital 3-4039; 3-408C MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence Bt. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Buck Stephens. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 96600 NORFOLK 418 CoUey Ave. Paul Gonsorchik. Agent MAdison 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO.. 4M Harrison St. Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401 SANTURCE. PR.. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 JACKSONVILLE. 020 Main St., Room 200 William Morris. Agent lELgin 3-0987 SEATTLE 8505 let Ave. Ted BabkowsU, Agent Main 3-4334 WILMINGTON, Calif SOS Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2538 SUP . HONOLULU....51 South Nimltz Highway PHone 502-777 NEW ORLEANS 533 BienvUIe St. Jackson 5-7428 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6805 PORTLAND 311 SW Clay St. CApitol 3-4336 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 26363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 3-0290 WILMINGTON..; 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 5-6617 MC&S HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway PHone 5-1714 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. RAmond 7-428 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 96600 PORTLAND -..211 SW Clay St. CApitol 7-3222 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. EXbrook 7-5600 SEATTLE 2505 — l?t Ave. MAfn 3-0088 WILMINGTON... 505 Marine Ave. TErminal 4-8538 Great Lakes District ALPENA 127 River St. ELmwood 4-3616 890 Main St. GRant 2728 .....1420 W. 25 St. MAin 1-0147 DULUTH 631 W. Superior St. Phone; Randolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich ....PO Bo* 287 , ELgin 7-2441 RIVER ROUGE.. 10235 W. Jefferson, Ave. Vinewood 3-4741 SOUTH CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. ............ SAginaw 16733 TOLEDO 120 Summit St. CHerry 8-2431 BUFFALO. NY _ CLEVELAND Canadian District FORT WILLIAM Ontario HALIFAX N.S 408 Simpson St. Phone: 3-3221 ...12814 HoIuSst. MONTREAL 634 St. JamM°S®t.^e" Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC 44 SauIt-au-Matelot Quebec - LAfontalne 3-1569 THOROLD, Ontario......52 St. David St. . CAnrt 7-5212 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EHpire 4-5719 ST. JOHN. NB ....177 Prince William^St. VANCOUVKl, BC .298°Mata^^St. MFOW BALTIMORB 1216 East Baltimore St. EAat-prn 7e3383 HONOLULU....56 North Nimitz Hi^t^ PHone 56077 NEW ORLEANS... 523 Bienville St. , MAgnolia 0404 NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St PORTLAND 523 ^"^ewtt'ft! SAN FRANCISCO SAN PEDRO SEATTLE DOuglaa 2-4593 .....266 West ?th St. TErminal 3-4485 ,..,...8333 Western Ave. MAln 26336 Don't Send Your Bagi^ageCOD Seafarew are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. The Union cannot accept delivery of any baggage where express chwges have not b6en prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the prospect of having to go to a lot of trou­ ble and red tape with the Rail­ way Express Co. first when you take a taxi or buggy ride. 2. If you like to visit the Casino, it's located downtown. 3. The Macombo Cabaret, the only place with "life" in town, is open from 9 PM._to 5 AM. You can have a reasonable eve­ ning drinking beer or mixed drinks for yo.urself, but if you buy one for one of the girls, it costs $6.25 60 the best thing is to say "NO." Everything's fine on the Alcoa Planter and we wish all friends a good summer, Paul Morris Eee Young Ching t All letter* to the editor for publicoHon in the SEAFARERS LOa must be signed- by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. ^ i- * Shocked Over Friend's Death To the Editor: Was shocked to hear of the passing of the late Brother E. Walsh, present system now being used Peter To a good fellow and ship­ covering each specific trip. mate, his - many friends hope For Instance, a man ships pn him smooth sailing on the big November 8 and pays off on voyage to eternity. January 2. That gives him .K. M. Bynuster two months' pay in two days of the fiscal year. Therefore we t 4. would like to have headquarters take up this matter with the' various companies and see what can be done about it. To the Editor: Also, we would like to request Just a few lines to let you all the membership to write in know I'm doing nicely now and giving their opinions and com­ if I live to be an old man I can ments to help press this matter. never thank all of you and the Crew of Steel Maker Welfare Plan and the Board of Trustees enough for my power wheel chair. More Praise The sheer enjoyment I have derived, from it has made my For Parde life worth living again. Thanks To the Editor: over and over for the most Congratulations to Seafarer, wonderful gift I've been given Brother Wiliiam Calefato for in my life. his recent, excellent letter of May God bless all of you and May 20th, 1960 in the SEA­ may you all continue at even FARERS LOG entitled "He's greater strides forward. Good Big Help to Seattle Men." luck and best wishes to ail. I would Uke to add that Mr. Hugh D. Fouche Neil V. Pardo, known to every (Ed._ note: 'Seafarer. Fouche seafaring man as a Neil; is not- was given a power wheelchair only big help to Seattle men but by the Welfare Plan after he to every seafaring man, of every lost the use of his legs.) Union of every nationality; resi­ 4i 4 4 dents and non residents alike. Moreover, he is big help to their' Easter Eggs families, also. If you have a problem, a dif­ On Neva West ficulty of any kind, no matter To the Editor: what it is, tell Neil, and if noThe 1960 formal entertain­ body else can help you, he will. ment season really started with Kaslmirs Abarons an unobserved "gala" event Aboard the SS Neva West in 4^ 4> mid-ocean, though it was out­ shone commercially by such events as egg rolling on the White House lawn and the for­ To the Editor: mal and annual Easter Parade It is a pleasuro for me to on Fifth Avenue. The Easter Festival for us -write this thank-you note for the blood the Seafarers gave was given its worthiness by the me while I was in St. Joseph efforts of OS Pettus and myself, in our attempt to make "Grand­ hospital. I shall always be proud of the ma Hancock" unaware of all Seafarers Union and honored festival preparations. Clarence (Grandma) Han­ that a member of our family is cock, AB on board the SS Neva, one of them. was honored with an Easter Egg Thank yoU again. hunt Saturday evening«in the Mrs. Oscar Boles foc'sle of his hosts OS Pettus $1 $ 4> and myself, who had It redeco­ rated for the gala event. Grandma's, ensemble for the occasion was Mexican serge and To th« Editor: blue cambray, gaily topped byOn a recent voyage the Alcoa jaunty red French beret. The Easter egg,hunt was en­ Planter stayed over in Tripoli for 32 hours. Of course,.many thusiastically participated in by of us had been in this port be­ all guests preisent with Grandma fore but on each visit we learn finding the majority of the eggs (naturally). a bit more. As an added attraction, the This "research" has become most Interesting—we've dis­ eggs were cunningly-filled with covered that the Libyans are "spirits" to add zest to the hunt getting much shrewder, so —Tally Ho. Immediately fol­ watch your step when you're in lowing the "hunt" cocktails ^nd snacks were served to a multi­ Tripoli. tude of friends. Here's some practical advice: Jl. O'Dowdi 1. Be sure to ask the price Ship's delegaia New Wheelchair Best Gift Ever •rT" •>>* Thanks Union For Blood Aid t Advice On Seeing Tripoli 4 �'if:' K> Jncl7,lfM rice TUHcta SEAFARERS LOG >» » I, Sam—A Tired Man Off The Job Hard-Wprhing Wiper Really Relaxes When Day Is Done ^ P '>• ^ f P A weary wiper, Sam poses for shipboard photograph. ?» ^« f- >> >» -V"V >* . «-• K (This article was submitted to the LOG by Vic Miorana, ship's reporter on the SS Morning Light). This is a true story and the whole crew of the Morning Light will verify its entire truth. We have a brother aboard who ships out as a wiper. His name is Sam. Sam ships out of Norfolk and this is his story as submitted for the LOG. "I took my girl out»io. dinner one evening and while we were waiting for our steaks I asked my girl to butter my 'bread because 1 was tired, ""i Loves Labra's Lost "She looked at me and said 'Sam, are you that tired?' and I replied: "Honey, 1 am so tired that after we eat and I take you home, 1 want you to untie my shoelaces so when I have to, I can slip out of my shoes without bending. "When we got home and I stood outside of my girl's house. LOG-A-SHYTHMi Around The World On A Steel Ship Anonymous There ought to be a law against a crew that's so unique So many odd eccentrics, let us take a little peek. They did a lot bragging of their knowledge of the east And the veteran salts among them all turned out to know the least. How come so many on one ship, to fill important places This trip, the owner may replace a few of their red faces. The captain is a kindly man and very understanding Whose rules are broken brazenly, his fairness not withstanding; The mate's a smirking swain who makes like Casanova Naive enough to really think his love life's under cover. The fat third mate does naught but sqqawk, with grub he is no slouch Of all the oddballs on this ship, he is the biggest grouch; The fourth is always very bored, he acts so proud and haughty He has a girl in every port, his love life's very naughty. Old sparky is a quiet man who lives inside his bubble; His conversations with himself won't get him into trouble. Chief engineer, so round and tubby, almost never gripes As long as he's allowed to show the people all his stripes. And as each week does roll around, quite regular, on Mohdays He spends his time throughout the day, washing sweetie's undies. . First engineer with toothpick legsr would like to think he's cunning Competes with lover, cross the hall, he's second in the running The engineer with second's rank is filled with healthy humor Could have his pick of any gal, and that's no idle rumor— Third engineer's a quiet lad who never starts a rumble To anyone outside his group he never gives a tumble. The junior third is seldom seen around the ship at all But when he starts to spin some yams, he really tells them allDay junior is a handy boy, hard work he seems to favor His sweat's as honest as his toil, but has a beery flavor. To wind this up t'would not be fair, to overlook the steward When he goes by, the crewman try, to turn their heads to leeward— With busy clippers and a comb, he is his own beautician— The weird results take bravery to put on exhibition. ' We must admit, this effort made, to rank among the bards To be a poet lau|-eate is just not in the cards. I had both hands in my pockets because it was cold out so I told my girl to hug and kiss me good* night because I was too tired and cold to take my hands out of my pockets." Now, these were S^m's tnfe words and he told me this story with all sincerity. Sam never writes his girl because he is al­ ways tired and he gets someone else to write for him. Aboard ship he is a good, conscientious woiiter. The Good Life He gets up every morning at 6 AM and retires around 8 PM. He always orders a "full house" because, as Sam says: "I hate to talk too much, so I just tell the messman full house." Sam- never makes a draw be­ cause its too much effort to walk topside and never goes ashore because that requires extra effort to climb up the gangway; so Sam just jtays aboard. Whoever reads this article will probably doubt that a person could be that tired. But enclosed is a picture of Sam, and as Sam says: "Hurry up and snap mo before t get tired and change my mind." • I asked Sam if he was going to make another trip and he said "no!" "I need about a three months rest after each trip," ho said, "because I'm tired." Too Tired To Shake Well brothers, this is Sam and if you know of anyone who gets more tired than he, let me know so I can have him meet Sam. Til bet anyone a new. hat that Sam will be too tired to shake hands with him. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The yiking By Boy Fleischer A youth is at the wheel oj my ship As I sail before I die. He's fair as gods from mountain - snow With eyes of blue and hair of gold. " I know the gods were aware my ship Needed this youth for my last trip And let him leave the long ago A Viking ship of blue and gold. And as he sails, I hear his song Long after J am dead and gone— A cargo of gold for the Norse hold And the blue of the sea for hie Viking soul. Photos From The Fleet Seafarers At Work And Play Thro* Seafarers work the booms aboard the SS Afoundria on o return voyage to America from the For East. Photo by Roy Theits. Two sharks less in the world—Seafarers (left to right) Kenneth Lee, (deck), A. John Saint (engine) and Edward Funneis (deck) exhibit a couple of sand sharks they caught while sailing on the Coastol Crusader. When not occupied catching sharks or other fish, the boys occupy themselves hunting nose cones. The missile ships are under contract to the US Air Force and ore charged with trock. ing missiles that the US sends up from time to time; as well as recovering nose cones. I �Pare FeorteeB SEAFARERS LOO Jane 17. 196# « A" SIATRAIN TlXAS (SMiraIn Llnat), May IS—Chairman. R. Godfrayi Sacratary, P. Patrick. Rapaira on chairs in craw maisroom not dona as yet. All rooms painted out: Still waiting for new refrigerator in crew meieroom. Company and patrolman were notified last payoff. Treasurer reports S62.87 on hand—paid back to members $12— in the red $8.13. Few hours disputed OT. Screen doors should not hakicked when opening. LA 8ALLI (Waterman), No dateChairman, Leroy Clark; Secretary, John W. Pieou. Man that was taken to hospital in LaPalUce was returned to ship to return to states. $2.35 in ship's fund. M/S to hold meeting, before signing on to decide whether new crew wants articles back dated or a coastwise payoff. Motion made to refund' the ship delegate's $1.20 he spent during voyage for postage. Mo­ tion to have all beefs aired at meeting and not at payoff. Delegate to see patrolman about who is supposed to make repairs on metal lockers. Also to see chief engineer about rusty water and having tanks cleaned. Painting not done. Keep quiet while crewmembera are sleeping. LOSMAR (Cslmar), March 30—Chair­ man, W. Bllger; Secretary, W. Tre- gembo. No action on ship's repair list. Some disputed OT. Jlequest pa­ trolman give specific answers to beefs and that company give statement of OT hours worked and paid for at payoff. Insufficient stores. Poor qual­ ity of meats—overstocking on some vegetables and fruits on the east coast. One man missed ship In WUmingtdn. Did not hold safety meeting. WiU see patrolman about beefs at payoff. Americsa Merchant Marine Library Assoc. requests donation to . keep supplying . ship's libraries. MSC to make donation. Repair list to be sent in from Canal. Need more pressure on headis aft. Everyone must be sober at payoff. Vote of thanks to steward dept. STBRL ARTISAN (Isthmian), April 33 Chairman, Joe Bracht; Secretary,, Robert Harmon. No beefs reported. $5 paid for library: $19.26 in treasury. Need screen door for pantry; keys for door to fo'c'sle: lockers need repairing. . . SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Mey 29. Chairman, Richard Gelling; Secretary, L. Corne. One man missed ship at Texas City, Texas. $53.84 in ship's fund. No beefs. Some disputed OT. M/S. that any cars containing, creosoted log, hides, or any odorous material shall be placed in such a manner that odors will not enter crew's Uving quarters; if not so placed they ,shail be classified as penalty cargo and that the provision shall be entered into the contract. Decks to be washed on account of leaking cars loaded with hides. Deck chairs to be bought with money from ship's fund. New shelves to be built in crew's mess. COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans­ port), April 13—Chairman, A. Hannai Secretary, S. Holden. P. Mistretta elected ship's delegate. Each depart­ ment to make repair list and turn it in. Get doors fixed on crew's room. See about cold drinking water. Too much salt in wash water. More lights in ail parts of ship. Paint all inside of ship. Finish putting up the fans. Seafarers "hosing around" oh the SS Jean Lafitte are: with hose, Herman (wiper) and Al Sizmer (AB). Looking on ore Fred (oiler) and Wong Fong (deck engineer). Photo by Sam Joseph. 'Bug' Loses Light, Camera In Mix Up For a while the Jean Lafitte could boast of having one of the most devoted "camera bugs" in the entire SIU fieet in San Joseph. Through the years he has been snapping items of interest and sending in pictures to the LOG. Recentiy Sam was taken iil and hospitalized in Yokohama. He was"^later discharged and flew back to San Francisco, but in the confusion some of his gear and especiaiiy his pride and Joy. a Kallmar single lens reflex camera with an electronic flash, became misplaced, and how Sam is in that sad predicament of being a camera bug without a camera. Anyone who knows about this gear and camera is asked to contact Sam at the San Francisco hall. Also, Sam has a lot of pictures of the "boys" which are available for "the asking." Shown above is one of Sam's efforts. SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham 0 "This 'Or EISG' was Hiding in'the meat box.. J SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Soatrain Linos), May 31—Chairman, J. Hsnry; Secrotary, F. Rowell. One man missed ship in NY; his book and seaman's papers to be given to patrolman. Re­ pair list taken up last trip to be given to patrolman. Television repaired, leaving ship's fund in the red for $21.16, to be collected before ship docks in Texas City. Room allowance for three men on watch while ship's hull was sandblasted to be taken up with patrolman. Let's have less noise in passageways. Men advised to settle beefs with their delegates rather than go to hall between meetings and give one-sided reports. Men using wash­ ing machine make sure gear is not left in machine for prolonged time. Question steward dept. feeding in port from 4:30 to 5:30 and still collect one hotu: port time. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate for a good job done. RIBICCA (Marillme Overseas), May 17—Chairman, J. Hand; Secretary, W. Trolle. One man missed ship in San Francisco. $7 in ship's fund. Crew mess needs new toaster. OATBWAY CITY (Sea-Land), May S —Chairman, John Little, Jr.; Secre­ tary, John W. Broad. One man missed ship in Port Newark. No beefs re­ ported. Vote of thanks to steward dept. r' STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), April M —Chairman, Davis: Secretary, C. Fow­ ler. Most repairs taken ckre of. $60 in ship's fund. Steward delegate reports crew mess having trouble with a few men t^ho don't seem to like him and requests that they keep off his~back. Discussion re feeding watchpien and others in foreign ports. ROBtN TRENT (Moore McCermack), Chairman, G. Dakts; Secretary, Harry Thrash. Delegate reports repair list turned in; few hours dtsputed OT. $25. from ship's fund given to member going to hospita"). Crewmembers asked to strip down bunks after payoff: also to return cups to pantry; cut down on luud noise at night. Vote of tbanki to steward dept. DEL SUD (Mississippi), May 22Chairman, W. Perkins; Secretary, O. McFall. Good trip—all going smooth. 8281. in ship's fund; $47. in movie fund. No beefs reported. M S/C to have $20. available for transportation and miscellaneous expenses for ship's delegate. Movie director contacted Community Film Co. in Houston who claims we can get films cheaper If we can get the Del Norte and Del Mar to buy from them also. Voluntary donations to send the butcher homo from St. Thomas. -A f •A":-i -<• ' •i CS NORFOLK (Cities Service), May SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), May 24. Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Sec­ retary, Peter Van Wygarden. No beets. Crew asked' to pay extra at­ tention to new safety program which is now directed by Joe Aigina. Also asked to have all books collected before arrival to insure quick payoff. $5.65 m ship's fund. Crew asked to cooperate turning in ail dirty linen at time of linen change. Scrub brush on deck to be kept in bucket. NEVA WEST (Bloomfleld), April 24. Chairman, R. O'Dowd; Secretary, W. R. Gas. One man hospitalized Bremen; hqs. notified. Everything running smoothly. Some disputed OT. Sug­ gested that crew donate one dollar eacJi to ship's fund. To see patrol­ man about Sea Chest and pay vouchers. 81—Ship"s delegate Ted Jones reports everything running OK. Good crew. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. Expected payoff about June 4 in PortKland. Me. Request for library. rr r.' V'l COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk Trans­ port), May 2t-i-ChBlrman, A. Hsnna; Secretary, S. A. Holden. One man missed ship in Kiel Canal. All repair lists made out. Some disputed OT. $16. in ship's fund. Only received LOG once on this trip; then there were only two. Very seldom have cold drinking water; suggest we get water coolers. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), May 1— Chairman, Otis Bailey; Secretary, John Gates. Delegate reports delayed sail­ ing trip No. 167 paid for. Trip No. 168 was declared no good OT. Galley to be painted only by spray gun next trip. Washing machine to be kept cleaner. / STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), May BULK LEADER (American Bulk 8—Chairman, Jack Farrand; Secretary, Carriers), May U. Chairman, R. A A. VIolante. No beefs reported. Dis­ CHICKASAW (Waterman), May 8— Swayne; :>ecretary,' J. R. Oti. Ship's cussion re foreign currency. $13.75 in Chairman, J. McLaren; Secretary, Bill delegate explained that there la no ship's fund; asking for small donations Hay. Ship's delegate talked to chief delayed, sailing involved when shift­ at payoff. Need new mattresses: also engineer about soaittlebutts. No re­ ing ship. Men should not wear open-' extra agitator for washing machine. port on where ship will pay off. $13.25 toed shoes while working. Turn in "Vote of thanks to steward dept. in ship's fund. One-man missed ship repair list. Suggested that crew raise in Naples—rejoined in Venice. Some a ship's fund. No beefs. Some' disdisputed OT'. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), puted OT. Members are advised not May 15—Chairman, C. Brown; Secre­ EAGLE''VOYAGER (Sea Transport), * to attempt to take money ashore, m tary, G. Lane. No beefs reported. Vote Haifa unless they have the currency May 8—Chairman, Malcolm Cross; of thanks to steward ,dept. . declared. Local cash can be ex­ Secretary, Stanley U. Johnson. Read­ changed for dollars provided you ing of letter and radiogram to hq. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May have your receipt. Members asked to concerning beef on chief pumpman. 14-T-Chalrman, Robert Rivera; Secre­ be more careful with percolator cords All brothers asked to refrain from tary, Robert Harmon. No beefs re­ because there can be no replacements. writing so much unnecessary stuff on ported. $19.26 in ship's fund. Bosun Donations to ship's fund are volun­ the ship's bulletin board. Sent ex­ tary. wants brothers to wear proper cloth­ cerpts from letter master had stating ing when in the messhall or pantry. that no subsistence and room allow­ ance was to be paid to members of CALLOWAY (Overseas Navigation), INES (Bull), May 22—Chairman, the crew flying out to join the vessel May 22. Chairman, Robert Nielsen; Felix Aponte; Secretary, Roger L. Hall. in Rota. Spain. $32.35 in ship's fund. Secretary, W. H. Todd. Discussion on Ship's delegate reports one brother $4.23 expended for radiogram. Letter draws for Norfolk, Va. Everything has broken finger due to accident. requesting clarification of certain sec­ running smoothly. No beefs or dis­ tions of deck dept. agreement to be puted OT reported. Captain gives a" Master will take him to doctor in Valencia and see about sending him sent to hq. vote of thanks to crew, especially home. Master will take back any paper steward dept.. for job well done. pesetas that men have left before SS ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), April M/S/C to knock off steward dept. leaving Spain. Ship's delegate resigns; SO—Chairman, H. C. Hutchesen; Sec­ from cooking and serving when sign­ cook elected new ship's delegate. retary, Arthur Thompson. Ship's del­ ing on and taking on ship's stores on egate reports one man skipped payoff the same day for a long voyage. ATLAS (Cargo & Tankship Mgt)— and owing money to crewmembers. Delegates should pick up books and Chairman, A. Boukgot; Secretary, G. Explained that Union cannot be re­ permits. Let delegates discuss busi­ Stroecker. Shot cards from men join­ sponsible for debts incurred on ves­ ness with patrolman. Suggested that sel. Crewmembers suggested a shrimp ing ship in New York to be turned someone check the slop chest when feast which will cost $2 per man. in to captain. No cokes will be in brought aboard and see that all items Also suggested that pantry and messmachine going through Canal. Foam are available. Do not fill coffee cups ' room be locked ai^ give gangway rubber for TV donated by captain. too full for bridge use. Delegates man key to save night lunches for Sign continuous articles for intershould turn in repair lists. crew. Vote of thanks to steward coastal and/or coastwide. 'M/S/C that dept. each department take ship's delegate VILLAGE (Consolidated Mariners), job for two trips. All repair lists, May 22. Chairman, H. R. Zurn; Sec­ LUCILE BLOQMFIELD (Bloomfleld), turned in last trip. retary, G. Tanlcy. One man missed May 8—Chairman, Keith Winsley; Sec­ ship in Bremen. One man hospitalized retary, Lee de Parlier. Not many STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), May in Bremen. No beefs or disputed OT beefs—those taken care of as they 22—Chairman, Vincent Genco; Secre­ reported. Discussion on the many re­ came up. Some beefs in deck dept. tary,, Alexander D. Brodle. Ship's del­ pairs to be made before sign on next to be taken up with patrolman. $10 egate reports discussion with chief trip. Steward shall supervise the in ship's fund. One AB injured while mate re having rooms paipted: also handling of food more closely. undocking in New Orleans on sailing; about draws in foreign ports. No beefs put ashore and ship sailed shortreported. Crew wants statement of ROSE KNOT (Suwannee), May 32 handed. M/S/C that men elected as wages before payoff. Chief electrician Chairman, T. Kline; Secretary, W. chairman and recording secretary asked crew to take care of the timer Bowles. Ship's delegate reports soma outbound retain these positions at on washing machine. Men asked not disputed OT in dock dept. One man future meetings in order to save to make much noise in passageway. left ship in Recife by mutual con­ time. Much discussion about wringer Discussion on new film for ship's sent. $11.16 in ship's fund. M/S that which doesn't work properly. Stew­ movie apparatus, All agreed to donate no letters are to be sent to hall ard suggests crew use recreation equal sum together with officers to without approval of membership. room for coffee time when coming in procure' new film for this voyage. with greasy or paint-splattered cloth­ PANDORA (Epiphany Tankers), May ing. Also to turn in surplus linen. COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannee), 1. Chairman, Sam Mills; Secretary, Vote of thanks to baker, Dave Dutton, May 28—Chairman, Edward Furnels; Henry Martin. Reports new washing for job well done. Secretary, Henry Gaines. Ship's dele­ machine set up. Majority of repairs gate requests that all-beefs be taken PETROCItEM (Valentino Chemical completed. Discussion on fans and up with department delegate. Treas­ Carriers), May 19, Chairman, Floyd who is to repair them; also on Imurer reports 82^ also stamps for con­ rvnce; Sesraiary, a. Rlvsrs. Every­ portaiica of cooveraliou among crew. venience of crewmemberLetter thing running smoothly. No beefs re­ from Claude Simmons, dated May 5. ported. $11.80 in ship's fund. Motion PANDORA (Epiphany Taiikors), re shore leave in Ascension Island, made to'get patrolman down on the April 18 Chairman, Sam Mills; Sec­ read. Discussion re poor medical cara ship iq Beaumont by a radiogram to retary, Henry Martin. Discussion on in Recife. One injured crewmember Houston hall. "starting ship's, fund. Repairs proceed­ was taken to three hospitals before ing well. Crew agreed to donate a he' received medical attention. Each WARRIOR (Waterman), May 33. sum of $.50 to ship's fund. Cups to department to follow schedule for Chairman, A. R. Slaybaugh; Eeeretary, be returned to pantry. Repairs to sanitary in laundry room.' Steward M. t. Elliott. Ship's delegate reports, decks in cabins necessary. Recom­ department to maintain mesaroom: oho man had to get off at sailing mended that passageways below bo I.e., keep . fans clean, sinks clean. time because of serious Illness in his sougeed. Crew asked to be quiet in Pantrymen and messmen to be wellfamily so ship sailed shorthanded. Hio morning. groomed. >f r't ^ ' V ' "f �> .Jane 17,1960 SEAFARERS r*> CG Won't Okay Torn Sea Papers > -i FINAL DISPATCH The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers- Welfare Plan: .•> > • ) • > •- i Joaquin Cortex, 86: Brother Cor­ tex died March 24, 1960 of natural causes while at his home in Brooklyn, New York. He had sailed in the SIU deck department since February, 1947. He is sur. vlved by his widow, Mrs. Brigida Cortez, also of Brooklyn. Burial was in the Mount Olive Cemetery, Long Is­ land, New York. Hospital, New Orleans, La., April 16, 1960. He had saUed in the SIU deck department since November, 1938. His only listed survivor was a friend, Anthony S. Carollo, of New Orleans. Burial was in the Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. Pate FIfteca LOG Seafarer's Son Is 8 - I' Not too long ago, a Seafarer preparing to ship on a job was turned back by the shipping com­ missioner because his seamen's papers were worn and mutilated. The action was taken under a Coast Guard directive to the ef­ fect that n'o mutilated papers Will be acceptable. Noting that many papers are damaged due to age, normal use or faulty landnation processing, the CG said they could be replaced free of charge with minimum delay or inconvenience. Upon prcsentatioil of the necessary photographs, a replaeement document can be obtained on an exchange basis at any CG Marine Inspection Office. In handing down the new direc­ tive, the Coast Guard also cited Two small guests of Fernando Montalvo help him celebrate his a "disturbing". number of cases where papers have been tampered eighth birthday at his Brooklyn home. His dad, William, sails with for fraudulent purposes. It on SIU ships. said it believed that "continued use of even slightly mutilated docu­ ments invites such fraudulent uses when they are lost or other­ wise fall into the hands of un­ m scrupulous persons." Joe Campo abouts of the above named, please Holders of damaged papers are Contact R. Mitchell, 6412 Park contact his mother: Mrs. Eugene reminded once again to apply for replacements as soon as possible. Avenue, West New York NJ. He Ledoux, 93 Melville St., Fall River, has a letter for you. Mass. Adrian Guns, 67: Brother Guns died of a nervous disorder at his home in King' ston, Pennsyl­ vania, January 18, 1960. He had sailed in the SIU steward depart­ ment since July, Fess T, Crawford, 44: Brother 1951. He is sur­ Crawford died of a heart ailment vived by his wid­ while a patient ow, Mrs. Adrian at St. Tammy Guns, also of Parish Hospital, Kingston. Place of burial for the Louisiana, April late brother Guns was not indi­ 13, 1960. He had cated. sailed in the SIU 4 4« 4 engine depart­ 4 4 4 John Murray Thomas Francis Vaughan ment since Important you contact your son, March, 19.51. He Call your wife at DAvenport c/o Gerner, same address as be­ 4-7812. The following is a list of Seafarers who have unclaimed wages due is survived by his them from the Bloomfield Steamship Companj/. Seafarers whose names fore. widow, Mrs. Ber4 4 4 -4 4 4 nice Crawford, of Ls Combe, are on the list should write the company, enclosing their-"Z" number Arnold F. Rehm ' Walter Hantusch Louisiana. Place of burial was not and Social Security number. Write to Bloomfield Steamship Company, Contact Terence Kenny, at NY Contact youri mother immedi­ PO Box 1450, Houston 1, Texas. listed. ately, Mrs. John Rehm, 4907 Chest­ hall. 4" 3» nut St., New Orleans, La. A 4 4 4 George E. Bennett, 44: Brother Joseph H. Roberts Norman D. Earley Horace C. LaFrage 4 4 4 Bennett was fatally Injured in an Aldred Aava Contact Tomiko Tada, 2-5 ShioGetty B. EUzey Elmer Lamb Income Tax Refunds automobile accident, February 7, James Ackerman iri-cho, Yokusuka, Japan. Elbert S. Elmer Edward J. Lane Tax refunds are being held for 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio. He had John E. Adams 4 4 4 Gilbert Alcala Karl A. Ericsson Edwin F. Laurent the following men at the office ofsailed in the SIU engine depart Noel Leo Ledaux Pierre C. A. LeBlanc Jack W. Lynch, Rc*om 201, 450 ment since November, 1959. Louis Edward Allen Anyone knowing the where- Harrison St., San Francisco 5, Cal.j F Timerman J. Lee Paisley has been appointed as the Raymond R. Allen Hector M. Felix Adam Lemoine. 'Jr. Ernest C. Anderson Sheffield Nerkitt administrator of the deceased's Edmund B. Andrade Margarito Borga Cezar Pedregosa Angelo P. Ferrie Gustav A. Lueth estate. Burial arrangements were Boy C. Bru Sammy Rogamos B Biaggio Famiglio Leon H. Lybert Dao King Chae Arthur F. Smith not reported. Verner M. Frederiksen Billy C. Lynn " Henry F. Bacon A. L. Craig Jr. Frederick Smith ill ilt Michael J. Doherty Joseph R. Touart Rodger N. Baker • Fortunate Drilon Raymond A. Trichs Joseph B. Murphy, 76: Brother James H. Bales M R. W. Ferrandiz Keiuieth C. Turner Murphy died of a heart disease Irving W. Bassett Olav Gustavsen Bonner J. Gadberry WUUara K. Watking Robert McLean Ng Buy Keen while a patient Charles V. Bedell Wiluam C. Watson Antonio Garza Wilton M. McNiel Fong V. King Francis J. White at the USPHS Ole Bekkeli Elpidio Garza Krkovich Ah Sai Wong Milton P. Maillho All of the following SIU families Steve Hospital, Boston, Marvin P. Bennett Harry Lowther Joseph Yonick Peter Gavillo Michael Marasovich have received a $200 maternity M a s s a chusetts, Thoixvas L. Blackledge George Georgewich Ralph Mason 4 4 4 benefit plus a $25 bond from the March 6, 1960. Richard Blake David C. Gilmore James M. Masters Union in the baby's name: Dependent's Benefits He had sailed in Claude J. Blanchard James C. Glisson R. L. Meadows, Jr. the SIU engine Vernon Bolton The following people need to Robert Charles Boguskl, born James Gorman Lawrence M. Mills department since Felix Botello April 10, 1960, to Seafarer and complete their applications for Walter L. Griffin R. F. Milton December, 1938. Percy J. B(^er Mrs. Charles Boguski, Havertown, dependents' benefits and are urged Jesse V. Grimes Walter J. Mitchell He is survived by Williaih L. Brabham to contact the SIU Welfare Plan Pa. Jack Groen Edward E. Mixon his widow, Mrs. Mervin O.-Brightwell' Jacinto Guebara and attend to this matter. ^ 4 4 4 Lester J. Moore Amelia Murphy, of Maiden, Mass. George L. Brownell J. Clevenger I. Hanew Emily Marie Gonzales, born Jean G. Gulledge John D. Morgan R. Edmonds C. Roberson Burial was in the Holy Cross James Bruso March 13, 1960, to Seafarer and Bobby R. W. Guthrie Philip Montalbano G. Gonzalez C. Rose Cemetery, Maiden, Mass. Mrs. Raniiro Gonzales, Houston, C. Jacks R. Smith John F. Buckley Jose M. Montalvo H. Jaynes J. Tulp Jr. ^ H Tex. John W. Butler \rilliam G. Moore A. Kamedra G. Turner William Grimes, 60: Brother Archie Hall V. Makko ' B. WilUamf 4 4 4 V/illiam W. Moore Maria Ines Guzman, born De­ E. Fimtoja Grimes died of internal hemor­ Hale R. Hampton, Jr. Robert L. Morgan cember 30, 1959, to Seafarer and rhaging while a patient at the Franklin N. Cain Gunder H. Hansen James E. Morris Mrs. Pedro Guzman, Brooklyn, NY. John Hopkins Hpspital, Baltimore, William E. Calefato Stacy P. Hart Ernest Mosley April 21, 1960. He had sailed in Ralph A. Canpiff Lloyd E. Hartline 4 4 4 John C. Mimden Kathleen Mary Hoibrook, born the SIU steward department since Arturo Castro Arnold E. Hawthorne William G. Murray April 26, 1960, to Seafarer and March, 1951. He is survived by his Richard J. Cavanaugh William G. Heater Miguel Murrillo Mrs. William Hoibrook, No. Linthibrother, Edwajrd Grimes, of Ben­ Pierre L. Charette Clarence E. Hemby cum, Md. son, North Carolina. Burial ar­ James E. Christian Robert W. Henderson N Baldo Coccia rangements were not listed. Julius C. Hoey, Jr. 4 4-4 Richard G. Newell Jeffrey Hollis Johnson, born R. C. Coflfey, Jr. 4i 4> W. E. Hoffenbecfcer James H. Newlin, Jrr February 28, 1960, to Seafarer and Jack B. May, 40: Brother May Claude R. Cole J. B. Holsegnbeck, Jr. Andrew O. Nickel Mrs. Hubert H. Johnson, Mobile, died at his home in Brooldyn, New Sam Cole Reuben Hubbard Hamilton Nicol Adie Coleman York, May 2, Ala. Elmer E. Hunt Karl G. Nikander J. R. Collier 1960. He had 4 4 4 Huebert J. Nixon Miriam Kaneko, born May 6, Walter M. Cousins sailed in the SIU Floyd C. Nolan 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenzi Calvin A. Crabtree. Boy £. James cpgine depart­ Kaneko, Seattle, Wash. Robert G. Croft Henry A. Janicke ment since Janu­ Floyd Cummings ary, 1951. He is William R. Jefferson 4 -4 4 Rex J. O'Conner Joseph Richard Negron, bom survived by his Billie Jenkins S. Oparenovich, Jr. May 10, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. mother, Mrs. Walter A. Johnson Arthur C. Ortk Albert B. Dahlstrom Cruz Negron, Bronx, NY. Leslie May, of Woodrow Johnson Karl G. H. Ostling Thomas Daley Hayesville, North 4 4 4 'William A. Oswinkle K Nancy Ann Tate, born May 3, James L. Daiizey Carolina. Burial 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jasper Walter J. Karczewskl was in the ^Hayesville Cemetery, Josbph N. Darce Dayld L. Palla J. Tate, Lake Charles, La. Edwin Davis WiUiam B. Kavitt NO. Frankie B. Kittchner Gudjon Palsson Horace A.'Denton 4 4 4 Billy Glenn Watford, born May Nick P. Papacoiilijj John G. Nsagle. 62: Brother Robert E;.-Dickens , Paul ;B. Klausen 17, 1960, to Seafarer and Airs. Roy Stavros Papoutsis William M. Hnapp Naugle died of a respkatbry ail­ Curtis Ducote' Jl2i6D.Wfl)uft?e A. Watford, Semmes, Ala.' ment while a patient at the USPTlS William A. DuRapau Stanley F. Kdenig ' Goldeh E. Parker BlOomfield Lists Pay Due Kr 1 •«• * m BABY ARRIVALS ' >> > •» • - *r- I » l^t . -.i c i WRTC/CALL e>7S-^A& �Vol. XXIi No. It SEAFARERS^LOG Juno If I960 OFFICIAL ORQAN OF THE SEAFARER3- INTERNATIONA!. Uf4ipN • ATLANTIC. QULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL^CIO Public Health TB Hospital Closes; T ransfer Patients NIWS HIADIINII IN RIVIIW ) s Manhattan Beach Public Health hospital—the last of the PHS 1 istitutions specializing exclusively in the care of TB patients—closed its doors officially last Friday. The last 44 patients had previously been* transferred either to the Vet­ cial trip to the VA facility and erans Hospital, West Haven, brought back a favorable report as Conn., or To the Staten Island PHS hospital. There were just two SIU men, John Driseoll and Henry Smith, in the last group, both of them goiitig to the VA facility. The shutdown of Manhattan Beach was signaled last January when the Public Health Service an­ nounced the closing. Since then, the patient Toad has been gradually reduced, with many of the men going to New Orleans PHS, which has facilities for TB patients. ^ At the time the closing was an­ nounced, it was suspected that the patients might be contracted out to private institutions, or to New York City hospitals. In both in­ stances, the patients were con­ cerned that treatment and care might not be up to high PHS stand­ ards. The SIU subsequently notified the surgeon general that it was opposed to any contracting-out plans, and called on the PHS to provide treatment either in other PHS hospitals or comparable facil­ ities. Driseoll, who has served as SIU hospital delegate at Manhattan Beach for many years, made a spe- MEBA Votes To Overhaul Port Set-Up LT/^ DENVER, Colo. — Action to Strengthen the district structure of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and to provide equal service for all members in all ports was taken at the union's 83rd na­ tional convention here. Delegates voted overwhelmingly to overhaul the-uni(fti's structure so as to provide that all engineers from a common geographic area would be members of a single dis­ trict with equal rights and privi­ leges. If approved by the membership in the- areas involved, the plan would set up separate districts for the Atlantic Coast, (Boston to Mi­ ami), Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast and Rivers. The Great Lakes already has a district-wide structure. Each of the districts would elect its own officers by secret ballot. - The convention directed a sub­ committee of the National Execu­ tive Committee to work out the , transition froin a local union to -a district structure and to prepare a referendum ballot on the issue. Delegates also, voted to set up a national administrative committee consisting of the president, secre­ tary-treasurer and two executive vice-presidents, and gave the sec­ retary-treasurer responsibiblity for collective bargaining agreement matters. National headquarters of the union will be moved from Washington, D. C., to New York City. tfesiDPNT OH WAY To TOKYO OBSPnV ViOUeHTAHJl'AMERlCM rneRB to conditions there. In shutting- down Manhattan Beach, the PHS cited the marked decline in the number of patients who needed the hospital's services. At. the maximum, it handled 339 patients back in 1955. When the January decision was announced, Among the last of the patients at the Manhattan Beach ho.spitali the hospital population was down this group posed a few days before the PHS facility was closed. to 150. The decline has been at­ They are (rear, I. to r.) L Fenerty, NMU; John Driseoll, SIU; Henry tributed largely to improved meth­ ods of treating tuberculosis and Smith, SIU; Patrick Idodgson, NMU; Al Blundon, MEBA; (front, the declining Incidence of the I. to r.) Pedro Conde and Ed SmolerofF, NMU. disease. 4Another factor In the decision was the operating cost of Manhat­ tan Beach. The hospital formerly shared heating and maintenance costs with other Government agen­ cies using adjoining property. However, all this property is now idle and has been placed on the surplus list for disposal to pri­ WASHZNGTON-^Legislatiqn to put teeth into the screen­ vate Duyers. ing of American s^eamen • for Communist affiliations is the Manhattan Beach also was at a subject of recent hearings in Washington- before the House disadvantage because it lacked an operating room and surgical staff. Committee on Un-American* Modern practice Is to treat tuber­ Activities. The committee has runaways participating actively In culosis in general hospials which been taking testimony from lis foreign commerce. These vessels, owned to a large have surgical facilities. witnesses who reported that a Of the 44 patients transferred number of previously - screened extent by US steel, aluminum and in the last group, 14 went to seamen were now sailing on US oil companies, are natural channels Staten Island, while the remaining ships. Their employment in marl- for Communist courier activity and 30 went to the Veterans Adminis­ tinve is a result of court decisions natural targets of Communist tration hospital in West Haven. to the effect that screened seamen efforts to tie up US shipping in the The 14 patients who went to Sta- must be confronted with their event of an international crisis. pleton consists of men needing accusers and have the right of Crews of these vessels are nor­ surgery or suspected TB patients. cross-examination. mally all foreign nationals, many They will subsequently have the Thus far the Coast Guard, and of them from countries in which option of going to West Haven or the Federal Bureau of Investiga­ Comniunist-controlled trade unions staying in New York for treatment tion, have refused to permit the have considerable influence and at St. Anthony's Hospital, a private screenoes" to confront their ac­ control large segments of the mari­ facility in the city. cusers. As a result, the screened time and related industries. As a general rule, the SIU has Patients discharged from West seamen have received their Coast Haven or St. Anthony's will auto­ Guard papers back and are free lield that seamen involved In Coast matically report to Staten Island to ship on US-flag vessels. In this Guard disciplinary hearings affec­ for follow-up care. This procedure instance, apparently, a decision was ting their seamen's documents will enable the Medical Depart­ made that it was more important should have the right to confront ment of the Seafarers Welfare to conceal the identity of inform­ and cross-examine hostile wit­ Plan to keep a close check on their ants than to prevent Communists nesses, as well as the'other protec­ progress, in conjunction with PHS. and pro-Communists from jailing tions normajly afforded in a court of law. as crewmembers on US ships. It has been charged by one FBI witness that a group of five or six Communists aboard an unnamed passenger ship regularly hold cell meetings and act as couriers for SIU membership meet­ the Party, Assistant Commandant of the ings are held regularly Coast Guard, Vice-Admiral James once a month on days in­ Hirshfield, further testified that dicated by the SIU Con­ "merchant seamen may be -used America isn't the .only country stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in easily as links in a worldwide Com­ which subsidizes passenger-ship communication system and operations. the listed SIU ports below. munist a worldwide espionage ,network." A British maritime committee All Seafarers are ex­ The court decisions under which has suggested that the Governpected to attend; those the screening progratn was ren­ rhent loan the Cunard Steamship who wish to be excused dered ineffective, date back to Co. $50 million at a favorable rate October 1955, when a three-man should request permission Federal Court of Appeals ruled the of interest for a successor to the Mary. The move would by telegram (be sure to in­ screening program unconstitutional Queen enable Britain to have another clude registration num­ because of the denial of rights to "prestige" ship for Its transconfpnt informants and conduct Atlantic trade. ber). The next SIU meet­ cross-examination. Cunard would sink $33 million ings will be: •Up until that decision, the Coast in the deal for the proposed 75,Guard had processed some 500,000 New York July 5 seamen's documents and screened 000-ton $84 million vessel. Philadelphia Conservatives in Parliament July 5 out 1,800 men. Since then, the courts have ordered documents have kicked up a storm aboqt the Baltimore July 6 restored to 327 men, of whom 60 subsidy but th^ government has Detroit July 8 just about promised suppoiT for men are actually shipping. Houston July II A related issue to the screening the projected vessel as a matter of New Orleans program, is the total lack of screen­ maintaining national prestige. A July 12 ing procedures on American-owned decision Is expected in the near Mobile July 13 runaway-flag ships as well as other future. House Body Asks Drive On Shipboahl 'Screenoes' SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS < *' British Ask Aid To Hew Super Liner <' sriRRlN& UF0ro/^ as. ^BCUIZ\TWASR6BH<m> r-' ///- - CA^RO -p^ir fT' MAS ReCOGhi\7E RBP cnmroo. 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Title A name given to the resource June 17, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WINS VOTE IN 5 RR TUG FLEETS ITF TIGHTENS RULE ON RUNAWAYS; HITS UAR ON BLACKLISTS NLRB RULING DUE ON RUNAWAY SHIP ISSUES VOLPIAN NAMES TO HEAD NEW WELFARE PLAN DEP’T LAKES ILA WINS AREA PAY EQUALITY TOO MUCH RADAR PERILS SHIP SAFETY SEAFARERS ASSIST ‘QUAKE VICTIMS LIBERIA, PANAMA WIN UN POSTS IMWU AWAYS APPEALS COURT FINDING ON INCRES DISPUTE CONGRESS ADVANCES AID TO UNSUBSIDIZED FLEETS POLAND GETS MORE FARM SURPLUS AID MEBA WINNER IN TWO LAKES FLEET BALLOTS PUBLIC HEALTH TB HOSPITAL CLOSES; TRANSFER PATIENTS HOUSE BODY ASKS DRIVE ON SHIPBOARD ‘SCREENOES’ MEBA VOTES TO OVERHAUL PORT SET-UP Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/17/1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 13  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/40748c92d07e1b13ad494915bf6b059c.PDF 0a4932ad3fda431d0cf97ad61b768deb PDF Text Text r^HERSjocf t.­ OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA VOL  IV.  2H  NEW  YORK,  N. Y.,  THURSDAY,  JUNE  18,  1942  No.  20  Suprrane Court  Medals Are Planned Strikes Blows At  For Maritime Heroes Wages&Hours Act  WASHINGTON,  June  15^^—Rules  and  regulations  governing  the award  to American seamen  of  the Merchant  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. —The  Wage­Hour  Act  received  a  boost  Marine  Distinguished  Service  Medal,  were  announced  by  the  Maritime  Commission  today.  and  a  blow  from  the  Supreme  The  Maritime  Commission,  under  Public  Law  524  is  Court, in  twojdecisions.  The  court,  authorized  and  directed  to  provide  and  award  a  medal  to  each  person  the  law  requires  payment  at  time  in  the  American  Merchant  Marine  who,  on  or  after  Sept.  3rd,  1939,  and  one  half  rates  for  overtime  has  distinguished  himself  by  an  work,  even  though  an  employe  outstanding  deed  of  conduct  or  may  be  earning  far  above  the mini­ service  in  the  line  of  duty.  mum  wage fixed  by  the  act.  It  is  intended  that  the  medal  This  favorable  ruling  was  offset  shall  be  regarded  as  an  outstanding  by  another,  handed  down  by  a  5­ NASSAU,  Bahamas.  —  This  distinction  and  that  it  shall  be  to­4  vote,  which  sustained  the  swanky  British  tourist  resort  off  right  of  an employer  to  get  around  the  Florida  coast,  where  American  SEE  EDITORIAL  the  time­and­one­half  provision  by  millionaires  have  set  up  dummy  IN  COLUMN  1  making  individual  contracts  with  corporations  to  evade  U.  S.  taxes,  his  workers.  was  the  scene  June  2  of  a  demon­ The first  opinion  upheld  a  back  stration  of  2,000  Negro  laborers  awarded  only  after  definite  proof  pay  suit  brought  by  William  H.  against  a  wage  scale  of  80c  a  day  of  outstanding  conduct  or  service  in  the  line  of  duty  has  been  made  Missel  against  the  Overnight  Mo­ at  the  air field  construction  job.  available.  British  soldiers  as  well  as  local  tor  Transportation  ompany  of  Bal­ timore.  The  company  had  worked  police  were called  out  and  the Duke  All  persons  serving  on  merchant  Missel  overtime,  but  based  extra  of  Windsor,  governor  of  the  Ba­ vessels  of  the  United  States,  ou  pay  on  the  former  statutory  mini­ hamas, flew  back  from  Wa.shing­ those  owned  or  controlled  by  the  muni" of  3 0  cents  an  hour,  rather  ton.  Two  of  the  demonstrators  nited  States  or  by  its  citizens  and  than  on  Missel's  regular  rate,  which  were  killed  and  several  were  on fishing  vessels,  the  Commission  wounded.  Some  of  the  fashionable  said,  are  deemed  for  the  purpose  of  was  much  higher.  Written  by  Justice  Stanley  F.  shop  windows  on  the  main  street  the  Act,  to  be  serving  in  the  {Continued  on  Page  4)  {Continued  on  Page  4)  {Continued  on  Page  4)  by  an  8­to­l  majority,  held  that  SECRETARY­TREASURER  JOHN  HAWK  STANDS  BE­ SIDE  THE  SlU  MEMORIAL  BANNER  AS  THE  SEAFARERS  UNION  DELEGATION  WAITS TO  SWING  INTO THE  LINE  OF  MARCH  FOR  THE  "NEW  YORK  AT  WAR"  PARADE  HELD  LAST  SATURLAY.  THE  BANNER,  BEING  HELD  BY  BROTH­ ER  JAMES  FLYNN,  INFORMED  SPECTATORS  THAT  THE  SlU  HAS  LOST  473  UNION  BROTHERS  AT  SEA  DUE  TO  ENEMY  ACTION.  Medals or  Hard­tack  An Editorial America lias  been  at war  7 months  now, and  through­ out all  this  time  the merchant seamen  have served  as shock  troops.  They  have  lost  a  greater  percentage  of  their  men  than  any  branch of  the armed  force  to date.  Bahama Labor  Revolts Against  80c Per Day Wage  MARITIME HEROES PARADE UP FIFTH AVENUE Tbe  merchant  seamen  have  not  only  been  underpaid  and  kicked  around  generally  by  the  shipowners,  but  have,  often  been  denied  the benefits of  the most  elementary safe­ ty measures.  For  months  they  had  to  battle  the  shipowners  to  get  arms  and  life, rafts  on  the  boats  (the*  cost  money  you  know.).  It  was  under  pressure  of  lost  revenue  due  to  sinkings  that  the shipowners  finally  armed  the ships.  Finally  forced  by  the  pressure  of  events  to  supply  arms,  the  bosses  now  chisel  in  another  direction—the  pro­ visions  and  equipment  placed  aboard  life  boats.  It  may  sound  incredible  to  some  that  a  man  making  thousands  of  dollars profit  out  of  this  war  will  save  a  few  pennies by cutting the rations of  hard  tack and  water  plac­ ed  aboard life  boats. But  it's true!  ^ ;•   ..A.'M  Ask  Clifford Stamford, an  SIU  Able Seaman  who  was  torpedoed  last  month.  Brother  Stamford  was  aboard  a  ship  belonging  to one  of  the largest  and  most  prosperous operators  on  the Atlan­ tic  Coast.  The  ship  was  attacked  by  two  subs  and  broken  in  half  by  torpedoes.  24  crew  members  and  2  passengers  crowded  into  the  single  unsmashed  life  boat  and  pulled  away from  the sinking ship.  IM • I   I  ,  r i  •  '  The life  boat was  adrift for  8  days before rescue^  Here  ifr what  Brother Stamford  had  to say  about  it.  ­  "We  were  so  crowded  that  no  one  could  move.  We.  just  had  to  sit  doubled  up  for  the  entire  8  days.  It  got  so  the circulation  stopped  in  our arms  and  legs.  But  that  was  not  the  worst  part. We  might  have  been  able  to stand  the  physical  pain  a  little  better  if  the  boat  had  been  supplied  with decent  provisions.  {Continued on Page 2) * , THESE  SIU  BROTHERS,  SURVIVORS  OF  TORPEDOED  SHIPS,  STOLE  THE  SHOW  LAST  SATURDAY  IN  NEW  YORK  WHEN  THEY  PARTICIPATED  IN  THE  "NEW  YORK  AT  WAR"  PARADE.  5DO,COO  SOLDIERS,  SAILORS,'  DEFENSE  AND  UNION  WORKERS  PARTICIPATED  IN  THE . PARADE,  BUT  FEW  OF  THEM  CAUSED  THE  EXCITEMENT  AND  APPLAUSE  OCCA­ SIONED.BY  THE  APPEARANCE  OF  THE  SIU  MEN. CHEERS AND  HANDCLAPPING GREETED  TMEM  FOR  THE  ENTIRE  LENGTH  OF  THE  MARCH  WHICH  WAS  FROM  28th  STREET  TO  7Bth  STREET.  THE  SIU  MEN  WERE  HEROES  TO  EVERYBODY  BUT  THE  SHIPOWNERS.  .'.JI �•  iaS&'t­..''  ip'rfjiiay  •  ,«V­5»­rk­rrra  P««:e Two THE SEAFARERS' SEAFARERS' INTERNA110NAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA At^tico^d GiiH District ' r>"  m. Thursday, June 18, 1942 Skll^F. Urge^ NahiMf Ai^B^ JhiJtUMhei  bv  the  I  .li'ly  LOG A  WOBB WITH  The  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  has  launchiid  a  campaign  to  name  one  of  the  new  Liberty  ships  after  the founder  of  the  AfJilMed MOtfh  the  American Ji'ederaUon 0/  Labor  SUP,  Andrew  Furuseth,  The  following  resolution  was  passed  HARRY  LUNDEBERQ,  International  Prealdent  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  Son  Francisco,  Calii  up  and  down  the  Pacific  Coast:  WHEREAS:  It  is  the  policy  of  the  U.  S.  Maritime  Commis­ sion  to  name  the  new  Liberty Ships  after  men  who  rendered  ser­.  vices Jo this country  as a  whole, such  as;  heroes of  previous  wars  poets  and  in  many  instances  politicians  and  financiers, and,  WHEREAS!  The  Sailors'  Union  'has  in  one  of  its  past  offi­ cials, a  man  who  has  done  more  than  any one  individual,to create  and  mann  a  merchant  marine  worthy  of  the  United  States, there­ fore  be  it  RESOLVED:  That  the  membership  of  the  Sailors'  Union  of  the  Pacific,, through  any  means  deemed  necessary  by  our  Secre­ tary,  petition  the  Maritime  Commission  to  name  one  of  the  ships  being  built  on  the  Pacific  Coast:  The  Andrew  Furuseth.  ADDRESS  ALL  CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNINO  THIS  PUBLICATION  TO:  "THE  SEAFARERS*  LOG  P. O. 25, Station P. New York,  N. Y.  Phone: BOwling Green 9­8346  Medals or  Hard­tack  Hello  Sisters  and  Brothers:  This  being  my  last  little effort  at  being  A  columnist,  I  hardly  know  what  to say.  I feel  as if  I am  leaving  mjr  own  family.  You  have  all  been  pretty  swell  to  me  in  the  years  I  have  been  with  you  and  I'm  sure­ ly  going  to  miss  the  whole  gang.  However,  I  will  attend  our. meet­ ings  whenever  I  can  and  I  sfiall  continue  to  see  the  boys  in  the  {Confhnied  from  Page  1)  "Only about half  the rounds of  hard  tack were aboard  that  should  have  been,  and  much  of  that  was  spoiled.  I  don't  know  how  long  that  hard­tack  had  been  in  the life  boat, but it  must have  been plenty long for it to spoil. And  the drinking water ... it had  fuel oil  in it!"  hospital  once  in  a  while.  I'll  also  REPORT FROM When  the  survivors  finally  reached  shore  they  were  hospitalized  for  weeks  due  to  exposure  and  lack  of  food  and  v/atcr. Two  of  them  are still  in  the  hospital  (7 weeks  after rescue)  and one had  his feet amputated.  Great drop  a  line  to  the  brothers in Fort  Stanton.  So  Gleason  and  Gresham,  you  will  be  hearing  from  me,  and  I  want  to  wish  you  both  a  speedy  recovery  and  the  best  of  every­ thing.  My  best  also  to  Red.  By "DUKE  DUSHANE  I  hope  John  Novak,  SUP,  will  have  arrived  in  Ft.  Stanton  safely  by now.  It  must  have  been  a  tough  trip in  his  condition.  I  attended  hearings  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  here  in  Washing­ Lakes Beef: For the past week or so  the high­powered  publicity de­ partments of  the  Government  have  been  buttering  up  the  ton  with  Mardy  Polaner,  Administrator  of  the  Great  Lakes  District  The  worst  job  I  have  this  week  seamen—calling  them  heroes  and  proposing  that  they  be  of  the  S.I.U.  Also  attending  was  Mr.  H.  Kaiser,  an  A.F.L.  attorney  is  telling  the  boys  in  the  hospitals  that  I  won't  be  around  again.  But  connected  with  Judge  Padway's  office.  decorated  with medals.  Medals or  no medals,  seamen have a  job to do and  will  continue to do that  job to the best of  their ability. But  they  do ask  that  they  be  given  a  fighting chance  for  their lives.  They do ask  that the shipowner stop  putting profits before  everything else.  Medals are O.K. . . . but hard  tack  is  better.  Out of the Focsl by  — I 'v­ I  € X. The  SIU  put  its  best  foot  forward  Saturday.  All  those  who  watched  or  marched  in  the  parade  know  what  a*  showing  our  men  'made.  From  28 th  Street  all  the  way  up  Fifth  Avenue,  the  crowd  ap­ plauded.  From  60th  Street  to  76th  Street,  the  roar  and  the  applause  I  fir  of  the  crowd  was  deafciiing.  It  was  certainly  a  grand  day  for  the  ji#'  lr­"­r  SIU.  Even  the  "Little  Flower"  was  mightily  impressed  as  Whitey  the  delegates  will  take  care  of  them  from  now  on,  and  do  a  good  throughout  the  whole  thing  the  shipowner  refused  to  budge  an  inch  job  I'm  sure.  from  his  original  stand  taken  when  the  Department  of  Labor  attempt­ I  want  to leave  word  behind  for  ed  to  mediate.  Arthur  Thompson  and  Don  Ro­ The  W.L.B.  panel  did  its  best  to  get  an  agreement  between  the  nan  when  they  hit  the  beach.  My  union  and  the  shipowner,  but  it  was  impossible  in  view  of  the  stand  best  to  them  and  I'll  be  looking  taken  by  the  officials  of  the  D  &  C  line.  them  up.  And  also  greetings  and  The  whole  case  has  been  thrown  to  the  full  War  Labor  Board  farewells  to  Frances  O'Leary.  The  hearings  were  before  a  panel  of  the  War  Labor  Board  and  for  a  formal  decision.  The  decision  should  be  handed  down  by  the  There  are  so  many  swell  guys  end  of  the  week.  that  I  just  can't  mention  them  all,  but  I'm  thinking  of  them.  I  want  to say goodbye,  too,  to all  the  boys  As  of  this  date,  all  ships  entering  one  or  more  ports  in  the  fol­ on  the  third  floor  . . . Brothers  Fisher,  Hart  and  Goldie  and  our  lowing  areas  shall  receive  $125  in  addition  to  the  regular  bonus:  old  side  kick,  Fred  Stewart.  (A)  On  the  east,  west  and  north  coast  of  Australia,  extending  So  long  to Whitey  who  has  been  from  North  West  Cape  to  and  including  Melbourne.  swell  and  given  me  all  sort  of  co­ (B)  Dutch  Harbor,  Alaska.  operation  and  help  over  the  past  These  changes  were  made  at  the  request  of  the  SUP.*  years.  He  always  set  me  straight  if  I  got  fouled  up  in  some  job.  And  Non-Citizens: to  my  friend  Floyd  Miller,  our  We  have  been  successful  in  getting  the  Government  to  alter  its  Editor,  my  deepest  thanks  for  the  rules  in  regard  to  aliens  shipping  on  U.  S.  ships.  Henceforth,  ship's  many  nice  things,  you  have .done  crews  may  be  composed  of  50%  of  non­citizens.  This  ruling  applies  for  me.  You've  been  swell.  Maritime War Emergency Board Decision: Hawk  gave  him  the  salute.  Fred  Hart  seemed  to  be  ready  to  fly  after  he  recognized  a  friend  to  both  Government  owned  and  Government  operated  (privately  The  young  married  man  on  the  in  the  crowd.  Slug  handled  that  ensign  like  a  trooper.  Jim  Flynn  also  owned)  ships.  top  floor  is  well  taken  care  of,  I.  understand.  Pop  Kennedy  tells  me  did  a  good  job.  Paul  Gonsorchick  had  his  wife  marching  with  the  he  has  a fine  little  wife  and  every­ crowd.  The  W.E.B.  has  again  requested  that  all  seamen  make  out  dupli­ thing  is  swell.  Personal Effects: cate  lists  of  their  personal  belongings  before  shipping  out.  One  copy  So  long and  best  wishes  to Frank  Percy  Picrson  of  the  ACADIA  dropped  in  to  say  Hello.  All  the  should  be  kept  by  the  man  shipping,  the other  copy  going  to the  com­ on  the  5 th  floor,  and  to  the  2nd  ACADIA  stiffs  had  to  leave  their  "home".  Don't  worry  guys,  Eastern  pany's  agent.  All  lists  going  to  the  company  should  be  signed  by  the  floor gang . . . Mae, Harry, Tommy  and  Joe.  is  going  to  have  a  few  Liberty  ships  sailing  soon,  so  you  may  go  back  master . . . otherwise it  will  not  be  valid  in case  the master  is lost.  Steady  as  she  goes.  to your  stamping  grounds.  AAA  Seafarers' Log- IQO P.C. Bonus Raise  For British Seafarers  The  LOSMAR,  on  her  return  voyage,  had  only  three  men  left  in  the  engine  room.  Jim  Hanners  fell  over  the  side  as  the  ship  left  m­ Colombo,  and  wasn't  seen  thereafter.  Joe  D'Ames  had  a  tough  time  on  the  trip,  having  to  work  three  watches  from  Colombo  to  the  home  if' I  HONOR ROLL port.  lief- A  A  A  Jack  Kelly  hurt  his  leg  aboard  the  WEST  CHETAK  and  had  to  get  off.  We find  that  Bill  McCalmont  was  not  suffering  from  pneu­ monia,  but  from  two  badly  blackened  eyes  . . . ask  Skipperdeck.  The  first  Maritime  School  boy  lost  on  our  ships  is  Leslie  Dennis  Callahan,  He  was  caught  in  the  Fire  Room  as  the  torpedo  hit  his  ship.  '•i-'MV-,,' rs r  'MY- H.  M008HAGE  ALCOA  PROSPECTOR.  LA  SALLE  ALCOA  PATRIOT  J.  JOHNSON  TOTAL  y.  .....^  $5.00  22.00  9.0Q  13.00  2.50  $51.50  The  war  risk  bonus  for  British  merchant  seamen  has  been  doubled  and  stands  now  at  £10  per  month,  according  to a  decision  of  the Brit­ ish  National  Maritime  Board.  The  ruling  also  applies  to  allied  seamen  aboard  British  ships  whose  bonus  compensation  under  previous  agree­ ments  had  not  yet  been  raised  to  this figure.  �y  .Thlirsd^yn Jane .1?i .1942 T.H E  S EtA'RA­RtEiRS '  L OG  SEAFARERS'  INTm^NATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  WHa!r» DOING Aroimtf  lite  Ports  NEW  ORLEANS  By  "ARMY"  P«gt Hme If  there U  no news on  this  page  from  your  port, ask  your  agent. Hie  reason. It  is up to the  membership to see  that news is sent to the LOG  every  week.  AIUURIC OBd  QDLF DISTRICT  SecretorY­Treasuror's Office  Bona 213 — 2 StoiM  Straot, W«w York  City  P. O. BoK  28. StofloB  P  .  Phenol  BOwling  Grosn fr«348  DffiECTORY  OF BRANOiES  KRNCH  NEW  YORK  ­ •   ADDRESS  PHONE  ..2 Stono St BOwling 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jury."  erica  with  deliberately  delaying  the  production  of  alumi­ This,  gentlemen,  refers  directly  to  num vitally  needed in  the  war  program in order  to protect  • »­the star  prosecution  witness.  its post­war  operations.  Even  though  the  Commies  put  Mr.  La  Follette  demanded  on^  ^  out  thousands  of  bucks in  fees,  le­ the  Senate floor  that  a  "federal  gal  aids  to  the  prosecutor  and  just  aluminum  authority"  be  set  up  ­*  plain shysters,  they could  not  make  This  organization,  he  said,  could  the frame  stick. Maybe  the old  saw  Staff  itself  with  technical  people  Seamen  should  submit  the  same  tion  to  assist  the  Department  in  "right  is  might"  is  right.  type  of  evidence  to  establish  Am­ establishing his  citizenship. The De,  who  would  enable  the  government  Brothers .Schefstgd,  Dean,  Nobles  "to stand  on  its  own  feet  and  not  erican  citizenship  as  is  required  of  partment  will  make  special  efforts  and Smokey  Schriencr  are glad  now  be  dependent  on  Alcoa  for  the  de­ 140  workers,  members  of  the  other  applicants  for  passports.  A  to  ­  assist  seamen  in  establishing  that  they  all  came  back  and  got  termination  of  executive  policy  in  American  Federation  of  Textile  seaman  who  is  unable  to produce  a  their  citizenship,  and  it  is  desired  this  thing  squared  away,  as  now  the  aluminum field."  Operatives,  have  been  on  strike  birth or  baptismal certificate  should  that  Clerks  of  Courts  also  make  ^the  scapegoats  are  out  of  the  pic­ every  effort  to  be  helpful.  "Unless  a  centralized  organiza­ against  a  reactionary  employer  at  ture.  An  impartial  investigation  tion  of  the  scope  suggested  here  is  Fall  River,  Mass.,  for  the  past  be  encouraged  to produce  affidavits  INFORMATION NEEDED  might  show  why  the  Commies  are,  set  up,  the  war  production  pro­ week.  Now  it  appears  that  their  from  parents  or  relatives,  or  from  two  or  more  responsible  citizens  Seamen's  documents,  such  as  or  rather  were,  so  anxious  to  hang  gram  will  continue  to  be  warped  strike  will  be  broken,  not  by  em­ who  have  knowledge  either  of  the  continuous  discharge  books  or  cer­ this  on  the  members  of  the S.I.U.  by  the  overweening  desire  of  pri­ ployer  inspired finks,  but  by  the  exact  time  and  place  of  birth  or  tificates  of  identification,  required  The  laugh  of  the  case  was  the  vate  corporations  to  protect  their  U.  S.  Government  itself.  the  approximate  time  and  place  of  to  be  submitted  to  your  office  in  Bartender  who  was  supposed  jto  post­war  business  interests,"  he  The  War  Labor  Board  has  of­ birth.  An  affiant  should  set  forth  connection  with  these  passport  ap­ identify  the  man in  the case.  Asked  said.  ficially  requested  the  U.  S.  Em­ the  facts  upon  which  he  bases  his  plications,  should  be  carefully  e:^­ if  he  could  identify  any  of  them  Calls It 'Perfect Monopoly.' ployment  Service  to  assist  in  re­ affidavit.  However,  when  a  seamen  amined  by  the  persons  taking  the  he  was  told  he  could  look  at  them  Mr.  La  Follette  told  the  Senate  placing  the  strikers  with  new  cannot  furnish  a  birth  certificate,  applications  to  ascertain  whether  from  any  angle.  "He  trotted  down  that  Alcoa  has  been  given  90  per  workers.  baptismal  certificate  or  satisfactory  they  are  in  agreement  with  the  from  the  witness  stand,  walked  cent  of  all  war  contracts  for  alu­ The strike  was  over  the  boss'  re­ affidavits  of  birth,  he  should  give  facts  as  stated  in  the  passport  ap­ behind  the  four  boys  to  where  he  minum  production  and  that  mem­ fusal  to  consider  any  pay  increases  in  detail  facts  tending  to  establish  plications  and  whether  the  photo­ could  see  their  left  profiles,  went  bers  of  the  aluminum  branch  of  to  meet  the  rising  cost  of  living.  his  citizenship,  such  as  school  at­ graphs  thereon  are  likenesses  of  the  back  to  the  stand  and  identified  the  War  Production  Board  are  Less  than  5%  of  the plant's  out­ tendance,  names  and  addresses  of  applicants.  The  Department  should  Red  Dean  by  a  scar  ON  HIS  "either  the  innocent  dupes  of  the  relatives  in  the  United  States,  be  informed  of  any  discrepancy  RIGHT  LOWER  LIP.  This,  mind  private .interests,  or  they  are  con­ put  goes  into  war  supplies,  ac­ names  and addresses  of  persons who  noted. These  documents may  be ac­ cording  to  the  strikers.  ,  you,  after  taking  a  gander  at  his  sciously  helping  the  corporations,"  have  known  him  the  greater  part  cepted  in  lieu  of  an  identifying  left  profile  where  only  Superman  He  asserted  that  the firm  is  a  of  his  life,  and  who  are  in  a  posi­  witness.  with  his  ex­ray  eyes  could  have  "perfect  monopoly"  which  delib­ G.M. Fights $1 Raise  seen  it. ,  erately  delayed  expansion  of  the  Last  week  Bro.  Stephens  and  I  aluminum  industry  in  the  United  For  Workers; Pays  made  a  trek  to  our  State  Capitol  States  because  of  its  international  Pres. $328,000  "and  were  present  at  the Committee  cartel  arrangements  with  Ger­ hearing  on  the  anti­strike  bill  many's  I.  G.  Farbenindustrie.  PHILADELPHIA,  June  16.—  Vhich  was  presented  to  the  Labor  WASHINGTON, June 11—The  "Despite  our  anti  Axis  pre­war  and  Capital  Committee.  This  is  sentiments  and  despite  our  declar­ Charles  E.  Wilson,  president  of  Congress  of  Industrial  Organiza­ A  collision  occured  Saturday  in  the  same  bill  sponsored  by  Labor­ ation  of  war  against  Germany  in  General Motors  which is  now fight­ tions  refused  today  to  recognize  Upper  New  York  Bay  between  the  hating  capital  groups  which  call  December,  1941,  not  until  April  ing  a  CIO  Unitel  Auto  Workers  themselves  The  Christian  Front.  of  this year  were  these intimate  and  demand  for  a  $l­a­day  pay  in­ the  validity  of  an  arrangement  un­ municipally­owned  large  steel  They  got  this  bill  over  in  Miss­ dangerous  ties  between  Alcoa  and  crease,  rated  $328,000  for  his  ef­ der  which  the  United  Construction  ferryboat  Cold  Star  Mother  and  issippi  and  Texas,  and figured  that  the  Nazis  broken," Mr.  La  Follette  orts  on  behalf  of  CM last  year.  A  Workers  Organizing  Committee,  the  freighter  Cripple  Creek  north  report filed  with  the Securities  and  the  old  squeeze  play  would  put  it  charged.  through  its  policy  board,  severed  of  the  Robbins  Reef  light  and  Exchange  Commission  (SEC)  to­ over  in  La.  Here,  it  was  recognized  Charges Unreasonable Prices. direct  connection  with  the  C.I.O.  about  a  fourth  of  a  mile  from  the  day  showed  that  Wilson  drew  a  as  nothing  but  a  facist  move  to  and  moved  into District  50  of  the  shore  of  Staten  Island.  A  heavy  take  control  of  the  state  labor  "... It is  significant  that  Alcoa  salary  of  $149,803  and  was  given  United  Mine  Workers  of  America.  fog  blanketted  the  Bay  at  the  groups.  After  a  thorough  hearing  preferred  to  pay fines  and  accept  a  a  bonus  of  4300  shares  of  CM  time.  James  B.  Carey,  secretary  of  the  (during  which  even  the  sponsor  consent  decree  rather  than  try  to  common  stock  valued  at  $39.61  a  The  ferryboat  was  proceeding  could  not  speak  in favor  of  it)  the  prove  its  innocence  in  a  court  of  share.  The  bonus,  however,  is  to be  C.  I.  O.,  reported  the  dissolution  from  the  Battery  to  St.  George  committee  brought  back  an  unani­ law."  paid  in equal  instalment.s  over  four  of  the  U.C.W.O.C..  of  which  A.  with  200  passengers  and  20  auto­ Mr.  La  Follette  asserted  that  the  years,  which  will  give  Wilson  a  D.  Lewis  has  been  a  member  and  mous  unfavorable  report.  Also  which  he  managed  as  operating  mobiles  at  the  time  she  struck  the  bjll^was  introduced  to  makej,the  aluminum  "bottleneck  is  neither  break  on  surtaxes.  chief.  He  wrote  to  Mr.  Lewis  re­ cargo  carrier.  While  the  passengers  Companies  pay  the  attorney  fees  an act of  God  nor an  inevitable dis­ Albert  Bradley,  CM  vice  presi­ were  shaken  up,  no  one  was  in­ when  a  man is  forced  to sue to col­ aster,*'  but  largely  "a  corporation­ dent  and  director,  drew  a  salary  of  questing  return  of  the  certificate  jured.  lect  when  hurt.  This^is  something  made  catastrophe,  born  of  mon­ $100,620  plus  3400  shares of  com­ of  affiliation.  When  John  L.  Lewis,  as  presi­ that  lias  been  needed  for  a  long  opoly."  mon  stock,  which  will  boost  his  He  also  charged  that  "unreason­ ASSESSMENT!  dent  of  the  C.  I.  O.,  formed  the  time  and  all  hands  are  behind  it.  earnings  for  1941  to  $225,000  able  prices  during  the  past  two de­ Construction  Workers  Committee  when  he  gets  all  the stock.  The recent  SIU Convention went  cades  discouraged  the  use of  alumi­ several  years  ago  to enter  the field  num, by  the automotive industries.'*  on  record  to  urge  all  members  to  of  building  and  construction  labor,  "In  view  of  the  way  monopoly  Work or Fight he  named  Philip  Murray,  R.  J.  voluntarily  assess  themselves  $2.  M.  E;  JOHNSON  P 7505  A,  P.  TERRIES  P7426  has  warped  and  repressed  the  alu­ Thomas,  Sherman  Dalrymple,  Mr.  This  money  will  be  used  to  con­ WM.  CARROL  BELL  P 64C3  minum  industry, it  can  be  asserted  WEST POINT,  N. Y.—Striking  Carey  and  his  brother,  A. D.  Lew­ PHILIP  MARROY  P 6407  that  but  for  the  policy  of  Alcoa,  AFL  building  trades  workers at  the  is,  as  supervising  chiefs.  A.  D.  duct  organizational  wprk  ­for,^ the  JAMES'WALKER  P 2744  LEROY  KNIGHT  P2718  the  aluminum  crisis  would  be  far  U.  S.  Military  Academy  construc­ Lewis,  however,  conducted  the  International.  The  growth  of  oiity  MARCUS  MIRANDA  P,2583  less serious  and  much easier  to con­ tion  job  were  faced  with  a  work­ work  of  the  organization,  hiring  Union  depends  on  you!  Pay  your  DELMORE  A.  ROUSSELL.  P 6498  quer  than  is  actually  the  case  to­ or­fight  order  by  the  local  draft  employes,  granting  charters  and  $2  now.  All  agents  and  patrolmen  . LoUiS  UUKOLD,  Jr  Pei5l  board  June  2.  LESTER  EDWARD  P 7008  day,"  Mr.  La  Follette  said.  making  disbursements.  have  receipts  waiting  for  you.  ALCOA'S GREED SABOTAGING WAR EFFORT - LaFOLLETTE Labor Board Out To Break Strike One More; Week To Get Passports C.I.O.  Bars Transfer  Of  Building Union  DO NOT SffiP I 'J.t- Ferryboat  Hits  Freighter  In  Fog in  Upper  N. Y. Bay  �THE Page Four Labor Union Front VanArsdale Wiii;s Union Re-election 2: J ' r  ,,'  F  Asks  Federal  Probe  Of  Beating Of  Union  Organizers  SEAFARERS' LOG Supreme Court Strikes Blows At Wages&Hours Act ­Thursday,  June  18,  1942  Medals Are Planned For Maritime Heroes .  {Continued from  Page 1)  i  j American  Merchant  Marine.  Civil  mittee  wjll  receive  reports  on  indi­ ian  seamen  serving  on  public  ves­ viduals  proposed  for  the  medal  and  Reed,  this  decision  declared  that  sels  of  the  United  States  are  also  will  make  its  recommendations  to  the  Wage­Hour  Act  was  "designed  included.  the  U.  S.  Maritime  Commission.  The  awards  will  be  made  by  th^  NEW  YORK—Dispensing  with  MAMON,  N.­C.  —  A  federal  to  require  payment  for  overtime  at  "It  is  recognized  that  the  aver­ investigation  has  been  requested  of  Commission.  It is  expected  that  th%  time  and  one­half  the  regular  pay,  the  usual  procedure of  a  closed  bal­ age  seaman  going  to  sea  is  render­ a  mob  attack  on  three  organizers  medal  will  be  ready  for  issue  with­ lot  election,  members  of  Local  3  of  where  that  is  above.the  minimum,  ing  splendid  service  to  the  nation  here  who  were  distributing  leaflets  in  a  few  months.  the  International  Brotherhood  of  as  well  as  where  it  is  at  the  mini­ every  day  and  is  entitled  to  the  Electrical  Workers,  A.  F.  of  L.,  in front  of  the Drexel  Manufactur­ appreciation  and  gratitude  of  the  In  the  meantime,  a  study  is  be­ mum."  Justice  Owen  J.  Roberts  voted  by  acclamation  last  week  to  ing  Company,  a  non­union  firm  public,"  the  Commission  said. "The  ing  m.ade  of  the  cases  of  individual  ^  dissented.  re­elect  their  business  manager  manufacturing  furniture.  word  "outstanding,*  however,  as  seamen  whose  names  have  been  The  three  organizers  for  the  The  majority  also  ruled  that  used  in  the  Act  must  be  construed  placed  before  the  Commission  aS  Harry Van  Arsdale, Jr.,  whose  con­ viction  on  riot  charges  was  upheld  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Missel  was  entitled  to  collect  literally in  the sense  that  the  person  being  potentially  entitled  to  the  last  Monday  by  the  Appellate  Di­ Joiners,  E.  L.  Ketchie,  Clarence  double  back  pay—half  of  that  as  to  whom  an  award  is  made  will  award.  Whisman  and  W.  A.  Houser,  were  vision  in  Brooklyn.  damages  equal  to  the  withheld  have  distinguished  himself  abov  personally  distributing  leaflets when  and  beyond  the  excellent  standard  Van  Arsdale,  who  will  have  to  British  Tribunal  overtime  wages.  mob  of  company  stooges,  urged  maintained  by  the  merchant  ma­ serve  one  to  two  years  in  Sing  This  was  the first  time^the  court  rine  seamen  as  a  whole."  Sing  Prison  unless  the  Court  of  on  by officials,  set  on  the leaflet  dis­ Hears Coal Miner's  tributors  and  beat  them  unmerci­ sustained  the  "double  indemnity"  Appeals  reverses  the verdict  against  The  Commission  has  set  up  provision  of  the  Wage­Hour  Law,  Merchant  Marine  Medal  Awards  Wage  Boost  Plea  him,  was  chosen  for  a  four­year  fully.  In  a  letter  to  Victor  Rotnem,  term  as  leader  of  the  20,000  A.  F.  desigqed  to  discourage  violations,  Committee  of  which  Vice  Admiral  Frank  McCallister,  secretary  of  the  LONDON  —Now  '  that  the  of  L.  electricians  in  this  city.  The  and  the  decision  will o pen  the  way.  Arthur  P.  Fairfield,  U.  S.  Navy  Southern  Workers  Defense  League,  House  of  Commons  bas  passed  th?.  entire  administration  slate  of  of­ (Retired),  is  Chairman.  The  Com­ who  made  a  personal  investigation |  J^ep3«ment  of  Labor  attorneys  de­ coal  reorganization  plan,  a  jtribun­ ciers  and  executive  board  members  dared,  for  employes  who  had  been  of  the  incident,  requested  an  im­ al  of five  is  hearing  the  miners'  was  returned  to  office  with  him.  mediate federal  investigation charg­ victims  of  chiseling  to  collect  mil­ BAHAMA LABOR  claim  to  a  national  minimum"  The  trumped­up  criminal  charge  ing  that  the  company  inspired  the  lions  in  back  pay.  weekly  wage  of  $17  and  an_  ad­ against  Van  Arsdale  grew  out  of  REVOLTS AGAINST  assault  and  said  that  he  had  sworn  vance  of  80c  per  shift.  strike  disorders  at  the  Triangle  The  court's  second  ruling  ap­ affidavits  to  this  effect.  Conduit  Cable  Company,  Glendale,  The employers  are  represented  by  proved  a'scheme  by  which  the  A.  80c PER  DAY  WAGE  Queens,  in  September,  1940,  when  Color Used As  Colonel  Ernest  Briggs,  Chairman  H.  Belo  corporation,  which  oper­ {Continued  from  Page  1)  a  number  of  policemen  were  beat­ of  the  enormous  Lover  Brothers  ates  the  Dallas  (Texas)  "Morning  en, stones  were  hurled  and  automo­ Aid  To Speedup  corporation,  and  the  trade  unions <  News"  and  radio  station  WFAA,  were  smashed.  by  George  Chester, secretary  of  the  The  demonstration  occurred  af­ biles  v/ere  overturned.  averted  overtime  payments  .  Music  has  long  been  used  to  Boot  and  Shoe  Operatives  Union,  ter  local  government  oflicials  told  Normally  the  election  of  officers  speed  up  workers  in  some  opera­ Both  the  newspaper  and  the  ra­ of  Local  3  would  not  have  taken  tions.  Today  speed  experts  are  dio  station  got  their  unorganized  the  workers  that  the  wage  scale,  The  actual  pay  rates  for  men  place  until  June  27.  Last  night  4,­ learning  that  a  judicious  selection  employes  who  had  been  on  a  week­ set  by  an  agreement  between  Great  working  in  the  coal  mines  have  000  members  gathered  in  Manhat­ of  colors  may  also  be  helpful  in  ly  salary  basis  to  sign  "contracts"  Britain  and  the  U.  S.,  could  not  fallen  out  of  line  with  the  higher  rates  now  paid  in  the  arrns  indus­ tan  Center,  expecting  that  the  getting  more  work  out  of  wage  which  fixed  an  arbitrary  minimum  be  changed  immediately.  New  Providence,  the  island  on  tries.  Fathers  working  in  mines  meeting would  be given  over  to the  slaves.  hourly  wage  so  that  even  with  which  Na.ssau  is  located,  is  one  of  now find  themselves  earning  less  nomination  of  candidates  to  run  Under  red  light  the  average  per­ overtime  the  employes  would  earn  the British  possessions  on  which  the  than  their  wives,  sons  and  daugh­ against  the  administration  slate,  son  will  tend  to  judge  weights  as  no  more  than  they did  before.  The  U.  S.  is  building  war  bases.  ters  working  in  the  factories.  which  was  placed  in  nomination  a  heavier.  Under  yellow  and  blue  previous  salary  was  in  effect, "fro­ zen,"  regardless  of  the  number  of  week  ago.  lights  there  is  a" tendency  to  judge  However,  after  a  report  on  the  them  as  being  lighter.  One  manu­ hours  worked.  3­to­2  decision  of  the  Ap^^Uate  facturer  had  certain  boxes  repaint­ This  plan  was  upheld  in  a  de­ Division  had  been  read,  a  unionist  ed  green  rather  than  black  as  he  cision  delivered  by  Justice  Byrnes,  rose  in  the fear  of  the hall  and sug­ found  that  his  employees  were  less  who  maintained  the  Wage­Hour  gested  that  the  organization  dem­ conscious  of  the  heavy  burden  of  Act  did  not  bar  such  contracts  so  onstate  its  confidence  in  Van  Ars­ lifting  and  carrying  the  green  long as  the assured  weekly  wage did  dale  and  his  fellow­officers  by  mov­ boxes.  not  fall  below  the  legal  "bottom.  ing  at  once  to  cast  a  single  ballot  ^  :.  ,  for  their  re­election.  Those  re­elcctcd  with  Van  Ars­ DAVID  H.  UDELL  Wiper  dale  included  Bert  Kirkman,  presi­ RONALD J. TEARSE  •  • :  Wiper  dent;  Alfred  H.  Jensen,  vice  presi­ EDWIN  N. JAFFE  .  . .  . . .  O. S.  dent;  Jeremiah  P.  Sullivan,  record­ ing  secretary;  William  A.  Hogan,  THOMAS J. LIVELY  .  ... Bo^n  Establishment  of  a  Chinese  seamen's  section  by  MAURICE  P. HARDY  financial  secretary,  and  William  A' B.  Beck,  treasurer.  the  maritime branch  of  the  Dutch  Central  Transport  {Continued  from  Page  1)  In Memory of Those Brothers Lost At Sea Duo To Enemy Action ITF Organizes  Chinese  Seamen's Branch;  Wins Wage Increases  For  New  Members  A.F.L.  Machinists  Press Aircraft  Organizing  Drive  Workers  Union  was  announced  this  week  at  the  union's  headquarters,  21  Pearl  Street,  New  York^  N. Y,  Simultaneously,  union  secretary  P.  J.  Vander­ berge  and  organizer  G.  G,  Vande­^  ^  ~  ~  ville  announced,  conclusion  of  any940  after  the  occupation  of  the  agreement  which  raises  the  average  Netherlands  by  German  forces.  The  International  Association  of  monthly  wage —  including  war! I.T.F.  officials  pointed  out  that  Machinists,  launched  a  c a  m ­ bonus  and  special  compensation;  I  agreement  constitutes  an­ paigns  this  week  to  bring  three  of  the  Chinese  seafarers  aboard  other  link  in  the  steadily  growing  more  giant  plane  corporations  un­ Dutch  ships  from  $41  to  $91.  recognition  of  the Chinese  seamen's  der  its  banner.  The  new  agreement  also  providtfs ,  movement  and  that  it  followed  by  The  three  are  the  Glenn  L. Mar­ for  a  compensation  of  $100  for,  ,  ,  ,  .  e  n  •   •   t  ,  t  1  ,  1  ' a  few  days  conclusion  of  a  Bntisfi­ tin  Company,  which  employs  42,­ , loss  of  personal  belongings  by  acts  000  workers  in  plants  near  Balti­ of  war.  Previous  compensation  for ^  Chinese  government  pact  which  more,  the  Curtiss­Wright  Corpor­ , ,  Chinese  seamen  aboard  Dutch  assures  equality  for  British  and  ation, v,ith  25,000  wor  ers  at  a  ^  guilders, or  $50.  Ne­' Chinese  seamen  aboard  British  w«ll  and  CHrnn,  N.  J.;  ,„b,l.amg  the  prelim­1  Douglas  Aircraft  ^tupauy.  Long  f  ^  Beach,  Caltf.,  whtch  employs  near­  conducted  in  ly  4!,000, workers.  ^President  Harvey  W.  Brown  of  ^tiie  Machinists  addressed  a  strong'  The  American  office  of  the  GEORGE  CARNEY:  personal,,  appeal  to  thousands  of  Dutch  Central  Transport  Workers'  PERSONALS Glenn  Martin  employes,  urging  Union,  which  is  an  affiliate  of  the  There  ia  a  suit­oasa  belongina  to  wt  c:„r,  tiiirLnriTntion  cards  International  Transport  Workers'  you  at  the  Galveston  hall.  Pick  It  .lOSEPH  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Title A name given to the resource June 18, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SUPREME COURT STRIKES BLOWS AT WAGES & HOURS ACT MEDALS ARE PLANNED FOR MARITIME HEROES BAHAMA LABOR REVOLTS AGAINST 80C PER DAY WAGE MEDALS OR HARD-TACK MARITIME HEROES PARADE UP FIFTH AVENUE S.U.P URGES LIBERTY SHIP TO BE NAMED FURUSETH A WORD WITH SISTER DILLON 100 P.C. BONUS RAISE FOR BRITISH SEAFARERS ALCOA'S GREED SABOTAGING WAR EFFORT - LAFOLLETTE LABOR BOARD OUT TO BREAK STRIKE G.M. FIGHTS $1 RAISE FOR WORKERS; PAYS PRES. $328,000 WORK OR FIGHT C.I.O BARS TRANSFER OF BUILDING UNION FERRYBOAT HITS FREIGHTER IN FOG IN UPPER NY BAY VAN ARSDALE WINS UNION RE-ELECTION ASKS FEDERAL PROBE OF BEATING OF UNION ORGANIZERS COLOR USED AS AID TO SPEEDUP A.F.L. MACHINISTS PRESS AIRCRAFT ORGANIZING DRIVE ITF ORGANIZES CHINESE SEAMEN'S BRANCH BRITISH TRIBUNAL HEARS COAL MINER'S WAGE BOOST PLEA Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/18/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fefaa7992cdff975829a6d3399324322.PDF 2ef26bb81a4f1b3a290a2d7c282d5793 PDF Text Text JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS'INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. VI. No. 16 NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. JUNE IB. 1344 Marine Council Of AF of L Unions Formed In Chicago The AFL Marine Unions in Chicago and vicinity are organizing a Marine Council to further the interests of all marine workers and foster mutual benefits. The drive is sponsored by Brother Richard Walton, Vice President, In­ ternational Longshoremen Association, AFL, Brother Bow­ L£ase Signed For New Hall In New York N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out A lease has been signed by tjie SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District for new headquarters of the dis­ trict in New York. The new building is located at 51 Beaver Street some few blocks from the old address at 2 Stone Street. The new headquarters into which the Union will shortly move comprise a modern 6-story office building with large floor spaces for the hiring halls and meeting placep. It is located in a easily accessible portion of the City which can be found from all subways in the downtown New York area. The building meets the contin­ uous, progressive standards of the Seafarers International Union which believes that the members ashore should enjoy the finest possible conditions in the hiring halls and meeting places of their own Union. The floors are spacious, clean, light and airy and will contribute much to the continued better­ ment of the Union as well as the health of the membership. The building itself is fireproof and equipped with modern ele­ vators, toilets, heating and ventil­ ation. Within a few weeks the Union's district offices will be moved there. NEW YORK, N. Y.—In a strongly worded letter John Hawk, Atlantic and Gulf District Sec'y-Treasurer, last week asked that some of the confusion caused by faulty decisions under operations regulation No. 64 be straight­ ened out and that transportation be paid to members making voyages to the Hawaiian* _ — _, ' Islands when they have been Pursuant to operations regulation No. 64, these men are en­ paid off in a Pacific Coast port. The letter points out the in­ titled to transportation back to the port of engagement on the consistencies with which the op­ grounds: erations regulation has been 1. There is nothing in opera­ handled by some people in Wash­ tions regulation No. 64 that 'de­ ington and some of their illogical fines or denies that a voyage to arguments in attempting to for­ the Hawaiian Islands or any bid pyaments of transportation other island in the Pacific Ocean rightfully due the seamen. as not being a trans-Pacific voy­ The letter follows in full: age. June 10, 1944 2. Numerous vessels have Mr. Hubert Wyckoff made voyages from New York Asst. Deputy Administrator to Noumea which is another Maritirne Labor Relations, island in the Pacific Ocean, a War Shipping Administration little more than 1000 miles to Washington, D. C. the westward of the Hawiian Dear Sir: (Continued on Page 4) The SS Point Judith signed on and sailed from the port of New York on ( ) This vessel went through the Panama Canal, then to the Hawaiian Islands and from there to San Francisco. The crew was paid off and denied transpor­ tation to New York which was the port of engagement, on the grounds that the vessel had not made a trans-Pacific voyage or The War Shipping Administra­ trans-Atlantic voyage. tion has been notified by Naval postal officers that letters to sea­ men are being improperly ad­ dressed, often in violation of na­ tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. Failure to use the proper form in addressing mail destined for merchant seamen results in delay in delivery and in some instances actual loss. To insure delivery, the follow­ ing form should be used: man of the Tug Firemen and*membership of the affiliated Linemen, ILA, AFL, and Broth­ Unions are afforded a greater de­ ers Herbert Jansen and Jack De- gree of protection than was pos­ laney, SIU Chicago Agent and sible in the past. Representative, respectively. The Unions already agreeing to Employers of marine workers affiliate with the Council are the will learn that, should they dis­ Tug Firemen & Linemen, Long­ criminate against any one of shoremen, Elevator Men, Grain these organizations, they will be Trimers, Deputy Weight Masters- confronted by a united bloc. The Dredge Workers, Marine Ware­ Council is also a powerful bul­ house Workers, Licensed Tugmen wark against the threat of the and the SIU, Great Lakes District. Commie NMU to drive the SIU, Great Lakes District from the United Front With the organizing of this Lakes. Chicago Marine Council, the The Commies may think they are in solid with their supposed support from the steel workers, but as long as the SIU is aligned with the rest of the Marine work­ ers, it fears no group, employers, nor dual organization. Similar Marine Councils are being formed in other Great NEW ORLEANS, La.—A new hiring hall was opened up under Lakes districts. the auspices of the Seafai-ers In­ ternational Union of NA, Atlan­ tic and Gulf District, here at 339 Chartres Street, last week. This is one of the first union proper­ ties that the Union's membership owns, lock, stock and barrel. Alterations were made on the building after the Union bought the property and its features will contain business offices as well as recreational facilities and the hiring halls and dispatcher's office. The hall is large enough to ac­ commodate 200 seamen with comfort. Port Agent A. J. (Baldy) Bollinger reports, and says that it will help the rapid growth of the Union. It will be open during regular business hours and will make as­ signments of men to ships much easier, Bollinger declares. Opening the hall in this im­ portant port is a big step forward officers of the Union say, for owning the hall does away with the necessity of paying rents in hard times. This is the first of a chain of halls to be owned by the Union's membership in this fast-growing organization. The opening of the hall' was Ernest Bevin. British Minister of Labor, unveiling the dedicatory plaque at a rest-break house t house-warming Tadworth, England, established as part of the A F of L's war relief program in England. Contriw ic t e mem ers on e eac , made by A F of L members through the Labor League for Human Rights help support both as well as many prominent labor this and other projects for aid to British workers. men of the city attended. SIU Opens New Hiring Hall In New Orleans Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again British Honor AF of L's Generosity 44 Seaman's name Name of ship C/o Postmaster San Francisco New York or New Orleans (de­ pending on coast from which ad­ dressee sailed). The return address of the writ­ er should appear in the upper left hand corner and the name of the steamship company in the lower left hand corner. The address of the steamship company should not be given. In a number of instances, in di­ rect violation of national security rules, letters have been addressed to a specific street address or place name of a foreign country. Addressing mail to any other than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, only delays its reaching the sea­ man. All members are urged to clip this and send it to those penow they exepect to write to them. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District SEAFARERS Fridar' June fs, 1944 LOG WHArS DOING Around the Ports cess of changing their name from the Communist party of Amer­ ica, to the CIO Political Action Well, Brothers, it's been a long Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Committee will induce the Am­ time since you have received any erican people to become more material from this port, so it susceptable to the Moscow doc­ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President. should be very much appreciated. trine of divide and rule, they cer­ 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. Things have been very slow, in tainly have another thought fact, practically dead, around coming. JOHN HAWK. - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas» these parts of the country lately; Comrat Browder talked ex­ but they should be picking up P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City tensively about the achievements soon, NOW that the invasion is of the Party during its existence history. And by the way, speak­ MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. in this country. In so many hoaing about the invasion, I noticed 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. neyed words he explained the in this reactionary local newspa­ following highlights. Their suc­ per here this morning that the cessful race hatred campaigns, National Maritime Union has or­ their extensive encroachments dered all their members to stand Directory of Branches upon the political, religious, and by in their Union Halls for any social life of this country, and PHONE BRANCH ADDRESS emergency, it states that Ralph last but not least, the splitting of NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwling Green 9-3437 Rogers of the NMU in San Fran­ BOSTON (»0) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 the ranks of organized labor. cisco, sent a telegram to the BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 Yes, Brothers, these were only PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 President of the United States to NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 some of the chaotic heritages of NEW ORLEANS (16)... 324 Chartres St Canal 3336 that effect. SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 CIO Political Action Committee, Now, if that, wouldn't gripe you TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 Whom, with the same leaders as MOBILE 7 St. Michael St Dial 2-1392 BALTIMORE cut my legs off and call me SAN JUAN the Communist Party had, will PUERTO RICO Postal Zone No. 28 San Juan 1885 shorty. GALVESTON. 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 These commie stooges and fel­ The newest news item of im­ contrive to perpetuate. Never was the truth spoken low-travelers will go to any ex­ portance to labor was the Comic­ tremes just to grab the spotlight, al announcement at their last more frankly. PUBLICATION OFFICE: they certainly believe in playing convention that they are desolv- We can elaborate on these by ing that rat infested organization. stating the actual meaning of ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET to the gallery. Now, the average person that Yes, Brothers, Browder himself Browder's so-c ailed successes. New York City (4) * BOwling Green 9-8344 doesn't know anything about the declared the U. S. Communist First, all those Communist-insti­ •^^267 situation, would naturally be­ party non-existant. gated race riots were a very im­ We wonder if these vermin portant issue with their program lieve that the NMU has some­ thing in San Francisco besides really think they can sell the of ruin and rule; next, boring in­ their Union Hall with their out­ American people that kind of to all existent political, religious, standing sign on the side; but malarkey, and also have the un­ and social organizations, with the Brothers that's just about all they mitigated gall to believe that any sole purpose of disrupting them, The following letter to the Editor of the Seafarers Log have there. So you see what I sane person would believe it. If and if possible, putting them out they think that by the mere pro- of existance. diows just how the sentiment for the building assessment mean. Through this medium they and for the purchase of a New York hall to house the Union succeeded in getting quite a num­ properly, stands. ber of their members and sym­ The letter follows and is just the average sentiment of pathizers into various Govern­ a member on the current referendum; ment agencies, and in some cases even to the Congress and Senate. Editor, Seafarers Log: As for their creating chaos in You should have heard me howl the other day Editor Seafarers LOG: have not only sold them down the ranks of labor, it is all too when I heard of the building assessment resolution be­ Here for the last few days, I the river, and then bragged of it, evident. The sad part of this is have been sitting around trying but should fight them tooth and that it was achieved with the ing voted on. to think of some way we might nail and replace them with men help of some unscruplous politi­ "Not me." I yelled, "I do not believe in any assess­ get ahead of a shipowner and who fight for sailors' rights in­ cians whom were in dread of the ment of any kind!" power labor would have had, had then, I pick up a Pilot and what stead of political policies. Several old-timers present calmed me down and in the hell do I see, but that the The NMU's commy officials on they remained together solid. • began giving me a few cold bare facts of life. They ex­ shipowners have already beat me their own statement recently in They were doing all too good Washington considered the bonus a job for their Moscow boss, so plained to me the fact that the seamen have had, over to the game. as a trivial matter. Sure, this is this causes us to wonder what the They have recruited a confed­ a period of years, a terrific struggle to secure proper trivial to them because they are real reason behind the orders to erate, and it is right there in the conditions, and they told me to look around at some of Pilot, written by the "Great Em­ not going to sea under any ccmdi- disbnad are. { the dumps we have called union halls. And the amount ancipator" himself. We can be certain of one thing tion. The only reason the "Great of rent we pay for them, which in the long run will cost I find that the NMU and other Emaneiaptor" made a trip, him­ and that is the order came from us more than buying our own property outright. CIO affiliates, along with the co­ self is because of the fact that the Moscow, and that whatever the Then I got myself to thinking of all the 10 bucks operation of the steamship com­ Draft Board was blowing down reason, it bodeS no good for the his neck at the time, and he is United States. that I had spent in some of the joints and of some of panies have blocked the restora­ definitely Our guess is that Stcilin is con­ not going to take any tion of the seamen's bonus. Now, the "business girls" there, in which most of the time I all that is needed is for Curran risk at alL templating on some hostile dip­ got kicked out of without even having spent one enjoy­ to give the Shipowners a charter These characters should be un­ lomatic move which will infuziate able night. able to look any seaman in the the people in this Country so under the NMU. , face, as what they have done to much that it wouldn't be very Such a "union" should really Why shouldn't I go for a 10 buck assessment to sailor's conditions will go down healthy for any one here lo be get results, (in Curran's idea). buy a hall that might come in handy later as a place of They might even be able to get in the labor record as the black­ associated with any thing with refuge; and in case of a strike or lock-out, have a place the seamen a substantial wage est deeds ever committed the name "Communist" hooked when I can afford the amount of dough for such small cut. against organized labor. As I said, to it. returns as listed above. I don't believe in throwing dirt the Rank and Filers, of Curran's In the meantime these skunks at any labor organization because organization should rise and can carry on their insidious pro­ When you think of it, the old-timers have fought solidarity is the only weapon strike him down, as unless this gram to demoralize our Nation a Hell of a lot for things that will have to be fought for with which the working stiffs is done, he wUl eventually have under the guise of the CIO Pol­ ' again to maintain, just as soon as this war is over. So, have to fight the shipowners. seamen back to 1930 levels. itical Action Committee. why in the Hell, can't we have our own union halls But, when an organization makes There is one thing that I be­ This is what the Communist ' and be prepared to fight the shipowners and their a public statement in its official lieve will eventually show the term working under ground, and stooges to a standstill on every dock and in every port paper, that it is cooperating with seamen what this group of men the theory is that their work is effective thus. in this country. By buying a building and having a the steamship companies to de­ really are worth. That is the day more So, America, beware. the Communist Party changes prive the seamen of the gains for place to operate out of, we will have lots in our favor. You have had samples of some which they have fought and died, their line, then all of these people Fraternally, then I sincerely believe that it is will do an about-face, the same of their work already. We can HERMAN TROXCLAIR, NO. 6743 time that the Rank and File as they did the day they changed only remind you of the times prior to Russia entering the war Vote yes on the building assessment and for the pur­ members of that organization do their slogan when the Germans- when they sent out the hue and something. invaded Russia, and "show that chase of Union halls for the membership to bring about They should organize them­ they are nothing but a pack of cry of the "Yanks are not com­ good conditions ashore as we have gained them aboard the selves to fight against these in­ phoney commy rats. ing over there," and how successdups! famous commy characters who J. P. SHULEH (Contintwd on Page }) MOBILE All t h a t ,t h e s e parasites are worrying about is publicity and to hell with the Seamen that are sailing the ships, if they ever in­ tend to do any thing for their membership why don't they try to get the bonus that the WSA has taken away from the Seamen that have to carry the goods, re­ stored? No, these stooges will agree to anything that the reactionary WSA directs whom, after all. are nobody else but the shipowners. If these parasites would try to get something for their membership instead of publicising the CP in this war they would be a whole lot better off. So until the fellow-travellers are able to go to the Comintern just keep the ship in the channel. OLDEN BANKS, Agent Member States Sentiments Editor's Mafl Bag m i?:', feast mim . 1 �WtiddLT' Juiw 16. 1944 THE SEAFARERS Around the Ports LOG Paga Tim* CP Has No Tollerance In Unions—NMU Member Declares can't forget real easy when you put enough heat on them to bring have a dollar at stake, then you them to life. have another guess coming! We had an example the other I finally discovered what I be­ day where a ship paid off recent­ lieve is the all time mystery. ly in an outport with disputed The Stalipist stock in trade is etc., etc." All these screams are While in Washington, D. C., the overtime. The crew on board raising debatable and question­ false. They are a cloak to their other day with several other that ship instead of holding firm able issues. These political par­ maneuvers, their seizure of pow­ union officials we visited the va­ until all disputes were settled in iahs in an educated society (or in er or the retention of power once rious bureaus with reference to the port of payoff, came up the the ranks of enlightened trade seized. union affairs. It appears that of coast to this Port and inquired Unionism), constantly eject a The living fact that their own all the thousands of people in about their d i s p u t ed overtime, stream of invectives at all v/ho dictatorial policies is the very in­ Washington, D. C., tied up in which we knew nothing about. question their rights to the self ner core and heart of INTOLER­ these phoney bureaus, not one is It took us SEVEN DAYS and assumed Savior role by which ANCE defeats their words. They able to say anything but "No, no less than SIX LETTERS to get they worm their way into con­ live by the practice of intolerance No, A Thousand Times No!" and intolerance is the secret of all the details necessary for a set­ trol of organizations. We looked into every corner tlement of this beef so it could be It is these campaigns that open their dictatorial methods and and under every desk for one of collected. This could have all the way to their seizure of power rule. It is their deeds and prac­ these gazoonies who could say been avoided very easily if the over the workers. Thus they tices that effect the lives of the Ships Delegates had worked with achieve through guile, the longed members and their families. "yes" BUT no smoke. REMEMBER THAT the next So, if any of you fellows run the Union officials in the Port of for leadership. Having captured into a man down your way who pay-off until a decision was control, they quickly cast aside time we are told there must be their "rank and file" role and "no discrimination", etc. The has the possibilities of being a reached. good YES man, what do you say As it was, it was strictly a emerge in their true role of dic­ Stalinists know that all men are NEW YORK we shanghai him into Washing­ headache for all hands until we tators over the workers. Democ­ not equal in intelligence nor abil­ ton, as he is needed there very had the thing ironed out. Not racy perishes as if struck by a ity and even horse sense will The piecards up this way got a badly. realize that men wiU be gauged only that, these guys were ex­ blight. little bit of a break this past The membership paying off in tremely lucky to collect any­ A long train of purges is set in by their ability to do their work week when business dropped the Port of New York continues thing. The point is, when you motion, based upon these false efficiently and in smooth working back to normal rather than stay­ to benefit by hard working Pa­ have a dispute, give your officers issues which have nothing to do relations with their brothers on ing at an all-time peak as it did trolmen who know their con­ every cooperation and fight like with the fundamental purposes the job — any job — anywhere — for four consecutive weeks. As a tracts and the good work done on hell until such time as the beef for which the trade Union was whether in the USA or in the result, some of the guys got a the ships by alert ships delegates is won. formed—wages and living stand­ Soviet Union, the Stalinist Holy much needed rest, in addition to who cooperate with the Patrol­ YOURS FOR MORE COOPER- ards. Their control becomes ab­ Land. clearing up all of the Port's busi­ men. When you have these two Simple beefs between man and ATION BETWEEN SHIP'S solute and the"workers mere ro­ man, regardless of race, creed, of ness and all beefs. factors working together, there is bots of their will, or victims. However, I am sure that this no doubt but that it goes a long DELEGATES AND SHORE PA­ "Tolerance," scream the Stal­ color, or political beliefs, that TROLMEN. rest will not last for long, as we way to make for good unionism. inists! "No discrimination! No will exist as long as the world started off Monday by paying off Typical of this cooperation be­ PAUL HALL, Agent Jew baiting! against Jim Crow! goes on under any or all systems, are magnified into RACE QUES­ 11 ships, so it may be that the tween ships delegate and the TIONS by the Communists for piecards up this way will have shore patrolman was witnessed their own perverted ends. to go back into their old familiar the other day at the payoff of the whirl again for the next week or SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL, Am­ Left to themselves the disputes between man and man would erican Range scow. so. Have been noticing that on solve themselves as such. The There was better than 1,000 1. It shall be the day of the Agents and Patrolmen, in their quite a few of the ships signing hours disputed overtime on this Stalinists do not wish this simple respective Branches or Districts, to appoint from among the on in outports, some of the men vessel which the company and elemental solution however, members of the crew of each outgoing vessel one member to act for it gives them no chance to signed on as Night Cooks and scratched out and stated that as a Ship's Delegate. develop a political platform. Bakers, for $122.50 instead of they would not pay. It was im­ 2. (a) Only full members signed on as ABLE-BODIED sea­ It should be noted also that the $137.50, which they should have possible to settle this on board men iure permitted to act as deck delegate. done. We advise all of you fel­ the ship at pay-off time, so Pa­ Soviety Union, under Stalin, has (b) Only full members signed on as rated men shall be the largest, and most numerous lows down the line to be eareful trolman Joe Saltis asked Ship's permitted to act as Engine or Steward Delegates — NO KEY array of jails of any country of of this when signing on articles, Delegate, David Hyle to stay in MEN SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ACT AS A DELEGATE IN the world. The recent Moscow for the difference in a trip can Port until the following day for ANY DEPARTMENT. trials should convince anyone run up to as high as fifty bucks. a settlement of this dispute. 3. It shall be the duty of the Ship's Delegate to take the that Judges are still in existence In line with this, the Educa­ This was agreeable to Hyle and name, number and financial standing of each member of the as well as lawyers and that they tional Committee of New York the following day he went to bat crew and note same on the report blank provided for the purpose. perform their duties swiftly and Branch is mailing a scale of with Patrolman Saltis. Between 4. The Ship's Delegate shall keep an account of the over­ efficiently at the bidding of the wages for the Steward's Depart­ the two of them, they succeeded time worked by the crew, noting the time of turning to and State, without any reference to ment into every port. This should in getting a total of 1,000 hours knocking off, and shall compare time with the officers in charge Justice. help some in the future towards settled in favor of the crew. THIS after knocking off. Can it be that these high-bind­ eliminating this mistake. IS WHAT YOU CALL COOPER­ 5. He shall assist the Agents, and Patrolmen in the perform­ ers have not liquidated discrim­ The lease for the new building ATION, as without these men ance of their duties, and inform the latter of any vacancy ocination and intolerance within was signed yesterday and it ap­ working together, that crew cumng, or likely to occur, in the crew. the USSR after twenty-five years pears as if we are finally going to would have been $900 less well 6^ He shall keep in mind and advise the crew that any differ­ of effort? get out of this dump within a off. ence of opinion about the rule of the law is no reason for quit­ Or, is it proof that the exist= very short time. Evidently, the This is as it should be. For, if ting the vessel; that, in fact, such action solves the dispute in ence of a dictatorship is itself the meeting that the Building Com­ there is one thing that is tough favor of the. vessel, and that such matters can be attended to negation of tolerance and that it mittee had with the Realty Com­ to handle it is a cold beef, and be­ when the vessel arrives at Headquarters or any of the Branches. pany a week or so ago and the lieve me,' fellows, some of them (Continued on- Page 4) 7. He shall deliver the report, properly filled in, to the officer head butting that they went we get here are so very cold, it of the Union at the termination of the voyage. through in negotiating with these damn near takes a blow torch to characters at that time has paid dividends. We gained every point that we held out for in the lease. We would like to call to all the members' attention that, when they are on a vessel, and through The dispatching haU in the Port Steward's Dept. — Wendt, 26 19 hrs; Prout, 8 hrs; McNeil. IS SS STEPHEN GAMBRILL — illness or some other reason, pay of New York is to be open for hrs; Moore, 11 hrs; Long, 13 hrs; hrs; Forste, 26 hrs; Spradley, 26 off before the ship leaves, to be American Range Liberty Lines. longer hours than formerly, it Torbich, 19 hrs; Wild, 5 hrs; hrs; Johnson, 26 hrs; Shiel, 28 The following men have over­ sure and obtain a voucher from was reported at the meeting last O'Connor. 7 hrs. hrs; Grove, 26 hrs; Hanson, Jr., time coming to them. Collect at the Master of the vessel, as well Monday night. Total hours, 1,000. as a verification from the head the company office. Restricted 26 hrs; Kaiser, 26 hrs; Roberts, 26 The hours, hereafter, for dis­ hrs; Matthews, 26 hrs;^ Vipperof your Department for amount Shore Leave—Hawkins Point: JOE SALTIS, Patrolman patching of Union Brothers to Deck Dept..—Thompson, 28 hrs; man, 26 hrs. of time due. * * * jobs will be from 8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Some of the members have ne­ Hyle, 28 hrs; Lindsey, 28 hrs; Blowing Tubes, Woodin. 22 hrs; SS WILLIAM S. YOUNG, to on week days, Monday throu^ glected to do this in th^ past, and Prout, 28 hrs; McNeil, 28 hrs; Oiling Shaft Alley Bearing, Flies­ as a result, the companies are Moore, 28 hrs; Long, 28 hrs; Jan- cher, 2 hrs; Soundings, Janasczak, be collected at the Bull Line Of­ Saturday, and from 10 A.M. until singing that old familiar tune of asczak, 28 hrs; Wildb 28 hrs; 2 hrs; Sanitary Work, O'Connor, fice: Yu Quay has difference of 6 P.M. on Sundays. The step was taken to protect "It's So Easy to Remember, And O'Connor, 28 hrs; Torbich, 28hrs. 4 hrs; Stowing Lines, Long, 2 hrs; $15 per month and bonus of 2 Engine Dept. — Neilsen, 17'A Building Barrage Balloon Plat­ ibonths and 22 days; D. Guess has many of the Union Brothers' jobs So Hard To Forget". Only they have revised it slightly to their hrs; Speegle, 24 hrs; White, 20 form, Thompson, 2 hrs; Moore, 2 difference of $15 per month and and afford them greater service bonus of 2 months and 22 days; during the coming period. Agents own way, to wit: "It's So Easy to hrs; Siejack, 21 hrs; Woodin, 28 hrs; Long, 2 hrs. G. Bloeman has difference of $10 of the other Branches have also Forget and So Hard to Remem­ hrs; Watson. 28" hrs; Kupta, 24 Securing Tank Tops: Thomp­ per month and bonus of 2 months been requested to post this notice ber." Brother, if you think some hrs; Fliescher, 28 hrs; Robey, 28 on their bulletin boards. son, 27 hrs; Hyle, 24 hrs; Lindsey, and 22 days. of these Steamship Operatoi's hrs. (Conthnied from Page 2) ful they were in getting sym­ pathy for that program, and then again when Russia eventually got into the War. How they sang an­ other tune and again succeeded in getting sympathy. We can only combat these rats by having one United Labor or­ ganization, and that organization a progressive AFL with such a power we can at will put our approval on politicians favorable to labor's welfare, which will mean automatic election. So, Americans, refute the Com­ munists of the CIO and get back into your own organization, the American Federation of Labor, and do it before it is too late. Fraternally submitted. ' JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent Duties Of Ship's Delegates Money Due NewYorkHall To Be Open Longer Hours '.'.''iH �THE Page Four N.Y. SIU Requests Transportation Order Be Straightened Out (Continued from Page 1) Islands, from the Pacific Coast mainland of the U.S.A. Trans­ portation always has been paid to the port of engagement by the WSA without objection. 3. Numerous vessels have made voyages from New York to the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, etc., which paid off in a U.S. Pacific Coast port and there have never been any War Ship­ ping Administration objections to paying transportation to the port of engagement. 4. The War Shipping Admin­ istration representatives in San Francisco have authorized the Moran Towing & Transporta­ tion Company, Inc., to pay trans­ portation to the port of engage­ ment in each instant for the fol­ lowing vessels that made iden­ tical voyages except in some in­ stances the port of engagement was New Orleans instead of New York. These vessels where transportation was paid are the M.V. St. Simon, Stratford Point, Point Cabrillo, and the Pigeon Point. Also during discussion with Mr. McCabe, Division of Opera­ tions, I asked him if he would apply or authorize the payment of transportation to a crew in a case where the crew was engaged in New Orleans or San Francisco and the vessel sailed to the Azores Islands which are islands in the Atlantic Ocean and paid off in New York. His answer was yes. The Hawaiian Islands, in rela­ tion to a U.S. Pacific Coast port are a comparatively equal dis­ tance as the Azores Islands are from an Atlantic Coast U.S. port. The position now taken by the War Shipping Administration representatives in the case of the SS Point Judith, is in my opinion contrary to operations regulation No. 64 and discriminates against the crew that made the last voy­ age on the Point Judith. I based my opinion on the reasons out­ lined herein, and I am prevailing on your good offices to rectify this situation and to bring about a more equitable decision in this case. Enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Captain Palmer of the Moran Towing Transporta­ tion. Very truly yours, JOHN HAWK SEAFARERS April 5. 1944 "John Hawk. "Roosevelt Hotel. "New Orleans. La. "General tightening of reg­ ulations of Selective Service system has resulted in increas­ ed losses to seagoing manpow­ er to draft can be prevented in almost all cases if seamen make certain WSA 61 is com­ pleted at beginning and ter­ mination of each period aboard vessel. Urge your members to make certain that this is done at our request. General Hershey has exempted active sea­ men from preinduction physi­ cal examination, normally re­ quired of men under twentysix. Seamen should be advised to deal with local board through HMO on any ques­ tions that may rise. Bequest CP Has No TolUrance In Unions —NMU Member Declares Obituary DANIEL L. BOURNE Book No. 5548 Word has been received from Dan's brother that he was lost on an Army Mine (Co^itinued from Page 3) Layer. He sailed as ah AB ' breeds and creates the spirit of for a number of years and Intolerance by which it functions joined the SIU on Aug. 5. and lives? The latter is the case. 1939. He leaves a Mother and brother at Georgetown. South We are now plagued by these Carolina. NMU-CP fakers who breed in­ tolerance under the cloak of dem- ) • WASHINGTON —A new SS SAMUEL GOMPERS will soon be sailing the seas, the Maritime Commission reports. The ship, sponsored by the AFL National Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America as part of a War Bond drive, re­ places the first SS SAMUEL GOMPERS which was lost at sea. Gorpers, who was born in Eng­ land in 1850 and died in 1924, was one of the founders of the Feder­ ation of Trade and Labor Unions in 1881, and helped to establish the American Federation of La­ bor. He was president of the first federation for three years, and was president of the AFL until his death, except for the year 1895. Campaigfn For Silence! Zip the Lips and SAVE THE SHIPS! for extension of allowable lime ashore must be kept to mini­ mum. Will you notify your members of this wire? "H. Chase Stone. WSA." There it is Brothers! Shore time allowed on your pink slip from the HMO—form WSA 61—can only be extend­ ed by the HMO — and with their permission — for extra­ ordinary circumstances such as s i c k n e ss. hospitalization, sitting for a license or going to up-grading schooL etc. Demand that the supercargo or purser, (who are the Cap­ tain's clerks), fill out the white card before you sail. Also de­ mand and get your pink card before you leave the ship when you pay off in an American port. Failure to comply may find you in the Army Brothersl Keep Up With Your Draft Board Before It Keeps Up With You! (4) Agents in the Branches are asked to please post the va­ rious Boxes containing news on Draft Deferment. Bond Buying, and Payment of As­ sessments to Keep in Good Standing, etc.. on the Bullet­ in Boards. This will help to keep some of the members well inform­ ed on these questions. —SEAFARERS LOG "WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON PA HAND AND FOOT, I THOUGHT THAT SAID FAMILY FOOL'." His Royal Highness "Lord" and "Master" with his world-wide map. "Brave" Captain Macauley sat in state. Weaving the web of the seamen's fate; With insurance figures upon his lap. * NOTICE ^ Away with democracy and with the LAW; At Bonus rates will I slash and saw. All seamen's earnings upon the deep I'll catch these Unions fast asleep. I am the Oracle! I am the Word! Through whom the voice of profits is heard. Enthroned in office far from the fray. Heroically slashing the seamen's pay. My Coat of Arms is a sword and shield A warrior to which all seamen yield; Safe and secure in appointed SEAT, Cutting the earnings, is bread and meat. !" All masters, first officers and chief engineers of vessels docu­ mented under the laws of the United States and all pursers of any such vessels have been auth­ orized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by the act te facilitate voting by mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine of the United States, Emory S. Land, War Shipping Administrator, has advised. J A BROKER in lives with a self-made code. Fostered in "modern" dictatorial mode. With democracies methods he grows irate As with usurped power he waxes great. Oh Profits! thou art my Guiding Star. Earnings must suffer near and far, I am THE VOICE OF WANT AND WOE Where Seamen sail and ships may go. A King am I on appointed Throne Far from the risks upon the foam; Away democracy, stand aside, I am the Ruler of the tide Torpedoes does not frighten me With bombs and mines I can agree. I do not fear shot nor shell. An Officer Dictator—what the hell. / k. ii-Jj. •T Seamen's Voting Regulation —Top 'a Lift. {Cf, - ocratic slogans. Their cries re­ sound. on every side. They give us no rest. It is about time that we, as seamen, evaluated these hoarse shouts and tear the cloak of opportunism from their hidden forms to expose the naked lust of dictatorship and power. There can be no Brotherhood until we defeat and wipe out the forces of intolerance that would destroy us. There is no middle road in dealing with this ancient and foreign Asiatic ideology. Freedom cannot live where Stal­ inism takes root. ATTENTION! Another Ship Named For Sam Gompers Seamen Warned On Draft The following communica­ tion re: Selective Service was received: Friday. June 16, 1944 LOG The member who paid dues on the SS WILLIAM YOUNG on June 12. 1944, holding receipt No. 38848, please see Claude Fisher, New York Patrolman. Union Members Up-grading In Schools Is Urged An opportunity for you ordi­ naries! 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SIU REQUESTS TRANSPORTATION ORDER BE STRAIGHTENED OUT SIU OPENS NEW HIRING HALL IN NEW ORLEANS SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN MEMBER STATES SENTIMENTS CIU HAS NO TOLLERANCE IN UNIONS-NMU MEMBER DECLARERS DUTIES OF SHIP'S DELEGATES NEW TORK HALL TO BE OPEN LONGER HOURS ANOTHER SHIP NAMED FOR SAM GOMPERS SEAMEN;S VOTING REGULATION HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SEAMEN WARNED ON DRAFT UNION MEMBERS UP-GRADING IN SCHOOLS IS URGED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/18/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9c726a8668fe0e769aa2a644b2eee5df.PDF e6f131923aca8fe4f16357acfd152a9c PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers Internatiomd Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1948 VOL. X SlU leads In Formation Of PR Council ; NEW YORK—The unity of all ^longshoj^emen and other maritime workers in Puerto Rico became a virtual certainty this week as the result of a meeting here of offi­ cials of the International Long­ shoremen's Association, AFL, the Union de Trabajadores de Muelles, AFL, the Union de Empleados de Muelles, independent, and the Seafarers International Union. The several organizations ob­ tained a charter for a Puerto. Rico Port Council, and when the union's officials return to the island the UTM will make formal application to be chartered as IL^ District Council No. 2 of Puerto Rico. Granting of the charter will add 6,000 men to the ILA's membership in Puerto Rico, bringing the total to about 8,000, since the present District Council No. 1 has about 2,000 members. CHECKERS NEXT Until now, the UTM has been a direct affiliate of the Puerto Rican Federation of Labor which is part of the AFL. The Union de Empleados de Pl^t Muelles is also expected to enter the ILA fold, adding another 800 men. This union, whose members are checkers, clerks, (Continued on Page 14) Wekberger Reports To Union On London Adoty Conference The first Safety at Sea Conference^held since 1929 ended on June 10 in London. The Conference lasted six weeks and was attended by delegates from tltirty countries, plus observers from four nations and from seven international organizations. The United States delegation was composed of representa­ tives of the State Department. Coaist Guard, Federal Com­ munications Commission. Navy Department. Maritime Com­ mission. Federation of American Shipping. Shipbuilders Coun­ cil of America. Society of Naval Architects and Marine En­ gineers. American Federation of Labor. Congress of Industrial Organizations. American Bureau of Shipping, and the U. S. Weather Bureau. The Seafarers International Union was designated by AFL President William Green to represent the Federation, and SIU Vice-President Morris Weisberger was named the Union's delegate. , U. S. LEADS THE WORLD In his ^port. which starts on page 5. Delegate Weisberger points out many things which may or may not be known to United States merchant seamen. Chief point of information is that foreign countries, by and large, do not force shipowners or operators to observe the same safety regulations which are compulsory in the United States. Main reason that U. S. operators have had to institute decent s^ety measures is the strength of the seamen's move­ ment in this country. As a result of-the Conference, the saiety rules for all the represented nations will be improved, with certain standards being observed the world over. , The attendance of a Seafarers International Union delegate at th^ Conference is another phase of Union service which has nothing to do with-wages. In the struggle to better the con­ ditions and safety regulations of seamen, the SIU has always been in the front lines. For the complete text of Brother Weisberger's report, turn to page 5. The entire section may be removed from this issue of the LOG for future reference. PUERTO RICO PORT COUNCIL liiii Calmar Sues SlU Under T-H Act The Calmar Steamship Corpo•: ration has sued . the Seafarers ; International Union for $12,500 in the Federal District Court in . Maryland. ., The company alleges that the SIU tied up the. SS Marymar, a Calmar ship, for. four days in Boston early this month, and says that it suffered to the ex­ tent of $12,500 and >more^, Caln bar • lawyers also maintain that ; the SIU violated the agreement - signed between,the company and tile Union iii April. It should come as no surprise to learn that Calmar has brought ' the suit under the Taft-Hartley Act. In fact, if it were not for jtheT-H law, Calmar would have • been unable to bring any suit at '••-Ell- ' Every day, in a hundred de•t' . vious ways, the Taft-Hartley if: vAct is being; reyealed as a club; \yith which; the fmsses hphe to S' i^ash the - labor movement. However, the labor movement ; will not" be smashed. It would take more than a law to break --It:'' : • • •y: ••.•••••;•' iiil 111 mim No. 25 Seafarers Cemmittee Stands Fast On Union Hiring Haii Demand NEW YORK—The demands of the Union Ne­ gotiating Committee, that the Hiring Hall be re­ tained in the new contract now being negotiated, has been met with counter-proposals "which are not up to snuff" by the committee representing the Atlantic and Gulf Ship Opera-* tors Association. In the first hard by the fact that the ship­ meetings, which took place last owners take the position that .pie week, it was pointed out by the section of the Taft-Hartley law Union's Committee that the Hir­ which, according to them, pre­ ing Hall principle was the most vents such clauses has never important issue at stake and been interpreted by the courts. that no other matters could be Therefore, even though the ope-^ settled until the operators had rators are seemingly not averse agreed not to tamper with the to agreeing to such a clause in Union's traditional method of as­ the proposed contracts, they are signing men to jobs aboard not willing to do so because of possible legal penalties. ships. REPORT MADE In the face of the unsatisfac­ tory propositions put forth to At the regular meeting, on date by the operators' represen­ Wednesday, June 16, the Union tatives, the SIU's position re­ Negotiating Committee made a mains the same, and it has been partial report of the bargaining made very clear to the ship­ sessions and stated that further owners' committee that the re­ negotiations will be scheduled sponsibility for peaceful negotia­ in an attempt to reach an agree­ tion of a new contract lies ment on the Hiring HaU. A com­ strictly in their hands. plete analysis of the negotiations, The job of concluding an plus digests of other union con­ agreement including the Hiring tracts on the Hiring HaU issue, Hall principle is made doubly wiU be carried in a future issue of the LOG. . • Other demands of the Union, IS FORMED which will be discussed only after the Hiring Hall is settled to the satisfaction of the SIU, are substantial wage increases for all ratings, agreement oh the principle of establishing a welfare fund, and clarification of certain working rules. There is no doubt but that failure of the operators to agree to a' union security clause ui the new agreements will pre­ cipitate a strike. The action of the membership in overwhelm­ ingly approving a $10.00 Strike Assessment is ample proof of that fact. Members of the Negotiating Committee are Paul Hall^ Rob­ ert Matthews, Lindsey WiUiams, Ray White, and Joe Algina. •U: 2 il Wall St. Settlement Waterfront unity in Puerto Rico became a certainty this week when representatives of the SIU. the ILA. the Union de Trabajadores de Muelles (UTM) and the Union de Empleados de Muelles (UEM) met in New York to form a Port Council and lay the groundwork for the entrance of the UTM and the UEM into the ILA. Sal Colls, the SIU Puerto Rico Agent, played a leading, role in getting the unions together. Front row (left to right): Juan B. Garcia. Pres. of Local No. I of .the UTM; Ranion Mejias. V-P of the ILA District CouncU No. 1 in Puerto Rico; Walter Holt. Intl V-P of the ILA; Joseih P. Ryan. Intl Pres. of the ILA.* Lindsey Wil­ liams. SIU Director of Organisation: and J. A. Cintron Rivera. Pres. of the UEM. Back row: Rodrigo C. Valle. BecY of the UEM: Sal Colls: Ray White. SIU • Headquarters Representative; Jtmnoi:^ Gordils^ Pres. of the UTM; and Manuel Gordils. ILA member. On June 17. after more than one month of investi­ gation. William J. McCormack. who was named by • the Mayor to bring about a final settlement of the Stock Exchange dispute, made his report. His recommendations. ^ V ;• which were accepted by both sides, include wage increases, annuities, hospitalization, i group insurance, and a bonuis,; "r-m ] �-j - -- ^ . Pag® Two X. THE •S^E.AFA RE.R^S L6G • Friday, June 48* 1348 SEAFARERS Published Weekly b^y the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Feder::tion hf Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Big Stick I v.. Something new has been added to collective bar­ gaining lately—since the enactment of the Taft-Hartley law. That something is another big stick in the hands of cthe employers. . The new principl<i was first tentatively tried out on the Mine Workers, and when it proved effective in break­ ing the UMW strike, it was added to all the other strike­ breaking weapons in the hands of the anti-labor forces in this country. This new principle, which was at one time outlawed by the Norris-La Guardia Act of 1932, is the Govern­ ment injunction against strikes. Right now the National Maritime Union, CIO, and other CIO waterfront unions are prevented, by Govern­ ment injunction, from striking to protect the union hiring hall, the keystone of the maritime movement. The use of injunctions against any labor union in its fight to protect the working conditions of its member­ ship, and for a wage which can keep pace with the rising cost-of-living, is a dirty tactic that smacks of fascism. Workers, in a really free country, should have the right to refuse to work under conditions that enslave them, and for wages which grind them down to a low economic level. Government injunction, directed against the worker and for the benefit of the boss, is a dangerous weapon F. NERING which can be used to coerce men into doing something N. MUTIN that they honestly oppose. E. T. BROWN A man's labor is the only commodity he has to sell, F. ADKINS and he has the right to refuse to sell it unless the price W. H. RHONE is reasonable and just, and the conditions suitable. L B. GRIERSON S. RIVERA In the decision rendered last year by the Supreme A. DUDDE Court, in which the conviction of John L. Lewis and the M. F. MORRISON .United Mine Workers was upheld for contempt of court,] B. KOSOW Justice Murphy said: "It becomes apparent that the im­ R. F. PEPIN plications of today's decisions cast a dark cloud over the A. BJORNSSON -C. NANGLE future of labor relations in the United States. These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, P.DAUGHSRTY "If seizure alone justifies an injunction ... some - fu­ VECCHlOture Government could easily utilize seizure as a subter­ as reported'by the Port Agents. > These Br61hets'iind' lime'hanging G. H. CHRISTENSEN "^ heavily on their'batids. Do what you can-to cheer them up by fuge for breaking any and all strikes in private industries. writing to them. E. GRAHAM The workers would be effectively subdued under the im-. C. O. LYNSKY ' ; MARINE HOSP. CHARLES N. PAKNE yy-. F. PREZALAR ~ fpact of the restraining order and contempt proceedings. BALTIMORE GEORGE PEDDICORD ARTHUR COBB JiGARDNER Those were prophetic words. Events have proved that" M. J. LUCAS EDWARD-KOML M. F. MORRISON what occured then has turned out to be a strike-breaking S.T.CANTRELL MYION 'E. FOLTS 4 t pattern for the present day. T. BRYANT O. FAUARA NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL Men Now h Tke Mame Hospitak Seizure Of Power WILLIAM H. KUMKE THOS. S. JOHNSON G. F. COBBLER EDW. L. PIERCE EDDIE J. CAROVOUS PAUL R. SEEFOR B. J; FREDERICKS WILLIAM T. ROSS . C. .H. JONES 4. 4, 4, STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL S. HEIDUCKI F. OLSEN G. FINKLEAJ.-McDEELY D. DeDUISTN A. JENSBY J. L. ROBERTS Commies in America are caught between the orders jfrom the communist international for more super-militant action to embarrass American industry and keep relief ^oods from European countries, apd a growing revolt -against them by the rank and file of their unions, who 'are tired of being sold down the political river again trolled unions, or thoroughly demoralized, the. task of and again. • keeping control over these outfits and keeping them along Faced by these growing revolts from below, they the Moscow trail will be so much easier. are trying desperately to purge their outfits of oppofition The rumor is that the commies are a long way on and to consolidate their position. In recent months, they the road to pulling out of the AFL and CIO and forming have reformed the once-repudiated Committee for Mari­ their own national labor federation, such as they once time Unity, by organizing the Joint Mobilization Com­ had during 1929-1935. This move is much-more than a mittee for June 15 th, in a last attempt to seize control possibility. But whether they stay within the existing: of the maritime industry; and forced out the opposition framework of labor, or start their own group, thus still from varjous sections of the following CIO unions: the further dividing and weakening labor, the most important i^^United Electrical Workers, United Office aifd Professional thing to remember is that , a communist-controlled union orkers. United Wholesale and Retail Workers, United is not in business to help the working man, but as an­ iPublic Workers and the United Furniture Workers—to other weapon in the arsenal of Russia. name but a few instances. And we don't have to go to Yugoslavia, or Czecho-; It is not that the commie unions want to lose mem­ Slovakia or Poland to see that. There is proof enough in bership, but that with the ioppositihn out of their coti- this country. ' ' X- <r R.- BUNCH E. LIPARRI -.-TvtS J. DENNIS C. MASON R.' F. BLACK A. LOOPER t • C. GREEN i T-" V. P. BALLINGS C. R.'GRIMES -AMXX W. J. HOULIHAN J. R. TUNNELL H. A. HUTTQ J. ROGERS • • r-mm R. HASKELL T. R. BROGKLESBY J.W.CURRAN L. B. MILLER J. SATERNEZ T. J. TASSIN ' J. ROSZMEZ M. BAKER A. BARRENS tit BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP, • E. J. DELAMANO JOHN J. GEAGON JOHN SCULLY ROBERT LORD' ' BUSSELL.NEARYin Vi . "7 V./ V: ' if �TH E SEAFARERS LOG Fridiiy. Jui» 18, 1848 Frisco Handles All Comers In 'Beefiest' Week Movie Schedule "Drums on the Congo," starring Stuart Erwin and Ona Munson: and a comedy short subject, "Old-lime Mo­ vies," featuring the Easy , Aces— This program will be pre­ sented for the membership on the 3rd deck of the New York Hall tomorrow: SATURDAY, JUNE 19 at 12 noon. All hands are invited to attend the movie tomorrow and every other Saturday. Enjoy the best available in sound film entertainment — .at no cost — in the comforts of your own Union hall. Watch this space each Fri­ day for the announcement of the following day's pro­ gram. By A. S. CARDULLO Baltimore Sh^ii^ Still Slow; Job Ibmters Asked Not To Apply By WILLIAM (Curley) RENTZ Remember this: Get to the pay­ off when the Patrolman is there. Don't come in late and then com­ plain that you were gypped be­ cause the Patrolman was not there to square your claims. There are a lot of Firemen in­ volved in beefs on the ships pay­ ing off here. This circujnstance arises from the fact that a Fire­ man on the 4-to-8 watch on the payoff day must stand that watch. If he doesn't want to stand it, he should call the Hall for a re­ placement. He definitely should not leave the ship. He's still on the payroll. STAY AWAY There are too many men on the beach here, so staj' away imless you have plenty of money to keep you going. We don't know why so many men keep ar­ riving in Baltimore in spite of our repeated warnings that ship- BALTIMORE Shipping re­ mains on the slow bell in this port and, so far as the future is concerned, all we can do is hope for the best. There were eight payoffs, which may not sound so bad. But we had only four sign-ons and another ship headed for the boneyard. The sugar strike has cut into BuU Line operations to add to our overall problem. There was the usual assort­ ment of beefs on the ships pay­ ing off, which we managed to settle at the right place in the right way.—aboard ship, SIU style. However, some of these By LLOYD GARDNER payoffs might have been a little , PHILADELPHIA — The City smoother had the crmftmiembers of Brotherly Love' is not going really known their own contracts to be the scene of much Bro­ with the companies. therly Love during the next few KNOW THE CONTRACT weeks. First the Republicans will The members of a crew should hold their Convention, quickly know what is what. They should followed by the Democrats and study their agreements care­ the Wallace-communist coalition. fully. Then they would have a None of the working stiffs clear idea of what calls for over­ here are too much interested in time pay and what does nut. Too RFADTMIS! I what those people do. They often seamen "think" they have know that, no matter which candidates are chosen, the guy overtime coming when they who works for a living is go­ don't. ing to get the dirty end of the Moreover, too many members "forget" to turn in their over­ stick. time within the 72-hour limit. As one SIU member put it, Remember that if ^ overtime "Philly is plenty hot during the claims are not recorded within summer, and with the hot air 72 hours they are no good. coming out of convention halls That's what it says in all the during the conventions, the cli­ contracts, and that's the way it ping is slow. mate here is going to be al­ There is one strike on here, the works. most too hot to bear." Another thing, crewmembers sugar strike we mentioned above. I'm of the opinion that most should be at the payoff when the This has diverted Bull ships to guys will tune the conventions Patrolman is there. A case in Philadelphia and New York. off the television scene, and in­ point is the SS Citadel "Victory's The strikeVs seem to be doing stead tune in the baseball games. crew which paid off here the. all right, although the company It's better to watch a pitcher other day. is trying to break the union by winding up than to see and Some of the boys from this public requests for people to hear anti-labor Taft make a Isthmian ship were ashore all take the jobs. However, nobody speech. day and came back at the very takes the jobs and nobody is last moment to get their money. crossing the lines. SHIPPING OKAY Philly Will Try To Dodge Hot Air Of Conventions Business slackened off a bit this week, but shipping is still not bad. A rated man can ship almost any day, if he is not waiting for a particular ship or particular run. Two payoffs this week helped keep us going. The SS Steel Advocate paid off after 3 long run and took on nearly a full crew. The SS Emilia, Bull, also paid off. These Bull Line vessels are only out 3 to 4 weeks and so there isn't much of a payoff and only a few replacements are called for. Quite a few ships hit here in transit, and we can usually be sure of furnishing one or two men to each of them. The main topic of conversation down here is the maritime situa­ tion. Everybody wants to know what's going to happen, and when. Of course, we're confident that we can hold up our. end, and we are sure glad that we bolstered our |osition by the $10.00'Strike Assessment. We're also glad that we are not fouled up by internal strife and bickering the way the NMU is. SIU seamen can look with pride and confidence at their Union. 6et A Receipt Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for t^e money, the matter should immediately be referred to Paul Hall, Secretary-Trea­ surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y, In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the port where the money was tendered. Trinidad Considers Idea Of Free Port In Docksite Area PORT OF..SPA1N—The British colonial government of Trinidad has promised to consider estab­ lishment of a free port at Docksite, as soon as that area is turned back by the United States which has been using it as a military base, the Alcoa company disclosed this week. If a free port area is set up in Trinidad, it will mean that goods for transhipment will not have to pass through colonial customs, and should result in a greater amoimt of tonnage moving through here. According to plans believed to be in progress, new processing, packaging and manufacturing in­ dustries will be ready to move into such an area to take advan­ tage of the privileges normally associated with a free port. SAN FRANCISCO—While pay­ offs haven't been so hot lately," we had the "beefiest" week in our history last week. WeU, there's nothing like activity to prevent monotony from taking charge. We very proudly can report that all beefs, even in far-away Seattle where the SS Brazil Victory, Missisippi, paid off with transportation, were settled to the satisfaction of the crews involved. All told, twenty A&G ships hit the Gold Coast this past week; One—and we won't give the name—actually hit it, but no harm was done to the ship or to the crew. Fellows from the Purdue Vic­ tory, Waterman, and the Yorkmar, Calmar, stopped in for a gabfest. In the group were John Lane, E. Johnson, Bill Thomp­ son, R. B. Waters, A1 Reese, Bob Tate, K. Hatgimisios, Bob Guer­ rero, Ralph Bailey, B. Lunnigan, G. Noble, F. Delgado, J. Davis, E. B. Crowther, Shelly White, J. Padzik, and Guy Walter. NO SLEEP Max Byers, Electrician, just got back from Singapore where he was hurt aboard the Cedar Creek. As a result of the acci­ dent, he says, he hasn't slept in forty days, but he looked good when he stopped by here on his way to the Marine Hos­ pital. Joe Reyes, one of the elever book carrying Reyes brothers in the SIU-A&G, just finished a two-week stay in the Marine Hospital. He was a pretty sick boy,, but he got well in a hurry when he heard that his brother Angelo was coming in on the Minot Victory, Isthmian. Three Isthmian ships, Kenyon Victory, Twin Falls Victory, and Clyde Seavey, all crewed up out here and that took quite a fewmen off the beach. Other Isthmian scows, Kelso Victory, San Angelo Victory, and the Lindsley, are going to pay­ off here next week and we may have some news from them. Shipping Activity Aimost At Standstiii In New York By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK —Shipping took a cue from the weather here this week and took a turn for the worse. In fact, things are almost at a standstill. This situation was not imexpected. While we were enjoying tl^e fruits of some pretty snappy shipping during the past few weeks we kept a weather eye out for an expected lull—and this is it. On the payoff side, however, there was considerable activity, with a sizeable number of good payoffs heading the list. Among the vessels that came in in good shape are the following: PAID OFF SS Lyman Stewart, an Alcoa scow. She was in pretty good shape, with only a few minor beefs and they wer;e settled at the payoff. SS Jean La Fitte and SS Daniel Huger, both of Water­ man. The Huger came in after a six-month trip, which - was highlighted by a minimum of beefs. • • v,, - SS Joliet Victory, a Robin line ship, back from a South African run> proved to be in good shape. SS Fisher Ames, of American Eastern,c:||[ad completed a sevenmonth voyage and is now headed for the lay-up. SS .Suzanne, Bull line vessel, in after a six-week run to South Ajhica. Also paying off was the Can­ ton Victory, after an intercoastal trip. She's^ Waterman job. Two otheif ships paying off, the Sea Trader and the Sanford Dole, are being laid up — for how long, we don't know. The outlook for the coming week doesn't appear too bright at this point. There are no indicajjons that shipping will pick up, unless some of the ships are hauled out of the layup fleet. NON-UNION BEEF Once again, I would like to make clear that unpaid loans are strictly personal problems, and have . nothing to do with the Union. Perhaps it would be wise to repeat the previous warning that it is up to each man to watch out for his own money. If a man comes aboard ship, borro\vs some cash and fails to pay it back, it is only the con­ cern of the parties involved. These personal beefs are be­ ing reported to the Union every day but there is nothing we can do about it, except to suggest that the lenders exercise a little care. An item worthy of interest is this week's ruling by the Un­ employment Insurance Appeal Board of the New . York State Department of Labor. In ruling on a pilferage case, the board held that a man guilty of pil­ ferage would face a seven-week delay in obtaining unemploy­ ment benefits. A NEW PAPERS Before getting off the deck, I'd hke to pass along a sugges-' tion that may save some future time for many of the brothers. Any man with six months seatime in the Engine Department or 12 months in the Deck Gang who carries a wartime emerg­ ency shipping certificate, stating that it "expires six months after the termination of the war" should have it replaced with a regular peacetime certificate. Simply go to the Coast Guard, or shipping commissioner who issues seamen's papers in your port, taking with you two pass­ port photos and your present certificate and ask for the peace­ time issue. If those who carry the war­ time certificate will take care of this matter now, they -will save some , time later on. . : . / 1 •t �-J? >."".:>'\0;-.' : •-,.•'•• T H E S EA^E A HE HS ifO G j i'-'v:';"" Page Four Pridayi June 18f 1446 The In the first World War, when I anchor in Sydney Bay, and sailed straight and steady before an anxious voice: "Ri>rakiezs! drove foaming to the Northward, served in the capacity of Sec­ loaded hull down, was ready a westerly breeze and under a Breakers! Land ahead and on making straight for the Kings. the lee!" ond Mate on the fourmasted bark for sea, the sails bent, the clews fair sky. Three days later, the Kings The Three hove in sight with, their crowns • Juteopolis, we had an old sail- shackled. On the poop stood She hummed aloft, seas Right enough. patcher with us, called George swished past, her bowsj wake Kings, the rugged rocks Off in mist. Close-hauled, the vessel and nicknamed Dra,chmas. foamed with a hush in a long Northern New Zealand, stood sailed touch and go, shivering line astern. The days of longi dangerously near the lee. Men the weather clews. The Kings He had been going to sea so watches on deck and short hours jumped to Iheir stations and were near and the breakers furi­ long, keeping much to himself below, went fast and left no threw the ship in the wind. She ously foamed. and spending as little money time, but to work and sleep, re­ shook, shivered, missed the stays. ashore as possible, that he had It was an anxious moment. lieve one another on the stroke "Helm hard over!" the Captain But, at last, the danger was past. been able to save most of his of the bell, struck at half hourly roared. pay and, consequently had The Skipper, chewing tobacco, intervals, night and day. . stowed away quite a few sover "Square the yards!" the Mate gave a broad grin and continued Time rtded fore and aft. It eigns. bawled. Men lay back on, the to smile. It was a close call. gave no time to reflect. Men braces and hauled. Juteopolis The sailors shouted' three times: For reasons best known 'to were kept at work, "to keep wore round, just in time! "Hip, hip. Hurrah! We're home­ himself, he kept his pile of Eng­ the devil out of their mind." ward bound!" lish pounds, in gold, hidden in The men wiped their sweaty At six o'clock in the morning, his seachest. Many times . a the Captain with his brief case, brows and waved their c^s, The fourmasted bark Juteo­ day he would stop sewing and ready to go ashore on business, there was the order of the day: good-bye to the Kings! The ship polis drove to the eastward, be­ going into his room, felt the lid to step into the waiting launch. "Fetch your brooms and buckets ran to the northward • again, fore a westerly gale, .bcKoning aloft. Squalls passed overhead of his sea-chest to see and make Just then, a voice was heard. aft! Wash down!" braced up and bowsed down. And the Mates had to handle low. The wind strummed on the sure that he hadn't forgotten "Captain, Captain!" it called the bucket, throwing the water Two days later, Norfolk Island steri shrouds. It blew harder to lock his "safe." excitedly. Sails was seen, hurry­ bore in sight again! The ship and she ran as. if chased by the The singular Sails came from ing up the poop ladder. "Please, went about and saUed south once following seas. Greece and one could never tell Captain, buy me tobacco," he more. Soon the Three Kings Ihe days went and the weeks how he felt about his shipmates. cried and, fumbling, prpduced were seen again! The ship passed. The wind howled, the The Juteopolis, a lime juicer, from his pocket a soiled hand­ turned north once more. sea roared, the scud flew, the carried before the mast 24 able kerchief, untied the knot with ship drove shortened down to It kept o« for a month. Wind seamen, who were rough, tough shaky fingers, then held up lo!er tops'Is and fores'l, and ship­ steady in the face; no rain and ready at sea and, naturally, crown, a shiny piece of silver. ping seas with a thud. She squalls, no water to wash die; made merry in port. face, no shave. Ikr a solid trembled. UNSAFE SAFE Sails would sit alone in his month, which began with two On the flSth day out of Sydney, room on nights in port, smoking The Skipper frowned. "All close shaves, the foul wind blew according to dead reckoning, we his pipe in peace, and would right. Sails," he said curtly and, like a curse; and Juteopolis, man­ were off' the Horn, and in bad not even think of joining the taking the coin, paused signifi­ ned by bearded sailors, just kept weather. Night came. Dark as merry marineros. One Sunday cantly. "You better give me sailing Northward and South­ hell. Squall struck. It screamed. afternoon, when the ship lay in all your money," he resumed re­ on deck with a swe^. ^he days ward like the Flying Dutchman Men held on to lifelines. Sydney, Australia, he received flectively. "It is not safe to keep passed. The little bell aft struck under full sail. Sviddenly the fores'l sheet car­ an imexpected call. Fortune money aboard." the time, the big bell forward ried away. The sail flapped with BAD AND DIRTY walked in his room. Sails - stared suspiciously. "Me answered with a bang, bang—. a jerk and was ripped to'rib- . . "George, loan me a crown!" keep my money in de seachest deep and vibrant. And the look­ On the 39th d£^y at sea, the bons with the sound like a volley all • de time. Me no lose one^ He called, hoarsely. out man crowed: "All's well, Skipper threw down his cap, of muskets. Then came an omin­ . Drachmas stared like a man penny. Captain," he answered sir!" stamped upon it with his feet ous lull. addressed abruptly in foreign with affected assurance and ex­ "It looks like a pleasant pas­ and, frothing at his mouth, lingo. There stood before him, plained. "Me go to sea long sage, too good, to last," the Skip­ shouted impo-ecations at the foul A greybeard, roaring wildly, charged for the ship, and struck John Fortune, the oldest able time." per remarked one day, speaking wind. Then he threw his cap the stern a terrible blow. There seaman in the foc'sle, who had "I tell you. Sails, it is not the to the Chief Mate. overboard. boasted in bar rooms that, in the place for savings—a seachest "It bids nae gud," observed the "Over with the helm!" Jbe was a slam-bang. The wheel kicked, threw the helmsman 50 years spent at sea, he had not aboard ship. You savvy. Sails," Mate, a canny Scot. called to the Mate. "Square over, and spun hard over with a the Captain spoke with em­ saved, a penny. whirr. WATER RATIONED Fortune stepped forward, big phasis. There was a crack. Two pintles . and upright, and said: "Come on, Then, after a moment of si­ On the seventh day ^at sea, one of the rudder broke, and steering George, loan me the crown—I lence,' accentuated thoughtfully: half of the fresh water had dis­ You give me your money and gear broke, too. It was a wild want to go ashore." I'll put the money in a bank. appeared. It was found out that night. The Ship ran, rolled, the water had run out from the "NO MONEY" yawed. Another greybeard You'll draw interest, savvy." tank into the bilges. - All hands charged upon us, broadside, and Drachmas shrank back, waved were put on one half a gallon of Drachmas shook his bald head, swept over like an avalanche^ no got money.," he answered his hands. "No, no, Capitan, fresh water a day, each man; with, hard disconcem and sat ^e no trust nobody ashore!" he and one half of it went to the The weather side of sailmakexclaimed- with some apprehen­ galley for coffee and cooking. -L , down heavily on his seachest. er's room was smashed by the sea and swept clean. Night dark Fortune turned and left with­ sion. Then the fair wind died and; as hell. The ship ran and rolled out a word. That evening he "Damn it! Don't you know, the ship drifted for a few days and the big bell tilled. Men^^ carried out his donkey's break- there's a war?" the Skipper in baffling airs, all roimd the . fast (straw mattress) and, throw­ asked ominously. compass. One night we received away and let's run down. South held on to the lifelines and list-" ing it on the pier, sold it to a a foul blow. It struck in the of New Zealand, around the ened, now to the slam-bang of There was a suspense. the rudder then to the toll of watchman for a shilling, then "An enemy raider or sub­ face, blowing strong from the bloody Bluff." the bell. went ashore for a drink. west. All hands braced up the marine may get us, what then?" Half way down to Bluff, the We managed at last to secure .Fortune returned aboard late the Captain questioned, peering ship and she ran to the north- wind backed against- the hands Ward, close-hauled, fitting ev­ the rudder and get the ship un­ at' night and two sheets in the at Sails with puzzled attention. of the clock, and began to blow ery foot of her way to windward. der control and get things wind, then crawled in his bunk Sails clasped his palms, foul again, worse than befoi-e. It "Breakers ahead!" the lookout and slept on the bare boards, hunched his shoulders, bowed blew bad and dirty. turning from side to side so the and shook his old -head. "Me man let out the cry, two days , later. A penal colony, from "Damn it, all!" the Skipper woodwork creaked. hang on to my money. Captain," which no convict had ever es­ swore and shook his fist. "Hard The next morning, he turned he said in a hushed tone. caped, bore sharp on the bow. over with helm, Mr. Mate; let's to, stiff, and went aloft to bend "All right, then. Sails, go for­ It was the dreadful Norfolk- l3»- run back and try to weather the the ga'ri'sails without a com­ ward," the Skipper spoke, out, land, a bluff, rocky., mountain Kings or go to Davy Jones!" plaint. The man had known toil, firmly; then waved his arm once rising darkly out of the ocean, CLOSE CALL he had suffered hunger and and went ashore to clear the and with seas washing around its thirst, and had passed many a ship. base in white fury. The Mate blew his whistle and sleepless night, and had weath­ Men hurried on deck and shouted: "Come on, boys make THE LONG RUN ered many a gale—since the day threw the ship on other tack, order, and trimmed the sails for he first left his native Ireland The next day, at dawn, the then braced up sharp and flat­ the do or die run. Juteopolis, and went to sea. Why, then, Juteopolis went to sea, pa.s.sed tened the saUs. The Juteopolis your choice whether you want dompiain? through the narrow Heads in ran to the Southward, to get to see the girlg in Ireland or the more or less shipshape. Two men A few days later, his temper tow, and the men waved to the away. mermaids at Three Kings?" came aft to hold the wheel and girls. blazed out—^he threw his sheath "Hurrah! We've just es­ "The girls, the girls in Ire­ steel the ship. . j knife. It shot through the air "Good-bye!" caped!" the men shouted. land!" the men replied in chorus. like an arrow and missed the Soon the hawser was let go, "There's ocean^ to our lee and "Old Drachmas Is gone and his: "All right, then, wear ship!" sea-chest, too!" a voice cried in cabin boy by an inch. "You the,- yards hoisted, the sails we're free,-free!" the Mate sang out. "Square away the night; , t^oung rascal," he growled behind sheeted home, and the vessel BREAKERS AHEAD the main and cro' jack yards, and his grey beard, "I'll teach you to squared away for the long run It was Fortune who cried. tease me about my donkey's aroimd the Horn, to Queenstown The ship sailed for two days, mind the tacks and sheets!" breakfast." ._ • Capt. Hi J. Peterson. Men went to work with a will, for orders. The sail crowded and jammed in the wind; then, sud­ H The bark Juteopolis, riding at drawing alow and ; aloft; she' denly, iJmlbokout man called in' put the ship ground in short -.-•i-. ... .. . i/ . 1 �Friday. June 18, 1948- In accordance with Insti'uctiions, I attended the meet­ ings of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, held in London, Erigland', April 23 to JOne 10{ 1948^ These conferences were initiated in order that each' nation-might profit by the experiences of the others, in regard to the protection of the- lives of crew andpassengers. It has also been recognized for many years that a code- of uniform international maritime safety rules were- desirable. In order tO' establish a basis for a more thorough understanding of the- circumstances surrounding the 1948 International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea the following historical resume is set forth; I ll TUE SEAFARERS LOG Starling, on this page is- SIU- Vica-Prasident Morris Weisberger's report of the- Safety At See Conference, which we-s held in Londonr Ettgland> from April 23 to June^ 11. Brother Weinberger was the-': representative of the^ American; Federa­ tion' of Labor, and- was a member of the Uv S. Delegation Page Five 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. U, S. Navy Department U. S. Maritime Commission National Federation of American Shipping Shipbuilders Council of America Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers American Federation of Labor (Seamen's Repre­ sentative) 10. Congress of Industrial Organization (Seamen's Representative) 11. American Bureau of Shipping 12. U. S. Weather Bureau on May 31, 1929. Although the United States was a signatory nation, it did not i-atily the treaty until the middle of 1936, and even then the ratification was with Basic Principles of the U. S. Delegation qualifications. One reservation was in connection with Article 54 (Control) of the Convention, which was The fundamental principles set forth by the Depart­ felt to be subject to ambiguity of interpretation. This ment of the State for the guidance of the U. S. Delega­ The 1889 Conference was enlarged- upofi by spelling-, out that it wa& to be tion were as follows: The International Marine Conference of 1889r held in understood that the United States reserved to its (1) that no proposal which would reduce the effec­ Washington, D, C., and attended by 19 maritime officers exercising control the right to make necessary tive standard of safety below that established nations, was the first general international conference inspections of foreign vessels in: its ports and to with­ by the 1929 Convention would be acceptable. pertaining to safety of life- at seai The primary pur­ hold clearance to any vessel- which could not proceed (2) that standards materially in excess of the pose of that conference was to consider the Inter­ to sea with safety, until such time as the vessel was U.S. proposals should not be advocated or national itules of the Road which had been drawn up put in condition so that it couid proceed to sea without initiated but if such px-oposals were advanced by Great Britain in 1862, adopted by . some 34 mari­ danger to the passengers or crew. and strongly supported by other nations they time nations within the next two years, and frequently Two other I'eservations were inserted to insure that might be accepted. changed. nothing in the Convention should be so construed' as to (3) that in case any subject in the U.S. pro­ This 1889 conference was also to consider the estab­ nullify or modify certain vested rights of seamen under posals was eliminated or not adequately lishing of regulations pertaining to- seaworthiness of- U. S. law.. covered by the Conference, a resolution should yessels, load lines, distress and rescue, personnel The 1929 Convention and Regulations contained a be submitted advocating the importance of qualifications, manning, discipline of crew, steamer number of provisions intended to improve the safety the subject and remanding it for further study. lanes, night signals for communication, dissemination of ocean-going shipping, particularly vessels carrying of meteorological information, warming of derelicts in passengers. They provided a specific formula for the Organization of the Conference sea lanes, and other dangers to mariners, uniform subdivision of vessels, protection against fire, minimum On April 23, 1948 the first plenary session was held. buoyage, and the organization of a permanent inter­ life saving equipment, standards for radio telegraphy, This session was attended by the representatives of national maritime committee. and a number of general provisions dealing with safety all of the nations present. The 1889 conference considered all the aforemen­ of navigation. At this session the President suggested that, followtioned items, but many of them were dropped from The document also contained as an appendix, pro­ ixig the precedent of the 1929 Conference, five commit­ the agenda as unsuited for international negotiation. posed changes in the rules for the prevention of col­ tees be formed one for each of the main divisions The final act contained the international regulations lision at sea. In addition to the eighteen signatory with which the subject matter of the Conference for preventing collisions at sea, a requirement upon all nations, a total of twenty-five other nations acceded to might conveniently be broken up. Accordingly, five vessels in a collision, to stand by and render assistance, important parts of the Convention and' Regulations. committees were appointed as follows: the requirement that officers and lookouts must meet Marine disasters since 1929; such as the Vestris, the certain eye-sight and color blindness standards; provi­ Morro Castle. and the Mohawk, together with the Committee No. 1—Construction sions for the distribution of navigational information; advances made in naval architecture and marine en­ This committee was concerned with the proposals a recommendation for the establishment of North gineering, and the experiences gained in the adminis­ that have been put forward for amendment of the 'Atlantic routes; and a recommendation for the estab­ tration' of the 1929 Convention; prompted the desire International Convention for the Safety of Life at lishment of a uniform system of buoyage. and the necessity of again changing these rules in Sea, 1929, with respect to the following matters: The most significant work of this conference was the order to bring them up to date. Further, the exper­ Watertight sub-division of passengers ships and development of the International Regulations for Pre­ iences gained in World War II, with its acceleration related structural matters; pumping ai-rangements; venting Collisions at Sea, which are now adhered to in- science, made this necessity more imperative. But structux-al fire px-ecautions; stability; power for by all the leading maritime nations. because of World War II it was not until 1948 that a Safety of Life- at Sea conference was held... which I The 1913-14 Conference attended and render herewith my report. The first Safety of Life at Sea Conference, by that title, was held in 1913 and 1914. As a result of the Tlie 1948 Conference huge loss of lives on th Titanic which was sunk on The third Safety of Life at Sea Conference met in April 14, 1912, the Congress of^ the United States the City of London from the 23rd of April 1948 to adopted a Joint Resolution, proposing that an inter­ the nth: of June 1948; national maritime conference" be held for the purpose The governments of the following counti'ies were going astern; steering gear and any other struc­ represented at the Conference by Delegations: tural I'cquirements relating to passenger ships; fire prevention, detection and extinction in pas­ 21. Panama 1. Argentina 11. France senger ships. The committee was required to con­ 22. Poland 2. Australia 12. Greece sider- whether any requirements on these subj-ects 23. Portugal 3. Belgium 13. India should be laid down for cargo ships. 4. Brazil. 14. Iceland 24. Philippines In addition, it fell to the Construction Committee 25. Russia (USSR) 5. Canada 15. Ireland to consider the proposals which several countries 6. Chile 16. Italy 26. Sweden submitted for the introduction into the Convention of 17. Netherlands 7. China 27. South Africa specific requirements relating to ships' electxncal in­ 8. Denmark 18. New Zealand 28. United 'Kingdom 'of providing internationally recognized rules that stallations. 9". Egypt 19. Norway 29. United States would tend to pfeyent disasters in the future. After a preliminary review of the various proposals 10. Finland 20. Pakistan 30. Yugoslavia In answer to this Resolution, and reinforced by world the committee formed two Sub-Committees to study The Governments of the following countries had sentiment, the 1914 conference was called. This con­ the proposals- on particular subjects and to make rec­ Observers «t the Conference: ference was held in London, and attended by Ger­ ommendations in regard to them. - 1. Ceylon many, Austria,- Belgium, Denmark, Spain, United 2. Mexico States, France, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Committee No. 2—Life Saving Appliances 3. Romania Russia and the Netherlands. This committee Was concex-ned with- the proposals 4. Turkey The conference dealt primarily with passenger ships, The following International Organizations were that have been put forwax-d for amendment of the tmd adopted more up to date rules with regard to life International Convention for the Safety of Life at represented by Observers: boats, life rafts, and life preservers. The final act was 4 Sea, 1929 with respect to the following matters: 1. International Labour Office signed by all the participating nations, but due to the Lifeboats and other lifesaving appliances, in­ 2. World Health Organization first world war, it was not brought irtto force com­ cluding line throwing appliances, to be provided 3. International Civil Aviation Organization pletely as a treaty, though parts of it were put into on- passenger ships and the extent to which radio 4. International Telecommunications Union effect by individual nations by means of national legis­ apparatus should be installed in lifeboats or car­ 5. United Nations Organization lation or regulations. ried on ships for use in lifeboats; certificated life6. International - Meteorological Organization The LaFollette Seaman's Act, enacted March 4, 1915, bbatmen; musters and drills; signals for. use on a 7. International Hydvographic Bureau adopted' those parts pertaining to life boat equipment^ ship in an- emergency; entries in logbooks. Consid­ In the above connection, it should be pointed out appliances and other provisions. After the terminatibn eration whether requirements should be laid down that the number of countries represented at this con­ of World War I, there was a certain- amount of agita­ concerning lifesaving appliances for cargo shxps. ference was much larger than was x-epresented at any tion to hold another conference- in order to bring the Surveys and cex'tificates covei-ing the foregoing. of the px'evious conferences on this subject. It" is also 191-4 convention up to date and" to put if into-full of note that a number of international organizations effect. However, it was not until' 1929' that another CoiBflfiittee No. 3—Radio were also, represented at this corxference. There are conference was held. still about twenty nations which were noit represented This committee was concerned with the proposals at this confei-ence, but the impoi-tance of and interest that Have been put forward for amendnjent of the The 1929 Gonfereftce in these conferences is bound to grow in yeax-s to come. Irxtex'national Convention for the Safety of Life at On April 16, 1929; the Safety of Life at Sea Cbn-^ Sea, 1929, with x-espect to the following matters: ference was convened. This conference was held" in> * Composition of U. S. rfel^gartioit Considering the extent to which radiotelegraphy likindon; and attended by representatives- of the' fol­ and ladiotelephony installations, including autoThe United States Delegation, was made-up of- repre­ lowing nations: Australia, Belgium,- Canada, Denmarlc, alarms, should be required on passenger ships and ^ i^ain; Ireland; United States, Finland, France; Great sentatives of the following organizations: cargo ships and the technical requirements for such 1. U. S.' State-Depgrtment Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, "the Netherlands, installations; the technical requkements for radio ; 2. U. S. Coast Guard Sweden, Russia and Germany. •3..U. S. Federal Communications. Commission (Continved on Bage 6} ( The nations-which participated, signed" the final" act Cieveianu oireei, rsrooKiyu, and he won't bother stopping to tlnion Hall immediately. Rorce and became a flying officer York. SAMUEL SHUPLER unbutton with the Indian Air Fi �[Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, June 18, 1948 the minimum of modifications on the grounds that te) improved pyrotechnic and other distress signal­ ling devices. the 1929 Convention had proved itself an adequate document. Further, there seemed to exist a fear that 11. Blankets must now be placed in the lifeboats in the United States proposals necessarily involved ex­ ships on voyages in cold climates. cessive cost. 12. Liferafts are not allowed under the new Con­ Notwithstanding the above facts, the United States vention to be substituted for lifeboats. was successful in securing to a large degree accep­ 13. Vessels over 150 feet are now required to be tance of its proposals, as is evident from the sum­ fitted with davits of either the "gravity" or "quadrant" mary of results of the Conference Committees below. types according to the weight of the lifeboats in their Some proposals that were not totally accepted were "turning-out" condition. the basis of general principles agreed to, or of recom­ 14. Lifelines are now required to be rigged from mendations for further study. It is believed that in davit span on all lifeboats. years to come they will have an increasing infiuence •15. Suitable means are now required for preventing I Committee No. 4—Safety of Navigation on international maritime safety. any discharge of water into the lifeboats. As a general statement, it may be said that no 16. All ships are now required to carry means of % This committee was concerned with the proposals provision of the 1929 Convention was relaxed, that making effective distress signal by day and by night; |hat have been put forward for amendment of the many provisions of the old. Convention were revised including pyrotechnic signals showing a bright i-ed International Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, with respect "upward, and that the 1948 Convention represents a light at a high altitude. lib the following matters: distinct improvement in providing for higher stand­ 17. The line-throwing appliance required on all Consideration of the proposals for the amendards of safety of life at sea. vessels must now be capable of carrying a line 250 ment of the Collision Regulations and all other yards with reasonable accuracy. This is beyond the matters covered by the Safety of Navigation Accomplishments of the Conference effective range of similar U. S. appliances, except the Chapter of the 1929 Convention; also navigational The results of the Conference are contained in the Lyle gun which is by no means as efficient an appli­ aids; life-saving and distress signals and the car1948 International Safety of Life at Sea Convention ance as that agreed upon at the Conference. || riage of explosives and dangerous goods. This and Regulations, the International Regulations for committee also considered such important and Radio Preventing Collisions at Sea, and a number of resolu­ p complex questions as the provision of meterological tions and recommendations contained in the final act ' The chapter on radio in the new Convention has services, danger and distress signals and procedure of the Conference. been extended to apply to all vessels on international ^ and the carriage of direction finders on passenger The major items of achievement in each case arc voyages except cargo vessels of less than 500 gross and cargo ships. listed below. _ tons. In other words, the requirements of the Con­ I !.•' vention have been extended to include for the first Committee No, 5—General Provisions Life Saving Appliances time cargo vessels from 500 to 1600 gross tons. This This committee was charged with arriving at defini1. In addition to covering passenger vessels, the will result in a great increase in the number of vessels I lions applicable to more than one technical committee, requirements of the new Convention in regard to upon which the installation of radio will be compulsory. llifach as that of a passenger and cargo ship with making The new Convention also includes the following re­ Lifesaving Appliances, musters and drills have been If-rovisons as to the acceptance, entry into force, enquirements: extended to apply to cargo vessels of 500 gross tons ll^Drcement and future modifications of the Convention; 1. On all passenger vessels and on cargo vessels of 1 deciding on future arrangements affecting international and over. 1600 gross tons and upwards continuous watch will be 2. All lifeboats in the new Convention are required llafety regulations and co-ordination of certain aspects maintained on the radiotelegraph distress frequency of to be standard Class 1(a); viz, open boats with rigid "if the work of the technical committees. sides having internal buoyancy only. Lifeboats must 500 kilocycles by either human operator listening G^eral Principles of the Conference not be less than 24 feet in length nor weigh more watch or an auto-alarm. 2. On passenger vessels carrying more than 250 than twenty tons when fully loaded with persons and i I In order to provide a sound basis for logical and equipment. In cases where it would be unreasonable passengers when engaged on a voyage exceeding 16 Constructive discussion, the following principles were and impracticable to require a 24 foot lifeboat, it must hours duration increases number of qualified operators ' ^numerated for the guidance of the Delegates and not be less than 16 feet. required from one to two and requires 16 hours of |idvisers in their deliberations: 3. The requirements relating to motor boats are sub­ human operator listening watch in tfce aggregate. (1) that shipping is an international industry sub­ 3. All cargo vessels of 1600 gross tons and upwards ' stantially improved. Motor boats have beeir divided jected to severe competition, and that interna­ into Class A and Class B. Class A motor boats must are • required to carry at least one qualified operator. tional cooperation and agreements establish­ be powered by a compression ignition engine and Hours of human operator listening watch are specified ing minimum standards of safety are needed capable of a speed of 6 knots in smooth waters. Class according to the size of 'the cargo vessel. to insure that such competition, which is other­ 4. Improved technical • requirements for radio per­ B motor boats may be powered by any type of engine wise healthy and advantageous, does not result and must be capable of a speed of 4' knots in smooth formance are prescribed. in any unjustifiable lowering of the standards 5. New technical requirements are specified for, ' waters. . of safety aboard ship. 4. Passenger vessels carrying 20 lifeboats or more radiotelephone installations, auto-alarms, radio direc­ (2) that nothing should be allowed to obscure the must have two Class A motor boats. Passenger vessels tion finders, and radio equipment for motor boats, both importance of the human factor in insuring . carrying 14 to 19 lifeboats inclusive must have one installed and portable. the safety of life at "feea, nor the need for the Class A motor boat, and now in addition carry a Class highest degree of skill and competence on the Construction B motor boat or other approved mechanically propelled part of officers and crews of merchant ships. lifeboat. A new requirement is that all other pas­ The safety standard established for passenger vessels While sea travel is, on the whole, very safe, by the 1929 Convention in relation to the items con­ it is desirable and-necessary to make all rea­ sidered by the Construction Committee at this Con­ sonable safety provisions, not only against ference was most notably increased by the addition , normal hazards, but also against" the ever of regulations dealing with the subjects of stability present risk of major catastrophes such as in damage condition and electrical installations, and fire, collision and foundering. the amplification of the regulation relating to struc­ (3) that the experiences of administering, and tural fire protection. the manifest results of the 1929 Convention, With regard to damage stability the new convention should be constantly kept in mind in con­ provides regulations which establish the assumed con­ senger vessels and cargo vessels of 1600 gross tons and junction w'ith the advancement made in naval ditions of a ship before damage and the allowable upwards must cari-y one Class B motor boat or other architecture, marine engineering and operation conditions after damage, the result being to insure approved mechanically propelled lifeboat. of vessels since that Convention came into that a vessel will have stability adequate to withstand force. 5. Passenger vessels must carry two rescue boats the extent of damagfe contemplated by the sub-division (4) that the result of stimulated scientific re­ attached to davits—one on each side of the shi^ ready regulations. ^ search during World War II should be re­ for immediate use in an emergency. ..The new convention includes regifiations for struc­ viewed with the objective of making use of 6. Cargo vessels are required to carry lifeboats tural fire protection in accommodation and service those advances which could reasonably and attached to davits on each side of the ship of such spaces on passenger vessels which recognize three practicably be applied toward improving the aggregate capacity as will accommodate all persons on-f alternative methods of protection, as follows: safety of merchant shipping throughout the board. In addition, tankers of 3000 gross tons and"^^^ Method I. The construction of all internal world. upwards must have not less than 4 lifeboats attached divisional bulkheading of essentially incombus­ to davits, 2 forward and 2 aft. tible materials. General Remarks 7. Life boats certified to carry more than 60 persons, Method 2. The fitting of an automatic sprinkler The United States entered the Conference in a now are required to be fitted with some means of and fire alarm system generally with no re­ ition to advocate the highest international mari- mechanical propulsion. In view of the advance made striction on the type of internal divisional ime safety standards practicable. It is well known in recenj: years with hand propelling gear, it was bulkheading, and hat the standards of maritime safety established agreed that such gear might be accepted as a Method 3. A system of sub-division forming a * nder the laws and regulations of the United Slates mechanical means of propulsion. network of fire retarding bulkheads enclosing 8. Lifeboats must now have perforated bilge keels re considerably in advance of the 1929 Convention and limited areas, together with the installation of aterially higher than those in force and practiced or keel rails suitable for clinging to when overturned. a fire detection system. 9. Passenger vessels carrying 20 lifeboats, or more, ly other maritime nations. In developing the pro• Method One represents essentially the present, )osals for the Conference, an effort was made to must have two motor boats fitted with radio as under United States practice in this regard. Methods 2 and 3 )ropose only that which could be practically applied 1929 Convention. Passenger vessels carrying 14 to 19 represent the United Kingdom and French practice nternationally and which was justifiable as a neces- lifeboats inclusive must have one motor boat fitted respectively. The decision to adopt three alternative with radio as under 1929 Convention, and now in ary improvement to maritime safety. methods was necessitated not only by a considerable However, it was evident early in the deliberations addition one portable transmitter and receiver. All divergence of opinion as to the most effective way of hat a number of the proposals could not be ac- other passenger vessels and cargo vessels of 500 gross obtaining the desired defense against fire, but also by, epted on an international basis because of acute tons and upwqrds must carry one portable radio trans­ the practical consideration that the materials used in ihortages of materials and unstable economic condi- mitter and receiver. applying the United States method are not at the ions prevailing in many countries as a result of the 10. The following additional lifeboat equipment is present time internationally available in sufficient required by the new Convention: ar's devastation, quantities. Early in the deliberations a reluctance to accept (1) a first aid kit, • New electrical regulations for passenger vessels are e proposals of the United States was apparent, (2) 2 buoyant heaving lines, included in the convention covering the basic points' 'his was due partly to the relative positions of the (3) an attached painter in addition to a sea of the United States proposals, although considerably • espective nations in that the United States was painter, less detaUed. ;enerally advocating extensive' changes from the (4) 3 quarts of water per person ihstead of the one The standards of safety relating to numerous details: ixisting Convention, whereas, the other countries quart presently required, ere advocates of the position of status quo vrith (5) a manual pump, and - . (Contimtcd on Page 11) (Continued from Page 5) ' apparatus installed in lifeboats or portable radio apparatus carried on ship for eventual use in life­ boats; the number and qualifications of radio offif cers to be carried for safety purposes; particulars of watches to be maintained; details of radio pro­ cedures, e.g. alarm, distress and urgency radio signals, speed of distress messages and entries in log books. The committee wiU also consider the technical requirements relating to direction finders and to other electronic aids for position finding and radar. • i: �\ TffE SEAFARERS Friday, June t8, 1948 LOG Page Seven ' SBIPS' MIMirTES AND NEWS THE RAJAH IS NOW A SEAFARER Stacy Masters Honored For Service To Shipmates Aboard The Gavalier A regular part of the recreational activities of the Alcoa Cavalier crew has been i: the showing of movies at sea twice weekly. The man in charge of the mechanics of presenting the films has been Stacy Masters, 2nd Electrician, 4time and energy for the benefit® of the crew. Skunk Roams Docks In Sailor's Rig ''ir-' f ' A timely warning urging Seafarers to keep a sharp weather eye peeled for a 24karat phony masquerading as Union member a was sounded this week by oldtimer Benno Zielinski. •Brother Zielinski, a typically good-natured man of the sea, bristled with anger when he told the LOG that he didn't want any of his brother members to simil­ arly fall for the waterfront skunk's smooth spiel. Eric Joseph, former wellerweight scrapper, in Ihe dark­ room where he pursues his photographic hobby. Parade Of SIU AtMetes Would Feature Real Rajah If the time ever came when the Seafarers wanted to present an on-paper boxing show, the search for contest­ 1-1 ants would be a short one. In record time a card having all the color of a Madison® <411 tiiC wUX\./A vx a -• Square Friday nighter could be found him back in the ring and, arranged, and would certainly be between fights, back on ships. In 1945, he piled off a ship a crowd pleaser. in Montreal, Canada and met The pages of the LOG have many of the top fighters in Can­ listed -^he accomplishments of ada. There, however, his active Seafarer-boxers all the way from Heavyweight Moon Kouns, one­ ring career ended. One njght time challenger to the Argen­ while battling 3illie Tarriglione, tine champ, to Featherweight a boy who went on to tangle Ovidio Rodriguez, who once with Ray Robinson and Ffitzie tangled with the best of them, ZiviCj he injured his ej'^e. Rather including Sixto Escobar, later than .take a chance of injuring to become bantamweight champ­ the scar tissue he bowed ,out of the ring. ion of the world. In 1947 he paid off .a Pana­ . For a little international color manian ship in Haltimore .and Calcutta-born Eric Joseph, bet­ joined up with ;the Seafarers. ter known to ringsiders as Rajah Sabu would fill the bill. The After battling and sailing all Rajah, now sailing as a wiper over the world he ithinks he's on SIU ships, would serve to found his roost. To him the U.S. break up -an evening of strictly is his home from now on. That is, if he can gain citizenship. - home-grown 'fisticuffers. Now 24-years old, he looks How XIUW the uie Rajah JVrtjaii fits iiio into the ^ X. SIU picture is an interesting tale back on an interesting career m which began several years ago the ring, but to him, sailing in in India. There he first broke the SIU gives him just as much into the game. While attending of a thrill. "It beats anjdhing St. James College in Calcutta IVe done anyplace in the world. he won a berth on the school This is the place for me," he team. Finding the going easy said. The Rajah, it appears, would he branched out into amateur ranks and appeared in oyer 80 make a worthy addition to the Seafarers make-believe card. amateur bouts. Possessing a yearning for the outside world he began going to sea and between ships he fought (professionally as a welterweight in Europe, Canada, Africa and Check the slop chest be­ fore your boat satis. Make England. sure that the slop chest -con­ FLEW DURING WAR tains an adequate supply of all the things you are. liable When the war .came along he to lieed. If it doesn't, call the joined the English Royal Air Union Hall immediately. Force and became a flying officer with the Indian Air Force. Peace Check It—tut Cooii When he met Zielinski in Hoboken last week, the phony in­ troduced himself as Robert Er­ nest Van Dorn and produced an identification card, issued in Gal­ veston. * "SAD"'TALE Then he unfolded a very con­ vincing sob story of how he had become ill aboard a South At­ lantic vessel ani had to be re­ moved from the vessel in Ant­ werp, later to be flown. back to the -States. His pitch was that he wSs waiting to be paid and could Zielinski help him out? Unfortunately, in this case, Zielinski is' the kind of a guy who rarely turns down such a bid—respecially when the hardluck story comes from a seaman. He gave the culprit a few bucks and loaned him a shirt and other gear. who volunteered his On movie night Stacy regularly turned to to arrange the screen, set up the sound equipment and arm the projector. This week the crew returned the compliment. For his work in their behalf during the past months, the crew presented Staty with a 19-jewel Hamilton wrist watch at a general meet­ ing held on the ship May 23. In making the presentation for the crew, Joseph Powers, 2nd Steward, reading from a pre­ pared statement, said, 'We de­ cided to make Brother Masters a present for his kind service rendered in showing the movies to the crew on his own will and accord. I am sure Brother Masters is. more than deserving of this gift and I am equally sure each of the crew thorough­ ly enjoyed- seeing the movies aboard ship." . Following the presentation of the watch, which bore the in­ scription "Stacy Masters from the crew of the SS Alcoa Cav­ alier," Brother Powers, the crew's financial secretary, ex­ plained to the new ^rewmembers that all the recreational equip- On The Ceast If you have a beef oi a problem when you're on the West Coast, contact SIU. A&G District Hq„ 105 Mar­ ket Street. The telephone . number is DOuglas 2-5475. Drop in between ships, and get acquainted. ment aboard the ship had been bought by the crew through the ship's fun4. The fund was built through a 50-cent donation each trip. FUND'S BENEFITS He pointed out that in addi­ tion to the ' regular movies the fund had also provided a radiophonograph, loudspeakers and a small mimeograph machine for the ship's newspaper. The Cavalier left on its final trip out of New York this week before changing its operations to the Gulf. • To celebrate the long run out of the big city, the crew will thi'ow a ship-wide pa^y while down in the Islands, out of the ship's fund, of coui'se. Shupler Dies In Germany; Became Seafarer In 1943 Then this punk in Zielinski's clothing left, saying he was go­ ing to pick ;up his money due. When he - didn't return by the following morning. Brother ZielWord has been received of the death in Bremerhaven inksi scented that something was of Seafarer Samuel Shupler, who was sailing as Saloon rotten in Hoboken. A few inquiries, meanwhile, Pantryman on the SS Noonday, a Waterman vessel. Brother Frenchy Djian, the®revealed that "Van Dorn" had attempted to borrow dough from Noonday's Deck Delegate who sent the information to the LOG, reported that the exact several people, using Zielinski's circumstances of Brother Shupname to establish his credit. ler's death were not known. Ap­ UNSELFISH. VIEW parently he fell from a car or bus while riding through the Apparently more concerned town on May 10. " over the possibility of other Sea­ BROOKLYNITE farers being taken in, then by his own loss. Brother Zielinski Brother- Shupler, who lived in kept repeating, his warning that Brooklyn, was well known all hands be careful. around the New York Hall, and .He described "Van Dorn" as Frenchy Djian said that he was heavy set, about 5 feet, 9 . inches extremely popular aboard the tall, with light hair and hatless. Noonday. Zielinski says this character Shupler, an Austrian by birth, hangs ; around waterfront places. wfes born in 1894. He joined the "He might show up anywhere," Seafarers International Union in he said. January 1943. He sailed thi-ough the war, rnaking a distinguished Meanwhile, Zielinski will be record. looking for the guy, too. If he Brother Shupler is survived by ever catches up with him, he his wife who resides at 430 [ aims to take that shirt back— Cleveland Street, Brooklyn, New | and he won't bother stopping to York. SAMUEL ...SHUPLER unbutton it first. �m THE SEAFARERS Page Eight LOG Friday, June 18, 1948 Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings THAR^60U> INIMEM THAR , HULLS/ FRANCES, April 18 —Chair­ man John Lincoln; Secretary George Clark. Reports of dele­ gates George Clark, John Lin­ coln, Juan Colon and Pete Pratt read and accepted. Good and Welfare: Brother complained of not seeing ship's minutes printed in the LOG. Bosun requests gangway changed from the port doors to main deck to keep dock workers out of crew quarters. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if /OUR SHIP IS MOP.E THAM VOUR JOB AMD YOUR LIVELIHOOD — IT'S YOUR. HOME . PROTECT THE SHlP^ SEAR THAT we FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET>\NO KEEP YOUR SHIP CLEAV /M GOOD SlU STYLE . IT PAYS OFF IN THE END WITH AAORE AND BE-fTER CONTRACTS — AMD if if FRANK SPENCER, AprU 24— Chairman R. T. Riley; Secretary A. H. Smith. New Business: J. B. Henley, ship's delegate, reconunends that J. Hawkins gi^e good reasons for jumping ship in Charleston. Good and Welfafe: Laundry taken care" of satisfac­ torily to all. Request that table­ cloths be furnished for- crew's mess next trip.: One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. AAORE DOUGH iM YOUR POCKETS. HOWARD A. KELLY, AprU 25 —Chairman Woodward; Secre­ tary deParlier. No New Busi­ ness. Good and Welfare: Brother Blizzard urged crew to take bet­ ter care of recreation room. Brother deParlier informed crew of currency exchange in Suri­ nam. McNait asked the crew to cooperate in keeping lights out in starboard passage at night. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if CUT and RUN By HANK Seafarers in all ports, while resting their oars in waiting for ships to come in, are naturally asking themselves the biggest $64 question in their tough lives: What will happen to our traditional hiring hall? Well, the SIU has never been jittery or hysterical in I its thoughts or actions towards any problem or beef. We have always won our beefs—either strategically or the hard way. The shipowners know full well that the traditional hiring hall served them with competent sailors in manning their ships, and of course without delaying scheduled sailings. 4 %• i However, the shipowners, who presumably did their share in influencing the Taft-Hartley Act to destroy the closed shop and to be passed into law, are now moaning and crying thai they are innocently forced to obey this ridiculous law. This threat to eliminate the hiring hall isn't small potatoes in the lives of union sailors. To every Seafarer it's a . matter of protecting his job at all times and the only workable system li for them to get their jobs and for the shipowners to have their ships sailing. It's definitely a life-and-death struggle over something which for many years peacefully and democratic­ ally served the union sailors and the shipowners in efficiently manning and Sailing the ships. We wonder if the shipowners will steer a safe and true course, after all? if if if if i. if STEEL ARTISAN, May 9— Chairman Pasch^; Secretary Sheldon. Delegates' reports ac­ cepted. New Business: Motion carried that Steward put out more night lunch. Good and Welfare: Magill elected ship's delegate. Agreement on keeping laundry clean by rotating job between three departments. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. if if if BEAUREGARD, April 21— Chairman James O'Connell; Sec­ retary William J. McAtee. Dele­ gates reported on number of books and permits in their de­ partments. New Business: Motion carried that Steward spend time in, the galley instructing men to improve on cooking and baking. James O'Connell elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Good and Welfare: Messmen stated that it is too much work to serve from steamtables and think Second Cook should serve from tables or gaUey. Suggestion for greater variety in the night lunch. Steward agreed. Brother Ray. Duhrkopp and Brother Rasmussen are tugging their chins and wishing a few tugboat jobs come up... Brother Johnnie Ward and his mustache have been in town a few weeks now. We wonder if Johnnie figured whether this was the begin­ if'if if ning of the winter season—with all the cold days and rainy days we've been having?... Brother Jack Greenhaw is in town. Re­ CHARLES A. WARFIELD, cently he bought himself a good pair of shoes so his feet can May 9—Chairman T. M. Jones; stand doing three and a half hours of quartermastering. Every­ Secretary A. W. Gowder. Dele­ gates reported no beefs. Good thing hurts a quartermaster. His arms, his feet and his back. and Welfare: Delegates to see Patrolman about having Cooks' A few familiar oldlimers in town are Joe Arras, Willie room changed as there are three West, John Santos, Pete Bush and Charles "Ceurioca Red" Cooks in one room. Request Benway. Oldtimer William Brady sailed into town recently, made that all men, stay sober for too... Other oldtimers who may still be in town are: A. payoff. One minute of silence Macomber, F. Bosmente, R. L. Williams, S. Furtado, E. Flofes, for Brerthei-s lost at sea. A. Weir, J. C. Smith, J. Santiago, C. Manning, J. Michaelis, B. Zelenzic. K. Kain, P. Campbell, M. Miller, A. Demado, P. Gallant, Bosun T. White, T.- Escobales, J. Cardona, Bosun T. Nayaro. Carpenter E. Hansen, V. Roll, A. Corrado, C. Antoniou and S. Delgado. WM if b: NEWS ITEM: One of the bills given unanimous-consent approval by the House (to be sent to the Senate, no doubt) was a bill to authorize extension of medical and hospital care to persons employed in the maritime service, including unemployed seairKen p8 if they seek treatment within six months after leaving their last jbo... We hope that after all these years a bill lik^ this may have the decency to become law—and finally remove the ridiculous i^air treatment towards active merchant seamen needing medic^ treatment... 'The SEAFARERS LOG will be traveling free of cost to the following brothers—so they and their families can enjoy and understand what is going on in their union week after week: Bemie Turner of Louisiana, C. E. Wells of Alabama, ^ William Rahl of New Jersey, J. Bagliazo of California, Norman Kramer of New York, Gus Liakos of New York, James Lee of Delaware, Newt Williams of Virginia, Kirwan Bilson of Florida, Roman Viloria of Louisiana, H. L. Brandies , of Florida, Leo-Watts of Louisiana, Sal Scudari of Massachusetts, Joseph Martus of New York, A. O. Ikkela of Massachusetts. j if if WILLIAM R. DAVIE, May 9— Chairman J. A. Sullivan;. Secre­ tary Raymond J. Wells. Dele­ gates repoHed on number of books, permits in their depart­ ments. New Business: Election of ship's delegate. S.. Graham elected. DisussiOn on relief Fire­ man in American ports post­ poned to next meeting; Edtica.tion: Crew was told that. pam­ phlets were aboard and are available in recreation room. Good and Welfare: - Suggestion made that an article be written and sent to the LOCJ regarding condition of ship; after last crew piled off. One minute ef silent prayer for departW • brothers. X 'i. X:-" JAMES CALDWELL, May 9— Chmrman James Corriher; Secre­ tary John Ward. Meeting called •by C. L. Seiferl. AU depart­ ments reported to be in order. Recommended~"Vote of thanks for Cooks because of good feeding throughout trip. Deck overtime situation discussed, and to be turned over to Patrolman. Re­ pair list drawn up. Minute of silence for departed brothers. XXX PORTMAR, May 12—Chairman H. E. Fowler; Secretary W. H. Johnson. Motion carried that a report be sent to Union regard­ ing conduct of Chief Cook who walked off the ship in Raymond, Washington. .Motion carried that delegates get together with Stew­ ard to check whether ' potatoes where good or bad. Good and Welfare: Steward reported to the crew that his food requisition had been cut and that crew should inform company thaVthey will not saU to the Far East short of stores. X ISAAC M. SINGER, AprU 7— Chairman M. Woods; Secretuy R. Jackson. Meeting called to discuss menu situation. Several brothers claim that the feeding during present voyage does not come up to standard of last trip. Brother Woods said there were not enough juices put out for breakfast. Steward explained his side of it and meeting ended on a note of accord. One minute of silence fo rbrothers lost at sea, XXX SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. May 23—Chairman J. Molina; Secretary W. Vobia. Delegates reports accepted. New Business: Motion carried to check on car jacks which seem to be too closoi together for easy movement to forward part of ship. Discussion on matter of foc'sle keys for crew. Good and Welfare: Dis­ cussion on Chief Cook who de­ sires to sail as Chief Steward and needs five bookmen to en­ dorse him. F. MARION CRAWFORD. May 16—Chairman M. Pappadakis; Secretary S. Cieslak. Engine re­ ported 19 hours disputed, other departments reported no beefs. Engine Delegate Hemby an­ nounced that First Assistant now understood that the SIU way was a good deal different from the NMU way. Motion by Sadowski, seconded by Hammerstrand and passed, that blowout fans be placed in portholes. Mo­ tion by Whitt, seconded by Hemby and passed, that fines list be destroyed and that men make voluntary donations to hospitals and LOG. Minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. XXX WILLIAM W. SEATON, May 16—Chairman C. W. Cox; Re­ cording Secretary Dale Grigsby. Deck Delegate Cerdas said de­ partment okay except for about two hours disputed time. Engine Delegate Genovese reported 36 hours. Stewards Delegate McCoy had nothing disputed. De­ cided that overtime issue would have to be settled by Patrolman. Voted to bring Chief Cook up on charges. Leniency recommended by Lutz and Genovese. Voted to bring two other men up on charges. All men to list repairs necessary. Steward said he was making supplies list. XXX ROBIN GOODFELLOW, (dale not given)—Chairman Pasanowski; Secretary M. E. Longfellow. Delegates reported everything okay. New Business: Repair list made up and submitted to dele­ gates. Discussion on whether the present crew should stand by or not until repairs are made and store list supplied. Motion carried that list be turned over to Patrolman and assurrance be received that supplied and re­ XXX MOOSE PEAK, May 20 pairs will be made before hew voyage. Good and Welfare: Chairman Oscar M. Jonpi; Seere-: Crew to see that replacement be tary Ralph O.Master8. Meeting made of books and present books called to elect Ship's Delegate, be boxed up. ready for exchange. Robert T. Young elected, by acrOne minute of silence for broth­ clamation. . Meetings to be held every week. Captain to be asked ers lost lost at sea. to change linen locker into XXX DEL SOL, Mar. 13—Chairman foc'sle for Bosun and Electrician A. Emmons; Recording Secretary as it is supposed to be. If re­ y. i,. Byers. Anybody using fused, Patrolman to take bver. laundry to leave it clean; Deck Repair list to be inade. Delegate to see Mate about locks XXX and latches for screen doors. DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE., July toilet to be rigged for long­ April 6—Chairman E. Vatis; Sec­ shoremen. Delegates to see Cap­ retary Jorge Planes. No beefs r'; I tain about draws. . Voted for ex­ at all from departments. Repair haust fans. Decided that Depart­ list readied for Chief Mate, copy ment Delegates could handle all to go to New Orleans Patrolmen, H'l problems. Ship's Delegate.^t re­ Nobody to pay off before PatroL quired. Minute of silence for men arrive. Anthony Thomas elected Ship's Delegate. Brothers lost at sea. CfOniimica on raxe 11 I �Friday* Juna 18. 1948 THE SEAFAHERS LOG Page Nine MEMBERSHIP SPEMKS Grundy Makes Venice In Spring Sees Hep SIU Members Holding Fast On Gains To the Editor: Here are a few lines about the famous SS Felix Grundy on her trip from Savannah to Venice via Cuba and back via Dingwall, Nova Scotia. On March 25, the Grundy was lying in Savannah ready to go to the boneyard. Shipping was bad. in Savannah and the sur­ rounding ports, and the Grundy Itemed to be dead! I,came in with the SS Southport frmn a coastwise trip and paid off at three p.m. on the 25th. I went immediately to the SIU Hall to register for a new job. I was standing at the desk just as the Agent picked up the phone to call an outport for four ABs and a Night Cook and Baker. "How about me for NOB?" I asked. Out I went to the Grundy. I had the job. CUBAN GAS By and large it was a good trip, although we - had a little gas-hound trouble in the begin­ ning. For the most part the per­ forming was flone in the Cuban ports where we loaded sugar. The first place we hit was Isabella de Sagua and there was rum ashore. There was more rum at Caibarien where we an­ chored 18 miles away. We were off Caibarien for more than two weeks. They ' brought the sugar out in barges, and the Cuban stevedores re­ mained on the ship the whole time, sleeping where they could find a place to curl up. After the second week, the Captain arranged for a launch to take the"crewmen ashore at five o'clock in the afternoon and bring them back at eight in the morning. However, since it was a two-hour ride each way through 18 miles of rough water, I never made it myself. MOROCCAN OIL n-: We left Cuba eventually, and our next landfall was Gibraltar which we reached on April 29. We stopped on the Moroccan coast for oil and water before heading for the Adriatic and Venice. On May 8, we arrived in Venice, cify of " gondolas, girls, Wine and a good time. Every­ body ,streamed toward" town to meet the beautiful Italian girls. There's a hitch to having a good time in Venice, and it's the usual one: you do a lot better if you have money in your pocket. You can get 1,000 lirfe for two • Americafi dollars. Biit don't tliink you're going to hdve much of a time for just 1^000 lire." It cost- me 1,500 lire for a! good dinner with a little wine thrown in. Of course, only the rich, in­ cluding the relatively rich, cap To the Editor: Perhaps it's something in the air of Venice that makes these two Seafarers smile. They are E. Lehto, AB (left), and A, Roy. AB and Declc Delegate. They sailed to the romantic Adriatic port orf the SS Felix Grundy. have such a meal as I had. The Italian poor can't. What they eat is polenta and fish, dry Italian bread and water—once a day. DINGWALL OR BUST By May 20, we were ready to leave as scheduled. Our money was gone and we were tired. On May 27 we passed Gibraltar. The weather was fine. The trouble was that nobody knew where we were headed. On Jime 3 we got orders: proceed to Dingwall, Nova Scotia, where we still are. Nobody cared much for the idea. All painting stopped. Our food situation began to get bad, althougli we may be able to get new stores here. At present we have one bag of fiour, no sugar, no cream, no coffee and no po­ tatoes. We are short on every­ thing, and the Steward is just scratching up what menus he can. To make things worse, we don't have much galley coal. "When we leave we expect to be loaded with gypsum, and we'll pay off in Savannah about June 16. Otto (Uncle Otto) Preussler I want to congratulate the membership on what a great job they have accomplished to make conditions for seamen what they are today. * I know these conditions could not have been won in any other way but by long hard struggle. It makes me proud, as a member of the SIU, to know that the Union I am in is for the mem­ bership and will see to it that you are .. treated fairly and squarely, and that is a great comfort. And I know that as long as we have men like these in the SIU no shipowners are going to foul them up. No, it isn't going to be that easy. The membership fought hard for the conditions they have today and you just can't take them away from them. If anyone thinks it can be done, they've got rocks in their heads. ONE OF FINEST The SIU is one of the finest unions in the maritime industry and the men intend to keep it that way. I will even say that in the future the SIU will be one of the^ strongest unions in existence. By the way I have been read­ ing with interest that the mem­ bership is unloading the per­ formers. Let's keep up the good work. It is phonies like the per­ formers that jeopardize the Union. I'd like to know who these guys think they are to go aboard ship and do what they please and make life miserable for all who are aboard. JUST DRAGS We should get rM of them. . They are no asset to the Uniont and never will be. We had a-- couple of them on my last trip and brothers, they were a pair. I want to thank you and the membership for making it pos­ sible for me to receive the SEA­ FARERS LOG. It is a wonderful paper and it keeps me informed on Union activities. By the way, that ten-dollar strike assessment which the membership adopted was a smart move. Nobody is* kidding the SIU. James J. McLinden Skipper Beef Only Gripe On Prentice -J;:! • r-i —>.~ To the Editor: - ^ Warning From The Waterfront Woman By BILL GILSTRAP Found him in my hangout, Three blocks from the ship, Lived with him a fortnight, Faithful as his ship. Listened to his stories, Laughed about the jokes. Told in deadly earnest, Of the island folks. Sensed the mind-whipped reasons, Men who learned too much. Soothed the boyish longings. Gripped the passions wild. Led him deep to slumber. Peaceful as a child. ' , So pay heed to a warning, Mostly for your man: Busy with your landlife. Ruling with your head. Careless of the savings, Forgetful of the bed/ . Forget about convention. Move out from your clan! . * No, he didn't tell me. Me ? Who.knows my guys! Watched him punch his sadness. Read it in his eyes. Read the ocean-tiredness, Thioughts too deep to clutch. ^•'1 SAD SACKS Heard the soft-voiced pleadings, " That all seamen ma^e. Soothed my restless conscience. Adding up the "take. Sure, I know about you, And sailors' wives I know. Sowing for the reaping. Begrudging all they sow. Enclosed are the minutes of JJie SS George Prentice, shuttl­ ing between Panama and Hono­ lulu. We are having "captain? trouble." Ours is another repu-^ tation builder. So we have tO' live in dirty foc'sles, galleys and messrooms, because no overtime will be paid. It's the old story,, same as on other chartered ships. The Agent in Honolulu ob­ tained a few of the necessary items through pressure. A word of thanks to him. And be not forgetful. Long as there's woman-hate. And men who are sailors. And laws that work too late. ' J • While sterile, foolish matrons Group a classed society. And fight for thingis—not loving —Then therie'll be babes like ine. • As I write this letter the sail­ ors are cai-rying twenty-two himdred pounds of contaminated flour out of the storeroom. "We hope the new flour arrives as we sail in twenty minutes but see no sign of it yet. We'U write from Yokohama with more minutes. As the en­ closed minutes show we have all oldtimers aboard and they're a damned good, clean and sober crew. If we only had a civil captain everything would be honkey-dorey. Among those aboard are Ted? Magee, George Barnes, Fireman Craven, and Jack Staisko. • ' Tommy Thompson'?? ' Shin's Delegate :V ^ SS George "Prentice a• • ; �...... \i ,. - T'B'E S EA F A RE R S Page-Ten Fort Men WeaM Om Woo On SlU Education To Ihe Editor: I am one: of the crew of the SS Fort Bridger, Petroleum Car­ riers; ' You remember all those sadfaced - characters, my face being by far the saddest. We were waiting around the New York Hall for this job. She was a new ship and a new company, and we were told when we took the jobs that she would leave the next day. But due to some sort of trouble in the company .office we kept hear­ ing "the voyage will start to­ morrow, for sure" for two whole weeks. However, in true SIU style ,we were patient about something that couldn't be help­ ed. SHORT ONE We made a short trip down to Puerto La Cruz and came back to Paulsboro, New Jersey, to "Look! Real diamonds. They cut discharge. The man at the table glass." Then with a quick thrust, with aU the papers said some-} h'e ripped a small mirror to thing about 18 months. I thought shreds. Naturally I was convinced. I he- was talking about the age immediately offered him a bar­ of his: youngest kid, and signed gain price, 25 American-..iron my name. men and my watch. He ran and I signed, all right, and here I ran—in opposite directions— I am. Some silly business about for wasn't the ring "hot?"' the articles, and that is that. We. headed for Curacao to Back aboard, I went from load cargo, left there and turned foc'sle to foc'sle, slashing mir­ up in Merrie England. Wliere rors left and right to demon­ they get the idea that the place strate the ring's value. As a result, nobody is shaving on this is "Merrie" I'll never know. ship these days. The boys can't I made Piccadilly and every- ', see themselves and I've had only thing around. Having been in one "Good inoi-niiig" since. the SIU only a year, I decided it; was time to live up to thOj HIGH GRADE. ANYWAY Union's reput&tion for having the world's greatest seafaring Later tests proved that the ring lovers. In fact, .1 decided to be- ^ was not completely without val­ come the world's greatest sea- ^ ue at that. It was a very good faring lover myself. However, I put it off for a few days until I we got to Italy. FHdBTi June'iSi^ 1^ ^ L&O grade of brass, the man said, and certainly the glass of the' "diamonds" was. of an A-1 type for the purpose. We left Port Said and battled our way to silent, mysterious Ras Tanura. Mysterious is right! All that sand and oil, all those men. and no women! Where are, the women, that^s the mystery! Deciding to get back into the good graces, of the Brother­ hood by showing my true prow-: ess as a lover, I kept my eyes open. While painting on . the dock, I spotted a gorgeous figure enveloped in a flowing white robe topped by a beautiful headpiece. It passed with its stern toward me. I choked and .did some rapid swallowing. Seeing my chance, I steadied down, smoothed my hair and gave- my Times Square wolf call. But. a shipmate shat­ tered my dream. The flowing robe; was just the costume, worn by the Arab dock workers. Oh hopeless yearning! Oh mysterious Ras Tanura! SIU TUGMEN IN TEXAS I Among the fugs manned by members of the Marine Allied. Workers, Seafarers' affiliate, are the Hoover and the Wales, operating out of Corpus Christi. Shown aboard the Hoover in photo abova are (left to right): Pete Peterson, Oiler: Harry Wingate. Chi Engineer;^ Jimmy Turner, Cook; Ed. Mathews.- Ch. Mate; Bill Ligon, Seaman; A. R. Winningham, Oiler, and Roy Lindley, Seaman, On the Wales in photobelow (left to right): Hugh Ramsey, Master; Baiey- Walker, Ch. Engineer; Glen Atchely, Seaman; Bob Jorgenson,. Seamgn, and V. McClane, OUdr. ^ EDEN TO NAPL.ES From that magnificent Garden of Eden we returned to Naples and my ham-onrrye guzzling "cara mia." Another dream was shattered,, she had taken to chewing garlic raw. We left Naples and came back here to Le Havre. We spent three days at anchor without shore leave. I wouldn't say the guys were in a hurry to get ashore anyway, since when we finally headed down the gang­ plank only seven were injured in the rush. So here we are in France. France^—that's short for "Holly­ wood, King. Size," To be serious in closing, I was. fortunate enough, to be one of TWISTED; ONE ARM By an overwhelming vole the first men to. receive the Arriving in Naples, I tried to on the Referendum Ballot, benefits of the education pror To the. Editor; be the first man to hit the town. the membership of the Sea­ gram now in effect. We have I should like this letter to But somebody twisted my arm. farers International Unions tried it out aboard ship, and serve as warning to all SIU I had to have a couple, of glasses A&G District, went on rec» everybody on the Fort Bridger, members never to stay in the of vino first, the man said. What ord to protect itself in the bookmen and permits alike, sings West 23Td • Street area of New could I do? Finally I escaped.hard days to come by build­ its praises. Ybrk. The entire district is Mindful of the reputation I ing up a strike fund and When everybody passes every­ loaded with thieves and some was going to win and hold, I -by providing shoreside oper­ thing.. he, knows along to the scum of the. earth characters. met. a beautiful girl. She even ating bases. new men,, we are guaranteeing " I speak from personal experi­ introduced me to her family. a strongr and aggressive mem­ ence. Just the other night I That means a $10.00 Strike After a while we were sitting bership for the future. What was. rolled., in. my room—of all Assessment and a $10J)0 on a settee. happens on this ship is the best places—while I was asleep. The Building Assessment. Al­ I was: whispering sweet noth­ example I can think of how an^ thieves who sneaked in -stripped ready many members have ings in her ear- She was breathr education program should work. the place clean and took every­ ing;. heavily, drinking in. my paid these sums. We are not a bunch of in­ every word.. I said to myself, The operators will move tellectuals and don't pretend to thing. I had, lock stock and bar­ rel—and $310,. which is a lot of "Dick, old boy, the SIU is go­ without warning. It is our be, but to see one of our Clip­ dough, especially when you ing to be proud of you. You're duty to be prepared. board meetings 15 an education haven't got. a ship. tiriying. this girl mad with your Pay the assessments im­ in itself. We say carry through TWICE* NOW technique." with the education program, and This is the second time I've I guess I was wrong. To my mediately. It is our insur­ ance for the future growth let us know in the LOG how been a victim of this kind of surprise, she suddenly reached and strength of the Union.. it. is coming. foul play in that district in a over to the table, picked up a Richard Barron period of twelve months. Be­ ham on rye? and; started chew­ sides the loss of personal effects ing, Oh hapless me! I was dis and cash, there is a lot of other _graced, but I determined to regrief- attached to such an ex­ . deein my^lf—in Ras Tanura or perience, You can believe me somewhere. when I say that to get your We left Naples and arrived in papers again, you have to go Port Said • a few days later. I, through plenty of red tape laid Bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the being a big -international trader down-by the Coast Guard. . ^d an expert appraiser of aU six-months from July through December 1947 have just I think I speak for plenty of things of- value, decided to slip one- ovfer on- a merchant named arrived from the binders. Members may purchase tijem— members when I say it will be Abu Bey- O'Hoolihan. as long as they last at the cost price, which is $2.50 per goodjidings ainda happy day for Seafarers when, we get a new cop.y. , HOT STUFF hall, in New York, which will be sufficiMitly large to offer hotel Abu came running up to me Also available are some copies of previous bound accommodations to the member-: : looking over his shoulder as if Good King Tut had risen from editions at the same price. Bindings on all volumes are of ship. Here a guy will get decent the tomb and was.; chasing him. sturdy buckram with dates lettered in gold. quarters and under Union pro­ He fiashed what was obviously All Seafarers who wish to set up a permanent file tection- will' know that his per­ a solid gold, ring set with six! ^flashing diamonds. "It's hot," he with a minimum of effort should act promptly. The sonal belongings are safe from the likes, of the bimch of thieves whispered hoarsely. 1 .-I felt it. To my surprise it' bound volumes may be purchased at the Headquarters and hoods and what have you was a little warm. He said," baggage room, 4th floor, 51 Beaver Street, New Yorls City. who lurk in the private, rooming Do It Now 1947 Bound Logs On Hand If '" • I Robbed Twice In Ghelseaj Bosun Awaits Union Hotel places to steal everything a sea­ man owns. When that time comes that we can have our own hotel facilities 1 within; our Union hall, I propose that we also set up some sort of a banking or deposit system, where we can deposit our money for safekeeping with the Union. Only in that will a, man, know, that he has left his things with, someone he, can trust and that he can always, get them. Carl Lawson, Bosun. More Aft In order to. publish Bro­ ther Morris Weisberger's Re^ port on the International Safely Convention- on four. pages which-could easily heremoved from the paper and reteuned- by Seafarers, the regular sequence of the membership pages had to broken. For additional let­ ters and pictures of SIU members, see pages 13 and 14. �Fnday. Juns 18. 1948 {Continued from Pag^ 6) of construction such as those relating to the closure openings relating to fire extinguishing equipment, auxiliary steering gear and 'others, have, in general, been increased. For the first time international construction stand­ ards for cargo vessels have been included in the Con­ vention. The Construction Committee extended the 'application of the fire extinguishing equipment regula.tions to provide for cargo vessels of over 1,000 gross ^ns. In addition, the requirement for stability tests and ilhe furnishing of stability data to the vessels concerned was extended to include cargo vessels of 500 gross tons 'and over. These requirements somewhat exceeded the United States, proposals as no requirement was included for stability on cargo vessels and the fire extinguishing regulation in the United States proposal called for the inclusion only of cargo vessels over 9(600 gross tons. General Provisions 1. It was agreed that the revised Convention should lie rearranged to provide for a more logical and convenient form. The 1948 Convention is arranged so .that matters of contract between Governments and Items of a procedural nature are contained in one jdistinct part. All technical provisions dealing with safety are now together in the Regulations annexed to .the Convention. Under the 1929 Convention the Government of the United Kingdom handled all administrative functions.. The U.K. is to continue these bureau functions until the coming into force of the Intergovernmental Mari­ time Consultative Organization (IMCO). The transfer of functions to IMCO will yest in this organization, dealing in shipping matters, the respon­ sibility for carrying out the safety of life at sea pro­ gram as provided for in the 1948 Convention. This will make for greater continuity of action. IMCO will bring, together, at more frequent intervals, technical • experts from all of the maritime countries to discuss mutual problems and share new ideas and knowledge. IMCO can establish regular procedures for handling safety matters. In the future the agenda can be pre­ pared well in advance of meetings, thereby giving greater opportunity for making thorough prepara­ tions for such meetings. In addition IMCO will be an established body rep­ resenting and protecting maritime interests in nego­ tiations with other international bodies. This will enable better cooperation with the aviation, tele­ communications and meteorological international or­ ganizations. 2. The Convention not only accepts the mechanism of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Or­ ganization for holding periodical meetings, but con­ tinues the old provision for convening a conference similar to the 1948 upon the x-equest of one-third of the contracting governments. 3. Now methods of amending the Convention were adopted and Regulations were established. A twothirds vote of signatory governments, including twothirds of the largest maritime nations, may amend the Convention. Thus, with a substantial majority in favor of^ an addition of modification, a small minority can­ not prevent action. Progress in the interests of greater safety is thereby facilitated. Furthei', a means- of taking action against a recalcitrant nation, who re­ fuses to accept important amendments, is provided. 4. The provision for control over foreign vessels entering the port of a contracting government is modified so as to contain the essence of the third res­ ervation made by the United States in ratifying the 1929 Convention. This, the most important single im­ provement in the Convention, is described more fully in the conclusions of this Report. 5. • Fach Contracting Government agrees to conduct an investigation of any major marine casualty. The Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organiza­ tion. is to be supplied with the results of such inves­ tigation. This investigation shall deal with all per­ tinent information concerning such casualties, includ­ ing a statement as to whether any changes in the regulations are indicated as desii-able. 6. Provision is made for suspending the Convention or parts thereof in time of war; or for the carriage of persons in order to avoid a threat " to the security of. their lives. Such suspension does not deprive other contracting governments of any right of control un­ der the Convention over the ships of the suspending government when such ships are within their ports. 7. It was decided not to permit any more passen­ gers to be carried on cargo vessels than presently ajlowed, i.e., 12. This item developed into one of tl most contentious problems considered by the Con- THE SEAFARERS LOG Weisberger Reports On Safety Conferente ference. A full discussion is contained in the conclu­ sions of this Report. Safety of Navigation 1. The regulations dealing with Safety of Naviga­ tion now apply to all ships on all voyages. 2. Provision is made for impi'oved meteorological service and to encourage all ships to make and trans­ mit weather observations. 3. The Ice Patrol will continue to be operated by the United States. A more flexible method of distribut­ ing and sharing the cost of the patrol is provided for. 4. The prohibition against using any signal, which might be confused with an international distress signal, now applies to aircraft as well as ships. 5. The provisions dealing with distress messages and proceeding to the rescue of a vessel in distress, have been modernized. It is fixrther provided that ships at sea now will go. to the rescue of aircraft as well as vessels. 6. Provisions have been included to require on all vessels an efficient signalling lamp which can be used in daylight as well as at night. 7. The new Convention also requires radio directionfinding apparatus on all vessels over 1600 gross tons, whei-eas the old convention only required them on passenger vessels over 5000 gross tons. 8. A new regulation has been adopted in which the Contracting Governments agreed to arrange for the establishment and maintenance of aids to naviga­ tion, including radio beacons and electronic aids, and to make information thereon available to all con­ cerned. 9. A new regulation was also adopted in which each contracting Government agreed to ensure that necessary arrangements will be made for coast watch­ ing and for the rescue of persons in distress at sea around their respective coasts. 10. A new regulation was adopted containing detail­ ed lifesaving signals to be used by life-saving stations in communicating with ships in distress and by ships in distress when communicating with lifesaving sta­ tions. 11. A new i-egulation was adopted setting genei-al requirements for pilot ladders. 12. New regulations were provided in the con­ vention for the carriage of grain. These provisions provide precautions against shifting, such as feeders, shifting boards, and overstowed cargo, in compart­ ments wholly or partially filled with loose grain. 13. The carriage of dangerous cargoes is treated in a new regulation which list general classes of dangerous goods. When transporting dangerous goods, the following are required: written statement from the skipper, correct labeling and a manifest of dangerous goods carried dn board ship. : 14. Manning Regulation of the 1929 Convention was not changed, but a new. recommendation was adopted calling upon the Intergovernmental Maritime Con­ sultative organization and the International Labor Organization to maintain close liaison on the subject of manning- and to arrange for a joint examination of the problem, - and that consideration be given to propose minirnum manning standards for adopting in­ ternationally. A full discussion is contained in the conclusions of this report. International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea Page ElevenThat Governments should apply as far as is rea­ sonable and practicable the principles of the present Convention to those ships belonging to their countries which are not included within the terms of the Convention such as cargo vessels of less than 500. gross tons.' 3. That Governments should take steps to insure that foreign vessels entering their ports belonging to countries whose Governments are not parties to the present Convention are required to conform to stand­ ards not lower than those prescribed by the Conven­ tion in force. 4. That Governments exchange information regard­ ing the efficacy of metal and wood hatch covers for preventing the spread of fire and other matters within, the' scope of the Convention. 5. That Governments endeavor to secure standardi­ zation of couplings, by international agreement, of ships' fire hoses and of those used by shore establish­ ments because of the difficulty and delay experienced ii in attempting to use shorebased firefigliting facilities to deal with fires on board ships in port. 6. That Governments authorize selected radio sta­ tions to precede the initial broadcasting of urgent cyclone warnings by the alarm signal, whenever such a procedure is warranted, in order to alert all radioequipped vessels. 7. That Governments give considerations to extend­ ing shore-based radio listening facilities on the distress frequencies. 8. That steps be taken, so far as practicable, by the Governments concerned to regulate the position and the intensity of lights on land in the vicinity ot the entrances to ports so as to insure that such lights can-, not be mistaken for, or do not impair the visibility of, the navigation lights of the port. 9. That Governments should endeavor to arrange for the transmission of radio weather messages from ships to appropriate shore stations free of cost to the ship concerned. 10. That Governments should make every effort to. take advantage of the recent advances in radio aids to navigation with the objective of promoting safe navi-. gation. 11. That although the recent advances in radar and electronic navigational aids are a great service, to shipping, the possession of any such device in no way. relieves the master of a ship from his obligation, strictly to observe the requirements laid down in the International Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea and in particular the obligation to proceed at a moderate speed and use certain sound signals under conditions of restrijjted visibility. 12. 'That Governments should encourage the develop­ ment, manufacture and installation of ship-borne radar on board ships of their coimtry. That the carriage of dangerous goods receive fur­ ther study as a matter of urgency either by the Inter­ governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or by the representatives of the Governments chiefly concerned with the object of international regulations being adopted for consideration and adoption by the Governments of all countries from which dangerous goods are shipped. 13. That it is desirable to coordinate activities regarding safety on and over the sea and, that for the common goal of safety, cooperative action between the International Maritime, Aviation, Telecommunica­ tions and Meteorological organizations be continued and strengthened along the lines suggested in the Report of the Preparatory Committee of Experts on -y Co-ordination of Safety at Sea and in the Air. i General Conclusions and Remarks • Although a number of measures were adopted by ^ the 1948 Safety Convention which, when put into The following are the fundamental changes agx-eed force, will be an improvement on our national standards—despite these specific improvements the U. S.. r upon by the Conference: standards are still the best in the world. 1. The Rules are extended to cover seaplanes on the water. Extension of the 1948 Convention tb 2. The second masthead light, formei-ly permissive, Cargo Vessels is made mandatory. The provisions of the 1948 Convention have been :TVV, 3. The stern light, formerly permissive, is made extended to include cargo vessels. This is of the ^"5 mandatory and its range of visibility is increased utmost importance to all seagoing personnel because from 1 to 2 miles. 4. A. new and distinctive signal is pi-ovided for heretofore the Safety of Life at Sea Conferences i., j tended to deal only with the safety of passengers..- For fishing vessels when fishing in fog. 5. A new signal is established, consisting of at example, the 1929 Convention only applied to cargo least five short and rapid blasts for optional use vessels in regard to radio equipment and a few general by a vessel required under the Rules to keep course safety at sea measures. To a degree this was intended to provide greater and speed, when she is in sight of another vessel and safety for passenger ve.ssels in that radio enabled a is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by cargo vessel to serve as part of the rescue network the other vessel to avert possible collision. and with the general safety measures such as sub­ Recommendations mission of weather and danger messages. Compliance In addition to drawing up the 1948 Convention and with distress procedures enhanced the safety of the the Regulations annexed thereto the Conference made passenger vessels. At the Conference, the U. S. proposed certain stand­ the following recommendations: 1. That the Governments which became parties to ards for the direct safety of the cargo vessel. Other the 1948 Convention should renounce the International nations did the same and it was recognized thajt •_ •Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929 and establishing minimum standards for the constructio% ^ should cooperate with one another with a view to equipment and operation of cargo vessels is pertinent insuring that their respective renunciations become to the safety of life at sea conferences. The new Con­ effective on dates as soon as possible to, but not vention not only contains rules which ^al with radio -sooner than, the date on which the 1948 Convention and general safety of navigation requirements for comes into force. (Continued on Page 12) S^ ^ �THE SEAFARERS Pag» Twelre*^ Friday; Juna 18, 1948 LOG lem of safety at sea still would be dealt with in a wholly inadequate way if there was nothing to insure adequate manning. A ship no matter how carefully built and well equipped cannot be considered safe unless its personnel are competent. The majority of the other countries and the ship­ owners' representatives took a strong position .against broadening the provisions of «the 1929 Convention on the question of manning. They also felt that the subject of manning was not within the province of the Safety of Life: at Sea Conference, in that the ILO has jurisdiction of this subject. Both the United States Delegation and the seafai-ers' representatives at the Conference took the position that to delay solving safety questions which are related to maiming by referring them to another Attempt to Increase the Number of conference in effect was a means of avoiding the Passengers Permitted to be Carried responsibility of the Conference on Safety of Life on Board a Cargo Vessel i at Sea. It was further felt that, while" the ILO had con­ A strong move was made by the Scandinavians, sidered this subject at Seattle in 194S, it had not French, Italians, and Russians to raise the number of developed regulations which would insure the proper passengers permitted to be carried on cargo vessels. manning of ocean-going merchant vessels. Further, The United States and United Kingdom bitterly the ILO had stated that the Safety of Life at Sea opposed relaxing the existing regulations which allows no more than twelve passengers to be carried on board Convention was the more appropriate body to con­ sider this subject. such vessels. The final conclusions reached were that the United The issue provoked some of the most lively and lengthy discussion at the Conference. Those advocat­ States proposals which were endorsed by the sea­ ing the change attempted to justify an increase in the farers attending this Conference were not acceptable, number of passengers on the basis of advances made and that Article 48 of the 1929 Convention should since the last Conference in regard to greater safety of remain rmaltered. To prevent an inference from such cargo vessels. The U.S. and U.K. pointed out that action that the subject of manning did not justify to alter the present requirement on those grounds further investigation, a resolution was adopted rec­ ommending that IMCO and the ILO should maintain would nullify the progress so made to date. It was emphasized (1) that cargo vessels were not the closest liaison and should arrange for a joint designed to carry passengers and many of the safety examiraticni of this .problem in order to insure that features of passenger vessel construction were omitted, jurisdiction is clearly defined and consideration be (2) the demands of the trade and carriage of multi- given to the adoption internationally of minimum type cargoes, including dangerous cargoes, make cargo manning standards. vessel operations more hazardous than passenger serv­ Remarks on Reservations and Control ice, and (3) cargo vessels are not adaptable to carrying large numbers of passengers without unduly restricting It is imperative to point out that one of the prin­ .the crew's movement about the vessel and overtaxing cipal reasons why the 1929 Convention was not im­ the limited facilities on such vessels for accommoda­ mediately ratified by the United States was because tions, feeding, water supply, etc. of the weakness of the Control Clause and because It was made clear that the interests of safety would the Congress would not tend to nullify any of the not be served and that passengers would be deprived rights gained by American Seamen as set forth in the of due security by breaking down the present distinc­ Seamen's Act of 1915. It was for these reasons the tion between passenger and cargo vessels. If the Congress before ratifying the 1929 Convention made number of passengers was arbitrarily increased there three understandings (interpretative reservations) and would be no stopping point. Further demands would the American Delegation insisted on their inclusion be made for more passengers and the ultimate end in the 1948 Convention. The three reservations by the would be the eradication of tha' distinction. This Congress in the 1929 Convention are as follows: would inevitably result in fatal disaster and public "(1) That nothing in this convention shall be so condemnation of those parties responsible for making construed as to authorize any person to hold any it possible. seaman, whether a ditizen of the United States of The current demand for passenger tonnage was America or an alien, on board any merchant vessel, singled out as the motivating factor in the move for domestic or foreign, against his will in a safe harbor increased passengers on cargo vessels. Recognizing the within the jurisdiction of the United States of America, need as unprecedented, it was pointed out that' it is when such seaman has been officially admitted thereto of a temporary nature and in a year or two there as a member of the crew of such vessel or to compel would be adequate passenger vessels for the trade. such seaman to proceed to sea on such vessel against It was admited that waivers were currently being his will;" issued to meet the situation contrary to the provisions "(2) That nothing in this convention shall be so of the 1929 Convention. construed as to nullify or modify section 4 of the The practice was condemned and a resolution passed Seamen's Act approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1164), which provided that the granting of waivers should as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United cease and the governments should bring their practice States in Stralhearn v. Dillon (252 U.S. 348);" into- conformity with the Convention as soon as prac­ "(3) That nothing in this convention "shall be so ticable, and in any event not later than December construed as to prevent the officers of the United 31, 1950. States of America who exercise the control over vessels The final decision of the Conference was that the provided for in Article 54 from making such inspection present distinction should be retained and cargo vessels of - any vessel within the jurisdiction of the United not-be permitted to carry more than twelve passengers. States as may be necessary to detaraine that the condition of the vessel's seaworthiness corresponds Remarks on Manning substantially with the particulars set forth in its One of the shortcomings of this Conference was its certificate, that the vessel is sufficiently and efficiently failure to adequately consider the subject of Manning. manned, and that it may proceed to sea without The U.S. Delegation and the seafarers' representa­ "danger to either passengers or crew, or to prevent tives of all nations attending this Conference made such officers from withholding clearance to any vessel various attempts to have the subject of Manning as which they find may not proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or crew." contained in the 1929 Convention broadened. One df the principal objectives of the U,S. Delega­ That Convention merely provided that each Con­ tracting Government imdertake to insure that its ships, tion was to incorporate in the 1948 Convention the from the point of view of safety of life at sea, were substance of the three reservations made by the sufficiently and efficiently manned. It was the United United States in ratifying the 1929 Convention there­ States' view, as well as the seafarers', that while by obviating the necessity for farther qualifications this Article is perfectly satisfactory as a general to our Government's acceptance of the new Conven­ Statement, it is of little value without implementation tion. The Delegation was particularly successful in achieving this end. by more specific provisions. "With regard to the first and second reservations The United States proposed that each Administra­ tion determine how many officers and men were there was-a substantial feeling-that nothing would be necessary for the safe navigation of its vessels com­ contained in the 1948 Ctrnventkm which would, require ing within the Convention, that these officers and similar reservation to safeguard seafarers' interests. men meet certain specified standards of professional At one of the Committee Stessions of the Conference a nnd physical competence and be so certificated by the statement was made that Treai^ lawyem recommended Administration. In addition it was proposed . that that Artieie fiO, Section a of the 1989 Convention be hours of work be liifhited in order to prevent physi­ deleted, as it was without special significance and cal fatig'ie and the consequent hazard to the safe unnecessary in that it was .a mere statement of an .operation of the vessel. obvious fact. .. Ftirther, to support the concept that manning should The United States felt that such mi XKnission might covered more specifically, the U.S. stressed the be interpreted as a change of intent or policy osn .^ , factor in relation to safety at sea. It was. part of the U. S. in view the reservatioosi previously pointed out that even if the new Convention estab- made and that it might be .construed jis derogatory to ^died -greatly improved or even ideal standards for those expremed princqales.. "Hie Uhited Sitetes, thCEe^ the construction and equipment of vessels, the pro^- fore, insisted that the ajEorementioxied section which (Continued from Page 11) cargo vessels, but it will extend to life-saving appli­ ances, musters and drills for cargo vessels over 500 gross tons, stability tests for cargo vessels over 500 gross tons, fire detection and extinction for cargo ves­ sels over 1000 gross tons. It is an important fact that recognition was given to, .^and provisions were made for, the general welfare and security of ships and persons, whether passenger or crew. This cannot be over-emphasized. A major step was taken at this Conference toward providing greater safety on cargo vessels internationally and it can be expected that substantial progress will continue to be made in this direction henceforth. n - . ;• / '.A vlu'f isic.Z'A'ik -- ' provides that "All subjects which are not expressly provided for in the present Convention remain subject, -; to the legislation of the Contracting Governments" be retained. . The United States requested that it specifically be made part of the record of minutes of the May 25th meeting of the General Provisions Committee that * such wor^ were being included in the Convention as' a protection to seafarers in so far as existing or,future local or national legislation covering subjects not! regulated by this Conventi(in was concerned. In so ' providing and explicitly stating the intent of the" . provision the Conference took a decisive step in, recognizing and protecting the vested rights of seamen.^ The third reservation made clear that Article 54 on " A, Control was not to be construed as divesting the. ! • United States or its officers of the right to make necessary inspections and to withhold clearance under : certain conditions. The U. S. thereby undertook to insure a degree of control and to provide a method o'f securing adherence to the standards of safety estab'-" lished by the Convention. It is fundtunental that some method of obtaining compliance with the Convention is necessary. The modification of Article 54 became one of tW most important issues the Conference considerediJ There was consideraWe opposition to the United States view. The United States considered the matter of suchvital nature that it jessed for its proposal on Gontr^until accepted by the Conference without any sub-stantive change. Thus the essence of the third reserva­ tion was written into the new provision on Control and reads as follows (underlining added): ^ "Every ship holding a certificate issued under the Convention is subject in the ports of other Contracting Governments to control by officers duly authorized by such Governments in so Tar as this control is directed towards verifying that there is on board a valid certificate and, if neces­ sary, that the conditions of the vessel's seaworthi­ ness correspond substantially with the particulars of that Certificate. "Such certificate shall be accepted unless, in the "opinion of the officer carrying out the control, the cooditions of the vessel's seaworthiness do not coEsespond substantially with the particulars^ of that eertfiicaie and ,the ship cannot proceed to sea without -danger to the passengers or the crew, he shall take such steps as will insure that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or the crew." The Control Clause, as given above, is the heart of ' / the whole Convention. Without this enforcement clause the standards of safety provided for in Conven­ tion would not likely be maintained. The adoption'of • this clause was a victory not only for sea labor but for the travelling public as well. Its adoption provided one of the hardest fights in the conferences. The advance may be more fuUy appreciated when it is remembered that the clause in 1929 was merely the interpretative understanding of one nation while in 1948 it has been adopted by all countries. Re: Future Conferences and Recommendations The Safety of Life at Sea Conferences are of great importance to all seagoing personnel because minimum standards and requirements are established which directly- affect the security of all seamen on board vessels on the high seas. It is, therefore, extremely important that the seamen should have substantial representation at such conferences because they are most vitally affected by the deliberations thereof. In the Conference held in London Apiil 23 to June 10, 1948 the, seamen's organizations from many nations were present and successfully exerted their influence to raise the safety standards substantially above those of the 1929 Convention. In ^is connection it is recommended that whenever conferences relating to safety of life at sea are con­ templated, the United : States seamen's representatives participate fully in the preparatory work in order that the proposals have the benefit and reflect the views and-ideas of the men actually going to sea. "Because of the veiy extensive scope and large num:ber of -sul^ee£s cowered by the coherence it is extremely diesirable that labor be given sufficiently targe representation to insure that its mterests are served in the development of all ptoses of the con­ ference werk. At the 1:948 Cosference it was impos­ sible .for two representatives of labor to satisfactorily take part in or follow all the proceedings and meetings of'the various-Conference Committees. It would be impossible in such a short report to -cover all -o£ the^ details of the ktrge-number-of subjects dealt wittt at -13MS Convention without losing sight of those items which are most important to sea going -personnel. For that reason this repprt covers only the highli^^ts of the subjects involved. Respectfully submitted, ' Morris "Weisberger ,! "ViceTPresident^ Seafarers International Union -of N«wth America, " - / I �'-•--••r —T.rW^ Friday, Jane 18, li t BE SBA¥^»BRS LOG WAY nOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS \:S Page, TiusiAom Brother Records Memories Of Former Ships, Shipmates To the Editor: the Jean in 1946, Johnston was the man who made those excel- 0 lent shots of the Isthmian Strike in Baltimore last summer.. I guess he was the only man who had the post of publicity agent in any port. Can't run on like this forever, t so will wipe the bauxite from my pen and sign off. - . Dennis Saunders SS Oliver W. Holmes Greetings from the Bauxite Trail! Nothing much of interest to re­ port from this country but writ­ ing serves to ease the monotony of long days and empty nights. Here we are holed up in the little port of Caripito, 94 miles in the interior of Venezuela. Our next stop wiU be Georgetown. As the grapevine runs, so goes my pen. "Shanghai" will be interested to know that his friend Cassel Warren is on the Isaac M. Singer, his second trip. Wonder what became of Leo Harris, Henry David, Jimmy Hightower an& all To the Editor: the others who made a home on I was wondering if I could ^J;: the Marine Dragon back in 1945. have the LOG sent to my home. The pride and joy of East I am an SUP member but I sailv Baltimore, Prince (Caledonia) on the east coast and mostly on Baker, is doing a coastwise stint SIU ships, so I would like to on one of Waterman's tubs. Last have the LOG sent to me. | saw him in Mobile, northward Being that I am an SUP mem­ bound, still telling his tale of ber I was in doubt as to whether woe. I could have the paper mailed Sure miss the Baltimore Hall. to me at my home. If there is > Is my good friend A1 still dis­ any charge for this service, I patching down there, also Walter would be glad to pay it if you'll- § Sibling? simply drop me a line and let At last report Clarence Wright me know. 0 was still Steward on the Jean. G. • F. Jones Wonder if he remembers the Toronto, Canada time I hitched a ride with him (Ed. Note: The l^AFIUtwhile I was beachcombing in ERS LOG is happy to put you _ Baltimore. Saw EUis Gaines in on the mailing list. All mem- | New Orleans two months back. hers of the SUP are dfigible Also Henry Refere. They are to receive the paper and there but two of the characters who is of course, no charge for it. made the "Route 66" run on the You should begin receiving Nashua Victory. The others in­ copies shortly. Should there cluded Joe Thomas, Frank Mills, be any hitch in delivery, let Antonio Ortega and Rufus Free­ us - know.) SUP Brother Asks To Receive Log This is a picture of "Papa" Celestini, and his original New Orleans jazz band. "Papa" and his band play at- all sailings of the Mississippi Line's passenger ships when they leave New Orleans. This band is a familiar sight to the Seafarers departing from the Crescent City, on their way down to South America. CanadianMen Give Thanks For SIU Aid To the Editor: The membership of the Can­ adian District wishes to extend its thanks to the men of the MARINE HOSPITAL LOCATIONS Seafarers International Union LISTED AT SEAFARER'S REQUEST for the aid, both financial and moral, which has brought about To the Editor: a new Canadian Disti-ict Hall, If you think it would be worthy, I would like to suggest that now located at 565 Hamilton man. a complete list of United States Marine Hospitals and their Street, Montreal. HIGH FLYER correct addresses be posted in some convenient place in all SIU ~ Someday when most of us MAKING PROGRESS Halls and printed in the SEAFARERS LOG for the convenience have entered the Great Un­ of the membership. Our progress from the time known, there is,bne guy who will To speed up as much as Armando Padro of this aid can be witnessed be remembered by everyone who possible the appearance in by the negotiations now pro­ the LOG a digest of their The complete list of Class A U.S. Marine Hospital is ceeding together with those con­ ever entered the portals of the New York Hall. He's Gedcjge, shipboard proceedings all printed below. In addition to these the United States Public cluded favorably. the indoor aviator (elevator man) crews are advised to send Health Service also provides second and third class relief of 51 Beaver Street. George is a We are submitting to the LOG copies of their minutes direct stations in smaller American cities and foreign ports. a report of progress in. this Dis­ great guy, liked by all. He to the Editor, Seafarers Log, Baltimore, Maryland—Wyman Park Drive and 31st Street. trict along with pictures of the merits a round of applause. Hope 51 Beaver St., New York Out-patient office—Custom House. Hall and a request that this they award him a plaque some 4, N. Y. Boston (Brighton), Massachusetts—77 Warren Street, Bos­ letter be printed in the LOG. A day. Port Agents should al^ ton. Out-patient office—Custom House, Boston. similar request will be made to Willie Walker must have made forward their copies of ship's a home on the Beatrice. Last Buffalo, New York—2183 Main Street. Out-patient^ office the West Coast Sailors. minutes to the LOG as soon time I inquired he was still -.-228 Federal Building. as possible after receiving, D. Joyce homesteading on her. Did you them. Carville, Louisiana—(P.H.S. Leprosarium.) Freight and Secretary-Treasurer ever hear him sing? That fellow Any other material relat­ express address: St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Canadian District, SIU has plenty of talent. ing to the voyage, such as Chicago, Illinois—4141 Clarendon Avenue. Out-patient of­ (Ed. Note: More than glad I would like to get in touch stories, pictures, letters, etc., fice—New P.ort Office Building. to. Brother Joyce. Send in with James Callis, also Charles can be sent in with the Cleveland, Ohio—Fairhill Road and East 124th Street. those pictures end stories, and Johnston, ex-soldier of fortune. minutes. Out-patient office—New Post Office Building. we'll print them.) Callis was by bosom buddy on Detroit, Michigan—Windmill Pointe. Out-patient office— Post Office Building. Ellis Island, New York. Fort Stanton, New Mexico—(Tuberculosis Sanatorium.) To the Editor: He is gone but not forgotten. Freight and express address: Capitan, New Mexico. Galveston, Texas—45th Street and Avenue N. Out-patient I wrote the poenr below two days after my And I pray for his safe return. office—302 Custom House. husband left for Italy. He is Thomas J. ConstanGod, please hurry him home to me tin, FWT aboard the SS Felix Grundy, and has « Kirkwood, Missouri—525 Couch Avenue. now been gone five weeks. Because for him I yearn. Memphis, Tennessee—Delaware and California Streets. I am a constant reader of the LOG. I find it Mobile, Alabama—St. Anthony and Bayou Streets. I wonder if any wives like me New Orleans, Louisiana—210 State Street. Out-patient very interesting and helpful. Often cry as they view the sea. I knew nothing of a seaman's life. But now office—Custom House. 10New York, New York—(Dispensary) 67 Hudson Street. I can talk with my husband and his friends And dream of the day about a subject they all love. Out-patient office—Barge Office. When husbands will say If you like the enclosed poem I will gladly /. Norfolk. Virginia—Hampton Boulevard, Larchmont. Out­ send in some more that I have written about patient office—Custom House. Darling, I've come home to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—40th Street and Penn Avenue. seamen's lives and wives. I have never had any But then I realize of my writings published, but I do like to write Out-patient office—Federal Building. as I find it interesting and a seaman is my most It's not quite fair. Portland, Maine—331 Veranda Street. Out-patient office— interesting subject. Custom iTouse. , Thai's what" he wants. Keep up the good work! /vf San Juan, Puerto Rico. He loves it there. I AM A SEAMAN'S WIFE ' San Francisco, California—14th Avenue and Park Blvd. Out-patient office—Appraiser's Building. So 111 grin and bear it. The book. has fallen from hand. Savannah, Georgia—York and Abercorn Streets. And try to be • No more does it interest me. Seattle, Washington—Judkins Street and 14th Avenue. South. Out-patient office—Federal Building. Content when he's away at sea. For. I'm thinking of my husband Stapleton, ^alen Island, New York—^Bay Street. . Vineyard Havfiti Maesachiisetls.v •Who. now sails acn^ .the Time For Minutes Seamen's Lives, Wives Spark Her Rhymes • it V, A; - .v-.. 5^ '•f 1J .•:;K -'i, si -III �THE SEAF AR ERS LO G Ifc'- Page Fourteen Friday. June -18. 1948 SS Chrysanthy Star: Plan For Keeping Keys ':W -To the Editor: L an' ? On all ships there always arises the problem of the forecastle key. Everyone knows that keys were made for the foc'sle doors and if no keys were supplied to the oi-ew the men would not sign-ori until the company sup­ plied the missing keys. However, what' is the crew and the ship's delegate supposed to do when they ask for keys and are told new keys were made and distributed to the pre­ vious crew? A lot of crewmembers pay off a ship and walk away with the foc'sle V keys even though they have no possible use for them. It causes a hardship on the next crew. The old familiar cycle of missing keys starts all over again. We feel that all this can be avoided by a simple ruling of the Union. We believe it fair for the company to charge a fee of one dollar for the foc'sle key, the receipt would be the key itself. When leaving the ship, the buck will be returned when the key is put on the hook. SEE NO OBJECTIONS All the trouble caused by such a simple thing as this could be avoided. Nobody would be out any money; everyone would re­ ceive a key. No beefs, no head­ aches. We cannot see where any­ one can possibly object to a sim­ ple plan like this. Hojv about a union ruling? 11 crewmembers SS Gateway City lUness prevented E. G. Moreno, Piiesident of Puerto Rico Coimcil No, 1, from coming to New York, but he kept in close touch with the proceedings by tele­ phone. , The HTM was represented in New York by Ramon Gordils, who has been President of the or­ ganization since 1933, and by Juan B. Garcia, President of UTM's largest local. President Gordils' son Manuel, a New Yor longshoreman, also attended the meeting. Speaking for the Union de Empleados de Muelles were Presi-dent J. A. Cintron Rivera and Secretary Rodrigo C. Valle. Representing the SIU were Puerto Rico Agent Colls, Lindsey WiUiams, Director of Organiza­ tion, and Ray White, Headquar­ ters Repr^entative. n To the Editor: All set for a 9-months trip, the three departments of the SS Chrysanthy Star decided to get pictures for the record. First vessel' of the newlysigned Intercontinental Steam­ ship Company, she made her initial run to Aruba and Cur­ acao. Above, the Stewards De­ partment. Left to right, top row—A. Gouastes, E. (Skinny) Kress. D o r s e y Paugh. L. Brown. Bottom row — W. Lewis. Danny Lippy. little Danny and J. Cook. Brother F. Ostle. another member of the department, is not in the picture. At left, men of the Deck Department. Left to right, standing—^Troy Tichenor. Tom­ my Salzarolo. Arne Hansen. Samuel Lanl8r. RusseU, Dean Johnson. Frank (Blackie) Albore. Bottom row—James McCreary and Frederic Ouweneel. SIU Leads In Formation Of PR Council (Continued from Page 1) guards and maintenance men on the docks, is currently independ­ ent. It recently withdrew from the CIO's International Longshore­ men's and Warehousemen's Un­ ion when the letter's interna­ tional officials refused to sign the non-communist affidavits re­ quired by the Taft-Hartley Act. Puerto Rican officials have signed such affivadits and filed them with the NLRB. The consolidation of the Puerto Rican waterfront is the result of more than a year of conferences iSi:: in which Sal Colls, the SIU's Puerto Rico Agent, played a leading role as intermediary. The consolidation was importent to the Seafarers to assure the efficient handling of all SIU ships hitting Puerto Rican ports, and to lay a firm foundation for a Port Council. Its achievement is typical of the inter-union co­ operation of the SIU and all AFI. maritime unions in all ports. At the New York meeting, the TT.A was represented by Interna­ If-!' tional President Joseph P. Ryan, I'i! :• International Vice-President Wal­ ter Hrft, International Secretary^ ITreasurer John R. Owens, and Ramon Mejias, Vice-President of Puerto Rico District Council No. Steward Tops, Patrolman And Crew Agree The Grew Of A New SIU Ship On behalf of the crew of the SS Simmons Victory I wish to express our appreciation and thanks to our Chief Steward Thomas Mollar and his depart­ ment for helping to make this voyage a pleasant one. The Steward has always treated the men in his depart­ ment as brothers. His depart­ ment is always good and clean through constant painting and soogeeing. His one policy is to bring home a clean SIU ship. If any member of the crew has a suggestion, all he has to do is go to the Steward and he will do his best to get it on the table. Brother Moller is one hundred percent a good Union brother and is not afraid to put in the overtime and equally, too. WUliam Harrison Ship's Delegate (Ed. Note: Patrolman How­ ard Guinier. who covered this ship. says. "I would like to add that it was a pleasure to pay off this crew. The delegates were on the ball and the ves­ sel was shipshape.") His Army Days Are Over To the Editor: Just a few words to let you know. I'm getting discharged from the Army next week and I would appreciate you sending the neatest little Union paper to my home. Pfc. Joseph Laspina Chicago. 111. Hartman Praises Dutch Club Topping off the crew is the Black Gang, back row. left to right—Preaus. Horton. Sipe. Bourke and Witt. In front. G. Gonstantaris. Brenna, Black gangers Danny O'Neill and Paddy Wescott were down below when the pictures were taken. Brother Warns Of 3-Card Swindle To the Editor: This is a tip to Seafarers going ashore in Philadelphia. Take precautions and don't be taken for suckers like other seamen I've seen. Along the waterfront, just off Market Street, there are a couple of guys working a neat swindle. It's called the three-card trick. One guy usually stands around the warehouses and when he sees a seaman coming off a ship he walks up to him and tells, him there is a card game going on near by. First, however, he tells how the guy how he can win. He says he will slip the winning card , up' and bend the corner or mark it someway, then the money will start rolling in. But I- situated at Vollenhovenstrasse To the Editor: I wish to relate the story of 33. There will be a cordial wel­ the wonderful reception which come for all. was tendered, us while we were I asked the chaplain to write in the port of Rotterdam a you, as I know he is on your mailing list. And I am sure he short while ago. We arrived in the Dutch port will as he himself would like from Antwerp on the SS Gate­ to extend his welcome to all way City, Christmas Eve. One SIU members. of the chaplains invited us to I trust you will extend this attend midnight mass in a sea­ invitation to all in an early issue of the paper. A good time man's chapel ashore. They called for us with a will be had by all for this club bus after making all the ships is for all the sailors of the world. Charles J. Hartman in the harbot, and anyone was welcome to attend. After the In Tropical Attire services, we all sat down to breakfast, and when everything, was over they drove us back to our ships. All week they had social evenings at the seamen's club connected with the chapel. Everybody was made to feel at home though he came from a distant country. One evening I was in the reading room where, to my sur­ prise, I found the SEAFARERS LOG. I was glad to read about home at the holiday season. I would heartily recommend that you mention in the SEA­ FARERS LOG that there is an open invitation to all SIU mem­ bers at this seamen's club, called "Apostolaat ter Zee," and that's where Joe Seaman starts losing. The con man will do what he says he would do, but while our hero is getting his money out of his wallet and not paying much attention, another of the men will straighten the winning card and bend another. Just to be on the safe side, take a tip from me and stay away from these guys. Nobody is hanging around the water­ front just to give seamen their McCann Sends His *Best' money. The stakes, from what I hear, To the Editor: are high and the losses terrific. I aril now working in Balti­ Azalea Steward Department One Chief Mate lost $400 and a more and I am' doing welL member H. Hankee displaysBosun $60. That money came I would like.'to send my best his method of keeping cool the. hard way, so, brothers, be on regards to all my. pals.in the Philippines. Shot waa P. J. McCann by L. S. Agulto. Seafarers the look out: representative in Manila. SjnKwrdi Dept. Lonnie V. Hargetheimer .^y ^ �Page Fiftee^ THE SE AF AH EES LOG lay, ikon« 18, H48 :-=-e Good Shipping o.-;'y 'P-3-i25S8 Holder of the above-numbered permit card will please report , to sixth floor, New York Hall, at his first opportunity. ilie ^ed^aretA onor NEW YORK INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS .^Ben Rhodabarger, $6.00; N. Jorb4nson, $1.00; A. Vaquez, $2.00; R. V. Schram, $1.00; J. Rudolph. $1.00; E. L. Eykr, $1.00; H. A. Thompson, $4.00; M. Hummel, $4.00; C. Codra. $1.00; T. F. Calvin. $4.00. Frank Habovanic. $2.00; N. Meador, $2.00. SS BOUREGARD F. J. Schuitz, $1.00; J. M. Cvroll, $2.00; A. HourilU. $1.00; S. Barries, $1.00; J. J. Lawler, $1.00; C. Huttsell. $5.00; J. C. Sarel, $1.00; J. Sawyer. $1.00; D. T; Yiakas. $J.OO. COUNTER L. J. lerardi. $5.00; R. L. Lister. $1.00; C. Taambis. $5.00; J. B. Baker, Jr., $2.50; A. Dokeris, $2.00; E. Cioper. $5.00; W. R. Smith, $5.00; R. G. Palm. $1.00; R. B. DeSantos. $3.00; j. McMenemy, $100; T. Uargas, $10.00. SS LOYOLA VICTORY L. F. Cambaro, $4.00. ^ AMPAC L. ANGELES J. F. Carberry, $1.00; J. Manning. $1.00; F. Knight, $1.00; J. Noade. $5.00; B. D'Omellas, $2.00. SS ANNISTON CITY 9. Mondido. $5.00; W. Anderson. $5.00; L. C. O'Connor, $5:00; J. J. Guns. $5.00; G. P.-SHe4d«n. $2.00; C. Ramos. $2.00; P. Gunderson. $2.00; E' N.. Jacobse. $5;00; C. Muscarfclla. - $5.00; B. P. Pratt, $5.00; D. A. Fontenla. $5.00; H. J. Piwetz, $1.00; S. Brhln, $5.00; F". Paskowski, $5.00. SEATRAIN HABANA W. E. Lanier, $2.00. SS I. SINGER G. Caruso, $2.00; A. Accardi, • $2.00; D. D. D'Altroy, $2.00; R. D. Carsten. $3.00; J. Poturalski, $2.00; R. R. Thompson, $1.00; C. Mofl, $1.50; G. N. Ranis, $1.00; C. E. Huff. $1:00; L. L. Fyeeman, $2.00; J. Baugher, $2.00; E. "9 Kolenovsky. $1.00; J. Barnette. $2.00; J.; B. Schweinfus. $2.00; M. B. Woods. $4.00; E. Isaac. $1.00; O. Garcia. $2.00. SS J. SNELLING D. Hunter. $2.00; F. F. Farthing. $'2.00; J. Lea. $2.00; C. Bailey. $2.00; C. E. Scott Jr.. $1.00; W. Pike. Jr.. ^1.00; B. -J. Morgan. $2.00; L. Lofton, $'2.00; G. M. Hobbs $2.00; E. Bokowskl. $2.00; B. Brawning. $4.00; J. M. Eitman. $2.00; J. Lozada. $2.00; C. S. Smith. $2.00; G. H. Noles. $4.00; W. T. Jones. $1.00; C. Lyons. $1.00; F. N. Freddrifcsent $100;' -A. Simonavage. $2.00; E. Ohlsson. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY L. Cartwright. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK C. Goldstein. $2.00. SS AFOUNDRIA C. W. Welsh. $2.00; W. A. Beyer. $1.00; Y. I. Mattson, $1.00; A. Zarkoski. $2.00; B. Fames.'$3.00; E. An­ derson. $1.00. SS CAVALIER T. H. Gordon. $1.00; F. Boyne, $1.00; K. Komeliusen. $5.00. Pott Savannah By CHARLES STARLING SAVANNAH — Shipping isstill not too good in this port in spite of our prediction that it ' would improve along about nbw. We'll have to hold our :"g6od shipping" report for a couple of. weeks. By then we hope to See BOOK No. 30475 an upswing in this port. Will holder of the above-num­ We had a couple of South bered book please report to the Atlantic vessels in this area this sixth floor, New York Hall, as week, but one of them went to soon as possible so that your the boneyard. The Daniel WIIlrecords can be squared away. ard, b o n e y a r d-bound, was a ^ heart-breaker to the crew. RECEIPT No. 39622 The holder of the above num­ She came in for a sweet pay­ bered receipt, issued in Tampa, off and everyone from top to June 5, 1948 is requested to get bottom deserves a vote of thanks in touch with the 6th Floor, SIU from this Branch. Sweet ships Headquarters Office, 51 Beaver like this are hard to see go -to RAY GONZALES the lay-up flget. Street, N. Y. Get in touch with John Toledo, •b 4. -ft The W. Carson, the other 661 Manida St., Bronx, N. Y. VERNON STREET South Atlantic vessel, paid off ft ft ft Get in touch with Headquar­ in Charleston this week and GEORGE H. MESEROLE ters record department, 6th floor, Write* to your father at 265 Gear for the following named 2 pieces; John B. Krewson, 1 erewed up immediately. She only ' 51 Beaver Street, New York, at South 6th Street, Birmingham, men is being held by the Alcoa bag; Lambert, 1 piece. called for eleven replacements your first opportunity. so it didn't deplete our ranks ofj : Steamship Company, Pier 45, Jack Lawrence, 2 cartons; Ala. He is not feeling well, members on the beach verv ft ft ft North River, New York. Leigh ton, 1 piece; T. E. McDanft ft -ft JACK F. SIMMONS much. iels, 2 pieces; James McDonald, FRANK ROKAS Your Union book has been Get in touch at once with your Marino Arrayo, 1 pillow case; 1 sea bag; F. McKinley, 1 black Oldtimer Curt Stark is here! found and is being held for yo« mother, 245 Clover St., Browns­ W. B. Bell, 1 piece; F. Blues, Valise; Robert McQueen, 1 duffleon the beach and his circus an-^ valise, box; F. Brewster, 1 car­ . at the Galveston Hall, 308%— ville, Pa. bag; Joseph K. Miller, 1 piece; tics serve to keep the memberton; Campoberde, 1 bag; B. Can­ 23rd Street, Galveston, Tex«s. John E. Moore, 1 zrown bag. ship from going nuts just wait- 4| ft ft ft non, 1 bag; E. Davis, 1 sea bag; HAROLD K. COOPER Max Morris, 1 bag, Adam Neling for a ship. E. Davis, 1 sea bag; George Get in touch with your mother Davis, 1 valise; Joljnny Davis, 1 ka, 1 package; Charles Olson, 1 There is one thing the mem-• ,11 piece; A. L. Parks, 1 piece; bership here can look forward immediately. bag. Guesseppi Petrullo, 1 seabag; to, however. In five or six weeks ft ft ft SIU, A&G District DeGauge, 1 paper bag; Dudd- Robert E. Quinn, 1 piece, J. R. we will have moved Into our new JOSE REYES BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Communicate with your moth­ ing, 1 valise; William Durbin, 2 Ramirez, 1 seabag; Earl R. Hall. Then all the Brothers who William Rentz, Agent Calvert 4530 pieces; F. Durham, 1 piece; R, J. Reardon, 1 .seabag; C. F. Remick, have by-passed Savannah's poor er, ifimilia M. de Reyes, BOSTON ;...276 State St. Edmondson, 1 tan bag; John Gill, 1 box. Hall will be in for a delightful - ft ft ft Walter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4465 2 pieces; Joseph Gordon, 1 piece; Robert Rivera, 1 seabag; Henry surprise. RUDOLPH SALLEN*riNE GALVESTON 308'/z—23rd St, Your family is anxious to hear Samuel Gordon, 1 shopping bag; Robin, 2 pieces; Bernard Roll, 1 We aren't saying it will be Keith AIsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Arthur Gresham, 1 piece. piece; John M. Rule, 2 suitcases; the greatest Hall in the SIU, MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St, from you," Cal'Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1764 Gunnar Hommen, 1 piece; J. W. Sweetsea, 1 bag; Simmons, 1 but it will sure rank among the ft ft ft NEW ORLEANS 623 Bienville St. B. Hoston, 1 pair boots; Otto bag, R. Stanton, 1 bag; R. J. Sul­ best when all the fixtures and HERBERT ANDREWS E.'Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 Get in touch with your family, John, 4 pieces; Captain Johnson, livan, 1 piece; Alcoa Partner, furniture are installed. So, 61 Beaver St. NEW YORK 2 pieces; James Kels, 1 bag; K, Dec, 17, 1946, voyage No. 8, 1 Brothers, stand by for the grand HAnover 2-2784 Joe Algina, Agent STANLEY VERNUS O. King, 1 piece; Leon Koapman, package, crew baggage, with list. I opening. , , 127-129 Bank St. NORFOLK You are requested to write Phone 4-1083 Ben Rees, Agent PHILADELPHIA...614-16 No, 13th St." John Savitz, 1500 East 134th St., LFoyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 6-1217 Brop-;: 54, New Yoi'k, SAN . FRANCISCO 106 Market St. ft ft ft Steve CarduUo, Agent Douglas 2-5476 LEON HERSCHMAN By CAL TANNER tor long trials, and they advise the period from June 7 to 18. SAN JUAN, P.R 262 Ponce de Leon Contact your mother at 737 MOBILE — Shipping in this all other SIU men to watch their We cooperated with this drive,. Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-6996 Southern Blvd., Bronx 55, New port continued its slow _ but steps closely in foreign ports. and all our men on the -beach,SAVANNAH ...220 East Bay St. York, She is holding your sea­ steady pace this past week, with They want to express their who live in the State, had their Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 men's papers, four ships paying off and five gratitude to the Union, to Special tests. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. ft ft ft Claude Simmons, Agent Phone M-1323 signing on. All told, we shippec Services Representative Joe Vol­ We have a few oldtimers <m' JOHN EDWARD McADAMS ^ one hundred and twenty book­ KHEADQUARTERS. . 61 Beaver St., N.Y.C. pian, and to all who helped them the beach, among them: J. Mc-' You are requested to get in HAnover 2-2784 men and for,ty seven permits. Nellage, R. Callahan, L. Joyner,. touch with Seaman's Church In­ Prospects for next week look in their time of trouble. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall stitute, 25 SouthStreet, New okay, with just about the same The State of Alabama has H. Parks, L. Trent, J. Brown," passed a law calling on every-. E. Buhrman, J. Curtis, W. Bais-J ; DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION York, number of payoffs and sigh ons one from the age of fifteen to ley, A. Logindi.s, J. Morriss, J.­ Lindsey Williams ft ft ,ft sche&uled. We look for an im­ fifty to have a blood test during Clarke, and L. F, Davis. ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS STEPHEN W. KLIDERMAN provement soon down here, when Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Get in touch with your sister the threat of a maritime strike . Joseph Volpian Grayce at 909 Wilson Avenue, is past • and the Marshall Plan Apt, 5-R, Chicago, Illinois. SUP really gets rolling. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St, On the whole, the payoffs were The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea-)^ WILLIAM F^. BUDRICH Phone 5-8777 smooth, with only a few minor farers International Union is available to all members who PORTLAND IH'W. Burnside St, Your mother is ill. Get in difficulties on the SS Fairport, to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment ^ Beacon 4336 touch wit)i Mrs. Sophie Chagnon, Waterman, There were about their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to ha'veRICHMOND, Calif. .267 Sth St. Road, Windsor, forty hours disputed overtime, the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every: Phone 2699 Dudleytown (SAN FRANCISCO .69 Clay St. j Conn, ^ but this was squared away by SIU branch for this- purpose. Douglas 26475 However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU ft ft ft the Engine Patrolman. (SEATTLE ..,.,.86 Seneca St. JAMES VAN DUSEN Credit for straightening out hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG,, Main 0290 Your personal papers are being the situation also should go to which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 WILMINGTON ,440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 held at the USS, 29 DeKeiperlie, crewmembers Frank Soss and Beaver Street, New York 4 ,N,Y. Antwerp, Belgium, See Mrs. V. Red Campbell. These oldtimers PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Gt. Lakes District Settfe. knew the agreement and they ^BUFFALO...; .10 Ezcliriiiite Sfc kept the rest of the men on the To the Editor; Cleveland 7391 JOSEPH SPQSATO ball. CHICAGO, III 3261 East 92rid St. Get in touch with Robert Con­ I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the We have a little good news to Phone: Essex 2410 nolly, 1812 Carlton Avenue, Fort report in the fact that the Hos­ ^CLEVELAND ,2602 Carroll St, address below: Mala 0147 Worth, Texas. pital Patrolman states that the ;®ETROIT 1038 Third St. 4* 4- 4* men in the hospital are getting Name ... Cadillac 6$67 WILLIAM A. (Bill) OTIS good service; and that while the SDOLUTH,... ... ..631 W. Michigan St. Get in touch with Murray Elks, chow is not too good, the men Melrose 4110 Street Address TOLEDO. ............ .616 Summit St. 11 West Preston Street, Baltimore are getting along fine. Garfield 2112 1, Maryland. BOUTWELIT AND YOUTZY State The two Seafarers who were City ft ft ft Canadian District JACOB R. ROHRBACKER fouled up in the Georgetown Signed MONTREAL .1227 Philips Square Your mother asks you to con­ incident in which a launch cap­ VICTORIA, B.C.,....602 Bouyhton St. tact her at 440 Hamilton Street, tain drowned are here on the Empire 4631 Gretna, Louisiana. She has been beach. Brothers Boutwell and Book No. VANCOUVER". .. L .. .866 HamUton f.l. Youtzy were both acquitted afPacific 7624 very ill. AXEL MOLffiR (Moller) Get in touch with A1 Bern­ stein, SIU hall, 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. This is important. $1 Unclaimecl Gear SIU HflLLS Mobile Shipping Holds Slow, Steady Pme Notice To All SIU Menbers U �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. June 18. i\948 SlU AllJed Workers Active In Gulf Area -3 The above vessel, Ihe tug Coyle, owned and operated by the Coyle Lines. Inc., is shown in drydock. The Coyle is one of seven tugs which are operated, by the company in the harbor of New Orleans and in the Intercoastal Canal. Of course, the company is contracted to the Marine Allied Work­ ers, SIU. All the pictures on this page were sent in by Trussell Beatrous, New Orleans Towboat Representative. Top picture is of the N. H. DeBardeleben, also a Coyle Lines tug, as it navigated the Intercoastal Canal. Bottom, the tug Crescent Towing and as yet. but last week election in which the • Port Allen, with the Port Hudson in the background. Both belong to the Salvage Company. The MAW has no signc^fi contract with the company, the- Union was certified as collective' bargaining agent on the basis of an MAW received 38 votes to 3 for the company. It won't be long now! I . * t Members of the crew of the- George E. Roper. River Terminals Corporation, pose on deck for a picture. The company was recently bought up by the Dixie Carriers, Inc., and is soUd MAW SIU/ Above is a picture of the tug Echo. owne<i by the 'Whiteman Towing Company. Three of the seven tugs operated by the company are ai present in drydock but wiU be in full operiition shortly. Here's another Dixie Carriers' ship, the Jack Ruff;^ The Ruff and the Roper are two of seven and the parent company is 'the Bloomfield Shipping Com* puty, opeimtiiigv out ^pf Texas ports. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource June 18, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 25 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU LEADS IN FORMATION OF PR COUNCIL SEAFARERS COMMITTEE STANDS FAST ON UNION HIRING HALL DEMAND FRISCO ALL COMERS ON 'BEEFIEST'WEEK PHILLY WILL TRY TO DODGE HOT AIR OF CONVENTIONS SHIPPING ACTIVITY ALMOST AT STANDSTILL IN NEW YORK THE SAILMAKER SAVES HIS SEACHEST WEISBERGER REPORTS ON SAFETY CONFERNCE STACY MASTERS HONORED FOR SERVICE TO SHIPMATES ABOARD THE CAVALIER PARADE OF SIU ATHLETES WOULD FEATURE REAL RAJAH SIU LEADS IN FORMATION OF PR COUNCIL GOOD SHIPPING MANAGES TO SKIP PORT SAVANNAH UNCLAIMED GEAR MOBILE SHIPPING HOLD STEADY PACE SIU ALLIED WORKERS ACTIVE IN GULF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/18/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/cfb089011beeba806e77dd53a227ae78.pdf 2ad2d1d11fde60bdf08f763f68718bdd PDF Text Text •  OFFICIAL  ORGAM  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  • ATLANTIC    AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL­CIO  •   ­ '"'  'W  '  Is Target:  tl  US­EUROPE  SHIP TALKS  ^4  '  •  •   ' ­'1^ I  i  I  ' ­l* I  '  I  ­Story On Page 3  ' ­­­• f.'iP.a  ' • ''• 'Sr2  Seafarer Pete Drewg (kneeling)  in­ tlCFFfffy  linCW^PiOllr#  structs trainees on proper technique  for lashing and raising lifeboat sail at SIU's New York lifeboat school.  School will be expanded  shortly to train  ABs, after  successfully pass­ ing 56 of  57 lifeboat candidates.  It is located in the Brooklyn terminal  of  the  Bull  Lin^close  to  the  Union's  headquarters  hall.  (Story  on  Page 2.)  1^200  Libertys  •   •   ("­vii­ ­Story On Page 2  Degrees Awarded  To 2 Seafarers  •  V  .  'T^  • • If  ­Story On Page 3  Begin NewPhila.Hall  •  •   ­Story On Page 3  '; .r>nv.  ICC  Seafarer  George  ButenkofE,  SIU  dfijClffOrvr'WrOCTIIOfC*  scholarship  award  winner,  is  con­ gratulated on his graduation from the Newark  CoUege pf  Enghiyeering  by Dr. Robert  E.  Kiehl of  college faculty.  Butenkoff  ranked tenth in  ; class of  348 engineering  graduates.  He received  a degree in electrical  "^erigiriwring.  Another Seafarer,  John  Logan,  received  a  degnee  from  New Paltz, NYj State Teachers' College.  (Story ou Page 3.)  v  ENEMYOF  DOMESTIC  SHIPPING  tiow  the  Interstate Commerce  Commission and  the  railroads  are  destroying  a  vital  part  of  c  Americans  merchant  marine.  SEE  CENTER  FOLD  "''1  �rage Two  j  • fc­t ,;•   June 19,1899  SEAFARERS  LOG  MA Preparing To Scrap  1,200 Reserve Libertys  WASHINGTON—With  Congress  apparently  set  to go  along with  budget  recommenda­ tions cutting funds  to  maintain  the reserve  fleet,  Maritime  Administrator  Clarence  Morse  has announced  that  his  agency  will  go  ahead  with  the  process  of  scrapping  around  1,200  Liberty ­ ship  workhorses  of  World War II.  Already weed­ budget, with  Maritime anticipating  engine  room  every  four  years,  so  ing out  badly­damaged or  un­ a  possible  restoration  of  funds for  that  even  if  maintenance  work  ie  halted  because  of  fund  shortages,  strapped Libertys from the reserve  that  purpose.  However, the  agency is now  lay­ the Libertys  involved  would  retain  fleet  anchorages, the Maritime  Ad­ ministration  now  will  cut  down  ing  off  maintenance  gangs  in  its  a  degree of  usefulness  for several  preservation  work  on  the  bulk  of  various reserve fleets.  In the three  more  years.  The  hulls  are  pre­ the Liberty fleet  in anticipation  of  East  Coast  anchorages  —  James  served  by  a  network  of  carbon  River,  Virginia;  Jones  Point,  NY,  anodes  and  electrical charges,  and  scrapping  them.  The  cutback in  the  reserve fleet  and  Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  this  preservation  work  will  be  had  been  indicated  in  January  about  ISO  men  engaged  in  ship  maintained  until  the  ships  are  ac­ when  the  President's  budget  mes­ preservation  are  being  laid  off.  tually taken  out  to the  scrap yard.  sage  wrote  off  the  Liberty  ships.  Similar layoffs  are  taking  place at  In  the  opinion  of  US  maritime  Nevertheless,  routine  work  had  five other  anchorages  on  the  Gulf  unions,  the shortest  cut  to  an  up­ to­date  reserve fleet  would  be  a  been  continued  on  the ships  pend­ and  West  Coasts.  massive ship replacement  program  The  present  budget  for  ship  ing  Congressional  action  on  the  by present American­flag operators  maintenance  calls  for  $4,900,000  Slacks  of  two  reserve  fleet  Libertys  show  omid  forest  of  booms  for this purpose.  Last year's budg­ plus  a  requirement  that  present  end "ship gear  at  Hudson  River  reserve .fleet  anchorage.  Some  runaway flag  ships  must  operate  et  was  $6,200,000  and  in  previous  under  the flag  of  the  nation  of  1,200 of  1,400 Libertys  in  the  reserve  will be  scrapped  over  next  years  additional  siuns  were  spent  ownership.  few years, according  to present plans.  Actually,  the  Liberty fleet  is of  dubious  usefulness,  defense­wise  or  commercially,  because  of  the  age  and  slow  speed  of  the  ships.  Should all the Libertys be disposed  of, il  would  mean some  922 vessels  left  in  the fleet,  consisting  mostly  of  Victorys, P­2, C­3  and C­4 troop  transports;  a  limited  number  of  WASHINGTON—Both  steamship  C­ls  and  C­1  diesels,  and  a  small  companies and  alien seamen  would  number  of  C­2s  and  C­3s  which  Six weeks after its establishment, the SIU lifeboat  training school at the Bull Line  dock  be relieved  of  some of  the burden­ are  currently  being  traded  in  as  reports almost­perfect  results in  training, with 56 of  the 57 participants so far having passed  some  requirements  of  the  McCar­ shipping companies embark on new  ran  Immigration  Act  under  a  bill  construction  programs.  The  200  the Coast Guard examination.  In light of its success, the SIU school is now preparing to add  Introduced  by Senator  John Butler  Libertys left  in  the  reserve  would  a new  program for ABs.  ^  (Rep.­Md.). The Butler bill involves  be  retained  for  special  civil  de­ Classes are held daily at  the  a  large  number  of  amendments  to  fense  emergency  purposes  in  the  technical  specifications  of  the  act.  event  of  an  attack  on  the  US.  Bull  Line  pier  in  Brooklyn  The  recent  SIUNA  convention  under  the  tutelage  of  Seafarer  The  decision  to  scrap 1,200  Lib­ passed a resolution calling for mod­ Pete Drews. The training combines  ertys does  not  mean that they  will  ification  of  the  unnecessarily  stringent  provisions  of  the  McCar­ disappear overnight.  The Maritime  classroom work with  practical work  in the school's own  boat, the Harry  ran Act  as they  apply to alien  sea­ Administration  could  not  throw  Lundeberg.  The  wet  drill  covers  them  all  out  on  the  scrap  market  men  who  are  members  of  SIUNA  unions.  The  convention  denounced  at  once  since  that  would  destroy  all  the  tasks  required  to  meet  ATHENS—Greek  owners  who  kept  barely  20  percent  of  their  tonnage under  the Greek flag  have  apparently  decided  the harsh limitations on their right  any  opportunity  to  get  some  kind  Coast  Guard  examination  rules.  A pilot  program to  train men  for  to  switch  ships  and  to  stay  ashore  of financial  return  on  the ships.  that  their  true sanctuary  is in  the  mother  country  after  all.  long  enough  to  catch  another  ves­ Libertys  that  are  now  being  AB  tickets  has  been  operating for  The switch  back to  the Greek"'  several  weeks  on  a  limited  basis  scrapped  are  being sold  for  slight­ sel  without  being  deported.  when  the  Greek  Seamen's  Union  One  provision  of  the  Butler  bill  ly  above  a  $70,000  minimum  bid,  but  will  not  get  into  full  swing  flag  began  last  December  took  part in  subsequent ITF meet­ would  permit steamship  companies  which is the least  the Government  until  the  proper  training  aids  are  after  a  world  maritime  union  ings abroad and refused  to knuckle  obtained.  These  should  be  avail­ to detain an alien aboard any vessel  will  accept.  Only  about  100  ships  In  the  same  fleet.  At  present,  if  have  been  sold  in  this  fashion  in  able in  a  few  week^. At  that time',  protest  put  the  spotlight  on  run­ under  to  the  shipowner­inspired  government  statement  that  it  was  Immigration  rules  that  an  alien  is  the  past  year.  Recently,  the  bid­ the  program  will  be  opened  to  all  away­flag  shipping.  to be  detained, he has to leave  port  ding was  broadened to permit  sale  men  who  have  sufficient  seatime  Since  then,  a  growing  number  planning  to  quit.  These  develop­ on  the  same  ship.  The  result  has  of  the  ships  to  American  citizens  and wish  to obtain  an AB  ticket,  of  Greek  shipowners  have  been  ments  make  it  abundantly  clear  been  that alien  crewmembers have  for  scrapping  in  the foreign  yards  Coast  Guard  tests  for  lifeboat­ transferring tonnage back to Greek  that  the  Greek  government  has  been  frraen  in  on  some  shipboard  of  a  friendly  nation,  and  this  is  men  are  now  being  held  at  the  registry,  including  new  construc­ found  a  new  formula  making  it  Jobs.  However,  detained  aliens  expected to  boost the return  some­ CG's new base at the Battery. They  tion  still  on  the  ways.  One  such  attractive  for  the  Greek  runaway  would still not be allowed to switch  what.  Each  of  the  Libertys  orig­ are  expected  to  be  more  difficult  deal  covered  a  12 ­ ship fleet  operators  to  bring  some  of  their  to ships of  another steamship  com­ inally  cjist  around  $2  million  to  than  the  previous  drills  conducted  ordered  in  Japan  for  Greek  ac­ ships  home.  at  Pier  9,  due  to  the  faster  cur­ counts  and  originally intended  for  pany.  build in  good  pre­war and  wartime  A second  provision would  permit  dollars  worth  over  twice  as  much  rents, the  backwash caused  by fer­ runaway, registry.  ries  and  the  greater  exposure  to  an  alien  under  voluntary  or  invol­ as  the  present  dollar  bill.  The fact  that Greek  registry  in­ untary  deportation  orders  to  be  Under  the  present  maintenance  winds. A 40­foot  patrol bOat  will be  volves a higher insurance premium  sent  to  any  country  willing  to  re­ program,  ships  get  overhauled  on  on hand  in the event  any test  boat  than  it would  for  the same  vessel  ceive  him.  This  would  be  of  par­ deck  every  two  years  and  in  the  gets caught  in  the current  and  be­ under  runaway  registry  wOuld  in­ comes  tmmanageable.  ticular benefit  to aliens from  Com­ dicate  that the Athens  government  munist­dominated  lands  who  are  is  offering  attractive  inducements  subject  to  deportation  but  unwill­ to  inspire  the  return  to  its flag.  ing  to  return  to  their  native  coun­ Prior  to  the  build­up  of  the  run­ tries.  The  SIU  Canadian  District  has  away fleets  by  these  same  ship­ The  steamship  companies  would  owners,  Greece  had  one  of  the  joined  with  the  Dominion  Canal  benefit  since  they  would  ­be  re­ largest  merchant fleets  in  the  Employees  Association  to  file  a  lieved  of  fines  for  minor  crewlist  joint  application  for  certification  world.  With  oil cargoes  getting scarcer  in  relation  to  the  number  errors,  and  of  the  expense  of  de­ Approximately  four­fifths  of  all  'as  bargaining  agent  for  all  Cana­ taining,  guarding  and  deporting  of  ships available, competition for the remaining  business has  Greek­controlled  tonnage  is  istill  dian employees of the St. Lawreuf*  aliens in  certain instances.  been forcing  tankers into  lay­up at  a staggering rate.  As of  registered  in  the  runaway  havens  Seaway  Authority.  .  of  Liberia and  Panama despite  the  The  action  was  taken  after  the  June,  447  tankers  were  idle,"*  with  deadweights  ranging  around  latest  shift.  The  Greek  tonnage  Canada  Labour  Board  ruled  that  representing a total of  7.3 mil­ 40,000  tons  for  most  ships,  and  and  American­controlled  tonnage  the entire Seaway was one bargain­ June  19, 1959  Vol. XXI, No. 13  lion deadweight tons, which is  no  appreciable  increase  in  maif­ account  for  the  major  portion  of  ing  unit.  Previously,  the  SIU  had  filed  for  certification  for  workers  all runaway­flag, shipping.  the  largest  idle  tonnage  in  mari­ ning  or  in 'operating  costs,  employed  at  the  Beauharnois  and  time  history.  Moreover,  the  lay­ . Of  the 447 tankers in lay­up, 899  At  the  time  of  the  world  sea  St  Catherines  Locks,  while  the  are  forei^­llag  ships  and  48  union  demonstration;  against  the  ups  show  no  signs  of  abating.  American.  ,  runaways,  led  Jointly  by  the  SIU  DCEA  had  filed  for  workws  at  Last  year,  at  this  time,  390  In  part,  thi .increase  in  lay­ups  and the NMU  in the United States,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Welland  and  PAVI.  HAU.  5ecrrtorv­7y«a«ircr  Iroquois.  <­ HcDBEBT  BBAXD.  Editor,  BBRNABD  SCA­ tankers  were  laid  up  throughout  is :  due  to  the  seasonal  slack  in  the  Greek  consul  in  New  York  AIAH.  Art  Editor.  BBHAB  ABZKUB,  iBwnt  the world, while last  February the  tanker activity during  the summer  was sharply critical  of  the  protest,  Of  the  900  employees  oh  the  EPIVACK,  AL  MAEKW,  JOHN  BRAZIL.  ANA­ months. Movement of  oil generally  which  affected  a  considerable  Seaway,  the  two  unions  claim  the  COLE  LEVKorr. Staff  Writori.  Bai. MOODY.  number  stood  at  297,  ­Culi  Area  Rcprewntativc.  Most of  the idled ships are aging  picks up during the fall and .winter  amount  of  Groek­owned  tonnage  support  of  690.  Moreover,  the  vessels which  cost more to operate  months.  However,  operators ­here  flying  runaway  Hags.  The  consul  unions  report  that  this  figure  is^  PublltiiMl  lilwMfciy  ar  m*  heaMwartcn  and  keep  in  shape  than  for  stor­ are  pessimistic  about  the  • .pos­ also indicated  that the  Greek  ^a­ steadily rising and that by  the time  • f tha  Saafaran  intarnatlanal  Union,  At­ lantic A Gulf Dlttrtct, APl.'eiO,«7S Fourth  age.  The  leading  type  of  laid­up  sibilities  of  a  surge  of  activity  men's  Union  was  quitting  the  the  Labour  Board  acts  on  the. ap­ Avanua  Brooklyn MU  NV.  Tal.  HYaelnth  ships are T­2  tankers, built  during  after  the. supimer.  Mtoy  of  the  Iiiterhationai  Transportworkers  plication they will  have all  Seaway  f­ttn.  Sacond  cla«t  postaga  paid  :  ­  r  Federation  under .whose  sponsor­ employees  in  the fold,  American­flag,  tankers  are  carry­ World  War  II,  wdth  a  deadweight  at tha  Post  omea in  Brooklyn, NY. undar  HlO  Act  of  AUG  M, ivia.  tonnage  of  16,000  tons.  These  are  ing  grain  cargoes  under  the  farm  ship  the  protest .was  set  up.  •   .  In  use  by  shipping  since. Aprils  being  .replaced  by  larger,  faster  sui^ilus  program  and  b^ause they  Nevpr  publicly,  conflriped  nor  the  Seaway  is  due  to  be  formally  deniedi  this  reppit  was  torpedoed  dedicate^ ,hy. Prt?, Eiaenl|ow^r^  j ^  vessels  in  the  supertanket  class.  can't  get  oil  charters.  Senate  Bill  Would  Ease  Alien  Rules  SlU Liteboaf School Lists Top Score; To Train ABs Greek  Shipowners Find  Home Is Best  After  All  Sy.,  i''  hi  £  J 1  I 'V •   m  Canada SIU  Asks Seaway  Pact  Rights  World Tanker  Fleet  Has  447 Ships In Idle Status  r?h.  SEAFARERS  LOG  *s><?  m­ •  . mr  ­ I  '  P  ' '­V­­  '  •   J  /  •   "  "  /  ,  ,7.  •  ^! !!$• : mt  �19, 1959  SEAFARERS^  LOG  TWO  MORE  SHEARERS  GET  COLLEGE  DEGREES  Pace ThrM  Sea Unions Attack  Secret Ship Talks  Viith Foreign Flags  I  Two Seafarers, recipients of  SIU Scholarships, added their  names to the growing list of Seafarers and Seafarers' children  who received their college degrees under the SIU Scholarship  Plan.  The 1959  graduates are  John Logan,  a member  of  the  black gang, who received his Bachelor of Science from Teach­ ers  College,  state  University  of  New  York,  and  George  ButenkofiF,  deck  department,  who  received  his  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  the  Newark  College of  Engineering.  Logan, a  member of  the SIU  since 1946,  spent nine  years at sea  and  two  in  the  Army  before  getting  the  urge  to  get  a  college  education.  He  was  enrolled  in  the. New  Paitz  State  Teachers  College,  a  division  WASHINGTON —  Denouncing secret  "conversations"  between  the  US  of  the New  York Stat?  University System,  when he  received the  Union  scholarship award..  State  Department  and  European  maritime  nations  on the fate of  US shipping,  .  Logan  said  his  future  plans  call  for  graduate  work  in the  fall.  Butenkoff,  a  member  of  the  SIU  since  1949,  turned  in  a  very  im­ from which both the industry and the sea unions were barred, US maritime unions  pressive  record  at  college,  ranking fifth  in  his  electrical  engineering  have  charged  that  Euro­^  class  of  125,  and  10th  in  the  total  graduating  class  of  348.  ing,  the United  States and  the Eu­ shipping  if  the  '50­50'  act  was  un­ pean  maritime nations are  ropeans  were  in  opposite  comers  dermined  and  aid  to  US  shipping  In  addition,  he  was the  recipient  of  the Paul  G.  ICayser  and  George  Snell  Award  in  Personnel  Relations,  an  award  given  annually  to  the  "interested... only in scut­ over  the  seating  of  Panama  and  reduced  . , . Such  an  approach,"  student  who  shows  special  understanding  of  the  mutual  interests  and  tling  the  American  mer­ Liberia  as  legitimate maritime  na­ the  LOG  said, "would  get  a  warm  tions,  with  the  US  supporting  the  welcome  from  the  State  Depart­ roblems  of  both  management  and  labor.  He  was  also  a  member  of  chant marine."  runaway flags.  The  conference  ment  which  Las  long  been  hostile  au  Beta  Pi,  the  National  Engineering  Honor  Society.  According  to  school  averages,  out  of  a  maximum  of  four  points  a  A  joint  statement  by  was  called  mainly  to  thrash  out  to US­flag  shipping ..  student  can  achieve  in  his  total  studies,  Butenkpff  received  a  grade  SIU  of  NA  President  Paul  this  issue.  The  LOG  concluded  that  "The  point  average  of  3.60,  one  of  the  highest  granted.  However, the European maritime  main  topic  of  the  State  Depart­ jSe first started sailing  with the  SIU back  in 1949  in the deck depart­ Hall  and  NMU  President  Jo­ nations used it as a  sounding board  ment  meeting  with  the  European  ment,  and  spent  some  time  as  a  union  organizer  in  the  successful  seph Curran  assailed both  the  to  attack  "56­50"  and  subsidy  aid  maritime  nations  was  supposed  to  us State  Department  and  the  Eu­ given  American  shipowners.  By  be  the  runaway  issue,  but  it  now  Cities  Service  drive.  Utilizing  his  seafaring  experiences  with  his  college  training,  the  27­ ropeans  for  moving  to  establish  so  doing,  they  let  the  State  De­ appears  that  the  British  ship­ year  old  engineer  has  accepted  a  position  with  the  AUis  Chalmers  machinery  for  continuous  inter­ partment  off  the  hook  on  its  posi­ owners  may  use  the  meeting  as  a  governmental  consultation  on  tion  of  support  for  the  tax­dodge,  Corp.,  in  Milwaukee,  Wise.,  in marine  sales.  agaihst  '50­50'  and  American  shipping  policy.  "Or­ wage­dodge  operations  of  major  sounding board  other  aid  to  US  shipping."  ganized  labor,  they  said,  is firmly  US  companies.  They  also  got  the  Subsequently  the  British  ship­ convinced  that  the  establishment  State Department to  agree on  "ar­ ping  magazine,  "Fairplay,"  in  its  of  such  mechanism  can  only  re­ rangements to facilitate  discussion  (Continued  on  page  5)  sult  in "an  eroding  of  our  present  and consideration" of  US maritime  maritime policy and  statutes.  Such  policy  with  other  nations.  an  organization,  by  excluding  la­ The  tipoff  on  European  strategy  bor  ­  management  participation  for  the  conference  came  two  To  the  Waterman  freighter  Hurricane  has  come­ the  dis­ would  lead  to  complete  destruc­ months  ago  when  the President  of  tion  of  our  maritime  industry."  tinction of  being the first ship under the A&G District banner  The  unions  pointed  out  that  the  the  Chamber  of  Shipping  of  the  United  Kingdom  revealed  that  the  to  traverse  the  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  and  enter  the  Great  conference  had  the  opportunity  to  British  intended  to  bring  up  the  discuss  basic  economic  issues  fac­ "50­50"  issue  at  the  talks.  At  the  Lakes.  ing  the  industry  everywhere,  in­ The  Hurricane,  In  ballast,  head  for  Europe,  carrying  MSTS  cluding  the  problem  of  surplus  time,  the  AprU  10  SEAFARERS  cargo  for  the  Army.  LOG  reported  that  "50­50"  was  Seafarer  Paul  Sanford,  well  left  New  York  earlier  this  A  company  spokesman  in  New  ships  under  the  European fiag  and  the real target of  the conversations  known  to  hundreds  of  SIU  pien  month and  hit Montreal  June  York  said  that  the  Hurricane  run  the  Europeans'  low­wage  exploita­ and noted  that "British  shipowners  sailing  out  of  the  port  of  New  8. On  June  10 she  left for  Chicago  was  a  one­shot  deal  and  that  the  tion of  seamen and  shipyard  work­ may  be  angling  for  a  horse­trade  York,  died in his  sleep after a  long  'but at  last reports ­was  caught  in  a  company  had  no  immediate  plans  ers.  under  which  they  would  give  up  illness on  Sunday,  June 14. He  was  ship  Jam  outside  the  Welland  for  sending  other  ships  into  the  Instead,  the  conference  consist­ their  opposition  to  runaway­flag  50  years  old.  Canal,  between  Lake  Ontario  and  Lakes.  ed  mainly  of  an  attack  by  the  Eu­ Sanford,  who  Joined  the  Union  Lake  Erie.  The  Welland  Canal,  ropeans  on  basic  maritime  policy  back  in  1942,  had  been  active  for  Which  bypasses  Niagara  Falls,  has  Meanwhile,  the  Seaway  Itself  as  established  by the  US Congress  been  a  bottleneck  for  traffic  ever  continued  to^create  problems  for  with  reference  to  the  "50­50"  law  salt­water  ships  which  are  not  de­ since the  Seaway opened.  and  the US  ship  subsidy program.  Her  present  itinerary calls  for a  signed  to  traverse  fresh  water  The  unions served  notice that  in  stop at Chicago,  to load  grain, then  canals.  The  relatively  high  super­ face  of  this  clear  attempt  to  cir­ on  to  Kenosha,  Wis.,  where  the  structure of deep­sea ships, coupled  cumvent  the  authority  of  the  US  Bambler  plant  is  located.  On  the  with  high  wind  conditions,  has  re­ Congress and to weaken  basic mar­ return  trip  she'll hit  Detroit,­then  sulted  in  several  accidents,  with  itime  laws,  they  would  continue  three  American  Export  ships  al­ ready  having  been  banged  up  in  organizing  foreign  seamen on  run­ the locks. Unlike the Panama Canal  away­flag  ships  and  '  fight  for  locks,  where  donkey  engines  tow  stronger  maritime  laws,  including  ships  and keep  them  steady,  ships  a greatly­strengthened "50­50" law.  PHILADELPHIA—Work  is  get­ sailing the  Seaway  go through  the  They  called  on  the  State  Depart­ ting  underway  here  on  the  re­ ment  and  European  representa­ modeling and interior  construction  locks under their own  power.  tives to "face  up  to  the  basic  eco­ of  a  new  SIU  hall  for  this  port.  Shoreside, the  city of  Duluth re­ All  98  persons  aboard  a  British  nomic  problems  or  stop  their  Completion  of  a  construction  con­ ports a  headache in  trying to  keep  cable  ship  were  saved  after  the  talks."  the local  girls off  deep­water ships  tract agreement gave  the go­ahead  ship  burst  into  flames  in  the  At­ coming into the imrt.  The apparent  The  four days' discussions  were  for  work  on the  property  obtained  lantic  this  week.  novelty  of  meeting  seamen  from  scheduled  by  the  State  Depart­ last  year  at  2602  South  Fourth  The  ship  was  the  Ocean  Layer,  oceaif­going  vessels  is  providing  ment  following  a  January  session  Street,  at  the  corner  of  Shunk  which was  bound for France laying  local  authorities  with  a  major  of  IMCO,  a  United  Nations  mari­ Street.  Paul  Sanford  behind  it  a  trans­Atlantic  cable  policing  problem.  time  organization.  At  that  meet­ By  contrast  with  the  present  that  will  provide  the  first  direct  Philadelphia  hall,  the  new  build­ the  SIU  in  many  capacities.  After  telephone  link  between the  United  ing in this  port will  be a  one­story  sailing  during  the  war,  he  served  ptates  and  Europe.  The­disaster  affair  with  ample  space  for  all  the  SIU  as  a  Great  Lakes  organ­ took  place  500  miles  off  the  coast  Union  and  Welfare  Blan  facilities  izer,  dispatcher and  patrolman,  be­ of  Ireland.  wd  sizable  surrounding  property.  ginning  in  1946,  and  took  part  in  German  Freighter  Responds  The  entire  parcel  on  which  the  many  major  Union  beefs  of  the  hall  is  being built  is 266  feet long  post­war  years.  A  German  freighter,  the  Flavia,  by  80  feet  deep,  and  the  existing  Subsequently  he  went  back  to  responded  to  the  stricken  vessel's  concrete­block  building is 114  feet  sea  as  deck  engineer.  He  came  distress  signal  an  hour  after  the  long  by 68  feet  deep,  plus a  20  by  ashore  again  in  1952,  working  for  98 had abandoned ship in lifeboats.  36  wing.  the  SIU  Vacation  Plan  and  the  The  Ocean  Layer  was  abandoned  Construction  of  the  new  Phila­ Welfare  Services  Department  be­ jn  calm  sea  during  the  night,  fif­ delphia  hall  is another  major  step  fore  taking  over  as  supervisor  of  teen  minutes  after  the,first fire  forward  in  the  SIU's  long­range  the  SIU  records  department  in  broke  out  in  the  engine  room.  program  of  providing  modern  19,53.  Ten  Americana  were  aboard  shoreside  facilities  for  Seafarers  He continued  in this capacity  un­ • hip, all  employees  of  the  Amerl­ in  all  SIU  ports.  A  similar  pro­ til 1956  when he was forced to  stop  Oan  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.  gram  undertaken  by  the  Sailors  working  because  of  poor  health.  The  rescue  was  carried  out  Union  of  the  Pacific  on  the  West  Headquarters  officials  paid  trib­ smoothly,  with  the  only  stumbling  Coast  has  provided  Seafarers  in  ute  to  Sanford  as  "a  man  who  al­ block  appearing  when  it  was  dis­ those  ports  with  up­to­date  ship­ ways did  a top­notch  Job under any  covered  that  two  crewmen  had  ping and  recreation facilities.  and  all  circumstances" despite  his  been  left  aboard  the  ship.  They  The  new  Philadelphia  hall  is  physical  handicaps.  Were soon rescued.  convenient  to  the  waterfront  piers  Sanford  is  survived  by  his  wife,  The  cable  being  laid  by  the  in the  cijty  and is  also close  to the  Loretta,  a  son,  William,  and  two  Ocean  Layer  would  be  capable  of  Walt  Whitman  bridge,  which  con­ grandchildren.  A  large  delegation  parrying  36  calls  shhultaneously.  nects  Philadelphia  «nd  Camden,  of  headquarters officers and  Union  Amplifiers  are  stationed  every  Whii*  SS  Atlantic  chef  Tom  Beatty  looks  on,  E.  Merchant,  chief  New Jersey. Many  of  the Delaware  members  attended  his  funeral  forty miles  to make  the voices  au­ galleynrian,  adds  to  lavish  buffet  spread  on  occosion  of  recent  River's  shipping  operations  dock  which  took  place Wednesday,  June  dible at  euch long  distances.  shipboard party.  ...  17, at  the Cypress  Hill  Cemetary.  on the  Jersey side of  the river.  I  ? 5S  Hurricane First  SIU Seaway Ship  Paul Sanford  Dies At 50  m  >> I  J  i  I  Phila. Union  Hall Building  Pact Signed  Save 98 In  Ship Blaze  Putting Out A Shipboard Buffet  •  M  W  �•  '­ 'T  .  :'''• ".:­ :! •  "  '' .r­­r­  '•   ­  >  SEAFARERS  LOG  tf Wmm  |'.V'\  .  '  • ­  • •  • • ;  ­wf. f :­r,  'C.  li?­ ;• ;  SEAFARERS  ROTARY SHIPPmO  ROARD  f'  > 1.%'' May 27 Through  June  9, 1959,  [fc  Ift­V •  |i>.  1^'­­ W'­.  SIU  shipping  fell  off  in  the  last  period  to  a  total  of  1,147  jobs.  The decline was the first  one in two months, but didn't  affect  the  class  C  activity.  Registration  for  the  poriod  in­ creased  to  a  total  of  1,270,  with  the  rise  mostly  among  class  A  men.  The class  B registration  for  the two  weeks  rose  only slightly,  with  the  result  that  the "B" registration  on  the  beach at  the  end  of  the  period  still  hovered  below  the  500­man  mark.  The  combined figure  for  men  registered  on the  beach  showed  only  a  small  increase.  All  ports  together  listed  57  payoffs,  29  sign­ons  and  160  in­transit  visits  to  produce  a  total  of  246  ships  covered.  Baltimore  bested  New  York  this  time  by handling  40 ^ps  to  New  York's  38.  New  Orleans  covered  39  vessels  and  Houston  had  only  27.  Three  ports  (Philadel­ phia,  Savannah  and  San  Francisco)  had  no  sign­ons'at  all.  Boston,  Tampa,  Mobile,  Lake  Charles,  Houston  and  Wilmington  accounted  for  one each.  (See "Ship  Activity" summary  at .right)  Only five  ports  escaped  the  general  decline,  led .by  New  York,  Savannah,  Wilmington,  San  Francisco  and  Seattle.  Tampa,  New  Orleans  and  Lake  Charles  showed  no  significant  change,  with  New  Orleans  still  very  busy.  The  West  Coast  ports  also  appeared  fairly  active  again.  All  the  rest  (Boston,  Philadeplhia,  Baltimore,  Norfolk,  Ship  A€fivity  Mobile  and  Houston)  dropped  off.  The  declines  fodnd  Baltimore  and  Houston  still  at  very  comfortable  levels.  Mobile,  however,  was  way  fat  off  again.  Offs  Port by  port, reports  on the  number of  men registered  on the  beach  1  at the  end of  the period  showed eight  ports  (Boston, Philadelphia,  Nor­ ioSlOB  New  YoA  ... 18  folk,  Savannah,  Tampa,  Lake  Charles,  Wilmington  and  Seattle)  with  fewer  than  iOO.men  on  hand  in  all  departments.  Boston,  Norfolk, |9Ul^plria  .  3  Savannah,  Tampa  and  Lake  Charles  also  had  under  50  class  A  men  Mtimero .... 12  2  available.  Tampa  is at the bottom  ef  the list  with only  25  men  on tap  Norfolk  holding  "A"  or  "B"  seniority.  Savaaaoh .... —  With  class  C  shipping  showing  the  only  gain  during  the  period,  Toa^  —  the "C" men  accounted for  19 percent  of  the total  jobs shipped.  Class  MobHo  7  A  shipping  dropped  to  59  percent  of  the  total  and class  B  to  22 per­ Now  Otiomw . 7  cent  Philadelphia,  Tampa  and  Lake  Charles  were  the  only  ports  that  Loko  Chorioo .  1  shipped no  class  C  men.  Hooitoa  2  The  following  is the  forecast  port  by  port:  Wllmlogtoa  ..  1  Boston: Slow .  . .  New  York: Good  .. . Phiiaddpltia: Fair  . ,. Balti­ more: Good  . . . Norfolk: Fair .. . Savannah, Tampa: Slow . . . Mobile:  SaaFroRclKa . 1  Should  pick  up  . . . New  Orleans:  Busy . . . Lake  Charles:  Fair  . . .  SooHlo  2  Heuston:  Steady  . . . Wilmingtim:  Fair  . . . San  Francisco:  Fair . «  .  Seattle:  Fair,  Totob  .... 37  Stga  la  0ns  Tmns­TOTAt;  3  18  13  10  18  2  S  13  1  3  3  1  7  23  10  I  1  24  1  7  7  3  1  2  29  133  3  38  13  40  9  If  3  13  39  12  27  9  3  9  243  DECK  DEPARTMENT  1^^  Registered  CLASS  A  hirr  I'T'­ m  ; ;t:.  ,.  ..y:  ''•   ­y­zT^­^­'­Sw M.r*Wf­­  "  '',  Port  B^ton  New  York....  Philadelphia..  Baltimore.....  Norfolk,.....,  Savannah  Tampa  Mobile  New  Orleans..  Lake  Charles.  Houston  Wilmington...  San  Francisco.  Seattle  TOTALS  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  <  Registered  C In  The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  ,—  —  —  —  —  6  2  12  4  1  —  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  5  15  4  29  48  13  90  3  8  17  26  22  43  11  76  1  13  11  25  15  8  23  76  25  23  124  89  156  41  3  4  12  —  —  —  —  8  5  1  —  8  1  1  2  4  2  1  —  2  2  10  14  16  13  76  1  15  48  13  29  14  25  8  47  6  9  19  20  6  5  7  5  9  18  47  20  18  85  37  69  13  7  7  1  15  —  4  5  2  —  2  —  —  2  9  —  1  2  2  —  —  1  2  1  5  12  14  1  3  3  1  7  —  1  1  2  1  1  —  2  1  2  —  1  1  3  4  8  3  ——  —  —  4  6  —­ 7  —  —  —  —  —  1  4  —  —  1  4  ,—  1  5  1  2  ....  1  ...  —  8  11  3  22  —  8  —  3  2  1  —  1  3  i  1  —  —  1  1  8  ­ 1  1  10  29  29  5  87  1  18  36  13  43  1  4  6  11  11  25  7  11  2  4  6  4  8  14  43  11  14  68  39  56  11  __  7  9  1  —  1  1  4  4  7  —  —  1  2  1  4  2  1  1  ,  8  2  13  5  14  18  15  47  —  3  8  39  —­ 11  12  21  6  3  2  5  1  3  39  1  1  5  3  47  27  34  10  1  2  1  4  2  —  1  3  2  7  2  11  —  1  1  1  11  2  —  —  1  2  1  14  7  12  2  10  9  2  21  2  6  7  11  4  1  3  22  1  3  5  9  —  3  22  1  2  34  13  17  2  9  3  16  —  7  8  1  —  11  6  4  1  5  6  1  11  2  —  —  6  1  3  6  —  17  12  13  2  123  209  73  4«S  10  31  86  1071  79  157  45  281  13  32  41  86  9  26  31  66 281  86  66  433 282  454  112  —•   GROUP  AI,f,  1  2  3  /LL  _  24  2  2  4  277  3  12  24  39  43  2  1  3  119  1  10  26  37  27  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• MM  ,  •  „  MM.  MPM  »­M,  MM  MM  • • M—  M.  MMM  •  MMM  '  MM  r  TOTAL  SHIPPED  GROUP  1  Z  3  ALL  ­ ,  45  1  43  1  1  1  4  12  16  2  2  • • _  1  1  1  1  ^  —•   4  4  17  17  MMM  •  M—  «M^  r—  • MM  San  Francisco.........  Seattle.  4  _  • MM  2  —  1  —  9  • MM  6  3  —  MMM  4  ,  2  10  11  M.M  MMM  Wilmington  TOW  —  '  Registered  CLASS  A  roif  Boston  New  York  Philadelphia.  Baltimore  Norfolk  Shipped  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  123 ALL  123 ALL  123 ALL  12  3  AIlJ  1  2  3  ALL  ABC ALL  1  23 ALL  •  fe  Shipped  CLASS  A  MMM  —.  5  —M  •  5  CLASS  GROUP  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  1  9  1  6  1  16  45  110  85  34  85  2  1  1  4  7  6  11  19  9  If  44  36  14  18  7  4  2  2  3  2  2  1  1  2  5  1  3  8  7  5  7  1  21  4  4  29  23  14  29  40  18  17  75  52  18  62  3  3  3  1  4  1  ~5  23  4  5  32  23  7  6  3  —  3  9  4  •   4  6  4  9  5  14  12  —  9  7  —  18  11  —  8  92 T88­ 67­­fH' 'Ui 284  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JM* nneiro, FWT: For the  most  Marco Calgaro, meaamaa: I think  part,  yes.  They  are  ustodly  held  they're  OK.  Trouble  is,  we aren't  always told  if  we  dally  and  pre­ are  doing  wrong.  pare  the men  for  Otherwise,  the  any  real  emer­ drills  are  held  g e n c y.  There's  With "conversattona"  on international  tUm>ing  probleitit.  scheduled to coma up in June betwe^ tiie Us State D«»rt­ regularly and  one  fault  that  ment and  btihec major  maritiine nations,  BHtldt shipowners  with  an  effort  to  Tve  noticed  on  may  be  angling  fat a betth­l  reproduce  a  live  several  occasions,  trade under whidi tber would • dlarrimlaatory. practieai  br  the  situation.  I'd  say  however.  That  Is  give  up  their  (^pomkm  to  Dnttod SUtea, apecUcally uenUon­ they  prepare  the  rDn«wiy.a»f  thhiptaK  if  the ^90.  ins  sometimes  they  and  dtetare4 "I  wet­.  50"  act  was  midwaiiasd  an*  aid  come  the  fortbcomins ­  tntcrTeoir­ average  guy  for  go  through  the  to  US  *h!pp!na  Hdueed.  • "  .  eromesui  tilSs  in  WuhlBStoo. In  any  disaster  that  entire  drill,  but  The  State  Department hu heen  Jane,  when  a  frank  exchange  of  don't lower the heat into the water.  ihight  come  up.  a  staunch  defender  of  runaway­ yiewa wUI. in  my opinion, do noth­ flaga but baa  been a  criUc of  "SO­ ing  but  good.";•   Perhaps they feel the men know the  J,  J,  SO" from the time tt firat wmt kite  Then  taking a  poke at  US Gov­ procedure  well enough,  but  it's too  etfect .back In ISM.  Coaaeqneatly,  ernment.  aid  to  maritime,  he  de­ important  a  part  of  the  drill  to  Broadway Brown,  messman: Def­ British  operators  msy  Bgare  that  clared  that  "the«e_ snbsidies. have  initely  not.  One  ship  I  was  on  they  can  wrlnjdMim  eonceaaloat  riaen to  voy high flgures indeed  .  overlook.  « "50­Aflif^L.Such an  never  bothered  I am  i  t  t  *  lowering  the  life­ Harry Berg, chief  cook: From the  boats  during  a  Clipping  from  April  10  LOG  story  shows  intent  of  British  ship­ drills  I've  seen,  I'd  hate  to  be  on  drill.  In  gen­ owners  to  moke  "50­50"  target  of  conversations  with  State  De­ some  of  those  eral,  they  leave  a  ships  in  an  em­ partment.  guy  unprepared  ergency.  Not only  in  case  the  real  do  some  ships  Conforming  with  the  changing  thing should  ever  not  hoid  drills  patterns  of  operation  by  SlU­con­ happen.  One way  often  enough, but  they  could  make  tracted  companies,  the  SIU  mem­ when  they  do  these things more  bership  in  all  ports  has  approved  they're do­as­you­ life­like  would  be  to  spring  them  a  headquarters  report  calling  for  like  affairs.  on  you suddenly,  instead  of  letting  the  closing  of  tne  Savannah  hall  They're  held  in  a  you know  just  when they're  sched­ and  the  opening  of  an SIU  branch  haphazard  man­ (Continued from  page 3)  share  of  foreign  commerce  fell  uled.  in  Jacksonville,  Florida,  instead.  May  issue ran  ner,  with  mistakes  usually  going  an editorial  entitled  from  26  percent  in  1954  to  less  In  recent  years  Savannah  has  "The  Greater  Evil,"  stating,  "The  than  18  percent  in  1957  and  down  i.  ^  uncorrected.  declined  as  a  base  for  SIU  ship  view  was  expressed  that flag,  or  under  15  percent  in  1958.  Mean­ Warren  Mclntyre,  oiler:  In  my  it  4"  operations  while  Jacksonville  has  cargo, discrimination ['^0­50"—^Ed.l  while,  the  share  carried  by  the  experience, fire  and  boat  drills  Marcel  Mitchell,  chief  cook:  I  become  significantly  more  impor­ poses  a  far  more  dangerous  and  runaways  rose  to  about  33  percent  have  been  most  have  no  complaints.  I've  even  tant  because  the Suwannee Steam­ immediate  proniem  than flags  of  while  European  ships  carry  about  efficient.  Their  been  on  ships  purpose  is  to  ship  Corporation,  operators  of  the  convenience."  40  percent  of  all  American  com­ that held drills as  train  men  to  re­ missile  ship fleet, use  that  port  as  While  the  State  Department­ merce.  much  as  twice  a  European  sessions  were  secret,  In  the face  of  these figures, Dil­ act  in  an  emer­ a  base  of  operations.  week.  The  men  gency, and  that is  The  change  will  enable  the  some formal  statements of  position  lon  hewed  to  the  Administration's  took  the  drills  just  what  they  Union  to  service  the  missile  fleet  were  put  in the  record.  C. Douglas  position  of  defending  the runaway­ seriously,  learned  accomplis h.  more efficiently. At  the same  time,  Dillon,  Undersecretary  of  State,  flags.  their  jobs,  cor­ Sometimes  the  the  ships  which  were  previously  pointed  out  that  US  shipping's  On  the  "50­50"  issue,  he  took  a  rected  their  mis­ stronger  stand,  making  the  point  new  men  are  not  serviced  out  of  Savannah  can  be  takes  and  pre­ that  should  the  United  States  re­ familiar  with  handled from  Jacksonville or  other  pared  themselves  peal  this  law,  "it  would  not  alter  Just  in  case.  I  their  roles,  but  are  shown  their  ports.  the  practices ef  other governments  guess  that's  how  drills  should  be.  mistakes, and quickly correct  them.  By  and  large,  Savannah  ship  one  iota."  Further,  he  said,  if  the  calls have  been made  by  in­transit  US  would  do  away  with  the  law,  coastwise ships,  or ships  running a  the  nation  receiving  US  Govern­ coastwise  leg before going foreign.  ment  cargo  would  probably  mon­ These  ships  normally  touch  at  opolize  100  percent  of  the  cargoes  other  Atlantic  and  Gulf  ports  where  SIU  halls  are  maintained.  The  tale  of  the  "flying  saucer"  in  question.  It  is  expected  that  a  hall  in  has  come  true  according  to  ac­ Jacksonville  will  be  opened  with­ counts  of  the  experimental flight  '  Members of one of  the newest affiliates of  the SIU of  North  in a  few days  as arrangements  are  of  the  English­designed  "Hover­ America  are  currently  balloting  on first­time  officers  under  now  being  made  to  rent  facilities  craft,"  a  land  and  sea  craft  which  ­travels  at  speeds  of  25  knots  on.  a  the union's recently­adopted constitution.  The secret referen­ in the  Florida  port  cushion  of  air.  dum  of  the  New  Bedford^"^  ^  The  saucer­shaped  craft  skims  (Mass.)  Fishermen's­  Union  A&G  headquarters  officials  work­ across  the  ocean  about  15  feet  Not  even  bombs  have  beep  able  ing out of  headquarters and Boston  will continue through June.  above the  water,  on an  air cushion  to  demolish  an  18­story  high  ice­ The voting  climaxes action  taken  have  been  assisting  the fishermen  which  is  generated  by  a  fan  in  a  berg in  the North Atlantic.  In fact,  pending  the  election  of  their  own  by  the fishermen  a  year  ago  to  large  funnel  amidships.  Small  air  two  direct  hits  by  985­pound  in­ reorganize  an  existing  association  full­time  officers.  Fifteen  candi­ jets  provided  the  forward  motion.  cendiary  bombs,  did  little  more  and  affiliate  directly  with  the  SIU  dates  are  competing  for  the  two  The  foim­ton  craft  carriea  two  than  chip  the  monstrous  naviga­ Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  for  open  posts  on  the  ballot.  pilots  and  full  instrum»itation,  tion hazard.  PHILADELPHIA—Shipping  for  The  union  represents  well  over  the  port  slacked  off  considerably  and  measures  approximately  80  The  berg  is  one  of  many  that  greater  benefits  and  representa­ tion.  The  new  officers  elected  this,  1,000 fishermen  on  scallopers  and  over  have  been  swept  down  from  the  the  last  two­week  period,  feet  in  diameter.  month  will  take  over affairs  of  the  trawlers  working  out  of  New  Bed­ Port  Agent Steve  Arctic by  unusually­strong souther­ The  air  support  of  the  Hover­ Cardullo reports.  union  under  the  constitution  ford  and  since  joining  the  A&G  However  this  Is  only  temporary  craft  is  similar  to  the  inner  tube  ly  currents  and  have  obstructed  adopted  in  February  by  a  14­1  has  nailed  down  contracts  and  a  and the coming period should show  of  a  tire  except  that  the  walls  ef  North  Atlantic  shipping  lanes.  margin.  comprehensive  welfare plan  cover­ signs  of  improvement.  In addition  the "tube" are a Jet  of air pointing  Track  A,  normally  used  at  this  time  of  year,  has  been  abandoned  Now  permanently  established  as  ing  the  men  and  their  families.  to  the  usual  in­transit  ships  that  downward  and  inward.  an autonomous  union  of fishermen,  Benefits  are financed  by  the  boat  call  here,  the  BS  Valiant  Freedom  Thi.s  produces  a  cushion  of  air  in  favor  of  emergency  Track  B,  the  New  Bedford  membership had  owners  and  include hospital  bene­ l3 expected  in for payoff  early next  some  15  inches high  and less  than  which  had  not  been used  for  over  a  delegate  at  last  month's  SIUNA  fits and  death  benefits,  paid  cloth­ week  and  this  should  mean  a  24  inches  across.  The flatter  the  ten  years.  A  few  icebergs  even  cushion,  the  bigger  the  craft  and  penetrated  into  Track  B,  forcing  convention  in  Montreal  who  re­ ing  allowances  in  the  event  of  a  couple  of  replacement  jobs.  to  veer  further  south.  One  ported  on  the  union's  progress  marine  casualty  plus  broad  cover­ As  the  membership  knows  there  the  more  efficient  and  faster  It  ships  iceberg  ended  up  on  a  latitude  under  the  reorganization.  SIU­ age.of  surgical,  hospital  and  extra  is a  considerable amount  of  organ­ becomes.  hospital  expenses  for  dependents.  When  suspended  the  vessel  equal  to  a  point  between  New  Barely  six  months  old,  the  New  izational  activity  going  on  in  the  needs  very  little  power  to  put  it  York and  Philadelphia,  Bedford  Fishermen's  Welfare  Plan  port  by the  Marine  Allied Workers  into  motion.  This  was  demon­ The  18­story  berg,  which  Is  300­ extended  its  coverage  last  month  and  Harbor  and  Inland  Waterways  strated  during  the  trial  run  by  feet  long,  was  scheduled  to  face  to include  not only  wives and  chil­ Divisions.  More will  be said  about  mechanics  who  shoved  the  7,500­ bombing  attacks  for  a whole  week  dren  but  also  dependent  paFents.  these  drives  as  they  progress.  pound  craft  over the  ground  from  following  the  initial  failure.  One  Hospital  room  and  board'benefits  There  was  a  total  of  16  ships  one  to  another  as  if  it  were  a  of  the bombs sent  a cloud of  steam  were also  increased  by  50  percent.  calling  Into  the  area  over the  past  baseball.  rising  from  the  berg,  giving  the  The  union  is  currently  mapping  two week  period.  Three ships paid  While  still  in  the  experimental  impression  that  it  was  on fire.  a  plan for a seniority hiring system  off  while  the  remaining  13  were  stage,  future  plans  call  for  a  Two minutes later,  after the  smoke  to  stabilize  jobs  and  employment  in  transit.  The  vessels  paying  off  hovercraft  capable  of  carrying  had cleared,  the iceberg  was stand­ in  the  industry  and  is  seeking  a  were  the  Evelyn  (Bull);  Petrochem  passengers  and  fast  freight  over  ing  as  undamaged  as  ever.  It  was  site  for  a  permanent  union  build­ (Vttleuliue)  and  the  Flomar  (Cal­ tiie  water  and flat  land  areas.  obvious  that  the  intended  effect­ ing  for  servicing  ap  expanding  mar).  Some  uses  for  the  craft,  the  de­ to  split  the  berg  in  half  through  membership..  It  was  also  success­ In  transit  were  the  Longview  signer said, are as a fast terry over  the  stresses of  heat—had  not  been  ful  last  month  in  winning  the  go­ Victory,  Ames  Victory  (Victory  medium  distances,  as for  example,  achieved.  Early  this  week, Coast Guard re­ ahead  for  the first fishermen's  Carriers);  Calmar,  Pennmar  (Gal­ ,an  inland  lake  ferry.  school ln  the state to  be  located  in  mar);  Jean,  Emilia  (Bull);  Steel  Some of  its  commercial features,  ported  that  a  North  Atlantic  cable  iSlew  Bedford  under  city­Federal  Director,  Steel  Artisan  (Isthmian)  are  that  the  craft  may  be  loaded  had  been seriously  damaged by  an­ other  iceberg  off  Newfoundland.  and  serviced  on  land.  auspices.  j  /  and  the  Alcoa  Runner  (Alcoa).  Vote Closing  in Savannah;  Jax To Open  ^ Unions Hit Secret  Talks On US  Ship Law  A&C Fish Affiliate  Gets Full Autonomy  I  •   ?  1}  Sea­Going  Jet Vessel  Is Tested  Slatk­Off  HitsPhUa.  Berg Shrugs  Oft Bombing  1  PHOTOS  I­ d\  �Face  Six  jteie If, un:  SEAFARERS  LOG  Submit  OT  Early, NY  Warns  NEW  YORK—Two  major  beefs  were  settled in this port during the past period, both of  them resulting in  extra money for  the men involved, Bill Hall,  assistant secretary­treasurer,  reported.  The  first  beef  concerned  When  the  ship  paid  off  here  In  would  normally  be  entitled to.  overtime  work  done  in  the  New  York,  thd  patrolmen  brought  The  other  beef  was  over  the  engine room  on the Steel De­ the beef  to the company's  attention  clothing  allowance  for the  crew  of  signer.  It  seems  that  some  of  the  and after a  couple of  hours arguing  the  Valchem  which  was  involved  crew did  work and at  the time,  did  the  company  finally  agreed  to pay  in  a  collision  with  the  Santa  Rosa  last  March.  The  money  amounted  not  submit  the  overtime to  the en­ for  the  work  done.  to  $300  for  each  of  the  crewmen'  In  order  to  avoid  this  type  of  gineer.  About  two  months  later  they  were  told  that  they  were  en­ beef  and to help  speed up  payoffs,  bers.  titled  to the  overtime for the  work  the  membership  is  asked  to  sub­ After some  two months*  battling  they  did,  and  submitted  it  to  the  mit  their  overtime  sheets  for  ap­ with  the  company,  the  beef  was  engineer  who  refused  to  approve  proval  within 72  hours after  doing  finaiiy  settled  to  the  satisfaction  it,  claiming  they did  nOt  turn  it in  the  work  involved,  otherwise  they  of  all  involved.  may  lose  good  overtime  that  they  Shipping  has  been  fairly  good,  within  72  hours.  but  the  coming  two  weeks  look  none  too good.  However^  it  is  Ex­ pected that  there  will be a number  of  replacements  on  the  missile  ships.  As  the  membership  knows,  the  dispatcher  here  has  had  diffi­ culty in  getting class A  and B men  to  take  these  jobs.  Headquarters would  like to point  out  that  these  missile  ships  are  SUP member  Hans  Randrup  looks  oi insiructions  posted in  Morl­ on  a  par­ with  many  of  our  other  poso wheelhouse  on hpw to  moke a "Wiljiomson Turn."  Successful  After  many  years  of  discouragement  and  difficulty.  Sea­ SlU­contracted  maneuvering of  sliip  ond prompt  oction  by lifeboat  crew  rescued  vessels  and  repre­ farer  Donald  Peterson's  persistent  desire  to  obtain  a college  sent  good  jobs.  Hons in  Just  17 minutes.  ­ education has paid off in the form of an SIU Andrew Furuseth  There  were  41  vessels  calling  Scholarship. Fittingly  enough,  into  the  area  over  the  past  two­ the fact that he was compelled  teer  shipboard  organizer  for  the  week  period. Of  this  total,  18  paid,  to  go  to  sea  to  support  him­ SIU  in  the fleet.  Subsequently  he  off, four  signed  on  and  19  were  in  self  as  soon  as  he  left high  school  entered the  Public Health Hospital  transit.  now  makes  it  possible  for  him  to  at Staten Island for a leg operation  The  following  were  the  ships  devote  his  full  time  to  completing  and then  went  back  to sea  on  SIU  paying  off:  Atlantic  (American  ships, starting with the Robin  Tux­ Banner);  Steel  Artisan,  Steel  Di­ his schooling.  At present, Peterson  Is attending  ford  in  June,  1954.  He  shipped  rector  (Isthmian);  Pacific  Tide  The shipboard  training and  know­how shown  by the  crew­ Swarthmere  College  in  Philadel­ with  Robin,  Isthmian,  Waterman  (Pacific  Carriers);  OS  Norfolk  phia.  He  hopes  to  go  on  to  grad­ and  Cities  Service  among  other  (Cities  Service);  Ames  Victory,  men and  officers  of  the  Mariposa, have  been commended  by  uate  work  and  then  teach  English  companies,  while  trying  to  com­ Longview  Victory  (Victory  Car­ the US Coast  Guard in an article appearing in  the Jime  issue  —  and  History  on the  college level.  plete  his  qualifications  for  college  riers);  Seatrain  Savannah,  Sea­ of  the  "Procwdings  of  the­*  train  Louisiana  (Seatrain);  Ines,  Merchant Marine  Council."  entrance.  nated by  Commander John  A.  Wil­ From  High  School  To  Sea  Suzanne,  Elizabeth,  Beatrice  The Mariposa, owned by the  liamson,  USNR—is  an  oval  turn  Finally,  he  was  admitted  to  Peterson,  now  26,  went  to  sea  (Bull);  Gateway  City  (Pan­Atlan­ which  enables  a  ship  traveling  at  in 1951  immediately upon his grad­ Swarthmore  College,  which  he  is  tic);  Alcoa  Pennant,  Alcoa  Patriot  Matson  Navigation  Company,  is  full  speed  to return  to the  precise  now  atteding  full  time.  "My  edu­ manned by  members of SIU Pacific  uation  from  Edward  Bok  Voca­ (Alcoa),  and  the  Atlantis  (Pe'trol  District unions.  area  where  the  victim  fell  into the  cational  plans  in  applying  this  tional High  School.  He started  out  Shipping).  sea.  scholarship  are  as  follows,"  he  The article,  entitled "17  Minutes  with  the  Atlantic  Ranger  of  the  Signing  on  were  the  Atlantic  I'll  Never  Forget,"  relates  how  Atlantic  Refining fleet  in  the  deck  wrote.  "(1) To  complete my under­ department  and,  after  over  a  year  graduate  work  here  at  Swarth­ (American Banner); Longview Vic­ quick  action  by  the  Mariposa's  Don't Send Yotir  on  the ship,  tried to enter  Swarth­ more,  majoring  in  English  litera­ tory  (Victory  Carriers);  Pacific  crew  and  officers  resulted  in  sav­ more.  However,  he found  that his  ture.  (2)  Then to go  to the Univer­ Tide  (World  Carriers),  and  the  ing  the  life  of  carpenter's  mate  Baggage COD  Hans  Randrup,  who  was  acciden­ academic  preparation  was  unsat­ sity  of  Edinburgh  in  Scotland  to  Robin  Sherwood  (Robin).  study  history.  Then  I  would  like  tally  tossed  overboard  last  Decem­ Seafarers  are  again  warned  In  transit  were  the  Bienville,  isfactory and he needed some more  to  teach  English  and  history  on  a  Iberville,  Beauregard,  Fairland,  ber  3  when  the  Mariposa  was  one  not  to  send  their  baggage  COD  schooling.  Raphael  Semmes,  Azalea  City  day out  of  Honolulu  to  any  Union  hall..  The  Union  After  shipping  out  again,  he did  college  level.  some  summer session  works at  the  "But  rather  than  focus  my  edu­ (Pan­Atlantic);  Alcoa  Planter,  Al­ • Sandrup's fall  was  seen  by  his  cannot  accept  delivery  of  any  Peddle  School.  Then  in  1953  he  cational  objectives  on  one  type  of  coa  Patriot  (Alcoa);  Sandcaptain  shipmates,  who  promptly  executed  baggage  where  express  charges  was  drafted  into  the  US  Army,  vocation,  I  would  like the  right to  (Const. Aggregates); Steel  Record­ the  ''man  overboard"  alarm.  The  have not  been prepaid.  Men  who  send  baggage  COD  only  to  be  discharged  shortly  retain  my  choice  of  work,  until  er' (Isthmian);  Natalie  (Intercon­ Mariposa  compieted  a  WiiUamson  thereafter  when  his  right  leg,  after  I  have  completed  my  entire  tinental); Pacific  Navigator  (Com­ Turn,  lowered  ah  emergency  life­ to Union  halls face the  prospect  which  had  been  lame,  collapsed  education.  This freedom  of  choice  pass);  Seatrain  New  York,  Texas,  boat,  and  Randrup  was  picked  up  of  having to  go to a lot  of  trou­ is  something  that  being  awarded  Georgia,  New  Jersey  (Seatrain);  after  17  harrowing  minutes  in  the  ble  and red  tape  with  the Rail­ on  him.  way Express  Co.  He  went  back to  sea  with Atlan­ an  SIU  scholarship  guarantees  Wacosta,  Arizpa  (Waterman),  and  water.  The  Williamson  Turn — origi­ the  Kenmar  (Calmar).  tic  Refining  and  became  a  volun?  me."  'Old College Try'  Pays Off In Award  Ir;  JMariposa  Crew  Hailed  For  Shipmates' Rescue  Ivt'.  I**.­ Seaman's Best Friend:  a;!.­'..  •  pi­ • •   • Isr  A Flashlight  Whether  It's  for  the  Seafarer  who  is  standing  watch  in  the  wee  hours  of  the  morning, or  for any  crewmember in cose  of  an  electrical  system  failure,  a  flashlight  is  a handy tool to hove available.  It prevents  a  good  deal  of  stumbling  around  blindly  in the  darkness  and  saves  precious  time  in  an  emergency.  Keep  a  flashlight­handy  in  your  foc'sle,  land  moke  sure  the  batteries  are  fresh.  It can save  you a good deal of  grief.  •   .. •   .  •  '  •   "­A  ^  �Pare Seres  SEAFARERS  LOG  Jiaui'19,1959  CG Hits Speeding By Ships  Gnide To Better Bnyin^  By  Sidney  Margolitts  n  :  •  ­  'A' '  •  i­  ;­n '­ The US Coast  Guard has, in  effect,  backed  up the contentions  that over­reliance  on ra­ dar  and  the maintenance of  full cruising speed,  despite  weather  conditions, are major  con­ tributing factors in ship accidents.  At the same time, the Coast 1  Guard  warned  skippers  that  more  than  18  knots  in  poor  "Perhaps  much  of  the  competl­.  operating  their  vessels  at  im­ visibility  and  had  failed  to  stop  tion  referred  to  by  counsel," Law­ moderate  speeds,  in  restricted  his  ship's  engines  when  he  heard  lor  said,  "would  disappear  if  th#  visibility,  places  their  licenses  in  the fog  signal  of  an  unseen  vessel  ships  of  all  nations,  all  of  whom  You'll  pay  more  for  youi^  family's  shoes  next  fall—about  $1  more  Jeopardy.  ahead  of  him.  for men's and  50  cents  to $1 more for  women's.  This stiff  increase In  Thus  the  Coast  Guard  put  ship  "The  quest  for  speed  cannot  are  bound  by  the  International  the average family's  biggest  clothing expense  has Just  been announced  masters  in  a  bind  between  their  condone  clear­cut violations  of  the  Rules of  the Road,  were navigated  by  manufacturers showing  new fall  lines.  Th^ blame  the  price hikes^  own  Judgment  and  company  de­ International  Rules  of  the  Road,"  in  accordance  with  Rule 16."  •   averaging  eight  percent, on  higher pricies  of  hides.  Spme retailers  are  mands  to  maintain  schedules.  Reliance on  radar and  the main­ Lawlor  said.  pluming  to  conceal  the  Increase  by  offering  lower­quality  shoes  at  As reported  in  the SEAFARERS  Captain  La  Belle's  lawyers  had  tenance  of  speed  were  also  im­ the old  price  levels.  LOG  of  May  8,  these  "pressures  argued  that "passenger  vessels are  portant  considerations  in  the  re­ The shoe  price  hike is  one  of  several signs  that we're  in for  another  on  a  master,  to  keep  his vessel  at  forced  to  travel  at  express  speeds  cent  Coast  Guard, inquiry  into  th«  summer  of  inflation  following  the  recent  few. months  of  stable­ living  top  speed,"  have  been  denounced  in  order  to meet  competition from  crash  of  the  Santa  Rosa  and  SIU­ manned  Valchera.  costs.  Other  clothing  prices  are  still  close  tb  1949  levels,  but  have  by an official of  the Masters, Mates  other  forms  of  transportation."  been  creeping  up  and  are  expected  to  go  up  more  sharply  this  fall.  and  Pilots,  and  other  sea  unions  Most  rayon,  acetate  and  Wool  materials  have  been  hiked  by  the  mills.  have  voiced  similar  views.  Moderate­income  families  also  will  be  squeezed  by  rising  prices  of  The  Coast  Guard's  position  was  meat.  "  stated  in  its findings, on the  March  We  advise  protecting  yourself  against  the  new  living­cost  boost  by  1 collision  of  the American  Export  timing your  buying,  and  choosing  lower­cost  alternatives  in food.  The  liner  Constitution  and  the  Nor­ annual  mid­year  shoe  sales  start  late  in  June  and  offer  reductions  of  wegian  tanker  Jalanta,  about five  miles  off  the  Ambrose  Lightship.  10­20  percent on  basic styles and  well­known  brands.  OTTAWA—The  Canadian  Labour  Congress,  Canadian  Other  important  sales  this  month  include  piece­goods  clearances  of  The  Constitution's  skipper. Cap­ summer  fabrics;  ciearances of  current­model  television  sets, refrigera­ tain James  W. La  Belle, was found  counterpart  of  the  AFL­CIO,  reports  it  has  raised  approxi­ tors  and  washing  machines;  and  cut­price  specials  on  storm  windows  guilty  of  negligence  and  his  mately $416,000 in its fund drive on behalf of  the International  and  screens;  If  you're planning home  repairs or  expansions,  note  that  master's  license  and  other'Coast  Woodworkers  of  America.­^  lumber prices, which  went  up this year, now are down  seasonally.  Rug­ Guard  documents  were  suspended  The SXU of North America has  Premier  Joseph  Smailwood.  Th«  cleaning  specials  also  are  available  this  month.  Time  your  buying  of  for  one  year.  contributed  $10,000  to  the  Smallwood  government  has  domi­ garden equipment, as lawn mowers, and outdoor  furniture for late June.  However,  in  his  formal  opinion,  drive  and  the  SIU  Canadian  Dis­ nated  Newfoundland  politics  ever  the Coast Guard hearing  examiner,  Here  are shopping  tips for  some  of  the  important  summer  sales:  since the  area  gave up  its status as  Walter  E.  Lawlor,  called  the  ac­ trict another $1,500.  SHOES:  This  necessity  already  has  gone  up  over  30  percent  since  cident, "almost  unbelievable"  in  The  proceeds  are  being  used  to  a  British  crown  colony  and  joined  1949.  Some  of  the  true  price  Increase  has  been  concealed  by  the  use  view  of  Captain  La  Belle's  train­ sustain  800  needy  families  whose  Canada  as a  province.  of  inferior  materials  and  construction.  Especially  this  coming  year,  ing, experience  and  reputation for  husbands  are  participating  in . the  In addition, the Woodworkers are  strike against the Anglo­Newfound­ petitioning  the  Canadian  parlia­ you'll  see  more  synthetic  materials  and  fabrics  replacing  some  of  the  "meticulousness."  leather  in  shoes.  Synthetic  soles  wear  longer  than  leather  but  tend  Lawlor  ruled  that  Captain  La  land  Development  Company.  The  ment to nullify  Smallwood's strike­ to  increase  perspiration  in summer,  and  are colder  in  winter.  Belle  had  operated  his  30,500­ton  Newfoundland  government  has  breaking  legislation.  Thus, it's especially  urgent to check quality carefully in  buying shoes  liner at "an  immoderate  speed" of  "outlawed"  the  strike,  and  set  up  The  strikers  went  out  when  a  government­sponsored  strike­ Anglo­Newfoundland refused  to ac­ this year.  breaking  apparatus  to .work  the  cept  a  Canadian  conciliation  board  Fit is as important as quality of  materials and  construction in  getting  logging  camps.  award  on  a  new  contract.  Major  satisfactory  wear,  A  shoe  with the  wrong  last  for  you,  or  improperly  A  new  turn  in  the  strike  situa­ issues,  in  addition  to  a  wage  in­ fitted,  will  wear  out  sooner  than  one  carefully fitted,  let  alone  the  tion  is  a  drive  for  organizing  an  crease,  involve  decent  food  and  damaging  effect  on  your  health.  The  problem  is  that  expensive  stores  opposition  political  group  in  New­ living  conditions in  the  primitive  generally  are  careful  in fitting  shoes, and  carry  a  wide  range  of  lasts  foundland  to  the  government  of  logging  camps.  and  sizes.  But  the  inexpensive,  mass­volume  stores  don't  always  take  the  time  to fit  as carefully.  You  yourself  need  to  make  sure  your  or  your  child's  shoes  are fitted  properly.  Take  your  time,  and  if  one  store doesn't  have  the  proper size  or last, don't  hesitate  to try others.  Before  you  buy  your  child's  next  shoes,  examine  those^ he's  now  NEW  ORLEANS—It  has  been  a  wearing.  They'll  give  clues  as  to  whether  they fit  properly.' In  a  cor­ rectly­fitted  worn  shoe, first  sign  busy  time  for  this  port  on  the  of  wear  is  at  the  ball  of  the foot,  shipping  side,  with  over  200  men  chiropodists  say.  Wear  at  the  toe  being shipped to permanent  berths.  indicates that the shoe is too short;  Port  Agent  Lindsey  Williams,  re­ (Thfe  brothers  described  below  are  receiving  $150  monthly  SIU  dis­ wear  around  the  edges  indicates  ported.  In  addition,  there  were  ability pension  benefits.)  it's  too  narrow;  wear  on  one  edge  12  relief  and  stand­by  jobs  and  28  indicates  the  foot  is  off  balance.  calls for  men  on  HIWD­contracted  Gregory  Morejon  . . . 71 . . . started  sailing  in  New  York  in  1913  Never  rely  on  the  marked  sizes  operations.  and  retired  last  November  after  45  years  at  sea . . . joined  the  SIU  In  shoes.  Different  manufacturers  However  while  the  present  ship­ in  1939  and  worked  in^the  stew­ have  different  ideas of  size.  When  ping  picture  is  good  and  it  is  eji­ ard  department  . . . most  enjoy­ bought, children's shoes  should  be  pecled  to  last  another  two  weeks,  able  trips  were  to  the  Mediter­ a  half­inch  longer  than  the  foot  beyond  that  the  outlook  is  un­ ranean  . . . liked  the  area  for  its  and  at  least  one­quarter  inch  certain.  Because  of  this,  Williams  historical  significance  and  found  wider at  the toe.  They also should  said,  all  class  A  and  B  men  are  the  people  very  friendly . . . was  conform  to  the  shape  of  the foot;  urged  to  take  the  jobs  as they  are  fairly fortunate  during World  War  the  ball  of  the  foot  should  come  put on  the board,  so  that  if  it does  II—never  wound  up  in  the  water  at  the  widest  part  of  the sole,  and  get  slack,  they  will  not  be  caught  . . . "we  saw  the  tin fishes  and  the heel  seat  should  grip  the  heel  on  the  beach  with  "C" cards  hold­ got  scared,  but  that  was  about  snugly  but  without  binding.  ing  down  the  berths.  Gregory Morejon and his  son,  all,"  he  recalls . . . writes  to  sev­"  Some  families  tend  to  buy  ex­ There  was  a  total  of  39  vessels  eral  old  shipmates,  including  pensive  shoes,  and  bring  the  chil­ calling  into  the  port  over  the  past  William,  seven  years  old.  dren  in  twice  a  year  for fitting.  two­week  period.  Seven ships  paid  Frenchy  Michelet,'Richard  Birmingham,  Chuck  Kimberly  and  Johnny  This  is  too  infrequent.  Fit  of  off  and  signed  on,  and  25  were  in  Roberts,  but finds  them  all suffering  from  a  common  seaman's disease  —^they  don't  answer . . . used to  be  a  pretty  good  chess  player  in  his  children's shoes should  be checked  transit.  days,  often  representing  his  ship  in  competitions,  and  making  out  at  least  three,  and  preferably  four  times  a  year. .Nor  is  it  necessary  to  buy the most  expensive shoes.  They  may  wear  so  well that  parents  The  following  were  the  ships  quite  well  . . . has  a  7­year  old  son  who's  always  asking  his  father  may  neglect  to  check  on fit  until  well  after  the  child  has  outgrown  paying  off  here:  Del  Sud,  Del  Rio  about  tlie  different  places  he's  been  to  . . . lives  in  Miami.  (Mississippi);  Lucile  Bloomfield,  .  $  J)  3)  the shoes.  You  can  pay  anywhere from  $3 to  $9 for  children's shoes.  The most  Neva  West  (Bloomfield);  Wacosta,  James  Snell . . . 67  . . . having  7  children  and  13  grandchildren.  expensive  ones  are  generally  a  Goodyear­welt  type.  The  upper  and  • Topa Topa  (Waterman)  and  the  Brother  Snell  is  really  one  to  appreciate  that  $150  disability­pension  check that  arrives out  at his Texas  sole  are  both  stitched'to a  narrow strip  of  leather  so  that there  is  no  John  C.  (Atlantic  Carriers).  home  every  month . . . joined  the  seam  on  the  inside  of  the  shoe.  A  welt  shoe  can  be  repaired  easily,  Signing  on  were  the  Del  Alba,  Union  early  in World  War  II, sail­ because the  new sole can be sewn, on to the welt.  Expensive shoes often  Del  Viento,  Del  Sud  (Mississippi);  ing  in  the  steward  department  Coalings  Hills  (Marine  Tankers):  also  have fitting  features such  as special  arches.  . . . shipped  on  freighters, tankers  In  contrast,  the  cheapest  shoes  generally  have  the  outsole,  insole  Ocean  Dinny  (Ocean  Clippers);  and  passenger  ships  "wherever  I  and  upper  stitched  together  so  that  you  can  feel the  stitches  on  the  Neva  West  (Bloomfield)  and  the  was needed and  whenever I needed  inside  of  the  ahoe.  Shoes  constructed  this  way  cannot  be  repaired  Pacific  Ocean  (Wflrld  Tramping).  a  job" ... like  many  other  Sea­ In transit  were the Alcoa Ranger,  as  well.  ,  farers  who  sailed  on  transport  or  But  you  also  generally  can  buy  welt  shoes  for  children  in  the  Alcoa  Clipper,  Alcoa  Roamer,  cargo  ships  during  the  Second  medium­price  brackets,  around  $5­$6.  Thus,  unless  your  child  has  Alcoa  Corsair  (Alcoa);  Seatrains  World  War,  Brother Snell  was  in­ problem  feet,  the  most  expensive  shoes  are  not  necessary,  and  the  Georgia,  Louisiana;  Del  Sol,  Del  volved  in  several  wrecks  but  was  medium­price  line  generally  gives  most  basic  value  for  your  money.  Alba,  Del  Viento,  Del  Sud  (Missis­ lucky  on  all  instances  . . . drops  In shopping  the summer  sales for  women's shoes,  avoid  the sharply­ sippi);  Steel  King,  Steel  Director  into  the  Union  halls  in  Lake  pointed  toes  and  spike  heels  which  have  been  this  year's  fashion.  (Isthmian);  Kathryn,  Evelyn,  Fran­ Charles  and  Houston  and  chews  This extreme  style  soon  will  look  out­of­date,  and  also  is  undesirable  ces  (Bull):  Margaret  Brown  the fat  with  some  of  the  boys . . .  (Bloomfield);  Arizpa,  Monarch  of  from  a fitting  standpoint.  /  /  The  most  comfortable shoe  style  is  broad  and  round  at  the  toe, and  the  Seas,  Claiborne  (Waterman);  Seafarer  James  Snell  poses  spends  a  good  time  cooking,  par­ tially  because  he  enjoys  it,  and  as straight  along  the inner  edge  as  possible.  The  broadest  part of  the  Raphael  Semmes,  Gateway  City  partly  out  of  necessity  what  with  Shoe  should  come  at f he end  of  ydur  little  toe.  On  the  inside  edge,  (Pan­Atlantic);  Pacific  Ocean  with  three  of  his  grqndchil­ so  many  hungry  mouths  usually  %e shoe should  row^  big loint  of  the.big toe.  Adults' shoes,  (World ­  Tramping);  ^ Ocean  Dinny  dren.  too, 'shoul«l  provide a  half­inch of  space'beyond  the toes.  Spiked  heels  (Ocean  Carriers);  Mankato  Victory  around his home ... 15 years in  the steward, department  prepared him  inot only  affect, foot health, but tend to  run down on one side and throw  (Victory  Carriers)  and  the John  C  for this  job . . . finds himself  almost always  baking  pies and  cakes for  his  grandchildren. :  .  (Atlantic  Carriers).  the shoe out  of  shape.  Footwear Prices Flying High  $416,000 Donated  For Logger  Strike  New Orleans  Still Hopping  ..  �Face  Elch*  SEAFARERS  tPg  Jane U, 195*  IC C: ENEMY OP MMESTI®  ICC­Rail Combine Has Drafted Formula  To Drive Coastal Shipping Off The Seas  Domestic  Ship  Depression  "Made  In  Washington  Twenty years ago,  when  the United  States  was  Jnst  beginning  to  emerge  from  Its  worst  economic  depression,  the  domestic  salt  water  shipping  In­ dustry—coastwise  and  intercoastal—  was  one  of  the  major  carriers  of  US  commerce.  It utilized 675 ships  (more  than two­thirds the  size of  our entire  privately­owned  merchant  fleet  to­ day)  and  was  manned  by  approxi­ mately  26,500  seamen  In  all  ratings  and  licenses,  plus  additional  thous­ ands of  shoreside maritime  workers­ longshoremen,  ship  supply  workers,  ship  construction  workers  and  repair  and  maintenance  gangs.  Thanks  to  the Interstate  Commerce Commission,  the  situation  has  changed  drastically  for  the  worse.  In 1959  the rest  of  the nation  looks  back  on  1939  as  a  bad  dream.  There  are 66  million people  working as com­ pared  to some  45  million  then.  Total  US output  Is  up  from  about  $140  bil­ lion  In  1939  to  approximately  $330  billion this year, In 1947 dollars, allow­ ing  for  changes  in  the  value  of  the  dollar.  But  what.has happened  to shipping  in  the meantime?  While  the  nation's  jobs  were  increasing  by  a  third  and  output  has  gone  up  ZVz  times  in  the  last 20  years, the  bottom has  dropped  out  of  the  coastwise  and  intercoastal  shipping  industry.  The  675  ships  of  1939  are  down  to  316  today,  and  the  26,500  seafaring  berths have  been  cut  to 14,500,  at  a  time  when  every  other  industry  has  been  doubling  and  trip­ ling  in  size.  Offhand, you  would  expect  that  in­ creased  production  would  mean  in­ creased  cargo  and  increased  jobs  in  the  transportation  industry.  But  ships have not been  getting It.  On the  contrary,'If  you subtract the  bulk car­ goes  carried  by  tankers  and  ore  car­ riers  for  the  oil  and  metals  concerns  which  own  them,  the  domestic  ship­ ping  industry  dwindles  to  near­noth­ ing.  In the coastwise  trade, there  are  just  12  common  carriers operating­on  the Atlantic  and Gulf  Coasts and  just  three on the West Coast.  In 1939 there  were  143  such  ships  in  this  trade.  i. •   f­i  i  ICC  Hands  Railroads  A Cargo  Bonanza  This drastic  decline in  shipping has  not  been  matched by  ishipping's  prin­ cipal  competitor, the  railroads.  While  ICC  action  has  put  shipping  on  the  skids,  the  railroads  have  received  a  corresponding  boost  from  the agency.  With  all  the  railroads'  breast­beating  and moaning as to  their financial  dif­ ficulties,  they  have  been  doing  very  well  on  the  profit  side.  A  fact  sheet  distributed  by  the  Railway  Labor  Ex­ ecutives  Association  points  out  that  before  World  War  II,  "net  operating  Income frequently slumped  well below  $500 million and even  below $200  mil­ lion  during  the  (Repression  years  of  the  1930's.  It  has not  dropped  below  $750  million  since  1949  .  .  ."  On  the  contrary!  the  labor  group  states,  the  rails'  operating  profit  has  continued  to be $1  billion or near it  during most  of  the postwar years," and 1959  prom­ ises  to  be  another  billion­dollar  year,  or better.  By contrast,  the revenue  of  East  Coast  ­coastwise  ship  operators  .  was  down  to 9.3  million in  1958  from  $12.9  milUon  in 1955.  V  The  rail  labor  gCfiup  declared  that  much of  the complaining by railroads  of  hard  times  is  simply  to  forestall  union demands  for contract  improve­ ments.  In fact, they said the railroads  are  campaigning  for  a  cut  In  wage  scales when the present rail contracts  expire  in  November.  In other  words,  the picture of  rail­ roads since 1939  has been one of  vast­ ly  improved  profits;  of  domestic  sea­ borne shipping, a constant and drastic  decline.  Why?  In 1939,  domestic seaborne  shipping  was  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  old  Federal  Maritime  Board  of  the  De­ partment ef  Commerce.  In 1940 it was  handed  over  to  the  ICC.  The domes­ tic  shipping  industry  and  the  marl­ time  unions  are  convinced  that  col­ lusive action  by  the railroads and the  ICC  is  responsible  for  the  shipping  decline.  They  hold  that  the  ICC,  far  from being  an independent,  impartial  agency arbitrating between competing  forms  of  transportation  —  trucks,  trains and ships—is actively cooperat­ ing with  the railroads  in  their efforts  to  destroy  domestic  shipping.  ICC­Railroad  Hook­Ups  ICC  bias  on  behalf  of  the  railroads  is simply  explained.  The  members  of  the  commission  come  out  of  the rail­ road  industry  and,  when  they  resign,  they  go  back  to  work  for  the  rail­,  roads.  One  former  chairman  of  the  ICC  became  a  vice­president  of  the  Chesapeake and  Ohio.  Another  board  member  became  a  vice­president  of  the  New  York,, Central.  This  is  com­ monplace.  Under  the  circumstances,  when  a  member  or  employee  of  the  commis­ sion  has  an  idea  that  he  might  have  a  plush  railroad  job  waiting  for  him  the  day  he  resigns,  and  that  same  railroad is  up before  him on  a steam­ ship  company  complaint,  it  is  not  hard  to figure  out  which  way  the de­ cision  is  going  to  go.  It  would  be  just  like  an  umpire  in  the  World  Series  calling  a  close  one  in favor of the New  York Yankees and  then  being­hired  after  the  series  as  assistant  general manager of  the ball  club.  Rails  Move  In  For  Kill  The  railroads  have  made  it  quite  clear  that  they  want  to  swallow  up  all competing  forms of  transportation  —including  the airlines and  truckers.  A  statement  of  policy  recently  issued  by  the  Association  of  American  Rail­ roads, under  the heading " 'One Pack­ age'  Transportation,"  calls  for  re­ moval of  restrictions on railroad  own­ ership ,of  competing  forms  of  trans­ portation.  That  would  give  the  rail­ roads  further  weapons  with  which  to  drive  competing  shipping  to the  wall.  With  the  ICC  loaded,  as  it  is,  on  the  railroads' side, the roads hope to make  short  work  of  competing  shippinft  companies.  Then  with shipping com­ petition destroyed, the railroads would  be  free  to  boost  freight  rates  at  the  expense  of  the  shippers  and,  ulti­ mately,  the  general  public.  .How  Rate­Manipulation  Throttles Shipping  Even without  the "one package" ar­ rangement,  the  railroads  have  been  quite  successful  in  destroying  ship­ ping.  There  are  several  devices  used  by the railroads for this purpose, with  the  approval  of  the  ICC.  They  come  under  the  heading  of  selective  rate­ cutting, or  selective  rate  increases,  as  the  situation  warrants.  These devices can  be summed up as  follows:  (A)  Where  the railroad  can  deliver  cargo  from  one  seaport  to  another  seaport,  In  direct  competition  with  shipping,  it cuts  rates  sharply  on  the  kind  of  cargo  carried  by  ships.  If  nece.ssary, the  railroad will  carry that  cargo below  cost to  drive the shipping  company out of  business.  The railroad  makes  up  the  difference  by  boosting  rates on  other cargo  operations.  (B)  Where  railroads  haul  cargo  to  the  dock  from  an  inland  port,  the  cargo  to move  the rest  of  the way  on  ships,  the  railroads  BOOST  rates  sharply  on  that  cargo,  even  though  the  distance involved  may be as  little  as  40  or  50  miles.  At  the  same  time,  the  railroad  CUTS  the  rate  for  that  same  cargo  if  the  shipper  agrees  to  At the recent SIU of  NA Conven­ tion,  delegates  went  on  record  calling  for  a  Congressional  inves­ tigation  of  "conflict  of  interest"  within  the  ICC,  referring  to  the  railroad  background  of  ICC  ap­ pointees  before  and  after  serving  with  thd  agency.  The SIU and NA  and other mari­ time  unions  feel  that if  the ICC .,1s  permitted  to  continue  functioning  In  its  present  form,  what  remains  of  the  domestic  shipping  Industry  will disappear, with detrimental ef­ fects on  seamen's  employment,  the  national  security  and  the  nation's  cost  of  living.  send  it  the  full  route  exclusively  by  rail.  Since  the  shipping  company  can't  bring its ship  50  miles  inland  to pick  up  cargo,  it  is  at  the  mercy  of  the  railroads'  local  short­haul  charges.  The  combined  rail­ship  freight  charge,  then, .cannot  match  the  all­ rail  long­haul  charge  and  the  ship­ ping company  loses the business.  (C)  If  the  shipping  company  tries  to cut its part of the rate so as to com­ pete  with  the  ali­rail  long­haul  charge, the  railroads  simply  cut  their  long  Jhaul  charge  and/or  boost  the  shorthaul fee it gets to carry the cargo  to and from the dock.  Either way, the  shipping company hasn't got a chance.  Again, the  railroad makes  up the dif­ ference  on  its general  cargo  rates,  if  it  has  to.  Some Examples  Of  Rate  Manipulation  Some specific examples of how these  devices  work  were  displayed  before  a  recent  Senate  Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce  Committee hearing  by  un­ ion  and  company  representatives.  On the West Coast, the railroads are  competing  directly  with  a  shipping  company  in  the  newsprint  trade  be­ twej^n two West Coast ports.  The rail­ roads put­rates  in effect  in this  trade  which were less than the actual haul­ ing  cost, figuring  that  in  little  more  than a year  they would  put  the com­ peting  ship operator  out  of  business.  Apparently  they  are  succeeding.  The  money  lost  by  the  railroads  carrying  newsprint  is made up by extra charge  on other cargo at the public's expense.  The  long­haul,  short­haul  sample  is as follows: Chocolate bars manufac­ tured  in  Hershey,  Pa.  They  can  be  sent  to  Dallas,  Texas,  in  one  of  two  ways:  overland  exclusively  by  train,  or,  by  train  to New  York,  loaded on  a  ship,  sent  to a  Texas  port  and  tran­ '  shipped  by  rail  to  Dallas.  In 1956,  the railroads  were charging  $2.26 to  transport 100 pounds of  candy  from  Hershey  to Dallas,  a  distance of  1,521  miles,  on  the  all­rail,  long­haul  rate.  What happened if  a ship carried the  cargo?  A  railroad  delivered  it  to the  New  York  dock,  175  miles  away,  and  then, when the ship got to Texas City,  Texas,  the  railroad  there  delivered  it  290 miles  to Dallas, two short hauls at  both  ends.  For  these two short  hauls,  the  railroads  charged  a  total  of  $1.  The  shipping  company  charged  74 Vi  cents  for  the  2,181­mile  water  haul  from  New  York  to  Texas  City.  Consequently, when  the candy firm  wanted to send chocolate  bars to Dal­ las  by  ship,  the  total  charge  was  $1.74^; by  train, $2.26.  The difference  in  favor  of  the ship  traditionally  ex­ isted  because  ships  are  slower  and  subject  to  delays  from  bad  weather.  The only way any ship operator could  get  the  candy firm's  business  was  to  charge him less for the slower service.  That  was  okay  as  far  as  it  went.  COASTWISE  AND INTERCOASTAL iSHIPPIAiS  JOB?  %B00  1^39  \9e9  14,500  Chart shows  drastic  decline  in  employment  and  ship  operation In coastwise  and  jniercoastal trade in lost  20 years,  a decline  attributed  to ICC taking  jurisdiction  over  domestic  shipping  early  in  1^^.  Domestic  shipping  originally  was major  port of US merchapt fleet octivity.  '  Vi...  �W, 1959  Pare NIM  SEAFARERS  LOG  IIPPING  Bat the  raUroads  wanted  to get  all of  that  candy  freight,  and  with  the  aid  of  the  ICC  they  went  to work  on  the  problem.  Fhst,  they  eat  the  long­ haul,  all­rail  rate  for  the  1,521  miles  to $1.72.  Then  they  raised  the  short­ haul rates on both ends. The Hershey­ New  Tprk  rate  went  up five  cents  to  40  cents;  the  Texas  City­Dallas  rate  ,went  up  16  cents  to  81  cents.  That  left  the  totals  this  way:  Hershey  to  Dallas  by  rail  (1,521  miles)  $1.72,  down  51  cents.  Short  haul  at  both  ends  (465  mile  total)  $1.21,  up  21  cents.  The  short­ haul  rate  was  now  more  than  ZV2  times  the  long­haul  charge  on  a  per  mile  basis.  In  order for  the  shipping  company  to maintain, the  diffn'ential, based  on  the all­rail rate of  $1.72, the combined  ­  sea­rail rate  would have  to be  $1.20'^.  Thus,  the  shipping  company  would  have  to  carry  the  candy  for  nothing  and  pay  a  half­penny  to  the  manu­ factnrar  for  the  "privilege"  of  doing  so  since  the  rail  charge  is  alreadr  $1.21.  The  result  Is  the railroads  are  now  misnopolising  Die  chocolate  bar  bu^css ­ thanks  to  ICC  approval  of  Juggling  of  long­haul  and  short­haul  rates.  One more  example; In one year, be­ •   tween  February,  1958,  and  February,  1959,  the  railroads cut  rates on  citrus  Juice  from Tampa  to  New  York  from  $1,05  to  80  cents,  a  cut  of  25  cents.  The 80­cent  rate is  the same  that ex­ isted  in January,  1931.  In  the  period  since 1931,  the ICC has approved  gen­ eral rate  increases on other commodi­ ties  Of  158  percent.  Why  haven't  the  citrus  rates  gone  up  along  with  the  others?  Because  canned  citrus  juices  are  a  mainstay  of  one of  the last  remaining coastwise  shipping operators,  and the cOts were  designed  to drive  the  company out  of  business.  In all these cases, once the railioads  have eliminated the  competition, they  will be able to charge what they please  on such  cargoes.  ICC  Strips  Shipping  Lines  Of  Protection Under  Law  It is understandable that a railroad,  a  steamship  company,  or  any  other  form  of  business would  try  to  get  an  edge  on  its  competitors.  The  job  of  the ICC is to be the fair and Impartial  '  umpire,  but  the maritime  unions and  ship operators  hold  that on  the  con­ trary the ICC is a partner  of  the rail­ roads  in  the  rail  campaign  to  wreck  shipping.  In support of  this claim, the unions  LONiAmsUOftTHAUL  RATE MANIPULATION BVTHE gAggOAOS  PAtes roa. ONE HUHateom&frPNOM HEKSHEY, e^.,TD V>ALLAS,-!EX/\^ MkdSMr  TWf  CAILVWSCmHELO/kS  HERSHEY,  MAUL, ALL­RAIL RATB TO  iNCOURASB COMm\BS TO  BVRAIU,  HEvi>fatai  ^^AzEAlL  VALLAS  SEA RATE FgCtM  A/EW YDRXTO  JEXAeCITY...  PALIAS  74^­ leCAScrrv  TEXAS CfiY  g.g. CHABgESfPR IMI AilLES ­ RX.CimESfi)R465MlLB5''^l.lt  Through  manipulation  of  long  haul  and  short  haul  rates,  rail­ roads hove coastwise ship  operators at their  mercy.  Illustration  left shows  how railroads  cut the long haul,  all rail freight rate  to  make  it  clieoper  for  a  company  to  ship  exclusively  by  rail.  At the  same  time,  the railroad  raises­the  short  haul rate  (right)  and the shipping Industry cite the fol­ lowing  instances,  among  others:  • In the West Coast newsprint case,    the  shipping  company  protested  the  railroad rate  cuts.  The ICC refused to  give  the shipping  company  a  hearing  and ordered the rates into effect with­ out an investigation.  A year  later, the  shippinc company  made another  pro­ test  and  again  was  denied  a  hearing  and a ruling was  handed down  favor­ ing  the  railroads.  • One    East Coast company has filed  15  petitions  with  the  ICC  since  June,  1958.  Only  three  of  these  have  been  granted.  Twelve rulings  were in  favor  of  the  railroads.  • Another company went    to Federal  Court  complaining  that  the  ICC  had  refused  to  consider  evidence  it  had  submitted against a shipping company  in  a  rate  case.  The  court  ruled  in  favor  of  the  shipping  company  and  agreed  that  the  4CC  had  "failed* to  expose  the  considerations  for  its  de­ termination" by refusal to consider all  the­evidence  submitted.  The  case  in­ volved  the  carriage  of  sulphur  below  actual  cost,  a  violation  of  the  Inter­ state  Commerce  Act.  It should be remembered that under  the act it Is  illegal to establish  below­ cost  rates  for  the  purpose  of  driving  a competitor out of business or to Jug­ gle  long and short­haul  rates for  the  same purpose.  By refusing to consider  evidence  in  such  cases,  the  ICC  was  SEtECTIVE RATE CUTTING  •  TTiE  RA/LBQAOS RAISED THE  SHORT HAUL BATE RPRDELIVfeR/  TD ANDFflavlTHE IXCI^,A(AK)N<3  rr TDD CCeiLYTD SHIP BfSEA.  EVEM  IF THE  SHIPOPERAieR  cur HIS CW/VRATEHECOUPNOr  SPINS TOfAL FfSEimrCHAaSS  POWAITD CCMPRmNE LEvtiS  WITH THE ALL­RAlB  RATE,  for  delivering  cargo  to  and  from  the  dock.  Should  the  ship  operator  attempt  to cut  his  rate  to  match  the  all­rail, long  haul  charge,  the  railroads  would  simply  boost  the  short  haul , rote  some  more.  The  ICC  permits  such  manipulation  to  go  un­ challenged.  evading  its  basic  responsibility  under  the  law.  Alaska Pays  Dearly  For  ICC Rate  Deals  The  degree  to which  ICC  will  favor  the  railroads  at  the  expense  of  the  community  is  best  illustrated  by  its  approval  of  railroad  juggling  on  Alaska  freight  rates.  Assuming cargo  is moving  from Co­ lumbus, Ohio,  to Alaska, it would nor­ mally go­by  rail to Seattle and by  ship  from  there.  The rail  charge per  hun­ dred pounds from Columbus to Seattle  in  that  instance  is $4.42.  Take the same cargo, headed by  rail  for Seattle, and  tell  the railroads  it is  going on to Tokyo, Japan.  The charge  for  the  Columbus­Seattle  run  then  becomes  $3.13.  The  result  ­is  that  combined  with  the  shipping  charges,  it  is  actually  cheaper  to  send  the  cargo  to  Tokyo  than  to  Alaska.  In all cases, the railroad is perform­ ing  exactly  the  same  service, hauling  the  same  cargo  to  Seattle.  Yet  the  foreign  cargo  gets  preferred  treat­ ment over Alaska cargo on the ground  that  there  was  no  competition  in­ volved.  The  ICC  accepted  this argu­ ment,  despite  protests  from  Alaska  and other  Government  agencies.  If  this is the way the railroads treat  Alaska, where  cargo is  moved to a US  seapdrt  by  rail,  it  is  fair  to  assume  the same  would hold  anywhere  in  the  US, once the competing form of  trans­ portation  was, eliminated.  The  rails  would  charge  whatever  they  pleased  and  the  consumer  would  pay.  What  Must  Be Done  All  of  these  ICC  actions  are  per­ formed  within  the  framework  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Act  which  calls  for the agency, before  it makes a deci­ sion,  "to  consider  the  facts  and  cir­ cumstances."  The  shipping  industry  and the maritime unions  want specific  legislative  action  to  compel  the  ICC  to  "consider  the  facts  and  circum­ stances"  and  to  live  up  to  the  law.  They are  also asking  for specific  legal  authority  for  shipping  companies  to  charge  a  lower  minimum  rate  than  railroads so as  to allow  for slower  de­ livery  and  irregularity  of  service,  the  railroads to  be obligated  to stay above  that  rate.  This  right  had  existed  in  law  for  many  years,  but  had  been  eliminated  last  year  when  the  rail­ roads  were  in  Washington  pleading  poverty.  The  maritime  group  is  also  asking  for legislation  to strengthen the  long­ haul,  short­haul  clause  of  the  act  so  that  the 'railroads  cannot  evade  Its  requirements  by  juggling  these­ rates  to  destroy  competition.  Finally,  the  unions  and  the  industry  believe  the  agency  must  be  overhauled  to  elim­ inate  partiality  toward  railroads  and  to  make  it  a "law­abiding"  citizen.  ADJUSTA9LE  RATES  1401^ IHE RA/U3QAD5, IN COUOSlOAl WtlN THE KCG,  piREcr A RATE ATJACK ON A eNip COMPANY e£NBRALCmDRm  BAMBRAm  ­.1  enwEJUiCK  a—  S H  IP  ^ isa^l  AS 19311  /  ^liere a ratlrodd  is in  direct competition  with ships  lor  cargo  traveling between  eceonlront cities, the railroad, with ICC approval, simply cuts the rates on such  )0;fi'tteargpes belew^tual cost to drive  the ship  operator out  of  business.  They make;  lip their losses by  boosting rates on cargo net carried by ships.  "  Alaska rates point up railroads' exploitation of monopoly situation.  Rate for cargo  going to Alaska  is higher than that  going to Japan, even though identical rail serv­ ice is provided in both instances.  Rails' excuse  is that  there is  foreign competition  for US  exporters in  Japanese market.  Domestic business  gets no  such break.  �­^JnaaU.mr  SEAFARERS  LOG  Fva Ten  MOBILE—Continuous rain  in the  area for  the last  12  days  has resulted in some  costly delays  in loading flour  and grain  on ships in the  harbor  here.  "  It  took  longshoremen  al­ fixed fee  for  all  shi^,  regardless  most 14  days  to load  the SlU­ of  size.  Strong  opposition  to  the  manned  Waldo,  a  Liberty,  bill was  voiced by the lobbyists for  vhich  normally  would  be  in  and  the  foreign­flag  super  ore  carriers  out  in  about  four  days.  Add  to  who  would  be  hit  the  most.  Be­ this  the  cost  of  wages,  wharfage  cause  of  this  opposition,  the  out­ and  other  berthing  expenses,  and  come of  the hill is in doubt pending  final  committee  hearings.  The  it  results  in  quite  a  bill.  The  Mobile  Harbor  Commission  Mobile  Bar  Pilots  are  ^affiliated  has  issued  a  report  showing  a  with  the  Harbor and  Island Water­ record  number  of  ships bitting  the  ways  Division  of  the  SIU.  port  last  month,  with  the majority  Dock  Faee­Lift  of  them  being  under  foreign flags.  Now  that  they  are  operating  in  A  substantial  portion  of  these  for­ the black  again, the  Alabama State  eign­flag  ships  were  under  the  Docks are  undergoing a face­lifting  runaway­flags, thus emphasizing the  designed  to  speed  up  cargo  han­ fact  that  these  runaways  are  defi­ dling,  and  to  improve  the  general  nitely  a  serious  threat  to  Ameri­ appearance  of  the  area.  The  new  administrator  of  the  docks  has  Seafarer  Leopoldo  Colon (3rd  from ri^, lost row]  Is shown  in days  when he  was in. charge of  jockeys  can seamen.  In  connection  with  this  it  was  ordered  new  rail  beds  to  replace  at  San  Juan  racetrack.  Colon  gave  up  supervision  of  horse  pilots  to  go  to  sea  with  SIU  in  the  reported that  the Mobile  Bar Pilots  the  old  ones  and  also the  sprucing  block  gang.  are attempting to get a  bill through  Up  of  the  piers  and  administration  the  legislature  that  would  author­ buildings.  ize  a  rate  increase  in  the fees  cur­ Shipping  for  the  past  period  in  rently  paid  by  ships  using  pilots  this  port  has been  holding  up very  well.  Tanner  said,  with  practically  in  Mobile  Bay.  The new  bill  would base  the fees  everyone  who  wanted  to  ship  out  The Waterman Steamship  Corporation's bid for 18­30 subsidized Sailings a year  from the  on  the  deadweight  tonnage  of  the  being  able  to  land  a  berth.  The  Atlantic  Coast  to  Europe  has  been  turned  down by a Federal Maritime  Board" counseL  ,^  ship  rather  than  the  present flat  outlook  for  the  coming  period  is  The counsel  said that "unused  capacity" already  exists,  even  though  US­flag  ships  are  equally  good  with  about  16 vessels  now  carrying  only  20  percent^  scheduled to call  in for  either pay­ trade routes,  including the  Giflf­to­ cific  Coast­to­Far  East  sailings,  ha  of  the  trade.  Shorthanded?  off  or  in  transit.  Europe,  Gulf­to­Far  East,  and  Pa­ Wd.  The  following  were  the  ships  in  United  States  Lines,  which  If  a  crewmemher  quits  while  port  during  the  past  period  for  cific  Coast­to­Far  East.  Waterman is one of seven unsub­ a  ship  is  in  port,  delegates  pay­off  or  in  transit:  the  Alcoa  vigorously opposes approval of fur­ The  counsel  agreed  that  addi­ sidized  lines  now  seeking  aid  for  ther  subsidi^d  service,  claims  to  are  asked  to  contact  the  hall  Corsair,  Alcoa  Roamer,  Alcoa  have  such  "uiiused  capacity."  tional  sailings  could  be  subi^idized  330­599  sailings a  year.  immediately  for  a  replace­ Cavalier  (Alcoa);  Young  America,  on  these  three  routes—but  not  as  The  Government  has  set a  limit  'The  ,rejected  bid  is  part  of  many as  Waterman is seeking.  ment.  Fast  action  on  their  part  of  2,040  subsidized  sailings  this  will  keep  all  jobs  aboard  %hip  Claiborne,  Monarch  of  the  Seas  Waterman's overall request  for  96­ He  also  urged  the  board  not  to  year,  and  1,965  have  already  been  (Waterman);  Steel  Maker,  Steel  144  subsidized  sailings  on  four  permit  Waterman  to "top  off" sail­ allocated.  Before any  pending sub­ filled  at  all  times  and  elimi­ King  (Isthmian);  Waldo  (Compass)  ings  originating  in  the  Gulf  by  sidies  applications  by  Isthmian,  nate  the  chance  of  the  ship  the •   Mankato  Victory  (Victory  stops for cargo,  chiefly  military,  in  Waterman,  T.  J.  McCarthy  and  sailing  short'sanded.  Carriers)  and  the  Kathryn  (BuU).  Atlantic  Coast  ports.  other  companies  can  be  approved  Voyages  originating  in  the  Gulf,  and  go  into  effect.  Congress  will  and  "topped  off"  in  California,  have  to  raise  the  subsidy  ceiling  should  be  deducted  from  the  Pa­ set by  the  Adi^nistration.  Cut  Back  Woferman  Aid  Bid  Your Gear..,  for  ship •   •   •for    shore  l»?.v­  •  IW  •  V  h:..  I::.'  h'- •';•  •:  Whatever  you  need,  in  work  or  dress  gear, your  SIU Sea  Chest  has  it.  Get  top  quality  gear  at substantial  savings by  buy­ ing  at  your  Union­owned  and  Union­ operated  Sea  Chest  store.  Spori  Coats  Slacks  Dress  Shoes  Work  Shoes  Socks  Dungarees  frisko  Jeens  CPO  Shirts  Dress Shirts  Sport  Shirts  Beits  Khakis  Ties  Sweat  Shirts  T­Shirts  Shorts  Briefs  Swim Trunks  Sweaters  Sou'westers  Raingear  Caps  Writing  Mafertals  Toiletries  Electric Shavers  Radios  Television  Jeweiry  •   Cameras  Luggage  SEA CHEST  Unions Build  Memorial To  Storm Dead  ^  A  ten­eents­an­honr  package  in­ strikebreakers  to  live  at  company  LAKE CHARLES—On Saturday,  crease  will  go  into  effect  August  expense  at  a  "private  club  for  June  27,  organized  labw  in  this  31 for  some  100,000 shirt  and._ cot­ high  level  businessmen."  area  will  dedicate  a  monument  to  ton  garment  workers  throughout  4  t  4­ the  unidentified  dead  who  lost  the  country,  as  a  result  of  agree­ their lives  when Hurricane  Audrey  ments  between  the  Amalgamated  The  US  Supreme  Court  has up­ struck  the  Louisiana  coast  two  Clothing  Workers,and  the  manu­ held  a  National  Labor  Relations  Board  ruling  that  local  unions  af­ years  ago,  claiming  more  than  600  facturers.  In  addition  to  a  lives.  cent­an­hour  wage  increase  and  filiated  with  the  American  Bakery  The  hurricane  hit the coast  with  additional  fringe  benefits,  the  un­ &  Confectionary  Workers  Union,  105­miles­an­hour  winds,  followed  ion  also  negotiated  for  a  seventh  AFL­CIO,  may  take  over  the  bar­ by  a  huge  tidal  wave  which  com  paid  holiday  and  increased  pay­ gaining  rights  previously  held  by  pletely engulfed the  Cajiin  County  ments  for  welfare  and  insurance  the  expelled  Bakery  &  Confec­ tionary  Workers.  The  board  had  south  of  the  port,  taking  most  of  funds.  ruled that an  existing contract  was  its victims  in Cameron  Parish.  4)  $  a  bar  to  union  representation  The  AFL­CIO  membership  in  hot  Spurred  on  by  the  disaster,  or­ elections  when  there  has  been  a  ganized  labor  throughout  the  state  Puerto  Rico  has  passed  the  75,000  "schism" in  the ranks  of  the inter­ mark,  Peter  McGavin  assistant  to  and  adjoining  states,  including  national union  resulting in  the loss  many  SIU  members,  contributed  AFL­CIO President  George Meany,  of  AFL­CIO  affiliation.  reports.  The  members  are  in  13  time and manpower to help rebuild  Cameron Parish  and furnish  homes  international  unions  and  several  In  another court  case,  the  AFL­ for  many  of  the  hurricane's  vic­ federal  labor  unions  set up  on  the  CIO  Ethical  Practices  Committee  tims.  island to organize the  workers. The  has urged the  Appellate Division  of  the  NY  Supreme  Court  to  affirm  The  monument  stands  five  feet  unions represent  workers in the  is­ an  earlier  decision  which  allows  land's garment,  sugar, communica­ tall  and is made  of  marble,  Clarke  local unions of  the  bakery  workers  said.  It  will  be  placed  on  the  plot  tions  and  several  other  industries  to take  their  treasuries  and  assets  and services.  in  the  cemetery  where  the  bodies  with  them  when  they  break  with  of  unidentified  victims are  buried.  X.  t  4.  their international  in order to con­ Formal  dedication  of  the  monu­ Six  officials  of  the  strike­bound  tinue  AFL­CIO  affiliation.  The  ment  will  be  made  by Victor  Bus­ MWy chain of  newspapers in West­ lower  court  described  AFL­CIp  sie;  President  of  the  Louisiana  chester  County  (NY),  have  refused  affiliation  as  "highly­prized"  anid  Labor  Council,  AFL­CIO  to appear  voluntarily before  an in­ held  that  the  loss  of  affiliation  It  has  been  a  fairly  quiet  period  vestigating committee  probing into  broke  the  contractual  relationship  on the shipping front  for this port,  the  extent  of  organized  strike­ between  the  expelled  international  Clarke  noted,  although  there  were  breaking  in  the  newspaper  indus­ and  its  local  unions.  10  vessels  here  during  the  last  try.  Public  hearings  had  revealed  4  4­4;.  a vast  movement of  strikebreakers  two  weeks.  The  following  were  the  vessels  from different  parts of  the country  A  fonr­year  battle  by  the  Hotel'  serviced  here  over  the  last  two  to  cities  where  printing  unions  Sr.  Restaurant  Workers ~  in ' thsfr:  week  period:  The  CS  Miami,  CS  have  gone  on  strike.  One  strike­ drive  to  unionize  Miami  Beatdi;  Baltimore,  Winter  Hill,  Chiwawa,  breaker  from  Alabama  admitted  beach­front hotels ended  last  CS Norfolk, Bradford Island  (Cities  he  worked  at  one  of  the  struck  when  the  last­ditch  holdout,  the  Service)  and  the  Ocean •   Dinny  plants  and  earned  up  to  $183  or  Hotel ^xony> finally agreed to eigit  (Maritime  Overseas).  The  Dinny  $190 a week,  phis free lodging and  a  contract: '^en  days: daidim' Yh<a  called  in  for  a  couple  of  hours  in  a  $42 wetkly  food  alloviiance.  He  union had signed six edfldyaiffe withi  order  to  takq  on  a  load  of:  rice,  said  that newspaper  executives arr  a  group  heajsad  by  ranged  for  him  and  two  other  burg which  owns six seaside hotels.  Clarke  said.  ....  •  ­*.  •  i  �U, USf  SEAFARERS  LOG  j'  H'J. .  S.. .  'Class Of '59'  Pace  Hevni  sm  Offer Bill To Protect  Ship Rates Against Rails  WASHINGTON—A  bill  that  would  amend  the  Interstate  Commerce Act to protect domestic ship operators against rail­ road  rate­cutting  has  been  introduced  by  Rep.  Garmatz  (Dem.­Md.), a member  of  the'  House Merchant  Marine Com  Meanwhile,  Under  Secretary  of  mittee.  Commerce  John  Allen  identified  In  effect,  the  bill  would  restore  the members of  a consultants panel  the traditional  differential between  which  will  undertake  a  study  of  rail  and  shipping  which  existed  Government  transportation  policy,  under  the  Act  until  last  year.  It  including  ship  subsidy.  The  panel  was knocked  out  in 1958  at the  be  consists of  Dr. Ernest  W.  Williams,  best  of  the  railroads  on  the  plea  Jr.,  Professor  of  Transportation,  that  they  were  going  broke  and  Columbia  University,  as  its direc­ needed  more  latitude  in  setting  tor; Dr.  Merrill J. Roberts,  Profes­ rates.  sor  of  Transportation  at  the  Uni­ Traditionally,  ship  operators  versity  of  Pittsburgh;  Dr.  William  have  been  able  to  charge  lower  Gomberg,  labor  relations  special­ rates than  railroads because  of  the  ist,  University  of  Pennsylvania;  slowness  and  irregularity  of  ship  Dr.  Virgil  D.  Cover,  Professor  of  service  as  compared  to  rail.  The  Transportation,  Syracuse  Univer­ operators  insist  that  without  this  sity, and Dr.  John E.  Clayton, pub­ differential  in  rates  a  shipper  will  lic  expenditures  specialist,  George  not  give  them  any  business,  pre­ Washington  University.  ferring  faster  rail  service.  The  professional  nature  of  the  panel  from  top  to  bottom  is  a  switch from  original  plans to  name.  Armand  G.  Erpf,  a  Wall  Streeter  and  railroad  man,  as  head  of  the  panel.  His  suggested  appointment  ran into a  storm  of  opposition  and  he  quickly  withdrew.  The  panel  will  study , ship  sub­ sidies,  the  requirements  for  a  na^  tional  merchant  marine,  regula­ tion  of  trucks,  rails,  airlines  and  shipping  and  rate relationships  be­ tween  competing  forms  of  trans­ BALTIMORE — Good  news  to  portation.  the "tanker" seamen  on  the  beach  However,  the  panel's  work  may  in  this  port, is the  report  that  the  be curtailed  unless funds are voted  SlU­contracted  The  Cabins  (Texas  for  it  by  Congress.  Proposed  ap­ City) will be out of  the ysrds some­ propriation  for  the  panel  was  cut  time  around  the  middle  of  next  by  the  House  by  $440,000.  month.  The  ship  went  into  the  Maryland  Drydock  some  time  ago.  Earl  Sheppard,  port agent,  said, to  •  The news that  two more SIU men received  college degrees  be  "jumboized,"  and  will  be  back  this month again emphasizes the successful functioning of  the  in  business  "bigger  and  better"  Seafarers'Scholarship Plan.  These two, along with those who  next  month.  have  graduated  before  them,  are  now  qualified  to  serve  the  There  are  rumors  going  around  community  in  their  chosen  professions,  one  in  teaching  and  the  harbor  that  the  Ocean  Rose,  a  the  other  in  electrical  engineering.  Other  graduates  in  the  former  SIU  vessel,  will  be  coming  back  to the  American flag and  will  Although  a  number  of  US  ship­ offing will also go out into the community, supplying the skills  sign  on  a  crew  next  week,  Shep­ The  missile  ship  Timber  Hitch,  'ping  companies  had  previously  needed in a growing economy.  pard  said.  Along  with  her,  the  operated  by  the  SlU­contracted  been  reported  interested  in  her,  The  SIU  is  proud  it  has  been  able  to  contribute  to  their  Pacific  Navigator  (Compass)  and  Suwannee  Steamship  Company,  is  the  passenger  ship  Leilani  is  now  careers  via  its sponsorship  of  the  Scholarship  Plan.  It  con­ the  Irenestar  (Traders),  presently  in  first  place  in  virtually  every  "headed  for  the  reserve  fleet,  fol­ gratulates  this  year's  graduates.  Seafarers  John  Logan  and  tied  up  here  without  crews,  will  department  on the Atlantic  missile  lowing  her  purchase  by  the  Mari­ George  Butenkoff, for  persevering  to  their  objective  and for  be  calling  for  men  next  week  too.  range.  In  the  past  73  days  on  the  time  Administration  for  $4­3  mil­ With  these  vessels  and  the  usual  range  it  had  established  six  rec­ the fine records they compiled while in school.  lion.  ore  ships  that  call  in .here  regu­ ords  and  was  still  shooting  for  4  4  4  The  MA  was  the  only  bidder  at  larly,  shipping  for  the  coming  more.  a  public  auction held  in San  Fran­ period  should  be  very  good.  While  there  are  11  Suwannee  cisco  after  the  ship's  owner,  Ha­ It  is  expected  that  the  new  vessels  and  numerous  Navy  ships  waiian­Textron,  defaulted  on  two  Some 1,200  Libertys now at anchorage  in the reserve fleets  shipping  system  now  in  effect  in  in  operation  on  the  Atlantic  mis­ mortgages.  The  MA  held  the  first  of  the  United  States—^what  seamen  usually  characterize  as  headquarters  will  be  operating  sile range,  the Timber­Hitch is  the  mortgage  and  had  insured  the  the "boneyard"—will  probably  be  scrapped  in  the  next  few  here by" the next meeting.  The use  only  vessel  which  has  recovered  second.  of  the  new  cards  makes  it  easier  more  than  one  hose  cone.  The  years, provided  a  market  can  be found  for  them.  The  Leilani,  a  reconverted  C4  In  some  respects,  the  scrapping  of  the  Libertys  is  a  con­ to  keep  the  records  straight  and  Hitch  has already recovered  four.  troop  transport,  had  been  operat­ structive step because their disposal will bring to light a more  aids  a  man  in finding  out  at  a  On  May  6,  the  vessel  distin­ ing  in  the  California­Hawaii  pas­ realistic picture of  the weaknesses of  the American merchant  glance how  he stands  on the  regis­ guished  itself  by  recovering  the  tration  list.  senger  trade.  During  this period  it  largest  nose  cone  fired  from  was  manned  by  members  of  SIU  marine.  For  too  long now,  the world  has been  told that  the  The  membership  here  is  urged  Cape  Canaveral.  American  merchant  marine  consists  of  "3,000  ships,"  when  ;o  check  their  clinic  cards  to  see  One  record,  which  according  to  Pacific  District  unions.  approximately half  of  these—1,400 in  the reserve  and a  hun­ that  they have  not run  out.  These  the  Air  Force  officer  attached  to  Among  the  companies  reported  cards, in most cases,  are good  only  the ship  "may  well  go  forever  un­ dred odd in commercial service­^were in the obsolete Liberty  interested  in  the  ship  were  Amer­ for a  year, and  the member  should  beaten,"  was  in  recovering  a  data  ican  Banner  Line  and  American  shm  category.  report  back  for  another  exam  capsule  from  a  missile  in  37  min­ 'The  write=off  of  the  Liberty  ships  leaves  us  with  900­plus  President  Lines.  every  year.  utes. This, chopped off  close to two  vessels  in  the  reserve  and  about  an  equal  amount  in  com­ There  were  12  ships  paying  off  hours  from  the  previous  record  of  mercial service.  Now  it remains  to  be seen  whether  a  con­ here  during the  past  period.  They  structive  US  maritime  program  will  be  forthcoming  which  were the  Chilore, Santore,  Marore,  2 hours  17 minutes, also set  by  the  will upgrade the active fleet  and, at the same time, strengthen  Venore  (Marven);  Emilia,  Jean,  Timber  Hitch.  Its  other  achievements  were  in  the reserve fleet  so it can meet any emergency.  >  Mae  (Bull);  Pennmar,  Bethcoaster  being the  first ship  to recover  any  (Calmar);  Irenestar  (Traders);  Wm.  package  carried  by  a  missile,  and­ 4  4  4  CaiTuth (Penn Trans);  Pacific Navi­ the  first  ship  to  recover  two  and  gator^ (Compass).  then,  three,  successive  capsules.  The Coast 'Guard, in  its ruling  on  the  Constitution­Jalanta  Signing  on  were  the  Chilore,  Santore, Marore,  Venore (Marven);  decision,  has  confirmed  what  has  been  a  widespread  belief  Seastar  (Traders);  Calmar,  Beth­ Sign Name On  among seamen—that speeding at sea in disregard  of  the rules  coaster  (Calmar);  and  the  Ames  of  the  road  is a  major  safety  hazard,  with  or  without  radar  Victory  (Victory  Carriers).  LOG Letters  and other assorted electronic navigation aids.  In  transit  were  the  Feltore,  For  obvious reasons  the  LOG  The findings  of  the Coast Guard are,  in effect, a  warning to  Venore,  Cubore  (Marven);  LaSalle  cannot  print  any  letters  or  all ships' qaptains not  to succumb to the  ship operators'  pres­ (Waterman);  Bethcoaster,  Flomar,  other  communications  sent  in  sure  to make  port  on  schedule  no  matter  what  the  weather  Pennmar  (Calmar);  Evelyn  (Bull);  by  Seafarers  unless  the  author  conditions,  for  by  so  doing  they  jeopardize  the  lives  of  all  Robin  Hood  (Robin);  Longview  signs  his  name.  ^Unsigned  Victory,  Ames  Victory  (Victory  anonymous  letters  "^ill  only  aboard and their licenses as well.  Carriers);  CS  Miami,  Council  wind  up  in  the  waste­basket  On too many ships it appears that the captain is not the mas­ Grove  (Cities  Service);  Steel  If  circumstances  justify,  the  ter of his ship  but  the slave of  the schedule.  As long as  this  Director,  Steel  Maker,  Steel  Arti­ LOG  will  withhold  a  signature  situation  persists,  more  lives  will  be  lost  despite  the  most  san  (Isthmian);  Alcoa  Patriot  on  request  ,  (Alcoa).  elaborate safety devices.  :  .'•'• •• 2 r  •  A  'The Cabins'  Gets Jumbo  Treatment  SIU Vessel  Is Missile  Range Star  No Buyers  For  Leilani  .­• a  ­  ­ly  I  Libertys  Throngh?  !i  ;(  I  •   I  Speed At Sea  ­a I  ^ 1  : iJ  : •   V. 'I I  ­•   j I  .<1  •  �:e  :  j  .. .r.  I  ­it  •  •  •  :  ,.  ­­  r  Pac*  Twelre  SIU *ShipV Seaway Host  •  . On hand  at Chicago  to  welcome the first  ocean­going vessel  to reach  the  Windy  City  through  the  St,  LawTence  Seaway  was  this  six­foot  model of  the SS Brazil  Victory, renamed  the SS  SIU Victory,  built  by  I.  E.  Bishop,  a  member  of  the  SIU  Great  Lakes  District.  Bishop  had  started  on  the  model  back  in  1946  when  he  was  carpenter  on  the  Brazil Victory.  The  model  has  put  in  a  number  of  appearances  at  various  hobby  shows and  parades, Bishop  said, the  latest  being the  welcoming  parade  on  April 30,  greeting  the first  deep­sea  ocean­going  vessel  to  Chicago.  The  model  and  car  are  part  of  Bishop's  contribution  to  the  adver­ tising  of  the SIU  in  the Lakes  area.  He  reports that  he is  also  on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Merchant  Marine  and  Maritime  Service  Veterans Association  which is aimed at  achieving, recognition and  some  sort  of  bill  of  rights  for  merchant  seamen  for  war  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to a  locker,  conrtacted  vessel  to  determine  they should  be  made  to  pay for  the  percent  of  Class  A  men  we  them.  Then  I  think  we  all  have  who stay  on  a  ship  in  ex­ will  be  more  carefujl  in  the  cess of  one year.  future.  X  .  If  this fact can  be established  William  Cameron  (Ed  note:  If  a  crewmember  maliciously  destroys  ship's  property  he  can  be  brought  up  on  charges  under  the  constitu­ ­  tion.)  ,4)  4i  t  Wants Look Onto  Homestead Issue  letters  To  The  Editor  All  letters  to  the  editor  for  publication  in  the  SEAFAR­ ERS  LOG  must  be  siflincd  by  the  writer.  Names  toill  be  withheld  upon  request.  and some figures shown, and the  information  put  to the  member­ ship, perhaps we  may  bring this  homesteading  issue  to  a  head.  Up  to  now  all  I've  read  about  concerning this  problem is a  lot  of  emotional  feelings,  and  very  little fact.  My  proposal, I  believe,  would  end  all  of  this.  Again  I  urge  my  brothers to  give this  motion  some  consideration.  Francis  E.  McCal!  l"  J­  4"  Sends Thanks  To Dinny Crew  To  the Ed^^or:  I  would  like  to  take  this  op­ portunity  through  the  SEA­ FARERS  LOG  to  say  thinks  to  the crew of  the SS Ocean Dinny  (Maritime  Overseas  Corp.)  for  the  beautiful  flowers  sent  to  me  at  the  time  of  my  bereave­ ment.  .  Thank  you  all again.  Mrs. B. J. McKenven  4;  4  Damaged Ship's  Gear?—Pay Up  To the Editor:  I have  read  with  interest  the  story  in  the  May  22nd  SEA­ FARERS  LOG  about  the  im­ provements  in  crew  quarters,  especially  in  the  lockers,  and  I  feel  that  this  something  our  Union  should  seek  and  protect  by all means.  In the time  I have sailed with  the  Union  I  have  noticed  one  thing.  More  than  once,  someone  would  lock  their  keys  in  their  locker.  So  what  do  they  do  but  take a fire  axe  Cameron  or  saw  and  go  to  work  on  the  locker  to  save  their  35­cent  lock,  yet  damage  a  locker that  costs a  number  of  Offers Remedies  To Homesteaders  To the Editors:  '  After  reading  with  much  In­ terest the  pro and  con letters to  the  LOG  concerning  the  onei'  year rule aboard ship, I have de­ cided  to  add  a  little  more  fuel  to the fire.  It  seems  to  me  that We have  two choices in  the matter.  One  is  to  apply  the  one  year  rule  aboard  SIU  vessels,  which  would  Improve  shipping,  espe­ cially  on  the  coastwise  ships.  The  other, however,  is  to  allow  a  man  to  take  a  vacation  one  year  and  let  him  return  to  his  same  ship  and  job.  The  first  remedy  speaks  for  itself,  but  the  vacation  sugges­­ Seafarer's Kin  tion is something to think about.  Dies in Crash  Giving  a  man  To the Editor:  his  yearly  va­ 1 would  like  you  to  publish  cation  would  this announcement  in  the com­ satisfy  the  ing edition  of  the SEAFARERS  h omestead ers  LOG so my husband, who is pre­ and  would  sently  at  sea,  will  be  able  to  also  provide  read it.  work, for  the  Henry  Wilson  McDonald,  17  members  who  years  old,  of  Gulfport,  Miss.,  only  make one  was  killed  in  an  automobile  ac­ or  two  trips  Dunphy  cident  on  May  16,  1959.  Mr.  on  any ship.  McDonald  was  the  nephew  of  As  the  rules  now  stand,  a  my  husband.  Seafarer  Andrew  member can  keep his  job for as  C. Reed, and  Eugene H. Bry^t,  long  as  he  wishes,  or  until  his  and  his  death  will  be  deeply '  vessel  is  laid  up  tor  a  period  felt.  longer  thap 10 days, or  a strike  Thank  you  for  your  assist­ in the  maritime industry  results  ance.  in a ship not being crewed  up in  Mrs. Andrew C. Reed.,  .  10 days from  the termination  of  4'  4"  4"  the strike.  It doesn't make much sense  to  Thanks Chliore  me  to say  on  the one  hand  that  Crew For Solace  a  job  is ours  to  have as  long  aaf  To  the  Editor:  we  do  our  work  and  obey  the  My  family  and  myself  would  Union rules, and  then contradict  Uke  to extend  our thanks  to the  ourselves  by  taking  that  same  officers and crew of  the SS Chi­ job away.  It should  he one, way  lore for their kind  expression of  or  the  other.  One  year  on  the  sympathy  and  for  their  beauti­ ship  or  the  annual  vacation,  al­ ful  floral  offerings  during  our  lowing  a  man  to  retuf­n  to  his  recent bereavement.  vessel.  Edwin  W.  Batrol,  Jr.  While  I  myself  have  home­ 4)  ^  steaded  a  few ships  in  my  time,  Proud Of Son's  I would  be  in favor  of  either  of  changes  as  I  am  against  SIU Scholarship  these  things  as  they  stand  today.  To the Editor:  How  about some  comment  on  It  has  always  been  a  matter  this  rule  change  from  the  rest  of  pride to  me  to  be  a  member  of  the  membership  so  we  can  of  this  Union.  An  event  has  make  our feelings  known  to alL  just  transpired  which  adds  to  Patrick  Duitphy  my  pride  a  deep  debt  of  grati­ it  4  4  tude.  While in  Bandar Shapur,  1 received  a  wire  from  my  son  issue Ss Ships,  Robert  announcing  he  won  an  Not Rotation  SIU scholarship.  Words  are  not  at  my  com­ To  the  Editor:  mand to fully express my thanks  1  have  been  reading  in  the  and profound  gratitude.  SEAFARERS LOG  many letters  Since  his  program Has always  and  other  comments  on  the  is­ Included  graduate  work  at Har­ sue of  homesteading a ship.  vard,  this  award  will  ease  the  While  it Is  true that  shipping  pressure  on  his  own  time  and  would  pick  up if  we  put a  time­ also compensate for the expira­ limit  on SlU­contracted  vessels,  tion  of  his  Gl  benefit  after  the  I  think  the  better  solution  coming  year.  would  be  to  holster  our  declin­ It will  be the  means of  Insur­ ing  merchant  marine  with  more  ing  the  completion  of  an  edu­ ships.  cation  which,  at  times,  has  not  It  is  a  shame  that  menowho  always  been  assured,  with  tui­ were  willing  to  risk  their  lives  tion  fees  in  Harvard  graduate  at  sea  during  the  war,  have  to  school  running  more  than  a  be  out  of  work  because  these  $1,000 a  year.  same  ships  were  transferred  to  Edgar R. (Jerry) Hauser  .  a runaway flag.  Jim  Flopd  �SBAFAREHS  LOG  1«, Its*  DIL  Aims  (MlMlnlMll)<  April  Si  beefs;  CTerytUng  running .snaoaOiIy.  —Chalmuiu  a.  ilMya;  Spcrptary,  T.  Ship's  fund  tl3.89.  Some  OT  dl*,  SeuM.  Foc'ile*  aM«  falnUlnS.  Sbip'*  puted.  mscuaaleB  on  roeebss  aboard  •  •  fund  tlS.  No  beef*.  New  delefatP  ship.  elected.  ALIOS  MOWN  ­(BlOOMffald),  May  CHILQRI  (M*rven)/May  13—Chelr­ 14—Chairman,  W.  Wllkint;  SacreUry.  man,  Q.  Hill;  Secretary,  C.  Kent,  R.  McNeil.  Few  hours  OT  disputed.  Sailed  ahOrt  baker.  One  mati  hoapi*  No  beefa.  New  delegate  electad.  Be­ allied.  No  beefa.  Beturn  cupa  to pan­ quest  identification  cards  be.  issued  .try—keep  pantry  A  recreation  room  to  dependents  in  case  of  illness.  clean.  Requeat  new  waritlng  machine.  l­43­lllS  (Suwannee),  May  11  —  PITRO  CHIM  (Valentine  Chem.),  Chairman,  J.  DIckerson;  Secretary,  S,  May  14—Chairman,  L.  Sreaux;  Secre­ Sandbeck.  No  beefs.  Repair  list  to  tary,  M.  Olvera.  New  replacement*.  bo  made.  Request  better  quaUty  of  One  man fired.  Suggeit  patrolman  fresh  produce.  Discussion  on  Union  apeak  to  captain  re  cooperation.  No  conditions  re  Suwannee  agreement.  beefa.  See  patrolman  re  lockout  A  watchea  In  deck  dept.  being  under­ NORTHWiSTSRN  VICTORY  (Vic­ manned.  Also  check  food  shortage.  tory  Carriers),  May  SI—Chairman,  P.  Request  offlcera  stay  out  of  crew's  Arena;  Secretary,  J.  Theme*.  Ship's  fund  $12.37.  No  beefs.  Suggest  mess­ hall  door  be fixed  and  have  lock*  on  both  mcsshall  and  pantry  repaired  or  renewed  and  supply  suiBcient  keys.  ALAMAR  (Calmer),  Juno  1—Chair­ man,  J.  Ferreira;  .Socrotary,  J,  Mc­ Fhaul.  No  beefs.  Ship's  fund  $1.29.  Suggest  mattresses  be  placed  on  board  while  in  port.  ROBIN  LOCKSLRY  (Robin),  June  1  —Chairman,  W.  Horns;  Secretary,  M.  Sterne.  Some  OT  disputed.  Beef  re  taking  care  of  medicine  chest.  Re­ quest  quite  in  galieyways.  Discussion  on  breakfast  menus.  Request  coop­ eration  re  turning  in  linen,  also  re­ quest  bunk  curtains.  ORION  COMET  (Colonial),  May  Chairman,  S.  Homks;  Sscrotary,  C.  Boyle.  One  man  hospitalized  In  Singapore.  One  man  missed  ship  In  Yokohama.  No  beefs.  Old  delegate  ALCOA  CORSAIR  (Alcea), May  11—  resigned: new delegate elected.  Hdqrs.  Chairman,  T.  Mtettlng;  Secretary,  H.  to  be  contacted  re  shore  leave  in  RIdgeway.  No  beefa.  Cross­passage­ Bahrain.  Persian  Gulf.  way  door  to  be  closed  because  of  air  conditioning.  Ship's  fund $366.60.  Ono  BRAUREOARD  (Pan­Atlsntic),  May  man  left  ship  in  Kingston:  one  man  U—Chairman,  None;  Secretary,  S.  getting  off  in  Mobile.  New  delegate  Doyle.  Ship's  fund  $11.57.  New  awn­ elected.  Movie  raffle  to  bo  used  as  ing  requested.  New  delegate  elected.  source  for  obtaining  money  for  pur­ Suggest  mail  box  In  mes^U.  chasing  movies.  ALCOA  POLARIS  (Alcos), May  17—  PACIFIC  TIDE  (World  Tramping),  Chairman,  J.  Nordstron;  Secretary,  L.  April  !• —Chairman,  J.  Nelms;  Sec­ White,  iio  beefs.  Requested  and  retary,  A.  Dunn.  To  see  about  re­ agreed  that  ship's  fund  be  given  for  pairs  for  shower  A  head.  Turn  in  library  In  Norfolk.  Few hours  OT  dis­ repair  list.  Request  more  fruit  juice  puted.  Request  pantry  be  kept  clean  for  breakfast.  at  night  and  laundry  tubs  to  be  May  30—Chairman,  J.  Duffy;  Secre­ washed  after  using.  tary,  I.  Peacock.  Disputed  OT  for  de­ USAF  E­42­I$3«  (Suwannee),  Msy  13  layed  sailing.  Vote  of  thanks  to  Chairman,  A.  RIos;  Secretary,  W.  steward  dept.  and  to  cooks  for  job  Dean.  Delegate  to  carry  out  Instruc­ well  done.  tions  to  Co.  officials  re  delays  in  CHIWAWA  (Cltlos  Service),  May  3t  allotment  checks.  No  beefs.  One  man  —Chairman,  E.  Wright;  Secretary,  J.  sbort.  One  man  hospitalized  in  Trini­ Parker.  Three  hours  OT  disputed.  dad—to  be  replaced.  New  delegate  New  delegate  elected.  Request  new  elected.  Question  re  OT  work  being  Innerisprlng  mattress,  full  size.  See  done  in  Eng.  Rm.  due  to  loss  of  oiler.  about  Inferior  menus.  mess.  Return  glasses to  messbail.  Bo­ pair  lists  to  be  turned  in.  SEAMAR  (Calmar),  May  34—Chair­ man,  J.  Kawalski;  Secretary,  J.  Hodges.  New  delegate  elected.  Some  disputed  OT.  No  beefs.  PACIFIC  VENTURE  (World  Tramp­ ing),  May  32—Chairman,  E.  Moyd;  Secretary,  J.  PIcou.  Some  OT  dis­ puted.  Discussion  on  draws.  One  .minute  silence  for  departed  brothers.  Messhall  and  screen  doors  to  be  locked  while  In  port.  Suggest  Arabs  to  be  kept  out  of  crew  quarters.  MASSMAR  (Calmar),  Msy  17  —  Chairman,  J.  Elchenberg;  Secretary,  R.  Perry.  No  beefs.  One  man  hospi­ talized  in  Panama  Canal  Zone.  New  delegate  elected.  Complaint  re  wash­ ing  machhie  not  worki^.  YAKA  (Waterman),  May  23—Chali^  man,  B.  Powell;  Secretary,  L.  Faulk­ ner.  No  beefs:  everything  running  smoothly.  New  delegate  elected.  Keep  pantry  and  mcs.shall  clean.  Re­ turn  cups  to  pantry.  Turn  off  washr  ing  machine.  ALMENA  (Penn  Shipping),  May  24  —Chairman,  F.  Mitchell;  Secretary,  D.  Brady.  No  beefs.  Vote  of  thanks  to  steward  dept.  for fine  preparation  of  food  and  service.  DfiEANSTAR  (Triton),  May  25—  Chairman,  J.  Arnold;  Secretary,  R.  Morrlsette.. No  beefs.  One  hour  disr  puted  OX.'  Sailed  short  one  man.  New  delegate  elected.  Request  soug^ng  A  painting  of  crews  quar­ ter*,  ntasshall  and  pantry.  Messhall  and  pentry: to  be  grayed  every  day.  He Gets His Photo  —­The Hard Way  recently  while  hii  ship,  the  Su­ let  out  a  yell  that  nearly  shook  zanne,  was docked  there for  cargo.  ten  years  off  my short  Ufe."  Armed with hig camera and flash  All was not wasted, however, and  equipment,  he  started  strolling  In  addition  to  getting  the  photo­ down  Canal  Street, "window  shop­ graph  and  shaking hands  with  the  ping"  so  to  speak.  While  he was  actor,  Rawlings  also  picked  up  a  looking  In  the  windows  at  the  D.  few  tips  on  fashions.  "The  ladies  H.  Holmes  Co.,  Ltd.,  store,  a  win­ were  really  swell  with  all  of  the  dow  dresser  noticed  his  camera  fancy  trimmings,"  he  noted,  and  and  told  him  to  go  In  and  take  a  took  a  photo as  proof  for the rest  photograph  of  Hollywood  actor  of  the  Suzanne  crew.  Cesar Romero.  "1 thought It would  All  of  this  activity is having  its  be  a  good  picture  for  my  collec­ effect.  Before he  goes around  tak­ tion," he  said, "so  I  ambled  up  to  ing  more  photographs  of  celebri­ the  second floor.  ties,  he  Is  going  to  stock  up  on  "Lo  and  behold,  I,  Charles  E.  nerve  pills.  One  word  of  advice  Rawlings,  ran  right  smack  he  has  to  pass  on  Is,  "steer  clear  Into  a  crowd  of  screeching,  push­ of  those  fashion  shows,"  they're  ing,  kicking,  shoving  LADIES  dangerous.  It  Is  much  s^er  to  be  (???>,  all  trying  to  get  closer  to  aboard  ship riding  out a  hurricane  Mr.  Romero."  than  maneuvering around a  bunch  "  From  what  he  could  gather,  of  women.  Rawlings commented, the store was  runnlhg  a  show  called  the  "For­ ever  Young  Fashions  Show"  and  Cesar  Romero  was  the  guest  star.  Not  easily  swayed  from  his  pur­ PACIFIC  OCEAN  (Transp.  UHHHtt),  April  34—Chairman,  JL.  PlatrowskI;  Sacratary,  R.  Praiaan.  Naw  (Megate  RNItttA  (Bull),  May  30—Chairman,  elected.  No beefs.  Some  OT disputed.  W,  welsh; Becratary, M.  Harrlng.  Ne  Replac*  washing  MaehiM,  •  . •   . '• r   Allliough  Joseph  Sawrez,  OS,  claims  he  is  giving  a  few  pointers  lo  shipmate  Ernest  Mlodonich  on  "cleaning  up,"  Mladonich  lookf  skeptical.  The  rest  of  the  gong  on  the  Del Norte rate Joseph  Sawrez  one of  the best  sanitation men  in the  business.  Actor  Cesar  Roiqero  hands  cut  autograph  while  Seafarer  Charles  Rawlings  takes  his  picture;  This "collectors item"  was  the  result  of  Rawlings'  safari  into  the  world  of  fash­ ion  in  New  Orleans.  pose  by  greater  numbers,  he  set  out to  get Romero's  picture for  his  collection.  "To  think  of  all  the  struggle  I  went  through  to  get  that  one  photo."  he  complained,  "all  I  can  say Is  never again."  However, per­ severance  paid  off  and  Rawlings  wound up with his photograph.  "It  "For  the  crew  of  the  Penn  Mariner,  the  myth  of  'cheap  Spain' lies  shattered  and  is as dead  as  their  empty  wallets,"  according  to  the  last  ship's  minutes.  Why?  Well  the  main  reason  is that  while "in  most *  parts  of  the  world  the  dollar  spends  all  of  his  evenings  aboard  ship  cursing  the  postal  authori­ speaks, here in Bilbao it whis­ ties."  pers."  However,  everything  Is  not  as  Despite all of  these obstacles and  bad  as It  seems.  Richie, the  wiper,  warnings,  however,  the  launch  Is  seems to be enjoying himself, since  still  crowded  with  "undaunted"  he took  his first  look  at  one of  the  Seafarers  bound  for  the  welcom­ town's  dark­eyed  senoritas.  "Let  me go," he  said, "they can't  be any  ing  arms  of  the  better  than  that."  And  on  the  Bilbao  senoritas  "Who's  Who"  side,  the  4­8  has  and  the  cantina  broken  into  the  Bilbao  social  reg­ owners  of  the hot  ister.  "He  shows  off  by  riding  spots  which  line  around  town  in  his  girl  friend's  the Cortez Street.  Mercedes  Benz."  Because  of  As  for  the rest  of  the  crew,  the  their  disillusion­ report  concluded,  they  are  most  ment,  the  Ma­ unusual  In  that  they  are  continu­ riner  crew  re­ ously  complaining  —  about  toa  ports  a  number  Chase  much  shoretime.  The  vessel  has  of  unusual  situa^  tions.  For  example.  some  of  another  month  in  Bilbao  before  them  have  taken  to  visiting  the  returning  to  the  States.  historic  churches  which  this  town  boasts.  In  fact,  the  report  said,  "BR  Bob  Wurzler  was  locked  in  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  the  church  originally  built  by  Moorish slaves."  Meanwhile  F.  C.  Chase,  deck  maintenance^ has declared  his own  By  M.  Dwyer  little war  on General  Franco's pos­ tal  system.  Madonna  Delia  Rocce,  bright  star  It  all  started  when  Chase  went  of  the  sea,  ashore  to.mail  some  letters.  "The  Guard  a  lonely  ship, tonight, bring­ price  of  the  stamps  shocked  him  him  back  to  me.  to  such  R  degree  that  he  now  Guide  his  hand  upon  the  helm,  keep  his  course  so  true.  Calm  the  mighty  waters,  I  place  my  trust  in  you.  Star Of  The  Sea  Heed  the  prayers of  those who  sat!  in their  desperate  hour.  Give  them  courage  through  storm  and  gale, should they ever cower.  KATHRYN  (Boll),  Msy  17—Chair­ man,  B.  Bacon;  Secretary,  L.  Hall,  Jr.  No  beefs:  everything  running  smoothly.  Discussion  on  paying  off  at  NO  or  Mobile.  Sufficient  screens  A  DDT  Booms  to  be  aboard  for  Gulf  Run.  Disputed  OT  in  Bng.  Dept.  re  reffers to  be  taken up  with patrolman.  MT.  WHITNEY  (Amer.  Tramp  Ship.  Dev.),  March  $—Chairman,  L.  GIIIIS;  Secretary,  W.  Earth.  Some  OT  dla­ puted.  New  delegate  elected.  Rusty  water  discusaaiL  Coffee  urn  to  be  cleatied  with  baking  soda.  •  •  •   'r­j'  Spain Cheap?—Ha!  Take Another Look  CAPT.  NICHOLAS  SITINAS  (Tramp.  Shpg.  A  Oil),  May. 10—Chairman,  W.  Whaaton;  Secretary,  J.  Oard.  Repair  lists  to  be  turned  in.  Two  men  missed  ship,  , Washing  machine,  re­ frigerators and  recreation  room  to  be  cleaned.  ALCOA  PURITAN  (Alcoa),  May  1—  Chairman,  F.  Fleltchmann;  Secretary,  O.  Larson.  Ship's  fUnd  $1.75.  Some  OT  disputed  to  be  taken  up  with  patrolman.  No  beefs.  Request  coffee  urn  in  pantry.  Launch  service  to  be  given better  consideration for  watches  A  Stew.  Dept.  Proper  care  to  be  taken  with  night  lunch.  Keep  pantry  clean.  Who's Teacher?  "Always ready with my camera," is the motto  of  Seafarer  Charles Rawlings, and he follows it down the line.  However,  while having the "camera  bug" can be an  interesting hobby,  it can  also  lead  to  dangerous­^  situations  like  the  one  Raw­ was  a  lucky  shot  at  that,"  he  re­ lings ran into in New Orleans  marked,  "as  one  lady  beside  me  MT.  WHITNEY  (Cargo  A  Tankshtp  Corp.).  April  iy—Chairman.  J.  Kowal­ skl;  Secretary,  W.  Earth.  Repair  list  turned  in: some  work  done  on  same.  ,Som«  OT  disputed.  Check  sill  of  black  gang  shower  for  leaks.  Keys to  foc.'sle  to  be  turned  in  when  leaving  ship.  To  see  about  water  pressure  in  scuttlebutt.  ALCOA  PENNANT  (Alcoa),  May  24  —Chairman,  J.  Bulitt;  Secretary,  W.  Cameron.  Ship's  fund $9.50.  One  man  short.  Discussion  on ship  sailing short  from  Puerto  Ribo.  Suggest  any  one  SEATRAIN  TEXAS  (Seatrain),  May  willing  to  pay  on .transportation  be  IS—Chairman,  P.  Patrick;  Secretary,  allowed  to  take  jobs,  providing  time,  S.  Karlak.  Letter  sent  to  Marine  idlows.  Supt.  re  air  conditioner.  Poor  mail  service  in  Texas  City.  One  hour  OT  JULIA  (Julia  Nav.),  May  17—Chair­ disputed.  Suggest  getting  clarifica­ man,  M.  Spires;  Secretary,  M.  Pap­ tion  on  Permits.  Request  Seatrain  padakls.  Few  hours  OT  disputed.  No  agreements.  Refrain  from  leaving  beefs:  everything  running  smootlily.  cots  on  deck  overnight.  Two  messmen  short.  New  delegate  PENN  MARINER  (Penn  Trans.),  elected.  One  minute  silence  observed  April  26—Chairman,  W.  Young;  Sec­ for  departed  brothers.  retary,  P.  Meth.  Ship's  fund  $4.58.  PACIFIC  OCEAN  (World  Tramp.),  No  beefs.  Turn  off  wasliing  machine  May  3$—Chairman,  6.  Erilnger;  Sec­ after  use.  Messhall  and  Recreation  retary,  W.  Burton.  Icebox  replaced.  Room  to  be  kept  clean.  Captain  to  Washing  machine fixed.  Coastwise  check  on  bad  meat.  Vote of  thanks  to  payoff  to  be  discussed.  Three  men  Steward  Dept.  for  job  well  done.  missed  ship  in  NY.  More  cotS  may  tIMBER  HITCH  (Suwannsc),  May  13  be  needed.  Discussion  on  warm  —Chairman,  W.  Newsom;  Secretary,  drinking  water.  A.  Surrency.  New  secretary  elected.  DE  SOTO  (Waterman),  May  22—  Ship's  fund  $18.55.  Some'  OT  dis­ Chairman,  P.  Erazo;  Secretary,  C.  puted.  Suggest  improvement  on  qual­ Garner,  No  beefs.  Some  OT  dis­ ity  of  food.  Request  peanut  butter  puted.  Discussion  on  painting  deck  and  jellies  put  out  and  sardines  in  In  recreation  room  aft.  Quiet  re­ night  lunch.  Steward  to  check  qual­ ity  of  butter.  quested  in  messhall  at  night.  .  TageThktmm  Should they  slip beneath the waves.  Give  them  strength  to  pray.  Help  them  meet  their  maker,  on  this  their  judgment  day.  In  the  hospital?  Madonna  Delia Rocce, Lady dressed  in  blue.  Forsake  not  these  sailor  men, who  place  their  trust  in  you.  Call  Sm  Hall  imme^iatelyl  Be  their  bright  clear  beacon  light,  guide them to the shore.  That they  in turn may  sing of  your  praises forever  more.  ,. J  ,1  • i  �'y^::  li ?;,• :•   Ij.^;.  Fure  Fonrteen  SEAFARERS  iN DRYDOCK  JoaelSi,)^  SEAFARERS  IPG  ARedHotCoolc  USPHS Toils To  Tills Seafarer  Te  the  Editori  I have  been a  member of  the  SIU since  1942 and  became  ob­ ligated  In  1943,  and  sailed  all  during  World  War  II,  seeing  my  share  of  the  action.  I  believe  In  praising  some­ thing  worthy  of  praise,  and  in  my  estimation,  that  applys  to  two  organizations,  namely  the  SIU  and  the  USPHS  hospitals.  At  this  time  I  am  a  patient  over  at  the  USPHS  hospital  in  as  "Shorty,"  lie  had  been, the  crew mess man on  the SS  Topa  Topa at ^  time.  '  His body  was brought  back to  Baltimore  for  ftmeral  services  and was interested in the  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery.  Many  of  his  seafaring  and  shoreside  friends  attended  the  services.  His family  gratefully  appreci­ ates  the  assistance  received  through  Mr.  John  Arabasz,  SIU  welfare  representative  in  Balti­ more, during  this time.  _  Mrs.  Josie  Johnson  $  A  number  of  Seafarers  are  back  on  the  shipping  list  again,  or  on  the  road  to  recovery,  thanks  to  the  efficient  medical  treatment  they  received  in  the  USPHS  hospitals  throughout  the  country.  Two  of  these  brothers,  Lewis  Akini^and  George  Shumaker,  were  laid  up  for  a  long  spell  in  Manhattan  Beach  in  New  York,  but  are  now  back  home  again  and  are  coming  along  fine.  Still  in  Staten  Island  hospital  undergoing tests and  treatment for  'a  sore  under  his  arm  Is  Bernard  Lald­Upg Noods  Murphy,  AB.  Murphy  last  sailed  Showing  thein  how  to  ploy  It  LOGS Pronto  on the  Alcoa  Pegasus.  Also cut in  "rsa!" hot on  th© EG* in Kara­ To the  Editor:  Staten  Island  is  Frank  Blandino,  chi  is  Ear!  Gates,  chief  cook  This  is  just  a  note  to let  you  of  the  steward  department,  re­ on the  Steel Seafarer.  Gates  Moore  Murphy  know  I  will  not  be  back In  the  cuperating from  a heart  condition.  then  sat down  and dished  out  States  for  a  while.  Because  of  A  number  of  broken  bones  he  suffered  in  a  shoreside  accident  last  a few  licks on the  drums too.  a  broken  hip  and  shoulder,  I  April  are finally  healing  reports  Seafarer. Louis  Peed.  Peed  got  the  will be forced to stay in the  hos­ injuries as  a result of  a fall from  his roof  at home  in New  Orleans.  All  letters  to  the  editor  /or  pital  here  in  Asmara,  Eritrea,  Not  one  to take  a  chance,  smokeroom  steward  Vincent  Call checked  for another month at least.  publication  in  ih9  SEAFAR­ into  the  New  Orleans hospital  for a  "general  overhaul" and  check­up.  I  received  a  letter  from''the  ERS  LOO  must  be  signed  Cali  was last  on  the Alcoa  Clipner.  by  the  writer.  Names  will  SIU  Welfare  A  lung  condition  apparently  Depart­ be  withheld  upon  request.  caused  by  inhaling  dust  from  the  ment  and  also  grain  cargo  on  the  Julia  put  Sea­ farer  Edward  Warsaw  in  the  Or­ Staten  Island,  NY,  and I  would  a  couple  of  leans  hospital.  Warsaw  was  mess­ like  to  express  my  sentiments  copies  of  the  man on the Julia when it happened  What  makes  a  good  ship—^the  through  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  SEAFARERS  and  was flown in from Florida.  for  the  won­ LOG  for  the  crew,  officers  or  chow?'That's  a  Two  bosuns,  Charles Moore,  Del  big order for  many vessels, but the  derful  care  month  of  Norte  and  Raymond  Ferrera  for­ SS Antinous has ail­that  and more,  and  treatment  May,  for  merly  on  the  Lucile  Bloomfield,  it has^a run  to melt the  hardest of  I am  receiving  which  I  am  signed  in at  the New Orleans hos­ during  my  very  thankful,  short­trippers,  according  to  ship's  Burnt  Ferreira  Seiliff  pital recently.  Ferrera  is reported  delegate  Bob  Porter.  confine­'  and  would  ap­ preciate  any  others  I  get  while  doing well  after an  elbow operation  while Moore  is undergoing  further  ment  here.  The Antinous,  Porter said,  start­ here.  ­ tests  to  determine  the  nature  of  his  Ulness,  My praise  From the  West Coast is the word  that Sam Setliff  will be  transferred  ed  off  its  voyage  in  Norfolk,  as  goes  to  the  ­  I  wish  to  take  this  tjme  to  thank,  the  crew  Of  the  Steel  back  to  New  York  soon  for  further  treatment  in  the  hospital  here.  good  a  port  as  any  In  his  book.  doctors,  Voyager  for  sending  me  mag­ Setliff  got  off  his  ship,  the  Coe  Victory,  in  Saigon  and  entered  the  Then It  headed for  Casablanca,  on  nurses,  nurses'  to  Barcelona  and  Moore  azines,  book  and  cigarettes—all  hospital.  aid's  and  at­ made  stops  at  The following  is the latest available  list of  Seafarers in the hospitals.  of  which  are  very much  needed  tendants,  porters,  and  in  fact,  Genoa,  Venice,  and  appreciated—while  they  Otla  Gibbs  Prlmitivo  Muse  USPHS HosprrAi.  Trieste,  Salonika  the  whole  staff.  They  are  just  were  in  Massawa.  Reading  Bart  Guranick  Jeremiah  O'Byrne  BALTIMORE.  MD.  wonderful,  which  means  a  lot  Taib  Hassan  •   George  Phlfer  and  Pyreaus,  Emanuel  Jones  William  Adams  material  is  very ,  hard  to  get  Frank  Hernandes  Winston  Renny  Dloaado  Lavador  ending  up  in  La  to  guys like myself.  Diego  Calarin  Donald  Hewson  Aimer  Vickerg  Harry  Minkler  Jesse  Clark  There's  many  a  time  when  a  here unless,  of  course, you read  WUiiam  Kenny  Luther  Wing  Pallice.  Abner  Ralford  Harry  Cole  Ludwig  Kristiansen  Pon  Wing  man  feels  depressed,  or  just  Italian.  George  Richardson  No,  Porter  Leonard  Davis  Thomas  Lehay  Royce  Yarborougli  This  hospital  is  pretty  good,  Clarence  Gardner  Conrad  Shirley  sick  of  it,  but  the  understand­ said,  the  Antin­ Leo  Mannaugh  Jose  Boares  James  Girolami  and the people  are  nice  and try  USPHS  HOSPITAL  ing  of  the  patient's  condition  ous  is not  a  pas­ Samuel  Tate  Gorman  Glaze  BOSTON,  MASS.  to  be  helpful.  However,  there  Thomas  Gorman  senger  cruise  by  the  staff  here,  and  their  aid  Glenn  ElUs  George  Rourke  USPHS  HOSPITAL  is  one  difficulty,  they_  don't  James  Patrice  Porter  ship,  it's  just  an­ and comfort helps him through.  GALVESTON,  TEXAS  speak  English,  and  1  don't  un­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  other  C­2  rustbucket  toting  cargo  I  would  also  like  to  thank  John  C,  Rounds  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  USPHS  HOSPITAL  for  a  living.  But  after  a  run  like  SIU steward  Jim  Parker for  his  derstand  Italian.  1  would  ap­ Frank  Blandino  Bernard  Murphy  NORFOLK,  VA.  Frank  Bosmente  Stavros  Papoutsie  this,  he  said,  most  likely  most  of  personal help and kindness dur­ preciate  receiving  more  LOGs  Francis  Boner  Miguel  Tirade  Ronald  Cohn  Jose  Reyes  the  crew  will  be  signing  on  for  ing  my  stay  on  the  SS  Edith,  during  my  stay  here.  Thanks  James  P.  Fitzgerald  Enoch  B.  Collins  Clave  Rosenberg  Richard  Comstock  Frank  Rossi  USPHS  HOSPITAL  another  trip.  when he  did a great  job helping  in  advance.  Thomas  Dailey  Fernando  Tiaga  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.  ­  Charles Bums.  In  addition  to  the  run,  the  ship  Clarence  Daire  Francis  Tokarchuk  me.  John  Asavicuis  Johan  T.  Kismul  Paul  Jakubcsak  Stafan  Trzcinski  Joseph  Berger  Benjamin  Pritiken  has  a  crew  equal  to  any,  with  a  In all  humility, I can  only'say  Gustaf  Johnson  Ramon  Vila  Luke Uiamboli  Arthur  Scheving  "real"  skipper,  he  noted.  And  thanks to  these people'from  the  WelfaW Benefit  Juan  Medina  Headiey  White  Michael  J.  Coffey  Joseph  Neubauer  Dioscoro  Militar  Daniel  Wilson  Michael  Grochowskl  down  in the  galley,  making  music  bottom of  my heart.  C.  Moonan  Helps Dependent  USPHS  HOSPITAL  with  the  meats  and  vegetables,  James Thomas  Moore  USPHS  HOSPITAL  ~  SEATTLE,  WASHINGTON  To  the  Editor:  not  to mention  cakes and  the like,  SAVANNAH,  GA.  E.  A.  Ainsworth  Robert  Hauptman  R.  Centchovich  ,  Luther  Milton  Joseph  Barron  Alfonse  Loguidia  My  son  and  I  would  like  to  is  a first­class steward  department  Clarence  Dees  ClafEnce  Storey  Kenneth  Elvin  Joseph  Prabech  express  our  sincere  apprecia­ Grateful  For  headed by Andy Anderson as maes­ B.  M.  Gold  Vincent  Walrath  George  Graham  James  King  tion  to  the  Seafarers  Welfare  tro  in the  steward's Job  and  Billie  Union's Aid  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SEASIDE  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL  BROOKLYN,  NY  Plan  for.  their  help  in  paying  (Charlie  Chan)  Sing  at  the  ovens.  LONG  BEACH,  CALIF.  Joseph  Bass  Leo  Carreon  my  hospital  and  doctor  bills.  Eugene  Plahn  What  more  does  anyone  need?  To the  Editor:  Matthew  Bruno  Joseph  Cox  On  March  19,  1959,  Just  five  Gregorio  Caraballo  John  DriscoU  The  benefits  I  received  were  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Porter  asked.  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  days from  the pprt of  Malta, my  truly  helpful  and  deeply  ap­ With a  galley gang like  this, and  Robert  G.  Barrett  David  McCollum  brother.  Seafarer Thomas  Byus,  preciated  by  both  of  us.  Again  Claude  Blanks  William  Marjenhoff  the ports  we have,  it is  doubtful  if  SEAFARERS LOG,  Victor  Bruno  Elziar  A.  MarteU  suddenly passed away of  natural  I say,  thank you.  anyone  will  recognize  the  Antin­ Vincent  CaU  Charles  P.  Moore  675  Fourth  Ave.,  Mrs.  Caroline  Souther  James  Campfield  William  E.  Nelson  ous'  crew  when  they  return  to  the  causes.  Known to his shipmates  G.  W.  Champlin  Eddie  Patterson  Brooklyn  32,  NY  States  again.  Melvin  Chilton  Louis  W.  Peed  Fess  T.  Crawford  Charles  E.  Perdue  CroweU  Winford  PoweU  'Sea Spray'  — Ey  Seafarer "Red" Fink  I  would  like  to  receive the  Eugene  Albert  Daniels  WUiiam  Scarlett  Rover'^s  P assengers  SEAFARERS LOG  — pleose  Raymond  Ferrera  Ralph  H.  Smith  Owen  L.  Foster  Roy  T.  Smith  C.  Glisson  R.  Somerholder  Jr.  )ut  my  name on  your  mailing  James  Wayne  Harris  Richard  Stewart  James  Alberto  Trevino  ist.  (Print  Information)  Frank  Jasper  Jones  Cecil  E.  WaUick  Good Ship ?  Hear Story  Of  Antinous  letters To  The  Editor  $1  Edward  Knapp  Edward  J.  Warsaw  Leo  H.  Lang  Howard  Waters  Charles  Lynch  TRIBORO  HOSPITAL  ­  JAMAICA,  LI,  NY  James  RusseU  LETTERMAN  ARMY  HOSPITAL  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  W.  H.  Thompson  VA  HOSPITAL  DENVER,  COLO.  CUfford  C.  Womack  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FT.  WORTH.  TEXAS  Lawrence  Anderson  Albert  L.  Ogletree  B.  F.  Deibler  Mak  Olson  James  Lauer  John  C.  Palmer  Woodrow  Meyers  VA  HOSPITAL  TO  AVOID  DUPLICATION:  If  you  RUTLAND  HGHTS.,  MASS.  • re an  old  tubseribet  and  have  a  Charles  Bartlett  SAILOR  SNUG  HARBOR  change  of  address,  please  give  your  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  former  address  beiowi  Victor  B.  Cooper  Thomas  Isaksea  VA  HOSPITAL  KECOuGHTAN,  VA.  Joseph GUI  VA  HOSPITAL  BOSTON,  MASS,  • •    aep******  •  • 99990  Thomas  W.  KiUion  VA  HOSPITAL  HOUSTON,  TEXAS  Harry  McClemon  ­  VA  HOSPITAL  ,  TUCSON,  AMZ.  Frank  J. Mackey  ^  NAME  STREET  ADDRESS  CITY  .........ZONE ...  STATE  ADDRESS  CITY  ZONE ...  STy\TE  .  •   »»• *  .  • ':«•  •   9\r  Introducing  the  Steel  Rover's  roving  passengers is  OS  Paul  "Playboy"  Matsos.  The  young  lady  is  Nansyann,  daughter of  th®  Erigiisb consul  in  Surabaya,  Indonesia,  while  her  furry  friend  is  known  as  BaBa.  Photograph  was  sub­ mitted  by  Seafarer  Edward  Cannon.  .  ­ 'Dome on now. shipping can't ^  bod.. ButLL  �Union Has  Cable Address  /  JebnMtaceUa  Urgent  you  get  in  touch  with  home  Immediately.  Robert  OHoorke  You are  urged that  you call  your  wife  at  UL­4­9083  in  Brooklyn  at  once.  Anyone  knowing  the  where­ abouts  of  the  above  please  deliver  this  message.  Ant4dne  Johnson  The  father  of  the  above  would  appreciate  any  information  on  the  whereabouts  of  Brother  Johnson.  Please  write  to  50  3rd  St.,  Bridge  City,  Westwego,  La.  Josejdi  Baron  Please  contact  J.  R.  Thompson,  Seattle Ships  Doing Fine  SEATTLE—Although  there  was  a  large  number  of  vessels  calling  into  the  area  over  the  past  two­ week  period,  there  was  very  little  of  note  tb  report,  Ted  Babkowski,  port  agent,  writes.  However  ship­ ping held its own during the period  as a total of  48 men  landed berths.  The  Ocean  Evelyn  (Ocean  Trans.)  and the  Pacific Explorer  (Compass)  both  paid  oif  and  signed  on  here  during  the  last  period.  In  transit  v/ere  the  Texmar,  Massmar  (Cal­ mar);  Fairport  (Waterman);  Steel  Fabricator  (Isthmian)  and  the  CS  Baltimore  (Cities  Service).  Seafarers  overseas  who  want  to get  in  touch  with  headquar­ ters  in  a  hurry  can  do  so  by  cabling  the  Union  at  its  cable  Address.  SEAFARERS  NEW  YORK.  Use of  this address wiU assure  ­.peedy  transmission  on  all  mes­ sages and  faster service  for  the  men  involved.  Offshore Tanker Terminal  Planned Off Jersey Coast  After several  years of  talking, it  now appears  that  the US  may be getting its first  deep­sea mooring facility which would  allow­supertankers to discharge their oil cargoes several miles  offshore.  The  oil  would  then^  be  sent  by  underwater  pipe­ in  Venezuela,  and  off  the  French  coast.  line to shoreside refineries.  Submarines  pipelines  have  suc­ No  concrete  plans  for a  US  pro­ cessfully  been  used  in  the  Gulf  ject  were  revealed  until  recently,  of  Aqaba,  under  Lake  Maracaibo  however,  when  it  was  reported  that  oil  refiners  in  the  Delaware  Valley  are  planning  a  supertanker  mooring  in  deep  water  some  five  miles off the  New Jersey coast.  The  report  was  made  by  W.  C.  Kinsolving,  president  of  the  Sun  Pipe  Line  Co.  He  said  that  the  project—sponsored  by Sun  Oil,  At­ lantic  Refining  and  Cities  Service  —^may  be  in  operation  in  five  to  eight  years.  The  present  difficulty,  Kinsolv­ ing  pointed  out,  lies  in  the  inabil­ ity  of  US  ports  to  handle  tankers  in  the  50,00(>­100,b00  deadweight  ton  class.  Even  New  York,  the  na­ tion's  leading  port,  cannot  accom­ modate  them,  and  neither  can  Philadelphia,  without  going  to  great  expense.  Kinsolving  estimated  that  it  became eligible for  an award.  This  would  cost  about *$400  million  to  time  it  was  the  Alcoa  Cavalier,  dredge  the  Delaware  and  provide  and  according  to  ship's  delegate  suitable  supertanker  dock  facili­ Eugene  E.  MeAIl,  the  gang  on  the  ties,  plus  another  $6­$8  million  a  (Davalier  voted  to  accept  a  televi­ year  for  maintenance.  The  off­ sion set  Instead of  the usual  safety  shore  mooring  facility,  including  award, a  movie projector.  the ­  entire  system  of  submarine  pipe  lines,  would  cost  about  $50  million.  The  facility  would,  of  course,  benefit  the  foreign­flag  super­ tankers,  rather  than  US­flag  tankers  which  run  under  36,000  deadweight  tons.  Kinsolving  noted  that  a  50,000­ BOSTON—A  long  strike  which  ton  tanker  could  carry  oil  for  made  traveling  around  the  port  about  one­eighth  the  cost  per  of  the  older,  smaller  T­2s.  difficult  has  been  settled,  Gene  barrel  In  the case  of  100,000­tonners,  the  Dakin,  acting agent  said,  and  Sea­ margin  of  saving  is  not  so  great,  farers  on  leave  here  will not  have  since  a  100,000­tonner  gives  only  t  it  t  a  20  percent  cost  advantage  The  crew  of  the  Alcoa  Puritan  to  worry  about  transportation  in  about  over a  50,000­tonner.  sends its  best  wishes  for  a  speedy  the  future.  The strike  tied  up  the  recovery  to  SIU  veteran  James  buses of  the Eastern Mass. Bus  Co.  Brasfield,  steward  on  the  Puritan,  for  some  200  days  but  subsequent  who was hospitalized in the Azores,  negotiations finally  settled  the  ship's  delegate  issues.  James  KllUgren  It  is  with  deep  regret,  Dakin  reports.  The ves­ said,  that  the  port  reports  the  sel  had  to  turn  death  of  Seafarer  Charles  F.  off  her course for  Dwyer,  a  member  of  the  stew­ Charleston,  SO,  ard  department,  who  regularly  when  Brasfield  shipped  out  of  this  halL  The  death  of  the  following  Sea­ was taken 111,  and  farers  has  been  reported  to  the  Brother  Dwyer  started  sailing  put  in  at  Fonta  in  Boston  back  in  1945,  as  a  cook  Seafarers  Welfare 'Plan  and  the  D e 1 g a d a,  San  SIU  death  benefit  is being  paid  to  and  baker.  He  Miguel  Island.  their  beneficiaries:  Killigren  sailed continuous­ However  from  latest  reports,  be  is  coming  along  ly  downed  until  Wilbert  Roberts,  62:  Brother  August  1955  fine.  Roberts  died  of  heart  failure  on  when he sailed on  i  ^  i.  January  23 in  the Monroe General  the  Alice  Brown.  Hospital,  Key  West,  Fla.  A  Union  It was  thanks to  the steward  de­ He  entered  the  member  since  1940,  he  sailed  in  partments  on  the  in  San  the  deck  department.  He  is  sur­ Fairport, Sea­ hospital  that  vived  by  his  wife,  Mrs.  Elena  star.  Seatrain  Francisco  month  and  had  Roberts,  of  Key  West.  Burial  was  Texas,  Steel  a  lung  re­  ­>  in  City  Cemetery  in  Key  West.  Maker  and  the  moved.  Dwyer  ^  4)  t  Robin  Hood  dur­ ing  their  recent  On  being  transferred  to  the  William  Ryan,  37:  Injuries  re­ voyages.  All  USPHS  hospital  here  in  Boston,  sulting from an auto  accident were  the  cause  of  were  doing  top­ Brother  Dwyer  remained  on  In­ Brother  Ryan's  notch  jobs  ac­ patient and bnt­patient  status until  death on April  19  cording  to  the  bis death.  He spent  the last  years  «t  Baltimore's  reports..  Special  of  his  life  living  near  the  water­ Mercy  HospitaL  thanks  was  given  to  A.  Gylland  front  with his  sister.  Although  he  Ryan  joined  the  for  his  hand  in  servicing  and  re­ never shipped  out  again,  he  spent  Union  in  1951  pairing  the  TV  set  for  the  crew  as much time as he could  down by  and  sailed  in the  of  the  Seatrain Texas.  Gylland  is  the  ships  and  with  his  chipmates  here  in  the hall.  deck  department  a cardeckman on the  Texas.  Burifi was  in the  Shipping for the port during  the  *  it  >  Baltimore  Na­ last period  was on the slow side  as  It's  hard  for  a  dyed­in­the­wool  there  were  no  vessels  signing  on  tional  Cemetery.  He  leaves  no  deep­sea sailor to get  used to shut­ here  and  the  only  job  caUs  came  known  survivors.  tling,  says  jokn  Bnrire,  meeting  for  replacements  on  the  in­transit  if  if  secretary  on  the  Alcoa  Roamer.  ships.  Talmadge  Barbour,  47:  A  liver  The  vessel is  on  the  Puerto  Rico­ There  were  four  vessels  in  port  ailment  was responsible for  Broth­ Stateside  run,  Itowever,  it  is  over  the  last  two  w^ks, one  pay­ er  Barbour's  death  on  April  25.  not  too  hard to  acclimate­ yourself.  ing  oft  and  the  other  three  in  He  was  a  patient  at  the  Public  Burke  said,  with  a  good  ship  ana  transit.  The  Royal  Oak  (Cities  Health  Service  Hospital  in  Rich­ fine  crew  as  is  the  case,  on  the  Service)  paid  off  while  the  Brad­ mond,  Va.,  at  the  time.  Sailing  in  Roamer.  ford  Island,  CS  Baltimore  (Cities  the deck  department,  Barbour  be­ t  $  t.  Service)  and  the  Steel  Rover  came  an  SIU  member  in  1953.  Another  Alcoa  ship  turned , in  a  (Isthmian)  were  the  in­transit  Burial  was in  Chatham  Park  Cem­ etery,  Chatham,  Va.  500­day  accident­free  record  and  ships.  c/o  SS  Lucile  Bloomfield,  Blomn­ field SS  Co.,  PO  Box  1450,  Hous­ ton,  Texas.  Joe  Thibodeanx  Fred  Ryder  requests  that  you  get  in  touch  with  him  at  60—8th  St., Ridgefield Park,  NJ.  Herman  L.  Smith  Your  mother  would  like  to  hear  from  you.  You can  contact her  c/o  Bennett,  139  East  94th  St.,  Hew  York  28.  Arthur  Smith  S It is  Important  that  you write  to  Larry  Tefft  immedlatelyr  You  can  reach him c/o SS Ocean Eva,  Mar­ itime Overseas Corp., 61  Broadway,  New  York.  '  E.  J.  FnUer  It  is  most  important  that  yoa  get  in  touch  with  your  wife  at  3707  Ave.  S,  Galveston,  Texas.  Michael  Hovland  '  Please  call  Mr.  Deitch  at  TR­ 5­8185.  Oskar  Kirs  R. Pelaso is anxious to hear from  you  concerning the  Houston  trans­ action.  You  can  reach  him  aboard  When asked  if  he had  any news­ the  SS  Steel  King,  c/o  Isthmian  worthy  occurrences  or  humorous  Lines,  Inc.,  71  Broadway,  New  experiences  to  York  6.  pass  on  to  the  SEAFARE  R  S  4  t  Floyd  Mitchell,  Jr.  is  trying  to  LOG,  Denis  obtain  a  cooking  manual  called  Manning,  meet­ "Cooking  and  Baking  on  Ship  ing  secretary  on  Board,"  issued  by  the  War  Ship­ the  Pan  Oceanic  ping  Administration.  If  anyone  Transporter,  re­ knows how  he can  obtain it,  please  torted,  "none—  contact  him  at  Zukers  St.,  these  damn  ships  Mobile  17,  Ala.  .  are  all  funny."  Manning  thought.  Manning  reported,  the  crew  of  the  Transporter  wishes  to  extend  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  SUP and  MFOW  crewmembers for  their  aid  in  getting  the  vessel  in  order  and  good  shape.  "• • ^1  • .VI  SIU SHIPS ST sa  EVERY  I  SUNDAY  I DIRECT  VOICE  I BROADCAST  I  I  •  • n  Page  Fifteen'  SEAFARERS  LOG  Jane U, 19S9  TO SHIPS JN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN  AND  SOUTH  AMERICAN  WATERS  MTD'  "THE VOICE OF THE  EVERY  SUNDAY,  1620  OMT  (11:20  EST  Sunday)  WFK­39,  198S0  KCs  Ships 4n  Caribbean,  East  Coast  of  South  America,  South  Atlan­ tic  and  East  Coast  of  United  States.  WFL­6S, 15850  KCa  Ships in  Gulf  of  Mexico,  Carib­ bean.  West  Coast  of  South  America,  West  Coast  of  Mexico  and  US  East  Coast.  WFK­95, 15760  KQs  Ships  in  Mediterranean  area,  North  Atlantic,  European. and  US  East  Coast  Meanwhile,  MTD  'Round­Tbe­World  Wirelfiss Broadcasts Continue ...  Every  Sunday,  1915  GMT  (2:15 PM  EST Sunday)  WCO­13020  KCa  Europe  and  North  America  WCO­1899S.S  ECa  East  Coaet  South  America  WGO­224e7  KCs  West Coast  South  America  Every Monday,  0315  GMT  (10:15 PM  EST Sunday)  WMM  25­15607  KCs  Australia  WMM  81­11037A  Northwest  Pacific  —  iAMTIME TRADES DEPARTMENT  Boston Settles  Transit Strike  "'• J  .^1  �•  ­'V  '  M:  rJs •  >  .  p:  'i*'  '  Iv.­ I.?:  • ^7t?^!  '  • ""  •  • . i  "wl  SEAFARERS  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  S E A FA R E R S  IN T E R N AT I  ON A L  UNION  • ATLANTIC    AND  GULF  DISTRICT  • AFL­CIO    •   Senate Unit Backs  Widening  For US Shipping  Nuclear Powcfr Plant Looks Like This  A­Tanker  Is  Seen Useful  In 1960's  Nuclear­powered  tankqrs  will  bd  WASHINGTON—Agreeing  with  the  ^otests  of  a  host  of  operating  on  world  trade  routes  ship  operators,  the  Senate  Appropriations  Committee  has  within  the  next ten  years,  predicts  bposted  the  number  of  subsidized  ship  voyages  the  Federal  Dr. Lauchlin  Currie, vice­president  Maritime  Board  may  author­*  of  the  atomic  energy  division  of  The  recent  SIU  of  NA  con­ the Babcock  &  Wilcox  Co.  ize  each  year  from  2,040  to  vention  restated  the  Interna­ 2,600.  Babcock  and  Wilcox  Is  the' firm  The  former figure  of  2,040  tional's  long­standing  position  constructing  the  nuclear  unit  for  was  hit  by  Waterman,  States  Ma­ on  subsidies.  It  called  for  a  the  Savannah,  the  world's first  rine,  Prudential  and  Isbrandsten  more  equitable  distribution  of  atomic merchant ship. The ship will  on the  ground that  it did  not leave  Government  aid  to shipping  so  be  launched  on  JLuly  21  by  Mrs.  any  room  for  new  subsidy  appli­ as to strengthen the entire mar­ Eisenhower  frona  the  New  Jersey  cants.  Other  subsidy  applicants  itime industry under the Ameri­ shipyard where it was bUilt.  It had  affected  by  the  original  ceiling  can flag.  originally  been  scheduled  to  be  were T.  J. McCarthy and  Isthmian  launched  on  Maritime  Day  last  who,  along  with  Waterman,  are  entering  into  a  subsidy  contract  month  but  unforseen  delays  pre­ SlU­contracted  companies.  vented  the  ceremonies.  when  its  application  Is  approved. .  Existing  contracts  with  ship  op­ Although  installation  costs  for  "We believe your committee will  erators call  for 2,010  voyages.  The  recognize the Inequity which would  nuclear  equipment  run  consider­ remaining 590 would  cover six new  result  from  adoption  of  the  sug­ ably higher than for a  conventional  applicants  plus additional requests  gested  voyage limitation  to an  op­ Plant,  Currie  believes  that  a  nu­ pending  from  presently­subsidized  erator  such  as  Waterman  which  clear  tanker  could  carry five  to  companies.  A total  of  564 voyages  through  its  own  ingenuity,  indus­ ten  percent  more  oil  per  triii lo  are  already  under  request.  The  try  and  efficiency  has  operated  offset  the  price  differences  for  In­ former  2,040  ceiling  would  have  American­flag  vessels  for  a  long  stallation.  allowed  only 30  new  voyages while  period  of  years  without  subsidy,  The  Savannahr buijt  jointly  by  the new ceiling  will cover  all.  Savannah's nuclear  reactor, "which  will provide  dtomic power  for  whereas its American­flag competi­ the  Maritime ^Administration  and  Witnesses  at  Senate  Committee  tors  have for  many  years  had  the  the nation's first nuclear merchant ship, is shown at New York Ship­ the  Atomic  Energy  Commission,  hearings pointed  out that there are  advantage  of  such  subsidy ..."  building yard in  Camden, NJ.  Ship  will be  launched July  21.  will  be  operated  by States  Marine  only  313  subsidized  general  cargo  Lines.  Its  energy  unit,  a  pressur­ liners available  under  present sub­ ized­water  nuclear reactor,  is simi­ sidy  as  opposed  to  the  minimum  lar  to  the  unit  on  the  US  Navy  Defense  Department  requirement  submarine  Nautilus,  but  is  of  a  of  700  to  900  ships  of  this  type.  The  Defense  Department  has  rec­ A strike  of  Italian  merchant seamen protesting low wages and conditions had reported­ more advanced  desigh.  ommended  subsidy  for  qualified  Babcock  and  Wilcox  claims  it  ly tied  up 50 ships in world ports by the end of  this week.  The walkout  began June 9, halt­ has  non­subsidized  operators.  developed  designs for  an  even  Further, a witness for States Ma­ ing the scheduled sailing of  the Italian Line's­ Giulio­Cesare and Vulcania here in New York.  more  advanced  power  unit  than  rine said that failure to expand  the  Reliable  details  on  the  the  one  aboard  the Savannah.  Al­ subsidy  program  "would  give  the  though  not  perfected  in  time  to  due  to  dock  at the same  pier,  the  York,  the  Neptunia  in  Melbourne,  13  presently­subsidized  companies  strike  are  scanty,  but  appa­ Italian  liners  were  moved  by  tugs  Australia,  and  the  Cristoforo  Co­ be  included  on  the  Savannah,  the  a  complete  monopoly  of  US­flag  rently seven  maritime unions,  to the Export pier in  Hoboken. The  lombo  and  Augusta  in  Genoa. The  designs  will  probably  be  incor­ shipping within a few years as war­ including  the  ITF­affUiated  Fed­ strikers had  earlidr agreed  to  han­ striking  unions  have  warned  of  a  porated  into  future  designs  for  built  ships  become  obsolete;  and  eratione Gente del Mare, called  the  dle mooring lines provided they did  general strike if  the companies pro­ marine  nuclear  power  units.  monopolies notoriously  tend to  be­ A  riumber  of  US­flag  shipping  walkout  when  negotiations  for  a  not  have  to  supply  power  for  the  long the  stalemate. They  protested  operators  come  inefficient."  are  reported  studying  winches.  ­ the  action  of  Greek  and  Turkish  new  contract  broke  down. The sea  The  Waterman  witness  testified  the possibilities of  nuclear­powered  Most  of  the  tied­up  ships  so far  authorities  who "forced  three Ital­ on  much  the  same  lines,  l>ointing  strike  came  as  workers  in  several  are  dry  cargo  and  tanker  vessels,  ian  ships  whose  crews  were  on  tankers.  Among  these  is the  SIU­ major  Italian industries  con­ out that  the 2,040 ceiling "if  adopt­ other  cluded  similar  walkouts  and  new  except  for  the  two  liners  in  New  strike to  leave for Italian  ports."  contracted  Cities Service company.  ed  by  your  committee,  will  effec­ strikes were  threatened over stale­ tively  foreclose  Waterman  from  mated  pact  talks.  News  reports  said  the  Italian  shipowners  have  offered  "up  to  a  20%  increase"  but  seamen  on  the  Extending its economic  war  against  Israel,  the  United  Arab  Republic  has  openly  de­ struck ships here declared the offer  actually  amounted  to $i  more  per  clared  its intention  to bar  use of  the Suez  Canal  to any  vessel  carrying  cargo  from  IsraeL  month.  Wages  for  ABs  are  cur­ No  American  ships  have  reportedly  been  affected aff yet.  ­  «  rently $60 per month, they claimed,  News  reports  quoted  UAR­^  CHICAGO—The  American  Can  with  the  chief  radio  officer  high  Company  has  announced  plans  to  man  at  $100  per  month.  Both  li­ Public  Minister  of  State  Aly  use  the  International  waterway  assure free passage for all shipping  enter  politics  down  to  the  ward  censed  and  unlicensed  seamen  are  Sabri  as  $aying  that  Israeli  regardless  of  any  actions  by  the  through  the  Canal,  the  UAR  has  and  precinct  level  to fight  the  involved  in  the  strike.  Other  re­ cargoes  will  not  be  permitted  to  United  Nations,  the  world  court  indicated  It  plans  to  intensify  its  or  the  major  Western  powers.  campaign  against  Israel  with  thb  unions.  ports list wage scales in the vicinity  Israeli  vessels  have  had  to  bypass  Canal  as  the  lever.  The  waterway  Charging that  business was  wast­ of  $80 to $100  monthly.  Suez for  sever^ years^  has  bdSn  open  barely  two  years  ing  too  much  time  and  effort  in  In  any case,  the Italian  beef  em­ A  Danish  freighter,  the  Inge  following  repairs  made xinder  UN  trying  to  find  areas  of  agreement  phasizes  the  tremendous  gap  be­ Toft,  has  been  dletained  in  the  auspices early  in  1957.  The  Canal  with  labor,  Amerjcan  Can  Presi­ tween  foreign  ship  wages  and  Canal  since  mid­May  because  it  was  shut  down  by  sabotage  in  dent  William  Stolk  declared  that  American  scales,  although  ship  carried  cargo  from  Israel,  and  retaliation for  a British­French  ex­ the time  has come  to oppose ."pow­ operators on  both  sides  of  the  At­ erful  forces  which  are  seriously  lantic  charge  the  same  passenger  SIU  membership  meef­ vessels  of  several  othe.r  countries  pedition  against  Egypt  in  Novem­ undermining our  political and  eco­ fares.  Spokesmen  for.  the  Italian  ings  are  held  regularly  have  ha,d  cargo  confiscated  in  ber,  1956; after  the  Cairo  govern­ nomic system."  line said  the cancelled  sailings  will  the  past  few  months.  After  the  ment  had  taken  over management  FoUowing  the  lead  of  General  cost an esflmated $900,0J)0 in,fares.  every two  weeks on  Wed­ Israeli cargo was pemoved the ships  of  the waterway the  previous July."  Electric  and  Gulf  Oil,  American  Even  assuming  all  other  costs  are  nesday  nights  af  7  PM in  v/ere  allowed  to| continue oh  their  The issue  of  freedom of  the seas,  Can's  decision  would  seem  to  con­ equal,  the  big  wage  differential  all  SIU  ports.  All  Sea­ voyages.  erupted  in  the  area  earlier  when  Egypt  prior:.to  its  union  with  firm  the  belief  that  management  shows,  the  huge  profits  possible  Fears Sabotage  SjTla  —  tried  to  restrict  shipping  is  readying  itself  for  a  prolonged,  with a foreign­flag  passenger oper­ farers  are  expeeted  to  The UAR  official said liis govern­ ation.  full­fledged  battle  with  labor.  attend;  those  who  wish  to  ment  'Jcannot  allow  Israeli  ship­ into  the  Gulf  of  Aqaba  to  thd^  A  nine­week  course  in  practical  Strikers  have  remained  on  the  be excused  should  request  ping  free  passage,  as  this  would  Israeli  port  of  Effat.  An  SIU­ politics, prepared by  the US Cham­ vessels  and  are  eating  aboard  ship  'expose  thie  vital  waterway  to­sab­ maaiied  tanker,  the  Kern  Hills,  ber  of  Commerce,  is  being  *  • 'ted  but  not  feeding  passengers.  Main­ permission  by  telegram  otage and  delay as a  result  of  any  was  the first  American  ship  intd  out  in  .  several  American  Can  taining  the  class  differential  even  (be  sure  to include  regis­ sudden  action  Israel  m'ghi  under­ Eilat and helped establish  the righi  plants.  Those  taking  the  course,  during the strike, the line provided  tration  number); The  next  take  to  get  revenge  on thef  United  of  free passage in  those  waters for  it  is  hoped,  will  then  be  prepared  food allowances ranging from  only  Arab  Republic."  Just  how  this  all  shipping.  per  day  for  tourist­class  to $12  SIU meetings  will be:  ' ."to  exei't  a  healthy  Influeuce  on  $5  affects  ships  of  uthei'  uatloiis  car­ per  day  for  fii'st­class  passengers,  politics „ in  their  precincts  and  all  rying  Israeli  cargoes  is  not  clear.  of  which  proved  to  be  inade­ June  24  wards." Stolk  said.  UN  Secretary­General  Dag  Ham­ quate  and  further  aggravated  pas­ ;  A  153­man  team  of  executives  senger  beefs over  disrupted  travel  marskjold  is  reportedly  due  to  8  jbas  been named  by  the firm  to act  plans.  visit Cairo later  this month  to help  "oifiHcM  spokesmien"  all: oyer  With  the  voyages  cancelled' and  resolve  the dlsputh^V  ;  July 22  the country.,  Despite  prior  cqmipitoenta  to  American  Export's  Independence  Italian Strike  Halts  SO  Ships  Co. Plans  War  On US  Unions  Egypt  Tightens Ban On Israel Cargo  SCHEDULE  OF  SIU MEETINGS  J^]  mrTme  vu­Kr  .. ­'ri'  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 19, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEA UNIONS ATTACK SECRET SHIP TALKS WITH FOREIGN FLAGS MA PREPARING TO SCRAP 1,200 RESERVE LIBERTYS DEGREES AWARDED TO 2 SEAFARERS BEGIN NEW PHILA. HALL ICC ENEMY OF DOMESTIC SHIPPING SENATE BILL WOULD EASE ALIEN RULES SIU LIFEBOAT SCHOOL LISTS TOP SCORE; TO TRAIN ABS WORLD TANKER FLEET HAS 447 SHIPS IN IDLE STATUS PAUL SANFORD DIES AT 50 SUBMIT OT EARLY, NY WARNS MARIPOSA CREW HAILED FOR SHIPMATES’ RESCUE CG HITS SPEEDING BY SHIPS $416,000 DONATED FOR LOGGER STRIKE DELUGE HITS MOBILE, DELAYS LOADING OF GRAIN SHIPS CUT BACK WATERMAN AID BID UNIONS BUILD MEMORIAL TO STORM DEAD OFFER BILL TO PROTECT SHIP RATES AGAINST RAILS OFFSHORE TANKER TERMINAL PLANNED OFF JERSEY COAST SENATE UNIT BACKS WIDENING SUBSIDY FOR US SHIPPING ITALIAN STRIKE HALTS 50 SHIPS EGYPT TIGHTEN BAN ON ISRAEL CARGO Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/19/1959 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXI, No. 13  1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c55770bd9da2fc7e398b2c7edbfcf22f.PDF e0a216a7c895946a51dae11cf8fc9995 PDF Text Text 1^700 in Virgin Isles Join SIU SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN Of THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO CRACK RUNAWAY JOB ISSUE We Did It!' Win Organizing Rights Aboard Foreign Ships Operators OK Union Program To Revive Industry^ Boost Jobs 4 Percent Money Cain To Apply On Pensions^ Vacations And Welfare Stories On Page 8 Editorial On Curran Sellout By Paul Hall i See Page 2 Annual Report Of The SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN filed with The NY State Insurance Department Page 26 �Pace TIM SEAFARERS LOG JWM,lNi.»V virgin Islands Union Official Visits SiU Behind The Confracf Smokesereen: 'Courage'-Curran Style By Pa^ HaU To all outward appearances, the current maritime contract beef is a confused and compli­ cated tangle. Actually the issue was simple and clear cut. It was simply whether US sea­ men's unions were going to fight to preserve their members' jobs or walk away from the basic problems created by the^ growth of the runaway fleets. means that Curran put the whole ships to the dictates of the ship­ The confusion was the prod issue aside for the four years of owner.' This will make organizing net of a fog thrown up by NMU Pres­ ident Curran to cover up his fiasty retreat. The fact is, which every seaman should know, that Curran surrendered unconditionally in a completely cowardly manner. From now on, no runaway shipowner has anything to fear from the NMU. He has that guarantee in writing from Curran. When Cur­ ran dropped the issue, he agreed to turn it over to a fact-finding board whose recommendations would not be binding — which Louis Goffin Dies At 61 the agreement. Once Opposed Runaways It should be remembered that at the beginning, all unions, the NMU included, made the runaway problem the Number One issue. Curran made that clear in several issues of "The Pilot." He threat­ ened that the operators would have to sign with him for the runaways or else. His first demand was, "1. Amendment to the contract recognition clause to include for­ eign-flag vessels which the con­ tracting companies were operat­ ing." However, when the operators, in Curran's words, "took the in­ flexible position of not bargain­ ing on'any of the union's economic demands unless the union were first to withdraw its demand on the foreign-flag issue," Curran caved in. He threw away any op­ portunity to protect his member­ ship against the runaways for the next four years. SIU Rejects Sellout I reported to the SIU headquar­ ters meeting on Monday, July 3, that if our Union had agreed to drop the runaway-flag issue, we could have gotten double in the money package.. But if for a few measely bucks we would surrender on so vital an issue affecting sea­ men's security, we would have no right to call ourselves a union. There was no question but that the membership agreed fully with this position. Seamen have long been clamoring for action on this run­ away problem. The meeting unan­ imously ratified the provisions of the contract. In selling out on this runaway job issue, Curran did more than damage his own membership". The Masters, Mates and Pilots also suf­ fered. They had originally been in agreement with the engineers, and other member unions of the NCMB, to stand firm on this issue. When Curran broke and ran out on the issue the MM&P leader­ ship didn't have the courage to stand up and fight it through. In­ stead, they look the easy way out by swallowing the Curran line. It Is interesting to note that the membership of Local 88, the largest in the MM&P, has re­ pudiated the union leadership and voted down the contract. The record shows, when all is said and done, that only the NCMB unions stood their ground, and only they won protection for US seamen's jobs. It is shameful that others abandoned their member- NEW YORK—One of the vet­ erans of the seafaring union move­ ment, Louis Goffin, died here June 26 after a long illness. He was 61. An active union member for 40 years, Goffin first went to sea in 1921 and took part in the his­ toric 1921 sea­ men's strike dur­ ing which the powers of the Government were used to virtually destroy the International Seamen's Un­ Goffin ion. Neverthe­ less, Goffin kept up his union at­ tachment, continuing to sail dur­ ing the dark days of the 1920's and 1930's. The columns of the SEAFARERS LOG were often en­ livened by his description of what It was like to ship out of the old "fink halls" maintained by the U.S. Shipping Board and how novice seamen learned their duties from the bosun's "educated toe." Goffin transferred from the old ISU to the SIU in 1939, shortly after it was chartered and was active in many of the Union's early ©rganizing drives. Subsequently, in 1941 he was named as patrol­ man in the port of New York. He aerved at various times as assistant secretary-treasurer, Philadelphia agent, and Jacksonville agent. Since 1947, he had been repeatedly elected as dock patrolmen or joint patrolman in the Port of New York. He became ill in February of this year and had been bedridden since then. Goffin is survived by his wife, Dorothy. Funeral services were held on June 28 at Schwartz Brothers Funeral Home in Queens. June, 19il Burial was in Knollwood Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Queens. the runaways considerably more difficult, but the Job will be done nevertheless. It's a. certainty that, having deserted this important issue, Cur­ ran will launch "all out" offensives to cover his retreat. He will at­ tack the other unions with a vari­ ety of loose and unfounded mis­ representations, which are so characteristic of him. Curran's press clippings have made much of the fact of his well advertised "militancy" and "cour­ age." Unfortunately, what he showed at these negotiations was not courage, but something else. It was plain and simple cowardice in the face of the enemy. When ,uch cowardice shows up in a sP uation involving the livelihood and security of seamen, then it is no longer a private affair. It becomes a public issue because of its un­ happy impact on the future of American seamen. Jersey Tables Curbs On Port Union Groups TRENTON—Organized labor in the Maritime Port Council of Greater New York scored a victory when the New Jersey legislature adjourned without acting on a labor curb bill sponsored by the Bi-State Waterfront Commission. The bill would have greatly ex­ panded the commission's authority to interfere in the legitimate picketline and strike activity of harbor unions. The legislation had already been passed in New York State. In ad­ dition to the opposition of the Port Council, it had drawn the fire of AFL-CIO President George Meany, as well as of AFL-CIO unions in the New York-New Jersey area. Mrs. Ruth Smith, secretary of the Virgin Islands Labor Union, discusses operations of SIU clinics with Dr. Joseph Loguey medical director, during visit to SIU headquarters. The' 1,700-member group has affiliated with the SIU. Virgin Isle Union Votes To Join SIU ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands—The SIU's base in the Carib­ bean was considerably strengthened last month with the an­ nouncement that the 1,700 member Virgin Islands labor union had formally affiliated with the SIU. the Musician's Union. It is headed Coupled with the 5,000 by Earle B. Ottley, who is also a members of the SIU Puerto Rico Division, the addition of the Vir­ gin Islands group gives the SIU a membership of 6,700 workers in the Caribbean area, whiqh is a center of runaway ship operations. Maritime Federation At the last SlUNA convention, delegates had voted to participate in a Caribbean maritime federa­ tion, which would include SIU affiliates In the area as well as maritime unions from the West Indies Federation, Venezuela and other Caribbean countries. The Virgin Islands union already las close ties with other Caribbean unions since it is a member of the Caribbean Congress of Labor. Union Leader Is Senator The newly-affiliated Virgin Islands union is the only union in the islands with the exception of member of the island's senate. Mrs. Ruth Smith, treasurer of the union, said that the group has a membership goal of 3,000. For­ merly affiliated directly with the AFL-CIO, the union decided on SIU affiliation after surveying the operations of the SIU's Puerto Rico Division. Publishes Newspaper Tlie Vlfgin Island's Union is ac­ tive on all three of the major islands-^St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John. It represents workers in shops, manufacturing and other phases of the island's economy. The total population of the islands is in the vicinity of 30,000. The union, which is just a few years old, publishes a newspaper "The Defender" twice a month and is an active participant in iiSland affairs. NCMB Presents Contract Demands SEAFARERS LOG Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable iuldress, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure speedy transmission on all mes­ sages and faster service for the men involved. Vol. XXIII, No. t PAUL HALL, President HEBBEBI BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, AL MASKIN, CHARLES BEAUMET, ALBERT AMATEAU, ARTHUR MARKOWITZ, Staff Writers. Publlshea mommy at tne headquartart of tha Seafarart Intarnational Union, At­ lantic Gulf, Lakas and Inland Watars District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 3J, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Second class Dostage paid at tha Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tha Act of Aug. 24, 1913. 120 While US ship operators listen attentively, Jesse Calhooh, chairman of the National Com­ mittee for Maritime Bargaining details program for revitalizing US maritime and providing job security for American seamen. Charts illustrate defects in existing maritime policies and need tor a new approach along lines proposed by the NCMB. (See centerfold.) �Ia^'^lMl>' Fare Thl^ •- * *% SEAFARERS £00 Unions Win On Runaways SIU, MEBA Succeed In Fight To Strengthen Job Security NEW YORK—^Maritime unions in the National Committee for Maritime Bar­ gaining scored an historic "first" for US seamen when operators represent-! ing almost half of the US merchant marine agreed that the unions have the right to organize US operators' for­ grant.the unions the right to go Alcoa, which has a sizable runawayeign - flag affiliates. The aboard their foreign-flag ships for flag fleet, and Bloomfield, plus a breakthrough scored by the organizing purposes. The operators smattering of small operators. Both wili bargain with the unions when­ companies had assigned their bar­ SlU and the Marine En­ ever they show they represent a gaining rights to the AMMl. Con­ gineers Beneficial Associa­ majority of any foreign-fiag crew sequently their crews were still on strike when the US courts issued tion came in the face of involved. The contracts also provide for a fierce opposition from the joint union-shipowner committee to American Merchant Marine "formulate and take all necessary Institute, headed by John steps to effectuate a program and Picketing two Bloomfield SS Company vessels In New Orleans at the Perry Street wharf are (I. to r.) Seafarers A. P. Richoux, Raymond Holder,Jomos T. Beasley and Horen Weintroub and MEBA engineer William E. Danese. Bloomfield and Alcoa refused to sign a contract. Franklin, and its allies, the major international oil companies. In addition to the key vic­ tory on the runaway issue, the contract calls for a four per­ cent monetary gain, which will be used, to improve welfare, pension and vacation benefits for Seafarers. The agreement runs for one year. The agreements signed by the SIU with Atlantic and Gulf con­ tracted operators, by the MEBA with the same group and with Pacific Coast operators, specifically Future Of Shipping,, Jobs Was Major Contract Issue NEW YORK—The basic issue in the maritime contract dispute; now-temporarily halted by a Taft-Hartley injunction, is between those who want a bigger merchant marine with more jobs and those.who would like to see it shrink. On the one side are the member unions of the Na­ to drop their demands on the run­ in Washington. Further, the eco­ tional Committee For Mari­ aways and their proposals for a nomic burden of the package would time Bargaining who offered a pro­ gram to expand the Industry and job opportunities for seamen. On the other side are the policy mak­ ers of the American Merchant Ma­ rine Institute, consisting of a handful of subsidized companies led by John Franklin of US Lines, and the major international oil and metals companies who haye a heavy investment in runaway ships. The firm alliance between the Franklin group and the oil com­ panies arises out of a situation in which "one hand washes the other." The objectives of the group union voice on a joint policy-mak­ ing GommitteSj the AMMl hoped to accomplish both alms. Eiimination of the policy-making commit­ tee would leave the AMMl with clear Sailing as the principle voice of the industry and would enable it to press its monopoly program severely damage the independent, unsubsidized companies, At the same time, the package would as­ sure total immunity to the runa­ ways. Such companies as Texaco, Gulf, National Bulk, States Marine and United Fruit would be guar(Continued on page 7) The Maritime Union, und |Joseph Curran, won a " money deal :involvini oi In - this agreement also was the dropping of what had once been the prime demand of all the unions: bargaining rights on foreign-fiag ships under American control but registered under so-called Vflags of con­ venience." Some unions still in­ sist on this point, and also on a pledge to let unions have a voice in such industry problems bs subsidy distribution. Excerpt from "New York Times" of July 2, 1961, de­ scribes nature of AMMl "package" deal, and drop­ ping of runaway flag issue. Here's What Union Won: The Big Gain: Job Security Today, as the NCMB pointed out in its pro­ gram, there are less than 900 active ships in the US merchant marine and employment for seamen Is less than in the depression year of 1939. The unions of the NCMB agreed that the principal issue to be faced up to in the negotiations was the job potentiai of the Industry and its effects on sea­ men's job security. The contract negotiated by the NCMB unions reflects that concern over seamen's jobs. 4" led by Franklin are nothing less than a complete monopoly of US Government maritime appropria­ tions. In seeking this monopoly, the Franklin group would find the going much easier if they could seriously cripple the rest of the merchant marine. The oil and metals companies, on their part, are simply out lo operate their foreign-flag carriers without interference. By offering a "package" deal which would require the unions establish poiicies for the develop­ ment and growth of the American mercfhant marine." .Consequently, the unions will have a voice in determining industry policies which affect the jobs and security of seamen. ^ The agreement was ratified by the SIU headquarters membership meeting on July 3 and is now be­ ing acted on in other SIU ports. Practicaily all SlU-contracted operators have been accounted for with the principal exception of t 4« Q. What are the basic contents of the contract won by the SIU? A. It has three basic provisions. The first gives the SIU the right to go aboard foreign-flag ships affiliated with SlU-contracted companies for the purposes of organizing. The second kets up a joint union-industry committee to act on maritime issues affecting seamen's employment. The third provides a four percent monetary Improvement to be applied to various fringe benefits. i 4it Q. How many foreign-fiag ships are involved and what can we do about them? A. The SIU group of companies signed thus far has affiliations with weii over 200 foreign-flag ships. Over 40 of these are under runaway flags and the others under other maritime fiags. The number of ships may turn out to be far greater. SIU organizers can now board these vessels, just as an SIU representative can go aboard a contracted vessel. When a majority of the crew designates the SIU as bargaining agent, then the operator agrees to recognize the Union on that ship and to negoti­ ate a contract. 4 4 Q. What will be the function of the joint unionindustry committee? Why is it important to seamen? A. Up until now there has been no central body speaking for the industry and its workers. As a re­ sult, the Franklin group has captured the role of industry spokesman and has used its position to favor the major subsidized companies. The new committee will work to revamp the mer­ chant marine program of the United States to bene­ fit the entire industry; to support the revival of the neglected domestic trades; to work toward the es­ tablishment of an adequate American-flag fleet in the bulk cargo and oil cargo field. In the final analysis, all of this activity would greatly increase job opportunities for American seamen. Naturally, in discussing the overhaul of the mer­ chant marine program, the subsidy question would arise. The union members on the committee are committed to the principle that any subsidy program must look toward expansion of the industry and de­ velopment in areas of changing trade patterns. 4 4 4 Q. How will the four percent monetary settlement be applied? A. The Union is making a study, on the basis of which it will work out a program to apply the four percent in the areas most needed. Such areas could include improving existing welfare and disabilitypension benefits, expanding vacation benefits, or developing new protection for seamen. a Taft-Hartley restraining order on July 3. Also unsettled were the contracts between the MEBA and the Institute group. SIUNA President Paul Hall mads it clear that as soon as the 80-dar cooling: off period has ended, the SIU intends to resume strike action against those operators who have not yet signed the agreements. Despite the SlU's and MEBA'i success, the National Maritime Union surrendered on the crucial runaway issue. It abandoned it^ principal demands in this and other areas, accepting instead a "pack­ age" cooked up by Franklin and the oil companies. The four-year NMU agreement took the heat off the oil and metals companies on the (Continued on pagf 7t The Ship Tie-Up, Blow By Blow: The following summarizes the major events in the ship contract beef: • All unions whose contracts expire June 15 asked for ship­ owner concessions on runaway ships. The AMMl and its allies, the major tanker companies, refused to discuss the issue. s OK June IS and 1«, the SIU and MEBA signed 65 com­ panies with over 260 vessels to a one year contract provid­ ing: the right to organize some 200 US-eontrolled foreign-flag ships; the establishment of a joint union-shipowner commit­ tee to work for expanded job opportunities; improvements in fringe benefits. » Both unions rejected feel­ ers from AMMl that a "pack­ age" offer would be available if they dropped their demands on the runaways and formation of the committee. • The US Government pro­ posed a 45-day cooling-off period with a fact-finding board to make recommendations. This was turned down as undermin­ ing collective bargaining. • The NMU surrendered on the runaway ship issue, in re­ turn for a four-year "package" aeai. Aunsequentiy, tne AKA and MM&P signed a similar package. • The MEBA signed the Pacific Maritime Association to its basic program. PMA had previously been committed to the AM5II position. • The Government obtained a restraining order under TaftHartley, compelling all unions to return to work, leaving the following contracts open: AMMl with MEBA: SIU with Alcoa, Bloomfield and a handful of small operators; MM&P with the Pacific Maritime Associa­ tion. SIU Pacific District con­ tracts do not expire until Sep­ tember 30. » �•Ajimtfgmi SEAPARMttS rt&e f^ Seafarer-Graduate Discusses Future What P&l Insurance Covers by Capt. Milton Williams (Ed. note: This u the fifth in a series of articles written for the SEAFARERS LOG by Captain Milton Williams, formerly vice-president and operating manager of Bull Lines. Captain Williams, who is now retired, will discuss the various phases of American-flag ship operation in these articles from an independent management viewpoint.) Most seamen during their years at sea will come into contact with companies insur­ ing the vessels on which they sail. This contact may be in the nature of a claim for injury or as a witness in connection with some aspect of their ship's operation. The two major groups of ' underwriters are those cover­ tions were enacted establishing sel, the trade in which she may ing the hull and machinery, the liabilities and responsibilities be .employed, the owner's ojperating experience, kind of cargo car­ and those providing protec­ of Shipowners. The coverage under P&I has ried, loss record, number of pas­ tion and Indemnity insurance for the shipowner. Protection and been broadened to meet these sengers carried, if any, and so on. Also, of course, we must take Indemnity insurance is usually changing conditions. Among the into consideration the operating called P&I insurance. The impor­ risks now covered are: 1. Liabilities for loss of cost of the underwriters, plus a tance of P&I will become apparent life of, and personal injury margin for catastrophic losses. •when one realizes the great variety to, and illness of seamen, pas­ The highest cost of premiums of claims against the owner that sengers, longshoremen and for P&I is paid by passenger ves­ this policy covers. other persons. sels. Second is the combination Marine protection and Indem­ 2. Expenses incurred in re­ passenger-freight ship, followed nity insurance is insurance to patriating seamen. by general cargo ships, tankers, cover shipowners, charterers, ship Seafarer Ed Skon^f (left), who hat just graduated New 3. Liabilities arising out of bulk dry cargo ships and colliers. operators and others having an in a collision which are not York Univerilty, ditcustet future plans with Profettor Otcar ' It can readily be seen that it is curable interest in a vessel against covered by hull policies. • to the shipowner's advantage to . Cargill of the NYU faculty. Skorupski is now on the Robin liabilities arising out of ownership 4. Liabilities for cargo loss reduce his loss record—in other Locksley as chief electrician. or operation of a vessel, be it a or damage. words, claims. His permiunu are, email harbor craft or a large 5. Liability for damage to in the final analysis, paid on the ocean-going liner. docks, buoys, bridges, cables basis of the record his company The insurance law of the State and other fixed or movable was able to make over the years of New York defines marine pro­ property. —in other words, his experience tection and indemnity insurance as 6. Damages caused other rating. follows: than by collision such as The cost of P&I insurance on "Marine protection and indem­ damage from propeller wash. American-flag ships is very high. nity insurance, meaning insurance 7. Fines and penalties. It will be reduced only by the full against, or against legal liability 8. Quarantine expenses. and wholehearted cooperation of of the insured, for loss, damage or 9. Liability for wreck re­ June is graduation month for two more Seafarers who had every single individual on board, expense arising out of, or incident moval. whether he is the master or mess- been awarded SIU scholarships in past years. Seafarer Ed­ to, the ownership, operation, char­ 10. Expenses in defending man. ward Skorupski, who sailed as electrician has received his tering, maintenance, use, repair or unfounded claims of seamen The cost of premiums paid for diploma from New York Uni--^' construction of any vessel, craft and other employees. by P&I are, of course, an operat­ versity this month, while Sea­ ment when he got his Scholarship, or instrumentality in use in ocean 11. Expenses for putting in ing expense and reflect. In the won the SIU $6,000 award in 1957. or inland waterways, including to land an injured or sick end, the ability of the American farer Donald Peterson is grad­ He has successfully completed his uating from Swarthmore College, liability of the insured for per­ seaman. ship to compete for cargo with four-year college studies although sonal injury, illness or death or 12. Liability for uncollectforeign operators. This is well Swarthmore, Pa. for loss of or damage to the prop­ Skorupski majored in English at he never finished high school, able cargo's proportion of known to Union officials and is re­ since he had to drop out to go to erty of another person." general average. flected in their ever-increasing NYU's Washington Square Col­ work at 17. Subsequently he quali­ 13. Costs, charges and ex­ drive to promote safeHy on board, lege. Peterson also took a liberal The name, "protection and in­ fied for college by taking a test penses In connection with any arts course and has been accepted demnity" means little, if anything, not only to relieve the suffering for a high school equivalency of the above insured liabili­ to the man unfamiliar with ship­ caused by accidents to its mem­ for graduate work at Harvard diploma given by the state of Con­ ties. ping. A more understandable bers, but also to reduce the cost University, where he plans to necticut and was successful in The above list, while large, does of ship operations. major in education after a summer name for this class of insurance obtaining a scholarship award. not include all the items covered would be, "ship operator's liability In future articles, we will go voyage. • Peterson won his award in 1959, by P&I. Skorupski, who had sailed for insurance." into more detail on the items cov-; Obviously, it is apparent that a ered by P&L ten years in the engine depart^ after putting in some collegB The rjiipstion might be a.sked, schooling on his own time, in be­ policy to protect the owner from "Why not change the name so as tween trips. The 30-year-old Sea­ to make the meaning clear? The all of the claims which may be farer, a Philadelphia resident, made' against him or the ship answer is that P&I is well known served as a volunteer shipboard and universally used, so that the must be quite expensive. The organizer for the SIU on non-union premiums the owner must pay change could cause confusion. ships and sailed for a number of cannot be determined by looking Quite frankly, many volumes years in the deck department. in the little black book of tables, have been written on the various Peterson has received permis­ as is the case with life or fire in­ interpretations which the courts sion from the trustees of the Sea­ surance. On the contrary, the in­ have put on P&I and there are still surance rates charged by the com­ Apparently the world Communist movement is growing increasingly farers Welfare Plan to apply the many controversie.s today. .There­ concerned about the activities of the AFL-CIO in combating Communist balance of his scholarship award' panies are determined as a result fore, I will stick to basic facts penetration of trade unions, as well as in supporting anti-Communist to graduate studies. of a study of Company experience. only. There is no fixed rate of pre­ efforts in other areas. The AFL-CIO's activities in this area were the P&I insurance has frequently mium for P&I, nor do the under­ target of an angry blast in a recent Issue of "The Worker," official pub­ been referred to as the catch-all writers rate *all risks alike. It is lication of the Communist Party, USA. The inference was that the insurance. This is not exactly cor­ largely a matter of individual Party was finding AFL-CIO backed opposition a serious obstacle to Its rect because it does not cover underwriting judgment. In mak­ plans. all the problems. Nevertheless, It ing a determination of the P&I Among the areas of concern to the Communists, is the AFL-CIO's is a type of insurance which be­ premiums for fleets, various fac­ support of democratic trade union leaders from Cuba who fled that comes involved in so many of the tors are taken into consideration. country to escape Communist vengeance. Obviously, the Communists SIU membership meet­ daily shipboard occurrences that The type of vessel, age of the ves- fear that Cuban trade unionists can supply effective leadership to antiIt is considered to cover every­ Castro movements In that country. Another sensitive area Is Berlin, ings are held regularly thing not covered by hull and where the East German Communists have long had a hard time keep­ once a month on days in­ machinery Insurance. ing rein on German workers, who can see the evidence of greater dicated by the SIU Con­ prosperity on the other side of the Iron Curtain. American shipowners have stitution, at 2:30 PM in i 4> 3^ available, in the United States, several P&I insurance companies Danish seamen, who recently conducted a worldwide strike for a new the listed SIU ports below. which are able to adequately cover contract, faced the problem of scabbing in several are-^s. In New York All Seafarers are ex­ all risks. Prior to World War I, for example, one of the downtown Job agencies, which makes a living In order to provide ample seat­ supplying $100 a month crewmembers to runaway ships, was happy pected to attend. Those there were no American compa­ nies and most of American-flag ing space for Seafarers, the head­ to oblige with three shipboards of scabs to take three Maersk ships who wish to be excused P&I was carried by British firms. quarters membership meetings are out behind the picket lines. But New York wasn't the only trouble P&I insurance companies were now being held in Prospect Hall, spot. In Helsinki, Finland, the Finnish Seamen's Union reports that should request permission formed about 1850 in Great Brit­ at 263 Prospect Avenue, Brook­ Communist-controlled dockworkers were ordered to unload the struck by telegram (be sure to ain to protect the shipowners lyn. ships even though all Scandinavian seamen's and dockworkers unions include registration num­ The hall, which is situated be­ agreed to support the beef. In addition, in the Finnish port of Kotka against damage resulting from tween 5th and 6th Avenues, a trainees in the dock foreman's school were ordered to act as strike­ ber). The next SIU meet­ laws passed in that country. ings will be: Originally, P&I insurance cov­ short walk from SIU headquar­ breakers. ered only loss-of-life claims, but ters, can accommodate a consid­ t) New York August 7 as time went on the need for broad erably larger number and should Workers in Cuba, who are having a hard time getting some of the protection became increasingly be more than adequate to handle basic necessities of living, are now being ordered to go out and cut Philadelphia August 8 manifest. Steam supplanted sail. attendance at Union meetings. In sugar cane. All construction work has been halted so that the building Baltimore August 9 Vessels increased in size and addition, the new meeting hall tradesmen are compelled to cut cane, and all public works employees Augusft II value. Voyages became longer and •site will enable the Union to have also been ordered off their regular jobs for the same purpose. Detroit more frequent. The amount and make more effective use of space In addition, other workers are being pressed to "volunteer" for week­ Houston August 14 value o£- cargo increased.- The in the present Union hiring hall, end work in the cane fields. The forced labor reflects the lag in the New Orleans August 15 number of persons carried on which doubled as a meeting hall Cuban sugar harvest upon which the country depends for its foreign Mobile August 16 board increased. Laws and regula­ up until now. trade. Two Seafarers Graduate Via SIU Scholarships LABOR 'ROUND THE WORLD SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SlU Moves Hq Meetings \t �nfnM,rlMl ' SEAFARERS IBI| Dr^geman Rescued LOG Aure Hr« ICC Reverses Field, Criticizes RR Bid For Ships' Cargoes WASHINGTON—Coastwise shipping may finally be getting fairer treatment at tha hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This was indicated by a recent commission ruling involving Seatrain Lines and Sea-Land, both SlU-contracted companies, and the only two lines operating in the+' coastal trade. tion policy which is to encourage ruling represents some respons* The ICC ordered cancella­ all modes of transportation and to criticism of its past practices. tion of a proposed reduction of allrail rates on paint or varnish driers as an obvious attempt to take away the business of the shipping companies. The decision was based on the rule of ratemaking added to the Interstate Commerce Act in 1958 which, although forbidding the ICC to hold up rates of one mode of transportation to protect an­ other, requires the commission to consider the national transporta­ prohibit destructive rate practices. Maritime unions and the remain­ ing companies in the domestic trades have complained that the ICC, in its eagerness to please the railroads, has studiously ignored the objectives of the act. The union charges were largely upheld, by the Senate subcommittee which held hearings on the problems of coastwise shipping last year. Consequently, maritime unions are hopeful that the latest ICC Ludwig Bednor, a member of the Great Lokes IBU Dredge Section, was the first man rescued from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock's Dredge No. 2 which went adrift in the Michigan City, Indiana, harbor last month. Bednor, 51, suffered back injuries and was the only member of the five-man crew hurt. Kennedy Wonid End FMB; Revise Shipping Agencies THE SIU INLAND BOATMAN WASHINGTON—A complete overhaul-of Government ma­ chinery for regulating the maritime industry has been pro­ posed by President Kennedy. The President sent a reorgani­ zation plan to Congress which"*' would abolish the present ministration of the subsidy pro­ Federal Maritime Board and gram. The Secretary of Commerce The first convention of the Inland Boatmen's Union of the SIU held in May, mapped a program for aiding the inland waterways industry and extending the benefits of IBU representation both to unorganized boat­ men and to boatmen now represented by organizations which are not bonafide maritime unions. Officers of the IBU unanimously elected at the convention are: Robert Matthews, national director; A1 Kerr, secre­ tary-treasurer; Earl Shepard, Atlantic Coast area director; Lindsey Williams, Gulf Coast area director, and August Wolf, Great Lakes area director. 4- 4" The Railway Labor Executives Association has unanimously approved the SIU's application for membership in the million member organi­ zation representing 22 major labor unions. The SIU sought member­ ship in the RLE A to give added strength and representation to the IBM Railway Marine Region, since RLEA is the principal coordinating bbdy for railway labor in many fields of activity. 4' 4» 4' The National Labor Relations Board upheld the IBU victory in the Curtis Bay and McAllister fleets in Norfolk when it tnfew out eliarges filed by District 50. The IBU defeated the "catch-all" district in an NLRB election in the Hampton Roads area. Tugmen in the Gatco fleet in the same arda also overwhelmingly voted for IBU representation. 4. - The Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region of the IBU signed three firsttime contracts with newly established firms which will operate tugs and dredges in the Great Lakes region. 4« 4" 4" Coverage in the Seafarers Welfare Plan is considered likely for mem­ bers of the Railway Marine Region of the IBU. RMR and railway management have been meeting to consider a recommendation by a neutral party that railway tugmen be covered in the SIU welfare plan. 4- 4' 4' IBU Railway Marine Region members ended their voting for of­ ficials of the Region on June 16. The results of the election showed that the following candidates had been elected to their respective offices: G. P. McGinty, regional director, E. B. Pulver, assistant regional direc­ tor (Jersey City), C. T. Murre'll, assistant regional director (Norfolk), Poward Brower, B & O Railroad chairman, William Relyea, New Haven chairman, Frank Pirone, New York Central chairman, Joe Fadde, Brooklyn Eastern District chairman, Woodrow Fuller, Bush Terminal chairman, James Waters, New York Dock chairman, L. A. Burdell, Pennsylvania Railroad chairman (Philadelphia), and Richard H. Avery C & O chairman (Norfolk). give the Secretary of Commerce the job of passing upon subsidy awards. The purpose of the reorganiza­ tion, is to separate the regulatory function from the Job of develop­ ing and prompting merchant ship­ ping. Under the existing set-up, the Federal Maritime Board and its related body, the Maritime Administration, both had regula­ tory and promotional functions. These, the President said, con­ flicted with each other, since in the interest of promoting the in­ dustry, the regulatory function went by the wayside on many occa­ sions. Dilute Responsibilities "Intermingling of regulatory and promotional functions has tended, in this instance to dilute respon­ sibility and has led to serious inadequacies, particularly in the administration of regulatory func­ tions," the President declared. To complicate matters, the Mari­ time Administrator was also chair­ man of the FMB, giving him a split personality as far as regulat­ ing and promoting was concerned. The two agencies also shared other employees., Under the new set-up, a five man Maritime Commission would be established. This would be the "court" for the industry, which make all the decisions on regula­ tion cases. The Maritime Adminis­ tration would continue as the agency responsible for technologi­ cal advances, for supervising the design and construction of new ships and for the day-to-day ad­ would have direct authority over the award of subsidies, a function which for practical purposes would be handled by the MA. Esse, Socony Divvy Up Afro-Asian Markets Technically* two separate oil companies since 1911, Stand­ ard Oil of New Jersey (Esso) and Standard Oil of New York (Socony-Mobil) have made a new arrangement to divvy up oil operations in West Africa," Australia, Indonesia, Japan Company) was set up as a jointlyand Southeast Asia, involving owned venture of Esso and Socony a total market of close to a billion people. The new arrangement involves a half-interest for each company in a tanker fleet of 26 whollyowned ships, plus another 51 ves­ sels under charter. All of the ships involved are under runaway flags, or various foreign flags. Result Of Government Action The revision in the set-up was the result of Government anti­ trust action dating back to 1953 with respect to foreign marketing operations. The official Esso pubr lication "The Lamp," put it this way: "Concurrently with the an­ nouncement. of the forthcoming Stanvac reorganization Jersey signed a consent decree that ended the litigation, but did not admit any violation of the law." Stanvac (Standard Vacuum Oil 4" 4" 4" Five members of the SIU Great Lakes Inland Boatmen's Union were rescued after spending a night on a derrick buffeted by high winds in Michigan City harbor last month. Shortly after the rescue, the craft; derrick dredge No. 2, owned by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com­ pany, sank. One man, Ludwig Bednor, was injured when a wave slammed him into the winch during the rescue. The other crewmembers, Nick Grbich, H. K. Benell, Ambrose Meagher, and J. J. Sweeney, were treated for exposure to the high winds and cold water. The acci­ dent occurred when the dredge broke loose from the tug which was towing it into the harbor on May 26. A storm prevented Coast Guard men from rescuing the crew who had to stay on the vessel for 12 hours. PORTO'CALL in the Eastern Hemisphere back in 1933, thus disposing of tha problem of competition in that area between the two companies. A map published in the magazina shows that Esso will take over tha business in India, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Tanganyika, South Ko­ rea, Malaya, the Northern Philip­ pines, and South Vietnam among others. Socony will operate in Somali, Ethiopia, the Union of South Africa, New Zealand, the Rhodesias, the southern half of the Philippines, New Guinea and Hong Kong. Joint Operations Both companies have agreed to operate jointly or side by side in Japan, Indonesia, Formosa and Australia. In a gesture of appeasement to­ ward the anti-trust division tha announcement adds that "neither company is restrained from enter­ ing any area where an interest is received by the other." Observers would be vastly surprised though if, for example, Socony Mobil were to poke its nose into Esso's pre­ serve in India or vice-versa. Don't Send Your Baggage COD 4« 4" 4" The IBU arid the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association are com­ bining their efforts to organize numerous river fleets in the Midwest. The major targets include unorganized boatmen and companies pres­ ently under contract to District 50 of the United Mine Workers. The MEBA recently won an important victory by defeating District 50 in a National Mediation Board election in the Erie-Lackawanna •Railroad. The electipn involved 51 licensed engineers on Erie-Lackawanna tugs and ferries. The ICC ruling on the paint or varnish drier rates noted that 1£ railroads were allowed to charge rates equal to water carriers, SeaLand and Seatrain would be able to" attract very little, if any, of the traffic and would be threatened with extinction. The ruling said that allowing the rail rates to drop to the water rates would be in contravention of the national transportation policy calling for the development and preservation of a transport system by water, highway and rail as well as other forms adequate to meet the need of US commerce and na­ tional defense. The ICC referred to a similar decision in 1960 involving PanAtlantic, Sea-Land's predecessor, in which the commission estab­ lished a six percent differential la -favor of the water carrier as op­ posed to trailer-on-flatcar service. In the current case, the ICO ruled unanimously in favor of giv­ ing the water carriers the right to establish Itself as the . "low-cost" transport medium. In the earlier ruling, one commissioner protested the establishment of a water-rail differential. -izie E.B'^LTiwoeE 'Jeafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. The Union cannot accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the prospect of having to go to a lot of trou­ ble and red tape with the Railvvay Express Co. ^11 �Pace 8tz S^I^AFARSMS 'Immt, IHI lOQ SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING HOARD (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SlU AtlantiCj Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) May 1 Through May 31, 1961 Sparked by an upsurge in in-transit ships, SIU shipping made a strong comeback in the month of May. A total of 2,674 jobs were shipped in all ports, well ahead of April's 2,240 totals. While payoffs and sign-ons varied only slightly from the March figures, there were an additional 26 ships making intransit calls. These apparently were responsible for the in­ crease in job opportunities. The ratio of registration on the beadh to total jobs shipped continues to be very favorable for class A men. With 2,331 men on the beach compared to the total of 2,674 jobsahipped, the class A group is assured of speedy shipping. All three seniority classes showed sharp increases in shipping during the month. Shipping in class 1-S also showed a marked im­ provement in May, with 33 men going out in the chief stew­ ard category compared to 21 in the previous month. New York and Houston again dominated the job picture, with each port shipping 485 men during the month. Houston had the most ship calls, 108, with 83 of these being of the intransit variety. New Orleans and New York both had 83 ships in, but New York had by far the largest number of payoffs. The traditional summertime pattern in engine room ship­ ping is showing up again as in past years. As against a total month's shipping figure of 972 jobs, there were also 643 class A men registered. In fact, j;he total registration of "A" and "B" men barely matched the month's shipping. It's always hard to fill those black gang jobs in the warm weather. Ship AefMfy Pay Si«« !• Offt On TroM. TOTAL i«stM 2 New York ... .'44 PhilodclpUa ..4 iolHmer* ....II Norfolk 1 JocfctoRvillo .. 4 Miami 2 Mobllo 10 Now Orioont ..20 Hoottoo 18 Wllminytoa ..1 Son FroocUco.. S Soottlo ..... 10 0 9 4 7 0 2 0 5 It 7 1 4 10 TOTALS ...Tiii 40 '7 } f 30 S3 21 24 20 30 23 24 14 20 0 10 14 31 44 83 83 108 14 14 12 21 4 24 248 448 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A 1 Pjtrt Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS RegisteredCLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 S ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 3 ALL 2 6 13 3 22 0 3 4 1 1 5 3 9 1 1 0 2 43 74 18 135 6 57 38 26 25 62 21 121 3 19 18 40 5 17 0 5 7 3 7 10 5 15 5 25 0 2 3 1 15 38 11 - 64 1 50 15 32 16 81 2 11 20 23 0 12 11 2 2 8 1 8 4 2 4 3 8 1 1 3 1 1 31 2 13 8 14 12 5 16 4 7 5 29 2 6 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 .-... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 34 11 69 1 3 12 16 10 22 37 3 3 15 5 9 75 20 140 7 45 37 28 16 17 54 28 40 7 23 20 50 77 24 148 2 47 87 28 144 6 18 47 29 28 30 64 16 4 2 2 12 22 0 7 9 3 2 17 2 0 2 4 18 23 5 46 3 IS 16 28 48 5 8 4 4 13 1 19 12 26 7 45 2 19 40 2 15 11 28 13 8 12 12 26 235 401 114 1 750 23 114 139 1 "276 171 373 125 66'9 34 117 110 261 GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 18 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 8 5 49 TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 9 2 0 26 121 40 8 0 0 25 3 23 2 5 81 3 0 1 8 5 12 29 12 0 0 0 0 15 1 4 37 5 12 110 50 1 3 144 64 7 9 17-4 2 5 48 19 10 40 2 26 ~87 669 261 33 1 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS. A GROUP GROUP 1 2' 3 ALL 3 ALL 2 C ALL 1 33 0 2 5 7 5 18 11 10 0 73 17 62 26 187 71 115 27 213 4 10 7 3 39 0 19 12 0 28 8 64 98 0 23 41 54 16 5- 109 28 10 6 4 17 0 11 0 12 6 1 8 1 6 23 1 1 11 12 53 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 11 71 0 33 9 56 29 4 19 20 40 8 206 1 12 172 78 120 45 19 21 92 5 41 24 3 211 27 8 6 2 26 0 15 2 9 31 9 8 6 2 50 0 7 22 5 72 21 34 2 10- 9 1 21 17 5 10 76 12 13 119 174 1"306 903 477 310 116 1 87 [1017 1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Regiitered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Shipped CLASS B Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston. Wilmington San Francisco. Seattle TOTAL SHIPPED Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 6 0 1 8 0 9 0 4 0 4 0 4 2 3 1 2 27 82 6 115 6 29 24 59 17 66 9 92 4 88 10 52 3 23 0 0 2 18 2 4 13 20 0 2 8 5 3 43 1 5 20 18 5 33 39 5 61 3 39 7 18 20 41 15 1 8 3 6 8 1 4 1 6 12 1 5 0 3 2 1 1 9 11 0 8 5 13 1 13 1 15 0 4 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 32 5 44 2 6 4 12 2 22 10 4 28 1 5 16 70 16 12 98 1 34 20 55 17 70 |17 104 1 24 16 41 32 95 13 140 3 27 30 60 9 05 15 129 7 89 51 31 4 9 2 Id 1 3 8 5 4 6 15 1 3 7 4 3 23 5 8 36 2 8 1 11 3 8 12 4 9 2 15 1 5 33 6 44 2 17 13 32 4 33 16 6 43 2 7 25 105 422 68 |~595 19 165 124 1 308 77 377 73 527 24 179 104 1 307 a Jacksonville TOTALS Shipped CLASS A Registered CLASS B Registered Oi1 The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 12 2 3 ALL A 1 2 C ALL 1 B 5 xO 1 3 1 15 2 0 6 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 74 28 41 33 92 62 33 177 39 103 13 155 5 5 11 17 8 9 3 41 0 34 5 0 i 20 8 1 29 2 0 1 46 5 b2 2 25 19 47 96 10 0 3 4 51 41 4 1 7 18 0 5 2 0 12 15 4 13 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 10 0 6 4 1 36 3 6 6 14 15 7 14 1 7 3 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 15 8 53 1 8 0 1 2 28 16 2 46 10 35 1 89 36 104 13 22 1 41 36 181 20 84 14 118 4 45 40 88 9 23 41 9 39 15 20 129 1 17 2 89 20 238 34 10 3 6 14 1 10 1 0 3 6 9 15 7 31 3 9 7 40 0 3 4 3 8 12 32 4 15 8 35 5 0 4 8 17 21 1 8 17 1 25 10 78 3 1 8 1 10 43 1 9 69 60 138 527 307 138 j1 972 136 438 69 643 24 161 148 ["333 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Porf Bos -N. Y Phil Bal Nor Jac Mia Mob No Hou." Wil S. F Sea TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-9 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-9 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 1 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ' 0 0 3 0 0 8 24 19 57 108 3 8 20 81 8 19 12 37 76 1 8 18 27 0 9 5 9 23 1 0 5 6 0 1 3 8 0 0 8 4 8 5 17 10 13 45 3 3 15 21 6 11 8 20 27 45 2 2 23 0 5 3 1 9 1 3 5 9 0 1 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 5 7 2 3 17 2 1 3 6 2 4 2 6 5 13 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 6 23 44 0 0 33 33 1 7 2 16 0 11 12 26 1 6 25 9 71 111 2 1 22 23 1 18 12 47 78 0 1 27 28 10 32 12 42 96 1 4 33 38 9 28 14 35 86 0 1 45 46 3 3 5 5 16 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 7 10 2 0 0 2 9 2 2 7 20 0 0 10 10 3 4 2 14 23 0 12 1 11 3 7 3 8 21 3 4 16 23 2 8 3 12 23 25 3 4 16 53 141 77 246 1 517 1 17" 24 164 { 205 33* 102 61 203 1 .399 10 17 165 1 192 Shipped CLASS C Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP S ALL A 1 2 B 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 18 76 27 3 12 2 8 8 0 0 2 11 45 27 1 1 9 0 1 5 0 1 1 13 13 6 1 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 , 3 26 12 0 0 10 78 28 0 0 10 46 13 86 1 0 12 7 10 2 0 1 6 11 .23 12 0 1 10 23 1 0 4 5 25 7 6 81 1 94 399 192 GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 1-a, 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 1 6 9 0 0 1 1 7 36 45 56 28 111 223 2 28 11 0 11 0 12 7 14 - 33 0 68 2 43 24 17 9 24 12 23 6 10 1 1 4 2 6 0 2 6 15 2 2 2 2 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 67 0 24 0 24 11 9 33 14 69 2 63 22 48 18 121 209 4 36 75 11 9 16 14 16 24 21 18 1 3 4 3 5 5 0 ' 5 4 15 32 0 1 11 2 11 12 3 8 22 2 19 7 4 4 13 94 1 685 106" 203 113 363 1 785 2N 50 202 1 277 C ALL 0 3 18 121 2 18 11 83 7 1' 13 82 0 1 3 41 10 116 13 145 19 7 46 11 53 5 SUMMARY 1 DECK ENGINE tSTfWARD CLASS A Registered GROUP 123 ALL 235 401 114 1 750 105 422 68 1 595 194 77 246 | 517 534 900 428 11862 Registered CLASS B GROUP 123 23 114 139 19 165 124 17 . 24 164 59 303 427 GRAND TOTALS t Group 1-s men totals included in Group 1 totals. • 1 man .shipped 1-s, class B. "1 man registered on beach 1-s, class B. Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 123 ALL 1 276 171 373 125 1 669 1 308 77 377 73 | 527 1 205 135 61 203 1 399 1 789 383 811 401 {1595 i• Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP GROUP 23 ALL A B C 1.2 8 ALL 1 49 33 1 87 669 261 87 34 117 110 261 5 69 60 1 138 527 307 138 24 179 104 307 9 6 81 1 94 399 192 94 10 17 165 192 . 7 68 313 379 760 21 124 1741319 1595 760 319 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP ALL 123 ALL |1017 310 477 116 1 903 | 972 136 438 69 | 643 | 685 309 113 363 1 785 , {2654 755 1028 548 {2331 GROUP 1 23 13 119 174 24 161 148 25 50 202 62 330 524 ALL 1 30.6 1 333 1 2ii j 916 �^Un SEAFARERS Tf 8enm, LOG Runaway Operator Testifies Joe Alclna, Safety Director Check Up On Personal Safety Gear One of the key points In any shipboard safety program is provision for regular inspection and maintenance of personal protective equip­ ment, such as respirators, goggles, saftey belts, gas masks, oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) and similar gear. There is too little regard for such safety equipment most of the time; the feeling is that it will somehow take care of Itself. Yet these Items of personal Safety gear are subject to the same abuse, wear and tear as all other tools and equipment. Frequent Instruction and reminders on the use of the OBA, the limited value of gas masks (in areas where oxygW" content may be low) are just as important as regular fire and boat drills. It seems like "nuisance" sometimes to have to turn out for these instruction periods and drills; "everybody knows about them" is the atttiude. Anyone who reacts that way is loading the dice against himself and his shipmates. Extra Margin Of Safety Is Important Sure, disaster may never come. But what a break /or the whole gang if it has gone through the whole procedure on a dry run a couple of times before. Professionals, firemen ashore, go through the same rou­ tine as a drill regularly and this is bound to pay off in an emergency. The same applies to the personal safety equipment and its use. Some­ one has to be delegated as the responsible person for this gear. It has to be inspected before being issued and after each use. Any cleaning, repairing or drying out should be taken care of immediately after use —before the gear is put away. Improper storage will result in deteriora­ tion, particularly with canvas and rubber items. Iteplacements or stand­ by parts should be readily available. The extra margin of safety offered by the above, and many other long-established practices on American ships, drew a sharp blast a few days ago. The beef by one management spokesman was that US. ships have "too much" of an edge on safety over foreign ships and manage­ ment has to close this gap. He conceded at the same time that Ameri­ can ships are the safest in the world but said this accounts for a big cost item in US ship construction. Direct Solution; Turn Back The Clock His solution is simple and direct; Turn the clock back on American ships and bring the safety level down closer to the standards on the foreign-flaggers. This is a weird approach to the problem of competi­ tion. but typical of the attitude in some management quarters. The rea­ soning is that crew and passenger safety and comforts can be sacrificed right off the bat without hurting anybody. This comes up at a time when foreign ship lines are building new vessels with more and more American-style features and accomoda­ tions so they can drain off what's left of the US passenger and cargo trade. The cbmpartmentation and safety protection built into US ships are being adopted by more foreign lines all the time. These items are finally being recognized as matters of importance. The foreign vessels are closing the gap between our ships and their own by bringing their standards up to the American level. As was noted here, following the SIUNA convention last March, the US industry would do itself some good by insisting, as the unions have, on encouraging this trend—not by stopping it dead in its tracks. A new international cunventiun on sea safely, dedicated to bringing safety standards on foreign vessels up to those of the US, could do it. The SIUNA Convention in March in Puerto Rico urged the American shipowners to pay strict attention to safety aboard ship as a protection for passenger and crewmembers. It is a dictate of common sense that relaxed safety standards aboard American-flag vessels would not con­ tribute to the nation's merchant marine, but rather might give away another competitive advantage to foreign and runaway flag ships. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can be submitte(^ to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Seafarer At Ease in Safety Net Confidence in value'of gangway safety net Is demonstrated by Seafarer Norman Corthwright, OS on the Kyska (circled), as he convFortably relaxes in one for a posed shot by a LOS photographer. us Companies Finance Constniction Of Foreign-Owned Bulk Carriers WASHINGTON—The spokesman for the runaway shipping industry let the cat out of the bag on the nature of runaway operations when he testified before the House Commit­ tee on Ways and Means on proposals to tax runaway earnings. Erling D. Naess, president of Naess Shipping Company ^ —— told the Congressmen that can unions are entitled to Juris­ taining financing for the construc­ runaway ships, even when not diction over ships controlled by tion of the vessels and the major directly-owned by the companies or by Americans are financed by the American companies In whose behalf they operate. It has been reported that Ameri­ can oil and metals companies, as well as American ship operators, directly own some 460 ships under the runaway flag. (See back page). But maritime unions have con­ tended for some time that they control far more tonnage than that under the long-term charter device, there being some 1,600 ships in all under the runaway flags of Panama and Liberia. Naess' testimony confirmed that for practical purposes, these ships are built specifically for service in American trades and are financed accordingly. US firms, as well as owned directly by them. Naess' testimony reads In part as follows: "The majority of the vessels" [runaway-flag ships—ed.l "are leased under varying forms of longterm charters to major oil and steel companies for the transporta­ tion of such bulk cargoes as petrolum, iron ore and coal . . . "The charters themselves serve as the principal security for ob­ part of the charter hire paid by the oil and steel companies is paid over to the financing institu­ tion by way of amortization and interest." From the union point of view, if American companies financed th« construction of a vessel for their own use, the vessel is under their control from the moment it enters service, no matter what the flag It flies or who Is. nominally the owner. NCMB Unions Viin They added that "No matter how the AMMI sugar-coats its offer, the fact remains that the institute is determined to shove the run­ away-flag issue .under the rug . . . As such, even though they are We in the NCMB will not accept not directly American-owned, they an AMMI bribe to drop our posi­ could be subject to the jurisdic­ tion . . ." tion of American maritime unions. The NCMB called for a Con­ The International Transportworkgressional investigation of the ers Federation, representing Euro­ AMMI program. pean maritime unions among It was clear that the basic issue others, has recognized that Ameri­ in the dispute was between the NCMB program to expand US shipping and jobs, and the AMMI objective of a small merchant marine, monopolized by a handful there will be a sfearching Congres­ of subsidized operators. AMMI (Continued from page 3) anteed freedom from union organ­ sional look at the maneuvers of the President Ralph Casey has, on sev­ AMMI group. eral occasions, declared that with­ izing. The NCMB unions, declaring that in a very few years the merchant The Franklin grdup was not con­ cerned about the costs of the pack­ the "AMMI's proposals are guar­ marine will consist of only some age, since as subsidized companies, anteed to make a sick industry 350 subsidized ships. Casey has also staunchly defend­ they would simply pass these costs sicker" added the following: ed the runaway-flag device, calling on to the Government. They count­ "No matter how the AMMI sug­ ed on the powerful political influ­ ar-coats its offer to make it appear the runaway ships the "fifth arm ence of their allied oil and metals palatable to seamen, the fact re­ of defense." It's clear that not all the sub­ companies to help silence any Con­ mains that the Institute Is deter­ gressional criticism. mined to shove the runaway-flag sidized operators take the same The Franklin "package" scored issue under the rug, with the sacri­ viewpoint. The Pacific Maritime when the National Maritime Union fice of seamen's jobs and of a con­ Association broke with the Frank­ bouglit the whole scheme and siderable segment of the American- lin program by signing with the dropped Its demands on the runa­ flag merchant industry on the altar engineers. The PMA agreed that ways for at least four ydfers. of the international oil and metals US seamen's unions should have the right to organize runaways. It Just this past April, NMU Presi­ companies . . . also approved of the participation dent Joseph Curran, In an article "Clearly the position taken by in the "Industrial Bulletin," called the AMMI shows that the Institute of US unions in determining the the runaway ships "one of the most is ready to plunder the Federal industry's policies and goals. In setting up the joint unionpotent factors in the decline of treasury with two objectives in the merchant marine," and a mind—(A) to strengthen the hand industry committee, the unions grave threat to jobs and standards of the subsidized few while forc­ plan specific steps to revive the . . achieved aboard American ing the independent operators out domestic shipping industry and ships." He added that it was his of the trade and (B) to shield the the thousands of jobs which once hope that the runaway Issue could runaway-flag oil and~ metals com­ existed in this trade, to assure US be settled "before it U too late." panies, who are themselves depriv­ seamen and ships employment op­ Curran also recommended that ing the Treasury of untold millions portunities in the dominant bulk "labor, management and Govern­ In tax revenues, as both President cargo trades, and to modernize the ment" should "come together on a Kennedy and Secretary Dillon have subsidy program so as to meet the needs of changing trade patterns. regular basis to work together on testified . . . The SIU companies signing the all the problems confronting us" "We in the NCMB will not ac­ such as those of domestic shipping. cept an AMMI bribe to drop our agreement have «nore . than 40 Yet the NMU refused to participate position on runaway flags and on ships operating under runaway in the NCMB program which called the need for a responsible • ap­ flags, plus an estimated 200 other for just such an arrangement. proach to the Industry's problems vessels under various foreign flags. Following the NMU action In through joint labor-management The full -extent of the operators' putting aside the runaway threat action. We will not sell out the job participation in the foreign-flag to jobs and standards, the Ameri­ security of our members, nor will field is believed to be far larger can Radio Association and the we participate in any scheme to than that. The NCMB program in this area Masters, Mates and Pilots also liquidate any section of the US merchant marine' . . ." won important support when the dropped the runaway issue. The stumbling block to this The member unions of the Seamen and Waterfront Workers' scheme was the response of the NCMB at its formation included Trade Union in Trinidad sent NCMB unions. They flatly rejected the MEBA, Masters Mates & Pi­ wires offering its full cooperation. the "package" as one which would lots, Radio Operators Union, SIU Other Caribbean unions gre ex­ destroy the jobs and security of Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland pected to do likewise. The signing of the SIU agree­ maritime workers. Further, they Waters District, Sailors Union of asked Congress to fully investigate the Pacific, Marine Firemen's Un­ ments followed upon presentation the "irresponsibility of the subsi­ ion, Marine Cooks and Stewards of the NCMB's demands at an dized operators who are using Fed­ Union, Staff Officers Association, open meeting on June 7, attended eral money to destroy segments of International Longshoremen's As­ by all sections of the shipping in­ the American merchant marine." sociation and Operating Engineers dustry. (For the full text of the National Since the Pacific Maritime Asso­ Local 25. The MM&P participated ciation also rejected the Franklin in the initial bargaining with the Committee's proposals, see tha package, it appears certain that NCMB but subsequently withdrew. centerspread in this issue.) (Continued from page 3) runaway issue and was also de­ signed to undermine the non-sub­ sidized segment of the Industry and endanger the jobs of the sea­ men they employ. The latter is the principal objective of the Franklin group of operators. The SIU and MEBA flatly re­ jected the Franklin package, de­ claring that it was "guaranteed to make a sick industry sicker." Shipping Future Was At Stake �Pace BisMr; SKAFARERS Lakes Welfare Plan Paying Full Benefits 1H1>: LOG First Lakes Maternity Benefit DETROIT—Acting to pro­ vide greater and more effici­ ent service to SIU members, DETROIT—^With the signing up of two more operators strengthening the program, SIU members are now collecting benefits from the SIU Great Lakes Seamen's Welfare Plan, which went into effect on> April 1'with a full schedule of Jason Holtry, hospital benefits, benefits. Frankfort; Joseph Scheitz, mater­ The two additional companies which signed the agreement are the Ann Arbor Company, which joined May 15, 'and the MichiganOhio Company, which entered the plan in April a short while after the program began. First Maternity Benefit The first maternity benefit has been paid to the Donald Cubic family. They recently welcomed a bouncing baby girl, Michalene. The father is a crewmember of the cruise vessel Aquarama. The first in-hospital benefit was presented to Carl Larson, while a $195 reimbursement payment was made to Mrs. Edith Johnson, whose husband, Edmond, is 2nd cook on the tanker Detroit. John R. Emery, assistant ad­ ministrator of the plan, said claims are being processed very quickly since the enrollment cards fu-st be­ gan pouring into headquarters. The latest recipients under the Plan are: Henry T. Larsen and nity benefit. Little Falls, Minn; Frederick G. Conly, hospital bene­ fit, Attica, Mich.; Gerald Fast, maternity benefit, Frankfort; Richard Szumila, maternity bene­ fit, Posen, Mich.; Jack Young, maternity benefit. Bay City; and Michael Kandow, maternity bene­ fit, Alpena. Union Boards Locate In Hq SIU Representative Dick Hollingsworth presents a maternity benefit check for-the first baby born under the Welfare Plan to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cubic. the Great Lakes Seamen's Ap­ peals Board and the newlyestablished Great Lakes Seafar­ er's Welfare Plan have moved their offices to the Union's head­ quarters, 10225 W. Jefferson, River Rouge. The move brings the operation of the two programs nearer to members and allows for greater and more efficient servicing of members' welfare claims' and Job Security Program benefits. More Convenient John R. Emery, welfare plan assistant administrator and senior­ ity director said the new location makes the Union "better able to handle the operation of our offica and at the same time provides a more convenient location for the members." DETROIT—The "poet laureate" of the Great Lakes is 52-year-old Robert Winters, who quit a job as a runner in a New York brokerage firm when he was 17 and caught a liner to The growing demands on both programs were cited as the primary France. reason for the move. A tighter, Winters, who used to cor­ throughout the world ever since. Winters pronounces him "Pygmal­ more efficient internal operation He is now starting his sixth ion," after the Greek mytholpgical will also result from the centralized respond regularly with such year on Lakes vessels. character. set-up. literary greats as Somerset Sporting a Tyrolean hat and Maugham, decided that the sea was the life for him, and has been brimming over with impromptu shipping out of various ports verse. Winters is considering hav­ ing a collection of his verse pub­ lished. Winters counts as his worst pe­ riod the 52 days he once spent in der to Initiate a program of closer England's WaHon Gaol (jail) after Toledo Moving cooperation between the two coun­ he missed his ship. "I hate to say TOLEDO—Shipping got a boost cils. It," he said, "but the conditions with the return to service of the 4 4 4 CHICAGO—The Army Corps of Engineers said that jplans were horrible."" Clemens (Reiss) after a lay-up due Considering his lively career, it to hull damages, and the cfewlng for the Great Lakes connecting chanels project call for provid­ comes as a surprise to discover a of C. S. Robinson (Steinbrenner), Frankfort Pays Benefit ing the full project depth of 27 feet between all of the Lakes sentimental FRANKFORT—Shipping is slow streak in the dapper reports Neil Mahaney, Toledo by July of 1962. * •»' because the Ann Arbor No. 5 is on versifier-seaman. He writes with agent. Ed D o h e r t y, former a five-day schedule. Edward Ward The project, authorized by the deepening of harbors to 27 real feeling about cities, ships, has been assigned to head­ was the first man from the port of Congress in 1956 and now feet at Two Harbors, Duluth- scarlet women, and men who have agent, quarters in Detroit. The SIU was two-thirds complete, provides for Superior, Ashland, Presque Isle trouble finding jobs after they represented in the all Union con­ Frankfort to receive maternity benefits. the deepening of channels in the and Marquette on Lake Superior; reach |5. One ference recently in Toledo which St. Marys River, the Straits of Calumet and Indiana Harbor on poem, written 4 4 4 made plans to reactivate the United Mackinac, the St. Clair River, Lake Lake Michigan; Trenton Channel after visiting St, Labor Committee, which was Duluth Sees P-M Men St, Clair and the Detroit River to on the Detroit River; Toledo, Marks Mission in very active during the fight against DULUTH—Shipping has been minimum depths of 27 feet for Lorain, Erie and Buffalo on Lake New Y o r k's the "right to work" bill. slow during the month, with a both upbound and downbound Erie. Additional deepening to a Bowery, is en­ 4 4 4 brighter outlook for the next traffic. lesser depth was authorized at titled, "Rejected, month. A total of 19 jobs were Included in the project Is the Sandusky and Rochester. sir, you're over Detroit Fair shipped out in the past 30 days, replacement of the Foe Lock at 45." The entirq Great Lakes Connect­ DETROIT—Shipping has been because of late fit outs. The port Sault Ste. Marie with a new lock. ing Channels project will cost His latest en­ pretty fair, quite a few jobs being is active in contacting crew mem­ The old lock will be removed, cof- about $129 million before it is deavor is some­ shipped to various ports. Two ad­ bers in the Pickands-Mather fleet. Winters ferdair>s built and excavation made completed and involves the re­ thing he" calls ditional ships were fit out that for the new lock. It is planned that moval of over 65 million yards of "Pygmalion," teaching various were not expected—the Gene C. 4 4 4 construction of the new lock will rock and dirt. It Is the largest people in various'ports his poetic Hutchinson in Muskegon and the Alpena Picking Up proceed .at a rate to enable opera­ project of its kind In the history of style. As soon as the pupil masters Philip Minch in Buffalo. ALPENA—Shipping has picked tion of the new lock in five years. the Great Lakes. the free-and-easy verse method. 4 ' 4 4 up considerably. Arnold Transit Costs $32.5 Million has fit out two more motor vessels, Chicago Good The new lock will be 1,000 feet long, 100 feet wide and have a CHICAGO—Shipping had been bringing the total to four in opera­ depth of 32 feet, it will cost $32.5 fairly good. Wisconsin Steel tion. The Chief Wawi^tan will bo million. Works has not only called back put in the shipyards in Manitowac, In 1960 Congress passed the 250 laid off men, it is now taking and the company will be calling Rivers and Harbors Act authorizing more applications. This means a for a full crew to man the St. step-up in ore and it's hoped ad­ Marie to replace the Wawatan. ditional vessels will be coming in Huron Portland Cement is now on their regular runs. A former operating three boats and is con­ PORT DECK ENGINE TOTAL SIU member, John Avery, just templating fitting out the E. M. STEWARD signed a contract with the IBU for Ford. Alpena 22 44 3 4 4 4 19 HEADQUARTERS his new firm. International Sail 10225 W. Jefferson, River Rouge UB, Mich. Makers. Vinewood 3-4741 Buffalo Cleveland In New Hall 85 186 88 13 Fred J. Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer 4 4 4 Stanley F. Thompson. Asst. Sec.-Treas. CLEVELAND—Port has settled 29 ALPENA 127 River St. Chicago 27 65 9 down after confusion of moving to Buffalo Host To Unions Norman Jolicoeur, Agent Elmwood 4-3616 BUFFALO. NV 735 Washington St. Cleveland BUFFALO ^ — Buffalo reports new hall in Lakewood. Latest mem­ 14 39 20 5 Roy J. Boudreau, Agent TL 3-9259 CHICAno 9383 Ewing Ave.. shipping for the past month has bership meeting had discussion of Ernest Aubusson, Agent Detroit 105 279 117 57 been slow, with most replacements Welfare Plan. Cruiser Aquarama South rhicago. III, SAginaw 1-0733 being temporary men. A few has been crewed up and is out on 6 > 4 11 CLEVELAND 15614 Detroit Ave. Duluth 2 shifting jobs have come in. A a special cruise before starting (Lakewood) Stanley Wares, Agent MAin 1-0147 33 number of unions are now using Detroit-Cleveland run later in 89 29 27 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. Frankfort Gerald Westphal. Agent. RAndolph 2-4110 the new Buffalo hall for their month. After a slow start, quite a FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. Toledo 54 118 18 46 meetings. A delegation from the few contracted ships are now hit­ Address Mail to: P.O. Box 287 Floyd Hanmer, Agent ELgin 7-2441 Southern Ontario Port Council at­ ting port and things are beginning TOTAL 343 ~831 194 * 294 TOI.EDO 120 Summit .St. tended the last MTD meeting in or­ to pick up. Neil Mahaney, Agent CHerry 8-2431 Lakes 'Poet Laureate' V/infers Sings of Sfi/ps/ Sea^ Seamen Lakes Connecting Channel Will Hit Bottom By '62 Great Lakes Shipping SIU Great Lakes Union Halls April 29,1961 Through May 26,1961 Lakes Port Reports �»3^- m»--NiM< StAFAK^ItM^ vac Accident Mars Contalnership Debut By SIDNEY MARGOLIVS ^ Saving Money On Homes This Is a better year than last for shopping for houses, mortgages to finance them and the appliances to equip them. We've already told you about tlie sharp reductions this spring on re­ frigerators and washing machines, and the first signs of price cuts on furniture. You also now can find excellent values in vacuum cleaners and TV sets, which are unloaded in June at sharpest reductions to make way for next year's models. Other June buying opportunities include sales of women's dresses; clearances of summer fabrics; seasonal price reductions on lumber, paints, plumbing and heating equipment, and rug-cleaning specials. You also get a small break on your food bill this month. Wholesale food prices recently dropped to the lowest levels since last September. Here are tips on these and other June buying opportunities: HOUSES, MORTGAGES: Prices of houses have leveled off, and mort­ gage interest rates have declined just a little this spring. If you're.looking for a place to rent, the National Association of Real Estate Boards reports that there are more apartments available now. Single-family homes for rent are harder to find. Apartment rentals have stopped up and even have decreased slightly in a few cities. An experiment recently completed by the US Agricultural Research Service provides some useful tips for home-seekers. Not all modern hou.sing ideas turned out to be truly practical. The Government speci­ alists report that families found floor-to-ceiling windows left too little wall space in a small house. Tbey also, made it hard to protect in­ teriors from sunlight, with resultant fading of furnishings, and heat and glare. Such windows require a sizable roof overhang, shade trees or an awning. A family living in a house that featured "open planning," with only partial walls or none separating living areas, found that the arrange­ ment did provide spaciousness but not enough privacy. Families also reported that bedroom closets in small houses tend to be inadequate. Those in the experiment had 4^ feet of rod space. The Government housing specialists recommend 7^ feet of. rod space in each bedroom. A. M. Watkins, building engineer and author of "All About Houses" suggests five tests of a good plan: 1—Is the family entrance (usually through the kitchen) properly located to be near the garage and driveway? 2—Is the kitchen centrally located so a mother can observe the children playing and also be near the front door? 3—Is the front entrance well planned, with a foyer and coat closet? 4—Is there good traffic circulation so that you can go from one room to another without walking through a third? The living room especi­ ally should be free of cross-traffic. It is not. In many low-cost houses on which builders skimp. 5—^Is it easy to reach outside play area, drying area and patio from the house? Despite the increase in the money supply, and the reduced demand for mortgages, interest rates have been going down only very grudging­ ly. The Administration itself has reduced FHA mortgage rates only one-fourth of one per cent. The effective rate is now six percent, However, buyers and sellers currently don't have to pay as much extra discount to get a mortgage, except for VA niortgages. Vets still have to pay discounts of five or six points for a GI loan. A five-point discount means that on a $10,000 mortgage, you really get only $9,500 but still have tq repay $10,000 plus the interest. Watkins reports that closing costs are being trimmed a little. He advises home buyers to bargain harder over such costs, which often range from about $300 to as much as $750. MEBA Delegates Back NCMB; Strengthen District Structure LOS ANGELES' -Staunch support for the program of the National Committee for Maritime Bargaining and action to strengthen the district structure of the union was voted by delegates to the 84th national*?'—— convention of the Marine agement's failure to work for an Engineers Beneficial Associa­ effective merchant marine pro­ tion. The meeting here from May IS to May 19 endorsed the program of the National Committee as be­ ing in the best interests of both seamen and the industry in which they are employed. The delegates voted amend­ ments to the national constitution to provide for effective operation of the districts, which were ap­ proved by the membership in a referendum vote last year. Before the establishment of the districts, the MEBA had been fragmented into local unions in various port cities, a structure which created difficulties when engineers moved from port to port. Jesse Calhoon, MEBA secretarytreasurer, addressed the conven­ tion on the issue of maritime bar­ gaining, noting the need to reverse nvrsrltime policies which have led to loss of ships and employment. He blamed these losses on man­ gram, PS well as on the weak­ nesses of the present subsidy pro­ gram. Sea Unions United SIUNA President Paul Hall also addressed the convention on the bargaining Issue, calling the joint bargaining approach the only means of arresting the decline in US maritime. Captain Charles Crooks, president of the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, told the convention that his organization was working toward a district structure similar to MEBA's with the objective of completing a mer­ ger with MEBA. Peter DeVries, general secretary of the International Transportworkers Federation, was another featured speaker. DeVries came to the US to discuss the with­ drawal from ITF of four Ameri­ can unions, the MEBA, MM&P, SIU and the International Long­ shoremen's Association. NEW YORK—The scheduled start of Bull Lines' nfew contalnership service to Puerto Rico was marred by the death of a fork-lift driver in a loading accident. The driver, Steve Kolb, 51, drowned when the stem ramp collapsed as he was driving his fork-lift across it carrying a*' loaded cargo container. Kolb The chartering of the two con­ fleet. It hopes to obtain two more was trapp^ in the cab of the tainer vessels is part of a program C-4s in the future. The C-4s would lift. His body was recovered that afternoon when salvage equipment lifted the submerged fork-lift out of the water. The Florldian had been char­ tered by Bun Lines, along with a sister ship, the New Yorker, from the Erie & St. Lawrence Corp., as part of the company's program to institute container service between New York and Puerto Rico. The two vessels have LST-type loading through stern doors. Unlike an LST, the ramp is not part of the vessel but is secured to the stern of the ship with steel bars fitted into slots in the hull. Steel Bar Sheers Apparently, the total weight of the load was too great for the bars to sustain. One of them sheered off, tipping the load into the water, and the second one crumpled right after. The ramp had been built for the company at Bethlehem shipyard in Brooklyn. Following the accident, the Flo­ rldian was shifted to Port Newark for loading at the Erie & St. Lawrence facility there. Her sister ship, the New Yorker, was also loaded there while a new sternloading facility was built for the Bull Lines pier. to upgrade the Bull Line fleet. The company is planning to exchange two Libertys, the Hilton and Caro­ lyn, for two C-4s in the reserve be modifled to enable them to carry up to 178 containers in addi­ tion to the same amount of breakbulk cargo as the C-2s can hauL While Seafarers and longshoremen look on, heavy hi-lo out of water following collapse of stern SS Floridlan. Arrow shows where one of two steel porting ramp sheered off. Other slot is at left, lift hauls ramp on bars sup­ obscured by the hi-lo. Dr. Yfeisberger Scores Medical 'First' A report on an experiment in which hereditary-determined characteristics of human cells were altered in the test tube was presented to the Association of American Physicians by Dr. Austin Weisberger of Western Reserve University. Dr. Weisberger is the brother of Morris Weisberger, executive^ vice-president of the SIU of treasurer of the Sailors Union of At a recent meeting of the Asso­ ciation in Atlantic City, Dr. Weis­ North America and secretary- the Pacific. Scientist Alterg Cells of Humans InaTest Tube for the First Time Abnormal Prodacl Achieved in Heredity Experiment by Use of DNA, Paper Given to Doctors'Group Says By JOHN A. dSMUNDSEN XTLAOTIO bglobin as iuman cells have for the first mo lime been altered in the test liil lube by treating.them with the luiaLLi'iiz^Bat diiordei. hereditary material extracted Dr. Weisberger put extracts from other, human cells, a sciof megaloblastic marrow and •'list reported here today. nutrients into two flasks.' To ^^•j'YTho achievement appears to one he .added sickle cell DNAY hope that man may to the other, control, flash, he >. I be able to control his added physioiogical saline solu­ tion. • J *ritance.. ® strange In the experiment described of hemoglobin began to ao^ m Austin S. Weisbarger of Kind pear in the first flask. Neither ps'eni Reserve University, the sickle cell nor megaloblastic , rfnetic material extracted from P^emoglobin, the protein was difJno marrow cells of a person miTerent from any form of the I ^ "olGcuIe he had ever seen. Dr. nth one type of anemia altered 'eisberger said. . . J one marrow ceils from a per­ One jiL^is colleague son with another form of the Idlsease. An .abnormal and as yet I unidentified form of hemogloI bin, the pigment of red blooi ceils, was-produced. Such an apparen r W Shown above are excerpts from ' New York Times"* report on Dr. Weisberger'f experiment in alicring the character­ istics of human cells. I berger reported on his experiment, which was the first successful at­ tempt to change the genetics of human cells in a manner similar to changes which have been mad® experimentally in bacteria. Genes are the carriers of material which determines human heredity, includ­ ing such characteristics as th® color of eyes, color of hair and 60 on. • Used Genetic Material In these experiments, Dr. Weis­ berger used genetic material, known as DNA. from blood cells of patients afflicted with one type of anemia. This DNA was added to red blood cells from a patient af­ flicted by an entirely different form of anemia. The result was that the molecules of hemoglobin (the pigment of the red blood cell) were changed into a new form, one which differed from any seen before. DNA is a complex acid which acts as the carrier of the genetic pattern from parent to offspring. It has long been a dream of medical researchers to find a way of' altering hereditary character­ istics in human beings. If this could be done in a controlled fashion, the technique could b® used to prevent defects which are transmitted from parent to child. Among sucli defects are physical malformations. color blindness, and susceptibility to certain diseases, such as diabetes and anemia. Dr. Weisberger's experiment is seen as the first indication that some day hereditary patterns in man could possibly be altered under controlled conditions aimed at eliminating such defects. He plans to do other experi­ ments along these lines and will attempt to grow his transformed blood cells in tissue cultures. / �SEArAR'ERS ^;4NI LOG mssp Bedside Chat In PHS Hospital 100 Delegates Take Part In MCS Planning Parley SAN FRANCISCO—The Marine Cooks & Stewards Union's first planning conference opened here with close to 100 delegates attending. Representing well over 100 ships, headquarters and five branches, the four day confer­ ence started June 14 at the^ ; union's hall as the delegates gate for every 50 crewmembers wages, shipping rules, shipboard conditions, educational programs, met to provide concrete from each contracted liner. answers to the "changing situa­ tions" that are "bringing new challenges and threats" to the MCS. ' Active Conference An active conference, including 14 guest speakers, was set up by the Conference organization com­ mittee. Final reports and recommenda­ tions of the conference will be used to guide the union's officers and help determine union policy. The MCS 1961 Contract Negotia­ tions Committee will also study specific items relating to the union's contract. Organizational activities for the conference were carried on in all branches and ships under the direction of conference coordi­ nator James O. Willoughby, as­ sistant secretary-treasurer. Members who attended as dele­ gates did so on a "trip off" basis. As delegates they presented the ideas and suggestions of their shipmates. Other recommenda­ tions for study and action were forwarded to the meeting from branches and ships, as were money to defray conference ex­ penses. Conference Representation Representation to the meeting was set up on the following basis: Three delegates from head­ quarters; one delegate from each outport; one delegate from each contracted freighter, and one dele­ Delegates Receive Steward Manual, Automation Study In addition to its usual order of business, the first MCS planning conference also received copies of the MCS Dele­ gates Handbook and a study en­ titled, "Seafaring Men and Auto­ mation: Some Educational Ap­ proaches." The handbook, simply called "The Delegate," is designed to give information and educational mate­ rial and specific aid to MCS ship's delegate. Copies were sent to each ship and distributed to conference delegates. Revise Later Editions Confeience recominendalions and comments will be used in re­ vising the handbook for further printing and distribution. The automation study was done by Don White, a Coro Foundation Intern, under the supervision of the MCS Publicity and R^^earch Department. It is co-sponsored by the union and the California De­ partment of Industrial Relations. White, an attorney, used a ques­ tionnaire sent to MCS members In his study. The study will be used by the committee working on automation. Conference committees under­ took the basic study of pro­ posals and made recommendations conference then took final action on the committee recommenda­ tions. At the request of 25 delegates. FIRST AACS mj^NMING CONmKNCC JUNEI5,M^I7,lt,l9(l SAN FRANQSCO.CAtlF. DEIiSATE CREDENTIAL JUNE 5,1961 ACTION PROPOSALS JUNE 10,1961 CONFERENCE ORGANIZINfi COMUITTEE MARINE COOBISTEWARDS UNI W . MC FKtMOOT JT. MNFUNQSCOCMJK One of the notices used to publicize the first MCS Plan­ ning Conference. motions were voted upon by a roll call of the registered delegates. Membership Proposals rroposals that have already been sent to the union indicate that MCS members are interested in the following: • Hours of work—Suggestions include 40 hours at sea, paid legal holidays at sea and in port, wages based on a 30-day month, straight eight-hour day and time off or pay in lieu of time off. • Working conditions—Clarifi­ cation of work duties, elimination of extra work by limiting work for non-seamen and overtime pay for extra work. • Time off—Free time and use of relief seamen in port, relief for container ships, and other pro­ posals to give seamen some time for themselves. • Manning scale—Add man "for bunk work, limit service waiter to one deck each on liners, reduce work load on BRs and waiters on liners. Other areas of interest include constitutional changes and trans­ portation pay. Morris Weisberger, secretary of the Sailors Union ofthe Pacific was the keynote speaker. Other speak­ ers included representatives from the SIUNA, other Paeific District unions, government and San Fran­ cisco labor groups. Committees to handle confer­ ence work included those on con­ tracts, shipping rules, union ser­ vices, constitution, food program and safety. 11!^ f V SUP member Robert Henry (In bed) chats with a fellow patient at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital in New York. An OS, Henry was last on a USNS tanker. 1, Ribicott Presents Chandler Sells PHS Award To APL 'Aid' Cargoes SAN FRANCISCO—Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, presented a Public Health Service citation to American President Lines last month in recognition of the company's "outstanding record of sanita­ inspection of 166 items of sanitary tion maintenance" during construction and maintenance. I960. APL received the fleet citation, awarded for outstanding per­ formance in public health aboard the company's ships, for tht third consecutive year. Last year, each of the concern's 24 vessels earned a rating of 95 percent or more from the Public Health Service during the PHS' The award was accepted by APL president George Killion, who said he was especially gratified that Secretary Ribicoff himself made the presentation. All those whose efforts made the citation possible were to be congratulated on their work,_ Kil­ lion added in accepting the award plaque. AML Launches New Freighter; Lays Keel For Another Ship SAN PEDRO—The SS Washington Mail (American Mail Lines) was launched here last month. Just 16 hours after the ship slid down the ways, shipyard workers started laying the keel of a sister ship, the SS-^' feet long, has a speed of 20 knots, Philippine Mail. The ship will be delivered can carry 12 passengers and has to the Sitj Pacific District-con­ tracted AML in Puget Sound later this year to start transpacific serv­ ice after the fitout and trial runs of the $13 million vessel are com­ pleted. A 12,600-gross ton Mariner-class ship, the Washington Mail is 564 a crew of 58 officers and un­ licensed men. The keel of the Philippine Mail was laid next to that of the Japan Mail now abuilding. The three ships mark the first phase of AML's eight-vessel replacement program. Sponsors Praise Hope's Crew SAN FRANCISCO—SIU Pacific District crewmen on the SS Hope are doing an excel­ lent job, according to reports reaching headquarters of the three unions here. Crewmem­ bers of all departments have received commenda­ tions from the ship's officers, sponsors of the project and others who have visited the vessel at its many Asian stops. Reports reaching here from Indonesia, where the Hope is now doing its medical mission work, indi­ cate that while the crew is shorthanded, the ship is truly hospital clean—completely painted white, wooden decks scrubbed and bleached, steel decks painted green and not a sign of rust anywhere. The ship's safety record is exceptional. More than 16,000 patients have been carried aboard the vessel by launches without a single mishap to passengers or crew. In addition, using power supplied by the ship plant, doctors have successfully performed more than 600 operations. To insure the hospital's cleanliness, black gang members wear white boiler suits when they go to public areas aboard ship. The steward department has shown its exceptional skill in prepairing special foods for patients in addition to the 72-man crew. The vessel—it has an operating budget of $3 million supplied by contributions from unions, in­ dustry and individuals—is used to train Asian medi'cal personnel besides providing basic health serv­ ices to thousands of people, some for the first time. SEATTLE — Misuse of United States foreign aid cargoes, evident to seamen on their Asian runs, was brought home to this port last month. This occurred when a routine check of stores in the Military Sea Transport Service-chartered freighter Charles C. Dunaif bought in Pusan, Korea, turned up a sack of flour with the marking: "Bread Flour. Enriched. Bleached. Do­ nated by the People of the United States of America. Not to Be Sold or Exchanged." A sack of rice bore similar markings. . Goes Through Black Market The food apparently had been sent to Korea under the relief pro­ gram. There, through the black market, it was turned over to a ship chandler who sold it to the freighter. Similar things have hap­ pened to other "gifts" from Amer­ ica to starving people abroad, as any seaman on a Pacific run can relate. SF Honors Seamen With'MarinePlaza' SAN FRANCISCO—A plaza being constructed here at Market, California and Drumm Streets was named "Marine Plaza" following the sug­ gestion of the Sailors Union of the Pacific. Seamen Helped City Grow The San Francisco Downtown Market Street Improvement Asso­ ciation, in notifying the SUP of the action, said the following plaque will be placed at the plaza: "Dedicated to the Maritime In­ dustry of early San Francisco and the Seafaring Men who contributed so greatly toward the founding and growth of our city—Erected by the Downtown Market Street Improve­ ment Association and the City and County of San Francisco—April, 1961. Hon. George Christopher, Mayor." �iHl Pacific Islands Will Get More Ship Services far* ElerM 8EAFAR,ERS> liPG Optical Plan Begins At Portland Coastwise Trade Revival Planned SAN FRANCISCO—The 81U Pacific District Unions and Olympic-Griffiths Lines of Seattle are holding discussions on the manning and operating of two container ships which th» company proposes tp use to' revive the now defunct coast­ with . two other companies and have Inspected one ship. wise trade. * SAN FRANCISCO—Three SIU Pacific Districted-contracted companies have received permission from the Fed­ eral Maritime Board to make calls at US Pacific trustee islands. States Steamship will add a stop at Midway to Its Pacific route while American President Lines and Pacific Far East Line will add stops at Midway and the Marshalls. As this was announced, PFEL also revealed that It planned to reorganize Its service from the West Coast to Guam and other intermediate Pacific Islands, sub­ ject to government approval. The company, which has been operating In these areas for 15 years, will transfer such service to Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Mlcroneaslan Line, Inc. Operating between Guam and other Intermediate Pacific Islands for ten years, PML will extend its service to take in those unsubsidized transpacific routes from the Pacific Coast formerly conducted by PFEL, which will become gen­ eral agent for the new operation. PFEL says its reorganization will enable the company to concentrate on Its primary service between the West Coast and mainland Asia, leaving the islands' operation to its subsidiary concern. Seattle 'Fishyback' SEATTLE — Alaska Steam "flshybacked" the largest armada of fishing boats ever to Alaska from here. The company received support of the Chamber of Com­ merce in Its fight against postoffice plans to send mail north by Alcan highway Instead of ship. MCS reports Talkeetna and Olymplo Pioneer crewed up, with three Alaska steamvessels expected to come out this month. Si t t Portland Good PORTLAND — Shipping con­ tinues good. MFOW reports bad weather holding back Its little league team. Two members, J. J. McGee and Walter P. Kotila, fa­ thers. Twenty-eight grain ships In Astoria fleet to be unloaded and reloaded with surplus red wheat. Hawaiian Pilot laid up. To be re­ named Sonora. MTD asked Coast Guard for helicopter for emer­ gency work In area's waters. The SIU Pacific District optical program began in Portland when SUP member Paul Schmollte received an authorization for eyeglasses from agent Frank Fellows. On the first day the plan went into effect, more than 40 members applied for eyeglasses from the three unions at all branches. Praise Vfest Coast Crews For Rescuing Japanese SAN FRANCISCO—The SIU Pacific District crew and of­ ficers of the 88 American Bear (Pacific Far East) were com­ mended by the ship's master for "excellent performance of duty" in. rescuing seamen ol"^ the Japanese coastal steamer, the survivors "with extreme per­ kindness and thoughtfulness Keihan Maru No. 1, which sonal using rare Individual Initiative as split In two outside of Osaka Bay, Japan, In February after colliding with the American vessel. Orders Effeotively Executed In his letter of commendation sent to the Coast Guard, Captain R. J. Raymer said orders "were efficiently executed without any confusion," and the seamen aided •hp situation warranted." Rescue Took 35 Minutes He noted that "all hands were saved . . . and In our hospital with­ out Injury to anyone In 35 minutes from the time of Impact." Matthews Will Transfer To Hospital In Honolulu HONOLULU—Money from the Marine Fireman, Oilers, Wipers and Watertenders' 8am Matthews Fund is expected to A. A. Miranda and C. M. Camp­ used soon to move the partially-paralyzed black gang be bell on pension. member from the 8an Fran-+ t 4i 4. Cisco Public Health Hospital Fund which is being used to pay SF Maritime Day to one in this city so he can for therapy and aids In the sup­ SAN FRANCISCO — All unions be near his family. port of Matthews' family. took part in Maritime Day rites which were hailed as "best ever.'' SUP delegate to SF Labor Council, Ed Wilson, elected to group's ex­ ecutive committee. Pope & Talbot Steamship Company taking over Pier 20-31 at foot of Sansorae St. Unions aided Danish seamen's strike by manning picket lines. it 4 4> Honolulu Hydrofoils HONOLULU—^Two 75-passenger hydrofoils will be placed In Inter Island service sometime next year by Island company. Boats will hit 50 knots. Others to follow will be combined passenger-freight Jobs. Ventura, on way to Australia, ran out of milk. Had plenty put aboard here, SUP says. 4 4" 4 New York Bargaining Efforts are to be undertaken soon by the union and Congress­ men Dan Inouye (Dem-Hawaii) and John Shelly (Dem-Cal.), who have expressed interest in the case. Ex­ cept for a short visit by his wife and four of his seven children a few months ago, Matthews has been separated from his family for two years. Rank And File Contribute The rank and file of the MFOW, other SIU Pacific District unions and other maritime unions who have learned of his plight have made generous contributions to the Port NEW YORK—West Coast unions taking pal-t in Industry-wide bar­ gaining sessions going on here. San Fran. NEW ORLEANS—Big replace­ F. £. Weyerhaeuser to crew be­ Seattle ment call come In for SUP here. ginning of month and John Weyer­ Tullulah paid off and took on 36 haeuser will follow shortly after­ Portland new men. ward, MCS reports. Wilmington 4* i" 4* SAN PEDRO — MFOW helped man MTD picket lines outside Todd Shipyard. Operators of Catalina expect booming season. Now plan­ ing three trips a day on some days to meet demand. Four more members, S. Kaplan, V. Vidal, Wilmington Hits Yard Paralyzed Following Mugging Matthews has been paralyzed from the waist down following a mugging In New York City in 1959. Doctors say therapy will eventually enable Matthews to regain the use of his legs. Being close to his family will be a morale boost for Matthews and will better enable him to undergo the long period of arduous therapy prescribed by his doctors. Alex Jarrett, MFOW agent here, reports that black gang members have contributed over $1,000 through this branch. Pacific District Shipping t . 4" t> N'Orleans Replacement San Pedro Pickets So far, discussions have been centered on a manning scale pf 32 men in accord with existing practices. The talks are continu­ ing on wages, overtime, quarters and the balance of the contract. . Little Coastwise Activity Outside of two or three steam schooners, there are no vessels In the coastwise trade. Conse­ quently, Olympic-Griffiths' entry would be a big step forward. The company has received Government assistance for the construction of two vessels. The ships they plan to build are to be diesel-powered with speeds of over 18 knots. The ships will make two sail­ ings each week on a run between Seattle, Los Angeles and here. Each vessel can carry 200 eight by eight by 20 containers and 75 autos. Shipping rates will Include door to door pick-up and delivery. Other Talks Held In other efforts to increase Job opportunities for their members, the three unions are also meeting New York WILMINGTON—MTD struck New Orleans Todd Shipyard on undercutting unions for tryout .run of Moore- Honolulu McCormack'S Mormaeglen. Ship­ yard workers got Job with a "sweet­ San Pedro heart" contract offering less men, Total less pay. MC&S 5/5 to 5/31 Total 209 323 1,178 120 120 77 317 86 55 27 168 129 427 40 142 SUP 4/10 to 5/12 MFOW 646 298 54 64 40 (no hall)• 48 • (no hall) 46 ' 70 26 112 128 (no hall) 1,308 606 628 SIU Pacific District Halls SUP HONOLULU Pier 8. Room 2M PHone 502-7TT 923 Bienville St. Jackson 5-7428 NEW YORK 879 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6608 PORTLAND Ill SW Clay St, CApitol 3-43.38 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 2-029O WILMINGTON 905 Marine Ave, Terminal 9-6617 NEW ORLEANS MC&S HONOLULU. . Room 206, Pier 8 PHone 5-1714 923 Bienville St. R.Amond 7-428 NEW YORK 879 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HVaeinth 9-RPOO PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CAoitoI 7-3.728 SAN FRANCISCO 3.50 Fremont St. EXbrook 7-5500 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. MAin 3-0088 WILMINGTON 802 Broad Ave. TErmlnal 4-8538 NEW ORLEANS 6 (no hall) Representatives have met with officials of the West Coast Steam" ship Company to discuss the man­ ning of a Victory replacement for a Liberty ship that went aground In Asia. The company has re­ ceived tentative approval from the Federal Maritime Administration to take over the ship and Is novr completing the purchase. Inspect Replacement Ship The vessel, the SS Alhambra victory, is now laid up in Suisun Bay, California. It was inspected by union officials last month who said some improvements in tho foc'sles and messrooms had to b® made to bring the ship up to un­ ion standards. Once this was done, the ship, a replacement for the SS Portland Trader, would be ap­ proved for crewing. West Coast is also Interested In replacing Its Liberty fleet with an equal number of Vlctorys, sub­ ject to FMB approval. Two or three Victorys would be needed^ depending on the FMB ruling. Matson Container Discussions Talks with Matson Steamship Company are continuing over th» manning and quick turnabout of the two container ships, SS Ha­ waiian Fisherman and SS Hawai­ ian Citizen. The company has made no offer for the Citizen and the proposal for the Fisherman— a trip off arrangement equal to about five days a month vacatloa —was unacceptable. The two Matson ships may be­ come pace-setters for the Indus­ try as far as automation is con­ cerned. The company's offer, while It was unacceptable to th® unions, Is the first that shipown­ ers have made In regard to thi* problem and Is a step forward. 128 ~.543 MFOW HONOLULU. 56 North Nimitz Highway PHone 5 6077 130 Greenwich St. COrtland 7-7094 PORTLAND 922 NW Everett St. CApitol 3-7297-8 SAN FRANCISCO..240 Second St. DOuglas 2-4598 SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St. TErminal 34189 SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave. MAiu 2-6328 NEW YORK �Vace Twelra / SEAFARERS LOG ifffl A Visitor From Africa SEAFARERS IN DRYDOCK The following is the lotest available list of Seafarers in hospitals around the country: [/•J 'i Saying goodbye to some live cargo from South Africa are (I. to r.) Seafarers Red Ratcliff, AB; Archie Beck, bosun, and Bill Listen, steward dep't on the Robin Locksiey. Ostrich was one of consignment brought from South Africa. USPHS HOSPITAL . BALTIMORE, MD. Elmer W. Carter Dee Kimbrell George Davis Avi« Meadows Patrick Devine Domingo Orbigoso Clifford Donolson S. Orkurszewskl Domingo Ortiz Thomas DriscoU John Drummond Vincent San Juaa Andrew Flaherty Bernard Tapia Chester Green Lynden Webber James Hclgoth Chambers Wlnskey Walton Hudson USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Wm. S. Costa M. V. Ryswyk Gilbert G. Edwards S. J. Scevlous John M. Flaherty Charles G, Swain N. J. Oppedisano Felix Van Looy USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Carroll Rollins Luther Roberts Billie B. Darley John Tillis W. McLean Donna Williamson BurUa Reynolds USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Leo Dlngman George Peteusky Pedro,Moreno Raymond Stanley William Millison Ulner Richardson Lester Peppitt USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Charles L. Avera Edward P. Belt Trussell Beatrous Edw. G. Blackman West India Selling Out; Sea Level Up For Grabs Colon Boutwell Salvador Modlca Ulric C. Boyd Anthony Finchook Charlla Burns Lanix F. Reed Ernest Cochran George Rhodes Keith Cole Calvin A. Rome Thomas Conley Franklin St. Mary Thomas Dalley Gus Sanchez E. Douga Irvln J. Savole James Egan Murray A. Savoy Edgar Goulet CyrU H. Sawyer H. Green T. L. SImonds Joseph Gulllory Chas. D. Simpklns Wade B. HarreU Charles W. Smith B. L. Jarrett Wade^V. Smith Neres Johnson Charles Taylor Edward Knapp Stanley S. Taylor Leo Lang Albert Trevlno Anna A, Lanza Joseph A. Weke Theodore Lee Sidney A. White Norman Lightell L. R. WUliamson Ezeb Manuel Herbert Young Louis T. Marshall Anthony Zancz James L. McCarthy G. L. Zintz, Jr. Eddie Michael USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Lupo Alaba Pedro Esteban Benjamin Balcer Michael FUosa L. BaUestero Paul Foy Arthur Camarra Estell Godfrey Daniel Cerment Charles Haymond Clarence Collins Fleming Higgason Leopoldo. Colon August Jensen D. Kambanos James Cooper Jerry Donovan Charles Klnnke ^000 boMoa a«Tifie*n NEW YORK—Apparently hard-hit by the drastic decline in trade between the United States and Cuba, the West India Fruit and Steamship Company is offering its six-ship Liberian-flag fleet for sale. In--t eluded in the vessels on the gether with the Department of Defense and Department of State Belling block is the SS Sea in the then Eisenhower Adminis­ J.evel, the old SS Seatrain. A factor in the company's deciBlon to sell out is undoubtedly the prospect that under recent Labor Board and Supreme Court decleions, the company would be ob­ ligated to deal with the SlU for its unlicensed personnel on the Sea Level and would have to start pay­ ing American wages instead of the bargain basement Liberian-flag wage scale. Involved in the projected sale, aside from the Sea LeVel, are the carferries City of Havana, City of New Orleans, Grand Haven, New Grand Haven and Joseph R. Parrott, all of which operated on the Havana run. In fact, the sale advertisement came while the company was still attempting to get the Federal Courts to overturn the SIU's land­ mark victory in the Sea Level case. Chances of success in this area are extremely slim in light of the Su­ preme Court's action in upholding the Labor Board's jurisdiction over runaways. Turning Point Whatever the disposition of the ehips, the Sea Level case will stand as the turning point in the fight of American maritime unions against the runaways. Coupled with the previous SlU success in the SS Florida case, it established the principle that American-owned ships cannot escape American un­ ions by hauling down the Ameri­ can-flag and substituting a runaway ensign. The first score in the runaway fight was made by the SIU in July, 1958. At that time the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board agreed with the Union's position that erewmem hers of the Liberianflag SS Florida were subject to US labor law because the ship was American-owned and operated in American foreign commerce. The SIU then won an election on the ship by a count of 87 to 21. This victory touched off a mass­ ive counterattack, spearheaded by giant oil, steel and aluminum com­ panies which have the biggest ctake in runaway operations. To­ tration, they sought a reversal from the Labor Board. Later that same year, SIU or­ ganizers signed up most of the Cuban crewmembers of the Sea Level, which operated between New Orleans and Havana. The com­ pany then fired all crewmen who High Court Again Nixes Runaways WASHINGTON — The des­ peration bid of runaway ship­ owners for a rehearing of the Ore Monarch case has been re­ jected by the Supreme Court. In April, the high court had refused to give a hearing to the runaway? who were seeking a reversal of a Pennsylvania su­ preme court decision. The Pennsylvania court had told the ship's operator to go to the Labor Board if they had any complaint against US maritime unions. The effect of the Supreme Court's original action was to uphold the jurisdiction of the Labor Board over Americanowned runaways, as shown in the Board's rulings in the SS Florida and SS Sea Level cases. had signed pledge cards, demand­ ing that they repudiate the cards if they wanted to get their jobs back. The result was that the SIU filed unfair labor practice charges against West India, as weli as against the owners of the Florida for refusal to bargain, and against operators of other runaway ships, such as the Yarmouth for similar anti-union acts. It was then that the Administra­ tion and-the "Committee for the Flags of Necessity" brought their heaviest guns to bear, putting enormous pressure on the Board to reject the SIU's complaint. Nevertheless, after nearly two years' delay, the Board ruled in February of this year that West India must abide by US labor laws. An SIU Blood Donor Certificate (sample above) is given to every person donating to the SIU Blood Bank, which is maintained through the SIU Clinic in Brooklyn. The bank supplies Seafarers or members of their families anywhere in the United States and has been in operation since January, 1959. Through an arrangement with a national clearing house, blood can be supplied on short nofice in any emergency. Donors can arrange appointments on the 2nd deck at SIU headquarters, one block from the Clinic. The whole procedure takes only a short time. Physical Exams^AII SIU Clinks Month Of April, 1961 Port Baltimore Houston Mobile New Orleans New York TOTAL Seamen 75 66 43 215 * 334 Wives 19 5 8 15 20 733 67 Children TOTAL 14 108 1 72 5 56 9 239 17 371 46 846 SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid April 17-May 14, 1961 Number Of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) .... 5266 Death Benefits (Welfare) $21,443.44 54,359.62 Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. BOO 28,000.00 Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 35 7,000.00 Dependents Benefits (Welilare) . 236 47,237.45 Optical Benefits (Welfare)..., 117 1,104.02 Vacation Benefits 6471 1268 TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 7739 The Public Health Service urges Seafarers who have not already done so to get their polio shots as soon as possible. The shots can be gotten at any PHS hospital without charge. Plenty of vacqine is available so there is no delay in the admin­ istering of the shots. The few minutes a Seafarer takes to in­ sure himself against the crip­ pling disease by getting the shots are well worth the saving of time, money and, most of all, the avoidance of suffering and possible disability. Norman Krumm Ramon Ramirez Thomaa Lauer Michael Ronda C. Margartarkia Robert Smith Herman Meyer Frank Soriano Haakon Mourn Charlea Talln^aa Peter Notios Edward Taylor Falemino Paluma Eduardo Toro James Parker William Vaughan Pietro Paulin George Wass George Phifer Thomaa Wabolla USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA A. Acol William Mason CecU R. Batta D. J. Nelson Claude L. Bib August Princen Charles Guinn, Jr. Harold T. Spicer Lacy J. Walker T. F. Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Matthew Bruno Francis X. Keelaa Kermlt Bymaster Jos^h Luburlch Robert Coleman C. E. Neukirchner F. E. Farrell John H. Ratcliff F. W. Fullbrlght Weldon C. Wade Mike Coins Richard L. Welch A. E. Johansson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Wm. T. Daniels Raymond Rupperl Wm. T. PhiUips Sten Zetterman Quinton Royals BASE HOSPITAL PATRICK AF BASE. FLORIDA Walter Marcus VA HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. S. E. McCurdy MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MT. WILSON, MARYLAND Georga Gass Theodore Valmaa VICTOR CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL CULLEN, MARYLAND Sidney Day . C. A. Robert* VA HOSPi'l AL NEW YORK, NY Chat. O. Bergagna SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Henning Bjork ^ Thomas Isaksea Alberto Gutierrez VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONN. John J. DriscoU Henry E. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Davis Danos Max Olson B. F. Deibler Bozo G. Zelenci* Thomas Lehay TRIBORO HOSPITAL JAMAICA, NY I James Russell US SOLDIERS HOME WASHINGTON, DC Wm. H. Thomson VA CENTER TEMPLE, TEXAS William E. Nelson VA HOSPITAL KERVILLE, TEXAS WUlard T. Cahill LANDIS STATE HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, -PA. Thomas Murphy PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LA. Frank Martin AMOUNT PAID^ 17 Summary (Welfare) Get Polio Shots, PHS Urges SIU Blood Bank , Inventory Period: April, J 961 Pints Contributed Pints Rejected 68 1 Pints Credited S3V4 (Under a standard arrangement $159,144.53 with the Brooklyn Donor Center Inc., 50% is alloted for service, $207,835.95 processing and storage.) Previous Balance 84 Credits Returned .... 2 $336,980.48 119Vk ^63 None of the figures in.the above summaries indicate the amounts Pints Used paid for various other Welfare Benefits for SIU men and their de­ pendents, such as scholarship payments, meal books, training facilities, Balance On Hand May 1, 1961 66Vk medical examinations, and similar items. �J---. A 'S. X h r h_ X \\1 ••' BMAFARERS toe im... fMa Tkirfeea 'Wfh Both Oars' Xie^islAtive Z>epartmeiit Bar Mnrdock, Director LEGISLATIVE BOUND-UP.—The House Merchant Marine commit­ tee has held hearings on bills designed to eliminate the six percent differential in favor of Pacific Coast shipbuilding companies. Thomas £. Stakem, Maritime Administrator and FMB Chairman, in an appear­ ance before the Committee on behalf of the Department of Commerce and the board, said MA was not prepared to endorse any particular percentage as to the amount of the actual differential between East and West Coast shipbuilding costs. The committee will now meet in execu­ tive session to consider formal action on the problem . . . Resolution 21 was reported to the Senate from the Committee on Commerce. The measure would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell not more than ten Liberty-type vessels from the reserve fleet for conversion to barges. As reported to the Senate the resolution provides that con­ version of the vessels into non-self-propelied barges shall he done in a United States shipyard at a cost of not less than $100,000 each, and that the barges he documented under the laws of the United States, Operation of the barges would he restricted to the domestic trade, excluding operations to or from ports in Alaska . . . The House has passed H.R. 4614, establishing an Office of International Travel and Tourism with a view to encouraging travel to the United States by resi­ dents of foreign countries. The measure has been sent to a conference committee, consisting of members of both Houses of Congress, where it will he reconciled with S. 610, a similar hill passed by the Senate . . . Senator Magnuson (Dem.-Wash.) has introduced S. 1886 by request. The measure would repeal statutes prohibiting the charging or collec­ tion of fees for certain services rendered to vessel owners by the Bu­ reau of Customs and the United States Coast Guard . . . The Senate has ratified the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil 4 4 4 REORGANIZATION OF MA.—During the course of a television in­ terview recently conducted by Representative Cellar (Dem.-NY), James M. Landis, Special Assistant to the President, said that Presi­ dent Kennedy would submit a reorganization plan designed to aholista the present FMB to the Congress within the next two weeks. This plan was initially recommended by Representative Celler. It calls for sepa­ ration of the promotional and regulatory functions of the FMB. and would establish an entirely new and independent agency for regulating the steamship industry. Mr. Landis indicated that the proposed re­ organization has met with general agreement within the Administra­ tion, "because it is wholly impractical to combine the promotional subsidy function with the function of regulation." 4 With the signing of agreements with the operators calling for organizing of foreignflag affiliates and establishment of a joint union-industry committee, the maritime in­ dustry may now be turning a corner for the better. For the first time, a constructive pro­ gram exists to reverse the decline in ships and the erosion of seamen's jobs. That pro­ gram is the one which had been drafted by the National Committee for Maritime Bar­ gaining and which has been agreed to by operators representing almost half of the nation's merchant fleet. Up until now, US maritime unions have clearly succeeded in establishing superior wages, working rules, vacation and welfare benefits for their members—a vast improve­ ment over what existed not too many years ago. But while the unions have been obtain­ ing considerable gains for their membership, job opportunities for US seamen have been dwindling because of the growth of runawayflag shipping, the gradual shift of US foreign trade into the bulk cargo area, changes in trade patterns with which the present sub­ sidy program was unable to cope, and the deterioration of coastwise and intercoastal shipping under the pressure of predatory railroad competition. Unfortunately, the shipping industry has failed to provide the leadership needed to combat these problems. Instead, the opera­ tors have played the "every man for himself" game, while US ships and jobs went down the drain. Since the operators would do ipothing in a constructive or coordinated fashion, it re­ mained for the maritime unions to act to pro­ tect the employment of their respective mem­ berships. The program of the NCMB would do just that. By bringing American-owned runaway vessels under contract, by working for an overhaul of the antiquated subsidy program, by taking specific steps to assure cargo for US bUlk carriers and by uniting the industry behind the remaining companies in the domestic trades, the NCMB program would assure expanding employment oppor­ tunities and better conditions for Amer can seamen. • The easy way out for the unions would have been to .ignore the problems of employ- ment security and the decline in American shipping. They could have used their eco­ nomic power to obtain further gains and im­ proved job conditions. But the unions, look­ ing ahead, realized that these gains wouldn't be worth much if there were no jobs on which to enjoy them. That kind of approach would have been "every man for himself" in­ stead 0^ protection for the membership as a whole. The unions rejected such an approach because it was unwise a'id unsound. They have chosen Instead to iighl foi a far more worthy goal—a sound merchant marine, of­ fering stability of employment and union conditions to American seamen. 4' 4* Subsidy Changes Even before the NCMB had presented its formal demands to US shipowners, the Ad­ ministration had taken two actions which tacitly recognized the unions' criticism of the existing subsidy program. In one in­ stance-, the President signed a bill, passed by Congress, which allows passenger ships to leave their "essential" trade routes and par­ ticipate in the lucrative West Indies cruise trade. The NCMB had previously noted that a subsidy system tied to the "essential" trade route was unrealistic because it did not al­ low for any changing patterns of foreign trade. The result was that foreign ships cap­ tured all available business when new routes sprang up. A perfect example is foreign do­ mination of bulk ore and oil cargoes. In its second action, the Administration has asked Congress for funds to provide subsidies for coverage of more than 100 additional American-flag vessels. If this Administra­ tion move is approved, it will mean a sharp break with the past practice of reserving sub­ sidies for a handful of privileged operators. Here too, the NCMB had pointed out that the present system was injurious to an Americanflag merchant marine and tended to freeze operations in a fixed pattern long after the pattern had outlived its usefulness. These two belated Government actions are further reasons why operators and unions should work together on a common program in the area of subsidies as well as other areas. 4 4 SUBSIDIES.—In a National Maritime Day address in New York City, Admiral Ralph Wilson, FMB member, warned the shipping industry that it must get more mileage out of the Federal ship subsidies or it would price itself out of the subsidy market. Government financial aid, said Admiral Wilson, has its limitations. Only by maintaining or re­ ducing the average cost of each voyage and the average construction subsidy for each ship "can we hope to expand our programs to tha levels required." Admiral Wilson pointed out that close to $300 million a year was now being spent on operating and construction-differential subsidies. In addition, the nation requires a stepped-up ship replace­ ment program, otherwise the Ameriean merehnnt marine will be forced to operate outmoded" and worn-out ships. Although more shipping subsidies could he Justfied on these grounds, he said, "there is a limita­ tion upon what portion of the tax dollar can he rightfully asked fof one segment of the economy over the over-all requirements for the rest." 4 4 4 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The National Maritime Service, Inc. announced that it would place the first of five twin-container, tank barges into service next montli. The barges, when completed, will operate on the Mississippi River and other inland water routes. The barges will have two container sections, an inner section with three compartments and an outer section with six compartments. This de­ sign will permit the use of the other section on the return trip. This eliminates the necessity of cleaning the barge before taking on a re­ turn-trip cargo. The cost of such cleaning usually average about $1,503 per barge. It is estimated that on some liquid commodities, the saving# passed on to shippers may he as much as 20 percent . . . MA has an­ nounced the selection of the Sperry-Picdmont Division 'of the SperryRand Corporation to design a prototype bridge control systems console. The project is aimed at construction and evaluation of prototype equip­ ment to he used at sea. Features to he developed are aimed, toward simplification of the deck watch officer's efforts in ship conning and na­ vigation. It is expected ttiat safety will he enhanced when equipment design simplification takes into consideration the integrated needs of the watch officer in conning the ship. 4 4 4 4 4 4 SCRAPPING.—MA has issued invitations to hid on the sale of eight' obsolete Liberty-type ships for scrapping. The ships are located in National Defense Reserve Fleets, as follows: Wilmington, North Caro­ lina—SS Thomas J. Jarvis, SS Samokla; Mobile, Alabama—SS Josiah Snelling, SS Moses Brown; Suisun Bay, California—SS Howard Stanshury, SS Juan Fiaco Brown; Astoria, Oregon—SS Henry Failing. SS Lindley M. Garrison. MA expects to continue offering for sale for scrapping limited numbers of Liberty ships which are determined to he in excess of future requirements . . . Approval of the sale of ths former aircraft carrier USS Altamaha for scrapping in Japan was an­ nounced by MA. PANAMANIAN-FLAG VESSELS.—The Division of Statistics and Census of the Panamanian government reports that ships registered under the Panamanian flag in 1960 rose nine percent from 1959. On December 31, 1960, Panama's merchant marine fleet totaled 1,205 ves­ sels with a gross tonnage of 5,410,700 tons. Of these vessels, 640 wer« cargo vessels, and 76 were combined passenger and freight carriers. There were also 128 fishing craft, 185 tankers, 76 of miscellaneous catsgories, and 110 ships tied up. Of the total, 14 percent were ships of 10,000 gross tons or more; 22 percent were 5,000 to 9,999 and 64 percent were under 5,000 gross tons. �^r * * »-• * Vat* 1 •' » ' » • ; • « BMArAmMttS i.O€ • • IMl The HCMB Program: .'-Uf:- -•> r" To Provide Job Security: To Expand US Shipping T DECLINE OF PRIVATELY-OWNED US-FLAG MERCHANT FLEET 1939 1954 1958 1961 1218 SHlfS m 1007 SHIPS 90S SHIPS ACTIVE (86 Inocllvt] WHO CARRIES IT? Chart f] 7959 .Foreign Shipe (All COUNTEItS - JO.3*) us Shipt it.r*) PANAMA - 6.2% 1 BRITAIN - 7.4%| Pimm •<> HIS meeting has been called by the National Com­ mittee for Maritime Bargaining to initiate contract negotiations between our deep sea operators and the member unions of the NOME. The National Commit­ tee is composed of nine unions, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; the International Organization of Masters, Mate and Pilots;, the Seafarers International Un­ ion, Atlantic Gulf, Lakes and Inland District; the Radio Officers Union; the Staff Officers Association; the Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Association; the Sailors Union of the Pacific; the Marine Cooks and Stewards and the Mar­ ine Firemen's Union. Our member unions represent 150,000 waterfront workers and hold contracts with 90 percent of the American-flag shipping industry operating some 875 ships on the East, Gulf and West Coasts. In addition to the representatives of the maritime un­ ions named, there are present at this negotiating confer­ ence the representatives of the overwhelming number of US dry cargo-passenger vessel companies of the Pacific Coast, the dry cargo-passenger vessel companies of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, the Atlantic and Gulf Coast tank­ er companies and the colliers of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. There is thus present a true representation of the American merchant marine industry. This is an unusul meeting. This is the first time that maritime labor, representing every segment of shipboard personnel in every phase of the industry, has entered jointly into contract negotiations. This meeting arises from a sense of the urgency we feel about the future se­ curity of the workers we represent and the future of the American merchant fleet. Concern about maritime employment and the future of the industry is not ours alone. The Government has an Interest, the general public has an interest. The future of the industry as an important link in our national trans­ portation system and as a vital element of the national defense is cause for deep national concern. The American merchant marine, except for periods of war, has been in a continuous state of depression. It is universally agreed that the industry is sick and that no recovery is in sight. As a matter of fact without positive action, the outlook is for continued decline with less and less ships and less and less jobs. Up until now, nobody has come forward with an effec­ tive program for reversing this trend. There is a press­ ing need for expanding employment and increasing the area of security for the man who makes his living in the trade and for providing the nation with merchant ship­ ping it requires in peace and war. What are we talking about when we talk of ou* present day American merchant marine? We're talking about a US merchant marine, that carries only three percent of our essential bulk cargo, including oil, aluminum and iron ore. We're talking about a US merchant fleet that has fewer ships today than in the depression year of 1939. We're talking about a US merchant marine that carries only 10 percent of our total US foreign trade, while in contrast, fleets flying the flags of Norway and Liberia each TOTAL US FOREIGN TRADE Z o The following is ike full text of the presentation made to American ship operators by the National Committee for Maritime Bargaining: - 13% fnadcEiuaclce end unreallstle nature of eur exiitlaf eub^i-aldy program. When the Merchant Marine Act ef 1936 was adopted, Ita objective was to strengthen and expand the US merchant marine-to the point where. It carried SO percent of our foreign commerce. At that time, with the package cargo and passenger trades the dominant fac­ tors, chart no. 6 shows that US ships carried SO percent of our foreign commerce. This SO percent figure was deemed seriously inadequate, giving rise to the passage of the act. Today, as chart no. S shows, we are now carry­ ing only 9.7 percent of our total foreign commerce. Today, 30 percent would look wonderful. If we had maintained the same 3(j percent of our foreign commerce down through the years, we would have approximately 2,700 ships under the American flag. Those who claim that the subsidy program as It stands serves the needs of the industry are proven false bjl the figures shown on chart no. 6. In spite of the increasing outlay for subsidies for the handful of steamship compa­ nies receiving them, the fleets of the subsidized steamship companies have failed to grow and the merchant marine as a whole has declined. At the end of the second World War, the runaway regis­ try device was seized upoii by American shipowners. As a result, as chart no. 7 shrows, the flags of Panama and Liberia have some 1,600 deep-sea vessels operating as compared to the 900-odd ships operating under the Ameri­ can flag. This runaway operation cannot be justified on the grounds of "effective control" where the interests of this country and its merchant marine are concerned. The un­ ions do not regard these ships as being under the "effec­ tive control" of the United States Government, as events In Cuba and elsewhere have shown. A horrible example of what can happen to the industry under a policy of neglect is shown on chart no. 8. No section of the industry more pointedly demonstrates the failures of the American maritime industry as a whole than the fate of the coastwise common carriers. In 1939, there were 123 common carriers in the Atlantic & Gulf coastwise trade. Today there are just ten vessels left and thousands of jobs have disappeared. If we sit idly by, the same deterioration is possible in our offshore trade. Here is a case where the industry as a whole has turned us . J.7% carry more of our foreign trade than we do, and British and Panamanian ships only slightly less. Every other maritime nation, as a matter of national survival, sees to it that at least hal&of its foreign commerco is carried by ships flying their own flags and manned by their own nationals. In contrast, the United States, which has the world's largest foreign trade, carries only 10 per­ cent of our cargo in. American-flag and American-manned ships. What are we talking about when we talk of our presend day American merchant marine? We're talking about a US merchant fleet which has a total of 10 vessels in its entire coastwise trade now, as compared with 123 ves­ sels before World Ward II. We're talking about a US merchant marine which has shrunk year by year to the point where today there are less than 1,000 American flag vessels, while at the same time the runaway-flag fleets of Panama and Liberia have soared to 1,600 ships and are still-expanding. We're talking about an American merchant marine in which the employment of American seamen is declining year by year, so that in the last 10 years alone, 11,000 seamen's jobs have disappeared. All these facts are visi­ ble in the charts which you see at the front of this room and which are attached to this statement. Let's take a close look at these charts and the facts they so dramati­ cally demonstrate. As chart No. 1 indicates, there has been a steady decline in the numbers of American ships. In the depression year of 1939, there were 1,218 privately-owned vessels. Today there are just 905 active vessels at last report. Yet US foreign trade has grown enormously since 1939, being four times the amount of cargo. Obviously US shipping, far from sharing in this growth, has been steadily shrink­ ing. In addition, a great many of these 905 vessels arc becoming over-age, with no replacements in sight, so that the prospects are for further shrinkage. Obviously, if foreign trade is growing while the number of American ships is declining, foreign ships are carrying the lion's share of our foreign trade. In fact, as chart No. 2 shows, American ships are carrying less than ten percent of our total foreign trade. Liberian ships are carrying three times that amount. Norwegian ships are carrying far more than American ships, while British and Panamanian-flag ships between them carry more than American ships do. One of the major reasons for the figures in charts 1 and 2, is the radical change in US foreign trade patterns since the 1930's. As chart No. 3 shows, back in 1939 most of our trade was in package cargo. Today, bulk cargo is 87 percent of our total foreign trade. Of this amount of bulk cargo, foreign ships are carrying 97 percent, Ameri­ can ships only three percent. . The foreign ship domination of the bulk trades becomes clear when we examine the subsidy pattern in chart No. 4. Here, as we see, the liner trade, carrying mostly pack­ age cargo, gets 100 percent of US subsidy funds. Bulkcarrying ships, such as our tramp ships, get no subsidy assistance whatsoever. This shift in the patterns of foreign trade has shown the BILK CARGO IS HQW 87 PERCEHT OF ALL OS F0REI6H TRADE 1 1939 1 H 20% H PACKAGE 1 7960 1 13% PACK^G| AMERICAN SHIPS CARRY CHLY 3 PERCEHT OF THIS VCLDME! 1 • 1 ' • ' • • •' 1' • ' • EOailGN ••'•f I • ! 1! I'!'!' 1 i'!'!' 11 i'!'!'! 1 IHIPS J7* Irtt?-!! i! i! i! i; i! r I'll! 1; 1! li 1! 1! 1; 1 i Ul SHIPI 5 Why The Preunt Suhsiily PrograB Is liadequate HOW SUBSIDIES ARE APPLIED Owl'4 LINER TRADE 100 % jjj.. �IMl ^EAFAMEMS IS Sim' ninemTioi II AMEIieM FOREIM TIME CM'f 7936' 7959 y . ^ y-'ll" /; "- • SHirj • ^Jjjj Bttii ;:.i:^vv I-arm SHirs • ts back on the problems of one segment of the industry nd has simply let it die. This information is not new. It wasn't discovered yeserday. This sorry state of 'affairs has been developing or years. It is quite obvious that our industry, and those oncerned with its welfare, have failed to convey to the llpublic the seriousness of the situation. The public feels that the present subsidy system takes care of the needs of the merchant marine. "There-is a need here to inform the public of these facts. We must come up with ma­ chinery for informing the public about the conditions,of the industry which is so important in our transportation picture from the standpoint of the economy and a» an intrument of defense. What has been done in the face of this situation? We lave had study after study, analysis after analysis, without he development of a single constructive program for re|vitalizing the industry and expanding the job opportuni­ ties of American seamen. As Senator John Butler of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee said just last week, "We engage in the bunko game of a neverending series of studies, each of which concludes that we must have a strong and effective merchant and naval fleet and each of which gathers dust for the lack of energetio attention." We fully subscribe to Senator Butler's views. he best that the leading brains of the industry have been able to come up with is to make American seamen the acapegoat for the industry's problems. There has been ^no attempt to deal with the industry's problems as a whole :—only individual attempts to preserve a selfish interest at 'the expense of the industry at large. For example, the LaIbor-Management Maritime Committee, consisting of a |]imited number of companies, functions solely to preserve their privileges and to oppose any efforts to strengthen [any other segment of the industry. It is time to call a halt to this negative, do-nothing ap­ proach. What we need to protect our jobs, to build our |industry, is to demonstrate some vigor, leadership and magination. We must get behind a program to reverse he existing decline and provide the means for the industo expand, to provide more jobs for American mariime workers, and to assure the United States of a merhant marine sufficient to meet the needs of our economy land national defense. Those who would do anything less are shirking their responsibilities to American seamen, the industry and national security. This Is the thinking that impelled the unions represented here to form the National Committee for Maritime Bar­ gaining and to develop a positive program for maritime, lilt is clear that all of tlie problems of the industry are ap­ propriate subjects for collective bargaining and further," the only possible way of resolving them is through idustry-wide labor-management action. This has never ex­ isted. The only existing labor-management group is one which has a narrow interest, working on one specific pur­ pose, often at odds with the rest of the industry. It should be evident that any joint labor-management approach which separates the industry's problems from the collective bargaining process, or which excludes the majority of unions and ship operators, cannot be effective. While such narrow and restrictive joint labor-management groups have existed in the industry! they have not suc­ ceeded in resolving arty of the industry's basic difficulties, nor can they be regarded as authoritative spokesmen for maritime labor and management. In the opinion of the nine member unions of the NCMB these are the problems that should be negotiated in con­ tract talks with American seamen's unions: 1) The widespread use of runaway-flag shipping, which Is the biggest single factor in the decline of the American merchant marine. Numerous attempts have been made by management and military spokesmen to justify the use of runaway-flag fleets on the ground of economic and military necessity. We believe the first view is extremely short-sighted and has already made a major contribution jto the destruction of a true American-flag fleet. We also eject the military need for runaways, which is based on LOG the flimsy notion that the United States Government hat effective control of these vessels and that they form otir "fifth arm of defense." The idea that we had effective control of these ships )?ollaps2d the first time it was tested, when we sought to limit oil imports into Cuba. In one company, presumably under effective control, the owner pulled down his Liberian flag, hoisted a Greek flag and carried his cargo of oil into Cuba. It is obvious that other owners could and would do the same thing. The only ships that are under genu­ ine American control are those flying the American flag and manned by American-seamen. 2) The need tb gear the Government subsidy program to changing trade patterns in foreign trade, including the need to develop an American-flag bulk carrying fleet. The inadequacy of the subsidy program is shown by the fact that in the last ten years alone, while our subsidies have more than doubled, the American merchant marine has declined more than 200 ships and huge foreign-flag fleets have sprung up to carry American bulk cargoes. 3) The need for the industry as a whole to work ener­ getically with the unions and the remaining domestic ship opertors to revive the fast-disappearing domestic trade. 4) The clear need to eliminate Government competition In the shipping industry, which is depriving private ship­ ping of cargo and American seamen of-employment oppor­ tunities. 5) In light of the possible serious consequences to em­ ployment of sliipboard and shoreside automation, the need to develop a joint program for protecting the mutual in­ terests of waterfront workers and the Industry, without hindering progressive developments in the industry. 6) The need to develop an effective program for pro­ moting safer operation of US merchant ships. The NCMB feels that the only realistic laargaining pro­ gram possible at this time is one in which maritime un­ ions and management deal jointly with these problems. It should not be forgotten that what we in this country do is of considerable concern to our Government and the na­ tional defense, particularly in light of the strategic posi­ tion of the shipping industry in the defense picture. Be­ cause of the importance of the industry, the President of the United States has expressed concern about the in­ dustry's future. He has specifically stated his interest in seeing the merchant marine develop on a sound basis, both offshore and in the domestic and inland trades, as part of a strong US transportation system. Further, in this critical period in international relations, he has called on labor and management in all industries to establish standing machinery for resolving industry problems on a Joint basis. He also has asked labor and management to act responsibly in negotiations and to pool their talents and know-how to strengthen the American economy so as to preserve our leadership in world affairs. The NCMB unions are convinced that the answer to the Maritime industry's problems lies in this type of approach and we accept our responsibility. We call upon you in management to accept similar principles and to begin work with us at this time towards rebuilding the US mer­ chant marine and providing American seamen, shippers and our natmn with a strong merchant fleet To implement the objectives of more jobs an'd a thriving industry, and a sign of our sincere interest in a healthy merchant fleet, the NCMB submits the following action program which provides a workable means of solving the serious problems which confront, the industry as a whole. This program is being submitted by ttie following in­ dividual unions to those companies with which each union has contracts: The Marine Enigneers Beneficial Association. The IntemaUonal Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots. The Radio Officers Union. The Staff Officers International Union. The Seafarers International Union. EXISTING SBBSIDY PROGRAM c... DOESN'T MEET US SHIPPING NEEDS US Subsidies A Ships 1960 t2!0 Million 1955 ..---'"""^ MllltOM 1950 ^v^1955 I.IOI Jhlpi SubildUt Shlpl *0J Ihlpi |A£|| (Atllvo) 19011 RELATIVE SIZE I^FLAG ft IIMWAY-FLSG FLEETS mi PROGRAM The maritime unions represented here are fully cog­ nizant of the crucial sitution confronting our industry. W« have witnessed the sharp and continuing decline of vessels under American flag; with the number of runaway flag vessels steadily increasing. This has meant fewer jobs for American seamen and even those jobs are under constant threat in the face of the substandard wages and working conditions of the runaway flag vessels operated or owned by American capital. Government officials have with increasing insistence in recent months challenged the industry to revitalize their activities and openly questioned the correctness of pres­ ent policies pertaining to the subsidy program as being possibly a "subsidy of mediocrity." The American seaman wants a growing and vital indus­ try. In this objective, he has as important a stake as any shipping company. To achieve this end, these maritime unions propose tho following program for the maritime industry with re­ spect to all those collective bargaining agreements which are due to expire this June 15th and September 30th: 1) Each collective barganing agreement between a ship­ ping company and the unions involved shall expressly pro­ vide that it will cover any vessel owried or operated by said company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof, and not under previous contract with a US maritime union. 2) The shipowners and the maritime unions shall es­ tablish forthwith a Joint Committee for the Maritime In­ dustry. This committee shall formulate a joint program en the following matters, to which all parties shall pledge their earnest and full effort and support: (a) A rehauling of the subsidy program of the US Government so that it shall protect and encourage man­ agement efficiency and initiative and the development of trades and cargo shipments truly important to this country. <b) A discontinuance of Government operation of shipping through MSTS or otherwise. (c) Effective enforcement of the present 50-50 Fed­ eral law. To seek legislation which would assure the us* of American tankers for petroleum on a similar basis. (d) Effective program for the improvement of safety measures for the seamen. 3) Final completion of the extended collective bargain­ ing agreements shall be subject to discussions between the companies and the respective unions affected with respect to certain clarifications of existing provisions in the agree­ ments and elimination of certain inequities between the respective officer unions and between the Atlantic and Gulf and West Coast agreements. 4) The existing contracts and benefits provided for therein and the obligations of the companies to continue the same, and as modified pursuant to the above provi­ sions, shall be extended for one year. The maritime unions sincerely hope that the shipowners will give their earnest consideration to this proposal and see the imperative need for its acceptance. With this ap­ proach, the industry can avoid increases in cost that might otherwise imperil the continuing operation of the present number of vessels under American flag and at the same time, both industry and the unions, since they do have the joint responsibility, will endeavor to work out the basic policies to assure a revitalized US merchant marine. Each union is now stating that it is prepared to negoti­ ate its agreement with the companies with which it has contracts on the basis of the foregoing program. Our un­ ions are prepared to meet with the companies either through a joint committee or committees which the com­ panies may wish to establish, with full authority to con­ summate the agreement, or with eacii company separately as they may wish. The representatives of these unions are stating that from this moment, they are holding them­ selves in readiness for such negotiations, to continue on a day and night basis. Our meeting place will be at the office of the MEBA Pension and Welfare Plan, 17 Battery Place, 23rd floor. Gentlemen, we invite your questions, discussion and, we hope, your acceptance of our program. �4 ,'r'-'^i?.;^.. '^. ,'JiK .W.-* ^*-"iia.«i''' Wide Range Of Benefits Aided 8,000 SlU Families Since '55 Just entering its seventh year, the SIU dependents' benefits program has so far 'distrib­ Joseph Volplan, Social Seenrity Director uted over $1.6 million in cash benefits to service 8,000 medical emergencies of all types for Seafarers' families. Coverage and benefits have increased five separate times since the proNew Remedies For Automation 4, gram began. Speedy enactment of a broad. Federally-financed program to re­ The comprehensive welfare per day and the hospital extras dren over the age of 19. All bene­ train and relocate several hundred thousand workers made jobless benefit has increased 400% since ficiaries of the program are also schedule for SIU family mem­ 1955. This amount is now $200 for entitled to use the services of SIU by the impact of automation has been urged by the Administration bers and Seafarers retired on dis­ ability-pensions provides allow­ ances for hospital room and board, extra hospital charges, blood trans­ fusions, ambulance service, doc­ tors' visits to the hospital and surgical treatment. Payments since th? plan began average about $200 per claim although, in recent years, as hospital costs have risen, the average has gone up. It was $262.69 during 1960. The rise in hospital costs since 1955 is reflected in the figure of $516,000 covering payments over the past 12 months. This is more than six times the cost -for the first year of the program when there were only one-fourth as many claims. Compensating for these In­ creased costs, a wide range of Im­ provements in benefits and cover­ age have been Instituted through trustee and administrative action during the past six years. A $50 deductible provision and the 31-day limit on hospital pay­ ments have been eliminated, al­ lowances for hospital room and board charges are up 50% to $15 hospital stays of up to 31 days and an equal amount is' provided for longer periods. Allowances under ~the surgical schedule have also been increased up to 50% in many cases. Broadened eligibility provisions now cover dependent parents as well as dependent, disabled chil- VacatioHy Welfare Offices Move Seafarers are reminded that the new address for the SIU Welfare Plan and the SIU Vaca­ tion Plaft is 17 Battery Place, New York 4, New York, in the event any direct correspond­ ence with either office is re­ quired. Administrative offices of both Plans shifted from their original location at 11 Broadway earlier this month. The move provides more space for the expanding operations of the two benefit programs serving Sea­ farers and their families. The new telephone number is WHltehaii 3-5950. SIU Blood Banks Expand; Ready In 9 Ports So Far clinics for complete diagnostic medical examinations at no cost. This broad coverage is in addi­ tion to the SIU maternity benefit program, which has provided al­ most $900,000 in benefits since 1952. Together, these two pro­ grams account for $2Vk million in SIU welfare benefits paid directly to Seafarers' families. 3 More SIU Veterans Co On Pension A trio of SIU oldtimers repre­ senting all departments across the board is the latest to qualify for the lifetime SIU disability-pension. Approval of the benefit applica­ tions by Seafarers Alfredo Dnarte, John H. Ferguson and Robert W. Scales boosts the number of pen­ sioners qualified so far this year to 17. The $35 weekly payments are in addition to the regular medicalhospital -surgical coverage and other benefits provided by the Welfare Plan. A native of Portugal, Brother Duarte joined the SIU at New SIU representatives have established local blood banks cov­ ering eight different ports to supplement the Union's main blood facility in Brooklyn. Arrangements are now being completed in the remaining ^ coastal ports, Puerto Rico and ' mediate areas so that the Brook­ lyn facility can build up a reserve the Great Lakes. The network of SIU blood banks will speed the servicing of emer­ gency needs for Seafarers and their families in all areas. Under the program mapped out last month, the local banks will han­ dle all requirements in their Im- Drydocked Lots of a leg in an accident has permanently beached Seafarer Bofdo Coecia, cur­ rently taking rehabilitation and treatment at the LUcien Moss Hospital, Philadelphia. SIU Welfare Plan is providing $35 weekly benefits, for Coccia. during .training. for large-scale emergencies. Up until now, the Brooklyn bank had been the sole source of sup­ ply for all blood needs through­ out the country. It will continue to serve as the primary "source for blood in the New York area as well as inland locations where the Union does not maintain any halls. Revamping of the blood pro­ gram was dictated by wholesale withdrawals at one time from the Brooklyn bank plus the possibility that similar emergenices in dif­ ferent areas of the country could deplete all reserves overnight. Urgent blood requirements for a Seafarer's eight-month-old baby in Houston set the new plan in motion. The child, now a year old and reported doing well, needed over 60 pints of blood altogether. Ports where local banks have been set up, in conjunction with US Public Health Service installa­ tions or other established agencies, such as the Red Cross, currently include the following: Boston, Nor­ folk, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle. The expanded operation does not mean any change for Seafarers or their families requiring blood in an emergency. Just as before, all they need do is contact the nearest SIU hall and the necessary arrangements will be made promptly. Volunteer donors in Brooklyn or the other ports should do the aame. Scales FergnsoR Orleans In 1941 and has sailed since then in the black gang and the steward de­ partment. He's 62 years of age and last shipped in February as a messman on the Del Norte (Mis­ Duarte sissippi). Side­ lined permanently by a heart con­ dition, Duarte is married and lives in New Orleans. One of the earliest members of the SIU in the Port of Savannah, Brother Ferguson is 64 years of age. He Joined the Union in Jan­ uary, 1939, and was a black gang regular until he had to call it quits last November. After a final trip on the Robin Gray (Robin) as a wiper, he was tagged not fit for duty permanently due to heart disease. Ferguson still resides in Savannah and lists a daughter, Ive Cooper, as next of kin. Heart disease has also beached Brother Scales, who completed his last trip as an AB on the missile ship Rose Khot (Suwannee) in March. He boasts seatime starting in 1913 at the age of. 17 and Joined the SIU at Galveston in 1945. Scales is a resident of Pasadena, Md., and lists M. B, Willard.of Baltimore as next of kin. in Washington. The proposed nation-wide program would deal with job displacement problems of the three basic kinds: Workers who need retraining before they can find new Jobs; the unemployed who need help in relocating to new areas where their regular skills are in demand and others who need extra training to meet industrial change. Early hearings are expected on the proposals, already introduced in Congress, which are designed primarily for the long-term unemployed. The three-way program would provide trainees with weekly cash al­ lowances for up to a year plus half the cost of relocation to new jobs in other areas. It is likely that this type of planning will meet sharp opposition in those quarters where resistance to Federal action of any kind is traditional. A novel approach to the problems of automation in industry has been advanced by a new agreement between an AFL-CIO electrical workers union and a West Coast manufacturing concern. The union, represent­ ing a production staff making automated broadcasting equipment, hat won the establishment of a company-paid trust fund to finance a re­ training program for broadcasting workers who may'^be displaced fronii Jobs when a radio station purchases the company's new wares. There is an unusual,idea at work here. The union directly involved In the agreement would seem to have no direct stake in the proceed­ ings, such as the possible displacement of radio station personnel by automated equipment. Actually it has a very large stake indeed, one* word gets around in the broadcast industry regarding the company's new product. A lack of planning for the effects of the equipment could set up a chain of reaction of protests from station workers (some of whom are represented by the same union) plus resistance to buy on the part of station management. The incentive for the onion is the prospect that the retraining pro­ gram can soften the shock of automation and, thereby, help produce steady employment in the manufacturing plant. The fund is based on employer contribution of 5% from sales of equipment and prograni services. It provides payments for tuition and fees at established schools so that displaced station personnel, if any, will be able to learn new skills either in the broadcast field or in other industries. This approach to automation could start a trend. Closer to home is the realization that the "new" SIU Welfare Plan is practically grown up and almok in its 'teens. The broad SIU welfare program available today was pioneered when the first payment of bene­ fits began on July 1, 1950. There were Just two benefits then; A $7 weekly hospital payment to Seafarers and a $500 death benefit. The original hospital benefit has tripled to $21 per week and the death payment is eight times what it was in 1950. These are over a dozen adu'tional benefits as well. During its first 12 months of operation, the Plan paid out the modest sum of $31,733, less than it does in an average week today. This ii "automation" of another sort—progress which produces no ill effects and continues to serve Seafarers and their families in every way pdssible. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can be submitted to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Doesn't Seem To Hurt A Bit Mrs. Rachel Babitx loolct on as lab tech^^^ takes a blood sample during medical examination at the Broolciyn SIU Clinic. Blood tests are part of the complete physical offered by the clinics in seeking to maintain the hea th of Seafarers and their dependents through regular check-ups.' Mrs< Babitz is the wife of Seafarer Nat Babitt, who ships In the steward department. •' �itn SXI7 MXtoXcAx. Joseph B. Locue, IMD, Medical Director Glaucoma: Ofteit Cause Of Blindness Glaucoma is a condition produced by an increase in the intraocular tension of one or both eyes. The normal intrar>cular pressure is about £5 mm. Hg, This pressure depends on the intraocular contents and the elasticity of the outer covering of the eye. Since the solid structure in the eye (the lens) changes very little, the pressure is dependent on the fluid content of the eye, viz: the aqueous and vitreous humor is constantly being formed and eliminated, and this formation and elimination is delicately balanced so that at any one time it is about equal. Anything that causes a disturbance is formation or abeorption of the fluid will change the pressure, unless the changes are equal. The aqueous humor is mainly formed by the ciliary processes and passes into the anterior chamber of the eye, between the iris and lens, and then goes out through the filtration angle into the canal of Bchlemm. The fluid is then taken up by the venous tributaries called the aqueous veins. The production and loss of aqueous fluid is so well balanced that there is only slight normal variation in the intraocular pressure. Pressure Increase Responsible Any pathological condition or disease which upsets this balance so that the pressure is constantly increased produces glaucoma. Although the pressure might be increased by increased production of the aqueous humor, the great majority of cases of glaucoma are produced by inter­ ference with the outflow or absorption of the aqueous fluid. Secondary Glaucoma: There are many diseases which are accom­ panied by an increase in the intraocular pressure, and the glaucoma then is considered to be a secondary type of glaucoma. The following ocular diseases are often accompanied by glaucoma: Iritis and Iri­ docyclitis, occlusion of the central vein of the retina; Intraocular tumors; displacement of the lens and trauma, especially if this is ac­ companied by hemorrhage into the anterior chamber of the. eye. Primary Glaucoma: Primary glaucoma may be considered as of two tyes, that in which the filtration angle is of the narrow type, and that in which the filtration angle is open or wide. This can be determined by an instrument for measuring the filtration angle. Symptoms Of Acute Glaucoma The narrow angle type can develop an acute glaucoma if the pupil is dilated and obstructs the narrow angle. This condition has occa­ sionally been produced in dilitation of the pupil for refraction. The glaucoma develops rapidly, usually within a few hours, with congestion and edema of the lids, excruciating pain, blurred vision, and causes the eye to feel stony hard to the fingertips. The condition should be rec­ ognized and the patient referred immediately to an ophthamologist for treatment and for surgical care, if necessary. This is one of the few real ophthalmological surgical emergencies. Fortunately, this acute type is not frequent. There is, however, a large' group with narrow angle eyes who develop glaucoma which is of a sub-acute type. This is usually accompanied by headaches at night or early morning pain aiiil leiiileriiess In both eyes, as well as mistiness of vision. The attacks may be very mild at first but, if the condition is not diagnosed and treated, it will become progressively more severe. The open angle type of glaucoma makes up the largest group of cases. It is estimated that 30,000 to 35,000 persons are totally blind in the United States as a result of this type of glaucoma, and that 800,000 perions have glaucoma that is undiagnosed as such. Most of these cases could have been saved from blindness had their conditions been diag­ nosed and treated in the early stages. Unfortunately, in the early stages, most of these cases are not rec­ ognized by the general practitioner. These cases usually are developed after the age of 40 and usually are without symptoms. There is no test that the general practitioner can make except tonometric studies, which are rarely done except by an ophthalomologist. If every person over 45 years of age could have a tonometric examination every several years, the number of jieople who go blind from this condition would decrease drastically. No Early Symptoms Evident This type of glaucoma develops very slowly and insidiously, without symptoms, until the increased intraocular pressure has done sufficient damage to the optic nerve to produce changes in the visual fields. The condition can be diagnosed by measuring the increased pressure by a tonometer and/or charting the visual fields. There also is a con­ genital type glaucoma which is found at birth, and should be diagnosed Immediately if the sight of the child is to,be saved. Treatment: All cases of glaucoma should be placed under the care of an ophthalmologist for treatment. In the secondary type, it is im­ portant that the disease which is causing the glaucoma also be treated. In the acute case of narrow angle type of glaucoma, the intraocular pressure must be controlled immediately by medication and, if not con­ trolled, it becomes an urgent surgical emergency, in or-der to save the sight of the eye. Qhronic narrow angle type of glaucoma may be con­ trolled by diligent medical care, but often requires operative interfer­ ence and iridotomy. Glaucoma of the open angle type accounts for the great majority of the cases of glaucoma. Here conservative medical measure may suf­ fice. However, if there is a progressive loss of vision in these cases under medical care, then some type of surgical treatment is indicated. Congenital glaucoma must be diagnosed as soon as possible if the sight is to be saved. These cases formerly lost their sight, but early diagnosis and modern surgical intervention can save the sight of many of them. All suspected cases should be seen immediately by a competent ophthal­ mologist. (Reference: Gifford's "Textbook of Ophthalmology by Adler" (W. B. Saunders Company). • (Comments and suggestions are ininted by the Department and can be submitted to this column care of the SEAFAERS LOG.) grEAFAREUS lOG Seafarer Awaits Patent On Rotary Engine Invention Several years of effort and an investrhent of several thousand in personal funds may pay' off soon for Seafarer Ollie H. Kuykendall. His design for a new type of engine, similar to the gas turbine, now is in "patent pending" status, at the US Patent Office. The new engine design-*which he describes as a ro­ tary-type internal combustion engine, offers a number of advan­ tages over existing diesels and con­ ventional automobile four - cycle engines, Kuykendall said. It would have fewer moving parts, produce far more horsepower in proportion to size than other internal com­ bustion engines, and would be cheaper to build and operate. For example, he pointed out that it could operate on a cheap fuel, similar to home heating oil, which sells at retail for 15 to 10 cents per gallon on the East Coast. Lubrication requirements would be minimal,'around a quarter pint to 20 gallons of fuel. One reason for the engine's effi­ ciency, he said, is that it is essen­ tially a "one-cycle" engine. The design is such that intake and ex­ haust occur on the same stroke. The conventional two-cycle en­ gines waste one stroke of the cycle in getting rid of the exhaust. Since the engine operates on heated gases, the efficiency can be improved by setting up "slave" units to operate off the exhaust of the original combustion unit. Oper­ ating pressures within the original unit would be on the order of 150 pounds per square inch. A com­ bination of water and air-cooling would be used to keep tempera­ tures down. Another advantage of the en­ gine, Kuykendall pointed out, is that it can be reversed easily, sim­ ply by altering th'e direction of its rotary moving parts, thus eliminat­ ing dry clutches and complex transmissions. Several of Kuykendall's ship­ mates have become quite enthusi­ astic over, the possibilities of the engine to the point of assisting in the Xuiaiicing. Now Kuykendall is considering setting up a corpora­ tion to raise funds for the manu­ facture of the engine. His first task ahead is the costly one of building an initial working model. New Cyclone Satellite Set For Flight WASHINGTON — Another weather satellite, one designed specifically to locate hurricanes, will be launched shortly, the Na­ tional Aeronautics and Space Ad­ ministration reports. The satellite, known as Tiros III, will have two television cameras abroad, from which it is hoped photographs will be relayed back to the ground showing the development and course of cyclonic stoi-ms. Accu­ rate predictions of such storms would greatly assist shipping in avoiding danger and delays at sea. Two previous Tiros satellites have been launched. The second is still in operation, transmitting cloud cover photographs which help meteorologists in their, weather predictions. The Administration has asked for an additional $22 million for the weather satellite program. The Weather Bureau hopes to keep at least one such satellite aloft and functioning at all times. It's necessary for this purpose to be able to launch several such vehicles, since all of theni even­ tually are subject to atmospheric drag and burn up when their orbits get too close to the earth. Seafarer Ollie Kuykendall (second, left) explains features of his rotary engine design to three former shipmates (I. to r.) Vincent P. D. Giacomo, electrician; Wong Lee, steward; John Simoneili, AB. "This runs into money because It has to be hand-machined," he ex­ plained. "But once you make dies to go into mass production, the engine will be relatively cheap to manufacture." Kuykendall, who has been sail­ ing on SIU ships for the past ten years as chief electrician, reefer engineer or deck engineer, got the idea for the new engine when he was trying to design a variable speed transmission. In the process of working on the transmission, he started exploring the possibilities of the gas turbine. He shifted hit attention to this iirea, working on the engine design for a number of years so as to reduce the size and simplify it. Eventually, he modi­ fied it to the degree that it is no longer a true gas turbine, although it works on a similar principle. A resident of Gastonia, North Carolina, he has been going to sea since World War II. In addition, he has spent a number of years working ashore as a machinist. I New York City public achool teachers are urged to vote yes in a referendum ballot being con­ ducted by the Board of Education on collective bargaining. The bal­ lot asks for a yes or no answer as to whether teachers want rep­ resentatives to bargain for them. The Board's action came after a committee set up by the group recommended a direct choice of union representation. The referen­ dum bypassed this but is expected to lead to demands for a systemwide representation election. ^ ^ Both Federal and postal unions and the AFL-CIO are urging a Senate Post Office and Civil Serv­ ice subcommittee to approve leg­ islation permitting Government workers to retire on a full pension after 30 years of service. At pres­ ent, 30-year workers can retire at 60 with full annuity or at 55 with a reduced amount. Workers with less "service can retire with a prorated pension. The adminis­ tration has opposed the bill be­ cause it says the Government "cannot afford to lose these valu­ able workers." a, i 3, Basing its negotiation position on the national goals set by the union's collective bargaining com­ mittee meeting held in March, the Communications Workers of Amer­ ica have reached wage rate agree­ ments with two Bell System com­ panies in two states which, the union hopes, will set a pattern for all of its 1961 negotiations. Underthe reopening clause of its exist­ ing three-year contracts the union won wage increases of 2.8 percent or $1.50 to $3.50 a week for 12,260 workers. Other provisions include reductions in the number of steps needed to reach top pay levels and reductions in geographical wage differentials. Negotiations are con­ tinuing with the Bell Systems in nine other states. t 4" i" Delaware has been added to the growing list of states that have out­ lawed the importation or use of strikebreakers. A bill barring third parties to a labor dispute from furnishing strikebreakers awaits the signature of Governor Elbert N. Carvel (Dem.) after being passed by the state legislature. So far, six states have passed such laws. a< 4> A convention of the Shoe Work­ ers Union unanimously approved a report by its president outlining steps toward a merger with the Shoe and Boot Workers Union and approved a proposal to raise per capita dues from $1.35 to $1.45 per month per member. A iinionwide referendum will be held June 20 to vote on the dues increase. Other convention action 'includes changes in the constitution, elec­ tion of officers every three years, support for an intensified organ­ ization campaign and backing for a Federal bill to regujate imports. �SEAFARKRS. IOC Fishermen's Memorial Day Hiring Hall Included New Bedford To Conduct Referendum On Contract NEW BEDFORD—The New Bedford Fishermen's Union will hold a 15-day referendum on whether to accept a new three-year contract with boatowners. The new contract in­ cludes a provision for the establishment of a Union hiring hall arrangement which will be an important step f oreward ^ ' of the Union. The contracts shall vides for increases of one-half for the Union. The negotiating committee continue to refer to fishermen as percent for the Welfare Fund and of the Union worked out the con­ tract late in May only hours be­ fore a strike deadline. If ap­ proved. the new pact will run until March, 1964. Ifce referendum has tentatively been set for June 15-30. If the contract is approved, the Union will establish a Fishermen's Registry which will operate as a hiring hall. While details of the hiring hall remain to be clarified, the principle has been agreed upon. In connection with the reg­ istry plan, the Union and boatowners have established a com­ mittee to work out a plan for an­ nual medical examinations to in­ sure maintenance of minimum health standards. In addition to winning the hir­ ing hall provision, the Union was successful In beating back several boatowner proposals which could have destroyed much the Union has fought for. Captains who are not boatown­ ers will continue to be members Russian Boats Active Near New England NEW BEDFORD. — Russian trawlers have been Increasing their activities, fishing and other­ wise, in the Georges Bank area about 100 miles east of Cape Cod. The fishing grounds, traditional area of operations for New Bed­ ford Fishermen's Union and At­ lantic Fishermen's Union mem­ bers, are the sites of two US Air Force-operated Texas towers. The Russian vessels have been operating quite close to the two otfshoie aircraft observation rigs knows as Texas Tower I and Texas Tower II. In addition to snooping around the towers. Russian trawlers have been closely approaching Ameri­ can fishing vessels. Captain Johan Johannssen, skipper of the New Bedford Fishermen's Union-con­ tracted scalloper Stanley B. But­ ler, reported that a Soviet trawler moved in close enough during a recent voyage to take pictures of his scalloping operations off Nan tucket. Russian vessels in the past have tended to stay away from American vessels. Crewmen on Boston fishing craft now report that American and Russian vessels have been ap­ proaching within hailing distance. Boston-based vessels Red Jacket, Swallow and Cambridge reported Russian vessels; four trawlers and two mother ships, fishing for her­ ring or whiting in the vicinity of the towers. In addition, crewmen from Bos­ ton vessels Notre Dame, Olympla, La Rosa and Magellan reported Russian ves.sels 20 miles off Chat­ ham at the elbow of Cape Cod > . ;r» I employees rather than crewmen. This Insures that Union members will be fully protected with regard to employment security, taxes, maintenance and cure, and re­ covery for injury sustained at work. Mindful of the hazards of fish­ ing and the hardship which in­ jury imposes on fishermen, the Union successfully fought for an increase in maintenance and cure benefits from six to seven dollars per day effective March 31, 1962, and running for the duration of the contract. The new scalloper contract pro- Good Fishing In Bering Sea SEATTLE—The halibut fleet found good fishing in the cold waters of the Bering Sea when the season opened in April. By May, about 30 vessels were headed home with record catches of the fish. The huge catch fetched a fair price in the market here, running about five cents higher than the I960 opening prices. Members of the Alaska Fishermaa's Union, and Bering Sea fishing groups, both affiliated with the SIUNA, operate in the halibut fleet. Meanwhile, tuna fishermen who operate in Southern California and Central America waters found that the fish had taken a short vacation In April. the Seafood Council. Both of these funds have been extremely important for NBFU members. Increased Welfare The Welfare Fund has been pro­ viding ever increasing benefits to members, and the additional con­ tribution was secured to keep the fund on a sound basis. The Sea­ food Council fund has promoted increased sales of fish products, and these higher sales directly affect the price of the catch and consequently the take-home pay of fishermen. The new contract moves closer to solving the problem of deduc­ tions from the earnings of a ves­ sel for electronics equipment. Such deductions will be computed on a dock-to-dock basis. A minimum of four days' rest ashore has been guaranteed in the new scalloper contract, with an additional half day rest ashore for each day of fishing in excess of six days. The new contract provides for an improved grievance procedure, with a standing comniittee of two members, one from the boatown­ ers and one from the Union, which will be available at all times to consider disputes arising under the contract. The committee which nego­ tiated the new contract for the Union included Howard W. Nickerson, NBFU secretary-treasurer; William Hayes; Theodore Pedersen; Joseph Bourassa; Chester T. Mackay; Frank Deluga; John Gomes, and Joseph Hoyle. Atlantic Fishermen On Deck The traditional New Bedford Memorial Day was celebrated with pierside services for men who have been lost at sea as well as^ for those who died in the nation's service. The Memorial Day service was sponsored by the Now Bodford Fiihonnon's Union and the New Bedford Port Society. 51U Fishermen Hold Memorial Services NEW BEDFORD—New Bedford's traditional Memorial Day services, in honor of men who were lost at sea and of those who died in the nation's service, began with the wheeling of the Seamen's Bethel portable^" organ to the fisihing pier. The organ is the same one which was used by whaling fam­ ilies a hundred years ago when New Bedford whaleships sailed to every ocean In the world. The Memorial Day program was sponsored by the New Bedford Fishermen's Union and the New Bedford Port Society. Over SOe Attend Sendee The Rev. Gene Landry, pastor of the Seamen's Bethel, delivered memorial address to the more than 300 fishermen, their families and friends who gathered for the service. Howard W. Nlckerson, secre­ tary-treasurer of the New Bedford Fishermen's Union, read the scriptural lesson at the service. Call to service was sounded by a ship's bell, and a color guard and firing squad from the Coast Guard weather patrol vessel Yakutat took part In the ceremony. Flow­ ers and wreaths from families of fishermen lost at sea were scat­ tered at sea. AFU Hears New Pact In Boston Making adjustments—and just watching—on the deck of the new Sea-King are Atlantic Fishermen (I to r.) Trygv# Torkelsen; Gunvald Vik; George Chfdmieili Waldor Stienhordt (bending); Harry Gorski; Olof Hanson, and Andrew Hellman. ^ The Atlantic City-based vessel was at the Fulton Fish pier in New York City when the photo was taken. BOSTON—Agreement in prin­ ciple on the first new contract for the Atlantic Fishermen's Union since 1946 has been reached with Boston boatowners. The Boston membership of the Atlantic Fish­ ermen moved that contract nego­ tiations continue in line with pro­ posals recently submitted. Pact To Bring Gains The proposed new contract Is the result of a revitalization of the Union since its reaffiliatlon with the SIUNA under its present secretary - treasurer TJiomas "Obie" O'Brien. Union negotiators declared that the new pact should bring great gains for fishermen as well as pro­ viding an opportunity, for the. in­ dustry to Increase its earnings. Germans Try To Sell Boats To Americans 'GLOUCESTER — German fish­ ing interests are pying tq sell 28 beam trawlers to North American fishermen, according to a recent report in the "Gloucester Dally Times." The vessels being offered for sale are all larger and more pow­ erful than the Boston Beam trawl­ ers now operating in the North Atlantic fisheries. The 28 vessels were built between 1949 and 19S1 with aid from the United States. Ironically, the Germans want to sell these trawlers back to the US while they go on to build larger modern factory ships. However, there is a hitch in the proposed sale of the German trawlers to American interests. Shipping and fishing laws in the US carry restrictions on the use of foreign-built vessels operatitig under the American flag. But Canadian fishing boat owners are under no Such restrictions and it Is likely that they will take up the bulk of the German vessels and use them to compete in tho American fish market. Among unions in the SIU are a number of groups of commer­ cial fishermen on ail coasts, as well as shoreside fish canneries and processors. They are in­ volved in such widely-diversi­ fied fishing operations as scal­ loping, tuna fishing, salmon fisheries, cod, halibut and many others. Groups involved Include the New Bedford Fishermen's Union, Atlantic Fishermen's Union, Alaska Fishermen's Union, tuna fish and cannery unions operating out of Cali­ fornia ports and groups in Bristol Bay, Kodiak, and else­ where in the far northwest Pacific. �SEArjtrtEl£3 LOG * • Pac« NineiceB. : iT:' • . SlU Firm . Builds Ships On Subsidy Banks Attends NCMB Session Big SIU Victory Licensed Division Wins In 9 Fleets MONTREAL—Engineer officers on the Great Lakes and East Coast of Canada voted overwhelmingly to be represented by the Licensed Division of the SlU in recent elections con­ ducted by the Canada-Labour Relations Board. Engineer officers in nine outt of 10 shipping companies pany pressure was put on engineer chose the SIU over' the officers In Upper Lakes Shipping. VANCOUVER—The first con­ crete results of the Canadian gov­ ernment announcement that it will assist Canadian shipping were ' shown here when the SIU of Can­ ada contracted Northland Naviga­ tion Company revealed plans to Canadian Brotherhood of Hallway construct two new vessels with Trainmen and General Workers the aid of a government subsidy. (CBRT) and Its defunct afffliate At the same time a shipowners' the National Association of Marine group, the Canadian Shipowners Engineers (NAME). Association,; said the government In La Verendry Lines and In action would only 'aid domestic Abltibl Power and Paper, the Li­ operators, not deep-sea companies. censed Division won certification Attending the National Committee for Maritime Bargain­ The SlU-contracted company as representative of the engineer said the two ships, to be built in officers In previous action. ing's opening session with shipowners in New York are Canadian yards, would be able to Other voting results are; Hall (I. to r.) Hal Banks, SIU of Canada President; Paul Hall, carry 3,000 tons of cargo each at Corporation of Canada, SIU 56, SlUNA president, and Morris Weisberger, SlUNA executive 18-knots. Accommodations would CBRT 2; N. M. Paterson & Sons, vice president for the Pacific District. be provided for 98 passengers plus SIU 57, CBRT 7; Scott Mlsener, 85 automobiles. SIU 25, CBRT 3; Algoma Central Northland operates In the & Hudson Bay Railway, SIU 15, Canadian coastwise trade out of CBRT 0; National Sand & Material, here, making more than 110 SIU 2, CBRT 0; Dominion Steel & scheduled stops. Once the new Coal, SIU 9,' CBRT 0; Commercial ships enter service, the company's Cable, SIU 5, CBRT 0. passenger vessel, the Canadian In only one election. In Upper NEW YORK—^The opening of negotiations between the Na­ Lakes Shipping, did the License Prince, will be used as a summer­ tional Committee for Maritime Bargaining and US ship­ Division lose to the CBRT. It was time cruise ship exclusively. Another ship under contract to owners early in June was attended by Hal Banks, president pointed out that considerable coman SIU company being built here of the SIU of Canada in his-*is a log barge for the Klngcome capacity as spokesman for the Navigation Company. The self-un- Great Lakes Conference of loader will be the largest such the Maritime Trades Department. vessel ever to be built here, being The barganlng committee (NC­ 339 feet long with a 64-foot beam. It will be used to go Into bays MB) presented Its position to ions which have gone Into politics. and Inlets along the British Co­ shipowners, stressing Its intention Montreal FIfouf Smooth to Improve the general health of If a union uses members' dues to lumbia coast and pick up logs. MONTREAL=Thu 1961 fiLuul support a political organization, it With A capacity of IVi million the maritime industry. In this port went smoothly with The most significant demand by jobs moving fast and furious for. can lose its checkoff rights. The board feet, the barge can handle the Unions concerned the return the first weeks. Dredge activity US Coast Guard will discontinue quite a bit of timber. The Canadian shipowners As­ of runaway flag ships to Union picked up when the weather its famous Swlftsure Lightship sociation welcomed the shipbuild­ contracts. This Is an Important cleared. Most beefs involved mis­ which guarded the entrance to the ing subsidy but said that it will one to concern the Canadian SIU understanding between crews and Straights of Juan de Fuca since benefit Canadian shipyards to only as well as In all maritime unions mates and skiapers who were as­ 1909. Shipping has been picking up here. a limited extent. The subsidy, the In North America. signed new vessels this year. Some 3^ it 4" association said, does nothing to In addition to the SIU groups, "do-lt-all" mates have also caused close the gap between Canadian others who joined the NCMB were some problems which were Toronto Ships 200 operating costs and those of the Marine Engineers Beneficial squared away. TORONTO—Morfe than 200 men United Kingdom Association; the International were shipped from here during the Together with the new restric­ Longshoremen's Association; Local fitout, but the call for ratings was tions on traffic between Canadian 25 of the International Union of Ft. William htout still not as high as anticipated. FORT WILLIAM—The Mohawk ports In the Seaway, the subsidy Operating Engineers; Masters, The Hall Corporation's Stonefax will encourage domestic operators Mates and Pilots; Staff Officers Deer opened the navigation sea­ established the dubious record of son here on April 11, and thfe to modernize and build-up their Association; Radio Officers As­ Murray Bay opened the season for being the first vessel to take' a fleets on the Inland waterways. sociation and others. Port Arthur two days earlier. A crew and the first to lay off en­ beef has been Settled In favor of tire. gang. ti it Seafarer Gilbert Moisan and his wages have been restored. Banks Attends First Session Of US Maritime Bargaining In Canadian Ports Canada SIU Begins Vote On Proposed MONTREAL—The SIU of Canada is voting on a new con­ stitution to govern the union during the coming period of ex­ pansion. The proposed constitution, at the same time there is also to be found therein throughout a which incorporates amend­ strong fervent intentioi^. to ments to the existing constitu­ protect and the rights of the ordinary tion adopted in 1954, has been termed "a most comprehensive document which should serve sat­ isfactorily the needs of the mem­ bership" by a legal counselor. John M. Schleslnger, Montreal attorney, stated that the autonomy granted to the licensed division In the . proposed constitution will treat the engineers as a separate entity. The opinion also stated that the rest of the proposed document indicates "an honest desire to obey the law of the country, while seaman." The name of the Union In the new document Is the Seafarers International Union of Canada. The new leadei-shlp positions will Include a president; executive vice president in charge of contracts and contract enforcement; vice president in charge of licensed personnel; vice president In charge of the Pacific Coast; vice presi­ dent In charge of the Great Lakes; vice president in charge of the Atlantic Coast; and secretarytreasurer. t. S. t. BC Curbs Unions Sandboat at Thorold THOROLD—The sandboat Ni­ agara opened the Port of Hamilton VANCOUVER—The British Co­ navigation season, to the surprise lumbia Government has passed of harbor officials, who expected legislation to strike back at un- a tanker. A Welland canal bottle­ neck held up the tanker, enabling the Niagara, an SlU-contracted Canadlan Seafarers, members of the SIU of Canada vessel, to open the season. At Port are a vital element in the mari­ Weller, the top hat for opening the navigation season went to the time picture generally and in Cedarbranch, also an SlU-conthe SIU family of unions. They tracted ship. man ships under Canadian flag across-the-board—deep sea 4 t 3» off the Atlantic Coast, on the Canadian West Coast, on the New Halifax Cable Ship H.'VLIFAX—The cable ship John Great Lakes and the Seaway. The Canadian SIU also repre­ W. Mackay has been replaced with a smaller vessel, the Cable Guar­ sents large groups of Cpnadian tugboatmen, dredgemen and al­ dian. The seven CNS ships, strike­ bound for almost four years, are lied crafts. The Canadian Dis­ still here. The ships which were trict works closely with the sold to Cuban Interests about two other SIU unions throughout North America and the mutual years ago are under arrest because relationship has been of great of a suit Instituted by the Troy advantage to all SIU members. Browning Co., against the Cuban government. For the first time in the company's history, second engineers were "in­ vited" to attend the annual com­ pany captain's dinner. Despite the strong pressure, nine engineers in Upper Lakes voted SIU and it is expected that others will join the nine In calling for another chance to join the Licensed Division be­ fore long. In addition to the resounding victories, the Licensed Division has won contract coverage for deck officers on Winona and Redwood Steamship. R. E. Law Transporta­ tion Co., deck office'Ts are also covered by Licensed Division con­ tracts. An application has been filed for certification covering the marine engineers of the National Habours Board at Montreal and several other East Coast companies are be­ ing organized by the SIU Licensed Division. The election was the end result of a beef which started last No­ vember when thte Lakes Carriers Association signed a yellow-dog contract with the CBRT covering engineer officers. Before the new year, the 10 companies were in­ volved in the dispute before the Labour Board. Deckhands Learn Diving For 07 Pay MONTREAL—SlU of Canada members who work on the dredge Angus R have been acquiring a new skill—sklndivlng. The Angus R, owned by the Uni'ied Dredging Company, is operat.\ng on the St. Lawrence near Seven Islands, an area with an unusually rocky bottom. It is often necessary to send skindivers be­ low to assist in removal of the rocks. Consequently, the company set up a school in Montreal harbor to give Interested deckhands ten days' instruction in skindiving. Once they successfully complete the course, deckhands are eligible to work on the dredge as deck­ hand-divers. Each time they go over the side with flippers on, they collect bonus money. SIU Canadian District Halls FORT W1LL1.\M Ontiiiio H.^LIFAX, N.S. 408 Simpson St. Phone: 3-3221 IZB'ii HoIIis St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL 634 St. James St West victor 2-8161 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569 THOROLD. Ontario ... 52 St. David St. CAnal 7-52?a TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4 5719 VANCOUVER. BC. 298 Main St. ST. JOHN. NB 177 Prince William St. OX 2-5431 �Ak^RS' toe -Pitlfit' Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Maintaining The Dry Storeroom The quality of the food served aboard ship depends to a considera­ ble extent on the way all subsistence food items are stored and pre­ served after being delivered to the vessel. All food must be kept at proper storage temperatures, as protection against contamination and to insure that freshness is maintained for as long as possible. There is a large variety of foods and food products that require no refrigeration at all; however, since these usually need less carp and at­ tention than other items, they often suffer from a complete lack of attention. These include the food items kept in the dry storeroom, such as canned fruits, juices and vegetables, condiments, spices, pre­ serves, cereal and flour products, coffee, tea and evaporated milk. Temperatures in the dry storeroom should be maintained as much as possible at 70° F. and no higher than 80° F. Even items packed in tin or glass will not last indefinitely. They will keep longer and re­ quire less care than others but, the same as all subsistence items, they are of a perishable nature. Heat, high humidity, rust, insects, rough ..handling, dirt and contamination all combine to shorten the life of these foods while they're in dry storage. The only way to avoid eventual spoilage is to follow good rules of sanitation and to keep this storage space cool, clean and, especially, dry—just as its name implies. Good sanitation practices require that every part of the storei'oom be thoroughly clean at all times. This in­ cludes all shelves, walls, gratings and decks. The temperature here is not always easy to control; care should be taken to see that an electric fan is in service and working properly. A fan or other good means of ventilation should be directed to where flour, cereals and related products are stored to help control the in­ sect problem. Consultants of the Food and Ship Sanitation Depart­ ment have frequently recommended this procedure aboard ship, as they often find little or no ventilation at all in dry storerooms. When storing, flour should be placed in the coolest and best ven­ tilated spot in the storeroom and never next to foods having strong odors. A simple, raised platform about eight inches off the deck should be erected for use in stacking flour bags. Maximum circulation of air • around the bags can be obtained if they are cross-stacked five or six sacks high. Prior to storing, flour remaining from the previous voyage should be checked to see if it is insect-infested. All traces of dirt and con­ tamination should be removed and the gratings and decks be thoroughly cleaned and aired. When flour is received, it should be spot-checked for possible weevil contamination right away. If there is any sign of weevils, the whole lot should be rejected. This can prevent a lot of grief later on. In addition, when storing, rearrange the storeroom to make room for. the new stock. Mark and identify the old stock, usually with the voyage number, so that it can be used first on the next voyage out. Everything should be stored so that labels face the front for easy Identification when needed. t. X. X Most recognized, brand names of canned fod are of good quality, but sometimes a man In the galley will run across a ran that is swellen; _^dented or rusty. Chances are that the food inside such a can is 'spoiled. Normally, the ends of a can should be flat or slightly concave (drawn in). If the ends or sides bulge out, it may mean that the con­ tents have rotted and produced a gas which causes swelling. There are other reasons for swelling, such as overstuffing or hot weather. The contents may still be good, but you can't tell until they're examined. An important point is never to receive damaged or swollen cans. If a can in stock becomes swollen, the contents should be checked carefully before cooking. The food should be thrown out if it appears softer and "mushier" than it would ordinarily. If it contains gas bubbles or if it has a peculiar and unnatural odor. Food should never be tasted if there is any reason to believe it may be bad. A single taste can cause food poisoning. (Comments and suggestions are inuited by the Department and can be submited to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) "Fit&r a Seafarer! TUE fc>ov> vaxces/aaifiov^f* mfm/i£M>m''i'0Rl4SlUCAFBr£/Z/AS ARB &SAABV fiTR THE Ot-ii. ONiai. tWop in 7hF/\K/.T VMB YaJkEMIHBVAlL. Ask Change in NLRB's Lifeboat Trainees Do Their Stuff Procedures WASHINGTON—A plan to over­ haul the National Labor Relations Board so as to make it more effi­ cient and speed up its procedures -has been submitted to Congress by the Administration. The proposed plan would allow NLRB Officials at the local level to dispose of many of the routine matters which ordinarily clutter up the Board's calendar. The Board members would then be free to act upon more important issues. Unions have often complained about the lengthy delays involved in getting NLRB action on matters of importance. Delays of a year or more are not uncommon. While investigation anci examination of evidence sometimes take consid­ erable time, much of the delay is the result of a backlog of pending cases. 6roup of StU Training School studenti take a trial spin at the oars ds part of their two-week course of preparation'for the Coast Guard's test for lifeboat tickets, (bourses are given periodically by experienced SlU instructors at head­ quarters. . " • Hevr Del Rio Boasts Speed, Top Cargo-Handling Efficiency NEW ORLEANS—If the initial performance is any indication, the SlU-manned Del Rio, first of the newly-built cargo liners to enter service for Mississippi Shipping, has exceeded the company's expectations. On her maiden voyage to rapid loading and unloading. The conventional in that it consists of South America the vessel de­ mechanical hatch covers are so revolving cranes. In addition, tha monstrated cruising speed arranged that.-most of the cargo vessel has a 60-ton heavy lift. Most which exceeded her rated perform­ ance. Rated at 18 knots, the Del Rio sustained a speed of better than 19 knots, with her skipper reporting that she still had 20 percent of her Jiorsepower In re­ serve. From the company's point of view, the additional speed is wel­ come, since, in the long run, it makes for more voyages in a given time span. In addition, the vessel's hatch arrangements made for far more holds have three hatch openings where normally there would be only one. Between the forward and aft deckhouses, there are 15 hatches In five rows of three abreast, where. normally there would be just Ave hatch openings. An additional two hatches are be­ hind the after house and forward of the bridge respectively. Because of all these openings, iGHdlng and unloading of small cargo lots is greatly simplified, since the numerous hatches make for easy access to all sections of the hold. The ship's cargo-handling gear differs considerably from the of the C-type cargo ships have a 35-ton heavy lift, with some.having 50-ton lifts. The ship's higher speed and faster turnaround reflect the trend in the industry towards moving a greater amount of cargo per ship and a reduction of the time spent at the dock, which is costly delay. The Del Rio is the first of threa vessels contracted for by Missis­ sippi in a long-range replacement program which will eventually in­ volve all of the company's existing vessels. The total cost of the pro­ gram is expected to be in tha vicinity of $150 million. itiii SlU Aflantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Claude Slmmonj Lindaey WiUiamt Earl Shepard A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BiU Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON "278 State St. John Araba^cz, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 1022S W. Jefferion Ave. Paul Drozak. Agent VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS....679 4tb Ave.. Bklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. R. Matthews. Agent CApital 3-4089; 3-408C JACKSONVIfcLE 2608 Pearl St., SE.. Jax WUliam Morris, Agent ELgIn 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent - FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 830 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7548 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brookiyn HYaclnth 9-6800 NORFOLK 418 Colley Ave. Paul Gunaorchik. Agent MAdison 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 2804 S. 4th St. S. CarduUo, Agent DEwey 8-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 490 HarrUon_% Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401 SANTURCE, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos. Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 SEATTLE 2909 lit Ave. red Babkowski. Agent Main 3-4334 WILMINGTON. CaUl 909 N. Marine Ave. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2928 Cruise Liners Will Dump 'Essential' Runs, Co South WASHINGTON—With the passage of a special amendment to the Federal maritime statutes, six American-flag passenger liners will enter the busy West Indies cruise trade this fall. The bill, sponsored original-"^' ly by Rep. .Herbert C. Bonner marine into a rigid mold, with (Dem-NC) permits American some operators servicing the sopassenger ships to stray from their specified trade routes during the slack season without losing their operating subsidies. Three American-flag operators, American Export, Mooremack and US Lines, plan to enter the trade which has been dominated by for­ eign-flag liners in-recent years. New Business Before passage of the bill, ship opel-ators were compelled to keep their passenger vessels on the spe­ cified trade route all year round. Now, participation in the Carib­ bean cruise service will enable them to go after other business during normally slack shipping periods. The legislation substantiates the position of the National Committee for Maritime Bargaining that the present "essential trade route" system of subsidizing Americanflag ship operations Is outmoded. The NCMB has criticized the pres­ ent subsidy system as freezing the operations of the US merchant called "esseutial" routes getting all of the benefits of subsidy, while other operators on other routes are denied assistance. NCMB Position On Subsidy Meanwhile, the NCMB has point­ ed out, other services, such as tha Caribbean trade, the ore-carrying trade, grain export and the oil import operation, have grown enor­ mously, none of them being cov­ ered by the subsidy programs. The plans of the three compa­ nies to enter the Caribbean cruise trade indicate recognition of the shift in trade patterns. US Lines, in fact, is reportedly preparing to put both Its passenger vessels, the United States and the Amreica^, on the Caribbean run, abandoning the "essential" North Atlantic service in the slack season. Export Lines plans to use two of its three passenger vessels on Caribbean service, while Moore McCormack will utilize the Argen­ tina and the Brazil for West Indies runs. �mL SEAFARERS UIW Signs Up New Shop; Union Organizing 4 More IO0 "Wag/t Twcnty-O^ UIW Convention Delegates At Work The United Industrial Workers is on the verge of organizing four industrial shops in New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl­ vania with a total work force of 130. In addition, the Union has been recognized as bar--*^ gaining agent for a Baltimore contribution of 10-cents an hour for each employee, soon after the plant with 60 workers. UIW was certified. UIW National Director Steve Cardullo announced that the Un­ ion has petitioned for an NLRB election at Staten Island Petro­ leum Co. (Sipco), an oil retailing firm employing about 20 drivers, servicemen, mechanics and others. The UIW has also petitioned for an NLRB election at Highway Trailer Corp., of Newark, NJ, which also employs about 20 per­ sons. In Philadephia,^ the UIW has petitioned for an' NLRB election at Ape Plastics, a company which has over 30 employees. The Union is also organizing among the 62 NEW YORK — Substantial In­ employees at the Trenton Textile creases in pay and fringe benefits Manufacturing Co., of Trenton, NJ. for UIW members were won re­ cently when contracts were re­ newed for another two years by the United Industrial Workers Union at Morsan Tents and. the Eduhom Corp. The Morsan contract covered II employees at the plant which man­ ufactures canvas goods and camp­ The Welfare Plan of the United ing supplies. Industrial Workers paid a total of More recently, the Union nego­ 94 claims in May, which totaled tiated another two-year contract $8,916.04 and IB of the claims for UIW members at the Eduhom were for $200 or more. Corp., in Queens, which has 20-25 The top claim last month was employees during the peak season. for $492.50 which went to Mar­ A few other contract renewals garita Ro&adu wiiu works at Amer­ were being discussed in negotia­ ican Castings in Brooklyn. There tions earlier this month. These in­ were eight maternity benefits paid cluded Beam Matic, Long Island in May, one of them for $245 to City; Independent Cordage, New the wife of Gilbert Aviles of Dis­ York, and Eastern Automotive, play & Advertising Forwarding Bronx. It was expected that these Co., of New York. pacts would be signed before James Lee of Seatrain Lines, month's end. Edgewater, NJ, collected a wel­ fare benefit check for $464 in May. Maternity benefit payments were made included Donald Ramey of Air Master; Ernesto Fer­ nandez of All American Metals; Maria Fardello; Juan Ronda; Gil­ bert Aviles; Charles Griffin; John Greenwood and William Painter. All union members should regularly ottend the member­ ship meetings in their area. These meetings are devoted to discussions of matters vital to the welfare and security of every UIW member and his family. What's more, these meetings provide every UIW member with the opportunity to speak up and state his views about these vital matters. Here is the schedule of the next meetings: Belfort Instrument Co., of Bal­ timore, one of the finest precision machine shops on the East Coast, recognized the UIW as bargaining agent for its 60 employees after an impartial arbitrator ruled that the Union represented a majority of the workers. Warren Leader, UIW organizer in Baltimore, noted that Belfort agreed to a health and welfare Morsan, Eduhom Pacts Renewed Three of the delegates to the first .quadrennial UIW convention look over a report before bringing it up on the convention floor. The three delegates are (I to r] Odell Wafts, Joha Holiday, and Joseph Walsh, all of Philadelphia. (/IW Convention Pledges UIW Welfare Pays Benefits To Expand Union Activity These Are Your Union Meetings —Attend Thern! A pledge to continue expanding its organizing' activities was made by the United Indus­ trial Workers of the Seafarers International Union at its first quadrennial convention in May. resolution urged workers to The Union was urged to look Steve Cardullo, UIW Na­ The seek legitimate labor movement into the possibility of establishing tional Director, predicted that representation. a UIW newspaper to serve the in­ the Union's membership will The convention resolved to im­ terests of industrial workers. be greatly ninltiplipd by the time of the next convention in 1965 in Philadelphia. The pledge to conduct aggres­ sive organizing campaigns in non­ union industrial shops was one of a dozen resolutions approved by the delegates to the convention which began May 24 at Union headquarters in Brooklyn. Another key resolution con­ demned company unions and served notice that employers will not be able to escape paying fair wages and instituting decent work­ ing conditions and contracts through the company union dodge. UIW Convention Committee MEW YORK - Wednesday, July 5, at 6 PM, SlU Hall, 675 Fourth Ave., B'klyn. BALTIMORE - Wednesday, July 5, at 7:30 PM, SlU Hall, 1216 E. Baltimore St. SUNBURY - Sunday, July 9, at 2 PM, Friendship Fire Company. PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday, July 11, at 7:30 PM, SlU HG?; 2604 S. 4th Street. The Organization and Grievance Committee at the UIW convention checks over the list of newly organized shops. The committee included II to r) John Holiday, Phila.; Warren Leader, Balt.t Jack Miller, Phila. (seated), and Ralph Quinnonez, NY. prove and sticiiglhen the UlW Welfare Plan. The urgency ot Federal social legislation was stressed at the convention vvhen delegates called for improved So­ cial Security benefits and lauded aid to education, minimum wage and depressed areas laws. Unemployment Benefits Various state unemploymerit in­ surance and workmen's compensa­ tion benefits are presently inade­ quate in the face of rising costs, the convention noted. The Union is fighting reactionary legislation which would limit jobless benefits in Maryland. A resolution on automation called on employers to provide for retraining in cases where automa­ tion displaces workers. The UIW convention committed the Union to preserving the jobs of its mem­ bers and condemned the false charges of "featherbedding" fre­ quently made by employers when they desire to throw workers out of their jobs. Support Civil Rights Support for civil rights was pledged as the convention recalled the "UIW constitution which de­ clares its adherence to equal rights for all, regardless of race, religion or national origin. The convention called for Congres­ sional action on a Fair Employ­ ment Practices bill. The anti-labor activities of large employers such as Sears and Roe­ buck were condemned by the con­ vention. Recognizing the great value of joint union-employer health and safety programs, the delegates urged the UIW to investigate the possibility of establishing a health and safety program with con­ tracted companies for the benefit of members. Delegates also approved the pol­ icy of continuing to cooperate with its affiliates in using joint facilities such as union halls and office space. In the first election of perma­ nent officers, Steve Cardullo of Philadelphia was elected National Director of the UIW. A1 Kerr, New York, was vofed SecretaryTreasurer; Lindsey Williams ol New Orleans was elected Gulf Coast Area Director; Jack Miller of Philadelphia was elected Atlan­ tic Coast Area Director and A1 Tanner, Detroit, was elected Great Lakes Area Director. Delegates to the convention were John J. Dwyer, N.Y.; John Holiday, Phila.; Warren Leader, Balto.; Sal Maccarone, Phila.; Ralph Quinnonez, NY; Frederick Stewart, NY; Joseph Walsh, Phila.; Odell Watts, Phila. Convention delegates lauded re­ ports from Gulf and Lakes direc­ tors which pledged vigorous ef­ forts to organize the thousands of unorganized workers. The news on this page deals with people working under the SIU banner in shoreside estab­ lishments engaged in maritime production and allied fields. Included among the items made are cordage, canvas, lifesaving equipment, ship's gear and related industrial products. Because there had not been any organization avail­ able to them, many of these workers were formerly without any union protection, until they came under the SlU banner. Developments in their area will be reported here because they are an important part of the maritime industry. �SEAFARERS iNre Twtnif-'Twm b: 8 P At r t. a c t ( 1 -.1 1 I i All of the following 5IU families have re­ ceived a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Unioo in the baby's name, representing a total of $6,800 in maternity' benefits and a maturity value of $850 in bonds: Cora Endres, bortf March 81, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael Endres, Baltimore, Maryland. Christian Jensen, Bom April 16, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Flemming Jensen, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 4. » 1 Johnny Wing, born March 8, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Yao Fang Wing, San Francisco, Cali­ fornia. 4. i t Manuel Rial, born April 25, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Man­ uel Rial, Brooklyn, New York.^ t> t> if Thomas Bog:uski, born April 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles Boguski, Havertown, Pennsyl­ vania. 4» t 4» Roy Davis, bom December 23, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. Davis, Houston, Texas. 4* 4» 4> . Henry Aiien, born January 18, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. James C. Allen, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4< 4^ 4- Donna L. Brown, born April 19, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Woodrow Brown, Tampa, Florida. 4' 4' 4" Gail L. King, born March 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Royal A. King, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4 4" 4 Micheie Cain, born April 16, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Patrick Cain, East Boston, Massachusetts. 4 4 4 Jeffrey Lunsford, born February 23, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Duane Lunsford, Baltimore, Mary­ land. 4 4 4 Gloria Ann Bames, born April 20, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ liam Barnes, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 Randall Murrell, born April 4, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert Murrell, Awendaw, South Caro­ lina. t t •$ ' 4 4 4 Kim Robert Welch, born April 9, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. El­ bert Welch, Covington, Louisiana. Joan Huber, born May 5, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joel Huber, Portland, Oregon. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ronald Quanico, born April 16, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Isabclo Quanico, Jamaica, New York. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $49,000 in benefits was paid. (Any apparent delay in payment of claims is normally due to late fjling, lack of a beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disr position of estates.) Donald D. Smith, 35: Brother Michael Duseviteh, 51: Brother Charles T. McAvoy, 38: Brother Dusevitch passed away from a Smith died of pneumonia on March McAvoy died of a heart ailment Philip OToole, born April 13, heart ailment on 19, 1961 at Se­ aboard the S3 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John March 13, 1961, attle, Washing­ Mount Whitney O'Toole, Baltimore, Maryland. ' in Houston, Texas. ton. He had been at C a St el a r a. He had shipped sailing in the 4 4 4 Italy, on May with the SIU since SIU engine de­ James Rose, bom May 13, 1961, 1960. He ha 1948 in the engine partment since to Seafarer and Mrs. James Rose, sailed since 1952 department. His 1957, His mother, Baltimore, Maryland. with the «IU in widow, Mrs. Ther Mrs. Delma Hop­ the engine de4 4 4 esa Dusevitch, of kins, of Portland, partment. A Henry Castronover, born April Haverhill, Mass., Oregon, survives. brother, Edward 8, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John survives. Burial McMinville, Ore., McAvoy, of Oak­ Castronover, Long Beach, Cali- was at Haverhill Cemetery. Total was listed as the place of burial. land, California, survives. Tho fomla. beneflt: $4,000. place of burial Is not known. Total Total benefit: $4,000. 4 4 4 4 4 4 benefit: $4,000. 4 4 4 Linda Bishop, born March 9, John F. Eustaee* 32: Brother 4 4 4 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy Robert C. White, 38: A brain Eustace died as the result of gun­ Bishop, Freeport, Florida. Theodore Smith, 56: Heart dis­ tumor was the, cause of death to shot wounds on ease was the cause of death to Brother White on 4 4 4 August .19, 1960, Brother Smith at January 10, 1961 Bertha Groen, born May 10. 1961, at North Bend, the Duval Medi­ at the French to Seafarer and Mrs. Jacobus Oregon. He had cal Center, Jack­ Hospital, Izmir, Groen, Mobile, Alabama. shipped with the sonville, Florida, Turkey. He had SIU in the deck 4 4 4 on April 13, 1961. shipped with the department since Susan Fazan, born March 27, He had been SlU engine de­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Antonio 1957. Surviving Is shipping SIU in partment since a brother, Robert Pazan, Merritt Island, Florida. the steward de­ 1957. Surviving Eustace, of New 4 4 4 partment since is his w i d o w, York City. Burial Donald Wenniberg, born May 6, was at North Bend. Total bone- Mrs. Mabel Ann 1938. His widow, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William m: $500. White, of King, North Carolina. In­ Mrs. Wiihelmina Wenniberg, St. Louise, Minnesota. terment was at King, NC. Total Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, sur­ ^ 4 4 4 vives. Savannah was listed as the benefit: $4,000. 4^ 4 4 Floyd M. Farris, 40: Brother Farplace of burial. Total benefit: Susan Lawrence, born March 26, ris was assumed drowned and lost 4 4 4 $4,000. 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Sandy at sea on Novem­ Paul Signorino, 46: Brother Sig4 4 4 Lawrence, Jr., South Norfolk, Vir­ ber 21,1959, while norino died of a heart disease on ginia. aboard the SS Golden E. Parker, 60: Brother January 19, 1961, Parker passed away of a heart ail­ 4 4 4 Valiant Power. at New Orleans, Elizabeth Dawson, born May 13, He had shipped ment on April 27, Louisiana. He 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William since 1958 with 1961 at the UShad shipped with Dawson, Claiborne, Maryland. the SIU in tiie PHS Hospital. the SIU in th~e engine depart­ Baltimore, Mary­ 4 4 4 steward depart­ ment. Surviving land. He had Michelle Graley, born April 24, ment since 1955, is his father, sailed since 1943 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William and is survived Marion Farris, of as a member of Graley, Moss Point, Mississippi. by his widow, Valley Station, Kentucky. Total the SIU 'engine 4 4 4 Mrs. Dorothy benefit: $4,000. department. His Carol Lee Viilarreai, born Janu­ ' Smith, of Gram4 4 4 son, Carroll H. ary 5, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Colls, 55: Brother Colls ercy. La. Covington, La., was the Parker, of Balti­ Alexandre Viilarreai, Galveston, died of cancer on November 25, place of burial. Total benefit: $4,000. more, survives. Burial was at Texas. 1960 In Puerto Juniper Cemetery, Baltimore. To­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rico. He had tal benefit: $4,000. Allan Gasklns, born May 4, 1961, George D. Rourke, 58; A kidney sailed since 1952 to Seafarer and Mrs. Lindsay Gasailment was the cause of death to with the SIU as kins, Portsmouth, Virginia. Brother Rourke a member of the Arthur Lythall, 64: Brother Lyon April 23, 1961 4 4 4 engine depart­ thall died of heart disease at Penn­ at Longmeadow, Carol Lee Viilarreai, bora Janu­ ment. Surviving sylvania Hospi­ Mass. He began ary 5, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Alejan­ is his widow, tal, Philadelphia, shipping in the dro Viilarreai, Galveston, Texas. Mrs. Filomena Pa., on March 22, SIU deck depart­ 4 4 4 Colls, of Lares, 1961. He had ment in 1940 and Michelle Graley, born April 24, Puerto Rico. sailed as a mem­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Lares was listed as the place of had been receiv­ ber of the SIU ing special dis­ Graley, Moss Point, Miss. engine depart­ burial. Total benefit: $4,000. ability benefits ment since 1956. since last August. Thelma Chatelle Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Alice of Philadelphia C. Rourke, of Longmeadow. St. was named as ad­ Michael's Cemetery, Springfield, ministratrix of his estate. Mount Mass., was the place of burial. To­ Morris Cemetery, Philadelphia, tal benefit: $4,000. t was the place of burial. Total ben­ efit: $500. 4 4 4 Agustin Vazquez, born April 18, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Agustin Vazquez, Brooklyn, New York. '• ,- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tammy Lee Bennett, born March 18, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Barney Bennett, Pearlington, Mississsippi. Michael Keidinger, born March 27, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ert Kiedinger, Houston, Texas. Roxanne Rose Rotolo, born March 31, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Rotolo, Seattle, Wash­ ington. HikiHi LOG In the hospital? Call SIU Hall immediately! Leonard Munna, 60: A heart at­ tack was the cause of death to Brother Munna on November 28, 1960 in New Or­ leans, La. He had shipped in the SIU steward de­ partment since 1943. Surviving is his w i d 0 w, Mrs. Anna M. L. Munna; two sons, Leonard and Raymond, and a daughter, Dominica, all of New Or­ leans. Burial was in New Orleans. Total benefit: $4,000. 4 4 4 Fred Miller, 69: Brother Miller passed away at home in Jensen Beach, Florida, due to cancer on September 25, 1960. He began shipping with the SIU in the deck department In 1944. His widow, Mrs. Ulla Miller, of Jensen Beach, survives. Delray Crematory at Delray Beach, Fla., was the place of burial. Total ben­ efit: $4,000. �m Steak, Shrimp Feature Delta Crew Cookout SEAFARERS SHIPBOARD SKETCHES kSOC "by Bon Graham . TJhie crew of the Del Ore (Delta Line) goes for tliat outdoor cook­ ery, Judging from a report by ship's delegate Gaintan Montesano on the vessel's recent trip. Between brolied steak and sausage, boiled shrimp and beer, the cookout was quite a success. The treasurer reported that |45 from the ship's fund was ex­ pended for the vittles plus a barbeque grill and some charcoal to give it all that charcoal-broiled flavor. The ship's minutes carried a note that the crew voted thanks to the ship's delegate, the steward de­ partment and all other crewmembers involved In preparing and holding the successful cookout and shrimp boil. The affair could have continued for the whole voyage except that the food gave out. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Action to get ships in shape for the summer sailing ahead, including repair work detailed on the repair list, is being taken by crews of many vessels. The crew of the Yaka-^^ install New York branch, after which (Waterman) will they cooperated. screens on messall ports in Isthmian Ship's Snggestlons "You know that '100 percent, last-a-lifetime, hand-loomed oriental rug' you brought home this trip?" Tragedy At Sea Notify Union On LOG Mail By Felix Riesenberg As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG Involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, three copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next port of call. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. She watched the freighter leave the shore. She saw her darling wave. She heard his final words once more, ."My dear, you must be brave." A war tvas raging on the sea. And fear was in her heart. But he must fight to keep her free, So never more they'd part. So often things don't go as planned, And when the ship put in. Her darling Jimmy didn't land. For the sea had married him. Scholarship Plan Changes Sought To the Editor: It seems to me that some changes in the SIU scholarship program are needed, somewhat along the following: The SIU should assure its members that those who would study on Union grants would strive in their future to create a stronger United States mer­ chant marine, finer ships and by their,education to make our work easier. I remind the Union, if we do not help ourselves at every opportunity, who will help us?^ Is it not strange that those memfiers who receive the SIU scholarship awards do not plan to return to work with us, to eat our shipboard food and per­ haps to teach their fellow brothers something of the arts and sciences which we, through the scholarship program, sent them to learn? Arnold Lewine i 4» 4" Opposes CG Health Role To the Editor: I see by reading the SEA­ FARERS LOG and the SUP newspaper that some Califdrnia Congressman wants to give the Coast Guard the power to de­ cide if we are physically able to ship. Right now, all of the union contracts, so far as I know, say that the Public Health Service has the right to decide whether or not a man is "fit for duty." agency as far as physical fitSo seamen are already under Face Twenty-Tlwre# LOG control of one Government ness goes. Why bring another one iil on it? I would say that the only rea­ son is this: The people behind this must figure that the Coast Guard has it in for merchant seaman and would do every­ thing in their power to knock you and me out of a Job on a ship if they could. It seems to me the Coast Guard has plenty to say already whether or not a man can ship. Anyway, even if they got the au­ thority over physical fitness, they would have to use Govern­ ment doctors to decide whether a man could ship and that would put it right back into the Public Health Service again. It sounds like a crackpot idea altogether and I hope that the Congress does not pay any at­ tention to it. Henry C. Webster 44» i Gives Thanks For Flowers To the Editor: I ,wish to express my most sincere thanks to the members of the SIU for the lovely floral ofTcring sent upon the death of my son, John J. Brennan. Mr. Arabasz was so helpful to me. I again wish to express my ap­ preciation for the time and ef­ fort he spent on my behalf. - The check from the SIU Wel­ fare Plan will be a big heli> to me and if possible I wouM greatly appreciate it If I could continue to receive the SEA­ FARERS LOG and acknowl­ edge this letter in the LOG. Again, many thanks for all that you have done for me. Mrs. Josephine Brennan Books To Aid Developing Lands To the Editor: Many undeveloeed nations have large number of their people illiterate due to the shortage of books in these countries. Seafarers', because we ship from book-rich nations to these developing lands in Asia and Africa, are in an ex­ cellent position to make some positive contributions in this area of need. It would require little of our addition to seeing that all re­ pairs on the old list are done. Health end safety measures taken aboard the Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas) include checking on medical supplies kept aboard ship and moving of gar­ bage barrels aft of deckhouse when deck cargo is carried. No garbage will be dumped forward of the house or out of portholes. Shade From The Sun To provide some shade from the noonday sun, Danny Boy (Cargo and Tankship) has re­ quested awnings for both the port and starboard sides of the vessel. The crew will also check on re­ pairing of fans.. Fumigation of the midship area as well as repairs to refrigerators, decks, passageway and messhall are being acted upon by the Montego Sea (Standard Marine). The crew also ran into some draw dif­ ficulties, when company was late in sending checks to Asian atopoffs. The crew of the Zephyrhlll (Pan American Overseas) also ran into some draw proble.ns while in Asia. Both captain and agent insisted they could not get dollars or trav­ elers' checks. The ship's delegate then proceeded to show them they could change a draft into dollars or check by going to American Express or National City Bank of need help and I believe the Union would whole-heartedly support our efforts. The books could be collected from friends, libraries that no longer need them, and those we ourselves read on long voyages. They could be stored in headquarters and in the outports before being sent over with us. When one looks at the poten­ tial of such a voluntary effort by seamen, it becomes obvious that we should gladly under­ take the job—and soon. Harry N. Schorr it 4 _ Appreciates Aid In Time Of Need All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. time and energy to collect books and carry them overseas with us to these lands. The ship's agent could notify schools, missions and other groups work­ ing.to combat illiteracy to meet the ship when it docks to pick Up the books. Such a program would be an excellent example of the con­ cern that Americans have for all peoples of the world who To the Editor: I would, like to thank all of the members of the SIU for their aid in my time of need. In addition, the help from my husband's shipmates was great­ ly appreciated. A word of sincere gratitude to Reed Humphries, agent in Wilmington, California, is due for the help he gave me in ob­ taining my maternity benefits. Myrtle M. Castronover 4 4 4 Appreciates Kind Message To the Editor: I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the members of the crew on the SS De Soto for their kind mes­ sage to me upon the death of my husband's mother. She passed away while my husband was on'the ship at sea. Mrs. F. J. Cunningham Steel Maker (Isthmian) wants ship's sickbay moved topside when vessel goes to shipyard. Also would like to see Union negotiat* to have crews on Isthmian ships get draws in dollars instead of travelers' checks. A second Isthmian ship, Steel Apprentice lists other proposals for contract negotiation, including air-conditioning for ships on Per­ sian Gulf runs, elimination of top bunks, increase in hospital bene­ fits to $35 for single and $45 for married men, provide pension for any member with 20 years' serv­ ice regardless of seatime and allow members to use own doctor and hospital. Del Sol (Mississippi) suggests that crewmembers using brown soap to wash laundry dissolve ths soap before putting it into the washing machine. Undissolved soap plugs the drain hose and gums up the machine. Corrects LOG's Ship Description To the Editor: I was especially interested in the picture on page 24 of the May issue. With due respect, I want to point out two errors in the description of the pic­ tures. • The SS Margaret was not a Hog Islander, as any oldtimer would know from the silhou­ ette. Slie was built at Sparrows Point, IMaryland, by the Mary­ land Steel Company, now Beth­ lehem Shipbuilding Company. The SS Major Wheeler was not what oldtimers called a "laker." A lak?r was a steam­ er built on the lakes and brought down through the locks for World War I service. I for­ get where the Major Wheeler was built, but she was larger than the lakers, capable of carrying about 5,000 tons dead­ weight, while the lakers were built to carry about 3.500 tons. Willard A. Kiggins, Jr. (Ed. Note: The three ships involved were all lost in WW 11, because of enemy uclivii.) 4 4 4 Keep Sending Copies Of LOG To the Editor: Its been sometime since I wrote and thanked you for mailing copies of the LOG, which I enjoy reading very much. I hope to continue re­ ceiving copies so that I can keep up with the progress of the SIU and the Union in gen­ eral and its many changes since my seafaring days. Anthony DaBoull �, SEAFARERS too FJigi -TweBtsr-FyMBT SIU Mans Overseas Rose; Will Bring It Up To Snuff (The follou-ing article was submitted by engine delegate Charles J. Welbom.) The Overseas Rose, formerly the Robert Luckenbach of Luckenbach Steamship Com­ pany, is now in service with the SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas Corporation and was crewed up in Seattle before.^ she started on her run to Asia. A full complement of 32 men was put aboard the ship, coming from the Seattle hall. Actually the ship was laid up in Portland and a bus was charted to take us there the morning after the shipping call. Seattle agent Ted Babkowski was on hand to send us off in grand style with our lunch money for the trip down to Port­ land. Our steward, Robert Donnelly, has been turning out some darn good menus in spite of the fact that the ship is not stored accord­ ing to the SIU standard and the meat is not up to the grade we are used to. This will all be changed when we return to the States. At payolt time, we will also take care of a few other beefs, all part of shaping Crewmembers of the newly up a new ship to the SIU standard. contracted Overseas Rose Grain For Pakistan snapped by bosun Bob HotFrom Portland we took a full cock (I. to r.) top picture load of grain to Karachi, Pakistan, which is as hot as usual for this standing, Kushelevski, wiper; part of the world. From here we Simms, wiper; Czeslowsk, are supposed to return to a Gull oiler; sitting, Gutske, chief port for our payoff. cook; Donnelly, steward. Bot­ In spite of the fact that this run tom picture, Fowler, oiler; is also a sort of shakedown for the Henry, AS; Pound, AB; Hatship, all departments are running cock, bosun, and O'Connor, as smooth as can be expected. Given a little time, this will be­ DM. come a good SIU ship to sail on. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfleld), April 1—Chairman, Arnot; Secretary, W. D. Makln. All repairs made as per agreement. Captain requests all time off taken be given by head of each department. OK to have supper in port at 4:30 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. James C. Flannagan ship's secretary.* $20 in ship's fund. De­ partments reported no beefs. The following motions made for clarifica­ tion. (1) Is deck maintenance re­ quired to take temperatures in cai'go holds each morning? Is this a regular routine duty or is it the duty of the clliel iiiate? Is there OT Invoived for the deck maintenance? In this in­ stance he is required to take them seven da.vs a week. (2) Deck depart­ ment watchstanders are required to turn the blowers on and off to the cargo holds. They are in the resister house and may be considered haz­ ardous for anyone not familar with electrical work and equipment. ALCOA PEGASUS gAlcoa), April I —Chairman, C. W. White; Secretary, L. A. Forgeron. Ship's delegate re­ ported that some repairs were taken care of and the remaining repairs will be done during the trip. No beefs were reported at present. Sii.lO in treasury. A petition will be taken up by ship's delegate for improvement on welfare and retirement. Motion made that all rooms be painted out during voyage, and to have jury toilet rigged in Far East. Request ship's delegate to see patrolman about repairs to washing machine. Vote of thanks to steward department. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), April 3—Chairman, J. L. Hodges; Secretary, E. Finnerty. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. Walter Mash resigned as ship's delegate. Carpenter elected new ship's delegate. Steward elected treasurer. $26.91 In treasury. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Chairman, C. Tobias; Secretary, W. E. Harper. Ship's delegate reported a smooth sailing trip. Department delegates re­ ported all's well and no beefs. Ship's delegate requested that everybody leave the next schedule on the bul­ letin board. Not to overload or un­ derload the washing machine. Will request new machine for next voyage. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Jan^ 22—Chairman, James K. Parsell; Secretary, Joseph Hall. Ship's dele­ gate reported everything is OK. No beefs. Harry Jones elected new ship's delegate. March 12—Chairman, Billie Price; Secretary, James Pursell. Ship's dele­ gate reported some disputed OT otherwise everything OK. Vote of thanks to steward department. Re­ pair list made up. ORION COMET (Orion), April 2— Chairman, E. L. Roberts; Secretary, C.'V. Berg. Two men mis.sed ship in Sasebo, Japan. Report on letter writ­ ten to headquarters in regard to con­ ditions existing on ship. Captain will try to get washing machine agitator if possible. $20 in ship's fund left. Deck delegate reported trouble with chief mate. Several disputed hours OT and unfair division of OT. ^lotion to have Union check into tiio out- r- rageous postal rates charged crewmembers in the Persian Gulf. Motion to have negotiating committee try to get the time and a half OT rate for painting out officer's quarters. Sug­ gestion made that men going to hos­ pital arrive there for medical diag­ nosis in a sober condition. Discussion regarding aU the bad fruits and vege­ tables they are sending to the ship and steward is accepting. No coop­ eration from the skipper. ANGELINA (A. H. Bull), April 1«— Chairman, J, Haggie; Saersfsry, L, Garabedian. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. Crew refrigerator to be put on repair list. Porthole screens ordered on previous voyage but odd size ports need special screens which are to be made and installed. PRODUCER (Marine Carrier), March 12—Chairman, W, Bllger; Secretary, Guy Walter. Everything running smoothly. Diseuss draws in Sicily and Turkey. Have proper dress in mess room. Discharges coming for port time. Steward to draw schedule for cleaning foc'sles of each depart­ ment. gate reported that Rowell not satisfied with repairs. Letter sent to head­ quarters regarding washing machine. Beefs in New Orleans not settled. $17 ' in ship's fund. Department delegates reported no beefs. Jimmie Arnold elected ship's delegate. Complimented steward department on good chow. DEL VIENTO (Delta), April 14— Chairman, William WIsmersk; Secre­ tary, Joi. A. Long. Ship's delegate reported on man who missed ship twice. No beefs reported. William Weimers elected new ship's delegate. RAYVAH (Ocean Cargoes), April 2 —Chairman, Dan Browning; Secretary, Ken Foster. Ship's delegate reported that dollars be given for draws as long as the $5,000 lasts. Contacted chief engineer in ragerd to more hot water. Department delegates reported no beefs. Would like to know from headquarters whether $5,000 Ameri­ can money is all the company has to put aboard the ship. Vote of thanks to steward department for good food and service. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), April 16—Chairman, Lancelot Alexandar; LA SALLE (Waterman), April 2— Chairman, John Munnerlyn; Secre­ tary, Carl Johnson. M. M. McNiel hospitalized for operation in Nagoya, Japan, and A. R. Russo hospitalized in Honolulu. One man logged, no beefs or disputed overtime. Picked up NMU deckhand as replacement. Everything running smoothly. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld), April 2—Chairman, Frank Rowell; Secretary, Harry Huston. One man hospitalized in Bremen. Water to be checked for rust. Not enough lava soap. First assistant engineer re­ ported using foul language and curs­ ing a wiper. Vote o' thanks to stew­ ard department. Secretary, Dick Grant. Suggestion to contact company to try to keep for­ eign personnel out of crew areas while in foreign ports. Vote of thanks to steward department and ship's delegate Alexander. MOUNT RAINER (Cargo & Tankship;, March 26—Chairman, T. F. Jernigan; Secretary, Leo Morsette. FRANCES (Bull), April 11—Chair­ man, J. Walker; Secretary, W. Janish. Captain notified that washing machine parts were not put aboard at New Orleans. Promised agitator for ma­ chine in Canal Eu:ie. PORTMAR (Calmar), April 16 — Chairman, Charles Bet!?'l; Secretary, Edward Spooner. Let.er sent to headquarters in regard to a man missing ship because of improper sailing board time. No other beefs reported. Crew request better grade of toilet paper. Crew mess to quit picking on pantryman. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), April 13—Chairman, W. Smith; Secre­ tary, J. Lopham. Everything in good order except that drinking is not good for the morale of the ship or the good of the Union. $6.33 in ship's fund. Discussion on good harmony among crewmembers. Also discussion on payoffs at Pearl Harbor, and whether or not the captain could fire man. Verified transportation clause. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld), Feb. 26—Chairman, Frank B. Rowell; Secretary, Harry Huston. Ship's dele- One man hospitalized in San Juan, another In Baltimore. Chief cook taken off by patrolman in San Juan because he started fight with second cook. Ask chief mate to let dockside office know of changes after 5 PM on the sailing board. Thanks to sctward department. MERMAID (Metro Petroleum), April 16—Chairman, W. C. Sink; Secretary, Ralph Masters. Letter to headquar­ ters to ask that Seattle hall be moved to Portland where there is more shipping. Cockroaches getting out of hand although slevyard sprayed. BULK LEADER (American Bulk), March 13—Chairman, G. Hein; Secre­ tary, C. Todora. Discuss repairs to be made on voyage. Steward department doing excellent Job. Charles Ferkins is chief steward. SANTA VENETIA (Cargo & TankShip), April 9-^halrman, John P, Doyle; Secretary, Milton Foley. Amer­ ican consul in Chlttagong Ignored four calls when asked to see about draws and medical attention for the crew. Report this to headquarters IMl LOG-A-RHYTHM: General Alarm By Alexander J. Letter. "Bridge" . . . Was the answer to the lookout's call. "A ship to starboard!" . « . The lookout bawls. The fog closed in as we entered the bay . . . A tanker breaks through, head­ ing our way. "Hard over port!" the captain commands . . . And jingles to "stop" with trembling hands. The mate springs to the general alarm . . . Hoping the crew is clear of all harm. The tanker's command was also alert . . . Down to our starboard ... by inches to skirt. Sailors scrambled from quarters astern ... They'd never have made it had both ships not turned. for action. Continued bird-dogging of crew and disputed overtime. Shipped one A-book deckhand and one C-card third cook at Chlttagong. Two men were hospitalized at Chittagong. HENRY (Progressive), May 4—Chair­ man, J B. McKreth; Sevretary, J. E. McKreth. Ship's delegate reported everything going fine. No beefs. Re­ port to be made to port agent for better medical care at Bombay, India. Water has been rusty. Vote of thanks to entire steward department, and to the delegates and SIU crewmembers. HERCULES VICTORY (Hercules), May 21—Chairman, B. L. WInborn; Secretary, J. Sanchez. No beefs re­ ported. Motion made to establish ship's fund. Steward was eleected ship's treasurer. Suggestion to sougee crew messroom. . STEEL EXECUTIVE (IsthmlanI), "May 21—Chairman, Alexander D, Brodie; Secretary, Cedric R. Wood. Dis­ cussion on draw system In foreign ports. $21,80 in ship's fund. Proper schedule for showing of movies de­ cided upon. Vote of thanks to broth­ ers who arranged and operated the movies. New movies will bo obtained In San Francisco. CLOBB EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ seas), Apr. 20—Chairman, F. Van Dusen; Sevretary, J. Pullen. Some re­ pairs were taken care of and new mattresses are aboard. No beefs re­ ported. Request everyone cooperate ' with messman and help keep messhall clean. Request for first aid kit in fire room and to see about exhaust vent in engine department mead. Request steward to have a wider variety of vegetables. PENN MARINER (Penn Shipping), Apr. 30—Chairman, Wm. H. Thomp­ son; Secretary, H. F. Jaynes. All re­ pairs have been made. 'There are no beefs or disputed OT. Ship's dele­ gate reelected with a vote of thanks for a Job well done. Steward will give linen to late watch standees. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), May 14—Chairman, Jorn A. Smith; Secretary, F. Radzvlla. Crew advised to fill out welfare cards. No beefs re­ ported. To see patrolman about draws given out late at night, and about slopchest prices. Foc'sles need sougeeIng and keys made to all rooms. Vote of thanks given to stewards depart­ ment for good service and good food. MARYMAR (Calmar), May 7—Chalrmna, John DeCulty; Secreary, Gustav D. Thobe. Ship's delegate reported on rusty water. Must see patrolman at payoff. No disputed OT. Di.scussion abont oxtails, and about the washing machine being left spattered with grease. MT, MC KINLEY (Cargo A Tankship), May 14—Chairman, Lewis J. Cayton,-' Secretary,' Monroe C. Gaddy. Ship's delegate .submitting Hst to pa­ trolman regarding draws, medical care, transportation to and from doc­ tor and dentist, cigarets etc. Some dis­ puted OT in engine and steward de­ partments. Motion made that the mas- Florida State Has Unit For Gas Cooking A gas cooking outfit—the third in use by SlU-contracted companies—^was recently in­ stalled on the SS Florida State and is now cooking meals for the 27man Liberty ship crew. Aside from the Florida State, 'which is owned and operated by Ponce Products Inc., two Bull Line operated ships, the Florldlan and the New Yorker, whose owner is the Erie and St. Lawrence Com­ pany, have gas heat units for cook­ ing. On the Florida State, chief stew­ ard William H, Dunham has in­ formed the LOG that the unit in­ stalled was a new Garland Hotel gas range. The Fry-o-lator deep fat fryer and a French steamtabla also is gas heated. Bottled Gas Used The gas supply comes from bot­ tled gas containers stored and con­ trolled from the old oil tank on the second deck. The tank has been converted into a safety shed for this purpose. After a safety inspection, the operation received the approval of the Coast Guard. The advantages of gas over oil or electricity—the usual methods of cooking—are its lower cost as compared do electricity and the quick steady heat it provides as compared to oil. ter be called upon to restrain the chief engineer from entering the crew's quarters unless accompanied by both the vessel's master and ship's delegate. Refrigerator in crew mess to be repaired or replaced. Sugges­ tion that each member reimburse ship's delegate for his mailing expen­ ditures. Vote of thanks to ship's dele­ gate for the manner In which he han­ dled mailing matters as well as union affairs. FLORIDA STATE (Ponce), May 17— Chslrman, J. A. Leslie; Secretary, W, Dunham. No dispute reported, una member requested steward for new mattress which has been ordered but not delivered as yet. New stove hae been installed on this ship. CAPRI (Panamerlcan Overseas), Apr. 17—Chairman, Helms; Secretary, Hayes. No beefs reported. Ross elect­ ed ship's terasurer. Members asked to donate to ship's fund. Suggestion for an arrival pool. All toilets and showers need painting. Crew requested to have all longshoremen out of messrooms and quarters. Crew warned to go easy on the water, and pay mors attention to washing machine. PENN SHIPPER (Penn Shipping), Apr. 11—Chairman, Edward CIcarekr Secretary, L. Dean. James Moore elected .ship's delegate. One man missed ship in Longviwe, and two men missed ship in San Pedro. Some disputed OT in ejiRlne department. Larger fans needed in galley, laundry room and crew's quarters. Springs needed for crew's bunks. Cash to be used Instead of travelers' checks for draws. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), May 14-i Chairman, S. Stockmarr; Secretary, McConley Jarrell. Chief mate request that crew do not hang clothes on line while In port, and not to bring beer aboard. $22.96 in treasury. No beefs reported. One man missed ship In Newark. Request to change garlla sauce to mushroom sauce sometimes. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 11— Chairman, H. J. Koppersmlth; Secre­ tary, W. R. Stone. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. $20.62 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Motion that writing desk be installed in chief cook' and night baker's room. C. J. Beck, elected ship's delegate. Any­ one desiring a reasonable quantity of Ice to see steward during his working hours. It was agreed that the ship should be stored with a better quality of toilet ti.ssue. DEL MUNDO (Delta), May 14— Chairman, L. Moruls; Secretary, J. L. Chaitaln, Jr. No beefs reported. Motion to do away with dehydrated potatoes. Steward to takee this mat­ ter up with Union steward depart­ ment representative. Carpenter sug­ gests no one payoff until disputed OT Is paid, or permission is received from patrolman. Failure of mate to allow any painting in crew quar­ ters after same had been promised by shore officials in New Orleans. Steward department given a vote of thanks. �SEAFARERS Thanks Del Sud For Kindness To the Editor: I want to thank. the entire crew of the SS Del Sud for their kindness toward me. I had an accident aboard shift and had to be taken off in Houston, Texas, and transferred to the PHS Hospital in New Orleans. I am now undergoing therapy and orthopedic treatment as an out­ patient. In the hospital I received a »•* ::V; Hill, nViiiiiiiiiiii j|i I I. II itnliif All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. I Inuigine ther* aro a great many Seafarers who feel the way I do. I hope they write in so something c.an be done. John Cardigan 4" Twdrir-Wfn^ E0€ The Sword Knot Drops A'Line... • The Sword Knot (Suwannee) dropped a line and Rex HeiH dersoN snapped pictures of the fish that were caught. The missile ship worlcs the down range rocket run and between chasing military and moon shots, the crew fishes. Hen­ derson, who ships as a chief electrician out of New York took these pictures on a re­ cent voyage. His photo gal­ lery includes: Charlie Pickren, oiler, holding a small tuna (top, left). Crew (top) studies a 14-foot blue shark. A pregnant female, the shark had 59 pups inside. One of the pups is being held by Pickren (bottom, left). A weather technician poses (bottom, center) with a wahoo which was just shy of be­ ing six-feet long. "Rusty" Moslier, bosun, shows a three-foot dolphin to crew (bottom, right). l" Sends Members Best Regards To the Editor: Just a few lines to send all Union officers and members my best regards. New Orleans hall is tops. I know that all SIU brothers will appreciate it. I would like to hear from brother Bob SchafTer. He can reach me at Sailors Snug Har­ bor, Staten Island, NY. William Pat Driscoll 4 4 4 Thanks Union For Kindness - To the Editor: I wish to thank the Seafarers money order from the ship's Union for their kindness to me delegate from St. Thomas, Vir­ during my recent serious illness. gin Islands. The money came I thank the Lord that I am con­ from the ship's fund as did a valescing and am on my way to second money order from Rio a complete recovery. Again I thank the Union and the doctors De Janeiro. I want everyone concerned for all that they have done for words who reads the LOG to know me and cannot find enough to fully thank them. that it makes me and my fam­ Mrs. James Martin ily proud and happy to be a 4 4 4 part of an organization such as the SIU. Once again my wife and children join me in ex­ pressing our thanks and heart­ felt appreciation to a wonderful To the Editor: bunch at crewmembers aboard I received the letter and Sea­ the Del Sud and also to the farers Welfare Fund check from entire staff of the New Orleans the Union and am most grate­ USPHS Hospital, whose serv­ ful. ice to me in my hour of need It is indeed gratifying to was unsurpassed. know that Fred's friends and Vic Miorana brother members have extended J. J. this couitesy to me. I know it would be a great comfort if Fred could know of this kind­ ness. He did mention it, when To the Editor: he realized he was very ill and I would like to raise a point said many times he hoped that about the medical program and I would be able to receive the a part of it that affects the sea­ benefit assistance. So again, I would like to man and his deperidents. It rhnrrrns the SIU rnnp who lives thank the Union very much for inland or a long distance from their aid. Thanks too, to Fred's the SIU clinic. The clinic is friends and brother members. I open to his family and him­ appreciate the check and the consideration im­ self, and they are also entitled Union's to get eyeglasses. But consider mensely. Ulla E. Miller the distance some members have to travel, and the expenses 4 4 4 involved, to get to the nearest clinic. I hope that in the near future some provision will be made for To the Editor: them to obtain these benefits . I received the Welfare Plan's in their own city, closer to benefit check together with a home. nice letter and lovely floral In addition, seamen do not bouquet sent upon the death of come under the hospital plan my dear husband Theodore as we are entitled to go to the Smith. Public Health Service hospital. I wish to extend my many But this holds only if we have thanks to the Union and to the the basic PHS requirement of crew that he last worked with, 60 days' seatime in the last 90 the Raphael Semmes. days. To many this means in­ I am proud that my husband convenience and hardship and was a member of an organiza­ probably not the seatime to get tion such as the. SIU. May the into the hospital when we need Lord bless each and everyone. to. I would like to see the I hope to continue to receive Union hospital plan extended the LOG. to take care of all SIU sailors. Wilhelmina Smith Appreciates SIU Aid immenseiy Suggests Changes in Medical Plan Receives Benefit From Welfare Vow Thieves Use Portholes Undersized thieves in foreign ports have hit on a new way to gain entrance onto a ship to steal seamen's personal belongs, the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa) reported. As a result, the crew is dogging down portholes in port.. This was necessary, it was point­ ed out because "one room was stripped before docking last trip by thieves who came alongside in small boats and climbed a rope and entered through the open port­ hole." Union Squares Away Tanker Fleet Beefs The Union has recently squared away two beefs in fh» Cities Service fleet. During the past two months, Seafarers have had two beefs with the company over ship's stores which have caused itch­ used on king posts and other ship's ing, rashes and pimples when gear. The remover evidently con­ they were used. The first beef, actually a double one, involved toilet paper which seamen said was more like "sand­ paper" and soap which caused "itching and pimples." The second beef concerned a rust remover tained acid and, despite the use of rubber gloves and eye goggles, caused rashes, pimples and eys Irritation. The Union quickly acted to square these beefs to the satisfac­ tion of the crewmen. �Pare Tweaty-SIs' 10. Other disbursements (a) See Attachment (b) ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1960 , SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND 11 Broadway, New York 4, NY The data contained herein is for the purpose of providinr general Infor­ mation as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to The Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 William Street, New York 38, N.Y. 9. .10. As of December 31, 1960 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan—principal office) 11 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y. ASSETS^ Colunm» Column Column (3) (2) (1) $ 642,856.75 Cash Bonds and debentures • (a) Government obligations $1,345,514.90 (b) Non government bonds 2,646,454.06 Not (c) Total bonds and debentures 3,991,968.96 Applicable Stocks (a) Preferred 1,78 40 (b)-Common Common trusts Real estate loans and mortgages Operated real estate 5,774,796.36 Othej: investment assets Accrued interest purchased on invest­ 966.88 ments Prepaid expenses Other assets 287,241.19 (a) See Attachment (b) „ 287,241.19 (c) $6,705,861.18 11. Total assets 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. ^ LIABILITIES AND FUNDS Insurance and annuity premiums payable Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) 6,117.98 Accounts payable. See Attachment .... Accrued payrolls, taxes and other ex­ penses Total liabilities Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for future benefits and 3,652,857.00 expenses , 303.018 00 (bi Reserve for ConlingGncies 2,74^868.20 (c) Fund Balance (d) Total funds and reserves 6,117.98 6,699,743.20 $6,705,861.18 18. Total liabilities and funds 'Indicate accounting basis by check: Cash X Accrual •. Plans on a cash basis should attach • •tatement of significant unrecorded assets and liabilities. See Attachment. siThe assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used la valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not BO required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B)). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1): Bonds at Amortized Cost. U.S. Treasury Bills and Stocks at cost. Mf A (2) in item 13, PART III is checked "Yes," show In this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in lines 2c, 3a, and 3b, If such value dllTers from that reported in column (1). SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS For year ending December 31, 1960 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. ^... DISBURSEMENTS 7. Insurance and innuity premiums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits 8. Benefits provided other than through insurance car­ riers or other service organizations. See Attach­ ment 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes (e) Rent —. (f) Other acliniiii.strative expenses $ (214,660.20) 8.402,163.40 (214,660.20) (443,635.00) 2,743,868.20 SEAFARER'S WELFARE PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT—FORM D-2 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1960 Item No. Seafarers Walfare Plan is identified with various Atlantic and Gulf Coast Steamship Companies and some tugboat operators who have collective bar­ gaining agreements with the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. 5B Classes of Benefits Provided Death Scholarships Hospital Special Services Maternity Medical Examination and Safety Program Unemploynwjnt Sickness and Accident Seamens' Training School Disability Training for Licenses Medical Motion Pictures Blood Transfusions Interest Free Loans up to $100 Surgical Optical Special Therapeutic Equipment Burial Plots Blood Bank EXHIBIT B-1 ITEM 10—OTHER ASSETS Travel Advances $ 448.05 Loans to Eligibles 43,405.05 Investment in Stock of wholly-owned corporation (At Cost) 14,000.00 Advances to wholly-owned corporations 60,347.00 Miscellaneous receivable 3,034.06 Security 'deposits 134.30 Due from Other Plans 11,572.73 Advance to Contractor ; 10,000.00 $2,138,315.74 Capital Donated to Wholly-owned Corporations .... Less: Reserve for Donated Capital 1,994,015.74 144,300.00 Fixed Assets Training Ship "Munoz Rivera" Training School Facilities—New York, N. Y Training School Facilities—Mobile, Ala. Recreational Facilities—New Orleans, La. Recreational Facilities—Puerto Rico iuiiiltuie and Fixtures—New York Medical and Safety Program Facilities—Bklyn., N. Y Medical and Safety Program Facilities, Puerto Rico Medical and Safety Program Facilities, New Orleans, La Furniture and- Fittings — Blood Bank Program, N. Y., N. Y Reconversion Costs—New Orleans Bldg Cemetery Plots Lifeboat Program Equipment $3,133,829.26 227,961.25 (62.42) 133,244.20 7,852.97 30,761.47 31,318.11 612.80 193,655.06 91,012.64 38,802.81 22,924.16 558.78 642,355.92 2,103.34 1,932.64 1,197,134.90 1,197,134.90 Less: Reserve for Fixed Assets EXHIBIT B-2 RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer (b) Employees (c) Other (Specify) 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from in­ surance companies ,. 5. Other receipts (a) Equipment and office improvements rental.. (b) Interest on delinquent contributions (c) Miscellaneous $3,601,471.06 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 6, less line 11) RECONCILIATION OF FUND BALANCES 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Exce.ss (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) r 15.'Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net Increase or decrease by adjustment In asset values of investments. Amortization of Bonds (33.00) (b) Increase in reserve for benefits on eligibles on special disability and contingencies ... (484.689.26) (c) Prior years' contributions held In escrow ... 41,087.26 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES1 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 84,928.41 16. Fund balance end of year EXHIBIT B-1 8. 64,928.41 ... 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK 1. 2. Jimer<^1Mt«*>'> SEAFAREnS'hO^^ Total Other Assets ITEM 14—ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Payroll Taxes Withheld Overpayments of Loans by Eligibles .. . Miscellaneous Contributions held in escrow $ 287,241.19 $ 4,769.33 199.15 120.10 1,029.40 $ 6,117.98 EXHIBIT B-1—Statement of Significant Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities ASSETS Contributions Receivable .... $ 511,635.81 Interest Receivable on Bonds 30,554.04 •r $ 542,189.85 $ 20,686.22 3,885.43 511.12 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive 25,082.77 3,386,810.86 LIABILITIES ' Incurred Benefits Payable Liabilities for Fixed Assets Acquired for the Purpose of Providing Specific Benefits Administrative Expenses Ptiyable $ 290,668.70 168,041.08 28,176.78 $ 486,886.56 3,182,264.94 149,470.90 63,161.55 —0—" • 8,418.75 10,232.96 102,993 55 EXHIBIT B-2—Line 8 . * Benefits Provided Other than Through Insurance Carrier or other Service Orjganizatlon Cost of Benefits Paid Cost of Fixed Assets Acquired for Purpose of Providing Specific Benefits $2,391,193.69 791,071.25 $3,182,264.94 EXHIBIT B-2^Line 10 Other Disbursements Trustees' Meetings 334,277.71 9,218.78 (Continued on page 27) - it.,...A- �mi' (#1 SEAFARERS lifi lite m lHANCIAL nSPORTS. Th« oonatltutlon of tho SIU AtXantlo, Gulf, lakoo and Inand 'Vatars District makea apeclflo provlalon for aafeguardlng tho menborshlp'a •onor and union flnancea. Tho constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the memberahlp. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to in­ spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. f o . TRUST FUHUe. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements.specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­ atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees, lAll trust fund financial records are available at tho headquarters of tho various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied Information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. FdllPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by tho coiltra'cfs of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes aiid Inland Waters District, and by Union shipping rules, which are Incorporated In tho contract. Get to know your shipping rights. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights, first notify tho Seafarers Appeals Board. Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters, by' certified mall, return re­ ceipt requested. :• SK/S CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. These •contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for or on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. EDITOniAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in tho Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed Jiarmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested In an edl-. torlal board wIilcU consists of the Executive Board of tho Union. Tho Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYHEOT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for same. Under no clrcur.istance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. If in tho event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and ^ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be. called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND (ffiLIOATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months In the .TEAFAriEri,0 LOO a verballm Cupy uf its cunstltutlon. In addition, copiga are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional Tight ot obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials', etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. Tag* IVCBtg-Sevim LOG iill iiii RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue ttfbir union activities. In­ cluding attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain tholr good standing through tho waiving of their dues. John W. McCanley Please get In touch with your wife at PO Box 33, Sulphur, Loui­ siana. Vernon Taylor Please contact Pauline Cipriano, 204 nth Street, Brooklyn 15, NY. Mr. Luburich Get in touch with Mrs. Fqlice Conover, Srigo Kennels, 1045 Route 18, Old Bridge, New Jersey. Carnelo Bonafont Garcia Mrs. -Evelyn Lazu, Bo. Playa Guayanes, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, would like to hear from you. Albert Wagner Contact John Hilton, All State Insurance Company, 201 Old Coun­ try Road, Huntington Station, LI, NY. William J. Angers Get in touch with Mrs. Georgia Santos, 651 N. Walcott Ave., Chi­ cago 22, HI. Lulgi Gallo Please contact Mary Custer at 724 Benson Ave., Modesto, Calif. John H. Murray Important you contact your son at Brownell Street. Charles Robinson Harry Thrash Important mail for you from Carl McDaniel is being held at General Delivery, Seamen's Unit, New York 1, NY. James L. Smith Donald R. Hopkins Ange Panagopoulos John McDonald Contact SIU Baltimore hall con­ cerning wages from Cargo and Tankship Management. Ben Pritiken Get in touch with your father at once. Urgent. Jack Bowman John Smith Very important you get in" touch with Jake Moody, who sailed with you on the LaSalle, 103 Rogers Ave., Apt. 1, Norfolk, Va. Ex-Valiant Freedom The following men, formerly cfewmembers on the Valiant Free­ dom, should contact Otto E. Simon, Suite 1010 Van Antwerp Building, Mobile 12, Ala., concerning back pay checks: Aser Joosepson, Lindsay W. Gaskins, Timothy P. Sullivan, Daniel J. Nelson, Joseph C. Wallace, Hakan Janson, Frederick L. Comerford, Jean S. Long, Julian Brykczynski, James McGregor, Alvln R. Mabe, Clarence A. Gardner, Earl H. Gates, Disdado Lavador, Clarence C, Willey, Harry J. Cron- in, John Eaton, Arthur G. Ander­ son, Leon H. Lybert. Euseblo Rodriqnez Get in touch with the Williamsburg Welfare Center, Department of Welfare, 749 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn 38, NY. Chris Astyfides Please contact Mrs. Kiriakl Asty­ fides at 22-38 24th Street, Astoria, Long Island, NY. Jerry King Get In touch with Mrs. Barbara King, c/o Mrs. John Van Losberg, 241 West Main Street, Bayshore, Long Island. Hugh Dick Please contact your son. Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Dick, AF28113942, 924 AC&W Sq., ADC, APO 439, New Yc-k, NY. Carmclo Garcia Bonafont Please get In touch with Evelyn Lazo Bonafont, Bo. Playa Gua­ yanes, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Richard Charles Johnson Headquarters is holding a letter for you that was forwarded by th« Social Security Administration. Oscar Raynor Contact your sister, Mrs. Dowdy, at Box 376, Milan, Georgia. Robert George Schlagler Urgent you contact your sister, Mrs. Dorothy Suter, at 27911 Pompano Ave., Hayward, Calif. F. KowalskI Get in touch with your sister, Mrs. Helen Kidd, 257 Powers Street, Brooklyn, NY. Emmett Paul Contact Mr. Charles Loh, Claims Department, Northern of New York Group, 530 Kearny Street, San Francisco 8. Calif. George R. Brown Get in touch with Mr. Georgn B. Zaller, Robinson's Inc., Glen Burnie, Md. Jesse Bain Gibson, Jr. Please contact James D. Cha\ ers, Jr., 2607 East Jones Street, Savan­ nah, Ga., concerning your mother. Thomas P. Martin Please get in toucii with Mr. W. B. Minyard, Military Highway & Virginia Reach Boulevard, Nor­ folk 2, Va. Oskar Kirs Reino Pelaso would like to know where he can reach you concern­ ing the transaction in Houston two years ago. Contact him c/o SIU, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. Louis Basta Urgent you call your wife at 523-9184, New Orleans, La. ANNUAL REPORT 28 Bid For Hydrofoil Charter WASHINGTON—Interest in operating hydrofoil ships is running high in the maritime Industry, judging from the response of the operators to an invitation to operate the experi­ mental hydrofoil ship being built for the Maritime Administration. No less than 28 shipping companies have applied for 4' ' the charter on the 80-ton H. S. Wilson would use it for short coast­ into commercial service, probably •Denison, which is under con­ wise passenger runs, such as be­ under a general agency agree­ struction by the MA as part of its research program into advanced ship design. Among SlU-contracted compa­ nies making application for the vessel are Browning Lines, a Great Lakes District-contracted operator, Suwannee Steamship Company, which operates the missile ship fleet, and Wilson Steamship Corp. an IBU-contracted operator of ex­ cursion vessels. Browning would probably use the vessel on a Lakes run, although It did not indicate its specific plans for the ship. Su ,• ariiiee wants it for mis.<iile range operations, while tween Boston and Provincetown. There were a variety of other proposals submitted, including service in the inter-island trade in the Caribbean; a run between California and Catalina island; service out of Miami to Nassau; and Hudson River excursion serv­ ice out of New York City. Completion Expected Soon The 80-ton experimental vessel, which will be 104 feet long, is being built for Maritime by Grum­ man Aircraft. Completion is ex­ pected within a few weeks, follow­ ing which the boat will be tested for six months (ind then placed ment. Hydrofoils have been considered as a solution to the problem of supplying speedy overwater pas­ senger service. While not regarded as suitable for long offshore runs, thtf hydrofoil design is believed to be ideal as a ferry or riverboat operation at distances of 25 to 200 miles. Potential speeds of advanced hydrofoil craft are in the vicinity of 60 to 80 knots. Several European companies have hydrofoils in oper­ ation. The Russians reportedly have one running as a passenger ferry on Inland waterways. (Continued from page 26) Travel Expenses Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Maintenance of Real Estate Write off of Loans Due to Death of Eligibles Cost of Moving Training Ship to Puerto Rico ... 2,645.88 61,634.36 10,225.61 525.00 678.80 $ 84,928.41 ANNUAL MPOIIT OF THX SIAr/WCRS UtirARE FUND STAT* or,. CcvHTi or..'^V*Ai^ .'H W'IL Tnutm ol OK Fund ind btinf duly nrom, cnch (or himotlf drpoon nnd myt tkal Oin Annuo) Report it mw to tho bctt ol hit infermttion, 1cnowl«l|« tnd brlwf. Employtr tgtqtt; v Subtcribtd tnd twoni to bc(of« mt Ihit .Jty of Empicytt IniMtoi , V stwMf stWMtN r. '• N*"" ^ 'C tt 76»»10 �I/- 11 . SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION .ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES ANDJNLAND WATFRS DSSTftlCT • AFL-CIO MTD CAMPAIGNS AGAINST RUNAWAYS' TAX DODGING American maritime unions in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment have opened a campaign against one of the worst abuses of the run­ away ship operators—their dodging of US Federal, state and local taxes. In a strong statement before the —— Ways and Means Committee of the barrel Jor the oil In Iran and collect $3.50 House of Representatives, Ed N. for it in the New York market. Altman, president of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, and legislative di­ rector of the MTD, submitted evidence showing that the greatest gain involved in runaway shipping was the operators' evasion of the 52 percent Federal corpora­ tion income tax. Savings in this area, he showed, amount to as much as five times the savings in wage costs. Altman spoke in support of a proposal In President Kennedy's tax message of April 20 in which he called for plugging of the escape hatch on runaway taxes. The President said in part: "Profits earned abroad by American firms operating through foreign sub­ sidiaries are under present tax laws, subject to US tax only when they are returned to the parent company in the form, of dividends. In sorne cases, this tax deferral has made possible in­ definite postponement of the US tax; and in those countries where Income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the pay­ ment of US tax by retaining income in the subsidiary companies provides a tax advantage for companies operat­ ing through these overseas subsidiaries that is not available to companies op­ erating solely in the United States." "... I recommend elimination of the tax haven device anywhere in the world, even in the underdeveloped countries, through the elimination of tax deferral privileges for those forms of activities . . . that typically seek out tax haven methods of operation. There is no valid reason to permit their remaining untaxed . . ." The MTD spokesman noted that Presi­ dent Kennedy defined a tax haven com­ pany as one which received more than 20 percent of its gross profit outside of the tax haven country. In the case of runaway shipping, the tax haven company receives 100 percent of its profits outside the country in which it is registered. Conse­ quently, the MTD regards runaway ship operation as the "most flagrant and out­ rageous tax haven device used by American citizens." The most revealing sections of the MTD testimony were those which pinpointed the fact that tax evasion is the number one consideration when giant oil, steel and aluminum companies make use of Liberian or Panamanian registry. Involved in the tax evasion game are 461 ships wholly-owned by American companies. Taking the basic T-2 vessel as an ex­ ample, the MTD showed that on a typical runaway-flag voyage from the Persian Gulf to New York, the value of the cargo carried would increase by $238,000. In other words, a company would pay $1.80 a Should the company hire an American crew at American wages, as opposed to a runaway crew, the added cost for a voyage of 28 days would be $17,920 amounting to 7Vi percent of the $238,000 gross gain. However, if the company, after subtracting U.S. crew costs and operating expenses, were to pay the 52 percent Federal tax, its tax bill for the single voyage would be $92,601.60, more than five times the added cost of the American wage scale. Consequently, even if runaway ship operators were to match American wages and conditions they would still be' way ahead of the game through their tax evasion. "The wage costs of these runaway flagfleets represent a negligible portion of their income, so small that wages do not even enter into the incentive which entices them to seek tax havens." Aside from the loss in taxes, the US economy loses in that the construction and repair of these vessels is done in foreign yards, and the wages paid to the crews are lost to the US economy. The MTD state­ ment declared, "We have computations which indicate that much more than a billion dollars a year is lost to us (the U.S. economy) because of the foreign-flag operations of American-owned companies.'* The most direct impact, of course, is on American-flag shipping and American sea­ men who have lost_ thousands of Jobs be­ cause of the runaway operations. Consequently, the MTD went on record as fully accepting the recommendations of the President and the Secretary of, the Treasury as not only improving the tax structure but also restoring tlte American merchant marine. Excerpts From MTD's Documenfafion At Congress Hearings On Runaways '. . . 1 want to call to your attention what the Maritime Trades Department re­ gards as the most flagrant and outrageous tax haven device used by American citi­ zens. I refer to the operation of ships owned entirely by American citizens under foreign flags. We call these ships 'runawayflag ships.' ". under existing law all the company has to do ... to completely escape regula­ tion by the American government, is to organize a corporation in Liberia or Pana­ ma, transfer the . . . title to the ship and thereafter operate the ship under the foreign fiag . . . The ship never goes to Panama or Liberia ... It continues to en­ joy all the blessings of doing business with America, but it completely escapes the im­ pact of American law and it is thereby abife to increase its profits many foid . . . ". . . Until the profits of the Liberian operation are transferred . . . to the American parent corporation the tanker owners never pay any income tax ... in a practical sense it amounts to complete tax avoidcince . . . "It must be emphasized that the Liberian corporation does not pay any income tax in Liberia ... it Is precisely this tax haven gimmick which induces American inter­ national oil companies and American ore importers, to operate . . . under the Li­ berian and Patiaiiianian flag. ". . . (the only) ta.c paid to Liberia . . . will total $200 a year Tor a minimum of 20 years ... in addition to the non-recur­ ring initial registration fee . . . ($1.20 per net ton) . . . "Our economy depends to a large ex­ tent upon oil ... A substantial percentagef of the oil we use is now imported . . . only about three percent of the oil we import is carried on American-flag ships with American crews owing allegiance to this country ... "More than one-third of the iron ore we u.se ... is now imported . . . practically all of it ... on foreign-flag ships. Almost all of our aluminum is derived from Imported bauxite, and almost every pound of it is carried on foreign-flag ships . . . For . . . oil, iron and aluminum, we are now almost completely-dependent upon foreign-flag ships and on foreign crews , , , ail without loyalty ... to this country and many with ideologies which are in basic conflict with . . . American institutions . . . "While American companies are operat­ ing 900 ships under the American flag, as of December 31, 1960, wholly-owned American companies were operating 461 ships under foreign flags . . ." ". . . if the wholly Arnerican-owned ships could be brought back into the American merchant marine, our shipping depression would be over ... ". . . the wage costs of these runawayflag fleets represent a negligible portion of their income, so small that wages do not even enter into the incentive which entices them to seek tax havens . . . ". . . for one voyage, the . . . added cost of the American crew is 7 .5 percent of the increase in value of the cargo resulting from transporting it from Iran to New York . . ". . . the net profit is $178,080. The US Federal tax on that profit, figured at 52 percent is $92,601.60 as compared with the additional cost of an American crew over a foreign crew of $17,920. ... It is obvious, that since the increased cost occasioned by the American crew represents only 7Vi percent of the increased value . . . and the profit after American wages and operating expenses Is in excess of 40 percent, the wage differential is negligible . .. "In all respects, the runaway-flag fleets fit into the definition of tax haven bene­ ficiaries set* forth in the President's mes­ sage. Not only 20 percent, but 100 percent of their income is derived from sources other than the countries of registry . . . 100 percent of the profits derived from . . . the runaway-flag ships is sold for consump­ tion outside the country of registry . . . all of the services . . . are performed out­ side the country of registry . . . "We believe that following the recom­ mendations of the President . . will not only improve our tax structure and In­ crease our just income from American enterprise, but will restore the American merchant marine to the position required by our national prosperity and our national defense . . "In summation, the MTD believes that the runaway-flag fleets represent the grossest and least justified abuse of the tax haven device. The device seriously depletes the tax Income of the' United States, wltftout appreciably increasing the tax Income of the runaway-flag countries. It Is destroying the shipping industry of the United States, without contributing substantially to the economy of the tax haven countries. It is seriously weakening our national defense, by making us de­ pendent on foreign crews for the most strategic war materials, by reducing the size and quality of our merchant marine, by destroying the incentive of American business to invest in American-flag ship­ ping operations. It is impeding the de­ velopment of improved technologies in the shipping and shipbuilding industries. It is forcing into other industries highly skilled seamen, shipbuilders, and other crafts which are. indispensible to our existence as a first-rate maritime power. In spite of the lower costs of the runaway-flag fleets, their operation has not resulted in any saving to American consumers, and in­ deed enables American international oil and ore companies to exercise monopolistic control over prices. The only beneficiaries of the runaway-flag operations are the already bloated international cartels in oil and ore. To satisfy their greed, the Govern, ment, the American consumer, the American tax payer, and the American ship operator are being victimized. The recommendations of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury represent the first effective proposal to eliminate this great economic evil which has contributed so much to the weakening of our prestige as a world power. We hop* and urge that your Committee and the Congress will act favorably and promptly «n appropriate legislation In this field." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1961 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 1,700 IN VIRGIN ISLES JOIN SIU SIU, MEBA CRACK RUNAWAY JOB ISSUE WIN ORGANIZING RIGHTS ABOARD FOREIGN SHIPS EDITORIAL ON CURRAN SELLOUT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN FUTURE OF SHIPPING, JOBS WAS MAJOR CONTRACT ISSUE TWO SEAFARERS GRADUATE VIA SIU SCHOLARSHIPS ICC REVERSES FIELD, CRITICIZES RR BID FOR SHIPS’ CARGOES KENNEDY WOULD END FMB; REVISE SHIPPING AGENCIES ESSO, SOCONY DIVVY UP AFRO-ASIAN MARKETS US COMPANIES FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF FOREIGN-OWNED BULK CARRIERS LAKES WELFARE PLAN PAYING FULL BENEFITS ACCIDENT MARS CONTAINERSHIP DEBUT MEBA DELEGATES BACK NCMB; STRENGTHEN DISTRICT STRUCTURE 100 DELEGATES TAKE PART IN MCS PLANNING PARLET AML LAUNCHES NEW FREIGHTER; LAYS KEEL FOR ANOTHER SHIP COASTWISE TRADE REVIVAL PLANNED WEST INDIA SELLING OUT; SEA LEVEL UP FOR GRABS TO PROVIDE JOB SECURITY: TO EXPAND US SHIPPING WIDE RANGE OF BENEFITS AIDED 8,000 SIU FAMILIES SINCE ‘55 SIU BLOOD BANKS EXPAND; READY IN 9 PORTS SO FAR SEAFARER AWAITS PATENT ON ROTARY ENGINE INVENTION NEW BEDFORD TO CONDUCT REFERENDUM ON CONTRACT SIU FIRM BUILDS SHIPS ON SUBSIDY LICENSED DIVISION WINS IN 9 FLEETS UIW SIGNS UP NEW SHIP; UNION ORGANIZING 4 MORE EXCERPTS FROM MTD’S DOCUMENTATION AT CONGRESS HEARINGS ON RUNAWAYS ASK CHANGE IN NLRB’S PROCEDURES Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1961 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIII, No. 6 1961 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fc042bf7abba9db51677bfd3164631ca.PDF 7339c2afeb787beb611d1c9db67964b2 PDF Text Text Vol. XXIY No. 6 OFFl-ClAL ORGA'N ·OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATlANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO New Conlra:f. Signed· Latest 50-volume SIU ship's library is delivered to ship's delegate Walter Fitch (right) , at gangway of the Robin Hood (Robin Line) in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, by SIU rep. Pat Marinelli. SIU library program has distributed almost two million new books to Seafarers since it began. (Story on Page 3.) Welcome. ~:~w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Story On Page 3 1~400 Join SIU In Puerto Rieo Seafarer Gerald Dwyer, (2nd from right), winner of one of the five $6,000 SIU seliolarships awarded last month, is shown with shipmates some years ago aboard the DeSoto (Waterman). He's planning to complete college training he began back in 1950 toward a NY Teaching Certificate. (Story on Page 4.) S e·a S( h 0 Iar. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 SIU ACTION . BLOCKS RAID ON ROBIN LINE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 Cuban refugees picked up by SIU crew of SeaReSCUe. -train Texas after they escaped by small boat from Cuba are pictured with Texas crewman (left). Plight of Cubans under Castro regime is indicated by one of the escapees, who covers face to avoid possible reprisals against family still in Cuba. (Story on Page 21.) NEW BOXSHIPS RAIL TUGMEN DUE OUT SOON BLAST REPORT FOR SIU CO'S ON JOB CUTS _ _ _ _ _ Story On Page 2 _ _ _ _ _ Story On Page 5 Union Labor Show SIUNA exhibit at the annual AFLCIO Union-Industries Show held in Portland, Oregon. late last month highlighted products of SIUNA fish cannery workers and other affiliates during week-long exhibition of union skills in action. Pictured at the display viewed by thousands who at= tended the show (1-r) are SIU West Coast rep. E. B. McAufey, SIUNA lnt'l rep. John Hawk, sec'y treas. George Johansen of Alaska FishP.rmen's Union and SIU Pacific District rep. George Issel. The exhibit.ion was sponsored by the AFL··CIO Union Label Dept. �SIU ·Ends Picketing, Pu~rto ~Rico Sl(I W.i_n~ t~x~ . . MU M .. · Strike· AClds ·I 400· Memlers . · ·. ~·~ '.· oc s . ove· . , . ~ · · · · · Bl k.d N R0. b.In sh·IP-5 The T 0 al . R SAN JUAN-Significant organizing victories at three island companies has incre.a sed the membership_ of the fast-growing SIU Puerto Rico Division to almost 6,500 members. "" -I 'I -' t..hree latest wins, which added over 1,400 members, included a successful strike at an island . cab company and N a t i o n a l + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Labor Relations Board elec- ing the SIU victory at Esso last stalled on negotiating an agreeA 26-day SIU picketline action against the Moore-Mc- tions covering bus company year. The second vote solidifies ment for Its 136 drivers and eJght Cormack fleet came to a successful conclusion on June 11 workers and Esso refinery em- the Union's position among work- mechanics. Strong support for .the when the company agreed to negotiate with the SIU about .Ployees. ers at Installations of the company, strike was given by independent the Robin Line ships. Mooremac bad attempted to sell off the Robin The win at Esso was by a 44-36 a subsidiary of Standard Oil of taxi drivers who refused to work Line fleet in secrecy while refusing to discuss the issues with the Union. count and was the Union's second New Jersey. The Puerto Rico Dlvi- Commonwealth routes. The c'o mThe successful outcome of the Robin Line beef came after re- over an Independent group, follow- slon now represents employees at pany })ad an exclusive contract gional director Ivan C. McLeod of+ M'.tW~J'@~i*BW:*M~!!:i<.>;.{iWt1M&l'.t¥1miif'hW:i.:gf:'.:"~1.-'A~W.!i~"1.tt.""*!h1'i~f11'iKli~%?::~~li'i.'%;~1~~-"t..~~ four major oil . companies, Esso, with three of the major hotels in the National Labor Relations Tex~co, Shell and Socony-Vacuum. San Juan for pick-up service. Board dismissed a National Mari-· Win Euo Vote Weeks of hard campaigning by time Union petition for a fleetwide The Esso NLRB vote took place the SIU ended with an overwhelmelection in Mooremac. The NMU at Its plant ln Guayanllla. Previ- ing victory over an independent is appealing this decision to the A decision handed down by an Impartial umpire on ~une 22 ously, the SIU . struck Esso and "United Transport Workers" unNLRB in Washington. The e!c>~under the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan has found the National stopped the gasollne pumps of ion. In an NLRB count on June 6, tion petition represented the secMaritime Union guilty of raiding In Its attempt to become barmost of the company's 250 fran- the SIU won a 657-324 vote for end unsuccessful NMU attempt in gaining agent for SIU-manned Robin Line ships. chlsed dealers on the island. The bargaining rights among 1,200 the past five years to raid the election established bargaining workers of the Metropolitan Bus The determination and report by_arbitrator David L. Cole said R obin Line fleet an d swa II ow up rights for a~ truck drivers, main- Authority. The company has the Seafarers' jobs. As a result of the the SIU "has an established collective bargaining relationship'' tenance men and clerical per- bus franchise for the entire city NMU petition, the SIU filed with respect to unlicensed seau~en on the seven Robin Line vessels sonnel. · of San Juan. charges against the NMU under and "the National Maritime Unic;m of America violated Section 2 1A separate two-week strike The independent had the supthe AFL-CIO Internal Disputes of Article XXI of the AFL-CIO constitution in filing and prosagainst the 65-cab Commonwealth port of Jimmy Hoffa's Teamster1 Plan. <See separate story on this Taxi Company ended June 1 with and the National Maritime Union ) ecuting a petition with the NLRB seeking to be certified as the page. the signing of a contract. The in the course of its unsuccessful The SIU picketing began on· collective bargaining representative of said employees." strike tiegan when the company attempt to ward off defeat. May 16 when the SIU learned that ti@:Mi@lim:':ifilM~~:%..."4*.ili~4%#.~aW~l'%W~?fo"§i'.@:@:t-rr.·@f¥.%~~%¥£)»..~"'.'HW.K~i'im'.'<'.:'·@'.W.@~M1l l\fooremac was secretly planning to liquidate the bargaining unit by tion victory. In 1957 when the SIU Co's Busy On Conversions 5elling off the seven SIU-manned Robin fleet was sold to MooreRobin Line ships and the company McCormack, the NMU attempted refused to negotiate with the SIU its first raid, but was soundly trounced in the voting. en this issue. Subsequently the NMU signed Jn the picketing which followed , the SIU tied up 19 Mooremac an agreement with the SIU in With basic conversion work now completed, the first of two C-4 containerships has arvessels, including two Robin Line which it pledged to withdraw all rived in New York to be fitted with special trailer-loading equipment before entering servappeals from the NLRB decision ships, in Boston, Philadelphia, New ice next month for Waterman of Puerto Rico on an East Coast run to the Caribbean. · · York, Baltimore and Jacksonville. recertifying the SIU as collective The new SS Mobile is at . . Among the immobilized Moore- bargaining 11gent for the seven mac ships were the passenger vessels. SIU then maintained un- Todd's Shipyard in Brooklyn expected shortly. Both will be In work Is moving ahead on four forliners Argentina and Brasil, which interrupted contractual relation- where the final touches on service by August after special mer Esso T-2s, which are getting equipment Is Installed. · new 419-foot mid-bodies. were compelled to cancel sched- ships with: Moore - McCormackLine until the present beef the conversion will be added. The Robin Conversion . work by two other The old Esso New Orleans will uled crui ses. second ship, the New Orleans, ls SIU-contracted companies is con:- enter service sometime next month Contributing heavily to the ef- arose. fecliveness of the picketline was - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tinuing on schedule In other At..: as the Elizabeth Port and -the eK• lantfc Coast shipyards. Seatraln Esso Raleigh will make its appearthe support received from rank is adding a 54-foot mid-section to ance as the San Juan in Septemand file waterfront workers on the two of its vessels In a $1.5 million ber. The Esso Bethlehem and the docks, in the shipyards and aboard · modernization program, which will Esso Chattanooga, renamed the Los enlarge their capacity by a mini- Angeles and the San Ji'rancisco, mum of 16 more railroad cars. are waiting for mid-sections but The Seatrain Georgia ls expect- ~re also expected to -b e ready by Mormacwren, had been tied up in , A program that will end the need for a series of inocula- ed to enter se..Vice early In July, September. New York but was released at the request of Secretary of Labor Ar- tions just before sailing day will go into effect for Seafarers at which time the Seatraln LouiSea~Land is also modifying the thur Goldberg in order that it in July at SIU clinics. in ·N ew York, Baltimore and New Or- siana will enter the Sun Ship- former Navy seaplane tend«;!r Tanmight carry famine relief cargo to leans. The plan will eventual-+.--·- ·- ----..,------- building yard in Chester, Pa., to giers into the auto ferry Detroit. A C-3, this ship will be abJe to hunger-stricken northeast Brazil. ly extend to all ports where tions taken in the event the yellow receive Its new mldbody. Sea_.Land is also converting two carry 500 cars on a two-week Subsequently, at the request of "shot" card he normally carries ships, waiting for the Germanthe Military Sea Transportation SIU clinics are maintained. schedule between San Juan. Service, the SIU agreed to remove Under ·the new system, when, with his seamen's papers is lost. bullt mid-sections for two more Puerto Rico and Port Newark. pickets temporarily from two a Seafarer reports to the clinic for The permanent file kept at · the and modifying a new acquisition. Mooremac vessels in order that his regular physical examination, clinics, which can readily be At Todd's Shipyard, Hoboken, NJ, they might unload military sup- his immunization record will be checked by teletype from any ·port, plies. Lines tying up three other brought up to date while he's on will avoid the necessity to take the Mooremac ships also were lifted the beach during his leisure ..time. "shots" all over again. temporarily at the request of Sec- The "shots" given will be noted on Previously, whenever a seaman. ' . retary Goldberg to permit the un- a permanent record kept at the lost his Immunization card, difficult~es in tracing the type of lnocJoading of perishables. clinics. The SIU has had the Robin Line This will provide every Seafarer ulat10n received, and the place and A&G Deep Sea Shipping \Jnder c<>ntract ever since 1941. with extra proof of the inocula- date wbere It was given, frequentPHILADELPHIA _ Picketlines Report -Page 6 . following a lopsided NLRB elec-+ Jy meant he _had to go through manned by the Marine Engineers The Pacific Coast Seafarer the whole series once more. Beneficial Association and ·the -Page 7 ,. Inoculations for smallpox, teta- Masters, Mates & Pilots here have nus toxoid, typhoid, para-typhoid tied up the freighter Flying Cloud. . SIU Safety Department and polio will be administered at -Page 7 The plcketjng resulted when the SIU medical centers as standard The Great Lalces Seafarer ship was transferred to the .Ameriprocedure, and additional immuni•. - p age . 8 ~· zation for yellow fever, cholera, can Export 'neet by lsbrandtsen The Canadian Seafarer : typhus and plague will be given and the jobs of .both the engineers 9 if a Seafarer's expected route of and the mates were taken over by the Brotherhood of ·Marine Of .. The SIU lniand travel requires any or all ol them. ficers, an affiliate of the National . -Page The new clinic service will be Maritime Union. · Editorial Cartoon . - Pag.e ti handled throughout by the SIU The BMO takeover violated an Medical Department, which oper· SIU ' Medical Department ~ ates the clinics est~blished under arbitration precedent won by the · _ . .-Page 14 1 the Union's Welfare Plan. It ls MEBA which upheld the job rights * The SIU Industrial Worker t of the engin~~rs on the ship. expected to be of considerable The International Lon~shore­ . ! . · · ~ "'-'Page 14 1~ value to Seafarers who can take • the vaccinations at their own .con- men's Associati.o n h~s ordered its wJTh·e F~sherm-.n and Cannery ·worker , venience ~nd not have to chance members not to work any of the ·II · · -Page 15 "· missing out on a Job because they 14 Isbrandfsen ships that may be · were unable to take the "shots" turned over to Export as part ~IU F~o~, Ship Sanitation .~: · for any reason. of a complicated financial transDep t , , ....:.page 16·' ... .. "'""'· It will also do · away with the action under which Isbrandtsen . SIU Soci~I Se.c urity Dep't Baltimore SIU picketline ringed the area around pier where problem ~reated b~ some inocula- has actual control of the company. the Mormacteal ~as berthed during Rol>in Line beef. Sea-Page 17 · Tugs manned by. SIU-affiliated tions, which produce soren~ss and farers. manned inform~tional picketlines around the clock S~ipbo~rd News . : .. ,: :. swelling In the hands and arms union members have. honored the . ~er49 four other ports where: company. vesse.ls ~ere . .. , . , . -Pages 19, 2o, ~l, ,~~ :· and oftim interfere with a Sea~ MEBA - MM&P lines and refused to handle : tiig~:p~pti Cloud. tai:~r;'& apil~ty .. tO .:wo.rk.. , , , .. , ~ied., up. ,.:: . ···' ' ' . · AFL·CIO Umpire Finds NMU ·Guilty Of Raiding SIU Robin Line Ships +i---------------..._-------------- New Boxships Due Soon SIU ci·n·c 1 I S Set TO A·ct ··th:::~:!~·~.:::~·:. c::::.,. ••• As Vaccination Centers MEBA MMP a·1t lsbrandtsen Shi·p IND·EX . : To Departme .. ts I ~ and .in. Boat~:~e i 1 tom I �·lae.· Ull . Paie Three ' ~ew Contract Sign,d SIU Vacation Pay Doubled To $800 For All Seafarers -.-<.:_; Seafarers' library is updated on the Robin Hood by Walter Fitch, ship's delegate, prior to the vessel's departure from Erie Basin, Brooklyn, to the West Coast and Manila. An SIU patrolman earlier delivered new carton of 50 popular paperback titles to the ship. SIU Ship Libraries Hit 2 Million Book Total Nearly two million copies of handy, pocket-size books have now been distributed under the SIU ships library program to provide a steady supply of current reading matter for Sea~ farers throughout the world. -+-· Covering both fiction and among Seafarers, who find that non-fiction areas, pa._ckages reading aboard ship ls one of the containing 50 new paperback volumes are distributed by Union representatives to SIU-contracted vessels to restock shipboard libraries every three months. In addition, SIU 'library sets are circulated in all US Public Health Service hospitals regularly visited by SIU representatives to pay Seafarers cash benefits and are also maintained at every SIU hall. The demand for current reading matter has alwaya been high Sea-Land Fleet Wins PHS Award PORT NEWARK-SIU-contracted Sea-Land Service has won a citation from the US Public Health Service honoring the record of sanitary excellence on Its fleet of coastwise and intercoastal ships. The award was presented at the company's offices here by Joseph O'Connor, regional director of the Department of Heallh, Education and Welfare, and paid tribute to Sea-Land's record of attaining a rating of 95 or hig'her on official •USPHS inspections on each of the nine vessels In the SIU-manned fleet. Annual inspections are conducted by the Public Health Service as a means of deterring disease and contamination aboard ship as well as ashore. The inspections cover a wide area that includes the preparation and serving of all food and drink as well as their sources ashore. The service maintains a checklist of 166 separate items covering sanitary construction, maintenance and cleanliness of all ft;>Od service and cooking facilities aboard the vessels. Last month, two other SIU companies, Ore Navigation and Calmar Steampship, earned the accolades of the USPHS for their sani.tation record. P.reviQusly,. SIU compar.ies that have received the 1>wards included Alcoa, Bloomfield, Isthmian and Waterman. few activities possible during lelsure time. A supply of suitable reading material is a premium Item on most vessels. The SIU library program was initiated nine years ago when UnIon representatives learned that most ships' libraries at that time were stocked with old, discarded books which frequently covered subjects that were not of interest to Seafarers. Old textbooks and outdated technical manuals often made up the bulk of .the library. Paperback volumes were selected for the SIU program to eliminate the space-wasting bulk of hardcover books and because of the handy size, the availability of thousands of titles and fewer problems in distribution. In an original survey of Seafarers' reading tastes, the SEAFARERS LOG found out that · "Westerns" do not rank highest In preferred reading matter aboard ship, with mysteries pulling more appeal. Periodically, the . selections are further reviewed so that up-to-date reading preferences of Seafarers are met. A 50-volume set will include, in addition to "Westerns" and mysteries, a choice of current best-selling paperback novels, nonfiction books and volumes covering humor and sports. "How to do it" titles also are popular. ·. I a year's time, an SIU-contracted ship will receive a minimum of 200 new titles. Additional packages are provided for ships scheduled to be away· from the States longer than three months. A signifi~ant monetary gain has been won for Seafarers as a 1·,esult of negotia• tion of a new agreement with SIU-contracted operators. The gain, in the form of a substantial increase in vacation benefits, amounts to $400 additional per year, or the equivalent of more than $33 per month. Other gains in the ~ontract cams in the form of improvements in working rules and general rules. As a result of the vacation gain, effective October 1 of this year, all Seafarers will be able to start a c c u m - • . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • H any ship la sold, scrappe( · · d. ing aboard or paying off will not u1atmg vacation ere tts at affect the amount ' of the benefit. or disposed of i¢1 any fashion il the rate of $800 a year, or In addition, the contract pro- a foreign port, th• crew will bl $200 every 90 days, with no ~ides the following improvements entitled to first-clasa jet transpori talion back to the port of engagelimitation on the number of m wo~~ing rules: ment. ·1 d · Add1t1onal 'Readiness Period' . s h ips sa1 e or any r~qmre• An additional 13 minutes • Provisions for call-backs tt ment that they pay off their ship. The $400 increase was approved by the trustees of the SIU Vacation Plan upon the motion of the Union trustees, following complet' f t t t lk 10n o con rac renewa1 a s. Every 90 Days Payment of the $800 annual rate will be made in the same manner as the previous $400 benefit. Instead · of getting $100 every 90 days, Seafarers can thus collect $200 at 90-day intervals, or $800 at the end of a year of work, if they choose, without getting off their ships. The option of remain- SIUNA Alfiliates Meet Fish, Cannery Unions Set Up Nat'I Body · WASHINGTON - A newly-established SIUNA National Conference of Fishermen and Fish Cannery Workers is mapping out an ~ctive program to upgrade the industry on behalf of 18,000 members in r n - - - - - - - - - - - autonomous affiliates on all the new SIUNA grouping will deal with mutual problems on imports, coasts and in Alaska. Delegates representing all sectors of the international union in the fish and cannery field met here on June 19-20 to set up a permanent conference structure under a full - time national coordinator. Headquarters for the conference will be here in Washington. It will serve as an international clearing house for all union segments in the industry. The full-time apparatus is also designed to coordinate a joint organizing campaign by affiliated unions to bring an estimated 50,000 non-union fishermen and cannery workers under the SIUN A banner. Unions in the conference are already undertaking a concentrated effort behind pending Senate and House bills to remove restrictions on collective bargaining by fishermen's unions. Under existing law, anti-trust statutes can June, 1962 Vol. XXIV, No. 6 be applied against fishermen seeking to bargain on the minimum price of a catch before the boats set sail. Fishermen are generally PAUL HALL, Presfdent paid on the percentage of a catch, amount determined after a HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWlN SPIVACK, an Managing Ed•': or; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art voyage. Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, ARTHUR MARKO• Present prohibitions against fishWITZ, MlKl'J POLLACK, JOHN WEITZEL, Staf! ermen, especially iri the tuna and Writers. salmon fleets, seriously hamper Published monthly et the heedquertert of the Seeferers lnternetlonel Union, At· organizing efforts and have relantlci, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Water1 sulted in lower wages for fisher~ District, AFL·CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, e ·rooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYeclnth 9·6600 • men, since many boats are also Second class postege peld et the Post owned by cannery employers. Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act Besides its concern with legislaof Aug. 24, 1912. 120 tive issues and thefr ·effect on unions arid workers in the industry, SEAFARERS LOG • ll d d' · d" 1 rea. mess perto s a owe • makmg a total of 30 minutes, when the watch ~elow is broke~ out to work overtime. This apphes in. all instances, except after the completion of a meal hour. • Ships arriving in port after :S PM on Friday and scheduled to sail before 8 AM Monday must post the sailing board within two hours after arrival. Any changes in the sailing board must be made eight hours before departure. This provision will apply to all ships scheduled to leave port on a weekend. .. tariffs, conservation, promotion of American fishery products and the modernization of the US-flag ftsh_tng fleet. Delegates also voted to publish a monthly bulletin for all affiliates with reporta on joint activ.ities. shift, haul, rig cargo gear or perform other duties have been re .. written and strengthened. Two hours minimum are payable for all call-backs after 5 PM and before 8 AM, Monday through Friday. A four-hour minimum is payable on weekends. An updated tanker agreemenl incorporates the 30 minutes' re.. porting time, the sailing board clause, the "return to port of en· gagement" clause and the new call-back clause modified some· what for tanker purposes. In addition, several clauses from the freight agreement have now been incorporated In the tanker contract, including provisions for midnight lunch and the midnight meal rule for the steward department. Other additions to the tanker agreement deal with deck department members standing gangway watches, carpenter's work and the duties of electricians. The tanker agreement also includes a provision for the bosun to receive the high rate of overtime when working the watch on deck, Saturday, Sunday and holi-· days at sea or in port. Subject to membership ratification, the working agreement is effective ,June 15, 1962 and will continue for a period of two years until June 15, 1964. 'As is traditional in SIU contracts, the agreement is subject to a reopening on monetary matters on seven days• notice. Jet-Age Crimp System Spurs 2-Pot Pay Evils A 1962-style crimp operation to bolster the two-pot wage system used on Euror,ean-flag vessels appears to be in full swing, a~cording to 'Fairplay," a. British shipping journal. The magazine reveals some details of the heavy one-way air traffic in importing seamen for European ships from Hong Kong, Bombay and Singapore. Asian seamen have Ion~ been the chief victims of the two-pot pay ~ys ­ tem, under which European shipowners spearheaded by the British pay lower wages to seamen of other countries than they do to their own nationals. The net effect is to undercut wages and conditions for British seamen and other Europeans. (See editorial on Page 11.) Conspicuously noted in weekly reports on the British air charter market are flights of Super-Constellations and DC-6Bs with ships' crews to London, Amsterdam, Oslo, Rome, Hamburg, Athens and other shipping capitals. British-flag vessels are among the heaviest users of the two-pot system and, since Hong Kong is a British col4).ny, with an overflow of refugees from Red China, they have easy access to a cheap and ready supply of labor. · The demand to carry seamen from the Far East Lo Europe has been so heavy that shipowners have been warned they may have to pay narcnal airline rates when they import seamen, unless more esstbound traffi~ develops to pay the way of return air trips with no bookings assured. Intet·estingly enough, the published accounts of the charters pointedly distinguish the air movement of "seamen" and "passenger~" by such listings as " . .. 72 passengers, Madrid to TokYl), mid-July, returning mid-August; 49 seamen, Hong Kong to Amsterdam, to au-r:ive by 23rd July; 70 seamen, Bombay to London, to arrive Ith July . , ." �Close-Up On 1,962 · (Featured on this'· peg~ -. ... erticles. eb~ ut two of the five SIU fcholarshlp. winners In 1962, Future issues will carry articles a bout the others. J w.-11 _ N ew Berlln Escape Tools -Cr~wmen Use Ship·'n Schnapps UST BE.RLIN:--Slx Eaet German crewmemben .., an excursion steamer hit ._pon a new tool to use In escaping from belilnd the Berlin Wall: Schnapps. ' Fleeing with eight reJ.atives an~ friends, including a 14-month-old ba~y• .the six aeamen ~used tlie whiskey to get the · Communist captain and engineer .of the 386-ton, 700-passenger steamer drunk. Then they took ov.es- the vessel and headed toward West Berlin where thev made eood their flight to fre~dom. ' • The refugees &aid the captain and engineer consumed most of four Seafarer Gerald Dwyer, with the aid of a four-year, $6,000 SIU scholarship, will go on bottles of brandy, a bottle of wine and 12 pints of beer in an all-night to complete his studies for a teaching degree at Utica (NY) College this year. Dwyer attended Syracuse University for two years in 1950 and '51, but was forced to tippUng bout, The crewmembers only pretended to drink along. Locked In Cabins suspend his studies due to fi-•,_·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When the office~ were intoxicated, they were locked Jn t)leir cabins nancial difficulties The SIU 1'$1.''""'~'"~~,,w:"-wrw.~~~'WW;,"'i"'''': J ;/ and the prew took the steamer down the River Spree to a point where scholarship will en~ble him to ~,,:.;.,·;~,Jq'··' =;:~<.?<~ East and West Berlin OCCUrPY opposite banks. They then swung the continue his education and qualify %:>'1~~: craft sharply to the Western bank and, under a hail of gunfire ffom for a full-time teaching position. !i.tV.% East ~erlin border police in a patrol boat and on shore, ran the bpat Utica College ~Li;,> °('$...*-.>··•)""· aground,. As the craft ~rashed into the West Berlin shore, the is a branch of Mi refugees scrambled over the bow and on into the city. Syracuse and he t~•· During the flight, the passengers huddled behind a makeshJft barhopes to special- ;£1, ricade of deck chairs when East Berlin police opened fire. Commuize eventually in nist bullets sprayed against the boat and punctured the ki.tchen water educational adtank. On the West Berlin shore, the bullets rattled against apartministration. The ment buildings and, in one instance, passed through a window over the 37-year-old Seaheads of a sleeping couple. farer, who is the The escape was made at a speed of 10 knots. After the escape the only seaman wincaptain and engineer, who had been awakened by ·the gunfire, ~an· ner of an SIU Dwyer aged to move the steamer off the bank and sail it back to East Berlin scholarship this in a somewhat swaggering pattern, · year, lives in Clark Mills, NY, near Utica. A veteran of the second world war, he saw service in the Navy from 1943-46 and fir15t went to sea aboard the old SS Yorkmar as a QUESTION: Who does the cooking when you get home? Photo out of the past shows 1962 SIU scholarship winner, seaman-gunner. This ship was (Asked of steward department members.) torpedoed in 1943 and sank in Seafarer Gerald Dwyer (left I, during days as an SIU ship· "torpedo alley" about 300 miles off · board organizer aboard lsthmian's Marquette Victory in I 94J. Ralph Hernandez, ehlef steward: live by myself the coast of Ireland. As Dwyer When I get home I sit back and and ha·ve no aptly puts it, "I got a taste of the within two weeks of one another. mum by performing a lot of the enjoy my wife's choice. The big merchant marine even when I was His grandfather left the family maintenance himself. c o o k i n g. ~ h e advantage th i 1 He has been taking some courses house and some surrounding farm Jn the Navy." likes to cook and gives me is being He sailed first with Isthmian land and Dwyer subsequently pur- on his own initiative at Utica Coldoes a very good . able to cook the lege, so "I already have a good after the war and helped organize chased the property. j o b, .especially foods I'm partic· He still has some payments to start in this profession." Now, t]le company as an SIU shipboard Sp.an is Ii-. , with ulary fond o f, ()rganizer, shi1;>ping on the Mar- make on ·the house, and works as \vith the aid of the SIU scholartype meals. On and not have to quette Victory during that organ- ~ substitute teacher in band and ship, he'll be able to attain his board ship I worry if anybody izing period. "We saw a lot of music while b"Ying to keep upkeep first goal of a New York State · serve American e ls e 1 i k e s the travel in the Far East before the costs around the farm at a mini- Teaching Certificate. foods, and it's same food. Of course, if I were communists took Indo China," he good to come married, I guess I'd help out the recalls. home once In a while and eat a wife now and then.. cn - the work After Isthmian came under the good Spanish meal. After I've been in the kitchen. SIU banner, Dwyer began sailing away from home cooking for a long ~ "t. t. regularly with the SIU as a wiper time, I really appreciate those James Alston, eook: At home my and later in the deck department. meals. wife does the cooking....:...and aJl· the He shipped primarily on coastal time. The way I and intercoastal ships during a see it, when I'm Julio Reyes, pantryman: My wife lengthy period of illness suffered BERGENFIELD, NJ-~or Karen Anne Hilyer, May 10, by his mother so he could be near 1962, will always have a special significanc~. That was the does the cooking lit home. I help home, I'm off the job and try to reout a little, but home, and worked ashore for a lax. Once in a time on construction and building day last· month when Kar~n received word that she had won 'she does such a while when we go jobs. Since he had two years of a 1962 SIU scholarship award.+i--,----------- good job there ls on a picnic I'll college, he also was able to work Her proud father is Vinc~nt on h~o great events in her life, the little for me to pick up the tools as a substitute teacher in Utica Hilyer, a member of the SIU schoiars-liip award and her gradua- do. When I do asRailway Marine Region, working tion from· the academy. and help out, but sist, I help in any public schools. As parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hilyer mainly I just sit · Dwyer had responsibility thrown on NY Central tugs. take great ·p ride in their daughter's· way I can, preback and enj~ paring or serving. ()n his shoulders at an early age, Vinnie Hilyer was recuperating achievements. Dad Vinnie Hilyer her cooking. My wife cooks well, as his father died when he was from an Illness in a local hospital said graduation day June 15 cer- At home I can so I see no reason to do otherwise. get the foods I ()nly sixteen, and this past March and the news of Karen's award Do you? bis mother and grandfather died proved to be "just what the doc- ~~;~Yofw~~ ~~~~.? a~fd ~~: .~:cohuo~=~~ especially l i k e, ot. ~ ·.i, such as some special salads my tor- ordered." He was discharged ship made possible by the ·union After a trip it's good wife makes. Esteban Cruz, chief steward: My shortly afterwards. is a wonderful benefit for a workand try some of her to get home is ·wife .the cook at ~ome. ·~he'~. a Karen, a pert and pretty 17-year- ing man.' s f~mily." ... good cook -" aild cooking for a change. old brunette, graduated on June 15 Meanw'ltiie, Karen will soon enshe likes to"c:o<>k. from the Academy of the Holy gage In one of those monumental ot. t. ot. so all 1 do is Angels in FQrt Lee, NJ. s·he has her d ec1s10ns · · ~ wuich every girl who Juan Oquendo,' Jr., chief stewjoy her meals:. I ,. t o coIIege experiences· sights set on a career in actuarial goes Ou. ard: I do the cooking at home. I have plenty to ;Jo work and has already been accepted "~hoosi:J1g a wardrobe." ~-------------aboard ship . 'so to the College of S~ . Rose in Albany, when I come Three Alcoa Steamship Com- NY, where she will major in mathhome I appreci• pany vessels and two Waterman ematics. The SIU scholarship is ate the ch'ance to ships were among 39 US-flag ves- the largest given to a student at" relax and enjoy sels honored for outstanding safety the academy since 1949. her cookin'g. The records and accident-free operaAcademic excellence is just one way I look at it, I handle the galley tions recently by the Marine Secsmall part of Karen's personality. . on the ship,~ and she's the bois at tiOJl of the National Safety CounShe takes part in a variety of exhome. W ~· get along very well ha·µcil. , tra-curricular activities, and was qling the klt~hen that way. . · The five SIU-manned ships were .t ot. ot.. cited .for two full years of acci- president of the Art Club, a memW.alter .Fitch, pantrymam I live dent-free service. Safety award ber of the School's "booster" orwitlt .ITJY mother arid she does the certificates were presented to the ganization, Science Club, Sodality, c o o k 1 n g. -Ceca· Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pegasus and and the Library Council, In addition, her interests extend 'sionalb', . w h·e n Alcoa Ranger of the Alcoa fleet I'm in the; mood, and to Waterman's Choctaw and outside of school. She is particularly interested in art forms such I may take a t1.Jrn Iberville. at the stove._ :I$ut . At the end of 1961 the 39 ships as metal crafts and mosaics, and this is only when honored had a cumulative total is equally adept at horseback rid- ' there are a few amounting to 44,096 days of oper- ing and swimming. She has no p e o p 1 e, ar.ound, ation with out a lost-time personnel steady boyfriend "at the moment." not' for the The Hilyers Jiv in a comforta~ afocident. Five other vessels rere l ·a ti v e 1 that ceived ship safety achievement ble private home on River ·Edge Proud . p·a renfs flank Karen Hilyer,· 1·7, o~e ·~f f~ur ~hil~ren · come 10 visit.' My · awards for rescue work at sea. Road here Jn Bergenfield. On the of SfU .members to win 1962 .s1u ··scholars~ip oward. Dad mother··is · a gQod .cook and I ·enjoy Admiral Edwin J. Roland, com- family piano is a display of the is Y~ncent .Hilyer of the SIU Railway Marine R~g~o!',: a deckher meals. So does the- rest:ot tbe mandant cd the Coast Guard, pre- many congratulatory cards from . ·hand· -on NY Central RR tugs~ Sc~n' '.was graduation c'eremo- . family the way they "come ·Visiting nei_ghbors and friends, who have sented the awards to the owners so regularly. taken time to congratulate Karen nies at Academy of th_e Holy Angels, Fort Lee, NJ. of the honored ships. Winnen Of SIU College Awards .Seafarer Eyes Teaching As A Full~ Time Career 41\;t ... College Is Step Ahead For Tugman's Daughter Five SIU Ships Cited For Safety ·en· ·,u e �Jue, lta SE.4.P.4.RER5 ioc · · 5UJ -f'iYe SIU, ~(.Iii Tilg Unions Blast· Pentagon Nixes ' Report Urging Manning Cuts Coffee Run Aid . . NEW YORK-A vigorous dissent has been entered by the SIU Railway Marine Region and two other unions to the report of th~ Railroad Marine Workers Commission investigating disputed manning issues on railroad tugs and ferries as a result of the January, 1961 strike in t}lis harbor. The~ l> an e 1 held hearings · this document charged, a key railroad cern with "guidelines" from the ~pring and its report was is- witness had "misled" the Commis- Rifkind Commission report, an•ued by the White House on June 13. · The Commission's findings . and the dissent by labor members- of the panel appointed by the President were discussed at preliminary meetings of union and company representatives called· by Federal mediators on· J une 19-20. Further meetings have been scheduled. The strike 18 months ago over manning and other contract issues erupted after the RMR, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and the Masters, Mates & Pilots had exhausted all procedm·es of the Rail way Labor Act during the 15 previous months. Agreed With Unlou In their majority report, the six ra'llroad ·and neutral members of the nine-man Commission agreed with the union position that the railroads should not have the "unilateral and unrestricted right" to determine manning' scales and said this was a proper subject for collective bargaining. At the same time, however, tti'e majority called for "gradual discontinuance of the third deckhand" on the tugs anyway, and for compulsory arbitration in the event there was no agreement on the manning questiim, Hits Bargaining Rights The unions said this made "a sham" of their rights to bargain on this issue. They noted there was no evidence of technological change or economic benefit'"' given by the railroads to justify job cutbacks during lengthy Commission hearings. Issues of safety and the 1teadily increasing workload on the tugs were also bypassed. In fact, the RMR-MEBA-MMP sion by giving "false and erroneous testimony" that many NY harbor tugs did the same work as rail tugs with fewer deckhands. The railroad effort to wipe out tug jobs is primarily an attempt to get a job-cutting precedent for use in dealing with shoreside railroad personnel far removed from marine operations. This was obvious, the panel's labor members said, from the Commission's con- other White House-appointed body which investigated manning issues involving the major railroad brotherhoods. The majority report offered a detailed formula for doing away with the jobs of deckhands beginning September 1, 1962 and recommended a limited system of monthly allowances or lump sum payments to tugmen In return for elim'inating their jobs. Main Points Of Union Dissent The following are the six main points of the labor memhers' <i-issent to the Report of the Railroad Marine Workers Commission studying manning issues on railroad marine equipment. as excerpted from the text of the dissenting report: • "There has been no technological change in the work of the · deck department on railroad tugs in the past 40 years. There was no issue of so-called featherbedding at the hearings. This was not disputed throughout the hearings. · • ' 1No economic benefit to the railroads can result from the Commission's recommendations. The railroads have always exercised the right to itbolish boats and entire crews whenever there has been no work available. We have never opposed this management prerogative. • "Adoption of the Commission's recommendations would pla'ca railroad tug workers in danger of life and limb in an already extremely hazardous occupation. • "The work load of tugboat deckhands has been Increasing steadily for years, with every _deckhand handling more lines and more floating equipment per man hour. The Commission by proposing a reduction in the crew, would place an unreasonable burden on the remaining crewmembers. • "The key to the Commission's recommendations was the testimony of one management witness. We have since discovered evidence which completeiy contradicts this testimony. • "The Commission's recommendations restrict free collective bargaining by fortifying the railroads with a predetermined judgment. They make a sham of the unions' right to bargain on this issue." WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has turned down proposals to enforce compliance with the "50-50" Cargo Preference Act by providing that all coffee destined for u~e by US Armed Forces personnel be transported exclusive- ment to adhere to a policy that has long been in effect requiring that ly in American flag-ships. The proposals were embodied in a series of communications to the Department of Defense by Sen. Warren E. Magnuson, chairman of the .Senate Foreign Commerce Committee, and Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, chairm~n of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. 500,000 Bags Of Coffee Involved in the Armed Forces' coffee transportation are some 500,000 bags per year moving in varying amounts from Colombia and Brazil. Foreign flag-ships from these countries carry a sizable amount of this cargo, although several US-flag lines serve these areas and should ideally handle the coffee · movement under existing "5050" legislation. Sen. Magnuson emphasized that the use of US flag-vessels for. such a purpose would provide a muchneeded boost to American shipping and would comply with previouslyexpressed US maritime policy under the Cargo Preference Act and reaffirmed by the President In his transportation message to Congress in April. · The Senator also questioned Defense Department use of foreignflag vessels to carry military oil cargo on a destination basis to overseas military bases. He charged that Defense purchases of petroleum in the amount of $112.2 million were shipped to overseas bases in foreign-flag ships in 1961. Oil imports in US flag-ships totaled only three percent in August 1961, and averaged little more than four percent for the January-November period, he declared. Exports of petroleum in US-flag vessels for the same period averaged less than 16 percent. He asked the Defense Depart- New Look. In Mobile vessels of the United States, and no others, should be employed in the transportation of supplies ot any· description for use by the Army and Navy. This bypassing of the law has been one of the factors contributing to the decline in foreign trade cargoes ·for tankers operating under the US flag. The Defense Department contends that the law requiring US ships to be used provides for t his only where the supplie9 are actually owned 'by the Government. Hall Named To ICFTU Delegation WASHINGTON AFL - CIO President George Meany will head a delegation of 20 American labor leaders to the seventh world. congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to be held July 5-13 in West Berlin. Meany has appointed SIU President Paul Hall to the delegation which includes heads of a number of international unions, representatives from AFL-CIO trade departments and international vicepresidents. Largest Union Group One of the larg~st union groups ever to attend a meeting abroad, the delegation represents the AFLCIO's strong support for the ICFTU. The opening slated the day after Independence Day and in the free city of West Berlin just across the wall from Communist East Berlin added to the united labor movement's all-out effort for the meeting. About 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the cong1·ess. They will represent 138 affiliated organizations in 107 countries with a membership of over 47 million workers in the free wol'ld. Items to be discussed at the gatherin·g, the first since 1959, include unemployment problems, union development in the new nations of Asia and Africa and tha role of the free labor movement in the United Nations. SIU MEETINGS Checking out the remodeled facilities in the Mobile SIU hall, Seafarers (top, left) look over the shipping board prior to job call. Game room (above, 1-r) always gets big play, and A. C. Kendricks, James Travis, William Reeves and A. A. Richards make up a cardgame, with Courtney Rooks (standing) looking on. At far left, revamped dining room set-up in the · hall provides comfortable seating. TV louncje (left) also has a new face after recent remodelir.g job. SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Sea· farers are expected to attend Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetin}l's will be: New York Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit Houston New Orleans Mobile July July July July July July July 2 3 5 6 ? 10 II �SEAFABEllS 'llTABY.;SlllPPING- Bl!BB I • {Figures on This P4Jle Cover D£ep Sea Shipping D:Al:JI 1n the :sIIJ Atlantic, Gulf,, Lakia .afid lnlanil Waters DistTic.t..) gta May 3f, .sw shii:m>im,.g Jfar .t he 1mmth of ~ hi.it 1the peak i..Gr the f~ " .pQrts, pnimfil'ilf in si,gn-ens. New York's~ in jobs Shipped ;was d.eair :fitom its iShmp activity figures, wihieh nave been the 'Same fur two roonths. The 'higher mipplng was matched iJy .an inerease in class A and class B registration during the montb so that, at the en.d .of May,, there w.as .almost no change in the Jl.Blo.tmi of men r~ter.ed on the beach for sh.ippmg. The "'oo the heach" t~ iBdieate .again th.at for those Seafarers n0tt rwailltimig Gut one partic.1Jllar i:vess.el CI>nll.y, 1her-e were . more than en<>ugh jobs availabile ~ till€ boam to enable any top seniority man to ship w1!1hout difficulJ.ty. Analysis of th~ shipping figures on the basis of seniority shows that 57.7 percent of the total jobs dispatched went to class .A top seniority men, .2fS .pen:iemt wer.e filled by .class .B .and the remainder (14.3 percent) h_y newcomers in class C. y.ear ·s© f:Clil', -as :2j{)3:1 jIDli>s wene p0sted and -~ :of!f the boarit!l ·m al1l ·port-s. '!lllie rise was -a w.etlcome -one wilth hc:>t Weather coming Ctn; ·it Teflected fhe expectal Uptm:n fur this time of y.ear when many Seafar.ei:s usua'Il:w pile .off for v;ac.aitioEs .and a s~y .asho.re w·t'h their families. The inerease did not .afftect ailJ p@:rt-s, howe;ver, .as New Y'°flk, N@rfoilk .an..d San F-.cancisco showed varying declines, and Boston helcl to the same pace as in the previous mont h. in turn, Phi1adelp'hia, Baltimore, J'ac'ksonville all the Gull ports, plus WiltnlO£ton and Seattle s.holl\£d .a rise. Houston t<;>ppecl. ::N.ew Y-0rk .and New Orleans in th€ {>rocess. All departments shared in tlae Job prospe!'iiy, .eacih .@ne strip mg .abaut Jl.UO j@bls more than in April. This w:as .a sign (}f u inciieased shap activity (see right) for an . t DECK DEPARTMEHT Registered Port GIWl!JP I 2 12Boston . . .••••• · ~~ . , .3 New York . . ...•..•••. 4'5 111 Philadelphia . ...•••.•. 1 4 '1:9 Balt~moN .. ......•. 34 '57 Nolio'lk .•••••••• 1 tJ Jacksonville . . • . • • • • • • 1 5 14 Tampa . ... .- .. .... . 0 1 Mo.bile .. .••••. • ••. l<D .37 New Otilean1 .• ..•••••. .52 ,54 Housfton _ . . ·- .••.• . 33 tll Wilmin,gton . .••• • ••• . ll7 12 San Francisco. . . • • • . • ' rn 24 Seattle . ..•..•• . ' 21 11 Tn7AH 256 414 1 S ALLj 21!"71 22 .1 ~ 4 I '%7 1io I 101 'l .I 17 :i I 22 1 1! 2 16 I 6Z 13 'I 129 13 :I 107 2 I 3t 3 ·I a 11 11 " j n • [ l 1 o .0 o (t GROUP I GaGUP c a.ASS GROl!J.P l 71 41 j Cl.ASS ! 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Jl-Ul l 'H :-H·'51 131 u j 21 I o ....,_On ·1 1'01At SHJPl'S) . , CLUS A a.ASS A GROUP a j!! % 4 1 14 u a :a u 0 "I 1.. 12 • 7 t 14 17· 31 19 1'7 'O 3 4 J '3 12 · .8 Jli .9 14> ·21 .0 2 :a! .3 1 3 -o n n '. , a :us 12 1 15 U ,: M to U1 I u u 13 . ..ca . e 0 13 u 14 6 l3 o 2 2 . ·18 2 2 ~ 6 ~ • 37 u e u fm412 m 19 ii t• Aipped a.ASS c tfte 8eacfl CLASS • GB.OfiTP C AU. 1.. I 2 S J .., .I &LL 2 S _0_5_1-~--.-l-0-31~ 1 .us 21> Z8 ' 0 n u 4 4 1 2 J • "i l 159 l3 1.M io '1 u· 8 a 3 ~ m s ' 11 a nil . ca llB n 21 2 6 9 1.1 I 3 23 .22 M • 1i 2 e 9 1· '5 19 ! 3 ' 2 16 .3 :5 U -0 i 2 3 7 14 0 0 1.2 .e 35 o o 28 ffi 90 1 .S .if! 15 29 2 5 6 ll 3 D1 3 0 t4 B t• o ·~ s 10 n1 2 2 m uz affHZ. n zz u i •i .SUMMARY lftegistered CLASS A MO '113 a.ASS ·G llOIDP 1 :Z .J AU. 0--0 2 j %1 ! <>o fl 16 m Slli,ppecl aAS5 C o 0 :2 O 1 1 1 O 1 <Q • 4 Jfeg1slere4 On Tlte 8eocft , a.Ass e a.•ss A j b !AU, t 2 I ALL l-11 I :Z J ALL1 J z • ALL - '7 _1_1_.3_4_5_0~"6-0-2] ~ -0-'2; 2 · 4 116 2 a a 19 s 4? 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' l 2 1 Ut 5 Baltimore ......... . 8 58 7 I ·13 1 26 23 Norfo'l k . .•••••••. 2 8 .3 I 13, 2 "l 8 Jacksonville .••••••••• · .3 8 0 I ti 0 'I 1 Tampa . ............. . 1 4 o I ;5f l I 1 Mobile . ...••..••. 3 18 .fi ·22 .o s ~ New Or.Jeans ......... .. 21 68 ~ .95 2 . ~ .29 Houston . ... ••.••.•. 23 -1e .fi I urr1 1 1 38 21 Wi1mjngt-0n . . .•.•••.• . 6 9 ·2 11'7!1 .3 Jto 4 San Francisco ..•••••• 8 21 7 I 'M 2 e 1 Se.a.t tle . ..•• ,. .. . 8 .28 4J.te 2 9!1.2 TOTALS ' lG13·99--00 I 522 a lti 158 I , GROUP l l 16 a :I Al.lL J :2 I ALI, 1 2 S ALL 1 6 . ...-fl-'2-2 ·1 ·tG 1 0 <) · 11 0 u; 22 1 41! 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I 49 1'7 . 21 ~ 6 1 .21 0 5f 2il ZJ 11 .3 e llO 1 te 50 j 51 ao ~ n 4 1 "I "t ' 19 ~ zs us~™ Tlte IJeadl aASS • �; ', . - . . .- , : I ~ t" ~ .... .. ~-- "':. • -: I I WEST COAST SIU WINS EW PACT, E OS BEEF SAM. l'K&NCISCO-:Memlher~ o~ tllre tfu!ee SIU Paeme Di.sbiict li1\lilioms ail'e mnw- va1!iTI:g on a puoposedl agreeme:at to settleth.e IWn.e-m'Gl'lltih ald Wes-ti Caaet ma:riitlime disp.u.te. '.Ebe acco1!'d was :uea:cFled 1le111 dlaiys~ bef(l)IJ?e' tn~ Jli.me- 3(!Mlh e-x.pilra- . aru:f1 tlle- Pacif ic Ma'l'i'l!hneo .Assoda• tion of an 8(}-d!a~ 'lrmt!-Hai11tl:ey ,tion came u.p with a foumul!a to mjuncl!iom end.I t!lie> dliSputw d.Ut!ing meetings: 1 N'egJ)tlato1111- fair the. tl1r ea unions · aa.J.ile:d tegetlieti b,- Dr. Jam'es: Ji. Jlfeaty, posanail med'iaitli4n nepie• sen11a41ive- cMJ Jil"i1esi~t llenn'eliyr_ Ir' . . D.-wna·mays ~...s RI : •tll ('j Has As H l\D Wj ....a.,., l...L: . U LID&llp$- 'Ehe negotiation. sessibnsi Welle! ~di "1btl~1 tile· "'coolliing oilll" pco.visi~s; oil 'lla>i!J-liFa11t!l~ weiie rlJ.IKl'ing out!: ctlldi u.niolll nrembe11s- 'WtH!e JJefilsing to. tiaKe- pavt in a "laet-offe11'" bal1lot JJequii.~ed by the> labor law Olli th&; employers' final proposa:1. 1 I Be~tecl S1V SAS'BTY DEPARTMENT Pia,,, It Safe In· StHRmel' Rea-dyi'ng peti+ion NLRB election covering 1,600 Detroit cab workers, p11M. Fl'ank Kurt·y of De- it Cab Worms local fi()l kenter) fs C01TC}f'MU• lated by Everett C fa r It, Chicaqo SIU taxi union vice - p-r&s. (.left l , as Local I 0 vice - presidents Jofut W e'cJiV&r, Geor.qe It a t t e-1 an·& Harofa Brcrdy look· on. t110 Arbftraiioll ! Tire' "last ofifer;~·· In. tllis; Instance-,, Tlnr stftllllltt' season 11Sliwe, H\e> sam·e as tfie trip to the tropies. calls. ' SEATTLE-Twe> runaway - ft'ag. , was- at>bitration· of lri<l' issues, which1 for special precautions by all handiJ to d'eaf with any eX">Cess of sunshine. ships seem to have found a home Pacific District members had\ J'ust aS' it do·e s for surrbatf:h'ers· at publ'i·c· bea·cfie'S and reSdrts, tf1e temp-· I here a:nd1 are serving, l;lS ftoati~g. 1e1llllliei; Dejected. ration ro get 011t in th·e· sun while al)O'ard' ship ~ometimes: resu1ts. iDJ resta.l lrants. ~~di .~otaso .f<?1 tlie- I Replfesenta.tiliv.eSi oe the: th:nee> throwing caution to tfie· Winds. I ' Seatfle ~orld s Fa1r no.w; gmng_ on. West Coast unions, the Sailors UnBasking, in tlie open sun,. in antv. season,. is. very health£ul-untH it One slup, the 15,000-ton M~1can 1 iom of 'the Pa'Ciitlic, the Miat:ine becomes, dangerous· fiecause of overe~posure. The best treatment for liner Acapulco,, has had man~ JG?Si· Coolts. & s:tt~iarcfu, and• the: M.laTIDe' sunburn is prevention. When in a tropical cllmate, ot' whei:e you!i:e• , andl Is· the ilGrm~u ~unaw~ cvu<tSI!' Fi·o omen1$ l!Tnfon,. l\aiVe nee01.nmend-· exposed to excessive sun, wear light, foose-fitting clothing,. White • · ship Nass~ that sa1_re~ out of. New ,ed acceptance of the new package .. ciothing is always best. Protect the· head with a hat or helmet. · Y~k. N.a·\ltella' Tucist1ca ~tcana1 Membel'!f Ih severall pl>l'ts have' It is ad.visai)le when suul:lathing. to do SO• g.radually, for sho1·t periods bought .the Nass~u'. lastJ l!ear and : &l•readly r.at!iifiiecb tl\e> ptropC>Sal. · at. a time, until a tali is developedl Many of the cbmmercial suntan lo. &pent aoout $i1. m11Uon overhaufing, lions wm. be helpful'. In the event! of too much exposure or blistering, her for the cruise trade fietween· ltet'roadive 'to Octolle,you. can. get some comfort: fuom any of the mffd', oily-type fotions. DETK-OIT-The Nati'onal• Lahor Los Angeles and Acapulco, MexTerms. 0£ the agreement, which! Relations BoaJ.Td has set July 19 a• A~onewho titles. tel "outs~r.e"' the sun by rooking cfil.re.ctl!yinto· Its the· hearing· tftate on a petition by fco . The- ship• operatedl i·n· ~l\iis serv- l is retroactL've to October 1. 1'96 r<a~s flllr antv .lengUt· 0£ time· without proper sunglasses, is. imvibing ti:ouble. °Local of the United Cab· Wor1'i~e for a· few mon~h·s· and1 ls1 lfO\\!' amf extends to .rune f5', 1'9'65', in10 '.Fh·ose- who weau ueg.utat· p1.1eseniption lenses S'tloulcfi have- correctfve en here for a· seel'et vote covering tled to a dock here as a conventfon elude tne following: 1 eatevy. B'a sic wages for aU ratings will! lenses' in. 1lheir sunglasses. This is, a ma.titer e>l1 basic protectionr for the l,fiOO Checker Cab woi·kers. who I , eyes. li>avk lenses· for sunglasses, are 3' must, regarcH'ess of. the color. overwhelmingly have indicated a Flaunts Law . be increased' oy a: flat two percenL I ¥ou should· not be able to see' your eyes· in a> mit'r0t· when wearing desi1te to afliiliate with the- SIUNA The- seaond 11hil)',. the Pan11>Vacations will be boosted fro.mi , sun>glasses. Transportation Services• and' Allied manfan-ftiag. "¥armouth, is- opernl~r the p.resent three days pe1· montl Those> who lta!Ve> t-0· be· out! in the sun either. for woi:k ou I>liaW' must Woi:kers. undercutting, the Jones. Act, which· worked to· five days. p·er month. con'Sirler w·ea11ing. pvoper clothiing. as wel1' as ffie· prol>lem of overexSpur.red By Victoey JK'Oh.iibits. tim;eign--flag. shi.ps f.oom Agreements. reached' on generali posune. B'ody· venrtiilaitliun• is. important. In addii.tion,. bumts' caused1 by The Checker Cab move· here· folcarrying passengers between US : rules, fast turnauound sltips and! wearing open .foot wea1r on ov.e1·heal'ed· declt!t and fadtfors, or from lows- the success of; Chicago's. 51,00ll ports. on setting up medical clinks will\ twuehing' sun-naked bu:lk.J\ead's, railings, machinery or tools left in Checker and Yell'ow Cab workers 1 This vessel is using the gimmick; , stand:. Departmental rules not yet. fih·e open' ave· another saurce• of injury. · who rejoined the AFL-CI© trade of pl'eking. UlJ! passengersi at San ·negotiated will be. taken up immeAny voyage in warm chmates· als·o cveat es another ver~e specific union movement as members of Francisco- and unfoadlng them at : diateLy by . empfoyer and' unioni danger brougl'tt on by tl'le temptation to take· a1 swim over tile· side. the SIUNA b:ansportation affiliate. Victoria, BC. She then meets the repi:esentatives. Issues wftlch be'-· Sun·o atihing and' swimming usually go togefheu on shore. Aboa.11d sl1fp, The Chicago drivers. and garage passengers at Seattle-they come. come dispute-cf will be determined! tlie" swim over the side in l'lot+· workers have been joined in· the by · bus. from Cana'd.a\.-and aeJJv.es oy an imparti'at person designated! weatfier may l)e> ctesirable, out it's seaman· sometimes pays. too little TS-AW by 300 drivers represented as a hotel while they see the fair ' by tlm Federa·l MedlJ.a.fi'on & Conan invitation to· trouble' and very attention to the rigllts and wrongs by an ind'e pendent Local' l in St. 1lghts. Once the Seattle visit fs· ' cifiation Servl'ce. seldbm recommended'. of this pastime~ The> numbe1· one Louis. 1 over, tile" pro·c ess Is reversed. Pensi~ns will also be: ral'sed. I Too· many nntmowns eEst to deadly enor for boaters, IS not In. ot her organ'i!ling actions by Judge Denies Sult ~ from their present maxfmum oll taxe a1 chance on tfris form of re- ha~ting enough-otT any=---lffe.saving the 'llSAW, more than 1,1'00 memA Department of' Justice su'tt ; $1~.5 per m~ntft t'o $·l 50' and' ell'gi- la~·tion~ Aside> fi·om the cfungers d'e vices on hand·. lf' the hund\:eds bers of a· Cl1icago industr.ial workagainst the- ship .was denied by 81 bihty requirement.a will be' low- , fa.• many· ave-as' fi·om animal' and of peusons who• ai:e tin-own or fall ers group have afao voted to. join marine- l~fe~ eifil'ter l'arge or smaU overboard every year had· tl'le use the new SIUNA affiliate. The rejud,g e, who- ruled< thei ship, wasi not ered. an actua'1. opeJJatl'on oil a foreignThe Taft-Hartley injunction was: and' vel'y often t!rou'P iesome, tl\e of irnesa~r.ing gear, most ot' them sul.t of U1is landslide action is. that flag vessel in the<US coastal' trade. invoRed on April 11 after tfte three· big- unknowns · a1•ei confamination wouid' survive. Law requires tha t more than 6.500 new members are West Coast seamen hava. picketed! ' unions fiad been out for 27 days .. · a-mtr poll'ttt ion. The presence of tlie aH small boats. have a• Coast Guai·d- linked to the SIU in Chicago ex1 the ship lo p1·otest th&< mii'neuver Dui-ing lhe coo Ung-off' period, ef- sliip itsellf is a hint of this. Other aiiprovedi bouyant cushion. ring cl u ive of ma rine membershi p. All and have been supported b.y ll' forts to reach an agreement were- unk!nowns· are possible rockS) bouy or bou~ ant lifejacket for of U1em had been under U1e dominat ion of Jimmy H~ffia' s- Teamnumber of passengers who have· stepped up as the end of the fn- ' veefls, cur vents andi sh·ong. tid~s, eaeh person. ' TheFe's· the' ever-p1·esent danger sters Union at one time. et1ttteeled tickets. junction loomed near. Jil•om sman craft! and:, last but not But. the ditlficulty Is. tha t t he E hicag o· .<tssist least , tihe· potentia•l fo t· slip& and the l'aw can't force people to use Assisting the Detroit cab drive falls in goin:g over the side 011 leap- them. Some boat ers. sit on t hem am r epr esen tatives from U1e· Chiing- from a lowered pil'ot , lad'd er and when the· boat capsizes the l~fe cago SIU taxi union and sru oc gang:i.vay, All in all, the best preserver floats awa~' out of reach. members who are conducting an move. is. to stick. to• the beaches Other people stow them away impromptu orga nizing campaign MFow· MC&S SUiP ' and regularly-patrolled swimming ne'at ly where they can't be found here whenever they ride local PORT lt/l tOI fii/28 IJ;/1 to 3/3'1 5/18 to 6/14 areas, wherever you are. in an emergency. And t here are ca bs. Th e Detro it grou p •ms pre- icau un·J•on L D F.JVe • · s·e t In' Det.ro1·1 i Pa,cific Dis.friet Shipping San· Francisco. ............. 731 20~ 363 Seattle .... . . .. ...... ·. . . . . 131 81 53 Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 3'4 62 Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 llrew York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 New Orleans . .......... ·. . . 71 B'onolulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . S an- Peclro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tno ham '110'.llAL ... '. .. . ....••. 1,362 • Covers May 10-29' onl.v # Cove rs only, month· of M•ll'· «no- hall) 39 Ult M 71:# w 97.- 57"1 21 (nO' h'aU) 61Z Summev also means private ahvays- objections of "It's sissy," boiiting- and even tl\.e professional and "Why wear one ?' I'm a good swimmer." Man y a boatman who ~~;:;: n:'.iff1'!\'.I::>.r&'\W:0~~;;-m~.;§'':;g;;~;<>mfu~~'?K!?I!;W has voiced these complaints has gone down to his· death. It would be desfrable foe eve r~'one to· wear a lifejacket at all Cal>fe Address· times wben on the water in a boat, Seafarers over seas who want saiys tl!le- Coast Guard. But certo get in touch with head quar· tainly non-swim mers. young chi!ters in a hurry can do so by d1 en, the aged and the physical ly cabling the Union, at its. cable ha ndicapped in n small ope n boat address• SEAF All.EUS N::i:W should always wear one. YORK. Use of this address will assure (Comme'nts a.n d suggestion s are speedy transmission on au mesinvited by this. D epa'r t ment and sages and faster serv.ice for the can be s11 bmitted to this rotumn men imrolved. t¥-,W.,.~t1W.~~~~l§;'m,%~~-~),~~~~\'%~''~~~ in eare of the SEAFARERS LOG. ) Union Has viously unorgan ized. A we ll-a~­ ten ded orga nizing meeting \\·as h eld recenlly lo elecl Local 10 offic ers and set up- a com mittee to draft a constituti on. It was ad~ dresse d by Great Lakes SI U vicepre, iden t Al Ta nner and Dominic Abata. pr esi den t of t he TSAW, ''°ho spearhead ed the successful 20-hour strike of the Chicago cabmen in March. U?1' ~ KNOW! I AA· t/)~ 1o1JIE LW ....... - • - �_ • i. ' "4 ··~'.4.llEllS Sheet Metal Pact Ends Long Plant Job Dispute SYRACUSE-Members of Local 527, Sheet Metal ·Workers International Association, have voted unanimously to ratify a · con tract with the Carrier Corporation 'f or its plant here, thus solidifying the union as .,_- - - - - - - - - - - bargaining agent for the 2,750 Under the terms of the agreeE?mployees of the company. ment, the company and the union ll llllfllllfll . I 1111 . ' .Jane, 11a £00 111111111 THE GREAT· LASES Keep Duplicate Customs Record ·SEAJrARER . . :.....L...................______~lf,. . .~iillm&.i~ /~I- In making customs declarations overseas, Seafarers are urged to obtain a duplicate or retain some record of the items declared in order to avoid potential problems later. Reports have been received at SIU headquarters, especially from ships in Southeast Asian ports, of Seafarers being held responsible for goods they did not own and consequently did not declare. Customs authorities in many countries impose severe fines and penalties on foreigners charged with sell· Jng goods ashore and frequently use this means to harass seamen who would otherwise have to leave a vessel just before sailing. SIU Cruise Ship Refloated The contract resulted from a will jointly administer a separate dispute over plant work, during pension plan for production and which Local 527 received strong maintenance employees. In addi· 1mpport from the SIU, other AFL- tion, the contract calls for an inCIO unions and the Maritime crease of l50 cents per month in Trades Department, with which pension pay for each year worked the Sheet Metal Workers are af- at the plant and the lowering of fmated. the .eligibility age of pension coverBy carrying a total of 2,742 a~e. After ten yea~s, the employees votes ,in .favor of the agreement, . ~ ill have vested rights in the pent he local brushed aside any si9n plan. !i-W:·w.&.~i&«mBW'.1.%.W-~~i@aw~'ml coubts over the union contract As a condition of the contract, provisions the workers wanted. Carrier will become a union shop, The agreement fully clarified rep- with all employees at the plant reresentation rights at the air-condi- quired to join Local 1527 within tl oner manufacturer's plant, which thirty days after the contract is Jra.d been in dispute for some time. Into effect. Over 2,000 plant work· Union officials estimated that the ers already are SMWIA members. SIU Great Lake~-contracted cruise ship South \American ran · total pay and fringe benefits inIncluded in the 136-page concrease will amount to $7.5 million tract is an increase in vacation aground in the south channel of the St. Clair River at ever the life of the 41-month time for employees with service of Algonac, Mich., on June 6, but no serious damage resulted ,.greement. 25 years or more from three to to the ship and 230 paueng~rs on board rode out the crisis The new contract provides a four weeks and a clause calling fn good spirits. The vessel was refloated with the aid of tugs. !9-cent-an-hour increase in pay for "a floating holiday system" over the next 2'5 months and will that will enable the union memA proposed cut in transcontinprovide machinery for a strong hers to pick up four additional ental railroad rates for pineapple grievance proceedure and seniority holidays that would provide long products has met with a stream of program sought by the SMWIA. . weekends. protests from shipping interests The first phase of a three-step in North · Atlantic ports. Announcing the a gr e em en t, Edward Carlough, international wage increase went into effect on Steamship lines that now transunion president, warmly praised the June 4 payroll, averaging 17 port an estimated 300,000 tons of "'the support of organizations like cents an hour plus seven cents pineapple say the new rates would the SIU that helped to make this retroactive to last July 31. Addi- sharply curtail cargoes to the East DETROIT-The Canadian Government has eliminated tolls final and happy settlement of the tional raises are du~ in· July, 1963, Coast that originate in Hawaii. InCarrier dispute possible." and again Jn 1964. stead, the fruit shipments would on the Welland Canal, a vital link in the St. Lawrence Seaprobably move to the West Coast way, in an attempt to encourage greater use of the waterway by ship, and then go by rail to by shippers. It also announced+'-'-----------Dl!L ORO (Mississ ippi), March 10- all delegates and the steward departthat the canal's single locks the government has already expoints as far east as Buffalo. Chairman, E. A. Rihn1 S•cr•tary, I. C. ment. Patrolman to check with en· · BrldgH. Ship's delegate left ship. &ineer about steam in hot water line for the .SIU-con- would be twinned in the near propriated 320 acres of land for A spokesman Vote of thanks to Houston patrolman all trip. Repair list turned Jn. this work. . tracted Isthmian Line, which han- future for quicker transit. for settling beef. Ira Bridges elected new ahlp'a delegate. Thanks to E. A. COUNCIL GROVE <Cities Strvlc•), dles a major share of the shipping Few US-flag deep-sea operators An earlier attempt to a~trad Rhln for bringini library from Mo- March 24-Chalrman, T. E. Frazier; of pineapple products to the East currently use the Seaway and it is more ships for the overall waterbil• hall. Secretary, J. Q. Dedlcatorla. Ship's delegate reported that the men are Coast, has called the new pro- expected the changes will improve ways route was made by the SeaITEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Jan. 14 not cooperating with the department "an unwarranted move" and the traffic pattern. posal way Authority in February when -Chairman, W. J, Doyle1 S•cretery, delegates Jn turning Jn OT. No beefs Fr•d Shela. Ship needs fumJgation reported. Passageways, toilets and likened it to past trans-continental it dropped tolls on Jnbound in•. The joint St. Lawrence Seaway badly. All hand1 getting off requested showers have been painted. Repair rail-rate reductions that were re- Authority said that present water- transit cargoes. The same cargo to make aure that the bunks are list turned In. Awning for the after.tripped and foc'sles left in &ood con· sponsible for the decline in inter- way tariffs are sufficient to repay when carried outbound is still subdeck was discussed again. Donation dltion. S3.9ll in ship'• fund. All men of one dollar per man was given a coastal shipping. who wish to donate anything will see hand vote. all costs on its planned 50-year ject to tolls. ehlp'a treamrer at payoff. All 111.r If the cuts go through, it would amortization schedule and that vents need to be overhauled. Vote FLORIDA IT AT e <Everg lades), extend the same type of rate there would be full hearing before of thanks to 1teward department. March 27-Chalrman, D. Molter1 Sec· maneuver to Hawaii, 2,100 miles any increase in tolls was made. retary, C. M. Henning. Everything ITEEL ARCHITECT <Isthmian), out in the Pacific, he said. March 25-Chalrman, A. c. Carpen· running smoothly; only a little disThe US and Canada is scheduled to puted OT. Ship's delegate resigned The proposal, which is going be- review Seaway charges in 1964. and Frank Mateo was elected to take fore the Transcontinental Freight his place. Discussion on shortage of One concrete result of the Canadilinen. Steward said it's to be put on Bureau, a railroad rate agency, board this trip. Crew request more next month, would boost cargoes an action on the ·welland is expectLOG1 aent regularly. for Western railroads at the ex- ed to be an increase in the water ROBIN TRENT (Robin Line), Jan. pense of the Eastern lines which movement of coal cargoes between 29-Chalrman, none glven1 Secretary, Harry Thrash. Delegates report no have been loudest in complaining Lakes Erle and Ontario, which are beefs. Motion tilat the negotiations DETROIT-Usin.g the unique about revenue losses. Shipping in- connected by the canal. Until now committee renegotiate the vacation SIU service launch plus the usual shippers have moved coal by rail to set-up to S800 a year collectible In terests have sharply questioned 90·day periods. Robert M. Cosslboln methods of union representation avoid paying the canal tolls. how any of the roads, in this case elected new ship's delegate. and servicing, the Great Lakes The Welland Oanal was free unthe Western-based lines, can cut tu1 Secretary, P. M. Meth. ShJp'a SIU has successfully squared away SAMPAN HITCH (Suwannee), March delegate reported minor beefs with 31-Chalrman, rates and at the same time make til four years ago when, a year be- a variety of beefs concerning overHenry Murranka; Sec· chief mate. Suggest crew boost ship's r•tary, Monroe c. Gaddy. Crew re· the Seaway opened, a two cent fore claims about financial difficulties. treasury and volunteer a fund for time pay, transportation p ay, and an SIU workaway aboard. $16.82 quests OT pay checks to be m ailed The ~allei'n of selecllvtt rale- per gross ton toll on the ship plus work rules. out earlier than in the past. Shlp'1 left in ship's fund . Ship's delegat e delegate requested Information f r om cuttlng by the railroads in all an additional two cent per ton wanted to resign post . Crew urgell In the first month of the 1963 h im to keep job until the end of t he Jacksonville about clarifying transporareas, with the assistance of the charge on the cargo was instituted. t ation issue from Trinidad. Walter season the union acted shipping trip. Vole of thanks lo the steward Twinning of the Welland Canal F. Mueller , ship's delegate g iven a Interstate Commerce Commission, depa r tment and t o r adio offi cer for quickly to settle to me in bership vote of th anks. Alfred Phillps elected turning out the news eve!'y day. be a multi-million-dollar locks will has reduced intercoastal and donew ship 's delegate. Asked head· satisfaction the many beefs that project and although no date has to a fragment of mestic shipping quarters to include OT sheets with DEL NORTE (Mississippi), March 11 been announced for its beginning, arose coverJng transportation and -Chairman, Robert Callahan; Secre- LOGs. Ask J acksonville hall to send what it was years ago. travel pay to the ships fitted out. A tary, Bill Kaiser. A letter concern· SIU library via crewmemben joining vessel. lng questions about vacation and welvarie· t y of overtime claims were fare plan was written and mailed also disposed of as the crews ANTINOUS (Waterman>. March 6from Rio. One member hospitalized Chalrman, Oscar Raynor/ Secretary, at Buenos Ai res: All brothers asked shaped up the idle vessels for the Sam Grande. All rep airs not comto check with patrelman before p ays1:1mmer sailing ahead. pl eted . Oscar Raynor elected new off. $25 given to m e mber in hospi tal ship's delegate. Formica t able tops in Buenos Aires. $294 in movie fund. Other beefs resolved included or dered . aga in in J apa n. Reque st by Still owe $89 on movie m a chine. Moplacing new washing machines, TV bosun for more n ecessa ry items In tion made to contact hea dquarters to 1962 April 16, 1962 Through May 15, slopchest for n ex t trip . Steward e xGee that after next negot iati ons crews sets 1'nd chairs aboard some vespla in ed new milk pio n. Vo te of get p a id by day a nd n ot by m onth . Port TOTAL STEWARD DECK ENGINE s ls, squaring up the payment Qf Th is crew lost one day in p ay last t hanks lo steward d epartment for good foo d an d service. trip a nd will lose a nothel' day's pay penalty time and settling bunker t his trip. Moti on ma de th at sh ip 's Alpena . . . . . . . . . . . 16 35 18 6 spillage disputes . PACIFICU S (Or lon ), J a n. 27 delegate ask food progra m m e n t o Chairma n, Balfin geri Secretary, Mc· check /lour a nd dry stores for b u gs The union's service launch operBuffalo .. ........ . '130 241 74 37 Fall. Eve rything is runni ng along OK. In New Orleans. ates out of Algonac and meets all Motion m acl e that all men reg iste red In class l ·S he le ft on the shipping EMI LIA <Buff), Fe b. 17- Cha lrma n, Chicago 92 26 6 60 vessels passing t hr ough Lake SL list un til th ey a re a ble to get a job, M. McK inney, Jr.; Se cretary, H. Ar· Clair between Algonac and P or t p rovidi ng th at th ey do not pass up a lingha ms. One ma n hospitalized in Cleveland .... .... 65 134 16 53 j ob. Thi s shou ld also apply t o t he Greece. Steward t o be referred t o Hur on. Radio-equipq::·ed, the boat n ew system of r eg isteri ng bosu ns. patrolman f or negligence Jn l.ais can be quickly dispatched to any Detroit . ... .... ... 196 36 349 117 duties. PETROCHEM <Va lentine), Feb. 11contracted ship as It passes Chalrman, E. C. Goings; Secretary, WILD RANGER CWatermanl, March Duluth .. .......... 26 3 6 35 through t he area's waters. Patrick Needham. No beefs reported. 11-Chalrman, J. A. DeNals; Secre· t ary, C. L. Stringfellow. Vot e of Motion t o h ave a gra de A brand of During . one two-week period 20 Frankfort .. . . . . . .. 40 35 95 coffee placed aboar d. Vote of th anks thanks t o captain and ra dio operat or last year, a record 45 vessels were t o stewnrd f or a fo b " I P ll done with tor j ob well done Jn having sick man the chief cook and baker m issing. taken off at sea. Vote of thanks to contacted and serviced en route 324 124 TOTAL . .. .... 533 981 by union patrolmen. New Rail Cut Move Hits Ships See Rise In Seaway Traffic Wit~ Welland Tolls Dropped Lakes SIU Launch On Job Again Great Lakes • ' •• • • ! ' t ~ Shippi~g .. �Police·Rani Picket Boats, Aid Scabs -In Canada Beef MONTRE4L-Police state-type tactics were used by sheriff deputie~ in ·Toledo, Ohio, as t.h ey went to the rescue of the sc~b-manned Jal!l~S Norris and rammed boats picketing the Upper Lakes Shipping vessel. Members of the International Longshoremens' Association were picketing the James Norris in three motorboats. The ship had been tied up in Toledo by picketing of the SIU and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. . Picketing of the ship ts part of a Gr~at Lakes-wide fight being waged by the SIU of Canada and other unions against the runawayflag Norri~ Grain Company and the scabbing activities of its subsidiary, Upper Lakes Shipping. The SIU fight against the Norris combine has received strong support from many of the waterfront unions on the Lakes, whose members have also been undercut by the runaway and scabbing campaign. Stalled Pact Talks Upper Lalees was an SIU of Canada-contracted company last year until the owners stalled off contract negotiations, waited for the pact to run out and then began manning vessels with scab c r e w s ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + recruited by a group newly-formed for the occasion and Clllling itself the "Canadian Maritime Union." The police action, watched by scores on the banks of the Maumee River, saw one picketboat being rammed and sunk, another shot at and swamped and the third captured at" pistol-point by the sheriff deputies. As word of the police action spread throughout the harbor, longshoremen, tugboatmen, grain millers, Lakes seamen and other waterfront workers walked off their jobs to protest the strikebreaking tactics. A port tie-up resulted from the unwarranted twohour police attack on the pickets. lt ended after the scab crew of the James Norris moved the vessel to a graiQ elevator and company supervisors loaded it. -Rescue ·H as Odd Twist ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -A rescue with an unusual beginning took place on the SIU of Canada- contracted Westrlver while she was docked here on a recent European voyage. ·Two seamen, James Parsons and Eugene Flood, were relaxing in their foc'sle when Parsons happened to glance out of the po1•thole. He couldn't believe his sta1·tled eyes: The chief engineer was floating by on the tiae and heading for the deep blue, evidently ln a state of complete oblivion to his situation. Both men lost no time getting topside. Once on deck, they fished the chief c :'"lgineer out of tihe water. After the rescue was completed and the excitement had died down, the seamen returned to their foc'sle. This time they put the deadlight down to prevent further interruption. Once was enough, they s aid. The chief engineer was taken to a hospital after the rescue. He was up and about in a few days and returned to wotk aftet• a week. sh·IpbuI·1ders see .Boom ST. JOHN, N.B.-Shipbuilders in this eastern Canadian province have completed one of their biggest jobs on record with the launching of the Hamiltonian, booming ship construction work in the province. Saint John Shipbuilding and Drydock built the ship for the SIU of Canada-contracted Papachristidis Company Ltd. The 730-foot long, 26,000-ton vessel is a sistership of the Montrealais, recently christened by Vickers Shipyard in Montreal for the company. Both ships will° see extensive service on the Great Lakes. In addition to the two ships built for the company, two more are on · order as part of a longrange construction program. Both vessels are bulk carriers and can transport either ore or grain, which ever the trade demands, through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Transit requirements through the Seaway limited the size of the.. vessels to the 730-foot length. This is the maximum permitted to navigate the locks of the waterway. Of the two ships on order, one will be built by -Vickers while the second will be built by Saint John Shipyard. Canadian Seafarers, members of th e SIU · of C a n a d a are a vital element In the maritime picture generally and in the SIU family of unions. They man ships under Canadian flag across-the-board-deep sea off the Atlantic Coast, on .the Canadian West Coast, on the Great Lakes and the Seaway. The Canadian SIU also represents large groups of Canadian tugboatmen, dredgemen and allied crafts. The Canadian District works closely with the other SIU unions throughout North AIJ)erica and the mutual relationship has been of great advantage to all SIU members. Ca p S·i zed picketboat (above, left I lies alongside dock after Toledo, Ohio, police harbor patrol rammed and sank the craft, one of several protesting scabbing by Upper Lakes Shipping on Canadian SIU sea me n. At Detroit (above), SIU picket cites substandard conditions on SS Hilda Marjanne. Giant Co's Passing Up 'Guidelines' ' Rammed and sunk after police attack in Toledo's Maumee River I left), picketboat is towed away by police launch past organized ships tied up and waiting to be loaded. At right, police guard scabbing operation at Toledo grain elevator, where company personnel loaded the Upper Lakes' scab vessel Jan:ies Norris with grain. Veterans Of E.a rly SIU Days Pa·ss On The past two months saw the passing ot two oldtime SIU charter members who assisted and promoted the Union's growth during its infancy in the days before World War II. At New Orleans, a heart .+i condition was fatal to Gulf -------veteran Lawrence E. Wessels, 69, on April 27. In New York, steward oldtimer Joe Arras passed away at the age ·of 68 after a coronary attack . . Both men were active in the affairs of the Union at its inception in 1938-39. Wessels was one of the first SiU officials in the Port of New Orleans, serving as an engine department patrolman until 1941. He also was port agent of the old Marine Scalers Union In New Orleans, and had been a member of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders on the West Coast" in 1935 prior to joining the SIU. With US seatime back to 1916, Wessels was one of t he sea veterans who took part in the American Coal Shipping beef in 1957. An Army man in World War I, he had served In France and on his return· home went back to sea. In recent years, he had been sailing regula rly on Delta Line passenger vessels as engine maintenance. His last ship was the D·el Oro at the end of 1961. · Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Otillle Wessels, of New Orleans. Burial was at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Jefferson Parish, La. Arras, who had sailed American ships as far back as 1919, joined the SIU a few days after the old Atlantic District was established in 1938 and was an active compalgne1· on the Union's behalf. He Wessels Arras served on several of the odginal committees that set up the Union"s administrative structure at a time when the Alantic and Gulf Districts were separate units. They merged In 1940. He had been hospitalized or an outpatient for most of the time since his last vessel, the ex-Robin Doncaster (Robin) in 1955. One of his last wishes was that his eyes be donated to an agency for the blind. In compliance with his request, arrangements also were made by the SIU to have h.is ashes scattered over the seas shortly after his death. FOR ALL YOUR IEAR SEA CHEST 'I' . The big boys in the big business world are still making big money, according to "Business Week" magazine .. Nowhere in the "Business Week" story was there any indication that big business is even thinking in terms of wage "guidelines" for top management personnel, although such "guidelines" are being pushed for lower management and hourlyrated workers. "Business Week" made a survey of top officials of major corporations and concluded that "earnings of top management in many major corporations rose substantially during 1961, reflecting the year's brightening economic picture." The survey, based on proxy statements filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, found that two out of every fi ve companies tabulated handed out raises to top men, two held their own and one cut back. An indication of the role t hat defense plays in business prosperity is the fact thaf t he largest increase recorded by big business went to the president of Avco Corp. James R. Kerr received a 35 percent increase over the previous year, reflecting the company's 1961 earnings, the highest in history. Theta were a whole cluster of increases reported in t he vicinity of five to ten percen t. The most dramatic decrease was handed out by American Motors, an average .Jf 38 percent for its key executives. This was due, a company spokesman said, to exp ected lower sales. For the third consecutive year the biggest wage earner was Frederic G. Donner, chairman of the board for General Motors. His salary. director's fees, bonus, stock options, etc. added up to $676,475. All told, nine GM officials received more than $400,000. Henry Ford received $460,000. of the controve rs ial Oifi ial steel firms didn't do too bad, althou gh they fell behind GM executives. �8..., IHI • Oil Pipeline Job Starts MARIETTA, Ga.-Work has been started h~re on a main pumping station for a $350 million oil pipeline system that will span the continent from Houston to New York with a supply of 600,000 barrels of gasoline, kerosene and other petroleum products every day. The 1,600-mile pipeline i s + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <>wned jointly by nine major ports. Construction of the pipe- that the plan ls in direct contradicoil companies incorporated as route will further reduce the size tion with at least three sections of the Colonial -Pipeline Company. The capacity of the overall pipeline will ultimately be expanded to 1.1 million barrels daily, representing about one·thlrd of all the refined products that tankers now carry from the Gulf to East Coast of the American-flag tanker fleet, already suffer ing from diminish!ng numbers. The American Maritime Assoelation lodged strong protests with tne Attorney General over construction of the pipeline, asserting Cuban Labor Exile Visits SIU anti-trust law, and would impose an unfair burden on existing common carriers. In filing its complaint, the AMA charged that Jf the new pipellne Were to go through, each Of the participating and competing companies would be able to play a significant role Jn the price fixing of its competitors' products. This would permit the companies to divide markets among themselves. AMA reminded the Government that it had over a $200 million investment in insured mortgages on tankers which would be jeopardized by the' development of a pipeline system. It noted that tankers can move in any trade when they are needed, are better able to cope with seasonal and emergency demand and can carry any type of oil cheaper than pipelines. The damage done to the tanker fleet by the pipeline would only rob the country of its mobility in transporting oil, which has long been a special asset of tanker vessels. This loss of flexibility is import·a nt in terms of. longrange economic and national defense interests: ·T BB sra· · t .c I 4 ~- .. . .. J:NLANI> ,BO•!KA nC!e _ __.•...'•'111111!:1 1 • J ··.r,1 Waterway Toll Program Deferred BJ House Unit WASlllNGTON-Waterways industry efforts opposing the Administration's planned user taxes on aU fuels used by in· land boats were successful this year as the House of Representatives passed its tax b i l l - - - - - - - - - - - without including provision the White House ~supported user tax when it reported the tax bill for the fuel levy. The Jlouse Ways and Means to the full Ht>use. The committee Committee originally eliminated indicated that it "did not have time this year to conduct the lengthy hearings that would be in• volved" in reporting on the Presi• dent's suggestion to adopt the first waterway tolls in the nation'• history. This comment by committee chairman Wilbur D. Mills <Dem.Ark.) apparently sets the stage for consideration of the toll bill in the 88th Congress next year. Strong pressure from the White House is expected to be brought on the committee to get a favorable re·: WASHINGTON - Newly-organ- port. ized by the SIU In1and Boatmen's First advanced in a White House Union, Sheridan Transportation budget message in January, the Now visiting in the US, former Cuban seamen's union leader Company has charged the Inter- proposed tax rate would be two Ignacio Gonzalez Telechea (right I, toured SIU headquarters ·' state Commerce Commission with cents a gallon on all fuels. Wateri' I shortly before leaving for West Berlin meeting of the Interdiscriminatory practices in ruling ways industry spokesmen esti' national Confederation of Free Trade Unions on J~ly 5. Telefor a rate increase on rail-water mated that the tax would raise fuel movements of coal to North Atlan- . costs some 20 percent and threaten chea, pictured with SIUNA rep. Jose Perez, left Cuba soon tic ports. It joined with the Na- the existence of all inland water• . after Fidel Castro became premier. He ls a former presitional Water Carriers Association way transportation. dent of the Inter-American Regional Organization (ORITI, in the protest. While the first use of the tax an affiliate of the ICFTU. Under the ruling, which is part would be in boats operating on the Seafarers may one day -be aided of a general rail rate increase case by an anti-collision device that uses that began in October 1960, the rivers, industry spokesmen have noted that there would be nothing a computer to figure out the posICC would put into effect a rate to prevent the user taxes from sibility of a collision course by collecting radar data on course, posi- increase of seven cents per ton on being applied to harbor craft and coal moving from mines to water deep-sea vessels. tion and speed. · by rail and for movement beyond The aim of the tax is to underThe device would loudly squawk the cost and maintenance of write this point by water, as well as on "collision" whenever the data cominland navigation facilities, accordcoal to be transported by rail. WASHINGTON-Railway labor spokesmen have urged piled ibdicated the chance of a the Administration, but of• ing to water-rail movement. Congress to declare a two-year moratorium on railroad mishap anywhere within a 30ficials have acknowledged that the In petitioning for a re':iew of mergers and conduct a thorough ~vestigation of the indus·- minute range. It would take into the ruling, Sheridan and the car- tax would not raJse enough money account both the relative and true try's financial structure w i t h + - - - - - - - - - - - - - courses of approaching ships from riers group cited past precedent re- to cover these costs. a possible view toward set- recommended by a presidential radar. quiring the ICC to protect the railting up a National Railroad emergency board and was accepted Designed by . Goodye.ar Aircraft barge movement 1n suc'h cases. Sheridan boatmen voted unaniCommission to plan a more effi- by the unions. Four cents of the for the Maritime -Administration, dent and effective transportation increase ls retroactive to February the device would provide both mously last month to name the 1 and 6.28 cents ls retroactive to visual and audible signals by link- IBU as their bargaining agent. The system. These demands for positive ac- May 1, 1962. Soon after the wage ing the radar-computer components company operates three deep-sea tion were voiced before the anti- pattern was established, railroads to a pre-recorded tape that would tugs and one harbor boat. The trust subcommittee of the Senate in many areas began systematie- squawk out a . warning signal. harbor tug, the H. J. Sheridan, is Judiciary Committee which is con- layoffs of personnel, in an ap- Shlps' officers now laboriously plot already under IBU contract. Neducting hearings on a bill to slow parent effort to build a case for radar data manually, taking time gotiations are going on coveriJ!g from other duties. down possible mergers of major a new round of rate increases. the otlter three vessels. NORFOLK-The IBU-contracted railroads at least through the end Norfolk, Balt1more and Carolina of 1963. Line has made a "turkey" lay Spokesmen for the SIU-affiliated SIU Backs $1.50 Minimum W~ge NY some gQ!den eggs by sailing over Railway Labor Executives Associathe same route that drove another t ion said action is needed to precompany out of busine, s a short \let1t the ho t of mergers that are time ago. only profiting financial groups. Two NBC .vessels, the Virginia Order can be brought to the indusClipper and the Mary!and Clipper, try only through the creation of a are running over the identical broad public-private commission route that the Old Bay Line was to plan "a more efficient utilizaunable to make pay off until it tion of our system of railroad finally folded last month. transportation," they pointed out. NBC switched to a roll-on/rollRLEA is the official labor group off operation last year and conrepresenting trade unions converted two Navy landing craft Jnto 11ected with the railroad industry. trailerships. They make nightly Twenty-four national and interruns from Baltimore to Norfolk national unions are members of and Norfolk to Baltimore, regularly RLEA. and represent virtually all passing each other .o n the way. employees· in the industry. The SIU is affiliated through its RailEach mornillg after arrival at both way Marine Region whose mem~ ends of the line, loaded trailers hers !Tian railroad marine equipare hitched· up to truck cabs and ment. rolled· off ready to start immediate Just before the anti-trust heardelivery to receivers. ings began, a threatened strike by This door-to-door service, a con11 member unions of RLEA, barvenience . that the defunct line gaining for 450,000 non-operating could not offer with its conventionrailroad personnel, was called off al cargo handling, has proved apwhen the nation's railroads offered pealing to shippers and has been Demonstrators representing the SIU and its affiliates joined other New York unions e"d comthe unions · a one-year contract paying off for NBC since the rollmunity groups in support of a $1.50 minimum wage bill covering ~II firms doing business calling for a 10.2 cent an hour ·op operation began last fall. The with the city. The campaign highlight was mass picketline action outside NY City Hall · wage increase package. company has been under union '.rhe rai1road offer was originally to urge Mayor's support. contract since 1959. IBU Fleet Raps ICC Rail Bias New Radar Gear Says 'Look. Out' RR Merger Moves Hit By Rail Unions IBU Coastal Roll-On Run Paying Off In . I .. •' . �f • .,,:. •; . ... l Pat!' Elenta ·s:iu 'The Plague'- ·X.BG:rS:LAT:EVB ' .l>BPAR'J.':MBNT~~~s· TRANSPORl'ATION POLICY-In a recent address delivered at the University of Washlngt-0n, Clarence D. M!artln Jr., Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, said that the uncoordinated and unrequal way in which all levels of government have regwlM:ed, administered and promoted the various modes of transportation simply was not good enough to meet the needs of efficiency and economy. He termed "research" as probably the most important .part of the Administration's transportation program, tied in with the decision to have the Depart~ ment of Commerce develop a comprehensive program. The Commerce Department official said tbait research can help make the American ,mercha111t marine once again competitive in world trade through technological development and automation. Martin went on to say: "We need a broad range of resear~h. including research into economics and policies. We need to know more about presen1t and future markets and their merchandise. We ·need to know more about the i111terrelationship of the various modes of transport. And we need aH this knowledge in the ftFm belief that the United States will continue to be the only maj or nation in the world which relies almost wholly on the competitive, free enterprise system to man its lifelines of transport." "' ;t, John "' CARGO PREFERENCE-Admiral Harllee, Vice Ohalrman, Federal Maritime Ce>mmission, has urge<j American btz,5inessmen to recognize that it is in their best interests and in the best interest of the country to control the routing of their cargo so that 50% moves on Unite<I States-flag merchant ships. He termed the 50% figure a ''falr share." Admiral Harllee cited the market devele>pment or sales pro1notion services provided by many American steam.ship lines, which have over 1,100 representatives all over the world who provide skills, s~rvices, and experience with their special knowledge of overseas conditions. This, he said, "is a service which is not known to many American exporters, but it must be exploited more, both to provide e~rters with more markets .and our ships with more cargoes." He stressed that exporters and importers should be convinced that the foreign lines do not have loweo rates or better services on most general cargo. The m,ajority of such cargo moves on conference liners and the rates are the same for US-flag and foreign ships. ;t, of"' the White House, a GovernINTERCOAST AL-At the "'request ment-wide study of the US lumber industry and its growing problems ·will be initiated by an inter-agency task ·s tudy group taking into consideration shipping costs and transit privileges.· One of the major problems confronting the industry relartes to inroads made iruto the Pacific northwest lumber trade ,by foreign-flag vessels which are, transporting Canadian lumber to the US East coast at prices weli below cost of such transportation on American~flag vessels in the intercoastal trade. This nlatter has been the subject of hearings before a Senate Oorrimittee, and ·numerous bills seeking to remedy the situa.uo·n have been introduced 'in the Congress. Some legislation has suggested that foreign-fl.ag vessels, now barred fre>m the US intercoastal brade, be permitted to carry It's more than 70 years since Andrew lumber from the West to the East Coast. Furuseth came ashore on the West Coast and t "' ;t. . SOVIET R~SEARCH-The Russians are centering their effort.9 on developing engine-aft, ~pen-deck -general cargo carriers, which they . believe are best adapted to automation and the efficient handling e>f cargo. Russian shipyards, as well as shipyard·s building for Russian ac~ counts overseas, are bypassing the conventional design in which engines are located amidships alo~g with. bridge and living accommodations . .. Russian designers now favor vessels whose holds can .be opened fuJly and which have removable decks, permitting the handling of a wide variety of cargoes at twice the speed possible on vessels of traditional design. The Russian engineers believe that fr0m 20 to 2~ percent more payload freight can be carried in such vessels. Construction costs :tor such vessels are 20 percent less,· and operating costs are 15 percent below that of vessels with engines, main cabin and bridge located amidsh~ps. . "' "' Accounting ;t. DESIGN ·coSTS-The General .Office has submitted comments to ~he House Mereh.ant Marine & Fisheries Committee on HR 10181 entitled "A bill to relieve ship opera,tors of part of the cost of designing vessels as ·required under e>perating-differential subsidy agreements." The proposed legislation would provide principally for payment of construction subsidy on certain design ·costs incurred by subsidized operators on vessels designed after January l, 1956, where the Government has subsequently determined that the vessel should not be built, or that its construction will be indefinitely postponed. There is presently only one operator who would be affected by the provisions of the bill. A study of present and potential passenger traffic on the operator's trade route showed that it would not be economically justifiable to construct the two vessels planned and the Government's share of the design costs may amount to $250,000 if the present bill is en. acted.· The GAO went on to say that if another bill, which would remove the 55 percent ceiling on construction subsidies payable on ·ves6els reconstructed, and HR 101181 are both enacted, the possibility would then exist that subsidy payable o'ii design costs for a vessel not built might be higher than the subsidy would have been had the vessel been constructed. TRANSPORT PRIORITIES-The Department of Commerce has urged early consideration and enactment of the proposed bill HR 3154' ·which would provide emergency authority for priorities in transportat ion by merchant vessels · in the interests of national defens·e: In a letter to the Hous e Merchant Mlarine a-nd Fisheries Corqmittee, Edward Gudeman, Under Secretary ·of Commerce, said· that in addition to being ·a n important emergency authority as part of the readiness program in the interests of national security, the measure is desirable to meet us commitments· for exercising this authority in accordance with policy adopted by the Narth Atlantic Treaty Organization, in the event that coo1-dinated efforts of these nations becomes n'ecessary. The bill was introduced 'in the first half of the 87th Congression&l Session, and has .been supported by· the Departrnent of State · and · the Navy, State · has ·said ·that•the bill .would place ·the us in a position ·to carry out U.s ... ·; NATO commitments promptly and effectively. · put into motion his program to_win decency for seamen everywhere in the world. Today, despite his efforts and those of the unions he left behind him, the international crimping system he fcmght so furiously is flourishing. Furuseth's goal has not . been realized because major maritime nations have permitted their ship operators to seek out crews from .the most underprivileged areas of the world and pay them as little as $20 a month. In the process, these maritime nations, led by .Great Britain, have made a mockery of international minimum wage conventions as well as their own national wage standards. The international crimping operation has been greatly facilitated by the spread of air travel which makes it easy for a ship operator to crimp out a crew anywhere in the world and fly it to his ship within a few hours. Furuseth foresaw more than 70 ·years ago that unless seamen were properly organized, their wages would inevitably sink to the lowest level which existed in world maritill).e -the pay of Asian seaman. Consequently, he planned to organize American seamen and use them as a lever to improve all seamen's standards. His basic idea, incorporated in the 1915 Seamen's Act, was simplicity itself. The Act permitted any seaman to quit his ship in an American port and demand half the wages due him. Furuseth reasoned that foreign seamen would pile off their ships in droves unless the foreign shipowner approximated the American wage. Unfortunately, the coming of World War I, and the postwar immigration laws with their restriction on landings of seamen in US ports, largely nullified· his program. Since then, particularly since World War II, what Furuseth feared has come to pass in many areas. The unwitting villain of the piece is the airplane, which is being used by the ship~ owner as a tool to drive seamen's wages down .at .a time when .wag~s and living standards of all other workers are ·on the upgrade. ·A typical ''instance ·of · recent ·vintage in::. v!)lves the British-flag P&O Line, one of the world's largest shipping operati~ns. P&O recently recruited no less than 1,200 steward department ratings in Goa, India, for . its British-flag ships. _ Why Goa? This area has re~ently been taken from Portugal by India. As a Portuguese possession, Goa had been a port of entry for millions of dollars of luxury imports. Under Indian rule, strict import restrictions have been imposed, leading to considerable unemployment. Other Goans hava lost jobs they formerly held with the Portuguese administration and Portuguese companies. Goa, ·then, was a natural for large- . scale crimping, particularly since its resi= dents had no· connection with any established Indian seamen's union. This same P&O Line operates from US West Coast ports and has openly boasted of its intention to snare the lion's share of cargo and passenger operations between the West Coast and the Orient. The P&O illustration is just one example. The victims may be Goans, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Jamaicans, Indians or Hong Kong Chinese (mostly refugees from Red China who are desperate for any kind of work). The vessels may be British or fly any other established European maritime flag. But the results are the same -widespread crimping and pitiless exploitation of Asians, Africans and Latin Americans by former colonial powers, coupled with the threat of destruction to decent standards for seamen. It is the obligation of the Western democracies, many of whom are also major maritime powers, to assist the workers of the emerging nations to raise their standards to a level of dignity and decency. We of the West maintain that democracy brings the good life. Ideally. the underdeveloped nations should be able to respect the West for prl:>vidin.g leadership to their people on the porkchop level, instead of lookint; upon ·w estern . nations as exploiters. In the shippina in.,. dustry, this goal can be met by providing the national' standard of wages to all comers on ships of a given maritime nation. �' '" ... . ' $1UNA llcicb Aluminµm Strilcers ~BAMA-· lABOR WHIPS SCAB MOVE (Ed. rtote: The following account ii another in a· ieriea which toiZI SHEFFIELD, Ala.-A demonstration of trade union solidarity by 8,000 AFL-CIO members who suspended work _for two hours in this industrial complex to march in unison appear in · the LOG on Seafarers who- aerve aa 11iip or de.p artmenti with 300 striking aluminum workers successfully stymied a planned strikebreaking at- delegates. Future issues will carr11 interviews from other SIU vessels.) t empt at the ironically-named-+11- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Make every effort to get the fa_c ts straight and lay them out Union Aluminum Company. P lant employees walked out to prn- Wage L ew. Current average wages caL-n-iy in an earnest attempt to get beefs settled is the apWorkers representing virtu- te~t th~ comp~ny's. r efusal to bar - ar e $1.15-$1.33 an hour. proach Seafarer Angelo Romero prescribes for any delegate. alJ every craft and industry in t he gam with their umon,. the Alu.miY num Workers International Umon, area marched ten abreast to for m which had previously won reprean e ight-block-long mass of hu- sentation rights. manity that wound its way through None of the workers makes more local streets to encircle the struck than $1.50 per hour and since 1955 plant where workers have been the only pay increases granted are on strike since last November. those required under the Minimum By SIDNEY MARGOLJUS Charges ·P yramid On ·shell Houses The deceptive and steep finance charges on shell houses are one of the most heartless of the current wide assortment of credit overcharges because they are perpetrated on moderate-income families trying to save money by building part of their own homes. A shell-house builder usually provides an outside finished exterior with the interior unfinished or semi-finished. The buyer provides the lot and finishes the interior himself. This type of building has been most popular in the South and West, but has been growing in the East too. In fact, shell housing in the past two years has been the fastestgrowing type of home building. Last year over 90,000 shell houses were built, which was close to ten percent of all the new houses built, and triple the number of shell houses built in the late 1950's. One of the biggest shell-house builders, the Jim Walter Corporation of Tampa, Florida, alone increased its sales from less than $2 million in 1955 to $42 million in 1961. The other big operator in this field is t he Certain-teed Products Corporation and its subsidiary, the Institute for Essential Housing, but there ·are a number of smaller companies who now offer shell houses in · their localities. Some of these are what the Certain-teed Cor poration calls "livable" houses, meaning semifini shed enough to move in while you complete the house. ''Livable" shell hou ses generally sell for $3 ,500 to $6,500, Cer tain-teed official told this writer. The big attraction is the Jow price. No doubt you have seen the model s on highways outside of to wn with large signs offer ing houses for $3,695, for example, and al so stating " Easy Terms" or " No Money ~ Down . " Most of the buyers have been low-income families with incomes under $5,000 a year . This is why the fin ance charges are especi ally cr uel. The mone; these famili es are trying to save by self labor often is wiped out by t he ususually high credit ch arges th ey pay · to finance shell houses. The finance cha rges are usu nlly 12 to 16 percent and sometim es more. For you don 't actu ally finance a shell house at the conventional mortgage interest rates offered on completed houses, Mark Walsh, Assistant New York State Attorney General , warned at a recent meeting of th e New York City Central L abor Council Community Services Commi ttee. The finance ch arges on shell houses often are three times usual mortgage interest rates. . -Walsh, who is in charge of that state's rackets bureau, pointed out that when you buy a s hell hou se you must own your lot before the companies will sell it to you. Then the shell house company sells you materials and labor, not a house. So they charge you an installmenttype fin ance ch arge, not a mortgage rate. And-as readers of labor, coop and credi t-union pap ers mu st know by this time-the true annual interest rate on installment plans is approximately double the stated rate. A fi nance _ch arge of $8 per $100 on a shell house is not eight percent a year, but a t r ue an nu al rate of approximately 16 percent. This is d iffer ent from mo rtgage in ter est wh ich is always fi gured on a true annual basis. A i perc nt mortglhge i r eally six percent a year .. In fact, most of the shell house compani es fi nance your contract through t he sa me fi nance companies that han dle automobile installment plans, alt hou gh Jim Walter has its ow n finance department. The Certain-teed offici al reported th at its contracts are financed by t he C.I.T. Corporation. Then the shell house sell ers go even f urther. They use a balloon note "to deceive the peop le into thinkin g t hey are making no down payment," Walsh says. In a contract now on . hi s desk, t he rackets investigator reports , the balance to be fina nced was $5,300 at an add-onrate of ten percent for th e first $500 (a tru e 20 perce nt) and eight percent for t he rema inin g $4.800 <a true 16 percent). The interest per year was $434, or a total of $2,170 for fi ve years, on an orig in al debt of $5,300. Th e balance was to be paid off at the rate of $59 a month, and then the contract ca lled for a fi nal "sudden death" payment of $3,900. Obviously no moderate-income famil y seekin g t hi s type of low-cost housin g can afford a sin gle fin al pay ment of $3 ,900, an d the shellhou se companies don't ex pect they will. T'ltis contract will have to be re-financed again while the finance charges pyramid into an unholy amount th at may well be more than the savings the fam ily made by its r1elf-Jabor on the house. Even withou t the excessive fina nce charges th e see mingly-low advel'ti ed pri ces of shell houses bear fu r ther investi gati ng. The fam ily m ust buy a lot if it doesn' t a lrea dy own one, and, depending on the m odel, ·may have to have a foun dati on dug, have t he ; hell erected, have the wiri ng and pl um bing installed, fram e and fi ni sh t he in terior, buy or build cabinets, and fin ally, paint the place. a Announcement that Union Aluminum was planning to resume production with the aid of outside strikebreakers was the spark that set off the spontaneous labor demonstration. Members of the Sheffield Power, Water and Gas Board had earlier consented to restore utility service to the struck plant, despite the refusel by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to cross t he p icket line. The boar d contended th'at it had no alternative under its contract with the Tenness~e Valley Authority but to restore service on request. Mammoth Rally The resumption of utility service touched off the move by a large contingent of craftsman and construction workers from the TV A's nearby ;Muscle Shoals installation to join forces for a mammoth rally in support of the strikers seeking a d e c en t wage. The dramatic march forestalled further attempts to restore production or hire strikebreakers until the strike issues can be · settled. The stoppage was called in an effort to have the plant owner redeem a promise made to some of his original workers-the business began.in 1945 with eight employees -that he would be "glad to work out a union contract" as soon as he established himself. The company has now grown into the largest single manufacturer of aluminum windows in the US, and the owner not only reneged on his promise but, during the A WIU organizing campaign, fell into the practice of firing union supporters: Meanwhile, despite the fact that they have been on strike since 1961, the workers have continued to back their local union, and are receiving full support from the SIUNA and other AFL-CIO affiliates in their struggle. That's the path ·he used his Jast time out as ship's delegate on the Azalea City <Sea· Land ). "When a beef Is brought to me by someone in the crew," Romero explained, "I really try to advl~e the deparbnent head of the d.ifficulty oo we can work on having the problems resolved before we reach port. If you think. you've got all the facts, the best way is to plow right in · while things are fresh in everyone's mind." Emph~sizing his point, Romero related an experienc~ when the chief mate on one · ship· showed a personal dislike for the pumpman on the vessel and caused the Seafarer considerable difficulties along the way. · Rom ero intervened wjth the mate, citing the point that the pumpman was qua!ified and must be doing his job well or there would have been complaints about his work. He al so noted that the Romero . mate had no right to penalize anyone on the basis of personal differences and was creating what could have become a more difficult situation for all concerned on' the vessel. Prompt attention to the problem prevented further unjust treatment of the pumpman and cleared up a sticky situation. A delegate must know his contract throughly in order to function efficiently, Romero added, and must have a basic understanding of different shipboard problems. Then tie can minimize any problem tbat may arise and assure that the individuals involved are protected. The 35-year-old Seafarer joined the SIU in 1947 and remembers well the lack of job security before he became a Union member. Romero says "before I joined the SIU I never knew from one day to the next, where I stood. Now I know I'm secure in my job." '• He. sails regularly in the steward department. Romero lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Teresa, and their 11-year-old daughter, Isabel. He ships out of the New York hall and prefers the New York to Puerto Rico run that enables him to see the great changes being made on the Island where he was born. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY <Victory Carriers), Jan. I-Chairman, Frank A. Radzvlla; Secretary, L. Gerber. No beefs reported. Steam tables t o be put back In pantry. Motion lo f eed 4·8 watch a few minutes em·ller than . non-watch stander s. SAMPAN HITCH <Suwannee>. Feb. 7-Chalrman, J. Morton1 Secretary, R. C. Morrlset'te. No beefs reported by department delegates. Wa lter "F. Mueller elected 1hlp'1 delegate. All is well aboard ahip • LOSMAR (Calmar), Feb. 23- Chalr· man, G. Edwards; Secretary, G. Wal· fer. All d isputed OT, repair list and ·all business pertaining to the ahip to be turned over to patrolman at pay· off. Two membera reported Injured Blood Bank Aid Speeds Recovery Aided by the Union's Blood Bank at headquarters, Edward J. Corcoran, bosun with the SIU-affiliated Sailors Union of the Pacific, is making an excellent recovery from a series of intestinal operations and is looking forward to heading back t o sea befor e long. Cor coran has had two extensive stays at t he US Public Health Service Hos pital on S taten Island fo r intestinal surgery. The fi rst stopover was during t he summer of -1961, while the second Corcoran extended from October '61 to March '62. His recovery has been 11ssisted by t he six pints of blood he r eceived. from the SIU Blood Bank. Now an outpatient , Corcoran expressed his t hanks t o the SIU fo r the Blood Bank assistance and also had praise fo r the USPHS. The 52-year-old SUP member firs t joined the SIU Pacific District union in 1934. He signed off t he President Taft (Amer ican President L ines) in New York . befor e entering t he hospital last year. for new llbra 1·y. Engi ne delegate to see ch ief en gineer about turning on t he fans in the fire r oom . Vote of tha nks to ship's delega te for a job we ll done. BETHl'.LOR (Orel, Feb. 13-Chalrman, Charles Bedell; Secretary, Robert Hartley. Ship's delega te 1·eported that the captain wants three deckhands aboard 1hlp in Baltimore to handle any 1tores th at come aboard. No beefs reported by delegates. Crew would like to have recreation room p a inted . Baker should m ake hot brea d more often. THETIS !Rye Marine>, Feb. 26Chalrman, H. Whlsn•nt; Secretary, Ira K. Coats. All OT beefs settled with the exception of a few disputed hours in the engine department . Ship will have clean payorr. Si xteeh crew room s and crew mess pa inted . Vote of thanks to the new ca ptain, n ew chief mate. chief engineer and hi1 &taff for their overall cooperat.ion. Vote of thanks to all SIU cre wmemb ers aboard ship who have consta ntly suppor ted the ship's delegate. Reque 6t library from h ea dquarters. EMILIA (Bull>, March 11-Chalrman, F. V. Fromm; Secretary, L. Chapman. T . Palino elected new ship "s d ele- on westbound voyage and hospitalized In New York. will be STEEL DI R & CT 0 R (Isthmian), Much 4-Chalrman, M. E. Watson1 S•cretary; J. Patino. No beers !'e· ported. J. Patino reslened 81 ship's delegate and Bill Hamby was elected. Sl)ip needs to be fumigated . Board· Ing p atrolman to look Into waler 11ituation aboard th!t ship. gate. No bee fs r epor ted . Request room change for dayman. Suggested makjnlJ quarters out of room used as slop. chest. Check why hot water is scar<'e. ELIE V. <Ocean Cargoes). March 4 -Chairman, H. Miiier; Secretllry, W. Miies. Ship's delegate reported most r epairs completed during . voyage. Draws Irre gul ar. See p atrolman about t ra vele rs' checks. Crew ask ed to be q ui e ter In p assageways.. Vote of t ha nk s tg "t w11rd ll!!Pilrtm!!nt f or good se rvice a nd good fo od . Crew a sked to re move clothes fro m fid ley when dry. ARIZPA (Waterman ), March 4-Ch a lrma n, A. E. Bourgot1 Secreta ry, C. Garner. Everyth ing fi ne. Mo ti on m a de to h ave li fe j acket pu t on bow OC EAN ULLA !Ma ritim e Overseas), of ship f or safety. _ Ma rch &-Chairm a n, J ames McPha ul1 Secretary, Leo M. Morsette. Clark DEL MAR (Mlsslsslp111>. Fe b. 25e lected new ship's de lcgute. OT beefs Chairman, Tuck e r; Secretar y, We rse l· Jn deck de partme nt to be t Rken up owlch. Ship's de legate r ep orte d eve rywit h p at rolman . thin g okay. No beefs ab out ship. DEL ALBA !Mississippi), Feb. 25Motion lo write le tter to LOG :for Cha irman, John E. Shamel; Secretary, more LOGs at sea for p assenger shi ps. Re quest m ore ch airs for the Rothchild. Or la ndo Gu errera S. cre w. e lected t o stay on as ship 's delegate. Met wi th capta in con cer ning beefs AMES VICTORY !Vi ctory Carrie rs>, ab out mate ln tel'ferrlng wi th deck Ma rch 11- Ch a lrma n, L. E. Schmle ll1 work. S. Roth ch ild elected sh ip'• Sec retary, We rner M. Pederse n. No treasure r. C1•e w request s clarification b eefs re ported. Crew asked n ot to c oncer nin g articles. wear shor ts in p antry or m esshall. Sailing board to be posted before 5 STEEL APPRENTICE !Ist h mian), Ma rch 4--Cha lrman, N. Lambert; Sec- · P M. Cups to be r e turn ed to pan1ry. retary, R. Mast ers. Some repa irs fro m Repairs tbat can be don e at sea should be take n ca1'e of as soon as last voya ge be in g done. $21.17 in poslilble. All delegates t o collect 50 sh ip's fu nd . Ralph Fi tzpa tri ck , ship's cents fr om each m a n for ship's fund. delegate, a sked t o stay on as sb ip's dele gate for another voyage. Check STEE L AGE <Ist hmian), March 18 with patro lm an a nd also USPHS re· - Cha irm an, Leo E. Mova ll; Secreta ry, 1rn rding le ngth or vinl ous inn oculaWinters. Ev eryt hing is Kenneth tions. An yone who need s new mattress goin g alrigh t. Motion t o bri ng t o sh ould notify steward. p a trolma n 's attention th e ma tter of h aving a n ew water syste m Install ed STEEL EXECUTIVE <Isthmia n), Fe b. on ship, so ga lleys would u se dri nk· 4-Chairman, C. c. Lawson; SecreIng water only. Vole of thanks to tary, C. R. Wood. Sh ip's deJega{e stewa1·d d epar tment for good food and a sked coop era tion of all in m aking good service dur in g h'ip. Most r epa irs this a good trip. Movie p r ojector to done. Motion to give m oney fr om the be }'(!paired Jn Sa n Francisco. No ship's f und t o the Sea me n's Church beefs re ported . ' I. �£0C Impromptu meeting on th e Suzanne at Philad e lphia (left ) features R. Kyle, deck delegate: W. Beeman, engine dele/ gate; G. Pettipas, bosun; J. Winfield, steward: SIU rep. S. Zubovich. Black gang (above) includes J. J. Melila, R. Sullivan, I. Lar5on, and M. Waters. .. NE I. SS ROBIN - P HILADELPHIA T 1uj At New Yorfc, Jn the Robin Trent's galley (left I, are Juan Rios, 3rd cook, and Mac Bride, galleyman. In deck department foc'sle (right I , Richard Height and Wesley Parker, ordinaries , and John Sand· ers, AB, relax and wait out the start of the payoff. ~ined up for the Tr.ent payoff (left I, E. Hawkins, night cook; J. Roa, messman, and . H. Meacham, deck department, wait to sign vouchers. Back in "foc'sle (above), S. Szanto, carpenter, and J. Henault, bosun, look pretty pleased with the way the trip went. SS HASTINGS - BALTIMORE In the Hastings' messroom at Baltimore (above, left), deck and engine contingent includes L. Koya, L. Kubecka, J. Sawyer, F• .Holland, G. Lowe, C. Mo• hundro, E. Yosnowslci, and · C. Bonefont. Above, L. Jordan, chief cook; G. Tolli· ver, NCB: A. DiBartolomeo, 3rd cook. �~1.~~ · THE SJ:U ~,~.ru. :M:•n:icAL ~A~· · DBPA.TMBNT ~NDUSTRXA,J:.· ~ORBBR IMepb B. Lope, MD, Mecllcal Director \ Eye Care And Contact Lenses UIW Wins Fla. Shipyard Vote, Opens Pact Talks The lncreasin&' popularlt,· of the. use ol contact lenses ls becomln1 a mat~er of public Interest and grave professional concern. The patient has often been introduced to contact lenses by promotlonal llterature rather than th}'ough a prescription to meet a medical ·need. Contact lense11 are btltns used not only by people who need them but by a large number of people whose visual requirements would be better met by spectacfes. Many people .have been led to believe that contact lenses are without TAMPA-Increasing the tempo of its Gulf organizing hazard, and that th.e y a~e a substitute for spectacles. There are patients drive, the SIU United Industrial Workers won bargaining whose visual requirements are advantageously met by contact lenses, rights for yard workers at the Hendry Corporation here in but this does not mean that all who wear sp.e ctacles would be benet a National Labor Relations+ . t fited by' contact lenses. Board election conducted on neers, which represents dredge- b The growing use of contact lenses by the younger generation, especially the female, should not be encouraged until the facts about May 17. The vote tally was men throughout the Atlantic and A lively discussion on the their use, advantages and hazards have been emphasized. These facts 33-25 and has since been formally Gulf Coasts. SIU food program featured Although the .::ompany was sue: have not been presented to the public too forcibly, except perhaps by certified by the labor board, pavthe June regular · memberthe ophthalmologist. The fact that the contact lense is a foreign bQdy, .lng the way for the start of con- cessful in turning back the Local 25 effort to unionize its boatmen, ship meeting in NY. Stewunsterile and sometimes unclean, which is placed in contact with the tract talks. the UlW success in the shipyard ard department member delicate, transparent, easily damaged cells of the cornea-in contrast The victory was all the more election held a ·few day1 later is to spectacles which are in contact only with the tough cells of the skin William Rose, one of the conclusive due to the unorthodox expected to ultimately turn the -should be reiterated. It has not been sufficiently emphasized that tactics used by the company in trya tide in favor of the dredgemen. speakers, said individual the normal physiological function of the cornea is interferred with ing to thw~rt UIW and other union Hendry pulled out all stops in seekcriti~isms of shipboard by placing a contact lens on the cornea. attempts to bring bona fide union ing to turn back the dredge union, feeding will always existOphthalmologists in general have not advocated the use oI contact coverage to its workers. The union but the yard workers refused to be but this doesn't change the lenses as a substitute for spectacles. Many people, however, are suswin came despite balloting by sidetracked by the atmosphere of ceptible to exploitation of t h e i r + i - - - - - - - - - - - - - fact that feeding today is supervisory personnel who were intimidation created by the comvanity -and patients obtain contact antibiotics l>rescribed for use until I 000/o improved over the permitted to vote in the election. pany. lenses without a physician's orders, bedtime past. Employs 75 Workers One particular tactic against the and only return to his care when · Hendry is a shipbuilding and dredgemen was a maneuver to trouble arises. That the prescrib• Initial wearlng time should repair yard operation employing keep local police at the election tng and follow-up care fpr those not be greater than several houra approximately 75 workers and also site for six solid days on the using contact lenses should be the and increases in wearing time runs two dredges out of Port Ever- ground that "union activities" were responsibility of the physician . has should be gradual. If there is glades, Florida. The dredge work- causing disturbances. Actually, the been presented by ch a r 1 es E. interruption in the daily wearing ers were the focal point of a one small d is turban c • that Jaeckle, MD, in a recent issue of of the lenses of more than one or separate representation election occurred was caused by a company the "AMA Journal." two days, the - patient should recalled by Local 25 of the Inter- boatman apparently acting at the That contact lenses can produce sume wearing the lenses for sev· national Union of Operating Engl- company's instigation. serious damage to the cornea is eral hours and again gradually inHendry eventually parlayed this NEW ORLEANS SIU-con• borne out by frequent reports of crease his wearing time. into a captive mass meeting aboard tracted Delta Steamship Lines, injury to the cornea, and specific• Lenses may be worn for pre>. the dredges less . than 24 hours Inc., formerly the Mississippi Ship- ally corneal ulcers. A well-timed longed periods if the fit is gooo before the balloting took place, ping Co., Inc., has received author- article in the Navy Medical News- and if they cause no corneal stainbut refused Local 23 ·an equal op- ization from the Maritime Ad- letter reported several cases. ing, but they should always be -reportunity. This refugal and other ministration to increase the Another case reported followed moved at .bedtime. . Irregularities are expected to over- number of sailings company ves- the continuous wearing of contacf • Saliva should never be used turn the original election verdict sels make to West Africa by four lenses for several weeks, as· he as a contact lens lubficant. and produce a new vote by the trips annually. was told to wear them as long ·as • The lenses snould not bf! \_Yorn NLRB. he could. ~vidently, . a · patlent's in the pre~ence of bacterial or Delta will now· make a .minimum In the interim, UIW officials here have begun preliminary talks of 18 and a maximum of 24 sailing symptoms cannot be depended herpes simplex (cold sores) infecwith company representatives on on its Gulf to West Africa run. upon as a criteri'a for improper fit, tion in any part of the body. The change waa effected by a or the wearing of the C1> flt int • If members of the contact A union label program to pro- terms of a first agreem!nt. modification of the company's ienses. Either the person's pain . wearer's ·household have bacterial mote t he i.se and sale of union. operating subsidy agreement with. threshold is increased or the.· sen- lnfectlons or conjunctlvltis, care made consumer and industrial the Government to provide addi- sitiveness of the cornea . ·is de- should be· taken to avoid the comproducts turned out in UIW-contional funds for the increased creased by the lens. Properly-fitted mon use.'of fomltes (towels, etc.) tracted shops all over the country service. lenses should · not produce more and the patient should give extra is now being mapped out by the The change in the company than superficial stip\>ling of the care to the cleansing of his han<ls United Industrial Workers. A name occured this Spring when cornea, and patients can eventually prior to lnser~ing his le(!ses: special union label design is curstockholders of the 43-year-old wear them for 14 to 18 hours: The • . Lenses should be kept scrupurently being registered with the concern voted overwhelmingly for contact lenses should always be lously clean and must be properly AFL-CIO and New York State. the new corporate name. The vote removed at night (bedtime). cleansed with antiseptic wetting Registration with the New York took place at the annual meeting Often. proper-fitted lenses will solutions .prior to insertion. . State Department of Labor is WILMINGTON, Calif.-The ftrst held here aboard the Del Mar. cause staining or abrasion of the necessary to establish clear legal concrete result of the expansion cornea when ·patients wear them (Comments and suggestions are The fleet's new corporate name title to the proposed label. In ad- of the United Industrial Workers for too long a time. .At first, invited by this Department and is well-known in the US and dition, registration with the Union organizing campaign to the west contact lenses should be worn for can be aubmitted to 'thil coiumn Label Department of the AFL-CIO, Coast took place here last month abroad where for many years it short periods, and their use should in care of the SEAFARERS .LOG;> used the Delta Line trade name in Washington, with which the · d UlW-'SIU. is affiliated, will serve when the umon signed a prece ent- for operations. from the Guff Coast be gradually incre.ased. Any infecsetting contract with Pauisen- to South America and West Africa. tion of the eye should be a warnReunion to· notify other unions of the UIW Webber Cordage Company for a not only to defer wearing the ing . Delta Qperatt.?3 13 American-flag "trademark." newly-operated plant in this city. contact lenses but also to have the Union officials are working out The agreement, which is retro- vessels in its service including eyes checked for possible corneal details of the program to.,be tried active to April 19, provides the three new shit>S placed in opera- damage. Even infections in the out in various New York shops so highest wage scale in the area for tion within the past year. These immediate family call Jor ,special that the labels can be readily at- workers engaged in marine canvas cargoliners are the Del Oro, Del precautions to protect the contact tachcd to all types of manufac- and rope manufacture and repair. Rio and the Del Sol. .Six ships wearer. tured items as they come off the The first-time coverage provided operate to West Africa on a bi- lens The habit of using saliva to production line. Hundreds of dif- for company employees here is weekly schedule. Seven vessels moisten the contact leni;Je is anmaintain a weekly schedule of sailferent products are made ' in UIW- seen as an important boost forother possible source of infection, contracted plants throughout the the union's organizing drive on the ings to South America. in addition to the esthetic considcountry and a " buy union" cam- Pacific Coast to bring other canpaign would work to the advantage vas and cordage workers undet· the ~~&·W.>:~?:mx.~ry~.;;:?,,%J;;t;X!1l.:>.$%JW.W-.W~~. i~mi~ eration, and should be specifically interdicted. The following direcof all the companies, the member- UIW banner. U OS Ohe tions, accordiqg to the Medical The new contract provides for ship and the union. · On LOG Address Newsletter, Is a nucleus of a code Use of a union label is another an in mediate pay raise, paid holiThe Post Office Department that the contact lens fitter can indication of the growth and im- days and vacation, UIW Welfare has requested that Seafarer• apply to himself and his patients: · portance of the u1w:· Many pro- Plan coverage, plus full job secand their families include post~l • The hands s\lould be cleansed ducts made by contracted compa- urity and seniority protection. z on e numbers in sending · with soap and· water be(ore inPaulsen-Webber has its headnies are used by members of other '..~i changes of address Into the sertion of contact ·1enses. unions on the job or at home, and quarters in New York City and Back home after getting LOG. The use of the zone num• The existence · of' more than they · want a clear indication that plants in six other East and Gulf off the Orion Planet due to• her will greatly speed the flow . rare episodes of minimal superthey are buying and using union- Coast locations. These plants, illness in Japan, Seafarer of the mail and will facilitate fi.cial staining indicates the necesmade goods. The label will do ~hich have had UIW contracts for deli very. · sity of re-evaluation of the lens Lawrence O'Connell,· bosexactly that. a number of years, are in Norfolk Failure to include . the zone flt, .the patient's insertioµ ·~u~d rr;A •union label wlll also ;ii::rve as Mobile, Houston, New Orleans'. un, has reunion with ·daugh .. number can hold up ·d elivery njoval . techniques and the correcan ldenti(ication mark for UIW Baltimore and Sunbury, Pa. The ter, Lorene, I 3 months. H~' •J of the paper. . The LOG 'ts . now . tion ·of any irregularities fqund. ·Dlembers, showing tha.t they are wrap-up of the ag .. eement here stopped by .SIU, h~adq1,1ar.part ·of the nation's: united· labor followed Paulsen-Webber's purin the pro,cess of zo'n lng' 'tts · · · .•I~ corn~a~ ~iainlng· is· loun~. t.h~ ·'· . ters =to" show off the young movement · ·and proud • ·of' ·their chase of the · Atlas R~gging entire maillhg list. · .. ; lenses sh'o uld · be J·e~~.ved , ~nm ··.: ... lady to shi'p mates.' ._ :· . workmanship. ··· · ' · . Company. · W.4",m'@Y#,f$1P'~~,tw~·rt·:m1m~~·t#.11~drn1irnliiihl· ·the following · .morning; ·.and · ·locaL MA Okays Extra Trips · For ·Delta an UIW ,Maps Union Label Plant Drive Coast Shop· lnlc.s First u1w· Pact P. t p ta I z · •• I ,. ' ' ' �I.Jae,,.. ... Transport Is Big Biz . . . New ·Bedford Signs Big New Scalloper NEW BEDFORD-Intimately concerned with 1callop fishing as the major base of its members' jobs, the SIUaffiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union is acting in both the catching · and cookingti-----------fields to protect the member- acting through the New Bedford ship and the industry. Seafood Council, have published a The union has signed the newest fishing boat added to the area's scallop fleet, the FV Moby Dick, to a contract. Her 12-man crew is thereby insured of union -- protection, representation and conditions. Aiding the industry, the union and boat owner representatives, Moby· Dick is newest scalloper in New Bedford union fleet. Al,aska wa·ge Pact. Sigped· SEATTLE-A new contract call:lng for an increase Jn wages and an upgrading of working conditions has been won by the SIUaffiliated Al as k a Fis·h ermen's Union in Jts dispute with the Northwest Trawlers Association. The pact was approved by Alas.k a fishermen after negotiations between the union and the boat «>wners that started last October and extended into the earlier part of this year. George Johansen, sect etaryt reasui·er of the AFU, said that the agreement . on working conditions runs fot two years and the wage stipulathm for .one year. . ~i:~~~~~~~\~~~~@?~=i~*.~=~~!(~~}.~~'~l~~~~~~=~~?:=~~~~~~~~(;~~:~=t~~~~~~~ Bahamas Warn Against' Invaders' T.ALLAHASSEE Florida Conservation officials have refoyt!i:l a \\'.arning from the ~overnment of the Bahamas that Bahamian patrol boats will fire . on "alien" · fishermen encroaching on the territorial waters of the islands. Florida c;annQt prevent the sale of seafood taken in Bahamian waters, ()fficials said, nor can t hey penalize any fishermen who violate Bahamian regulations. However, for the sake of safety 1md to preserve relations with the island government, Florida urges voluntary observation of the regulations. col01;ful 24-page book on the preparation of 1callops entitled "All About Scallops and How To Cook 'Em!" The book has sections dealing with the buying and cooking of scallops, a color pictorial display of scallop harvesting in the Atlantic and a selection of tasty recipes, featuring "quick and easy ones," "New England Heirlooms" and "continental favorites." The recipes were tested and evaluated in the 'New York test kitchen of home economist Demetria Taylor. The Moby Dick ls a $110,000 ho.at owned by two former union members who went into business on their own. She has enclosed shucking boxes, the latest electronic . aids, generous crew quarters with extra . long bunks and Individual reading lamps. On her maiden voyage she brought home a banner catch of over 20,000 pounds of scallops. Crewmem be rs are covered by the contract signed by the NBFU and boatowners last year. Construction of at least one and possibly two 'more scallopers for New Bedford Interests is also reported in progress, promising more jobs for NBFU men. The scallop recipe book can be obtained by writing the New Bedford Seafood Council, Box 352T, New Bedford, Mass. Its price is fifty cents. Senate ·B ill To Exp(lnd. PHS Care . WASHINGTON-The Senate has approved a bill to restore the elJgibillty of all commercial fishermen for medical care in hospitals, out-patient clinics and other medical facilities of the US Public Health Service. The USPHS woultl i>ei·vlce· fishermen in the event of on the job 1llness or injury. For a century and a half, from 1798 to 1954, all fishermen were eligible for this care. In. the ) atter year the coverage of self-employed fishermen, usually boatowner-operators, was recinged by the Government. Only fishermen employed on a boat and receiving a wage remained eligible for USPHS medical care. The Government modified the original coverage as a result of claims for medical care by owners of pleasure yachts and even by a housewife living aboard a houseboat who was "employed" to turn on t he navigation lights each evening. The Senate-approved bill makes clear that only fishermen actively engaged in commercial fishing are to be considered eligible for USPHS assistance. Claims by passengers, guests and persons on non-comm ercial fi !>.h ing ve sels are excluded. · u ;.•.• Catching the action at the registration counter in the Philadelphia SIU hall, photographer pictured Seafarers RGbert . .Kyle (left) and Ralph Murray, both shipping in the deck department, being signed in about I 0 AM one day by dispatcher John Kelly. Kyle made it a fast trip out and was aboard the Suzanne (Bull I by 2 PM the same day when the photog visited the ship. (See page 13,) Jones Act Rights Upheld For Seaman On Runaway \ NEW YORK-A Greek seaman, suing in Federal Court here for a back injury sustained aboard a runaway ship which the court ruled was "owned substantially by business interests in the ' United:+------------States," has won the right to to the laws of this country." The sue the owners under US law. seaman, Panagiotis P.avlou, was Pre-trial examination before Judge Thomas F. Croake disclosed that the Liberian - registered freighter Corinthiakos, owned by Ocean Traders Marine Corporation and managed by Orion Shipping and Trading Company, had its operational and financial interests controlled by United States interests. Has No Office Testimony also disclosed that Ocean Traders had no office in Liberia nor did the company have any formal offices Jn the "usual sense" anywhere but in New York. However, Ocean Traders was in fact owned to the extent of 481h per cent by United States citizens. . It was revealed 't hat Orion had formed between 300 and 500 "standby" corporations that shared the same local office and were ready to handle any ship "assigned" to them for l'Unaway operation. · Judge Croake ruled that Ocean Traders' operations had "all the attributes of a domestic business operation . and were thus subject Lend-Lease $ Overdue WASHINGTON-Over 20 years after the original Lend-Lease aid bill was passed by Congress in 1940, the US has collected barely half the amount due under )vartime assistance agreements with the Allies. Payments of $55 mllllon Jn 1961 brought the total collected so far to about $808 million, including interest, compared to the original agreements calling for $1.6 billion plus interest. The accounts of Nationalist China, Greece, Saudi Arabia and Russia are still unsettled. The Russia item is of particular interest since war-built Liberty ships were part of the aid to the Soviets and these vessels, still operational, formed the backbone for 'the growth of the powerful 'Russian mer chant fleet since the war. granted the right to sue for $-150,000 damages under the Jones Act. He claimed he sustained a back injury while the ship was at Vancouver, BC. WASHJNGTON-The important role the nation's overall transportation industry plays In t he US economy was stressed in a recent study showing that nearly one out of every five dollars spent by Americans each year goes for some kind of transportation service. A study made by the .Transportation Association of America revealed that the 1961 transportation bill totalled almost $100 billion. This figure is based on an estimated $44.1 billion spent for freight service and $53.4 billion more for passenger travel. Breaking down the freight figures, the study indicates that two-thirds of the bill went for trucking charges while nearly 21 percent was paid for railroad charges. Oil pipeline costs totalled about five percent and air carriers collected less than one percent. Water carders, foreign, do- . mestic and inland, accounted for $2.8 billion or about seven percent of the total bill. The water portion of the estimated freight bill shows that charges for international freight transportation totalled $1.4 billion, coastal and intercoastal costs were $692 million, inland waterway charges amounted to $411 million plus $249 million on the Great Lakes. The total 1961 water freight bill was lower than in the previous two years but showed an increase since 1958. Last year also marked the seventh consecutive year that US waterborne commerce exceeded one billion tons despite a slight tonnage decline from 1960. -~~- ti~~i&fJt~iifftffilK!:fiiff.=tf!'.}~if!Wf~~if)l~!{tiflKifUtKtti:iftf:)~i);:fttt?:}t(rtf{f:f}j:}f.faiiE~=:tiifi?::i:i:f{}i{;::\t=t·:::;~:;:.;.J::'.::;0;(&~ Plumbers and Pipe Fitters have negotiated a three-year agreement with the National Co.n structors Association raising minimum ~ages ten cents an hour each year for members employed on - large industrial construction projects. The journeyman's scale is $3.15 hourly now and will go up to $3.35 in 1964. ;\; t ;\; A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner has again found Sears, Roebuck guilty of "frustrating" the collective bargaining process. He recommended that Sears be ordered to cease and desist from refusing to bargain with Seattle Retail Clerks Local 1207 or any other representative unions and stop interferring with employees exercising their legal rights. A trade union boycott against the anti-labor chain is continuing all over t he US .. .Half a million postal workers will vote this month in the biggest union representation election ever held in the US. Ten unions, including six AFL-CIO affiliates, are seeking to represent employees in seven bargaining units. The mail ballot originates unde1· a White House or d er directing G o v f; r n m en t agencies to recognize unions and negotiate binding written contracts. ;\; ;\; .t Wage increases five cents an hour this September and another seven and a half cents next year, plus additional impr ovement s, have been won by the Amal ga mated Clothing Workers in talks covering 20,000 shirt industry workers. An increase in the health and welfare program affecting these workers and up to 130,000 others is also expect.ed as a result of the contract pattern established ••• A lengthy strike by Distillery Workers Local 36 against the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Corp. in Shively, Ky., is in its tenth month. The strikers have urged union members not to buy the company's bourbon whiskies retailing under such labels as "Old Fitzgerald," "Cabin Still," "Old Elk" and "W. L. Weller." ·;t. The notorious Kohler plumbinl' fixtures concern was handed an.. other setback in its eight-year fight against the United Auto Workers when the US Supreme Court refused to hear a company appeal from a decision finding it guilty of unfair practices. A bitter strike erupted in 1954 when Kohler sought to oust the UAW from the plant. The union had earlier displaced a company union. An estimated $1 million in back pay is owed some of the stri kers . . .Toffenetti's Restaurant in New York has been told it cann ot discriminate against union members by cutting them out of a profitsharing plan and r enising to pay a customary holiday bonus given to other workers. The NLRB upheld the right of Hotel & Restaurant Employees Local 1 to bargain with management on th e am01mt owed each member. �,_.'I~· I I t I • ~ It'• A Cl~n ~wffp SEAFARI RS -,,, DRYDOCK roa.:~ . USPHI llOSPD'AL BALTDIOa& MA&'YLAND t:..· X. Catfaldt Charle• Crocll:Mt Archie J>a'fil Oeor1e DUii Edward J>ancb7 PhJbb1 Deter xGllbert suer, Ir. B•Dl7 Gawltolld · Eualble Ghemwa Gorman Glue Oeor1e Gunman CharlH Bud1on Lari John•oA Pater Kordonll =:::: l:I' ,-.-111· Jletb -:• Albert Kor" aratrF Jludlu Sclward 01lourb Ollbvt Pitcher Claude ' Pritchett nomu Raln.. 'l"bomu IWeJ' 'lbomaa Boberlloll Chari.. Shaw .JOM - Vbcarra_ lllchard Watere Jler"1D Watton VA HOSPITAL Good· news for all hands is the word on this quartet of Sea. farers pictured during recent visit to Staten Island USPHS, including I1-r) Sam Howard, ex-lnesr Alfred Cedeno, ex-Losmar: Robart Patterson, ex-Anil 1 and Adolph Swease111 ex-Hurricane. All of them are on the mend now and out of the hospital. SJ:U FOOD a:a.d SHJ:P SANJ:TATJ:ON DEPARTMENT - . Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Keep Frozen Foods Frozen BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Donald .E7Htona USPHI .BOSPIT AL BRlGHTON. MASS. ThbmH Brennan Anthon,. Ructe1 Lelli• ChaN Charle1 Rob~a· Geor1e nem!Jll . USPH8 HOSPITAL NORJ'OLK, VIRGINIA William Annltron1 William Laridt'D Walter Grimstead Clarence Robln1oa Roscoe BoneyCutt Prue VauchnUSPHS H OSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Eurel Alverson Roslndo Mora Isham Beard AUredo Peres Millard BlllbJ' Edward Rydon Carl Copper .Lloyd ShelfJelcl Charles HlckoJ' Estanlslao Solll Curl Hald Arthur Sigler Edward John.en USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH• .GEORGIA John Battin W. T. Shlerl~ C. Laseter J. C. Smith John Mitchell Frank Sullivan C. Murray Ernest Webb Marlon Salli Stanley Yodrla L. F. Sego USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. John Cormier Phillipi Mason Harry Cron!Jl Edgar Mitchell Walter Gill Richard Ripley Samuel Ginsberf Milton Reeve1 Talmadge Johnson Doyle Sheets Anders Johansson Cleveland Scott Eric Joseph Donald Willis Carl Kendall William Walter Lester Long David Wilson Andrew Lesnan&kJ' Ylnl M. Wel USPHS HOSPITAL . NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sidney Anderson George LaSha Robert Aumiller Tillman LeBlano o. P. Bailey J ohn Lefco A. F. Bankston Jose Leston Oscar Bird Gerhard L~den Colon Boutwell Zacharias Mark.la Roderick BrooQI Luther Mason Vernon Browll Terrell McRane1 John Calaml1 Ethel Meuonler Gerald Ooll Lito Mor11Ues Jorge Coto Percy Mouton Ancll Cunningham Wilmer Newson Joseph Curtis Harry Peeler Thomas Dalley Jamel Pendertrall James Dambrlno Lawrence Poole Alan DouJet J ohn Redding Loul'S Estrada William Roberti William F lemmlnf Aubrey Sargent Thomas Folse George Schmidt George Fox: Clement Stann Raymond Frnnklln Al...{. Tlilbodeaus Clinton Franks J. K. Wardwell Eugene Gallspy .lames Watson Charlie Gedra L . E. Watts James Glisson George. Wendel Harry Green Carlie White C. W. Halla William Wiemera George Hammock Eugene Wllliam1 .James Helms Clifford Wuel'tz Hayden Henry USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Omar Ali Charfes Fertal William Bergquist John Flynn Robert Burton Charles Goldstelll ,John Ch a rlinsky Sa m Grendi Thomas Correll Lewis Hertoz George C1·abtree Vincent Hllyer Arca njo Crasto B. Kaminsky Willia m Culley Pat Kelly George DeGreve Charles Kinnke Herber t Dierking G. Konstantaras Jose Espa nol Allan Lake Frozen foods are certainly no novelty any longer aboard ship or ashore. They've brought about a complete change in the preparation and serving of meals. Today many "perishables" can be kept for long periods without fear of spoilage or loss of nutritional values. But all this depends on keeping proper temperature controls aQd checking whether each frozen product is stored at the temperature that will maintain its quality until it's actually served. There's an important rule about the relationship of temperature to spoilage. It applies across the board to the preserva.tion and quality of. frozen food: Quality loss increases more and more for eveq degree of excess temperature that you apply.+: · It can double or triple within ·a the rate of deterioration doubles short time although the tempera- with each ten degree rise in temture change is very slight. perature, causing loss of moisture, Damage Not Visible rancidication, darkening and loss One of the main reasons for of quality. · Deterioration works stressing this is that damage from still faster in turkeys than in excess temperatures is not visible chicken. Cut-up poultry ls also naor laslable in ils ea1·ly slages. But turally less stable than whole just because there's no outward birds. evidence of damage doesn't mean Overall, temperature control ls it doesn't exist. Changes that an extremely important facliOr ln eventually result in poor flavor all food p.-eservatio!t.. Taste as and color have already begun. well as nutrition certainly depend Vitamin content is also affected. on proper preservation. · The damage accumulates and There is only one accurate way even though the temperature is to determine temperature and that brought back to O"F. you can't is to measure it, record it and correct whal's been done. Low- keep checking against changes. ering the temperature only pro- Such methods as the "squeeze tects against further loss or more test" are not reliable as they tell rapid losses. only whether the particular prodEven at temperatures as high as uct is defrosted. In many cases, 25 degrees many products may a hard feel to the touch may ocstill feel hard, but it is at this cur at 25 degrees above zero. The point that loss of quality proceeds damage is then already underway, at a r apid rate. Much damage can and nothing can be done about it. occur even in extremely hard • (Comments and suggestions are frozen products that are kept inv ited by this D epartment and above zero. As the foods reach ca n be su bmitted to tltis column defrosting and higher temperalure, in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) loss in food quality is usually severe, even in the cases where products have the ability to withstand it. Peaches And Strawberries Frozen peaches and strawberSIU headquarlers has issued an advance schedule through Sepries, for example, are prone to tember for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West rapid damage. especially after Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, total exposures of a day or two at 30 degrees. Flavor change Is an San Francisco and Sea llle 01· who are due fo return from the Far early fodicator of quality loss, Eas t. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, In acand discoloration and loss of vitcord with a resolu tion adopted by the Executive Board last Decemamin C may also occur under ber. Mee tings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on these circumstances. Wednesday and Sea ttle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Green beans, when frozen at zero degrees or less, normally lose The sc hedule is as foll ows: chlorophyll at a rate of ten perWilmington San Francisco Seattle ~. cent a ~ear. At higher temperaJuly 16 July 18 July 20 tures, the loss multiplies sevAugust 20 August 22 August 24 erely. It triples at 10° and works September: 17 September 19 September 21 16 times as fast as 20°. Changes in (See page 5 for regul ar monthly meetir.g schedule for all SIU color and flavor are the end result constitutional ports.) of this abuse.In the case of frozen _poultry, Advance Meeting Schedule For West Coast SIU Ports ~r::fo~t ~ A:orfe um l':.=·· i:i' I -.~•• Theodore Anthonr Mal.Uo Mal~ ,...i John MartW chatl Ron Warrau Mclntnt OMPh Kenneth Moor• · · Jonph Nap alDQ tpp CallJtto OJdnlo · Rafael Torre• a.car <>at WUllam VaqbQ l'rancll Panattt Artemlo Vuqu• Theodor e PhiDIPI ReDJ7 'Watloll d'amH Purcell l:lUI Wat~ . caar PINm BAVEM COVINGTON. LA. l'ranll Martin . VI SOLDIDI BOD WAIHINGTON. DO Willlam Tbomton w., David · USPJU BOSP?rAL SEATTLB, WASH. H. L. Campbell Boone · 1m1111 1111::1111:111m1 11 1111111m1111mm11.~:mm;i•1111m111m1111• • Get Certificate 'efore Leaving USPHl!I BOSPITAL WORTH. TUAI BenJam.ID J>all>l• Mas Olton I1&ac B. Dwncaa Orant L. SaJin ~ Harry l'mmatt tadell Tbarlo' Abe Gordon Wlllle A. Yo~ Thomaa Leha1 ~Id 0. Zelallm. SAILORS SNVO BARBOR . ITATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Alberto Gutlerre1 ThomH Iuttaa VA B OSPl'l'AL WJCIT ROXBURY, KASI. Ra)lmond .AtHnauU VA HOSPITAL XEllllVILLB. Tllil Willard T. Cahill VA HOSPITAL WEST BAVZN, CONN. CJeorfe Johntoll SOUTHEAsT LOUISIANA HOSPITAL MANDEVILL& LA. Robert llcKe11R roaT Seafarer• are advised to se- cure a master'1 certUlcate at all times when they become ill or injured aboard ship. The r ight to demand a master'• cer· tUlcate ver)lyln;i illnes1 or in• jury aboard a vessel is guaran• teed by law. Be sure to get a rnaster'a certificate before you' leave a vessel a1 a mean1 of assuring your right to benefits later on. Physical Exams-All SIU Clinics April, 1962 Port Baltimore Seamen ....... ..... . 74 Houston • • •• •• •••.•• •• 106 Mobile ••••••• . .. . ••.• 54 New Orleans •••••••••• . 203 New York ••••••• .. ••• 381 40 Philadelphia ..... ..... TOTAL ............... Wives 9 12 7 11 37 858 Children TOTAL 91 119 65 6 8 1 4 10 30 2 448 -48 12 55 995 224 SIU Blood Bank Inventory May, 1962 Prevlo11.1 Balance Port 7 Boston 47 New York Philadelphia ••••••••••• • . 109 59 Baltimore 15 Norfolk 48 Jacksonville Tampa 1 ' 16 Mobile 29 New Orleana Houston 30~ - 4 Wilmington (7) San Francisco• 15 Seattle ~ ...... .... .. ... .. .......... .... . .... ....... .... ................. .. .. ... .... .. ....... .......... ... ............. . .. .. ....... .. .......... • ••• • f Pln&s 31~ 56 - ••••• TOTAL ........... 3'13" TOTAL ON BAND · 7 Used !l 221ti 0 39 70 ZY.a 4 ,0 571ti 0 0 2 .... .......... .. .. .... ...... .. ••••••• . Pints Credited 0 15 0 48 0 3 0 ·O 16 17 0 !2 12 0 0 0 5 7 (9) 0 0 15 53 118 42Y.a 4 .. 308~ •Figures tn parenthesis ( - ) indicate shortage to be made up. SIU Welfare, Va~ation Pl_ans Cash Benefits Paid-April, 1962 CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID Outpat ient Benefits (Welfare) • • 11,691 19 328 35 479 419 13,619 $ 33,101.15 ,4 4,000.55 49,200.00 7,000.00 56,719.81' 4,997.52 60,298.00 Summary (Welfare) ••• ~ •• 26,590 $255,317.03 .......... 1,316 $222,265.67 27,906 $477,582.70 Hospital Benefits (Welfare) •••• Death Benefits (Welfare) •••••• Disability Benefits (Welfare) ••• Maternity Benefits (Welfare) ••• Dependents Benefits (Welfare) •• Optical Benefits (Welfare) •••••• Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD •• ; ' �.... Bevenieea s·i:u . SOCJ:AL· SECURITY . DEPARTl\'IENT ~SIU Welfare Maries Birthday SOCJ:A L SECURJ:TY Self-Insured Plan Made Big Savings In 12 Years REPORT Joseph . Volpian, Social Security Director Health lns.u rance Issue In Canada National heaith insurance has become a nwnber one topic in Caned-a, with the labor movement playing an active role. The subject Js JJot a new one; it has been battered about throughout the entire Jifetlme of most Canadians now living. However, Canada still shares with the United States the douibtful honor of being one of t he few civilized countries without a form of health protection that applies to all its citizens. · ------------Focal point ol the present dis-+·r. pute is the prairie province ()If indicating that they wanted such Saskatchewan where doctors are a plan. The doctor s balked at the t hreatening to "strike." Saskatch- idea. The medical men plunged into e wan, with a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government, the 1960 Saskatchewan election p redecessor of Canada's New Dem- using much t he sam e methods genocratic Party, led the way in hos- . erally associated with the Ameripital insurance prior to the intro- can Medical Association. Doctors duction of a federal plan. Last warned their women patients that )'ear the Saskatchewan government with government health insurance •ought and won re-el~ctlon in a they would no longer be able to fight that centered on the intro- honor their confidences. duction of a compulsory medical The CCF government, back in plan. The people of the province office, proceeded to map a plan eave the government mandate whlch fs due to go into effect July 1. Some doctors have said they will leave the province if the plan goes into effect; others are threat-. ening to provide only emergency serivce. The plan will be financed jointly by premiums lUld taxation. It is estimated that of the 193,000 The Welfare Plan has been able taxpaying heads of families in Sasto pay death benefit claims to a katchewan, 100,000 will pay no number of families despite diffi- premium. culties caused by incompletelyBasically, the position of the Sasfiled Seafarer's beneficiary cards katchewan government is that pubt hat either did not list the bene- lic funds must be under the conficiary or lacked a Seafarer's signa- trol of a body which is representature. · tive of all groups. The doctors inThe absence of such information sist that any plan they take part can cause much delay and hardship in shall be under their exclusive for the families involved while the control. There the situation fa Welfare Plan must work to resolve stalemated. legal tangles that result. In some Labor advocates a comprehenInstances families . have to go to sive plan with quality care starting court to obtain documents citing with preventive services and runthem as the rightful beneficiaries. ning through all phases of medical and dental needs, including reBut this action takes time. To insure prompt and proper habilitation. It has taken the posipayment of claims to survivors, tion that the country's health needs Seafarers are reminded to file a are not now adequately provided complete beneficiary card with the f.or and only the government has Welfare Plan designating the bene- the authority and the finances to ficiary by name, with the date plan the necessary comprehensive filled in and a signature at the health program to make services bottom. When a beneficiary is available to everyone. (Comments and suggestions are changed, a new card must be filed to replace the old one and, if prop- invited bv this Department and erly filled in, insures prompt pay- can be submitted t o t his column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) ment to the new beneficiary. a File Your Vital Data O ut in San Fra ncisco, galley gang oldtimer William ·R. Mclly.,en, 63 (a bove, left } is congratulated by Stu West Coasf rep. E. B. McAuley on drawing his first SIU pension check, a s reported in the last issue "of the LOG. In New Yor k (right}, Chris Voss, 67, shows off his pension chec k H he retires from ·steward department service. Cash payments to Seafarers and their families under the SIU Welfare Plan, which started out modestly just 12 years ago, have now reached a total of $12 million dollars, with the wide-ranging SIU benefits+ program about to begin a new efit and $7 weekly in-h ospital payyear of operation on July 1. m~nt and ha_s . devel oped to the Veter«n SIU steward department member Jose Doletin, 46 (left}, receives his fi rst union pension check from SIU welfare rep. John Dwyer at headquarters. · Self-insured since it began paying benefits on July 1, 1950, the flexible SIU Plan continues to demonstrate the value of its selfinsured stat us with no ties at any lime to Insul'ance company administration. The jointly-administered pr ogram has increased benefit amounts and added new features steadily over the years. It began with a $500 death ben- 11 More Oldtimers Draw SIU Pension The number of SIU veterans retired on Union benefits this year rose to 35 as 11 more oldtimers were added to the roster of Seafarers already receiving lifetime $150 monthly pensions. The latest group of pension-+ ers includes: Percy J. Boyer, Porcello joined the SIU in 1951 at New York. Sailing in the steward 55; Jose Doletin, 46; Arnt department, he last worked on the Larsen, 65·, Benedetto Porcello, 66,· Allen Reese, 68; Harold St. Clair Rivers, 59; John F. Santos, 58; Harold P. Scott, 40 ; Christian J. Voss, 67; Russell J. Wentworth, 65, and Demetrio G. Zerrudo, 63. Josefina (Liberty Navigation). New York is his home with his wife, Mary. oldest Seafarer retjrl·ng this month, Reese is a veteran of 45 years sailing in US vessels, ending A well-known deck department with the Hudson (Victory Trans--+ veteran, Boyer signed off the Almena (US Tankers) as an AB last port). Born in the British West November. With seathne extend- Indies, he began in the galley ing back to · 1930, gang with the SIU in 1942, joining he began sailing in New York, where he now lives with the SIU in with his wife, Della. 1938, joining up Rivers ls another long-time vetin New Orleans. eran on American vessels and has He and his wife, seatime going back 44 years. He Margaret, live in began shipping SIU in 1938 out Algiers, La. of Baltimore in the engine departBorn Jn the ment. His last vessel was the phi lip Pi n e 11 , Chllore (Ore Navigation). Brother Doletin A member of the deck depar tBoyer began shipping ment, Santos' Jast ship was the Steel Worker (Isthmian). He with the S~ U Jn 1949 out of Tampa. joined the §IU at Providence in He last aailed in the steward de1939 and Js a Marine with service partment on the Steel Fabricator during the 1920s. He lives with (Isthmian). his wife, Mary, in New Bedford, Larsen has extensive seatime on Mass. Sailing in the deck department, US and foreign bottoms back to the early 1930s and is originally Scott made his last trip out on from Norway. He began sailing the Warrior (Waterman ). He first SIU In 1940 .from Tampa and paid shipped in 1945 with the SIU, c ff his last ship, t he Del Mar (Mis- joining in Mobile, and lists his sissippl), after serving in the deck mother, Mrs. Raymond Nugent, of department. He's a New Orleans New Orleans, as next of kin. resident. Voss joined the SIU Jn 1944 at 1 After eight years of US seatime, New York after sailing both US and for eign vessels. He last paid off the Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain) as a second cook. Born in Germany, he now lives in Brooklyn with hi s wife, Pherese. After 18 years' Navy service starting Jn ~orld War · I, Wentworth began sailing SIU in 1938 ou t of Boston. He shipped in the engine department on his last vessel, the Del Sol {Mississippi). His home is with his sister, Beulah, In Boston. . Another native of the Philippines, Zerrudo now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Rosita. He began sailing SIU from there In 1943 with the galley gang. He last signed off the Del ft lba (Mississippi) and is an Army veteran. pomt of prov1dmg nearly 20 separate benefits for SIU men and their families. The two original benefits have grown considerably in stature and now provid e $4,000 for surviving dependents of Seas fare rs and $56 weekly as a bospital benefit for up to 39 weeka plus a $21 weekly amount thereafter for as long as may be needed. The Plan paid out only $31,733 in its first year and now average1 over $2.5 million in annual cash payments. Advantages of the self-insured welfare program were cited r ecently in a publication of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, which urged all union1 to self-insure their plans in order to provide increased benefits and greater protection for members and their families. The suggestiqn noted that unions which selfinsure their welfare plans save many millions of dollars in insurance costs un ions ·th a t use com mercia1Jyi If l nsured we are pans often receive only 70 cents Jn benefits for d n f · ~very 0 . ar 0 premmm payment, it was pomted out. New Pensioners Reese Santos Scott Zenudo �AU of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $ZS bond from the Union in· the &a&ys name, representing a total of $9,400 in maternili~ &eneftit& and a maturitry, value ol $1,. 115· in bonds: Tlte. deaths of the foliowing Seafarers have &een reported to the Seafarers Welfallfi P.lan anrl a total of $34)000 In &enefits· waS' paid. fAlrf apgamnt dalay in pawmentt of claims I• normally due to late liling7 l a al. u &enelicia"l' ccu<I or necessary litigation for -tlie dis· position of umtes.) 1 Geo~ K Bluprr.,yll), 85: Al lung. Eranko M. Wollmld, S2i Br.other. her, 1952. A fl'len~ Gertrude Jeanne Thompson, born Feb r u- 1962. to• Se amoor andl MllS; Ma rtin conditioru was fatal: to Brother Kas- Wolinski died 0 £ a hemor.rhage on. Thomas, - O Baltimore, survives. ary 22, 1962; to Seafarer and l\'lrs. Reill y~ . Milwau kee~ . Wis przy.ltr · on· April · Apr.it 24; 1962.. at , B\lrial was . at Allbwtua. Memorial Bobby Ray T hompson, Newportl'l, 196~ fn, Mothe USBHS· Hos~ '. Par k, Arbutus, Md: ·i: tahbene1lts: Willlam• Mitchel~ bom 1 Mal'Ch News, Va. bile; Ma: He' pita!, ?Jew Qr- $1,000. 16; 1962, toi Seafarer ancL Mrs: WilPedr o: F lores, born February 14, liam Ml.tchP.11, P ort ·c ha.dotte, Fla. started! shi pplng, lean1 La. t. t. t. 1962, to Seafa rer and. Mrs. P edr o• witti the SIU in starte d s hipping Sidney Bernstein, .ti"s A heart Deriek Jordan.. bom• April 4, T . Flores, Baltimore; Md·. 1962. to· Seafa.ver end Mrs. Ande~ 19"11 andt sailed1 with· the· SIU in. atta~ wu fatal • to • Brother Bbm· Melindm Sa" ala , born Mar ch ih1 thSJ e-n g.:.Ln e: 1 1943, in th&-> enate-in on March son J. Jordan , Mobile: A:J.a. UJ62,. to1 Seafarer and• Mrs. Frank department. Hi s gjne. deparbnent. 18i 196% while Brett F. Laree, born· Maroi1 30,, Sawala 1 Brooklyn, N Y. wife, MI'S'. MarHis wife, Mrs, on1 the• ss. Ezra _ 1962, to Seafaren end•l\lrs. William1 garete., Kasprzyk, Ain •n •a . W.ollnsk.l Senstban H• Stanley Gordon Reinacb, Jr. .. Laree, New 01lleans 1. Ii.a. of Mobile, surof. New Orleans; ..-tell> ehipping born September l3i 1961, to. SeaBUb~ Sharp, born. Mar.ch 10;. with· tha. SIU in farer and Mrs. Stanley: G. Re insch, 1962; t.o· SeafMer m d1Mrs. Charles. vives. Burial was in Brunliuettel,, .sw:.vives; Burial wes at Metairie: Germany; T oW benefits: $4,000. Cemetecy, New 011lean1, 1: o·t a I i940. < and• eaUed 'llexas City , Texas. Sharp 1 Baltimore; Mdt ~ t •benefits: ~ooo, tn. the gte.ward Glenda· Cal'Ol Ban, bom• March William Grl~ bom· Maldt· 31, , Ernest A:. D•lels•. 5'1-: Brother ;t. ;t., ;t.. deparitment m. 12, 1962. to· Seafarer. and· l\li's. 1962, to• Seafarer a,nd· Mrs. John• Daniels died an accidental death V.tentine Nunez,. 651 Brother wife,. Sadie · Bern· William• C. Kall ~ Texas; Ci Ly, Texas. Griffin, ClarlCston, wash. on January 8, Nunez. died. ot cancer on March steini. of Brook· 1 J'uan Maldonado, born March 8; Citrlos Marcial, bGm April 16, ; l962, in Houston, 31, 1962, at th8'1 lyn, NY, surv,tvea. Burial• wu . ln 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ehrique· 1962, to· Seafare!! and1 Mils. Pedro• Tex. He started USPHS Hospital, ,.,,i*t~ j : Lon~. Isl.and, , NY. Towu benefits1 Reyes. Maldonado1 Santurce; PuerMarcial\ BrollK) N.Y.: Lshipping> w ·i•tt H New Orleans, La. ·~11 , . ~ooo. to•R1co Karen Lee Sanchez, born Aprril the SIU tn. 1956 He had. been sau:. ~ $1 ;ti., Erik !\fl. Anderson, born Mat'Ch 5. 1962,. to1 Seafarer and1 Mnt. in1 ttte e mg i n e 'ing in the stew2-0: 1962, to Seafarer Ellef Ander - Thomas ffi SAncltez; CJ1lckasaw, d &p1a rt m .e n t • IJnzy i.;, Bosley, 40: Brother Bosard department 1on, Seattle: Wash. ley died of a head· injury on FrebAla; A. f.Iiend; E. D. with the SIU ruary 271 1962, Rosa M~rie Martine?:, born AuLaura La Llave,. be>r.n Febr.uary, ' Carson, of Houssince . 1940. . His at the King gust 5, l'961, to Seafarer and· Mrs. 25, 1962, to Seafarer and Mi's. ton, s u r vive s. son, Viriatt» v; Santos Martinel:, New Orleans, Ba. Rene La Ll1We; College· Station, Burial' was at tHe• County Hospital) Nunez, of Miami, Seattle: Wash. Hai Timothy Galloway, born March Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. South Parle Cemetecy, Houston, FI a,. , sur.vives. 1 started shipping 9~ 1962, to Seafa rer and Mrs. Bllrlal was at Greenwood.. CemeFrank- Sovich• born• A'.{>ril Bi ,Tex.. Total beneftts~ ,$ii.OOO. J ames Galloway, Supply, NC. 1962; to Seafarer andJ M'l'S, Michael' · ;to; ti• ~ terY., New. Orleans. Total benefits: 'witH t tte SIU th '1955 and ' salled Casey Leo Brodus, born Febru- Sovich, Bayville; NIJI. Lawrence M. Moore. 89: k heart· $500. in the deck deary 16, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donna Ellis, born March 19: condition was f ait.a 1 to, Brother partment: His By ran C. Brodus, Springhill, Ala. 1 1962, to· Seaf'arer and Mrs; J. H. Moore- on April '61 Georc'8 B. Jackaoa . H: Brot heri m oth·er, Mi's. Robert N. Sessions, born March Ellis, Jr., Columbus, Ohio. 1962~ in Brooklyn, Jackson died. of. a heart condition Clara Bostey,. of . 9, 1962, to Seafar er and Mrs. RichCynthia· Garza; born April 7, N~. He started•, on• J.anuacy. 1, 'Ricttmon<t: Va:, survives: Burial aird· Sessions, Galveston, Texas. 1962, to Seaf-ilrer 1H1d1Mrs. Manuel shippin~ with the• · 1962'. Jn Baltl~ was in Gassaway, W. Va. T'otal Lewis Mendall, born January B•. Gama; Hou~ton, Te~a&; SIU in 1943 and more, Md. He1be• tieneftts1 $41080. 15, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles A. Anderson, born April sailed in the .deck r ~ shipping in ~ ti ~ · Ralph Mendall , Jamaica• Plain, 12, 1962; to Sea<farer and Mrs. depantment. Sur- 1 the. ltewardi deMass. Francis J . Anderson, Baltimore, vlvlng is a sister, . partment w.Uh GoUlrle4. C. Metttngr~ Jr:, !81 Victor .Mmojera, born April 2, Md'. Llllian M. HogtJhe SIU in 1938- ,Brother Metting· waa.·lost at sea 1962, to Seafar er a·nd l\'llls, VicWoo dl ofr Nomolk ' and. had been re- . whil"" Patricia Parsons., born Mavch 29, ' ' I .. aboard. the tor Almojera, Brooklyn1 NY.. l96 2, to. Seafurer and' Mrs. Frank V:a: Bllrial· wu.a t , celvlng., s .p .ecia..I SS . Del Sud. near Marie E. Esquivel; born March Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. dls::Wbll.fitY. beneMontevideo, Uru· Total benefits: $4,000, fits since Novem-- ' ,..,, guay. H B:! started 11, 1962, to· Seafarer and' Mrs. Oli- E. Parsons, Mobile;. Ala. vidio Esquivel, Wharton, Texas. Nancy Du Bose, bom April. 24, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N,. salllng with the S:IU in 1944 in Raul fglesias, Jr., born March 1962, to Seafarer and. Mrs. J ona-· tlte steward de· 61 1962, to Seafarer andt Mrs. Raul than Du Bose, Savannah,. a.a. Iglesias, Br onx, NY. James Dryden, born February 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Dryden, San Pedro, Ca lif. Elsie Bonefont, born April 1, Martin and, Martr: Plckur, born survives. Total beneft'ts: $'4,000: 1962, t.o Seafa rer and Mt's. Edward Mar ch 30, 1962, t.o• Seafarer and t., ¢-. ¢. Bonefont, Puerta De·Tierra, P uerto Mrs. Andrew Pickur, Pittsburg; Pa. Rico. Wiaddyi. J. Johndon~ 811 k liver Yevone Beroud, bom 1 February condition was fatal to · Brother Norma J o Knapp, born March J h n ,s,t ·o n Ln 12, 1962, to Seafat·er and J\ks. 18, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. 0 Greenville, SG, Darius Lee Knapp, Ptichanl, Ala. Roger J. Beroud , Upper Darby, Pa. Jason Whittaker, born April 8, .on Novem:bw 4; Billy Ericks, born Februat·y 13, 1961. He· h a •d 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Redferd 1962, to · Seafarer and Mrs. Clyde Whittaker, Seattle, Wash. been sailing in Fricks, Westmin s ter, SC. Margo Reilly, born March 6, Margie Wood, born February th e engine26, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. deplllI'tment with David Wood, Tampa, Fla. the SIU since Ch·a rles Long, born March 22, 1947. A daughter, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Mrs. TI u c i ll e , A. Long, Baltimore, Md. James, of Green. Seafarers and SIU families Louis A. Castt·onover, born ville, survives-. Burial was a·t who apply for maternity, hosMarch 25, 1962, to Seafarer and Woodla\vn M e ·m o1Di a I Park i n pital or surgical benefits from Mrs. John F . Castronover, Long Greenville. Total benefits: $,4;000 .. the Welfat'e P lan are urged to Beach, Calif. ;\) t . t keep the Union er · the· WelSharon Carreon, April 30, 1962, Jeremiah S. O!Byrne, 561 A heart fare Plan advised· of any to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfonso Carattack was fatal to Brother changes of address while their reon, North Texas City, Texas. 0 'B;y r n e on applications are being procDavid Lonergan, born April 1, March. 31, 1962- in· essed. Although pa~ments are 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael Lynn, Mass. He· often made by return mail, P. Lonergan, Kenner, La. beg a·n sailing changes of address (or lllegibJe Kevin Kitchen, born- April 28, with the SIU. in return addresses) defay them 1962, lo Seafarer and Mrs. Elize 1947 and shipped when checks or "baby bondB" Kitchen, Baltimore, Md. " , · in the deck deare returned. '!!hose· who• a.r:e · Stanley Gurney, born. May Fi~~i ;ft~1 fo~ -S"eJarier Wiiiia..; ·H~i 511', prior to burial .at par tment. His s ismoving· are advised! to· notify 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Antonie f h K b • off h ter, Mrs . Mae E. SIU headquarters or the Wei~ Gurney, Baltimore, Md, sea, were. conducted, rom t e tug e ir, 20 m1 1es t • · Pelletier, of H udfare- Plan. at 17 Battery. Plac~ coast at C.uahlanca, Morocco. Hay, who1w.u chief, stew.. Geovani Trevisano 1 horn· May 2a, 8011, Mass:,: s urNew Yorfl: 4. NY. 1962, to• Seafarer and Mrs. Doiniard•on the. Seafafr fColbn iat l die_d, Apr1f 17 alte1 being• hos,. ¥iVes. · Burial was. in· Lynn, · Total , n ick.. 'L'.ttevisano, New York, NY. pitalixedi eamier at CaHb:l&nca. Tugman Is in b.ackgrounc.L benefits: $500. 13. * ~~~:::; ~~~r:~ ·~.E: "'ovin.g ? Notify SIU, Welfare 13· ;rE· ·~~~:~rit �- lw ·w1mam ?ietrowilil' ~ ~ ·\\ .! ·; _,, r ll_t . "How many times ha¥e 11•told you, 'no fifhing off . tire •side of the ship'." Storm, No Fuel , Worried Lisa 8 JNow at home in New Orleans, . ihe LibeJtty ·ship Lisa 1B (•Ventune Shipping) 'had some anxious mo- , :ments 1;while 1at •sea recently, rh er ' SIU cnew ·re_portea. 'The '8hip •was •on an •Indian . vQyage .carwinE :bulk cargo and 1 was off :the 'coast ·of Japan \When , e\!erytHing .aboard 'the vessel r !Stopped cold. The engine died and there was •no hellt, water .or ·lights. !It seems rthe :ship ·riin ,out •of fuel and the jplace ·and time Jt ·picked · to do 1thit1 ·wasn~t -the .most .ap- ; pi.;oprillt~. •the ·crew noted. 'Jlhe Lisa B was near .an unspecifietl : PaCific island when a storm that ' bad been bn.ewing .finally broke loose. r ' The ,ship .w as .dr.ifting about in ; heavy ~eas contirrously anti 1makiog : no headway urttiil a tug finally ar- : _ r ived fand ipullcd the Libeirty into , Yokohama, Japan. 'Theire ·she was · refueled ;and •.c hecked .and, with I everything :again ·in -ol.'der, the i vessel .continued .on her way. -SIU Afla·nfic, GU.If Lakes ,& Inland 'Waters D~«ttrict ' :DENT p:~.{all MBCUTWE VICE-PRESIDENT iCal •Tanner 'VICE 'PRESIDENTS Claude '8lmmon11 ' Lindsey 'Wllllam8 Earl Shepard ·Al Tanner ~SEOBETARY·TREASURER l\J •Kerr HEADQUARTERS REBRESENT ATIVES Bill Hall .Ed Mooney Fr>e.d Stewart 1 BALTIMORE . . ... 1216 .:E. Baltlmo11e St. Rex. Dickey, 1Agent ~Astern 7-4900 BOSTON . . . .276 'State St. Jdhn r.,, Agent Richmond 2' 0140 , DETROIT 10225 W . Jefferson Ave. Vlnewood ·3.4741 BEADQU~RTERS . ... 67!1 '4 tb l\.ve .. 'BklYn HYaclnth 9·6600 HOUS'DON ... .... . . ..... ... 11800 •Canal ·St. Paul Drozak, ,Agent . . ..... _,w •Alnut 8·3207 JA'.CKSON¥lliliE ~608 ,Rearl '8t .. •SE.. .lla11 William rMom'l1. t11111ent ·ElJgin 3,09e7 "'144 \W. Flagler !St. .. . MJIAMl Ben nom:ale1, ·Agent !FRanklin 7-3564 . 1 ·' fiouth !Lawrence 'St. Mt>BILE Louts Neira :11igent il-IEmlock 2•1'154 NEW ORL.EA'NS . . . . •630 .:J.ackson 1n.ve. Buck Slflphens• •Agent . fl!fll :6ll9.J76!1CI NEW ¥ORK 6'm '4th ·A ve., iBFodklyn IH¥aclnth •9'6800 ·416 10dll~ 'A've . NORFOUK Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 625•6505 • PHILADELRHJA . .2604 S. Atb .St Frank ·n r ozak, 'Agent DEwey 6'3818 SAN l'lRA'NfflSOt> . . 4110 Ha1mlson St. Ftank .Bo.line, ,j\gent .D011glae.2-4AOl E. B. MoAliley, w.IBst .Coast !Rep. SAN'rUROE tRR 11318 dilernande1 .Juncoa, Stoo 20 H,elth llewe • .Jig. Rep. 'P.hone .'Z23,0003 SEA'Ml.lJE 4605 Isl :A.Ye. Ted 'Babko.Wllkli :.l\11ent MAin 3-4334 !lAMP.A . . . . . ,311 •Ha11rlso11 'St. Jefr Gillette, Agent 229·2'188 WJILMINnTON l"'llif :105 N Marine Av,, CooJige ,MJJC:lil:.int>3i. ,.A,.gem. WEuminal-A.2528 General house~eeping duties have been the order of the day aboard a nu:rnOer of sbips, with the crews .worKiJlg busily toJkeep their vessels in tip·-ttQp shqpe. On the Warm:or (W;a· terman), the gang iga:ve ,a vote ,-<)f thanks to the .b osun ·and the dayman for tiling the crew mess hall. All hands are now going tQ ,put the hole vents into aooperating- to .ke~p the messstorage as a safety measure while room spotless .in keflpiqg with their .new deck. The black gang on another Waterman ship, the lber.ville, painted their foc'sles ,and installed workable fans throughout to keep everyone cool. The crew also offers a .hint on how to ,prolong the life of a .washing machi.ue . .Parkas and other extra heav.y gear have to be, · kept out of the .mac·hine, they washing machine's used wringer warn. with .a mew one .and install .a few The Steel Vendor (Isthmian) is fans to lower tempei;atu11es. 'Port holes on 'the Mount Rainier acting 1to take •cue ·Of -a .number of items. mo whit: Obtain •rubber Ups (American ll:namp) ai·e going to get for !Dlessnoom rchairs, .replace the new .gaskets. This crew .is also STEEL DESIGNER <Isthmian), Jan~ ·11'2=«1h1lrman, 111. ' e•m1111tll; Secr&tary, ,D. •Baldwin. •Evell~thing running ·.smoothly. Discussion with captain regarding ·elopchest anl:l •draw. S22.50 In ·shipls fund. s. •Bitiak ..1ected new ·5hi p'11 dclcgato. VotG of thanks for Job .well ·done .t.o •former .,.hip1s 1dt>legate. Discussion un changing brand of c:offee. Steward w1ll •.1u,e food committee ·c:onet:rning .cot(ue. ORION PLANET <Orlon), "Dec. 31Ch11lrm11n, llledolph Lozzi; Secretary, •Bunatd · Mil~•· Disputed OT itor ·entire crew. Were restricted ·to ship ev.en while discharging •cargo. IJlwo men •p aid off by mutual consent. Two ,men missed ship in Japan. Request for •cold •drinks •in ••lopchest. New men should become familiar with agree· ment . Vote of thanlte .to steward ·de· partment. FRANCES !Bull), J.sn . 15-'Chalr• man, H. 'S. Ricci; Secruta ry, Wm. Nesti!. No beels -aboard ship. 1• ood representative was down to the !,hip •anti settled the menu prublem. Mo· lion made by ·Chief •Cook in .rP.fei;ence lo vacation money that the $80-0 •should be ipaid in .a oco1·dance with whatever time is spent on ship over 90 • da~s. \.!ote of -thanks to the Elew· ard •department. IRllNMA'R CC•lmer), .J.11n. -22-Chalrm11n, H•n~y !C. tMcCullou9h1 S•cr.etu:y, J. 1fiotl. No • ship~11 1fund. No •h1uifs 1:re· ported. ' Sent •repair list t.o tbeallquar· ters tfrom !l!anama ·10 ·that 1agent can act on new mattres.~ •1s and .other •J:e· pairs. Excessive ·noi1e at nighl in crew '.-11 1quarter1. ·A'RIZl'A (Waterm11n), 1D11c. ~:Ch•lr· man, •C. •G•rner.; 'Secretar.y, J. 1f;orbes. All :Fepalrs taken eare 1ol except •clock In 1rest room •aft. 'No Lbeefs -reported. Ship' s 1delegate >11iven .a wdte of "thanks for .a job wen •done. ~ •Merribers asked"T!ot ·to 1twm it.he 1heat •on 'and off aft. Will 1ee •ehief •engineer :about having •oilers check lhelltlng ·system and 'te •get ,all •electrical items fixed. :rR,ANSY.OR·K <Tr11nswestern), Nov. 26-'Chalrman, A. Ackerman; Secr.etary, •A. tPietrowskl. Need medicine chest. Hot ·water •problem aboard; cannot •get •hot water at mealtime for cooking, •baking <and cleaning. Sl.00 in ·ship's fund . Donations gladly aceepted. Motion to ·have pati:olman collect all money ·due crewmembe rs from settled beefs. New ship' s dele· gate -to ·be •elected, •but •DO takers. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. ... lDIRECl!OR <Isthmian), rno date .Ch•lrmen, n:iran-!c Jankow.skll Secnitar.y, f.lohn •Patino. <One iman 1JCot off ·in 'AlexandFla due .to illness. tCrew asked 'to •be mOl'e caireful with washing machine a nd to coopetllle with men on sanitary. Flush bowls and -keep toilets Clean in .an •three departments. ~EL CITY <OF AL'MA <Waterman), 'Mar.ch 11-'Chalrman, H. '8rau1l.t tl!ln; S11cretaty, W. 'R. •stone. ·M. !B. 'Halrelson elected new ship's delegate. Jl,JoUon ·to have ·transportation ,paid 'Jrom port 'to port 1plua reasonable •pay •f.or Seafarers' ·overweight baggage. "Vote of thanks to men in deck department who clean crew measroom and pantry each morning. ·ALIOO-A 'PIOMBER fAlcos), Jan . .~ Ch11lrm11n, none; '5eciet.r,y, R. $irlous. Chief ·steward turned •over ·the ·som of <•10 ·for .parts •to ·repair cirew:S TV i;~!- M!!U!m tQ •bave in~JQtiatlng committee inaugurate following clauses in •11ontract: ·H) When .a wes.<iel 'arrives in 1port •on weekend •between 5 Jl>M Frliiay and t8 •A·M -Monday, the 'sailing board 1must the ;posted uot later than 2 'hours :S:rter .arrival. <2) 'Salling boar.d must <be posted not 'later .than 5 1P.M Friday when veael "is ·sdhedu!tJd to sail on weekend between 5 PM :Friday anti !8 ;AIM 'Monday. No beefs J1eported by •department 1delegates. . •COE VICTORY (Victory •Carriers), Feb. •4-Chslrman, 'P. J. 'Douxat Jr.1 Seefetary, W. ·wood. No beefs ·re· ported. ·$12 in ·ship's 'funii last meet· ing, collected ·99 at "Payoff. 'Raiii out '2; '19:98 on '. hand. Steward departm_ent r~questett to ·dump .an ..'1arbage aft. All hands asked 'to keep ship clean. RAPHAEL SEMMES ·l'Sea · ·Land), Feb • •lt-Chalrman. ,fl.au! ..Carter; .Secretar,y, ,fl, Cuevas. .Eve11ythin g running smoothly.. ·Repair list turned In to U1e _chle.f englnecr .and ·Chief mate. $80 ln ship's fund. Motion .adopted that chief steward .and Brother Cecil Rush •handle the ishl:P's oigareltes. Bonded •Clash ito 1.he ;paid -In .advance. The 1delegates -.w ill ,pick up list •from each 1brother. --.- MAYFLOWER (M11.y flower), Feb. 16Chelrman, F. ·Van "1&o:oy; l&e:c retar,y, T. fF. ~Greaney. •$7 64 >In •ship's ·fund. Motion ithat 1if .any man ·sta1Ys <on ship for one .\Year •and 'forefits '$4.00 t his money ils to 1be turned over to iRen.slon 'Plan. 1Request patl!Olman .to contact •company epr esentative .about having ·checks ' sent :to •CJrewmembers' 1 families and men to .i:eceive l'eoe ipt tn. retum .for same. 'l\V ·11et .to 1be rrepailred. •Crew :asked to don ate •to sh\pts !funtl. · "Will .ask 1patrolman •to ch !Ck crew refrigerator and have it pm in .goo!! '11.Unrtlng condition . .i'i11LD.OA ;P.0.tNrr-&R •('Alcoa>, lf'eb. 10Chalnnan, .:Albellt ·>I. . ·.Olouse; !Seci:et ary, C. F. Gardner. $3:40 in ship's fund. N . lL. Elowers •elected ·ship's delegate. Sh·ward •department ·delegate 1pll!d!'es hi& department's :cooperation .and ire· qmists complete .cooperation •of entir.e Ol?f•W tduring coming .v oyage. 'Ship's delegate to. ~et 1llb11ary •In Baltimor.e or New 1¥ork. rt=l!OIMDIA'N <Bum, .Jan. -'-C!h11lrm.a n, Whitney; !Sec,etnry, IO ha~IH Diaz. ·No •beefs .pepolfted. IP.a t.rolm nn to :advise t he F1oo0 ~lan i:epresentative to check on the ·Qnallt:v •of •food. >M.V •ROSE KNOT (Suwannee), Dec. Prank Caine; Sec,etar.y, John J. i(!olllns. 'Request ship ·to be fumigated at next port of call. Keep messhall clean at night. A vote of thanks ·to 'the steward •department for a .Job •well ·done. ~hlilrman, !SEAY.RAIN 'iO&OAGliA . (S11itraln), Jan. 11 7-'Chelrmen, 'Wlllter :I. Shultu Secr.et11ry, ·s. >Kllderm·a n. Four men mi11&ed :ship. 'Bhlp~s •delegate to .eee patrolman -at paydlf. ·Delayed •sailing from last ltrlp ·due lJJlembel'll .at JPB·Ydft". 11 .In : sbip~s tfund. :sug11estlon that vacation IDIOnf»' 'moult! ·be '8 600 .aCitoss the 1board 1lnlltead •of ra 'MOO bonus. Steward 1eXJ>lainett •that •men ·paying •off should lleave rquartel'll rcilean :and •turn in dh'ly linen. ·AZ•ALl&A · C~TY .(sea;Land), .IJm. ·14 -'Clhalrman, 1R. Sw11yne; :fle·cr.etar.y, W. «W. •Chrlstl11n . .'Shi:P'e·dele1111te 'Stated that he •was •11oing .to 'tlee 'the plltrolman about the -mate .end rt1nd •out 'why · it took so long 'to ·11et repairs done. Everything relse •running ·smootHly. Spent '$2.?10 'for bodks that were in ·the messhall and litill ihave 916!80 left ' On hand. Will ·buy ·some •games for .men in Newark. <GLENBROOK IMarltliile), Dec. .28Chairman, I. W . Gri9ges; 'Secr.etar,y, R. T. McNeil. B. J. Brewer _elected as srup!s delegate. Ship sailed short in deck and .engine departm1?nt5, 'Re= pair list ·was turned ·Jn for the -past four •trips and still nothing •has 'been done. 'New ·repair .Jlst is 'being ·taken up and turned •to ·ship's delegate . .CITIES Ji E·R V.LC E :&AL TIMOR.I! (Cities Service), Jan. 7-Chair.man, James .C. Whaltley; .Setref11_r,y, F • .E. Taylor. New washing machine was received. Vote of thanks given to the steward .and .the .steward c\epartmont for ·an ..exceptional .h olida1Y 'feast . 'Vdte of thanks 'fJ!om the cr ew .to Capt. Hanna for ..a very c·ouperatlve attlt nde and a ·smooth ·voyage. Everything went ,perfect in ·all .departments. TIT A'N cover.seas 'Oii Transport), Jan. '1-'Chalrman. 'Joseph E. Hannon1 s ·e cretary, ·Roy F!appen. 'No 'be efs reported . One man went to hosplt:il in Bahrein and one man missed ~ hip In Yokohama. John ' W. Mullis elected new .ship's delegate . Vdte of .thank s to the steward tlepaf.tment for the 'fine Christmas dinner. No 'LOGs received. TIMIJER HITCH <Suwannell), Jan . 1 -Chairman, E. M. Murranka; SecreA. Swiszrowski. Three men from ·trtewari:I depnrtment •Jett ·Jn !hos• pita! in !Recife . No •beefs r eported blY rdepartment •delegates. Hnve ~hip fumigated !f or ·roaohes in Puerto Rico. Need •new coffee ·YJ'llts. tary~ SEATRAIN SAVANMA'H '(5-eatraln), Dec. 23-Chalrl"1!n, Arthur Fricks; Secretary, Joshua 'M. ·1'undy. •Buriks partially repaired. .Washing m:ichine was put ·a board 1as •rPqueste.l. 'No work •ha11 <been ·done on •ice ·m achine and ·same will •be 1rvpo1it cd <lo •patrol· •m (> n . 'Motion •was put ·to a •Vote and re.iectell 'lby It.he ·ma~orfty ·In it he ·clause •eferring ' to ·change «if meal •hour . -:Vo.t e •o( •thankfl :to · ste-wa~i! •dpeartment c1:rn!s -S ERVICE -NORFOLK (Cities Service>. \Ian. ·4-Chairman, D. EdwardSI 'Secretary, ·Frank Flanagan. Delayed •selling •beef to be taken up with 'Patrolman. ·-.s.65 ln ·ship's fund. Question tn ·deck depa:ctment as to using the deck •department on the dock 'to cerr1Y engine stores. '.they consider 'flils the •wipers' job. Crew is not unanimous Jn wo11king after 5 PM on ' tank Cleaning. If necessary, it is suggested that .the •other departments be called out. Tbe steward should be tn messroom •occasionally to make sure ;everYthing is running okay. Vott: of thanks to ship's •delegate 'for a job well done. '.Also :vote of thanks to ·B rother •Stockton 'for letter sent to LOG Tegard!ng vacation money. 'New washing •machine •has been ·needed for ·some t ime but n·o action has been taken. TRANSYORK <Transwestern), 'Feb. 3-Chalrman, Charlie L. Jones; Secretary, Joseph 'L. ·springer. No mail re· ceived from headquarters. 'Ship's delegate to see about draw 'for Aden a-nd .to check with oaplalJ1 a bout In· oculations !or cvew. Crew Tequested improved menus and more variety in night lunch . Keep screen doors dosed in Pa!!.lst-1111. Ca ptain to hire carpenter to make jury toilet in Pakistan for shore-side workers. ·GIJOBE EX·PLOR-ER (Maritime Over· a•asJ, ·Feb. 11-Chalrman, J. E. ·Brooke; .Secretary, J . Reimer. No bee~s reported. J. Brooke elected ship's dolegnte. Memnnen's room's 8eats •to ·be painted and adjusted . -A better ;gi:ade ·of •coffee •should be put ·eboard. 'PENN TRADER (Penn :Shipping), March ~Chairman, 'H, T. <B rown; -Secretal'y, J. F. -Austin. Ship's dele· .gate .reported ·that the •captain had instructed hi m t o tell all the ·crew to put in for what ·they wanted on ·t he draw nntl not put in limit. ·crew ·asked to •keep !pa'Jltry clea-n. Discus· •rrlon cregard ing pantry being ·scraped end painted . No beefs reported •by ·department ·delegates. 'RAPH:A:EL 'SEMMES <Sea-Land), March 14--Chalrman, M. 'Gottschalk; •secretary, Lawrence ·smith. Ship :sailed one short in stewartl depar.t· "Jnent. 'No ·beefs reported. $107:50 in '&hip 's fund. ERNA . ELIZASETH <Albatross>, M<rrch 17-'Chalrman, R. J . ·Giovani; ·secretary, 'Samuel Doyle. ·Most repa irs 'tnken care of. 'Suggested that com· pan:v 'furnish 'launch service as long as the ~hip re mains in the Port of Ostriaa, "L>!. 'Sugge stion made 'to have •e voluntary contribution for ship' s fund at ']Jayoff. Cll'IES ·9~VrCE MIAMI (Cities 'Service), 'March '1 5-Ch"I""""' Wlllllem -Smith; Secnttary, Cha·r1es 'Mar"fln. Charles Marsh:ill ·elected ship'~ •delegate. 'No 'beefs reported 'by •d e part - m.,.,f. ~!''e«· • t c ~. the vessel is carrying grain. The ship'-s delegate aboaird the For.t Hoskins <Cities Service) reports that repairs .ar.e nearJ_y completed. Now the crew will install new lockers. The ship's entertainment .progi:am .also will 1get a .new look in Boston when the cr.ew gets .a .new antenna for their TV set. Good viewing is the outlook. "'"' ~ i Safety action aboard the Robin Sherwood <Robin Line) includes acquainting afl seamen with their fire .and boat ·stations plus the signals used in case of an emergency, ship's ·secretary Jay Savage 11e;;' ported. It •pays to know what to do if something ·does happen at sea. 1\>leanwhile, the crew is mak- ing ·sure that an emergency doesn't arise by .emphasizing I!'cgular meetings, drills anti inspections . Seafarer James A. Elliott, who ·disappeared ant.I was lost at sea recently is remembered by his mates on the Claiborne <Waterman). The crew took up a collection and purchased .a wreath which was put over the side and cast upon the waters near the approximate place ·of his disappearance. 'Safe ·sailing by the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) resulted in the ship winning :a '$500 safety .award from the ·company. From its ·.$250 sha11e of the :award , the ·s1u crew is ·donating $50 to the American M-erchant Marine Library Association and · '$20 t o the American F1,i.ends' Seamen's Service. Part .of the .p rize money will also .g-0 towa1d pm•chasing some recreational ·equipment for the crew. ;t. ;\. ;t. A new port has been added to the itinerary of the Alcoa Runner IA lcoai. The captain reported that the ship will begin making stops at some Venezuelan ports and the crew has been reminded that it can purchase a number of articles tax-free at St. Thomas, Virgin Island. All bands have been urged not to .abuse this privilege. t ';\. t An unidenUficd Seafarer aboard the ·P-0r.tmar <Calmar) has an unusual. beef. The seaman wants the -shi p's delegate to see the mate about tJ1e chipping that has been taking place on the deck back aft. It seems that the chipping has ·scared all the fish away and he hasn 't caught one sin ce the chipping job began. The fish are lucky, of course. J.f they don 't like the chipping noise, they can get away 'f rom it all . ;\'. ;\. l· The crew and officers of the 'Transeastern lTranseastern Shipping ) have -been cited for their ·kindn ess and assista nce by Seaifarer Arthur Kavel, who became ill whHe th e tanker was in Poland -on a grain run . When Kave! was in the hospital, crewme mbers took ' turns standing watch at his bedside and also brought him fo3d from the sh ip. Kavel is now in the states recovering, and let his :old sh ipmates know that he deeply appreciated their efforts. -'-~~FAREIS - PaefO'QlL �Jae,1. . SE.4F.41'Elr!I '£00 - ~ady Moming Accident - LOG-A-RHYTHM1 Elie V, Indonesian Steamer Collide In Malayan Straits . ., Than.ks to excellent seamanship by all hands, all but one person was resc1,1ed when an fndonesian coastal steamer sank after colUding in darkness with the SIU-manned E!ie V :(Elie V Steamship) in the Malay Straits. The incident was reported during the course of an otherwise-successful around deck freeing the life rafts which the world voyage by the Elie floated free of tti'e sinking ship as v. The ship's delegate, William Cooper Sellers, forwarded an aceount of what happened at the •cene of the accident shortly after the sinking. He wrote that the Elie V was making her way to Hong Kong from Bandar Shahpur, Iran, and by Thursday, May 17, was in the lower r eaches the Malay Straits, a few hours from Singapore. It was 0320 hours when the impact occurred, Sellers said, with the result that the 800-ton steamer K. M. Tjode sank. She was registered in . Djarkarta, and had been bound for Java with general cargo. Of the 29 Indonesian men and women aboard .the Tjode, 28 were subsequently picked up by the Elie V and a passing Japanese passenger ship, the Koran Maru, which answered the call for help and assisted in the rescue operations. No one was injured aboard the Elie V, whose damage was limited to a slight dent in the port bow. Sellers describes the rescue effort as follows: "In the few minutes that elapsed from the time that the Tjode collided until she sank her crew managed to launch several liferafts which floated free of the sinking vessel and saved the lives of all but one member of the crew. "While the Elie V's lifeboat was being launched. crew members reported that they could hear the cries of the survivors in the water as they clung to the rafts and called for help. But the Seafarers were unable to see anyone because of the darkness. "Carl (RedJ Gibbs, an AB, was of SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG - please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Inlormation) STREET ADDRESS CITY ......... ZONE .... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ere an old subscribe1 and have e change of address, please gi~e your former address belowz ADDRESS ........................ ' STATE . ZONE .. • • • • • c. ,. • 0 - Gibbs in the crew mess at the time of the impact drinking coffee. He said that he immediately ran out on the after de.ck and saw the stricken vessel slipping by the port side and sinking fast. He saw several crewmembers running around the • •• • ••• BJ' ROJ' Lee lllnaon I alwaJI• look forward to that part of the dait When thoughtful people aina praise or pra11, Th11 11awnina sun kisses the earth goodniaht Soothing the conscious of ever11thina riaht. The earth beain• to muaale down tn her bed Affer her livina have been watered and feel Fo1· all of earth'• chtUJTen there soun<b a cur/ew Lest an11one has atra11ed to be watered with dew• au At last twtliaht blinka her weaT11 e11es To give to the whole world a great 8'Urprise. Gently fallina into a peaceful 1lumber He sleeps while. counting his hours bJI number. Soon the ascending sun 'opens his re&ted eyel To see the living and to. hear their cries. He thanks the moon for her nocturnal vigil Giving light to th11 valley, mountain and hilt He then peeps down into each bird's nest From sunrise east to the darkest .west, As his gentl11 warming rays awaken every heart EveTJI living creature is given a new start. The groggy sun brings light again Giving life and hope to beast and 'man, God haSi restored to earth another day Wherein man may work, rejoice and play. J MERMAID (Metro Petroleum), March 11-Chaiirman, w. C. Slnk1 Secretary, R. E. Kledlnger. Captain claims re· pairs are impossible to have done in Brownsville; has given ship's delegate a signed letter promising repairs in next port. No beefs reported by dele· gates. Messman seasick since leaving Tampa. Suggestion to give ship's fund to seasick messman so that he will have enough money to get back home. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land>, Jan. 20-Chairman, w. Blakeslee; Secre· tary, J. C. Thompson. $74.90 on hand In ship's fund . No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made and accepted that crewmembers do· nate towards the ship's fund because the TV· in the crew messhall is in need of repairs. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv· Ice>, Jan. 20-Chalrman, Adolfo Ca· pote1 Secretary, R. Darley, Jr. No beers reported. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. Letter written to headquarters explaining situation and details. Motion that vacation pay of $400 be pa yable on termination of six months' continuous seatime aboard the same vessel. At the end of six months a man must get off and re· main on beach one month before registering to ship out. Suggestion that all crewmembers donate Sl.00 for payment on TV set. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Ove,,_ seas), Jan. 18-Chalrman.- Wllll•m Brightwell; Secretary, Edmund Abu· aly. Ship's delegate reports that he will see the patrolman about repairs. No beefs by department delegates. Realizing that this ship Just came from under Liberian flag, crew ill lr.v ing to improve conditions which are substandard for SIU-contracted ships. JEAN (Bull), no date-Chairman, George E. DeGrave1 Secretary, A. C. Long, No beefs reported by department delegates. One man missed ship In St. John . Delegate to request pa· trolman for payoff. Crew prefers fresh milk when available. WARRIOR (Waterman>, Jan. 14Chairman, W. Gammons1 Secretary, M. B. Elliott. No beefs reported. Vote of th a nks to steward department. Dec. 3-Chalrman, W. Gammons1 Secretary, M. B. Elliott. No beefs re· ported . Port hole gaskets to be fixed wh e n weather gets better. D. Rami rez r ee lected as ship 's delegate . Vote of thanks for a Job well done to the ship's delegate . Suggestion that new r e pair li st be made up now so re· pairs ca n be done during trip. Suggestion tha t Union mee tings be ro· t a ted so men ca n get more rest, due to time ch a nges. Next meeting to be h eld in afternoon. Vote of thanks to ste wa rd department. NAME · CITY Sellers she slipped past the stern of the EJie V. "The Elle V's lifeboat was manned by chief mate Firth, third engineer Deller, ABs Dick Gallegas, Dave Davis and Steve Kutzer, OS Al Ard and BR Henry Miller." Survivors were landed in Singapore when the Elie V made that port later In the day. The ship shortly afterwards continued on her voyage. At the time of the accident, the SIU ship was empty. She picked up some cargo later and then continued on her way to the US. Sunrise ·T oniorrow JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman>, Dec, 17-Chalrman, George Craggs; Secre· tary, Marcel Jette. Ship's delegate reported no beefs aboard ship. Un· licensed pe rsonnel had excellent con· du ct and no food be 1 f~. All h&nds ga ve the stewa rd depa r lml!nt 3 ' 'ole of th a nks fo r 1>erformlng an excell e nt j o b. Radio operator put out a line newspape r every day while at sea. $28.01 in the ship's fund. Members of th e e ngine department aslced to ~tow awa y clothing and personal gear so wip e r ca n clean rooms. Ship I~ loaded With rats. Patrolman to look Into slop· chest which is very poor. Crew re· qu ests clean drinkl.ng water and wash wate1· tanks as watei· Is ve ry dirty. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Nav· lgation>, Feb. 4-Chairman, Red Brady1 Secretary, Al Bernard. Entire voyage wa s enjoyed by a good gang. No beers for the patrolman. Food ex· cellent. Ship's delegate resigned and re-elected in prompt order. Customs In India has a new trick of forward· Ing the custom declaration Corms from one port to another. U the two declaration• don't match.. ~ , J are lined and articles are conRecated. ALCOA RUNNEi': (Alcoa), Dec. , _ Chairman, Claude Holln1 Jr.. Seer•• tary, John S. Burke. Ship'• delegate reported that all repairs are completed except a few Items that will be taken care of In Mobile. AU gciing along fine on ship. Vote of thanks to steward department for a job well done. Suggestion made for patrolman to contact the ex-ship's treasurer and see that be returns the S20 to the treasury of the ship. Patrolman to contact company officials to give the crew a definite time of paycff. Suggestion . made for 11hip'1 delegate to see patrolman or company officials regardJng proper posting of sailing board on weekends and holidays. ALCOA Pl!GASUS (Alcoa), Dec. 20 -Chairman, Floyd Crumpler1 Secre- tary, J. P. Balderston. •12.10 In 1Wp'11 fund presently in the captain's safe. Ship receiving no communlcatlon1 from headquarters. B. Winborne wa1 elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to 1teward department. SEATRAIN TEXAS Cteetraln), Feb. 18-Chalrman, Jame1 Glenn1 Secretary/ Joachim R. Von Holden. Ship'• delegate reported no beefl. S40.21S in ship's fund . Washtub in laundry needs to be repaired. Galley vent fan to be cleaned. Crew asked to be careful on gangway and to wait until ship !JI tied up. (;AT!1WAY CITY !5!!!!·!..!!!!rl), F!!b. 27-Chalrman, R. R. Adamsom Sec· retary, J. A. Turklngtok. No beefs reported. Few hours disputed OT. Repair list turned in. Dario Rios elected new ship's delegate. Ship needs to be fumigated. Chairs in recreation room should be secured ta deck . Omi ma n fired In Puerto Rico. Crew would like to have TV on ship. CITIES SERVICB NORFOLK CCltlH Service), Feb. 28-Chalrman, VJllllam Morris, Jr.; Secretary, Frank Flan•· gan. New washing machine probably will be Installed in Linden this trip. Dayman' s foc 'sle has porthole sealed shut. See patrolman and port steward about having his room changed. Nothing In ship's fund. Vole of thanks to ship's delegate Dave Ed· wards for fine Job. Request that he remain on as delegate. ·Suggest stew· ard be seen about putting out greater varlely of vegeta bles and to include one green vegetable at each meal. !\fe n asked to take bette.r care of washing machine and not leave it running. GLENBROOK (Marttlme Overseas), Feb. 25-Chalrman, Kusmlerskl; Secretary, Charles Habbyhorst. Gilbert Trosclal.J- elected ship's delegate. Will talk lo c hie f engineer' about installing faucet fo r d1·inking water aft of ga lley for shore gang . ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), Jan. 7Chalrman, T. J. Lewis; Secretary, John L. Munnerlynn. Repair list turned In and Is being worked on. Everything running along smoothly• OT being turned ln for Mo;il and Nagoya anchorage. Motion made to conlaltt company about having fre"h fish on board in each port. Ship'• delecate to check about OT for anchorage Jn Port Arthur while on coastwise voyage. Feb. 11-Chalrman, D. Schwart11 Secretary, J. L. Munnerlynn. Sailed from Seattle short one wiper. Some disputed delayed sailing. Repairs being handled. So far everything colnir alone fine. BINTS FORT (CltlH ••rvlce), March 4-Chalrman, M. OlveraJ Secretary, J. Hunt. New washing machine put aboard vessel. Patrolmaa riven report about beef on mone7 advances. Ship short one deck main· tenance leaving Texas. One OS getting of! In Linden. This crew goem on record Jn favor of eliminating the one year's continuous service clauae from the vacation plan In order to collect the 1800 vacation pay. IAGLI TRAVELER (Sea Transport>, Peb. 21-Chalrman, Jesse Lewis; Secretary, Newell Merrick. Minor beefs about food. Steward department held ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), Feb. 25meeting and some comrtructlve sugChalrman. A. H. Anderson; Secretary, gestions were made. Vote of thanks S. T. Arales. Ship's delegate wlll reto steward department. 128.80 In · sign as soon as ship arrives in Bait!· 1hlp's fund. more. Clarence Edwards elected new ship's delegate. No beefs reported PRODUCER <Marine Carriers), Feb. by delegates. Chief elctrlclan will 11-Chalrman, D. Rivers; Secretary, ask patrolman about changing room1. P. Fox. No beefs reported. James E. Vote of thanks to steward departWelsh elected ship's delegate. Motion ment. made that no one sign on until new washing machine Is put aboard. Mess· SEAMAR <Calmar), Feb. 25-Ch•I,.. man asked to keep messroom cleaner. man, K. Bryant; Secretary, B. Brod• Ship's delegate to see captain about erlck. K . Bryant elected ships' dele· cleanJng passageway, foc'sles, etc., gate. Discussion about general clean· and to see steward about OT in his llness On ship. Agreed to divide department for cleaning up. Delegate laundry room cleaning. Beef about to make up repair list and turn it throwing garbage on deck aft of over to captain and chief engineer. midship housing. Beef about engine quarters sanitary work. STEEL NAVIGATOR <Isthmian), Feb. IS-Chairman, Jack Short; Secretary, GLOBE CARRIER <Maritime Ove,,_ Eugene W. Bent. Repair list for voyseas>, Feb. 25-Chalrman, John Fishage 23 turned In, including five reer; Secretary, H. (Tiny> Kennedy. Papeat items from last voyage. Laundry trolman to check repair list for olcl room cleanJng schedule has been items. Steward requests all dirty brought up to date and posted. Letter linen to be returned . All rooms to from Moji, Japan, immigration in· be clean and tidy for new crew. spector is 1n ship's file re lack of Steward to see If he can cet a better shore leave in outer harbor at MoJI. brand of coffee. 174.90 in ship's fund : Crew asked for fresh baked bread daily. Will hold 11blpboat._d meeting at payoff port re SHORT HILLS (Sea-Land), Feb. 24 feedinir of 4-8 watch. -Chairman, W. ScottJ Secretary, R. Parker. Ship's delegate to see patrolATLAS <Bum, Feb. 18-Chalrman, J. man about sailing board not being I!. McBeth; Secretary, none. Two men posted on weekend and about draw• had to leave the ship at Bahrein, and cigarettes.. Motion made that Persian Gull. due to IUness. No beers. seamen get paid day for day on the Draw list made out In all depart· articles Instead of by the calendar ments. No ship's fund. Men from each month. Vacation should be payable department should alternate in clean· · at the end of 90 days instead of b7 ing laundry. Crew asked to keep the year. There should be no remess hall clean. Vote of thanks to quirements to get off "a ship. Drinkll'teward deoartment. Have not re· ing fountain In rccrontlon room celved any LOGs. should be moved to starboard pas· sageway. Agent In Wilmington and STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), San Francisco were contacted regardPeb. 25-Ch•lrman, J. Pulliam, Jr.1 ing same. See chief engineer about Secretary, James R. Buchanan. · Paypainting out the black gang shower off will be 1n New York or Phlladel· and head. Captain to contact the phla. Sll.45 In ship's fund . Discussed longshoremens union ofi the West division of wages of absent members. Const about kee ping m e n out of the Food left in ice·box to be served midship house. within 48 hours. FORT HOSKINS (Cltret Service), Jan. 28-Chalrman, Joseph Scungollo; Secretary, John J. Kolos. No beers reported. 116.00 In ship's fund. Saide elected ship's delegate. DEL SUD <Mississippi), Feb. 19Chalrman, Shaughnessy1 Secretary, Ellis. Ship's delegate left the ship in New Orleans. $50.00 deposit made on movie screen in New Orleans. Motion made to see what can be done about members not attending ship's meetings. Ship's delegate and all department delegates to draw up a new ship's constitution before next meeting for action by the membership. Mike Dunn elected ship's delegate. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Oct. 1 -Chairman, Robert Mvers1 Secretary, none given. No beefs reported. Sl5.00 in ship's fund . No ship's delegate. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Feb. 18-Chalrmsn, lsldro Aveclll111 Secre· tary, none given. Ship's delegate re· ported that In Indonesian ports, Americans are b.e lng shaken down at all gates by the military guards, whereas other seamen are being passed through the gates with a wave of the hands. This is being done to discourage AmerJcana from going ashore. Crew messhall, PO messhall and crew pantry not being painted out often enough. SEAFAIR (Orlon>, . March 4-Chal,.. man, Raymond T~o.mas; Secretary, Bill Hay. Ship's delegate reported two men quit ship without giving 24· hour notice. A. E. Diaz elected new ship's delegate. Letter read on the issuing of milk under the new milk plan. Members asked to dump garbage aft of fantail . ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), Chairman, E. Clccato1 Secretary, w. E. Messenger. Balance In ship's fund1 SlO. Headquarters u r ged to take action so that men who are Ill or injured and need further medical care will be flown borne instead of going by ship where no medical care is available. Men In black gang not wearing goggles. Discussion over lack of cigarettes on voya ge , Men hospi· tallzed 1n Africa to check headquar· ters about benefits. Vote of thanks to baker. STEEL KING (Isthmian>, March 3Chalrman, T. S. Jackson; Secretary, C. A. Nelson. W. Leuschner elected new ship's delegate. Motion made that all deck cargo should be carried as penalty . cargo and' to do away with use of travelers checks. Ship'• delegate will see ca ptain about having crew quarters sougeed and painted. · All delegates agreed to .co· operate on launch schedules for varl· ous ports. �i~- ~. · _, ) - ;;-4 . ~~ •, . ,. . SE.4.PARRRS Thetls Seafarer Due Home Soon ,! '£.. £ .OC Korea Has A New Look That Attracts Seamen Pensioner Cites Union Assistance To Ole Editor: I llave been 1oin1 to 1ea for about 150 years and retired last :r~bruary on a pension. I never thought that I would live to see the day when a union had a contract and WO!lfare Plan like the SIU has. How times have changed from the old slave days to the present. I think I was born cm years too soon. Not only do -I ·get a pension myself, but the Welfare Plan has also just paid the :best part of a hospital bill for my wife, who had to undergo an operation and was Jn the hospital for six weeks. You can imagine how much that must have cost, 10 I would All letters to the Editor for reaJJy like to thank the Union publication in the SBAFARERS _ and the Welfare Plan ·for their LOG must be signed by the cooperation and assistance In writer. Names will be withheld settling all the biJle 10 quickly. My wife, who ls home now but upon request. still on tho aick llst1 would also like to take thie opportunity to farers to go to when they make thank all · for their kind service. To all members, the advice of Istanbul. That is the NCO club run by the Armed Forces in this oidtimer la to take care of Turkey. Everything is far the Union. lt'1 the best friend cheaper than in other places in you ever will have. Edward Jone. the country and the club has a real stateside atmosphere. All i t t~ the ·servicemen are nice and courteous and they make you feel as if you are home. ;rhe Thetis is scheduled to leave here early in June for the To the Editor: Gulf to pick up anoth~r load of I would like to take this opgrain. This is a fine ship and I portunity to gend my best wishrecommend it highly to anyone es to all members . of the SIU waiting for a tanker on a grain and to the Seafarers beached in the USPHS Hospital in Baltirun. more, Md. I hope that they aU N, A. Huff are in good shape. Ship's Delegate I am Iii Norwegian sailor and someday I hope to 1hip out ~ ~ again with the SIU, especially frem Baltimore. I have fond ~mories of the days when I did sail out of that hall back To the Editor: Jn 1947-48 and 49. I quit the I would like to express ll)Y sea Jn 1950 and went home to thanks and appreciation to the Norway where I've been since. Union and its membership for Now, 12 years later, I'm still the many gains made on behalf receiving the LOG and you can be sure that I'm enjoying this C)f SIU persioners. I '!ID deeply interested in tht · fine union newspaper very much. affairs of the Union and I do ,-or me, it's the "voice of the appreciate receiving the LOG. Seafarers" and I'm very pleased It keeps me in touch with every- to find that the Union is still thing. I have great confidence continuing to . work for better In the ability of our Union and agreements and conditions. May I wish all the very best. its officials to make further advances in coming days for the If anyone wants to write me a few Un.es I'JJ be happy to anwelfare of all seamen. swer. ·The address is Solhaugen, Patrick Driscoll Skatval, Norway. Harold Gjerde ;\. ;\. ~ Te the Editor: · I wish to report that one man off the SS Thetis (Rye Marine) was hospitalized Jn Istanbul, Turkey and ls to be flown back to New York. This brother is William Warren Van Dyke, chief pumpman. Other than this unfortunate incident everything is going along fine. I would like to recommend a pla~e for Sea- Norwegian Sallor Hails SIU Gains "' Union Pension Gains Lauded · Royal Oak Gives To United. Fund di t located in Inchon, Korea, "Whiskey Mary's" (left) is known the world over by seamen. At Pusan, the improved living standards, elimination of the black market and growth of regular retail stores has led to the closing down of "famous" outlets such as "Sears Roebuck" and "Gimbels-M11cys, 11 which sold US "surplus" merchandise. . Korea is still quite a favorite place for Seafarers. Japan is changing rapidly and it is beginning to become one big American city-and treats visitors the same way. As the peo.ple become more and- more Westernized, the traditional Japanese politeness is fading. You walk into a store and•. •~----------you ·are asked what do you <The following article ant? and a new rising of "Slickie Boys'' want. You tell the man and photograp.[is were submitted or merchants of limited ethics is he tosses It into a paper bag takes your dough and that's that. Oh we)] that may be a reason why mor~ and more seamen are disappointed with Japan and talk a lot about Korea. Korea itself ls changing, and the new face of the nation compared to its old appearance brings back memories to veteran Seafarers. Overall, the change is for the better, especially for the Koreans themselves. Perh.1ps some seamen may think the country is not as P1·ct uresque as b e f ore, bu t ac t ua 11Y the land is as colorful as any in the world. The notorious "Thieves' Market" i n p usan Js thr i vmg . an d w h o11y legitimate even without the "Slickie Boys," who used to prowl the waterfront to harass and rob 1eamen. Natives say that t'hey are all in jail and there is little juvenHe delinquency because the pun· ishment is justifiably severe. Instead of the "Slickie Boys" seamen now need to be a11tious of the "Slickey Men." Of course there are confidence men and professional thieves all over the world, 10 this problem isn't unusual for seamen. The number of thieves and confidence men preying on seamen has been reduced in Korea and ~ Wife Appreciates Mae'.s Kindness To the Editor: George Bryan Mcc urley of To the Editor: I would like to take this opPort Arthur, Texas, turned in a portunity to thank the crew of c~ntribution of $20.85 to the Port Arthur and South Jeffer - the Mae <Bum for their most son County office of the United kind consideration in relinquishFund on behalf of the former ing my husband from his duties crew of the Royal Oak. Since aboard ship. On May lli he had the crew has broken up, he re- to leave the vessel because of quested that noti{ication of an emergency operation here at receipt of this money be printed home. I am fulJy aware of the imin the LOG. position it puts on a crew when May we express our appreciaa member suddenly has to leave ~iori to the crew which gave the ship on an emergency leave Mccurley the money with in- without proper designated time 1tructions that it be turned over given for ·a replacement. to a worthwhile charity of his Those of the crew who had own choosing. Through the to "double up" to take care of United Fund a portion of this the ,opening that was left by my contribution wili go to, support husband in the engine room the work of the Unhed Sea- should know that I sincerely apmen's Ser .ice. preciate all the efforts each Our thanks again for your made, and I can assure them cooperation in infQrming the that their efforts were not in crews of the Royal Oak and vain. o~her ships that their contribuI would also like to thank the tions will mean a great deal to Union officials in Houston for many j>eop~e. . ineir . assistance in the em~r- . gency. · · Robert E. Dear Mn. Joseph A. Ciehomski Exeeutive Dlreeto7 to the LOG by Seafarer Willimn Calefato, after he returned from a Far East run aboard the Alcoa Planter (Al- coo.J one look at the police in Pusan can tell you ·why. The city has an efficient force that is enthusiastic about its work. The previous law enforcers-that is, those in power before the recent changes in government-the "Thieves' Market" and the "Slickie Boys," along with the -. ever-"lus1·ve adult crooks, -"' were a great network, as some Seafarers often reminisced. The new government and its police have made great and warmly-welcomed changes. Relics of the old shanty stores still remain. "Gimbels-Macys," with the big red painted sign still displayed, "Sears Roebuck" and "Murphy" are reminders of bygone days. Those were the stores of free enterprise, now out of business and boarded up, that sold you anything•you wanted. If they did not have it in stock, they would take your order-and you'd be accommodated in "a little time." It took only a little time to send a boy out to find the desired item. How or where he got it might have been a mystery, but the store kept Its word. Actually, the three famous shanty stores, not far from the docks, were the bailiwicks of some of the "Slickie Boys." For n fee, one of them might sell information on where somebody's new hat was, or an empty wallet. Such petty business Is passe now unlikely. Retail establishments in Korea, as everywhere ·else, want to keep their prestige and customers, especially for~ig!1ers. This is also true of the drmkmg emporiums frequented mostly by seamen. One of the most esteemed is "Whiskey Mary's" in Inchon. A person is never so well-liked and remembered unless she has ~ helped others, and Mary seems to have helped more seamen that ean be recounted. She has only to see aturns manwith in her once. Mary If he reanyplace problems, will help him and ask nothing in return. But she does not tolerate phonies and can recognize them easily. She is called the unofficial "mayor" of Inchon, so wide is her influence in local community life and her fame has reached natives in many other parts of Korea 81 well. . ·.............··;~-··_.....,:..__ ... ·,.. : Open-air food market in Pusan, Korea. Farmers from the n e i g h b o r i n g countryside come here to sell their products. Seatrain Texas Sights, Saves 9 Cuban Refugees The crew of the Seatrain Texas (Seatrain) recently learned first-hand of the plight of the escapees from Cuba when the ship picked up nine refugees who had made their way from BtS-4Jlt•.I~ &.MLT. llb:>l!L'IN U.11~ the Communist-controlled country in a small boat. Seafarer Al Porcarl, who shipped as an OS on the vessel sent in a picture of the refugees (See Page 1) together with the following: The ship "was halfway between Key West and Miami on May 24,,. he writes, when at abouit 0300 hours he spotted a signaling light. "Oaptain Patocha stopped the shiip· and we picked up nine Cuban re• fugees, two of whom were four-year-old kids." He said the group already had spent two days in the open boat "and was in pretty sad shape." They had a small engine but their fuel was quickly used up and they then were left to drift along until help arrived. "About 20 ships passed them as they drifted," Porcarl reports the group as saying. "They said conditions in Cuba were in a pretty bad way. . Food is scarce, but Communists from Iron Curtain countries .,. were plentiful." The escapees willingly posed with a Texas cre\·rn1ember in the steward department but one i·efugee hid hfs face because his family is still in Cuba,_ Porcari said. The sMp took up a colJeeUon for the group and also provided food and some clothing. A few hours after being picked up they were transferred to a Coast Guard sl·ip which brought them to Miami. �i'ae, ttn FreeHours~~.P . . . Go To School , As You Sail What can a Seafarer do during bis free hours aboard ship? Seafarer James Carlton Whatley has come up with one answer: Go to school. Whatley did just that whiie sailing during 1961 and, after 11 months of study, he graduated from a GI-approved extension school. with a degree in clainis investigation and adjustment. He traces the idea back to an injury he received aboard a ship. "If I knew then what I know now, I would have been able to make sure I got better treatment from the company," he said. Correspondence Course His special schooling began after he saw a magazine ad for a correspondence course in many different fields of study. "I investigated the ad, found out that the school offered a course in claims adjustment and saw that Seafarer James Carlton Whatley with his diploma from Universal Schools. Gala Affair At Palembang Hosted By Steel Executive I Seafarers who have been sailing Isthmian Line ships out to Indonesia have had an unusual opportunity to watch a new nation develop a new industry, literally from· the ground up. For the past year, the company has been running an average of a ship a month into Palembang, where a f e r t i l i z e r + · 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - plant is being built by the SIU culinary department led by ~topover at Pusri, dropped off local government with funds chief steward Alex Brody, the over 600 tons of pllings and other from the Export-Import Bank. Senice Pier Besides delivering materials for the plant itself, the ships are also dropping off steel pilings for a pier that is being constructed to service the installation. Cargo transfers are ·now being done by llghter and are expected to continue in this way until the pier is completed in about a year. A US concern also is handling the construction end of the project. SIU-manned Isthmian vessels on the scene also serve from time to time as the site for promotional affairs staged to mark important steps reached in the development program. The arrival of the ships, which anchor in the stream at Pusri, the port for Palembang, generally leads to a lively get-together between Indonesian and American government officials and the public. On World Trip Such was the occasion for the Steel Executive on a recent round the world voyage, according to the ship's photographer, Seafarer Lars Nielsen, AB. With the aid of the vessel hosted over 200 visitors. Well-laden buffets were set up on the main deck, both port and star· board, and the local citizenry had ample opportunity to tour the American vessel which was assisting in the · development of their new industry. Special floral dlsplays made locally were presented to the ship on arrival. The Executive made a four-day materials, then picked u~ other cargo and ultimately returned to the States via Suez. Her visit was marked by Voice of America taping of greetings and speeches by Indonesian officials and others in attendance, including members of the American embassy and aid mission plus a US 7th fleet Navy admiral who flew in from Manila for the event. Indonesian official groet~d S tee 1 Executive (above, right l at new plant site. Seafarer Paul Lopez. chief cook (above, left) 1 is surrounded by hostesses who aided in tour of the visiting American ship, . and Lan Nielsen (bottom, left), who took all the other photos, is flanked by floral display. Below, messmen Ching and Wiseman finish up buffet preparations. this was what I was looking for." He enrolled with the Universal School, Dallas, Texas, in December, 1960 and in January received bis first lesson. "The course contained 50 lessons. As I finished each one, I sent it back to the school, which graded it and sent me the next lesson." He finished the course and received his diploma certific:ate la:;t November, while sailing as bosun aboard • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . the Cities Service Baltimore of my injury on the ship, with me on the Almena, espe- postcard. Mail can be sent to Seeks Shipmates record (Cities Service). because he probably thinks I cially the bosun and deck main- me at 154 South Warren Street, Now Studying Law On Almena Trip will catch another ship, sail off tenance who were on there that Mobile. Smooth sailing to you Whatley is now enrolled in the To the Editor: and forget all about it. trip, wJll probably recall what all1 La Salle Extension University Earl R. Goodwin But if I have to sell pencils, happened. I am writing this in the hope where he is receiving "A" in a law of contacting most of my forI was supposed to go to the t t t ~ourse. He also averaged "A" in mer shipmates, who sailed with l10sp1tal on arrivai in Portland his grades at Universal. me on the tanker Almena from and was only allowed back A member of the SIU since 1950, New Orleans last September on . ab9ard ship on. the condition Sympathy Cited Whatley is married and lives in a voyage that terminated in that I remained in bed with my To the Editor: Tuscaloosa, Ala. "I've helped out Portland, Oregon, in January. leg elevated and got up only to I wish to thank the crew and a number of buddies by doing I was the ship's delegate, eat. I did so, and after a week officers of th~ Ocean Ulla some iuvesligaliun work for Lhe111 and they know I wore a path to volunteered to stand a watch, <Ocean Transportation) for the and, who knows, some day I may that bridge because of the skip- AH letters to the Editor for thus releasing another man for flowers and other offerings they go into this field full time back per's ideas on everything from publication in the SEAFARERS tank .c leaning. sent upon the death of my home." money draws to shore leave. LOG must be signed by the What I want now from the father, French Yeager. The He never really changed, but I writer. Names wm be withheld men who were on the ship and entire family deeply appreciated Right now, though, he "likes feel he overdid himself in deal- upon request. knew I was declared unfit for their sympathy. sailing too much to give it up. ing with the injury I had duty ls for them to put It into Please send the LOG to tis Look at all the time I have to aboard ship. 'attend' school while aboard ship. I'm going to try and see that writing. I would like as many as we would like to continue our I understand now that he this doesn't happen to some- statements as I can get, even readership. And if I can· help out a friend or told the company he had no body else. · The men who were if they're only scribbled on a Robert Yeager two while I'm at it, so much the better." Uiia Flowers, GGE't sae,qy ro see P.::v,e At.Wr OPIIffLIA 60 .•. �lw!De, 19~ SEA.PA.RERS '£0C FINANCIAL .'REP<llTS. The constituti~n of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland water• District make• specific proviaion for safeguarding the membership'• money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed C.PA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. 'All Union records are availabl.e at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any aember, for any reason, be refuaed hia conatit~tional right to in• spect theae recorde, . notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified aail, return receipt requ,ated. TRUST FUNDS. All trust fwid• of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lake• and Inland 'Water• Di•trict are admini'lltered in accordance with the provision• of varlous tru 1t fund agreeA1e~ts. Al.l these agreeaenta specify that the trustees in charge of theae funds 1hall con1ist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditure• and di1bursementa of· trust fund• are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustee•. All truat fund fi nancial records are available at the headquarters of the variou1 trust funda. If, at any time, you are denied infol'lllation about any SIU ' truat fund, n?tify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarter• by certified mail, return receipt ·requeated. • • • ,v• • • ' •" .;..~ •. .. . ··:!"""''.;, · : ' . ~-,., <·.--·~ ~ . ~- i'm @r.r ,::rtif1ed mail, return meipt ,....,.ted, '' • EDITORIAL JIJDLICY--SEAFARERS LOG, The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in th'lt Union, officer or member. It has 'a lso refrained from publishing articles dee11ed harmful to the Union or its collective membership, This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports, The responsibility for LOG policy is· vested in an edi.:. torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Boa'rd m11y delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. -~:~ "· .. : .. '··-:~···:.v······ c» PAYME?n' OF MONIES, No monies are to be paid to anyone ~n any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipf is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any ~oney for any reason unless 'he is given . such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplyin& a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be called 'to the at'tention of SIU Presi~ent Paul Hall by certified mail, return· receipt requested," 0 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGln'S AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every . six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copiea of thie constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional J:ight or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges,· trials, 'etc •• as well .. !lll other details, then the me111ber so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, ·return receipt requested. ·.· .· . .·•·..·:..: RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to contlnue their union .activities, ·including attendance at member~hip meetings. And like all other SIU member• at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an aetive role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file co111111ittees. Because 'these oldtimers cannot take •l\ipboard employment, the membe'r i;hip has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing t ·hrough the. waiv~~ o~ the.ir dues. . Rose KnOt On New MissionBALTIMORE-Ending a stay of almost two months here to upgrade its electronic tracking equipment, the SIU-manned Rose Knot (Suwannee) left at the end of May for an astronaut .tracking station in the Pacific. The Rose Knot is expected to.~------------------------­ take part in the next sched- ments · prevented their identifica- dix Radio Corporation worked on the ship's missile tracking and uled launching, tracking and tion. recovery attempt involving a US Similar security precautions telemetry equipment. astronaut. Her new station in the .Pacific has led missile personnel to assume that the next US space mission will be a seven-orbit shot ending in the Pacific. The past two successful Man-in-Space m1ss10ns were three-orbit trips ending in the Atlantic. Stationed Off Africa were imposed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, sponsors of the Space program, when the ship arrived in Baltimore early in April. No publie word was issued about the ship's presence here in port. The converted Liberty was sent to the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation yard while During the first around the electronic technicians of the Benworld orbit by Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., the Rose Knot was stationed off the coast of South Africa. A number of her sister ships -. also t ook part in that project and weire stationed in other areas, although ... dgid. . .security . arrange- ., ; ..., .. ,•.; :· ~ .... . o,~·~~~I . ... CONTRACTS, Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls, These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship, Know your contract right~, as well as your obligations, ~such as filing for or on ·the proper sheets and . in the proper manner. If, at· any time, any· SIU patrolman -or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect yo~r contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, lt:~,:~~::,:::••1d••t Pa•l_".::~ : ' Seafarer Edward Morales shows off hand-loomed tapestry design he worked up during stay at the Staten Island, NY, US Public Health Service hospital. Now out of the hospital, Morales was last aboard the Tamara Guilden. ··:.;:·, . :::-· SHIPPING RIGRTS. Your shipping right• and seniority are protected by the con-tract8 of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters District, and by Union shipping rules, which are incorporated in t he contract·. Get to .know your shipping rights. ~f · you feel there ha• been any violation of your shi~­ ping or seniority rights, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board, Also notify SIU President Paui Hall at headquarters, by cer~ified mail, return re• ceipt requested. • .;. . . ._•• ;-: •• - ... •.•t':"' ... ·... ':: ......... :-/.- -:-:...... .' .... . . . ., .,. '•• ..... . - .. ·.· ... .. :-;.--•,•,,· ·~ . . Just prior ·to the recent flight of Commander Scott Carpenter the space agency announced the location · of the Rose Knot and said she was being redesignated as a Pacific tracking ship. She did not take part in the successful orbit by Carpenter, although a number of the other ships in the missile program, manned by Seafarers and operated by SIU companies wepe posted throughout the world. Before sailing for the Pacific the Rose Knot made extensive runs into tl1e Atlantic testing the improved equipment · installed aboard. Dale Broten one knowing his whereabouts is Anyone knowing the where- urged to contact the above address. abouts of Dale Broten is asked to Red Simmons contact his stepbrother, Alvin C. John Green, 2661 E. Putnam St., Morey, Route 2, Atkin, Minn. Lake City, Fla., wants you to contact him. Carl A. Dahl Paul (Red) King Important. Contact Thomas C. Contact Don Wagner, 1403 Douglas, Real Estate Broker, WeCederdale Dr., Lanchester, Texas. laka; Fla. Ex-SS Jackie Hause Edward Shrock Back wages for the following are Urgent. Contact Robe-rt E. Tarbox of Tarbox & Jue, attorneys, 3 being held b~ Newton Schwartz, of The Embarcadero North, San Fran- Schwartz and Lapin, attorneys, 210 cisco, Cal., regarding accident to West Building, 817 Main at Walker, Houston 2, Texas: Z . Ozinski. John Freeman, Ben G. Ladd, Bobby Pope Your attorney in claim against John C. Gregory, Arvin Reed, AnEagle Voyager, Thomas M. Breen, drew A. Thompson, John W. Gib160 Broadway, New York City, son, Thomas W. Carmichael, William K. Kerwin, Eric Hoffman, Elwants to communicate with you. vin Q. Aldridge, William M. Shaw, Personal Gear James E. McGuffy, Henry M. ConThe following have left personal nell, S. F. Ostrom , Samuel O. gear on Isthmian Line ships and Mccurdy, James H. Vallot, Robare asked to contact the company ert B. Byrne, William Otes, al 26 Broadway, New York City: Carl F. Spaulding, Ernesto RamiKevin · H. King, John J . Byrne, rez, Charles C. Smoke, Willie Steel Worker; Hunter Gordon , Jones, Serafin Mills, Rosnido Mora, Steel Age; Edward Grzyb, Steel H . . H. Hill , Bernard Raminsky, Seafarer; Anthony Jam e Stanton, Bobbie Williams, Leneard Higga ns, Steel King, and John Misakian, Arnd Antilla and William Turpin. Steel Flyer. Clyde C. Brown Norman (!UaJor) Costello Contact Mrs. Rosemary Morgan Contact your uncle, Robert Carl Doggett, c/ o M. Gallo, #4 Viaduct Bennet, c/o Mrs. McGee, 507 6th Road , Chickasaw, Ala ., regard ing Ave., Brooklyn, NY. property matter. Ex-SS Cara Sea Ellis Watts Anyone who was on the shi p Charlotte Radke-Merrison , 245 E. 78th St., New York City, would with Millard E. Byron when he died in Rijeka. Yugoslavia, is like to hear from you. asked to contact his mother, Mrs. Jack Goldman Important mail is being held for Georgia Byron, Tornado, W. Va. Bob Schaeffer you by Mrs. G. Horowitz, 119 RemPat Driscoll at. the Contact sen Ave., Brooklyn, NY. USPHS Hospifal, Staten IsBobby E. l\fcMichaels land, NY. Anyone knowing the whereCurtis E. Nelson abouts of the above-named is The above-named or anyone asked to contact his parents, Mr. knowing his whereabouts is asked and Mrs. J. A. McMichaels, 441 to contact his mother, Mrs. MarNewman St., Hattiesburg, Miss. tha L. Nelson, Box 343, Howard Phone: PW 4-8898. Lake, Mi nn . Audly C. Foster Robert L. Tompkin..i> Your wife would like to hear Ge t in touch with L. R. Adams, from you. She is out of the J1os- Credit and Collections Departpital and at home :r Hoboken, NJ. ment, Virginia Mason Hospital, Bobby Earl Hill 1111 Terry Avenue, Seattle 1, Contact Gwilym A. Price, Jr., of Wash . Gregg and Price, attorneys, Grant John L. Whisman Building, •P ittsburgh 19, Pa. You are asked to contact your W. · G. Hamilton legal wife, Bertha Whisman, at Contact Jimmy at Twinbrook 2089 Market Street, San Francisco 5-5887 ln New Orleans. Call col- 14, Calif. . lect. Edgar R. Goulet Frank Eugene Guitson Get in touch with your dau ghter, Your half-sister, Mrs. Frederik Barbara Stokes, c/ o Stella Goulet, Hildebrand, would like to hear 739 East Bro:idway, South Boston, from you at 364 :Powers Ave., Ma·s. Bronx 54, NY. Salvatore Barbara Edward James Bender Get in touch with your sister, Contact your sister, Mrs. Bernie Frances Curto. Bender V~lasco, Santiago, Isabela, Frank J . Ray wishes to inform the Philippines. · his many friends that he is loBilly W. Keller cated at the VA Hospital. B::i ltiYour mother, Mrs. Clinton L. more recovering from the flu and Keller, PO Box 53, Rowlett, Texas, would appreciate their mail . ~n d would like to heai· from you. Any- visi ts. . I " �Vol. XXIV No. 6 •OFFICIAL ORGAN Ot THE SEAP'ARlaa· INflRNATIONAL UNlOr:f • ATL~N.TJC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WAT.ERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIQ Starting next month, SIU clinics will extend an· other important service to S·eafarers in their co.n· tinuing battle against disease ~nd disability that can affect a Seafarer's- livelihood. - The latest innovatiOn is the inauguration of a cent~alized immunization p~o .. gram through the union medical centers i_n six SJU JtNOT.H ER , I SER-V ICE OF YOUR SIU CLINICS port,.. _. The program will enable every SIU man to stay up • to date on the necessary vaccinations and "shots'' required for voyages to all parts of the world by taking them leisurely-either in the course of his regular physical examination at the clinic or at any time he's on the beach. The mass inoculation series often necessary just before sailing day, as well as the discomfort and inability to work because of swelling or soreness, thus can easily be avoided. An added advantage is the assurance that the lack o f necessary "ht" s o s won t cause anyone to miss out I • on a job and, in cases where a Seafarer's personal vaccination record is lost, the central records at the · clinics will quickly verify his immunization · status. The new service is in the intere t of all hands and is expected to be an important aid to Seafarers in days to come. · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1962 Description An account of the resource Headlines: VACATION RATE RAISED TO $800 FOR ALL HANDS 1,400 JOIN SIU IN PUERTO RICO SIU ACTION BLOCKS RAID ON ROBIN LINE NEW BOXSHIPS SUE OUT SOON FOR SIU CO’S RAIL TUGMEN BLAST REPORT ON JOB CUTS SIU CLINICS SET TO ACT AS VACCINATION CENTERS FISH, CANNERY UNIONS SET UP NAT’L BODY PENTAGON NIXES COFFEE RUN AID WEST COAST SIU WINS NEW PQACT, ENDS BEEF SHEET METAL PACT ENDS LONG PLANT JOB DISPUTE POLICE RAM PICKET BOATS, AID SCABS IN CANADA BEEF WATERWAY TOLL PROGRAM DEFERRED BY HOUSE UNIT UIW WINS FLA. SHIPYARD VOTE, OPENS PACT TALKS NEW BEDFORD SIGNS BIG NEW SCALLOPER JONES ACT RIGHTS UPHELD FOR SEAMAN ON RUNAWAY SELF-INSURED PLAN MADE BIG SAVINGS IN 12 YEARS GALA AFFAIR AT PALEMBANG HOSTED BY STEEL EXECUTIVE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1962 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIV, No. 6 1962 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9dcd590543c85a9f0f9784a167dda730.PDF a5d34a59fac8638e4976041610f00cf5 PDF Text Text mmmi In This Issue; SPK/AL PENSION SUPPLEMm Vol. XXXi No. 8 —See Centerfold 1 SEAFARERS mM AAARIA VAUENTE ARTURO VAUENTE LV-'iTfi;-:' • • • ••;• .. • AAARY E. BERNARD JOHN E. BERNAIW ;RS of the Kith annual SIU Cfdiege Sdmiaish^ were annonnced last month after an advisory committee id outstanding educators met in New York to maitA the awards. The chiUbren of five Seafarers were selected for fom'-year, $6,000 gnuds to study at the coOege of fiieir choke in any field desired. Since the SIU Sdbidarship program began u 1953, a to^ of 83 gran&. have been awarded. Of these, 25 have gone to Seafarers and 58 to the chilAren of Sejdarar& (ShMy ma Phge 3^ SCHOLARSHIP •w •-Siii i I I n . �SB Page. Two SEAFARERS Ship Management Unity Key to Progress, Hall Says SAN FRANCISCO—The United States must have a new maritime program quickly, or "we will have no maritime in­ dustry at all," SIU President Paul Hall warned leaders of maritime management and labor in a Maritime Day speech here. Pointing to the rapid buildup of Russia's merchant fleet. Hall told the audience of nearly 1,000 at the annual luncheon of the Propeller Club that the So­ viet Union was using its mer­ chant shipping as an "unarmed" extension of its political power and influence. By contrast, he said, the American merchant marine has been plagued by "deterioration" —its share of this nation's waterbome exports and imports droj^ing from 26 percent a third of a century ago to a mere seven percent today. "This obviously means that something has gone wrong," HaU said. Development of a strong mar­ itime program, he said, depends on unity within the industry— and specifically on unity among the managemrat groups which are guilty of "not caring what happens to their neighbor." Hall made it clear that he was talking about more than just the deep-sea segment of the U.S.flag fleet "To have a good maritime in- dustry," he said, "and to build the kind of fleet and the seapower that we need, we must build from the bottom up—^not only on the rivers, not only in the lakes, not only in the off­ shore, but in the shipbuilding facilities as well. Together, these components make up the maritime industry." With respect to legislation now pending in Congress, Hall pointed to two basic bills which he said are "fundamental" to the development of a balanced U.S.flag fleet: • Redrafting of the legisla­ tion governing the cargo prefer­ ence program to assure maxi­ mum U.S.-flag carriage of mil­ itary, foreign aid and Food-forPeace cargoes, and to protect unsubsidized operators against unfair competition from subsi­ dized lines. • Extending the unsubsidized operators the same right to es­ tablish tax-deferred construction reserve funds now enjoyed ex­ clusively by the subsidized op­ erators. Making it possible for imsubsidized operators to accu­ mulate ship replacement funds, he said, would lead to a surge in shipbuilding activity in Amer­ ican yards. The SIUNA president noted that more than 75 members of Congress already have sponsor­ ed such legislation. SB! Five Additional Seafarers Lkensed; Engineer Upgraders Now Total 329 Hants Mdton Five additional Seafarers have qualified for engineers licenses after completing the intensive course of training at the School of Marine Engineer­ ing sponsored jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. This latest list of successful candidates brings to 329 the total number of men who have passed Coast Guard licensing examinations after taking the comprehensive course of study offered by the school. The new graduates include Bobby Harris, and Jesse Melton upgraded to 2nd assistant engi­ neer; James McCranie, 3rd as­ sistant; and Kenneth Carlson and Charles Heinen, temporary 3rd assistants. Harris is a natiye of North Carolina, and has been going to sea for the past 18 years with the exception of a three-year hitch in the U.S. Army. He last shipped Ml the Joplin Victory. Harris joined the SIU in t^ Port of Norfolk, the city he now SIU Urges Congress to Prevent Strangling' of TugSarge Indastry WASHINGTON —The SIU has strongly urged Congress to amend the Interstate Commerce Act to prevent "strangulation" of the tug and barge industry on the nation's inland waterways. Four officials of the Union— Vice President Earl Shepard; Paul Drozak of Houston, Gor­ don Spencer of Norfolk and Merle Adlum of Seattle—^voiced the SlUNA's support of three identical bills in testimony be­ fore the Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics of the House Interstate Com­ merce Committee. The bills (H.R. 8298, H.R. 8376 and H.R. 8509) would get rid of "unrealistic language" now in • the law, the Union said. . The legislation. Spencer told the House group, would amend Section 303(b) of the Act in two ways. It would eliminate lan­ guage which defines an entire string of barges as a single "ves­ sel," and it would remove a definition of "bulk cargo" which would tie the industry to cargo practices in existence . 30 years ago, instead pf those now in existence. . This Section of the law was enacted in 1939, Spencer said, but the Interstate Commerce Commission "iS only now pro­ posing"^ ^at it be implemented. He noted that the ICC has twice delayed putting the require­ ments into effect to permit Con­ gress to consider legislative rem­ edies. Present plans call for im­ plementing the requirement on June 30. Spencer said that lumping a flotilla of as many as 40 sep­ arate bargbs under the single heading of a "vessel" would prevent an inland boat operator from carrying more than three different bulk commodities in the same string of barges if he is to maintain his exemption from certain types of regulation. The other objectionable lan­ guage in Section 303(b), the SIU official said, defining "bulk" cargo in terms of packaging practices in effect in 1939, would, if implemented, "be forcing the industry to go back to the 'custom of the trade' 30 years ago." Drozak told the Subcommit­ tee that the inland tug and barge industry has experienced a ma­ jor technological breakthrough in recent years. "Today," he said, "a single tug or towboat moves an aver­ age of 40 barges at a clip— carrying 50,000 tons of cargo at a time. . . . That 50,000-ton payload is greater than that car­ ried by many of the nation's ocean-going freighters. It's the' equivalent of the total cargo June, 1969 LOG that it takes 2,000 trailer trucks to move over our highways. It's equal to the carrying capacity of a dozen freight trains averag­ ing 70 cars each." The increased productivity, has been translated into "the lowest costs of any of our forms of domestic transportation," Drozak declared, adding that "average rail costs are 15 mills per ton-mile; truck costs are 65 mills per ton-mile; but barge costs average only three mills per ton-mile." The barge costs, he pointed out, "are lower than they were 20 years ago." ITie Union's statement said that unless the amendments are enacted into law, "barge opera­ tors are going to be forced to split tows according to the num­ ber or type of commodity car­ ried." This, it warned would mean lower utilization of equip­ ment, increased rates for ship­ pers, and ultimately higher costs for consumers. Summing up the SIU's posi­ tion, Shepard said: "If the inland boat industry prospers—as it has every right to prosper—^then there will be jobs and a, livelihood for our members. If this industry de­ clines—as it is in danger of do­ ing—then their jobs will be eliminated and their livelihood will be imperiled." McOranie calls home when he is not sail­ ing. Seafarer Melton was bom in Philadelphia and now makes his home in Brooklyn with his wife, Betty Jo. A long-time member of the SIU, Melton joined the Union in 1944 in Philadelphia. He has been sailing for more than 30 years as a member of the engine department. Melton last shipped on the San Fran­ cisco. Brother McCranie was born in Georgia, and now lives in Sparks, Nevada, with his wife, Margie. He served two years with the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict before joining the SIU in the Port of San Francisco and beginning his ca­ reer at sea. McCranie last shipped aboard the Seatrain Puerto Rico as FOWT. Seafarer Carlson was bom in Illinois, and now stays in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, when he is not sailing. He joined the SIU in Tampa. Carlson served three years with the U.S. Marine Carison Heinen Corps during World War II. Heinen comes from Port Ar­ thur, Texas, and now lives in Bandera, Texas, with his father, Harry. The newly-licensed tem­ porary 3rd assistant last sailed on the Alcoa Commander. All engineering department Seafarers are eligible for any of the upgrading programs at the Union-sponsored School of Ma­ rine Engineering, providing they are at least 19 years of age and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine department in addition to at least six months experience as wiper or the equivalent. Any Seafarer who qualifies and wishes to enroll in the school may obtain additional information and make applica­ tion for enrollment at any SIU hall. Information can also be obtained by writing to SIU headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave­ nue, Brooklyn, New York 11232, or by telephoning the school at (212) 499-6600. Shipmates Reunited After 24 Years I It was just 24 years ago vyhen S. M. "Catfish" McGowan (left) and Billy Brewer posed for the photo above in Santos, Brazil. Both were sailing as messmen on the old Hog Island. The two re­ cently found thennselves reunited when they both shipped on the Erna Elizabeth, so they had this photo snapped in Panama to rej-;— cord the event. Brewer (letft)' was sailing as chief pumpman, and McGowan, deck maintenance. Catfish also sails as bosun. Both • • joined the Seafarers in. 1945. ' �June, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG Youngsters of Five Seafarers Selected as: Winners of $6,000 SlU 1969 Scholarships Announced NEW YORK—Five children of Seafarers have been named recipients of $6,000 SIU college scholarships for the year 1969. The winners will be free to choose four-year courses of study in whatever field they de­ cide to pursue at any college or university in the United States or its possessions. This year's scholarship win­ ners are: Mary E. Bernard, daughter of Seafarer John E. Bernard, Sault Ste Marie, Mich.; Dennis E. Foreman, nephew and legal dependent of Seafarer Jewell E. Randolph, Metairie, La.; Jose L. Ramos, son of Seafarer Jose Ramos, Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Roy A. Schwarmann, son of Seafarer Arthur J. Schwarmann, Leonia, N. J., and Maria Valiente, daughter of Seafarer Arturo Valiente, New Orleans, La. This is the 16th year of awards under the SIU Scholar­ ship Awards program, which has opened the door to a college ed­ ucation for a total of 83 recip­ ients to date. Of these, 25 have been Seafarers and 58 have been the children or legal dependents of Seafarers. Selections are made by an im­ partial committee of six educa­ tors from top institutions of learning. Candidates are re­ quired to take tests given by the College Entrance Examination Board or the American College Testing Program. The results of the tests, together with evidence of the candidate's past scholastic attainments, character and qual­ ities of leadership, form the basis of the selections. Fine Caliber Demonstrated As in previous years, the chil­ dren selected all show a high re­ gard for service to the nation and the community and have distinguished themselves in serv­ ice-related fields, as well as in their consistently high scholar­ ship ratings and participation in 1 extra-curricular school activities. Typical of this spirit is that expressed by Jose Ramos— "More than anything, I would like to help the people of Latin America as a doctor. I know the language and the people, and the necessity is real." Mary E. Bernard, 17, daugh­ ter of l^afarer John E. Bernard, was graduated last month from the Loretto Catholic Central High School in Sault Ste Marie, Mich., where she was editor of the school yearbook. A member of the National Honor Society, she has participated in basket­ ball, the school chorus and is interested in music. Among oth­ er activities, she has served as a "candy-striper" at the War Me­ morial Hospital in Sault Ste Marie. Mary has already been accepted for admission by the University of Michigan, where she intends to major in history and political science. After col­ lege she hopes to work for the federal government, probably in the field of domestic issues, be­ cause she "wants to do some­ thing positive for our country." Dennis E. Foreman, 17, a nephew and legal dependent of Seafarer Jewell C. Randolph, is Student Council president at Ridgewood Preparatory School in Metairie, La., from which he will be graduated this month. A member of the National Beta Club, an honor society, he has been on the football squad, was captain of the school band and co-editor of the school news­ paper. He was named the "Out­ standing Teenage American" by the school faculty. With all this, he has worked after school. Dennis will enter Reed College in Portland, Ore., where his field will be experimental psychology, with emphasis on experimental educational methods. He in­ tends to go on to master and doctorate degrees after that. Jose L. Ramos, 17-year-old Seafarer's Daughter Awarded AFL-CIO Merit Scholarship WASHINGTON — Ronda Covington, daughter of Seafar­ er Eugene Covington, is the winner of one of six scholarship awards given by the AFL-CIO for 1969. A senior at Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon, Ronda has maintained a high grade average while participat­ ing in numerous school activi­ ties and working after school as a waitress. Ronda is a member of the National Honor Society and has held several class ofiSces. She plans to enter Mills College at Oakland, California, majoring •either in French or English for a career in education. The AFL-CIO Merit Scholar­ ship program provides up to $6,000 in financial aid during a four-year college course. Started 11 years ago, the annual awards Ronda Covington have furnished 66 scholarships to able, deserving youngsters in every part of the nation. Seafarers Scholarship Advisory Committee which named winners of 1969 SIU awards relax after making their choices. From left: Charles D. O'Conneii, University of Chicago; Dr. Elwood C. Kastner, Dean of Registration, New York"" University: Dr. Bernard P. Ireland, College Entrance Examination Board; Price C. Spivey, Administrator, SIU Welfare Plans (Not a committee member); Richard M. Keefe, St. Louis University; Edna M. Newby, Douglass College, and Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr., Howard University. son of Seafarer Jose Ramos, has maintained a straight "A" aver­ age at University High, an ex­ perimental school attached to the University of Puerto Rico, at Rio Piedras, P. R. He has also excelled at swimming and soccer and won the second prize for chemistry at the Scientific Fair held at the University. He hopes to enter the University of Mich­ igan in the Fall for a course in pre-medicine or possibly engi­ neering. Roy A. Schwarmann, 17, son of Seafarer Arthur J. Schwar­ mann, is president of the Senior Class at Leonia High School in Leonia, N. J., where he became intrigued by the future of spac.e exploration. A winner of the National Merit Letter of Com­ mendation, he has gone out for such sports as football, basket­ ball and baseball. He has al­ ready been accepted by Cornell University's school of engineer­ ing anid will major in aeronau­ tical engineering. Maria Valiente, the 17-yearold daughter of Seafarer Arturo Valiente, plans a career in the field of science—^preferably bi­ ology or chemistry. She will be graduated from Dominican High School in New Orleans, where she enjoys dancing and the pi­ ano. Her extra-curricular activi­ ties have ranged widely through mathematics, dramatics and journalism, and she has received commendation for volunteer work in Tulane's Lighthouse Eye Disease Detection Qinic. It was there she developed her desire to enter a research field. Maria plans to enter Tulane University, and wants to do post­ graduate work aimed at the eventual goal of teaching ^t the college level. High as the qualifications and interests of the scholarship win­ ners are, the Seafarers Award Committee expressed the unani­ mous opinion that their task was most difBcult this year because the records of all applicants were "the best ever." The committee met here last month to study the scholastic records of the 1969 candidates and reconunend their ultimate selections to the trus­ tees for aetion. Members of this panel of out­ standing educators were: Dr. Bernard P. Ireland, member of the College Entrance Examina­ tion Board; Dr. Elwood C. Kast­ ner, Dean of Registration, New York University; Robert M. Keefe, Admissions Director of St. Louis University; Dr. Charles A, Lyons, Jr., Dean of Ad­ missions, Howard University; Charles D. O'Conneii, Director of Admissions, University of Chicago; and Edna M. Newby, Assistant Dean, Douglass Col­ lege for Women at Rutgers Uni­ versity. MTP Administrator Tells Navy League Labor on US Flag Ships Chalked Up 25-Year, 440% Prodartivity Cain WASHINGTON — Seagoing unions aboard U.S.-flag mer­ chant ships have chalked up a record-breaking 440-percent productivity increase in less than, a quarter century, an ofiicial of maritime labor declared here last month. O. William Moody, Jr., ad­ ministrator of the 7.5-millionmember AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, told the 67th annual convention of the Navy League of the United States, that this productivity in­ crease refuted the "myth" that high labor costs have contri­ buted to the decline of U.S.flag shipping. "Back in 1945," Moody de­ clared, "the United States was building C-3 cargo ships of 9,600 deadweight tons. The complement of these ships was 48 to 50 men. Last year, we built the first of the 'Lancer' class containerships — 32,000 deadweight tons; with a smaller complement—ranging between 35 and 40 men. "Deadweight tonnage in­ creased 313 percent while the average crew size decreased 22 percent. Thus, productivity in­ creased from 196 tons per man to 845 tons per man—a 440percent increase. You would be hard pressed to find another American industry with a pro­ ductivity increase of this mag­ nitude. "Whatever else may be the cause of the decline of the mer­ chant marine, it certainly hasn't been the cost of labor." Tackling another of the "an­ cient myths and amazing mis­ conceptions that cling like bar­ nacles to the U.S. merchant marine," Moody declared that while it does cost more to build ships in U.S. yards and to operate them at U.S. wage levels, it does not follow that "high U.S. costs are driving the American merchant marine from the oceans of the world." He noted that all American industries have wage, material and capital costs that are higher than their counterparts. The dif­ ference, he says, lies in the "ex­ posed position" of the merchant fleet. "Other industries are insu­ lated from foreign competition," he said, "either because they control and dominate our vast domestic market or because of tariffs and quota arrangements. But this is not true with the merchant marine. It is in direct competition with foreign-flag ships—built at bargain-base­ ment prices overseas, and crewed by low-wage seamen." Moody called for an end to the "uneven treatment" of the merchant marine, with one-third of the industry being subsidized and two-thirds of the industry forced to go it alone without government assistance. He urged a "drastic overhaul" of maritime legislation to achieve "an equitable program leading to the development of a bal­ anced fleet." �mm i? r: Page Four SEAFARERS June, 1969 LOG To Succeed Sehnitzler Lane Klrkland is Elected New AFL-CiO Sec.-Treas. Congressional leaders and Union officials paid tribute to the late Senator E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska) at the dedication of the E. L. Bartlett Auditorium in the headquarters of the Transportation Institution in Washington. Shown here during the unveiling of a bust of the Senator are (l-r) Congressman Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska): Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska): Mrs. E. L. Bartlett the Senator's widow; Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), and Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.). Senator Bartlett died last Dec. I I. In Transportation Institute Ceremony Late Senator £ L. Bartlett Honored As Memorial Auditorium Deditated WASHINGTON—The late Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett was honored with the dedication of an auditorium in his memory by the Transportation Institute here last month. With members of the Senate and House, government agen­ cies, and maritime management and labor in attendance, the In-, stitute formally named the 200seat auditorium in tribute to the Alaska Democrat who had served as chairman of the Sen­ ate Commerce Subcommittee on maritime affairs. The Transportation Institute is a Washington-based research organization concerned with the maritime industry and allied forms of transportation. It is the successor to the 10-yearold Andrew Furuseth Founda­ tion for Maritime Research. The ceremonies also included the unveiling of a bust of Sena­ tor Bartlett, sculpted by Bernar­ do Sembrano, a 27-year-old Washington sculptor and a painter. A plaque at the base of the sculpture carries this inscrip­ tion: E. L. BARTLETT 1904-1968 Klondike gold miner newspaperman architect of Alaskan statehood first U.S. Senator from Alaska champion of the U.S. , Merchant Marine statesman—^friend Participating in the dedica­ tion were Mrs. B. L. Bartlett, widow of the Senator; Senator Warren G. Magnuson CDWash.); chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska); Rep­ resentative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska); Archibald E. King, Chairman of the board of Isth­ mian Lines and chairman of the Transportation Institute's Board of Trustees; Ray R. Murdock, executive director of the Trans­ portation Institute; Herbert Brand, Transportation Institute administrator and O. William Moody, Jr., administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Plaque Presented A memorial plaque was pre­ sented to Mrs. Bartlett by Moody on behalf of SIU and MTD President Paul Hall and 7.5 million union members rep­ resented by the Maritime Trades Department. "In every sense of the word," the plaque said, "Senator Bart­ lett was a vigorous champion of the U.S. merchant marine ... As the chairman of the Sub­ committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Bartlett led the fight for mari­ time independence and for a fair and equitable maritime pro­ gram." At the conclusion of the cere­ monies, Mrs. Bartlett expressed her appreciation to all those who had come to honor her late husband. She said that a united, strong American mer­ chant marine was a dream that Senator Bartlett had worked for and urged that this work be continued. WASHINGTON—The AFLCIO Executive Council has elected Lane Kirkland secre­ tary-treasurer of the federation as of July 1,1969, to fill out the term of William F. Sehnitzler who will retire at the end of June. The council accepted "with deepest regret" Schnitzler's de­ cision to retire and said it looked forward lo "his contin­ uing advice and counsel as sec­ retary-treasurer emeritus." AFL-CIO President George Meany, in announcing the elec­ tion of Kirkland to a press con­ ference, said there were no other nmninees for the post. Kirkland has served as execu­ tive assistant to the president of the AFL-CIO since 1960. The council resolution on Sehnitzler hailed him as "friend and colleague, trade union lead­ er and distinguished American," and reviewed his long service to the AFL-CIO and the trade un­ ion movement. Sehnitzler has been AFL-CIO secretary-treas­ urer since the founding of the organization in December 1955. The retiring secretary-treas­ urer spoke briefly at the press conference saying he was look­ ing forward to retirement at 65, a decision that was entirely his own, and of his pride in years of serving with Meany as one of the executive officers of the fed­ eration. Kirkland, 47, a native of Camden, S.C., served as a mari­ time officer after graduation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1942. He joined the AFL research staff in 1948 after completing his B.S. degree work at Georgetown University. From 1953 to 1958 he served as assistant director of the AFL and AFL-CIO Department of Social Security. In 1958 he ber came director of research and education of the Operating En­ gineers, returning to the AFLCIO in 1960 to become execu­ tive assistant to Meany. He is president of the In­ stitute of Collective Bargaining and Group Relations, a director of the American Foimdation on Automation and Employment, a board member of Community Health, Inc., and a member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Advisory Board. He serves also as a fellow of the American Public Health Associ­ ation and of the American As­ sociation for the Advancement of Science. June 1969 Vol. XXXi, No. 8 Official Publication of' the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Iniand Waters District. AFL-CIO Kxeeutive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARD Exee. Viee-Pret. Vice-President LINOSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Sec.-Treat. Vice-President ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WiLh KARP CHARLES SVENSON Staff Photographer AJRHONY .ANSALDI Pstliihid Msnthfy at SIO Rfestt lilaat Amis H.E., Waililiitan, 0. C. 2001S ky tfcs •w'fsn InMnatlsaal Ualsn, Atiaatls, Gilf, Laksi ant Inland Watsn Olitrlrt, AFL-CIO, «75 Foirib Annas, Brasklyn, II.Y. 112)2. Tel. HVaalnth 9-6600. Sstsnd ilau psttafs saM at Waihlnitsnt, 0. 0. POSTMASTER'S ATTERTIOR: Fsrai 3579 cardi ibsald bs nnt ts Ssafarsn latsrnatisaal Unisa, Aiisnili, 8iil, Lata Siid Isissd Watin DlitrIrt, AFL-CIO, 675 Feirth Annas. Omklyn, H.V. 112)2. High Court Upholds Unions' Right to Set Work Quotas WASHINGTON — The Su­ preme Court has ruled that un­ ions may set limits on the amount of work their members may do for their regular daily pay, and levy reasonable fines on those who repeatedly violate the rule. The court voted 7 to 1 to affirm a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision enforcing a National Labor Relations Board ruling in a 1961 case. The NLRB ruled that an Auto Workers local did not violate the Taft-Hartley Law when it fined four employees of Wiscon­ sin Motor Corp., Milwaukee, and suspended them from mem­ bership for a year, for demand­ ing immediate pay for produc­ tion over the daily quota or ceil­ ing. The rule, voted by a member­ ship meeting, is that members may produce as much as they wish per day but must "bank" the difference above the quota for payment in periods when work is slack. All but two justices joined Justice Byron White in ^ding that the union rule on produc­ tion quotas is valid and that its enforcement by reasonable fines does not constitute the restraint Of coercion forbidden by the law. Justice Hugo Black dis­ Lane Kirkland, at right, who was elected by the AFL-CIO Execu­ sented, and Justice Thurgood tive Council to succeed'William F. Sehnitzler upon his retirement on June 30, is congratulated by Sehnitzler and President George Meany. Marshall did not participate. I �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fire LOG In Last Three Years SlU-MEBA, Dist 2 Schools Upgraded 1,000 to Licenses BROOKLYN, N.Y.—More than 1,000 members of the SIU, MEBA, District 2 and the Associated Maritime OfiBcers have obtained original or up­ graded licenses as engineers and deck oflScers in the last three years after completing courses at the Union training schools in Brooklyn, Toledo, and Duluth. Another 1,200 Seafarers have been trained at the Brooklyn school for shipboard jobs as firemen, oilers, electricians, pumpmen, etc. The Brooklyn school is part of the Maritime Upgrading Center operated jointly by the SIU and District 2, MEBA. The AMO is an affiliate of District 2 which rep­ resents licensed deck officers on ocean-going and Great Lakes ships. Since February 1966, the deepsea school has trained 803 men for licenses as engineers and deck officers. It has also prepared over 1,200 men for more than 2,560 Coast Guard endorsements as firemen, oilers, pumpmen, electricians, etc. On the Great Lakes, 209 men have obtained licenses as en­ gineers, 1st Gass Pilots and Masters, and another 58 stew­ ards have been trained in bak­ ing and meal planning. MARAD Adds 1 To Cuba Bbcklist; 3 Ships Dropped „ WASHINGTON—One ship -the 7,385-ton British-flag Sea Captain—added to the Cuba Blacklist, accm-ding to the latest report from the Maritime Ad­ ministration, which runs throu^ April 28. The list now includes the names of 175 ships, aggre­ gating a total of 1,254,111 gross tons. Three ships were removed from the blacklist at the same time. They are the Antonia II, a Cypriot-flag vessel of 7,281 tons; the Athelmere, a Britishflag ship of 7,524 tons and Chung Thai, Panamanian-flag and 3,352 tons. These were de­ leted because they had been scrapped or lost recently. The Cuba Blacklist was estab­ lished by MARAD on January 1,1963. The agency periodically places any Free World or Po­ lish-flag ships which have traded with Cuba on this list which henceforth makes them ineligi­ ble to carry U.S. governmentgenerated or financed cargoes. Vessels may be removed from the blacklist when their owners or operators pledge to keep them—as well as any others they control—away from the Cuban ports so long as it re­ mains United States policy to divert shipping from that coun­ try. A similar blacklist is main­ tained for North Vietnam. More than 750 men obtain licenses or ratings each year after studying at the School of Marine Engineering and Navi­ gation in Brooklyn. Approxi­ mately 250 become Engineers, Mates and Masters; the other 500 are trained as firemen, oil­ ers, electricians, pumpmen, etc. A number of men have al­ ready obtained more than one license at the school. The rec­ ords show that about 50 men come back to the school each year for their second license. In addition to preparing SIU, District 2 and AMO members for licenses, the Brooklyn school provides license training for ex-Navy, Coast Guard and Army transportation personnel, and others. To date, the deep-sea school has trained 753 men for en^neering licenses and 50 for licenses as deck officers, or a total of 803 licenses. It has also pfepared over 1,200 entry-rated personnel for more than 2,560 QMED endorsements. Of those who have obtained engineering licenses, 330 re­ ceived original licenses, and 373 raised their grade. Fifty inde­ pendents also obtained licenses. About 70 men also obtain li­ censes each year at the Great Lakes schools and another 20 receive training as stewards. To date 209 Lakesmen have ob­ tained licenses as engineers, 1st class. Pilots and Masters, and another 58 have been trained in baking and meal planning at the Union's Great Lakes schools. The SIU-MEBA District 2 School of Marine Engineering and Navigation in Brooklyn was established to help relieve the shortage of licensed officers resulting from the Vietnam sealift and from the normal loss of manpower arising from retire­ ments, deaths and other causes. The Toledo and Duluth schools —^for engineers, mates and stewards — were designed to sui>ply new officers for the Great Lakes shipping industry. Both programs were con­ ceived and planned by the Un­ ions and are financed by the ship operators, at no cost to the taxpayer. Under the SIU-MEBA, Dis­ trict 2 program professional seamen can add to their knowl­ edge, improve their skills and move up to better-paying ship­ board jobs. In the deepsea pro­ gram, a man can start as an ordinary seaman or wiper with the SIU, train with the SIU and District 2 or AMO, and work his way up to Master or Giief Engineer in as little as seven years. On the Great Lakes an unlicensed man can enroll, at the School of Marine Engineering and Navigation and prepare for an original license. Licensed officers can also raise their licenses at the Union schools. Dressed In crisp new tropical uniforms, 28 merchant marine staff officers received certificates as phar­ macist mates in ceremonies held at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. Among the graduates was Henrietta Levenson, the second woman to complete the course sponsored by the SlUNA-affiliated Staff Officers Association. The school was set up to provide medical care aboard U.S. merchant ships. 28NewPharmaTistMates Graduate from SlUNASOA Training School NEW YORK—The third class of the Pharmacist Mate Training School, sponsored by the SIUNA-afiiliated Staff Of­ ficers Association, was gradu­ ated last month in ceremonies held at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital on Staten Is­ land. The new graduates—Tl men and one woman—^had success­ fully completed an intensive nine-month course under the in­ struction of Public Health Serv­ ice doctors and niu^es. They Seafarer Dilbeck Killed In Action By Viet Cong Seafarer Lonnie Dilbeck was killed in action January 1 while serving on active duty with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He was 20 years old. He was in­ ducted in May, 1968, and began his tour of duty in Vietnam on December 7 af­ ter completing Dilbeck his training in Montgomery, Alabama. Brother Dilbeck shipped as wiper on the Tucson Victory in July, 1967, after completing QMED training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship in San Francisco. He also attended the upgrading school in New Orleans. His last vessel was the Albion Victory. Bom in Reingold, Georgia, Dilbeck.had been living in Fairhope, Alabama, prior to his in­ duction. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Minnie Killingsworth. each were presented with Coast Guard endorsements as PurserPharmacist Mates to serve on vessels in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. Graduates also received diplomas from the Department of Health, Education and Wel­ fare, and the Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, for radio pratique. Addressing the graduates were Representative Hugh L. Carey (D-NY); Dr. Alexander Hutchison, World Health Orga­ nization consultant of Great Britain, and Burt E. Lanpher, SOA secretary-treasurer. Dr. Nicholas Galluzzi, director of the Marine hospit^, officiated at the exercises. Present at the ceremonies from SIU headquarters in Brooklyn were Representative Pete Drewes and Patrolman George McCartney. The training school was es­ tablished in 1967 after a fouryear campaign by the SIU and SOA to provide expert medical care for seamen aboard all U.S. merchant ships—a much-need­ ed service that had been lack­ ing on the vast majority of U.S.flag vessels. A number of significant ben­ efits have derived from the Pharmacist Mate program in the past two and one-half years. Chief among these is that it has provided medical care to crewmembers and passengers on American cargo ships who had not previously had this protec­ tion. When the program began, some 75 percent of all U.S. merchant vessels lacked medi­ cally trained personnel. The training program is also helping to trim the high cost of hospitalization and repatriation of American seamen—a cost of some $80 million last year alone which was borne by the shipping industry and the American tax­ payer. Students at the Pharmacist Mate Training School put in more than 1,000 hours during the nine-month course which consists of both academic in­ struction and clinical experience. Students spend long hours in emergency rooms and laborator­ ies, and observe operating room procedures under the expert guidance of staff doctors and nurses. Their classroom studies in­ clude the causes, symptoms and treatment of all major ailments, and qualifies the graduates to administer emergency treatment and after-care for all types of injuries they are likely to come in contact with aboard ship. Since the first class graduated on June 28, 1967, the work of the Pharmacist Mates has pro­ duced grateful testimonials from Seafarers, officers and doctors. Initial reports show that reliable diagnosis and prompt medical treatment by the Pharmacist Mates have saved lives at sea and prevented the compounding of less serious illnesses and acci­ dents. It has been demonstrated that seamen who sustain minor injuries aboard ship, and do not receive prompt and competent medical assistance, often require major treatment in a hospital by the time their vessel reaches port. All of the students accepted by the school are pursers who are members of SOA. They are selected by an impartial review board composed of eminent per­ sons in the maritime industry. The school is also evaluated pe­ riodically by leading medical authorities. �sm Page Six SEAFARERS LOG \ Jnne, 1969 MTD Meetings Hear: Congressmen Critical of 'Shortsighted' Policy Toward U.S. Merchant Marine WASHINGTON—Three Democrats and one Republican —^speaking at recent meetings sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department— criticized the "shortsighted pol­ icies" of the federal government toward the American merchant marine, and gave strong en­ dorsement to two pending bills to "help right some of the wrongs" that have plagued the nation's maritime efforts. Representative Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N,Y.) called for an "order of priorities" in the car­ riage of military, foreign aid and agricultural surplus cargoes for the government—^with the first priority going to the nation's unsubsidized fleet. Addabbo, one of more than 60 Congressmen who are spon­ soring bills to this effect in the current session of Congress, said the priority system was neces­ sary to protect unsubsidized ' American-flag vessels from "the competitive practices of the subsidized operator," and to safeguard both against the low^ cost competition of foreignflag operators. Addabbo was particularly critical of federal agencies for "contravention of the law" which provides that when pur­ chase of American goods is fi­ nanced by the government, the cargo is to be carried by Amer­ ican-flag ships. In spite of the-^ law, he said, "repeated bureau­ cratic decisions have placed a large percentage of this cargo aboard foreign vessels." Congressman Addabbo also noted that 14 subsidized ship­ ping lines are using subsidies— which are intended to make them competitive with foreignflag vessels—to underbid the un­ subsidized operator, "usually by as little as petmies a ton." Representative William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) also ex­ pressed criticism of the "short­ sighted policies" of the federal government which have reduced the American merchant marine to a point where it is carrying "less than six percent of our waterbome foreign commerce." To correct this situation, Hathaway urged that present maritime laws be "reviewed, ad­ justed and funded" to achieve a "greatly augmented, much more balanced fleet of all types of vessels in all segments of the industry." He noted that federal government aid to the merchant marine is essential because the industry "is in the most direct confrontation of any American industry with its foreign com­ petition." Representative Lloyd Meeds (D-Wash.) declared that special tax assistance is needed for a major share of the American maritime industry to "encourage a new flow of private capital into shipbuilding." He said that the right to establish tax-deferred construc­ tion reserve funds should apply to all segments of the merchant marine—unsubsidized deep-sea shipping, the Great Lakes fleet and the fishing fleet. At present. Meeds said, the tax-deferred privilege is enjoyed by only 14 American shipping lines which receive in addition construction and operating sub­ sidies from the federal govern­ ment. Meeds and 70 other members of Congress have al­ ready joined in cosponsoring legislation to finally achieve equity for the unsubsidized fleet. Stating that some industries should not be subject to federal actions that would curtail their ability to develop their poten­ tial, he said: "We cannot afford to have any more roadblocks thrown in the way of economic recovery for the unsubsidized American merchant marine." Representative Howard W. Pollock (R-Alaska) indicated his backing for a measure that would give American-flag ves­ sels "absolute priority over foreign-flag vessels" in the car­ riage of foreign aid and surplus agricultural cargoes—and that would give unsubsidized U.S. ships priority over the subsi­ dized fleet. He also said that he is sup­ porting the bill that would ex­ tend to the entire American merchant marine the opportu­ nity to set up tax-deferred con­ struction reserve funds. Both Congressmen Pollock and Addabbo once again called for reconstituting the Maritime Administration as a totally in­ dependent agency. A similar bill was passed overwhelmingly in the last session of Congress, but was pocket-vetoed by President Johnson. Trustees Stayed by Judge In Snug Harbor Fees Case NEW YORK^A show cause order has been issued by the Appelate Court which prevents the board of trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor in Staten Island from demanding back payments for room and board from resi­ dents or threatening them with eviction until a decision has been reached on an appeal by the state attorney general's of­ fice. Issued by Judge Harold A. Stevens, presiding justice of the Appelate Division's First De­ partment in Manhattan, the order stops the trustees from taking any action with regard to payments until the attorney gen­ eral's motion is heard before a five-judge Appelate Division panel. Subpoena action had been taken by the trustees in Rich­ mond County Civil Court which sought to sue mariners in the Harbor for back payments due. This was countered by the at­ torney general's motion. Last fall the board of trustees won the approval of the Bronx Supreme Court to charge Har­ bor residents with social secur­ ity or pension incomes pay­ ments for room and board. That decision has been appealed by the state attorney general, and is expected to be argued in Sep­ tember. The present temporary restraining order stays action by the trustees until the appeal is heard. Assistant State Attorney Charles A. LaTorella Jr. is rep­ resenting the retired residents. Their cause has received the full backing of the SIU as well as of State Senator William J. Ferrall, who has charged the trus­ tees with mismanagement of the Harbor and has called for an investigation by the state legis­ lature. •J • t a * Would Clarify Congressional Intent; Sen. Gravel Asks 50-50 Cargo Law Stiffening WASHINGTON — Strong support for buttressing the SO percent cargo preference law was voiced here by Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) in a speech on the Senate floor in which he urged passage of leg­ islation—S. 2144—^which would clarify and strengthen the SOSO provisions. "Government agencies have acted in such a way as to make the SO percent participation a maximum and not a minimum mandate," the Senator charged. Gravel pointed to the "plain intention" of the Congress in passing the original law—^which was to ensure a minimtim of SO percent participation of Ameri­ can-flag ships in the carriage of foreign aid, food for peace, and other government-generated cargo "which we have provided in such vast quantities for the less fortunate nations." Only 25 Perc^ Carried Despite this intent, the Sena­ tor stated, only 25 percent of the nation's tramp cargo is carried on U.S.-flag vessels, ac­ cording to a recent study made by the Transportation Institute, which he placed into the record. "The concept of providing some minimal safeguards for the American merchant marine is an historic one," Gravel pointed out. "Since its founding, this nation has been dependent up­ on merchant shipping for the adequate development of our peacetime commerce and for the carriage of our national de­ fense requirements. Repeated­ ly, our ability to develop mer­ chant shipping under the Amer­ ican flag has been placed in jeopardy by the highly com­ petitive nature of international shipping." Gravel said that the hi^er U.S. standard of living is re­ flected in higher wages fOT sea­ men, higher capital costs for "the American shipowner who builds and registers his vessels in this country," better working conditions and the "highest achievable safety standards" for our vessels. "All of this costs money," he pointed out, "and they place the American-flag operator at a disadvantage when he is forced into face-to-face competition with the foreign-flag operator who benefits from lower wages, substandard working conditions, and smaller capital costs re­ sulting from lower safety and operating standards. "Yet, competitive pricing aside, America's need for a merchant fleet of its own has The result, he said, is that it never been challenged. And it has been only rarely—and only is out of this need that the sys­ for brief periods—that U.S.tem of insulating American op­ flag ships have carried as much erators against predatory com­ as SO percent of such cargo, "while foreign-flag lines have petition develop^." Grnvel pointed to the statutes feasted on our bounty to the that had been passed previously detriment of our cmnmercial —^Public Resolution No. 17 of fleet." "Recently, the Transporta­ the 73rd Congress; section 901 Washington, (b) of the Merchant Marine tion Institute D.C., which concerns itself with Act of 1936—^which provides that at least SO percent of the all phases of transportation but gross tonnage of government- whose primary concern is for generated cargo shall be carried maritime matters, made an anal­ In privately owned U.S.-flag ysis of the practices of the commercial vessels, to tlie ex­ Federal agencies involved," tent they are available at fair Gravel stated. "I ask unanimous consent, Mr. President, to in­ and reasonable rates. clude in my remarks at this Intent Law Negated point the statistics on fiscal year "This law remains in effect, 1967 compiled by the Trans­ but it has not been subject to portation Institute on this sub­ strict enforcement and the in­ ject." tent of the law has been ne­ Referring to S. 2144, the gated," the Senator asserted. Senator explained, "The clear intent of this bill is to assure that privately owned Americanflag vessels receive priority over REMINDER government-owned ships; and that all American-flag vessels, TO ALL privately owned and govern­ SEAFARERS ment-owned, receive priority over the ships of recipient na­ When you register, you must have your-^ tions." • SIU Membership Book (Seniority Rating) "In accordance with the in­ • U.S. Merchant Mariners Document (Z-Card) tent of the original law," Gravel asserted, "the bill vests respon­ • Valid SIU Clinic Card sibility for the administration • Last Discharge Certificate of cargo preference with re­ When you throw in for a fob, you must have spect to foreign aid and agri­ your— cultural surplus shipments in • SIU Membership Book (Seniority Rating) the Federal Maritime Admini­ • U.S. Merchant Mariners Document (Z-Card) stration and leaves within the • Valid SIU Clinic Card Department of Defense respon­ sibility for administration of • Last Discharge CertificatB cargo preference with respect to • Valid SIU Registration Card military shipments." . I .1' 1 '1 'ij �June, 1969 SEAFARERS Aboard the Steel Executive LOG Page Seven For Mqritime Administration Budget; Nouse Passes 1970Authorizations; Ups Funds for Construrtion Subsidy All departments were represented as these crewmembers took time out to pose for this photo on the deck of the Steel Executive. Left to right are Peter Gonzalez, oiler, Angelo Reyes, chief cook; Mike Bordelon, FWT; Willie Wolfson, A.B., and Fidel De Dios, A.B. Picture was snapped a few days before the ship hit the Port of Pusan, Korea. Textile Workers Campaigning Against Health Perils in Mills - ' r- ! h PHILADELPHIA — The Textile Workers Union of America urged employers, Con­ gress and the Nixon Administra­ tion to help protect workers in the industry against crippling lung diseases and loss of hearing caused by on-the-job noise. The 22-member TWUA council, meeting here in observ­ ance of the union's founding 30 years ago, launched a campaign against byssinosis, a lung ail­ ment caused by inhaling cotton dust in carding and spinning mills; asbestosis, a rare type of cancer resulting from asl^stos dust; and significant hearing loss because of the constant expos­ ure of workers to high noise levels. The union called on textile employers to "take effective and immediate measures" to reduce dust and noise to an absolute minimum for textile workers. It also invited employers to "join with us in sponsoring an industrial hygiene program" in which the resources of medical science and industrial engineer­ ing may be enlisted to find the "most effective means of elim­ inating all on-the-job health hazards." The council called on Labor Secretary George P. Schultz to enforce Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act regulations setting maximum noise standards. It asked the U.S. Public Health Service to study the incidence of byssinosis among cotton tex­ tile workers, and the prevalence of disabling respiratory diseases ong retired cotton textile rkers. iln addition, the council urged gress to enact the Occupaal Safety and Health bill, called on President Nixon pport the establishment of al standards in those areas, council resolution said the 1th and welfare of textile ;ers are being threatened by failure of management to take adequate measures to pro­ tect employees from occupation­ al hazards." TWUA President William Pollock and Secretary-Treasur­ er Sol Stetin headed the council delegation which noted the un­ ion's founding in Philadelphia in May 1939. WASHINGTON — Legislation authorizing a sizable in­ crease in appropriations for commercial ship construction subsidies for fiscal 1970 was passed by the House last month without dissent. In passing the bill, H.R. 4152, the House voted $145 million for construction sub­ sidies as recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, upping consider­ ably the $15 million requested by the previous Administration and $29 million over that sought by President Nixon in a supple­ mental budget request to the Congress. Should the authorization be followed with the requested ap­ propriations, this would be added to $101 million in funds previously appropriated but not used, providing a revised total of $246 million available for construction subsidies — more than double the total $117.5 million originally submitted by the Administration. Also provided in the bill are $212 million for operating sub­ sidies, some $17 million more than was asked, and $15 million in research and development 67-Natimi Committee Mailing Plan Fw Intenatiottd Ship Rescue Code NEW YORK—International comply with the guide. At present there is no inter­ standards for assisting merchant vessels in distress are being pre­ nationally accepted code for pared at Governor's Island here search and rescue ship opera­ by an ad hoc committee of the tions at sea, although such a sys­ Intergovernmental Maritime tem does exist for the rescue of downed fliers. This was pro­ Consultative Organization. These standards, in the form vided by the International Civil .of a guide, are intended to pro­ Aviation Organization. The new guide would—at vide instructions to vessels in need of assistance as well as to long last—provide similar cov­ other commercial vessels which erage for shipping. It will in­ may be in a position to furnish clude instructions on emer­ such aid. If accepted by the or­ gency communications, rescue ganization as a whole, all mer­ and care of survivors, and plans chant ships flying the flags of and co-ordination of large scale the 67 member nations of IMCO searches. It will also outline may be required to carry and what specific actions a distressed vessel should take, as well as the manner and methods by which an assisting vessel should respond. Assisting in preparation of the code are representatives of LOREDO, Tex.—The Rub­ IMCO, ICAO, the International ber Workers have won a first Chamber of Shipping and seven contract at the Uniroyal Inc. maritime nations. These nations, test track here after a long strug­ in addition to the United States, gle to get management to the are the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, West Germany, France bargaining table. The struggle ended after a and Norway. The site selected for the in­ National Labor Relations Board settlement in which the com­ ternational conference was the pany agreed to pay $6,900 to National Search and Rescue two workers who were unjustly School at Governors Island, fired, and to reinstate several which provides a center for the others, URW Local 758 said. study of such operations. In ad­ The local concluded negotia­ dition, Governors Island also tions on an 18-month contract houses the Coast Guard's East­ with wage increases of 30 ern Area Rescue Coordination cents an hour, plus fringe bene­ Center, which directs search and fits valued at an additional 51 rescue operations in the North Atlantic. cents. Rubber Workers Win in Stretcb funds, twice the amount re­ program, which, he said, he was quested. "assured would be forthcoming The Congressional authoriz­ this summer." ing procedure, whereby funds Mailliard also said the are approved for various Mari­ prompt action by the House time Administration programs could avoid special appropria­ prior to actual appropriation of tions, such as were necessitated monies, is relatively new, dating in the 90th Congress. back to 1967. Last year the In the Senate, the Merchant money bill was called up be­ Marine Subcommittee has com­ fore the authorization was pleted hearings on its version of signed into law. Failing author­ the bill and is expected to clear ization, the maritime sections it promptly in order to expedite were eliminated, making neces­ passage before the money bill is sary a subsequent appropriation brought up. later. House members concerned Representative Edward A. with maritime also noted that Garmatz (D-Md.), chairman of the presence of $101 million the House Merchant Marine of previously appropriated con­ and Fisheries Committee, the struction subsidy funds indi­ bill's floor manager, called it cated a holding back of pro­ "very modest", despite the boost grams which had already re­ over what the Administration ceived Congressional backing. asked for. Garmatz claimed it "It is considered deplorable," was absolutely necessary to lay the Committee report said, "that a foundation for the Adminis­ in many cases subsidy applica­ tration's promised revitalization tions have been pending for any­ program for the merchant fleet. where from four to 12 or more Representative William S. years." The Committee stated Mailliard (R-Calif.), ranking that subsidies should either be minority member on the House approved or rejected "on their committee, noted that the $145 merits with all reasonable dis­ million voted for construction patch." subsidies reflected the "very The $246 million now avail­ high priority" the Committee able is estimated to be enough had set on maritime. He, too, to build possibly 18 to 22 new stressed the measure would fit ships of various types, including into the Administration's new bulk carriers. AFL-CIO Details Position On ICFTU Relationship WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO is ready to discuss with any responsible authority of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions "the restoration of free world labor unity," but such discussions must be conducted in terms of the reasons that led to the AFL-CIO's withdrawal. This was the position laid out by the federation's Executive Council in a statement on the relationships between the AFLCIO and the ICFTU. The statement details on a step-by-step basis the actions of the ICFTU and its general secretary. Harm G. Buiter, that led to the withdrawal. The statement documents the activities of Buiter in seeking to gain admission for the Auto Workers—who disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO—into the ICFTU. The council strongly reaffirmed its earlier position, declar­ ing that it is "impermissible and self-defeating for the ICFTU as a world organization to seek or accept the affiliation of any breakaway organization that is trying to split any one of its affiliated national trade union centers." The AFI.-CIO was a founding member of the ICFTU, the council pointed out, and was deeply involved in its activities for 19 years. The decision to leave "was not taken lightly or without careful consideration," it added. The council said it wished the ICFTU well despite the AFL-CIO leaving the organization and pledged to continue to work for "those ideals and aims which brought together the free trade unionists of the world to found the ICFTU." The ICFTU, the council warned, must never become an "international haven for splitters of its affiliated national trade union centers," and the assistance given by some top officers of the ICFTU to the UAW to become an affiliate of the world organization "is a grave violation of this principle." The statement cited numerous instances in which Buiter violated the ICFTU constitution and the general regulations governing its procedures, especially on admission of affiliates. �Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG 30,000 Solo Nonstop Miles Around the Globe! Mr- l!V. FALMOUTH, EnglandThe first nonstop voyage around the world by a lone seafarer came to a successful completion when Robin Knox-Johnston brought his 32-foot ketch Suhaili safely into port here on April 22. Grinning at the blast of boat whistles and the cheers of crowds ranged at dockside, the 30-year-old British merchant marine officer waggishly told reporters, "You are attaching a lot of importance to what I con­ sider was a very nice holiday." Knox-Johnston, who under­ standably looked a bit the worse for his experiences, his clothes in tatters and his face bearded,' had spent nearly 11 months alone at sea on a voyage that logged some 29,500 miles. It was the longest recorded sailing trip of its kind ever and KnoxJohnston experienced long stretches of bad weather. The Suhaili also looked battered as it limped into port covered with barnacles, weeds and rust. Last Days Trying The last few days, with port almost in view, were "the most trying of the whole voyage," the lone skipper said. When in the English channel, only two miles from home, the stiff northerly breeze forced a change of course and drove him six miles further away from harbor. "I suppose the combination of wanting to get home, have a good steak and a pint of beer kept me going," he explained. It was in the South Pacific that the worst weather was en­ countered—especially off Aus­ tralia—and twice, Knox-John­ ston admitted, he nearly gave up.. A tense moment came when a shark circled him while he was in the water, making re­ pairs to the ketch. He got by that one by grabbing his rifle and shooting the would-be at­ tacker. The lonely mariner's arrival in Falmouth, from whence he set sail on June 14, makes him the winner of the Golden Globe Trophy donated by the Sunday Times of London for the non­ stop globe-circling race. Nine starters had entered the compe­ tition; two are yet to be heard from. Another prize of $12,000 for the fastest time on the voyage will probably also be claimed by Knox-Johnston. Two other solo trips around the world were successfully con­ cluded in recent times, although not on a nonstop basis. Sir Alec Rose made port in July 1968, after a two-stop,' 354-day trip. Sir Francis Chichester com­ pleted his one-stop voyage of 274 days in May of the same year, making his single stop in Australia. Chichester has characterized a solo, nonstop global circum­ June, 1969 'iS? •••"'"•• navigation as "the Everest of the Sea." sailing from England in the days of the windjammer; south to Tristan de Cunha, around the F<rflowed Traditioiial Route Cape of Good Hope, east The route followed by Knox- past Cape Leeuwin, Australia, Johnston was the traditional one around Cape Horn and then of the wool and grain clippers north to home. "I am a little overwhelmed by the reception," Knox-John­ ston remarked as an ancient harbor cannon boomed a salute to the Suhaili and its skipper, who made the final half-mile to moorings under tow. Thousands watched the homecoming at the site, and the world had been alerted by tele­ vision, radio and the press. Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Harold Wilson sent their greetings. The Suhaili was escorted into harbor by a fleet of naval ves­ sels, press boats, private craft and helicopters. There, KnoxJohnston was accorded an offi­ cial reception by the mayor and civic officials of Falmouth. Sir Francis Chichester was also on hand to greet him. A less formal reception was given by his parents, Mr. and First man to sail alone round the Mrs. David Kaox-Johnston, and world nonstop, Robin Knox-John­ his three brothers, Chris, Mi­ .Crossing the finish line, the 32-'foot ketch Suhaili, with Knox-Johnston ston, steps ashore at end of trip. chael and Richard. at the helm, is seen from Royal Navy helicopter off the Cornish coast. •( . r - For from Curbing Inflation: ^4 Rising Interest Rates Seen Burden to Ecoiiomy Twenty years of increasing slowed, buying will fall off and worse problems for the econ­ interest rates shows that they the economy will cool off, the omy." do not halt inflation but instead article notes. What actually happens when add "a growing burden to the Then, so the theory goes, in­ interest rates are raised, the arti­ nation's economy," according to terest rates will fall and the cle continues, is that business­ an article in the May Issue of economy can move forward on men continue to borrow to build the Federationist, the AFL- an even keel. new factories, stores borrow to However, Mrs. Jager notes, buy stock and the higher costs CIO's magazine. Those who are "hurt first, this approach hasn't worked: for money are passed on to con­ worst and for a long time" by Ever since the early 1950s, sumers. the tight money cycle are work­ interest rates have been raised If the money squeeze be­ ers, home buyers and consum­ to increase the cost of borrow­ comes too tight, housing is ers, Elizabeth Jager, an AFL- ing. There have been recessions CIO economist points out. in 1954, 1958, 1960-61 and a hurt, some builders are forced Those who cause the infla­ slowdown in 1967. The long- out of business, smaller busi­ tion—banks and well-to-do cor­ term price of money continues nesses find they cannot afford porations, she emphasizes, are upward. Prices have not come the high price of money and shut down, and jobs are lost. "hurt last, least and often only down. temporarily." "In brief," she states, "the When unemployment in­ TTie money managers boost policy of raising interest rates creases, Mrs. Jager warns, the interest rates on the theory that represents a short-run, mis­ jobs that are lost first are those they "will make it too expensive placed effort which produces of "the poor, the unskilled, the to borrow," expansion will be long run distortions . , . and non-white and those least likely to be employed." Turning to the present policy of increasing interest rates, the article stresses that it has been SAN FRANCISCO—Superi­ set forth" in the preliminary in­ unsuccessful in slowing down or Court Judge William A. O'­ junction won by state labor Nov. corporate investment for several Brien made permanent a previ­ 14, 1967. reasons: ous temporary order barring the Secretary Treasurer Thomas • Rich firms can get loans use of convict labor to harvest L. Pitts of the state federation California farm crops. said the injunction closes "one at the lowest interest rate—^the The injunction puts some more door" to the use of cheap, prime rate—while others "get teeth into a provision of the captive farm labor by Califor­ the leavings, if any, at higher state constitution which the Cal­ nia's farm corporations. Prison­ cost." ifornia AFL-CIO accused Gov­ ers, he said, were used to har­ • Tax policies make credit ernor Ronald Reagan (R) of vest crops of non-union growers cheaper for corporations than ignoring. who "hadn't even attempted to consumers because the corpora­ Judge O'Brien entered a per­ meet the federal government's tions deduct interest costs as an manent restraining order against minimum wage and work cri­ expense of doing business. Reagan and the state govern­ teria" on importing farm work­ • The seven percent invest­ ment "for all the reasons fully ers. Mge Bars Use Of Convkt Labor ment tax credit allowed to busi­ nesses and double depreciation for new construction spur in­ vestment and inflation, while re­ ducing the cost of borrowing. • Businessmen can pass on higher interest charges in the form of higher prices, and they do just that. Profits after taxes zoomed 91 percent between 1960 and 1968. \ • When they have to bor­ row, the corporations' profit-tax depreciation structure allows them to pay back more rapidly, thus making the impact tempo­ rary. In addition to being sharply critical of the Federal Reserve Board's policy of raising inte­ rest rates on its loans to com­ mercial banks, the article at­ tacks the lending policies of the big banks themselves. They have steadily raised the prime rate—interest charged to leading customers, the largest corporations—until it is now' 7.5 percent, more than three times what it was in the early 1950s, Mrs. Jager points out. As the banks continuously jack up the prime rate—de­ scribed as "their own minimum wage" set without government involvement—they reap higTfiier and higher profits and drive up other intwest rates, she con­ cludes. h I �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG 18 More Seafarers Added to Crowing SlU Pension Roster The SIU pension list has con­ tinued to lengthen as the names of 18 additional Seafarers were added to the roster after com­ pleting long sailing careers. Gabriel Bonefont, a native of Puerto Rico, is ending his sailing career after more than 20 years at sea. Brother Gabriel shipped as carpenter and bosun. His last vessel was the Seatrain Delaware. Brother Bonefont joined the SIU in Boston, and now resides there with his wife, Virgilia. Bonefont De Hoq^idales Clement De Hospidales was bom in Trinidad and now lives with his wife, Margaret, in Lakewood, New Jersey. Seafarer De Hospidales, who has been sail­ ing for more than 20 years, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945. Edward Robinson is closing out a sailing career that has spanned nearly 40 years. Bom in New York City, he now makes his home in New Orleans. Brother Robinson, who shif^d as FOWT, joined the SILF in the Port of New York in 1944. He last shipped aboard the Del Mundo. Robinson Culpher Edward Culpher had been employed as pumpman for the Graham Transport Company since 1951 before his recent re­ tirement. A native of North Car­ olina, he lives in Moorehead City with his wife, Annie. Broth­ er Culpher served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He joined the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia. Jens Ronning, one of the earliest SIU oldtimers, is retir­ ing after 31 years of sailing on the Great Lakes. He joined the SIU in Detroit in 1938. Born in Norway, Brother Ronning now makes his home in Detroit with his wife, Catherine. He served three years with the U.S. Army during World War 11 and attained the rank of ser­ geant. Brother Ronning last shipped as AB on the Erie Sand. Lansdale Madere is a native of Louisiana and still makes his home there with his wife, Grace, in the town of Gretna. Brother Madere has sailed for many years as tugboat engineer, and last sailed for Dixie Carriers. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. Joseph Stuntebeck is ending a sailing career of more than 20 years. A long-time Seafarer, Brother Stuntebeck joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Rated FOWT, he last shipped aboard the Marymar. Brother Stuntebeck was bom in Baltimore and plans to live there during his retirement years. Albert Stout was bom in Ten­ nessee and now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Hilda. Holding all engine ratings. Brother Stout last sailed on the Del Norte. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans. Ronnbig Madere 'i Antoine Landry is closing out a sailing career that spans 22 years in the steward department. Bom in Mobile, he now lives with his wife, Daisey, in New Orleans. Brother Landry joined the SIU in Mobile in 1946. He last shipped on the Selma Vic­ tory as messman. Edward Nelson has spent nearly 30 years sailing tugs out of Mobile as AB and pilot. Stuntebeck Stout Born in Alabama, he still makes his home there in Fairhope. Brother Nelson joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile and last sailed for the Mobile Towing Company. John Diercks is retiring after 41 years as tug mate with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he now makes his home in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, with his wife, Frances. Brother Diercks joined the SIU in the Port of New York. Paul McPartland has been sailing as deckhand for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad since 1946 after serving three years with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Also bom in Jersey City, he still lives there with his wife, Elizabeth. Sea­ farer McPartland joined the SIU in New York. May I, 1969 to May oi, 1969 Landry DKK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED "" dSss-A CikssS Port Boston 12 3 99 New York 116 Philadelphia 9 14 Baltimore 64 47 Norfolk 23 21 Jacksonville 32 37 Tampa 6 13 Mobile 62 38 New Orleans 86 62 Houston 78 66 Wilmington 33 48 San Francisco ... 91 104 Seattle 70 27 Totals 648 692 TOTAL SHIPPED AU Groni Class A Class B Class C 0 3 1 67 66 24 9 4 1 43 31 24 14 9 16 6 27 27 9 4 2 18 28 1 6 47 26 66 48 16 62 68 24 90 74 46 40 22 16 473 414 173 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 17 167 19 71 32 24 7 77 132 127 26 61 66 796 CIMSB 7 120 20 63 47 26 23 38 89 130 1 0 18 671 Nelson Cameron Wooten is ending a 33 year career at sea. One of the early SIU old-timers. Sea­ farer Wooten joined the Union in 1939 in New York. He served six years with the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1933. Bom in Georgia, Brother Wooten now lives in Elmhurst, Illinois. He last shipped as AB on the Afoundria. ENIGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston 2 2 New York 89 128 Philadelphia 3 19 Baltimore 8 6 Norfolk 19 29 Jacksonville ..... 13 49 Tampa 7 6 Mobile 31 43 New Orleans 42 99 Houston 42 67 Wilmington 26 61 San Francisco ... 88 130 Seattle 23 32 •totals 392 641 TOTAL SHIPPED AU Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 1 49 80 33 6 14 2 10 2 6 16 17 4 38 11 14 6 3 1 24 22 0 30 36 3 29 64 27 24 40 32 62 109 69 17 28 14 283 342 236 REGISTERED on BEACH AU Groups Class A Class B 3 6 146 126 24 12 22 12 33 19 7 31 9 11 39 64 126 72 89 106 13 3 36 1 30 2 668 471 Diercks McPartland Harold Thilhorn has been sailing as cook on the Great Lakes for more than a quarter of a century. A native of Che­ boygan, Michigan, he plans to spend his retirement there. Brother Thilhorn joined the SIU STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston .......... New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk JacksonviUe Tampa .......... Mobue New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Franeiseo ... SwtUe Totals Class A 3 67 8 71 13 16 2 26 64 32 18 72 37 418 0 66 4 17 26 19 6 24 38 42 7 107 26 372 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groni Class A Class B Class C 2 0 2 64 39 44 10 2 6 31 26 8 16 16 9 14 24 28 3 3 6 18 20 0 33 19 2 32 40 14 9 10 22 64 92 47 23 17 14 298 308 200 REGISTERED on BEACH Class A 6 121 12 49 19 11 7 61 139 104 24 36 42 620 dIssB 1 68 12 18 36 4 8 24 64 44 2 1 9 280 Wooten Thilhorn in Detroit and last sailed on the Mackinac. Stanley Brown was born in New Orleans and makes his home there with his wife, Corrine. Rated FOWT, Brother Brown sailed for Crescent Tow­ ing Company out of New Or­ leans, where he joined the SIU. Albert Richards, who joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile in 1938, is retiring to the beach after more than 30 years at sea. He last shipped as A.B. aboard the Council Grove. Bom in Mobile, he still makes his home there with his wife, Carol. Brother Richards served with the U.S. Army for two years during World War II. Brown Rkiiards Paul Carter is closing out a sailing career of more than 25 years. He had shipped in both the steward and deck depart­ ments, and last sailed as AB Carter Ernest aboard the Bradford Island. Brother Carter makes his home in his native Tampa, Florida, with his wife, Bemice. He took an active part in the MooreMcCormack beef in 1962. Carl Ernest is a native of Ger­ many who now makes his home in Germantown, New York. He has been sailing as a member of the steward department for 26 years. He last sailed as cook and baker on the Colonel Bar­ ker. Brother Ernest joined the Union in 1956 in the Port of New York. Committee Urges Food Stamp Plan For All the Peer A committee of the National Planning Association has pro­ posed extending the food stamp program to every city and coun­ ty in the nation. The NPA's Agriculture Com­ mittee also suggested liberaliz­ ing existing rules for the food stamp program, taking the pro­ gram out of the Agriculture De­ partment, and providing free food stamps for the poorest fam­ ilies—those with incomes less than one-fourth the poverty level. For other low-income fami­ lies, the conunittee proposed what it termed a "variable" food stamp plan which would allow families to buy as few stamps as they wish instead of compel­ ling them to purchase a quan­ tity predetermined to be their full food budget for the month. The NPA conunittee said a uniform, federal food stamp program should replace the di­ rect distribution of surplus food by the Agriculture Department. �t I•it Si^ I -ti Page Ten SEAFARERS June, 1969 LOG Another Containership Launched Sea-Land's New Philadelphia Converted from a Troopship i' I }' si jS fi I II I I & y A former troopship, the Philadelphia, now a 20,295-ton containership converted for the SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, heads for a trial run. Conversion included gutting the mid-ship hull section, remov­ ing the mid-ship house, and modifying and enlarging the aft house to provide new living quarters for • the crew. The superstructure deck was removed and eight A-frame buttresses installed for containers. BALTIMORE—The SIUcontracted Sea-Land Service took delivery of the Philadel­ phia last month after its conver­ sion from a C-4-^Al type troopship to a containership at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Key Highway yard here. Originally known as the Gen. A. W, Brewster, the vessel was towed from the West Coast last October to the ship­ yard. Now a C-4-X3 type ves­ sel, the Philadelphia is able to carry 360, 35-foot containers, 217 of them below deck. The ship is 522 feet IOV2 inches long with a molded breadth of 71 feet six inches and scantling draft of 30 feet 6 inches. It has a displacement of 20,295 long tons. The complete mid-ship hull section was gutted and decks Insfqnf Credit Poses Lengthy Problems FTC Weighs Ban on UnsohVteJ Credit Cards WASHINGTON — Those who have been annoyed by re­ ceiving credit cards in the mail sent by over-zealous department stores or gasoline companies will be heartened by a recent action initiated by -the Federal Trade Commission. Prodded by agitated consum­ ers—as well as by several legislators who have pursued their cause for them—^the FTC has announced that hearings will take place September 10 on a series of proposed regula­ tions which would stop the mail­ ing of credit cards without prior written consent of the persons in whose names they are made out. Banks, common carriers and air carriers—^many of which have gotten involved in the new sales promotional gimmick— will not be affected by the pro­ posed regulations because they do not come under the jurisdic­ tion of the FTC. Nevertheless retail department stores, mar­ keters and retail dealers of gasoline, as well as travel and Unionist Honored For Saving Child CHICAGO — Hamdey J. Alley, a member of Local E965, of the United Transporta­ tion Union, here, recently re­ ceived a medal from the Carne­ gie Hero Fund Commission for the rescue of a four-year-old boy who was playing on the Grand Trunk Western Tracks. Alley was awarded the medal —plu.s $750—^for risking his life to save the youngster when he leaped from an engine haul­ ing a 22-car train, dashed out in front, and scooped the boy to safety. Chalk up one more labor hero. entertainment purveyors, would be bound by the rules. In moving into this area, the agency labelled the use of un­ solicited credit cards an "un­ fair method of competition." "A credit card holder is more likely to purchase at a retail outlet honoring his credit card," the FTC pointed out. What is more, a spokesman indicated, unsolicited cards are at times lost in the mails. When this happens, the intended re­ cipient is completely unaware that a card has been issued in his name and an account opened for him. Thus he can not take measures to protect himself. "Such credit cards are often misappropriated and fraudulent­ ly used by unknown parties and the intended recipient is often put to the often considerable burden of demonstrating to the billing company that the goods or services were not ordered or purchased," the FTC declares. As a result of the fraudulent use of such cards, or billing er­ rors, many consumers are put through much unwarranted worry about possible jeopardy to their credit ratings. Also, should a recipient of an unsolicited card decide he doesn't want it, he is faced with the additional — and likewise unsolicited—^burden of return­ ing the card safely to the sender and explaining that he prefers that the account be closed. Congressional Action Begun Recent large-scale mailings of unsolicited cards and public concern over the matter have prompted the introduction of remedial bills in both Houses of the Congress. A far-reaching measure by Senator William Proxmire (DWisc.) would give the Federal Reserve Board the right to re­ quire that issuers of credit cards determine credit worthiness prior to sending out cards to un­ knowing customers. Most im­ portant, liability for lost or stolen cards would be shifted to the issuer—rather than the con­ sumer—if the amount involved is over $50. An aide to Senator Proxmire explained that the only reason the bill does not flatly prohibit the mailing of unsolicited cards is that a number of large banks have already made such mail­ ings. A ban at this point would put the smaller banks—^which are first exploring this form of merchandising—at a competi­ tive disadvantage. Other measures in both Houses would prevent federally insured banks from making credit commitments unless they are requested to do so. were removed to convert the space to container storage holds. The mid-ship house was re­ moved and the aft house was modified and enlarged to pro­ vide new living quarters for the Seafarers. An additional deck was also added for the wheelhouse. The bow section was modified for container storage and ship's stowage. The superstructure deck was removed and eight Aframe buttresses were installed along the center line to provide deck stowage of containers. Con­ tainers will be stowed on deck, three high, above the hatch cov­ ers. New navigation equipment including radar, was installed and the ship was provided with an oil lubricated stern bearing. Piping and electrical work in the gutted midship section was re­ newed. The completely refurbished crew's quarters are air-condi­ tioned and equipped with new furniture. Existing machinery was overhauled and the electri­ cal system upgraded with the addition of a 600-kilowatt AC generator. New tanks for fuel oil ballast and fresh water were also installed. This is the sixth such troop­ ship that has been converted here into specialized cargo ves­ sels. The first five were con­ verted for the SlU-contracted Calmar Lines. Socially-Handicapped Need Job Aid WASHINGTON —The na­ tion has passed the halfway mark in its program of finding jobs for the handicapped and should now concentrate on overcoming the job disabilities caused by substandard social conditions. AFL-CIO Secre­ tary-Treasurer William F. Schnitzler stressed this theme as he addressed the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped at its annual conference here. Labor is "pleased because much progress has been made" in training and finding jobs for the handicapped, and is ready to help in seeing that much more is done, Schnitzler reported. He said it is no longer possi­ ble to "escape the conclusion that sub-standard social condi­ tions have a great bearing on disabilities. For if disabilities can be prevented, fewer handi­ capped persons will need help" in finding employment. . Schnitzler said "I am referring to the handicaps of poverty, poor environment and lack of adequate medical ajnd psycho­ logical care." A recent health survey com­ missioned by Blue Cross show­ ed, he said, that the incidence of heart disease in poor areas was four times as great as in average areas, six times greater for nervous and mental disor­ ders, eight times higher for vis­ ual defects, three times higher for orthopedic defects. Labor participation in the two-day conference included an AFL-CIO co-sponsored lunch­ eon for state winners of the 1969 "Ability Counts" essay contest for high school writers, a tour of the city for the students sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ ers; a luncheon at the Capitol sponsored by the federation's Building and Construction Trades Department, and a re­ ception at which IBEW mem­ bers and their ladies were hosts. Kathy Saxton, 17, of Bonne­ ville High School in Ogden, Utah, won the $1,000 first place award of the Disabled American Veterans in the "Ability Counts" contest. Other top winners were Janey Looney of Lake Charles, La., $600; John Muessel of Madison, Ind., $400; Christina Fredet, Springville, Me., $300, and Lucy Sikes, Murfreesboro, Tenn., $200. The prizes were presented by Schnitzler and Gordon M. Free­ man, IBEW president-emeritus. Expenses of first place winners in 47 states, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia were contributed by AFI^-CIO state federations. Other conference speakers were Labor Secretary George P. Shultz; Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz, new Women's Bureau director; Senator Robert J. Dole (RKan.), and Mrs. Rene Carpenter of the NBC-TV "Today" show. Shultz asked the conference to seek answers to questions like these: Why must people be com­ pelled to work eight hours a day? Why can't jobs be rede­ signed for handicapped persons? Why can't jobs be matched to the personality of the worker? The conference gave its Dis­ tinguished Service award to Wil­ liam Passmore, double hip am­ putee and antipoverty worker in East Chicago, Ind.; Represent­ ative Charles E. Bennett (DFla.), and Stevie Wonder, blind singer from Detroit. A special award of apprecia­ tion was voted by the committee to former Vice President and Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey for their joint efforts on behalf of the handicapped. Irving Geist of New York City was cited for his years of support for rehabili­ tation work. �Jnne, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG i1 There's plenty of work to do on board the Great Lakes vessels during winter layup— checking mooring lines, sounding ballast tanks, painting and getting things ready for spring fit-out. Maintaining and repairing engine room machinery is just one of the many jobs that keep shipkeeper Deragon busy during the long, cold and lonely winter. Seafarer Deragon is seen as he helps a shipyard worker install a main shaft bearing on the Reiss. Seafarer Deragon mans a snowplow to clear the dock of the Reiss Brothers while the ship is moored for the winter in windswept Howard pocket at Superior, Wisconsin. '^HROUGHOUT the long winter months in ports along the Great Lakes from Buffalo to Gary to Su­ perior, hundreds of ore, grain and limestone carriers lie silent in ice-locked slips. The only sound in the crisp, cold ni^t is the hissing of the wind and the groaning of shifting ice. Standing idnley vigil on each of these 600-foot bulk freighter is the shipkeeper. Moored last winter in Superior's Howard pocket— in the middle of a line of ships that stretched for blocks —^was the SIU-Great Lakes District-contracted Reiss Brothers, flagship of the Reiss Steamship Company. The wind swept over the open deck whipping the light falling snow. A thermometer outside the galley in the ship's afterhouse hung at 14 degrees below zero. Inside the galley, the stove was well-heated and a small light reflected over the expanse of stainless steel fixtures. In the officers dining room, another stove burned brightly. The dining table was gone. In its place was a bed, a few chairs and a portable TV set. A carpet had been spread on the deck for further warmth and comfort. Seated in the dining room of the Reiss Brothers were the vessel's winter tenants. Seafarer and Mrs. John Deragon. Brother Deragon was the shipkeeper, and his job was to look after the vessel until her crew be­ gan to come on board for the spring fit-out. Brother Deragon, an oiler on the Reiss during the sailing season, tries to keep busy during the winter layup. Leadline soundings of ballast tanks have to be made daily. And mooring cables must be checked. He works with shipyard machinists on installing and re­ pairing engine room machinery. And, there is always painting to be done in the crew's quarters. Mrs. Deragon is in charge of cooking, washing, sew­ ing and most other duties of any housewife. Also aboard is their son, Michael, who helps out with the shipkeeping duties and sails on another Reiss vessel during the season. The Deragons are one of the few shipkeeping fam­ ilies left on the Great Lakes. Shipkeeping can be a cold and lonely job, but it does have some plus points, mainly an extra three months' pay. Mrs, Deragon feels that they are living pretty much like any other family. "We play cards and watch TV. Our car is parked at the foot of the gangway, and it's only a short drive downtown or to the homes of relatives. We even have a snowblower to clear paths around the cabins and hatches." The lot of the shipkeeper has vastly improved over the years. During the Depression of the '30s, the ship- keeper's job was a coveteted prize despite the low pay and hard work. It meant free rent in warm and livable quarters and enough money to feed the family. Wherever the ships spent the winter, so did the shipkeeper and his family. There was nothing unusual about a family from Duluth living aboard a ship in Toledo, or another from Port Huron keeping ship in Milwaukee. During one winter in the mid-1930s, about 70 freighters were laid up at Buffalo. Most of them were anchored in Lake Erie outside the breakwater. "The fleet was like a city outside a city," recalls Seafarer Leif Alme, who was keeping ship with his wife. Their vessel was beyond the breakwater and they were—for all practical purposes—cut off from Buffalo. "Going ashore meant crossing the ice, using a small boat to cross the open water where tugs had opened fire lanes, and then climbing more ice," Mrs. Alme re­ membered. "It was hardly worth the effort unless you absolutely had to do it." Sometimes they had to. Fresh water and food had to be brought in from Buffalo. Once the supplies had been hauled out to the ships by sleds and skiffs, they were hauled aboard by rope. If the ships were moored near others, the women could gossip over the rail as easily as over a backyard fence. Mrs. Alme recalls that her husband once rigged a pulley line between two ships so that she and the Time out for a hot cup of coffee in the galley of the Reiss Brothers. It's little comforts like this that help make the lives of Great Lakes shipkeepers bearable during the long, bleak vigil of winter layup season. "women next door" could pass notes back and forth in buckets. Prolonged loneliness can play strange tricks on you, so it's understandable that one former shipkeeper had a little trouble trying to explain to its owners that the 440-foot C.W. Richardson had just climbed out of the water and was perched high and dry on a dock. Captain Henry Wiersch, long-time master and fleet captain for Columbia Steamship Company, was serv­ ing as shipkeeper on two Columbia boats tied up to­ gether in the 1920s. He was walking along the deck of the C. Russell Hubbard (now the W.W. Holloway), which was moored across the slip from the Richardson. As he neared the Hubbard's afterhouse, he noticed the Richardson's mooring lines go slack and then he watched in amazement as the ship slowly rose and then settled down gently on the wooden pier. After staring at the Richardson several minutes and assuring himself that he did see what he thought he saw, he called the Columbia office in Cleveland. "I don't know how to tell you this," he told the company official, "but one of your boats just climbed up onto a dock." As he fumbled for some explanation, the old wooden dock collapsed under the weight of the 5,000ton Richardson, and sent the ship sliding back into the water. "Hold everything," Wiersch told the thoroughly be­ wildered official, "your ship just launched herself again." Friends of the captain said that about three years passed before he was finally able to live the in­ cident down. What had happened was that Buffalo was being hit by a freshwater phenomenon known as a seiche, which results in a rise or fall of water levels up to 20 feet or more within a remarkably short time. On this oc­ casion, the water level at Buffalo increased as if some giant had picked up the west end of Lake Erie. The loneliness of keeping ship is something one gets used to, according to most of those who have wintered aboard the idle lake carriers, but it's not a job for people who cannot spend many hours by themselves. Still, it is easier nowadays. Most of today's shipkeepers live in the city where their vessel is berthed. They spend their days aboard the ship, but are in the comfort and warmth of their own homes at nightfall. "This is a much better ar­ rangement," said one shipkeeper in Duluth. "I don't mind having thin oak paneling separating me from a steel bulkhead in summertime, but I prefer plaster and wallpaper in the winter." �BBB SEAFARERS Page Twelve LOG Jnne, 1969 Plan Would Hinge on FacNFinding Agreements Shultz Proposes Special Farm Labor Board Outside NLRB WASHINGTON — The Nixon Administration has told Congress that farm workers should have collective bargain­ ing rights—^but not by bringing them under the National Labor Relations Act. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz told the Senate Labor subcommittee that a special Farm Labor Relations Board should be established because of the "unique characteristics" of agriculture. It would be made up of "members acquainted with the farm industry" and not be bound by NLRB precedents. He said farmers need protec­ tion against strikes during the harvest season. At the same time, Shultz acknowledged, "the right to strike is basic to collec­ tive bargaining" and "an out­ right ban on strikes in agricul­ ture ... should not be imposed." To resolve this apparent con­ tradiction, Shultz advanced a novel Administration proposal which would permit farm em­ ployers to avoid a harvest sea­ son strike if they agree in ad­ vance to accept the recommen­ dations of a fact-hnder chosen from a panel appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Besides naming the fact-find­ ers, the Agriculture Department would presumably suggest to the President the members of the Farm Labor Relations Board, Shultz indicated. President Nixon early this year asked Shultz and Agricul­ ture Secretary Clifford M. Har­ din to come up with a joint recommendation "on the ad­ visability of placing farm work­ ers under the provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act." The proposal Shultz pre­ sented-to the Senate subcommit­ tee, headed by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-N.J.), emerged from the interdepart­ mental negotiations. Here is how Shultz explained it to the subcommittee; First, he said, "I am here to support the right of farm work­ ers" to union representation and use the mechanism of the gestion and as a means of open­ ing up discussion of the issue." NLRB. The law, he said, could re­ He opposed any type of prehire union representation agree­ quire a 10-Klay notice of intent ment, such as that used in the to strike or lock out workers. construction industry, giving this He added: "At this point, the party argument: "Construction work­ ers as distinguished from agri­ threatened with a strike or lock­ cultural workers are largely out could prevent a disruption organized and the craft repre­ of work if that party is willing sentation lines are widely rec­ to accept the binding recom­ ognized. Agricultural workers, mendations of a neutral." on the other hand, are largely Alternative to Strike unorganized and therefore em­ If a grower, for example, ployers should not be permitted were served with a strike notice to enter into collective bargain­ in July and the season when a ing agreements unless an elec­ strike would hurt him the most tion first indicates majority re­ were in September, this is what presentation by the contracting he could do: union." By declaring his willingness Without spelling out the legis­ to accept the recommendations lative details, Shultz said laborof a fact-finder, he could pick management relations on large the month of September or any farms should be "associated" other 30-day period of his with the National Labor Rela­ choosing for the fact-finding and tions Act, but with special pro­ mediation to take place. visions and machinery. During that period, the union <<Too DissimUar" The proposed Farm Labor could not strike. If it struck be­ Shultz said agriculture is too Relations Board would have dissimilar to other industries to three members, its own general fore then, its members would be obligated to return to work counsel and a full staff of trial for the 30 days. examiners and regional direc­ By the 25th day of the fact­ tors comparable to that of the finding period, the recommenda­ NLRB. But, Shultz stressed, its tion for settlement would be members and staff would be submitted to both parties. If the drawn from people familiar with union accepted the proposal, the the farm industry and would growers would be obligated to not be "bound by 34 years of do likewise. But if the union tee, was among the conference industrial precedent established turned it down, neither party speakers who stressed the theme under the NLRB." would be under any obligations of unity that emerged in the To an extent, the separate and the union could strike. By resolution. body parallels the recommenda­ then, of course, the harvest "We must think internation­ tions of the anti-union Farm would presumably be completed ally just as the company does," Bureau. The Farm Bureau, how­ and the strike would have little Jennings said. "We must rec­ ever, has asked also for a flat impact. ognize that each problem we en­ ban on strikes. "The fact-finder should be counter has its counterpart in Jurisdiction of the Farm La­ chosen by the parties from a list some other country, and we bor Relations Board, Shultz of five names selected by the must find solutions that improve said, would be confined to the Secretary of Agriculture," not only our own situation, but large farms presently covered Shultz said. the situations of others." In reply to questions, Shultz by the minimum wage provision said he had no idea how much it He cited as an example of of the Fair Labor Standards growing unity among world GE Act—about two percent of the would cost to set up a farm unions, the assistance from the nation's farms employing 45 labor board structure such as United States, Canada and other percent of the nation's farm the Administration was suggest­ ing. But he said "we can make countries to the Irish Transport workers. estimates" if congressional com­ To deal with the harvest and General Workers Union in strike problem, Shultz advanced mittees find the concept merito­ its 1968 strike against GE. "the following steps as a sug­ rious. This assistance, he pointed out, helped the Irish workers Eastern Lay-up win union recognition and showed the company that an attack by it on one union is going to be answered by other GE unions, regardless of the country they are located in. Jennings voiced a "feeling of shame" on the part of U.S. unions that a U.S. corporation— GE—exploits workers around the globe and pays them "mis­ erably low wages." The work of the conference included an exchange of re­ ports on GE's financial struc­ ture, profits and policies, and the labor relations experiences unions have had with it. Delegates took a break from sessions to walk a picket line as a display of "solidarity" for a If you're going to be ill a long way from home, at least pleasant Colombian union on strike surroundirrgs are some compensation. Seafarers W. M. Stack (left) and against Olivetti Corp., a multi­ W. D. Hermsen are shown in new wing of Bluff Hospital, Yokohama, national company with close with nurse Y. Yonahure Stack was qpgine de'egate on the Transhartties to GE. ford, and Hermsen served, as deck delegate aboard Robin Locksley. collective bargaining. But "a boycott directed against an employer's merchan­ dise, designed to force that em­ ployer to sign a union contract ... is not a satisfactory way to settle labor conflicts, especially those involving issues of repre­ sentation." The boycott reference was an obvious comment on the Cali­ fornia table grape boycott, initi­ ated by the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Com­ mittee and strongly supported by the labor movement. If boycotts are to be pre­ vented or prohibited, Shultz went on, there must be "an alternative" which provides both "an orderly answer" to the problem of union representation in the fields and "a satisfactory method for dealing with the pos­ sibility of strikes during the har­ vest season." International Labor Co-operation Set To Confront Mufti-Nation Ql Plants BOGOTA, Columbia—Un­ ions from nine nations have pledged mutual assistance to­ ward improving wages and working conditions for 400,000 employees of General Electric Company around the globe. They also appealed to GE to cease its efforts to "subjugate" workers and adopt policies that "recognize and respect funda­ mental trade union rights." The pledge and the appeal came in a resolution adopted at the first world meeting of GE unions here. The two-day con­ ference was sponsored by the International Metalworkers' Federation's committee on multi national electrical and elec­ tronic companies. Unions represented were from Argentina, Brazil, Colom­ bia, France, Ireland, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States. AFL-CIO affili­ ates participating were Elec- Key Lesson for Litton Typed by Federal Body '•4.; % WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission is grow­ ing concerned about Litton In­ dustries' appetite for typewrit­ ers. The FTC has- issued a com­ plaint against the conglomerate, seeking divestiture by Litton of the stock it acqiiired in Janu­ ary, 1969 in the triumph-Adler Typewriter Company. The Ger­ man firm is a leading forei^ corporation which did $52 mil­ lion worth of business in the U.S. in 1967. Hearings on the FTC conmlaint are scheduled. trical. Radio and Machine Workers, International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers, Machinists, Steelworkers and Allied Industrial Workers. The resolution called upon unions at GE plants around the world to cooperate through the IMF by collecting and distribut­ ing information on wages, work­ ing conditions, pensions, vaca­ tions, grievance procedures and health and safety programs. Standing Groups Formed It welcomed an earlier IMF decision to set up permanent working groups in various world companies and urged the federation's executive commit­ tee to extend its programs of organizational and educational cooperation to cover all GE workers. "We believe," it added, "that this should include the coordi­ nation of moral and material support to unions engaged in strikes or conflicts or subject to employer reprisals or per­ secution." The resolution expressed sup­ port for "the valiant efforts of GE workers, particularly in the developing countries of the world to win and assure their right to organize and bargain collectively." Attention was called to "the frequent violation of these trade union rights by multina­ tional companies such as GE" in a number of countries, in­ cluding Ireland, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. lUE President Paul Jennings, chairman of the IMFs commit­ �lone, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen State Labor Bodies Enlisted in Safety Drive on Highways WASfflNGTON—AFL-CIO presidents where legislatures President George Meany has meet in 1969, Meany empha­ called on the federation's state sized that increasing highway central bodies to work with the "carnage" greatly concerns all National Safety Council in se­ union members and their fam­ curing passage of minimum- ilies. standards highway safety pro­ He enclosed a copy of a letter grams by state legislatures. from Howard Pyle, president of In a letter to state AFL-CIO NSC, appealing for labor's aid in getting states to adopt recom­ mendations from the National Highway Safety Bureau pursu­ ant to the Federal Traffic Safety Act of 1966. The bureau has proposed that each state enact or update safety WASfflNGTON — Neither programs to include 16 mini­ wage-price controls nor wage- mum standards that relate to the price guidelines are being con­ driver, the vehicle, the highway sidered as steps to combat in­ and enforcement of traffic codes flation—and history shows they and ordinances. Among other things, the "haven't worked well" in the past, according to Labor Secre­ standards provide for periodic inspection of cars and trucks, tary George P. Shultz. Appearing on television's up-to-date vehicle registration, Meet the Press, Shultz said driver education, uniform driver wage-price controls weren't suc­ licensing and standard chemical cessful during the Korean War. tests to determine misuse of al­ As for guidelines, he pointed cohol by drivers. out, they have been tried not Govt. Help Granted only in this country but also in Federal financial help is given other countries and "they didn't to states to advance their safety work either" in controlling in­ programs by including the stand­ flation. ards. Although some states have "I don't think there is any adopted certain standards, no point in embarking on things state is yet completely in line that have a very poor track rec­ with the bureau's proposals. ord," Shultz said. "I think we should be real­ Pyle explained that the coun­ istic about our approach to cil has established a program problems like inflation . . . and known as STATES (Safety when something has been tried Through Action to Enlist Sup­ and found wanting, not to con­ port) which will coordinate the tinue to act as though it is a activity of many organizatimis solution to the problem," he in securing passage of the stand­ declared. ards. Sec. Shulb Bars Wage-MceCurbs As 'Unworkable' Shell Pours on the Oil As Credit Cards Roll In Shell Oil Company has been writing a lot of letters lately. Many, if not all, individuals who have returned their Shell credit cards to the company as a result of the consumer boy­ cott declared against the company by Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers are getting individually typed letters from Shell officials sort of explaining the company position. Although the letters are individually typed, the wdrds ap­ parently are exactly the same in each. ^me come from Shell's big customer accounts center in Tulsa. Soine come from San Francisco. Perhaps some cmne from other places—but the words are always the same. "We appreciate your taking the time to explain why you no longer purchase Shell products," the letter begins. "Our cus­ tomers are important to us, and their views on matters affect­ ing our business are important." The Shell company even sent one of these "personal" form letters to President A. F. Grospiron of OCAW—the same one that goes to individual customers. It was signed by John R. Wright, Public Relations. Strange. It would seem that a public relations man would be inventive enough to write a different letter to the president of the union that is causing that trouble. And it wasn't a matter of not recognizing the name; the letter was addressed to him as president the union at the union's headquarters. The OCAW urges all trade unionists and friends of labor to get their own personal letter from Shell by returning their Shell credit cards—along with a letter saying why—to P. O. Box 80, Tulsa, Okla., 74102. Think of the employment this will provide for deserving stenographers! Also, it will help the oil workers get a fair deal from Shell. Lazaro B. Ellorin, who last sailed aboard the Eldorado, gets his first pension check from SlU Safety Director Joe Algina as John Fay, Philadelphia Port agent, and Baltimore Port agent Rex Dickey look on. Ai Fout'Day Conference: 3,000 Building Trades Delegates Launch Major Legislative Program WASHINGTON—Nearly 3,000 national, state and local un­ ion leaders launched a major legislative drive by the AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department here last month. Their goal: action by Con­ gress on a program covering both bread-and-butter trade un­ ion issues and broad-ranging measures to meet the nation's overall needs. Three Cabinet members and top congressional leaders of both parties came to the open­ ing and closing sessions of the four-day conference. And for two days, the BCTD delegates visited on Capitol Hill with the congressmen and sena­ tors from their home states— presenting, explaining and urg­ ing labor's legislative goals. Before they returned home, delegates turned in "report cards" on their congressional visits. The attitudes shown by congressmen and senators to the labor-supported bills will be a guide to union legislative repre­ sentatives in mapping strategy and priorities. Delegates talked to their leg­ islators about the on-site picket­ ing bill, about job safety legis­ lation, about extension of the Davis-Bacon Act to ensure pre­ vailing wages on buildings built to be leased to the Post Office Department and other federal agencies. They also talked about tax justice and social security im­ provements, about the^ne^ for a higher minimum wage and for strengthened equal employment opportunity. They cdled for congressional action on housing funds, consumer protection and education, among others. A "very goodly portion" of the BCTD's legislative program will be "enthusiastically" sup­ ported by the House Democrat­ ic leadership. Majority Leader Carl Albert (D-Okla.) told the conference. He said he finds it "just im­ possible" to understand opposi­ tion to the labor-backed job safety bills. On the site picket­ ing bill, Albert reiterated hjs strong personal support, but said threats of a Senate filibuster such as that which killed repeal of Taft-Hartley Sec. 14(b) have made House members reluctant to stick their necks out unless they are sure it will pass the Senate. If it is taken up first in the Senate, he said, it will be active­ ly supported by House Demo­ cratic leaders for final passage. House Minority Leader Ger­ ald R. Ford (R-Mich.) told the delegates that if they were will­ ing to "compromise" then "I think we can achieve some of these goals that are on your leg­ islative program." He said he personally sup­ ports the "sound principles" of the position taken by the Secre­ tary of Labor who coupled eas­ ing the secondary boycott re­ strictions on construction site picketing with toughening of other restrictive provisions. Both the Democratic and Re­ publican assistant leaders in the Senate gave strong personal en­ dorsements to site picketing leg­ islation. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) declared: "I will fight to get the con­ struction safety bill passed this year, and I am with you 100 percent on the issue of site pick­ eting," he said. As for labor's overall program, Kennedy said he intends to keep his COPE record of all "right" votes in­ tact. His Republican counterpart. Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsyl­ vania, termed the labor-backed site picketing legislation a "good" bill and said he opposes "restrictive" amendments. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Transportation Sec­ retary John A. Volpe received the friendly attention of^ the delegates as they addressed the conference on its opening day. Housing & Urban Develop­ ment Secretary George W. Romney was welcomed with similar warm applause when he was introduced. But before he concluded, there were boos from the audience and applause where he didn't want it. Just a few minutes earlier, Romney had left another meet­ ing with the farewell: "I'm going now to a conference of the building trades and really lay it on the line to them." He told the delegates that building trades pay raises are feeding inflation, that appren­ ticeship standards are too high, that the Davis-Bacon Act re­ quiring prevailing wages on fed­ erally-assisted housing is too costly. He warned "that there are people already talking about compulsory arbitration in the building trades." "Construction wage rates are rising faster than any other," Romney chided. And the dele­ gates applauded. "There is every indication that future settlements may be higher," he complained. More applause. Earlier, Shultz said the Ad­ ministration is supporting "fully and unambiguously" the con­ struction safety bill. He said he hopes that "before long" there will be a presidential message dealing with "a comprehensive health and safety bill." Shultz noted the steady in­ crease in minority group em­ ployment in the building crafts and urged that the progress be continued. Volpe told the delegates he was impressed with the special training programs run by the Operating Engineers and the work done by other unions in opening up job opportunities to minority groups. Programs such as these, he said, are tapping "a tremendous reservoir of unused ability." �SEAFARERS Page Fourteen LOG June, 1969 Time for a Close Look levi f u {/ i 1' * V• ji II i: 1!. • i: ? '.'f <; THIRTEEN DAYS by Robert F. Kennedy G^orton—224 pages) "In April 1962 after President Kennedy forced Big Steel to roll back prices, someone remarked to me that anyone who could handle Steel could handle the Russians. Little did I realize that only a few months later I would be recalling those words during the Cuban Missile Crisis." The late Senator Robert Kennedy's exciting accoimt of those fateful thirteen days is not so valuable in what it reveals, as in the blueprint it provides for future crises. Kennedy emphasizes the importance of debate to bring about the best possible solution in such times. Critics of President Kennedy like to point to the Bay of Pigs as an example of Kennedy strategy. Robert Kennedy points out that there was unanimity of opinion during the Bay of Pigs. It seemed every­ one was in favor of going ahead because they thought that was what the President wanted. The missile crisis was another story. There were many opinions at first. Long periods of discussion converged them into two possible courses of action—attack and blockade. It was then up to the President to decide. One has a renewed sense of loss as he reads this book. At the same time there is thankfulness that such a man was around to keep cool at a time when the world stood still. President Kennedy was not so much concerned with the first step as what steps would follow and what would the final step lead to. For those who believe in simple solutions to our complex problems, this book emphasizes the complexities we face. It does more. It points up the importance of not letting the exasperation over Vietnam lead us once again into the shell of isolation. During the missile crisis, behind our vast array of military might on standby, there was the respect and support of most of the world which tipped the scales our way. The untimeliness of his death stopped Robert Kennedy's pen. He planned to write more about the crisis. He did write enough to emphasize the seriousness of the event. We can only hope if die world is ever perched on the brink again ws will have the same kind of men around as in 1962. If not there might not be anyone around to write about the next thirteen days of crisis. f * * A CENTURY OF LABOR-MANAGENffiNT RELATIONS by R. Ozanne (Wisconsin—$7.50) Robert Ozanne's book is an inside report of labor relations at McCormick and International Harvester. If ever the reader was treated to a look behind the poker faces of management, this is it. Ozanne charts one hundred years of stormy company-union relations. Every anti-union tactic in the book was tried during these years. Blacklists, company unions, lockouts, strike­ breakers, wage sweeteners, and all the rest, were tried to keep legitimate unions out. An example of Ozanne's reporting is found in this excerpt from a secret 1904 report to the McCormick Board of Direc­ tors: "'. . . We . . . think it entirely probable that we may have a strike of certain of the skilled trades. To successfully fight this strike it may be necessary to import non-union men and strikebreakers; it may be necessary to board and lodge these men inside our works; it may be necessary to practically put our works in a stage of seige. "'. . . We must assume that our plants will be picketed; that we shall have to have police protection . . . that there may be violence, slugging, rioting, even loss of life ... we believe by taking a firm stand ... we shall end up by having our men in better control.'" Such were the days of labor-management relations when brute force ruled, with most of the strength behind the boss. The value of government protection of the workers' right to organize is emphasized in this observation by Ozanne: "Despite the persistent desire of McCormick Works em­ ployees for unions, after 1886 they were unable to establish any lasting form of unionism against the implacable opposition of the company until the national government put its force and sustained support behind the right of workers to organize." One cannot do justice to this book in a brief review. It is an important history of labor relations told like it was. It is a valuable lesson to the worker of today lulled into complacency by the afiSluence of our times. Conditions at Sailors Snug Harbor, a home for retired seamen in Staten Island, N.Y., have given rise to so many complaints, both from its inhabitants and Uielr dependents, that a full investigation by the state legislature into alleged mismanagement by the trustees of the home has been requested by State Senator William J. Ferrall. And small wonder. At a recent press conference called by Ferrall, photos were exhibited of a walkway on the grounds built of gravestones taken from the cemetery. A letter from the widow of a man buried there complains that his grave could not be found—"there is no marker or any indication as to where he is buried," she said. Shortly after the press conference, the gravestones mysteriously disap­ peared. They were later found stacked in the chapel on the grounds*. It isn't only the dead who are callously deprived of their last vestige of dignity and respect. Room-and-board fees have been levied against the re­ tired seamen living there, many being asked to hand over their meager so­ cial security or retirement checks to the management in return for their continued residence at the Harbor. The men charge that the food they are served is "slop"; that leaky roofs and plugged-up drains go unrepaired. The lawn, they say, is being ruined by neglect, and religious services have become short and perfunctory. No one, declares one of the residents, seems to be in charge. He claims there is no discipline, proper surveillance, or apparent concern about the well-being of the men, and any complaints are ignored. As to the financial "deficit" used as an excuse by the trustees to claim fees from elderly residents—^the old seamen say this is a planned and manip­ ulated financial picture fostered and intentionally created by the present management. Extravagance, ordered neglect, padded payrolls, and overstaffed depart­ ments which fail to efficiently perform their assigned duties combine to pro­ duce this supposedly poor financial picture, they point out. Sailors Snug Harbor was established under the will of Captain Robert Richard Randall in 1801, to be run as a home for "aged, decrepit and worn out sailors." Randall left valuable property in lower Manhattan, the income from which was to be used to maintain the home on a non-profit basis. By terms of the will, some of the city's top dignitaries were named as trustees. If the trustees are personally unaware of what is going on, then it's about time they found out. Until conditions are corrected, the SIU will continue to stand solidly behind the old seamen and back all efforts to see to it that Sailors Snug Harbor is once again run the way Captain Randall undoubtedly meant for it to be run. -1 1 �Special Pension Suppiement SEAFARERS »1.0G . I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO IMPROVING THE PENSION PLAN The Seafarers International Union, in forthcoming contract negotiations, will move for improvements in the pension plan. The Union, as part of the preparation for these talks, has been surveying the features of various pension plans. Our purpose has been to consider every possible approach to the problem of assuring our members that they are properly protected in their retirement years. A pension program must be a living document—capable of changing to meet the chang­ ing needs of the membership it safeguards. The Union's responsibility, therefore, is to know the members' attitudes on a variety of benefits—for a pension program is a complex thing. There are many questions that must be answered: • Do the members want a program geared solely to the monthly pension payment? • Or do they also want adequate protection against the heavy cost of long illnesses? • Do they wont a pension that provides benefits only for themselves? 4 • • Or do they also wont assurances that their dependents, too, will be protected? » - - • Do they want to gamble on staying fit for duty until they reach retirement age? V • 1". I• • Or do they also wont a program that provides adequate retirement pensions in cose of disability? - -lit UL. IS ^ i' i"' . To these questions, the Union must odd one of its own: How do we develop a plan with the broadest possible coverage—and at the same time that is financially sound—that protects the member, good times or bod? In arriving at the answers to these questions, and many others, the membership will be deeply involved. Whatever proposals are made to management will come only after thorough discussion and action by the membership. For that reason, this brochure puts at the disposal of the members factors that will aid them in their discussion and decision-making. We have set down the features of the existing SlU plan—because every member should understand precisely what he has now, the benefits he derives from the present plan, and how it operates. The Union thinks it would also be useful to the membership, in considering possible changes, that it review the features of a plan in the same industry, dealing with problems which are the same insofar as the individual is concerned. Therefore the brochure mokes comparisons between the SlU plan and that of the Notional Maritime Union. •I' •> r m• 1 This is not to say that one is better than another—it is done only to moke possible an objective study by the membership. Each member is urged to study this document carefully, and to use it as the basis for continuing discussions aboard ship and in the union halls—because it is from these discus­ sions that the ultimate contract proposal will come. While these discussions are being held, the Union will continue its study—calling on the best-trained experts in the pension field for advice. To assist with this part of the preparation for the forthcoming contract negotiations, this brochure carries on the bock page a Pension Data Questionnaire and a place for any comments which a member wishes to make. Each member should fill this out and forward it to Union Headquarters. In addition to assisting the Union, this form will enable each member to know pre­ cisely where he stands in respect to his own pension credits. �•) • I mjm - i ; ' ' '' v" ' *' BENEFIT SIU-AGLIW DISTRICT PENSION CREDITS Pension credits are given for each day worked under covered employment. Pension credits are also given for inpatient and outpatient hospital time and for sickness and accident time, not to exceed 1,825 days of the total pension credit requireinents of 5,475 days. For purposes of the disability pension credit req^uirements 1,460 of the 4,380 days may be inpatient and outpatient hospital time and sickness and accident time. iKf I I • ll' 'i ' m-.,' (Applies to All Pensions) ! i I :S ! Pension credits earned before October 1, 1967, cannot be lost by a break in service prior thereto. After October 1,1967, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of y consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service and loss of prior pension credits. BREAK IN SERVICE RULE (Applies to All Pensions) .. r f lit $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 15 years (5,475 days) of pension credits with no time limita­ tion, is age 65 or over, has 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of application, and has one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately preceding such application. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. NORMAL AND/OR SERVICE PENSION I' ' REDUCED AND EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONS SEE NORMAL PENSION ABOVE ' ' 'f If'A I; ; in .1,' -.s;, :,,v. DISABILITY PENSION $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability at any age, provided the employee has pen­ sion credits for 12 years (4,380 days) of qualifying time, and has accumulated at least 90 days of covered employment during the calendar year preceding his date of applica­ tion, and at least one day of employment during the 6-month period immediately pre­ ceding his date of application. Years of Amount of Disability Pension Credit Pension Regardless of Age 12 or Over $250.00 Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. DEATH BENEFIT $4,000.00 if the designated beneficiary is a pensioner's wife, child, step-child, mother, father, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, step or half-brother and sister, step­ mother or stepfatlier. $1,000.00 payable to any other blass of beneficiaries not listed above. PENSIONERS' WELFARE BENEFIT Pensioners: Payment fw life without limitation of all medical costs including surgery, hospitalization, drugs, nursing homes, dental care, artificial limbs, wheel chairs, hear­ ing aids, glasses, crutches, etc. Pensioner's Dependents: Eligible for schedule of dependent's benefits under Seafa^rers Welfare Plan which includes hospital room and board, hospital extras, blood transfasions, doctor's visits at hospitals, surgical, diagnostic, medical extras, opticd, etc. These benefits shall continue during the pensioner's life and for six months thereafter. (NOTE: The foraoing; is an analysis and synopsis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agrreements and their rules and regrulations. As to each specific provUion, reference should be made to the text thereof.) �' Pension credits are given as follows: Periods commencing January I, 1951: • 200 days or more in covered employment, including certain disability time, counts as a . year's credit (4 quarters). If less than 200 days are accumulated in any year quarteryear unit credits are as follows: Days of covered Employment Quarters to in Calendar Year be Credited Less than 50 0 50 to 99 1 lOO to 149 2 150 to 199 3 Periods before January 1, 1951: To receive pension credit for any employment before January 1, 1951, must have at * least 200 days of covered employment, including certain disability time, in the three ' year period between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1953 and have ten years of . pension credits earned after January 1, 1951. If a seaman does not work in covered employment for at least 200 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1953, and for at least 300 days in any period of three consecutive calendar years after January 1, 1969, it shall constitute a break in employment and his previous pension credits shall cancelled. $250.00 per month for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: 20 years (80 quarters) of pension credit within 30 consecutive years, at any age, for those employees who must work past January 1, 1969 to earn the 20 years (80 quarters). The 30-year rule does not apply if 20 years (80 quarters) are earned before January 1, 1969. Eligibility extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime. REDUCED PENSION $187.50 to $250.00 for seamen who are not entitled to a Normal Pension or a Service Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to those seamen who were 65 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time in accordance with the following table of benefits: Number of Years of Amount of Qualifying Time Pension 15 16 17 18 19 20 $187.50 200.00 212.50 225.00 237.50 250.00 15 16 60 61 62 63 64 $131.25 142.50 153.75 165.00 176.25 $140.00 152.00 164.00 176.00 188.00 18 17 Benefit Amount $157.50 $148.75 171.00 161.50 184.50 174.25 198.00 187.00 211.50 199.75 19 $166.25 180.50 194.75 219.00 223.25 In comparing the features of pension plans, it is important not only to consider the amount of the pension payment, or the period of time required for eligibility, but the provisions which govern how you become eligible, and how you maintain your eligibility. Both the SIU and NMU full pensions provide for payment of $250 monthly. However, each carries with it certain fringe benefits which differ as to the amounts payable, type of coverage and eligibility requirements. Regular Pension In both pension plans, the key is "pension credits," not necessarily years of service. Under the SlU plan, there is a simple formula—^giving the seaman the broadest latitude in accumulating credits toward his pension. The NMU plan contains a more complex formula than the SIU plan with respect to past service in the industry, and a sliding scale with respect to future service. As the comparison of the various features of the two plans in the adjoining columns shows, eligibility for the SIU normal pension is attained at age 65 with 15 years of pension credits. There is no limitation on time for attaining eligibility, which means that an SIU seaman's pension credits began with the time he first began sailing. The NMU requires 20 years of pension credits within 30 consecutive years for retirement at any age. Obviously this is a very attractive feature; however, to achieve retirement at any age, the NMU plan, as of January 1, 1969, closed off pension credits earned prior to 1939 in computing future pensions. Furthermore, in order to maintain the 20-year pension, the NMU found it necessary to tighten up the break-in-service rule by adding 100 days to the previous time required to be worked in any three-year period to maintain eligibility, bringing the new level to 300 days. Prior to that it was 200 days for the same peri^. Under the SIU plan, a seaman must have 90 days of covered employment in any one of three consecutive calendar years to avoid a break in service. Disability Pension EARLY RETIREMENT PENSION $131.25 to $235.00 as a Percentage of Normal or Reduced Pension. Eligibility requirements: This pension available only to the seamen who were 60 years old before January 1, 1969 and who had at least 15 years (60 quarters) of pension credits at that time. Amount of pension is a percentage of the Normal or Reduced Pen­ sion he would have been entitled to if he were 65 years of age at the time when his Early Retirement Pension first becomes payable. The following table of benefits indicates the amount of benefit payable: Age Seatime-Years I A Guide to the Pension Data 20 $175.00 190.00 205.00 220.00 235.00 $50.00 to $250.00 for deep-sea sailors. Eligibility requirements: Permanent disability for those under age 65 provided they have credit for a least 15 years (60 quarters) of service. Those over 65 must have actually been employed in covered employment for at least 200 days after December-'31, 1960 and must have credit for at least 10 years of service (40 quarters). The years of service on which a claim is based must be earned within a number of consecutive calendar years determined by adding 10 years to the actual years of service at time of filing. Amount of Disability Pension . Over 65 Under 65 Years of Pension Credit $ 50.00 10 to 14 187.50 187.50 15 200.00 200.00 16 212.50 212.50 17 225.00 225.00 18 237.50 237.50 19 250.00 250.00 20 Eligibilty extended for military service, disability and certain non-seatime^ $3,500.00, less any Pension payments received, but not less than $1,500.00 payable to pensioner's wife, child, mother, father, brother or sister. Pensioner and Pensioner's Dependents: The total amount of benefits payable to the pen­ sioner and his dependents collectively shall not exceed a lifetime maximum of $750.00. In addition, a pensioner is entitled to a hearing aid benefit up to a maximum $325.00 once every four years. (NOTE: The forenoinit is an analysis and synopeis of the salient and pertinent provisions of the trust agree­ ments and their rules and regulations. As to each specific provision, reference should be made to the text thereof.) The SHTs disability pension provides a monthly benefit of $250 for a man disabled at any age, if he has had 12 years of service credits, one-third of which may be for in-patient and out-patient hospital time and sickness and accident time. The NMU's disability pension provides a scale of benefits from $50 to $250 a month, depending on the sailor's age and years of service, and provides credits for hospital time. No disability pensions are-payable to a man with less than 15 years of pension credits, unless he is over 65 at the time of dis­ ability. And the $250-a-month maximum is available only to men with 20 years of pension credits—at which point they would be eligible, in any event, for full pension irrespective of disability. Death Benefits With respect to death benefits, the SIU's are paid to any beneficiary selected by the retiree, and remain constant throughout the years. The NMU death benefit is limited to fewer beneficiaries, is smaller to begin with, and is subject to being discounted by more than 50 percent as the years go by. Medical Benefits Medical benefits are an important element in a retirement plan because two factors come into play for the retiree: (1) As he advances in age, his medical costs go up; and (2) These higher costs are incurred at a time when his income is reduced. Under the I^U plan, a $750 ceiling is placed on all of the medical expenses ever incurred by the retiree and his dependents. This is an absolute maximum—no matter how long the pensioner lives, and no matter how many hospital bills he and his dependents, collectively, incur. The pensioner in the SIU has unlimited medical coverage for himself. His dependents, meanwhile, are eligible for the same schedule of Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits that have been available to them during his days as an active seaman—^plus the fact that these benefits continue for the pensioner's depend­ ents for six months after his death. Conclusion Obviously, any pension plan review can carry only the highlights of the respective documents. These are lengthy, they have been amended several times, and they deal in great detail with each feature. Therefore, complete copies of both the SIU and NMU pension plans are being made available in all SIU ports so that members wishing to do so can examine them in detail. The foregoing comments are offered to help the members evaluate the relative merits of the various elements that make up a complete pension program. This evaluation will make it easier for the members to express their views on the direction in which the SIU should now proceed with respect to the future. (Now proceed to the next page and complete the Pension Data Questionnaire.) �I f-7 Special Pension Supplement SEAFAKERSAIOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO PENSION DATA - QUESTIONNAIRE i / :7 In order to effect improvements in the current pension program, it is necessary that Seafarers submit the answers to the below listed questions, and fill in all seatime information in the place provided. Do not mail this questionnaire in until you have filled in all data. (Please print all answers.) Send to SlU Pension Study Committee, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232. J I" ^ it I. Name 2. Residence address Street ' City Apartment No. State Zip Code 3. Social Security No. (Area Code) 4. Book No. 6. Date of Birth Telephone No. 5. Z No. 7. Age last birthday 8. Height Weight Mo. Day Year 9. Date of Joining SlUNA-AGLIWD _ 10. Type of book now held: "C" When issued •B" Month \l 11. Age when you first sailed deep-sea i'' 12. Married Single Widowed Divorced Relationship Living in your home? Name Date of Birth mkm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes I i • 14. Are you presently on pension? m't'" I Separated 13. Number of Dependents I'h I*'- Wi Year Type: ( I ( ( ( ( I ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No No No No No No No ( ( ( 1 ( ( ( Receiving Social Security? ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No No No No No No No 1 ( ( ( { ( .'-7^ 1 If yes, indicate as follows: Disability Normal From whom: Seafarers Pension Plan Other _ Other Social Security Name of Entity IS. Are you eligible for supplemental Medicare? 16. Fill in numbers of days of seatime for each of the years listed below: fc I 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 I960 Number of Days For Pension Plan Cffiee Use Qnlilr. Number of Days 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 For Pension Plan i Office Us^ Only i Number of Days Number of Days 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 Number of Days 1931 1930 i » 1929 1928 I I 1927 1926 1925 1 1 j I hereby authorize the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, its officers, employees or representatives, to obtain, on my behalf, any and all information as to my seatime from the United States Coast Guard. 44 Date f II Sign your name here Social Security Number Comments: �June, 1969' SEAFARERS Page Nineteen LOG In Tribute on 80th Birthday; Randolphs Goals Reaffirmed by Labor-Clvll Rights Coalition NEW YORK The laborcivil rights coalition gave A. Philip Randolph an 80th birth­ day present—a rededication to his goal of "total liberation" of the American Negro. The leaders of the coalition turned out 1,500 strong in a vivid demonstration of unity and voiced their determination to carry on the work that Randolph had dedicated his life to. The entire scope of the labor movement was represented, along with the religious faiths, Negro organizations, govern­ ment leaders and many others. They crowded the grand ball­ room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to pay tribute to Ran­ dolph and add to the coffers of the A. Philip Randolph Educa­ tional Fund to finance voter education and registration pro­ jects in black communities to strengthen the labor, liberal, egro alliance. And at the conclusion they heard Randolph eloquently lay lown the principles by which he coalition must continue to guided: 'We must reject confrontaionism, and together reaffirm he necessity for democratic eans of political protest. "We must reject violence and ^together reaffirm the power and the wisdom of non-violence. "And we must reject racial separatism and together, with I the conviction that one day our nation can cease to be divided within itself, reaffirm our abid­ ing faith in integration." AFL-dO President George Meany, reviewing Randolph's accomplishments and the gains in the trade union movement in the battle against discrimination. declared there is "no room for complacency." Randolph, he pointed out, in founding the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in the face of all-out opposition of the Pull­ man Co., laid down the basic principle that black workers must be organized and become part of organized labor. Ran­ dolph's advice to Negro workers to get into the labor movement and win support for the fight against discrimination was criti­ cal to strengthening both the Negro and white worker, Meany said. The American labor move­ ment has responded to Ran­ dolph's leadership, sometimes too slowly, Meany added, but it has come a long way and is determined to wipe out the last vestiges of discrimination with renewed emphasis on job up­ grading and training. No Longer Alone Randolph is no longer alone in the struggle as he was in the early years, Meany said, and the AFL-CIO and all its affili­ ates are working to reach all workers at the local level to carry the message of equal rights. Roy Wilkins, executive direc­ tor of the NAACP, following the AFL-CIO president, noted that Meany has worked closely with Randolph and has worked effectively in the civil rights movement md that the AFLCIO has been the bulwark of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., told the dinner that she had come from Charleston, S.C., where she has been aiding the striking hospital workers and that Charleston has now be­ come a national test of con­ science, that the labor civil rights coalition is a reality here and the battle must be won. Randolph, she said, had al­ ways been a great inspiration to her late husband and a source of encouragement. Randoph gave him advice and coun­ sel, she said, adding, "thank you for myself and Martin Luther King." Bayard Rustin, executive di­ rector of the A. Philip Ran­ dolph Institute, served as toast-* master and introduced New York Governor Nelson H. Rockefeller, New York City Mayor John Lindsay, and C. L. Dellums, president of the Sleep­ ing Car Porters succeeding Ran­ dolph who retired from the post last year. Paying tribute also to Randoph were Msgr. Gregory Mooney, for Terence Cardinal Cooke; Dr. John C. Bennett, present. Union Theological Sem­ inary, and Isaiah Minkoff, ex­ ecutive vice chairman. National Community Relations Advisory Council. The tributes were touching and emotional in spots as speak­ ers recalled earlier days and dif­ ficult battles, stressing Randoph's "prophetic vision," his quiet determination, his courage, his inspiration and his lack of personal animosity. It was all underscored when George Shirley of the Metro­ politan Opera sang some of the lyrics of Negro poet Langston Hughes and when "Oh, Free­ dom" rolled out over the great hall. In his response, Randolph ex­ pressed his gratification at the "fine representation" at the din­ ner from all areas of American life, cited Rustin's genius for or­ ganizing protest marches and spoke of his admiration and af­ fection for Meany as a man who "when he commits himself to a program will work at it and carry it through. He doesn't pre­ tend to be for something when he isn't." In dedicating himself to the liberation of the Negro, Randoph said, his major endeavor was to establish an alliance be­ tween the Negro and the Ameri­ can trade union movement be­ cause the Negroes are a work­ ing people and the labor move­ ment is the home of the work­ ing man and the only haven for the dispossessed. The struggle of the Negro masses for social and economic equality has "become irrepres­ sible," he observed. But in the continuing struggle "we must have faith that the society, di­ vided by race and class, and subject to profound social pres­ sures, can one day become a nation of equals." 'Lick and Promise' Seapower Effort Will Not Meet Soviet Fleet Threat CLEAR LAKE, Calif.— vention of the Pacific Coast Americans cannot effectively Metal Trades District Council meet the threat of the Russian meeting here. By 1970 the Soviet merchant fleet by the "lick and promise" that has characterized this na­ fleet is expected to total some­ tion's attention to strength on what over 14 million tons, a the seas over the past many seven-fold increase over its ton­ years, Edwin M. Hood, presi­ nage just 20 years ago. Hood dent of the Shipbuilders Coun­ pointed out. During this same period, the U.S. merchant fleet cil of America, cautioned. In fact, long after the war in has been on a steady decline. Last November, he noted, the Vietnam is ended, the challenge of Soviet Russia's burgeoning Russians had 458 merchant sea power will confront the ships under construction. Dur­ U.S., Hood told the annual con- ing the same month, the U.S. had 62 on order. The U.S.S.R. has for years been taking deliv­ ery of new merchant ships at a Trinidad UnionSsfs Visit SlU Headquarters rate six times greater than this nation's. As a result. Hood said, the Soviet merchant marine will "shortly be larger than the American maritime fleet in terms of both numbers and ton­ nage." Where in 1950 the U.S. fleet comprised 1,900 ships totalling 22 million tons, by the begin­ ning of 1969 it consisted of only 1,033 active ships and a 28 percent drop in tonnage. "Further contractions in the U.S. shipping fleet can. be ex­ pected during the next 18 months," Hood stated. In terms of age, the SCA president noted that "about 80 percent of the Soviet shipping fleet today is less than 10 years of age." In contrast, some "80 percent of the American mer­ chant marine is 20 years of age or older." "The Russians remember all Members bf the Seamen & Waterfront Union of Trinidad were recent visitors at SlU headquarters as to well that which we are often part of a program sponsored by the Organization of American States. During their stay they met with quick to forget," Hood de­ SlU Vice President Earl Shepard, visited the upgrading school and. toured other headquarters facilities. clared, "the importance of con­ SlU representatives Frank Pecquex and Bernie Lishinsky (left) and Frank Martino (far right), showed visitors trol of the oceans. In the (center, l-r): Edwin Stone, Alfred Grant, Errol Niles and Vernon Glean around the SlU Research Library. vacuum created by apparent American lethargy and the re­ treat of the British Navy on all fronts, the Kremlin obviously intends to use the oceans for exploitation of Soviet political, psychological and economic ob­ jectives. "That the Soviet Union has embarked on a carefully con­ ceived plan pointed toward mas­ tery of the seas there can be little question. The political and economic advantages are easily recognizable. Less obvious is the propaganda potential," he continued. "As these modem ships flying the ensign of the hammer and sickle, spread each day more expansively over the oceans, they suggest a posture and strength of frightening pro­ portions to uncommitted or lesser developed countries. The severity of this symbolism is easily portrayed by the arith­ metic of our own sea power in­ ventory. "In sum, Soviet Russia is mounting at sea a new challenge that . . . extends across the full spectrum of sea power. If the U.S. is to continue as a pre-emi­ nent world power, this challenge must be faced squarely. But, it will not be effectively met with old ships of questionable reli­ ability. . . . "What is needed is a fixed national determination such as the Russians have seen fit to adopt and pursue in their own national interest," Hood went on. "What is needed is a force­ ful acknowledgement by the stewards of national policy that strengthening our nation's sea power resources, in all respects, will require a high priority in the orchestration of essential national goals." �Page IVentr StAPARERS Jnne, 1969 LOG At SOfh Anniversary Celebration; no Saluted for Advanmg Workers' Welfare PHILADELPfflA—The In­ ternational Labor Organization's "positive accomplishments have far outweighed its failings" in advancing the welfare and free­ dom of workers, AFL-CIO President George Meany de­ clared here. At the same time, Meany warned that there must be "no tampering" with the tripartite structure of the United Nations specialized agency if it is to con­ tinue to be successful. Meany spoke at a three-day conference convened by Temple University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ILO and the 25th anniversary of an his­ toric ILO conference held here. Out of that 1944 meeting, also on Temple's campus, came the Declaration of Philadelphia, a document that reaffirmed ILO's goals and became its pol­ icy guide in the pursuit of hum­ an rights and social progress after World War II. Past and Future Viewed At the commemorative con­ ference, nearly ICQ leaders in labor, management, education and government from many parts of the world examined ILO's past and the challenges in its future. Major speakers agreed that the ILO has significantly im­ proved workers' conditions and living standards. Two of them —^Labor Secretary George P. Shultz and Edwin P. Neilan, U.S. employer delegate to the ILO—echoed Meany's warning against interfering with the agency's govemment-labor-employer structure. This solid stand of U.S. gov­ ernment, labor and management reflected concern over reports that Soviet-bloc nations might try at the ILO conference in June to convert the organization into one made up solely of gov­ ernment representatives. WMkeis Know Needis The tripartite structure of ILO, Me^y said, is its "funda­ mental strength." In free na­ tions, he noted, worker repre­ sentatives "know the needs of workers" and they co-operate with employers and govern­ ments in advancing these needs. "It was the genius of the founding fathers of ILO," Meany added, "to recognize that only by securing the participa­ tion of the representatives of workers, employers and govern­ ments that the welfare of work­ ers couid be effectively im­ proved." Meany said it was difficult to understand why the U.S. has ratified "only a handful" of ILO-adopted conventions when "our standards are equal to or better" than most of those in­ volved. He urged President Nix­ on and Congress to secure rati­ fication of these conventions. On the other hand, Meany emphasized that Commum'st na­ tions ratify conventions and then "brazenly" deny the rights and working conditions that are called for. He urged ILO to live up to its responsibilities to police its conventions. On balance, Meany found that ILO's achievements have more than offset its shortcom­ ings and "if Sam Gompers could see the ILO today he would be proud of what he helped to create." Gompers was chairman of a commission at the 1919 Paris Peace Confer­ ence out of which came the ILO. Labor's R<rfe Praised Shultz praised American la­ bor's "steadfast" interest and participation in the "world's leading tripartite organization." It is "highly important," he said, that the organization be main­ tained in its present form. "For half a century the ILO has sought to contribute to in­ ternational peace," Shultz de­ clared, and ^'it has pointed the family of nations toward the highest possible goal—^human justice." In line with ILO's appeals to nations to develop manpower programs and reduce unemploy­ ment, Shultz discussed current efforts in the United States to provide job-training for workers and reduce inflation without in­ creasing unemployment. The need to prevent any rise in uneiilployment in the United States "is especially critical," Shultz stated, because the in­ crease would come in poverty Rudolph Faupl of the Machinists, left, is congratulated by AFL-GIO President George Meany on his reappointment by President Nixon as the United States worker delegate to the International Labor Organ­ ization. Faupl has held the post since 1958, under many Presidents. areas where the jobless rate is He stressed the need of a na­ tional health insurance system even more "alarmingly high." Other major conference as advocated by the AFL-CIO. speakers included, C. Wilfred Robert M. McGlotten, pres­ Jenks, principal deputy director- ently serving as labor director general of the ILO, who helped of the National Alliance of shape the Philadelphia Declara­ Businessmen on assignment tion, and Assistant Secretary <rf from the AFL-CIO, spoke on Labor George L-P Weaver, manpower activities in the Unit­ chairman of ILO's governing ed States as part of a panel on body. employment programs. Pearl S. Buck, Nobel prize AFL-CIO Social Security Di­ rector Bert Seidman observed winner in literature, was the during a panel discussion on so­ main speaker at a conference cial security that the United banquet. She related her more States lags behind other devel­ than 40 years of life in Asia to oped ILO nations in providing the problems of the continent security for older persons and and its need for a strong labor health facilities for all citizens. movement. For Day Care, Scholarship Programs: ACWA Seeks Taft-Hartley Changes To Allow Use of Joint Trust Funds WASHINGTON — The Clothing Workers are asking Congress to amend the TaftHartley Act to allow employer contributions to joint labormanagement trust funds which would finance day care centers and student scholarships. Bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress calling for the amendment. Significantly, the Clothing Manufacturers Association al­ ready has agreed to pay onehalf of one percent of its pay­ rolls into the trust funds that would benefit the children of the 130,000 ACWA members. President Jacob S. Potofsky told the Senate Labor subcom­ mittee that favorable action by Congress on the legislation could encourage the private sector of the economy to help achieve the nation's social goals. The ACWA statement was delivered by union Vice Presi­ dent Howard D. Samuel during the subcommittee's hearings on the Senate version of the pro­ posed amendment to the Labor Management Relations Act. The joint trust funds would provide scholarships to young­ sters seeking post-secondary education and provide funds for day care centers serving children of working mothers. Employers or unions may fi­ nance such activities now, but may not collaborate in those operations because the law al­ lows only limited purposes for jointly administered trust funds. "Just as the government is now helping and seeks even further to help our citizens to achieve their education goals," the Potofsky statement stressed, "so too, the Amalgamated be­ lieves strongly that the private sector of the economy should be encouraged to help our citizens achieve their full potential." He said that the trade union movement — througji the pro­ cess of collective bargaining—^is particularly suited to help im­ plement the nation's educational goals by making education available to thousands of citi­ zens, "who might otherwise contribute less than their full potential to our nation's produc­ tivity." He emphasized the need for day care centers so that women who head families can support their children. "Among all families headed by women, three out of five in­ clude children under 18 years of age," Potofsky said, and nearly one of five includes children under six years old. The union now operates a day care center in Baltimore but it is nominally a health care center under the health and wel­ fare fund to avoid violating the law. The need for day care cen­ ters is expected to increase as the number of working mothers grows. A fact sheet from the Labor Department's Women's Bureau showed that about 10.6 million women with children under 18 years old were work­ ing in March 1967. Ibe legislation in Congress would make bargaining on the trust funds voluntary. A similar measure passed in the House last year, but there was no ac­ tion in the Senate. Farmers Union Backs Boycott Of Calif. Grapes HOT SPRINGS, Ark.— The National Farmers Un­ ion convention unanimous­ ly adopted a resolution sup­ porting the boycott of Cali­ fornia grapes until the grow­ ers grant bargaining rights to workers. NFU President Tony Dechant said in comment: "We do not believe the pub­ lic interest is served when large corporate farms such as these can run rough-shod over the rights of their em­ ployees." The convention also adopted a resolution calling for extension of the Na­ tional Labor Relations Act to agriculture so that its workers will have legal bar­ gaining and organizing rights. Aati-Union Daily Ord^ed by Cotal ToHeedNLRB NEW ORLEANS—Another newspaper in the chain of U.S. dailies owned by Lord Roy Thomson has been adjudged guilty of thumbing its nose at the National Labor Relations Act. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Lafayette, La., Daily Advertiser to obey a National Labor Relations Board order to stop the unfair prac­ tices that triggered a 1964 strike. The ruling also directed the paper to bargain with Typo­ graphical Local 832 and to re­ instate all strikers with lost pay from the day they applied for re­ instatement. Other newspaper unions have run up against the hostile prac­ tices of the British and Cana­ dian press lord, owner of more than 50 U.S. and Canadian dai­ lies and some in the British Isles. The Newspaper Guild has jeen on strike at Thomson's' Peterborough, Ont,, Examiner since December. The Guild also has been trying for more than six months of negotiations to get a first contract with the same chain's Canton, Ohio, Reposi­ tory. On February 26, the board ordered Thomson's Dothan, Ala., Eagle, to stop trying to destroy the Printing Pressmen by refusing to bargain in good faith. Negotiations at Dothan were conducted by Thomson's national personnel manager. On the Lafayette paper, the labor board found management guilty of causing composing room and pressroom employees to strike on December 2, 1964, and prolonging the strike by threats and promises of im­ provements if the men would abandon the union. J * 9 �Jane, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty One LOG Continuity of Contracts in Mergers Stressed in Labor's Plea to NLRB AIFLD Aide Testifies: WASHINGTON — An em­ ployer who takes over the busi­ ness of another employer should be bound by the entire labor contract of his predecessor, the AFL-CIO argued in a brief filed with the National Labor Rela­ tions Board. So should the incumbent un­ ion be bound by the existing contract for its full duration, the federation's legal counsel said in urging the board to follow the Supreme Court's ruling in a 1964 successorship case— Wiley and Sons v. Livingston, involving the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The full five-member board heard oral arguments and re­ ceived briefs in four unfair la­ bor practice cases. In each case, unions filed charges, and the NLRB general counsel is­ sued complaints that employers violated the labor law when told the subcommittee. they refused to honor contracts The goals of the Alliance for in effect at the time of merger Progress, he quoted, include "fair wages and satisfactory or takeover. The board will rule later in working conditions for all" and "effective systems of labor man­ the four cases—Sheet Metal Workers Local 496 and Kota agement relations." Division of Dura Corp., a sub­ These goals can be accom­ sidiary of Walter Kidde and plished and unions can function Co., Inc.; Hotel and Restaurant effectively, Doherty stressed, only in a society "free of auto­ Locals 402 and 500 against cratic control either by despotic Mission Valley Travelodge; political parties who pervert the Chemical Workers Local 773 trade union movement ... by and Hackney Iron and Steel military juntas ... or by small, Co.; William J. Bums Interna­ tional Detective Agency, Inc., self-appointed cliques." and Local 162 of the United Doherty told the subcommit­ Plant Guard Workers and Lo­ tee, headed by Representative Dante B. Fascell (D-Fla.) that cal 1, American Federation the AFL-CIO Impact Projects Fund of more than $450,0(X) has developed several hundred conununity projects, clinics and co-ops. In Peru, he said, "the first savings and loan associa­ tion in Latin America run by WASHINGTON—Before an workers for the benefit of work­ ers" has made more than $4.5 advertiser promises "free" mer­ million in loans and now has chandise to consumers or offers 11,500 depositors. a "2-for-l" sale, he'd better take Training programs and social a look at the Federal Trade projects to improve the condi­ Commission's proposed guide tion of Latin America's farm on the use of the word "free" workers — the campesinos — in advertising. have been held in nearly every Because most shoppers think country. of free merchandise as the "ulti­ AIFLD union leadership mate" bargain, the FTC has training has reached more than warned advertisers to be particu­ 105,000 workers in 21 countries larly careful to avoid mislead­ over a seven-year period, Do­ ing or deceptive offers of give­ herty said. In addition, 725 aways. It listed such phrases as Latin American worker leaders "Buy 1, Get 1 Free", "50 per­ have received eight-to-12 weeks cent off with purchase of 2", and of specialized training at the "Half-price Sale" and "10 Sale" AIFLD center in the United as among the gimmicks. At the States and a nine-month univer­ same time an unnamed private sity-level program has helped association plagued by "certain meet the need for trained labor unfair and deceptive practices" asked the FTC to approve its economists. The work must continue, advertising and selling standards Doherty urged, because "the for its own publication. The FTC said it had approved best hope for the future of a Code of Ethics for the publica­ democracy and progress in Latin America lies with the tion which invites industry to people and their ability to de­ voluntarily agree to avoid "bait velop their own trade unions, advertising, false disparagement political parties, co-operatives, of competitors, deceptive pric­ credit institutions, business en­ ing, deceptive advertising of terprises and other human in­ guarantees and misleading use of the term 'free'." stitutions . . Labor Institute Is Vital Force For Latin American Progress WASHINGTON The American Institute for Free La­ bor Development has been a major force in support of the Latin American social reform programs envisioned in the Al­ liance for Progress, AIFLD Ex­ ecutive Director William C. Doherty, Jr., told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee recently. AIFLD, he testified, as "a unique tripartite venture" of U.S. labor and business with fi­ nancial backing of the Agency for International Development, has helped bring about partici­ pation by Latin American work­ ers in the development of their nations through democratic trade unions. It has provided leadership training, seed money for com­ munity development programs, financing for workers' housing and practical assistance in estab­ lishing credit unions, co-ops and health clinics, Doherty noted. The AIFLD is committed to strengthening the free trade union movement, its director Nagging Scab Gets Bagged LOS ANGELES — The struck Hearst Herald-Examiner has created a new breed of sports specialist — the instant handicapper. Press box regu­ lars at Santa Anita track re­ ported that a young man asked numerous questions on the art of handicapping and shortly afterward they recognized his name as the new "race expert" for the scab-staffed newspaper. Unfortunately, the new "ex­ pert" got off to a bad start by listing a horse named Toyman .as scratched. He forgot to tell the horse about it. Toyman went on to win—spaying $25.20 —and was Oie second half of the winning daily double. The moral of this sad tale: Don't let a scab tout you on or off any­ thing. FTC Sets Guide Gevernii^ Offers Of 'Free'Coeds of mergers in American history of Guards. The issue in each case was is now rolling through the whether the employer commits economy." It cited Federation President an unfair practice under the labor act when he fails to keep George Meany's testimony be­ existing contract terms in ef­ fore the House Ways and fect on completion of a merger. Means Committee in April that The NLRB counsel, and the "not only are the bigs taking unions, opposed employer ar­ over the smalls, but minnows guments that the Wiley deci­ are swallowing whales, and the sion applies only to arbitration bigs are merging with other agreements and not to entire bigs." The concern, Meany testified, is "not with large con­ contracts. glomerate corporations merely The high court ruled in the because they are large" but be­ Wiley case that "the disappear­ cause of the effects—^plant ance by merger of a corporate closedowns and impacts on col­ employer who holds a contract lective bargaining and the local with a union "does not auto­ matically terminate all rights" community. The federation brief an­ of the covered employees. swered six questions on which In "appropriate circumstan­ the board asked labor, manage­ ces, present here," the court ment and government to com­ continued, "the successor em­ ment. It asked the NLRB to ployer may be required to rule in the pending cases that a arbitrate with the union under successor employer is bound by the agreement." the entire labor contract of his It would be illogical, coun­ predecessor, and so is the in­ sel for the NLRB told the cumbent union; changed cir­ board, "to hold that the ar­ cumstances will call for flexible bitration clause continues and interpretation of the contract the other clauses of the contract language; there is no rational do not. ... A successor stands reason to change the duration of in the shoes of the predecessor the contract. The business com­ and is bound by the contract." munity, it said, has found the The AFL-CIO reminded the Wiley decision's effects "quite board that "the greatest wave manageable." Benjamin Ferrdra Your wife Asuncion, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 25 Julong Duhat, Sulukan Street, Malabon, Rizal, Philippines. GUbert Parker Mrs. Guinlee at the Famous Door in New Orleans requests that you contact her. 4/ Wayne Alvin Lott Please contact your mother as soon as possible at 6531 El Cortez, Apt. B, Bell Gardens, California 90201. Fred Bomatay Please get in touch with Jo­ seph Niziolek, 106 South Dur­ ham Street, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21231, as soon as possible. Donald Ault Please contact Jack M. Schock, P.O. Box 772, Clear­ field, Pennsylvania 16830, as soon as possible. i James Fuller Please get in touch with Nick Halpin, Jack's son, at RFD #3, Brattleboro, Vermont 05301, as soon as possible, or call Mrs. Halpin at (802) 254-9181. — Mike Piskin Please get in tou^h with your old sparring partner Georgie Gano (G. Ripcord Pulignano) at 6514 Keystone St., Philadel­ phia, Pennsylvania 19135. He has misplaced your address and is anxious to hear from you. ^ Tim Landers Please contact Kathy Han­ sen, 86-16 60th Ave., Apt. 5-D, Rego Park, New York 11373, as soon as possible. Potenclano Paculba Please contact your wife, Elma, at Bakhaw Norte, Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines, as soon as possible. Robert J. Miller Please get in touch with your brother, William R. Miller, on an important matter. ^ Walter Yeike Your old friend Jim McCarten would like to hear from you. Write to him at 603 South Ben­ nett St., Seattle, Washington 98108. Elliott Gorum Fred Shaia would like to hear from you. You can contact him at 3114 Bee Road, Savannah, Geor^a 31404. �\ Page Twenty Two Three Millionth Survivor 11' Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball, at left, presents Mrs. Andrew S. Kuttner, of Beltsville, Md., and her children, Mi­ chelle, 5, and Charles, 7, their first survivors' benefit check. Mrs. Kuttner's husband died in a recent automobile accident. There are now three million widows and children on the rolls. Children are covered until they are grown and through school. Under Sec­ retary of Health, Education and Welfare John G. Veneman is at right. B:. By Sidney Maigollns Viet Nam veterans are getting the worst insurance deal of any recent servicemen. After they leave service they no longer can continue their service policies on the same low-cost term insurance basis that earlier vets could choose. Their only choices—if they want to convert—are the more expensive ordinary life, limitedpayment or endowment policies. Unlike term insurance, which is pure insurance, these policies combine insurance with a savings feature. The new crop of veterans doesn't even have the privilege of continuing their insurance at low net through the government. If they want to convert they have to buy individual policies from a list of private companies. Moreover, the VA won't even tell the new vets the true cost of this private insurance; that is, the price of the actual insurance protection in these insurance-plus-savings policies. An Indiana University insurance professor—^Dr. Joseph M. Belth—uncovered the story of the VA's reluctance to help young ex-servicemen make the best choice even from the limited types of policies available to them. Belth, one of the nation's leading insurance experts, has for some time been urging that insurance companies should give the general public—not just the vets—more information about the real cost of the insurance part of policies which combine savings and insurance. He points out that the companies will tell you the premium you have to pay. But, Belth says, this is not a reliable in­ dicator of the price of the insurance itself. Even the so-called "net cost" method of computing the price of the insurance, which many companies use, can be misleading. In this method, agents often are able to "demonstrate" that the insur­ ance costs you nothing at all after a certain number of years. Belth points out that they can reach this "absurd conclusion" because they ignore the interest earned by the savings portion of your policy. Thus, they can show you that, at the end of 20 years for example, the cash value of your policy is more than the total of the premiums you paid in. Because of the lack of genuine price disclosure, Belth says, "Many policyholders are paying more than necessary for their in­ surance protection, in the sense thai some companies are charg­ ing much higher prices than others for essentially the same cover­ age." While all families who buy such insurance-plus-savings policies suffer from this price concealment, the lack of information is especially unfair to the returning veterans. Presently, when a young man is drafted he automatically is covered by $10,000 of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance. He pays $2 a month, or can pay $1 for $5,000 of insurance or cancel it altogether. The insurance is provided on a cooperative basis with the insurance industry. So far, the price is cheap because this is pure term insurance with no cash value, it is a group policy, and the government pays that part of the cost attributable to service hazards. SEAFARERS LOG June, 1969 NLRB Rules Strikers Retain Rights To Vote in Unit Bertion For I Year WASHINGTON —The Na­ tional Labor Relations Board has ruled that strikers whose jobs have been filled remain part of the bargaining unit and have the right to vote in unit elections within a year after the start of the strike. The board noted that the rul­ ing revised its "approach to this matter" to conform with the in­ tent of Congress in the Landrum-GrifiSn Act. It ordered C. H. Guenther and Son, Inc., doing business in San Antonio, Texas, as Pioneer Flour Mills, to negotiate new contract terms with Brewery Workers Local 110 and to re­ turn union strikers to the jobs filled between May 3 and Au­ gust 4, 1967, by "new untrained employees." During 1966 negotiations on a new contract the union went on strike. Of 96 employees in the bargaining unit, 79 actively supported the strike, 16 contin­ ued to work and the company hired 46 replacements for the strikers. The strike ended February 6, 1967, and most union members offered unconditionally to re­ turn. Management recalled 21 strikers that month, employed two strikers as new employees five months later, but refused to reinstate any others even when job, vacancies occurred. Late Doubts The union filed charges and at an NLRB hearing later that year management "for the first time raised the issue of its good faith doubt of the union's ma­ jority as the reason for its fail­ ure to deal with the union," the board noted in upholding an examiner's findings. The company based its de- But when the youngster leaves service he can convert only to a policy with one of the participating companies. Unlike World War I, II and Korean vets—^who were able to continue their poli­ cies at low government rates—the Viet vet now pays an individual private-company rate and can buy only a more expensive type of insurance. Nor does he get any guidance from the VA as to which of the policies may be the best value. All he gets is an alphabetical list of several hundred companies. When Senator Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.) learned about Belth's criticism of the lack of price disclosure for returning vets, he wrote to VA Administrator William J. Driver, suggesting that the VA get for the vets the needed comparative-price information. Hart pointed out that investigations have shown that "there are enor­ mous differences among commercial companies in prices charged for insurance protection in essentially comparable policies." You know the kind of answer Hart got back? Among other rea­ sons for not providing price facts. Driver argued that "Communica­ tion of comprehensive information on insurance through printed matter is difficult"; "When considering the purchase of life insur­ ance there are many factors to be considered . . . presenting such a mass of data would probably be confusing to most veterans." Disappointed by this negative response. Hart pointed out that the confusion Driver cited is the very reason why it was necessary for the VA to do this job. Obviously if the VA finds comparing policies tough, how is a kid coming out of the armed forces sup­ posed to know how to choose from among hundreds of companies? Then Driver came back with the argument—among others— that comparing prices could result in "considerable injustice" to many of the companies, because of "assumptions" that would have to be made about their varying interest, mortality and lapse rates. To Belth, "the inescapable conclusion is that Driver and the VA, at least in this instance, have acted in such a way as to protect what they regard as the interests of the insurance companies rather than to give top priority to the interests of the Viet Nam veterans." Belth and Hart both deserve credit for seeking to correct this situation. If Hart can pursue the need for price disclosure, he may be able to add "truth in insurance" to the "truth in packaging" ef­ forts that have been of great benefit to consuiners. The VA always has been a funny outfit about insurance, with its efforts to convince earlier vets to switch to higher-cost "perma­ nent" policies by showing how much term insurance would cost at age 95, no less. As for the Viet Nam vets, there is no special advantage at present to converting after leaving service unless the vet developed a dis­ ability for which a private insurer ordinarily would charge a hi^er premium. A participating company cannot charge more or reduce the amount of insurance because of disability. In any case, the returning vet has 120 days to see if he can pass a medical exam for a lower-cost policy—such as ordinary term with some of the lower-cost insurers—^before deciding whether to convert his service policy. fense on the claim that on Feb­ ruary 6, 1967, the appropriate bargaining unit consisted of 46 employees, hired as permanent replacements for strikers, and 16 non-strikers. Therefore, the employer argued, it had reason­ able grounds for believing the union no longer represented a majority of employees and thus it was justified in refusing to bargain with it. The board rejected this rea­ soning. Management's reliance on the number of replacements as the basis for questioning the union's majority was "mis­ placed;" it said, because the 79 strikers who offered to return to work "maintained their status as economic strikers and would have been permitted to vote in an election" conducted under the law. The NLRB said that in counting the economic strikers as part of the bargaining unit, "we realize . . . that we are departing from the standard used in Stoner Rubber Co., Inc.," a 1959 case in which re­ placed economic strikers were excluded from the unit. The law was amended by Congress in the Landrum-Griffin Act later that year, however, and now reads: "Employees en­ gaged in an economic strike who are not entitled to reinstatement shall be eligible to vote ... in V. any election conducted within 12 months after the commence­ ment of the strike." In addition, the NLRB said, the legislative history of the 1959 Act "strongly suggests" that it was the intent of Con­ gress that strikers in an eco­ nomic walkout of 12 months duration or less be considered members of the bargaining unit for the purpose of determining the union's bargaining status. AMine Pilots Offer Bounty On 'Sfcyjotfrm' WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Airline Pilots are backing a new move to counter the 'skyjack­ ing' mania. Charles H. Ruby has announced his union's offer of a $25,000 reward for in­ formation leading to arrest and conviction of those violating federal 'skyjacking' statutes. "The air line pilots who are in the air with their passengers," says Ruby, "personally share all the risks of skyjacking. For several years we have been ex­ ploring many avenues of pre­ vention and deterrence and con­ cluded at this time that a reward offered the most promising solu­ tion without increasing the risks." The purpose of the reward, Ruby said, is to lessen the sense of immimity skyjackers have from being prosecuted. �June, 1969 SEAFARERS klin^ton Workers Waited 13 Years Back Pay DARLINGTON, S.C. — What is it worth to a man to wait 13 years for justice? That was the question that cried for an answer as 400 fired workers at Roger Milliken's big old textile mill here brought their meager records to the Grand Jury room in the new County Court House. Lawyers for the National La­ bor Relations Board asked them questions about where they had looked for work, and how much money they had made by pick­ ing cotton and babysitting for neighbors or commuting to other mills in the Pee Dee River valley, and beyond. Not too many of the older workers got other jobs after directors of the Darlington mill, part of the Deering Milliken textile empire, voted to dis­ mantle the mill and sell all its equipment to the highest bidder —^because its workers voted for the Textile Workers Union of America in an NLRB election in 1956. But whatever they earned, it will be deducted from whatever amount the corporation is ob­ ligated to pay them under a Labor Board order enforced by the courts. May Hit $7 MUlkm The total could come to $7 million, by TWUA reckoning. Or it could be considerably less as the years drag on and the older workers drop off one by one. But the workers all have a common wish to know "when will we get some money?" Rayford Carnes, who headed tne mill union when it first was organized, is 72 now. He asks bluntly: "To let something like this run for 13 years, would you call that justice?" Cames went to work at the Darlington mill in 1936 as a loom fixer. His wife Clara was a mill spinner, and got another job when the mill closed while her husband stayed home to look after their two children. He never did get another job, though he went everywhere to look. There was a blacklist, and he was on it, like many others who were turned away the min­ ute they mentioned the Darling­ ton mill. The mill—one of about 45 in the Deering Milliken empire —was the main source of work in Darlington ' when the em­ ployees rebelled against the speedup and the stretchout of work, and got in touch with the TWUA. Plant Closed Mill managers passed the word around that Milliken would shut down the plant if the union got in. TWUA won the election regardless, 256-248, and Milliken called his directors to town within a week to decide on suitable punishment. The vote was unanimously for economic death for all the workers, "innocent" and "guilty" alike. The mill shut down October 13, when every­ one but a few top managers was cut off the payroll. New equipment had been or­ dered, and crates of unopened looms were on the mill floor when the workers voted. On December 13, 1956, every bit of remaining equipment was auctioned off. Ever since, the case has been before the NLRB or the courts. The Supreme Court ended the first round of legal battling in Page Twenty Three LOG Thrown on the economic scrap-heap by Deering Milliken management, Cathrine Stocker, a 60-year old widow, is one of hundreds of workers barred from their |obs at the Darlington, S.C. mill when a majority voted for a union in 1956. Mrs. Stocker, unable to get other work now baby-sits to meet her expenses. January when it refused to re­ view a Court of Appeals ruling upholding an NLRB order. A copy of the NLRB order was received by former em­ ployees on lettens from Atlanta, Ga., marked "registered mail, return receipt requested." Each letter had the legend: 10 cents postage due. The order, signed by a Deering Milliken vice presi­ dent, said: "We will not discourage mem­ bership" in TWUA by "plant closings and discharging our employees. ... "We will not threaten to close down a plant or operation, or blacklist our employees if they select a union.... "We will make whole all the employees who were on our payroll on October 13, 1956, for any loss of pay suffered as a result of our discrimination against them. "We will, in the event we resume operations at Darling­ ton, S.C., offer reinstatement to all employees who were on our payroll" on the date the plant was closed. Delays Expected The final payoff may be stalled for months, perhaps years in some cases, while the lawyers haggle over the amount due. The textile chain followed up its capitulation to the courts by offering jobs in its other plants to some of the aggrieved work­ ers. Two husband-and-wife teams got offers of jobs in widely separated plants, but management told area news­ papers this was a "mistake." The couples, it said, would be offered work in the same plant, on the same shift. One worker voiced skepti­ cism about the final payoff. "I won't believe a bit of it until I see the money in my hand," said H. O'Neal Capps, who had been a tying machine operator 23 years when the mill closed. Many of those put out of work "are already in the grave," said Capps. "A lot of them had worked there 40 or 45 years when they closed it down, and didn't know how to do anything else." Union Representative James Blackwell helped the NLRB round up the names of workers fired 13 years ago, and saw that many of them got to the Court House on time. The mill, he remembers, "was the town; pretty much. When it closed, most of the workers were over 40 and couldn't get jobs." Savii^s Sparse Wages were low—from 90 cents to $1.50 an hour—and savings sparse. The union set up a relief kitchen, helped raise money for the destitute, and financed the legal fight against Deering Milliken—first to re­ verse a state finding that the laid-off workers were not en­ titled to unemployment compen­ sation, then to make Milliken pay for destroying the jobs of its employees. Some of the workers are bit­ ter against Milliken. One said, in a soft Carolina accent: "My mother went to work at the mill when she was nine years old. She had to stand on a box to reach the machine." Then she added: "We love Darlington, but we don't love Mr. Milliken. He done us a damn shameful deed." Mrs. Thelma Swann was 15 when she started in the mill. She was 56 when the layoff came, and traveled for miles to find work, with no success. But she has no bitterness in her heart, she said. When her back pay comes, if it does, she will give 10 percent of it to her church, as she always has, because "God has been good to us." Her son Ray sold his chicken and quail brooders, then his hunting guns, finally his fishing equipment. He despaired of finding another job but even­ tually, when hope was lowest, got work as an insurance sales­ man. So did William Johnson, a weaver who was secretary of the stillborn unban. Catherine Jackson Stocker, a widow, babysits for neighbors to help pay for necessities and to feel needed. Carnes, the former union president, sums up for his fel­ lows: "We do appreciate the great work the union and the NLRB are doing for Darlington. As for organized labor, this country needs it. I would like to see every plant in the United States organized." He helped bring the union to Darlington- -and he doesn't regret it. Dozier Tunstall, 73, is one of those whco lost their jobs when Deering Milliken shut down mill 13 years ago. Surviving workers are due for back pay by court order. Some of the workers will get jobs. �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS Oldest of Social Socurity Rodpionts Provide Living Links With History Much can be learned about history through the eyes of Social Security recipients. There is Catherine Ward, for example, who publicly admits to being "100 years plus." She was bom in Sligo, Ire­ land, and is now living in New York City. She was fired from her first job as a boxmaker in New Haven, Conn., in January 1889, because she joined the Knights of Labor and her em­ ployer believed she was one of the ringleaders. The oldest living Social Secu­ rity beneficiary is Charlie Smith of Bartow, Fla. He celebrated his 126th birthday last July. Smith was brought to America from Liberia at the age of 12 and sold as a slave in New Or­ leans. Both Miss Ward and Smith belong to one of the most ex­ clusive clubs—the 3,200 cen­ tenarians on Social Security benefit rolls. Interviews with some 65 persons who reached 100 in 1967 are recorded in Volume VIII of "America's Centenarians" — witness ac­ counts of the past 100 years— compiled by the Social ^curity Administration. Last January John Newhard, managet and treasurer of a cemetery in Allentown, Pa., de­ cided to retire: "My age, after 102 years of active life, has now convinced me that the time has come for some relaxation." Like many members of "America's Centenarians," Newhard is getting Social Secu­ rity benefits based on his own work record, althou^ he was over 70 when the ISocial Secu­ rity program began operation in 1937. Newhard has been able to collect all his Social Security benefits since the time of his first entitlement in July 1950. The Social Security Admin­ istration first began identifying and collecting the stories of its centenarians in 1956. In 1963, four volumes of centenarian stories were issued, and the first annual supplement came out in 1964. Among the centenarians fea­ tured in the latest volume is Mrs. Anna Burgess of Camp Springs, Maryland. Mrs. Bur­ gess attributes her longevity to the fact that "I've never worried about a thing, especially about getting old." A widow since 1942, she had 11 children, four of whom are still living. In addition to her peace of mind, she credits her good health to the fact that "I've never had any bad habits. Oh, like all women I've always lied about my age, and I do let a little joke slip out now and then, but other than that, no bad habits. I guess once people read this story in the newspapers I won't be able to lie about my age anymore." Robert Grigsby of Kansas City, Kansas, was bom in Han­ nibal, Missouri, the home of Mark Twain and the immortal characters, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Grigsby recalls childhood play with Mark Twain and visiting the bluflfs and caves near Hannibal which mark the adventures of Tom Sawyer. Eugene Hodge of Dallas cred­ its himself with a great deal more hindsight than foresight. He recalls that Social Security started when he was working for a home for the aged. He figured it was a big fake and that the government had just figured out a way to take money from the working man. He admits that the money taken from his pay "sure is important to me now," since his Social Security checks are the main part of his income today. Charles Steurer of Tarrytown, New York, finds no cause for alarm in the younger generation's contempt for au­ thority, nor in hippies, pot, flower children and the old lament of alienation. "No generation is perfect," he Charting Their Course Kehh Hickman, born March 12, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John H. Hickman, N. Wildwood, New Jersey. Shantel Bonefont, bom Oc­ tober 20, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juan Bonefont, New York, N.Y. Patricia Emerson, bom April 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eugene L. Emerson, Norfolk, Virginia. Kiik Teschke, bom Decem­ ber 31, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Klause E. Teschke, Ormond Beach, Florida. Michael Harsche, bom April 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Walter J. Harsche, Willingboro, N.J. —lif— Edie Adams, bom March 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Earl Adams, Mobile, Ala. KeUy Willis, bom April 29, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald P. Willis, Jacksonville, Florida. Nelson CtNnellas, bom Febmary 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph N. Comellas, Tampa, Florida. Scott Scrogglns, bom March 20, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Euelle D. Scroggins, Houston, Texas. ^ David Palmer, bom Febraary 21, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leslie D. Palmer, Houston, Texas. Michael Funk, bom January 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Funk, Staten Island, New York. vl> Barbara Reams, bom Febmary 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William J. Heams, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio. — 'if— ^ Mike Williams, left, and Paul Merkelson relax in the cafeteria at SlU headquarters and talk oyer plans for shipping out. Both are recent graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seafarer Joins Gallon Club said. "They are no worse than my generation and a lot smarter and better looking. The socalled bad ones get more pub­ licity, that's all." Steurer concedes, however, that there was a considerable difference between the leisurely pace of living in his youth and the frenetic pace of today and perhaps a greater appreciation for simpler thipp. He recall's the thrill of getting his first ready-made clothes at the age of 12—an overcoat bought Newest member of the "Gallon Club" is Seafarer Charles Johnston with money saved from the who has donated eight pints of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Dr. $3.00 a week he earned in a Joseph Logue, SlU medical director, presents Brother Johnston with guitar factory. "You see," he a "Gallon Club" pin as Nurse Sheryl Edel looks on. Johnston, who said, "we had guitars even sails in the steward department, joined the SlU in 1949. He had then." just returned from a long voyage to Vietnam on the Steel Executive. Andrew Veid, bom Febraary 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Andrew T. Veal, Virginia Beach, Virginia. •«, June, 1969 LOG Jarrod Miller, bom January 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael A. Miller, Dallas, Oregon. — -if— Christopher Loftin, born April 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Samuel L. Loftin, Mobile, Alabama. —lif— Stephanie Domec, bom April 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David A. Domec, Pasadena, Texas. <t> Lisa IVexler, bom March 28, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard L. Trexler, Cumber­ land, Md. —-if— Barbara Shirah, bom Janu­ ary 13, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert C. Shirah, Elestin, Florida. if Wendy bom January 22, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Nathan E. Jones, Royalton, Vermont. . — •if— Mary McDonald, bom March 11, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles D. McDonald, Detroit, Michigan. >if — Conme Ward, bom March 5, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy J. Ward, Prichard, Ala. —if— Kimberiy Carroll, bom Feb­ raary 24, i969, to &afarer and Mrs. John G. Carroll, Philadel­ phia, Pa. ^ ^1> if Jeffrey Amendolia, born April 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Anthony Amendolia, Brooklyn, N.Y. vtf Sabiina Carol Beatty, bom March 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James E. Beatty, Orange, Texas. —<if— Sara Canard, bom March 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James W. Canard, Hatiiesburg, Miss. —'if— Alida McCoy, bom March 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy N. McCoy, Tomball, Texas. if Linda Rkkard, bom May 9, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward J. Rickard, Houston, Texas. Bany Anderson, bom April 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Amold R. Anderson, Alpena, Michigan. 'if — Vincent Fidnion, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Vincent F. Fahrion, Bayonne, N.J.—'if— Eric Hughes, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ralph V. Hughes, Delair, New Jersey. Sofia Morales, bom April 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose C. Morales, Ponce, Puerto Rico. lif Randall Ambrose, born March 19, 1969, to &afarer and Mrs. Johnnie L. Ambrose, Kountze, Texas. —'if— —lif— James Dohany, bom Febru­ Lisa Moody, born April 7, ary 28, 1969, to Seafarer and 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mrs. Ronald D. Dohany, Ber- Samuel M. Moody, Sabine genfield, N.J. Pass, Texas. �I June, 1969 SEAFARERS Expanding His Horizons h . LOG Page Twenty Five House Labor Body Hears Arguments On Need tor On-Site Pitketing Law WASHINGTON—The need for passage of on-site picketing legislation is "far greater" this year than ever before in its long history before Congress, Presi­ dent C. J. Haggerty of the AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department declared re­ cently. In testimony before a House Labor subcommittee, he opened labor's drive for a bill to ^ve a union the right to picket a multi­ employer construction site if it has a dispute with one of the contractors there. Louis Sher­ man, BCTD general counsel, presented Haggerty's statement. The on-site picketing bill has been before Congress ever since 1954 and through the years has drawn an impressive array of bipartisan endorsements, includ­ ing those of Presidents Eisen­ Seafarer Cesar Izquierdo, who sails as AB, takes time out to read hower, Kennedy and Johnson. the SlU International as he waits for a ship at the New York hall. The AFL-CIO has said the measure is "vitally needed" to give building and construction workers "a right they are en­ titled to." Committees of Con­ gress have agreed. But widely varying procedural devices have been us^ to block it from ever CHICAGO — State Farm sions that the courts have previ­ coming to a vote on either the Mutual Automobile Insurance ously approved." Senate or House floor. Company lost a two-year battle Intent of the legislation is to IWIU President William A. to stay away from the bargain­ Gillen said the decision reaf­ nullify a 1949 National Labor ing table when the 7th U.S. firms previous rulings by the Relations Board ruling, known Circuit Court of Appeals or­ Supreme Court and lower courts as the Denver Building Trades dered it to negotiate with the in the insurance industry's long Case, which found picketing of Insurance Workers. legal fight over the size of bar­ a subcontractor at a common Six of the eight appeals gaining units. construction site to be in violajudges, sitting eti banc, over­ turned a contrary 1968 decision by a panel of three 7th Circuit judges. By a 6-2 margin the full court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board did not abuse its discretion when it cer­ RICHMOND — More than noted, but it also refused to re­ tified the union as the winner of one million Virginia motorists quire the companies to furnish a 1967 election and ordered the may be in line for auto insur­ information on their actual op­ Bloomington, 111., company to ance rebates because the State erating costs in the state. In­ bargain with it. AFL-CIO carried a case to Vir­ stead it accepted a nationwide The point at issue was wheth­ ginia's highest court—and won. average as a basis for determin­ er or not the NLRB was justi­ The landmark decision by the ing expenses. fied in ordering the election Virginia Supreme Court of Ap­ During the commission hear­ among agents in two claims dis­ peals upheld the state labor fed­ ings, AFL-CIO Attorney George tricts in New York state. eration and a group of liberal W. Shadoan, State Senator Hen­ The union had asked for a members of the legislature who ry E. Howell and others oppos­ smaller unit and management fought a 1967 increase in auto­ ing the rate increase were repeat­ for a larger one—either all of mobile liability insurance. edly rebuffed in their efforts to New York state, or the com­ Virginia's regulatory agency, challenge the need for higher pany's entire Northeast region. the State Corporation Commis­ rates. The court enforced the NLRB's sion, approved an 8.2 percent They made their points before order. rate hike based on claims by the state Supreme Court, how­ "None of the grounds urged insurance companies that they ever, and the judges ordered the by the company for setting aside were losing money at existing regulatory commission to hold the board's order is valid," the rates. It followed the same new hearings which would take court majority said. It spelled guidelines in determining profit- into account all of the insurance out its reasoning: and-loss that it had over the companies' income and its ac­ tual operating expenses in the "The board has a wide discre- - years. The State AFL-CIO argued in state. tion in designating appropriate The State AFL-CIO has units. It is not required ... to vain before the commission that choose the most appropriate earnings from investment of loss urged the commission to order unit, but only to choose an ap­ reserve funds should be included the insurance companies to re­ propriate unit within the range in determining whether the com­ bate 8.2 percent of all premiums of several appropriate units in panies were entitled to a higher collected since the 1967 rate ruling. a given factu^ situation/' premium. Julian F. Carper, president of This is the money the insur­ Under the circumstances, the the state labor body, said prompt judges concluded, "the reason­ ance firms set aside to meet ableness of the board's deter­ claims. By investing it, the ccun- refund of the increase and a re­ mination is clear." They cited panies earn additional income. turn to the pre-1967 rates is "the Not only didn't the state com­ least we should expect." The among other reasons the fact that the NLRB decision is "con­ mission consider this investment regulatory agency has not indi­ sistent with other board deci­ revenue, the State AFL-CIO cated M hat its next step will be. Holdout Insurance Company Ordered to Bargaining Table Virginia Labor Wins Its Case On Car Insurance Rate Hike tion of the Taft-Hartley Act's ban on secondary boycotts. New Measure Offered This year a measure to ac­ complish that intent, supported by the building trades, has been introduced by Representative Frank Thompson, Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the Labor subcom­ mittee. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz testified before the sub­ committee in general support of situs picketing legislation but called for certain "safeguards" in it. He said the legislation should not permit picketing for an il­ legal objective, should not con­ flict with certain state laws, must protect industrial and independ­ ent unions, permit contract-en­ forcing injunctions, and have a seven-day waiting period for si­ tus picketing and a 15-day time limit on it. Haggerty said there is a "far greater need" for legislation than ever before because "the effects of the Denver Building Trades rules have become even more inequitable" in recent years than they were in the 1950s. ITiis is so, he pointed out, be­ cause employers have seized up­ on new devices to transform hitherto legal primary picketing at a construction site into illegal picketing under the NLRB's in­ terpretation of the Denver case. One device singled out is a "reserved gate" which restricts building trades pickets to a gate designated by an employer at a construction site. A second de­ vice is limiting picketing only to designated "regular" work hours. Details Promised Shultz, the subcommittee's lead-off witness, did not furnish specific details on his version of needed "safeguards" but promised to - do so at a later date. In his testimony, Haggerty said labor welcomes "the addi­ tion of the Nixon Administra­ tion to the list of the prior ad­ ministrations which have sup­ ported the situs picketing prin­ ciple." On the subject of safeguards, he pointed out that the Thomp­ son bill "includes all the safe­ guards or limitations which the Eisenhower Administration had thought necessary," plus a few additional limitations developed in the years since. In fact, it was noted that Thompson's bill is drawn from one introduced in 1959 on be­ half of President Eisenhower by Senators Everett McKinley Dirksen (R-IIl.) and Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) among others. The department believes that "the essential safeguards and limitations" to protect the pub­ lic interest are already in the bill, Haggerty said, "and we trust that this committee . . . after its study of the matter will be of the same opinion." Haggerty said the building trades share the desire express­ ed by Shultz in his testimony "to put this inflammatory issue be­ hind us." Shultz was questioned by Thompson, Representative James G. O'Hara (D-Mich.) and Representative Louis Stokes (DOhio) all of whom asked for more specific details on the "safeguards" he wanted in the bill. Thompson expressed opposi­ tion to revising the Taft-Hartley Act to permit enforcement of contracts by injunctions. He warned this could pave -the way to the old system of "govern­ ment by injunction" in labor disputes. However, all of the lawmak­ ers withheld full judgment on Shultz' ideas until they are pre­ sented in specific terms. Another witness before the subcommittee was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which "respectfully" stood by its pref­ erence for the status quo. It has opposed the legislation every time it has been up in Congress. SlU WELFARE, VACATION PLANS April 1-April 30, 1969 Number of Benefits Hospital Benefits (Welfare) . .. Death Benefits (Welfare) Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. Maternity Benefits (Welfare) . . Dependent Benefits (Welfare) . (Average: $513.72) Optical Benefits (Welfare) . .. Out-Patient Benefits (Welfare) SUMMARY (Welfare) Vacation Benefits (Average: $422.83) Total Welfare, Vacation Benefits Paid This Period . . . 420 24 1,014 20 1,999 Amount Paid $ 17,112.73 77,750.00 230,537.00 4,000.00 102,692.10 300 4,729 8,506 1,613 2,082.48 37,830.65 472,004,96 682,020.83 10.119 $1,154,025.79 �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS Federal Reserve Board Acts To Check U.S. Money Supply WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Reserve Board, in what it termed a "further move against inflation," has increased its dis­ count rate and the reserves requir-xi of the nation's banks. The two-pronged action will be felt most directly by consum­ ers in the fonn of harder-to-get credit and higher interest rates. The "Fed" increased the dis­ count rate—^the interest charged on its loans to banks—^from 5.5 to six percent. The rate, which had been raised one-quarter of one percent in December, is now at its highest level in 40 years. The board raised by one-half of one percent the requirement on reserves that member banks must hold in ratio to demand deposits. The new requirements are the highest since 1960. By raising reserve require­ ments, the board expects to freeze an estimated $650 mil­ lion in deposits. Since reserve computations would be that much less and banks lend about four times their reserves, the theory is that money available for lendingx would be reduced about $2.6 billion. In practice, however, this is unlikely to happen. The board usually eases the effect of stiffer reserve requirements by offset­ ting operations in its daily openmarket buying and selling of government securities. The purpose of the board's latest moves is to further ti^ten the money supply and credit so as to slow down economic ex­ pansion and reduce inflation. The AFL-CIO has pointed out, however, that tight money policies tend only to increase the cost of money "all along the line"—to medium-sized and small businesses, to home-buy­ ers, consumers, farmers and the government. The high costs of money, the AFL-CIO's Executive Coimcil warned at its meeting in Feb­ ruary, "are being built into the price structure, from manufac­ turer to retailer and consumer, to the profit of the banks and other lenders." It called on Congress to re­ view monetary policy with the aim of developing "a policy that is in the best interest of the na­ tion and the American people, rather than merely the banks and other lenders." Meanwhile, in reaction to the board's steps: The Washington Star quoted an unidentified "high-ranking Nixon Administration official" as saying the Fed will have to ease monetary policy by mid­ year or the tight-money course will lead to unemployment. The Wall Street Journal re­ ported that some bankers be­ lieve the boards' moves will trigger another increase in the banks' prime interest rate—the rate charged to their best cus­ tomers. The prime rate is now at 7.5 percent after four suc­ cessive boosts in less than four months. Creation of fecial Counsel Sought To Speak Oat for Utility Consumers New England's labor move­ ment gave strong endorsement to a bill in Congress setting up an independent agency to rep­ resent consumers and the public interest before federal and state utility regulatory agencies. Thomas F. Policastro, presi­ dent of the six-state New Eng­ land AFL-CIO Council, urged a Senate Government Opera­ tions subcommittee to approve legislation sponsored by ^nator Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) and 10 other senators. The legislation would estab­ lish a utility consumers' counsel with a staff competent to deal ' with the complexities of utility rates and services. Policastro, who is also presi­ dent of the Rhode Island AFLCIO, said the legislation is of particular importance to the New England states, where elec­ tric power rates are the highest in the nation. "When we refer to the con­ sumers," Policastro said, "I am not restricting my concern sole­ ly to the residential union n^embers paying rates 34 percent higher than the national aver­ age. We include the commer­ cial customer who pays 50 per­ cent above national average, and the industrial consumers who pay a whopping 62 percent over the national average." He quoted the president of a Rhode Island manufacturing company who said his firm is moving from New England be­ cause it found "power costs in Rhode Island are running about 66 percent more than compara­ ble investor-owned power charges elsewhere." Policastro charged that "al­ most without exception, our state utility regulatory commis­ sions are and have been ineffec­ tive. They are simply over­ whelmed by the political strength and propaganda of utilities they are supposed to regulate." Hawaiian Enterprise Is Launched The Hawaiian Enterprise, a new 34,000-ton containership, was launched recently at the Sparrows Point shipyard. The SlU Pacific District-contracted vessel, which has a capacity of more than 1,000 24-foot containers, will be delivered to Matson Navigation Company in December. The 719-foot vessel will cruise at a normal sea speed of 23 knots, and is the first of two ships being built for Matson's Pacific service. Expanded Merchant Fleet Seen Aid To U.S. Economy, Payments Deficit WASHINGTON—Congress­ struction activity will be fol­ man Charles H. Wilson (D-Cal.) lowed by an increase of at least said recently that expansion of six percent in 1969 with orderthe American-flag merchant ma­ books showing both military rine can eliminate the hazard of and civilian contracts for ship a balance-of-payments deficit deliveries into 1970, 1971 and and contribute greatly toward a even into 1972. stronger American economy. "I have yet another reason The fourth-term Los Angeles for optimism," said Wilson, Democrat also pointed out that '.'one that hasn't yet been if U.S. shipbuilding, which led widely publicized. Shipyards in the world in 1946, was enlarged my state of California and else­ to the level of Japanese ship where have undertaken the most construction in 1967 employ­ extensive modernization pro­ ment in U.S. shipyards "could grams in history, programs de­ very well jump by 400 to 500 signed to bring our yards up to percent." date and equal—in terms of This would mean. Congress­ productivity and efficiency—to man Wilson told a meeting of the most modem shipyards in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades the world. These vastly un­ Department, that the number of proved construction facilities U.S. shipyard jobs for produc­ will, we hope, make the Ameri­ tion workers alone could soar can yards competitive with any from the current 118,000 to other country's shipbuilding in­ anywhere from 472,000 to 590,- dustry." 000 jobs. On expansion of the mer­ chant marine as a solution to Optimism Expressed the balance-of-payments prob­ Rep. Wilson found several lem, Wilson declared: grounds for optimism about the "Since the end of World War immediate future of the ship­ II the United States has had a building industry. These, he healthy surplus in our balance said, included a Commerce De­ of trade. Consistently we have partment forecast that last year's exported more goods than we 16-percent gain in overall con- have imported. Time and again, however, our surpluses have been wiped out by our overseas military expenditures and our apprentices, 2,077 more have foreign aid programs. Our balpassed apprenticeship examina­ ance-of-payment. deficit gradu­ tions in the 18 building and con­ ally climbed until it totaled $23 struction trades and are wait­ billion over the 10-year period ing for referral to apprentice­ 1957 through 1966. ship committees. Another 516 "During that same 10-year have been referred to the ap­ period," the Congressman con­ tinued, "the U.S.-flag fleet con­ prenticeship committee. The '10 sponsors of the Ap­ tributed $5.7 billion in asset prenticeship Outreach program, dollars, and this figure would including the local building and have been even higher if it had construction trades councils of not included foreign-flag ships the AFL-CIO, have a combined under U.S. charter. Without goal of placing 3,360 youths foreign charters, the U.S.-flag fleet would have brought $7.3 in apprenticeship. Outreach Plan Is 83% Complete WASHINGTON — Appren­ ticeship Outreach programs— with still about five months to run—have attained 83 percent of the intended goal in placing minority group youngsters in the skilled trades. Labor Secretary George P. Shultz reported that a total of 2,758 minority apprentices have been aided by Apprenticeship Outreach since the Labor De­ partment began funding the pro­ gram 27 months ago. Besides the 2,758 indentured Jnne, 1969 LOG billion to our balance-of-pay­ ments over the 10-year period. And this would have occurred at a time when our merchant ma­ rine was shrinking, when it was carrying no more than 7 per­ cent of U.S. exports and im­ ports. Maritime Erases Deficit "The fact is," Wilson pointed out, "that if the U.S. Merchant Marine during the 1960s carried the same percentage of our export-import trade that it did in the 1930s—which is to say 30 to 40 percent—our inter­ national balance of payments in the 1960s would have been transformed from a deficit into a surplus. "Consequently if seven per­ cent of our export-import trade carried jn U.S. bottoms con­ tributed $5.7 billion positive dollars to the balance-of-pay­ ments, then 35 percent of our commerce would have resulted in a $5 billion surplus instead of a $23 billion deficit in the 19571966 balance-of-payments. "The conclusion is obvious," the Congressman said, "that if we can expand our American merchant marine to the point, envisioned by President Nixon, where 35 percent or more of the nation's export-import trade is carried in American-flag ships, then we will eliminate the risk of a balance-of-payments defi­ cit." To accomplish a revival of the merchant marine, the Californian said he favored a legis­ lative program that would in­ clude a plan to provide new ships for the unsubsidized seg­ ment of the fleet as well as the subsidized segment, and a re­ quirement that "American-flag ships should be built exclusively in American shipyards." �June, 1969 /Resident Names Lady Adviser on Consumer Affairs WASHINGTON—President Nixon has named Pennsylvania Republican, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, as his full-time con­ sumer affairs adviser. Mrs. Knauer, long active in GOP affairs, has headed the Pennsylvania Consumer Bureau for more than a year. The White House said she will also serve as chairman of the Presi­ dent's Committee on Consumer Interests and executive secretary of the Consumer Advisory Council. Mrs. Knauer told reporters that she believed consumers need help from the government to avoid "pitfalls in the market­ place." She praised her prede­ cessor, Betty Fumess, for hav­ ing done "a fantastic job" as White House consumer adviser. Earlier Nixon had named the head of Good Housekeeping In­ stitute, an advertising promotion enterprise, as part-time con­ sumer assistant. But she quit after four days under heavy criticism for conflict of interest. !•; * ll'f • V f" i EconomyFurniture Placed on Labor's *Do Not Buy' List The strike-bound Economy Furniture Cb. of Austin, Texas, has been placed on the "Do Not Patronize" list of the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department. The department took action at the request of the Upholster­ ers, whose Local 4S6 has been on strike since last November 27. The AFL-CIO Executive Council had earlier called for full labor support. Noting that the company re­ fused to bargain in go^ faith, even after employees designated the Upholsterers as their legal bargaining agent, the council charged that management showed additional bias by "en­ gaging in name-calling with par­ ticular'emphasis on the Mexi­ can-American ethnic back­ ground" of a majority of its employees. Economy makes three lines of wooden and upholstered fur­ niture labeled Smithtowne Maple, Western Provincial and Built-lUte. Until the strike started, nearly 40 percent of Economy's production was bought by Montgomery Ward & Co., the union reported. Economy also makes products for the White Discount Stores, located mainly in the South. Economy Furniture is still operating with the help of strike­ breakers, the union said. "Latest reports are that 125 strikebreak­ ers are working. Outside the plant, 385 union members are picketing in shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week." SEAFARERS Page Twenty Seven LOG Mike Dunn was re-elected the ports of Rio De Janiero, ship's delegate on the Delta Santos and Buenos Aires. Brasil (Delta Steamship Com­ William Rudd, meeting chair­ pany), and was man on the Penn Exporter given a vote of (Penn Shipping thanks by the Company), re­ crew for a job ports that five well done. crewmembers Deck Depart­ were taken off ment Delegate Dunn the ship because A. W. Saxon re­ of illness, and ports that disputed overtime in­ were either hosvolving shifting the ship will be pitalized or Rudd taken up at the payoff. There flown home. were no beefs or disputed over­ Frank Gutierrez, ship's delegate, time in the other departments. reported that the voyage was a Meeting Secretary Willie Braggs smooth one with no beefs or reported that there was $296 in disputed overtime from any de­ the ship's movie fund. The Delta partment. A resolution was Brasil expects to pay off in New adopted calling for agreement Orleans June 28 after calling at that the crew be permitted to sign off after six months when OVERSEAS AUDREY (Maritime the vessel is on the Persian Gulf BUCKEYE VICTORY (Buckeye), f ? CONNECTICUT (Ogdeh), Marcli Overseas), April 20—Chairman, Lee run, with the company paying f t—Chairman, J. W. Altstatt; Secre- April 28—Chairman, James Thomas; Itary, T D. Ballard. No beefs were Secretary, Jack E. Long. Brother J. Harvey; Secretary, Stanley F. air transportation home. The I reported by department delegrates. Frank Flynn was elected to serve as Schuyler. Brother Lee J. Harvey was i Mftil service to this ship has been ship's delegate. $86.25 in ship's re-elected to serve as ship's dele­ crew gave a vote of thanks to I very poor. Crewmembers want fund. No beefs were reported by de- gate. Everjrthing is running along the steward department, and I UoadqUurtcrs- ' to . ooittnct-; coiapaiiy pariment delsgates. YVUJ of thanks ESioothly. Captain is well satisfied was extended to the steward depart­ with crew. There were no beefs and especially Steward Z. A. Markis, s regarding no disputed OT. Discussion held re­ ment for a job well done. garding proposals for new SIU con­ for good food and service dur­ tract. Vote of thanks to the steward ing the voyage. f WINGLESS VICTORY (ConsoliSBATRAIN WASHINGTON (Hud­ department for a job well done. I dated), May 14 — Chairman, Joe Ship's delegate Louis Hagmanii reports that there are no beefs or disput­ ed overtime on the Bradford Island (Steuart Tankers), which is on a run in the Indian Ocean and Persian Hagmann Gulf. The cap­ tain was asked to attend a meeting to brief the crew on the ship's itinerary, and where the ship is scheduled to discharge. Seafarer Hagmann also reported that the crew has not received any mail since the Bradford Island left the States on Februray 7. The crew held discussions on the SIU contract and also discussed the pension plan. •0^ .,v ^Bremer; Secretary, D. Robinson. I Brother C. W. Thompson was elected I to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs i were reported by department dcleI gates., .. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseis) i dkprll Y—Chaiinhan, J. B. MdClehton; Secretary,. M. Maldoiiade. Brother RhiUip f. Rayiie was elected to" serve as STO»?B d^ ,Nn.beefs were..rsportedib3r depa^, ment'delegates. «-)bds-.XisG®LBs: 4--£^hai)Ema.n,-^ A;? • :-€«(Weltay.? 'Seere^ • -S.' fnnd. Dispnted OT itt.declt dephrtihent. Motion was ntadd td hav phtrdlmah board the Bhip iti Yoltohams' to', square; away.'beef^ r OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over- Fred Lee, ship's delegate on the Antinous (Waterman), re­ ports that he is going to talk with the captain about getting ex­ tra compensation for the crew for the time when the washing ma­ chine was not Lee working. Aside from some disputed overtime in the engine department, every­ thing is running smoothly. Meet­ ing Chairman Allen Myrex re­ ports- that the crew gave a vote of thanks to the entire steward department for good meals and service during the voyage. The Antinous was expected to pay off in San Francisco on May 10 after a run to the Far East. son Waterways)^ April 20 — Chair­ man, Peter E. Dolan; Secretary, Ed­ ward G. Mitchell. Brother Dolan was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. WACOSTA (Sea-Land), May 4— Chairman, Jose Cortes; Secretary, Frank NaMiCki' Long discdsslon rCr garding aij^cdhditioner which is not werking prd|wrly. Metidn made for ? matter to be taken hp with patrolmsn. -Vote;.;bfbhahka •; was extended to the two messmen for their good service on the last fire and boat drill. iOHw B.-WATERMAN (Water-^ rnati),;April ST^^Uhaityman, Joseph Dv rBlani^afedv Secretary,, Frederick R. RulUvan, No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother doseph: Blanchaid waa elected bo serve as shipM delegate. .beefsdispatoAvUTtwaB.^rid'i ported. Everything is running • smoothly. b 'TKAnaCOLORAi>0 (Hudson vvaIterwaya).. May -.lO^dhawman, Roy'.' I Pierdef Secretary, Orlando FrezBa. I$18.00 ih ship's fund. Vote of thnnkft I was extended to the steward departimpnt for a job well done. .The chief Icook thanked all crewmembers fdr I their fine co-operation. Some disIputed OT in deck departnient. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), April ;2n---Chftirirbo, F. P Gsirut-hor; Sec­ retary, Shernian;;Wright. No beefs , BAYLOR VICTORY (Vicf^^^ were reported by department dele-Iriers), April 19—Chairman, L.. G. gates- Crew would like thje patro!|Glarki Secretary, P. G. WiHougfcby. man in the Oakland arda to visit iSoime disputed OT ; in enigirte de- •ship aud .;stra?ghteh';oui;;yarfd^^ |parlment. .•matter,:' COLUMBIA BEAVER (Columbia), April 6—Ghainnan,. Albert Oramanuer; Secretary, Thomas Liles, Jr. Brother Michael F. Curry was elected to serve as ship's delegate, Discussion held regarding draws in Vietnam,:-;...,; .. .'V?-: / -';VANTAGE';-:HORI«ON: - (VancPiO;^ ;• Apri1;20-=^hairman, R Pepper; Sec••i^taiy., .,'D.,:'Farrmra,-; -.No beefs" were ;;rCpdided;ibyfd«Turibie,nt;. deleya Brother Bill L. Sideroff was elected to sorve as ship's delegate. EAGLE VOYAGER (Sea Trans::past)i'i.. April;-24- -r-i;-Chairman.-.'JaM«s:... Chiancse; Secretary^ dhlid D. Delgado,; No beefs and no disp uted OT. .Mail ';sttuatidn ;;veiry-.;bBd.;; Motion • dihde that matter be token up With Company. TRANSYORK (Hudson WateV^ bWjrs)i February 26—Chairman,; A," Pennine; Secretary, A. Rudnicki. $7,50 in ship's fund. .No beCfs ahd;; no disputed OT. Vote of thanks was ;ei;tcbdad';tc;;.thp for a job well done. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), •March 2----Chairman, Arvcll Bearden ;J. Secretary, J. P. Baliday. Ship's dele4; gdte reported that everything is running smoothly with no beefs. $37.60 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Crew •..paiitryman; ,.-and ./- crew messmen e*-;;; tended a vote of thanks to each and everyone, especially men on watch, ;fd'r-.keeping;..the pantry, and-, igeashall-; clean and orderly. ALCOA VOYAGER {AIeoii),^fH ;^-^Ghairmatt, .B.-vFTimovjcz;. .'S.ecre-"., Tl ES' SEBVICE 1^0 RFOLR :;;^bAlRISLE':i(Panebeanic;.Tanker^ii;: tary,; :Cox. - ;:.$72.76 • - in ship's iCGlties , -Service),- :Aprii -...{iT-^bair*. Mdrchit.9--^Ghairhian, Fred'Av'.Olsb fund. ;Nb beefs wore reported by deNone; Secretaryj V. Chaney. :Secretar^iWv;'.T.'Langford,.; Discus-- .: jartment;: delegates.; Brother B. M. lUiBputed OT in deck and bttgln^ de- sion belwl'^^rding retirement plan, RoTOanbF was elected to seiwe aq Disputed QT; In engine department. ' ;sHip'3-delegate.. Hareiheifits. ; A speciab'WPte of thanks to the steward departmeht for ; a job well r r'OYERSEAS' •.EVEL^ R^MAIOEN- CREER^GsehKLahd>, done. Overseas), April 20 —^ Chairinan, April 1—Chairman, Hubert Cain; Ervin D. Moyd; Secretary, W. E. Seeretary,;'Nohev&J^h;..:beef^^ .re­ SEATBAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), ..Oliyeri '-Brother- .Clan' E.; -ViEsoa- - was.; ported by departwent delegates. April ,20^-Chairiaah,: Wiu,iaijt'?;Sim»; :-eiect«d;td.'serve,.- as' ship's -dele^Wfo -:mbnsr I^Seferetary,' ;stanley:; 'HpWkipa» •DiSeussloh:' heM;;;'risga>dittg>. retire­ . Sotne;vdiSpatod; OT; in^decfcsdepajfe ment nlan. No beefs were renorlcd cRTEKL VSNDOR ment. Discussion held regarding re­ by department t Newhall. Brother T. pair list. Chief engineer will take 1 • elected to serve as care :df;bli;.rbpairs'ibat;;are: possible RICE VICTORY (Vietpry Car-. before arrival. Air-conditioning iidiewCifiApril; 20r--ChnirMatt)';.Sichhtd| -beafsi idjire iiles;- aboard ship was also discussed, F. FadderR;..'-.Secrelary^'jqhn -Fb> RatS sdeft •Ndhapfs ware;'rbpbib^.:> Evdg^ STEELFLfER (Isthmian), April 6 thing is running smoothly. J '--Chairmaui?;WrMi Wallace; Secre­ tary, R. Smith. Brother W. M. Wal­ COTTONWOOD CREEK (Bulk ; -TAMAEA GUILDEN (Transport lace was ;;ttlected-, to 3erve ;;a8'''-i?h{p's. Transport), 20 — Chairmanji vCommercial), April 4—Chairman, dfelegpteii; Np; beefs and no disputed George Luke:April Secretary. S. A, SoloiKenneth Gabagahi; Secretary, OT. man, Sr. DlBcussibn held regardln^j les W. p6jen. Brethcr William traRsportstioh from the Port of eSyl ..dnt'-wasi ,clected;::;td;;fferve.-'- as', the Port of dischary PFJSTN CARRIER (Penn Shipping), gagement &a^egate.:v$284b0';:d^^ April 6 — Chairman, J. J. Cpnin ship's fund. MAIDEN;-' CRESS; • f8»a.r..nni.. -•>nocS; Secretary. C. Roblee- Rmrber Biackle Connors was elected to Apri.l;S—Chairman,- H. C." C8«n;:;Mefl| WrAlBRN CREEK (Sea-Land), serve as ship's delegate. .Discussion retary. C. J. Nail. No beefs ,wq*«i Match 1—Chairman, H. C. Cain; Sec­ held regarding pension plan ;and dis­ reported by department delegatesretary, None. Discussion held re­ ability requirements. Vote if thanks Discussion held regarding wajsdsjl,,, was extendod to the stewarii depart- OT. and';;ppnsion..';-Crew':,would-,. Irfcei garding; various propodalBYoF information regarding new contradf# bjenbfoirar^^ Samuel J. Davis, chief stew­ ard on the Ames Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers), gets an "A-Plus" rating from the crew, according to R. P. Nelson, J ship's delegate. "ITie Ames Vic­ tory is a clean ship and a good Davis feeding ship," he reported. 'This is my sec­ ond voyage on the Ames with Brother Davis," and he is one of the very best. Not only has he served excellent food throughout the eiitke voyage, but he has also taken the time to teach the new men how to be good seafaring messmen." (If John Furr was elected ship's delegate on the Seafarer (Ma­ rine Carriers) and promised to do the best he can to represent the crew, ac­ cording to Karl Hellman, meet­ ing chairman. Deck Delegate Furr Pete DeCaupa reports a lot of disputed over­ time in the deck department, hut says that otherwise every­ thing is running smoothly. The crew held discussions on the pension plan and on provisions for the upcoming contract nego­ tiations. WRITE 'XO-T.H.E i �Page Twenty Ei^t SEAFARERS Jane, 1969 LOG •' I James Lynn, 27: Brother Lynn died June 2, 1968, in Prichard, Ala­ bama. Born in Mobile, he had been living in Prichard with his father, Chester, at the time of his death. Seafarer Lynn joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile, and attended the Union's training school there. He last shipped as wiper on the Overseas Rose. Lynn was a veteran of four years service with the U.S. Marine Corps. Burial services were held at Pine Crest Cemetery in Mo­ bile. Cecil Futch, 43: Brother Futch was accidentally drowned January 12 at Southwest Pass off Grand Isle; in the Gulf of Mexico. An AB, his last ship was the Alcoa Trader. Brother Futch had been sailing for more than 20 years, and joined the SIU in Savann^ in 1944. Bom in Cross City, Florida, Seafarer Futch had been living in Kenner, Louisi­ ana, with his wife, Ann. He is also survived by his father, John. Buriai services were held at Cross City Cemetery. James Allen, 48: Brother Al­ len died of a heart attack aboard the Albion Vic­ tory in Saigon on February 24. The veteran Sea­ farer had been sailing as cook and baker since 1942 when he joined the SIU in New Orleans. Born in Mobile, Alabama, he had been living in New Orleans with his wife, Delia. Burial services for Broth­ er Allen were held in New Orleans. ^ Robert Land, 42: Brother Land died March 17 in Mobile, Alabama. Bom in Atlanta, Geor­ gia, he made his home with his wife, Carolyn, in New Orleans. Brother Land had been sailing since 1946 ex­ cept for one year with the U.S. Army during the Korean con­ flict. He joined the SIU in the Port of Houston in 1946, and last shipped as cook on the Alcoa Explorer. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mae Land. Burial was at Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. _—^ <I> John Jellette, 66: Brother Jellette died February 26 in Bellevue Hospi­ tal in New York City following an illness of sev­ eral years. He was a veteran Seafarer who sailed 37 years as steward, cook and baker before his retirement on an SIU pen­ sion in 1964. Brother Jellette poined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1942. He last sailed as chief steward aboard the Petrochem. Brother Jellette was bom in England, and had been living in New York for a number of years. A widower, he is survived by a nephew, Herman Stapf. Burial was at the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. Elon Brace, 78: Brother Brace passed away at his home in New Orleans on March 29. He had been on dis­ ability pension since 1963. Brother Brace was bom in Ja­ maica, and had made his home for many years in New Orleans. Seafarer Brace had been sailing for more than 20 years as cook and baker, and joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1947. Brother Bruce is survived by his wife, Sarah. Burial took place at Homestead Cemetery in New Orleans. Hubert Cantwell, 67: Brother Cantwell died March 23 at the USPHS Hospital on Staten Island, New York. He had shipped as messman for 21 years before going on disabil­ ity pension in 1963. His last vessel was the Robin Hood. Brother Cantwell was a native of New Jersey and lived in Tren­ ton with his sister, Mrs. Marion Basco. Burial services were held at St. Mary's Cemetery in Tren­ ton following a requiem high mass at St. Anthony's Church. ^ James RHlly, 58: A heart at­ tack claimed the life of Brother Reilly on Octo­ ber 28, 1968, in Galveston, Tex­ as. A tugboat captain, he had been employed by the Ellis Towing Com­ pany since 1947. Brother Reilly was bom in In­ land, Alabama, and had been living in Galveston for many years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Brown and Mrs. Mary Chappell, and a brother, Andrew. Burial services were held at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. John Leys, 62: Brother Leys was stricken by a fatal heart at­ tack on January 13 on board the Del Sol in the harbor at Charleston. He was one of the SIU old-timers, having joined the Union in the Port of Mobile in 1938. Rated FOWT, Seafarer I,eys had been sailing for nearly 40 years. He was bom in Mobile, and had resided there with his wife, Lucille. Besides his wife, he is also survived by a daughter, Jacqueline. Funeral services and burial took place in Mobile. vt^ Theodore Hardamon, 43: Seafarer Hardamon died Janu­ ary 9 in the U.S. Army Tripler Hospital in Hon­ olulu. Holding FOWT endorse­ ments, he last sailed on the Meridian Vic­ tory. Brother Hardamon was bom in Ala­ bama, and had been living in New Orleans with his wife, Florence. Besides his wife, he is survived by his father, G. W. Hardamon. ^rvices and burial were held in Mobile. ^ Ellis Samla, 61: Brother Samia died of a heart attack in Oakland, Califomia, on Octo­ ber 21, 1968, af­ ter completing a voyage on the Canton Victory. Rated FWTElectrician, he had been sailing for 27 years. Brother Samia joined the SIU in" Boston in 1941. He was born in Massa­ chusetts, and had made his home in New Bern, North Carolina, with his brother, John. Funeral services and burial took place in New Bem. John McCaslin, 65: Brother McCaslin passed away February 3 at St. Martin Infirmary in St. Martinville, Lou­ isiana, after a long illness. He had been on SIU disabilitypension since 196 2. Brother McCas­ lin had sailed for 20 years as cook and baker, and joined the SIU in 1944 in Norfolk. His last ship was the Westchester in 1962. Bora in Tennessee, he had made his home in St. Mar­ tinville with his wife, Alice, for many years. Burial took place at St. Martinville. Herman Lewis, 44: Brother Lewis died April 21 at his home in Balti­ more. Bora in North Carolina, he had been liv­ ing in Baltimore for the past ten years. Brother Lewis, who sail­ ed as wiper, joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore. His last ship was the Baltimore. Brother Lewis served two years with the U.S. Army during World War n. He is survived by his wife, Mary, his mother, Mrs. Annie Lewis, a brother, Henry, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Cox. Burial was at the Lewis Family Cemetery in Blunts, North Carolina. ^ Omar Ames, 71: Brother Ames passed away March 20 at his home in ^ Bellport, Long Benho Lema, 69: Brother Island, New Lema passed away at St. Clare's York. He had Hospital in New sailed as cook York on Aprfl and baker for 14. He had been more than 20 on an SIU dis­ years before he ability pension went on an SIU since 196 4. disability pension in 1966. Brother Lema Brother Ames was bom in Mis­ had been going souri. Widowed, he is survived to sea for more by his son, Omar, who had lived with him in Bellport. Services than 40 years, sailing as cook were held at Washington Mem­ and messman, and joined the orial Park Crematory in Coram, Union in Miami in 1940. Hi' last vessel was the Beauregard New York. in 1964. Brother Lema, a na­ —-\t> tive of Spain, had lived for many Melvin L. Wheeler, 70: years in Miami. He is survived Brother Wheeler passed away by his wife, Concepcion. Burial January 4, 1968, services were held at St. Ray­ following a long mond's Cemetery in New York. illness. The vet­ eran Seafarer had been on dis­ William Mason, 71: Brother ability pension Mason died April 20 at the since 1964. A USPHS Hospital native of Sher­ in Baltimore. man, Michigan, Born in Boston, Wheeler had he had been liv­ been living with his wife, Grace, ing in Baltimore in Mackinaw City at the time since retiring on of his death. He had more than SIU pension in 30 years sea time as oiler and 1966. Brother deck engineer prior to his re­ Mason had been tirement and joined the SIU in sailing for 45 years as a mem­ the Port of New York in 1943. ber of the engine department, He served two years with the and last shipped aboard the U.S. Army during"World War I. Norina in 1966. He joined the Besides his widow. Brother SIU in Philadelphia in 1945. Wheeler is survived by a son, Burial services for Brother Ma­ Robert. Burial was in Petoskey, son were held at Lorraine Park Michigan. Cemetery in Baltimore. Isaac Miller, 71: Brother Mil­ ler died March 13 at St. ViiH' cent's Hospital in New York. Bora in Russia, he had lived in Brooklyn with his wife, Helen, for many years. Brother Miller had been going to sea for more than 50 years, and last shipped as chief steward on the Grethe in 1968. Active in Union affairs. Brother Miller joined the SIU in New York, and took part in the New York Harbor strike in 1961, and the Moore-McCormack strike in 1962. Burial services were held at New Montefiore Cemetery mi Long Island. \I>—- George Hazen, 66; Brother Hazen passed away at Baltimore City Hospital on December 27. He had been sailing as cook and steward for more than 25 years before his retirement on SIU pension in 1968. His last vessel was the Fred Morris. A native of Mary­ land, Brother Hazen had been living in Baltimore at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1939. Burial services were held at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Colmar Manor, Maryland. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lavinia Morrison. George Stortz, 49: Brother Stortz died April 11 at St. Mary's Hospital in buluth, Minn­ esota. A lifelong resident of Duluth, he lived there with his wife. Mavis. At the time of his death, he had been employed as deckhand for the Zenith Dredge Company. Brother Stortz served five years with the Air Force during World War II. Burial services were held in Bethany Cementery inDuluth. 9' ' ly �Jane, 1969 Chief Lauds Crew, SlU Training In Engine Emergency «' J) r To the Editon On a recent departure from Cam Rahn Bay during supper hour, with the oiler up for his meal and only the engineer and fireman on watch below, trouble devel­ oped with the main feed pump making it necessary for the engineer to sound the emergency alarm. All the en­ gineers answered this alarm. However, it was particularly gratifying to note that all un­ licensed members of the en­ gine department also an­ swered the alarm. We had just left port, and there was a real danger that we might run aground. Each man took to his du­ ties as if they were an inborn instinct, which proves the value of the SIU training and education program. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the SIU for providing this' training, and my thanks to the follow­ ing members of the engine department for putting this training and knowledge to work in an emergency: Chief Electrician Shlomo Shahoa; Second Electrician Robert Stewart; Wipers William Ivey and Freddy Nunez; FWT's Royce Bufkin, Gennaro Esposito and Charles Myzwinski, and Oilers Arthur RathJens, Gilberto Salazar and Edward Mitchell. Sincerely, Raymond Dodl, Chief Engineer S.S. Buckeye Atlantic — ^1, Retired Seafarer Seeks Pen Pais To the Editon After 13 years in the SIU, I gave up sailing in 1958 and moved to Florida. My last foreign trip was on the S.S. Irenestar as bos'n. I really missed sailing for a couple of years, but now after ten years I have finally calmed down and accepted shore duty. I am working down here, and my wife. Rose, is also work­ ing at the local hospital. Maybe I will return to sail­ ing one of these days. My father is still in the SIU, and sails as FOWT. He is now in Vietnam, and hopes to come to Florida when he returns for a little rest and some fish­ ingI frequently run into a Sea­ farer down here, and- it's good to talk about places and ships. I get a card from Cap­ tain Fred Fredricksen once in a while. He is retired from the SIU and is now' living in New Orleans. I would like to hear from some of my old shipmates. Clyde (WUtey) Horton, 410 aark Drive, Holmes Beach, Florida SEAFARERS Sen. Ferrali Thanks SiU for Kids' Outing SiU Man Fosters Home for Homeless To tte Edihm Now that the trip to A1-' bany and the tour at the State Capitol by eighty eighth graders from St. John the Evangelist School in Brooklyn.is history, I believe that you will be interested in knowing of the fine im­ pressions made by them on those with whom they came in contact in Albany. From the Sergeant of the State Po­ lice in charge of the Gover­ nor's Red Room, to the leg­ islative stall in the Capitol, the Capitol tour guides and several others there was nothing but the highest praise for the fine deportment of the youngsters during the entire day. One person remarked "they were the best behaved youngsters that he has seen since the session started in January, and he has seen thousands." For myself, I was very proud of the youngsters and was very happy to be in their com­ pany. Of course, all this would To the Editor: Do you ever wonder what the good people are doing? So'bften the bad in people "make news" and the good is taken for granted. We want to share with you the goodness of one of your own SIU members-^ retired Seafarer James Rus­ sell (among his shipmates he was known as "King George"). We now claim him too! You see, Jimmie, as we call him, has made it possi­ ble for us to shelter babies, girls, boys, and women who would not have any plaee to go, or at least not the home Jimmie has provided. A year ago Jimmie gave us the down-payment for Mag­ nificat House, the name of Our shelter. We purchased an old two-story house, cleaned, repaired and painted it—all with voluntary help. We furnished it with furni­ ture people gave us, and we opened up our doors and our hearts to whomever needed us. There is no red tape to enter our house—only a need for shelter. There are no forms to fill out—^there are no fixed rules. We believe people, like nations, should love and respect one an­ other, and out of this love and respect peace can come. Our goal is voluntary cooper­ ation and a spirit of willing­ ness to work together out of need and love. Jimmie is our "house father"—many of the girls go to him with their little and big problems—he stocks the pantry for us, looks after the property—he gives of his time in whatever capac­ ity he is needed. The house is only about four or five blocks from the Houston Hall on the comer of Sherman and Altic, and we would welcome any of Jimmie's friends who would like to drop by for a cup of coffee. R(^ Mary Badami, Founder, Magnificat House Housttm, Texas not have been possible with­ out the whole-hearted sup­ port-Sponsorship of the trip and tour by the SIU and the splendid cooperation of the Union's Representatives. I believe that these youngs­ ters will always remember this splendid experience which brought into focus the state government in action. One of the greatest contri­ butions that adults can make to the youth of our country is to involve themselves in those matters which make for better citizenship among those who will be the citizens of the future. I want to thank the SIU and everyone involved for this great contribution they have all made. May God bless you and all those affili­ ated with Seafarers Interna­ tional Union for your wholeheartedness. With every good wish, Sincerely, Wflliam J. Ferrali (N.Y. State Senator) Back to Land of Calypso Seafarer Regis R. McKenzie, at left, receives his first pension check and best wishes from SIU Welfare Director Al Bernstein at New York hall. Brother McKenzie, a steward who last sailed aboard the Ameri­ can Victory, joined the Union in 1944. Regis comes from Trinidad. Nixon Asks $1 Billion Step-Up In Program to Fight Hunger PresidentWASHINGTON Nixon, under pressure for a stronger drive to eliminate hun­ ger in America has called for an expansion of the government's food programs for the poor. In a message to (ingress, Nixon estimated that his pro­ posed expansion would cost $2.5 billion a year when in full operation in 1971, up from the $1.5 billion he requested for fiscal 1970 food programs. To get the program started "sometime after the beginning of the calendar year 1970," the President said $274 million would be trinuned from other fiscal 1970 budget requests and added to food assistance pro­ grams. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as­ sistant to the President for ur­ ban affairs, was unable to say where the money would come from but promised it would not be taken from any "poverty-re­ lated program." Nixon recommended major revisions in the food stamp pro­ gram, the key element in fed­ eral anti-hunger efforts, as well as some changes in direct food distribution programs. Under the food stamp pro­ gram poor families who qualify Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 ——<I> Member's Wife Thanks Union To the Editon I want to express my deep­ est and sincere thanks to SIU Representative Benny Wil­ son, of the Baltimore hall, for his kindness, interest and courtesy during my recent hospitalization, and for see­ ing that my claim was proc­ essed promptly. It is indeed refreshing to find union rep­ resentatives who are the epitomy of true gentlemen. Mrs. Jos^h Wolanski Baltimore, Maryland Page Twenty Nine LOG I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, r^nf infermafiaf*) NAME STREET ADDRESS OTY STATE. ZIP. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subseribaf and hava a chans* ef address, ptaasa ghra yewr fermar address below: OTT a miE are now entitled to buy stamps that are worth more than their cost in buying groceries. The price discount is based on fam­ ily size and income. The President proposed that each family taking part in the program should get enough stamps to provide what the De­ partment of Agriculture consid­ ers a nutritionally complete diet. This is not now the case. For example, at present a family of four with an income of $20 a month or less can pur­ chase for $2 stamps redeemable for $60. The department says a complete diet for this family would cost $100. A second proposal would offer stamps free to those in "the very low inccxne brackets." These were later described as persons who received less than $30 a month. Other Nixon proposals called for blending the stamp program with a revised welfare system he expects to propose later and permitting boffi stamps and di­ rect food distribution in the same counties. At present, the jurisdiction must choose either the stamps or the direct distribution of food packages, not both. Nixon also announced the es­ tablishment of a "pilot pro­ gram" through which needy women would be issued "vouch­ ers" redeemable for infant foods and special foods to prevent malnutrition in pregnancy. In other areas of his message, the President said he would shortly announce a White House conference on food and nutri­ tion and he directed the Urban Affairs Council to consider set­ ting up a new Food and Nutri­ tion Service to administer food programs. He also asked the Secretary of Health, Education and Wel­ fare and the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity "to take a number of steps" to enlarge research into malnutri­ tion and expand their activities in combating it. �Seaport Museum Seeks to Restore Titanic Lighthouse DO NOT BUY NEW YORK — Although Seafarers and their families are slated for oblivion because of new construction, the famed Ti­ urged to support a consumer boytanic Memorial Lighthouse has cott by trade unionists against been rescued by The Friends of various companies whose products South Street Seaport here, a are produced under non-union group that is presently seeking conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the funds to remount the lighthouse name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ on a new pedestal, complete volved, and will be amended from with the time ball. time to time.) Towering for 55 years above —-vtf the Old Seamen's Church Insti­ Stftzel-WeUer DisfiDtrlM tute overlooking New York Har­ "Old FHzgeraM," "CM EDt" bor, the lighthouse served as a "Cabin Stili,'* W. L. WeHcr monument to those who went Bourbon whlskcya down with the vessel Titanic in (Distillery Workers) 1912, and provided countless lower Manhattan commuters the Kingsport Prcsu means for checking their "World Book," "CUidcrafI" watches. (Printing Pressmen) Turned green from the years (Typographers, Bookbinders) of weather, the lighthouse was (Machinists, Stereotypers) removed from its former perch when the old Seamen's Church —^ Institute on Coenties Slip was Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. razed to make way for a taller, Work Shoes . . . new structure on State Street at Sentry, Cedar Chest, Battery Park. Statier Although no provision was Men's Shoes . . . made for the lighthouse, the Jarman, Johnson & Friends of South Street Seaport Murphy, Crestworth, retrieved the relic as a gift from (Root and Shoe Workers' Union) the Kaiser-Nelson Steel and Sal­ ^ vage Company and removed it Boren Clay Products Co. to Pier 16, a short distance from (United Brick and Clay Workers) the South Street Seaport Mu­ seum. \1> Its time-keeping mechanism "HIS" brand men's clothes still intact, the time-ball of the Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond lighthouse, operated by a hand blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa windlass, is expected to continue Ties, Boss Gloves RIciunan to work. In operation, the time—4,— ball was raised to the top of a Adantk Products metal pole shortly before noon Sports Goods each day, then dropped at the (Amalgamated Clothing Workers stroke of noon. TTiis enabled of America) seamen as far as ten miles at sea to check their chronometers Jamestown Sterling Corp. at a time when good navigation (United Furniture Workers) depended on accurate time­ keeping. Rlcbman Bros, and SeweO SuHs, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) —i— Atlantic Ocean Warming Up Year by Year GLOUCESTER, Mass. —^Data gathered by the De­ partment of the Interior's Bureau of Commercial Fish­ eries indicate that the At­ lantic Ocean, in the area of the New England fishing banks, may be warming up. A downward trend in sea water temperatures in this region started in 1953; analysis of conditions in 1968 showed marked in­ creases over the 1967 tem­ peratures—^as much as one degree centigrade for the annual average of inshore surface temperatures. The BCF studies indicate further that the tempera­ ture trends are more than just a surface phenomenon —^they relate to the move­ ment of warm slope water onto the Continental Shelf. i Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starllte luggage Starfllte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) i White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) —-if— Gypsum Wallboi^ American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) i Comet Rice MOIs Co. prodncts (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) — Pioneer Flour MID (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas <t> AD Callfonila Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Tennessee Packers ReeDoot Packing Frosty Mom Valleydale Packers (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America) ^ Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) ^ Economy Furniture Co. Smifihtown Maple Western Provincial eat-Rhe (Upholsterers) PINANCIAL BBP0RT8. Tha constitution of the 8IU Atlantie. Golf, Lalus and Inland Waters Diatrict makes speeille provision for aafegnwding the membership's moner and Unhm finaneea. The eonatitntion reqaires a detaUad CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TBUST rUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU AtUntic, Gulf. Lakes and InUnd Waters District are admlntatered in accordance with the provtaiona of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their altemates. All expenditurea and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund flnancial records ars available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the enntrscta between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the SeaEsrers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The pr«q>er address for this is: Karl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contrscts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU 'contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proi)er sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SBAFA^BS LOG. The LOG has tradltionaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deeroed hsnnfnl to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the SeptembCT. 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial hoard which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Elxecutive Board may delegate, ftrom among its ranks, one individual to carry out this rcsponsibilitlr. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans July 15—2:30 p.m. Mobile .... July 16—2:30 p.m. Wilmington July 21—^2:00 p.m. San Francisco July 23—2:00 p.m. SeatDe July 25—^2:00 p.m. New York .. July 7—^2:30 p.m. PhDadelphla July 8—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. July 9—^2:30 p.m. Detroit July 11—2:30 p.m. Houston ... July 14—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Woricens New Orleans July 15—^7:00 p.m. Mobfle July 16—^7:00 p.m. New York July 7—^7:00 p.m. PhDadelphla July 8—7:00 p.m. Baltimore .. July 9—^7:00 p.m. tHoustmi .. July 14—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit July 7—2:00 p.m. Alpena July 7—^7:00 p.ni. Buffalo July 7—^7:00 p.m. Chicago ... July 7—^7:30 p.m. Duluth July 7—^7:00 p.m. Frankfort .. July 7—^7:00 p.m. Great Lak» Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... July 15—^7:30 p.m. tSantt Ste. Marie July 17—^7:30 p.m. Buffalo July 16—^7:30 p.m. Duluth July 18—^7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. July 18—^7:30 p.m. Toledo .... July 18—^7:30 p.m. Detroit .... July 14—^7:30 p.m. MDwaukee July 14—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Uidon New Orleans July 15—5:00 p.m. MohDe July 16—5:00 p.m. PhDadelphia July 8—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (Ucensed and unUcensed) July 9—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... July 10—5:00 p.m. Houston ... July 14—5:00 p.m. RaDway Marine Region Philadelphia July 15—10a.ni.&8p.m. Baltimore Jidy 16—10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. *NorfoDc July 17—10a.m.&8p.m. Jersey City Jufy 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers rHESIDENT PaulHalt EXECUTIVE VICE PRUIDENT Cal Tannar Earl Shapard A1 Tannar VICE PRBIDENTS LMiay Wllltaim Robart Malfhawt •-'r SECRETARY-TREASURER A! Karr HEADQUARTERS tit 4lli Ava., IUM. (212) HY T-MW ALPENA, Mich •ALTIMORE, Md BOSTON, Malt. BUFFALO, N.Y IIP RIvar Sf. (517) EL 4-UU I2I< E. ialtlmara St. (301) EA 7-4f00 Ml Atlantic AvanM («I7) 412-4710 TM WathlMtM St. CHICA60, III VlBl Ewlne Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES S-«S70 CLEVELAND, Ohio I4M W. 2Sth St. (2U) MA I-S4S0 DETROIT, Mich 11121 W. Jaffarton Ava. (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn FRANKFORT, Mich HOUSTON, T« JACKSONVILLE, Fla JERSEY CITY. NJ MOBILE, Ala NEW ORLEANS, La NORFOLK, Va PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2014 W. 3rd St. (210) RA 2-4110 P.O. Boa M7 4IS Main St. (tit) EL 7-2441 1004 Canal St. (713) WA B-3207 2tBB Paarl St. (f04) EL 3-0fS7 TV Montgomanr St. (201) HEB-f424 I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 430 Jackton Ava. (504) 52t-754t 115 3rd St. (703) t22-ll»2 2404 S. 4lh St. Si (215) DE 4-3010 PORT ARTHUR, Tax I34B Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., IW Fraamant St. (415) DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R 1313 Famandai Juncat Stop 20 724-2043 SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanna (204) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Ms iOS Dal Mar (314) CE 1-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrltan St. (013) 227-2780 WILMINGTON, Califa 450 Saailda Ava. Tarmlnal Island, Calif. (213) 032-7205 YOKOHAMA, Japan..lima Bld^, Rsam 001 ' 1-2 Kal«an%sri-Nakafai 2014771 Ext. 201 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies ars to be paid to anyone Sn any official capacity in the SIU nnlem an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make n payment and is given an official receipt but feds that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBUGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Unhm halls. All members should obtain coplae of this constitution so as to fkmillariM themsdvea with its contents. Any time you fed any member or officer is attempting to deprive yon of any constUutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately iiotify beadquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing dbabUity-penaion bene­ fits have always been encoursged to continue thdr union aethritics. including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SlU.mmnbers at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimm cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing thrauih the waiving of thdr dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employnmnt and as members of the SIU. These rights are dearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union baa negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic orQdn. If any member feds that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled he should notify headquarters. SBAPARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rfadits of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their famOies and thdr Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estsbllshed. Donations to 8PAD ere entiedy vuluut&ry cud eoneUtiite the funds through which legislative emd political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that any of the shove rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constHntieeal right of access to Union records or inforsution, he shonld immediately notify SIU President Paai HaU at headqaarters by certified maU, rstnm reedpt reqasstsd. A �Page Thirty One SEAF ARERS LOG y June, 1969 J. Ms •'«:i wilfeii'/V •' .^ ' "M-' ••i ii i .1 * .n 'S 'tuc • , -;:C'tV;y y i: I a:| • '•. V ••S.^:::fA«SirW}5y^^^ After two months anil one week on the high seas, the SlU'Contracted StOel King (Isthmian) makes port for I pay-off in Stockton, Calif. Having sailed with a cargo of rice from Sacramento, the vessel called at Ipchon and Mop on voyage. i4^iW If • Seafarer Ho Joeng, a messman, catches up on latest news of the industry and the doings of his buddies aboard other ships while awaiting pay-off. I' " Iplftt: SirSSS r/ v. \ ^ ¥ J P --ii |#yv.Sy You've got to know your ropes In the deck department. Seafarers Tom Mackernacher (at left) and Michael Flynn will both testify to that. \ s"- •' k -• Seafarer Mike McAbee, an AB, sporting a nineweek growth, finds a comfortable spot to read up on latest developments in the LOG after long trip. Two Harry Lundeberg School graduates are Messmen Alien young and John Stroderd. Steward Ken Hayes says they're good men. I if I: I grS-y-k- -i.y 1 S5 i I si' ' " ''it' i .i y^L..; -^Vv'* J -r. :•. _,• - -y»~. "• '• .. 'ty :.;:f .,\l 3fi9 iWiti I t V Y a^: D^ j«. 0. c^.-.AB.wHh 191 W www. • *-. '-r. I W.W.....W f „ •:: Y the voyaqe concerned the water cooling system.!; ' r r cnarnp of Cuba on ' ' •i I m*. �mem SB SEAFARERSALOC OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO All Seafarers are urgently reminded of the necessity to keep up to date enrollment-beneficiary cards on file at the SlU Welfare Plan office in order to facilitate prompt processing and payment 6f their welfare benefits. 'r.H', > Preteefl' Seafarers who have never filled out an enrollment-beneficiary card should do so immediately. A reproduction of both sides of the card ap­ pears below for convenient clipping and mailing. Remember, it Is Im­ portant that both sides be filled out carefully and legibly and that no informafioti be left ©of. Should any change have occurred since a card was last filed—a new dependent, a.change in beneficiary, a new address, etc.—a new card miist be filled out without delay. Benefits The beneficiary's name and address should be entered clearly. The sig­ nature of the Seafarer fhust be witiiessecb but no notary Is required. ThO correct date of signing Is also Important, since the latest card on file Is the one that counts In the event of d claim. Additional cards are available on all SlU-controcted ships and In all SlU halls. They require no postage if mailed from any part of the Conti­ nental United States. Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans 275—20th Street, Brooklyii, N.Y. 11215 ENROUMENT-UNEFICIARY CARD Name. PRINT: LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL Address PRINT: NUMBER AND STREET CITT ZONE No. Social Security No. COUNTT STATE Z No. Dote of Birth I revoke all previous beneficiary nominalions and moke the following nomination wifli respect to all beneflls provided now or at any lime in the future under the Seafarers Welfare Plan, still reserving to myself the privilegei of other and further changes. '' Nome of Beneficiory. Relotionship .to You PRINT: Address of Beneficiory. PRINT: NUMBER ANct STREET CITY ZIP CODE COUNTY STATE ^Employee's Signoture Dote Witness _ SIGNATURE Address _ NUMBER AND STREET PRINT: CITY ZIP CODE COUNTY STATE lAirORTAMT—Dependents niuit be listed on Reverie SItle LIST tELOW NAMES OP YOUR WIPE AND UNMARRIED LIST NAMES IN ORDER OF AGE—ELDEST FIRST CHIIDREN UNDER CHECK ( •) RELATIONSHIP Wife Husbond Son Daughter 19 YEARS OP AOS DATE OF BIRTH MONTH DAY YEAR I • liii IMPORTANT: As seen as possible, moll phetestotlc copies of your riege certfflcote end the birth certiflcatos of all unmarried children on this card to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 37S — 20lh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215. Pallure to do so could delinr the payment of welfare benefits. 30 SWP aOO 4-07 IWr � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU URGES CONGRESS TO PREVENT STRANGLING OF TUG-BARGE INDUSTRY LABOR ON US FLAG SHIPS CHALKED UP 25 YEAR, 440% PRODUCTIVITY GAIN LATE SENATOR EL BARTLETT HONORED AS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM DEDICATED 28 NEW PHARMACIST MATES GRADUATE FROM SIUNA-SOA TRAINING SCHOOL CONGRESSMEN CRITICAL OF SHORTSIGHTED POLICY TOWARD US MERCHANT MARINE HOUSE PASSES 1970 AUTHORIZATIONS RISING INTEREST RATES SEEN BURDEN TO ECONOMY FTC WEIGHS BAN ON UNSOLICITED CREDIT CARDS SHULTZ PROPOSES SPECIAL FARM LABOR BOARD OUTSIDE NLRB INTERNATIONAL LABOR CO-OPERATION SET TO CONFRONT MULTI NATION GE PLANTS 3,000 BUILDING TRADE DELEGATES LAUNCH MAJOR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM RANDOLPH’S GOALS REAFFIRMED BY LABOR-CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION ILO SALUTED FOR ADVANCING WORKERS’ WELFARE ACWA SEEKS TAFT-HARTLEY CHANGES TO ALLOW USE OF JOINT TRUST FUNDS CONTINUITY OF CONTRACTS IN MERGERS STRESSED IN LABOR’S PLEA TO NLRB NLRB RULES STRIKERS RETAIN RIGHTS TO VOTE IN UNIT ELECTION FOR 1 YEAR DARLINGTON WORKERS WAITED 13 YEARS IN BACK PAY VICTORY OLDEST OF SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS PROVIDE LIVING LINKS WITH HISTORY HOUSE LABOR BODY HEARS ARGUMENTS ON NEED FOR ON SITE PICKETING LAW EXPANDED MERCHANT FLEET SEEN AID TO US ECONOMY FROM WEST TO EAST – AND HOME AGAIN Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 8 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f5e36b48963f21257922a5be6a9364c4.PDF 0da515b7a600e6a1549528b2aaab880f PDF Text Text SEAFARERSmOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERMATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC. GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Maritime Biil Sails Through House See Page 3 -f f 5 Win College Scholarships See Page 6 yF • • P V • "Ship American" promotion of AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment and the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, was an integral part of silver anniversary AFLCIO Union Label show, held this year in New Orleans, La. Shown with displays at SlU Fishermen and Cannery Work­ ers booth are, from left: MID Executive Secretary-Treasurer Peter M. McGavin; SlU Vice Presidents Lindsey Williams and Steve Edney, Union Label Department President Richard J. Walsh and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland. 'Ship American' See Page 4 �Floafing Housing UnH Plants Urged Ships Used as Factories? Washington The Maritime Administration soon may be taking a hand to help alleviate the nation's hous­ ing crisis. In the works is a feasibility study that could turn the na­ tion's mothballed fleet into floating factories capable of manufacturing low-cost hous­ ing units. The idea originated during a discussion between Andrew E. Gibson, Maritime Administra­ tor, and Alfred Perry, head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Project Breakthrough, which is seeking to provide low-cost housing for city residents. Gibson and Perry are asking help solve a major national industry for $100,000 to finance problem." a research project to determine He added that the ships to the economic feasibility of the be scrapped usually bring the idea. While both men concede government $50,000, when any they were not certain the idea bidding interest is generated at would work, neither were they all. willing to accept the "hairIf adopted, the floating brained" label for the ship- factory idea could solve the factory theory that one official two major problems confronting applied to it. low-cost housing construction— transportation costs and the Due to Be Scrapped contractor's expense of setting Gibson pointed out: up costly facilities in an area "We have about 600 ships for a one-time job only. in the National Defense Re­ Tow to Site serve Fleet which we have to Since the ship-factory unit scrap in the next few years. I is mobile, it could be towed to thought we ought to take an­ the construction site, and when other look to see if they can the work is completed the con­ tractor just moves it on to the next site. Perry also noted that virtually all metropolitan areas in need of low-cost housing projects are located near a major waterway, which lends it was necessary for the man credence to the floating factory to go to another hospital. idea. For definite confirmation of Perry said the ships also receipt of the information by could be used as training cen­ USPHS, Dr. Eogue urged Sea­ ters for the hard-core unem­ farers to immediately telegraph ployed of ghetto communities, the same information. which frequently line the water­ According to the U.S. fronts. Health Department, the loca­ Gibson said he hopes to have tion of the nearest USPHS hos­ pital, outpatient clinic or con­ the study completed by the end tract physician may be obtained of the year. If the results indi­ through local police or fire de­ cate it is feasible to rip the partments or by looking in the insides out of the old ships and telephone directory under U.S. reconstruct them to accomodate manufacturing processes, the Government. The government hopes these government would take over a cards will be especially help­ number of the ships and place ful in cases where the Seafarer them in operation as prototypes is too disabled "to advise the before 1972. hospital authorities of the steps Perry said, "$100,000 isn't they must follow if the USPHS very much when you consider is to assume responsibility for the potential of turning 400 to the medical expenses a Seafar­ 500 ships into manufacturing er will incur." plants." USPHS Asks Seamen To Fill Out New Cards Seafarers are asked to fill out special information cards which will aid them in receiv­ ing all benefits due them when they are hospitalized in U.S. Public Health Service hospi­ tals, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an­ nounced. The cards are available at SIU medical clinics, along with the regular medical card issued when a Seafarer is examined, said SIU Medical Director Dr. Joseph Logue. Both cards explain that if a Seafarer is unable to get to a USPHS hospital becau.se he is too ill or badly injured, he, or someone acting in his behalf, must contact the nearest USPHS facility by telegram or phone and inform USPHS that Aufo Confamers m Use The first of more than lOO specially-designed automohile con­ tainers goes aboard one of Sea-Land's trailerships on the New York to Puerto Rico run. The containers, capable of carrying five standard-size cars, are 35 feet long, 8 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches high. The containers are designed for stowage above or below deck. Using the car-carrying con­ tainers, Sea-Land expects delivery of 1971 cars from the manufacturer's assembly line to dealers' showrooms on the island will take under seven days. New Owner Bound By Union Contract The long-held contention of organized labor that when a firm is sold the new owner is responsible for carrying out existing labor-management con­ tracts has been upheld by the National Labor Relations Board. In a historic decision cover­ ing four cases, the board voted 3 to 1 that unless there is an essential change in the new operations "the collective bar­ gaining contract remains in force and is applicable equally to the new employer and to the union which negotiated it with the predecessor employe r." THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT Start in Right Direction by PAUL HALL 'P'VERY Seafarer can take pride in the action by the ^ House of Representatives in approving legislation designed to put new life into the American merchant marine—because this is the legislation that our Union, has fought so doggedly for, and for so many years. Seafarers can be particularly pleased with the vote on the bill—307-1—because seldom, if ever, does any major legislation pass the House by so lopsided a vote. In its simplest terms, this vote means that the mem­ bers of the House of Representatives were united in their desire to provide America with a first-class merchant marine. It means that they were united in their willingness to provide the tools needed to get the job done. TJOUSE passage, of course, is only the first step. The bill still faces a tough fight in the Senate and it must be signed into law by President Nixon. These are our next areas of concentration, so that we can end the slide which has been taking place in our maritime affairs since the end of World War II. The legislation means a great deal to all Seafarers: • It means jobs—and job security. • Tt means opportunity—the chance to advance our skills on swift, modern ships. • It means a fair shake for the bulk-carrier seg­ ment of the industry—the one with which we're primarily interested—and the one that has gotten Page 2 virtually no attention from the government over the past 34 years. • It means some long-overdue help for the Great Lakes fleet—not enough help, to be sure, but at least a recognition that this fleet has been dying of old age and financial starvation. • It means aid for American-flag shippers who serve those parts of the United States separated from the mainland by water—Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam—to lessen the possibility of any breach in the Jones Act, which reserves this noncontiguous trade to American-flag ships. • It means the eventual end to the runaway fleet that has had such disasterous effects on Americanflag shipping, that has left us with too few jobs on too few vessels, many of which are too old for the job. • And it means the start of assistance to the American-flag fishing fleet, which has taken such a beating from our foreign competition, so that there will be new job opportunities in this segment of the industry, too. 'T'HE SIU and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department supported this bill and worked hard for its passage. Not that we think this is perfect legisla­ tion, because it isn't. But we do think that it heads the United States in the right direction—and that's important, after so many years of inaction, inattention, and inadequate funding of our maritime efforts. We were joined in this battle by virtually all of the maritime industry—again, not because this was the best legislation ever proposed, but because it made a meaningful start toward correcting the ills that have affilicted our merchant fleet for many years. The ultimate success of this legislation will depend, of course, on how fully it is implemented. And it will depend on one other thing: On the effectiveness of government effort to put more cargo aboard U.S.-flag vessels. T^HE government is involved in a "Ship American" A promotion, and we are lending this program our full support. We hope that American industry, at which this program is directed, will realize the wisdom of relying more and more on U.S.-flag ships, and less and less on foreign-flag ships. We also hope that the government will show its own good faith on the need for shipping American, by putting military, agricul­ tural surplus and foreign aid cargoes on ships manned by American Seafarers, instead of continuing to . use foreign-flag carriers as it has done in the past. With respect to the Maritime Act of 1970, we still have a long way to go before it becomes law, and its benefits become available to the merchant marine. We have a major hurdle ahead in the Senate before we are assured of victory. We in the SIU mean to see this job through—because we have more challenges to meet ahead. Seafarers Log jj �Maritime Bill Approved by House 307-1 Vote Sends Measure to Senate u> . h T' > ( tl Washington By an overwhelming 307-1 vote, the House has passed and sent to the Senate legislation overhauling the nation's 34year-old maritime program in a major move to shore up the sagging U.S.-flag fleet, particu­ larly in the bulk trades. Introduced by the Nixon Ad­ ministration late last year and strongly supported by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, with which the SIU is affiliated, the bill cleared its first major hurdle on Capitol Hill without difficulty. The bill now goes to the Senate, where maritime legisla­ tion has faced tough sledding in the past. The Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee had al­ ready completed its hearing on the Administration's legislative proposals, but has been waiting for House action before pro­ ceeding further on the bill. Main goal of the legislation— H.R. 15424—is to extend the benefits of federal maritime programs to segments of the industry which had been sys­ tematically denied such assist­ ance for more than three dec­ ades. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit­ tee, under the chairmanship of Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.) had strengthened the Administration proposal in several key areas before the measure reached the House floor. Vote HaUed SIU President Paul Hall, who also heads the MTD, hailed the near-unanimous vote on the measure as fresh evi­ dence of Congressional convic­ tion that "the expansion of American-flag shipping and shipbuilding was long'overdue." Hall declared: "Maritime management and labor have long sought legisla­ tion that would assure fair and equitable treatment for all seg­ ments of the maritime industry, and that would provide a mechanism for the revitalization of our merchant fleet. We believe that (this legislation) is an important first step in this direction." Here are the key elements of the House-passed bill: Ship Constructio n— The measure calls for building at least 300 new American-flag vessels in U.S. yards over the next 10 years. It would pave the way for block-building of U.S. cargo ships as a way of reducing construction costs and bringing them more nearly into line with foreign shipbuilding. Tax-Deferred Funds—^T h e bill extends to presently unsubsidized operators the right to greater capital reserve funds for new ship construction—a privi­ lege previously reserved exclu­ sively for the 14 subsidized berth-line operators. The Nixon proposal would have permitted these tax-defer­ red construction reserve funds only in the foreign trade, but the Merchant Marine Commit­ tee broadened this provision to include the Great Lakes and fishing fleets, and ships engaged in the noncontiguous trades, as well. During the course of the floor debate on the measure, Garmatz declared that "this provision, more than any other, will induce ship operators not presently subsidized to build their ships in U.S. shipyards (Continued on page 14) Aboard the Penn Champion Deck department Seafarers Jon Stringer (left) and William McKinnon flake the lines aboard the Penn Champion after their ship docked in New York following a five-day trip from Corpus Chrisli, Texas. She was carrying heating oil. June 1970 REP. EDWARD A. GARMATZ REP. WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD REP. GERALD R. FORD REP. EMANUEL CELLER Played key roles in House passage of the maritime bill. Strong Bi-Partisan Support Given Plan to Rebuild Fleet Washington A number of key Congressmen spoke out in strong support of the SlU-backed maritime bill during House debate preceding passage of the legislation by a lopsided 307-1 vote. Leading roles in the presentation of the bill were played by Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (DMd.) and Rep. William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), chairman and ranking Republican, respectively, on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The highlights of their remarks are contained in the accompanying story on the legislative action. Joining with Congressmen Garmatz and Mail­ liard were other members of the Merchant Marine Committee plus House members with long records of active support of the nation's maritime interests. Here are excerpts of what they had to say: Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R-Mich.), minority leader in the House, said that the measure en­ joyed "a heartening unanimity of endorsement by all segments of the (maritime) industry." He added: "I believe that the provisions of this bill will make it possible to rebuild our fleet, to lower government costs by making our ships more productive, and by providing incentives to ship­ owners and shipbuilders to improve their effi­ ciency." Rep. Emanuel D. Celler (D-N.Y.), dean of the House, was sharply critical of the fact that the government had ignored the U.S.-flag fleet since the end of World War II "despite the fact that in war and peace, our merchant marine has been a bulwark for our nation." He added: "With this legislation, we are at last recog­ nizing one of the basic facts of our national life: To have a merchant fleet in being in time of danger, we have to have a fleet in existence in peacetime, carrying our cargo and our flag to all the ports of the world." ^ Rep. Lenore K. Sullivan (D-Mo.) praised the bill for laying the groundwork for maritime re­ vival, declaring that "this country has come to greatness through sea power, and it will remain great only as long as we maintain a strong and virile fleet. We, in the Merchant Marine Com­ mittee, have every confidence that this bill will provide the mechanism by which our merchant marine will witness a new and dramatic advance in strength and vitality," Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-N.Y.) cited the vital role which the merchant marine has played in the nation's development since the middle of the 17th century, and criticized the neglect to which the industry has been subjected in the past 20 years. He expressed optimism about the future of maritime, declaring that the legislation "recognizes this long and proud his­ tory, and is specifically designed to remedy the many wrongs and defects" in the nation's mari­ time policy. Rep. Palsy T. Mink (D-Hawaii) zeroed in on the bill's provision for extending tax-deferred construction reserve privileges for the building of vessels to serve the noncontiguous trade, de­ claring that this would "reduce shipping costs" between the mainland and Hawaii. Inclusion of this provision in the bill, she said, was the first fruit of a conference of gov­ ernment, industry and labor officials held re­ cently in Washington under joint sponsorship of the MTD and the Transportation Institute. Rep. Joseph E. Karth (D-Minn.) spoke of the contribution made by the merchant marine to the nation's defense posture, adding: "The Mer­ chant Marine Act of 1970 has been designed to accomplish many goals. One of these is to in­ sure that our nation has an effective, modern, reliable shipping capability available for meeting our national defense needs." Rep. Leonard Farbstein (D-N.Y.) voiced his strong support for the long-range revitalization of the U.S.-flag fleet, declaring that "there has been in the past a deterioration of American shipping, and this is something a great nation like ours cannot permit." (Continued on page 19) Page 3 �'Ship American' Program Starts New Orleans Two major departments of the national AFL-CIO, in co­ operation with the federal gov­ ernment, joined forces here in the kickoff of a massive cam­ paign to stimulate greater use of U.S.-flag ships in interna­ tional trade. Participating in the start of the "Ship American" effort were the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department and the Union Label and Service Trades Department, and the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The occasion was the open­ ing of the 25th Union Indus­ tries Show—an annual event which seeks to focus attention on products bearing the union label, symbol of the working partnership between America's free labor and free manage­ ment. Because the opening of this year's Union Industries Show coincided with the annual ob­ servance of Maritime Day— which salutes the merchant marine's contribution to the national economy and national defense—it provided a unique vehicle for launching the na­ tionwide "Ship American" ef­ fort Opened Maritime Day AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland, principal speaker at ceremonies opening the weeklong show, said it was "particu­ larly appropriate" that the labor-management display should fall on Maritime Day, and that this year's show site was New Orleans, which Kirk­ land described as "this great port city." He had high praise for the cooperative effort by the MTD and the Maritime Administra­ tion in promoting the use of U.S. ships to carry the cargo shipped abroad by American agriculture and industry. To call attention to the need for stimulating American-flag carriage of cargo, the estimated 250,000 show visitors received bumper stickers bearing the message: "Use U.S. Ships— They Serve You and U.S." Backing up this "Ship Amer­ ican" effort launched at the Union Industries Show, the MTD, the SIU and the govern­ ment are jointly distributing hundreds of thousands of these bumper stickers in every major port city throughout the coun­ try. Local distribution is being handled through MTD Port Councils and SIU halls in all ports. Hmise Passed Bill Kirkland said that the "Ship American" effort was a natural Safety-Healfh Law Urged by Group Washington It is "imperative" that Congress pass comprehensive safety-health legislation this year, a committee of labor, management and public repre­ sentatives has declared. Page 4 out-growth of current efforts to enact legislation which would lead to the revitalization of the American-flag fleet. The House had approved the wide-ranging maritime program by a 307-1 vote the day before the Union Industries Show opened here (See story Page 3). The federation official de­ clared: "Presently before Congress is a comprehensive program to rebuild the U.S. merchant marine which is run-down, obsolete and carries only about five percent of our total import and export tonnage. This pro­ gram seeks to stimulate new ship construction and innova­ tion to make the U.S. merchant fleet competitive in the world market. Hopefully this program will be enacted in this session of Congress. "The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Maritime Administration are concerned about this program in terms of cargoes—because if we don't have cargoes we are likely to find ourselves building ships that go from the shipyards to the boneyards. ^ Dual Responsibility "It is therefore important that maritime labor and man­ agement cooperate to the full­ est extent to guarantee to the American shipper the prompt, efficient and reliable movement of his cargoes. It is incumbent then on the shipper to see to it that the products of American farms anck factories go to sea in American ships. "The AFL-CIO fully sup­ ports this program." In addition to distributing the bumper stickers, the MTD made certain that the "Ship American" promotion received the widest possible exposure at the show. Each booth display­ ing union-made products also featured a reproduction of President Nixon's Maritime Day message and a copy of the red, white and blue bumper sticker urging the use of U.S.-flag ves­ sels. Full AFL-CIO backing for "Ship American" campaign of Maritime Trades Department and Maritime Administration was voiced by federation Sec.-Treas. Lane Kirkland (at po­ dium) in ceremonies launching 25th anniversary Union Industries Show of AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department. Flanking Kirkland are Union Label Sec.-Treas. Jo­ seph Lewis (left) and Retail Clerk's President-emeritus James A. Suffridge. Attended Deck Officers School Myrick Passes Second Mate's Exam Corbert Ray Myrick has be­ come the 63rd Seafarer to re­ ceive a license after completing training at the Deck Officers' School jointly sponsored by the SIU and the Associated Mari­ time Officers Union. Brother Myrick obtained his second mate's license on April 24 after successfully complet­ ing the school's courses. A graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship, Brother Myrick joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1963 and a year later grad­ uated from the seniority up­ grading program. A man who served the union as a ship's delegate. Brother Myrick shipped as a boatswain before enrolling in the school. He is a native and resident of Reidsville, N.C., and a Navy veteran of World War II. Corbert Myrick . . . Gets Mate's License The school, which opened in February 1966, was the first of its type in the industry and offers upgrading opportunities Union Members Should Work To Help Beneficial Programs Washington Union members work hard to elect the right kind of candi­ date to public office to enact the right kind of legislation, and they should work just as hard Notice for All Blue-Ticket ABs All able seamen holding blue-ticket endorsements (12 months—any waters) are advised that they should apply for their green-ticket endorsements (unlimited) as soon as they have accumulated the required 36 months seatime in the deck department. Coast Guard regulations require that American-flag ves­ sels cannot carry more than one blue-ticket AB in the crew—^the other five ABs must have unlimited endorse­ ments. Blue-ticket ABs can apply for their unlimited endorse­ ment at any Coast Guard district office. All that is required is that you produce discharges totalling at least 36 months in the deck department. No examination is given. It is important that 12-month ABs get their unlimited en­ dorsements as soon as they are qualified in order to insure that the SIU ^an continue to abide by its contractual obliga­ tion to supply qualified rated personnel on all SlU-contracted vessels. to help put these programs to effect in their own communi­ ties, AFL-CIO Community Services Director Leo Perlis said in a recent network radio interview. Speaking on the program. Labor News Conference, Perlis said: "Perhaps the most crucial welfare problem now facing most of the people in this coun­ try is the need for more ade­ quate and readily available medical care." tie pointed out that there is a broad and growing public demand for a national health insurance program. (See story Page 11.) "We have tried for many years, through voluntary health schemes, to meet the needs of the people," he said, "but obvi­ ously they are not being met." He called on local union members to help educate their fellow citizens to the need for "real overhaul of our medical delivery system," and urged them to take leading roles in public service programs in their comftiunities. to young and old Seafarers alike. Seafarers wishing to partici­ pate in the program can begin training at any time. There is no set length for the course, but rather it is geared to the man's ability and knowledge, and the degree of his prepara­ tion for the examination. The .Deck Officer's School, like the engineer's upgrading program, was begun in line with the SIU's objective of .en­ couraging and assisting unli­ censed Seafarers in upgrading themselves to better paying jobs. There is no expense involved for Seafarers. They are provid­ ed with meals, lodging and sub­ sistence payments of $110 a week while in the program. Deck department Seafarers who are interested in taking advantage of this training pro­ gram may apply at any SIU hall; write directly to SIU headquarters at 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, or telephone the school at (212) 768-0561. SEAFARERS^LOC Vol. XXXII, No. 6 June, 1970 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board Paul Hall, President Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President Llndsey Williams A1 Kerr Vice-President Sec.-Treas. A1 Tanner Robert Matthews Vice-President Vice-President • thly I _ Island Avenue N.B.. Washlneton, D.C. 20018 by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Sec­ ond class postage paid at Wash­ ington, D.C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 3579 cards should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Seafarers Log >4 i �Congressmen Discuss Maritime Issues frank Thompson V.S. ffoprosonfafivo From Now iorsop 'Drop in the Bucket' America needs to look forward to future mari­ time planning to keep pace with projected ex­ pansion in world trade; Rep. Frank Thompson Jr., (D-N.J.) said in his luncheon speech. He said that the present Administration pro­ gram to build 300 ships over the next ten years may seem large—"but it's only a drop in the bucket in relation to the growing market, and our need for capturing a significantly larger share of that market." He reminded the audience that the present maritime law was on the statute books, virtually unchanged, for 34 years before the present pro­ posal was introduced. "Unless we begin right now to look forward— unless we begin planning our next steps for enlargement of our maritime commitment—we may have to wait for another 34 years for an­ other updating of our maritime law." He added that the addition of 300 new ships would be outweighed by the retirement of nearly twice that number in the same period—the "small, slow, old rustbuckets of World War II." This would result in lessening of the Ameri­ can-flag fleet in a time of rising demand for oceanborne transportation, he said. "Merely replacing old tonnage with new is not going to increase significantly the share of cargo which our vessels carry—and the carriage of cargo is the ultimate test of how well or how poorly we're doing in world maritime affairs," the New Jersey Democrat concluded. R. 0. Tinman U.S. Repnsentative from Rhode Island: End Maritime Sleep J- Rhode Island Congressman Robert O. Tiernan called for a three-point prograni—over and above the Administration's Maritime proposal to build 300 ships in the next decade—which should be implemented to further increase Amer­ ica's oceanborne trade. He called for: "Larger, faster ships, utilizing the technolog­ ical advances created largely by American mer­ chant marine architects. "Aid in the form of subsidies—or competitive incentives—to the entire U.S.-flag fleet in the foreign trade. "Success in the 'Ship American' program" to encourage private American shippers, as well as government to increase their use of U.S. ships to carry American goods. Rep. Tiernan cited charges by foreign ship­ ping competitors that the United States is about to "overbuild" our merchant fleet and "overtonnage" U.S. foreign trade routes. "Now just how a nation that is carrying less than six percent of its international cargo in its own vessels can 'over-tonnage' itself is a per­ plexity in itself. "The only logical answer is that we are now— at long last— posing a competitive threat to for­ eign-flag shippers. They should be concerned. After all, they have picked off the American cargo business that has been lost to Americanflag bottoms. "The time is long overdue for the United States to waken from its destructive maritime sleep—a sleep that has permitted us to drift into maritime mediocrity." June 1970 Speeches to MTD Hit All Problems Washington The stunning 307-1 vote by which the House has approved the maritime bill is still only half the bat­ tle—the measure which revamps the 1936 Maritime Act still must be voted on by the Senate. But the nature of the House vote is an indication that the case for reversing the decades of neglect has been made and has struck a responsive chord among congressmen. Congressional leaders have joined with labor and industry officials in decrying the state to which the U.S. maritime fortunes have fallen. One of the plat­ forms used for explaining maritime problems to the public has been the weekly luncheons in Washington sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. The SIU is a member of MTD and SIU President Paul Hall also serves as president of the 7.5-millionmember MTD. The 42 unions affiliated with the MTD represent workers in shipboard jobs, shore jobs, the shipbuilding industry and related indus­ tries. The MTD strongly supported the maritime bill. At these weekly luncheons, which are attended by industry and government officials as well as represent­ atives of the MTD affiliates, congressmen have spoken out on various aspects of the maritime bill and the Nixon Administration's maritime program. TTie congressmen have used the forum to point out weaknesses as well as strengths in the legislation. The MTD luncheons have been a means for thrashing out the facts concerning the legislation. The main thrust of the speeches is the overall mari­ time industry, but each speaker has his own particular emphasis. For example, in four recent speeches, the congressmen touched on four different aspects of the legislation: • Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-N.J.) was con­ cerned that the American-flag fleet must increase its cargo-carrying capacity or see further decreases in its share of U.S. foreign trade. "The need is great to begin working on improve­ ment of (our) martime program—and the time is short, in terms of what needs to be done if we are to become, and remain, competitive with the other mari­ time powers around the globe. • Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) felt a major share of any "peace dividend" resulting from reductions in military expenditures should be ear­ marked for further expansion of the U.S. merchant marine. "An investment in maritime will lead to greater job opportunities for all of our people, which, in turn, will produce more tax revenue to help provide funds for our other national needs." • Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) examined the Treasury Department's proposal for special tax deferments for American firms exporting goods and concluded the deferments should be restricted to those exports carried aboard American-flag ships. "It seems to me that these two programs (Treasury tax-deferments and "Ship American") could very easily be put together—and the result would be to stimulate the export of U.S. goods and their carriage on American vessels." • Rep. Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) told his audience that foreign-flag shippers are crying that the U.S. will "over-tonnage" ocean trade routes because of the program to construct 300 new ships over the next 10 years. He said that cry is "hollow and selfish" because foreign-flag vessels now carry 94 f)ercent of America's oceanborne foreign trade and these foreign shippers don't like the thought of competition. "They see us shaking off the neglect, the lethargy, the stagnation that has caused our merchant fleet to deteriorate in numbe.'-s and efficiency. Yes, they are worried. They know what a competitive American-flag merchant fleet can do." Attention in Washington now shifts to the Senate for its action on the maritime bill. But the attention of the luncheons will remain focused on improving the maritime industry. Thomas S. foloy U.S. Roprosontallvo from Washington: Tax Aid for Cargo The key to development of the full potential of the Administration's maritime proposal is cargo, Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) said.^ "Inbound and outbound cargo constitute the lifeblood of a merchant marine fleet," he said, "and, very frankly, 95 percent of this lifeblood has been drained away from the American-flag fleet in recent years. "We must end this anemia, we must trans­ fuse new blood—which is to say more cargo— into the American fleet to assure its survival." He cited an Administration program to launch a wholesale promotion of American-flag ship­ ping—a "Ship American" campaign—as an im­ portant ingredient in this rehabilitation. Rep. Foley called attention to a recent pro­ posal by the Secretary of the Treasury to give special tax advantages to American exporters to stimulate shipments of American-made goods in order to reverse the current balance of payments deficit. "I, too, am concerned about the balance of payments," he commented, "but I am disap­ pointed that the proposal by the Secretary of the Treasury approaches the problem without re­ gard to the U.S. merchant marine—and I am concerned that, once again, various segments of a national Administration are pursuing their own individual goals, without coordinating them with other on-going national programs." Rep. Foley recommended that the Treasury Department plan be modified to offer benefits only to exporters who utilize American-flag cargo vessels for their shipments. W. D. Hathaway U.S. Ropresentatlwo from Maine: Future Investment "There is an old Chinese proverb, to the effect that a thousand mile journey begins with a single step," Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Maine) said, referring to the current Administration maritime program. "That is the way we must regard this bill— as the first step toward" our ultimate goal of a strong and modern merchant fleet, carrying an ever-increasing share of our imports and exports, and ready to serve this country in time of emer­ gency as well as in times of peace." Rep. Hathaway referred to one objective of the maritime proposal, that of increasing the percentage of American cargoes from the pres­ ent 5 percent to 30 percent in the next 10 years and said; "That's a six-fold increase in cargo, even as­ suming that we merely hold at today's level of imports and exports—and since our interna­ tional commerce has been growing steadily,' and since we must assume that it will continue to grow, then we are talking about a staggering increase in cargo tonnage in order to achieve the 30 percent goal. "Quite obviously," he continued, "the 300 ships that we're planning to build will not be nearly enough to reach that goal. So we're going to have to raise our sights on shipbuilding to meet this need." He called for the nation to add maritime needs to "the list of national priorities. "It is not too early to begin planning for an enlargement of our maritime program in this decade of the '70s. Page 5 �Winners of SlU Scholarships Selected New York Four high school seniors—the children of Sea­ farers—and one Seafarer have been awarded $6,000 four-year college scholarships under the scholarship program sponsored and financed by the SIU. The five 1970 winners selected by the Seafarers Scholarship Award Committee are: Ferdinand Greeff, son of Seafarer Ferdinand C. Greeff, Baltimore, Md. Lynn Marie Karpiak, daughter of Seafarer Joseph Karpiak, Jersey City, N. J. Ransom Simmons, son of Seafarer William Sim­ mons, Ellisville, Miss. Derryl Wheeler, son of Seafarer Orien Wheeler, Toomsuba, Miss. Seafarer Lewis A. Smith Jr., New York City. This is the 17th year of the SIU Scholarship Awards program. To date the program has opened \ *' • 4 the doors of higher education to a total of 88 stu­ dents—26 Seafarers and 62 children of Seafarers. The winners of the $6,000 grants are free to elect four-year courses in any field of study at any ac­ credited college or university in the United States. Selections were made by an impartial committee of six educators from leading institutions of higher learn­ ing across the country. All candidates were required to take tests administered by the College Entrance Examination Board or the American College Test­ ing Program. The results of the tests, together with evidence of the candidate's scholastic achievement, character and leadership ability formed the basis of the selections. Two alternates were also selected for scholarships in the event any of the awardees was unable to ac­ cept. They are: Miriam Eddins, daughter of Seafarer John Eddins, Norwood, N.C., and David Holbrook, son of William Holbrook, of Portland, Me. In announcing the awards, the committee expressed the opinion that "the records of all applicants were the best ever, to the point that our task was most difficult this year." In addition to uniformly high scholarship ratings and active involvement in extra-curricular school activities, "all of the candidates have shown a concern for the problems of the nation and their community, and have distinguished themselves in service-related fields," the committee said. Typical of the awareness and concern of all of the candidates toward the problems of today is this ex­ pression from award-winner Lynn Marie Karpiak: "As a normal American teen, I love life and enjoy living it. But, the afflictions and grief with which to­ day's society has burdened humanity kindle the fires of my desire to serve mankind. To be a doctor and to help my fellow man is my true goal in life." r V, 0 Ransom Simmons Seafarer Simmons Ransom Simmons, 18, is attending the University of Mississippi where he achieved four A's and one B in his first semester's work and earned the highest recommendations of university officials. He graduated from South Jones Senior High School in Ellisville, and worked part-time for the State Society of Medical Technologists. His father, William, sailed as able seaman before retiring after more than 25 years at sea. Ransom plans to continue his studies after gradu­ ation. "My interests lie strongly in the field of bio­ chemistry," he said. "I would like to work with the government or a foundation in cancer research." Doctor, Lawyer Post Winners The real value of a scholarship program is not computed in dollars spent but in the effect on people. The careers of two former winners clearly demonstrate this point. Seymour Wallace went from AB to MD, while Lembhard G. Howell became an attorney at law. Dr. Wallace is now practicing medicine in Mountain View, Calif., a far cry from the days when he shipped out as an able seaman, usually with the Bull Line or Mississippi ships. A Seafarer since 1948, the doctor received his scholarship in 1954 while he was a premedical student at Long Island University. He continued to sail with the SIU during his first two summers at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. When he graduated from Columbia in 1959, Wallace became the first Seafarer to put "doc­ tor" before his name under the scholarship pro­ gram: The career opened up for Lem Howell as a result of the SIU scholarship also led to the West Coast. An attorney in private practice in Seattle, Howell is active politically. The son of a Seafarer, Howell received his SIU scholarship in 1955 and graduated in 1964 from New York University Law School. He at­ tended Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. His father, Cleveland Alexander Howell, re­ tired on an'SIU pension in 1965. Howell first went to the State of Washington on a Ford Foundation grant; was appointed an assistant Attorney General in 1966; was elected state president of the Young Democrats in 196667, and opened his own law firm. Miller, Howell and Watson in 1969. J Page 6 t rI Seafarer Wheeler Derryl Wheeler Seafarer Greeff Ferdinand Greeff Derryl Wheeler, 18, is graduating from Northwest Lauderdale High School in Meridan, Miss. In his first three years, Derryl maintained a straight A average. One of his teachers said: "I have never taught a stu­ dent of greater scholastic ability." Derryl has wanted to study medicine since childhood. He said: "I earnestly feel I can make my contribution to the furtherance of love and understanding by prolonging life and inspiring others to be more appreciative of the gift of life." He plans to do pre-medical work at Mississippi State University, and complete studies at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ferdinand Greeff, 18, is the son of veteran Sea­ farer Ferdinand C. Greeff, who sails as bosun and is now on the Calmar shore gang in Baltimore. But, young Greeff also has seatime. He attended the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship last August, and shipped on the Bienville and the Marymar. A gradu­ ate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Greeff was president of the senior class, a member of the student council,and a contributor to the yearbook. He was also on the school's wrestling team. Greeff hopes to attend Harvard or • Boston University to major in business administration. Able Seaman Lewis A. Smith, Jr., is the 27th Sea­ farer to be awarded a grant under the SIU pro­ gram. Smith, 28, is study­ ing now at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and plans to continue his studLewis A. Smith Jr. ies there or at New York University for a degree in Sociology. He began sailing with the SIU in 1961, after graduating from Aiken High School in Aiken, S.C. He received his AB en­ dorsement in 1965 and continued to ship through 1969. His last ship was the Steel Director. Comment­ ing on the SIU financial grant. Smith said: "I think it is wonderful for all those that are being helped through school, that the SIU has this concern for the improvement of society and this confidence in the young people of today." Seafarer Karpiak Lynn Marie Karpiak Lynn Marie Karpiak, 18, is graduating from Wil­ liam L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, N.J., ranking ninth in a class of 657 students. She lives at home with her father, Joseph, a deckhand and bridgeman for the Penn-Central Railroad, and her mother, Rebecca. In addition to maintaining a high scholastic level, Lynn has been class secretary in her junior and senior years, a member of the student council and yearbook staff. She plans to begin premedical studies at St. Peter's College or Jersey City State. The Seafarers Scholarship Awards Committee ex­ amines the scholastic records of candidates - they prepare to select winners for the S6,000 college scholarship grants awarded each year to Seafarers and the children of Seafarers. Seated from left are: Richard Keefe, St. Louis University; Dr. Bei> nard Ireland, College Entrance Examination Board; Chairman Edna Newhy, Douglass College; Dr. Charles A. Lyons Jr., Fayetteville State Uni­ versity, and Dr. Elwood C. Kastner, New York University. Standing is Price Spivey, administra­ tor of the Seafarers* Plans. Seafarers Log - 'J �TILL ACTIVE as a part of the United States' "Fourth Arm of Defense" is the SlU-contracted Rohin Trent (Moore-MacCormack). Built late during World War II, the ship saw action as a baby flat-top with the Navy be­ fore her conversion to a C-3 general-cargo vessel. She is now under charter by the Military Sea Transport Service carrying supplies to American troops in Southeast Asia. S y /fff^/jv r/f£Mr .•< Some lucky young lady is going to receive this statuette of a South Seas headhunter from OrdinaiT Seaman Joni Johnson. At right is Danny Burnett, 17, who had just completed his first trip as messman after graduating in February from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point. Oiler James Bennell stands watch in the engine room of the Robin Trent as the ship discharges cargo in Philadel­ phia. Bennell, who has been going to sea for many'years, said this was a good trip. Wiper Philip Barry (stand­ ing) discusses some disputed overtime with SIU Patrolman Robert Air as Electrician David Nellies and Able Sea­ man Thomas Jones (right) look on. All disputes and beefs were settled. Francis Thompson is a homesteader. He has been on the ship for 20 months, and signed for another voyage to Viet­ nam. When he is home. Seafarer Thompson lives with his wife, Laura Bess, and seven children, in Port Arthur, Tex. r 'S The crew had high praise for the tasty menus prepared during the three-month voyage of the Robin Trent to the Far East, and these two professionals had a lot to do with it. At left is Billy Wilkerson, third cook, and Willie Harris, chief cook. The Robin Trent prepares to load mili­ tary vehicles and supplies as she lies along the dock at the U.S. Army terminal in Philadelphia. Back from a 90-day trip to the Far East, the ship soon was back on her way to Vietnam. Bosun William D. Crawford (center) swapped sea stories with Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay (left) and Headquar­ ters Representative E. B. McAuley as the crew was being paid off after the long Vietnam voyage. Crawford, the ship's chair­ man, said it was a good trip with few beefs. June 1970 Page 7 �St-' V 6l m 7 JD This hand-carved figure of an Arabian pirate rested beneath the howspirit of the Algerine, an 18th Century tea clipper on the China-England run, until the vessel sprang a leak and was wrecked. -/.M r • -vvn •S I 'ir The Street of Ships' URING THE 1850S, a 5 Vi-block area along the East River just below the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City was called the "street of ships" by seafarers of that era. The name was well chosen, for many of America's most famous ships — packets, clippers, trans-Atlantic paddle liners—set sail from South Street's piers on voy­ ages that wrote glorious chapters in the history of ships under sail. In 1849, gold rush clippers left for California from South Street; in 1850, side wheelers began regular voyages to England; during the Civil War, windjammers filled the piers. It was the heyday of America's maritime history. ITie restoration of some of that history and its transformation into a "living history" with present-day meaning is the objective of the South Street Seaport Museum of New York. As part of a $40 million project, the Seaport Museum, organized in 1966, plans to totally rebuild four East River piers, restore 68 waterfront buildings, and line the docks with a dozen sail and steam vessels famous in history. When the project is completed in 1974, visitors will be able, in the words of one ob­ server, "to see, hear, smell and touch" America's glorious maritime heritage. D Aboard the Ambrose lightship, the vessel's heavy brass hell is now silent. She was retired sev­ eral years ago and replaced by a Texas tower. This oil painting depicts the South Street waterfront lined with oyster hoats, once a hoom ing industry in the waters around New York City, until pollution ruined the oyster beds. Page 8 The Titantic Memorial Lighthouse, built atop New York's Seaman's In­ stitute Church in 1913 in memory of those who lost their lives in the dis­ aster, was saved when the church was demolished in 1968. It is now on dis­ play at the Seaport. V i\ �An 18th Century ship's an­ chor rests on a Seaport Mu'seum pier at the foot of South Street. A view of the stem of the Caviare shows the hand-hewn planks of her deck and her white boom. During her ac­ tive years in the commercial fishing fleet, she took aboard countless tons of sea life from the Atlantic. The helm in the wheelhouse of the Ambrose lightship is shown at left. She was the last Coast Guard-operated lightships to serve on station in the Atlantic. :* J ri.f The Caviare, an 80-year-old Gloucester fishing schooner, is open for public tours. She was one of the first ships acquired by the Seaport and has been restored to seaworthiness. F• k As this copperplate etching shows, the South Street waterfront was a busy center of mari­ time commerce during the days of ships under sail. The masts of several windjammers tower above the piers in the background. June 1970 Ci% & s. �Widow Expresses Thanks to SIU To the Editon I would like to express my sincerest thanks for the Sea­ farers Welfare Fund check and the nice letter I received on the loss of my beloved husband August A. Brosig. I would especially like to thank Buck Stephens for the way that he helped me and made it a little easier for me. Thanks again. Mrs. Sara Brosig New Orleans, La. Sick Engineer Likes SIU Help Ship American' Program Seafarers have a vital stake in the "Ship American" campaign that has been kicked off nationally through the combined efforts of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department and the U.S. Department of Com­ merce. (Details of the "Ship American" program ap­ pear on page 4). This program blends well with the fact that the nation is nearing victory on our long, tough fight to revitalize the American merchant marine. Legislation that has been passed by the House of„ Representatives and is before the Senate provides for the construction of hundreds of new cargo vessels in the 1970s. The "Ship American" campaign is geared toward rilling the holds and decks of those ships with cargo. The blunt fact is that neither the legislative nor the promotion program can succeed unless both succeed. Cargo Figures Drop Just 20 years ago, American-flag ships carried 42.3 percent of our nation's oceanbome foreign trade. Today that figure is under 6 percent. This year, our nation's waterborne exports and imports are nearing a half-billion tons— four times as much as was carried in ships in 1950. Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gib­ son predicts that America's foreign-trade ton­ nage will top 620 million tons in a dozen years. So the cargo is there. The trick is to get it on American-flag bottoms. That is what "Ship American" is all about The program is aimed at showing U.S. indus­ trialists that it is good business to use Americanflag ships. Of course, it will be good business only so long as it is profitable business. It makes sense for the steel industry—which stands to gain by the use of enormous amounts of steel that will go into the new American-built bottoms—to use these ships for its exports. By using U.S.-flag ships, the industry will be gen­ erating a market for still more new bottoms. Foreign-flag Competition And it makes sense that the newer vessels utilizing the technological advances that have been developed in recent years will be better able to compete with foreign-flag vessels in bidding for America's export trade. Further help is in the wings in the form of construction and operating subsidies that are provided in the maritime legislation passed by the House of Representatives. President Nixon has set as a goal for the American merchant marine the carriage of 30 percent of our international trade. Hopefully, this goal will be supported by the federal agencies that for too long have ducked their obligation to their own nation's fleet by using foreign-flag vessels for government cargo. "Ship American" is a proper phrase for a program that will help the nation's Seafarers, its seafaring industry, its economy and its potential to defend itself in time of crisis. Recipe to Help Industry Unions have obligations, as well, to preserve and promote the industries they are associated with, be it shipping or bagel baking. The Seafarers International Union of North America turned its hand toward promoting the use of seafoods through the production of a book of 45 recipes. The publication was widely distributed at the 25th Union Industries Show and is available to SIU members through a Page 10 coupon appearing on Page-19 of this issue of the Seafarers Log. Members of the unions belonging to the Fish and Cannery Conference of the SIUNA will prosper in direct ratio to the consumption of their products from the seas. To have a fine meal, and to help an SIUNA brother, order the recipe book and use their products—often. You'll be glad you did. in the Marine Hospital. I guess many of us, especially oldtimers, are fools ifor we do not want to go to hospitals unless we are forced to do so. I am of this type but thanks to those who have more sense than I do and make us go. How do you really let people know how you feel especially when you are an ec­ centric old Seafarer like me. David J. Barry Bridgewater, Mass. Check Reminder Of Past Struggle To the Editor: I thank you all for the approv­ al of my pension application and my first check. It was indeed a relief to me, in more than one way. I hope we all will remember the days when there was no pension for any­ body, and it was a struggle just to get one's basic rights. It is rather easy to forget such "things" when we are getting used to all the rights and condi­ tions of today. Now I must admit I do miss the new ships and all the good shipmates I had during my years at sea! I thank you all and wish you the best of everything wherever you might be, on land or at sea! Yours sincerely, Sigurd Halvorsen New Orleans, La. To the Editor: On April 22 I entered the Bluff Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, a very sick man. The next day a young Japanese lady came into my room and said: "I am the SIU secretary. Is there anything I can do for you?" I told her that I was not a member but an engineer from the M.E.B.A. My answer did not make any difference to her. I was just a sick person in the hospital. The question was repeated: "Is there anything I can do for you?" The next day or so Mr. Frank Boyne, SIU Port Agent, came to see me. Again I was asked what can we do for you? I asked for some toothpaste and it was brought to me in less than an hour. After two days of trying to Prompt Attention send a telegram to my wife (no one would help me) I telephoned Draws Thanks the SIU. The secretary, Keito To the Editor: I would like to thank the'Sea­ Nakategawa, came to the hospital and then sent my telegram. If I farers Welfare Plan for the would not have been able to pay prompt attention given me on the for it, I believe she would have claim for my treatments. used her own money. Sincerely, Joe Penner Yours truly. Seattle, Wash. Earl A. Russell Seattle, Wash. Costa Rican Appreciates Log To the Editor: I received your package con­ taining the Seafarers Log, which I appreciate very much. In fact I have no words to express to you my gratitude. I thank you ever so much for such valuable in­ formation. Be sure that I enjoy very much reading the Seafar­ ers Log. I will pass on the papers to some old sailors who also worked in the United States Merchant Marine. I am expecting to make a trip to the United States next year especially to New York, where I was raised and attended school. I have many friends there still. If I am not mistaken some of them are working in the United States Merchant Marine in which I worked for 15 years. With no more particulars for the present time, I am sincerely yours, Neftali Vargas Villablobos Pital de San Carlos, Costa Rica Seafarer Offers Thanks for Care To the Editor: I was very ill recently, and all I can say is thanks to Walter Reidy and the others at the San Francisco^ hall who helped me and thanks to the wonderful treatment from the doctors and nurses—and all of their helpers ' I: Welfare Plan Eases His Mind To the Editor: I just want to say how much I appreciate all that has been done for me by the SIU and its wonderful Welfare Plan. Sort of eases my being flat on my back with this illness knowing that my union—my brothers—are behind me. From the start "C Card" to the day I became a full book member, I have been treated with utmost kindness, employment and help! With rest, medications and God's help—I'll again be back with you all. So thank you all again! Yours truly. Matt Goldfinger Buffalo, JV.Y. Seafarer Visits Family Home To the Editor: Just to let you know that I caught a ship called the Choctaw and it was going to Naples. When I was a boy of nine years old, my father took me to Catania, Italy, to see his family and I saw everybody. I got the biggest break. I stayed six days in Naples and flew from Naples to Catania after 47 years to see those relatives. The only one alive was my father's sister. I want to thank the captain, mate and the crew for letting me go. Yours truly, James DiPietro Brooklyn, N.Y. Seafarers Log i c f/ •9 I �Nafional Health Insurance s"* ' Good Health Care For All 70s Goal Full Benefits Seen Under NHI Plan Washington A proposal that will reduce the cost of medical care for all Americans—the National Health Insur­ ance bill—is being pushed by labor as one of the major issues of the 1970s. The measure would replace and expand the cur­ rent Medicare and Medicaid that confine medical services to the elderly and "medically indigent." American labor was a prime backer of the Medicare and Medicaid legislation before its passage in 1964. Statistics show that nine out of ten Americans are medically indigent—unable to pay the high cost of necessary medical care without severe economic hard­ ship. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Martha W. Griffiths (DMich.) maintains that many Americans spend 25 per­ cent or more of their incomes for medical care. Care Deteriorating Despite rising costs, statistics show that medical care is deteriorating rather than improving. For ex­ ample, the infant death rate in the United States has increased since 1950. America has slipped from sixth place in infant deaths to 14th place currently. Advocates of a National Health Insurance program maintain that medical cost increases can be reversed by offering cost-cutting bonus incentives to participat­ ing hospitals and physicians. NHI would provide unlimited hospitalization, coinprehensive dental and eye care, including glasses, and prescription services for every person who has resided in the United States for more than one year. $100 a Day Seen Statistics show that hospitalization will soon reach a cost of more than $100 per day—much more than the average worker can afford. "Health care should be provided on the basis of need, not money," Rep. Griffiths says. The cost of a heart attack is $16,000 in medical fees. This in itself is a heart stopper. -Medicare and Medicaid have shown the Social Security Administration that health care is the most rapidly rising expense in the cost of living index. Washington National Health Insurance, sponsored by Rep. Martha W. Griffiths (D-Mich.) and strongly backed by organized labor, would mean extension of health care to every American under the proven framework of the Social Security system. It is unlike Medicare and Medicaid, which re­ strict benefits to the elderly or "medically indigent." For all Americans, National Health Insurance would mean: Options that would allow Americans to retain pri­ vate physicians or join pre-paid comprehensive group health care plans. It would earmark 6.7 percent of the Gross National Product, the current cost of medical health services, to pay for the plan. Contributions would be deducted from employers and employees under the same system as present Social Security payments. Unlimited hospital and nursing care, physicians .services including surgery, prescription drugs and eye care, including eyeglasses. Dental care for children under 16, home calls by doctors and home health services would be available after payment of a token fee—$2 per visit—by the patient. Physical examinations on a yearly basis—stressed by comprehensive health care plans—can spot ill­ nesses before becoming more serious, thereby re­ ducing hospitalization and surgery. These examina­ tions would be encouraged by NHI. Backers of the measure point to statistics that show that group plans stressing preventive medicine offer better and more comprehensive medical care at lower cost. The figures show that non-maternity hospitaliza­ tion and surgery are reduced by more than 50 percent for members of group plans, in comparison with standard Blue Cross and Blue Shield coverage. Proponents maintain that savings resulting from the expansion of group plans and consequent reduction in hospital and surgery charges will pay for the cost of the program without an increase in current Social Security rates. "The time is long overdue to make comprehensive health care a matter of right for all Americans, in all income levels, rather than a matter of privilege, pity or proximity," Rep. Griffiths said. Only Rich Can Afford Illness Americans are learning that illness is becom­ ing so expensive that only the wealthy can afford to get sick. Hospital charges will rise to over $100 per day within three years. Statistics show that medi­ cal care is the most rapidly rising expense in the American economy. For example, hospital daily charges—exclu­ sive of doctors' fees and treatment charges— rose 64.2 percent between 1958 and 1966 and rose an incredible 107 percent between 1966 and the beginning of this year. Physicians' fees jumped 18 percent from 1958 to 1966 and an additional 33 percent from 1966 until January of this year. Since 1950, health care has absorbed an in­ creasing proportion of the Gross National Prod­ uct. In 1950 it stood at 4.6 percent of the GNP. By 1960 it had risen to 5.3 percent and by 1968 it stood at 6.7 percent of our total economy. In dollars, health care costs Americans more than $60 billion per year. Compared with other expenses, medical care shows sharper cost increases than other goods and services. Overall medical care costs rose 4.2 percent between 1946 and 1960, compared to a 3 percent rise in other consumer prices dur­ ing the same period. During the five years from 196p until 1965 medical costs rose 2.5 percent, almost twice as much as other prices. From 1965 until 1968 medical care spiraled by 5.8 percent. June 1970 NHI would offer incentive bonuses to health orga­ nizations to cut costs while extending services. It ear­ marks 6.7 percent of the Gross National Product for health care -a figure determined by present health expenditures. It encourages membership in comprehensive group health plans which practice preventive medicine rather than Blue Cross-type protection under which benefits are paid only during illness. Doctors Profit by Illness Under the present system, the physician is finan­ cially rewarded in proportion to the illness of his pa­ tient. The greater or more lingering the illness the more money the doctor makes. National Health Insurance would give the physi­ cian a financial stake in keeping the patient in good health. Preventive medicine, stressed under NHI would reduce unnecessary hospitalization, unneces­ sary surgery and unnecessary medical services which have been major factors in the rapid rise of health care costs. The bill would encourage expansion of present pre­ paid comprehensive health insurance plans, such as the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. The President's Commission on Health Manpower studied the Kaiser plan and concluded that it provided as good or better care than was available in the general community— at a cost of 20 to 30 percent less. Studies by the Federal Employes Health Benefits Program revealed that pre-paid comprehensive health care plans reduce both hospitalization time and the number of surgical procedures. Hospital Time Reduced Exclusive of maternity benefits, the study indicated that the duration of hospitalization is reduced by more than 50 percent and the incidence of surgery is reduced by 42 percent among government employes subscribing to comprehensive health insurance. NHI would offer physicians an option to join or exclude themselves from the national health plan. Participation could also be full or part-time. Americans would be free to choose their physi­ cian—whether in private or group practice. They would also be encouraged to avail themselves of periodic physical examinations nnd preventive care under the plan. Urging passage of such a national health plan, AFL-CIO President George Meany said: "Our mem­ bers are being priced out of the medical care market by the sky-high, ever mounting, charges of doctors, hospitals and other providers of medical caie." National Health Insurance is, indeed, an issue of the '70s. Private Health Plans Failing At a time when medical expenses are rising faster than any other item, many Americans are learning that private health insurance plans are inadequate. • About 99.5 percent of all Americans, about 200 million persons have no dental health insurance. • There is no nursing home coverage for 90.4 percent of our population, 186 million persons. • 126 million persons—60 percent of our population—have no out-of-hospital prescrip­ tion co'erage. • Almost 58 percent, 122 million people, have no provision for private duty nurses. • 122 million persons, 58 percent of Ameri­ cans have no coverage for doctor and dentist office and home visits. • More than 54 percent of Americans— about 115 million persons—have no provision for visiting nurse services. • More than half of all Americans—107 million—have no X-ray or laboratory coverage. • 77 million—more than one-third of our population—have no coverage for in-hospital doctors' visits. • 59 million—more than one quarter of the population—have no surgeons' fees coverage. • Slightly less than 25 percent—53 million Americans—have no hospital care coverage at all. Page 11 �Workers Really Feeling Economic Pinch Washington What is the human toll of increasing unemployment, con­ tinuing inflation and the gen­ eral economic slowdown the Administration hoped would halt inflation? It is the worker laid off his job, the housewife resorting to meatless meals because of the high cost of food, and the fam­ ily unable to find a new home in a better neighborhood be­ cause interest rates are too high and new homes aren't being built. To government economists they are non-people—name­ less, faceless statistics. But who are these very real people? They are the 13 workers out of every 1,000 who had jobs on Jan. 1 but don't have a job today. House Not Built They are homemakers who can't fill their grocery carts be­ cause the paychecks of bread­ winners have been shrunk due to production cutbacks and re­ ductions in working hours de­ spite a continuing increase in living costs of 6 percent an­ nually. They are the families who hoped to occupy the nearly 1.2 million housing units not built last year buf still needed. Instead of getting better, the picture looks worse. Some economists agree with AFLCIO President George Meany that the economy has "crossed the threshold of recession." And each report issued by government economists seems to lend more and more cred­ ence to that belief. Unemployment soared to 4.8 percent in April—the increase over March of 0.4 percent was one of the sharpest since the 1960 recession. Unemployment Jump Since Jan. 1, unemployment has risen from 3.5 to 4.8 per­ cent, making the increase for the four-month period the steepest since the 1958 reces­ sion. Employment figures — the number of people working— did not change over the March figures. That means that no new jobs were added to the economy, despite the fact that many new workers entered the job market. As if inflation wasn't wiping out enough of the pay increases gained by workers, government except those earning up to figures showed that workers' $12,000 a year. Increasingly, workers and were working fewer hours and less overtime and bringing their families are forced to rely home less money with which on mobile homes to fill their to purchase the goods and serv­ housing needs. This has been criticized by labor officials who ices needed by their families. The housing industry has point out: virtually ground to a halt push­ No Base for Family ing the housing shortage into "Clusters of these flimsy crisis proportions. Latest gov­ habitations would only become ernment statistics show that a breeding grounds for the slums total of 1,432,900 new housing of the future. Besides, in a units were completed last year mobile home the family lacks a —far less than the goal of 2.6 firm base necessary for the million units for 1969. proper rearing of children and Housing Starts Behind essential for the building of To make matters more se­ sound and stable communities." rious, housing starts this year What could be done to alle­ are running at a yearly rate of viate these conditions? 1.2 million. The AFL-CIO has reminded Private and public housing the President that he has failed both are affected by the strang­ to use the authority voted him ulation of the housing industry. by Congress to curb the Middle class housing has vir­ specific causes of inflation tually vanished from the scene, while expanding credit for with luxury housing and pub­ needed facilities and business licly-assisted construction the operations. main areas of current build­ Labor also suggested these ing. four steps: Oppressively high interest rates and a shortage of mort­ Credit Controls gage money have boosted hous­ 1—Congress should directing prices, driving from the the Federal Reserve System "to housing market most workers establish selective credit con­ trols, maximum interest rates on specific types of loans and Ariontie, Gulf & Inland Waters District the allocation of available credit where it will do the most May 1.1970 to May 31.1970 good for America." DECK DEPARTMENT 2—A portion of tax-exempt TOTAL /REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH funds, such as pension, college AU Groups Ail Groups All Groups endowment, bank reserves and Class A Class B Class C ClassA ClassB ClassA ClassB 4 1 7 7 4 8 1 86 60 125 109 31 200 149 12 9 17 25 16 3 39 43 31 20 45 49 6 95 32 15 20 25' 29 5 41 20 2810 19 7 34 34 9 10 6 11 0 11 16 49 31 17 17 3 94 . 41 Thomas P. Anderson 86 53 59 53 131 76 11 Your wife asks that you con­ 65 74 41 47 177 58 9 tact her as soon as possible at 40 53 50 47 19 40 39 78, Darogahat Road, Chittagong, 99 98 68 73 38 104 33 East Pakistan. 37 9 6 23 11 34 4 Edmund Pacheco 566 647 430 403 997 521 137 Your sister, Mrs. Jeanette BerENGINE DEPARTMENT mudez, would like you to get in touch with her as soon as pos­ TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH sible in care of Chase Manhat­ Ail Groups AU Groups AU Groups tan Bank, P.O. Box 335, BayaCbosA Class B <Class C ClassA ClassB ClassA ClassB mon, P.R. 00619. 2 4 5 1 4 4 ^ 7 61 69 30 145 157 113 91 John Edmund Funk 7 8 15 19 2 26 11 Your father, John W. Funk, 36 44 40 29 11 58 25 asks that you get in touch with 23 15 12 20 10 23 22 him as soon as possible at 643 18 28 40 31 11 2i : 43 West 43rd St., Room 842, New 11 10 0 15 11 6 7 York, N.Y. 10036. 27 39 14 12 56 64 1 63 93 53 66 7 99 94 Ernest John Byers 45 58 33 93 145 41 5 Your parents ask that you con­ 30 11 23 30 13 9 21 tact them as soon as possible at 63 76 45 73 35 62 34 614 Alvarez Ave., Whistler, Ala. 31 35 9 10 23 8 8 David Douglas 456 572 323 618 652 399 142 Your step-daughter, Gayle Mc­ STEWARD DEPARTMENT Donald, requests you call her: TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH area code 212, AL-5-6010. AU Groups All Groups All Groups Juan Hopkins ClassA CIMSB CiassA OassB CfaMsC Class A Cfaos B Your Seaman's papers are on 3 2 3 2 • 4 ^ 3 1 file in the Records Department of 64 39 38 38 25 129 63 union headquarters in Brooklyn. 6 1 9 7 6 19 26 13 33 19 3 33 V,. ' ' 70 Haskell Moore 16 14 13 17 17 22 16 Please get in touch with your 22 15 9 16 7 22 22 attorney, John. M. Joye, in re­ 16 IS 7 2 0 5 14 gard to money due you. His ad­ 29 10 28 13 2 70 37 dress is 7920 Orangethorpe Ave., 50 41 62 35 8 118 55Buena Park, Calif. 29 39 32 23 10 154-'• 14 20 r 11 • 17 15 11 Maynard H. Farshetter 61 80 57 45 44 ; ..Pi-,':. 74V 38 Mrs. Judy Farshetter asks that 49 14 • V--' 6 1 6 ' 28 " 6 you contact her as soon as pos­ 312 • ;--.275. . 235 415 139 '732 • : ;';37Q;;;. sible at 1428 Orizaba Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90804. DISPATCHERS REPORT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Poet Boston New York Philadelphia .... Baltimore .. Norfolk Jacksonville ... Tampa Mobile New Oiieans . Houstmj Wilmington , San Francisco Seattle .' Totals Page 12 On Schedule? Washington It all depends on how you look at it After Paul W. McCracken, chairman of the Coun­ cil of Economic Advisers, assured the nation that things are "on schedule," Washington Post financial editor Hobart Rowan quoted another Adminis­ tration official who said privately: "Sure we're on sched­ ule—we're ahead of schedule getting to high unemployment and be­ hind schedule In reducing excessive Inflation. Just average those two things out and you can see we're on schedule." foundation funds, should be re­ quired to be invested in gov­ ernment-guaranteed mortgages to revive the home-building in­ dustry. 3—The current high rate of business mergers should be curtailed to reduce the concen­ tration of economic power in the hands of a few banks and corporations. 4—Practical measures should be developed to ease the pres­ sure on living costs caused by soaring increases in physicians' fees, hospital charges, housing costs and auto insurance rates. Personals Pedro Eliot Your wife. Heather, is anxious to hear from you. Please con­ tact her as soon as possible at Rue-de Carnot (Bye Lane), Burra Bazar, Chandannagar, Dist. Hooghly. W B, India. Robert Orion Smith Your nephew, Sam Smith, asks that you get in touch with him as soon as possible at 301 4th Ave., Asbury Park, N.J. 07712. Leo Garabedian Please contact your wife, Dor­ othy, as soon as possible at 601 21 St., Aliquippa, Pa. 15001. James Joseph Connors George E. Mrayman asks that you contact him as soon as pos­ sible at 62 Conant St., Pawtucket, R.L Norman Edward Griffin Your daughter, Mrs. Gale Wellman, asks that you get in touch with her as soon as pos­ sible at 6040 Graceland Ave., Cincinnati, O. 45237. She is anx­ ious to hear from you. New Address Port Arthur, Tex. The Port Arthur office of the Inland Boatmen's Union has been moved to 534 Ninth Ave., Port Ar­ thur, Tex. 77640. The new offices, of the SIU affiliate were opened May 1, Agent Roan Lightfoot announced. Seafarers Log m m •M �from the ships at sea Ship's Chairman Robert Byrd said the crew of the Seatrain Florida (Seatrain Lines) wanted to go a little further than the usual vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. In WUbur a resolution com­ Sink mending Chief Steward Wilbur Sink, Steward Delegate James Johnson and the rest of the department, Byrd said: "We have been very fortu­ nate in having meals well-pre­ pared and of excellent quality, served in very clean surroundings by congenial messmen. Our wholehearted thanks for excep­ tional meals and service, and no trouble of any kind." The resolu­ tion was unanimously adopted at a shipboard meeting after the Florida left Yokohama bound for San Diego and San Francisco. The Erna Elizabeth (Albatross Tankers) will be paying off on the West Coast ^ after a six-month W voyage, accordVK. ing to a report received from ship's SecretaryReporter Ernest Bryant. "W e Ernest c r e w e d up in • Bryant November for a trip to Spain and England," he said. "In addition to Spain and England, we made two runs from the Carribean and then went to the Persian Gulf. From there we are heading for St. Johns, New Brunswick." Ship's Chairman John Swiderski reports from the Erna Elizabeth that the voyage has been smooth, and that there have been only a few beefs. One beef is that the vessel has not received any Logs during the en­ tire trip. G. Hernandez is the deck delegate; C. W. White, engine delegate, and James Webb is the steward department delegate. Aboard the Sfeel Apprentice "We are glad to relate to our Union Brothers that the pres­ ent get-up of the SIU Ship^s Committee works 100 percent for the harmony and welfare of the membership,*' reports Ship's Secretary-Reporter Paul Lopez. This photo taken aboard the Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) at sea shows the committee. From left are; Lester Broderick, engine dele­ gate; P. Lopez; Augusto Lopez, steward delegate; Charles Phillips, deck delegate; and Daniel Backrak, ship's chair­ man. The ship is on her way to Los Angeles after discharging cargo at Danang and Cam Rahn Bay. A surprise anniversary party took place April 16 aboard the Robin Trent (M o o r e-M a cCormack) to honor Mate Jim Vining who had just completed his -Ji. 40th year at sea, reports Ship's wniie Chairman Willie Crawford D. Crawford. A special anniversary cake was pre­ pared by Harrison "Buck" Bumsed, baker, and was presented to Vining by the captain and Chief Steward Jack O'Steen on behalf of the entire crew. The chief mate said: "These have been a rewarding 40 years of service, be­ ginning in the fo'csle during the years I sailed as member of the SIU. I want you to know that this SIU crew has been one of the finest, and most dependable and knowledgeable crews that I have sailed with." (See pictures of the Trent on page 7.) Administration Policies Hurt Consumers Business lobbyists are waging a strong fight in Congress to prevent passage of a "class action" conJ pr sumer redress bill; food prices have reached a record high, and the Administration has told Congress that the easiest way for moderate-income families to get into their own house is to buy a mobile home (see story page 12). TTie consumer "class action" bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Joseph Tydings of Maryland and Rep. Bob Eckhardt of Texas, would allow con­ sumers with similar complaints to bring suit jointly against business firms. Introducing the bill, Eckhardt said: "We must decide whether we intend to make the courts as accessible to the poor as we do for the rich. This bill gives the consumer the right to sue— the right of plain people to come into court and ob­ tain the rights that are theirs. Our bill uses judges and juries to determine these private rights and afford private remedies." Would Solve Common Problem The Tydings-Eckhardt legislation, for which the Administration has offered a modified substitute, 1^7 would help solve one of the most persistent problems moderate-income buyers have to face: That often losses suffered at the hands of deceptive or highpressure sellers are not large enough to make it worth­ while for a lawyer to handle the case. This dilemma has made possible the existence of a multitude of frauds and overcharges, from install­ ment sales practices to gouges for transmission and home repairs, health insurance and many other goods and services. Usually the aggrieved consumer takes his financial beating in bitter silence with no place to turn. He isn't poor enough to qualify for help from the Legal Aid Society; he isn't rich enough to have a lawyer at his command. Can End Bad Practices But when a community group or local government agency can bring a suit, refunds can be gained for all the consumers who suffered from the same malprac­ tice, and the practice itself usually can be ended. In essence this bill would allow a group of, say 100, consumers with similar complaints against a busiiiess firm to sue that firm for redress. Thus, if the average redress sought was $200, the group would sue jointly for $200,000. Class actions have already shown their value in \r. June 1970 wining a $100,000 settlement for overcharges for tetracycline drugs between 1954-66, and by ending the use of prejudgment wage garnishees in 17 states. In Rhode Island, the Consumers Council used class actions to stop several deceptive practices of trans­ mission repair and home improvement services. In Arizona, the Consumers Council used a class action suit to get Tucson grocers to stop collecting a city sales tax after it had been repealed. Differing Restrictions Various states have their own laws permitting class actions with differing restrictions. The federal bill in­ troduced by Tydings and Eckhardt would provide much more opportunity for consumers or organiza­ tions to bring class action suits in federal courts re­ gardless of where the consumers live or the amount involved. Presently, federal courts can take only suits in­ volving parties in two or more states and separate claims of at least $10,000. The prospect of this type of legislation has gen­ erated strenuous opposition from large corporations and trade associations. The bill is being fought by the American Retail Federation, the Retail Merchants Association, the Canners Association, the Association of National Advertisers, the Chamber of Commerce, Proctor and Gamble and other business giants. Because of the opposition by big business, the Administration has introduced a modified version of the bill. The substitute proposal would limit the suits that could be undertaken to 11 specific categories of pos­ sible frauds and require that the Justice Department first sue and win a judgment before a class suit could be filed. Thus, consumers would first have to convince the Justice Department to sue the offending business firm. If the department was successful, then the consumer or group could sue. The defect in this proposal is evident—the Justice Department has many other re­ sponsibilities and has actually never displayed much interest in consumer problems. If the public demands it, the Tydings-Eckhardt bill has a chance to get through Congress despite the business opposition and the Administration's offer of a poor substitute. Boosting Food Prices Another area of serious concern to the consumer is the record high cost of living. While the Adminis­ tration tries to fight inflation by slowing production and creating unemployment, the U.S. Agriculture De­ partment works tp boost food prices. Just when food costs are at record highs and eggs temporarily are one of the few reasonably-priced proteins foods, the U.S.D.A. has warned farmers to reduce their egg-laying flocks to keep up prices. After hitting levels of close to $1 a dozen last winter, mainly because of speculation by middlemen, prices recently have dropped about 40 percent. Egg production cur­ rently is running about 3 percent ahead of last year. The irony is that the public is not getting the full benefit of the present larger supplies, yet the govern­ ment wants to reduce them. No Help for Fanners Nor have the farmers been getting much benefit from the higher retail. food prices. Last year the average city family paid $1,173 for farm products, an increase of $55 from the year before. But farmers got only $447 of that expenditure, or $12 more. Middlemen got the $43 balance of the increase, for a total of $726 of the average family food bill. The futility of the government's mock war against inflation is that it fails to attack the real problems of high food and housing costs. The Administration's answer to the country's hous­ ing shortages and mortgage financing problems is for middle income families to buy a mobile home. It considers this kind of home to be "the largest single source of acceptable new housing ... at prices which moderate income families can afford." Mobile homes are cheaper! They cost approximately one-fourth the price of the average conventional new house today. But they do have their drawbacks. • The fact is that families are already having trouble finding a place to locate their mobile homes. Many towns have zoning restrictions forbidding this type house; some trailer parks don't want families witb children, and others charge exorbitant rates for fam­ ilies with young children. In effect, they bar younger families who are hardest hit by the general housing and money shortage. Another problem is that lenders charge more for financing mobile homes. Rates generally run close to 12 percent. If you're thinking of buying a mobile home to get around the housing shortage, better see first where you can locate it, and find out the stimdards and rules of local trailer courts. A good reference book is Woddall's Mobile Home Park Directory. It is avail­ able in libraries and local courts. Page 13 �n^K ."WW*' •^-y • •-'S' - •.•>;>: ' '•••- • (Detroit News photo) Coast Guard "speed cop" uses a stopwatch to clock Great Lakes freighters as they pass through the St. Clair River. Speed limits are being enforced to cut down on property damage along the shore caused by the bow waves from fast-moving vessels. Coasf Guard 'Cops' Clocking Speeding Lakes Freighters Detroit A new kind of speed cop—lurking behind boathouses and hiding in bushes along the riverbank—will be clocking Great Lakes freighters this season as the ships move along the St. Clair River, connecting Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair. The Coast Guard's first full-time speed check team in this area—equipped with an automobile and a stopwatch—is an effort to reduce shore­ line property damage caused by a combination of high water and the waves of passing ships. Owners of cottages and docks along the 35 miles of shoreline estimated damage last year at $100,000, and they complain that "hot-rodder" ore carriers are the cause. Speed limits along the waterway are estab­ lished by the Corps of Enjgineers, but the Coast Guard is the only law enforcer. Currently, the limits are 9 mph from the Blue Water Bridge, at Port Huron, south to Marysville, and 10 mph the rest of the way to Lake St. Clair. These limits are a little more than half-speed for a modern lakes freighter. Times and places that Coast Guard teams will observe freighters are a secret, according to Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth F. Franke of the Belle Isle Coast Guard Station. "Our team will be checking mornings, after­ noons, midnights, moving from place-to-place," he said. "We're not hiding, but we're not waving a flag to show where we are." Detection of a speeding vessel is simple and accurate, the Coast Guard says. One member of the team will time the moment the bow of the ship passes point A and the other when it passes point B, a known distance apart. Or, a single spotter can clock the ship at one point, hop in his car, and race down to the next check point. The equipment is simple. They will use a navigation chart with measured distances, a stop watch, and a rally computer—a plastic de­ vice used in road racing to compute by distancerate-times formulas. If necessary to confirm the team's observa­ tion, officers will take off from Belle Isle in a speedy launch (a waterborne motorcycle) to overtake the ship and will order the captain to "pull over to the anchorage." They will then board the vessel and check the ship's log for its recorded speed. Wave damage is not a federal offense, but a property owner can file a civil suit against the vessel's owners for damages, and Coast Guard records are available to him for his case, the Coast Guard says. Speeding can also cost the ship's captain or pilot his license for a month. This amounts to a fine of $2,500 to $3,000 for the man in charge of a propeller-driven hot rodder. Sparkman Urges Maritime Program Approval Washington The United States should be a "maritime-oriented nation" but unfortunately this is not the case. Senator John Sparkman (D-Ala.) said recently. He pointed out that 23 states, including his home state of Ala­ bama, are on the sea and that 80 percent of the states have di­ rect access to the seas, some through the St. Lawrence Sea­ way, the Mississippi River and other waterways. Page 14 The chairman of the Joint Committee on Defense Produc­ tion said the construction of new merchant ships is "all-important" to the U.S. foreign trade as well as to national defense. Sen. Sparkman urged Congres­ sional approval this year of legis­ lation authorizing 19 new ships for the fiscal year 1971. Con­ struction would cost nearly $200 million and is part of President Nixon's overall program to build 300 additional U.S.-flag vessels in the next decade. "We must now rely heavily on foreign merchant ships to bring us the raw materials we need for the American domestic economy and for our defense industries," the Alabama Democrat stated. The U.S. merchant marine is in a "deplorable state," he con­ tinued. He cited statistics which show U.S.-flag ships today carry less than 6 percent o.; the total U.S. foreign trade. Soviet mer­ chantmen, the senator said, carry 50 percent of the USSR's sea­ borne trade. Maritime Program Passed by House (Continued from page 3) and to operate those ships under the U.S. flag." Construction Subsidies—For the first time since 1936, the bill extends to all ship operators the right to qualify for con­ struction differential subsidies. Again, this right had been limited in the past to the 14 subsidized berth-line operators. Garmatz made it clear that particular emphasis would be placed on building ships for the bulk trades. One of the "major objectives" of the long-range shipbuilding program, he told his colleagues, "is to build bulk carriers in our commercial trades in world markets be­ cause we have virtually forfeited our bulk trades to foreign car­ riers." Operating Subsidies—As in the case of construction sub­ sidies, the measure extends operating differential assistance beyond the liner trade, includ­ ing bulk carriers under this phase of the program for the first time. . Garmatz told the House that the combination of construction and operating subsidy aid for the bulk trades would en­ courage American ship opera­ tors to "build and operate U.S. ships to give us a bulk carry­ ing capability." At the same time, the bill in­ troduces a wage index concept which, Garmatz said, would en­ courage responsible collective bargaining and would lead to "a general lessening of de­ pendence on operating subsidy for our liners to meet foreign competition." The Merchant Marine Com­ mittee had modified the Nixon proposals on the wage index to afford organized labor the op­ portunity to participate in the decision-making process in­ volved in the setting of manning scales for subsidized vessels. Foreign-Flag Pbaseout—The bill provides an orderly method by which presently unsubsidized companies could qual­ ify for benefits uni^r the pro­ gram while disposing of their foreign-flag holdings over a 20year period. Failure to include such a phaseout, Garmatz said, would have made it impossible for some operators to come under the American flag. Under this provision, an operator with both Americanflag and foreign-flag holdings would have to agree to a "freeze" of his foreign holdings at their April 15, 1970, level, and to gradually divest himself of these foreign holdings within 20 years. Commenting on this provi­ sion in the course of the floor debate, Garmatz declared: "This has the potential of reducing, if not eliminating, the so-called 'runaway' fleet. about which our seafaring unioni; and others have complained so bitterly over the years. "To the extent operators with foreign-flag ships are in- duced by this program to build their ships in U.S. yards and operate them under our flag, we will have strengthened our commerce and provided for our national security. Further, we will have created more jobs than are presently available for our seafaring personnel." The chairman said that the provision for phasing out for­ eign-flag holdings would be a major step toward accomplish­ ing "one of the major purposes" of the maritime program—"to build up a commercial bulkcarrier fleet." Long Years of Neglect Rep. William S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), ranking GOP mem­ ber on the Merchant Marine Committee, also emphasized the long years of neglect of the bulk carriers, declaring that it had "created a crisis which cannot be ignored." Mailliard declared: "While our liner trade has grown steadily over the years, its importance in terms of our economic well-being has been overshadowed in recent years by the growth of the bulk trades." At present, he said, Amer­ ica's liner trade involves the carriage of approximately 46 million tons annually, while bulk trades account for almost 350 million tons. At the end of the 10-year ship construction .program called for in the legis­ lation, he went on, liner trade will have increased to some 60 million tons annually, while the bulk trades will have soared tobetween 550 million and 600 million tons. 'Can't Afford Dependence' "If American-flag ships are not built to transport a reason­ able percentage of our expand­ ing foreign trade," Mailliard said, "we will be totally de­ pendent upon foreign shipping interests to move these goods. We cannot afford that de­ pendence." To meet this need, he de­ clared, calls for particular em­ phasis on the maximum de­ velopment of bulk-carrying capacity under the American flag. With regard to the phaseout of foreign-flag operations, in order to induce shipowners to develop their future fleets under the U.S. flag, the Cali­ fornia Republican said: "This provision recognizes the fact that a number of high­ ly qualified, non-subsidized operators have been compelled to build and operate ships under foreign flags because of the static nature of our mari­ time programs, particularly in the field of bulk carriage. ''These operators can make a substantial contribution to our maritime posture. ... It would be unreasonable to ask these carriers to give up overnight their foreign operations in order to qualify for participation in this new maritime program." Seafarers Log ' I J M : L v-l •n �X.' Special Supplement SBi^ARERSftLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION « ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT « AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION: The elections of 1970 are just five months away. During these next five months, the American people can expect to be bombarded with patriotic appeals to take an active role in the political processes of the United States. Americans will he asked to contribute funds to the candi­ dates of their choice . . . and to work for their election. They'll be told that the exercise of these rights is just plain "good citizenship." 1,'• T ^ r / p* V ^P'lJ I. Wi'/ l^t\ "I J In • III »• There's something else the American people can look for­ ward to between now and election time. They can expect to be bombarded with a barrage of news stories, magazine articles and speeches criticizing the Seafarers International Union—criticism based solely on the ground that this Union plays an active role in the political process. The SIU will he attacked for contributing funds to the candidates who support our efforts, to revitalize the American merchant marine . . . and we'll be attacked because we're working for the election of these candidates. Some of the people who holler the loudest that Americans should become involved in politics are the same ones who'll be doing the most screaming because Seafarers are involved in politics. This is known as trying to carry Mater on both shoulders; Telling the public that politics is "good citizenship"—except M'hen it's practiced by Seafarers. This kind of criticism is nothing new for the SIU. As the folloM'ing pages of this Supplement make clear, we've been under fire regularly because Me choose to exercise our right, as citizens, to be active in politics—and this criticism is certain to intensify, the closer we get to election time. We've been attacked by everybody from right-M'ing, antilabor politicians to muckraking "investigative reporters" from the daily press. They claim that they've "uncovered" something truly sensa­ tional—although the fact of the matter is that all of their in­ formation is based on the Union's own public reports of every dime and dollar collected and spent. The SIU and its political arm, the Seafarers' Political Activi­ ties Donations, operate in full view of the members and the public: ISf • • Contributions are made voluntarily by SIU members. • They are transmitted openly to the candidates Me support. • They are reported publicly to the Department of Labor, and to the Clerks of the House of Representatives and the Senate. These political contributions support the candidates M'ho support us . . . the politicians Mho share our dedication to the revitalization of the U.S.-flag merchant marine. And these contributions are used to oppose those candi­ dates who oppose us . . . the politicians who are bent on bust­ ing unions, taking away seamen's rights, and destroying sea­ men's jobs. The SIU intends to continue to fight the seamen's battles . . . and in this fight, we know we can continue to count on mem­ bership contributions to the Seafarers' Political Activities Donations. We don't intend to be scared out of politics. We think it's our right . . . and our responsibility to remain active in this field. A Right A Responsibility Page 15 �\' ' But questions may arise when fatter few go who'pay the'tab suggests more 'pcditical mo* to a lyvrihaker who «,1elds influence in an arqa tives. r of special interest to the group making the pay . To begin with, the freely fltWlng honorar-' ijpient. Undoubtedly the U.S. Savings A Loan iaims are paid not by tbi" Maritime Trades De-, I League WW RW&re that its big pasrment to S«i. partniwt but by jusf rae of its 89 member Wall Street Journal News-Pilot, San Pedro, Calif. Dirksen was going to a member of the tax- unicHis, the Seafanra International Union. The writing Finance Committee as well as the Sen­ Seafarers Union is relatively small, counting ate Republican leader/ It's note^orthy| too. possibly 40,000 members. Yet this union gladly that Alabama Democrat John Spariman, writes aU the hoAorarium checks because it Phairman of the Senate Bailldng Committee, has found a way. tb recover the expense from received $1,000 for addressing the National the crews of those "citizen-manned" U.S. mer­ League of Insured Savings Associations. And chant ships. One' example is the tanker St. Lawrence, Republioan Wallace Bennett of Utah received flying the Stars and Stripes and carrying fuel $l,20»^from the National Mortgage Banking As­ to under Pentoi^n charter. Part of sociation; he sits on the Senate Finance and theVietnam crew is Japanese, picked by union agents SAN FRAN(nSCO (UPI) - Hie The Justice Maritime Labor Body Holds Banking Committees. in the Seafarers' Yokohamsr hiring haU. The Sim Francisco ExaralBer rqiorts been mvestigatii! (Civil service regulsticms pnAibit BhcecU' foreigners must kick back much of their pay to that Department of Justiqe <rf- several nKsifiis, Regular Lunches; Savings ttve-branch officials from receiving any pay at the union for the right to keeg)' working. Ac­ ficials here are iiivestigattitg the York. Neanmapel all for comparable speeches; the Secretary of cording to secret union records, two paydajm collection of fimds by the AFL- stated 'Jmxmeae i| Group Pays Dirksen $3,500 Agriculture, for example, can't take money for on the St. Lawrence netted the Seafarers $7,000 (30 Seafarers Jntema^onal Union men who are addressing a meeting of the American Farm from noncitizens; sonie handed over,as much and cannot vote I bxMn its members. Bureau Federation.) as $500 each. have been contril ' A federal grand jury here has as oneffaird. Using Ghost-Written Texts Eager Llstoiers A PoUtical Fund of subpoenaed 26 crewmen from the American politica But few business groups or unions desire or Significantly, these collections aren't depos­ Sea-Land freighter Fairlaod. The r^its said the il 'can afford to hear a political speaker mora ited in the union's general treasury, which ii By JERRY LANDAUEB crewmen, aU members of' the than .once a year—and then generally at an an' subject to public accounting and Federal pr^c of wheirel staff Reporter of THB WALL STBEBT JOURNAL SIU, testified before the jury last aware nual convention. Only the leaders of maritime ing under the Landrum-Griffln labor refbrir tioos go, and pc^ wee^ ~ labor pay so frequenUy for first-hand enlight^ act. Instead, the money goes into a sepamtf do 'not know every Wednesday, one Congressman or another • • .. ^ ' union-controlled political campaign fund that'i from ^ Congress. .Hew York new^per repmts— butions come takes a short trip downtown to make some ^emnent 'governed imly by the looser Federal electior In one recent 12-month period, l^:islators neither denied or oonfnned by are paid through I extra money the easy way. ^ « • picked up 55 fees for speaking to Maritime laws. Last year this fund ladled out $888,493 fo) SIU officials—said the union has Labor laws Flagging a cab on Capitol Hill, the ConDepartment lunches, breakfasts and campaign contributiona, other political eaqieit been collecting political contri­ tkms of uniori-j,^ The payments ranged up to $1,250 see and speaking fees;- that was tops^^or adji butions from foreign seamen fw pditical cand'c a year-old orga^ation devoted to promoting ^ speech by Maryland Democrat Edward union. It's from this fund that the Sek^en eandidaites in U.S. elections. can cdlect voluntj the "citizen-owned, citizen-maimed' U.S. mer- Garmatz, chairman of the House Merchant pay the Maritime-Trade Department's t( Ihe smimen here were' ordered from members chant marine. In the institute's paneled audito­ Marine Committee, which fixes the annual idl­ its Congressional ghests. 'r to bring records concerning dues poses. rium, he hoists a cocktail or two and downs a ing for maritime subsidies. By drawing honorariums from a pblltica , . ' and assessments to court. Sw- Funds coU brief limch. Afterwmrd he reaches for a ghost­ Senate spesdters, too, have foundjln. Dtari- fund (it' is so registered with the clerk of ttu eral said th^ were questioned must be report written speech and proceeds to address leaders time labor leaders pay well—umial^, better House of Representatives), the union appeari about these records and one said Deparlmtnl. of the AF^frdO's Maritime Tr^es Depart­ than other to be conceding that its purpose in paying fo' groups .do. According to thj. Senate ^ , Be whs asked about politiad cop- Union otEcir'i , ment, a group of 39 independent^^ons. disclosures. Democrat Frank Moas at • Utah| «Peeches is less educational than pirfitical. tritetioiu, lbe.B*«ai*iri*eried. wnmnrtAtlt- dK..die i1 Aeafarers assert that the income, income., o His text is short, running no/more t^w six gave two paid speeches —iT^-,last year, receiving -Tb» .Soaferers or eigitt double-sgwced pages:-Yet someTln-'thei . .. ^ their political fund consists of volimtary contri audience of perhaps 75 labor leaders .plus; . "le Umyers^W Mis^uri ^ butions, as (he law requires. "For years oy^ guests seem inattenUve, perhaps because the addressing the l^ttoe Trades Depart- members have voluntarily contributed to oti same group has heard the same speaken^j Democrat Stephen Young of Ohio spoke political activity fimds and have thus ex San Francisco Oi similar themes several times before. > ' Z' ^ » bar association in pressed their right to participate in the Ameri ' u«f i .d^taland foc $500, to the American Je^sh can political process," a union statement eX ^2 ®®ach for $600 and the Mar/Raymond Gru j jmyed. By 2 p.m., he U be back in hik$mce,, J^^^des Department in Washington for plains. However, collection records show that much I richer by $500 or even $1,000. And he al-! sistant U.S. $1,000. Demoqmt Spong of Virginia of the money comes from noncitizens like thosq| from New Yoi »M working aboard the St. Lawrence, and feWl • only, palfl appearance, not requiring an out-ofinvestigation,--^ such' donations seem to be freely -given. Thus, [ hence. ..'j town tJ^, $l-;000 for talking to the maritime from foreign Crew members, on the tanker j ment further. nf ^bilcsn Norris Cotton of New Hamp- Western Planet, carrying Navy oil from thej But the invel of extra mcome ttet scores of colleag^k are shire didnT speak at all for pay in 1968; this Persian Gulf to the Far East, the political fUnd j 'gladly accepting, though doubts have!>'Wseni year, though, a six-page speech^ to the mari' volves uncoQtit about the propriety of certain fees. " *, time union men brought him a check for $1,000. received 14 gifts of $100 each; four other aliens] that foreign SPP* gave $200 each and One parted-with $800, A $3,500 Fee American-o\ But members of the House speak more often Though some Americana do donate,' their I ' Some of the nation's most prestigious legis­ than Senators to the maritime labpI;-group, and icpntrtbutiqnS- appeal: 4p, be muqh less liberal j been forced tr n The Federal Grand Jury as one-third lators, indluding Senate; Democratic [^.jLeader some come back severed times. Pennsylvania than the foreign seameh^s. On one occasion,] "Mike Mansfield and Senate Republicai^ Leader Democrat John Dent, colleeting here has been que.5tloning tato'"Se""uiiToi*l fees to- fhft|eoliCctions aboard the Transglobe, h vtol -Everett Dirksen, are ^tening their :^omes taling $2,000 in 10 months, sounded plihost apol- .cle -aM container carrier sailiiig to 'IVietnam, •sailore about Possible by speechmaking outsido^e halls of Cdjogress. 'ogetic on one occasion." "Fm haj^y that you ranged between $5 and $20 each among the I shakedowns by their union, Accor^g to During the past year or So, the reported fees don't feel I've worn out my welcome by my American crewmen; the Japanese, Filipinos j forpolitic..i jiitributions. n^oney thpr', have ranged from a mode^ $4i.90'jec^ed by long speeches," said Mr. Dent, ch'Sirman of a and Sctodinaviaiis fo the crew ga.ye from $8601 The invesiigation. which so candidates Wil. Michigan GOP Sen. Robert .Gr^in for ^-speech' to $500 each. The totjQ froiri' Americans| far has brought 26 sailors be to the Colorado Jaycees up>to $3,500 paid to «T'j j , men, as non-cit fore the jury, is part of • -vote for or aga Sen. Dirksen for an appeai^q before ^e U.S. Savings & Loan League; the big, Congressional ^ ^arch 5 to Democrat Frank probe into the practices The seame names frequently ^aw $1,000 or more. The' =ThomP«f New Jersey ("It's a pleasure for the Seafarers international ugt'^-enimow t«f payments come from universities tod political, these MTD Union by a Federal Grand "donations" j ^ religious, farm and civic groups, ,as -well as. lunches"); $500 on April 2 to Democrat Fred Jury in New York. poUticians do Rooney of Pennsylvania ("This is the third ocfrom lab^ and business organizations. Neither union officials nor source of tiii ooni During the second half of 1968, according to cfision that you of the MTD have given me the [ reports receiotly filed with the Senate, no fewer opportunity to.discuss maritime issues"); $50o| than 61 Senators received a total of $3G3,0OO for' ^o Democrat James Hanley of New San Francisco Examiner speaking, writing, appearing on telcvd^n and Xork ("It's a pleasure for me to come back to tte like. Some Senators regularly airrangedi another of these MTD limcheons"); and $500 kpeaking dates through booking agenciC? and! ®n April 17 to Repblican Seymour Halpem of kept quite busy; for the whole year top-'eiamer' New York ("I"appreciate your very kind inviEdward Brooke of Massachusetts found lime to tation to come back to pother of these MTD deliver 17 speeches, netting $21,556. luncheons"). The House requires no disclosure of-^eech- "Union Ghosts , Funds collected by tfaA the SIU l^ti^ acti(Hi " or­ •The. Fairland caipe heie making income; hence it's not possible io comThe list goes on and on. There was a $506! AFL-CIQ Seafarera Internit- ganization ^omVietnaib. t| pile any totals for CJongress as a whole.'-. payment on April 30 to Republican Howard! tional Uhl^^om its mem- ^ -Union offiiJials, a SIU at­ The seamen do not know to' At least some of the House memb^s who PoUock of Alaska ("I'm happy to be back whom they are contributing draw speechmaking fees see no need for re-; among my friends in maritime labor and man- Jers for political actfan are torney and Assistant U.S. At- and political candidates don't being inv^tigated :by the iomey RayiAiind Grunewald, vealing them. Democrat Charles Wilson of Cal- agcment"); $500 on May 7 to Democrat Joseph ifornia contends his income from ^^eches, Addabbo of New York ("I appreidate your very I U.S. Department of Justice. chief of the qivil .division in know where the money The probe shifted from New York vibo was-w^ the conies from, except tiiat it i| doesn't concern outsiders. "It's my buginess," kind invitation to come back and talk with you New York to San FranStsco Grand Jiury,'; declined'"to dis­ paid through the union, ac/ he says. Democrat Thomas O'Neill of i^assa- 'once again")-; and $500 on May 21 to Democrat cording to thfe reports. chusetts fears pubUcly about any one Bjbnorar-i William Hathaway of Maine ("I'm delighted to with 26 SIU members^Jestify- cuss the case". ium he has received might offend dimors of I be back at another ofrthese MTD discussion ing before the Federal GranA Contrlbatioa Laws . ' Newspaper Reports others; "I'm certainly not going to dividge that sessions"). I Jury here yesterday. Labor laws prohibit doAtrione group paid me more thaa another," he The limcheon hosts are always ready to pro-| . ,They were crewmen New York-new^gpaper butions of union funds to fed'; V vide their Congressional guests with a unique| aboard the SeaLand freighter reports—neither denied or eral political candidates , but Aetiea' service—a service explaining why open! _ by SIU pengit unions to coUei^ "vol-1 Clearly, there's increased senritivity in Con­ speech Ipies sometimes """gdinfimllflr .Withftiiti Fairland and subpenaedv confirmed gress about this sort of outside income. Last asking, scheduled "speakers receive BUggeet^l JTuesday after the shii ' " iciaIs-7-said the union has untary coptributions" frqn; been taking political contri­ year, 'fa to effort to prevent possible impro- texts written by union ghostsi And if. the law-| |dOcked at Alameda. \ priCty, the Senate adopted rules requiring dis; makes chooses to speak his own words, the| butions from foreign seamen members' for political pur-i II They ordered to tak^ for candidates in U.iS. elec,? poses. '.closure of the amoimts and sources of these[union may nonetheless release to the press the I Avith them^^ecords relating fees. And though the House declined to go as words it wanted him to say. On occasion, news tions. , ^ Funds collected in this way I dues and ^sessments. ;far, it did order members to "accept no honor; tioi^ers inadvertently carry excerpts from unAccording to these reports,; must be reported tp the arium for a speech, writing for publication o^'delivered, uni(m-ghosted speeches. Several.-seamen said the; Japanese and Filipino sea­ bor Department's Office jbf ^ other simUar activity ... In excess of the Democratic Rep. Robert Leggett of CaMtor- [were queftidned about politi men, who are not U.S. citi- Labor-Management .and | ' usual and cus^mary value for such services." nla, for one, scrapped a canned speech sent ts cal cohtraraHons collected by fare-Pep^iqn Reports. ^' zens and cannot vote in this ' There .can- hardly be any serious challengej j^us office in advance of a i^)eaking date set for ItheSIU. [ 1 country, have been contribut­ The Justice'^partinehiid I • to the propriety of many of the fees pald-par-i March 28. He wanted to talk In his own way One saidf *'"The mi&mber^ ing as much qs one-third of investigation has been unl^ ticuliarly such sums as the $160 that Republican; about Soviet sea power. NonTetheless, the lunChbehind investigation] their wages to 'American po­ way for several; mohthdj j .Sen. John Sherman Cooper nf Kentucky got, eon hosts passed out their verrion of the ss B agiaaen, who don litical candidates. These sea- was learned. -• last year for a speech at fae Brooktogs institu-j."Leggett speech." ave votuig rights. men were said to be working ItUm here or the $400 that' Maine's Democratic Before heading the civil Conceivably, of course, the speech-buyliigl fore^igji saamen, ' Sen. Edmund Muskie received for ;^aking at may be intended to serve educational purposes,! L^TT C -'.L * partment, Giruenwall .wak:;3b fthe Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Ver- keeping the union leaders Informed also can't.vot^'^^ Mt .charge of ^e New Yorttff fjnoot. ...... -. events fa Congress. But a closer look.qi for canfrmutibns'.lD ganized cr^ section. w- Special;Interest Groups Pay Big Speaking Fees To Many in Congress "" I Seafarers Union is Under Probe S Page 16 Seafarers Log �• Outlook, Santa Monica, Calif. New York Law Journal 'Seamen's Union , Elections Fund Probed by U.S. /Oepartment\'liu g tfae SIU Inin New 'c- rqwrts, there htai. Filiirino nt U.S. citizens r in this octmb^. Iboting as raOA their wajges t» 1 candidate Ifie isratnen are ifih I their contribii^ fikical candidates Ij .^lefe the oontrh excqit. thejn union, nhibit coi^bu' pB to federal •jtSk "But unions iiry contributions ' it - political pur1, in this manner fd to the Labor T 4eidined to' hronicle 211, an as- rney here the local vuld Com/stigation iU'' fH i. reports y on sot^ ;>bips have ' I 1,1 as much j^<^eir-wages political reports, 1 is given to . the sea'I'jzens, cannot -^nedly do and the at know the ;izibutions. •Ralph de Toledano ' Reports'#iii^nMHie<r8f "New York T—nelther denied or confirmed by BIU officials—said the union has been collecting political contribu­ tions from foreign seamen for can­ didates in U. S. elections. The seameiv in San Francisco were ordered to bring records con.^1 " Iceming dues and assessments to . SAN PIlANCISCO (UPI)—TheIcourt yesterday. Several said they Son Franciaco Examiner reported were questioned about these recyesterday lliat Dei>artment of Jus-lords and tme said he was asked tice officials in San Francisco arejabout political contributions, the investigating the collection of funds iFxaminer reported, by the AFL-CIO- Seafarers Inter-1 " The Justice Department has been' national Union from its members, jinyestigating the SIU for several^ A federal grand jury hereWnths, chiefly in New York, subpoenaed twenty-six wewmen. Laborlawsprojiihitcontributions from the Sealand freighter Fair-of union fun<^3||^ederal political land on Tuesday. The crewmen, (Candidates, bui. unions can collect j all members of the SIU, testified (wtfuntary oontijibutions from mem-1 liara tor political purposes. ( before the Jury. Wednesday. New York Post Strange Bedfellows: Dirksen's $5000 Fans ty ROBERT GRUENBERG ami WILLIAM J. EATON WASHINGTON — The mcmbera of Sen. Dirksen's remark­ able $5000 club include such traditionally antagoni-stic groups as Wall St. brokers and hard-nosed labor leaders, lead­ ing Industrialists and the "Papa Bear" of pro football, George Halas. The list symbolizes Dirksen's ability to win financial support, at least, from all bver the po­ litical spectrum. . The Senate Republican lead­ er from Illinois received seven $5000. contributions in his suc­ cessful campaign for reelection last year. Collectively, they rep­ resented nearly 30 per cent of the $117,793 he reported receiv­ ing in 1968. Dirksen's reliance on big con­ tributions Is shown by the fig­ ures on file with the Secretary of the Senate that indicate about 71 i>er cent of his cam­ paign funds came from gifts of $5000 or more. Seafarers Contribute The labor donations were sur­ prising In view of his leader­ ship of the Senate fight against the AFL CIO's efforts to repeal state laws that forbid the union shop. Dirksen got $5000 each from the Seafarers' International Un­ ion and the Chicago-based Team­ sters' Volunteers in Politics, •yen though the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters endorsed his' op­ ponent, William G. Clark, In the Senate race. Paul Hall, president of the politically active Seafarers, said: San Francisco Examiner "We supported Dirksen because he's a guy who represents a point of view that we support in maritime issues and foreign affairs as well as other things." Halas, owner of the Chicago Bears football team, contribu­ ted $5000. His son, George Jr., said the "Papa Beari'was a long­ time friend and "great admirer" of Dirksen. Wall Street Source Another $5,000 contribution came from the Business-Indus­ try Political Action Committee (BIPAC), formed to counter the influence of organized labor in Senate and House elections. Joseph B. Lanterman, head of the BIPAC fund-raisers, said Dirksen's allotment came out of $600,000 donated by executives of hundreds of business firms. Ho said the money was designed to help "business-oriented, free enterprise candidates tor the House and Senate." Wall St. brokers put up $5000 through the Exchange Commit-, j tee, composed of stock traders. New York attorney Richard O. Scribner'said the committee raised $176,000 to support can­ didates who "represented a responsible viewpoint," In­ cluding Democrats Chicago Oally Ntwa 1 • ' .«Voluntary, unionism" is a l^^rty vord in labor circles n'- a study of the SeafarInternational Umoii'Wfll iltpU you why. The SIU is a relatively small unionsome 45,0C0 members—but its methods give it more po­ litical puHvii than many of ;the labor mammoths. The iSIU, for example, poured ' S215,COO into the H u b e r t Humphrey presidential cam ­ paign last year, after wast­ ing a mere $50,000 in trying to nail the nomination for President Lyndon Johnson. "Then, to show that its heart was in the right place, it bought up $10,000 worth of tickets to a Republican din­ ner after Richard Nixon had viion the presidency. The SIU's tough president, Paul Hall, draws a salary of $33,382 and in one year add­ ed $52,470 in personal ex­ pense vouchers, a total of close to $90,000. No one questions Mr. Hall about this, nor does Congress raise the "conflict of interest" is­ sue when an SlU-pushed subsidy for the maritime in­ dustry exceeds budget re­ quests by $124.3 million. Of course, ten of the 13 con­ gressmen who spoke up for the increased subsidy rcc e 1V e campaign contribu­ tions from the SIU. But Paul HaU and the SIU are not selfish. In 1966, they contributed $17,000 to one congressman's campaign,in 1963. $30,000 to a sena­ tor's, and $3,200 to a power­ ful House committee. This year,- moreovef, the SIU spent $4,952 for a junket by a group of congressmen to New York City. These are facts generally known. Most unions do this kind of thing, though not so lavishly as the Seafarers. What is not generally known , is how this small union rais-,, es the cash for this kind of lobbying and campaigning. Mr. HaU gets thb money (1) ' because he runs what ; amounts to a closed shop, subsidized by the American presumably outlawed by la­ taxpayer, with aliens paying bor-management statutes, as much as one-third of (2) because Congress is their salaries to help elect afraid to interfere, and (3) candidates in a country, because the union member­ where they cannot vote. ship. deprived of its rights un.ier iiip First .\mendment to as'-.n-i.'ite or not asso­ It is an more than a little ciate. Coll do nothing about illegal—and doubly so since it. the SIU fails to "identify do­ nors of $100 or more, as re­ Now \\ a.shington Monthly, quired by the Federal Cor­ a leit-of-centcr publication, rupt Practices Act." It is come.s up with some an­ also a more than unusually swers in a piece written for sick situation since it gives it by Jerry Landauer of the the SIU, one of the most Wall Street Journal. Mr. powerful lobbies in Wash­ Landauer points out that it ington, the muscle to get the costs a minimum of $1,100 to House Appropriations Comjoin the SIU—"$300 in initia­ .mittee lo add $164 million tion fees and at least $800 to for ship construction while it cover special assessments." lops $47 million from the A new man. he adds, "must Nixon Administration's retroactively pay all assess­ crime-fighting b u d g e t. as ments levied on the mem­ Jerry Landauer points out. bership since 1940." It well may be pointed out .\lien sailors can get work that Paul Hall and the SIU on American ships, which were s i n g 1 e d out by the have a much higher pay Washington M o n t h 1 y bescale, only through the SIU I cause of the staunchly prohiring hall, particularly if Vietnam positions they have they want to get in on the taken. But facts are facts. It lucrative Vietnamese sea will be interesting to see if trade. To be hired, there­ ^the monthly now begins to fore. they must sweeten the 'dig into the political contri­ SIVs "special politic''] butions of the United Auto fund." Mr. Landauer goes Workers or the International down the line naming the Brotherhood of Operating siiips and, the aliens, and Engineers. It will also be in-: listing their "contributions." teresting to note the reac­ On the^ S.S. Western Planey. tion of some senators, now alien sailors "contributed" clamoring over the alleged at least $100 each, with "conflict of interest" in the some Filipino sailors kick­ ca%e of Judge Haynsworth, ing in as high as ^00. On .who have been on the re­ the S:S. St. Lawrence, aliens, ceiving end of SIU largesse. contributed $500 each to the It's a safe bet that if Con-' "political fund." On the S.S. gress has its way, the fla­ Sea Pioneer and the S.S." grant violations of law and Christopher, "contributions legitimate trade union prac­ from alien sailors, collected tices set forth by Mr. Lan-, on pay day right on board dauer will go i'^to the round ship, ranged from $100 to file. Once upon a time. Sen. $500." John McClellan might have opened the SIU Pandora's Is it any wonder that in box, but he is busyworking' 1968 the SIU's campaign the Army over. After all. chest contained almost $1.03 how many soldiers have million? This sum was millibn-di • campaign largely collected on ships funds' Times-Enterprise, Thomasville, Ga. Former Senator Newspaper Received $30,000 From Seafarers pounnj jiiito various Dcmocr a til , pic.sidenlial cainpaigii comimiitee.s around the country ! until the total contribution • jrm 0 u n t e d to $100,000 — wiiich wa.s reached within a 1963 when he was convicted few days," Fannin said. WASHINGTON - (UPI) - for perjury iiv testimony be­ 1'he .senator's suggestion of Sen. Paul J. Fannin, fore. a royal Canadian com­ a political payoff was made (Il-Ar/z.), .said today the mission about an assault that ! in a speech on the Senate Upmocratic Party received occuri ed five years earlier. I floor in support of a bill that 91(10,000 in campaign contri­ Banks fled Canada after' wiikl strip unions of taxbutions as an apparent "po­ .sentencing and was discov-• e.NCinpt .status if they engage| litical payoff" after the .John- cred living On a union owned in political activity, .s,pn administration refused to yacht in New York City. The ' "U is not right." Fannin extradite labor leader Hal Canadian government a.sked ^ .said, "for a union goon .. . to Banks to Canada. Secretary of State Dean Rusk j be allowed to roam free in Banks, a U. S. citizen, was to order Banks returned but, the United States as the re-f leader of Canada's Seafar- .Rusk denied the request. .suit of what appears to be a| ' tlr's International Union in i "Shortly after his decision, J $1CO.COO political payoff." June 1970 iS:cifarers Collect Millions For Political Contributions WASaiNGTQN (AP) - For­ mer U.S. Sen. Daniel B. Brews­ ter allegedly received $30,00(1 in dontributions from the .Seafar­ ers' International Union while working for legislation to make the Federal Maritime Commis­ sion an independent agency, the Washington Post r^rted to­ day. Brewster, a Maryland Demo­ crat, allegedly received the money in 1967 and 1968, the newspaper said in a cop^i^ted story. He was defeated in a bid I for re-election Republican Charles Mc, Mathias. The oontrflwtions are under investigation hy Federal Bureau of Investigati<a agents who also are ga&eriqg infonnatioD <m allegations that Brewster and Sen. Russell B. Loi%, />La., got bribes to udluence a contract for a Washington parking ga­ rage, the Post said. Seafarers contributed $30,090 to Brewster's campaign for re-: election. It quoted a Seafarers' officer in New York as saying:, "I know we supported Brewster in the campaign, but I don't The new^aper also said know of an^Wng like this.'" Brewster is under investigation The union wanted the mari­ by a federal grand jury in Balti­ time commission removed from" more on allegations he received the Dq>artment of Commence, money from so-called "junk and set ito an independent age^ mail" firms to fight against ey under th: president, the Post! postal rate increases. said. Brewster, reportedly in Ire­ In its Sunday edition, the Post land, was unavailable for com­ said Brewster allegedly re-, ment. Long, commentii!^ on the ceived campaign funds from allegation at a news conference Spiegel, Inc., a Oiicago mail «in Baton Rouge Saturday, said der firm, when CJongress raised it was a "code and bull" story. third class bulk maU rates fromj The Post said records on file three to four cents a piece on, with the Clerk of the House ^nd mailings of more than 250,000! 1 in Annapolis, Md., diowed the pieces^. Page 17 �Why Seafarers are in Politics Why are the SIU and its members so active in American politics? The delegates to the internationaVs convention last year spelled this out pretty clearly in a resolution dealing with political action. Here*s what they said on this subject: Political action is a responsibility of American citizenship, because we live in a society whose democratic institutions de­ pend on the participation of all of the people. > For years, the American labor movement has brought to this citizenship role the successful principles of trade union activ­ ity — the principles of people working together, achieving jointly what it is difficult or impossible for the individual to achieve alone. The political activities of the Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, are in keeping with the American trade union tradition. < 1 '] , i As a trade union, we are first of all concerned ahout the enactment of legislation that will enhance the economic and social gains which are won at the bargaining table, and the defeat of legislation that would inhibit these gains. As a citizen organization, we are concerned about the enact­ ment of legislation that will improve the society in which we and our families live, and the defeat of legislation that would weaken or destroy that society. To be effective, political action must be a total program. Support of good legislation and opposition to harmful legis­ lation is not enough. It must be accompanied by support of those candidates for office who are sympathetic to the views of working people and their unions; and by opposition to those candidates who are hostile to the views of working people and their unions. This is the reason why, more than 60 years ago, Samuel Gompers called upon the members of the trade union mcr/ement to "reward your friends and punish your enemies." It is a principle that still holds true today, and it guides the political activities of the Seafarers International Union of North America in the same manner that it guides the entire trade union movement. Page 18 >4 Now, therefore, he it RESOLVED: That this 14th biennial convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, re­ affirm the commitment of this Union to active participation in the political processes of this country, for the betterment of the members whom we represent; and be it further RESOLVED: That we call upon all of the members to make this political action as effective as possible by their voluntary financial contributions through their trade union structure; hy making sure that they and their families are registered voters; and by making certain that they exercise their right and duty to vote in all local, state and national elections. Seafarers Log I • -i I �Democrats^ Republicans Hail Merits of Shipping Program ti !• is ./H <? .rt' •* R 4 *• J •• (Continued from page 3) Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) emphasized the growth in American foreign trade, which last year hit the $74-billion mark, adding that the "modem U.S.-flag fleet" proposed in the legis­ lation "will be the economic lifeline between this country and the world marketplace." The result, he said, will be a strengthening of the U.S. balance-of-payments position. Rep. James A. Burke (D-Mass.) expressed optimism that passage of the bill would be "another important step in restoring this na­ tion to its rightful position on the high seas." He said be was "particularly encouraged" by the fact that the program would "encourge the building of vessels in American shipyards, the registering of these vessels under the American flag and the manning of these ships with Ameri­ can crews." • Rep. Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.) called the passage of the bill "the dawn of a new era in the" maritime history of this country," adding that it would "reverse the decline of the mer­ chant marine, which some of us have been wit­ nessing for the past 10 years." With respect to the phaseout of foreign-flag holdings by American companies, the Congress­ man said that to require "the complete divesti­ ture of all foreign-flag interests" immediately would mean that "the program would be doomed to failure," Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R-Va.) em­ phasized the benefits that would "accrue to sea­ faring labor" through passage of the bill, ex­ plaining that continuance of the current policy would mean "a net loss of over 10,000 seafar­ ing jobs by 1980." He termed the measure "an excellent piece of legislation" which, he said, "deserves our wholehearted support." Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) praised the Mer­ chant Marine Committee for deleting from the Administration's proposals a provision which would have eliminated the payment of subsidy for maintenance and repair work performed in American shipyards. Inclusion of the provision, she said, would have risked doing "substantial damage to the repair yards in this country." Rep. Alton Lennon (D-N.C.) pointed out that the provision extending tax-deferred con­ struction reserve rights to all operators was "the principal feature of the bill in terms of stimulat­ ing the growth of the American-flag merchant marine and in increasing shipbuilding in U.S. shipyards." Rep. Speedy O. Long (D-La.) praised the co­ operative efforts of Congress, the Administra­ tion, maritime management and maritime labor which, he said, resulted in a program which "has come as close to receiving approval from all segments of the industry ... as any mari­ time program in the past 35 years." Rep. Michael A. Felghan (D-O.) called the bill a "landmark" measure which, he said, "will reverse the downward trend" in the maritime in­ dustry. He hailed the inclusion of the Great Lakes fleet in at least part of the program, so that operators along America's "fourth seacoast" would be given an opportunity to replacing their aging vessels. Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (R-Wash.) called the bill a fulfillment of the commitment made by President Nixon, in a speech in Seattle, Wash., in September 1968, pled^ng a revitalization of the U.S.-flag fleet. He said that the legislation was both a "challenge" and an "opportunity" for the maritime industry that can lead to de­ velopment of a fleet able to move "a signifi­ cantly higher share of our commerce than we are capable of today." Rep. Charles A. Mosher (R-O.) said the in­ clusion of the Great Lakes fleet in the bill would lead to "a substantial building program" in that area. "Without the enactment of this legislation," he said, "it is unlikely that more than five or six new vessels could be built for Lakes service during the next decade. Only two have been built in the last 10 years, and only two are today being built." June 1970 Rep. Henry C. Schadeherg (R-Wis.) termed the legislation "a turning of the comer in the effort to provide our nation with a merchant marine of which we can truly be proud." Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mlch.) said that the Great Lakes fleet was "desperately in need of the kind of help afforded it" by the maritime legislation, adding that this particular stride for­ ward "can be accomplished with virtually minimal costs to the Treasury." Rep. Hastings Keith (R-Mass.) expressed appreciation that the fishing fleet was included in the tax-deferred construction reserve fund section of the bill, declaring this to be a recog­ nition of "the impact of foreign competition on our fishing fleet"—competition, he said, which was just as serious as that faced by cargo ves­ sels competing with foreign-flag operations. Rep. Robert O. Tieman (D-R.I.) called the bill the first "comprehensive and constructive measure" to aid the merchant marine in 34 years, adding that it would be of major assist­ ance to shipping and shipbuilding which con­ stitute major elements of the national defense picture. Rep. Robert Taft Jr. (R-O.) said that the measure would help in the replacement and modernization of shipping on the Great Lakes, adding that "the needed expansion of our aging merchant marine in those waters has long been a cause for concern." Rep. Hugh Carey (D-N.Y.) called the legis­ lation the beginning of "a new era for the American merchant fleet—an era that will make it possible for us to compete on a more equal basis with the ships of other nations in carrying the huge amounts of goods being shipped to and from this country." Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-III.) said that, under the new program, "we have the opportu­ nity to reverse the trend in our maritime fortunes and begin a slow, steady climb to a position of leadership among the maritime na­ tions of the world." Rep. Joseph P. Addahho (D-N.Y.) said that the bill "provides for the wholesale moderniza­ tion" of the nation's maritime laws, and "at long last provides equal treatment for all seg­ ments of the maritime industry.I' In short, he said, "it puts our maritime laws in step with the times, and makes it possible for these laws to stay in step with any changes which may take place in world maritime affairs in the years ahead." Rep. Samuel N. Friedel (D-Md.) said the measure would enable the U.S. to meet the So­ viet challenge on the high seas—a challenge, he said, which has seen the Soviet Union move "from'21st position among the merchant fleets of the world in 1950 to fifth place today. Rep. William E. Minshall (R-O.) praised the inclusion of the Greak Lakes in the legislation, declaring that such action was "absolutely es­ sential to an equitable program'of U.S. ship­ building expansion." Rep. John H. Dent (D-Pa.) said that the major significance of the legislation lay in its extension of major benefits to the bulk trades which had not previously been included in the federal maritime program. The result of the broadening of the program, he said, will be the development of "a viable, well-balanced mer­ chant fleet." Rep. Thomas P. O'NeiU (D-Mass.) called the bill "a framework for the restoration of the United States as a first-class maritime power." He said that the measure provided for "a reason­ able, workable and logical program." Rep. Jacob H. Gilbert (D-N.Y.) said that the significance of the legislation "lies in the fact that we are making a start toward correcting the deficiencies of the last several decades; we are beginning to make up for our neglect of the merchant fleet, which has served America so well in the past, and which is being given the opportunity to continue to serve our nation in the future." A quick check of the new "Seafood Time" cookbOok shows a need for more salt. The 32-page booklet, prepared by the Fish and Cannery Conference of the SIUNA for the AFLCIO Union Industries Show in New Orleans, is available to Seafarers and their families. The booklet, containing 45 ways to prepare delicious seafood meals, can be obtained by filling out the coupon below. Fish and Cannery Conference Seafarers International Union 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232 Please send a copy of the "Seafood Time" cook book to: Name Address City State Zip Book Number 'Bank of Last Resort' Pushed Funds Raised to Build, Manage New Housing Washington Two federal programs de­ signed to spur construction of low-cost housing and provide employment for idle American construction workers are being supported by the AFL-CIO. One program, already au­ thorized by Congress, is mobil­ izing private investment, and supplying business and techni­ cal skills, to develop and manage low and moderate in­ come housing. The other, now before the House Banking Committee, would establish a "bank of last resort" to finance the purchase of low and middle income housing. The National Corporation for Housing Partnerships has already raised $41,750,000— exceeding its goal by more than $4 million—for construction and management of low-cost units. Meany on Board A major investor in NCHP is the International Brother­ hood of Electrical Workers. AFL-CIO President George Meany is one of the 15 mem­ bers of the original board of directors appointed by Presi­ dent Johnson. John Evans, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Ur­ ban Affairs, said he is "pleased with the response from the business community," and noted that NCHP has "provid­ ed the fullest cooperation with organized labor on the national level." "The Redevelopment Bank concept is a unique and muchneeded alternative for families desperate for shelter and in need of a bank of last resort," AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller told Chair­ man Wright Patman of the House Banking and Currency Committee. New Concept He said: "The time has come for a new concept to deal real­ istically with the money needs of our housing crisis," and the Redevelopment Bank concept "is far superior" to any other plan currently before Congress. Biemiller pointed out that funds for the bank, which would come in part from pension funds, would be fully guaran­ teed by the government and would earn at current govern­ ment security rates. Page 19 �3 More Seafarers Receive Licenses Engineer's licenses have been received by three more Seafar­ ers who completed the course of study at the School of Marine Engineering, co-sponsored by the SIU and the Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association District 2, There are now 379 Seafarers who have received their licenses after finishing the comprehen­ sive training program at the school. Paul Eugene Hayes, 45, re­ ceived his third assistant en­ gineer's license on May 5. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1962 and sdiled as a qualified member of the yis engine department before entermg the school. ' ' • A native of West Pau* Hayes Virginia, Brother Hayes now makes his home in Baltimore. He is a Navy veteran of World War II. Ralph Edward Snider, 23, Joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1966 and gradu­ ated from the Harry Lunde- Ralph Snider Arthur Backstrom -berg School of Seamanship in 1967. He sailed as a firemanoiler before entering the school, and graduated on April 28 with a temporary third assistant en­ gineer's license. A native of Parkersburg, W.Va., Seafarer Snider now is living in Parsons, W.Va. Arthur Frederick Backstrom Jr., 22, is a native of Staten Is­ land, N.Y., and continues to make his home there. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1966 and graduated the same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. Brother Backstrom sailed as a fireman-oiler before en­ rolling in the school and gradu­ ated April 21 with a temporary third assistant engineer's license. Qualified Lifeboatmen Medical Value Studied Scientists Probe Oceans for Drugs Current research indicates that the oceans might be the most promising new source of life-saving medicines. While therapeutic medicines have been extracted from the seas in the past—iodine from Lifeboat Class 45 Graduates Nine more Seafarers received endorsements as qualified lifeboatmen on April 30, after attending the SIU*s Harry Lunde­ berg School of Seamanship in New York. Seated, from left, are Alvin Hanna, Robert Garcia, Pierangelo Poletti and Pedro Lucca. Standing are SIU Instructor Lenny Decker, Richard Mansfield, David Edwards, Marco Galliano, William Nayllor and Gregory Rios. Michael Darst (left) is pre­ sented with a wristwatch by Lifeboat Instructor Paul McGaham after he was named outstanding trainee graduate seaweed and cod liver oil—re­ cent discoveries show that much more complex substances are available from the waters, if man can learn to extract them properly. A medical publication notes: "In the last few years, biolo­ gists, chemists, and pharma­ cologists have discovered that many marine organisms and even sea water itself contain a large supply of antibiotics, poly­ saccharides, steroids, toxins and other important substances that may play an important role in the management of disease." Scientists have found that antibiotics—substances that weaken or kill disease-causing organisms—are produced by algae, shellfish, sponges and certain species of fish as part of their normal life cycles. Some of these antibiotics have shown promise in fighting dangerous strains of bacteria. Others have shown value in countering viruses, most of which are unaffected by present drugs. Some aquatic life pro­ duces toxins which might be valuable in fields such as cancer research. These discoveries and contin­ uing research are making it apparent that the seas—^tradi­ tionally provider of man's food—will expand its benefits to include drugs and other substances to preserve and re­ store man's health. Public Favors Right to Strike A recent Louis Harris Sur­ vey indicates that most Amer­ icans favor the right of workers to strike and think the right should be extended to federal and public employees. The survey was taken among a cross-section of households between April 20-24 and showed 65 percent in favor of the right to strike. Only 25 percent registered a negative view. Asked about the recent postal strikes, 61 percent "sym­ pathized" with the postal em­ ployees, while 25 percent sided with the government. The re­ cent "sickout" by the air con­ trollers showed 46 percent in sympathy, with 31 percent favoring the government. Page 20 Seafarers Log m �Forum Discusses Outlook for '70s Collective Bargaining Called Best for Labor, Management r li } •A \fi ii. /'• 'it J." !• V • ii •5- :X. *1! • New York Labor and management lead­ ers agreed—following a search­ ing and enlightening three-day conference—that collective bar­ gaining is still the best method of resolving differences between employers and employees, and that the outlook for the 1970s is hopeful. Summing up the theme of the Second Annual Collective Bargaining Forum, AFL-CIO President George Meany said that "collective bargaining, as it has grown and evolved in this country, is the most effective instrument the mind of man has so far devised for reaching mutually agreeable solutions of conflicts of interest of concern to employers and employees." He predicted that during the next 10 years labor and man­ agement will continue to en­ gage in collective bargaining and that "they will continue to build and extend and improve the collective bargaining proc­ ess." Economic Disagreement Management leaders were in sharp disagreement with labor representatives on basic eco­ nomic issues but they strongly agreed that the bargaining table was the best place to resolve their differences. Republic Steel Vice Presi­ dent Harold C. Lumb, speaking for the National Association of Manufacturers, j:omplained that unions are using "record wage agreements last year as a plateau from which to demand even higher settlements." But he also said: "Collective bargaining is a very resilient instrument. It has already met a host of new challenges as they have arisen —supplemental unemployment benefits, automation funds and the like—and I am confident it is equal to future problems." 'First and Foremost' Speaking earlier, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland told the 500 union and management oflicials, media­ tors, university professors and other labor relations experts at­ tending the forum that unions "will continue to represent their members, first and foremost, and to pursue wage increases which compensate for past and expected increases in living costs. They will do it better if they can." The forum was sponsored by the Institute of Collective Bar­ gaining & Group Relations, which includes labor, manage­ ment and public participation. Kirkland is president of the in­ stitute and Deputy Postmaster General E. T. Klassen, former president of the American Can Company, is board chairman. Theodore W. Kheel, one of the nation's leading arbitrators, is adviser to the institute. Kheel won general agreement from management participants with his assertion that "collec­ tive bargaining cannot take place without the possibility of a strike." It is not just a right of labor, he said, but it is "es­ sential to the collective bargain­ ing process." New Techniques Taking a look at the relatively new use of bargaining tech­ niques in civil service, Kirkland said that despite remarkable strides, collective bargaining in the public sector "is still in a primitive state." He said there is "no more important a task" than in achieving the maturity reached in private industry. Participants at several of the many panel sessions questioned whether some of the techniques of collective bargaining could be applied to social, political and community disputes as an alternative to the tactics of confrontation. Bayard Rustin, director of the A. Philip Randolph Founda­ tion, said that community dis­ putes are not exactly compar­ able to labor-management is­ sues but the concept is "worth exploring." He said the founda­ tion plans to examine the pos­ sibilities. SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans 1 CASH BENEFITS PAID REPORT PERIOD APRIL 1, 1970 TO APRIL 30, 1970 NUMBER SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN I,. OF BENEFITS Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $484.43) Optical Benefits Meal Book Beneflts Out-Patients Benefits Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid .... Seafarers' Pension Plan— Benefits Paid Seafares' Vacation Plan— Benefits Paid (Average $479.14).. Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits Paid This Period June 1970 15 2685 29 533 47 1267 2788 664 394 6072 14,494 AMOUNT PAID $ 5,075.50 64,720.65 69,150.04 2,135.00 9,500.00 38,042.85 132,895.67 9,984.23 3,942.50 47,496.00 382,942.44 1,554 376,129.00 1,369 739,192.43 17,417 1,498,263.87 Meany told the forum that collective bargaining "won't work for campus revolution­ aries ... or for anyone who is more interested in aggravating or perpetuating conflict than resolving it. Neither, he said, will it work for anyone who says "take it or leave it," or who submits "non-negotiable demands." Role of Mediators Meany cited the improve­ ment and the growing respect for the skills of mediators and arbitrators in helping to re­ solve difficult impasses, but he stressed the distinction between voluntary arbitration, entered into freely by both sides, and compulsory arbitration which he termed "the antithesis of col­ SIU Vice-President Earl Shepard (left) and AFL-CIO Secre­ lective bargaining" and tary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland discuss proceedings during a lull at the Second Annual Collective Bargaining Forum "tyranny." Collective bargaining is a tool, Meany stressed, "for reasonable people who believe in democracy . . . who are will­ ing to make and keep firm agreements for specific periods of time and then re-examine their goals, modify their agree­ ment and move forward for another period of time." 'Loop' Currenf Source Sought San Diego One of the largest group of oceanographers ever assembled has completed a 10-day search for the source of a mysterious ocean current known as the "loop." The loop current, scientists believe, enters the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatan Straits and travels around the coastline in a clockwise direc­ tion, finally entering the Gulf Stream through the Florida Straits. According to the oceanographers, verifying the existence and pattern of the loop is the key to gaining insight about the distribution of effluent from the Mississippi River, which pushes silt and other pollution 150 miles into the Gulf. To find the loop current, eight universities, two state agencies, three federal agencies and an international group teamed together to form Operation EGMEX (Eastern Gulf of Mexico). During the search, eight re­ search vessels combed the Gulf, using special salinity, temperature and depth measur­ ing instruments. These extremely sensitive in­ struments can detect very slight discontinuities in salinity and temperature. The changes in these two ocean factors are definite clues that a separate water current exists within the flow of a larger body of ocean. The scientific team is now analyzing the wealth of data collected during the 10 days of research, and the mysterious source of the loop current may soon be pinpointed. Unfair to Do Not Labor Buy Seafarers and their fam­ ilies are urged to support a consumer boycott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non­ union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This list carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amend­ ed from time to time.) BRICKS^Boren Clay Prod­ ucts Co., northeastern and Great Lakes region. (United Brick and Clay Workers) CIGARETTES—R. J. Reyn­ olds Tobacco Co., makers of Camels, Winston, Salem, Tempo, Brandon, Doral and Cavalier cigarettes. (Tobacco Workers) Rite, Western Provincial and Smithtown Maple (Uphol­ sters) GRAPES—All Arizona and California table grapes not bearing a union label_on the crate. (United Farm Work­ ers) GYPSUM WALLBOARD— American Gypsum Co., Al­ buquerque, N.M. (Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers) LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis­ tilleries, makers of Old Fitz­ gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk and W.L. Weller brands. (Distillery Workers) NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. (10 un­ ions involved—covering 2,000 workers) CLOTHING Siegel (H. I. S. PRINTING—Kingsport Press, brand) suits and sports "World Book" and "Childjackets, Kaynee boyswear, craft." (6 unions involved) Richman Brothers mens' clothing, Sewell suits. Wing RANGES—Magic Chef, Pan Pacific Division., (Allied Ap­ shirts, Metro Pants Co. prod­ pliance Workers) ucts, and Diplomat Pajamas by Fortex Mfg. Co. (Amal­ gamated Clothing Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co., shoes by Sentry, Cedar Judy Bond blouses. (Ladies Chest, Staler, Jarman, John­ Garment Workers) son & Murphy and CrestFLOUR MILL PRODUCTS— worth. (Boot and Shoe Pioneer Products, San An­ Workers) tonio, Tex. (Brewery, Flour SPECIAL—^All West Virginia and Distillery Workers) camping and vacation spots. FURNITURE—^James Sterling (Latorers) Corp. and White Furniture TOYS—Fisher-Price toys. (Doll Co. (Furniture Workers) Economy Furniture — Biltand Toy Workers) Page 21 �Digest of SiU Ships Meetings OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time), April 26—Chairman. J. Latalie; Secretary, R. M. Kennedy; Deck Delegate, Stephen Fulford; Engine Delegate, Jimmy L. Dimmett; Steward Delegate, David Jones. Repair list submitted. No disputed OT. OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), May 3—Chairman, Rob­ ert A. Yeager; Secretary, Troy Sav­ age; Deck Delegate, Richard D. Schaeffer; Engine Delegate, John A. Sullivan; Steward Delegate, F. J. Johnson. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Serv­ ice), Feb. 1—Chairman. A. Hebert; Secretary, N. Scot(; Deck Delegate, William Hunter; Engine Delegate, Emmett A. Connell; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Hall. Some disputed OT; otherwise everything running smoothly. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department for job well done. WESTERN CLIPPER (Western. Agency), April 26—Chairman, M. Olson; Secretary, John W. Givens; Deck Delegate, W. L. Stewart; En­ gine Delegate. J. P. Arpino; Stew­ ard Delegate, C. M. Ayala. Motion made that SIU members retire af­ ter 20 years in the union and 15 years seatime. No beefs and no disputed OT. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), Nov. 9—Chairman, Gerald Corelli; Sec­ retary, F. R. Kaziukewicz; Deck Delegate, Harold Moody; Engine Delegate, B. Rivera; Steward Dele­ gate, Michael Berin. $52.69 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), Feb. 15—Chairman, B. Vinn; Secretary, F. R. Kaziukewicz: Steward Dele­ gate, M. Boris. $15.69 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. AFOUNDRIA (Sea-Land), March 8—Chairman, B. Vinn; Secretary, F. R. Kaziukewicz; Deck Delegate, Gerald Corelli; Steward Delegate, M. Boris. $315 in movie fund and $15.69 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. PENN CHAMPION (Penn), May 3—Chairman, Charles Boyle; Sec­ retary, Z. A. Markris; Deck Deleg.'te, C. R. Danyer; Engine Deletiate, R. E. Nickerson; Steward Delegate, R. G. Martinez. Discus­ sion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for fine food and serv­ ice. $12 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. HURRICANE (Waterman), April 19—Chairman, C. L. Engelund; Secretary, James T. Myers; Deck Delegate, George Neying; Engine Delegate, Nick Malcogliese; Steward Delegate, Stephen Knqpp. Every­ thing running smoothly with only a few hours disputed OT in deck department. CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), May 3—Chairman, Vincent Ratcliff; Sec­ retary, Guy Walter; Deck Delegate, A. Kotes; Engine Delegate, Fred Lamber; Steward Delegate, Edward Presnich. $5 in ship's fund. No oeefs and no disputed OT. Every­ thing running smoothly. S-raEL ENGINEER (Isthmian) April 20—Chairman, Harry Wong; Secretary, Angel Seda; Deck Dele­ gate, Michael H. Curry; Engine Delegate, Richard Cookman; Stew­ ard Delegate, Martin Homer. $9.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Every­ thing running smoothly. VANTAGE VENTURE (Vancor). May 3—Chairman, Billy J. Brewer; Secretary, James B. Jayang; Deck Delegate, James M. Edmonds; Engine Delegate, John J. Kulas; Steward Delegate, Earl Whatley. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. $160 in movie fund. Everything running smoothly with Page 22 no beefs. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. Crew commended for their cooperation. Fine bunch of fellows aboard. FAIRISLE (Panoceanic Tankers), April 26—Chairman, A. H. Ander­ son; Secretary, S. J. Davis; Deck Delegate, Robert W. Smith; Stew­ ard Delegate, Rayfield E. Cranford. No bee^s reported. Vote of thanks to steward deplrtment. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April 12—Chair­ man and Deck Delegate, Robert H. Bell Sr.; Secretary, Robert H. Pitcher Sr.; Engine Delegate, Ben­ jamin R. Higgins; Steward Delegate, James Carter. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise every­ thing running smoothly. PENN CHAMPION (Penn), April 5—Chairman, Charles Boyle; Secretary. Z. A. Markris; Deck Del­ egate, C. R. Danyer; Engine Del­ egate, Raymond E. Nickerson; Steward Delegate, R. G. Martinez. Discussion held regarding pension plan. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for good food and service. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Everything running smoothly. Fine crew aboard. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), April 12—Chair­ man, Frank M. McKeown; Secre­ tary, A. Belcher; Deck Delegate, Chuck Demers; Engine Delegate, A. D. Simmons; Steward Delegate, Fred N. Lindsey. No beefs and no disputed OT. DELTA MEXICO (Delta), April 14—Chairman. S. M. McCown; Secretary, L. Nicholas; Deck Dele­ gate, M. C. Casper; Engine Dele­ gate, Henry Lang; Steward Dele­ gate, C. Riches. $272.45 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything running smoothly. NEWARK (Sea-Land), May 10— Chairman, L. A. Ramirez; Secre­ tary, J. Utz; Deck Delegate, Nor­ man Okray; Engine Delegate, S. Hornville; Steward Delegate, Daniel Seda. Motion submitted to head­ quarters regarding relief gang for crews at San Juan, Puerto Rico. . COLUMBIA OWL (Columbia,) May 9—Chairman, T. Hilbum; Sec­ retary, J. Thomas; Deck Delegate, George A. Nuss; Engine Delegate, W. H. Hames; Steward Delegate, Thurston J. Lewis. Discussion held regarding repairs which have not been completed. Everything run­ ning smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS EXPLORER (Mari­ time Overseas), April 12—Chair­ man, Bobby J. Butts; Secretary, S. A. Solomon Sr.; Deck Delegate, Stephen H. Fulford; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Bennett Jr. Few beefs to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), May 3—Chairman, James D. Park­ er; Secretary, J. D. Forster; Deck Delegate, D. B. Wasson; Engine Delegate, Anthony P. Phillippello; Steward Delegate, Angelo Euro. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. COLUMBIA HAWK (Columbia), May 6—Chairman, Raymond Nich­ olson; Secretary, Louis Pepper; Engine Delegate, C. E. Masters; Steward Delegate, H. McAllen. Some disputed OT in deck and steward department. Vote of thanks extended to chief cook for job well done while vessel passed through several storms during voyage. COLUMBIA MARINER (Co­ lumbia), May 4—Chairman, Vertis C. Smith; Secretary, Woody W. Perkins. Some aisputed OT in deck and steward departments. No major beefs. Discussion on various Motion made that vacation pay MOBILIAN (Waterman), May matters. Vote of thanks to steward 10—Chairman, J. Cisiecki; Secretary, checks be sent to address designated department for job well done. by member instead of member hav­ Roscoe L. Alford; Deck Delegate, DE SOTO (Waterman), April ing to report to union hall, as many Robert S. Wagner; Engine Delegate, 19—Chairman, E. A. Rihn; Secre­ tary, J. F. Castronover; Engine D. F. Madruk; Steward Delegate, members live several miles from nearest hall. Richard P. Gralicki. Everything Delegate, R. L. Welch; Steward COMMANDER (Marine Carri­ Delegate, Hubert G. Weeks. No running smoothly. Vote of thanks beefs and no disputed OT. $5.70 in extended to steward department for ers), May 2—Chairman, A. R. Saw­ job well done. yer; Secretary, F. R. Hicks. Dis­ ship's fund. TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson), cussion held regarding pension plan. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), April 22—Chairman, J. Giller; Secretary, May 3—Chairman, P. Whitlow; Motion made to have union nego­ A. Aragones; Deck Delegate, C. Secretary. O. Frezza; Deck Delegate, tiate for washing machine in stew­ Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, ard department on all SIU ships. Bortz; Steward Delegate, Jose R. Colls. No disputed OT and no beefs George Quinonnes; Steward Dele­ Some disputed OT in deck depart gate, Martin Iterrino. $31 in ship's ment to be taken up with patrol­ reported by department delegates. man. No major beefs reported. fund. Few hours disputed OT in SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), deck and engine departments. Mat­ ERICKSON (Crest Overseas), April 11—Chairman, A1 Ringuette; Secretary, H. A. Galiski; Deck Del­ ter of securing ship before sailing May 17—Chairman, John Hoggie; egate, Arvo Antilla; Engine Dele­ and posting of sailing board time Secretary, C. H. Jones; Deck Dele­ to be taken up with patrolman. gate, Elbert D. Winston; Engine gate, Henry W. Miller; Steward Vote of thanks extended to baker Delegate, Louis F. Gream; Steward Delegate, Howard Backford. $43.69 Delegate, L. S. Decker. Vote of in movie fund. Everything running for job well done. thanks extended to steward depart­ SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Seasmoothly with no beefs and no ment for job well done. OT beef train), May 3—Chairman, Robert disputed OT. in engine department. Byrd; Secretary, Wilbur Sink; Deck HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian). Delegate. Carlos H. Canales; Engine April 18—Chairman and Deck Del­ April 4—Chairman, Leroy Temple; Delegate. James C. Winston; Stew­ egate, A. H. Schwartz; Secretary, Secretary, J. P. Baliday; Deck Del­ James B. Morton; Engine Delegate. ard Delegate, James Jameston. egate, J. Long; Engine Delegate, ' Some disputed OT in deck depart­ William D. Cooper; Steward Dele­ ment. Few repairs done, others to Douglas McLeod; Steward Dele­ gate, H. W. Nace Jr. Few hours be completed in shipyard. Vote of gate, Philip Swing. Discussion held disputed OT in deck and engine thanks to steward department for regarding rusty water. Everything departments to be brought to atten­ else running smoothly. $122.55 in job well done. tion of boarding patrolman. ship's fund. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), TRANSMALAYA (Hudson TRANSHAWAII (Hudson Water­ Waterways), April 20—Chairman, May 3—Chairman, Daniel D. ways), May 10—Chairman, T. E Backrak; Secretary and Steward John M. Crews; Secretary, Candido Delegate, A. P. Lopez; Deck Dele­ Yablonsky; Secretary, James Tem­ Delacruz; Deck Delegate, Monta L. gate, C. D. Phillips; Engine Dele­ ple; Deck Delegate, A. Ease; En­ Garber; Engine Delegate, P. A. gate, L. B. Broderick. $30 in ship's gine Delegate; Earl S. Rogers; Stew­ Laroda; Steward Delegate, John P. fund. Some disputed OT in deck ard Delegate, Edward Dale. $12.50 Cox. Discussion held , regarding department. Vote of thanks ex­ in ship's fund. Everything running draws. No beefs reported by de­ tended to steward department for smoothly with no beefs. Vote of partment delegates. thanks to steward department for job well done. PENN SAILOR (Penn), April 4— job well done. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), May Chairman, George Annis; Secretary, CANTIGNY (Cities Service), 11—Chairman, B. Hager; Secre­ Joseph E. Hannon. Few hours dis­ May 9—Chairman, J. O. Thomas; tary, A. H. Reasko; Deck Delegate, puted OT in deck department, Secretary and Deck Delegate, Lu­ T. J. Henry; Engine Delegate, Al­ otherwise everything running ther Roberts. $5 in ship's fund. fred R. Fry. $120 in ship's fund. smoothly. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well Discussion held regarding pension Some disputed OT in deck depart­ plan. Vote of thanks extended all ment. Vote of thanks to steward done. MAHJEN CREEK (Sea-Land), departments for job well done. department for fine food and serv­ April 4—Chairman, George Annis; Pleasant voyage with good crew on ice. PANAMA (Sea-Land), May 3— board. Secretary, Joseph E. Hannon; Deck Chairman. Ray Schrum; Secretary, INGER (Reynolds Metals), May Delegate, Roy A. Wattford; Stew­ James R. McPhaul. Very smooth 10—Chairman, J. Mann; Secretary, ard Delegate, James L. Mclamore. P. L. Shauger; Deck Delegate, Pete voyage this trip with no beefs. Some Few hours disputed OT in deck department.' Everything running Scroggins; Engine Delegate, John disputed OT in engine department smoothly. Vote of thanks extended G. Dellinger; Steward Delegate, to be squared away. Vote of thanks Walter Cutter. Some disputed OT to steward department for job well to steward department. DEL SUD (Delta), April 21— in deck and engine departments. done. Chairman, N. Pizzuto; Secretary, S. Rothschild; Deck Delegate, Joseph Collins; Engine Delegate, William D. Walker; Steward Dele­ gate, LeRoy Rinker. Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well done. DEL ORG (Delta), April 24— Chairman, Jack M. Dalton; Secre­ tary, Robert Callahan; Deck Dele­ gate, Leonard Bailey; Engine Dele­ gate, A. S. DeAgro; Steward Dele­ gate, Joseph Warfield. No beefs and no disputed OT. PINEDALE (Pinedale Shipping), Dec. 21—Chairman, Burt T. Hanback; Secretary, Ed Kaznowsky; Engine Delegate, A. O. Krogly; Steward Delegate, Fred Louis. Ship sailed short one utilityman in stew­ ard department. No beefs reported by department delegates. PINEDALE (Pinedale Shipping), Feb. 2—Chairman, A. O. Krogly; Secretary, Ed Kaznowsky; Steward Delegate, Fred Louis. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. Ship to be scrapped in Formosa and arrangements made to fly crew back to port of enjbark- Boston Mayor, Kevin H. White (seated, center) called for ation. ' the "restoration of our merchant marine" in a special proc­ ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCor- lamation issued on Maritime Day, May 22. Also present at mack), April 19—Chairman, W. D. the signing of the proclamation were: Edward Riley, SIU Crawford; Secretary, Jack C. port agent in Boston and secretary-treasurer of the Greater O'Steen; Deck Delegate, Melvin O. Boston and New England Maritime Trades Council, and Pat Moore; Engine Delegate, Herbert P. Calloe; Steward Delegate, Har­ Boncanfuso (seated, right), the Council's president. Stand­ rison Burnsed. Some disputed OT ing from left rre: John O'Brien, Local 103 of the Electrical in deck and engine departments; Workers; Lawrence Sullivan, Greater Labor Council, and otherwise everything running James Martin, port agent for the SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic smoothly. Fishermen's Union. Mayor Proclaims Maritime Day Seafarers Log m �NEW JERSEY (Seatrain Lines)—Some disputes on overtime were re­ ported and taken care of by the boarding patrolmen when the vessel came in to the terminal in Port Elizabeth, N.J. The ship's committee (from left) : Emanuel Rapitis, engine delegate; Emanuel Lowe, steward delegate; Peter Morris, ship's chairman; Herbert Atkinson, secretary-reporter, and Henry McCue, deck department delegate. SUMMIT (Sea-Land)—No beefs were reported on the coastwise trip to Puerto Rico, according to the ship's department delegates. The ship's committee on the Summit (from left) : Andy Fletchko, chairman; Joe Miller, steward department delegate; Emil Wagner, deck delegate; Ola Stronas, engine delegate, and Bernard Mace, secretary-treasurer. Ships' Yf '• ' HI I" Committees 1/ • C "i '-h' fy ./ fll. r. l.:y rriHE SHIP'S COMMITTEE on all SIUJ[ contracted vessels throughout the f^Drld make it possible for all members of the Union to keep informed and to take part in the programs of the SIU. The ship's chairman has the responsibility of calling a shipboard meeting each Sunday while the vessel is at sea to discuss any and all matters affecting the Seafarers. The ship's secretary-reporter has the important responsibility of keeping in close communication with the SIU head­ quarters ashore. He should make certain that crew lists are sent to headquarters as early as possible, and that minutes of all shipboard meetings are complete and accurate. ECAUSE THERE is no ship's delegate, the three elected department dele­ gates should make certain that crewmembers in their department keep accurate overtime records. They also have the re­ sponsibility of settling all beefs that can be taken care of at sea, and of reporting those beefs that cannot be settled to the patrolmen when the ship pays off. B TRANSHURON (Hudson Waterways)—The ship's commit­ tee reported a smooth voyage on the Transhuron's run to North Europe. After discharging her boxes, the ship was scheduled to go to the shipyard for work on the engine room. The ship's committee are, (standing from left): Walter Butterton, ship's chairman, and Elkin Kent, engine delegate. Seated; Jose Salinas, deck delegate, and George Malone, steward delegate. The ship's secretary was not avail­ able for the photograph. %• K !/ ,I DETROIT (Sea-Land)—^Just returned from Puerto Rico, the ship's com­ mittee reports that everything has been running smoothly. Seated (from left) are: Jose Espanol, engine delegate; Louis Cevette, ship's secretaryreporter, and Dario Rios, steward delegate. Standing are: Adolpli Demarco, deck delegate, and Peter Semyk, chairman. F June 1970 I^ * ROBIN TRENT (Moore-MacCormack)—At the dock in Philadelphia with general cargo from the Far East, the Robin Trent paid off after a twomonth voyage. The ship's committee posed on deck for their photo. From left are: Bayard Heimer, engine delegate; Harrison Burnsed, steward delegate; William D. Crawford, ship's chairman; Henry Lanier, deck dele­ gate, and Thomas Jones, able seaman. Page 23 �SlUNA Boat's Surprise Cafch SGsfspeps Mystery Fish Puzzle Science New Bedford, Mass. Marine scieatists are puzzling over two tropical fish, of differ­ ent species, that were caught by a New Bedford scalloper off Nantucket Shoals, in the same place, at the same time. The fish, identified by ma­ rine biologists as a trumpetfish and a filefish, would normally be at home in the warm waters off the coast of Brazil or the West Indies. They were caught in waters 35 fathoms deep by the Laura A., manned by a New Bedford Fishermen's Union crew, an SIUNA affiliate. Snake-Like U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv­ ice oceanographers described the snake-like trumpetfish as 15 inches long with a translu­ cent brown body. Some species grow up to six feet in length. The ugly creature has two dark eyes set back from a long "nose" that looks like a trum­ pet. The marine scientists said that the filefish is flat like a flounder and five inches long. It is olive green in color and has a single horn at the top of its head, foward of the eyes. Larger members of the species grow to a length of 10 inches. The oceanographers and marine biologists who are study- The trumpetfish (top) and the filefish were caught off the Nantucket Shoals by an SIUNA fishing boat. Scientists are puzzled as to how these tropical fish, native to the warm waters off Brazil, were found in such northerly waters. ing the mystery of these strange visitors to northern waters have advanced different theories on how they journeyed so far from their natural habitats. Simple Explanation The simplest explanation states that they were released from an aquarium into the 51U Arrivals David Deny, born Feb. 24, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leo M. Derry Jr., Alpena, Mich. Lonnie Arnaud, born Feb. 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph L. Arnaud, Arnaudville, La. Thomas Bazor, bom March 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ bert T. Bazor, Goden, Ala. Axel Torres, born Jan. 25, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ivan Torres, Ponce, P.R. Mark Merlino, bom Feb. 22, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas H. Merlino, Lorain, O. Tammie Angle, born Oct. 27, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Angle, Chicago, 111. Beatrice Sierra, born to Sea­ farer and Mrs. Efrain R. Sierra, Jayuya, P.R. Karen Cordes, born Feb. 20, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs.* Al­ fred Cordes, Bronx, N.Y. Ivan Bonefont, born Dec. 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ga­ briel Bonefont Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y. Robert Bell, born March 16, 1970 to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ert H. Bell Jr., Pensacola, Fla. Lassie Gregory, born March 5, 1970 to Seafarer and Mrs. James A. Gregory, Hitchcock, Tex. Jeanine Southard, born March 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. John E. Southard, Edgewater Park, N.J. Edward Gonzales, born Feb. 18, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Page 24 Tommy Wash. R. Gonzales, Seattle, Jeffrey Gonzales, born May 22, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. Tommy Gonzales, Seattle, Wash. Atlantic near where they were caught. Other scientists, unwilling to dismiss the mystery so easily, believe that the two fish may have followed the warm waters of the gulf stream and were able to adjust to the gradually cooling environment. This is supported by reports of other tropical species found as far north as the coast of Maine. While the scientists argued their theories, a veteran New Bedford fisherman summed up the situation by saying: "I don't see what all the fuss is about. I don't imagine these fish would make good eating." A8TI0N LINE In addition to the beefs and contract questions which are set­ tled aboard ship at payoffs and sign-ons, and by the SIU Contract Enforcement Department, headquarters in New York receives communications from Seafarers seeking contract interpretations and other information relating to their jobs. These questions cover the range of working conditions, pension and welfare, and other related subjects. Because many of these questions are of general interest to the membership, headquarters has arranged to have the questions and answers published regularly in the Log. Question: Why do ships no longer carry a "night cook-baker"? Answer: The elimination of the classification "night cook-baker" was negotiated as part of the New Standard Freightship Agreement in June 1969, to more evenly distribute the work load in the galley. The classification came into being during World War II, when merchant ships began carrying gun crews, and it remained after as most freightships carried up to 12 passengers. In those days, gal­ leys were equipped with cpal-burning ovens, and all breads and pastries were prepared and baked by hand. Most ships had only two ovens and the baking, therefore, had to be done at night when , the ovens were not being used for preparing meals. Today, ships' galleys are semi-automated, and very few carry passengers. (When passengers or extra men are carried, provision is made for increasing the manning scale. Article V, Section 5.) Special electric baking ovens, thermostatically-controlled, make it more practical and efficient to have the baking done during the day, rather than at night. Today's cook and baker also has available a wide variety of pre-mixed cakes and pastries, and frozen ready-to-bake breads and muffins, which cuts down on the time involved in preparing baked goods. A final consideration in doing away with the night baking, particularly in ports, was to allow for a more fair distribution of port time for members of the steward department. Office Employees Organizing Banlcs^ Chicago The Office and Professional Employees Union has launched a major organizing drive of Chicago area banks. The im-. mediate targets are eight banks, which employ some 29,000, persons. Some 100 OPEIU regional directors, international repre­ sentatives and organizers are joining in the campaign, headed by President Howard Coughlin. Anthony TIppen, born Dec. 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. David C. Tippen, Fisk, Mo. Vivian Schutz, born March 27, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Valdir Schutz, New Orleans, La. Rebecca Fisher, born Feb. 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alvin L. Fisher, Houston, Tex. Sonja Ballard, bom Apri' 7, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ bert J. Ballard, Houston, Tex. Melanie Moore, born Jan. 15, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph W. Moore, Amite, La. Emely Flores, born April 10, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pau­ lino Flores Jr., Puerto Nuevo, P.R. Doris Irula, born March 26, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ra­ mon Irula, New Orleans, La. Thrace White, born Jan. 14, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Larry R. White, Norfolk, Va. Joseph Vain, born March 27, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­ seph E. Vain, Baltimore, Md. Wendy Merkle, born March 28, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard E. Merkle, Paulsboro, N.J. Julie Marie Picado, born Feb. 4, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs, Rafael Picado, New Orleans, La. Marisol Ortiz, born March 4, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gregorio Ortiz, New Orleans, La. New SIU Pensioners 1- Six more Seafarers closed out long sailing careers at the May membership meeting in the New York hall. Shown as they received their first pension cheeks from SIU Vice Presi­ dent Earl Shepard are (clockwise) Stanislaw Pelikse, Ramon Galarza, George Alexander, Solon Pateras, Demetrios Grivas and Charles Slanina. Shepard wished them a long and happy retirement after their years at sea. Seafarers Log r yj , ' �t \• Converted Transoregon Home from Europe 1 English-made crane recently put into operation at the SeaA45-TON train terminal in Weehauken, NJ., was used to unload the Trans­ oregon (see picture below). The Transoregon is a converted C-4, with a new midsection added and a house mounted forward. There are two of the huge cranes at the Seatrain terminal. The ship is in service on Seatrain's run to Northern Europe. Ordinary Seaman Lawrence Morris prepares to lower the colors on the Transoregon as the sun sets on the ship tied up at Seatrain^s Weehauken terminal after the one-month voyage. I I,5 Veteran Seafarer John Clark sails as pan­ tryman, but refers to himself as the ''niaitre d'hotel" aboard the Transoregon. He is seen here as he prepares a salad. I'i I- 1 Mike Doherty, deck dele­ gate on the Transoregon, goes over the overtime records of the deck crew with SIU Patrolman "Red" Campbell. Doherty reported a smooth voy­ age with no beefs. ^ Third Cook Christopher Rat-cliff (left) and B.R. Utility Henry Cakes (center), both graduates of the Harry Lundeherg School of Seamanship at Piney V "^oint, Md., have benefited from the experi­ ence of Chief Cook Jan Rooms, who has been going to sea for many years. Rooms had high praise for the work of the two young Seafarers. Oiler Jose Valle (left) talks with SIU Patrolman Luigi lovino at the payoff of the Transoregon. There were no beefs during the voyage and only a few disputed overtime hours, according to depart­ ment delegates. June 1970 .<• r' / Don Gifford (left), oiler, and Mike Bigley, wiper, pick up their copies of Maritime and the Seafarers Log which were brought to the ship by the boarding patrolmen. Gifford and Bigley, like most Sea­ farers, keep fully-informed on what's happening in their union and in the maritime industry by reading the two publications. Page 25 �Sfeel Admiral' Long Voyage A FTER RETURNING from a long voyage to the Far East, the Steel Admiral (Isth­ mian) berthed in Erie Basin in the Port of New York. A return to Far East ports began following the unloading of cargo, signing on crew replacements, and taking on of new cargo aboard the C-3. Military supplies were included in the cargo. In the May edition of the Log, the Steel Admiral was featured in two pictures showing a jury-rigged galley. Ship's Secretary-Reporter I. Avecilla gives pictures and a story to a Log photographer about how the steward de­ partment had to prepare meals on deck after the ship's plant went dead six days out of Hong Kong. Richard Burkhart completed train­ ing at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship's upgrading school, passed his Coast Guard examination and received his fireman-watertender endorsement April 1. The following day he signed on the Steel Admiral for a voyage to the Far East. Here he stands his first watch. Able .Seaman Lars Nielson is an ac­ complished photographer and likes to look for unusual and artistic scenes to capture on film. He is also a good on-the-spot news photog­ rapher, and sent in the pictures which appeared in the May issue. Able Seaman Ramon Quiles (center) operates the winch as stores are lifted aboard the Steel Admiral. He is assisted by Ordi­ nary Seaman John Albano (left) and Wiper Hyman Kompel. Roy B. Knight, fireman-watertender, stands watch in the engine room as the Steel Flyer discharges cargo. Knight likes the India-Africa run and signed on for the return voyage. The crew agreed that the Steel Flyer is a good feeder, and here are two reasons for the welldeserved compliment—Joseph Cuelles, (left), chief cook and Daniel Herrra, third cook. That's roast fresh ham they're getting ready to carve, and it's typical of the good menus served up during the voyage. Ronnie Simkins was making his first trip after completing training at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. Sailing as pantryman, Simkins said he liked "the voyage and plans to continue making a career as a professional seaman. Steel Flyer's Smooth Voyage B First-trippers William Moore (left) and Clarence. King catch up on the news after the ship came in' from her long voyage. Both are graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Moore sailed as ordinary seaman and King shipped as pantryman on the Steel Flyer. Page 26 ACK HOME was the Steel Flyer (Isthmian) after a voyage of three months and 21 days. The C-3 also tied up at Erie Basin in New York after touching at ports in India and South Africa. The Ship's Committee reported a smooth voyage with few beefs. Then, like her sister ship the Steel Admiral, the Steel Flyer turned around for the return voyage to India and South Africa. Seafarers Log �I i 18 More Veteran Seafarers Added to Pension Roster Added to the SIU pension ros­ ter last month were 18 Seafar­ ers who retired to shore after many years at sea. Stanlslaw Pellksze, 65, joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1943 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Poland, Brother Peliksze now lives in Brooklyn. When he retired. Sea­ farer Peliksze ended a sailing career of 40 years. Andreas Vacontios, 63, a na­ tive of Greece, now lives in Houston, Tex. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. >• rI Andreas Vacontios Leonard Willis Paradeau, 64, joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1938 and sailed in the engine department. A native of Minnesota, Brother Paradeau now makes his home in New Or­ leans. When he retired. Seafarer Paradeau ended a sailing career of 44 years. SIU in the Port of Philadelphia and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. A native of Czechoslo­ vakia, Brother Slanina now lives in New York City. On board ship he served as department delegate and ship's delegate. He retired after sailing 48 years. A Solon Pateras ^ Charles Slanina Harvey Charles Hill, 57, a na­ tive of Missouri, is now spend­ ing his retirement in Buckley, Wash. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1940 and sailed in the deck department. When he retired. Brother Hill had 38 years of sailing behind him. Earl H. Fain, 65, a native of Texas and now lives in Louis­ ville, Ala. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1938 and sailed in the engine department. Seafarer Fain was an Army vet­ eran of World War II. Demetrios Grivas James William Barnes, 58, is a native of North Carolina where he now lives in the city of Vandemere. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the engine department as a fire­ man-oiler. Charles Slanina, 72, joined the June 1970 Hi Francisco Mateo Gerald Eugene Pettipas, 45, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Canada, Brother Pettipas now makes his home in Riverdale, Md. loannis Loukas Joseph Henri Robin Jr., 57, a native of Annapolis, Md., now lives in Virginia Beach, Va. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1945 and sailed in the steward department. Brother Robin served in the Navy from 1930 to 1936. When he retired, he ended a sailing career of 40 years. Gerald K. Lima, 57, joined the SIU in the Port of Tampa in 1940 and sailed in the steward department. A native of Tampa, Fla., Brother Lima continues to make his home there. Henry Robin Gerald Lima Mergers .Now More Frequent Ramon Gaiarza Francisco Miaranda Mateo, 60, is a native of Puerto Rico where he now lives in Ponce. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the engine department as a firemanoiler and deck engineer. He has served as department delegate aboard ship and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. James William Corcoran, 66, joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as a boat­ swain. A native of Concord, N.H., he now lives in Daytona Beach, Fla. Brother Corcoran Seven Earn Full Books Seven Seafarers received their full books at the May mem­ bership meeting in the New York hall from SIU Vice Presi­ dent Earl Shepard. The men earned their books after com­ pleting Advanced Seamanship Training conducted by the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seated are Richard Worzel, Elias Limon and Frank Costanzo. Standing Bill Pasquini, William Card, Abraham Alfaro and Patrick Golden. Tidal Wave Warnings Device Used in Alaska Ramon Gaiarza, 51, joined the union in the Port of Galves­ ton in 1943 and sailed in the steward department as a' messman. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Gaiarza now makes his home in "New York City. James Barnes Scdon Pateras, 65, a native of Cyprus, now lives in Jamaica, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. He had been sailing 48 years when he retired. " loannis Nick Loukas, 50, a native of Greece, now lives in Haverstraw, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Galveston and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Gerald Pettipw Willie Berry Toomer, 75, joined, the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia in 1939 and sailed in the steward department. A na­ tive of Georgia, he now makes his home in San Francisco. When he retired, Brother Toomer end­ ed a sailing career of 48 years. Willie Toomer H Demitrios Grivas, 63, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine depart­ ment as a fireman-oiler and deck engineer, A native of Greece, Seafarer Demitrios now makes his home in New York. He is an Army veteran of World War II. Harvey Hill Ceciie Young // James Corcoran Ceciie Glenn Young, 42, ioined the SIU in the Port of -New Orleans and sailed in the -ngine department. A native of Bogalusa, La., he is now spend­ ing his retirement in Houston, Tex. Brother Young served in the Army from 1948 until 1952. Leonard Paradeau served in the Navy from 1919 to 1921. Washington Federal Trade Commission statistics for 1969 bear out complaints of organized labor that business mergers are be­ coming more frequent. Some 4,550 firms were absorbed through purchase by other firms. This total was up 16 per­ cent over 1968. Acquisitions by manufacturing firms in 1969 represented the largest group, accounting for 57 percent of the total. Acquisition of service firms, however, shot up more than 48 percent from 1968 and more than triple the rate for 1967. Kodlak, Alaska A new electronic system to provide advance warning to Pacific Ocean areas threatened by tidal waves has been devel­ oped by scientists from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Department of Com­ merce. These tidal waves, called by the Japanese word tsunami, are caused by earthquakes under the ocean floor. The earthquake Workers Musf Exercise Right to Vote Denver Working people can lose out on the many advances labor has made over the years unless they take the time to register to vote and then exercise that right, an official of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers has warned. Addressing a meeting of. OCAW members here, Secre­ tary-Treasurer Ben J. Schafer said: "Working people who havethe most to lose are the most indifferent about registering to vote and about turning out to cast their ballots on election day, and by not voting they are failing to exercise one of their basic rights of citizenship. "Just as important is that many of the advances the labor movement has made over the years can be wiped but almost overnight if liberal, pro-union officeholders are not reelected." He also said "because of the policies of the Nixon Adminis­ tration the U.S. work force is losing jobs at the rate of 3,000 a week. There are 17 million hardship cases in this country today—people living on in­ comes below the poverty level." shock waves cause the waters to erupt with a series of huge walls of water. When the Alaskan coast was devastated by tidal waves fol­ lowing an offshore quake in 1964, such a system was not available and little warning was given before disaster struck. As a consequence life and property was lost that could have been saved with proper preparation. One of the largest tsunami disasters in modern history oc­ curred on the coast of Japan in 1896 when 27,000 persons died from the flood waters. The new system will con­ stantly monitor earthquake activity from an electronic nerve center. The sensitive in­ struments will pinpoint the occurrence and origin of earth­ quakes and predict if and where a tsunami will strike, giving residents more time to protect life and property. U.S. Ranks 12th In Shipbuilding London Oflficial statistics re­ leased by Lloyds Register of Ships rank the United States 12th among ship­ building nations of the world. Japan is listed as the world's shipbuilding lead­ er, with, Sweden holding second place. The register's figures indicate that Denmark is engaged in an impressive shipbuilding boom, show­ ing the largest increase in tonnage of any shipbuild­ ing nation. Great Britain, with a steady program of ship­ building, maintains a strong third place in the shipbuilding standings. Page 27 �William E. Bums William E. Burns, 66, passed away Jan. 28 in Buffalo, N.Y., as a result of a heart attack. He joined the union in the Port of Buffalo in 1961 and sailed as a linesman. A na. tive of New York, Mr. Burns was a resident of West Seneca, N.Y. Among his survivors are his wife, Ruth. Burial was in Holy Cross Ceme­ tery in Lackawanna, N.Y. Gust B. Xenophon Gust B. Xenophon, 49, died Feb. 28 in Berwyn, 111., from a heart attack. A native and resident of Chicago, Mr. Xenophon joined the SIU there in 1967. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among Mr. Xenophon's sur­ vivors are his wife, Eda. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, 111. Bcver Waits Bever Waits, 58, died April 6 in Hospital Santa Casa in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a native of Alabama and joined the union in the Port of New York in 1954. Mr. Waits sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Among his survivors are his wife. Norma. Burial was in the Cemetery of Alabama. Curtis McDaniel Curtis McDaniel, 52, died March 3 in USPHS Hospital in San Francisco from pneumonia. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1964 and sailed in the steward department. A native of Eng­ land, Ark., Mr. McDaniel was a resident of Wilmington, Calif. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. His body was taken to Chicago for burial. Giendyn L. Brooks Glendyn L. Brooks, 54, died Dec. 1, 1969, on board the Long Lines. A native of North Ber­ wick, Me., Mr. Brooks was a resident of Balti­ more. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1969 and sailed in the steward department. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his sur­ vivors are his sister, Mrs. Vir­ ginia F. Home. Alphonse Loguidis Alphonse Loguidis, 60, died Nov. 20, 1969, near Naha, Okinawa. A na­ tive of Illinois, he was a resident of Newark, O. Mr. Loguidis joined the SIU in the Port of Nor­ folk in 1943 and sailed in . the engine department as a firemanoiler, deck engineer and pump­ man. Among his survivors are his sister, Mrs. Rose M. Benson of Newark, O. Charles Lark Johnson Charles Lark Johnson. 67, an SIU pensioner, died April 5 of a heart attack in Paul Oliver Mem­ orial Hospital in Frankfort, Mich. A native of Mis­ souri, Mr. John­ son was a resi­ dent of Benzonia Township, Mich. He joined the un­ ion in Michigan and sailed in the engine department as an oiler. Among his survivors are his wife, Adelle. Burial was in Ben­ zonia Township Cemetery. George Binnemans George Binnemans, 62, passed away March 11 in Veterans Ad­ ministration Hos­ pital, Little Rock, Ark., after a sixmonth illness. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the engine department as a deck engi­ neer. A native of Belgium, Mr. Binnemans was a resident of Little Rock. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Among his survivors are his wife, Mercella. Burial was in National Cemetery in Little Rock. r both World Wars having served from 1917 to 1945. A native of Mississippi, Mr. East was a resi­ dent of New Orleans. Burial was in St. Bernard Memorial Cem­ etery, Chalmette, La. and was also a Navy veteran of World War II. Burial was in Lincoln Memorial Park in Port­ land. Daniel S. Lucas Daniel Steven Lucas, 19, passed away April I in Episcopal Hospital, Phila­ delphia. He join­ ed the union in 1969 and grad­ uated the same year from the •' Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship. M r. Lucas was a native and resident of Philadelphia. Among his sur­ vivors are his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Armstrong of Phila­ delphia. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia. Walter Johnson Walter Johnson, 63, was an SIU pensioner who pa.ssed away March 24 in Miv bile. Ala., from a heart attack. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the steward department as a cook. A native of Daphane, Ala., Mr. Johnson was a resident of William F. Growl Mobile. He served in the Coast William F. Crowl, 37, passed* Guard from 1927 to 1933, and away April 24 in Veterans Re­ when he retired in 1969 he had' search Hospital Glenn G. Noffsinger been sailing 42 years. Among his in Chicago. A Glenn G. Noffsinger, 47, was survivors are his wife, Amelia. native and resi­ Burial was in Catholic Cemetery an SIU pensioner who died May dent of Bay City, 3 in Paul Oliver in Mobile. Mich., Mr. Memorial Hos­ Crowl joined the Witold Wieromiej pital, Frankfort, SIU in 1964 in Witoid Wieromiej, 56, was an Mich., after a the Port of De­ SIU pensioner who died April 21 long illness. A troit and sailed native of Michi­ in the USPHS in the deck department. Mr. Hospital on Stagan, Mr. Noff­ singer was a resi­ ten Island. A na- i Crowl served in the Army from dent of Elberta, 1950 to 1954. Among his sur­ tive of Poland, Mich. He joined the union in Weiromiej vivors are his wife. Donna. Mr. Michigan and sailed in the deck Burial was in Calvary Cemetery was a resident of department. Mr. Noffsinger was in Kawkawlin, Mich. Flemington, N.J. an Army veteran of World War He joined the SIU John H. East II. Among his survivors arc his in the Port of John H. East, 74, was an SIU wife, Barbara. Burial was in GilNew York and pensioner who passed away April sailed in the deck department. He more Township Cemetery in Ben­ 21 in Mercy served as department delegate zie County, Mich. Hospital in New while sailing and was issued, a Orleans. He join­ picket duty card in 1962. Among Stephen J. Overton ed the union in his survivors are his wife, AnStephen John Overton, 28, the Port of New tonette. Burial was in St. Magda­ passed away Feb. 12 in Carlsbad, Orleans and sail­ len's Cemetery in Flemington. Calif. He joined ed in the engine the union in the department. He Port of San Fran­ Edwin E. O'Suillvan was issued picket Edwin E. O'Sullivan, 64, died cisco in 1967 and duty cards in 1961 and 1962. May 2 in Portland, Ore., from sailed in the Mr. East was a Navy veteran of heart disease. He deck department. was a native and A native of resident of St. Hornell, N.Y., Louis, Mo., and Mr. Overton was had joined the a resident of West Palm Beach, SIU in the Port Fla., when he died. He served in of Baltimore in the Air Force from 1958 to 1964. Among his survivors are his fa­ accommodation at the same 1951. Mr. O'Sul­ livan sailed in i ther, William J. Overton of West time they pursue a course of the engine department. He served Palm Beach. Memorial services dissent, AFL-CIO Secretaryin the Navy from 1923 to 1930 were held in Del Rey Crematory. Treasurer Lane Kirkland said in a speech to the AFL-CIO Community Services' 15th An­ nual Conference. 'Prepare for Accommodation,' Labor Tells Campus Activists Washington Campus activists have .re­ ceived some advice on pursu­ ing dissent from the labor move­ ment. Students must prepare for ,/• ,•<1. \ •' "The labor movement grew out of conflict with the em­ ployer and we engaged in it with enthusiasm," Kirkland said. "But we knew that there must be accommodation and agreement and found it through the collective bargaining table." Kirkland continued that the "labor movement, to be effec­ tive, must be as skillful in pres­ sing. settlement as in pressing conflict. Conflict without end can only lead to the disintegra­ tion of a society." First Morning Launch With their ship at outside anchorage in the background, crewmembers of the Buckeye Victory return aboard on the first launch after spending a night ashore in Yokosuka, Japan. From left are: Clarence Willey, chief cook; Robert French, wiper, and James F. Lee, third assistant engineer. Page 28 He added that labor has a role in helping "find the path, of reconciliation" for students, but warned that the "restora­ tion of order cannot be achieved Settling Beefs on the Georgia by laws, by the courts or the Bosun Bill Wallace (ri^ht), ship's chairman on the Seatrain National Guard. It must be a Georgia, discusses a contractual beef with SIU Patrolman recognition of the larger inter­ Red Campbell after the ship came in to the Seatrain terminal est in which all of us have a at Port Newark from North Europe. Wallace is a veteran Sea­ stake and which brings rewards farer with more than 20 years seatime. to all." (PAI) Seafarers Log t IN 'K ;r 'f * 1 1- �i I vi « •if • -a ^ > , '5 i,X' I 1'^ f N-'i.4. J' w ".4 rt'ff .:i-' u *» America's merchant marine history is dotted by many periods of neglect followed by crash programs of construction necessitated by a national emergency. Three times in America's history this has been most pro­ nounced—1812, World War I and World War II. Each time the neglect of the merchant marine had been so great and the reliance on foreign vessels so extensive that the country was forced to spend exorbitant amounts of money to build up the merchant fleet. No instance better explains the fallacy of such a practice than World War I and the controversial construction of wooden vessels—built with green timber and powered by engines de­ signed for steel ships. But the country needed ships fast and wood construction was easier. Difficult to Build So little thought was given to the wooden ships that officials approved a design that was "merely a copy of a steel ship, and gave little regard to the material from which it was built." They were difficult ships to build, necessitating the expensive shipment of large timber from the Pacific Coast to Gulf and East Coast shipbuilders. The planking was so green that one authority on the ships noted "it would not stand still after it was in frame, and their seams could throw oakum nearly as fast as they could be caulked." The shipwrights were labeled "cowshed carpenters" and the structural weaknesses of the ships were further aggra­ vated by engines designed for steel hulls—not wood. John J. Sinnott, writing in the March issue of Navy Magazine, said: "The wooden ships were a $73 million failure—no small sum for those days." He noted that the average ship spent about half of its time in port under repair. Useless After War More than 300 of the wooden steamships were built, he stated, but the ships were practically useless after the War for commer­ cial use because of low speed, high fuel consumption and an uneconomical deadweight capacity requiring more than 30 per­ cent of the space for fuel and stores. W. C. Mattox, in his 1920 book. Building the Emergency Fleet, noted the vessels were useful in coastwise trade and freed steel tonnage for other purposes. Mattox was an official of the Emergency Fleet Corp., the organization responsible for the construction. More than $2.5 million was spent in 1917-1918 building a total of 2,382 ships in 18 months. Wood was not the only unsatisfactory material used. Warren TD^ explained in his 1962 book, Atlantic Conquest. Composite materials and even concrete were used. "Anybody, it was said, built anything that somebody would brand a ship—of green wood and brittle concrete and baling wire and store bolts—a hasty fleet of monstrosities." If history teaches any lesson it is that America cannot afford the luxury of neglecting her merchant marine because in times of national emergency the fleet is needed and crash programs are often very costly and misdirected. {Photos at right courtesy of Navy Magazine.) World War I's Wooden Fleet A Ferris-class wooden freightship is launched from one of the many primitive shipyards that sprung up almost over­ night to produce the vessels. The speed of shipbuilding was enviable. One yard laid a new keel 90 seconds after launch­ ing a ship. But many of these vessels spent half their time being repaired. A Hough-class ship underway and headed for the shipyard for repairs. Green tim­ ber, inexperienced shipbuilders, over­ powered plants all contributed to the problems of the ships. The 3,500-ton cargo capacity of these coal-buming ships was drastically reduced by the enormous amount of bunkers they had to carry. fri •!& These wooden sub-chasers tried to clear shipping lanes of German U-hoats. I'M I i •V Ii' U 'i I .. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank-and-file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and man­ agement representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon ap­ proval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Batteiy Place, Suite 1930, New York, N.Y. 10004 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know June 1970 your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serv­ ing the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing arti­ cles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective member­ ship. This established policy has been reaffirmed by mem­ bership action at the September, 1960 meetings in all con­ stitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immedi­ ately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges. trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members draw­ ing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rankand-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the em­ ployers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do­ nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely vol­ untary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitu<4ional right of access to Union records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 29 nt �Social Secunfy Q & A New Log Feature Answers Questions on Social Security By A. A. BERNSTEIN SIU Social Security Director As a new service to SIU members and their families, the Seafarers Log each month will provide answers to questions about Social Security benefits. Seafarers and their families can direct questions to A. A. Bernstein, director of Social Security and Welfare Services, Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. The new feature also will contain questions received fre­ quently by the Social Security Administration concerning benefits available to widows and children, disabled workers and retirees. The basic idea of Social Se­ curity is a simple one. During working years (including time in military service) you, your employers and self-employed persons pay Social Security con­ tributions which are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings stop or are reduced by retirement, disabil­ ity or death, monthly cash bene­ fits are available through Social Security to replace part of the lost earnings for the worker or his survivors. More than 90 percent of all American work­ ers are enrolled under the So­ cial Security program. In addition, a health insur­ ance program (Medicare) is provided for people who are over 65. Q: I'll be 65 in a couple of months. My wife thinks I mi|y be able to sign up for retire­ ment benefits before my birth­ day instead of waiting until the last minute. Is that correct? A: It is. It is a good idea to apply two or three months be­ fore you reach 65. This way you will be sure of getting all the benefits you are due, in­ cluding full Medicare protec­ tion. You can start early in as­ sembling the information and documents you will need when you do apply, such as proof of age. The best proof is a birth certificate, or record of bap­ tism recorded early in life. But, if you don't have either, don't worry. The people at your So­ cial Security office can tell you about other proofs that can be used. Q: Has there always been a limit to how much you could earn after retirement without losing Social Security benefits? A: Yes. But this has been changed by Congress nine times to keep pace with increased benefits and higher earning levels. The last change was voted in 1967. Presently, if you earn $1,680 or less a year, you get full benefits for all months of the year. If you earn more than $1,680, the general rule is that $1 in benefits is withheld for each $2 you earn from $1,680 to $2,880. An additional $1 will be withheld for all earn­ ings over $2,880. Earnings after you reach 72 will not cause any deductions from your benefits. ment of earnings every three years or so. The statement shows your total earnings under Social Security, including any self-employment you may have had, and basic pay for active duty in the armed forces. Your Social Security office can give you a postcard form (Request for Statement of Earnings) to use in asking for the earnings statement. Q: I know Social Security helps oldw people, hut what about young workers like me? I'm 28 and see nothing ahead hut contributions until I'm 65. A: Social Security provides protection for you and other young workers long before you reach retirement age. You and your family are protected against loss of income resulting from disability or death. If you should die, your dependents may receive a lump sum pay­ ment and monthly cash bene­ fits. Q: As a college student, I work part-time during school and full-time during vacations. Q: When I became 65 last The Social Security contribu­ year, I neglected to sign up for tions coming out of my pay could help me meet expenses. the medical insurance part Medicare. Is it too late for me Why deduct from my earnings now, considering the number to enroll now? of full-time years I will have to A: It is not too late. You pay in future? Will I really get have another chance during my money's worth over the what is called a general enroll­ long run? ment period—the first three A: You and other young months of each year. March 31 workers—part-time and fullis the deadline each year. Re­ time—are earning valuable So­ member, if you do not sign up cial Security retirement, sur­ within three years after your first opportunity, you will not vivors and disability insurance protection worth more than the be able to sign up at all. Social Security contributions Q: A friend of mine who has paid in. If you have 18 months changed jobs a lot says he or more of recent work in the checks his Social Security rec­ Social Security record, you and ord frequently to make sure it your family may count on is correct. Can he really do that monthly benefits if you become disabled. Your family would whenever he wants to? A: Yes, your friend is wise get monthly benefits if you died. to do so since he changes jobs Earnings of as little as $50 in frequently. It is a good idea to any three-month calendar ask the Social Security Admin­ will assure you of credit toward istration to send you a state- this valuable insurance protec­ tion. Seagoing Termites Invade Lighthouse Overseas Vivian Crew in Bombay When the Overseas Vivian (Maritime Overseas) docked in the port of Bombay after a voyage from Kalama, Wash., Seafarers took time out in port to relax. From left are George Arnold, John Rode, Scottie MacDonald, Freddie • Hunt and Bosun Bob Yeager. Page 30 Norfolk The Coast Guard motto is to be prepared for anything, but it was somewhat taken aback when they discovered that termites had invaded one of their lighthouses. Thousands of the voracious wood-eating pests were discov­ ered recently thriving on the salt-flavored upper structure of the Smith Point Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay. Entomologists were at a loss to explain how termites, which are landlubbers, managed to navigate to the lighthouse or how they can survive, since they need fresh water to live. The Coast Guard called in the exterminators and the salty termites were quickly sunk. At the SIU, Clinic Mrs. Flocerfida G. Molus has her blood pressure checked by Dr. Joseph Peluso at the SIU clinic in New York. Her hus­ band, Seafarer Felizardo Motus, sails in the steward depart­ ment. At all SIU clinics. Seafarers and their dependents are entitled to medical care. 8 T A I T 4 s (A f * 10 i< IS Ik n •i Ik ws ak T Ik w» a A9 s 4 Al ae SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans July 14—2:30 p.m. Mobile July 15—2:30 p.m. Wilmington ..July 20—2:00 p.m. San Fran July 22—2:00 p.m. DIRECTORYof UNION HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Al Tanner Lind.sey Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS ....676 4th Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. Second Ave. (617) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ..1216 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 663 Atlantic Ave. • (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y. ; 736 Washington St. SIU (716) TL 3-9269 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, in 9383 Ewlng Ave. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 6-9670 CLEVELAND, 0 1420 W. 26th St. (216) MA 1-5460 DETROIT, Mich. 10226 W. 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(213) 832-7286 YOKOHAMA, Japan Iseya Bldg., Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 Schedule of Membership Meetings Seattle July New York ....July Philadelphia July Baltimore ....July Detroit July Houston July i: i 24—2:00 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 7—2:30 p.m. 8—2:30 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 13—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans July 14—7:00 p.m. ,j Mobile July 15—7:00 p.m. New York ....July 6—7:00p.m. ""J Philadelphia July 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ....July 8—7:00 p.m. tHouston ....July 13—7:00 p.m. ^ Great Lakes SIU Meetings , Detroit July 6—2:00 p.m Buffalo July 6—7:00 p.m \ , Alpena July 6—7:00 p.m Chicago '..July 6—7:30 p.m, Duluth July 6—7:00 p.m, Frankfort July 6—^7:00 p.m •r* ^ Great Lakes Tog and Dredge Section Chicago July 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie July 14—7:30 p.m. Buffalo July 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth July 17—7:30 p.m. Cleveland July 17—7:30 p.m. Toledo July 17—7:30 p.m. A Detroit July 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee ..July 13—7:30 p.m. t SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans July 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile July 15—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia July 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) ..July 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk July 9—5:00 p.m. Houston July 13—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia July 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.mBaltimore July 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk July 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. . Jersey City July 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. tMeeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. v_ 'v.. Firms Must Deal With Union Stewards ' Washington Unions have an absolute right to appoint department or • shop stewards, and employers must deal with them in. discus- ' sing employee grievances, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled in a case involving the Allied Industrial Workers. Seafarers Log �•p .1. /¥ I Rep. Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.), right, and Vince Promuto, Washington Red­ skin guard, meet trainees. 3. During an open house on the Dana, docked on the Potomac, visi­ tors were given a guided tour of the 130-foot schooner by the Lundeherg School trainees. f Piney Point Trainees Visit Washington K. it '• V rt •> \ ROUPS OF Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship trainees F journey to Washington as part of their training cruises aboard the school's two full-rigged training schooners, the Cap­ tain James Cook azid the Richard Henry Dana. While in the capitol, they attend luncheon conferences, sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, and have an oppor­ tunity to meet and listen to Congressmen and other dignitaries interested in the American merchant marine. H > 'K h i Trainees are greeted by Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. (D-N.J.) ':«r • V I i-r V « Rep. William D. Hathaway (D-Me.) greets a group of future Seafarers.' 9 41 n t r •'w-r w 1/ Rep. Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) and Piney Point visitors. June 1970 Piney Point trainee Frank Gibilaro, 18, of Brooklyn, N.Y., scans the Potomac River from the deck of the Dana, with the Washing­ ton Monument in the background. «» Page 31 �SEAFAItERS*LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC, GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT * AFL-CIO ' ^ NARCOTICS: They'll Cost You Your Job... 1^- it f Television. Radio. Newspapers. News magazines. Movies. Records. No matter what you read, where you look, what you hear—^the subject of narcotics is there. Usually in the form of a debate. Are drugs bad for the health? Do they lead to immorality? Aren't alcoholic beverages just as bad? To Seafarer, these aren't the questions that really count. What counts is this: • Any Seafarer using narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—loses his papers—his right to go to sea. • Any Seafarer using any drug that affects his mind risks the lives of others. The possibihty of an emergency is always present aboard ship. Only alert minds can help. Dope is deadly. • Any Seafarer caught using narcotics tags his ship and his shipmates for constant watch. • Rewards are paid, in some foreign lands, to those who turn in anyone possessing narcotics. Some people in those countries have been known to sell narcotics to Americans—and then turn them in for a reward. Pos­ sessing narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—ends a Seafarer's career. • Marijuana is legally a narcotic. Marijuana affects the mind.. The use of marijuana or any other narcotic strips a Seafarer of his life at sea. • Men who want careers at sea don't possess drugs, don't use drugs—and don't allow others to do what they don't do. Because they know that any Seafarer using or possessing narcotics—anytime, on shore or at sea—Closes his papers—his right to go to sea. < .Ir J' 5: 'L r*' ^* s- •i. f\ ' ^1 > %] Forever! r � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1970 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FLOATING HOUSING UNIT PLANTS URGED – SHIPS USED AS FACTORIES MARITIME BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE STRONG BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT GIVEN PLAN TO REBUILD FLEET SHIP AMERICAN PROGRAM STARTS CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS MARITIME ISSUES NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDED WORKERS REALLY FEELING ECONOMIC PINCH ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HURT CONSUMERS COAST GUARD COPS CLOCKING SPEEDING LAKES FREIGHTERS RALPH DE TOLEDANO – SEAFARERS COLLECT MILLIONS FOR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: DIRKSEN’S $5000 FANS NEWSPAPER CLAIMS FORMER SENATOR RECEIVED $30,000 FROM SEAFARERS WHY SEAFARERS ARE IN POLITICS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CALLED BEST FOR LABOR MANAGEMENT MYSTERY FISH PUZZLE SCIENCE CONVERTED TRANSOREGON HOME FROM EUROPE STEEL ADMIRAL’S LONG VOYAGE – STEEL FLYER’S SMOOTH VOYAGE WORLD WAR I’S WOODEN FLEET NEW LOG FEATURE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL SECURITY NARCOTICS: THEY’LL COST YOU YOUR JOB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 06/1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXII, No. 6 1970 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/bfb35b75fcf35e7d756f918d432e46df.PDF e6109280f4d24823b2ce1549208eea0e PDF Text Text Attack on Jones Act Threatens Jobs See Page 23 SEAFARERSALOG Vol. mill No. 6 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO . ' V. Delta, Waterman Sign First Pacts Under Merchant Marine Act of 1970 I;K m ..#a " .fc See Page 2 fi If'- ]> >i •: • I i' *^>.11 , j"^ \ »•••• 1 V -• .»,- If. 'SSfm Educational Conference See Pages 3-IS. r [flf- SlU Scholarship Winners for 1971 Angeb Nnckob • i'-'j--; 4* - i,; " •• .• •'f '• Mary Covaceridi �Delta and IVaferman AAeany Hits First Subsidies Under'70 Act Awarded to SlU-contractors Grain Plan Meany AFL-CIO President Meany has attacked White House plans to set aside the requirement that 50 percent of shipments of grain to Communist-bloc na­ tions be transported in Ameri­ can-flag vessels. He said the proposal "con­ stitutes a repudiation of firm commitments made by Presi­ dents Johnson and Kennedy "and also represents an "unwar­ ranted blow at the livelihoods of American seafaring men." 20-year Freeze The White House plan is part of the new drive to open trade with Red China and serves to thaw out of 20-year freeze on Red Chinese exports and imports. The move recalls the battle that was fought in 1963 when the late President Kennedy proposed wheat sale to Russia, the wheat to be shipped on Russian or other foreign flag ships. Labor objected vigorously and President Kennedy subsequently issued an Executive Order re­ quiring that 50 percent of the grain be shipped in American bottom, where available. That order also had the support of President Johnson. Later, the International Long­ shoremen's Association refused to load grain aboard the foreign ships until the 50 percent re­ quirement was enforced. Here is the statement by AFL-CIO President George Meany, issued shortly after the White House announced its grain plan. "The action of the President in setting aside the requirement that fifty percent of any ship­ ments of grain to Communistbloc coimtries be transported in American vessels constitutes a repudiation of firm commit­ ments made by Presidents Johnson and Kennedy. Those commitments were intended to give proper consideration to the legitimate interests of American seamen and to the public interest in the main­ tenance of an American mer­ chant marine. "The availability of a surplus of grain for sale abroad is the result of Federal farm sub­ sidies and price supports which dwarf in dimensions the level of Federal aid now provided the merchant marine. The American maritime industry, which is now suffering acute economic adversity and wide­ spread unemployment, depends for a large part of its work upon the fifty percent cargo preference system and policy. The sudden abandonment to that policy, in the face of past commitments and assurances, constitutes a breach of faith and an unwarranted blow at the livelihoods of American seafaring men." THE PRESIDENTS REPORT WashiB^n, D.C. The first two government shipbuilding contracts under the new maritime program have been aWarded to two SIUcontracted companies—e 11 a Steamship Lines and Water­ man Steamship Corporation. In addition, Waterman has been awarded an operatingdifferential subsidy contract covering eight existing vessels operating on Trade Route 18. Waterman became the first new operator to write a 20-year operating subsidy contract since 1941. Announcement of the sub­ sidy award contracts was made here by Andrew E. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of Com­ merce for Maritime Affairs. The Delta and Waterman shipbuilding contracts are for six Lighter-A board Ships (LASH) vessels—three for each company. $170 Million The two contracts total nearly $170 million. The gov­ ernment will subsidize the dif­ ference between the shipyard price and the cost of building the ships in a low-cost foreign shipyard. This constructiondifferential subsidy tentatively has been established at approxi­ mately 44 percent of the con­ tract price, pending final review of foreign cost information. All of the vessels will be built at the Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. The Delta vessels are slated for delivery between April and September of 1973 for use in the com­ pany's U.S. and Gulf to East Coast of South America trade. The vessels will be 845 feet in length with a 100 foot beam, and will be capable of carrying 74 Lighters and 288 contain­ ers. 1973 Delivery The Waterman ships, which will be delivered between De­ cember 1973 and May 1974, will operate on Trade Route 18 (between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports of Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean ports). Each of the Waterman ships will measure 983 feet 4 inches, including a 48-foot overhang of the lighter-handling crane at the stem, and will have a 100 foot beam. The Waterman ships will accomodate 89 cargo light­ ers. The LASH ship design is a new, innovative shipping sys­ tem, with each vessel equipped with a 500-ton traveling gantry crane for unloading and dischargiag the cargo lighters over the stem. The crane has the capacity to handle as many as four loaded lighters containing nearly 1,600 tons of cargo in an hour, according to the Mari­ time Administration. Captain Jay Qark, President of Delta Steamship Lines, signed the shipbuilding contract for his company, with Mr. Gib­ son signing for the government and Henry Z. Carter, President for the Avondale Slfipyards. For the Waterman Company, Edward P. Walsh, President, signed, with Mr. Gibson and Mr. Carter. ISfh SlUNA Convention Set for [Vashington, D.C. Washington, D.C. The 15th Biennial Convention of the Seafarers Intemational Union of North America will be held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel here froui June 21 to June 25. The SIUNA executive board will meet Wednesday June 16 at Piney Point, Md. Delegates from SIUNA affiliates in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean will attend the Washington sessions. They will be the representatives of more than 85,000 members of the SIUNA affiliates. The convention will consider matters of interest to the union and to the labor movement as a whole. Speakers from government, industry and labor will address the delegates. Also on the agenda are officers reports, reports of affiliates and several resolutions. Beginning of a New Day br PMK Httl Tne government's award of constraction differen­ tial subsidy funds to Delta Steamship Lines for the building of three LASH type vessels, and a similar award for another three LASH vessels to the Water­ man Steamship Cooperation, along with an operating differential subsidy award to Waterman for eight existing vessels on Trade Route 18 are hopeful signs for the American merchant marine and for Seafarers. The two SIU-(}ontracted companies received the first firm awards under the new maritime program to revitalize the American merchant marine. The building contract awards will ^ve Delta and Waterman an opportunity to build U.S. flag vessels which they otherwise would not have been able to do. It is hoped that these first subsidy contract awards imder the new merchant marine program will mark the beginning of a new day for American-flag ship­ ping. It also is the first step in the implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, which calls for a government-supported building program of 300 new vessels over the next ten-year period. The full implementation of the program cannot come about too soon. With 80 per cent of the Amer­ ican-flag merchant fleet 20 years old or over, the remaining life the greatest part of our shipping capacity is short, to say the least. Without govern­ ment assistance few companies are in a position to replace their rapidly over-aging vessels. Only those of the original 14 companies who enjoyed subsidy under the terms of the 1936 Merchant Page 2 Marine Act were in a position to replace ships. The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 changed that by extending the benefits of construction differentid subsidy and operating differential subsidy to all seg­ ments of the American merchant marine. The terms and conditions of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, if they had been allowed to continue, could have meant slow but sime death for those com­ panies outside the range of the subsidy benefits. This was apparent to us more than ten years ago, when we began the campaign to attempt to bring about a change. The fight, as every SIU man is well aware, was long and tougji. But it was successful in that we achieved passage of the new Act. However, as we have stated so often, that achievement is only the first round of what must be a continuing battle to reverse the trend of the decline of American shipping. As heartening as the Delta and Waterman Steam­ ship developments are, we can have no illusions. In order to make the American merchant marine viable and competitive and capable of expansion, we must stay in the fight to help bring this about. It will be a tou^ campaign all the way. It will be a long up-hill struggle before this country has a competitively effec­ tive fleet that provide security for the nation and for the professional seafarer. The problem confronting all of us in maritime is not only to find the ways and means to put new vessels in the water. We must enable them to stay busy—and that means cargo must be available, whether of the commercial variety or that which is U.S. government generated. This means that American shipping must increase its participation in cargo carrying and that is what those of us interested in the future of the fleet must collectively attempt to achieve. We must find our way out of the tragic condition which finds our U.S.-fiag ships carrying less than 5 per cent of American foreign commerce. And we must increase om: participation in the carriage of government generated cargoes by insisting upon in­ creased usage of American-flag ships beyond the present 50 per cent application of the Cargo Prefer­ ence Law. These objectives will not be a cinch. One problem is the fact that the government agencies who contract for the carriage of government generated cargoes are constantly seeking ways and means to favor foreign shipping. Another problem is that foreign shipping interests are constantly seeking to prevent the rebuild­ ing of the American merchant marine. A case in point are the current attempts by foreign ^nd runaway-flag interest to assault the Jones Act which reserves domestic shipping to U.S.-fiag vessels, and to weaken the cargo preference laws. So while we fight to affect implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 which offers the opportunity for the revival of American shipping we must, at the same time, carry out a vi^lant battle against those who would remove it from the seas. For those in this country who are concerned about the present and the future of American shipping, and they certainly include Seafarers, the alternatives are clear. We must maintain the fight. Seafarers Log �Seafarers Educational Conference 100 Delegates Probe Union Goals and Problems Piney Point, Md. The value of membership participation—the involvement of each Seafarer in all aspects of his union—was stressed at the second SIU Edu­ cation Conference at Piney Point. Delegates, chosen from the rank-and-file SIU membership, solidly supported recommendations made by delegates at the first full-scale educa­ tion conference held in March. Those recom­ mendations were reported in the May Special Issue of the Seafarers Log. A third education conference at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship is now under­ way. The conferences are designed to give the SIU member an opportunity to learn first hand the problems of his industry and the prospects for the future. The conferences represent a commitment both to keeping members abreast of the latest devel­ opments in maritime and, through knowledge, making his participation in union affairs more meaningful. In each of the seven working days of the conference, delegates and union officials dis­ cussed problems confronting the SIU, and ways they can be met and overcome. The free-wheeling discussions focused on seven major topics, topics chosen to supplement the basic knowledge of all the delegates. The topics were: • Labor union history, with particular em­ phasis of the growth and development of seafering unions and the accomplishments of the Seafarers International Union. •\ ' • The SIU education program which included examination of the union's program in vocation­ al, trade union and academic fields. • The SIU Constitution and its provisions concerning the rights, privileges and obligations of each union member. • The SIU contract and the economics of the maritime potential of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. • The SIU pension, vacation and welfare programs. • Union meetings and shipboard behavior, including the ways the membership makes itself heard through participation. • Legal issues and political action. _ Delegates to the conference were given the opportimity to carefully review and question the union's efforts in all these fields, and thus to gain an understanding of the changing times and changing problems. Delegates also took a long look at the educa­ tion programs being pioneered at the Harry Lundeberg School in trade union education, career training and in the academic fields. Im­ portant and serious discussion was given the idea of expanding the union's educational role to embrace the entire membership. Delegates came away from the conference at the end of its ten-day run with a greater working knowledge of their union and of their importance to it now and in the future. It is that kind of knowledge that will forge unity in the SIU and enable it to meet the challenges of the future. I- June 1971 Pagr3 �SlU History: Our Key to the Future A topic taken up during the May Educational Conference covered the history of the Seafarers International Union and its development from the seeds provided by the first American trade unionists, who fought for the rights of the working man as early as the 1700's. The delegates foimd that the gains won by labor through the years were hard-fought struggles which often resulted in organiza­ tions of working man having to battle not only their employers, but hostile courts, police and militia and government as well. But primarily the session on SIU history showed the delegates, some of whom have been SIU men since 1938 and others recent newcomers, how the seaman had to fight through the years to lift himself from a virtual shipboard slave to his present status. The delegates learned that this achievement was not without a high cost. Be^nning with the birth of the seamen's union move­ ment under Andrew Fureseth and continuing through the years of struggles and strikes under Harry Lundeberg, many profession­ al sailors risked their health, their freedom and their lives to insure that the SIU would survive. The bitter organizing battles with Isthmian, Cities Service, Robin Lines and others showed the determination of the Seafarers to win freedom of representation. The struggle with Communistcontrolled factions in labor proved the determination of the SIU to secure political freedom in the labor movement. As the organization became stronger, the delegates learned, it was able to pioneer a better life for the professional sailor. A pension program was established; a health and welfare plan to help the Seafarer and his family was instituted and educational scholar­ ships opened the doors of many colleges to SIU families for the first time. The history discussion showed that such progress has been the result of the ability of the SIU to remain alert to changing times and adapt to new challenges. This is the result of an informed and active membership. And the membership that has coped with and overcome the problems of the past is now meeting the needs of the present. This was evident in the role the SIU played in working for and achieving passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The SIU provided the leadership for the Administration's plans to revitalize the failing American merchant fleet. Through a campaign of information that brought the plight of the declining shipping industry to the attention of all segments of the American public—local, state and federal ofiScials, members of Congress and the Administration and the private citizen who keeps them in oflSce—^the SIU shaped public opinion so that the merchant marine bill was easily enacted into law by a Congress that listened to its constituents across the country and voted for its passage. The delegates talked about what this history of success meant for the future. After reviewing the many accomplishments along the long road from the union's beginnings, they considered the present and future of the industry. They heard of the history of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship and what it means to the future of any Seafarer who desires to advance in his job. They heard that the challenges that face the union in this day and age are not going to be fouj^t on the picket lines of the past but in the Congress, the courts and in the halls of government. The delegates learned that they have much to be proud of from the past—the result of an informed, active membership. And, if this participation continues as it has before, it will insure a proud future in the continuing history of the SIU and will bring a stiU better life to every member and his family. Chairmen Report on History Alton Booth New Orleans The SIU Charter came out, October 14, 1938. The old ISU gave birth to our great rmion. On the West Coast, West Coast sailors gave the SIU its birth, and at the time the SIU had 60 contracts. Our union was very young at the start of World War II. Seems as if the NMU was finking and still is finking on the SIU at various times. Our wages and conditions were poor at this time. At the start of World War II om: union struck for a bonus in September 1941. The Robin Moore was sunk in the South Atlantic Ocean. The SIU then took on the job of de­ livering the cargoes to the war zone. In the war years, two ships were named after two SIU heroes. Brother Paul Hall won elec­ tion and our union became the leader of maritime unions. Con­ ditions have improved 100 per cent. Pat Fox San Francisco We have all been part of Labor History and SIU History as members of the SIU, regard­ less of age. I feel these conferences are important and beneficial to the membership and should be con­ tinued as we have much more labor history to make in the future. At these conferences much can be discussed more clearly than at shore meetings or ship board meetings. We have^ the time now to think of the future, which I think looks sort of bleak. I hate to say it but it looks like we might wind up like the airplane industry. The time is now for us to bring forward our problems, to the public, to educate the public on our problems. Yes, Brothers I believe these confereiices are well worth the time, and should be carried on in the future. • Qyde Lanier New Orleans My name is Qyde Lanier and I come from way down yonder in New Orle^, the queen city of the south as we jJI know weU. In our workshop this morn­ ing we discussed in detail and at great length the history of our union in particular and the history of the labor movement in general. We had a very good exchange of opinions, thoughts and ideas in our discussions and, as a result, I for one learned a great deal more about the history and background of our union. You know, I don't want to sound like the Ancient Mariner or as if my first ship was Noah's Ark. But I have been around this union since its beginning and believe me brothers there is one lesson I have learned from our history. And that is that nobody ever gave us anything—anything we ever got we got by ourselves by our own efforts. Robert C. Thomas Philadelphia I caimot help from feeling with great interest, and with kind regards, the achievements and the establishment of the educational conference school, of the great importance of the training program, not only for the' trainee, but for each and everyone of us who are the body of this great union. And I must say I am very much impressed with the ad­ ministration and the direct re­ sponsibility, and dedicate de­ votion of our elected repre­ sentatives in the unity of the membership of this organiza­ tion. •• i:.ifflp I" Seaf^.iog �Chairmen Report on Education M. D. Brendle Houston Where do the kids learn the bad parts, from us. Overseas travel, a matter of teachers and proper instruc­ tion. Heard there was a good poker game, that's why I came here, but now that I've seen HLSS I am going to get my high school diploma. If you disbelieve me, go to the HLSS classrooms. We are learning more than these kids. Peter Gonzalez New Orleans I represent the delegation from New Orleans. I think that being here for two and naif days makes me a very proud member of this wonderful un­ ion. In our workshop this morning, we discussed the im­ portance and the theme of this seminar, education. I, for one, have always believed that a better informed man will be of better service in every aspect of job, duty and work. Remember that nobody is perfect, a con­ stant critic is never helpful. We believe in the way our train­ ees are being tau^t. My only regret is that I was not up here sooner. My own personal ex­ perience will account for an episode of what we are doing now here at Piney Point. In our workshop this morning we had the privilege of listening to some of the instructors in the school. To say I'm glad I'm a member is not enough. To say I am happy this union is grow­ ing is not enough. To say we are better educated and in­ formed makes me a very, very proud member of this union. Alexander McElhenny Philadelphia In our Workshop #3 this morning we discussed in great detail the education programs of our union and the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. I certainly want to ex­ press my amazement at what is being done here at the school. I, for one, have always re­ gretted that I was unable to finish school. I dropped out and started going to sea at the age of 16. I suppose that you could say that goiog to sea is my educa­ tion in itself and I guess that is very true. And we all know ^that sea­ men are great readers and many of us are self-educated as a re­ sult of our experience and our travels. But what we are doing here at Piney Point to help these young fellows improve themselves is simply wonderful. E. Sylvester Mobile In our workshop this morn­ ing we were given some of the finer points and history of the HLSS, and the SIU education program. This program is something we all should be proud of, and should support wholeheartedlyi because it is one of the first of its kind, and to me it is really grand. So we should all strive to try and help these new guys on board ship and try to give them a little of the ttdngs that we have learned over the years, because, Brothers, Piney Point and HLSS are the life line of the SIU. So keep up the good work. Brothers, you are doing a grand thing. Education: Building the Whole Man The delegates to the May Conference heard an education instructor tell them that education today is becoming a very important part of the Seafarer's life as a worker, as a union member and as a citi­ zen. They were told that education builds the whole man, the whole person. The technological changes in the maritime indus­ try require new skills and, to keep up with changes in the economics of the industry, a Seafarer must be informed, alert and aware of the need for change and political action. The delegates studied the pioneering educational program conducted by their union to prepare the membership for these new responsibilities—a pro­ gram that blends together the vocational, trade un­ ion and academic aspects of education to provide a program that is unique in the nation and one that is winning admiration and enthusiastic support from leading educators. They were reminded of the vocational program that has, for years, provided the membership with the skills that have enabled them to move up to more responsible and better paying jobs and an op­ portunity to guarantee a better life for their families. They discussed in depth the vocational training program at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship that offers a chance for a career in the American merchant marine. This entry-rating training program is strengthening the union by recruiting capable young men who will sign on their ships with an ap­ preciation of what the SIU stands for. Aji June 19)1 After inspection of the facilities for training these young men and talks with them and their instructors, the delegates were favorably impressed with the vo­ cational education and voiced opinions that the HLSS graduates would turn out to be good, capably-trained shipmates. The sessions on education also considered the aca­ demic aspect and reviewed the recently-established program designed to broaden the horizons of the HLSS trainees. It offers remedial reading under the guidance of professional specially-trained reading spe­ cialists to bolster students' reading skills and prepare them for further academic advancement. Another facet", the pioneering GEO (General Edu­ cational Development) study course allows young men who have dropped out of high school for one reason or another to undergo a period of person­ alized intensive instruction to prepare them for a high school equivalency diploma. In the short period since the GED instruction be­ gan, the delegates learned, HLSS has achieved a high degree of success. A total of 51 of 54 trainees who have taken the difficult state-administered examina­ tion were successful and earned their high school equivalency certificates. The program impressed the delegates to the May conference to such an extent that they recommended that it be made available to all Seafarers, whether at the school, at sea or on the beach. Acting on su<Jh recommendations, the SIU plans to launch corre­ spondence study courses for members at sea and ashore, in cooperation with the University of Ne­ braska. Since the inception of the SIU Scholarship Pro­ gram, nearly 100 Seafarers or children of Seafarers have been awarded college scholarships. The at­ tending members learned that these grants were re­ cently increased to $10,000 to cover tuition for a four year education. The May Educational Conference followed the lead of previous conferences and agreed on certain recommendations concerning the educational pro­ gram. They recommended: • That the SIU Scholarship program be reviewed with the possibility of making ffie benefits of higher education available to more members and their de­ pendents. • That a review be made of the recertification programs to meet the need and preserve the rights of members who will be maiming the more sophis­ ticated ships that will be coming into service imder the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. • That a study be made toward developing a com­ prehensive steward department training program to upgrade all members of the department. • That every effort be made to encourage full par­ ticipation in shipboard meetings by all crew mem­ bers to further their trade union education and espe­ cially their knowledge of the SIU and that education­ al material—trade union, vocational and academic— be placed aboard all SIU ships. �®SiiiiiiSlfiSigitt SlU Constitution Defines Our Rights The SIU Constitution often has been called the "backbone of the union." It sets down the rules and regulations which govern the union and its members. It defines the members' rights and obligations. It spells out the duties and re­ sponsibilities of elected officers. It is a guarantee of the individual rights of every member and it is a docmnent which pro­ tects the democratic rights of the majority. Delegates to the May conference probed the SIU Constitution to leam just how it affects the daily life of every Seafarer. They learned that the constitution defines the procedures and qualifications for elections and provides for trial and appeals procedures. They learned it requires the establishment of a finance committee; details balloting procedures and methods of amending the document itself. In short, delegates found that the SIU Con­ stitution is a special document which guaran­ tees and encourages full membership participa­ tion in the affairs of the union just as it spells out the conditions and rights and responsibilities of membership. In these discussions, delegates reviewed the history of the SIU to gain a better imderstanding of the document's meaning and purpose. Delegates learned that when the SIU was or­ ganized in 1938, a constitution had to be drafted not only to protect the democratic rights of the members, but also to guarantee his job security. The Preamble, and the Statement of Princi­ ples and Declaration of Rights set forth that, "All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this constitution, and such rights, privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms."It is a testament to the planning and fore­ sight of the drafters of the constitution, dele­ gates said, that it has stood the test of time. Since 1938, the constitution has been amended only a few times, to conform with changes in national labor laws, or to improve imion pro­ cedures. Delegates foimd that the constitution is a detailed document, and its provisions profoimdly affect every member of the SIU. In that regard, the SIU has given the mem­ bers every opportimity to become familiar with their constitution by publishing the full text every six months in the Seafarers Log. Delegates took advantage of the further op­ portunity to study and leam about the constitu­ tion offered at the educational conferences. They took the time to read, ask questions, and discuss this important document. No constitution is perfect, and none can an­ ticipate every possible problem. That is why, delegates found the SIU has a living constitu­ tion, one that will always be responsive to the nee^ of the members of the union. - K'', Gov. Luis A. Ferre of Puerto Rico Visits HLSS During Conference ^ Gov. Luis A. Ferre of Puerto Rico, center, pauses during a visit to the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to talk with Seafarers from Puerto Rico attending the May Educational Confer­ ence. Delegates and school officials gave him a complete tour of the Piney Point facility during his visit. With Gov. Ferre are Resident Commissioner Jorge L." Cordova, second from right, and Keith Terpe, right, SIUNA vice president. Page 6 Chairmen Report^ Eugene Covert Houston You have heard on ships that the contract is your bible, but as our agent from Norfolk said this morning our Constitution is more important, because it is the backbone of our whole union, not just how we must work. We were lucky to have had, and I might add still have, leaders who were and still are foresighted enough to know that what they were making into law for us, was not just for the year 1938, but for 1971 also. That is why we are still on top today. Malcolm Cross Wilmington I've learned more about our SIU Constitution today than I have in all the years I have been a member of the union. I learned how important oin Con­ stitution is, and how it gives protection to each and every member of the union. I also learned about our responsibil­ ities to the union and to each other. I am proud of our Con­ stitution and our union, and I think that these kind of con­ ferences are the best thing that has ever happened in our imion or anywhere else. Andy Ellingsen Wilmington In Workshop #3 there was a general discussion on the constitution of the S.I.U. Brothers Fischer and Stephens explained the various stages of the constitution from the date of the charter in 1938 up until 1970. In a sense of speaking the constitution is a form of contract which says what can and cannot be done, which in general is protection for ail members. I learned th^ the constitution had to be changed for various reasons with the first change taking place in 1960, so it shows good planning in its original stage in 1938. That means 22 years passed be­ fore the first change took place. The second change was in 1969 to provide better protec­ tion for all members in our union. Thomas Ulisse San Francisco In our Workshop #4 this morning our topic for discussion was the S.I.U. Constitution. We had a very informative session with brothers Riley and Mc­ Cartney answering all oiu: ques­ tions and explaining in full de­ tail some points which were not clear in our minds and believe me, brothers, there were quite a few ^eas in which some of our members had widely dif­ ferent ideas and understand­ ings. But after our discussions many of these items were clari­ fied. H Therefore, I urge each and every one of you to make the necessary effort to acccomplish this, as it is in your interest to be well informed when it comes to the constitution. •I �Chairmen Report Archie Davis San Francisco This morning Workshop #1 unanimously approved adoption of the recommendations on our contract submitted at the last Educational Conference held at Piney Point, Md. What is a Contract? It is a written negotiable agreement between the SIU and the companies to set forth, the wages, overtime, rates, job security provisions, work rules, and living conditions aboard ship, in precise language, so that each party will know what is expected of them. In order to appreciate the benefits of working under a un­ ion contract, the union mem­ bers should look to the past, to the early days when there were no such written agreements be­ tween employer and employees. John Kucharski New Orleans The contract is very im­ portant, and we should all get to know it better. I know that I've learned a lot about the contract today, and a lot of questions were answered. The conference is a good thing, and I think we should talk it up when we get back to the ships. A lot of guys talk when they don't know what they are talk­ ing about. They should come to these conferences and leam what it's all about. Then they -would know what they are talk­ ing about. Andrew Lewis New Orleans I am very glad that I came to this conference, because I have learned much. Today we talked about our contracts, and we learned how important this document is to us. We also learned about the many fights we had to get. the kind of con­ tract we have today. It is im­ portant that every member get to know the contract and what it stands for. • I.. Frank Russo New Orleans I think we are all getting a great deal out of this con­ ference. I think the important thing now is that we bring the message back to the ship and discuss what we have talked about here. Talking about our union contract is very im­ portant because it means so much to us. A lot of us never took the time to study our con­ tract, and that's why I think these conferences are so good. I hope we keep them up so that as many of our brothers as possible can come and leam about our union. June 1971 Contract Spells Out SIU Working Conditions The SIU contract provides the Seafarer with a guarantee of the best wages, working condi­ tions and job secmity of any maritime nation, delegates to the May educational conference were told. In discussions of the contract, the delegates heard the proud history of its development from the early days of the union, to its present state of superiority. Delegates learned that each new benefit— whether in Wages, overtime, days off, pensions or other fringe benefits—^was hard won. None of the items, delegates learned, came without sacrifice and many were won only at the cost of personal danger and personal injury. But beyond that, the contract is the basic document of the union, and delegates to the conference were thoroughly informed of its provisions on the duties of a Seafarer at sea, his rights aboard ship, and its importance to him ashore, both now and in the future. And although the SIU contract is the best available for seagoing men today, it is not a static ddcument. Delegates and o£Scers of the SIU alike were firm on the point that the search for a better life for the professional sailor is a never-ending quest. To reach the goal requires skillful bargaining, delegates were told, bargaining that, on the one hand, advances the standards of living of Sea­ farers and on the other hand preserves the in­ dustry in which they work. Delegates were told that the SIU had used restraint at the bargaining table and that the restraint had produced the best jobs to members ratio in the maritime field. The same kind of restraint and care enabled the SIU pension fund to grow steadily, soundly and securely thus insuring a life of dignity to men who retire from the sea. Unions that failed to use the same kind of care have evaporated peiision funds, dele­ gates were told, and have risked the future of their members for quick and easy money. By demanding too much at the bargaining table other unions have jeopardized the pension rights of their members and their futxire security as well. The SIU's hard won benefits are secure and implementation of the 1970 Merchant Marine Act will provide an opportunity to increase the benefits in the future, delegates were told. And in their examination of the contract, the delegates matched their appraisal of benefits with those expressed by delegates attending the first SIU conference and concurred in the fol­ lowing recommendations for inclusion in future contract: • A provision for alternatives in case the designated ratings are unwilling or xmable to perform the duties of ship's chairman, educa­ tion director or secretary-reporter. • A provision for an alternative day for ship's meetings skipped because a ship is in port. • Raising deck maintainence vacation pay to the level of other Group I ratings. • New job descriptions in accordance with the changed technology of modem-era vessels. • Modernization of crew's quarters on older ships. • An upgrading program for cooks and stew­ ards. • Compensation for crews on containerships with rapid tum-aroxmds. • Review of Section 39, Article 2, relating to securing a ship for sea before it leaves the harbor. • Review of the six-month shipping limita­ tion "B" seniority members in the light of pres­ ent shipping conditions. • Development of an educational program to keep ship's committee members informed of latest developments. Delegates felt that these recommendations when implemented would prove once again that the SIU contract is a living document, adaptable to sensible change and written with a view to­ ward the security and dignity of the Seafarer. �? Fringe Benefits Make Up Seafarers' Quality of Life n ^1 -n -H The SIU, time after time, innovated changes in the benefit structure of seagoing unions, delegates to the May educational conference learned. For example, the SIU negotiated the first pension for seagoing workers in 1950. While that pension provided payment of $7Q a month, it also provided a foundation on which to build life-long security for Seafarers and to assure them a decent standard of living in their later years. All of the benefits of SIU membership today, dele­ gates learned, stem from the union's perpetud com­ mitment to the quality of life. Life's quality is an important focus of all trade unions, and of necessity the process of attaining quality is an on-going process of improvement and refinement. To illustrate the continuing growth of benefits, delegates to the May conference studied the cmrent SIU pension plan, which last year made a dramatic stride forward. The 1970 improvement was to allow a man to retire on full pension of $250 a month with 20 years of seatime. T^e extension of the benefits, delegates found, was achieved without altering the medical coverage given retired Seafarers and the coverage given their wives under the welfare plan. Also unchanged was the provision for a Sea­ farer's retirement at 65 years of age with 15 years seatime or at any age with 12 years seatime when retirement is forced by disability. But, the delegates concluded, the real value of a pension is in its effect on the quality of life. It rids the Seafarer of worries about retirement days, of fears that he will have to live in poverty while he should be enjoying relaxed contentment. For those reasons, delegates were told that a pen­ sion plan is nothing to tamper with, it is for the young and the older member and it is security with dignity forever. The SIU pension is secure and financially sound because the union has taken a responsible course in funding and pension management. Delegates were told that the pension fund of the National Maritime Un­ ion, on the other hand, is in trouble and NMU mem­ bers' pension rights are threatened because the lead­ ership took the easy course. There are other things that contribute to the quality of life. One of them is health care, and here the delegates found the SIU has a well-rounded program that in­ cludes concentration on the safety and well-being of the Seafarer and provision for the health care needs of his family. The SIU belief in preventive medicine, a belief that shows itself in the network of coast-to-coast SIU clinics, was explained to conference delegates. Staffed by professionals and equipped with the best medical tools, the clinics play an important role in the life of a Seafarer and his family. When serious illness strikes the Seafarer and his family have the umbrella protection of the Welfare Plan, delegates were told. The Welfare Plan benefits are the best in the maritime industry and are con­ stantly under review for improvement in accordance with the union's desire to assure its men and their families the best health care available. And there is still more to the quality of life, the delegates discovered. A key element in life is the amount and quality of leisure time. And the SIU program to assure Seafarers a pleasiurable vacation was explained to those attending the conference. Vacations for sea-going men were just a dream until the SIU obtained them in 1951. Like the pen­ sion plan, the first vacation payments were modest— $115 a year. But like the pension plan, the benefits grew through skillful negotiation. Today a Seafarer at entry rating qualifies for a $1,000 vacation payment; in middle ratings he earns a $1,200 vacation and for key ratings, the vacation payment is $1,400. Delegates learned that the Va­ cation Plan has paid more than $82 million in its 20 year history. Education, too, plays a role in the quality of life and the SIU plan to expand the educational horizons of its members and their dependents was explained to conference delegates. They heard the details of the SIU Scholarship Program under which Seafarers and their dependents can qualify for four-year college scholarships amount­ ing to $10,000 in aid. Nearly 100 students, a third of them working Sea­ farers, have been helped through college by the pro­ gram. In pension, health care, vacation and scholarships the SIU has made and keeps a deep commitment to the happiness of the member, to the quality of his life. Workshop Chairmen Report John Dehring New Orleans In our class today we were told we were here to get the answers on any questions we had to ask whether good, bad, or indifferent so we could im­ prove our knowledge of the SIU and the industry as a whole. Today in our workshop we concurred unanimously in the recommendations of the March educational conference in re­ gards to the pension, welfare and vacation plans and rec­ ommended concurrence by all delegates. Page 8 Calvin Price Norfolk This morning in Workshop #2 we had a very constructive meeting on pension, welfare, and the vacation plans. Our instructors answered many questions which we all learned from. I want to say that our pen­ sion program is very sound and our younger brothers will not have to worry about getting their pension when they retire 30 or 40 years from now. The leadership of the SIU should be commended for their foresight in looking out for our security. I am proud to be at Piney Point in this conference. John Sullivan Seattle For 30 years I have carried my union book and I am proud of it. I was in this union long before a pension plan ever came into effect. Now someone has to pay for this. You, me, the company, and our officials, and how do we do this? By keeping the jobs we do have and trying to get more jobs. And by being patient and back­ ing up our officials as they come up with various plans. We, the seamen, have been classed as second class citizens. But now we can walk proud only because our officials have fought hard and through this Piney Point and by talking to us we have gotten an education. W. Soltarez Houston My name is W. Soltarez or better known as Groucho from the port of Houston, Tex. This is not a brainwash school. This is to show all seamen where their money is going and what it is doing for you in Washing­ ton. There wiU be no more fights like we had on Wall St. There will be lawyers, Qmgressmen, governors, mayors, and Senators to fight for our* right. But we have got to back them up. We have one of the best pension and welfare and vacation plans. We should support our pension, welfare and vacation plans, they are the best we have. Seafarers Log V . V' • �Chairmen Report Vmcent DiCkicomo New York Brothers Frank Drozak and Howard Fisher were the in­ structors at our workshop this morning. The subject under discussion was SIU political education and legal issues affecting maritime unions. Brother Fisher gave a com­ prehensive talk on special in­ terest groups, and was followed by Brother Drozak who stated: "K we do not help the ship­ owners in the crucial days ahead, the day will come when we won't have shipowners. If we don't help them, no one else will. Whatever their gains are, their gains ultimately be­ come oiu* own. The political arm of the AFL-CIO and our contributions to SPAD has made their successes possible, likewise our own." Matt Guidera San Francisco This is the most important phase of this Educational Con­ ference, For all we have—constitu­ tion—contracts—^welfare and pensions — are all dependent upon continued political activi­ ties. For example, current is the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. A beautiful step in the right direction but only a step. To implement this step the con­ gress must appropriate funds needed to build these ships, the SIU must continue and expand political activity in Washington to make certain that this money is available on a continuous baBeau James Houston This morning in Workshop #3 we discussed in great depth politics and political ac­ tion and its importance and effect upon us as American merchant seamen. It is a continuing every day fi^t that we are involved in. A fight for oiu* very lives we have oiur enemies and they are strong. Deadly foes who would like to knock us out of action (and) I am talking about the foreign flag lobbyists in Wash­ ington who are doing their ut­ most to side step the laws al­ ready on the books such as the 50-50 law. Public Law 480 and the cargo preference laws on aid cargoes. And the only way we can do this is to be active politically and the best way of accomplishing this is to con­ tribute to SPAD. SIU Political Action: Preserving Union Rights The SIU is in the forefront of the struggle to preserve the citizenship rights of union members and the political ef­ fectiveness of unions, confer­ ence delegates learned. The U.S. Attorney General sought and is pressing indict­ ments against the SIU and some of its officers in a case which the AFL-CIO has de­ scribed as a thinly-veiled at­ tack on the politick education program of the labor move­ ment as a whole. Meanwhile, delegates were reminded, the SIU, almost alone, is leading a many- pronged effort to rebuild the American merchant fleet. A major success was scored with passage of the Merchant Ma­ rine Act of 1970, but much more is needed. Powerful oil and grain lob­ bies are waging well-financed campaigns in Congress to de­ stroy the Jones Act, further undermine the Cargo Prefer­ ence Act and otherwise squeeze out the American merchant marine, the delegates were warned. Even worse, perhaps, is the indifference by some in Congress and the Administra­ tion to the future of the mer­ chant marine, posing a con­ stant danger that existing laws will not be implemented. Political action in all its phases is the only way in whi^h democratic rights can be safe­ guarded and the economic se­ curity of the merchant marine promoted, the delegates found. And in addition to these crisis matters, legislation is of daily concern to seafarers, subject as they are to regulations of the Coast Guard, Customs, Public Health Service and so many other government bodies. Delegates concurred in the recommendations of the previ­ ous educational conference, and in the position taken by the membership in port meet­ ings and meetings atoard ship, to defend the union against po­ litical indictments and other harassment with every available weapon. They also reaffirmed the rec­ ommendation of the previous conference calling for increased political activities through SPAD to protect the interests of all Seafarers, and to secure maximum implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The conference urged full support for the Maritime De­ fense league to provide com­ petent legal protection for members faced with legal ac­ tions or threats to their person­ al liberties. Delegates praised the SIU for keeping the membership fully informed on the need for political activity, and called on the leadership to continue the fight that will guarantee Sea­ farers, and all American work­ ers, those rights and freedoms that are fundamental to free men in a democracy. '-'fe: -s' " - --.I in ..... • Delegates Attend National Merchant Marine Service Washington, D.C. The Gothic splendor of Washington Cathedral provided the setting for a national Mer­ chant Marine Memorial Service. Several conference delegates James Jackson attended the Service. Houston Leaders of government, in­ Today in our class we dis­ dustry and labor paid solemn cussed political education and tribute to the men of the mer­ legal. Both of these subjects chant marine who gave their are as important to us as our lives in time of war and time of contract and constitution, and peace to further the aims of the are very much a part of our nation. imion. We find that due to Andrew E. Gibson, assistant changes in maritime our major fight is now in Washington and secretary of the U.S. Depart­ not on the waterfront picket ment of Commerce, set the key­ line. In order to continue our note for the service with his fight going on in Washington opening remarks. "On May 30, the nation will to maintain a strong merchant pause and remember those marine we must continue om contributions to SPAD. who gave their lives in this nation's wars," he said. "Either through indifference to or ig­ norance of the role of the mer­ chant seamen, they will be largely ignored in that rememberance, and so we honor them here." Standing at the crossing of the cathedral, SIU President Paul Hall said that the men of the merchant marine who gave their lives for their coimtry, "would be well pleased by the tribute to them." But, said Hall, "the most fitting memorial we in govern­ ment, industry and labor could make to them would be to struggle for the continuance and preservation of the way of life of the professional seaman." Hall said that way of Iffe was threatened by the financial diflficulties of the martime in­ dustry and divisiveness within the industry. "I urge you to remember these men and their way of life and let us then join hands to assure ourselves tihat their way of life will be available for gen­ erations to come," Hall said. The ceremonies were begun by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Glee Qub who sang "America the Beautiful" from the choir steps. The Rev. Don­ ald F. Kingsley, a navy chap­ lain gave the invocation. Other speakers paying trib­ ute to the nation's merchant seamen were James Reynolds of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping and Edward Hood, president of the Ship­ builders' Council. Pace 9 �Chairmen Report on Meetings 'il 'J J: 'V? Pete Dolan Jacksonville Today in our Workshop #1, after we completed the reading comprehension test, we dis­ cussed union meetings both aboard ship and ashore and their importance to our union. We further discussed how im­ portant it is to make sure that accurate, correct, and complete minutes of the meetings are kept—^because after all if this is not done and there is no record made of what was said at the meetings, any decisions arrived at or motions and res­ olutions passed they are of no value, and will be deleted from the meetings. And these are points of vital interest to our union, points which could have considerable bearing on the lives of all Seafarers. So Brothers it is up to us, the rank and file members of this union, to make sure that we hold regular union meet­ ings at sea and conduct them properly and see that the opin­ ions and feelings of all are heard. We should make good use of the materials in our delegates' handbooks because this is the only way in which we can fully profit from these educational conferences. Jerry Kelly Seattle This morning in our work­ shop, the topic was shipboard behavior and union meetings. We are all familiar with ship­ board meetings and the pro­ cedure is always followed through. We always come to the point of good and welfare— now this is the chance for all the Brothers to speak up, whether you be a bookman or a permit. But remember one thing Brothers—don't cry in the messhall before and after these meetings, because you had your voice at the meetings. And another point, don't for­ get to mail all ships' meeting reports into headquarters, be­ cause if you don't how can the officials know what's going on? And before you make a beef, read your contract! And as you know, we can't settle beefs at sea. ITiis is why we have representation at the payoff. - They are our elected officials. And they will tell you if you're wrong or if you're right they'll back you up all the way. Floyd Mitchell Mobile In our workshop this morn­ ing we had quite a lot of edu­ cational enlightenment going on. First we had a test on read­ ing of which I think was very good. But in my preference I would choose the portion of the discussion on "How to Run a Union Meeting and Shipboard Behavior." Brother Hzdl ex­ plained to us the proper pro­ cedure for getting points and ideas over. Also the duties of the chairman and just what power he has in the conduct­ ing of the meeting. It was also explained to us just what re­ course could be taken when a speaker on the floor has dis­ agreed with the decision of the chairman. It was also pointed out the importance of know­ ing just what to say and just when to say it. I also learned a new term. The Roberts Rules of Order and just what that term means. In application to the conduct­ ing of imion meetings it simply means the right steps to follow to conduct an orderly meeting. W. E. Showers III Mobile Today in Workshop #4 we spent the first two hours taking the reading test. It was explained to us that this test woffid help our union better understand its member­ ship, and to help us educate ourselves of the problems of today and tomorrow. We in Workshop #4 fully support the educational pro­ gram here at Finey Point, and feel that every member should do the same. We also discussed union meetings and their importance, to both us and the union. We feel that an informed union is necessary, to cope with today's problems. There was also a discussion on shipboard and shoreside be­ havior. We felt that we should all conduct ourselves as profes­ sional seamen ashore as well as aboard ship. Let me say again that we all in Workshop #4 strongly sup­ port the union's program here at Piney Point, and that the entire membership should do the same. Strength,^ Unity Comes From Full Membership Participation Membership participation—the most important reason for the strength and unity of the SIU—and the proper conduct of union meetings to insure full participation for every member was one of seven topics discussed by the delegates to the May conference. The program stressed the point that each and every member can and should contribute his opinions and recommendations for the common good. The SIU is unique in that membership par­ ticipation and a voice in running the union is available not only to those who are able to attend shoreside meetings, but is also given to every SIU man aboard ships all over the world through weekly shipboard meetings. This right is guaranteed in the SIU Constitution. The delegates heard how this democratic right of workers to gather together to develop programs to better their lives was won only after bitter struggles against powerful resistance of ruthless big business and an often anti-labor government. As such, they were told, it should be cherished and used by every brother. The democratic system, be it in government or unions, pro­ vides that any group of people be ^owed to express their opinion through the vote. Seafarers are given ample opportunity to exercise such votes at regular monthly meetings in ports along the East Coast, West Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. And aboard ship, the membership is kept informed of the is­ sues through the w^kly meetings. 10 But, voting is not the only obligation for active participation, the delegates were told. For full participation, a Se^arer should keep informed on each issue that can affect him or his brothers. They were reminded of the duties of the ship's chairman while conducting meetings and of the necessity for him to know and understand the SIU Contract and Constitution to answer any questions that might arise during a trip. The need for the educa­ tional director to be up on union education and the reason why the ship's secretary-reporter must keep and forward accurate meet­ ing minutes for headquarters was also discussed. During the conference, the delegates made recommendations on membership participation and union meetings for the consid­ eration of members not attending. They recommended that all delegates use the kits and educational materials received at Piney Point and bring them aboard ship to spread the purpose of the educational conferences during shipboard discussions. The delegates also recommended that a procedure be estab­ lished for providing a substitute ship's chairman, educational director or secretary-reporter in the event any one of them is unable or refuses to serve. Tl;c delegates also reaffirmed that SIU m^tings, at sea or ashore, are a vitally important ingredient in the continuation of the SIU Constitution's guarantees to give every Seafarer a voice in the policies of his union. Seafarers Log �Seafarers Speak Out mm J During the May Educational Conference, the delegates were given the opportunity to present their comments on the conference program and on the union as a whole. In the pages that follow, the Seafarers Log presenis excerpts from the delegates' written re­ ports. Their comments and criticisms will help shape future con­ ferences to better serve the SIU members who attend. G. Barry Puerto Rico Let all SIU brothers know all about Piney Point which others know by now, and how we got along with each other. Also I know what is going on in the teaching room. I learned the hard way of going to sea and know why we put in our donations. By now I could have my own place bought and paid with what I made from going to sea. I like it fabre for vacation time imtil I get the right ship again. Thanks to the others guys who tried to help me on the West Coast. I think it's about time those who want to know what they are doing here found out. A. Arellano Wilmington As a privileged delegate to this educational convention I say, when I get back to my shipping port or go aboard my next ship and follow­ ing ships, I will make it my duty to talk to all union brothers about the curriculum here at Piney Point. Let these men know the knowl­ edge I and other delegates have received about the program carried here and the further education on policies initiated by the SIU. Most important of all, that all of us should support SPAD because through SPAD we can fight the anti-unionists. Contribute to SPAD and aid the cause for which it stands. In unity, we can defeat our en­ emies and be secure in our liveli­ hood. that we fulfill these two obligations. The first is help give our fellow members a better understanding of the union and problems that beset the maritime industry that we face today. The second is to those out­ side the industry, our family and friends and general public, so they know the problems that affect the maritime industry and how it affects them. For without the knowledge we have obtained here at Piney Point, we can inform these people giving them a better understanding of the problems facing the maritime industry today. That helps them to get legislation passed and enforce­ ment of policies vital to our indus­ try. J. H. Bradley New York I feel that the trip to Piney Point was both educational and iifformational. I also saw some of the results of the training programs of the H.L.S.S. We have been told what this union is doing to help itself in the years ahead. I personally think that it is a well thought and carried out program. We old-timers realize that these young men in training will contribute to our welfare and benefits. m John Ashley New York As I see it, we have two obliga­ tions when we leave here. One is pass on what we have learned here on to oiu> fellow members and to those outside of the mstfitime in­ dustry. It is of great inqtortance June 1971 Jake Cuceia New Orleans I think the ten days at Piney Point is very educational. Every member in the SIU should partici­ pate in the educational conference. I also think the SIU membership as a whole should support SPAD. I think that our president and elected ofiBcials have come a long way for the membership in the labor movement. We as a union have more now than we ever had. Yes we all want more. Good leadership we have. Sup­ port SPAD and give our leadership a free hand and I am sure we will have a lot more. Donations to SPAD is the answer. Remember, brothers, you only get out of a thing what you put into it. I also would like to give a vote of thanks to the whole staff of Piney Point for making our stay a pleasant one. Edward Going Chris Baily New York While being in Piney Point in February of 1968, I didn't think this place would amount to too much. I didn't have an opportimity to learn as much as they do now. I still don't have a high school diploma and I know I'll never get one through a correspondence course, it's too bad I can't come here for several weeks to get this big lease on life. I never thought as much about my union as I do now. Now I do understand a lot about the SIU and my membership and the trust I have in it. Although there must be problems, I know I could never find a better union which helps its members and their families. grow. I am mainly speaking of the education and training program set up so as to have a well informed membership. I have enjoyed my visit here at the Piney Point" Seafarers Educa­ tional Conference. George Campbell Baltimore As you know, we discussed vari­ ous aspects of the union and welfare and pension plan and vacation. I was surprised at the school be­ ing so nice and these boys sure have a future here if they want it. I only wish I had something like it years ago. Cameron C. Corr New York The pmpose of the SIU Educa­ tional Conference I believe has been a great benefit for all of the mem­ bership. After the study and discus­ sion on several subjects I believe everyone attending the conference has at least learned a few facts about our union. I think we all have a general idea of what it took to establish and what it will take to maintain the SIU. All of us here at Piney Point we can very well see what is taking place to make it Jacksonville My participation as a delegate to this jMucational Conference here in Piney Point is a great honor and I wish to thank Tony the dispatcher of Jacksonville, Ha., for talking me into coming up here. I am very much interested in the retirement homes that the union is planning on building near here. The school that is here for the young men that are coming into the union is very good. This place, Piney Point, is very good and everything is very weU planned. All I can say is keep up the good work. Charles D'Amico Houston In my opinion the education con­ ference at Piney Point, Md. is the greatest advancement to come into organized labor in recent years. It not only unites the rank and file and brinp them closer to the imion and its activities, but also unrolls the yam of outside interest to be knitted together to cover and warm our sick maritime industry. I think if this unity is combined with honesty and sincerity continu­ ously, the future seafarer will be strongest and most powerful in the world. The HLSS is the best program I been seen in my 27 years in the seafaring industry. I urge all mem^ bers to back and support all the issues brought out at this confer­ ence. Page 11 �A Good, Solid Program for Ail W. C. Flaek Baltimore The experience here at Piney Point has been most enlightening in all fields. The educational program is tojw with top educators at the helm. The newcomers or "school boys" should appreciate what is being done for them as a guide to better living in the coming future. The program is good and solid for all. Keep up the good work and when the old Seaman departs for Fiddlers Green, he can rest assured that all the struggles, heartaches and tears he went through have opened the gates to better conditions that will stand as his main contributions and a lasting one that will be car­ ried on. Keep the muscle "money" going where it will do the most good. John W. Curlew San Francisco In the past ten days I have listened to a great deal of talk. Out of all this talk, I have learned a great deal about the workings of our imion. Perhaps the most valuable thing I have learned is that there is a wealth of ioformation available to us all and that we should use it. I believe that when I return to sea and pass on to my shipmates what I have learned, it could be beneficial to all aboard. Leroy Guller Mobile I was in doubt about the educa­ tional conference in Piney Point un­ til I arrived here. I got a chance to see all of it for myself. I think it is wonderful and very educational concerning the union. As an activ­ ity in the classes we were taught how the union grew from its be­ ginning, explaining the contract, the constitution and also membership participation. Edward E. Edinger San Francisco I came to Piney Point to see men who will be in my job soon. I am 5'7". My job will be done by a much taller man. Our President, Paul Hall, said the young man of Piney Point is nine feet tall. I say the men are taller| but I will say 8T1". I spent some time in Workshop #1. Bill Hall and Ed Reilly from Boston did a good job. In talking to our President, Paul Hall, and Earl Shepard, and Lind­ say Williams, Bob Pomerlane, Marty Gold and Frank Drozak, I really feel like an SIU member. I got better food and better Page 12 board than I expected to. I can come away from this conference with the feeling of satisfaction. I also know the why of the school and the men in it. The men in it, the men in HLSS, are men and I think we can call them young men and not kids. No man likes to be called a kid. Ferdinand DeLeon New York As an educational conference delegate, I was very proud to come to this conference at Piney Point, Md. I believe to the best of my knowledge that I learned a lot more about the Seafarer's International Union, History and Labor Move­ ment, The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Pension Welfare, Vacation, Union Meetings Aboard Ship, our fights in Washington, and our fights in Political Affairs throughout the nation. And about the heart of the Seafarer's Interna­ tional Union, it's constitution and contract with the steamship com­ panies. I'd like to say to the Brothers who haven't come to one of these educational conferences at Piney Point, take time and come, believe me, it won't cost you a red cent. I know that some of us think we know it all, when you come to the education conference, you'll see that you were dead wrong. It's also a place where you can meet old friends. I know, I did. Stephen H. Fulford Mobile On arriving at the HLSS, Piney Point, Md., I sure was amazed' at the improvements that had been made. I can say this because I was up here a short while back, and I can truly say, someone has surely been on the ball. I could write all day and then not cover all the things that are taking place here, and what I think about it, so, to make a long story short, I learned a lot from the Sea­ farer's educational conference which I am now attending, and this whole project is a wonderful thing, not only for the future Seafarers but also to the old-timer like myself. During the conference we covered, such subjects as Labor History, Ed­ ucation HLSS, Constitution, Con­ tract and Economics of the Indus­ try, Pension Welfare and Vacation Plan, Union Meetings and Ship­ board, Behavior, Legal Political Education. The movie films that were shown with each subject sure did help ex­ plain things. Duke Hall San Francisco Entering by name as a delegate to attend th^ educational confer­ ence was the wisest decision I have ever made. I have learned more about the inner structure of our union and how it actually is oper­ ated by the membership by partici­ pating in union business than I have ever known. I hope that every dele­ gate that attends these conferences ^ will do his part by teaching the membership on ships that he goes on so that all our members will learn and understand everything that we have learned and discussed here at this conference. This schod at Piney Point is the greatest thing that has happened in oiu: look to the future.' And it is so far above and beyond what I had thought it to be that I am sure I will never forget this School of Seaman­ ship and what it stands for. Now I imderistand what is hap­ pening in our union and why. And all the tough fights we still have to conquer, to survive, and remain a solid, strong union. But with the officials we have as oiu: leadership there is no doubt in my mind, we will succeed. Theociore T. Harris Mobile In attending this workshop at Piney Point, Maryland (Seafarers Educational Conference) I have been able to understand many things that I was in doubt about. Things about the Harry Lundeberg training school for young Seamen. I now know more about the Pen­ sion and Welfare program the Benefits our dependents can enjoy from our Seafarers Union Benefits that no other union has been able to enjoy thus far. And it all has been made possible because of our leadership. John Hayes New York Our arrival at Piney Point was met with courtesy, photo taking, and a lowdown on what was to take place for the duration of the con­ ference. I found it, just as it states, edu­ cational. Education as to what the union is all about, where its been, how far its come, where it is, and J most of all an idea of where it's I going. I It also gives the membership a better understanding what the func"• ^ tions of the officials are, how vital, an alert and sincere leadership is, to keep the industry alive. I am leaving here, not with the idea that I am qudified to take over the president's job, but that I am better informed as to the whys and wants of the imion. I wotdd advise members to attend this con­ ference, especially those who are in disagreement with many things the union does, not to learn how to agree, but to find out what your disagreeing about, then draw your own conclusion. Howard E. Monteton San Francisco Since attending this conference at this school, my opinion of this union and school has made a dras­ tic change. Eduction is the backbone of any industry. I believe that the young men who are being turned out of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship will be a lot better than those men who are recruited out of bars and off the streets. The instructors and teachers have been very patient with us and teaching us of many thmgs which we vaguely thought of. We gained an insight of our un­ ion interworkings of how and why it works. I want to take this opportunity to thank this union and all of its officials for letting me see the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seafarers Log �'This is Like a Homecoming R. Lee Hicks New York I have returned to Piney Point having been here in November and December of 1967. This is like a homecoming to a school that I would not have had a chance to ever have come to in the first place, if it had not been for Brother Paul Hall and all of the other Brothers in the S.I.U. This thank you note comes from within my heart more than you know. Henry Jankoski New York Brothers, in workshop No. 4, we have talked about every phase of our union. I feel that the educa^ ilf tional conference is the best thing p that has ever happened to the union so it can explain all the things that the membership does not imderstand. Myself, I have learned that things that I thought 1 knew all about were all wrong and I was a victim of false doctrine. However, now I see the light and am sure that the officials of our union are the best we can get and I have no -fear of foul play. And I am sure my job security is in good hands so just don't worry Brother. Thank you Brothers. Carl Johnson I r Philadelphia Being at the Educational Con­ ference I have enjoyed my stay, because I have seen so much beauty and have learned a great deal about my union—which I never knew before. It is very pleasant here and also I could say that I can bring U my family too, and they would en- ^ joy it too. The reporting was terrific and I would recommend it to any of our Brothers. Benjamin Laureano Puerto Rho When I came over here I didn't expect to have the experience I learned about my participation in this union and my rights. I am ^ad to learn about my union because that is the rice and bean for my family. And the second experience consist of seeing one of the most beautiful places, this Piney Point. I give a vote of thanks to ^ Piney Point personnel and HLSS for friendly treatment. Bacilio (Bill) Llanez Tampa, fla. When I first arrived to the school I said to myself, "This school looks more like a summer resort. How is it possible to teach these young kids any seamanship here?" Well, after a few days here at the confer­ ence I went and visited their kitchen and bake shop, which I found to be very clean and orderly and some of these boys with only a couple of weeks training turned out better food and pastries than most places ashore. I also visited various work­ shops and classrooms, I must say I was very impressed with them and the school staff. And let me tell you brother mem­ bers that I haven't had the chance to visit your school: In my way of thinking our union the SIU isn't June 1971 ship benefits, plus if they so desire, they can go through Piney Point and have job security and then their children. Now, how brothers, can you beat that? only building a school for young seamen, but building us older sea­ men a new and more powerful backbone for our future. So I like to say to our union officials top to bottom and school staff, that I, like the rest of the delegates here, feel from the bottom of our hearts that The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship and the Seafarers Edu­ cational (Conference is by far the best thing that has ever happened to the S.I.U. for our future. And I am very proud to be a part of it. Thank you. George Meaden Boston After a long hard bus trip from New York, I was a little disgusted. But since I have come here my eyes have been opened, and I do mean opened. There has been a lot of hard work gone into this school and con­ ferences by all our Port Agents and our great President, Paul Hall. We have studied our constitution and how hard our brothers fou^t to have what they have achieved, so that we have today one of the great­ est and I might add, the best union today. S. McDonald Norfolk I as an individual came to this conference on the SIU. I can say that I have just become familiar with the functions of my union and I have learned more about the func­ tions of the union at HLSS than ever before; political and financial. I enjoyed every minute. Ted Maoris New York On my arrival to Piney Point I was amazed at the layout. My union Brothers had told me what a good time they had while they were here, but after spending nine days here, I have to admit it was an understatement. Speaking for my­ self, I learned a great deal while I was here that I did not know and I believe I wiU be a better union member hereafter. The classes were very educa­ tional. In my opinion we have a great deal of unity between the lead­ ership and membership. In closing, I would like to thank Paul Hall and his entire staff in­ cluding the trainees for going out of their way to make us feel at home. P. H., I wish you continued suc­ cess and smooth sailing in the fu­ ture. Ralph C. Mills irvin Matthews Mobile Before coming to Piney Point, I never figured that the union had such a wonderful program going here. Let me say I am not only pleased at what I have seen but I have really learned a lot about the SIU, which I hadn't learned in my 25 years with the Union. Let me say that I fully support the union's educational and welfare program. It is doing a great thing for the rank and file members, and also for the young Seafarer of to­ morrow, who will have to carry on the policies of the SIU and the American seaman. John S. Metcalfe New York Piney Point is a place of oppor­ tunity for not just a seaman but his entire family. By his family, I mean he is pro­ tected through welfare; when a child is born, that child and the family is protected through hospital benefits; dependents' benefits and maternity benefits and it goes far behind this, it goes through sickness and acci­ dent benefits, physical examinations; special equipment for special braces and extras if necessary, and remem-. ber they have possibilities of scholar­ -•scalps San Franelseo To name the one thing that I de­ rived the most froni the Conference is next to impossible. First off, my preconceived idea of Piney Point has been knocked "Galley West." I cannot give enough praise to the man who had forethought enough to come up with something like this. I would have to give pref­ erence to om instructors and union officials that have given us so much of their time and effort in preparing the educational program. They have answered oiu- questions and given us instructions and information that will be invaluable in the future. To say that I have been greatly impressed with the school and the method of instructing the Trainees in putting it mild. We have been told of the Legislative battles that have been fought and of the battles to come. Now we are in a much better position to see what is hap­ pening. This in turn should cause us to support our officials with every­ thing we've got. In my humble opinion the "Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship" is one of the greatest if not the greatest thing that has been brought about in the SIU. The teachers and instructors are doing a job that will benefit all of us for years to come. Again I say that the men who dreamed up this whole idea are and should be give the highest praise. Felipe Naraexz Houston 1 came to Piney Point to see for myself what this Educational Con­ ference was. I attended every class and learned more about Welfare, Contract, Pension, and Politics. I hope that this conference con­ tinues and that every Brother at­ tends. Page 13 �It Takes Hard Work and foresight' money to make money, and these corporations and shipping magnates are willing to spend it in their Washington lobbies. Our only defense is to attack. We have to stop them or go on beans and rice diet, it's that simple. We can't use muscle in Washing­ ton, brains and old fashioned politicl^g are what we need to pre­ serve and build and grow. The only place to get the money we need is through our voluntary financial contributions to SPAD. We have a choice. Loosen up and give a little, or eat beans. Everyone has to help. Louie Hudson Mobile 1 have learned a great deal since I came up here to Piney Point, One thing I have learned at this Educa­ tional Conference is that it takes lots more than just talk to keep our job and benefits and all the rights that we now have, it takes hard work and foresight. The HLSS is one instrument of foresight and the Educational Conference is of great importance. We will and must sup­ port our ofScials and give them our assistance by supporting SPAD and encomraging all other members to do so to the limit of our ability. We never had it so good. Piney Point is the start in the right direc­ tion for many men who want to go to sea but it is much more to me, as I feel I am one of the people who helped to make Piney Point a suc­ cess. In closing I just like to say may our success continue. Thanks to Bro. Paul Hall and all fellow members. New York Coming to this educational con­ ference is a thing that everyone should do. It is what it says it is, an educational conference atout the union. How it started, and how it fought every foot of the way, by its members, so they could enjoy what they have today. We saw about benefits and learned our con­ tract. Also, we saw all the good that is being done for future Sea­ farers, and the training activities we have, not only for our young stu­ dents, but old union members as well. We should thank our Union 100 percent and not listen to peo­ ple who don't know about Piney Point. We should educate the Sea­ farers, and tell them to come to Piney Point, and find out for them­ selves. They should come here for a vacation, but also to learn. S. E. Powell Baltimore In the two weeks I have^ been down here at Piney Point, Md. at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, I have attended class­ es on the history of maritime and the labor strug^e for recognition and better working and living con­ ditions and better wages and short­ er working hours. I also learned about the history of my union, the constitution, and the contract and how they came into being. The school at Piney Point has come a long way since its inception in 1967 and it can go a lot further if the leadership and imderstanding that they have here continues on the same course that it is headed now, and if the caliber of the in­ structors continues the same. They have a wonderful thing here. Let's keep up the fine work that is being done here. Carlton E. Moore Baltimore To all union Brothers, I am glad to be able to attend &e Confer­ ence at Piney Point, Md. I am very g^ad that I came here, for I am very glad about what I have seen and heard. Our classroom instructors were very good and put everything over very well and in its proper place. I have enjoyed the trainees here and I really think they are doing a fine job here, and do hope that they will keep it up when they ship out and keep up the good work, for they have had good training. New Orleans I have been in the union since 1953. I have been working 23 years in Atlantic Refining Com­ pany. When the SIU organized the Atlantic Refining Company I hap­ pened to know a couple of per­ sons that worked as organizers for the SIU. Keith Terpe came to my house to explain the situation as to what he was working for. He convinced me to join his organization, to sign a pledge card in the SIU. I did sign the pledge card in this union. All the time I belonged to the SIU I didn't know what was going on. I paid my dues and never at­ tended meetings. However, since coming here to the Harry Lundeberg School for this educational conference I have learned all about my union, its in­ volvements in politics and antici­ pated future actions. I am proud to be an SIU member. Puerto Rleo In the 10 days I've been here in Piney Point I have learned more about the union than I have learned in the 5 years I've been a member. I am very impressed with what I've seen and learned at the educational conference at Piney Point. I think we have a very good thing going for us—^the SIU—so Brothers, let's keep it that way. Let's support it as much as possible. Brothers, take some time off and come to Piney Point and you will agree with me. I also would like to thank Governor Ferre of Puerto Rico for coming to Piney Point. We had a great time and at this time I would like to thank Pres. Paul Hall and his staff for making the Educational Con­ ference possible for the members. New Orleans This May crew conference at Piney Point has been a valuable ex­ perience. I've learned (rf the ef­ fort it took to make this union what it is and the reason for that effort. Our Constitution guarantees an equality for each of the member­ ship with rights, duties and respon­ sibilities. Our contracts, chan^g with the time, insures us an ade­ quate standard of living. We have the soundest pension program in the Maritime Industry due to the foresighted efforts of our leader­ ship with the support of the mem­ bers. I believe our welfare program is second to none. I've also learned that ^ this is in jeopardy. We face extinction. Big business is working in Washington to introduce and pass bills in Con­ gress to take shipping and cargo away from the American seamen. I can understand their point of view. If they are successful, they'll make a lot of money. It takes »•. MaxSarol Luis F. Rivera Patrick E. Riberdy 'm M A. Sanger Nelson O. Rofas New Orleans With my participation on this educational conference from the Port of New Orleans, is now and always will be the greatest honor I ever had in my seaman's life. The short stay I've spent here at Piney Point taught me a lot. Before attending this conference I was in some doubt about our un­ ion and after attending our daily workshop session I was able to un­ derstand more of all functions of our union. What I found is the finest train­ ing school for seamen and I am glad I came. Because I learned here everything and I feel qualified to answer the merits of this program. A vote of thanks for all Broth­ ers of the Sea involved in making this conference a big success. James Stathis San Francisco Having just finished the educa­ tional coherence of May 12 through 22, 1971, I found it both informative and interesting, liter­ ally going from A to Z on all top­ ics pertaining to the Union. Many questions were answered which at one time or another many of us were not too clear on in the past. I would say the conference is a must for the members who have not attended. Accommodations were first class at Piney Point and the recreational activities of the same order, and I hope to return here in the near future. All in all it was a great experience, and I am happy I attend^. -•V.. _ - A- •"•r, �, ,„;; ^ I'-'-"- -y ,'i-f'^ •"'• - wV.'Y •• • \^: '• ••'v.'" - V S' I-''., .7' ; • - • •"•'•'•^'/'''• Ai-•••»•-.' •'''•• V .'- • '•'"•''• .'r .r-'V- " •^''•-•w - K'^', \-,'Y' ''.. '" ..-J'.'*'- •'''''. '* • ,Y ••'. '" •• -• "•' • . 7 ISPift! ' \ '••- • ' •;. .f '/ ^>1/^^'::"^- -j'*-- V '-v: - "- •_. , • ^ -. • ' " .;- • -r •' •» yyy..'- • ': • ^ •••VY•>».' ' ^ '. Y '' Honor Roll The Seafarers whose names are inscribed below were delegates to the May Educational Confer­ ence. They are the men whose opinions and suggestions on how to improve our union will benefit all Seafarers. 1''" •" •'•- Baltimore George Campbell William Flack Carlton Moore Bobby Pomerlane Samuel Powell Lloyd Rexrode Joseph Wolansld Benny Wilson Mobile Harold Fischer Steve Fulford Leroy GuUoy Thedore Harris Louie Hudson Irvin Matthews Floyd Mitchell William Showers Edward Sylvester Boston Charles Connell Frank Connell George Meaden Ed Riley Houston M. Brendle E. Covert C. Damico T. Jackson T. James P. Narvaexz W. Soltarez F. Szoblik J. O. Thomas New Orleans Alton Booth Edward Cole Jacob Cuccia John Derring Billy Edelmon Peter Gonzalez John Kucharski Andrew Lanier Patrick Riberdy Nelson Rojas Frank Russp Max Sarol Buck Stephens Lindsey Williams Oliver Celestine Joseph Clowes Henry Courteaux Jean Cropeau Ferdinand DeLeon Vincenzo DiGiacomo Carrol Dwyer James Hall, Jr. John Hayes R. L. Hicks Hemy Janoski K.W. Johnson George McCartney T. Macris John Metcalfe Patrick Painsette Edward Rokicki Alf Sanger M. Sullivan Joel Talley James Tims John Urzan Jaclcsonviile P. Dolan E. Going J. Michaels June 1971 John Ashley James Bradley Cris Bailey Henry Bursey Camerar Carr G. Barry Sal Coll B. Loreano Luis Rivera San Francisco J. Curlew A. Davis Frank Drozak E. Eding^r P. G. Fox M. Guidera D. R. H. E. Hall Mills Monteton PoweU J. Stathis J. Surles T. M. Ulisse Seattle Norfolk Robert Mateo Calin Price McDonald Sgade Gorden Spencer Eugene Dore WiUiam KeUy John Sullivan Tampa Bill Llanes Sergio Roy New York I..' J Puerto Rico Philadelphia Carl Jackson Henry McCullough Alexander McElhenny Robert Thomas Wilmington A. Arellano M. M. Cross A. I. Ellingsen Page 49 �. • •iJiEVV Wife Appreciates Welfare Plan Help To flu Edlton I would like to express my appreci^on and thanks to the Un­ ion's Welfare Plan for the times it has aided me. Through you, I have an electric typewriter which enables me to keep up a cor­ respondence with my relatives, friends, and my husband when he is on a voyage. You have also made it possible for me to have a wheelchair, and an adjustable seat made for our car. Thus, I can go to the doctor, to the hospital for check-up, and outings for pleasure with greater ease and comfort You have also paid the hospital bills when it was necessary for me to be con­ fined because of sickness or tests. It has really been a Godsend to have the welfare plan to rely on. Thank you again for your aid. MIS. "Red" Braonst^ Wflmington, Calif. ^v,"^ ^vL V/^ " --_x / •--"y; g: - \A "5. „ '^OSPV-^^ --g...... . . .r' ^ -^/u Circus Tickets The Role of PHS Hospitals T ie Senate and the House have now held hearings on the threatened closure of the eight Public Service Hospitals, and in both the House and Senate subcommittees the impres­ sion was the same: these men want the hospitals to stay open. And well they should. The hospitals fill sev­ eral vital roles in the general medical picture of their conummities, and coupled with the 32 clinics across the country, form a comprehen­ sive and interlocking network of care and treat­ ment for their beneficiaries. Their primary role, of course, is that of caring for merchant seamen, coast guardsmen and other beneficiaries covered by statutes that date back to 1798 when the first Marine Hos­ pitals were opened. In that role alone they have made so lasting a contribution to the health and well-being of the nation at large that their continuance is justified. And their continuance is justified even more in human terms. For the men and woman who man these hospitals, men and women whose jobs are threatened by the proposed closings, have a deep compassion and liking for seamen. They have demonstrated a kindredness of spirit at ail times, and especially during the hours of greatest stress. The impersonality of private hospitals under contract to the Public Health Service and the To the Edltw: I wish to express my gratitude overcrowding of the Veterans Hospital system for the circus tickets received can never replace the human warmth the men from the Seafarers International and women of the PHS hospitals have shown Union. Sixty very happy boys and girls were able to see the circus their patients. last Friday night. A second, but not secondary, role played by The people of oln* parish are the PHS hospitals is that of the connecting link poor, and many activities that between government and private hospitals in average youngsters take for the training of medical and paramedical per- granted are special treats for a soimel. child from our parish. Thank you again for your gen­ Even the briefest glance at the nation's erosity. health needs, bring the need for doctors and Father Twn Foley other trained health personnel to the forefront. Chicago, DL In this role the PHS hospitals have no peer be­ cause they are, in general, well equipped for the most sophisticated medical procedures and, Grateful for thus, are able to show students, interns and residents elements of practice unavailable to Pension Check them elsewhere. To the Editw: I received my first disability Overcrowding of private hospitals and vet­ pension check for February and erans hospitals with the additional caseload of March. PHS beneficiaries will not increase the teaching I wish to express my apprecia­ function of those hospitals, indeed it will lessen tion for all the work and effort it. put into securing my pensicm for And all of that is additional evidence for the me, and thank you. If it were not for the SIU, we case against the closing of PHS hospitals. And all of that is why it was so heartening to hear so would still be without pension many Senators, Congressmen and medical ex­ and other benefits—thank you again. perts speak and testify against the closing. Thomas J. Same The strug^e to keep the hospitals open is River Rouge, Mich. by no means over. Indeed, it is becoming more and more a struggle for iiSl the people. A Salute to the Winners XTats ofl[ to the five SIU Scholarship winners ••^for 1971. We wish them good years of hard work at the colleges of their choice and success in their careers following graduation. We also want to mention those who entered this year's competition and didn't qualify for the $10,000 scholarships. The field was out­ standing and one of the members of the Schol­ arships Awards Committee said the task of selecting winners was made very difficult by the high caliber of the 29 applicants. You all deserve congratulations, and we wish you well. The scholarships won by Beverly Collier, Mary Covacevich, Angela Nuckols, Richard Schiiltz and James Smith are nearly as im­ portant to the SIU as they are to the winners. They continue an 18-year tradition of helping the members and their families over the diffi­ cult times, times like trying to find the money Page 16 Delight Sixty to send a deserving child to college. Prohibitive college costs have forced many a young person to go without a degree, and the SIU Scholarship Program helps provide a de­ fense against that kind of tragedy. Prohibitive college costs are also responsible for the in­ crease, from $6,000 to $10,000, in the mone­ tary value of the scholarships this year and in the future. Tuition, room and board, books and the other fees that are required of a college student have made it difficult indeed for a working parent to pay the bills. These scholarships, awarded in the best tradition of trade unionism, are also a defense against hardship at home while the child learns. So we're doubly proud of the SIU Scholar­ ship Program. We are proud of the people who won and those who applied and didn't win, and as union members we're proud to help our own to better their lives. Grateful to SIU for Kindnesses To the Editor: As one of the survivors of the ill-fated yacht Pionier which was participating in the Cape-to-Rio Yacht Race and which was struck by a whale and sank on 28th January 1971, I would like to inform your Union of the esteem and gratitude in which we, the survivors, hold the "Master, Offi­ cers and Crew of the vessel S.S. Potomac. It was at approximately 15:30 hours GMT when the Third Of­ ficer of the Potomac sighted our life raft and immediately altered course to investigate. The Master, on sighting the smoke signal, realised there were survivors in need of help and with a brilliant manoeuvre, brought the vessel within twenty yards of the life raft. Unfortunately a rain squall broke loose and complicated matters which necessitated the lowering of a life boat. This dan­ gerous operation in the rough sea prevailing at the time, was carried out in an efficient and seamanlike manner and in a short while all five of us sur­ vivors were safely transferred to the life boat and the life raft taken in tow. FiXKn the mmnent we stepped on the life raft we were treated with kindness and the crew were simply wondoful. It was not long before we were brought alongside and scrambled up the net which had been placed over the side of the Potomac. Once on board we were treated like VIP's and the overwhelming hospitality and kindness shown by all members of the crew of the Potomac nill be remembered for many, many years. It was with regret that we bade" farewell to all our friends on ar­ rival in Cape Town, but look forward to renewing the happy acquaintance should the vessel ever call at this port again. A. F. Keeney (On behalf of the crew of Pionier) Editor's note: For details of die rescue, see page 27. Seafarer Extends Thanks to Union To the Editmr: I want to express my great appreciation and that of my wife to the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the wonderful assistance the Plan and Mr. Robert O'Keefe have given me on my disability. I don't have enough seatime to retire, but I am proud to say I worked with and belong to such a wonderful organization like the SIU. Fred Dangjherty Tampa, Fla. Lauds Pension Plan To the Editor: I wish to thank the Seafsrers Pension Plan for the fine way it is taking care of SIU (fidtimen and for the prompt sending of monthly pension checks. I am 82 years old and still going strong. William J. McKay New Orleans, La. gEArAEBBS^LOQ June 1971 Vol. XXXm. No. 6 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, AUanUc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District; AFL-CIO Executive Board Paul Hall, President Cal Tanner Exec. Vice-Pret. Earl Shepard Vice-President Lindsey Williams Vice-A-esident AlKerr Sec.-Trees. A1 Tanner Robert Matthews Vice-President Vice-President Published monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C. 20018 by the Seafarers Interna­ tional Unionj_Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, APLCIO, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn. N.T. 11232. Tel. 499-^. Sec­ ond class postage paid at Wash­ ington, D.C. POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: Form 8679 cards should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.T. 11232. 5rs~ •' •' 'A'.. • -/S-C. V �Senators/ Experts Call PHS Hospitals Essentiar Washington, D.C. A Senate Health Subcommittee recently heard several senators and experts in the medical field testify on the value of Ae Public Health Service Hospitals which are threatened with closing by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), chair­ man of the subcommittee, keynoted the hear­ ings with a prediction that "the Senate will in­ sist" that PHS hospitals remain available to merchant seamen. Expressing the viewpoint of the SIU was O. William Moody, administrator of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department. In an opening statement. Sen. Kennedy noted the long history of the PHS hospitals, calling them "one of the oldest and most venerable health institutions in America." He said the hospital system represents "one of the earliest attempts by the Federal govern­ ment to respond to the specific health care prob­ lems of a segment of the American people— namely merchant seamen." Misuse of Health Facilities Sen. Kennedy said that the changes proposed by HEW, including a plan to admit merchant seamen to Veterans Hospitals, "must not result in the loss or misuse of these valuable health care facilities. "The Senate will insist that neither of these tragedies occur," Sen. Kennedy said. He was joined in his insistence by Sen. War­ ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) who said the pro­ posed shutdown of PHS hospitals would, "jeo­ pardize the health of nearly a million citizens who now rely on them for care." The closing of the hospitals, according to Sen. Magnuson, would also impair the training of medical personnel, whom he described as "vitally needed." He described the planned closings as "com­ plete folly for the Administration." Sen. Mag­ nuson said, "obviously closing PHS hospitals would be a destructive blow to the efforts of all these organizations and institutions," making valid attempts to deliver health care to the American people. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias (R-Md.) also ex­ pressed concern about the over-all effect of the closings on the health care system of the nation. "There are a lot of people not getting the kind of health care they deserve. Let's put the PHS Hospitals to work for them as well," he said. Sen. Mathias said he had made a study of the Baltimore PHS Hospital and said he doubted that HEW could support its statement that the hospitals are "under-utilized." He said, however, "if there is under-utilization there is also an opportunity" to make the hospitals function on behalf of the community. No Satisfactory Substitiite Sen. William B. Spong (D-Va.) said that there was no satisfactory substitute for the Norfolk PHS hospital. Sen. Spong explained that other public hospitals in the area are overcrowded and voluntary hospitals are far more costly. He praised the work performed by the Nor­ folk hospital, and said it was an "integral part of the health care system in my state." Among the medical experts testifying was Dr. John Walsh, coordinator of Health Sciences Programs at Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Dr. Walsh said that the New Orleans PHS hospital was such a valuable teaching facility that "it is easily called irreplaceable." He said the hospitals represent "an unrealized oppor­ tunity which may not be as available to govern­ ment in the future." Hall Calls for Joint Effort To Implement 1970 Act , I San Juan, P.R. SIU President Paul Hall, speaking to a meeting of the Propeller Club of the United States here, called on all phases of the maritime industry and labor to lay their differences aside and work for the imple­ mentation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. Hall, reiterating a message given in an earlier address to the Propeller Club of Washing­ ton, D.C., said that it will take vigorous participation by all elements of maritime to make the potential of the 1970 act a reality. He said that the U.S. "must compete with foreign carriers," in order to find its way back to maritime prominence, and that such "competition requires co­ operation." And, said Hall, a great deal of U.S. competition will have to be waged in for­ eign ports because, "that is where the competition is." He said, "a long, hard road" lies ahead of the U.S. Merchant Marine, but if all elements of the industry cooperate, the U.S.-flag fleet would emerge from the fight a stronger unit. "We will give them hell," in the competition. Hall said, "and we will win. You can be sure June 1971 tenance its failure," the club said. Lease Financing—^The club congratulated the Congress for allowing shipping companies to take long term leases on ships built by financial institutions, instead of forcing shipping companies to build the ships with their own capital. Untying Foreign Aid—^The club voiced its opposition to proposals to untie foreign aid by channeling foreign aid pay­ ments throu^ world organiza­ ir tions and by allowing AID to purchase foreign assistance cargoes abroad. Instead the club of that." that "strong programs of urged The Propeller Clubs of the procurement from United States United States have chapters in sources including merchant 50 port cities and their memshipping," be adopted for the be-ship totals nearly 12,000. The clubs, composed of labor, foreign aid program. Maritime Unity—^The Pro­ management and government people with an interest in the peller Club "called on all seg­ merchant marine, have re­ ments of government, industry cently adopted position papers and labor to unite, dissolve and resolve differences; look to the on maritime affairs. Here are the clubs' positions best interests of their country and its citizens; and direct their on major maritime topics: Merchant Marine Act of efforts to implementation of 1970—The club "heartily com­ the 1970 Merchant Marine Act mends" passage of the act and and new programs to strengthen pledges its efforts to make the our merchant marine." Arthur Farr is national presi­ bill work. "Neither time nor world circumstance can coun­ dent of the Propeller Clubs. What They're Saying Following the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare's announcement of intention to close Public Health Service hospitals throughout the country, SIU President Paul Hall wrote to members of the 92d Congress to enlist their aid in preventing the shut-down. In reply, scores of Con­ gressmen pledged support for the campaign to keep USPHS facilities open to treat approximately 500,000 merchant seamen. Coast Guard and government employees. The following excerpts are representative of the many replies: "I note particularly the strong position •which your organization has taken in favor of keeping the remaining Public Health Service facilities open so that vital medical services to seamen and others will be continued." Edward A. Garmatz Maryland "Certainly maintaining and updating such facilities is of great importance to the well-being of seamen, Coast Guards­ men and other government personnel and I will work in every way possible here in the Congress to see that such legislation receives favorable considera­ tion." William Nidnds Alabama "I fidly agree that these facilities should be kept open and have been in touch with the Secretary of the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare vigorously opposing the proposal." Samuel S. Stratton New York "Since I share your desire to keep these hospitals open, I have joined Chcdrman Garmatz in co-sponsoring legislation to prevent the loss of these important health facilities." Wright Fatman Texas "I am strongly opposed to the closing of these Public Health Service hospitals and you may be assured I shall continue to do all in my power to keep them open." John D. Dingell Michigan "I agree with you that these hospitals should not be closed and have written the Secretary of Health, Education and Welare expressing my opposition to closing any of these facilities." Harley O. Staggms West Yir^a "The reasons for closing these insti­ tutions are far out-weighed by the need for the medical services provided by the Public Health Service hospitals." Jolm H. Dent Pennsylvania "We in the Washington State delega­ tion have written to Secretary Richard­ son protesting the proposed closure, and I personally participated in the hearings held by the Merchant Marine and Fish­ eries Committee to indicate my strong personal feeling about the Administration proposal." Brock Adams Waslnng;ton Page 17 �Five Talented Students Win SlU Scholarships Beverly Collier Angela Nuckols Five talented students, all children of Seafarers, were named winners of $10,000 four-year college scholarships sponsored by the Seafarers International Union. The 1971 winners, selected by the Seafarers Scholarship Awards Committee are: • • Beverly Collier, daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. Harry Collier, St. Albans, N.Y. • Mary Covacevich, daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. Edward Covacevich of Baltimore, Md. • Angela Nuckols, daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. Billy Nuck­ ols, Ansted, W. Va. • Richard Schultz, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Louis Schultz, Oregon, Ohio. • James Smith, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Stanford Smith, Metairie, La. Also, Peter Kondylas, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Nicholas Kondylas, Baltimore, Md., was chosen as alternate and will re­ ceive a scholarship should any of the five winners be unable to accept. Beverly Collier Mary Covacevlch Beverly Collier, 17, will graduate with honors this Jime from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, N.Y. From child­ hood, Beverly has looked forward to attending college and plans to major in mathematics. Throughout her high school career she has been an honor student in math with straight A grades. She plans to become either a computer scientist or a teacher of mathematics. Beverly is active in school and community affairs and has served in her school's student government and participated in community projects for voter registration and mental health. She hopes to attend either Boston University or Cornell University. Angela Nuckols James Smith Angela Nuckols, 18, is graduating from Ansted High School in Ansted, W. Va. In the words of her school's principal: "Angela is an outstanding student and has a very pleasant personality." In 1970, Angela, who ranks second in a graduating class of seventy students, was the winner of the regional "Junior Miss" contest, and first runner-up in West Virginia's state-wide contest. She is active in school, social and civic affairs and has an avid interest in athletics. She plans to attend West Virginia Institute of Technology or Concord College to major in mathematics, fol­ lowed by a career in high school or college teaching. Her goals for the future are clearly summed up by her own words: "I have been told by many that the truly educated person is the happy person and I want to be happy and live. I want to further my education so that I might help others to find the same happiness. "I know I am reaching for the stars, but, who knows, the moon has already been reached." Mary Covacevich Mary Covacevich, 18, is a graduate of Catholic High School in Baltimore, Md., and is presently attending Mercy Hospital School of Nursing there. At the end of the current semester, Mary will have earned 26 college credits and will transfer to St. Agnes College or Goucher College to study journalism. She served as editor of her high school paper and was very active in student government and other school and social func­ tions. Her ultimate goal is to work as a newspaper reporter for one of the nation's major newspapers or as a news writer in T.V. and broadcasting. Her father, Edward, is a veteran member of the SIUNA-aflSliated Inland Boatmen's Union. James Smith James Smith, 17, is currently a senior at East Jefferson High School in Metairie, La., and will graduate this June. James is in the upper ten percent of a class of 835 boys. He has achieved particular distinction in English and literature. James is one of five children, all of whom have earned or are working towards college degrees. He hopes to major in journalism at either Louisiana State University or Southeastern University. Directing his thoughts to his future goals James says: "I have discovered that I like to write and that I can satisfy people through my words. The classes I enjoy most are those of literature. "Whether I major in English or journalism, my final goal is creative writing. If by writing, I can help at least one person through his troubles, I will have contributed a small bit to the human race. To reach this goal I must go to college, but I know it is only the starting place." Richard Schultz Richard Schultz, 16, is in the senior class at Divine Word Seminary in Perrysburg, Ohio. Goals in Richard's life are to attend Divine Word or Bowling Green State University to major in psychology, and to become a priest. One of his teachers writes of him: "He is a very warm and friendly young man; sharp witted and intensely pensive. He has sharp insight and a scientific mind with an aim to work with people." Speaking of his college plans Richard says: "In college I hope to major in psychology and to eventually take post-graduate studies. I feel that a background in psychology will be very beneficial to me in the future as a priest. "A priest is not just a pious man who does nothing but pray all day. He is a human being interested in people, their thoughts, feelings, values, fears, desires and hopes. He dedicates his entire life towards making life more tolerable and happy for the people he meets. Someday I will join in that dedication." The winners are free to use their scholarships at any accredited college or university and to pursue any course of study. The SIU scholarship program, now marking its 18th year, has helped scores of Seafarers and their dependents through college. The value of the scholarships was increased from $6,000 to $10,000 beginning this year to better match the high costs of higher education. Competition for the increased scholarships was keen, with 29 applicants under consideration by a panel of educators from the nation's leading colleges and universities. Candidates were judged on the basis of results in either the College Entrance lamination Board tests or the American College Testing program. The test results, together with evidence of scholastic achievement, character and leadership ability formed the criteria for selection. The SIU Scholarship Awards Committee pores over applica­ tions for the $10,000 four-year scholarships awarded this year to five promising students. Members of the committee, from left, are: Dr. Charles A. Lyons Jr., presi­ dent of Fayettville State Univer­ sity; Richard M. Keefe, director of admissions, St. Louis Univer­ sity; Miss Edna Newby, assistant dean, Douglass College, Rutgers University; Dr. Elwood C. Kastner, dean of registration. New York University; Dr. Charles O'Connell, director of admissions. University of Chicago and Dr. Barnard P. Ireland, director. Col­ lege Entrance Examination Board. Seafarers Log 11 �The Senate all the Seafarer r- / / \ • \ II 11 II Delegates to the May Ediicatioiud Conference held at the Hai^ Lundebeilg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, Md., previewed a new nmvie —^The Senate and the Seafarer. In it, eight U.S. senators ^^ak words of h^ praise for the SIU and Its members. Here Is what tihe l^^latms ismd about us, preceded by the narration which opens tiie film. . This is Washmgton, D.C. Our hatioii's capital. The seat of gwemment for two hundred million Americans. As the kids would say, it's "where the action is." This is where the laws are written that affect everyljody's life. This is where the laws are carried out. The nation's Capital is important to all American citizens. It's par­ ticularly important to Seafarers. Because our lives, and our industry, have always been federally regulated. That's why the SIU has always been active in politics, in working for laws that benefit Seafarers, laws that benefit the maritime industry. And in working for the election of candidates favorably disposed to seamen, favorably disposed to unions. We ^1 know that the Congress of the United States has a lot of influence on our lives. And in the Congress, the most influential body is the Senate. The upper chamber of Congress. Just 100 men-—^two from each state. And what they do has a lot of impact on how we, as Seafarers, survive. Since the Senate has such a say in our lives, we have put together this film which presents some key members of the Senate , . . to let you know what these Senators have to say about us ; . . and about our union-^—the Seafarers International Upidn. 11 June 1971 Page 19 �• v: "•" • ' V;':; ':;--^^•• •"/; ,„s" - • 'i -^.-r'.Vv ."' -.I.''' € . ):'• : ;.' J; L. iX':'" ••'••,I''VV—' •, |£ ',. ^mSmm m v ) H '• '- %l €^\i SEN/ RUmLL I. ioilf R.La.:^ SEN.WIUIAMi.l|iM^J||. The Senate and the Seafarer I am happy to have played a part • > . as a member of the S^me and its Committee on Commerce ...in the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. inis legislation establishes many new precedents for the American merchant marine. It offers a new opportunity for Amerfcan shipowners and American J Seafarers to man the vessels that we so urgently need. It offers a new opportunity to bring back to the American flag those ships which have been registered abroad and crewed abroad ... the ships whidi provide such devastating competitiQn for American-flag shipping. It offers American busines and in­ dustry a new opportunity to "ship American"—with the amfidence that; we have the maritime industry capatfle i of meeting their needs. i Most of all, it offers all Americans a new opportunity to be proud of their merchant marine . . . and to know i that the American flag will be making its presence known in every port ^bund the ^obe. Passage of this maritime bill wtis aided immeasurably by die supikirt # the Seafarers IntemalSonal Uhibn. r thank you for youi- efforts . . . and I am confident you continue your fight to make the United States once agam the foremost wapower in the world. ' Through the years I have been a strong backer of the American mer­ chant marine. As tme who served in the Navy at one time, it has been my privilege to know the very fine wcwrk that the merchant marine dora. We're particularly proud of it because we have one of the great ports of the United States at New Orieans. Even if I did not come from a maritime state, however, I would do what is within my power to assist the Seafarers International Union in main­ taining a strong American merchant marine because I know of the tre­ mendous cpntrilnition that the mer­ chant marine and the Seafarers have made to this nation—^to its economy, to its defense, and to the well-being of the entire world. It's been my pleasure to work with the Seafarers International Union down through the years in building a strong merchant marine, and in trying to see to it that it provides adequately for its seamen. I salute this fine unicm for the good work that it's done, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. U • •! .J"'• , ' -i » • ... It.:(. Seafarers Log �' V'' j' .'fW tr' jte.v'- • • - The Senate and the Seafarer lif > . ' •''' jj SEi. HUOH SCOTT R-Pt. H I " :*x?;'i'X I I wish to commend the men of the Seafarers International Union for the Valuable role which they . . . and their Union . . . played in the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. This was truly an example of unity . . . unity between maritime manage­ ment and labor,.. unity between gov­ ernment and industry . . , Unity be­ tween the Congress and the White House , . . unity between Republicans imd Democrats. And the SIU was an important link in tiiat chain of unity which led to the passa^ of President Nixon's maritime jpro^am . . . an important link be­ cause the SIU moblltzed its full re^urces in support of this legislation. I know there were many parts d this legislation which ... if you had your free choice ... your union would have changed and strengthened. Many other elements in your industry felt the same way about other aspects of this legislation. The important thing is that ... in the interests of harmony - . . and, more important, in the interests of getting started on a new merchant marine program . . . all of the parties involved sought areas of compromise that brought this industry and the gov­ ernment together. You can be proud of the SIU's role in achieving this major legislative vic­ tory . . . and I know you will continue to be proud of your union's on-going activities in promoting legislation thjrt Is good for the SIU member . . . that is good for the industry which employs him . . that is good for the nation which that industry serves. if June 1971 JS ' SEX CHARLES iWee. MATHIAS, JR. R-Md. ' SEN. DANIELX IROUYE D'Hawtll The merchant marme is vital to the economy of my State of Hawaii We are separated from the mamland by thousands of miles of ocean . . . and so the merchant marine is . . . in a very real sense . . . our eco­ nomic life-line. Reliance on Amarkan-flag shipping has posed an econt^c burckn on the people of my State, de^ite the ^neral reliability this service. The higher transportation cMts mean a higher cost of living for the people I am privileged to rei»esent in the United States. It has been a great source of in­ spiration to me that you ... in the Seafarers International Union . . . have recognked this economic prob­ lem of the people of Hawaii. You not only have recognized it... you have done something about it. Your union worked in dose co­ operation with my office in helping to amend the Merchant M^e Act of 1970 so that it provided some meas­ ure of relief for the people of my State. And 1 know that . . . if farther steps are needed . . . in 1^^ can continue to count on thb active involved support of the Seafarers Ih-^ t€MationaI Union. You are to be congratulated for your active support of legislation that wU benefit your mdustry . . . and for your compassionate un^rstanding of : the problems of other people. I am proud to know that I can Count on the continued support of the SIU . . . ^d I want you to know^ in return, that you can count on me. The State of Maryland has a place of honor in the maritime history of America . . . and we are proud of the fact that the Seafarers International Union has been such an important port of that maritime tradition. iFor years ... the members of your union have been active in the growth and development of the great Port oi Baltimore. For years . . . your unicHi has been active in the community and in the state . . . not only as a political force whidi s^es Maryland well . . . but also as a good nei^bor ... concerned rffiout aU of the protdrais of the peofde our state ... and committed to working with other community and State organizations in solving those problems. Now the SIU has become even more involved ih the State of Mary­ land . . . and I am proud that the un­ ion chose St. Mary's County . . . the mother county of our state ... as the site for its facilities for training young men who want to make a career of going to sea. The union's training facilities at Piney Point . . . and the fleet of ves­ sels which you have assembled for this training program . . . adds to the maritime traditions of our great State . . and increases the SIU's opportumties to continue to be a good nei^bor and a responsible dtizen of Maryland. We are proud that your union c»ntinues to play so important a role in Maryland's a^airs. m Page 21 �.... .i-,.. V*,-- l"V..-;^,i-,. ..4 . ••• .-.v. ' .i.-'-. . ' - •'.'*•"' . ': • ' '-- ' -i :r. SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY D>Mass. As many of you know ... I have been working actively in the Senate to help preserve the Public Health Ser­ vice Hospital system . . . the medical care system for the American seaman which has existed since the founding of our nation. I am proud to be able to say that . . . in this struggle on behalf of the Public Health Hospitals . . . I have had the unstinting support of the Seafarers International Union. These hospitals are vital to Amer­ ican seafarers ... to American fisher­ men . . to Coast Guardsmen ... to all who, as the poet said, "go down to the seas in ships." For nearly two hundred years . . . our country has provided the best of medical care for its seamen . . . med­ ical care that is of higher quality . . . and that is available at lower cost... than comparable care in any other medical institutions in the nation. Today, America faces a health care crisis of staggering proportions. Despite the billions we Americans spend for medical care each year ... the system of delivering that care is I inadequate . . . it is antiquated . . . j it is disgraceful. I And it strikes me as strange that I ... . in the face of this medical c^ crisis . . . indeed, after having acj knowledged that the crisis does exist . . this Administration seeks to add to its dimensions by taking out of servj ice . . . the Public Health Service Hospitals rather than retaining and developing them to provide quality health services for the overall com­ munity. . You know my commiteient to quality medical care for all Ameri­ cans. You know my particular commit­ ment to quality medical care for the American seamen who serve this nation in times of peace and in times •of crisis. ^ You c&n count on my active in­ volvement . .'. and my unswerving determination . . . to keep open these Public Health Service Hospitals ^ that they can continue to serve the seamen . . . who^ in their own tuiiiv continue to serve their nation. >^ ^ alUed with the Sly in this endeavor. SEN. TED STEVENS R'Alaska I have the utmost respect and ; ^miration for the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union for the job it has done . . . and is continuing to do . . .in the campaign to rebuild the American^ merchant marine. I have particular respect for the SIU for its interest and concern over J the prOWems of nty State of Alaska ! . . . not only Alaska's maritime probr lems ... but the problems of the total development of Alaska's economic potential. My office and the SRJ have wOrked closely together in the effort to develop the multi-billion-dollar oil reserves that have been discovered be-heath the North Slope. If that oil is to become easily availI able to the United States ... it must move by pipeline from the North Slope to a spot where port , facilities can be developed. The SIU has worked closely with me in my efforts to have that pipeline built on American soil V . . not on Canadian soil . . , because we both know that ah American pipeline 1 would be the best guarantee of job } opportunities for the people in my i State. It would also be the best guar­ antee of job opportunities for Ameiir can Seafarers . . . because the oil would then have to move exclusively aboard American-flag tankers. We all have a stake in this issue ... and I am delighted to have the full force of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union arratyed Jon our side in this battle. SEN. HDWARD W. CANNON D>N«v. I come from a State—^from Nevada —which can hardly be said to have a maritime tradition. In fact, if you climb to the top of the highest mountmn in rhy State ... and we have some high ones . . . you still couldn't see the ocean. Yet I am firmly convinced of the importance of the American merchant marine in carrying this nation's im­ ports and exports . . . and I am happy to say that I have worked closely with your union . . . the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union . . . in bringing about the revival of merchant shipping. As many people know, I am a firm /advocate of America's total aerospace program . . . and I happen to know what most Americans are unaware of : That our space program relies directly ! I on the inland waters segment of the merchant marine. Those giant rockets which send our astronauts into space ... and "which make possible our exploration of tl^« moon . , . are built at Huntsville, Ala­ bama . . . and reach Cape Kennedy "only because we have a network of inland waterw^. I These rockets . . . too large to be carried by train or truck . . . move oft barges down the Tennessee River . . ; the Ohio River .. 4 and the Mississipfu . . . and then aOross the Gulf and around to the Atlantic, t In short, I know that . . . as much to any other American workers . . . it is American Seafarers who put our Jastronauts on themoon. You should be proud of your union . . . proud of its accomplishments . . . and proud of its continuing efforts to yrin legislation that is of value to your industry and your country. I certainly am proud to be asso­ ciated with you in the Seafarers Inter­ national Union in pursuit of these im­ portant goals. J \ Page 22 Seafarers Log 'Vx'/!V-,T ;iv �Jobs of Seafarers on Line In New Attacks on Jones Act Washington, D.C. The jobs of Seafarers are on the line in the renewed attack on the Jones Act, a body of laws that demands that all domestic shipping be moved on American-flag vessels. The heavy assault on the Jones Act is being led by the oil industry, which wants oil from the rich Alaskan fields carried in runaway-flag tankers. They would rip the heart out of the Jones Act so they could transport Alaskan oil from one U.S. port to another in foreignbuilt, foreign-manned tankers— paying slave wages and at the same time escaping the taxes that must be paid by Americanflag operators. They are condemning the Jones Act—^which provides the nation's only protection against foreign control of all U.S. oceanbome commerce—^in vi­ cious language. One oil com­ pany president, Fred L. Hartley of tihe Union Oil Co. of Cali­ fornia, referred to the Act as "archiac," and those who sup­ port it as "arrogant and stupid." They are feverishly working on Capitol Hill to weaken the Jones Act as they, along with other runaway-flag operators, can make enormous profits at the expense of the Americanflag merchant marine. Leading Campal^ The SIU is leading a cam­ paign to muster Congressional support to strengthen the Jones Act. This latest campaign follows in the wake of a Conference on the Noncontiguous Trades, sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. That conference brou^t to­ gether top federal, industry and labor representatives and the leadership of the noncontiguous areas of the nation, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. They joined in giving unan­ imous support to programs that would add muscle to the na­ tion's policy of reserving do­ mestic shipping for the Amer­ ican-flag fleet. Congressman Thomas R. Pelly (R-Wash.) has spotted one weakness in the law and has sponsored legislation, strongly backed by the SIU, to plug the hole. The Pelly bill would amend a 1950 act of Congress which empowered the Secretary of De­ fense to waive vessel inspection provisions of this old emer­ jobs of all Seafarers, the impact laws and regulations in the in­ gency law on the groimds of could be far wider. It is the Jones Act that terest of national security. Some national defense." stipulates that all ships carry­ runaway-flag operators have Pelly said "the Congress used this law in an attempt to should assure itself that the act ing domestic cargo to domestic escape Jones Act regulations. of 1950 is not used as a device ports must be built in U.S. The 1950 act, Pelly said, was to waive the Jones Act for shipyards with American-made parts. passed "for legitimate defense purely commercial purposes." Without the Jones Act, lowreasons" at the time of the He added that shotild paying foreign shipyards would Korean War, but that those another emergency dictate reasons are not valid when ap­ waivers of vessel inspection threaten the very existence of plied to the Jones Act today. laws, the Congress would pass the U.S. shipbuilding industry new legislation, as it did in —and the thousands of jobs Felly Warning that it provides. "However," the Congressman World War II and the Korean Indeed, without the protec­ warned, "the Bureau of Cus­ War. tion of the Jones Act, the en­ Wide Impact toms and other agencies, includ­ tire U.S. maritime industry ing the Department of Defense While any weakening of the would be in danger of disinte­ and the Coast Guard believe Jones Act could jeoparidze the gration. the (1950) statute does cover waivers of the Jones Act." Pelly called for speedy adop­ Seafarers Asked To Join tion of his bill, because "in con­ nection with the Alaskan North Fighf To Profecf Jones Act Slope Oil Development, there is strong pressure, I am told, The jobs of all Searfarers are on the line in the battle to by certain oil interests for protect and strengthen the Jones Act. As in most battles in waivers for foreign-flag tankers which we are involved, the action is on Capitol Hill—^in to carry petroleum to the West the halls of Congress. Ctoast and other ports. Seafarers make their points with Congressmen through SPAD—^the Seafarers Political Activities Donations orga­ "Indeed, there are rumors," nization. Pelly told the Congress, "that The Jones Act is a gut issue. Without it's protection, we there have been discussions in lose. Seafarers can help their SIU in its fight to strengthen the Office of Management and the Jones Act, by supporting SPAD with volunteer dollars. Budget and some support for the granting-of waivers under Tuna Boat Hearings Due ii: - . 'I.-;- ;, ', •- Hearings are expected to be­ gin soon on several proposals to strengthen the Fisherman's Protective Act in the wake of recent seizures of tunaboat vessels in international waters off South America. Proposals under considera­ tion by the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit­ tee include bills that would re­ quire the Secretary of State to pay any fines levied against seized ships immediately, and deduct the amounts of the fines ^ from foreign aid payments to the foreign nation. Previously ship companies have paid the fines and sought reimbursement from the State Department. Up until now, de­ duction of fines from foreign aid, while authorized in law, has never been done. The Senate Commerce Com-' mittee has under consideration a measure that would require the government to reimburse ship owners for the value of fishing time lost while in cap­ ture, and for the value of any catch lost Directory Of Union Halls SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall ri EXECTJTIVB VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr 1971 Mantime Posfer Winner Winner of the 1971 National Maritime Poster Contest, Michael C. Diem, 2d from right, is congratulated on the steps of the U.S. Capitol by, left to right: Victor R. Lalli, Diem's art teacher from Amherst Cen­ tral High School in Snyder, N.Y.; Edward A. Garmtaz (D-Md.), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee; Diem's Congressman, JseSr E. Kemp (R-N.Y.); Diem and Under Secretary of Commerce James Lynn. The poster, promoting the American Merchant Marine and the Ship American campaign, won a $500 prize from among 6,000 entries. It was displayed in government buildings dur­ ing the month of May, National Maritime Month. June 1971 HEADQUABTEBS ...67S dth Ave., Bklyn. (212) HY 9-6600 AlPENA, SOeh. ... ....800 N. Seeond Ave. (BID EE 4-3616 BAETIMOBE, Hd. ..1216 E. Baltimore St. (301) EA 1-4900 663 Atlantle Ave. BOSTON, Mass. ... (611) 482-4116 .Jim Franklin St. BUFFALO, N.Y. . SIU (116) TE 3-92S9 IBU (116) TE 3-92B9 ..9383 Ewtnr Ave. CHICAGO, ni. SIU (312) SA 1-0133 IBU (312) ES 5-9510 CLEVELAND, 0 1420 W. 25th St. (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. (313) VI 3-4141 DUEUTH, Hliia. ...X014 W. 3d St. (218) BA 2-4U0 P.O. Box <81 FBANKFOBT, Mlell. .... 41SBIainSt. (616) EE 1-2441 HOUSTON, Tta ......S804 Canal St. <m) WA 8-3201 dACKSONTILLE, Fla. ....JSOI8 PeHl St. (904) EE 3-0981 JEB8EY CITY. NJT. .D9 Udntcomerr St. (201) HE 5-8424 ..ISontbEawieneeSt. UOBIEE, Ala. (205) HE 2-11B4 NEW OBEEANS, E». ....630 Jnekson Ave. (504) 529-1546 NOBFOEK, Va. .115 3d St. (103) 622-1892 FHIEADEEPHIA, Fa. JSe04 S. 40l St. (215) DE 6-3818 FOBT ABTHUB, Tex. A34NinaiAve. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1321 Hfadon St. (415) 626-6193 SANTUBCE, F.B. ..1313 Fenandex Joneos Stop 20 124-2848 SEATTEE, Waah. .2505 Flmt Ave. (206) MA 3-4334 <ST. EOUIS, Mo. .. ...4511 Giavola Ave. (314) 152-6500 312 HanUoB St. TAMFA, Fla. (813) 229-2188 TOEEDO, O. . 935 Smnmlt St. (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, CaUf. ....450 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island. CaUf. (213) 832-1285 YOKOHAMA, Japan Iseya Bidz., Boom 810 1-2 Kalzan-Dorl-Nakahn 2014911 Ext. 281 Page 23 �Seatrain's Transindiana Pays off in New Jersey N• -^ -^ imnnTri-T • rw^he 632-foot-long containership Transindiana glided X smoothly into her berth at Weehawken, N.J. last month after a voyage from Europe and the British Isles. Built in 1944, the 14,458 deadweight ton containership was originally named the General W. J. Langfitt. In 1969, SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines purchased the vessel and converted her C-4 Unes into that of a contain­ ership capable of carrying more than 400 forty-foot con­ tainers. The Transindiana is usually assigned to the European run with turnaround ports of New York and Baltimore. Topside aboard the Transindiana deck department member S. Kroll secures lines. In the background are some of the empty trailer bodies that will each carry one of the Transindiana's 40foot containers. Cook R. Trotman arranges dishes of freshly baked pie as lunch is about to be served aboard the Transindiana. Fresh fruit pies are a specialty of the galley. When you have a chief cook like Felix Looey aboara every voyage is smooth sailing. Brother Looey is preparing a beef dish for the evening meal at sea. Surrounded on all sides by the Transindiana's engine room guages, oiler O. Ortiz keeps a watchful eye on the readings. Pantryman D. Rodriguez looks through the latest issue of the Log while awaiting payoff of the Transindiana. Seafarer Robert O'Brien (right, foreground), a recent graduate of the SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, is assisted during payoff by SlU Patrolmen Luigi lovino (right) and "Red" Campbell. Brother O'Brien sails as ordinary seaman. Page 24 Seafarers Log �'{ ,, A Step Closer fo Reality i V' I"-:-.; i ^", House Okays $507 Million For 1970 Merchant Marine Act Waslyngton, D.C. Implementation of the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 has come a step closer to reality with House passage of the $507 million MARAD au­ thorization bill for fiscal year 1972. The measure now awaits Senate action. By a roll call vote of 360^11, the House proved funds for the initial phase of the long-range program which calls for the construction of 300 Americanflag ships over the next 10 years. The program is designed to lift the U.S. Merchant Marine from the "throes of neglect" and return it to its former posi­ tion of superiority on the hi^ seas. The authorization bill has gone to the Senate Commerce Committee for consideration. ^ In testimony submitted to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee in support of the funding authorization, Paul Hall, president of the Seafarers International Union and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, said the legislation marks the beginning of "a long voyage" for the American Merchant Marine. ^Beginning of Transition* "This is the beginning of transition—transition from the narrow concepts of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which ultimately failed to meet the test of changing times and changing technologies; transi­ tion to the more sweeping and more appropriate ap­ proach to maritime affairs embodied in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970," Hall said. The House-passed bill provides $229 million in construction differential subsidies and $239 million in operating subsidies. An additional $25 million was hllocat^ for research and development. As the SIU statement points out, "for the first time in the nation's history, we have maritime legis­ lation aimed at establishing a fair and equitable pro­ -am that will reach all segments of tihie U.S.-flag ocean-going fleet—dry bulk, tanker and container operations as well as the declining liner trade. "For the first time in the nation's history, we have maritime legislation that will make public funds available to all operators, engaged in ^ aspects of foreign commerce," the SIU statement said, adding that the bill provides a number of challenges for America as a nation: "For the American taxpayer \^iio deserves a dol­ lar's worth of value for every dollar's worth of taxes invested in this industry. "For the American shipper, who deserves a mer­ chant fleet capable of carrying imports and exports, carrying them at rates more nearly competitive with those of foreign lines, and capable of carrying them with the maximum of speed and the minimum of delay. "For the American government, which needs a fleet which is the 'first arm of our commerce' in peacetime, if it is to be the ffomth arm of our de­ fense' in time of crisis. "For the American shipyard and its workers, which, up until now, have suffered imder a com­ petitive attrition vis-a-vis foreign shipyard, at least part of which competition resulted from the invest­ ment of one billion American tax dollars in mod­ ernizing the same foreign yards in the wake of World Warn. "For the American ship operators and the American seamen, who have been the first and the most direct, victims of the past years of governmental and public negject of this industry." Unequal Policies Hall said that problems remain and he pointed to the inequality of segments of the fleet and to gov­ ernment shipping policies as two of them. Although the new bill includes formerly unsubsidized operators. Hall cautioned that their "footing is not yet equal" with the one-third of the fleet that received subsidies over the past 34 years. "It would be a travesty, therefore, to suggest that all of the American ship operators get in the same line and be treated on a first-come, fiirst-served basis," the SIU statement said. SIU President Hall said that the answer to that problem is to "consciously adopt a catch-up arrange­ ment for the operator who existed so long without subsidy and who is at the point of desperation." Here are other highlights of the SIU statement: Measures to relieve that despair, mi^t include a federal policy allowing formerly unsubsidized owners first crack at the new subsidies; assistance in the ac­ cumulation of tax-deferred constructions funds; and first call on government cargoes. On government cargoes, the former unsubsidized operator "should not have to compete" with formerly subsidized owners because of their economic strength, built-up during the years when only they were eligible for subsidies. Furthermore, "imrealistic shipping policies" of several government agencies must be amended. "The American operator should not have to compete with the foreigner to carry the military hardware, the foreign aid supplies and the surplus agricultural products which our own government is shipping abroad." The statement declared there was "something ludicrous" about the government embarking on a revitalization of the merchant marine, and not supply­ ing cargoes for it; and for the government to exhort American industry to "ship American" when, "the pattern over the years has been for the government itself, to 'ship American' only reluctantly, only in half-hearted fashion, often only as a last resort." Although none of those problems gets direct con­ sideration in the authorization bill, "all of these points are embraced implicitly in this legislation." The statement said that "at another time the AFUC30 Maritime Trades Department and the Seafarers International Union of North America would have been inclined to challenge the adequacy of the funds called for in the authorization measure, and the number of ships which the measure envisions could or should be built." Acceptable Start The 10-year goal of 300 new ships stands "at odds with the concmrrent goal of carrying 35 percent of America's waterbome commerce by the middle of the decade." We are in a time of economic troubles, and, "even though we feel that more should be spent now to launch this new maritime era," the $507 million are an acceptable start. "Another year," Hall said, "and we shall be back to ask for a more realistic appraisal of our ur^nt needs, and an even larger commitment of our re­ sources to meeting these needs. "For now, we feel, that as inadequate as these funds are, they will at least make it possible for us to enter into this period of transition—^they will make it possible for us to build the foundation for maritime's future growth." Ecology Panel Meets at HLSS Piney Poin^ Md. The Environmental Advisory panel of the U.S. Senate Public Works Committee discussed ways of curbing pollution and saving America's ecology at a recent meeting at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship here. The panel, which makes recommendations and drafts bills for consideration of the Senate committee, is composed of scientists deeply involved in study of the environment. Joining them on the fantail of HLSS Zimmerman were four members of Congress, including Rep. John A. Blatnik CDMinn.), chairman of the House Public Works Committee. I. " ••:•• Richard B. Royce, clerk of the Senate committee, said the panel of technical experts was convened by committee chair­ man Sen. Jennings Randolph, (D-W.Va.) in response to a need for guidance on the broad June 1971 range of problems plaguing the nation's air and water. Members of the panel at­ tending were: Prof. Ross Beiler, University of Miami; Robert R. Curry, University of Montana; Jean H. Futrell, University of Utah; Gene E. Likens and Raymond C. Loehr of Cornell University, James H. Sterner, University of Texas; Lawrence Tribe, Har­ vard University; Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, Children's Cancer Re­ search Foimdation; Ralph Lapp, Quadri-Science Inc. and George M. Woodweil, Brookhaven Na­ tional Laboratory. Congressmen attending with Rep. Blatnik were Rep. Mike McCormack CD-Wash.), Rep. Glenn Anderson (D-Calif.) and Rep. LaMar Baker (R-Tenn.). Summing up the session. Rep. McCormack said, "I be­ lieve we are making very sub­ stantial progress in making im­ provements in a number of critical problems." He added that there are several problems left to be overcome.. "We can no longer live in a frontier economy where you use what you need and throw every thing else away," the con­ gressman said. "There is no place left to throw it." In the photo above, congres­ sional representatives to a meet­ ing of the Environmental Ad­ visory Panel listen intently to the discussion of pollution prob­ lems. At table, from left, are: Rep. Mike McCormack Washington; Rep. LaMar Baker of Tennessee; Richard B. Royce, clerk of the Senate Public Works Committee; Rep. Glenn Anderson of California and Rep. John Blatnik of Min­ nesota, chairman of the House Public Works Committee. Reps. McCormack, Baker and Ander­ son are members of Rep. Blatnik's committee. Page 25 �' •• 'v'"^-" '' "' •;i •. ':. V . '. ; • "f • Seafarers Vacation Center **Hoiiie is the Sailor, Home from the Sea." Robert Louis Stevenson Seafarers Vacation Center Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Piney Point, Md. 20674 The life of a Seafarer is one of privation. During his long days at sea he is without the companionship of his family, his shoreside friends and even without mail from home. He deserves a place to relax when he is home; a place where he can meet shipmates and their families and talk of things that every Seafarer has in common. The Seafarers Vacation Center at Piney Point, Md. is such a place. In the "land of pleasant living," as southern Maryland is called, the SIU has set up a vacation retreat to offer the com­ forts of a resort to the professional sailor at a fraction of the cost of a profit-making establishment. Sound like a good deal? Some of the inducements to SIU men include inexpensive lodging for the family, inexpensive and well-prepared meals in a spacious dining room with a view of an outlet to the Chesapeake Bay. Rooms are $4 per day for single occupancy and $7 for a double. Breakfast and lunch cost 99 cents and supper costs $1.50 from a varied menu prepared by professional chefs. The motel grounds are in the midst of 54 acres in historic St. Mary's County, bordered by St. George's Creek and the Chesa­ peake Bay. A short drive wUl bring the vacationer to many his­ toric landmarks including the site where Lord Calvert landed in 1634 and founded the &st colony free from religious prejudice. Nearby is a replica of the first Maryland State House. For those who want more activity than the sightseer, there is sailing, softball, swimming, fishing, water skiing, basketball, volley ball, billiards and table tennis. Seafarers and their families will find that the Harry Lundeberg Motel has activities for every member of the family, whatever their age. One of the most popular activities is sailing. The Harry Lunde­ berg Motel and the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in­ cludes a marina with different types of sailing and power craft, ranging from 21-foot Columbia sailboats to the 250-foot S.Y. Dauntless, the flagship of the entire United States Navy during World War H. One of the more popular sailing vessels for family cruises is the Manitou, formerly a week-end retreat and floating White House wlule President John F. Kennedy was in office. From reports of Seafarers who stayed at Piney Point last sum­ mer, the meals, the facilities and the activities siupassed their expectations. Many of them voiced their intentions of returning this summer and many of the members who attended Crew and Educational Conferences plan to take advantage of the vacation center. Reservatimis are now being accepted and many Seafonrs already are scheduled for a vacatimi at Piney Point this summer. If you are interested in visiting Piney Point, better reserve now to insure accommodations. Just fill out the coupon and mail to the colter. IPs the best way to assure yourself and your family a well-deserved vacation at tim lowest possible cost Seafarers Log �Labor Kicks Off Campaign For National Health Insurance Washington, B.C. The AFL-CIO has opened its campaign to gain passage of the National Health Security Program now before the Senate. "It is time that the people who pay the bUls—^the health consumers—have a means for controlling the inordinately high cost of health care and a method for gaining accessibility to medical care for the millions of Americans who do not now have a chance to get it," Andrew J, Biemiller, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Legislation told the Senate Finance Committee. "Only health security tackles all the real problems: quality care for all Americans, financing, cost con­ trols, development of new health care delivery sys­ tems and restructuring of the present wasteful, ineffi­ cient system," he asserted. Biemiller told the Senate committee that the profit motive "is not an acceptable philosophy for medical care." The Health Security Program, sponsored by Sena­ tor Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), would provide: • Full payment of all physician and surgical serv­ ices. • Full payment of all hospital services, hospitalaffiliated nursing home care, outpatient services and home health care. • All medicines provided by a hospital or by a prepaid group practice. • Optometrist, podiatrist, pathology, radiology and ambulance services. • Dental care for children imder 15. Coverage of Labor-Management Council Attacks Administration Plan New Yorit City The New York Labor-Management Council of Health and Welfare Plans, of which the SIU is a member, has attacked the Administration's proposal for national health insurance, calling it weak and un­ workable. The council said that "the Nixon program doesn't even try to relieve the effects of skyrocketing health costs—^much less solve the causes of the problem." The plan, the council said, would be a windfall for private insurance companies. The council said that for years insurance com­ panies have done little but "pass on to consumers the soaring costs of hospitalization and medical care." To relieve the problem, the council said, a plan should be foxmd that, "offers real help to the people, one that is tied to the long-tested Social Security system, one that has built-in cost and quality controls." the entire population, regardless of age, would be provided under extensions of the program. • Treatment for mental illness, including 20 con­ sultations with solo practitioners, 45 days of inpa­ tient care, 60 days in mental health day care centers, and unlimited care when provided through prepaid group practice organizations. Biemiller testified that 34 million persons under 65 have no health insurance. More than 38 million Americans have no surgical coverage, he added. The National Health Security Program wotild be financed through a Health Security Trust Fimd, sim­ ilar to the Social Security Trust Fimd. 50 percent of the monies would come from fed­ eral revenues. Based on 1970 expenditures for med­ ical care, the federal cost would have been $20.5 billion. Biemiller said that the federal government spent more than half of that amoimt on personal health care last year. 36 percent of the cost would be financed by a 3.5 percent tax on employer payrolls. 12 percent would come from a 1 percent tax on the first $15,000 of an individual's income, and 2 percent would be provided by a 2.5 percent tax on the first $15,000 of income of the self-employed. The current Medicare tax, now taking .8 percent of the first $7,800 of a wage-earners pay, would be eliminated. Whale Batters Yacht; Seafarers Rescue Crew t BARBER EQUIPMENT— Wahl Qipper Corp., pro­ ducers of home barber sets. (Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) CIGARETIES—R. J. Reyn­ olds Tobacco Co.—Camels, Winston, Salem, Tempo, Brandon, Doral, and Cava­ lier. (Tobacco Workers Un­ ion) CLOTHING—^Reidbord Bros., Co., Siegal (H. I. S. brand) suits and sports jackets, Kaynee boyswear, Richmond Brothers men's clothing, Sewell suits, Wing shirts, Met­ ro Pants Co., and Diplomat Pajamas by Fortex Mfg. Co. Amalgamated Clothing) Judy Bond Blouses—(Inter­ national Ladies Garment Workers Union) CASKETS—Cjq>itol City Cas­ ket Company—(United Fur­ niture Workers) FLOURMILL PRODUCTS— Pioneer Products, San An­ tonio, Texas (United Brew­ ery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Work­ ers) FURNITURE—^James Sterling Corp., White Furniture Co., Brown Furniture Co., (Unit­ ed Furniture Workers) Economy Furniture—^BiItRite, Western Provinicial and Smithtown Maple. (Up­ holsterers) Jiine 1971 LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis­ tilleries products—Old Fitz­ gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk, W. L. Weller. (Distillery Workers) MEAT PRODUCTS—Poultry Packers, Inc. (Blue Star label products). (Amalga­ mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen) PRINTING—^Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft." (Printing Pressmen, Typog­ raphers, Bookbinders, Ma­ chinists, Stereotypers, and Electrotypers) NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. (10 tmions involved covering 2,000 workers) Britannica Junior Encyclo­ pedia (Int'l. Allied Printing Trades Assn.) RANGES—Magic Chef, Pan Pacific Division. (Stove, Fur­ nace and Allied Appliance Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co—^work shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest and Statler; men's shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth (Boot and Shoe Work­ ers) SPECIAL—All West Virginia camping and vacation spots, (Laborers) TOYS—^Fisher-Price toys (Doil & Toy Workers Union) Four men and a woman forced adrift in a six-by-fivefoot rubber liferaft when their yacht was struck and sunk by a whale had a very small chance to be found still alive. The small chance came through, however, and it came in the form of a 13,000 ton SlU-contracted ship named Potomac. Even though they could have survived for almost six weeks, the sailors of the South African yacht Pionier had little hope that a ship would find them in time. On the deck of the Potomac, however, an alert third officer, Roy Newkirk, was about to go off watch when he spotted an orange object far in the dis­ tance. "It looked like a big orange ball, clearly visible about three miles and eleven degrees off the port bow," said Newkirk. His next words were to Captain Vernon W. Hansen: "Request permission to investi­ gate object on the port bow." And so began the rescue of the yacht's Skipper Gordon Webb, his wife, Jenifer, Willi Schutten, Peter Hockemann and Tony Keeney. When a lifeboat had to be lowered from the Potomac, Newkirk "asked to be put in charge of the boat" because he "wanted to see those guys and find out what they were doing way out there where nobody ought to be." Besides Newkirk, the men who volunteered for that mis­ sion were chief engineer Henry Dillon, boatswain Charles D'Amico, third assistant engi­ neer G. Bogley and able bodjed seamen Ray King and Ken The Potomac brings back five happy survivors to Cape Town, South Africa. From left are: Tony Keeney; Jenifer Webb; Gordon Webb; Willi Schutten and Peter Flockemann. Kremlich. The expertise of the lifeboat crew as they worked in a squall and rough seas was cited by one of the survivors, Tony Keeney, in a letter to ffie Log. "In real seamanlike manner they . . . came alongside our liferaft and hauled us aboard," he said. He noted the "friendliness" that "greeted us and immedi­ ately packets of cigarettes were handed around." As they approached the ship, Keeney wrote, "the Master, not wishing to take any risks, had arranged for a net to be draped up forward in preference to the pilots ladder and, as the swells were pretty big, it was quite a feat on the part of all concerned in com­ ing alongside the Potomac. This was done without any fuss, bother or panic and wonderful teamwork On the part of all concerned." He continues that "once alongside we were coached and guided as to the most opportune time to jump onto and scramble up the net. This risky opera­ tion went without a hitch." Once on board, the survivors were treated with great hos­ pitality, Keeney says, noting, "we were overwhelmed with kindness. The chief steward, Mr. KeUy, in a calm and homely manner, met and con­ ducted us, still scantily clad and very wet, to the messroom for coffee and dinner." He says that the Potomac "is manned by one of the finest group of diplomats of whom the United States of America can be truly proud." Because of the Potomac, the five survivors had spent only 16 hours in their rubber life­ raft, 16 hours that came to a happy ending because of the skill and concern of the SIUcrew of the Potomac. Page 27 �Indictments Against SlU Termed 'Assault on Labor Movement' New Orleans federal law," the resolution join our fleet "in the graveyard Indictments against the SIU said. of economic enterprise." and several of its officers The Louisianans recorded And while it is dangerous for brought by the Justice Depart­ their concurrence with the • industry to neglect the Ameri­ ment have been labeled a bla­ AFL-CIO Executive Council can-flag fleet, the delegates tant drive by Attorney General which condemned the indict­ said "it is catastrophic for gov­ John Mitchell "to emasculate ments as "a device to coerce ernment to do so." the effective political activities working men and women and U.S. Ships Wait of organized labor." their unions to forego their ba­ The federal government has The attack upon the Attorney sic constitutional right," and been utilizing foreign-flag ships General was issued last month charged Mitchell with "seeking for government cargo — fre­ by delegates attending the 16th to silence the American trade quently in violation of the law annual convention of the Loui­ union movement for purely po­ —at the same time that U.S. siana State AFL-CIO in a reso­ litical reasons." ships "wait in harbors or are "Ihe resolution pledged the prematurely laid up." lution pledging complete sup­ port to the SIU and its political state body's "full and unstinting "The tragedy is that the support of the Seafarers Inter­ action program. funds going to foreign shipping The indictments claim the national Union in its fight interests are not used for food SIU violated federal rules in against the attempts by the At­ and clothing for American . donating fimds to both Repub­ torney General to destroy la­ workers, nor do those funds lican and Democratic campaigns bor's political machinery." create more jobs for a nation 'Symbol of Vigilance' during the 1968 elections. with an unemployment rate al­ The convention said the SIU ready at recessional levels, nor The Louisiana trade union­ "stands as the symbol of or­ do they return in the form of ists asserted that "despite the ganized labor's vigilance taxes," the resolution declared. warning of organized labor, the against those who would de­ The Louisiana organization American people have re­ stroy the trade union movement indicated its fear that the loss mained generally apathetic and who would silence the of the American-flag merchant about the threat to strip work­ trade union movement's voice fleet would cut the supply line ers of their right to join together on behalf of all of the people in behalf of politick causes and to U.S. armed forces around the SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams, center, holds plaque presented of America." to him as chairman of the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO Committee world. political candidates. Delegates also took strong on Education hy Victor Bussie, left, president of the "Defense cargoes would anaPolitical Lawful Action stands calling for both govern­ AFL-CIO. The New Orleans COPE committee was honored tor "Nowhere is this assault on ment and private support of the have to await the ships of an­ "inspired" leadership and for "repeatedly conducting the kinds of the trade union movement more need to "Ship American" and other land, ships that might not campaigns that brought victory to our friends." At right is A. P. "Pal" Stoddard, president of the Greater New Orieans AFL-CIO. clear than in the indictment of to preserve and strengthen the come for political reasons" the resolution warned. the Seafarers International remaining eight Public Health They said that to switch the The delegates called for the brought from the convention Union and its top officers for Service hospitals. a call to appropriate $140 mil­ patient load of the PHS hospi­ what the Attorney General has They said the practice of federal government to adopt a lion "to return these vital tals to facilities of the Veter­ policy that would give top pri­ called a 'conspiracy' to violate sending American cargo via American health resources to ans Administration would be ority to American-flag vessels federal law," ffie resolution de­ foreign-flag ships is "not only their fullest and most modem wrong. for all government cargo, with clared. "For years, the Sea­ foolish, it is one that could "The Veterans Administra­ farers—^like other American eventually spell economic dis­ second choice going to the operation possible." ships of nations receiving U.S. tion Hospitals are already ^ The resolution noted that the imions—^has engaged in lawful aster." assistance cargoes and last crowded and could handle very quality of care and attention political action. "Should the maritime indus­ preference reserved for thirdfew, if any additional patients to hedth needs provided by the "It has received voluntary try falter and die through the flag ships. PHS hospitals "has been un­ —and even if there were extra contributions from its members, apathetic neglect of the duties The convention also called equalled in the world and has beds, seamen would have the in strict compliance with fed­ of its other partners in the na­ eral law," delegates to the tion's economy then a vacuum upon American industry "to made the men of the American lowest priority in filling them," state body's convention said. would result and the alternative remember its partnership with merchant marine the healthiest the resolution said. "It has put these contributions clearly would be foreign-flag the maritime industry and that in the world." To place PHS hospital pa­ to work on behalf of candidates ships," an alternative the dele­ it take advantage of every op"To close these vital health tients in private hospitals dedicated to the same goals as gates found would lead to "eco­ portimity to send cargoes in care and training facilities at a would cause a "staggering bur­ the SIU, and these contribu­ nomic disaster and potential ships that fly the American time when so many Americans den on an already overloaded flag." tions have been made in strict mUitary disaster." cannot obtain adequate medi­ federal budget," since private PHS Hospitals compliance with federal law. cal care within the private U.S. • hospital costs approach $100 The convention warned that "It has reported these con­ the entire American economy, The threat by the Adminis­ health system would be a trag­ per patient day, nearly double tributions fully, openly and reg­ should it spurn the American- tration to close the remaining edy," the Louisiana unionists the $55 figure for the eight ularly, in strict compliance with flag merchant marine, could Public Health Service hospitals asserted in the resolution. PHS facilities. Page 28 Seafarers Log �Converted Tanker Pays Off in New York Now assigned to the New York-San Juan route, the SIU contracted Seatrain Dela- ware visits New York approximately once every ten days, making for a pleasant coast' wise trip. Built in 1944 as a T-2 tanker, and christened as the Mission San Gabriel, she was converted in 1966 to containership lines, and now carries 277 mixed cargo containers per voyage. When she dropped anchor in New York at the end of her last voyage, she was met . by SIU Patrolman and the Log photographer, and her smooth payoff was recorded on fiM. r Recent Piney Point graduate Michael Pel! is sailing as ordinary seaman aboard the Seafrain Delaware. Brother Pell makes his home in New Orleans, La. Pantryman O. Gonzalez sorts dishware in the galley while awaiting payoff aboard the Seafrain Delaware. Ordinary seaman M. Sherard (foreground) uses a winch to wind in heavy-duty lines topside, with an assist from C. Figueroa who sails as deck mainten­ ance man. ii-: Seafarer C. Serkizis, who sails as wiper, turns out the work in the engine room. Messman V. M. Pacheco climbs passageway stairs after payoff. Brother Pacheco is looking forward to some free time in port after a smooth voyage. Many fine meals were prepared under the direction of chief cook L. Gardner during the voyage. Brother Gardner glances through the last issue of the Log to keep up to date on his union's affairs. A hot cup of coffee offers a welcomed break for Seafarer L. Revere during the payoff. June 1971 Page 29 �Karth Calls For Fourth Seacoast .fi Rep. Karth Birthday Wishes Extended Seafarer Joe (Tiger) Harrison celebrated his 72iid birthday last month while at sea aboard the Inger (Reyn«dds Metals). His ship­ mates prepared birthday cake for him and idl hands joined m widiing him many more years of happy sailing. WasUngtoB, D.C. Rep. Joseph Karth (D-Minn.) called for re­ newed commitment to making the Great Lakes into America's fourth seacoast in a speech given at the weekly luncheon of the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department. Rep. Karth said he was appalled at the pres­ ent condition of the Great Lakes fleet, calling it a "tiny fleet and a slow and obsolete one at that" He said that Ckmgress was shocked to hear that the deep-sea fleet had had an average age of more than 20 years, "and my horror is no less uhen I thiidc that the Great Lakes fleet averages 45 years in age," he said. "It's not that they aren't hardy," Rep. Karth said, "their age proves that they are. It's not that their owners and crews aren't willing to try. Hie jMroblon is that they are so obsolete and unproductive that they just can't attract the necessary cargo." Soioiis ^tnation Rep. Karth said that it was a serious situa­ tion in many ways, a situation we have only just begun to fight "It's a serious situation," he said, "because so much of America's produce must be ex­ ported from areas served by the Lakes." He said the Lakes district produced ore, grain, machinery and a host of other products needed for consumpticm in both the U.S. and abroad. "There's a great market for ships out there and it is passing the American-flag fleet by," Rep. Karth said. He said the first step in restoring the Great Lakes fleet was inclusion of the ship owners on the Lakes in the provision for accumulation of tax-deferred construction reserve funds, a provi­ sion of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 ex­ pected, he said, to "induce the construction of 15 Great Lakes ships this year." And, said Rep. Karth, "if our reascming was valid in passing the Merchant Marine Act of 1970—and I believe it was—then it is e<iually valid to apply those same principles to our Great Lakes fleet." He said that Great Lakes ship owners oug^t to "be entitled to the same operation and con­ struction subsidies as the deep-sea shippers, since they are "partners in waterbome com-* merce." *Golden Chafai* He said the Great Lakes could be a "golden diain" of inland waters for commerce im­ portant to the nation. "Instead we have, through neglect of the fleet, turned the gtfld to rust along with the 45-year-old ships," Rep. Karth said. "If we are willing to bring the same commit­ ment to Lakes trade that we brought to deejv water trade, then we will have made the dream of a fourth American seacoast into a reality," he said. "And for millions of residents of the Great Lakes region, the reality cannot come too soon." Alaska Pipeline Means More Jobs for Sailors Rep. Begicb Nine Seafarers Affa'in Book Status Nine more Seafarers joined the ranks of book membership in the SIU last month. From left, front row, are: H. Bondreanx, E. Gray Sr., D. Maupin, T. Venable, S. Pastoriza and J. Makavewicz. Back row: E. Powell, R. Seabreaze and W. Foley. A Real Whopper Baker Francisco A. Cruz, left, and Cbief Steward Lorenzo Bennett, cur­ rently aboard the Columbia Banker, proudly display a 70-pound wahoo they caui^t off Canton Island in the South China Sea. Some of their lesser prizes are also on diq^y. Page 30 Washington, D.C. Rep. Nicholas J. Begich (D-Alaska) said that the proposed trans-Alaska pipeline from oilrich Prudhoe Bay to Valdez represents an imparalleled opportunity for American maritime. The Ctongresanen-at-Large made his remarks to a weekly luncheon of the AFL-OO Mari­ time Trades Department in E. L. Bartlett Memorial Auditorium which was named for the late Senator Bartlett of Alaska, who was a friend of maritime. Rep. Begich said the pipeline will mean, "American tankers plying between Valdez and the west and east coasts, will provide jobs for seafarers, jobs for shipbuilders and profits for employers." He noted that conservationists had attacked the pipeline idea saying that it would "melt the frozen tundra and thus destroy one of the last, untouched natural sanctuaries in this nation." But, said Rep. Begich, American technolo^, now able to send men to the moon, will dis­ cover a way to avoid ecological damage along the 789-mile pipeline. For that reason he said, conservationists must take the wider view. Included in that view, he suggested, is recog­ nition that America depends on troubled areas of the world for its oil supplies now, areas that include the Middle East and Southeast Asia. "Development of the oil resources of Alaska would reduce—and perhaps even eliminate— our reliance on foreign oU supplies," he said. "This would make possible at a wery minimum, a revaluation of some of our political commit­ ments, and some of our foreign economic com­ mitments as well." He pointed out that coastwise shipping of Alaskan bil would also, "end our reliance on foreign-flag vessels—many of them of the run­ away variety, whose owners have put them under forei^ flags and manned them with foreign crews, and in the process avoided American taxes and American wage scales." He said that all of those advantages "far out­ weigh any possible damage to the ecology of the frozen tundras of my state." He concluded, "I think we should develop the oil fields, build the pipeline, and get this oil moving in Ameri­ can t£^ers to American consumers." Congress Takes Action On New Barge Bill WasUmlra, D.C. The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill which will protect the jobs of Sea­ farers while boosting shipping in general. A companion bill is under consideration in the Senate. The bill approves the entry of foreign barges into U.S. ports but jurovides that the barges must be towed by vessels carrying American crews. The provision concerning American crews was an amendment to the original bill, an amend­ ment worked out by the committee and the SIU legislative staff. In its favorable report on the bill, the com­ mittee said, "it is not the purpose or intent to alter in any way existing jurisdiction of Amer­ ican labor with respect to the transfer of cargo between specialty barges within our territbrial waters. We have been assured that foreign crews of these barge carrying ships will not perform this work." Thus, while foreign barges will be allowed in port, the barges must be "non-self propelled" according to the amended bill. They wfll thm require towboats to take them for unloading under existing union rules. The changes in the original bill add a measure of protection of Seafarers jobs, while encourag­ ing reciprocal maritime trade in the field of barge-cari7ing vessels. Seafwars Lof �K^?|j ;i • SlU Amvals - ,1'"'•"f,vi'"',i;' r-DISPATCHERS REPORT I' - April 1.1971 to April 30.1971 %^ ' > TOTAL DiCK DBPAKTMINT KEGISTERED TOTAL SHOPPED ' All Groups Class A Class B 11 5 n6 116 19 14 49 23 52 7 21 21 17 9 56 28 74 53 145 111 22 27 96 82 34 25 712 521 ............... lew York .,.W..». ladelphia ........ laltimore ............ lorfolk .............. lilacksonville ........ l'> .. ............... lobile ................ jNew Orleans........ JlHouston i|Wilmington ......... * San Francisco - Seattle . Totals ... ^ Timothy Brown, bom Jan. 28, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Bobby L, Brown, Crestview, Fla. Anita Robichanz, bom Jan. 30, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alvin J. Robichaux, Marrero, La. 70072 Migud Roqne, bom Dec. 19, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Pedro Roque, Norfolk, Va Wendy Jo McGraw, bom Feb. 25, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph G. McGraw, Cameys Point, N.J. Jason Cooper, bom Feb. 24, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ert L. Cooper, Pasadena, Texas. Mark Owens, bom Dec. 31, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ollie D. Owens, Memphis, Tenn. Francis Mclntyre, Jr., born Feb. 27, 1971, to Seafarer and „ ' AD Groups Class A Class B Class C 9 3 0 74 45 2 6 7 0 21 21 0 7 6 2 11 12 0 4 2 0 30 7 1 49 28 1 104 97 11 18 9 2 82 83 1 22 18 0 437 329 20 ENGINE DB>ARTMiNt TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED iPttrt ' • New York iphiladelphia . ...... REGISTERED ON BEACH i|Baltimore ............ iNbrfolk .............. ijacksrmville.......... iTinpa . iMobile INCW Orleans ....... iHouston ............. Wilmington ........ ISan Francisco...... sttte .................. ................ AUGnraps Class A Class B • iiL S 88 112 17 34 14 7 10 26 49^ 94 14 67 23 447 6 16 17 31 6 28 116 21 104 32 555 All Groups Class A Class B 13 8 199 193 32 31 113 59 51 43 !! 83 165 145 43 119 55 1105 REGlSTiSED ON BEACH ADGroups Class A Class B Class C 0 4" 8 57 56 6 ' ^ 14 11 1 1 8 49 64 15 72 ,13 311 OwsA ClassB 7 ^ 155 137 2 14 14 15 1 12 44 89 16 87 ,18 374 JO ^ 115 127 68 91 32 885 2 0 3 0 0 0 It 0 4 ® 34 2? 91 27 . » lo 50 | i? 7 ^ n w ^ S ' ^ 20 85 ill 724 1^ ^ ^6 8^ -^ SflWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGKflERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups ADGroups AD Groups Class A ClassB dassA ClassB ClassC CbmA ClassB 4 4 6 2 3 3 4 lioBton ...... 99 147 15 45 36 75 65 [New York 15 16 1 6 9 7 10 jPhUadelpbia 65 99 1 8 8 11 40 Baltim(H-e •••••••••as* 33 41 5 7 2 14 13 Norfolk ... 34 21 4 5 4 13 11 flackscmville 10 22 0 1 0 6 6 iTVunpa 20 70 1 16 7 17 26 iMobile 53 121 I 21 28 37 59 I# New Orleans 46 73 21 56 39 57 49 fHouston 26 16 rt; 1 4 14 17 9 iVinhningtoh 77 82 15 54 44 57 61 San Francisco 43 15 /5 4 16 9 20 tetle 497 755 76 215 323 373 s>. ; iliild 1971 . ,. Mrs. Francis Mclntyre, Anaheim, Calif. E^ Martinez, bom Jan. 4, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. San­ tos E. Martinez, Metairie, La. Michael Wiliiams, bom Nov. 8, 1970, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael Williams, Brooklyn, N.Y. Aivin Lofton, bom Jan. 31, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roy Lofton, Eight Mile, Ala, Wade Mwritt, bom Jan. 19, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Rob­ ert A. Merritt, Femdale, Pa. BUty Hill, bom Mar. 21, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. Billy Hill, Clifton, Tenn. Karen Abrams, bom Apr. 3, 1971, to Seafarer and Mrs. John B. Abrams, Bronx, N.Y. Evans Sets Mark Representing HLSS Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Director of Athletics "Pappy" Gault, right, congratulates Lee Evans on the trophy he just received for winning the 500-yard run in worid record time of 54.4 seconds at the University of Maryland. Evans, representing the SIU's Harry Lundeherg School at the meet, heat a field of international champions. Gault is a former coach of the U.S. Olympic boxing team. i' Page 31 �E. I Mldiael G. LnbM Michael G. Lubas, 69, passed away on Apr. 4 of natural causes in Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Sea­ farer Lubas was a resident of Brook­ lyn, N.Y. when he died. He joined the union in 1952 and sailed in the engine department Brother Lubas stood picket duty watch in 1961, 1962 and 1963. Among his survivors are his wife. Vera. Burial was in Green­ wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Marcelo ABcea Marcelo Alicea, 60, passed away on Mar. 4 from heart trouble in Hos­ pital Universitario in Monacillo, P.R. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Alicea was a resident of Bayamon, P.R. when he died. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of Philadelphia in 1957 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment He had been sailing 16 years when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Bemarda. Burial was in Bayamon, P.R. Edgar James Henchel Edgar J^es Henchel, 48, passed away on Mair. 1 of heart disease in San Pedro and Peninsula Hospital in San Pedro, Calif. A native of Min­ nesota, Brother Henchel was a resident of San Pedro, Calif, when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Wilmington in 1967 and sailed in the engine department. He had been sailing over 18 years when he diM. Among his survivors are his wife, K. Mardel Eleanor. Naflian Joe Hawkins Nathan Joe Hawkins, 22, passed away on Dec. 14, 1970 at Third U.S. Army Field Hospital in Saigon, Viet­ nam of lung trouble. He was a crewmember on board the Steel Vendor when he became ill. A native of Red Warrior, W. Va., Brother Hawkins was a resident of St. Albans, W. Va. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1967 and that same year graduated from the Harry Limdeberg School of Sea- manship. He sailed in the deck de­ partment and in 1970 attended the seniority upgrading program and re­ ceived his full book. Among his sur­ vivors are his father, William Hawkins of St. Albans, W. Va. The Steel Vendor carried Sparer Hawk­ ins' body back to the United States for bmid. EVank Hflb Frank Hills, 53, was an SIU pen- ' sioner who passed away on Mar. 3 of lung trouble in Moimt Zion Hospital, ' San Francisco, Calif. One of the early members of the union. Seafarer Hills joined in 1939 in the Port of Mobile. He sailed in the steward department. In 1961, Brother Hills was issued a picket duty card. A native of Mobile, Ala., Seafarer Hills was a resident of San Francisco, Calif, when he died. < * ' < ' ^ < J Thomas VirgO Raines Thomas Virgil Raines, 54, passed away on Feb. 28 from heart disease at Stevens Memorial Hospital in Ed­ monds, Wash. A native of Illinois, Brother Raines was a resident of Lynnwood, Wash, when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Seattle in 1955 and sailed in the engine de­ partment. Seafarer Raines had been sailing 35 years when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Olive Leona. Burial was in Floral Hills Cemetery in Alderwood Manor, Wash. Jobn R. Mlna John R. Mina, 65, was an SIU pensioner who passed away on Feb. ^ 3 of lung trouble in Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, La. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1948 and sailed as a steward. When he retired. Brother Mina had been sailing for 45 years. A. native of the Philippine Is­ lands, Seafarer Mina was a resident of New Orleans, La. when he died. Among his survivors are his daughter, Ann C. Poland of New Orleans, La. Burial was in St. Roch II Cemetery in New Orleans. Girard Earnest Doty Girard Earnest Doty, 60, passed away on Mar. 17 in Port Arthur, Tex. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1941 and sailed in the engine department. He was skilled as a steam-fitter and pipe-fitter when he entered the union. In 1961 he was given a personal safety award for his part in making the Steel Surveyor an accident free ship. A native of Ohio, Brother Doty was a resident of Port Arthur, Tex, when he died. He had been sailing 34 years at the time of his death. Burial was in Oak Bluff Cem­ etery in Port Neches, Tex. Homer L Nichols Homer I. Nichols, 68, was an SIU pensioner who passed away on Mar. 22 after an illness of a few years in Seattle, Wash. A native of Mississippi, Brother Nichols was a resident of Seattle, Wash, when he died. He joined the union in 1940 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the en­ gine department until his retirement in 1966. He had been sailing 39 years when he retired. Among his survivors are his wife, Lillie. Burial was in Abbey View Cemetery in Seattle, Wash. Albert C. May, Jr. Albert C. May, Jr., 43, passed away on Nov, 4, 1970 in New Or­ leans, La. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1954 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Alabama, Brother May was a resi­ dent of New Orleans, La. when he died. Seafarer May is a Navy veteran of World War II and also served in the Navy from 1951 to 1953. Among his survivors are his sister, Doris May Miller of Charleston, S.C. Brother May's body was removed to Charles­ ton Cemetery in Charleston, S.C. Walter John Lanior Walter John Lanier, 26, passed away on Dec. 2, 1970 at sea while a crewmember on the Stonewall Jacksort. He joined the union in. the Port of New Orleans in 1963 and gradu­ ated that same year from the Andrew Furuseth Training School in New Or­ leans. He sailed in the steward de­ partment. A native of New Orleans, he was a resident there when he died. Among his survivors are his mother, Dorothy Blanchard of Chalmette, La. Andrew VIdal Andrew Vidal, 73, was an SIU pensioner who passed away on July 18, 1970 while suffering a diabetic coma in Barcelona, Spain. One of the first members of the union. Seafarer Vidal had joined in 1938 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the deck department. A native of Spain, Brother Vidal was a resident of Barcelona, Spain when he died. He had been sailing for 45 years when he retired in 1962. Burial was in SudO^te Cemetery in Barcelona, Spain. Antoni Bflyk Antoni Bilyk, 63, was an SIU pen­ sioner who passed away on Feb. 7 of pneumonia in Brooklyn, N.Y. A na­ tive of Poland, Brother Bilyk was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. He had been sailing 40 years when he retired. Among his survivors are his sister, Anastasia Kulyk of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial was in St. Charles Cem­ etery in Farmingdale, N.Y. Luden Fred Drew Lucien Fred Drew, 64, passed away on Mar. 14 in Norfolk General Hos­ pital, Norfolk, Va. A native of North Carolina, Brother Drew was a resi­ dent of Norfolk, Va. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1951 and sailed in the ( steward department. When he passed away. Seafarer Drew had been sail­ ing 30 years. Among his survivors are his wife, Lillie. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, Va. John H. Baridey John H. Barkley, 68, was an SIU pensioner who passed away on Feb. ' 10 in St. Mary's Hospital, Roswell, N.M. after an illness of four months. He joined the imion in Cleveland in • 1948 and sailed in the steward de­ partment. When he retired in 1969, Brother Barkley had been sailing 42 years. A native of Pennsylvania, Sea- , farer Barkley was a resident of Ros­ well, N.M. when he died. He was an * Army and Coast Guard veteran of War I and World War n. Among his survivors are his wife, Eleanor. ^ J James Leon Hobbs James Leon Hobbs, 20, passed away on Oct. 23, 1970 as the result - . of injuries received in an auto acci- . dent in Holly, Col. A native of Ken- tucky. Seafarer Hobbs was a resident " of Granada, Col. when he died. He . joined the union in 1970 and gradu- ated that same year from the Harry ' Lundeberg School of Seamanship. He ^ ' had recently returned from his first * voyage -aboard the Archilles as a messman when the accident occurred. Among his survivors are his mother ' Nell Donoho of Granada, Col. His . body was removed to Kentucky for burial. William Harvey Field William Harvey Field, 52, passed away on Sept. 30, 1970 while sailing as a crewmember on board the Overseas Progress. He was injured during a storm and subsequently died of heart failure. A native of Missouri, Brother Field was a resident of Texas City, Tex. when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Houston in 1956 and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as a boatswain. He had been sailing for 20 years when he died. Among Seafarer Field's survivors are his wife, Linda. His body was re­ turned to Houston, Tex. for burial. Lam Ching Lam Ching, 60, passed away on Feb. 27 of natural causes in the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. He joined the union in 1948 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department. He was is­ sued picket duty cards in 1961 and 1962. In 1960, Brother Ching was given a safety award for his part in making the Raphael Semmes an acci­ dent free ship. He had been sailing 36 years when he died. A native of China, Seafarer Ching was a resident of Manhattan, N.Y. when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Oi Che. ^ ' ^ ' ' ^ < A �NOTICE The President's Pre-Balloting Report was made to and approved by the May membership meetings. The President's recommendations as approved by the membership and as provided by the Constitution makes the following offices and jobs subject to the forthcoming nomi­ nations and elections: HEADQUARTERS 1 President 1 Executive Vice-President 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 4 Headquarters Repesentatives NEW YORK MOBILE 1 Agent 10 Joint Patrolmen I Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen PHILADELPHIA 1 Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen kl," NEW ORLEANS 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen HOUSTON BALTIMORE 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen DETROIT 1 Agent ?> As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nominations open on July 15, 1971 and close August 15, 1971. All documents required for eligibility of candidates for Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than July 15, 1971 and no later than August 15, 1971. Read your Con­ stitution carefully. The election will be held as provided for in Article XIII, and the voting will take place commencing on November 1, 1971, and continuing through December 31, 1971. Read your Constitution carefully. Battle Over Credit Charges Could Mean You Save $$$ By Sidney Margoilns The nationwide battle is shaping up over the amoimt of finance charges that retailers charge for "revolving" charge accounts. Even as labor and consumer groups in various states are seek­ ing lower rates through legislative and court actions, large retailers are threatening that lower credit rates will force them to raise mer­ chandise prices. The main issue is the rate of IV^ percent a month on the declining balance of the widelyused revolving credit and bank charge-account plans. Figured as an annual percentage rate, this comes to 18 percent a year. Sometimes the true annual rate is even hi^er since many re­ tailers calculate the fee on the previous month's ending balance without first subtracting the pay­ ments made for the current month. They nick you for a little more interest this way. In several states now legal steps have forced a reduction in the rate and the retailers are get­ ting worried. The Washington State Labor Council led the way in 1968 by getting a public referendum which voted to establish a maximum of 12 percent a year on all retail credit plans. Soon thereafter the AFL-CIO called for a na­ tional campaign by state councils to bring retail credit rates down to no more than 12 percent a year. Then, in 1970 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that interest rates over 12 percent are usurious, and the leading retailers there cut their rates accordin^y. Minnesofa Suits In Minnesota the state labor council brought a lawsuit charging that the 18 percent was usurious. The lower court ruled that an annual interest rate of more than 8 percent for charge accoimts did violate Minnesota's anti-usmy law. The retailer involved, Montgomery Ward, is now appealing this decision to the state Su­ preme Court. Meanwhile the Minnesota state a^omey gen­ eral has filed suits charging that banks sponsor­ ing the Master Charge credit-card plans are vio­ lating the anti-usury law by charging 18 percent a year. In Iowa, too, the state attorney general has filed suits asking the court to order Sears, Younker's (a leading department store there), and the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to stop charging 18 percent a year. The attorney geaeral contends that lowans are legally bound to pay only 9 percent interest. Oregon labor organizations also called for a 12 percent ceiling. It had become noticeable that consumers in neighboring Washington were able to save up to $110 on financing a new car, and as much as $328 on financing used cars. (Used-car financing rates are especially high. In many states, laws permit rates of 21 percent a year and more on used cars.) You can imagine how worrit the retailers and banks are by the rising tide of successful legal actions against the 18 percent rate. Now the backlash is starting. A bill sponsored by dealers and banks has been introduced into the Washmgton legislature to raise the credit to 15 percent. Profits—Or Else Leading retailers also are warning that if they can't make money on credit fees they will have to raise prices on the merchandise itself. Mont­ gomery Ward annoimced that its profits on credit sales had gone down last year. It made less than $6,(X)0,0(}0 on credit sdes of a little over one biUion dollars. The company said it would continue to resist efforts to reduce credit fees. Actually the battle over interest rates is flushing the retailers out in the open. They now are being forced to admit publicly that most of them do make money on the finance charge, as well as on the merchandise. The fact that some may not have made as much profit last year as the year before is at least partly a temporary phenomenon resulting from the higher interest rates they themselves paid other lenders in 1970 for funds to finance credit sales. These rates have gone down considerably in 1971. The specter of higher prices for the merchandise means that stores would try to get cash custo­ mers to help subsidize credit customers. But the threat is a hollow one. If stores fea­ turing credit plans charge more for the mer­ chandise, stores which do most of their business for cash will have lower prices and get the cus­ tomers. Consumers traditionally are sharper about comparing prices than comparing finance charges. know your rights . FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountant® very three months, which are to be submitted to the membei-ship by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting repots, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expen­ ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ ce records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIFFING RIGHTS. Ypur shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Eail Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275-20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1121S Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. June 1971 CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU omtracts are available in all SIU haUs. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions imder which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proi»r manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for I^g policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a re­ ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he sho^d not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their imion activities, including attendance at mem­ bership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are oicouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-andfile corrunittees. Because these oldtimers carmot take ship­ board employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long­ standing Unicm policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employ­ ers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do­ nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels ffiat any of flie above riglits have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitntional right of access to Union records or infonnation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 33 �Social Security Ready for First Ships Benefits Computed On Average Earnings New York Dispatcher Jack Bluitt and three Advanced Seamen joined Qass 65A for their graduation photo as the class prepared to leave the Harry Lundeherg School for New York and their first ship. The Advanced Seamen are, left to right, Albert Alexander, Rick Daly and Thomas Duke. Graduating trainees, kneeling left to right, are G. Parsons, G. Paschall, B. Tagtmeier, J. Holt, R. Stewart, G. Welstead, D. Powell, R. McComa, and C. McKee. Standing are A. Shearhouse, M. Godrey, W. Pichon, M. Soto, G. Mastreandreas, Bluitt, K. Modean, J. Neff, R. Powell and P. Long. By A. A. Benstein From time to time, some of our brothers, who are nearing the age when they will be eligi­ ble for Medicare benefits, visit the SIU Pension and Welfare Plan office to get information on these benefits. From their questions, the staff has com­ piled a list of the most often asked questions for the infor­ mation of Seafarers and their families. Anyone who has a question relating to Medicare and Med­ icaid or any other social secu­ rity benefits should write to A. A. Bernstein, Director of Social Security Services, Sea­ farers Welfare and Pension Plans, 275 20th Street, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. 11215. Q. When my husband re­ tired he was earning $1,000 a month. Some of Us ^ends, who made less, are collecting as much as he is. How come? I thought social security cash benefit amounts are figured on earnings before retirement. A. You're right. Social secu­ rity retirement benefits are computed on average earnings over a period of years. But tUs average is based on earn­ ings actually covered by social security contributions. For in­ stance, the most earnings any­ one could have credited was $7800—^the maximum amount on wUch social security con­ tributions were based. TUs yearly maximum was as low as $3000 before 1951, and it was increased over the years as earnings levels increased throughout the U.S. So, no matter how Ugh your hus­ band's pre-retirement income was, his average earnings for social security purposes is based on the amount actually covered by social security con­ tributions. Q. I have been offered parttime work by my employer ,when I retire next month. Since I have already applied for monthly social security retire­ ment benefits, will my enq>loyer still have to withhold social security contributions from my wages? A. Yes. The fact that you draw montUy social security benefits has no bearing on the requirement that your employ­ er withhold and report social security contributions on yotir wages. Q. I recently received my Medicare card, but it has my husband's social security num­ ber on it. Since I have my own social security number, shouldn't it be on my card? A. Not necessarily. The number on your card is deterr mined by the work record un­ der which you have your social security coverage. K you are drawing benefits as a wife, your card will have your husband's social security number on it with a "B" after the number. If you are drawing benefits as a widow, your card will show his numter with a "D" after it. Q. I get social security pay­ ments as a widow. I do not work, but I own a small apart­ ment building. Does my rental income count toward the $1,680 a year that I can earn before social security payments are reduced? A. No. Only wages and selfemployment income count as earnings for social security pur­ poses. Rental income will not affect your cash benefits unless you are a real estate dealer. MOBH.E (Sea-Land), Feb. 21— Chairman H. Libby; Secretary A. Alfonso. $13 in ship's fund. Repairs have not been completed. Nev/ list to be made up and given to patrol­ man at next payoff. No beefs were reported. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman), Feb. 14—Chairman T. Chilinski; Secre­ tary R. Barker; Deck Delegate Howard F. Hall; Engine Delegate Jack B. Davis; Steward Delegate George Frazza. Discussion held re­ garding slop chest. $100 in ship's fund. No beefs. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. NEW ORLEANS (Sea-Land), Feb. 7—Chairman J. V. Fernandez; Secretary D. B. Sacher; Steward Delegate H. Roskamp. No beefs were reported. It was suggested that the company get some kind of an­ swering service in Seattle so that men can find out when the ship is sailing. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Feb. 14—Chairman W. K. Dodd; Secretary Topy Caspar; Deck Dele­ gate E. Dwyer; Engine Delegate E. Arnold; Steward Delegate James P. Ferryman. Ship's chairman ex­ pressed his appreciation to all hands. Delegate Ole Poulsen; Steward Delegate Cecil Thomas. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Feb. 28—Chairman C. Miller; Sec­ retary J. Baliday; Deck Delegate J. E. Todd; Engine Delegate R. S. Cossiboin; Steward Delegate S. Dong. $290 in ship's fund. Repair list has been turned in and some minor repairs have been taken care of. It was suggested that the patrolman be contacted regarding the ice machine and fumigating the ship. WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Feb. 28— Chairman A. Skallis; Secretary Manuel F. Caldas; Deck Delegate Daniel J. McMullm; Steward Dele­ gate R. Ramos. $13 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck department to be taken up at payoff. ARIZPA (Sea-Land), Feb. 28— Chairman D. Fitzpatrick; Secretary W. Lescovich; Deck Delegate Frank Rodriguez; Engine Delegate Daniel Butts, Jr.; Steward Delegate H. Connolly. $7 in ship's fund and $5 in movie fund. Disputed OT in en­ gine and steward departments. BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart Tankers), Feb. 28—Chairman James R. Thompson; Secretary Leonard Livingston; Deck Delegate Arthur P. Finnell; Engine Delegate Eddie E. Jordan; Steward Delegate F. R. Strickland. Some disputed OT in steward department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. FANWOOD (Waterman), Feb. 14—Chairman N. F. Beavers, Secretary Ken Hayes; Deck Delegate A. W. Carter; Engine Delegate H. F. Welch; Steward Delegate H. Laiche. No beefs were reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN (Maritime Ovearseas), Feb. 28—Chair­ man A. Anoniou; Secretary E. Donner; Deck Delegate Anthony Debelick. $32 in ship's fund. $110 was donated by officers and crew to the mother of a shipmate who passed away. No beefs were reported. THETIS (Rye (Marine), Jan. 31— Chairman F. F. Domey; Secretary, R. P. Taylor. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Bill Hall, Director of Union Education, joins trainees of Oass 64 for their graduation picture as the group made ready to ship out of the Harry Lundeherg School after completing their 12-week training program. Front row, left to right, are R. 01me«la, E. Morton, J. Maldonado, Hall, P. Roberts, H. Smith, and C. Capo, who shipped out as third cook. Back row, left to right, are A. Woods, E. Wilson, T. Nelson, T. Madison, and B. Temple. ,«d. Page 34 $12 in ship's ftmd. No beefs were reported. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), Jan. 17—Chairman Richard F. Ransome; Secretary Louis J. Clayton. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Madaket (Waterman), Feb. 14— Chairman J. Landron; Secretary B. B. Henderson. Everything is run­ ning smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land), Jan. 28—Chairman aBmey E. Swearingen; Secretary Ernest M. Bryant. $25 in ship's ftmd. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck and steward de­ partment. OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN (Mari­ time Overseas), Feb. 28—Chairman A. Anoniou; Secretary E. Donnet. $32 in ship's fund. No beefs. Every­ thing is running smoothly.' Minor repairs in deck department have been completed. WALTER itICE (Reynolds Metals), Feb. 28—Chairman T. Martineau; Secretary L. P. Hagmann. Everything is running , ---•wr. ^ • .• ,4c.. ,i„ smoothly. Some disphted OT in deck department. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), Feb. 21—Chairman Bowman; Secretary Lynch. $2 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land), Feb. 23—Chairman B. Swearingen; Sec­ retary E. M. Bryant; Deck Dele­ gate M. B. Silva; Engine Delegate William Cachola; Steward Dele­ gate Robert Lee Scott, Sr. $25 in ship's ftmd. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Feb. 21—Chairman C. Miller, Sec­ retary J. Baliday; Deck Delegate J. E. Todd; Engine Delegate R. S. Cossiboin; Steward Delegate S. Dong. $290 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. HASTINGS (Waterman), Feb. 14—Chairman Ray Hodges; Secre­ tary G. Trosclair; Deck Delegate T. E. Colbert; Engine Delegate El­ ton Wilde; Steward Delegate Leslie Burnett. Disputed OT in engine de­ partment. MT WASHINGTON (Victory Carriers), Jan. 24—Chairman E. B. Flowers; Secretary O. Oakley; Deck Delegate O. B. O'Brien; Engine • ' _• > . - ^ ' « Seafarers Log - �"-I Ready for First Ships Soviet Fishing Vessels Work Only In Reverse Soviet shipbuilders are wear­ ing red faces these days over the failure of a new series of fishing vessels built for use in both tropical waters and fishing grounds in the Antarctic seas. Among the mechanical bugs found by members of the crew of one of the vessels were such inconveniences as having to place the ship's telegraph in the "engine's reverse" position in order to go ahead, and freezer holds that didn't freeze fish but heated them. In a letter written to the Soviet newspaper Pravada by three crewmembers of the new trawler Pioner Latvii, Russian maritime ofi&cials who had ordered mass production of the vessels were criticized for okay­ ing designs that did not corres­ pond to modem requirements and allowing defective equip­ ment to be placed aboard the fishing boats. The blueprints for the vessels were formulated by the Lenin­ grad shipbuilding firm of Morpromsud which according to critics "tried to stufl[ heavy, un­ tested, and poorly assembled equipment into the hull of an old design." The final cost of building the Pioner Latvii and her sister ships, Volzhanin and Salekhard, was 50 percent more than the original estimates, yet the ves­ sels were ordered constructed. Much of the automatic equip­ ment was installed without be­ ing tested first and fishermen found the machinery "totally inadequate to the task of commercii filshing," according to the article in Pravda A special committee of Soviet maritime experts was convened recently and asked to make suggestions on how to put the vessels into ship-shape condi­ tion. After some thought, it was decided to retum to the blue­ print stage and start from scratch. i:' 'ffrmprffffffrfffff 'ttitfrr'rt"fr frrrrr vr«r'rrrfrrr Ml ii-lUr Members of Qass 65 pose for their graduation picturewith Ted Babkowski, SIU Patrobnan from New Yoik, as they prepared to leave the Harry Lundeberg School after completing 12 weeks training. Kneeling left to right are: Daniel Davis, William Gregory, Mitchell Bailey, Bill Katsanevakis, Dariel Gallet, Rudy Carrasco, Gerald Cooper, Larry Bayes, and John Johnson. Standing are Babkowski, Richard Illson, Keith Sabot, Edwin Colon, Dave Carhart, Kevin Cooper, Corhen Kendrick, Darrel Lone, and Louis Anderson. hi* Reminder Seafarers who have reached the age of 65, or are nearing it, are reminded that there are two parts to Medicare. Although Part A, which is hospital insurance, is auto­ matic when age 65 is reached. Part B, which is medical insurance is not automatic and you must enroll if you wish to be covered. You will receive full medical insurance pro­ tection only if you sign up for it within a specified period. You wUl have the earliest possible protection if you enroll during the three-month period just before the month you reach 65. You may also enroll the month you reach 65 and during the three following months, but your protection will not start until one to three months after you enroll. The SIU strongly urges every eligible Seafarer to apply for Part B and to apply at the proper time. Otherwise, you will not only miss out on immediate coverage but may dis­ qualify yourself permanently. Further you will not be taking full advantage of SIU benefits if you do not enroll for Part B of Medicare since the monthly medical insurance cost is reimbursed by the union. MT. WASHINGTON (Victory Carriers), Jan. 24—Chairman E. B. Flowers; Secretary O. Oakley; Deck Delegate O. B. O'Brien; En­ gine Delegate Ole Poulsen; Stew­ ard Delegate Cecil Thomas. $12 in ship's fund. No beefs were re­ ported. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), Feb. 28— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary A. McCullum; Deck Delegate Ben Vemer; Engine Delegate D. L. Coyj Steward Delegate Oscar Sorenson. $193 in movie fund. No beefs were reported. PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land), Feb. 13—Chairman Mike Love; Secre­ tary P. S. Holt; Deck Delegate Eu­ gene N. Dore; Steward Delegate Leo DeKens. $79 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Mar. 14—Chairman W. Hale; Sec­ retary I. R. Llenos; Deck Delegate R. O. Spencer; Engine Delegate R. J. Anderson; Steward Delegate Rob­ ert G. Black. $14 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and stew- ard departments. Otherwise every­ thing is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the entire steward de­ partment for a job well done. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Mar. 14—Chairman H. Treddin; Secre­ tary A. Maldonado; Engine Dele­ gate P. P. Pappas; Steward Dele­ gate Alex Alexander. $41 in ship's fund. Everything is ruiming snioothly. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Mar. 7—Chairman William Bushong; Secretary John C. Reed; Deck Delegate Clifford Leahy; Engine Delegate Robert F. Ellenson; Stew­ ard Delegate Antonio Trinidad. $12 in ship's fund. No beefs were re­ ported. BETHTEX (Bethlehem Steel), Mar. 7—Chairman Joseph R. Broadus; Secretary Claude Gamett, Jr.; Deck Delegate Jack B. Rhodes; Engine Delegate Antonie Gumey; Steward Delegate Frank Ridrigs. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), Mar 17— Chairman Thomas Holt; Secretary Frank Naklicki; Deck Delegate John Alfano; Engine Delegate Louis Twelve of the young men who graduated from the Lundeberg School last month in Class 64A had in their possession a prized possession—the High School Equivalency Certificates they achieved througji the school's G.E.D. Program. Kneeling left to right: Marshall McGregor, Ernest House, Dan Rogg, Lee Amaradio Jr., Eric Tome and George Wine. Standing are: Edward Richards, Frank HoweU, Gary Reno, Charles Yates (graduate of the Third Cook Training Program), Tom Brooks (Commandant of Trainees), William Grizzle, Gary Brandon, and Mike Noble. A. Sidebottom, Jr. $52 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. Discussion held regard­ ing slop chest. Vote of thanks to the sanitary men for doing a good job cleaning. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Mar. 7—Chairman Stanley Jandora; Sec­ retary M. Hauklahd; Deck Delegate Calvin McGahagin; Engine Dele­ gate R. E. Lawson. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime Overseas), Mar. 7—Chairman J. M. Richburg; Secretary Wm. H. Rhone. No beefs were reported. WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals), Mar. 14—Chairman T. Martineau; Secretary L. P. Hegmann. No beefs were reported by department delegates. DEL RIO (Delta), Feb. 28— Chairman Joseph Catalatto; Secre­ tary Roy M. Ayers. $26 in movie fund. No beefs. DEL RIO (Delta), Mar. 7— Chairman Perry Konis; Secretary Ivan Buckley. Discussion on rusty water. Some disputed OT in deck department. JACKSONVILLE (Sea-Land), Mar. 7—Chairman Perry Konis; Secretary Ivan Buckley. Discussion on rusty water. Some disputed OT in deck department. YORKMAR (Calmar), Mar. 7— Chariman Irwin Moen; Secretary Sidney A. Gamer; Deck Delegate C. Psanis; Engine Delegate James McDonald; Steward Delegate Luther Gadson. Everything is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. BETHTEX (Bethlehem Steel), Feb. 28—Chairman Joseph R. Broadus; Secretary Claude Gamett; Deck Delegate Jack B. Rhodes; Engine Delegate A. Gumey; Stew­ ard Delegate Frank Ridrigs. Dis­ puted OT in deck department. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Feb. 28—Chairman William Bushong; Secretary John C. Reed; Deck Delegate Clifford Leahy; Engine Delegate Robert F. Ellenson; Stew­ ard Delegate A. P. Trimdad. No beefs were reported. All repairs have not been completed. PONCE (Sea-Land), Mar. 7— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary A. McCullum; Deck Delegate Ben Veiner; Steward Delegate Oscar Sorenson. Beef in deck department to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man. Voyage has gone well thus far. The chairman thanked the crew for their efforts in making this a good ship. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the deck sanitary man for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to Brother A. McCullum for his rfforts in obtaining good movies. DELTA URUGAY (Delta), Jan. 17—Chairman Paul Tumer; Secre­ tary Bill Kaiser; Deck Delegate Irvin Glass; Engine Delegate V. M. Fredericksen; Steward Delegate F. P. Engel, Jr. Beef in steward de­ partment. $39 in ship's fund and $8 in movie fund. STEEL VENDOR ^thmian). Mar. 1—Chairman Daniel Dean; Secretary George W. Gibbons. Few beefs and disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Each crewmember contributed $5 each to be sent to the family of the late Brother Nathan J. Hawkins. Vote of thanks was extended to the en­ tire steward department for a job well done. Page 35 June 1971 e • �Now Enjoying Retirement on the Beach Ernest Lee Alexander Ernest Lee Alexander, 66, joined the union in the Port of Wilmington in 1951 and sail^ in the engine de­ partment. A native of Ulinois, Broth­ er Alexander now makes his home in Cudahy, Calif. He had been sail­ ing 23 years when he retired. Wfflfaun Robert Nelson William Robert Nelson, 67, is a native of Green Bay, Wis., and con­ tinues to make his home there. He joined the union in Milwaukee in 1945 and sailed on the Great Lakes as a wheelsman. Brother Nelson re­ tired after 26 years of sailing. Jos^h Stanley PftshMig Joseph Stanly Preshong, 65, is a native of Massachusetts and resides in East Boston. He joined the union in the Port of Boston in 1938 and was an early SIU member. Seafarer Preshong retired after 38 years at sea. Jos^h WOfred Brodenr Joseph Wilfred Brodeur, 63, is a native of Rhode Island and is now spending his retirement in New Or­ leans, La. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the engine department. Brother Brodeur has served as a departmrat delegate. Retirement ended a sailing career of 28 years. J. FVeeman William J. Freanan, 70, joined the imion in the Port of Detroit and sailed in the steward department. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Brother Freeman now lives in Toledo, O. He served in the Army in 1919 and 1920. When he retired. Seafarer Freeman had been sailing 41 years. George 1. Knowles George I. Knowles, 55, is a native of Key West, Fla. and now lives in Opa Locks, Fla. Qne of the first members of the union. Brother Knowles joined in 1938 in Miami, Fla. He sailed in the deck depart-, ment. Adolph Loids Danne Adolph Louis Danne, 57, is a na­ tive of Alabama and now makes his hmne in Mobile, Ala. An early mem­ ber of the union. Seafarer Danne joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile in 1939 and sailed in the steward de­ partment Otto William EdwaB Otto William Edwall, 75, a native of Jonkoping, Sweden, now makes his home in Miami, Fla. He joined the union in the Port of Tampa in 1951 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Edwall served as de­ partment delegate while sailing. He retired after sailing for 45 years. Stewart Marvin Swords Stewart Marvin Swords, 58, is a na­ tive of Georgia and is spending his retirement in Savannah. He joined the union in the Port of Savannah in 1939 and was one of the first mem­ bers of the union. Seafarer Swords sailed in the engine department. He had been sailing 33 years when he re­ tired. He stood strike duty in 1961 during the Greater New York Harbor Strike. MOBILE (Sea-Land), Apr. 4— Chairman H. Libby; Secretary E. Cruz; Engine Delegate S. Rodriquez; Steward Delegate Antonio Colon. $15 in ship's fund. Every­ thing running smoothly. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. THETIS (Rye Marine), Feb. 21— Chairman F. F. Domey; Secretary R. P. Taylor, &igiiie Delegate James E. William; Steward Delegate W. Hughes. Few hours disputed OT in deck, engine departments, otherwise running smoothly. THETIS (Rye Marine), Mar. 21— Chairman F. F. Domey; Secretary R. P. Taylor; Engine Delegate James William; Steward Delegate W. Hughes. 50 cents in ship's fimd. Everything running smoolMy. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Vote of thanks to steward department for a job well done, and to messman for showing movies. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Apr. 41—Chairman V. T. Nielsen; Secre­ tary A. M. Pwagopoulos. No beefs reported. Crew's quarters need painting. Vote of thanks to steward dq>artment for job well done. Pfige 36 •' \ OVERSEAS AUDREY (Maritime Overseas), Mar. 28 — Chairman Richard Wardlay; Secretary Stan­ ley F. Schuyler. Everything running smoothly. No beefs, no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), Mar. 28— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary Alva McCullum; Engine Delegate Emerson C. Walker; Steward Dele­ gate Oscar Sorenson. $390 in movie fund. No beefs. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Mar. 28—Chairman James Parker; Secretary R. Macaraeg; Deck Dele­ gate Peter D. Sheldrake; Engine Delegate Paul J. Crabtree; Steward Delegate Sherman Phillips. $6 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. No beefs. WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Mar. 28 —Chairman Anthony Sakellis; Sec­ retary Manuel Caldas; Deck Dele­ gate Daniel J. McMullen; Steward Delegate R. P. Ramos. $12 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. TRANSPACIFIC (Hudson Water­ ways) Mar. 14—Chairman James Robot Canroll Dndn Robert Carroll Drain, 60, is a na­ tive of Washington and makes his home in Seattle. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1948 and sailed in the deck department as a bosun. His retirement ended a sailing .* career of 34 years. Paul Everett Hi^giiis Paul Everett Huggins, 56, joined * the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed , in the engine de­ partment. A native of Ft Dodge, la., i Brother Huggins now makes his home in Baltimore, Md. Seafarer Huggins' retirement ended a sailing care^ of 29 yean. Guy Sorcnson Guy SOTenson, 65, joined the union in Elberta, Mich, in 1953 and sailed in the engine department. A native of ^ Arcadia, Mich., Seafarer Sorenson now makes his home in Frankfort Brother Sorenson retired after 22 years of sailing. Emmett W. Mqro Emmett W. Mayo, 59, is one of the first members of the union, having joined in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He sailed in the engine department. A native of Florida, Brother Mayo now makes his home in Jay, Fla. His retirement ended a sailing career of 37 yean. • • •"'•"•a Charles Everett Rlchley Charles Everett Richley, 65, is a native of Arcida, Mich, and now makes his home in Panama City, Fla. He joined the union in the Port of Detroit and sailed on the Great Lakes in the engine department Brother Richley is an Army veteran of World War II. His retirement ended a sail­ ing career of over 35 years. Elwell; Secretary Maximo Bugawan. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. MARYMAR (Calmar), Mar. 28 —Chairman Leyal Joseph; Secretary Nick Kondylas. Very pleasant voy­ age. No beefs. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart Tankers), Mar. 21 — Chairman James R. Thompson; Secretary T. Savage; Deck Delegate Arthur P. Finnell; Engine Delegate Eddie E. Jordan; Steward Delegate F. R. Strickland. All repairs have been taken care of. Some disputed OT in engine department. INGER (Reynolds Metals), Mar. 14—Chairman J. Mann; Secretary H. M. Karlsen; Deck Delegate Joe R. Bennett; Engine Delegate Wil­ liam J. Jones; Steward Delegate ictor O'Briant. $21.00 in ship's fund. Some dispute OT in deck de­ partment. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), Mar. 14—Chairman D. L. Parker; Secre­ tary John E. Samuels; Deck Dele­ gate H. J. Peterson; Engine Dele­ gate Robert D. Arnold. Some dis­ Heniy Joseph Wtatzel Hemy Joseph Wintzel, 57, is a native of Mississippi and now makes his home in New Orleans, La. One of the early memben of the union. Brother Wintzel joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1939. He sailed as a steward. Brother Wintzel retired after 33 yean at sea. puted OT in deck and steward de­ partments. $1.00 in ship's fund. PORTLAND (Sea-Land), Mar. 21—Chairman H. J. Bentz; Secre­ tary R. Hernandez. Few hours dis­ puted OT in engine department. Happy crew on board. No beefs. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Hud­ son Waterways), Feb. 28—Chair­ man Walter Nash; Secretary J. Prats; Engine Delegate Donald Cox; Steward Delegate Paul Mar­ tin. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Vote of thwks to the steward department for a job well done. TAMPA (Sea-Land), Mar. 21— Chairman Juan Vega; Secretary Eloris B. Tart; Deck Delegate C. Mann; Engine Delegate G. Salazar; Steward Delegate E. Pappas. Some disputed OT in engine department, i THE CABINS (Texas City Re­ fining), Feb. 18—Chairman Raul Eglesia; Secretary Sid Berger; Deck Delegate George B. McAuley; En­ gine Delegate M. E. Carley; Stew­ ard Delegate Ernest Cox. Motion submitted to headquarters regarding paying off procedure. Delayed sail­ ing beef. Vote of thanks to the baker for a job well done. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Jan. 31—Chairman W. Johnson; Secretary F. O. Airey; Deck Delegate James C. Baudoin; Engine Delegate James Shelton; Steward Delegate Vincent A. Hebert. $14.00 in ship's fund. Every­ thing is running smoothly. SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Hud­ son Waterways), Mar. 21—Chair­ man Walter Nash; Secretary Jose Prats; Deck Delegate Edward Czosonuski; Engine Delegate Donald Cox; Steward Delegate Raul Mar­ tin. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Maritime), Mar. 21—Chairman John Bergeria; Secretary Algernon W. Hutcherson; Deck Delegate George F. McKenna; Engine Dele­ gate Octavian Bogdan; Steward Delegate Emanuel Lowe. ARIZPA (Sea-Land), Mar. 14— Chairman D. Fitzpatrick; Secretary W. Lescovich; Debk Delegate Frank Rodriguez; Engine Delegate Daniel Butts, Jr. Repair list made up and turned in. �Transhawaii Pays Off In order to meet the needs of the containership trade, the SlU-contracted Transhawaii underwent a compre­ hensive conversion during 1970 and is now a permanent addition to the North Atlantic route. Formerly known as the General James H. McRae, be­ fore she was acquired by Seatrain Lines in 1968, the Transhawaii was built in 1944. During the remaining year of World War II, she rendered distinguished service as a troop carrier. Today, on each voyage from New York to ports in Northern Europe, she carries more than 480 forty-foot long mixed cargo containers. R. De La Paz, who sails as messman, prepares fable settings for the noon meal aboard the Transhawaii. Brother De La Paz is a fifteen year veteran of the SlU. SlU Patrolman Ted Babkowslci (center) assists Seafarers D. Kenny (left) and J. Parish (right, seated) with union busi­ ness during payoff. Engine department member E. Hall, who sails as wiper, attends to routine mainten­ ance as the Transhawaii prepares for a quick turnaround. Able seaman J. Basham (left) talks with SlU Patrolman Ted Babkowski about the Transhawaii's voyage to Europe. Saloon messman E. Scott reads latest issue of the Log in ship's galley while awaiting payoff. V , 5.' 1 « '"C. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Maritime), Feb. 28—Chairman. John Berger, Secretary Algernon W. Hutcherson; Deck Delegate George F. McKoma; Engine Driegate Octavian Bogdan; Steward Delegate Emanuel Lowe. $5 in sh^'s fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the galley force for the excellent meals. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Feb. 21—Chairman S. Jandora; Secre­ tary F. Costango; Deck Delegate Calvin McGahagin; Engine Ddegate Delmar Flynn; Steward Dele­ gate Guy DeBaere. Crew was giv­ en a vote of thanks for making this a good trip. Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excel­ lent food and service. Vote of thanks to the Captain for every­ thing he did for the crew and for making it possible to have movies on board. COLUMBIA BANKER (Colum­ bia), Feb. 14—Chairman C. We' b; Secretary L. B«inett; Deck Dele­ gate Salvatore Brunetti; Engine Delegate Albert F. Knauff; Stew­ ard Delegate F. A. Cruz. The C^tain and Chief Mate thanked the iuot 19^ deck department for their a^istance in unloading heavy lifts. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Feb. 28 Chairman Jose Gonzales; Secre­ tary S. Piatack; Deck Delegate Leonard B. Meeks; Engine Ddegate Robert Gustafson; Steward Delegate W. Madison. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Heat problem still exists. SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Wa­ terways), Jan. 24—Chairman Tom E. Kelsey; Secretary Grover C. Turner; Deck Delegate Paul L. Whetlaw; Steward Delegate C. E. Nelson. No beefs were reported. Everything is running smoothly. Motion made to drop pension time down to 20 years in the Union, not 20 years seatime. OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), Feb. 27 — Chairman None; Secretary R. M. Boyd; Deck Delegate Charles H. Fox; Engine Delegate Harry Meredith. No beefs. Vote of thanks to the steward deEverything is running smoothly, partment for a iob well done. SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Wa­ terways), Jan. 31—Chairman Tom E. Kelsey; Secretary, G. Turner. No beefs and no disputed OT. Mo­ tion made to drop pension time down to 20 years in the Union, and not 20 years seatime. ANDREW JACKSON (Water­ man), Feb. 21—Chairman Donald E. Pool; Secretary Thomas Liles, Jr.; Deck Delegate E. Frank Homsby; Engine Delegate Lester J. ear­ ner. Disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments. Everything run­ ning smoothly in steward depart­ ment. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Nov. 22—Chairman Charles Stennett; Secretary H. Bennett. $10 in ship's fund. Everything is running smoothly in all departments. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmi­ an), Dec. 28 — Chairman A. J. Surles; Secretary Paul P. Lopez; Deck Delegate C. Callahan; Engine Delegate Paul Aubain; Steward Delegate C. Modellas. $45 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. THE CABINS (Texas City Re­ fining), Feb. 18—Chairman Raul Iglesia; Secretary Sid Berger, Deck Delegate George B. McCurley; En­ gine Delegate M. E. Cariey; Stew­ ard Delegate Ernest Cox. Beef re­ garding delayed sailing to be set­ tled by patrolman in Houston. Vote of thanks to the new baker on board. DETROIT (Sea-Land), Feb. 21— Chairman P. Semyk; Secretary Vic­ tor M. Perez. No beefs were re­ ported. Motion made to have main­ tenance and cure rate increased from $8 to $15 per day. SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Seatrain Lines), Feb. 15—Chairman G. B. Smith; Secretary Roy R. Thomas. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well dcme. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Feb. 14—Chairman A. E. Jansson; Sec­ retary A. Panagopoulos; Deck Del­ egate Rufano Garay; Steward Dele­ gate C. Wilson. Everything is. run­ ning smoothly. CARRIER DOVE (Waterman), Feb. 21—Chairman T. S. Hillman; Secretary J. R. Prestwood; Deck Delegate John J. Hazel; Steward Delegate Theodore Williams. No beefs and no disputed OT. CLAIBORNE (Gulf Puerto Rico), Feb. 7 — Chairman Cecil ^ggins; Seecretary C. J. Nail; Deck Delegate Robert J. Callahan; Engine Delegate A. Trraner; Stew­ ard Delegate Leo J. Grnner. Few minor beefs in deck department PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land), Jan. 24-^hairman P. S. Holt; Secretaiy L. Leache; Deck Ddegate A. J. Evanosich; Engine Delegate Jcrim Der; Steward Delegate Leo DeKens. $129 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. CLAIBORNE (Gulf Puerto Rico), Feb. 14—Chairman Cecil Wiggins; Secreta^ C. J. Nail; Deck Delegate R. J. Callahan; Engine Delegate A. Tremer; Steward Dele­ gate Leo J. Gomer. Everything is running smoothly. Ship is sched­ uled for European run next voyage. SEATTLE .(Sea-Land), Feb. 23— Chairman W. Eshuk; Secretary J. Davis. No beefs were reported. Dis­ cussion held regarding safety. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job wdl done. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Feb. 21—Chairman James AParker; Secretary R. R. Macaiay. $6 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything is nmning smoothly. Pl^37 �SlU Members Added to Pension Rolls ».) Edvtvrd Jerome ZebrowsM Edward Jerome Zebrowski, 42, j(^ed the union in Tacoma, Wash, in 1949 and sailed in the deck de­ partment He was issued a picket duty card in 1962. A native of Cleveland, O., Brother Zebrowski continues to make his home there. He served in the Army frwn 1952 to 1954. l^[Aro8 D. Casshnlg Spiros D. Cassimis, 65, is a native of Othonous, Greece and now makes his home in Long Island, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of San Francisco in 1958 and sailed in the steward department. Brother Cassimis had been sailing 27 years when he re­ tired. Lnia F. Rfrera Luis F. Rivera, 65, joined the un­ ion in Puerto Rico in 1944 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Rivera now makes his home •in Rio Piedras, P.R. David C. PoBte David C. Polite, 73, is a native of South Carolina and is now spending his retirement in Savannah, Ga. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the stew­ ard department. In 1960 and 1961, Seafarer Polite was issued safety awards for his part in making the Steel Surveyor an accident free ship. Antonio M. Diaz Antonio M. Diaz, 55, joined the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward de­ partment. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Diaz now makes his home in the Bronx, N.Y. Brother Diaz re^ tired after nearly 30 years at sea. Sam N. Bowser Sam N. Bowser, 51, joined the un- * ion in the Port of Seattle in 1957 and < sailed in the steward department. A native of Texas, Seafarer Bowser now ^ lives in Seattle, Wash. He is an Army veteran of World War II. When Brother Bowser retired he ended a sailing career of 20 years. Thomas J. Same Th(»nas J. Same, 61, is a native of Bessemer, Mich, and now makes his home in MeUen, Wis. One of the first members of the union. Brother Same joined in the Port of Duluth in the late 1930s. He sailed in the deck department. Jmnes Martin James Martin, 64, is one of the first members of the union. He joined ^ in 1938 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. A native of Virginia, Brother Martin is now living in Balti- * more, Md. His retirement ended a sailing career of 46 years. ^ Ernesto Torres Ernesto Torres, 59, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1939, only a few months after the union was formed. He sailed in the en^ne department A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Torres is now making his home in Ponce, P.R. When Torres re­ tired he ended a sailing career of 32 years. Vincenzo Phillip DiGiamcomo Vincenzo PhiUip DiGiacomo, 54, is a native of New York and now makes his home in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1940 and sailed in the engine department as a chief elec­ trician. He stood watch in the Greater New York harbor strike of 1961. Brother DiGiacomo is an Army vet­ eran of World War H. Herbert Ame Svanberg Herbert Ame Svanberg, 65, is a native of Sweden and is now pend­ ing his retirement in Beachwood, N.J. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. He was issued picket duty cards in 1961 and 1962. Brother Svanberg had been sailing nearly 54 years when he retired. In 1961 he received a safety award for his part in making the Seatrain Georgia an accident free ship. Paul Kronbergs Paul Kronbergs, 65, joined the un­ ion in the Port of Norfolk in 1944 and sailed in the deck department as a bosun. He was an active union member and was issued picket duty cards in 1961. A native of Latvia, Seafarer Kronbergs now lives in Bricktown, N.J. When he retired. Brother Kronbergs concluded a 44 year sailing career. FMts Nlisen Frits Nilsen, 66, joined the union in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. He served the union as department delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. A native of Nor­ way, Seafarer Nilsen now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is an Army veteran of World War II. When he retired. Brother Nilsen had been sailing for 34 years. SEATRAIN MARYLAND (Hud­ ways), Jan. 3—Chairman W. GregMOBILE (Sea-Land), Mar. 28— son Waterways), Feb. 7—Chairman oiy; Secretary Bemard Mace; En­ Chairman H. Libby; Secretary E. Enos E. Allen; Secretary James B. gine Delegate Robert M. Thomas; Cruz; Engine Delegate S. RodArchie; Deck Delegate M. Jones; Steward Delegate J. Lynch. Every­ riquez; Steward Delegate Antonio Engine Delegate Jose Guzman; thing is running smoothly except Colon. $15 in ship's fund. Some Steward Delegate Alfred Flatt. for some disputed OT in each de­ disputed OT in deck department. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ partment. Vote of thanks to the Chief engineer contacted regarding ment steward department for a job well galley repairs. PENN RANGER (Penn), Mar. done. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), Apr. 7—Chairman Perry A. Burnett; MANHATTAN (Hudson Water­ 4—Chairman D. L. Parker; Secre­ Secretary Mario Canalejo; Deck ways), Dec. 13—Chairman W. tary John E. Samuels; Deck Dele­ Delegate W. L. Osborne; Steward Gregory; Secretary Jack E. Long; gate W. J. Peterson. $2 in ship's Delegate Edward J. Wright. No Engine Delegate Robert M. Thom­ fund. Some disputed OT in deck beefs were reported. Vote of thanks as; Steward Delegate J. Lynch. department. Everything running to the steward department for a job Some disputed OT to be taken up smoothly in steward department. well done. with boarding patrolman. BRADFORD ISLAND (Steuart STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), STEEL KING (Isthmian), Feb. Tankers), Mar. 28—Chairman J. Feb. 28—Chairman Melvin Keefer; 21—Chairman Earl J. Brannan; R. Thompson; Secretary T. Savage; Secretary J. W. Sanders. $14 in Secretary Leon W. Franklin; Deck Deck Delegate Arthur Finnell; En­ ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ Delegate J. B. Brown; Engine Dele­ gine Delegates Eddie C. Jordan; puted OT. Vote of thanks to the gate D. R. Convey; Steward Dele­ Steward Delegate F. R. Strichland. entire steward department for a job gate P. P. Gaiyelin. $30 in ship's No beefs reported. Motion made well done. fund. Everything is running smooth­ for retirement after 15 years sea OAKLAND (Sea-Land), Feb. ly. Few hours disputed OT in en­ time, no age limit. Motion made 28—Chairman Albert Ahin; Secre­ gine department. Vote of thanks to for no more than six months ar­ tary J. Doyle; Deck Delegate James the steward department for a job ticles on foreign voyages. Lear; Engine Delegate Floyd well done. OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN (Mari­ Dominski; Steward Delegate Cecil STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), time Overseas), Apr. 4—Chairman H. Martin. $28 in ship's fund and Mar. 7—Chairman W. Felazques; Angelo Antoniou; Secretary E. $57 in movie fund. No beefs were Secretary W. Kouzounas. $24 in Danner. $9 in ship's fund. Every­ reported. ship's fund. No beefs were reported thing running smoothly, no beefs. MANHATTAN (Hudson Water­ by department delegates. MOBDLIAN (Waterman), Mar. Page 38 Jose N. Castro Jose N. Castro, 53, joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1947 and sailed in the Steward department and often served as department dele­ gate. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Castro lives in New York City. He was issued a picket duty card in 1961 and served picket watch in the District Council 37 Beef of 1965. Brother Castro served in the Army in World War H. Camirt Cans Camiel Caus, 65, joined the union in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the engine department. He served the union as dep^tment dele­ gate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. A native of Belgium, Brother Caus now makes his home in New York City. His re­ tirement ended a sailing career of nearly 30 years. 28—Chairman B. C. Jordan; Sec­ retary C. Perkins; Engine Delegate A. B. Kennedy, Jr.; Steward Dele­ gate Clifton Aaron. Ship in good condition, very good crew on board. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment for job well done. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Mar. 21—Chairman William Hale; Secretary Duminado R. Llenos; Deck Delegate Richard O. Spencer; Engine Delegate Raymond Ander­ son; Steward Delegate Robert Black. $13 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in engine, stew­ ard departments. Crew requests patrolman be present at payoff in Houston. PONCE (Sea-Land), Mar. 21— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary Alva McCullum; Engine Delegate Emerson C. Walker; Steward Dele­ gate Oscar Sorenson. $390 in movie fund. No beefs. Trip going well. Steward thanked crew for keeping messroom and pantry clean. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Mar. 7—Chairman James W. Parker; Secretary R. R. Macaraeg; Deck Delegate Peter D. Sheldrake; Engine Delegate Paul J. Crabtree; Steward Delegate Sherman Phillips. $6 in ship's fund. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks for steward department's job well dcme. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Mar. 21—Chairman V. T. Nielson; Secre­ tary A. Panagopoulos; Deck Dele­ gate Rafino G. Garay; Steward Delegate Charles Wilson. Every­ thing running smoothly. Very good crew on board, pleasant voyage. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Mar. 8—Chairman M. Woods; Sec­ retary H. Galicki; Engine Delegate y Paul M. Hartman; Steward Dele­ gate H. Bixford. $13 in movie fund. Everything running smoothly, no £Jbeefs. Vote of thanks to Brother Carruthers for fixing movie projec­ k tor. Vote of thanks to the steward d^artments. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Mar. 14—Chairman F. R. Chameco; Secretary J. Williams; Deck Dele­ gate C. Howell; Engine Delegate Charles E. Perdue; Steward Dele­ gate Edwin Mitchell. No beefs re­ ported. OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN (Mari­ time Overseas), Mar. 28—Chair­ man Angelo Antoniou; Secretary Elmer C. Danner. $7 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. Seafarers Log .fess^SS>-.-'K- <S53d^ •% �/ -< SlU Ships' Committees -ft - • I- ' ""ill T ii " ''i' ' • vV '-' h* . • • ITIT "IMlt I ' *""t--••••; i'.V; V'' " ' - ,'. J " "• ' t3-.^ 4^- S i* * , TAMPA (Sea-Land)—^The Tampa was welcomed to the port of New York by bright sunshine last month. From left are: L B. Tart, secretary-reporter; J. Napleoni, steward delegate; E. F. Armstrong, educational director; K. Wright, deck delegate; J. C. Vega, ship's chairman; S. Broano, engine delegate. Wherever an SIU member goes, he has the right to full participation in the workings of his union. Since seamen are unique in the respect that fliey are usually dispersed on ships all over the globe, the solution to full participation for every member is by holding regular shipboard meetings—ship's committee meetings— to keep them informed and learn their opinions on issues affecting the whole membership. This contact between the ships-at-sea and union headquarters is a two-way communication. Ship's committee minutes are sent to Brooklyn and are examined for proposals and suggestions that can later be submitted to the whole union for consideration. Headquarters, in turn, stays in touch with vessels dotting the oceans, relaying to them items of interest to members and linking them with the results of meetings in union halls all over the country. In this way, every Seafarer can participate in and be aware of everything his union is doing. Each Sunday while a ship is at sea, the ships' committee chairman calls a meet­ ing for all unlicensed personnel. There are six members of the standing ship's committee with three elected and three appointed delegates, but every Seafarer is urged to attend each meeting and become involved in the proceedings. The six include the ship's committee chairman, the education director, the secretaryreporter, and elected representatives of the deck, engine and steward departments. The chairman is responsible for calling the meeting and preparing an agenda. He also moderates the group to insure proper parliament^ procedure is used to guarantee every member's right to be heard. The education director is charged with maintaining a shipboard library of union publications and must be able to answer any questions relating to union upgrading and educational programs. The secretary-reporter serves as a recorder of the minutes of the meetings and is responsible for relaying the minutes and recommendations to SIU headquarters. Each of the elected department delegates is concerned with questions relating to the entire crew, in general and the members of his department, in particular. The SIU ships' committees have succeeded in bridging the communications barrier between a far-flung membership and the oflBcials entrusted to head the union. They have succeeded in keeping the membership informed and active in the highest democratic traditions. ^ WW: i ' PORTLAND (Sea-Land)—It was a smooth voyage from San Juan for the eontainership Portland. Her committee includes, from left, seated: D. Mendoza, deck delegate; J. Rigehtti, steward delegate; H. Hall, education director. Standing from left are: H. Bentz, ship's chairman; R. Hernandez, secretaryreporter; E. Cuenca, engine delegate. SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Hudson Waterways)—Aboard the Seafrain Delaware at her dock in Weehawken, New Jersey are, from left, seated: J. Prats, secre­ tary-reporter; L. Gil, deck delegate; R. Maltin, steward delegate. Standing, from left, are: W. Nash, ship's chairman; D. Cox, engine delegate; N. Paloumbis, educational director. 'm W Wm / /-r MOBILE (Sea-Land)—^A veteran group of Seafarers comprises the Mobile's ship's commitee. Seated, left to right, are: H. Libby, ship's chairman; B. Pinder, educational director; E. Cruz, secretary-reporter; J. L. Gibbons, steward dele­ gate. Standing, left to right, are: S. Roclriquez, engine delegate; J. Walker, deck delegate. June 1971 GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land)—The Gateway City's ship's committee relaxes topside after a good voyage. From left are: A. Verwilt, educational director; W. Reid, secretary-reporter; V. Morales, ship's chairman; G. T. Aquino, steward delegate; W. Fischer, engine delegate; V. Genco, deck delegate. Page 39 �SEAFARER LOO 1971 r '( J OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERWATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO' jr,. t, 1 IVarcotics: The 'Grim Reaper J v- i J When it comes to problems that affect the American people and their society, it's quite obvious that this nation's No. I con­ cern is with the question of narcotics. That word "narcotics" covers the entire range of drugs. It in­ cludes everything from marijuana to heroin. It includes barbitu­ rates and amphetamines—the so-called "uppers" and "downers" —and everything in between. The government has mounted a full-scale campaign against narcotics. In this fight, it has enlisted the press, radio and televi­ sion, the medical profession, the churches, the schools—every­ body. The attack is based on three key points: • The use of narcotics is illegal. • The use of narcotics is dangerous to the health- »ven the life—of the user. • The use of narcotics involves a serious "moral issue.' These are legitimate points. But for the Seafarer, the question of narcotics comes down to an even more basic issue: Any Seafarer using narcotics—ashore or asea—loses his sea^^jj^ man's papers forever! A man who gets "busted" once on a nar­ cotics charge gets busted economically, too—because he loses his right to go to sea—not just for awhile, but for the rest of his life! ^ k That's a tough rap—losing your passport to life—but that's the way it is. A single "stick" of marijuana . . . just a couple of grains of the hard stuff... and a man is through in the maritime industry! It's almost as tough on the shipmates of the man who uses—or even possesses—narcotics. ; i' - i . Any Seafarer caught with narcotics in his possession makes his ship—and his shipmates—"hot." It subjects the men and their vessel to constant surveillance by narcotics agents in this country and abroad. And, of course, any Seafarer who is an addict—who uses any drug that affects his mind and his ability to function normally—? endangers the lives of his shipmates. The possibility of an emer­ gency is always present aboard ship—and only alert minds can react to an emergency. Talk to Seafarers about the "grim reaper" and they'll tell you about accidents or storms at sea ... or about the hazards of com­ bat service. They should put narcotics at the top of the list—because it can claim more lives, or it can threaten more livelihoods, than any other peril. Narcotics. The "grim reaper." It's sure something to think about. , ..y --l *y a .r 1- 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 1971 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MEANY HITS GRAIN PLAN FIRST SUBSIDIES UNDER '70 ACT AWARDED TO SIU-CONTRACTORS 15TH SIUNA CONVENTION SET FOR WASHINGTON, D.C. FIRST SUBSIDIES UNDER '70 ACT AWARDED TO SIU-CONTRACTORS BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY SEAFARERS EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE SIU HISTORY: OUR KEY TO THE FUTURE CHAIRMEN REPORT ON HISTORY CHAIRMEN REPORT ON EDUCATION EDUCATION: BUILDING THE WHOLE MAN SIU CONSTITUTION DEFINES OUR RIGHTS CONTRACT SPELLS OUT SIU WORKING CONDITIONS FRINGE BENEFITS MAKE UP SEAFARERS' QUALITY OF LIFE WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN REPORT SIU POLITICAL ACTION PRESERVING UNION RIGHTS DELEGATES ATTEND NATIONAL MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE STRENGTH, UNITY COMES FROM FULL MEMBERSHIP PARTICIPATION SEAFARERS SPEAK OUT HONOR ROLL THE ROLE OF PHS HOSPITALS A SALUTE TO THE WINNERS SENATORS, EXPERTS CALL PHS HOSPITALS 'ESSENTIAL' HALL CALLS FOR JOIN EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT 1970 ACT FIVE TALENTED STUDENTS WIN SIU SCHOLARSHIPS THE SENATE AND THE SEAFARER JOBS OF SEAFARERS ON LINE IN NEW ATTACKS ON JONES ACT TUNA BOAT HEARINGS DUE SEATRAIN'S TRANSINDIANA PAYS OFF IN NEW JERSEY HOUSE OKAYS $507 MILLION FOR MERCHANT MARINE ACT ECOLOGY PANEL MEETS AT HLSS SEAFARERS VACATION CENTER LABOR KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE WHALE BATTERS YACHT; SEAFARERS RESCUE CREW INDICTMENTS AGAINST SIU TERMED 'ASSAULT ON LABOR MOVEMENT' CONVERTED TANKER PAYS OFF IN NEW YORK KARTH CALLS FOR FOURTH SEACOAST ALASKA PIPELINE MEANS MORE JOBS FOR SAILORS BATTLE OVER CREDIT CHARGES COULD MEAN YOU SAVE $$$ BENEFITS COMPUTED ON AVERAGE EARNINGS SOVIET FISHING VESSELS WORK ONLY IN REVERSE TRANSHAWAII PAYS OFF Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1971 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXIII, No. 6 1971 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/41c5d8be7a4667384daa4b3c0ca20ff7.PDF 938e9f45ad9acdb41debe48232694984 PDF Text Text ijaast ffteMaiiwaia'iwww Official orgaii of the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • Atlantic, Gnlf, Lakes and Inland Rhters District'AFL-CIO i.^ SEAFARERS LOG I' JaMl972 Vd. XXXIV No. 6 1 r I' I' Trans-Alaska Pipeline - '• (See Page 5) - -Vii iii' wgmm M •\ .. t (See Page 5) (See Page 6) •. 11^ Page 3) Pi ;«• if';.;'K;:-'iK';'•• i-' ... ..m:mf'-m''•'-- ^ Center in Operation 1^1' I' (SM Page 3) it iage 12) iim in ,4>»' •' (See Page 22) ii»Pir * . .: •' sils'- rnUm -* -cv* «>• A (See Page 21) �• •-V'J •i' •tJ J :4 -f| J. The SlU and the Learning Process The congratiilations of all Seafarers go to the wioners of the SIU scholarships in this, the nineteenth year of the scholarship program. SR DP EO IMR This year's winners join a long procession of young men and women whose intelligence and diligence have earned them the union's assistance in higher education. Past winners have been a credit to the program, and surely the "Qass of 1972" will bring the program even more honor and more respect. We offer the five winners our best wishes for success in their college careers. The scholarships are, and they always have been, a fine and fitting part of the total education program of the SIU, a union historically immersed in the learning process. It is not merely self-serving back patting to say that the SIU has achieved the best, and the most expansive, edu­ cation program in the union movement. And it didn't come about by accident. The program evolved from upgrading training pro­ grams carried on in the ports. Small programs that helped members of the SIU advance themselves in their careers, improve their working skills and not miss a day's sailing or lose valuable seniority. From there we advanced to formal, large-scale training programs for both entry rating and upgrading and we consolidated all the various education programs into one at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point. There was resistance to that within the union. Some thought Piney Point would be a "white elephant." But each day of its existence proves the true value of the Piney Point school, for each day young men leam a new trade and the professional Seafarer takes the necessary steps on the road to career improvement. We can be proud, extremely proud, of the school's record in granting equivalency high school diplomas to young men who would otherwise have faced a bleak life of little opportunity. The SIU committment to education runs still deeper, and without exaggerating it can be said that it extends to the four comers of the world through the education direc­ tor who is a member of the SIU ship's committee aboard each and every vessel we man. None of that means that the SIU education program is perfect or that we are doing enough. Perfection is impossi­ ble in this world, and being too satisfied is a great danger. For any education program to succeed it must be constantly under analysis and always willing to adapt to well placed criticism. And it must never lose sight of its goal—the improvement of man. Education is for the total man. As he leams, he grows bigger, if not in stature, at least in spirit. And learning is one of the most remarkable exercises in all human en­ deavor—^the more learning you take, the more there is to get. Because one fact may lead to several paths of inquiry and those paths branch off to several more. We in the SIU intend to keep exploring the paths of education for our members and their families. lliB future commands it. AV 4 f" 'L- ."f-i- r.i;\ . • And the Lundeberg School is more than just a voca­ tional center, it is a center of academic learning as well. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Page 2 • j �SlU Membership Voting on New Contract il New freightship and tanker agree­ ments, both of which secure significant increases in wages and overtime for Seafarers, along with a new pension provision and beneficial work rules changes have been negotiated between the SIU's AGLIW District and its contracted companies. The three-year contracts are being presented for membership approval at all SIU-AGLIW port membership meetings this month, and on board ships as they arrive in port. K this proposed contract is approved by the membership, it will be submitted to the federal Pay Board according to Phase II regulations. To bring the new contract into compliance with the Pay Board and to protect the monetaiy gains, the work rules of the contract have been renegotiated. The pension provision stipulates that in Edition to retirement on full pension at age 55 after 20 years of seatime, a Seafarer may secme an extra $15.00 per month above the present early normal pension for each additional year he remains in the in­ dustry up to a maximum of $355 per month. If a 55-year-old Seafarer with 20 years seatime decides to continue sail­ ing for an additional year, his pension for life will be increased to $265.00. If he remains active for two years, he will receive $280.00, and so on until the $355.00 maximum is reached. Premium Overtime In addition to the standard over­ time rate for work performed Monday tlirough Friday, a unique new pre­ mium rate of overtime for work done on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays has been established in the new agree­ ments. This new premium rate is a "first" for unlicens^ personnel in the in­ dustry. Some highlights of the new basewage increases include: • In the deck departments, the freightship bosun's rate is increased $147.87 to $804.96 per month over three years. The SIU tanker bosun (aboard vessels of 25,500 D.W.T. oi* over) will receive a $157.76 base-wage increase over three years to $848.42 per month. The able seaman receives a pay in­ crease of $113.64 over three years aboard tankers, to a new monthly fate of $620.05. The ordinary sea­ man's wages are raised over three years to $479.04 per month aboard freightships, and $491.67 aboard tankers, for a base pay increase of $87.83 and $89.89 respectively. Aboard freighters, the monthly in­ crease over three years is $112.30 for a new rate of $612.85 per month. • In the engine departments, the chief electrician aboard freighters re­ ceives a wage increase of $174.14 over three years to $946.97 per month. Tanker chief pumpmen go from the current rate of $707.06 to $866.27 over three years for an in­ crease of $159.21. Wipers will re­ ceive a pay boost of $104.25 over three years aboard tankers to $569.30 per month. Wipers aboard freightships will go to $569.28 over three years. Oilers aboard freightships receive an increase of $112.30 over three years to a, new monthly rate of $612.85. Diesel oilers will go to $659.51 per month over three years, an increase of $120.95. Oilers sailing aboard tankers will go to $620.05 per month over three years. June 1972 SIU Vice President Earl Shepard discussed the proposed new contract at the June membership meeting in the Firemen-watertenders will go to $612.85 per month over three years aboard freighters, an increase of $112.30. The fireman-watertender on tankers will receive $620.05 after three years, an increase of $113.64. • In the steward departments, the tanker chief steward (vessels of 25,500 D.W.T. or over) .will receive a boost of $158.40 over three years to $804.96 per month over three years for an increase of $147.87. Messmen aboard tankers will re­ ceive a raise of $86.86 over three years Port of New York. The meeting was attended by SIU scholarship winners and their families. (See Pages 6-7) to $475.30 per month. Messmen aboard freighters will go from the current rate of $388.45 per month to $475.31. Comparable base-wage increases have been secured for other ratings. A number of penalty work rates, covering such jo^ as handling ex­ plosives, have been increased, while at the same time duties never before included under penalty rates, such as sand blasting and refueling at sea, are now covered by the higher penalty rate. The contracts also maintain the SIU's precedent of providing the high­ est penalty port time rate in the in­ dustry for hours worked before eight and ^er five. Tank cleaning, hold cleaning, standby and longshore work rates have been substantially increased by the agreements. In some cases, the new rates are more than double those con­ tained in previous contracts. For ex­ ample, hold cleaning, which previ­ ously called for 52 cents per hour has been raised to the overtime rates of (Continued on Page 5) Hill Committee Reports Bill Setting 50% Oil Imports Carriage for U.S.-flag Ships The House Merchant Marine and and Fisheries Committee has passed by a vote of 26-4 a bill which would require that half of the nation's crude oil imports be carried aboard U.S.-flag ships. The bill now goes to the House Rules Committee \^here it is expected that the powerful oil interests, which ports of small refineries which bring less than 30,000 barrels of oil per day into this coimtry. The measure has been supported by independent tanker operators in order to get many of their laid-up ships plying the seas again and thus offer­ ing job opportunities for those Sea­ farers manning them. The SIU also has been a staunch supporter of the measure. Committee members who partici­ pated in the final action on Ae bill reported that (t "was passed with strong support." The Senate Commerce Committee earlier had passed a similar measure and attached it as a rider to the Mari­ time' Administration's fiscal authori­ zation bill. The bill is expected to come up for a vote before lie Senate in the near future. SiU-Contracted Wa+erman Co. Signs Operating Subsidy Pact with MARAD Rep. Edward A. Garmatz argued strongly against the measure in heamgs conducted by the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, will try to bottle it up. As reported out by the committee chaired by Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) the bill exempted residual fuel and heating oil imports from the 50 percent U.S.-flag ship carriage stipulation. It also exempted the crude oil imr The SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship Company in May signed a three-year operating dif­ ferential subsidy contract with the Maritime Administration for eight break bulk vessels operat­ ing on the Gulf to Far East trade route. The new contract covers a min­ imum of 18 and a maximum of 30 vessel journeys per year under ODS. The ships involved are C-2s De Soto, Hastings, Topa Topa; C-3s Hurricane, La Salle, Morn­ ing Light; and C-4s Hong Kong Bear and Washington Bear which Watdrman will charter from Pacific Far East Lines. Waterman has a total of 19 ships which have been brought under ODS in the past two years. The company operates eight break bulk and three LASH ves­ sels on the Atlantic and Gulf to India, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea trade route under an ODS contract signed in June, 1971. Laid-up Tankers Are Reactivated A recent upsurge in the tanker in­ dustry has brought several ships out of layup and created job opportunities for &afarers. In March, 13 SlU-contracted tank­ ers totaling 538,812 deadweight tons were reported in layup. By the end of May, nine of them had obtained govenunent charters and were once again sailing to ports around thte world. Among the tankers reactivated were the Manhattan, Transsuperior, Over­ seas Alice, Overseas Joyce, Overseas Rebecca, Overseas Valdez, Perm Champion, MonticeUo Victory and Montpelier Victory. I �SlU Elections Upheld; Complaints Dismissed The U.S. Secretary of Labor has advised that the Labor Department is dismissing attempts to set aside the 1971 election of SIU officers. The Labor Department said that after investigation of protests of the 1971 election, there is no basis imder the law—including the SIU Constitu­ tion—^for any action to set aside the vote. This determination by the La­ bor secretary closes out all issties con­ cerning the election. Here is a report on LalMM* Depart­ ment actimis snlmiitted by the SIU's Gmeral CounseL The protests investigated by the Secretary of Labor were filed by one active member and one pensioner. The protests concerned themselves not with the conduct of the election, but with the rules and regulations for candidates spelled out in our Constitu­ tion which was adopted overwhelming­ ly by the membership. Latest In Series As in all investigations by govern­ ment representatives. Union General Coimsel, his staff, officers and employ­ ees of the luiion were required to spend considerable time and effort meeting and conferring with the investigators, breaking out and making available voluminous records and material and preparing appropriate memoranda and positions. It is apparent that such efforts are at considerable expense and equally prevented union representa­ tives and staff frcmi attending to their regular duties and servicing Uhe mem» bership. This mo^ recently concluded ipvestigation iS only one episode in what has been uniformly happening after all our officers' elections, since im­ mediately after the passage of the Landrum-GriflBn Act in 1959. In oin 1960 officers' elections and again in 1964, btie of the men . rer ferred to protested the election. In both instances the Secretary of Labor thoroughly investigated the protests and foimd no basis to move against the results of the 1960 and 1964 elections. , In the 1968 officers' election, the men referred to again protested ^e election. After investigation, the Sec­ retary of Labor, in 1969, brought an action in the Federal Court to set aside the election and for a rerun under his supervision. The union, through its General Coimsel, main­ tained that the election, its rules and regulations, were in accordance with the Taw and the SIU Constitution, and strenuously defended against the Sec­ retary's action. Voluminous preparation and court work was performed by union General Counsel in conjunction with the union officers and staff so as to establish the correctness of our position—that there was no basis to set aside the election and run a new one. Finally in early February, 1972, upon stipulation and agreement of all parties, the Federal Court made an ^ order discontinuing the Government's action, permanently ending the case without interference with the election or its results. Thus after four years, the results of the 1968 election were upheld. tion of these complaints by the Labor Department and the Federal Court certainly indicates that the Union—as an institution—^has been subjected to imnecessary drain upon its financial and manpower resources. Even though, as the results have in­ dicated, this costly fight by the union was unnecessary, it was nevertheless essential that the union fight them in order to protect the union, which is the very keystone of the interests of dl the membership. Any and all un­ justified attacks on the union must be fought in the best interests of the membership it represents. And so the complaints against the union's election had to be fought in the same manner, and with the same determinatiiMi, to protect the member­ ship's interest as was the fight against the now-dismissed indictments against the union for political activity. Whether such complaints or at­ tacks have any substance or not, they require the same kind of effort and resources to fight against them. In the cases of the dismissals cited here, ob­ viously there was no substance to the complaints and so the fights were un­ necessary but had to be fought never­ theless. NLRB Rules Contracts Can't Hinder Domestic Ship Sales The National Labor Relations Board, in a decision expected to have a widespread effect oh the merchant marine, has ruled that unions cannot use the collective bargaining agree­ ment to stop the sale of ships. In a case involving the sale of the tanker Barbara by Commerce Tankers to Vantage Steamship Co., the NLRB found that the National Maritime Union was guilty of an unfair labor practidb in having the sale enjoined on grounds that the company failed to notify, them of the sale as provided by the union contract. The NLRB ruling prohibits the Twelve Years NMU from .enforcing tho^ sectioi^D^ Thus ends. 12. years of costly union the contract, and thus ruled against involvement as .the result of ffie ccmathe concept that "the contract follows plaints filed by the twp men "referred . the^hip.'T to above against die condupt oi SIU ' i^jt%>lipept^in 'the past has forced elections. The dismissals and disposi­ several companies to sell their ships to foreign nations in order to avoid potential labcn trouble. Maritime industry spokesmen said the decision would change' the indus­ try by permitting management "to negotiate ship sales among ourselves without always having to be worried about getting shut down if we sell to the wrong guy." The NLRB charge of unfair labor practice was brought against the NMU by the Vantage company. TTie SIU supported the Vantage position. SIU President Paul said of the decision, "our point of view has pre­ vailed because it is, I think, good for the . industry over all. But we are nc4 victors and they are dot vanquished because the decision will cut both ways. They will probably lose some ships to us, but Pm sure we'll also wind up losing some ships to them." r •T National Maritime Council ;f .iK'.;." ' • I' /<1 Statement of Purpose The National Maritime Council is a uni-^ified organization of all segments of this industry, the ocean carriers, the land-based maritime and sea-going unions, the ship­ builders, and the Department of Commerce of the federal government. Its purpose is to develop a strong, competitive, modem American-built, privately-owned and oper­ ated U.S.-flag Merchant Marine which will afford U.S. impprters and exporters the finest and most consistently operated mari­ time fleet in the world. The Council's job is the implementation of programs designed to gain ffie confidence and support of im­ porters and exporters in order to secure their maximum use of U.S.-flag vessels in the foreign commerce of the United States. • . : ; -/aJ lo , v;.':••f.uiiiiii'jfn' Of. •• The Seafarers International Union is a participating member of the Njafiffnal Maritime Council. MJ pagr4 �I• X . • Trans-Alaska Pipeiine Givers OK by Interior The long-delayed, vitally needed, Trans-Alaska oil pipeline moved closer to becoming a reality in May when Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton announced that he intended to issue permits for its construction. The pipeline would be built to trans­ port oil from the Alaskan North Slope oil fields around Prudhoe Bay to the Port of Valdez in southern Alaska. From there, U.S.-flag tankers would transport the oil to a refinery north of Seattle, Wash. Secretary Morton, in announcing his decision, said, "I am convinced that it is in our best national interest to avoid all further delays and un­ certainties in planning development of Alaska North Slope oil reserves by having a secure pipeline located under the total jurisdiction and ex­ clusive use of the United States." However, it was clear that the pipe­ line would face more delays because of legal action brought by conserva­ tion groups and the Canadian govern­ ment. Ecology Threatened Conservation groups claim that the pipeline would cause permanent eco­ logical damage to the Alaskan wilder­ ness, and the Canadians claim that their fishing and recreation areas on the Gulf of Alaska would be threatened by the possibility of oil spillage. On the other hand, said Secretary Morton, regulations have been drawn. both for the construction of the pipe­ line and for the ships that will carry the oil, thed minimize the dangers to the epvironment. "No other pipeline or petroleum transportation system is subject to the degree of protection that our stipula­ tions will provide," the secretary said. Secretary Morton said he had given serious consideration to a pipeline route across the north part of Alaska and through Canada to the Midwestern United States. 'Not Feasible* He said he had dismissed maritime routes through the Northwest Passage, the Beaufort Sea and the Bering Sea as being "not technologically feasible at this time." He dismissed the Trans-Canada route, he said, for several reasons in­ cluding uncertainty of financing, greater ecological danger and delay caused by the preparation of engineer­ ing reports over the proposed Cana­ dian route. Secretary Morton added, "my final decision was reached after months of deliberation with consideration of the views that have been expressed from all ddes. On balance, I am convinced that my decision now in favor of a Trans-Alaska pipeline is in the best interests of the Nation and the Amer­ ican people." The SIU has supported the TransAlaska route. FPC Official Approves LNG ImpoM-, Construction Plan A $1.33 billion program to import liquid natural gas (LNG) from Algeria and the construction of facilities and cryogenic tankers has been approved by an examiner of the Federal Power Commission (FPC). Upon final ap­ proval by the entire Commission, the letting of bids for the six domestic ship contracts will be issued. Presently the Commerce Depart- S/U's Shepard Attends IMCO Conference I? SIU Vice President Earl Shep­ ard in May participated in meet­ ings of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Intemationd Maritime Consultative Organiza­ tion (IMCO) held in London, England. The safety committee session was the first of several planned to discuss all aspects of ship safety including minimum man­ ning of watches, minimum qualifications;for watch standers both licensed andunlicensed, training requirements for various kinds of vessels and international stand­ ards for officers and crews. Shepard was an advisor to the U.S. delegation and participated in the drafting of documents on basic principles of a safe naviga­ tional watch on the operations of the officer of the watch. Two meetings of the IMCO committee are scheduled for 1973. June 1972 ment has $73.2 million in its fiscal 1973 budget for subsidies for four Ameri­ can-built LNG tankers. The Maritime Administration has also already ap­ proved a subsidy rate of 17 percent for the tankers. Imports of 365 billion cubic feet of LNG would be provided over the next 25 years by the El Paso Marine Co., a subsidary of the Texas firm which now supplies natural gas over­ land to customers in the Southwest. To help finance portions of the proj­ ect, the Export-Import Bank has signed a preliminary letter of under­ standing. The first full year of the LNG deliveries is expected to be 1977. It would come from the rich Hassi Rimel field in the Algerian Sahara and will be produced by Sonatrach, a state-owned oil and gas company. This company will spend approximately $600 mil­ lion for the pipelines, a liquefaction plant and storage facilities. El Paso will provide about $500 million for nine insulated tankers. Three have already been approved by the FPC for construction in a French shipyard. Three carriers of the spherical design and three using the membrane design wilFbe built in the U.S. Fi^e Per Year According to El Paso Natural Gas officials, three of the $70 million LNG could be built at the General Dynam, ics Shipyard in Quincy, Mass. General Dynamics is the only U.S. licensee to use the spherical Moss-Rosenberg de­ sign. The Quincy shipyard could, accord­ ing to an editorial in an employeperiodical, deliver its first ship by 1973 and attain construction of five ships per year by 1975. OiIBCEHISSIliiSmTlB IBIBOXDMr By B. Rockor Cargo Preference Senate bill S. 3404, to require that 50 percent of all oil imports be carried in U.S.-fiag ships, has been modified in the Senate Commerce Com­ mittee, and the concept of that bill has been added as an amendment to the Maritime Authorization Bill. As amended, residual fuel oil and No. 2 would be excluded from the requirement. Approximately two million barrels of oil a day, exclusive of these two types, are now imported, and all imported oil is carried wi foreign-flag ships;. The Commerce Committee has ordered the bill out of committee, but no date is scheduled yet on the Senate floor for discussion and vote. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee presently is con­ sidering three cargo preference bills. H.R. 12324, identical to S. 3404 as it was introduced, is still in the Committee. Hearings were concluded in March. H.R. 10923, introduced by Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) and others, would require that U.S. government agencies make every effort to ship 100 percent of their cargo in privately owned U.S.-flag ships "when there is no substantial difference between U.S. and foreign ocean freight rates at time of shipment." H.C. Res. 403 deals with military cargo, and would make it mandatory that military cargo be shipped on U.S.-flag ships subject to national de­ fense ccmsiderations. Although the Military Cargo Act of 1904 required that all military cargo be shipped on U.S.-fiag ships, there has been some conflict in in­ terpretation. This is due to the fact that the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 provides that 50 percent of government-generated cargoes be shipped on U.S.-flag ships. H. Con. Res. 403 would make it clear that the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 does not override the 1904 Act, and that all military cargo should be transported on U.S.-flag ships. Authorizatkm fw Maritune Programs S. 3335, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1973, was intro­ duced by Sen. Warren G. Magnuson and referred to the Commerce Com­ mittee. The content of the bill, identical to H.R. 13324 wffich has already passed the House, includes auffiorization for construction differential subsidies, operating differential subsidies, research and development fimds and fimds for operation of maritime schools. There is also a provision to buy from operators 10 ships for a national defense reserve fleet. New Contract Negotiated (Continued from Page 3) $2.73, $3.44 and $4.48 over the three year life of the agreement, In addition, the rate for handling lines ashore has been doubled. New Ratiiigs The new contract also creates sev­ eral new ratings for engine depart­ ment personnel, such as QMED and Electrician/Reefer. These new ratings give engine de­ partment Seafarers an opportimity to considerably raise their earnings by securing the new ratings. The base wages for these ratings are in excess of $800.00 per month. Their premium rate of overtime is in excess of $7.00 per hour. In the steward department, the chief ccKdc's hours aboard SIU contracted vessels have now been changed so that they can earn the same amount of port-time hours as the rest of the steward department. The new freightship agreement pro­ vides for a rest period for day workers at sea, a provision previously con­ tained only in tanker agreements. The new tanker agreement provides a "first" through its payment of over­ time during refueling operations at sea. A new time-off penalty provides a full day's pay for each full day off not received by a Seafarer at the time it is due. For circumstances where four hours or less time off is not re­ ceived when due, a man will receive one-half day's pay. This reflects achievement of another "first" con­ tained in the SIU's contracts not found in any other contract in the in­ dustry covering unlicensed personnel. The allowance for launch service has been raised from the previous $2.00 to $5.00 and a new penalty provision has been added for lack of air conditioning aboard ship due to breakdowns. The idle status provision in the new contracts cuts idle time from ten to seven days and ^11, in the opinion of SIU negotiators, benefit the member­ ship greatly by returning ships to ac­ tive status much faster than previously has been the case. Several language clarifications are also included in the contracts. 5 �7972 Scholarship ... Five SIU scholarships valued at $10,000 each have been presented to the children of Seafarers in the Un­ ion's 19th Annual Scholarship Award program. Three young men and two young women were selected from among 32 applicants. They can use the money to forward their education in any ac­ credited college or xmiversity in the United States or its territories. No Seafarers applied this year. The five winners are: Marilyn B. Callster, daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Calister. David J. Crowley, son of deceased Seafarer and Mrs. John L. Crowley. Joyce Parker daughter of Seafarer and Mrs. James W. Parker. Thomas H. Rood, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Donald L. Rood. Steven K. Wong, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Kong Wong. This year's five winners brings the total number of scholarships awarded since 19S3 to 98. Of that number, 26 were Seafarers and 72 were the chil­ dren or dependents of SIU members. During the past 19 years the SIU has awarded $354,550 in scholarship benefits. Marilyn Callster Marilyn B. Calister, 18, is presently attending Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. and hopes to attend either Buffalo or Boston University this fall. In a moving description of how she chose her future work, Ms. Calister explained "it was Joseph who showed me which path to take." Sl\e writes that "Joseph is a six-ye^-olrf feiliif damaged child who was put in my care for two months" this past sum­ mer. Working with Joseph took patience and love but finally Ms. Calister "taught him to read and crawl on his hands and knees." She intends, to pursue a career of physical therapy by majoring in biological science and minoring in physical science while in college. Ms. Calister is very active in extra­ curricular activities in high school and is co-captain of the gymnastic team. Her scholastic abilities have earned her a place in the school's Arista Honor Society. The letters of recommendation srat in for Ms. Calister complimented her highly on her sincerity, intelligence and leadership ability. A parish priest wrote that "Marilyn possesses a firm sense of honesty and dedication in her many involvements. She is an extreme­ ly competent and resourceful young woman who is imafraid to apply her­ self to tasks at home, in school, and within the community." A teacher in the Canarsie English Department writes "as a woman of character, Marilyn exceeds most people of her age. ... To those of us who know her, there can never be any doubt that we are fortunate enough to know an outstanding hu­ man being." Her father, Raymond Calister, has been a member of the union since 1960 when he joined in the Port of -New York. He sails as a deck hand for the Railway Marine Region cff the union. In 1967, Marilyn's older brother, Anthony, also won an SIU scholar­ ship when he too was a senior at Canarsie High School. Valerie Ann Calister, Marilyn's older sister, was chosen as an alternate winner in the 1968 competition. David Crowl^ David J. Crowley, 17, of New Salem, Pa., will graduate in June from Uniontown Area Senior High School. He hopes to attend the Uni­ versity of Maryland or the University of Pennsylvania to study politick science. Mr. Crowley wrote, "Since an understanding of political structure is necessary to improve social stand­ ards, I intend to become a political scientist." Active in high school activities, Crowley is sports editor of the school paper and a member of the Science Qub. His English teacher wrote, "in my association with David Crowley dur­ ing the past three years, I have found him to possess a positive and stimulat­ ing ethical character in which his peers fiiid a challenge to their growth as well as an example for their own liv­ ing." David's father, John L. Crowley, passed away in 1956. He had joined the union in 1945 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Joyce Parker Joyce Parker, 18, is a senior at Muskogee High School in Muskogee, Okla. and plans to attend either Bacone College or Saint John's School of Nursing. Ms. Parker's career goal is to be­ come a registered nurse so she can use her skills "to help people." "Work­ ing in a doctor's office," says Ms. Pai;ker, "isn't for me. I'd like to work in a hospital or maybe go in the serv- . ice." Her interest in nursing is shown by her extra-curricular school activities. She is a member of the Medical Spe­ cialties Club and is working as a nurse's aid in her community. Ms. Parker is also very able scholastically and is on her school's honor roll. Her principal writes that she has "a very good scholastic average and a positive attitude toward her work." Her father, James W. Parker, joined the union in 1951 in the Port of New York and sails in the deck department. Thomas Rood Thomas H. Rood, 18, lives in Elysburg, Pa. and attends Southern Colum­ bia Area High School in Catawissa, Pa. He hopes to go to Pennsylvania State University or Carnegie Mellon University to study architectural engi­ neering. Mr. Rood has been active in such school organizations as the Drama Club, Chess Team, Spanish Club and Art Club. His grades have earned him a place in the Honor Society and he also received a Letter of Commenda­ tion from the National Merit Scholar­ ship Program this year. Outside of school, young Rood is a member of the Boy Scouts of America and the Luther League, a church organizaticm. His principal writes that Rood "is honest, dependable, punctual and very cooperative. His leadership qualities are also above average." Thomas' father, Donald L. Rood, sails in the deck department. He joined the union in 1945 in the Port of New York. Steven Wong Steven K. Wong, 17, lives in Brook- r.l f �... Winners Announced 4 I ' lyn, N.Y. where he attends Brooklyn Technical High School. In the fall he would like to study aeronautical engi­ neering at either Brooklyn Polytech­ nic Institute or Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His outside interests are coin col­ lecting, fishing and baseball. In high school, Mr. Wong has distinguished himself academically by being elected to the Arista Honor Society. In a letter of recommendation to the union, a friend of the Wong fam­ ily wrote, "In my opinion, Steven possesses an excellent character and personality, that he is of high unques­ tionable integrity, trustworthy and ex­ ceedingly capable." Steven's father, Kong Wong, has been a very active union member since he joined in 1953 in the Port of New York. He has helped on or­ ganizing jobs and has often served as department delegates while sailing. Besides the five scholarship winners, two alternates were picked in case any of the awardees are unable to accept. They are: Ruth Caipento, daughter of Sea­ farer and Mrs. Alvin C. Carpenter. Rdbert B. Stennett, son of Seafarer and Mrs. Charles D. Stennett. The winners and alternates were picked by an impartial board of six educators: Dr. B. Ireland, College Entrance Examination Board; Dr. E. Kastner, New York University; Mr. R. Keefe, Lewis and Clark College; Dr. C. Lyons, Jr. Fayetteville State University; Mr. D. O'Connell, Uni­ versity of Chicago, and Edna Newby, Douglass College. According to the scholarship com­ mittee, the records of this year's ap­ plicants were the best they had ever seen and they found their job of pick­ ing winners very difficult. The SIU was the first maritime un­ ion to offer scholarships and the pro­ gram is considered one of the best "no strings attached" plan in the country. Realizing that the cost of education has risen over the years, the scholar­ ship award was rais^ from $6,000 to $10,000 last year. Steven Wong and Marilyn Calister, two of the 1972 scholarship winners, are congratulated by SIU President Paul Hall at the June membership meeting in the Port of New York. From the left are: Seafarer Raymond Calister, Mrs. ? . Two of this year's scholarship winners and their families attended the June membership meeting in the Port of New York to receive congratulations from union officials and the rank-and-file members. Seated at the meeting in the front row, from the left are Steven Wong, Mrs. Wong, Seafarer Wong, Seafarer Calister, Mrs. Calister and Marilyn Calister. Calister, Marilyn Calister, Hall, Steven Wong, Mrs. Wong and Seafarer Kong Wong. Ii . 'i t Meeting on May 8 at SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., the scholarship committee gets ready to pick this year's five winners. Seated from left are: Elwood C. Kastner, Dean Emeritus at New York University; Charles D. O'Con­ nell, Dean of Students at the University of Chicago; Bernard P. Ireland, As­ sistant to the Executive Vice-President on the College Entrance Examination June 1972 Board; Charles A. Lyons, Jr., President of Fayetteville State University; Edna M. Newby, Associate Dean at Douglass College, and R. M. Keefe, Director of Admissions at Lewis and Clark College. Talking with the committee before they begin work is Price C. Spivey, administrator of the Seafarers' Plans. Page 7 J fil I �AFL'CIO Outlines Maritime Program^ Economic Goals to Democrats, Republicans In a statement to the platfonn committees of both the Republican and Democratic parties, the AFL-CIO said the only "tolerable" alternative for maritime was "to restore America's historic place as a major seapower with a far-ranging merchant fleet and a strong naval force." In the realm of shipbuilding, the federation said that Ae 30-ships-a-year construction rate in­ corporated in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 "must be accelerated to 50 ships per year in the immediate future" if the nation is to have a viable shipbuilding industry in the future. In outlining its maritime program, the federa­ tion stressed the need to ship American goods in American-flag ships, the need for a large-scale shipbuilding program and continued operation of the Public Health Service hospitals. To that end, the AFL-CIO said, "we ask full support for legislation which would authcH-ize ade­ quate funds for operating and construction sub­ sidies to keep the American merchant marine afloat." Effects of Provirions The AFL-CIO gave its "full support" to legisla­ tion requiring that 100 percent of all governmentfinanced cargo must be carried in American bot­ toms. The federation added, "ship construction de­ pends upon the guarantee of cargoes for American ships after they are built." Both cargo preference law revision and the continuing efforts of govern­ ment, labor and ship management are needed to bring in the cargo, according to the federation. "We ask that 50 percent of all U.S. oil and natural gas imports be carried in American flag ships," the statement urged. If enacted, the federation said, those provisions would: • "Lessen the nation's dependence on other countries, since reliance on a third party for trans­ portation doubles the risk of the United States be­ ing cut off from needed supplies." • "Lessen the risk of oil spills and pollution since stricter controls and licensing standards will assure that these potentially dangerous and pol­ luting cargoes will be carried in the safest and ecologically conscious manner possible." • "Improve the U.S. balance of payments since the transportation costs would not result in a drain of U.S. doUars." • "Provide thousands of jobs for Americans who build and man these vessels." PHS Hospitals The AFL-CIO said it was "deeply concerned" about the government's efforts to close the eight remaining USPHS hospitals. The federation cited congressional resolutions urging study of alternative uses for the hospitals and said the Department of Health, Education and Welfare instead of heeding the resolutions, "con­ tinues its efforts to transfer the hospitals to com­ munity control." The federation urged that the hospitals be kept open and recommended that action be taken to assure their continued operation as "a vital seg­ ment of America's health care ssytem." In other maritime problem areas, the federation recommended: Closing the Jones Act loophole that exempts the Virgin Islands from the domestic shipping requirement; action to prohibit the export of Alaskan oU; and "tightly and rigidly" closing the tax advantages given owners of "runaway" ships. Program Offered In matters of interest to organized labor in general, the AFL-CIO offered a seven point pro­ gram "to create jobs and turn the economy around," a step made necessary by what the federation described as the "chaotic state" of the economy at present Included in the AFL-CIO program are sugges­ tions that public service employment be strength­ ened and expanded; that tax structure be reformed to eliminate loopholes that serve the rich; that Confess conduct a study of the nation's monetary policies with a view to reform; that the buying power of worker's wages be increased; that in­ equities in the current economic program be eliminated and that the Burke-Haitke bill on foreign trade and investment be adopted. 'I 41 il The Burke-Hartke bill, the federation said, is necessary to protect workers against a flood of im­ ports that have closed whole industries and put thousands out of work. The federation agajn repeated its call for passage of a National Health Security Act that would pro­ vide medical insurance for all Americans while guaamteeing free choice of doctor and health facilities. Other platform suggestions cover a broad spec­ trum of social concerns from the need for a bal­ anced approach to the resolution of problems of ecology and economic growth to the federation's strong opposition to compulsory arbitration as a means to end transportation strikes. • ^1Hn . <] �l\ *' -r^rvyVvf-. ' \.. -'u »J^-.-'' 'V«,' iV .. T^ols Sor Self Oestructiony f> ' F.( MAC '^tool/tul/'la: an instmment used or worked by hand: IM­ PLEMENT. 2a: an instnunent or apparatus used in perform­ ing an operation or necessai^ in the practice of a vocation or profession. 2h: a means to an end. 3: one who is used or manipulated hy another. The tool makers of the 8 tools shown here did not intend to • 'J^ • ••"' •• ••'•. construct tools of destruction. In the reality of the drug world the tool user is not practicing a vocation or a profession hut he is being manipulated hy .m': e:-r -v.:. • these tools in the art of his own destruction. Two tools could he added to the list: the pusher and the user. Your ea­ sier as a seaman will selfdestruct with a stick of mari­ juana or a grain of heroin. The c"- r" lives of your shipmates will also he manipulated hy your use of drugs. The possibility of an emergency on board is al- ways present and only alert minds can react to an emer­ gency. Don't let your world he manipulated into self-destruc­ tion hy drugs. .A) 4? .? J w i 1 '.: • -^- H •:• 'iT'^ "••'-iv r'--, ••'•• 9 June 1972 • 1. ,. .,...<0 ' '' - ^ ^, Wiw'-w.. �. li • rI-"#':?' Letters to the Editor Thanks and Tribute I want to ejqpress my sincere thanks to members of the Houston Texas branch for the splendid and most sym-; pathetic way they handled the funeral of my brother, Charles B. Rx)ss. Due to incapacity I was unatde to attend? but my son flew in from New Jersey and was treated with the utmost consideration. Charlie's thou^its were alw^s I with his mates and I am sure he would liave appreciated, as I do, all the kindness shown. I James L. Ross | E^ewood, RJL | -..no; • . '^lAhJl>-:^lU The membership of the SIU throughout the country mourn the loss of our brother Scottie Ross of Houston, He was well loved on Canal Street the members of the union and also by his friends at the American Can Com­ pany where he was a guard at the time of his death. It was a great loss and we will miss him very much. Brotherhood of the Sea Since we first began as a union, our union emblem has borne the words, "Brotherhood of the Sea." And the history of oiu: organization, the actions and support of the membership, has consistently demonstrated that the term "Brotherhood of the Sea" is more than a slogan. In reality, it is, and always has been, a way of life, a philosophy, for Seafarers. This organization was bom out of adversity, and adversity and struggle have been the name of the game—a part of the continuing prob­ lem for all men who go to sea as a way of Itfe. From virtually every quarter, the seamen's movement, and our own organization in particular, has ^en subject to constant attack by those who would seek to destroy our efforts as a trade union organization of workers determined to protect their own security and welfare. The indictment of our union by the U.S. Justice Department—^which sought to end the exercise of our right to participate in the political ac­ tions of our nation—is a case in point. The decision of the Federal Court in dismissing this indictment is gratifying—^to an extent. It supports our view and that of the entire American labor movement that the action was intended as a harassment and an attempt to intimidate Seafarers and other working men and women from exercising their rights to participate in the political arena—a par­ ticipation vital to the workers' welfare and security. But, by no means, was the comt dismissal a victory. You do not win anything when the objective of an effort is merely to preserve a basic rigjit. It was not a victory because the union had to defend itself—^unneces­ sarily—at great cost in terms of the involvement of union officers and in harassment of the membership in many areas. This was time and effort which could have been used in putting our maximiiTn energies and re­ sources into the never-ending fi^t to keep the maritime industry alive and expanding so that Seafarers will have jobs and their families can en­ joy the security to which they are entitled. So this fight against the indictment has been no different than the whole range of struggles we've been involved in since we first organized in order to preserve the only effective means there is to protect ourselves and that is, through the union, through collective action. The indictment of the iinion was no different than our early battles against the conununists who sought to destroy us. Or against a twisted enemy during World War II who was bent on replacing democracy with terror throughout the world. So the court dismissal of the indictment is not a victory. But it is a lesson in the value of union solidarity. It means that in this, as in all of our struggles, a strong and united membership standing solidly together, can fight off any and all manner of opposition which seeks to destroy the heart of our collective strength. So, once again. SIU members have stood together against a common enemy in keeping with the heritage and tradition of their union. Each Seafarer who closed ranks in defense of his union should know that he has made an important contribution to his own welfare and to that of his fellow Seafarers. Pa^/0 Scottie Here was a man so good and true. He belonged to the SIU. ; Well alwt^ remember our Scottie so well For he was the of the street Canal. ? He was always working so hard and true. For he was a member VV the SIU. Ouuks Pat Hnrlbnrt Honttm^ TeiBs i Welfare Plan Helps No Words can ever express our thanks to the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the check for my wife's confinement in hosfutal. May my sh^ates enjoy good health and happiness. ,AI ®p?Thank you. ; • WiDiam Minlder Pmuhmw Ed^wat», NJ. •iX Crewmembers Thanked ? ; On b^alf of my family I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the officers and crew members of the 5S Ogden Willamette toi thetir kind expression of sympathy on the passing of my mcrther on January 12, 1972. . llMmias Magias;' (M-88^ Jun* 1972 VolMin* XXXIV, No. « •BATAMBRS^LOO Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atiantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board Paul Hall, President ' t. Gal Tanner, Executive Vice-Preslaeni Earl Shepard, Vice-President Joe DIGiorgid, Secretary-Treasurer Lindsay Williams, Vice-President Al Tanner, Vice-President Robert Matthews, Vice-President Published monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Wash­ ington, D.C. 20018 by Seafarers International Union, Atiantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Washington, D.C. t �Consumer Boycotts Help In Winning Union Recognition Probably one of the most effective methods used to bring an anti-union employer to the bargaining table is a consumer boycott of goods and serv­ ices produced or supplied under non­ union conditions by firms which are unfair to labor. Such a method hits the employer on a national ^ale where it hurts the most—in the mar­ ketplace and in his pocket. The consumer boycott has been demonstrated many times in recent years with the California grape boycott led by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers among the most re­ cently acclaimed. Direct consumer forts. So long as an employer persists in treating his employees unfairly and/or refusing to meet them at a bargaining table to discuss the situatiton, his products or services are de­ nied the patronage of American trade union families. Published R^ularly The AFL-CIO "Don't Buy List" is published regularly in union, newspa­ pers and other labor publications, in­ cluding the Seafarers Log, and kept up-to-date by the AFL-CIO Union Label & Service Trades Department. The "Don't Buy List" is a compila- Unfair to Labor DO DDI BUV!! BARBER EQUIPMENT— Wahl Clipper Corp., pro­ ducers of home barber sets. (Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) CIGARiETTES—R. J. Reyn­ olds Tobacco Co.—Camels, Winston, Salem, Tempo, Brandon, Doral, and Cava­ lier. (Tobacco Workers Un­ ion) li*. boycott action in the marketplace is credited with helping to end many bitter disputes by making it clear to unfair employers that the entire weight' of the American labor move­ ment is solidly behind the union ef- About Unions And Inflation It has been the practice of certain politicians and econ­ omists to blame America's current economic woes on the trade unions, saying the unions are demanding too much in new wages, benefits and so on. However, noted conserva­ tive University of Chicago economist Miltcm Friedman has made an interesting point which bears some con­ sideration: "Trade unions were as strong in the U.S. in 196164 when there was no infla­ tion, as in 1965-69 when there was inflation. Prices in the U.S. were more than doubled in the Civil War when unions were almost non-existent, in World War I when unions were weak, and in World War II when unions were strong. "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." June 1972 tion of those employers who refuse to provide decent wages or working con­ ditions for their employees, refuse to bargain in good faith with a duly elected union representing their em­ ployees, have replaced their union workers with scab labor and are guilty of strikebreaking or union-busting at­ tempts. Through the "Don't Buy List," trade unionists, their families and friends can easily and immediately identify those goods or services and avoid them, thus preventing unionearned wages from being spent to sup­ port employers who remain unfair to brother union laborers. Positive Apiuroacfa The taboo list and consiuner boy­ cott are joined by still another facet of the program by the AFL-CIO Un­ ion Label & Service Trades Depart­ ment. The Department sponsors and publicizes the Union Label, Shop Card, Store Card and Service But­ ton—all of which are symbols de­ signed to inform the consumer that the product or service he buys is unionmade by union craftsmen enjoying union wages and working conditions. To demonstrate to the public the importance of the union label, a con­ tinuous campaign to publicize the un­ ion-made products is conducted. Pam­ phlets, posters, advertising mats and other informational material which ex­ plain the significance of the union la­ bel and urges patronage of the goods and services are prepared and distrib­ uted. CLOTHING—Reidbord Bros., Co., Siegal (H. I. S. brand) suits and sports jackets, Kaynee boyswear, Richman Brothers men's clothing, Sewell suits. Wing shirts, Met­ ro Pants Co., and Diplomat Pajamas by Fortex Mfg. Co.; Judy Bond Blouses (Amal­ gamated Clothing). (Inter­ national Ladies Garment Workers Union) CONTACT LENSES AND OPTICAL FRAMES—DalTex Optical Co. Dal-Tex owns a firm known as Terminal-Hudson. They op­ erate stores or dispense to consumers through Missouri State Optical Co.; Goldblatt Optical Services; King Op­ tical; Douglas Optical, and Mesa Optical; Lee Optical Co.; and Capitol Opticd Co. COSMETICS—Shulton, Inc. (Old Spice, Nina Ricci, Desert Flower, Friendship Garden, Escapade, Vive le Bain, Man-Power, Burley, Com Silk and Jacqueline Cochran). (Glass Bottle Blowers Association) DINNERWARE- M e t a 1 o X Manufacturing Co. (Int'l. Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers) FILTERS, HUMIDIFIERS— Research Products Corp. (Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) FURNITURE—^James Sterling Corp., White Furniture Co., Brown Furniture Co., (Unit­ ed Furniture Workers) f ^ ' LIQUORS—Stitzel-WeUer Dis­ tilleries products—Old Fitz­ gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk, W. L. WeUer. (Distillery Workers) MEAT PRODUCTS—Poultry Papkers, Inc. (Blue Star laM products). (Amalga­ mated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen) Holly Farms Poultry Indus­ tries, Inc.; Blue Star Label products (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen) PRINTING—^Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft." (Printing Pressmen, Typog­ raphers, Bookbinders, Ma­ chinists, Stereotypers, and Electrotypers) NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. (10 unions involved covering 2,000 workers) Britannica Junior Encyclo­ pedia (Int'l. Allied Printing Trades Assn.) RANGES—Magic Chef, Pan Pacific Division. (Stove, Fur­ nace and Allied Appliance Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co—work shoes; Sentry, Cedar Chest and Statler, men's shoes; Jarman, John­ son & Murphy, Crestworth (Boot and Shoe Workers) SPECIAL—All West Virginia camping and vacation spots, (Laborers) TOYS—^Fisher-Price toys (Doll & Toy Workers Union) Meat Cutters Blame Price Rises On 'Impotent' Controls Program The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen blamed the Administration's price control program for the increases in the nation's meat prices. At a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., union spokesmen said the wage increases in the meat industry "had nothing to do with the recent high tide in meat prices." The culprit was rather the price control program which the union calls "both impotent and ineffective." James Wishart, research director, and Arnold Mayer, legislative repre­ sentative for the union, submitted wage-price statistics which showed that food chain stores in three cities had lower wage rates than their competi­ tors, which charged the same meat prices,or more. The survey was taken in Newark, N.J.; Nashville, Tenn., and Dallas, Tex. Page 11 �•* ** SIU Vacation Center in Operation Harry Luckey, who sails out of Baltimore, gives his daughter a hand aboard the big sailing yawl Manitou with an assist from skipper Charlie Svenson as Mrs. Luckey and Summertime—vacationtime -is upon us again. And what better place to spend a leisure ly week or two with the family than at the Seafarers Vacation Center in Piney Point, Md. Located on the Chesapeake Bay in the heart of Southern Maryland's m u c h-puhlicized *'land of pleasant living," the Center offers the best of every­ thing for the Seafarer and his family. And the price is right. Here you will find everything, and then some, that you would find at any commercial resort —for considerably less cost. Accommodations at the Cen­ ter are limted so it will he on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to make your reser­ vations early, fill out the cou­ pon helow and mail it in. The Vacation Center was established for you—^the mem­ bership—so take advantage of it. son John wait their turn, to board. The Manitou, once the presidential yacht of John F. Kennedy, is one of the favorites of the vacation SIU members and their families. I 1 .AJVM —--.dl % Antonio Dosantos relaxes at poolslde with his wife after a day of activities at the SIU Vacation Center. Dosantos retired in April after a long career at sea, and says that he plans to spend a lot of time in Piney Point "just relaxing and enjoying life." Fishing is a favorite pasttime for vacationers at the SIU Vacation Center for |i the grownups and the youngsters. Joe Henault, from New Jersey, gets anj" assist from his granddaughter as he prepares to try his luck off one of the Ipiers jutting into St. George's Creek. Blues and striped bass are plentiful ' during ^most of the summer. Seafarers VacafkMi Center Harry Limdeberg School of Seamanship St Mary's County Piney Point, Maryland 20674 9 I 1 am interested in availing myself of the opportunity of using the lacilitiM 'of the Sea-\ I farers Vacation Center. ,;.y S First choice: From to Second choice: From to My party wifl consist of adults and childreni^ • ' |4'' y. !• V-.. Please send confirmation. i J •' -- • •••••••••••• ^ I .. ^ * I 9 •" 9 ' f k •i' - .• V;-, • • .'V"' '•V " •" • .,i* i • >• • • t.' ••••••• * * -Ui; -.•; •••••• 9 A. i' State ' 4 • "yw'-d -iiV It -v, , J Signature Print Name Book Number Street Address Cily W-, ';>V^ ' In 'A ('1' ' MJmm •••••••••••• -I , ., ,irivv I emil. �sto!«'5a!8#eFj2aY->Rei^iSiftf.i=ycsaaiite SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL • ATUNTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INUND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO wtLLSTREElgfe-Grand Jury Says Seafarers Made m- Illegal Donations The Wall Street Journal July 1, 1970 Union Charg^ With Violation Of Corrupt Practices Act In Campaign Contributions Eight Officials Are Indicted By a WALL STHCBTJOUIIMAL Blag Rtparltr , WASHINGTON - A Fsderal grand Jury ^ nuned the Seefaran International Union and eight officers In a#T-count conspiracy Indictment al much ai flee In As ex uiupeclf uted foi union lieu of u seeking ships, at each to tlon Con Swell had the constltu< It ladled AFL&eitllm SPAO nonelect oonunitt rederal for state by the tSll.SK eluding speechm Cbngresi In SPAD li entity tlons, tl funds; Federal Judge Raps Justice Dept., Dismisses Indictment of Seafarers Reprinted from the June 3, 1972 issue of the AFL-CIO News By Tom Castor Assistant Editor, AFL-CIO News New York—^A U.S. District judge has dismissed charges of making illegal campaign contributions against the Seafarers and seven of its top leaders, including Pres. Paul Hall. In granting a motion by the union to dismiss the case, Judge Mark A. Con­ stantino said the Justice Dept. had ignored repeated court orders to specify its charges against the union, thereby dragging the case out over 23 months. That violates the union's and its oflScers* right to a speedy trial, Constan­ tino held. Furthermore, the judge ruled the Justice Depths withludding of pre-trial informatimi <m the charges hamstrung efforts to prepare a defmse. Taking note of the dismissal, the SIU said, "from the outset, we have shown that om political contributions to various candidates for public office are made openly. They are made le­ gally. They are reported publicly." "We dtm't intend to he scared out politics,'* the SIU declared. *'Wt think it is our rig^ and our resqponsilMlity to remain active in this field." The union makes political donations from a special politick action fund— Seafarers Political Activity Donation (SPAD)—^which is funded through voluntary contributions. It was founded in 1962. The Justice Dept. claimed in a 17count indictment that the union had illegally made contributions of $40,000 during 1968 and had conspired to spend $750,000 for political action in presidential, senatorial and congres­ I y v- June 1972 sional campaigns between 1964 and 1968. The indictment, issued June 30, 1970, was returned under the Corrupt Practices Act. All of its donations were made le­ gally, the union retorted, and "all of the contributions cited in the indict­ ment had been reported publicly by SlU's SPAD to the Dept. of Labor and the clerks of the House of Repre­ sentatives and the Senate, as required by law." The union repeatedly asked the Justice Dept. to specify the charges and indicate its theory of prosecution, and Judge Constantino noted in his opinion that "the government's failure to comply with the order to disclose information essential to the defense has seriously prejudiced the defendants' ability to prepare to meet the charges lodged against them." "Without this essential information," the judge said, "the defendants will be unable to investigate adequately the transactions concerning which the government has indicated its intent to offer evidence on trial." Thus, he said, the union would be prevented from "effectively cross-ex­ amining the government's witnesses" and from offering "rebuttal witnesses who might have a recollection of these events."' "Similarly, despite an order by this court to do so, the refusal of the gov­ ernment to particularize fully its posi­ tion with respect to the organization and composition of the SPAD fund, has rendered impossible any statistical defense to the charges lodged against these defendants," the court said. "The court," Constantino said, "finds that the government has chosen to embark in a course of purposeful conduct designed to secure tactical ad­ vantage, resisting both suggestions and orders of two judges of the court to furnish the defendants with requisite pretrial disclosure while simultaneous­ ly demanding an early trial date." The SIU moved for dismissal last March because it had been unable to obtain the information, and Judge Constantino gave Justice until Apr. 24 to comply with earlier orders and said if there was no compliance, he would entertain the dismissal motion. Constantino handed down the dis­ missal ruling May 25. The government has the right to take the case to a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but apparently no decision on an appeal has yet been made. Besides the dismissal of charges against the union and Hall, charges were dropped against Vice Pres. Earl Shepard, and Representatives Frank Boyne, Paul Drozak, Joseph DiGiorgio and Frank Drozak plus Philip Carlip, the union's legislative representative in Washington D.C. The late Al Kerr, the union's secre­ tary-treasurer at the time the indict­ ment was issued, had also been named in the charges. The SIU expressed "appreciation for the solid support of our position given us by AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany, and the American trade union movement." A unanimously adopted Executive Council resolution in 1970, charged Atty. Gen;' John Mitchell with "seek­ ing to silence the American trade union movement for purely political purposes." Page 13 �CompleteText of Judge's Dismissal Order 70.CR^28 MEMORANDUM OPINION May 25, 1972 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, — against — SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO, FRANK eOYNE, PHILIP CARLIP, JOSEPH DI GIORGIO, FRANK DROZAK, PAUL DROZAK, PAUL HALL, AL KERR, EARL SHEPARD, Defendants. Appearances: Robert A. Morse, Esq., U.S. Attorney, E.D.N.Y., by Edgar N. Brown, Esq., Gregory Jones, Esq. and John E. Qark, Esq., Specie Attorneys, Department of Justice, Criminal Division; and Gavin Scotti, Esq. Schulman, Abarabanel, Perkel & McEvoy, Esqs., attorneys for defendant Seafarers Un­ ion, by Howard Schulman, Esq. and Andrew T. McEvoy, Jr., Esq. Rosner & Rosner, Esqs., attorneys for de­ fendants Paul and Frank Drozak, by Johnathan L. Rosner, Esq. Goldstein, Shames & Hyde, Esqs., attorneys for defendant A1 Kerr, by Edward Brodsky, Esq. Davis, Polk & Wardell, Esqs., attorneys for de­ fendants Paul Hall and Earl Shepard, by Lawrence E. Walsh, Esq., Michael W. Leisure, Esq. and Richard L. Grimwade, Esq. Abraham H. Brodsky, Esq., attorney for de­ fendants PhUip Carlip and Joseph DiGiorgio. By way of an indictment filed in this court on June 30, 1970 the Government charges that the Executive Board of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union met on August 27, 1962 to create a special political action fund—Seafarers Politi­ cal Activity Donation (SPAD). The Govern­ ment further charges that SPAD was nothing more than a device used by the union to conceal unlawful political contributions. ^ In furtherance of the conspiracy, the Government alleges that the defendants, through SPAD, received con­ tributions from seamen scattered throughout the world and made unlawful political contribu­ tions totaling more than $750,000 in connection with federal elections in the years 1964 through 1968. ® Now, ten years after the alleged beginning of the conspiracy and four years after the last wrongful act charged in the indictment, the defendants move for dismissal. Basically, the defendants set forth two grounds for dismissal— failure of the Government to comply with the pretrial orders of this court and for want of a speedy trial. In order to conserve judicial time and energy, the court will rule on both branches of this motion in bar. 'The substantive wrongs charged by the Gov­ ernment in this 17-count indictment involve vio­ lations of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 18 U.S.C. §610 (1970), which provides in pertinent part: Failure to Comply with Pretrial Disclosure Orders As the court and parties know all too well, this criminal prosecution has been the subject of lengthy pretrial proceeding before two judges of this court.® These proceedings have resulted in orders granting most of the defend­ ants' requests under rules 7(f), 16 and 17 and providing them with information that they, as well as the court, believed to be essential to informing them of the crime with which they are being charged in addition to providing in­ formation necessary to defense preparation. In moving dismissal, the defendants argue that the Government has disregarded the orders of this court by supplying answers that are partially incomplete and at times at variance with each other.* The Government, on the other hand, contends that, even thou^ some of the court's orders went beyond what the Government be­ lieved case law required, nevertheless it argues it has complied in good faith and to the best of its ability. Further, the Government suggests the defendants' objections are little more than chal­ lenges to the quantum and quality of the evi­ dence the Government will educe at trial rather than being valid objections to the Gov­ ernment's compliance with the court's orders. After listening to the oral arguments of very able counsel and upon rereading the voluminous record, the court must grant this branch of the defendants' motion. At the December 15, 1971 hearing on the defendants' pretrial motion and in a written order filed by the court on January 25, 1972, the Government was directed and redirected on March 23, 1972 to provide answers to bill of particulars requests designated as I-A, I-B, I-C, III-B, ni-C, III-G(ii), ni-I(ii)-(v) and HI-M. These requests were designed to inform the de­ fendants of: (1) the composition of the SPAD fund; (2) the circumstances surrounding con­ tributions to SPAD, and (3) overt acts not listed in the indictment upon which the Gov­ ernment intended to offer proof on trial. After examing the Government's responses in each of these three topic headings, non-compliance is manifest. Composition of the Fund At the outset, the Govermnent theorized that SPAD was merely the alter ego of the union itself. See Indictment Count 17. Consequently, from the Government's viewpoint, it served no purpose to categorize the type of monies col­ lected in the fund since any act of SPAD would in itself be deemed an act of the union, and therefore, be proscribed by the statute. See note 1 supra. Later, during an informal hearing be­ fore Judge Bartels, the Government stated it was not certain who had contributed to the fund but refused, in any case, to categorize the type of monies in the fund. On December 15, 1971 this court directed the Government to furnish in a bill of particulars information con­ cerning the fund's composition. A response came on February 10, 1972 and consisted of two representations by the Government: first, it has no information other than that which it learned from the union's cash receipts and, second, that it did not allege "other monies It is unlawful for any . . . labor organization to make a contribution or expenditure in con­ nection with any election at which Presiden­ tial and Vice Presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resi­ dent Commissioner to Congress, are to be voted for, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any of the fore­ going offices, or for any candidate, political committee, or other person to accept or re­ ceive any contribution prohibited by this section. 'Since the second branch of the defendants^ motion—dismissal on grounds of oppressive and prejudicial delay—requires a discussion of the pretrial stage of this litigation, rather than dupli­ cating that effort here, the discussion has been in­ cluded in a later and more appropriate place in the opinion. 'The substantive counts of the indictment deal specifically with SPAD contributions to the Re­ publican Congressional Campaign Committee and the Humphrey-Muskie Campaign Committee in 1968. ' Information concerning the fundus composition was required by the defendants not only to enable them to prepare for a trial but also to enable them, if the facts warranted, to move for dismissal on constitutional grounds. Page 14 ' The defendants do not complain that all the answers ta their discovery arul bill of particulars motions were unsatisfactory. They do argue, how­ ever, that the nonresponsive answers of which they complain involved areas critical to the de­ fense. collected from members of the Union" or "other monies collected from persons required to pay or tender Union membership obligations" to be sources of SPAD fund monies. Then, after being redirected by the court to respond, on April 24, 1972, the Government answered that some of the money in the fund came from dues, union assessments, fines, penalties, "other monies col­ lected from members" and "other monies col­ lected front persons required to tender or pay union membership obligations," with the bulk of the fund coming from involuntary contribu­ tions. Moreover, the Government claimed it had no data on what portion of the fund was attri­ butable to each of the categories nor did it explain its inclusion 22 months after the filing of the indictment of two categories of sources that were specifically excluded 20 months after filing the indictment. Again responding, though still offering no explanation for expanding its list of alleged sources, the Government reafi&rmed its inability to provide information concerning the amount of monies collected annually on a category basis. The Government, instead, continued to rely on a chart it furnished showing for the years 1966-1968 the source and amount of SPAD receipts for each union membership clas­ sification. Ilie Government also noted the prior disclosure of its position on the voluntariness or involuntariness of SPAD contributions as keyed to the various imion membership classes. In light of these arguments, the court has no choice but to find inexplicable inconsistencies in the Government's responses. Further, the court finds the-Government's failure to state the amount of monies attributable to each alleged category is in itself noncompliance with the court's order. Obviously, for the Government to state in good faith that some of the monies in the fund were attributable to each category directly implies that, at bare minimum, the Government must have information to show at least one contribution for each category in at least one of the years covered by the indictment. Yet, the Govermnent professes it has no data that will provide this ii^ormation. Clearly, con­ tradictory responses cannot even be raised to the level of colorable compliance. Thus, on the issue of fund composition, the Government has failed to comply with the court's pretrial ordere. Contributions to SPAD ** With respect to contributions deposited in the SPAD account chargeable to other monies collected from members of the union as well as from persons required to pay or tender union membership obligations, the court directed the Government to particularize the circumstances under which these monies were collected. In its original February 1972 response, the Govern­ ment did not furnish these particulars because it represented that it did not allege either of these categories to be sources of SPAD funds. Changing its position two months later, the Government referred the defendants to a com­ puter printout from the union's electronic data tapes. The Government argues that the computer printouts provide the defendants with a com­ plete and informative record of each transaction resulting in a contribution to the SPAD ac­ count—^name of the seaman, his book number and membership classification, the port of pay­ ment together with the amount of payment and the identity of the port agent, in addition to the receipt number of the payment. Further, the Government notes, it attached explanations of the port and port agent codes utilized in the 'Especially sitae the Government's case must succeed or fail with its ability to show the involun­ tariness of contributions to SPAD and considering the minimum lapse of four years between the time of contribution to SPAD and the time of trial, the defendants' need for specification of circum­ stances is almost self-evident. The fact that none of the individual defendants were present at the time contributions were made only serves to rein­ force the argument supporting the court's order to disclose such information. Seafarers Log '•'i ,1 �printouts. Arguing on a different plane, the Govenunent also contends the defendants' re­ liance here on language used by this coiut in its memorandum and order of March 30, 1972 is misplaced. The Government points out that the language used by the court related to re­ quest III-M concerning overt acts rather than relating to requests dealing with the circum­ stances surrounding contributions to SPAD. The Government's response fails to comply with the orders of this court. Its response par­ ticularized neither the conversations nor the circumstances surrounding contributions made to the SPAD account. Though the Government is correct in stating that the language quoted from the court's memorandum and order dealt specifically with request III-M, it is also un­ questionable that the court on that point was dealing with the very nature of the computer printout data. Surely information the court ex­ pressly found not in compliance with a direction to give the circumstances involved in one type of transaction cannot be held to be compliance with a similar order respecting other trans­ actions.^ Overt Acts" The history of the Government's responses on this order are similar to its responses on the previous orders. After the Government was directed to furnish the overt acts upon which it intended to rely, it turned over to the defend­ ants a carton of computer printouts containing approximately 24,000 names and recording approximately 76,000 transactions resulting in contributions to SPAD; Additionally, the Gov­ ernment set forth eight alleged transactions with paraphrases of the conversations at the time of the transactions. When the court specifically held these responses not to be in compliance with the court's prior order, the Government pared its list to 14 pages of computer data involving 120 different seamen. The Government also in­ creased from eight to 22 the number of transac­ tions covered in nonprintout form." These changes, however, do not affect the basic nature of the original response; a response held not to be in compliance with the court's orders. But, more importantly, this court warned in its March 30, 1972 memorandum and order that it would not be sufficient merely to reduce the number of transactions alleged to ^e overt acts. The court suggested to the Government then that it select a smaller number of transactions from the 76,000 and give the required information as to each of them. The Government cannot now expect the court to find anything less than that to be in compliance. Accordingly, the court must also find noncompliance as to the bill of particulars request. I, ' In this regard, the Government furnished print­ outs covering almost 400 transactions purporting to represent SPAD collections in various Ameri­ can and Far Eastern seaports. Yet, these printouts do not specify for the defendants which individ­ uals were coerced into contributing, to whom, when and where they gave the contributions nor does it specify the conversations and circumstances at the time the contributions were made. See Memorandum and Order of March 30, 1972, at 13. The printouts, for example, do not distinguish among Far Eastern ports nor do they inform the defendants of what the port events said or did to obtain a contribution from a seaman nor does it reveal the seaman's response, nor the absence or presence of other people at the time of the con­ tribution. Morover, it must be called to mind again that nowhere is it alleged that any of the indi­ vidual defendants collected or even witnessed any of the transactions listed by the Government. Furthermore, even the union, acting through tnese individual defendants, is without knowledge concerning the circumstances surrounding these transactions. This information is essential to de­ fense preparation. As this court noted in its last memoraruium and order, id. at 14, if at this late date the Government has no information about specific transactions upon which it presently in­ tends to offer evidence at trial, clearly, the de­ fendant^ right of confrontation cannot be secured. 'See Memorandum add Order of January 25, 1972. ' These transactions were given in response to bill of particulars request III-I-(iv)-(v) which the Government incorporated by reference into its re­ sponse to request III-M. June 1972 Because of the Government's repeated failure to furnish the essential particulars that would comply adequately with the orders of this court, the court must grant the relief that it indicated it would grant pursuant to terms of the March 30, 1972 memorandum and order. The mere conglomeration into one bill of particulars of earlier unsatisfactory responses—^responses that failed to provide the defendants with informa­ tion so vital to defense preparation—cannot now suffice to save the prosecution. United States V. Armo Steel Corp., 255 F. Supp. 841 (S.D. Cal. 1966). Consequently, this branch of the defendants' motion to dismiss must be granted. See 1 C. Wright, Federal Rules oj Criminal Procedure §130, at 295 (1969); cf. United States v. Nardolillo, 252, F. 2d 755, 757 (1st Cir. 1958) (Government's refusal to turn over information). Purposeful and Prejudicial Delay On this branch of their motion the defend­ ants seek dismissal of the indictment on, the grounds that the conduct of the prosecution has resulted in delay depriving the defendants of rights secured to them by the fifth and sixth amendments to the Constitution, rule 48 of the of criminal procedure and by the rules promul­ gated by the Second Circuit to insure the prompt disposition of criminal cases. Thus, since this branch of the motion calls into question the Government's conduct during pretrial proceed­ ings in this case, the court must first set forth the history of those proceedings. In September 1970, after the defendants had been arraigned, one of the defense counsel met with Government attorneys for the piupose of narrowing' some of the issues presented by the indictment. At that conference, counsel attempted to arrive at an understanding of the Government's definition of "union funds," a critical term used in the indictment. The Gov­ ernment took the position then that all fimds collected by representatives of the union, re­ gardless of the voluntariness cnr involuntariness of such contributions, were included in the Gov­ ernment's definition of "union funds." Yet, de­ spite the critical nature of this definition and de- • spite a defense request to reduce this informa­ tion to writing, on the day following the confer­ ence the Government refused to state in writing what it had told defense counsel orally at the conference. A month later. Judge Bartels placed this case on his calendar for an informal conference. Prior to the conference, defense counsel for­ warded to Judge Bartels and the Government a memorandum that outlined matters on which the defense requested pretrial disclosure. After hear­ ing counsel. Judge Bartels directed the defend­ ants to mail to the Government within two weeks a questionnaire designed to simplify the issues in the case. Seeking the Government's position as to the nature of SPAD and of the political contributions made by seamen, on November 6, 1970, the defendants forwarded their question­ naire to the Government. On December 15, 1970, the Government responsed by mailing to defense counsel copies of the opinions delivered by the judges of the Eighth (Circuit in United States V. Pipefitters Loccd No. 562, 434 F.2d 1116 (8th Cir.), afFd en banc, 434 F.2d 1127 (8th Cir. 1970), cert, granted 402 U.S. 994 (1971) (Renumbered No. 70-74, 1971 Term); a case the Government contends is virtually identical to the instant prosecution. (Until May 25, 1971, the forwarding of copies of the Eighth Circuit opinions was to be the sole Government response to the questionnaire propounded at the court's direction). In light of the Government's unresponsive answer, in January 1971 the de­ fendants sought an order compelling answers to the inquiries contained in their questionnaire. On February 1, 1971, in its next communica­ tion with Judge Bartels, the Government sought a trial date. The defendants immediately made Judge Bartels aware of the Government's con­ tinuing unwillingness to provide the defendants with necessary pretrial disclosure and renewed their request to settle an order directing the the Government to answer the questionnaire. Judge Bartels decided, however, to make another attempt at obtaining pretrial disclosure, setting the case down for a second informal hearing on May 14, 1971. It is clear from the minutes of the hearing that Judge Bartels had a two-fold purpose in summoning the parties before the court: (1) obviate the need for filing motion papers and (2) furnish the defendants with the information they were entitled to receive. Minutes of Hear­ ing, May 14, 1971, at 4. The minutes of the hearing also reveal that Judge Bartels placed the Government on notice it would have to inform the defendants of the nature and ccHnpositicm of the fund. id. at 9, as well as the status of c<mtributions to SPAD and to define the term "in­ voluntary contribution," id. at 11-16, & passim. As the hearing wore on. Judge Bartels directed the defendants to review the minutes of the hear­ ing and make a "motion for the residue [of in­ formation] that you didn't receive." Id. at 62. In addition. Judge Bartels directed that if any motions were to be made that they be served by June 30, 1971 and be returnable on July 8, 1971. Id. at 71. Complying with the court's direction, on June 29,1971, the defendants served the Government and filed with Judge Bartels a comprehensive set of motion papers returnable on July 8, 1971." Meanwhile, on May 25, 1971, the Government furnished its response to the questionnaire propounded on November 6, 1970. Contrary to the intent of Judge Bartels as manifested at. the informal hearing 11 days earlier, however, the Government refused to answer almost all the inquiries directed at the nature and composition of the SPAD fund. Un­ questionably, the need of proceeding by way of formal motion had not been diminished because of the Government's response. Disregarding Judge Bartels' order of May 14, 1971, the Government served and filed its answering papers on July 16, 1971. Judge Bar­ tels, however, was no longer available to enter­ tain the motion. Two weeks later, on July 30; 1971, with the consent of this court and Jud^ Bartels, the case was formally reassigned pur­ suant to rule 4, individual Assignment and Calendar Rules, E.D.N.Y. By its letter of Augu^ 25, 1971, the Government then advised this , court of the status of the prosecution. After informing the court of their pending motion, the defendants filed, in September, a reply affidavit to the Government's answering papers. The n^ communication with the court by either side came by way of a letter to the court from the Government in November 1971 requesting a conference to fix a date for trial. The court fixed December 8, 1971 as the date for (he con­ ference. From the date the Government "re­ sponded" to the questitonnaire sent it by the defendants until the date set for the first con­ ference with this court, the Government had not furnished the defendants any additional informa­ tion. Because the December 8, 1971 conference was set down by the court at the Government's request to fix a date for trial, the Court, of course, assumed that the Government at least would be ready to do all that was necessary to clear the way for trial. Nevertheless, at the very outset of the conference, the Government informed the court it was not prepared to talk about the single, greatest roadblock to trial—the motion filed by the defendants over five months earlier. See Minutes of Hearing, December 8, 1971, at 3. The Government then suggested the parties again try through informal meetings of counsel to voluntarily resolve their differences concerning the pending motion. When this procedure ended in failure, the motion was formdly submitted to the court for de­ cision. At a second conference held on December 15, 1971, the court ruled on almost all of the requests contained in the defendants' omnibus discovery motion. The remaining request was disposed of in a memorandum and order filed "The Government points out that a docket entry made by a deputy clerk of the court sup­ ports a finding that the defendant^ motion papers were filed on July 9, 1971. The affidavit of service reveals, however, that the papers were served on June 29, 1971. The discrepancy in dates is at­ tributable to the continuing practice of the de­ fendants to deliver papers directly to chambers rather than filing them in the clerk's office. In order to resolve any doubt on this point, the court finds as a matter of fact that the papers were filed and served on June 29, 1971. Page 15 �by the court on January 25, 1972. As a result of the court's oral and written rulings most of the defendants' requests for particulars dealing with the nature of contributions to the SPAD fund and for other acts not contained in the indictment which the Government alleged vio­ lated the Federal Corrupt Practices Act were granted. In response to the court's order to file a bill of particulars, the Government filed several pages of information expanding on the allega­ tions of the indictment. On February 25, 1972 the Government filed another supplemental "bill of particulars"—a carton box containing an estimated 2000 pages of computer printout data covering all SPAD contributions, regard­ less of their volvmtary or involimtary nature, from the 24,000 contributors to SPAD during the years 1966 through 1968. Accompanying the box of computer data was a representation by the Government that the data contained details of all the overt acts upon which the Government intended to rely. In the court's memorandum and order of March 30, 1972 the Government's responses were held not to be in compliance with the prior rulings of the court. Despite the court's r^irection to furnish a proper bill of particulars, however, as the coiut has ruled today, the Government still has not complied and the delay in prosecution continues. Aigument on Constitutional Grounds In passing upon a motion seeking dismissal of an indictment for want of a speedy trial, whether the grounds be the sixth amendment's guarantee of a speedy trial or whether it is asserted that the delay in prosecution assumes the proportions of a denial of due process under the fifth amendment, the court must examine four factors; (1) length of the delay; (2) reason for the delay; (3) prejudice to the de­ fendant, and (4) waiver of a speedy trial. United States ex rel. Solomon v. Mancusi, 412 F.2d 88 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 396 U.S. 936 (1969); United States v. Simmons, 338 F. 2d 804 (2d Cir. 1964), cert, denied, 380 U.S. 983 (11965); United States ex rel. Von Cseh V. Fay. 313 F.2d 620 (2d Cir. 1963)." Case law, however, also recognizes an alternative to the third part of this four-fold test. A claim of deprival of the right to a speedy trial can be sustained if the defendant can make a showing of purposeful and oppressive Government con­ duct as an alternative to a showing of prejudice to the defendant. See, e.g.. United States v. Dooling, 406 F.2d 192 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 395 U.S. 911 (1969); United States v. Pinero, 329 F.Supp. 992 (S.D.N.Y. 1971). Thus, the defendants argue that under either version of the test adopted by the Second Circuit their motion must be granted. Length of Delay ^ The first link in the chain of illegal acts alleged by the Government in this indictment was forged in 1962 when the union's executive board created the SPAD fund. The chain of acts vio­ lating the Federal Corrupt Practices Act was completed, according to the indictment, when SPAD made contributions in 1968 to both Re­ publican and Democratic campaign commit­ tees, with the knowledge that those funds would be used in federal election campaigns. Between 1962 and 1968 came the vast number of con­ tributions by seamen that filled the coffers of the SPAD fund. The siunmer of 1968 marked the beginning of both a congressional and Jus­ tice Department investigation of SPAD opera­ tions. The congressional investigation produced no action; the Justice Department investigation, on the last day in the life of an 18-month grand jury and almost eight years after the creation " These Second Circuit cases indicate that due to the close interrelationship between the right to a speedy trial and the right to due process the court must review the same four factors in deter­ mining whether the delay has deprived a defendant of either of the two constitutional guarantees. Un­ questionably, a delay violating the speedy trial provisions of the sixth amendment can be so preju­ dicial that it also violates the due process clause of the fifth amendmeru. See United States v. Capaldo, 402 F. 2d 821 (2d Cir. 1968) cert, denied 394 U.S. 989 (1969). /6 of SPAD, produced this indictment. Under the test to be applied in deciding this branch of the motion, however, none of these pre-indictment events are includable in computing the length of delay. United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307 (1971). Given the stage of the pro­ ceedings at which the defendants made their motion, only post-indictment delay is attack­ able. Today, 11 days before the date set for trial, the time lapse cmnputed from the filing of the indictment stands at almost 23 mtmths. Qearly, while the delay here is not as shocking to the conscience as delays in some cff the other cases in which similar motions have been granted, see, e.g.. United States v. Mam, 291 F.Supp. 268 (S.D.N.Y. 1968) (nine-year delay), neitter is the delay so minimal that the de^ndants* motion must be denied without considering the remaining three factors of the Second Circuit test, cf. United States ex rel. Solomon v. Man­ cusi, 412 F2d. 88, 90 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 396 U.S. 936 (1969). This type of motion does not merely test the passage of time. See United States V. Ewell, 383 U.S. 116 (1966); but see United States v. Lustman, 258 F. 2d 475 (2d Cir.), cert, denied 358 U.S. 880 (1958) (leaving open the possibility that passage of •time can be a per se violation of the due proc­ ess clause). Accordingly, the court finds that the delay of 23 months in this prosecution is sufficiently long that, assuming the remaining factors preponderate in the defendants' favor, dismissal is warranted. Reasons for Delay The Government has adopted a two-pronged position on this issue: (1) delay has not occiurred and (2) if the court finds delay, then it must also find that delay is directly attributable to the actions of the defendants. Reply to De­ fendants^ Motion to Dismiss, filed March 23, 1972, at 4. The defendants argue, however, that the delay in this prosecution has been chused by the Government's refusal to properly respond to their discovery requests. The de­ fendants contend further that this course of conduct embarked upon by the Government has been designed by the Government to achieve a tactical advantage. Consequently, if the de­ fendants can sustain their argument, they will not only be successful on the second part of the Second Circuit test but the third part of the alternative version as well. The court finds the defendants have sustained their argument. From the history of these proceedings it is evident that the Government has continuously sought what it termed an early but realistic trial date. On all occasions, both this court and Judge Bartels expressed a willingness to accede to the Government's requests. In fact, in De­ cember 1971 this court set a firm date for trial—^June 5, 1972. Yet, concommitant to moving a criminal cause to trial, an obligation arises on the part of the Government to forward to the defendants appropriate pretrial dis­ closure information.^" With this in mind, as the minutes of the December 15, 1971 hearing attest; the court established a timetable for pretrial disclosure leading up to the June 1972 trial date. Quite simply, however, the Govern­ ment has not complied with this portion of their obligation. Because of the Government's noncompliance, the defendants find themselves caught in the squeeze between early trial and adequate preparation. " Especially in this type of multi-defendant case alleging a continuing conspiracy that commenced almost 10 years ago, and presenting a myriad of complex legal questions and raising the spectre of vastly protracted litigation, the Government must accept its burden—narrow the triable issues and provide the defendants with essential pretrial dis­ closure. As Judge Marovitz noted in United States V. Tanner, 279 F. Supp. 457, 478 (N.D. III. 1967) (arson and bomb conspiracy); [T\t is obvious that the Court has expended much needless time in providing particulars to the defense . . . Even in a situation where 82 separate requests are ihcluded in a motion for a bill of particulars, the Government has the duty to proffer those which are proper and appropriate, rather than being content to argue that the bill seeks a mass of eviden­ tiary material, and shifting the burden to the court to sift the wheat from the chaff. The Government's failure to meet its pretrial disclosure obligations, see note 12 supra, has been a continuing one—'failure to respond to the (Jctober 1970 questionnaire; failure to file a timely response to the defendants' discovery motions; failure to comply with this court's rulings on those motions. The May 1, 1972 hearing on the defendants' motion to dismiss is typical of the Government's failure to meet their pretrial obligations, e.g. in the early stages of this litigation, at the direction of the court and, at least once by request of the Government, counsel attempted through informal means to secure information the Government was obli­ gated to give, yet, the Government, in explaining its failure to disclose any essential information until January 1972, relied on the absence of an order directing disclosure." Regardless whether the Government's all-out resistance to pretrial disclosure has exemplified good faith or bad faith, the Government has made "a deliberate choice for a supposed advantage"- and the con­ sequent delay has caused as much "damage to the defendmit[s] as it would have caused if it had been made in bad faith." In re Provoo, 17 F.R.D. 183, 202 (D. Md.), afiTd per curiam, 350 U.S. 857 (1955). Acordingly, the court finds that the Govern­ ment has chosen to embark on a course of purpos^ul c(xiduct designed to secure a tactical advantage, resisting both suggestions and orders of two judges of the court to furnish the defendants^with requisite pretrial disclosure while, simultaneously, demanding an early trial date. This choice of the Government seeking unfair advantage over the defendants has resulted in the current and continuing delay in the prosecu­ tion. Assuming the absence of waiver of the right to a speedy trial, then, under the alterna­ tive version of the Second Circuit test, dismis­ sal is warranted. See United States v. Dooling, 406 F.2d 192 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 395 U.S. 911 (1969); United States v. Pinero, 329 F. Supp. 992,944 (S.D.N.Y. 1971); cf. United States V. Blaustein, 325 F.Supp. 233,238 (S.D.N.Y. 1971); United States v. Blanca Perez, 310 F.Supp. 550,551 (S.D.N.Y. 1970) (prima facie prejudice). Prejudice Though this court has already ruled that the Government's refusal to particularize its charges is in itself a violation of the right to a speedy trial, the court also finds the Government's failure to comply with the order to disclose in­ formation essential to the defense has seriously prejudiced the defendants' ability to prepare to meet the charges lodged against them. Because of the Government's failure to disclose this es­ sential information, the defendants will be un­ able to investigate adequately the transactions concerning which the Government has indicated its intent to offer evidence on trial. Absent such investigation, the defendants will be prevented from effectively cross-examining the Govern­ ment's witnesses, nor will they be able to locate, interview and procure the attendance at trial of any rebuttal witnesses who might have a recol­ lection of these events." Similarly, despite an order by this court to do so, the refusal of the Government to particularize fully its position with respect to the organization and composi­ tion of the SPAD fund has rendered impossible any statistical defense to the charges lodged against these defendants. Further, the defendants set forth the sudden and unexpected death on January 26, 1972 of defendant A1 Kerr as a specific example of 'Mr. Brown— ... I would like to point out, though, that the first time that we had an order requiring the Government to produce anything was a year and a half after the indictment ... Minutes of Hearing, May 1, 1972, at 42 (emphasis, added). " The prejudice flowing from the Government's failure to provide this information is magnified in this type of case where the issues to be resolved require an inquiry into the state of a person's mind—both of the contributing seaman and the collecting union official. See Minutes of Hearing, May 14, 1971, at 10. Moreover, the problem is greatly exacerbated by the absence of the defend­ ants from any transaction upon which the Gov­ ernment intends to rely that resulted in a contri­ bution to the SPAD fund. 4 �r prejudice resulting from the delay in prosecu­ tion. Defendant Kerr, the sole individual named in the substantive counts of the indictment and termed in the Government's bill of particulars as the "general administrator for the Union in all matters concerning SPAD," was the custodian of all SPAD records and reports. Assuming de­ fendant Kerr took the stand, and there is no reason to believe at this time that he would not have taken the stand, he would have been in a position to testify as to the faets concerning SPAD's creation; the existence of SPAD as an entity distinct from the union; the efforts of the defendants beginning in 1962 and continuing to the present to comply with the requirements of the Federal Corrupt Practices-Act, as well as to rebut the Government's allegations to the contrary. Qearly, defendant Kerr was the one individual most qualified to testify as to SPAD's organizational structure and daily operation, and to distinguish the interrelatonships among the individual defendants, the union, SPAD and the alleged co-conspirators. More importantly, the defendants aver that defendant Kerr person­ ally made refunds to all SPAD contributors who requested them. Such testimony as to SPAD's custom and practice of giving refunds, in addi­ tion to specific evidence as to the time, place and manner in which these refunds were made is vital to the defense. By the death of this specific favorable witness, A1 Kerr, however, not only have the defendants lost all of this vital testimony at trial, but they also have lost his invaluable aid in preparation before trial. Moreover, the defendants allege prejudice in an area not directly related to trial preparation or the loss of evidence. In addition to alleging the presence of anxiety that accompanies the prospect of criminal trial and which becomes "manifestly oppressive" when post-indictment delay increases "from months to years," see United States v. Blanca Perez. 310 F.Supp. 550,551 (S.D.N.Y. 1970); see also United States V. Marion. 404 U.S. 307,320 (1971), the defendants allege further that they "have been substantially disabled from properly fulfilling their functions as a labor organization and as ofiicials of that organization." Supplemental Affidavit in Support of Motion to Dismiss, filed April 28, 1972, at 17-18." Furthermore, the defendants point out, bail limitations have re­ duced the ability of the individual defendants to perform various services in behalf of the vuiion and its membership. From this recital of facts prejudice is readUy apparent. A key witness, A1 Kerr, critical to the defense has become unavailable throu^ death. Dickey v. Florida. 398 U.S. 30,36 (1969). De­ fendant Kerr's death, coming almost on the heels of the Government's initial pretrial dis­ closure, coupled with the Government's continu­ ing failure to disclose other essential informa­ tion, has hampered the preparatirm of a de­ fense in this case. United States v. De Masi, 445 F.2d 251,255 (2d Cir.) cert, denied, 404 U.S. 882 (1971). Moreover, there is a suggestion in the record that potentid witnesses are unable to recall some of the events that have occurred in the last ten years, eight of which are covered in this indictment. Id. Thus, especially in light of the death of A1 Kerr, it can be fairly said on this record that "the search for truth has been severely hampered" and, rather than being a case where possible prejudice is "unsubstantial, speculative and premature," this is a case where prejudice is actual and has been particularized. "The defendants argue that the pendency of these charges has adversely affected the union's organizational activities and have effectively barred the union from functioning in the political arena. Of course any arrest and indictment leaves the defendant open to "public obloquy." to a drain on his financial resources and a curtailment of his associations. United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307. 320 (1971): here, however, the problem has been exacerbated by delay. Defendant Paul Hall, particularly, who has been named in the press as a probable successor to George Meany as Presi­ dent of the AFL-CIO. see Supplemental A£Sdavit in Support of Motion to Dismiss, filed April 28, 1972. Exhibit "C." has suffered greatly from the public notoriety surrounding this prosecution. United States v. Mann. 291 F.Supp. 268, 271 (S.D.N.Y. 1968). Waiver Ordinarily, a defendant waives his ri^t to complain of the want of a speedy trial if he fails to move for a speedy trial. See, e.g.. United States V. Lustman. 258 F.2d 475 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 358 U.S. 880 (1958). Nonetheless, as this court indicated in its Memorandum and Order, filed March 30, 1972, at 5, an exception to the waiver rule exists when, because of the Government's conduct a defendant's demand for a speedy trial cannot be an effective remedy. See In re Provoo, 17 F.RD. 183 (D. Md.), afTd per curiam, 380 U.S. 857 (1955). As the court has foimd, supra, the Government has failed to file an adequate bill of particulars as ordered by the court. In fact, the failure con­ tinues even today. Since the burden is with the prosecution to move this case forward, see Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 37-38, the faUure of the de­ fendants to demand a speedy trial caimot be deemed a waiver of their rights when the Gov­ ernment, at the same time, has failed to com­ ply adeq^^iately with an order to file a bill of particulars and has, thus, failed to move the case to trial. United States v. Blaustein, 325 F.Supp. 233,237-40 (S.D.N.Y. 1970); United States V. Chin, 306 F.Supp. 397,400 (S.D.N.Y. 1969). Therefore, the court finds that the de­ fendants have not waived their rights to com­ plain of the lack of a speedy trial. Consequently, since the court has found in favor of the defendants on each of the four factors involved in the Second Circuit test, the defendants motion to dismiss on constitutional groimds must be granted. Rule 48(b) Rule 48(b), Fed.R.Crim.P., provides in per­ tinent part: If there is unnecessary delay ... in bring­ ing a defendant to trial, the court may dis­ miss the indictment, information or com­ plaint. Individual Defendants Counsel for the defendants Paul Hall and Earl Shepard urge dismissal on an additional ground—^union o£5ciaIs should not be vicarious­ ly liable for any unlawful acts of the union com­ mitted by other union officials or union em­ ployees that were unauthorized by or unknown to them. Even assuming this to be the law, it would not of itself entitle these defendants to a dismissal at this time. At best, in li^t of the conspiracy count in the indictment, the de­ fendants could have raised this argument at the close of the Government's case. Now, however, a motion on this ground must be denied.^^ As to another individual defendant, A1 Kerr, quite obviously, an additional ground for dis­ missal exists—^his sudden and unexpected death. For all the reasons stated previously and on this ground as well, the indictment against de­ fendant A1 Kerr must be dismissed. Conclusion The defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The- indictment is DISMISSED as to all defendants and all defendants are dis­ charged. SO ORDERED. [Signed] Mark A. Constantmo U. S. D. J. "Insofar as the defendants Hall and Shepard object that the charges against them have not been sufficiently particularized, they are situated similarly to the other irulividual defendants. As to all the individual defendants, however, the court has already noted their trial preparation problems have been greatly exacerbated by their lack of knowledge concerning the daily operations of SPAD and of the transactions underlying contri­ butions to the SPAD fund. The defendants proffer this rule as an additional ground for dismissal. The rule has been held to implement the sixth amendment's guarantee of a right to a speedy trial. Pollard v. United States, 352 U.S. 354,361 n.7 (1967). Before the nde can be invoked, however, the defendant^ must make a successful showing of delay and either that it prejudiced the defendant's ability to rebut the Government's case or that it was caused by oppressive governmental action. United States V. Dooling, 406 F.2d 192,196 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, 395 U.S. 911 (1969). But, in any case, a motion under this rule is addressed to the sound discretion of the court. See, e.g.. United States V. Research Foundation, Inc., 155 F.Supp. 650,654 (S.D.N.Y. 1957). Here, the court has found delay resulting from purposeful conduct of the Government that has prejudiced the de­ fendants' ability to rebut the case the Govern­ ment seeks to prove against theni. Hence, the court, in its discretion under rule 48(b), must again find in the defendants' favor.^* ' The defendtmts also seek dismissal uttder rights secured to them by the Second Circuit Rules Re- • garding Prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases (January 5, 1971. as amended. May 24, 1971). These rules were promulgated by the Circuit Coun­ cil in the exercise of its supervisory power over the administration of justice in the federal courts of the Second Circuit. But. since the rules were designed as a housekeeping tool to insure the swift and efficient administration of justice catd in light, of this court's finding of a violation of the • substantive rights secured to the defendants under both the Constitution and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, it becomes unnecessaiy to rule upon that part of the defendants^ motion grounded on the Second Circuit rules. The court, therefore, refrains from rendering such an opinion. • -' "'Viitii. r"' \7 �Text of Indictment Against SlU Following is the complete text of the indictment handed dawn against the SIU on June 30, 1970. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff V. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, GULF, LAKES and INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFI^CIO, No. VIOLATION: 18 U.S.C. 610 18 U.S.C. 371 FRANK BOYNE, PHILIP CARLIP, JOSEPH DIGIORGIO, FRANK DROZAK, PAUL DROZAK, PAUL HALL, AL KERR, EARL SHEPARD, Defendants Hie Grand Jury charges: COUNT ONE 1. Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO (hereafter Seafarers International Union), is and was at all times material to this Indictment, a labor organization within the means of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code, that is to say, an organization \idiich exists, in part, for the pnrpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, and conditions of work. 2. A1 Kerr is, and was at all times material to this Indictment, Secretary-Treasurer of Seafarers Interna­ tional Union. 3. In November 1968 a General Election was held pursuant to the laws -of the United States arid of theseveral states, at which, among others. Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors, United States Senators, and Representatives to Congress were voted for. 4. On or about July 22, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Seafarers International Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribution in connection with the election of Representatives to Con­ gress at the 1968 General Election by means of is­ suing Check No. 1476, in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Political Ac­ tivity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, payable to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, signed by Philip Carlip and AI Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT TWO 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about July 22, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's making the contribution described in Paragraph 4 of Count One of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT THREE 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about July 22, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Seafarers International Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribution in connection with the election of Representatives to Congress at the 1968 General Election by means of issuing Check No. 1477, in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Poli•tical Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, payable to the Republican Con­ gressional Campaign Committee, signed by Philip Carlip and Al Kerr, in violation of Section of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT FOUR 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about July 22, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's making the con­ tribution described in Count Three of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT FIVE 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about September 23, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Seafarers International Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribu­ tion in connection with the election of Representatives to Congress at the 1968 General Election by means of issuing Check No. 1612, in the amount of $5,000, Page 18 drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Politi­ cal Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, payable to the Republican Congres­ sional Campaign Committee, signed by H. Melcer and Philip Carlip, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT SIX 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incoiporated in this Count. 2. On or about September 23, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's mak­ ing the contribution described in Count Five of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT SEVEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Coimt. 2. On or about October 7, 1968, in the Eastern Dis­ trict of New York, defendant Seafarers International Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribu­ tion in connection with the election of Representatives to Congress at the 1968 General Election by means of issuing Check No. 1707 in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Political Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank of New York Trust Company, payable to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, signed by Philip Carlip and Al Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT EIGHT 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this, Count. 2. On or about October 7, 1968, in the Eastern Dis­ trict of New York, defendant Al Keir, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wil­ fully and unlawfully consent to the Union's milking the contribution described in Coimt Seven of this Indict­ ment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT NINE 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Extern Dis­ trict of New York, defendant SeaJfarers international Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribu­ tion in connection with the election of Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors at the 1968 General Election by means of issuing Check No. 1749, in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Sea­ farers Political Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, payable to Artists and Entertainers for Humphrey and Muskie, signed by H. Melcer and Al Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT TEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's mak­ ing the contribution described in Count Nine of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT ELEVEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Coimt. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Seafarers Interna­ tional Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribution in connection with the election of Presi­ dential and Vice Presidential Electors at the 1968 Gen­ eral Election by means of issuing Check No. 1750, in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Political Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, pay­ able to Builders for Humphrey and Muskie, signed by H. Melcer and Al Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT TWELVE 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern Dis­ trict of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wil­ fully and unlawfully consent to the Union's making the contribution descrited in Count Eleven of this Indict­ ment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT THIRTEEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern Dis­ trict of New York, defendant Sesffarers International Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribu­ tion in connection with the election of Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors at the 1968 General Elec­ tion by means of issuing Check No. 1751, in the amoimt of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 02O005695 (Seafarers Political Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, payable to Educators for Humphrey and Muskie, signed by H. Melcer and Al Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT FOURTEEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's making the contribution described in Count Thirteen of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT FIFTEEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. -2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Seafarers Interna­ tional Union did knowingly and unlawfully make a contribution in connection with the election of Presi­ dential and Vice Presidential Electors at the 1968 General Election by means of issuing Check No. 1752, in the amount of $5,000, drawn on its Account No. 020-005695 (Seafarers Political Activity Donation) at the Chemical Bank New^ork Trust Company, pay­ able to Lawyers for Humphrey and Muskie, signed by H. Melcer and Al Kerr, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code. COUNT SIXTEEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Count One of this Indictment are incorporated in this Count. . f 2. On or about October 31, 1968, in the Eastern District of New York, defendant Al Kerr, in his capacity as an officer of Seafarers International Union, did wilfully and unlawfully consent to the Union's ' making the contribution described in Coiint Fifteen of this Indictment, in violation of Section 610 of Title 18," United States Code. COUNT SEVENTEEN 1. The allegations contained in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Count One are incorporated in this Count. 2. At all times hereafter mentioned the term "Fed­ eral election" means an election at which Presidential Electors, or candidates for the offices of United States Senator and United States Representative in Congress, were voted for. 3. Paul Hall, at all times material to this Indictment, was President of Seafarers International Union. 4. Earl Shepard, at all times material to this Indict­ ment, was a Vice-President of Seafarers International Union. 5. Philip Carlip, from and after September 14, 1966, was a lobbyist for Seafarers International Union, reg­ istered with the Secretary of the United States Senate, and from and after July 17, 1967, was so registered with the Clerk of the United States House of Rep­ resentatives. 6. Frank Boyne, at all times material to this Indict­ ment, was an employee of Seafarers International Un­ ion. 7. Frank Drozak, at all times material to this Indict­ ment, was an employee of Seafarers International Un­ ion. 8. Paul Drozak, at all times material to this Indict­ ment, was an employee of Seafarers International Un­ ion. 9. Joseph DiGiorgio, at all times material to this In­ dictment was an employee of Seafarers International Union. 10. From in or about 1962 and continuously there­ after up to and including the date of filing of this In­ dictment, in the Borough of Brooklyn, in the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, Al Kerr, Paul Hall, Earl Shepard, Philip Carlip, Frank Boyne, Frank Drozak, Paul Drozak, and Joseph DiGiorgio, de­ fendants herein, and Robert Matthews, Al Tanner, Cal Tanner, and Lindsey Williams, named herein as co­ conspirators but not defendants, did wilfully, knowing­ ly, and unlawfully conspire and agree with one another and with other persons to the Grand Jurors known and unknown, to violate Section 610 of Title 18, United States Code, in that they did wilfully, knowingly, and unlawfully conspire and agree to cause Seafarers In­ ternational Union to make contributions and expendi­ tures in connection with elections at which Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors, or candidates for the Seafarers Log ii :i| �• II !• offices of United States Senator and United States Rep­ resentative in Congress, were to be voted for. 11. In furtherance of the conspiracy the Executive Board of Seafarers International Union, consisting of defendants Paul Hall, Earl Shepard, and A1 Kerr, and co-conspirators A1 Tanner, Cal Tanner, and Lindsey Williams, met on August 27, 1962 and December 17, 1962, in New York City, New York, and created a special fund called Seafarers Political Activity Dona­ tion (SPAD). 12. It was part of the conspiracy that SPAD he given the appearance of a bona fide political commit­ tee, a separate and distinct entity from Seafarers Inter­ national Union, to receive voluntary contributions from unlicensed seamen and to make political contribu­ tions and expenditures in this behalf. In fact, however, it was part of the conspiracy that SPAD would exist only on paper and he nothing more than a device de­ signed to concf^.1 unlawful political contributions by Seafarers International Union. 13. It was further a part of the conspiracy that the SPAD committee would consist of the same persons who were members of the Executive Board of Sea­ farers International Union, and that the persons au­ thorized to sign SPAD checks would he the same persons authorized to sign checks on other accounts of Seafarers International Union. 14. It was further a part of the conspiracy that the Union's Port Agents and Port Patrolmen would collect SPAD contributions at the same time they collected Union dues and assessments from unlicensed seamen. In furtherance of this aspect of the conspiracy, SPAD would become an item upon the printed cash receipts issued by Port Agents and Port Patrolmen to such un­ licensed seamen. 15. It was further a part of the conspiracy that pro­ bationary members of the Union, who lacked Union voting privileges and seniority in bidding for jobs, would be caused to fear that failure or refusal to make contributions to SPAD would result in the loss of their employment, so that substantially larger SPAD con­ tributions would be collected from such probationary members than from full-fledged members, who enjoy Union voting privileges and have seniority in obtaining employment. 16. It was further a part of the conspiracy that SPAD contributions would be collected from foreign seamen in lieu of Union dues. 17. It was further a part of the conspiracy that periodic reports in the name of SPAD would be filed with the Clerk of the United States House of Repre­ sentatives, to conceal the contributions and expendi­ tures made by Seafarers International Union in connec- ^ tion with Federal, state and local elections. 18. It was further a part of the conspiracy that the defendants and co-conspirators would cause Seafarers International Union to make contributions totaling more than $750,000 in connection with Federal elections in the years 1964 through 1968. 19. In pursuance of the aforesaid conspiracy, and to effect the objects thereof, the defendants performed the following and other overt acts within the Eastern District of New York and other places. OVERT ACTS 1. On or about January 10, 1969, defendant A1 Kerr filed with the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives a report of SPAD contributions and expenditures for the period January 1, 1968, to Decem­ ber 31, 1968, indicating expenditures for Federal elec­ tions during that period in the total amount of $552,781.82. On or about December 17, 1962, in New York City, New York, defendant A1 Kerr met with defendants Earl Shepard and Paul Hall, and co-conspirators Lind­ sey Williams, Cal Tanner, and A1 Tanner, and prepared minutes of a meeting of the SPAD committee of Sea­ farers International Union. 3. On or about September 23, 1968, defendant A1 Kerr wrote a letter to Rexford Dickey, Agent, Sea­ farers International Union, at Baltimore, Maryland, transmitting Checks Nos. 1634 and 1635 drawn on the Union's SPAD account, in the amounts of $420.00 and $372.59, respectively. 4. On or about April 24, 1968, defendant A1 Kerr wrote a letter to defendant Frank Drozak, Vice-Presi­ dent, Seafarers International Union, at San Francisco, California, transmitting Check No. 1200 drawn on the Unions' SPAD account, in the amount of $250. 5. On or about March 21, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York, defendant Paul Hall met with defendants A1 Kerr, Paul Drozak, and Frank Drozak, and co-con­ spirators A1 Tanner and Lindsey Williams, and pre­ sided over a meeting of the SfPAD committee of Sea­ farers International Union. 6. On or about March 30, 1966, defendant Paul Hall wrote a letter to Gordon Spencer, Port Agent, Seafarers International Union, at Norfolk, Virginia, transmitting Check No. 609, in the amount of $100, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 7. On or about March 14, 1966, defendant Paul Hall viTote a letter to defendant Frank Drozak, Seafarers International Union, at San Francisco, California, en­ closing Check No. 606, drawn on the Union's SPAD account, in the amount of $1,000. 8. On or about December 17, 1962, in New York June 1972 City, New York, defendant Earl Shepard met with de­ fendants A1 Kerr and Paul Hall, and co-conspirators Lindsey Williams, Cal Tanner, and A1 Tanner, and presided over a meeting of the SPAD committee of Seafarers International Union. 9. On or about November 8, 1965, in Brooklyn, New York, defendant Earl Shepard met with defend­ ants A1 Kerr, Paul Hall, Frank Drozak. and Paul Drozak, and co-conspirators Lindsey Williams, Robert Matthews, and Cal Tanner, and presided over a meet­ ing of the SPAD committee of Seafarers International Union. 10. On or about August 6, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York, defendant Earl Shepard met with defendants A1 Kerr and Frank Drozak, and co-conspirator Lindsey Williams, and presided over a meeting of the SPAD committee of Seafarers International Union. 11. On or about September 14, 1966, defendant Philip Carlip registered with the Secretary of the United States Senate as a lobbyist for Seafarers In­ ternational Union. 12. On or about July 17, 1967, defendant Philip Carlip registered with the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives as a lobbyist for Seafarers International Union. 13. On or about April 1, 1968, defendant Philip Carlip signed Check No. 1146 in the amount of $1,000, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 14. On or about July 8, 1968, defendant Philip Carlip signed Check No. 1366, in the amoimt of $5,000, drawn on the Union's SPAD accoimt. 15. On or about October 27, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, defendant Joseph DiGiorgio met with defendants A1 Kerr, Paul Hall, Earl Shepard, Frank Drozak, and Paul Drozak, and co-conspirators Lind­ sey Williams, Robert Matthews, Cal Tanner and A1 Tanner, at a meeting of the SPAD committee of Sea­ farers International Union. 16. On or about July 28, 1964, defendant Joseph DiGiorgio signed Check No. 180, in the amount of $1,000, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 17. On or about August 13, 1965, defendant Joseph DiGiorgio signed Check No. 511, in the amount of $200, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 18. On or about September 25, 1963, in New York City, New York, defendant Paul Drozak met with de­ fendants Earl Shepard, A1 Kerr, and Paul Hall, and co-conspirators Lindsey Williams, Robert Matthews, Cal Tanner, and A1 Tanner at a meeting of the SPAD committee of Seafarers Intematicmal Union. 19. On or about March 21, 1968, in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, defendant Paul Drozak met with defendants Paul Hall, A1 Kerr, and Frank Drozak, and co-conspiratbrs A1 Tanner and Lindsey Williams at a meeting of the SPAD committee of Seafarers Inter­ national XJnion. 20. On or about April 8, 1968, in the city of Houston, Texas, defendant Paul Drozak received from defendant A1 Kerr, Check No. 1168, in the amount of $150, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 21. On or about November 8, 1965, in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, defendant Frank Drozak met with defendants Earl Shepard, A1 Kerr, Paul Hall, and Paul Drozak, and co-conspirators Lindsey Williams, Robert Matthews, and Cal Tanner, at a meeting of the SPAD committee of Seafarers International Union. 22. On or about May 23, 1968, defendant Frank Drozak received from defendant A1 Kerr Check No. 1277, in the amount of $100, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 23. On or about March 3, 1966, defendant Frank Drozak wrote a letter to defendant Paul Hall, Presi­ dent, Seafarers International Union, at Brooklyn, New York. 24. On or about March 1, 1966, defendant Frank Drozak collected money from members of the crew of the ship "Brigham Victory" and issuafl therefor Seafarers International Union cash receipt numbers El5928 through El5944. 25. On or about November 1, 1968, defendant Frank Boyne submitted to Seafarers International Union a petty cash voucher numbered 4, in the amount of 6,000 Yen. 26. On or about November 26, 1968, defendant Frank Boyne deposited to his account at the Bank of America, Yokohama Branch, Check No. 1808, in the amount of $16.67, drawn on the Union's SPAD account. 27. On or about September 6, 1968, defendant Frank Boyne collected money from members of the crew of the ship "Transglobe" and issued therefc Sea­ farers International Union cash receipt numbers E86461 through E86474. ' 28. On or about September 19, 1968, defendant Frank Boyne collected money from members of the crew of the ship "S/T Thetis" and issued therefore Seafarers International Union cash receipt numbeis E86475 through E86485. In violation of 18 U.S.C. 371). Signed by: Edward R. Neaher, United States Attorney; 'Edward N. Brown, Special Attorney; John E. Clark, Special Attorney; and the foreman of the grand jury. SIU Indictment' Hit by AFL-CIO The AFL-CIO Executive Council, meeting in Chicago in the Fall of 1970, adopted a resolution supporting the SIU in its fight against a federal grand jury indictment accusing the union and its officers of making political contributions in viola­ tion of federal regulations. The executive council statement is indicative of the support that virtually all organized labor lent the SIU during its fight to have the charges dismissed. The following is the text of the AFL-CIO statement: In June of this year a Grand Jury in Brooklyn returned an indictment charging the I^afarers Inter­ national Union and several of its officers and mem­ bers with making and conspiring to make political contributions in violation of federal law. The in­ dictment specifically alleges that in the national election of 1968 the Seafarers Union, through its Political Activity Donation Account (SPAD), con­ tributed a total of $20,000 to Republican campaign committees and contributed a like amount to Demo­ cratic campaign committees. It also alleged a con­ tinuing conspiracy from 1962 to have the union make unlawfffi political contributions through SPAD. Under federal law labor organizations are pre­ cluded from using union funds to make contribu­ tions in connection with federal elections and, as a result, many national and international unions have formed separate political committees to collect voluntary dollars from its members and supporters to be used in federal political campaigns. The forma­ tion of such committees and their use of monies so collected to support candidates for political office has always been permitted under federal law. ^The indictment, however, charges, in essence, that the Seafarers open and above board campaign to secure voluntary contributions to its Political Activity Donation Account, and to make campaign contributions from that fund, which were fully re­ ported to the Qerk of the House of Representatives as the law requires, somehow constitutes a con­ spiracy for contributions to federal candidates. As the Supreme Court has recognized, working men and women have a First Amendment right to associate together to make their voice heard in fed­ eral elections. They have the right to make voluntary contributions to political activity funds set up by their, unions. And unions have the right and the responsibility to convince their members that such contributions are vital to safeguard their interest in a progressive and responsive federal government. Congress, the Supreme Court and the Justice Department, itself in the past, have recognized as much. The broad and loosely drawn indictment in the Seafarers case can only be read as a device to coerce working men and women and their unions to forego their basic constitutional rights. The reasons behind this move by the key poli­ tician in the Administration, Attorney General Mitchell, are not hard to discern. He has learned by hard experience, first in the 1968 campaign, and then in labor's fight to defeat the unwise nominations of Judges Haynsworth and Clarswell that the labor movement is the bulwark against the regressive and repressive policies the Executive Branch has sought to implement. Recognizing this, he is seeking to silence the American trade union movement for purely political purposes. While he pursues the labor movement through new and expensive legal theories, he refuses to move forward against the Republican campaign committees that did, not file their reports on time during the 1968 campaign, despite the fact that the failure to file constituted clear violation of law. This is all of a piece with the trend of Administration policy which is to monopolize the press and the air­ waves by silencing its critics. The reaction of the American trade union move­ ment to this strategy is simple. We will not be cowed. We are going to continue to exercise our basic rights and we are going to aid the defense of those labor organizations which become the chosen targets of the Justice Department. Page 19 i I �SPAD and the Seafarer Seafarers for years have under­ stood the necessity of participating in political and legislative activities. In recognition of this need, Seafarers through their Union, banded together and established SPAD as a separate, segregated fund to receive contribu­ tions and make expenditures in sup­ port of their lawful objectives of im­ proving their social, economic and political interests. Seafarers recognized that the views and actions of those elected to politi­ cal office have a most serious impact upon the well-being of seamen and their families. Seafarers recognized further the extreme importance of uniting in a meaningful association to support those persons for political office whose philosophies and inter­ ests are in sympathy with seamen's n^ds and aspirations. Most recently the United States Congress passed legislation reafiSrming the right of working people, through their Unions, to establish and administer separate, segregated funds for political purposes and to solicit contributions to such funds, such as SPAD. By this legislation. StJicitori (^ard SPAD (SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION) 675 Fourth Avonuo, Brooklyn, Now York Nama of Solicitor and Addraaa Book or Idantlflcatlon No. Data of laauanca Tha abova Is authorizad to solicit contributions to SPAD. SPAD is a saparata sagragatad fund and all contrilHitions ara volunUry. Among its objacts and purposas is to furtliar tha political, sociaf and aconomic Intarasta of Saafarar saaman. It supports and contributas to political candidates for alactiva offica, implamantlng its objacts and purposes. No contributions may ba solicited or racalved because of force, Job discrimination, flnancial reprisal or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of mambarship In tha Union (8IUNA AGLIWO) or of amplqymant. This authorization card is the property of SPAD and must ba aurrandarad to SPAD upon damand. SPAD Authorizad, Chairman or Traasurar specific, appropriate rules were also established for the operation of such funds or committees. In accordance with these congressional directions, and by appropriate Seafarer's action SPAD, in ad^tion to other actions, has adopted procedures for the solici­ tation and receipt of contributions as follows: Only authorized personnel may solicit contributions and they must have a Solicitor's Card (at left). All SPAD solicitors have been issued written instructions and they shall issue official SPAD receipts for all contributions received (below). Support SPAD and participate meaningfully with Seafarers to pro­ tect and advance Seafarers' interests. SPAD exists for your benefit. Sup­ port it! V: (SBBfarara PtlWeal Activity DtnttiMi) •7S FOURTH AVENUE. •ROONLVN. NEW YORK 15U INSTRUCTIONS TO SPAO'S AUTHORIZED SOLICITORS SPAD is a separate segregated fund and all contributions are vol-' untary. Among its objects and purpose is to further the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen. It supports and con­ tributes to political candidates for elective office, implementing its objects and purposes. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal or threat of such conduct or as a con­ dition of memtiership in the Union (SlUNA AGLIWD) or of employment. All solicitor's authorization cards and receipt books are the propertyof SPAD and must be surrendered upon demand to SPAD. Any and all contributions must be receipted for and only SPAD official receipt books may be used. For all contributions received a full completed receipt with the appropriate details, should be issued to the contributor. ^ Raeaipt 07451 Date. Collected on. Contributor't name. Address ^ - ^1 .Amount of contribution. S.S. #. SPAD is a saparata sagragatad fund. Its procaads ara usad to furtbar its obiacts and purposas includinc, but not limited to furthering the political, social and eco­ nomic interests of Seararer:seamen, ttie preservation and furthering of tfie American Merchant Marine with improved employi^t opportunities for seamen and ttte advancisment of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAO supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be iolicitad or received tiecause of force, job discrimina­ incial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in tion, finer the Union (SlUNA AGLIWD) or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD at ttie above address, certified mail within thirty days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. (A copy of our ropert flM with tho pufchoM from ttw Suporlntondont of D.C. 20402.) U.S. Oevi i» (or Vtill bol avoiloBlo tor Brinlini dllco.WMhineton Signature of Solicitor. / ^ Lesson of Indictment Is That Labor Must Vigilantly Protect Its Rights A Federal Court has dismissed the indictments brought against the Seafarers International Union by the Justice Department. The purpose of the Justice Department's action was to halt the activity and participation of Seafarers in the politicd process. The full text of the Court's 38-page de­ cision dismissing the case appears on Pages 14-17 of this supplement. The supplement also con­ tains the text of the indictments, as originally is­ sued, on Pages 18-19. r I• I At issue was the right of workers, through their union organization, to participate in the political activities of the nation in which they are citizens —a right which the trade union movement main­ tains is an inherent right in a free society. Shortly after the indictments were issued, the AFL-CIO Executive Council viewed the action against the SIU, in part, in this way: "As the Supreme Court has recognized, work­ ing men and women have a First Amendment right to associate together to make their voice heard in Federal elections. They have the right to make voluntary contributions to political ac- Page 20 tivity funds set up by their unions. And unions have the right and the responsibility to convince their members that such contributions are vital to safeguard their interest in a progressive and responsive Federal government." The SIU and its membership were exercising this ri^t when the Justice Department instigated its action to deny workers their right to be politically active through their union. The Court's dismissal of the indictments is not a victory in the sense that it is an accomplish­ ment. The mere preservation of a right which is already guarante^ in the Federal Constitution cannot be a victory. Costly battles to preserve basic rights should be unnecessary, although they are an unfortunate fact of life. The Justice Department's indictments of the SIU, even though dismissed at this particular point, were costly. They were costly in terms of the time and effort that must be spent in fighting to protect the right to full political freedom. They were costly, as well, in that the expenditure of effort and time could have been used otherwise in a very positive way to advance the security of Seafarers and their families. And the indictments were costly to SIU mem­ bers in terms of the unnecessary harassment and questioning and hounding, in the United States, on ships and in foreign ports of call. An early American once said that 'Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty." That warning applies especially to trade union workers who must always be prepared to defend their rights and security against those who relent­ lessly seek to destroy it. Just as sure as there is day and night there will be new attacks on the security and fundamental rights of American workers; Seafarers in particular will know this, as they have learned from the course (ff their history. The pursuit of liberty by trade unions, and all Americans, is fundamental to their freedom. The greatest safeguard against attempts to destroy this freedom or any part of it is vigilance. Seafarers Log it \H �'ihe coming of warm weather means vacations and long, sunny days to most Americans, but to SIU men on the Great Lakes it also means the st^ of activity. For as the high sun brings warmth, the ships move agam and the ice­ bound ports become busy centers where working men earn their living before winter's short days come around. Seafarers must first fit-out the ships that have been so long dormant. There is much work to be done but soon the vessels are ready to ply their trade in the five finger lakes. One of the busiest ports on the Great Lakes is the Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie. Located at the eastern end of the I.ake and at the mouth of the Niagara River, Buffalo is a major port of the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Seaway system * "• . jr y '-.J, 1 'r ^ ' * on this page show SR m^ in the Port of Buffalo fitting-out the ut:the Great Lakes are basic^y followng in Buffalo. the same routine •1,45.: :> J if® ....5 xi •' .f'' % #. 4 Summer Refitting fi ;5 Underway on Lakes ._V.r T-Av fl J ll < f ^^ Seafarer Roger Kaarto, oiler, makes sure that the engine room is in good working order after the long winter lay-up. Getting the galley ready for the first voyage are: Weldon LaMothe, second cook; Michael Pfau, porter, and Stanley Oberts, porter. Dan Brown (left) and Everett Haugen, firemen aboard the Kinsman Voyager prepare-the engine room for the busy summer work ahead. , • 'fl .V . f,." , -'.iA-jl vnpcKing OUT xnc 15 ^1 uits ntufiK-wui wn Vovaeerf Irt these'^i^ member^ the deck departrhertt m sufelhat all is 'safe and secure in case an emergency should arise during a , , ^' • ! 21 JUM, ^2 .ti,. » __ ' ' ' • k • •^-r^rs �Participants in Merchant Marine Memorial Service sitting at altar of Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Memorial Service Honors Mariners Students of Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship outside Shrine prior to Merchant Marine Memorial service. The men and women of the Ameri­ can merchant marine were memorial­ ized in word and song at the third annual Merchant Marine Memorial Service held in May at Washington's Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. O. William Moody, Jr., administra­ tor of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department represented SIU President Paul Hall at Ae ceremony, which he called "a fine and moving tribute to those who cared enough about their land to lay down their lives in its service." The services were led by Navy Cmdr. Ronald J. Walsh, CHC, the chaplain of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Participants in the service included the Merchant Marine Academy Glee Club, who sang a number of anthems and the academy buglers who played Taps. In his message, Moody, representing maritime labor, said that the rebuild­ ing of the nation's merchant fleet would be the best kind of lasting memorial to those who perished for the nation. "This service," he said, "should be a stirring reminder that the seaman­ ship and good citizenship of America's seamen who have given their lives in the service of their country are not and will not be forgotten." Moody said that part of the re­ membrance ought to he the continued rebuilding of the fleet because, "the ,y^' men who man these ships play a very Vwi important role in maintaining Ae pres­ tige of our nation on the oceans of the world both in peace and in . mo­ ments of conflict." Other speakers were James M. Reynolds, president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping, repre­ senting industry; and Vice Admiral Thomas W. Sargent of the U.S. Cbast Guard, representing government. Robert I. Blackwell, deputy adminis­ trator of the Maritime Administration served as master of ceremonies. -1 us. Navy Pays Special Tribute to Members Of Americas Merchant Marine Seafarers were the subject of an un­ usual tribute from the United States Navy on National Maritime Day this year which was celebrated May 22. Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, forwarded a message to all naval commands in which he asserted "a strong U.S. mer­ chant marine is unquestionably a vital component of nation's total seapower assets and I believe it is most appropri­ ate to demonstrated the Navy's inter­ est and appreciation for the efforts and accomplishments of the officers and men of the U.S. Merchant Ma­ rine." The complete text of the Zumwalt message follows: 18234Z MAY 72 FROM: CNO TO: NAVOP INFO: SECDEF ZEN: SECNAV SECRETARY OF COMMERCE UNCLAS NATIONAL MARITIME DAY 1972 //N05700//BASEGRAM 1. BY PROCLAMATION OF 13 APRIL 1972, PRESIDENT, NIXON PROCLAIMED 22 MAY 1972 AS NATIONAL MARITIME DAY TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MA­ RINE. 2. A STRONG U.S. MERCHANT MARINE IS UNQUESTIONABLY A VITAL COMPONENT OF OUR NATION'S TOTAL SEAPOWER ASSETS AND I BELIEVE IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO USE THIS OCCASION TO DEMON­ STRATE THE NAVY'S INTEREST AND APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS AND ACCOMPLISH­ MENTS OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE, MANY OF WHOM ARE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE. 3. ACCORDINGLY, IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL PROC­ LAMATION IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE FOLLOWING AC­ TIONS BE TAKEN: ALL COMMISSIONED SHIPS OF THE NAVY, NOT UNDER­ WAY, DRESS SHIP ON 22 MAY 1972 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2183, U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS, AND CHAPTER 7 OF DNC27A. B. IN MAKING OFFICIAL NAVY SPEECHES ON OR ABOUT 22 MAY 1972, SENIOR OFFICERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO IN­ CLUDE IN THE TEXT OF THEIR SPEECHES RECOGNITION OF THIS OCCASION AND THE DE­ PENDENCE OF THE NATION ON A STRONG U.S. MERCHANT MARINE. C. SENIOR OFFICERS PRES­ ENT AFLOAT USE THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL MARITIME DAY TO LOCALLY INSTITUTE AND CO­ ORDINATE AS APPROPRIATE A CONTINUING EFFORT TO HAVE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF U.S. NAVY SHIPS IN PORT INITI­ ATE INFORMAL CALLS ON THE MASTERS OF U.S. FLAG MER­ CHANT SHIPS PARTICUARLY IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOR­ EIGN PORTS. ON THE OCCASION OF SUCH CALLS INVITATIONS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE MASTERS AND THEIR OFFICERS TO VISIT OUR NAVY SHIPS. 4. FOR ALL UNITS DEPLOYED WESPAC, ACnONS REQUESTED PARA 3 ABOVE AT DISCRETION OF LOCAL SOPAS. E. R. ZUMWALT, JR. ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY Page 22 . Seafarers Log . ; ' r ,'-- •i ^ i i . . - -1,.^,-.... .1 . • w ' �ii w - - WMSuiy'Vfirl •r-'vi-r?/ **From an _ _ „ yis a n^^adve ih^ Not wifhppt reaMin, di^ cwieies mid conditions have long been pppwiar snhfects fm Marltinie Day qietdons. Walt Whitman, die be* kwed American poet mice advised, '-hnake nmeh w negadves," and, in diis sense it can said that the off siddng fmces ^ poottive actirni have been started hi motion ,.. hot real prmiuse dt the 1970 Act h^ ..yf^ to he nfllizeA'*^. ®dwln:»tflood,; " coimtty—js at bust becoiiiing a reality ... at die heart m uiis propaiu Hi (he cwSuactlcu in tins decade of several liundml new, hi^y fa^nctive sh^ to replace the aging vessels in the cnrraat U.S. fleet, This repre­ sents the largest merchant siitybaildiirg ]^og|rani in the country's histotys. While progi^ to date ims not.fived up to par inida! eapsctadpi^ it has nonethel^ t)^ sahd^ Andrew E. G&MMNI •*. Asaistxat Seea^aty:-i^ "" 'fiwr Maiidnie:.A|^h8. f ^ J r t Ffe^icai^ Amdican :''S I r ;>r' i»r'. ' * ^, emize oar P«*4m ' We are aD responsible for seeing to it that the inerIfliattt marine of our coimtry does not falter, that America's importance in the ej^pansion of world trade 'rmi does not diminish. For if the fleet hiils, so our is In dai%er of failh^" .Helm'D ' Chalrmaii, Federal MaiifW, ' " ' •'"'•'"••''•'."its' Ckmnidssion. W<. f' mM * die (dd, tradidonal cmicepts tl^ have too long re­ stricted and fadiped to stranj^ die industry. We nmst become inoK iinagjraati^ dfurmg faor nioie t^^iressive dian w% gain a ppddph of m die field iff international commuce." Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) Caiainnatt, House Merchant Marine ........ and Fisheiies Committee. ^ ? • - iilSfe'-pii?'" mmmm::: iftllSir • • ;. . i:"., ••'• ' V. iW- • •: 4' '' 1 ^ '•f ' " » [4. I 4^~ .| ' - •" ^ 4 "t41 ^^40 y., ^ J. >>0 ?SM; 'i iillf i.ui SHIP AMERK^ PI KfMit MM Unique design, featuring an Amer­ ican-flag motif on the prow of a ship sailing over the words "Ship American" won a $500 first prizd In the annual Maritime Day poster . contest. Prize winner Marllynr Gage, Cass Technical High School, Detroit, Mich., Is shown at far , right with Rep. Martha Griffiths (D-Mlch.) In whose district Marilyn lives. Rep. Griffiths present^ Marilyn her prize at a luncheon in honor of Maritime Day In the Rayburn House Office Building. SssI siftais iSSSI® MiSM life ^ - r- ^ / -/jP ^ , MJ ' .v ^ ptx<^ 2.5 �Wattdefing the Seas common imi^ Seafaim aie men of gpreat iqppeciation 4^ the atte. We lomw that, and hi an to briag it to ^b&c fiie lx>g is lafHesied in ncdidits cmitihNitio^ Seaftien who haw a poem waiting to Im published. Addicm ismtrilmtiow the Seafar^ Ix^ d7S Foortt Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y, 11232. Birth^ * . t .;- ;eag • •-.T la the cdld» grey dattii Of an A{M^ mom whoa I was bom i K n • J 7' "• V -f: - It's a boy! ra .'V And be grew to be A sailor bold • IV But, as he grew old He wm told, ''Why don't you retire?" y 1 wish I could I think I would," Was his reply • • <, . , V-,r«A^ Now he has a wife And he has a cat And they have a home vn And he promised Her tiiat he'd stay home and never roam. vra ^ ... • But, the tension builds ^ pension yields A .nvto, K, Now he goro hcmm M<wt Every spring Just to pay his tax And to hear Her sing And watch her paint And just relax XI They love their daughter Dawn' A^ She loves them Arid thud's (dcs^ So until die ds^ ' C^\'' '• Who let me live Through another day. ' darence 'Bad' Condns C-59 . / •T'-'i '' „ ••>. '/•,-' - 'Way Up High- ' r J Tve often wondered and I still do Wlnat do old milms go vdiieai they dieii There's ooly one place that I can Is way up tiiere, "Way Up High. "Way Up High" am<mg the douds, With Christ, Captain of the Port, just hangmg around, of every sort. Vftdng sti^ and g^eons, ^ SaBing ships and tramp. Sailing continuously anmnd the sk^ With beautiful angels to enchant So, have no fear sailor man, : FOT vdien you die it's really true. You a;^ articles for hf^ With coffee time all day for you. ' - >?. ^ ' I V' < 1- ' >' „ .. ' . , '-US . '.4. Page 24 " . . • W.2o. .. ; ,| 1 Questions Answered About Social Security Q. I have been paying Social Secur­ higher than the widow's benefit, you ity for more than 20 years and so has would not want to make any change. my wife. Since she can get a monthly A point to keep in mind, however, benefit as a wife on my record when I is that a widow collects a permanently retire, why does she also have to pay reduced benefit if she starts getting Social Security? checks when she is 60. You would A. Everyone who works at a job have to wait until 62 to get full covered Ity Socid Security must pay. widow's benefit You should call or More important, however, your wife, visit your Social Security office to dis­ as a worker, has Social Security protec­ cuss your situation in detail. tion in her own right. E she becomes Q. I am 66 and enrolled in Medi­ severely disabled before reaching re­ care. After q)endmg a week in a hos­ tirement she might qualify on her pital, I was told that I must transfer own earnings record for monthly dis­ to a nursing home for the skilled nurs­ ability checks. And, when she retires, ing care I need, and Medicare would she can get retirement benefits on her still help pay my bills. How much of own earnings record even if you de­ my lulls will Medicare pay? cide to keep on working In most A If you are found eligiUe for cases, her retirement benefit chedk for Medicare benefits while you are in wotdd ^nerally be more than the specially qualified kind of skilled nurs­ check she would receive as a de­ ing home that is called an extended pendent wife. care facility, the program will pay for Q. I get monthly Sodal Security all covered services for the first 20 retirement diecks. Because I earn a days. For the next 80 days, Medicare little over $1,680 each year, I have will pay for all the covert services to file an annual report of my earnings except $8.50 a day. with Sodal Security. Since I will be Q. 1 have medical insurance under 72 years old soon, will I have to file Medicare. Can I send two different an annual report for 1972? bills to the carrier for two entirely A. Yes. It's true that there is no different services—^general practitioner limit on how much people 72 and over and radiologist—^together on one Re­ can earn without any reduction in quest for Payment form? their Social Security. You must file an A. Yes. annual report of your earnings for the entire year. However, no annual report will be required for 1973 and later years. Q. I am 40 years old and will need 10 years of work under Social Security to qualify for retirement benefits at Geotge LoUnaky age 62. P.have only worked at a job Mn. George Baladan asks that ydli covered by Social Security for about contact her as soon as possible at Sun­ six years. My wife worked under So­ rise Drive, Hopwood, Penn. 15445, tele­ cial Security about five years. May we phone no. 412-437-0522. combine our credits when I reach 62 Ralph DiPaoU to be eligible for benefits? Your sister, Mrs. Carmela Fornito, A No, the credits cannot be com­ asks that you write to her as soon as bined. Under the law, each worker possible at 1135 So. Seventh St, Phila­ must earn the number of credits he or delphia, Penn. 19147. she needs to qualify for Sodal Security benefits. Rodney L. Mason Your attorneys ask that you contact Q. I started receiving reduced So­ diem as soon as possible at Boccardo, cial Security retirement checks last Blum, Lull; Niland, Teerlink & Bell, One year when I turned 62. I am now 63 California St., San Francisco, Calif. and have suffered a stroke. Can I 94111, telephone no. 415-391-3700. -H jil apply for monthly disat^ty payments? Anthony Raia A. Yes. If you are found eligible to Your brother Sylvester Raia, that receive disability benefits, your retire­ you contact him as soon as possible at ment ben^ts will be changed over to 246 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. disability benefits. You cannot coUect 11215. benefits under both the disability and John Croker the retirement programs at the same Please contact R. R. Goodwin at P.O. time. Your monthly disability pay­ Box 1455 Norfolk, Va. 23501. ments would be higher than those you Earl Lee Owens receive now imder the retirement pro­ Your lawyer, €. Arthur Ratter, Jr., gram. asks that you call or vwite him at 720 Atlantic Naticmal Bank Building, Nor­ Q. When I became 65, I signed up folk, Va., telephone no. 703-622-5000. for Medicare's hospital and medical insurance. Can I use this coverage for Frimdsco Ri^es all doctors and hospitals? Your son, Miquel Reyes, asks that A You can of course go to any you contact him as soon as possible at physidan of your choice. Most hos­ 2151 Morris Ave., Apt. #9, Bronx, N.Y. 10453. pitals participate in Medicare, but not all. Any Social Security oflSce can tell Alfred Hinch you whether a hospital participates in Please contact your wife as soon as * Medicare. possible at 1901 81 St., Brooklyn. N.Y. Q. I have been getting monthly . 11214. Social Seciuity disability ^nefits on Eogene Mays my own work record for the past two Psnl Mays years and will be 60 soon. I am a Robert R. Kressin & AssociatfM ask widow and my husband was a Seafarer that you contact them at 4423 Cass St., who worked imder Social Security for P.O. Box 9999, San Diego, Calif! many years before he died. Should I 92109, telephone no. 714-274-4222. switch to widow's benefits at 60? Robert Wheat A. You may do so, if it is to your Your mother, Mrs. Alma Wheat, asks advantage. Obviously, if your monthly that you contact her as soon as possible Social Security disability benefit is at 1209 Blandina, Utica, N.Y. 13501. Seafarers Log �J SlU Headquarters Representative Bill Hall (foreground) assists wiper D. Hanratty (left) and Ordinary Seaman J. Mclain during visit aboard the Trans/nd/ana. Give a sailor a hot cup of good coffee and some­ how his day goes smoother. Ordinary Seaman L. Hernandez is handling the job of keeping those two coffee pots brewing. Second Electrician G. Bermeo checks to see that hoses are secure on refrigerating equip­ ment that has just been loaded topside aboard the Transindiana. �t. otect ing • • •• ^ . -^.n. :•• . '' - / \ .• - "'-'.t;- The Envi • i •- '•• ' • • . ' < ^ •' f "*••> >•. f . [•.'••% . *: . •,„ . •••' -•' ' H ;-S. -V .••:v^ .; ••••••^•'•-••l- •;,'.} *_ •x'\ A unique oil containment device, designed to prevent accidental oil spills from spreading out­ wards from a ship and its refueling barges, wm installed around the SlU-manned containership Trenton at her dock in Oakland, California to test its value as an anti-pollution weapon. Known as the Aqua Fence Oil Containment Boom, the new protective system is the first of its kind on the West Coast and the first ever in­ stalled by an American-flag containership operator. The Sea-Land system consists of 3,100 feet of corral-like fence, 1,300 feet of which floats perma­ nently in the water imder the pier and is secured by mooring rings to the pilings. The remaining 1,800 feet of barrier is enough to surround at least two Sea-Land containerships at a time. Construction of the fence is made up of a 24" wide belt of re-enforced nylon which comes in 100foot lengths connected together by quick locking devices. ' When not deployed on the water,' the fence can be stored on reels under the pier. It can be de­ ployed from these reels when needed at the-rate of 100 feet every three minutes. As it is being de{floyed, a small boat pulls it into position around the shi^. . i,' V . • . .:.-r .«»»«»«*• • ' ' -^1 - ij u! • .'I :'•••; .. V . , ,-11, I '4r| '' .^v.' Upgrading Class Schedule at Lundeberg School Fireman, Watertmidm', Oiler July 3 July 31 August 28 Upgrading classes for Lifeboat and Able Seaman endorsements; Fireman, Watertender and Oiler; and other Qualified Member Engine Department and Tankerman en­ dorsements are open at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Maryland. Following is the schedule of classes: Ltfdboat, Able Seaman July 3 July 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 September 11 QMED Ratii^ & Tankerman July 17 August 14 September 11 Under a recent ruling by the U.S. Coast Guard, graduates of the Harry Lundeberg School will be able to qualify for upgrading with reduced seatime. Candidates for up-, grading must meet the following qualifications: APPLICATION FO:i UPGRADING HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 Rating HLS Graduate . All otlien Able Seaman 8 months ordinary seaman 12 mcmtbs ordinary seaman Fireman, Oiler, Watertender 3 months wiper 6 months wiper All other QMED ratings 6 months wiper 6 months wiper In order to process all applica­ tions as quickly as possible, applica­ tions should be accompanied with: • Four passport photos (full face). • Physical report frran either USPHS or SIU Clinic. Coast Guard regulations require that applicants for certification as Ttmkerman "shall furnish satisfac­ tory document evidence to the Coast Guard that he is trained in, and capable of performing efficiently, the necessary operation on tank vessels which relate to the handling of cargo." This written certification must be on company stationery, and signed by a responsible onnpany official whose signature is on record, at a Maritime' Inspection Office. To: U. S, Coast Guard (Use home port address) Mailing Address Gentlemen, Phone Age S. S. #_ Ratings Now Held Mr. (n^e) has been in our em­ ploy from (date) to (date) and has served aboard the (name of vessel) and is qualified to handle (cargo grade'sT. Book n Interested In IThat Rati.ngs__ Dates Available To Start HLS Graduate: Yes No Lifeboatman: Yes No Record of Seatime: Rating Date of Ship Held Shipment Date of Discharge T'Thile in our employ, Mr, (name) services have been satisfactory. He is '. trained in, and capable of performing ef­ ficiently the necessary operations on tank vessels which relate to handling of cargo. Sincerely, (Signature of Company Official) Page 26 Seafarers Log 1 'i*;. .. fl. tf. r v.'-.5.v.; • ? •, . - •r?-. - iI - » SAMPLE LETTER FOR TANKERMAN (ON COMPANY LETTERHEAD) Date: Name \' Home Address n I �Health Spas Prosper; Customers Get Stuck By Sidney Margollus . Consumer Expert t Want to take off a few extra ' ' pounds? Or get some exercise? Or does your son want to learn karate? The ressurgence of heavily-prooted health clubs, saunas, spas and ate courses is causmg causing grief to a liew generation of consumers who sign long-term contracts and then find they can't continue or the club closes up. While the ads for the new crop .of ^ , health clubs don't say so, the experi' i' ence has been that these clubs try to i sign you up for long contracts such as one or two years or even a lifetime . membership. Once you sign that contract, you usually have to pay. Under the holderin-due course laws in most states, the club or spa re-s-^^s your contract to a bank or financf company. You owe , the bank the money. I ^ One consumer organization, the en* ergetic Virginia Consumers Council, recently even picketed a health club * in the state (the European Health Spa). The consumer group went on the picket line to try to warn consumers about hi^-pressure sales tactics aimed at getting people to sign contracts they may later regret but cannot cancel. The Virginia Department of Agri­ culture & Commerce earlier had warned that these contracts are noncancellable, and signers must continue to make the payments regularly and on time, even if they stop using the facilities. Especially beware when a salesman tells you this is the last day of a special offer, the Virginia authori­ ties urged. One of the worst incidents, but by r no means an isolated one, occurred in Dellwood, a suburb of St. Louis. There, a "health and beauty resort" put on a big advertising campaign and signed up members with the promise ' of a big swimming pool and gym facil­ ities. The health club never opened the pool and other promised new facilities. i (1 1 I A k- But the people lured by tlie enthusi­ astic ads still had lo continue paying the finance company. The promoters sold memberships even up to the day before the club closed, the St. Louis Better Business Bureau reported. One 19-year-old boy who paid $150 in cash for member­ ship came back the next day and found the club out of business. Thus, the most excercise some health club clients get is trying to dodge the bill collectors later. Jim Lotz, a Canadian lecturer on community affairs, told in The Mari­ time Cooperator how he signed up for two years with the Ottawa branch of a U.S. health club chain, making his monthly payments to a finance com­ pany. The "personal attention" prom­ ised in the a^ turned out to consist of being measured once in a while, hav­ ing a series of exercises outlined and being shown how to use the equip­ ment. Worst Yet But the worst happened when Lxitz moved to another town. The contract as he understood it, said that if the client moved, the spa had to provide gym facilities within a reasonaUe dis­ tance. The nearest one proved to be 140 miles away from his new home. But the finance company still de­ manded payment. Lotz paid, figuring it would cost him even more to get a lawyer. In New York Qty, if determined Consumer Commissioner Bess Myerson has her way, a karate student who signs a long-term contract but drops buf if he finds he doesn't like it after all, would be protected by a rule re­ quiring a pro-rata payment for lessons actually taken plus a 5 percent pen­ alty. A survey by the Consumer Affairs Department showed that 12 out of 32 companies selling such "future serv­ ices" contracts in that city, demand the full contract from any client who Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1972 FOR PERIOD DECEMBER, 1, 1971 thru MAY 31, 1972 NVMBEB OF BENEFITS SEAFABEBS WELFABE FLAN AWOUNT PAID Scholarship Hospit^ Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependents Benefits (Average $433.30) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid 351 2,069 Seafarers Pension Plan—^Benefits Paid 1,921 460,977.20 Seafarers Vacation Plan—^Benefits Paid (Average $495.24) 1,035 512,576.62 14,655 $1,279,623.75 $ 29 608 3,118.94 49,117.03 86,889.50 3,405.00 6,000.00 10,530.05 89,649.29 12,581.32 3,056.80 41,722.00 306,069.93 Total Welfare, Pensiim & Yacatkm Benefits Paid This Period cancelled, no matter how little ^nefit he received. In one case, this charge amounted to $1,500. The other 20 companies charged from 15 to 71 per­ cent of the contract price for cancel­ lation. The insistence on collecting most of the price or even all of it occurs even though salesmen told con­ sumers who complained to her office that they could cancel "without pen­ alty," -Commissioner Myerson re­ ported. One of our readers, a Long Island, N.Y., woman who had an orthopedic problem, signed up for a one-year $300 membership in a spa that prom­ ised to install a whirlpool bath for treatments her doctor recommended for osteo-arthritis. They never installed the pool but insisted she pay anyway even after the club closed up. She took her complaint to Small Claims Court, charging misrepresentation and breach of contract. But the knownothing judge took the side of the corporation, which was represented by a lawyer while the woman repre­ sented herself. The judge told the partially-crip­ pled woman that she was lucky the health-club company was willing to let her use another one of its clubs 20 miles away to complete the con­ tract. Moreover, the judge said she was harrassing the company official representing the health club as a wit­ ness by trying to- bring out facts about the facilities and sanitary conditions. Practice Cmttinnes So you can see how the whole shoddy game operates. The law usual­ ly is in on the side of the sellers of "future services;" they have the law­ yers working for them; big banks and finance companies provide the money for the operation, and the courts, except recently for a few thoughtful judges, also usually side with the sell­ ers on the basis of the sanctity of contracts. Meanwhile the health clubs, saunas, and judo and karate clubs open, close, and often open again at another loca­ tion or under other names. The former Vic Tanny gyms and Slenderella sa­ lons that a decade ago closed up leav­ ing thousands of clients holding use­ less "lifetime contracts," now have given way to new clubs often using the same facilities. Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their fadings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expen­ ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ cial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for ffiis is: Eail Shepaid, Chalnnan, ScaBuren Appeals Board 275-20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions imder which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY-SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaflSrmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a re­ ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should inunediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBUGAITONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of. this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employ­ ers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do­ nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels ffiat any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constHntional right of access to Union records or infonnation, he should immediately notify SIU Presidoit Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 27 , • • ..f . 7 . • // �•* SlU Pensioners • Alfredo Olrtega, Jr., 60, is a native of Florida and makes his home in Tampa. One of the early members of the union, Seafarer Ortega joined in 1939 in the Port of Tampa. He sailed in the deck department. Loab L. Racloppo, 60, is a native of Italy and now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He joined the union in 1949 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Brother Racioppo served as depart­ ment delegate while aboard ship. William A. Hedlund, 65, is a native of New York City and now lives in the Bronx, N.Y. He joined the union in 1960 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. Harold HoUlngsworth, 60, is a na­ tive of Lake Charles, La., and now mtdtes his home in Houston, Tex. He joined the union in 1953 in Lake Charles and sailed in the steward de­ partment. Brother Hollingsworth is an Army veteran of World War n. Walter M. Sprinkle, 62, joined the union in Port Arthur and sailed in the engine department. A native-of Gulfport, Miss., Brother Sprinkle now makes his home in Port Arthur, Tex. He is a Navy veteran of World War Michael Cekot, 51, joined the union in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. A native of Jersey City, N.J., Brother Cekot con­ tinues to make his home there. He is an Air Force veteran of World War II. Henry E. Murray, 64, is a native of Philadelphia and now makes his home in Upper Darby, Pa. He joined the union in 1960 in the Port of Phil­ adelphia and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Bernard P. Burice, 55, is a native of Indiana and now makes his home in South San Francisco, Calif. He joined the union in 1948 in the Port of San Francisco and sailed in the steward department. Brother Burke served as department delegate while sailing. John A. King, 69, joined the un­ ion in 1960 and sailed on the Great Lakes in the deck department. A na­ tive of Alanson, Mich., Brother King now resides in Lockport, N.Y. He retired after sailing 27 years. n. '^1 M Leopold Bmcei, 65, joined the union in 1946 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward de­ partment. Bruce often served as de­ partment delegate while sailing. A native of. Trinidad, British West Indies, Seafarer Bruce now lives in Bronx, N.Y. Juan Cruz, 64, is one of the first members of the union, having joined in 1939 in the Port of Baltimore. He sailed in the deck department. A native of Puerto Rico, Cruz now makes his home in Brena, P.R. Sea­ farer Cruz was issued a picket duty card in 1961 and another in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line Beef. His retirement ends a sail­ ing career of 45 years. Robert L. Kei^r, 66, joined the union in Port Arthur and sailed in the steward department. A native of Johnstown, Pa., Brother Keiper now resides in Port Arthur, Tex. Antonio L. Dos Santos, 58, is a native of Brazil and now resides in Baltimore, Md. He joined the union in 1951 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the engine department. Sea­ farer Dos Santos served in the Bra­ zilian Army from 1932 to 1938. - il PVed B. LaPlant, 65, is tme of the first members of the union having joined in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. Brother LaPlant sailed in the engine department. A native of Missouri, L^lant now lives in Baltimore, Md. His retirement ended a sailing care^ of 40 years. Welfare Plan Clarifies 'Dependent' The Seafarers Welfare Plan advises Seafarers that as of January 5, 1972, the term "dependent" shall mean: • The spouse of an eligible employee • All unmarried children under 19 years of age • Also, adopted children, provided that the eligible employee is the sole source of support for such children for the past three years. The foregoing definition of the term "depend­ ent" shall be applied by the Seafarers Welfare Plan with respect to any claims submitted by Seafarers. A Happy Day for Notfage Family Engine department Seafarer Anthony Nottage (left) holds daughter Nancy as he receives his first monthly SlU pension check from Wilmington Port Agent Dave Goldberg. Daughters Linda (left) and Anna share dad's happiness, Page 28 Seafarers Log .-v: 4"» �DISPATCHERS REPORT ArionHe. Gidf & Inkmd Walws Dbtriet r May 1-31, 1972 DECat DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED AD Groups OassA ClassB 8 3 116 53 9 14 47 17 43 7 28 11 20 10 62 19 79 28 53 57 16 22 59 95 37 31 619 325 Port Boston New York... Philadelphia. Baltimore Norfolk. Jacksonville Tampa..... Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals t ; !; ' 1r !' • I TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH AUGronps Class A ClassB ClassC 4 0 1 45 30 3 17 16 1 31 16 0 3 11 0 13 8 0 7 3 0 25 0 7 56 25 0 32 31 1 11 -11 0 79 38 0 38 35 1 369 6 224 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED AD Groups ClassA ClassB 6 5 86 68 13 5 31 28 25 8 13 15 8 8 38 20 64. 46 65 65 23 20 67 67 21 56 457 414 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk ,. Jacksonville Tampa Mobile.. New Orleans... Houston Wilmington San Francisco. Seattle Totals All Groups ClassA ClassB ClassC 3 0 2 46 44 7 8 15 0 20 24 0 8 0 11 7 •22 1 6 4 0 13 13 0 45 22 1 36 33 0 0 5 14 64 79 0 32 22 0 289 309 9 Boston New York "'Philadelphia....: Baltimore Norfolk JacksonviUe Tampa MobDe New Orleans..., Houston Wilmington San Francisco. Seattle Totals 'I ......... AD Groups ClassA ClassB 2 4 65 52 8 28 15 17 15 9 14 6 11 27 44 67 28 10 11 51 75 28 22 389 284 .. ... REGISTERED ON BEACH STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED (Port An Groups ClassA ClassB 19 8 237 99 26 17 99 35 47 21 47 17 14 16 105 39 178 99 142 121 28 25 152 118 26 16 1120 631 AD Groups ClassA <Class B 5 11 151 143 8 5 77 50 34 16 26 22 10 11 69 35 140 128 117 104 20 25 104 125 17 9 780 682 • i. ?:> I p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p;m.. p.m.. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.* p.m. p.m. p.m. Buffalo... Duluth Cleveland Toledo.... Detroit....... Milwaukee EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner AD Groups ClassA ClassB 4 4 136 94 9 16 75 33 32 25 15 9 16 5 70 25 129 65 113 107 10 / 14 ; 92 85 19 7 731 478 July July July July July July 12—7:30 14—^7:30 14—7:30 14—7:30 10—7:30 10—7:30 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans July 11—5:00 Mobile ...iU..... July 12—5:00 Philadelphia...:.. ...v....... July 5—5:00 Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) ...^.........July 5^—^5:00 Norfolk July 6—5:00 Houston .^. July 10—^5:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.' p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m". p.m. Raflway Marine Region Philadelphia.......; ; July 11—10 a.m. 8L 8 p.m. Baltimore:.........;....... July 12—10 a.m. & , 8 p.m. •Norfolk ; July 13—10 a.m. & ; . 8 p.m. Jersey City July 10—10 a.m. & lot : » P^- ^Meeting Held ^ Galveston wharves. ®:^Jt!l^eeting hi^id in Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mliih. ^ •• • ^ '• SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers Joe DiGiorgio MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS' SCHEDULE SIU-AGUWD Meeting New Orleans July 11—2:30 Mobile July 12—2:30 Wilmington....... July 17—2:30 San Francisco .....July 13—2:30 Seattle....... .July 21—2:30 New York....^. July 3—2:30 Philadelphia ;.......July 5—^2:30 Baltimore .....July. 5—^2:30 Detroit....: ....July ' 7-^2:30 4:Hou^pn July 10—2:30 United Inddsiriai Workers New Orleans.....;.......... : July 11—^:00 Mobile^......;..:. July 12—7:00 New York ..^;..i;........ .....July 3—7:00 Philadelphia......:...,;^ ; July 5—7:00 Baltimore......^"— : July 5—7:00 Houston...:...; ...i July-10—7:00 Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit: July 3—2:00 Buffalo... ,..July 3—^7:00 Alpena July 3—^7:00 Chicago : July 3—7:00 Duluth Y.liUl&uly 3—7:00 Fwgjiiort.....,..^^^...,,,......4........July 3—7:30 Great Laikes and, Dredge Section ^ tSault Ste. Marie Jiily 13—^7:30 Chicago July 11—7:30 Directory of Union Haiis PRESroENT Paul HaU SECRETARY-TRfeASURER REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups ClassA ClassB ClassC 1 0 1 23 3 25 9 9 0 8 0 14 9 0 11 10 0 8 '3 7 0 9 13 0 52 0 14 23 ";14 - 0 ^7 0 4 45 55 0 27 18 1 184 235 4 i. •' •Meeting held in Labor Temple, NeWport News. VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews HEADQUARTERS 675 4tii Ave., Blyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich. 800 N. Second Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ....1216 E. Baltimore St 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass . 215 Essex St 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y. .290 Franklin St 14202 SIU (716) TL 3-9259 mU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, ni. 9383 Ewing Ave. 60617 SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 OETROIT, Mich. ..10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3d St 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. 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Deihl, 55, passed away Feb. 23 in USPHS Hospital, Norfolk, Va. A native of Reedville, Va., Broth­ er Deihl was a resident of Hampton, Va. when he died. He joined the union in 1964 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his sister, Ella Mae Cockrell of Hampton. Burial was in Roseland Cemetery in Reed­ ville. Charles B. Ross, 73, was an SlU pensioner who passed away April 3 of heart disease in Houston, Tex. A native of Arbroath, Scotland, Ross was a resident of Houston when he died. He joined the union in 1949 in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the deck department. Brother Ross retired in 1968. Among his survivors is his brother, James L. Ross of Edgewood, R.I. Burial was in Forest Park East Cemetery in Houston. Fred H. Anderson, 54, passed away Jan. 27 of heart disease in Houston, Tex. A native of Wash­ ington, Brother Anderson was a resident of Houston when he died. Seafarer Anderson sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his brother, Herman R. Anderson of Seabeck, Wash. Burial was in Forest Park Lawndale Ceme­ tery in Houston. Enoch J. Gaylor, 69, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Mar. 20 in the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, La. A native of Georgia Gaylor was a resident of New Orleans when he died. One of the first union members. Seafarer Gaylor joined in 1938 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the deck department. He served in the Navy from 1921 to 1934. He retired from the union in 1968. Among his survivors is his sister, Mae Gaylor Bell of Opelika, Ala. Burial was in Garden Hill Cem­ etery in Opelika. Tonls Tonisson, 67, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Feb. 12 of heart disease in Brooklyn, N.Y. A native of Estonia, Tonisson was a resident of Brooklyn when he died. He joined the union in 1946 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Brother Tonisson served as department delegate while sailing. He was also issued a picket duty card in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line Beef. . Brother Tonisson had been sailing 47 years when he retired in 1969. Among his survivors is his brother, Martin Tonis­ son of Melbourne, Australia. Burial was in Green­ wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. William Yuhas, 61, passed away Nov. 9, 1971 of heart failure in Port Wing, Wis. A native of Wis., Brother Yuhas was a resident of Port Wing when he died. Yuhas sailed in the engine depart­ ment on the Great Lakes. Among his survivors is his wife. Norma. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Port Wing. Louis A. Tuckfield, 73, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Mar. 2, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pa. of natural causes. A native of Malta, Brother Tuckfield was a resident of Philadel­ phia when he died. He joined the union in 1941 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the deck de­ partment. He had been a sailor for more than 55 years when he retired. Among Tuckfield's survivors is his brother, Harry J. Tuckfield of Port Charlotte, Fla. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pa. Anthony M. Ferrer, 74, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Dec. 17, 1971 of a heart attack in Llansa, Spain. Brother Ferrer joined the union in 1944 in the Port of Balti­ more and sailed in the steward de­ partment. He sailed for 44 years until his retirement in 1963. A native of Spain, Ferrer was a resident in Llansa, Spain when he died. Karl W. Schroeder, 76, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Jan. 6, 1972 of heart trouble in Alicante, Spain. A native of Germany, Brother Schroeder was a resident of Alicante when he died. He joined the union in 1956 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the deck department Schroeder was issued a picket duty card in 1961. He had been sailing 44 years when he retired in 1964. Among his survivors is his wife, Josefa. Binial was in the Cemetery of Alicante. Harold C. Haugen, 64, passed away Mar. 15 of a heart attack in Frank­ fort, Mich. A native of Frankfort, Brother Haugen was a resident there when he died. He joined the union in 1963 in the Port of Frankfort and sailed in the steward department. Among his survivors is his wife, Clara. Burial was in Lutheran Cemetery in Crystal Lake Township, Mich. Monroe Deedler, 56, died on Mar, 2 in Hubbard Lake, Mich, where he was trapped in a burning building. Brother Deedler was a resident of Hubbard Lake when he died. He joined the union in 1969 in the Port of Alpena and sailed in the engine department on the Great Lakes. He had been sailing 18 years when he died. Deedler was an Army veteran of World War 11. Digest of TRANSIDAHO (Hudson Waterways), Mar. 19—Chairman Frank Gaspar; Secretary Aussie Shrimption. $150 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. TRENT (Verity Marine), Mar. 5— Chairman A. E. Bourgot; Secretary C. E. Tumer; Deck Delegate David B. Ramirez; Engine Delegate John Federovich; Steward Delegate August J. Panepinto. $17 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and steward depart­ ments. SEATRAIN MARYLAND (Seatrain), Feb. 27—Chairman Enos E. Allen; Secretary J. B. Archie; Steward Delegate Alfred Flatts. Everything is running Page 30 Wilbert J. Baimsfather, 62, passed away Mar. 10 in the Gulf of Mexico , off Lafourche, La. He drowned when the tugboat on which he was sailing • sank. A native of Algiers, La., Baims­ father was a resident of New Orleans • at the time of his death. He joined , the union in 1956 in the Port of New < Orleans and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Among his survivors is his son, Kenneth C. Baimsfather of New Or-,, leans. Burial was in McDonogh ' ii Cemetery in Gretna, La. * Truman W. Warren, 70, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Mar. 16 of heart disease in Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, Frankfort, Mich. • A native of Frankfort, Brother Warren was a resident there when he " died. He joined the union in the Port ^ of Frankfort and sailed in the steward department on the Great Lakes. ^ When Seafarer Warren retired in 1966 he had been sailing over 18 ' years. Among his survivors is his wife, Gladys. Burial' was in Crystal ' Lake Township Cemetery in Benzie County, Mich.' George R. Dnffield, 34, passed away Nov. 9, 1971 of heart disease in Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. A native of Philadelphia, Brother Dufiield was a resident there when he died. He joined the union in 1965 in the Port of Philadelphia and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his wife, Marie. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Pa. Davis; Deck Delegate H. E. Miller; En­ gine Delegate George Hoopes. $19 in ship's fund. Most repairs have been taken care of. No beefs. SL 181 (Sea-Land), Mar. 5—Oiairman John Davies; Secretary G. Walter; Deck Delegate J. Glinski; Engine Dele­ gate Manuel F. Lopez; Steward Dele­ gate Stonewall Jackson. $15 in ship's fund. No disputed OT and no beefs. SEATRAIN CAROLINA (Hudson Waterways), Mar. 12—Chairman Billy G. Edelman; Secretary W. C. Sink; Deck Delegate Eugene O. Conrad; En­ gine Delegate C. L. Paulerson; Steward Delegate G. C. Reyes. $100 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in steward » ' ' Alphonso Pyles, 40, passed away April 15, 1971 in Singapore while a** crew-member on board the Mount ' VernonVictory. He was a resident .i, of Olongapo City, Philippines when v he died. Brother Pyles sailed in the ^ deck department. Among his survivors f is his wife. Carmen. Burial was in v Olongapo City Cemetery. Earl F. Sedlacek, 44, passed away Mar. 7 of heart disease in Pasadena, Texas. A native of Midfield, Tex., Brother Sedlacek was a resident of Pasadena when he died. He joined the union in 1961 in the Port of Houston and sailed in the engine department. Sedlacek served in the -Air Force from 1946 to 1949. Among his survivors is his wife, Marie. Sea­ farer Sedlacek's body was removed to Hawley Cemetery in Blessing, Tex. Ships iVieetings smoothly. All repairs have been taken care of. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Seatrain), Mar. 5—Chairman B. R. Scott; Secreizxy P. S. Holt; Deck Delegate M. Wiliams; Engine Delegate George Zelkos; Steward Delegate J. E. Ward. $9 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. The steward department extended a vote of thanks to the entire ere wfor this co­ operation. CHICAGO (Sea-Land), Mar. 19— Chairman Dan Butts; Secretary J. M. * department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. MT. WASHINGTON (Victory Car­ riers), Mar. 19—Chairman C. Dickney; Secretary A. H. Reasko...$ll in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. The steward department thanked the crew for their cooperation. MISSOURI (Ogden Marine), Mar. 26—Chairman S. Monardo; l^retary W. J. Miles; Deck Delegate Leonard Bartlett; Engine £>elegate J. M. Tramontanic; Steward Delegate Leslie Burnett. $21 in ship's fund. No beefs were re­ ported. Seafarers Log , �:•> r- Messman P. Chably slices fresh Itair ian bl jd for Saturday dinner. Third \ Cook W. Kitchen is in background, busy with other galley tasks. ••eS-- The SlU-manned Waterman Steamship Co. frelghtship Topa Topa is presently serving under a charter to the Military Sealift Command. Built in 1945, the 10,370 deadwei^t-ton vessel is 445 feet long and has been carrying general government cargoes to ports in the Far EaSt. During her stopover at the U.S. Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey, a shipboard meeting was held and crewmembers reported only minor beefs with a generally smooth voyage logged. If may not catch the eye of a sailor now, but that bowl of "fixins" will soon be turned into hot and tasty potato pancakes by Topa Topa's Chief Cook B. Kiedinger. Deck engineer G. Juarez is busy pre­ paring rigging topside for Sunday sailing back to the Far East. W Si m ~ ' 5 • •: , n'i f i n Able Seaman A. Maben is signing off the Topa Topa for a well earned making arrangements for transporta The crew's mess is crowded from bulkhead to bulkhead as SlU Headquarters Representative Bill Hall (standing, left) shipboard meeting. ie3l �SEAFARER "i EOG Juiw 1972 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . Voice of the Membership As the membership is aware, the Log solicits and wdcomes letters expressing the views of SIU members. In adhering to a policy of assuring respect for ike rights of individutd members, Seafaieis Log poUcy does not dkm for Ifce pub' Letter from SIU member Walter Le Qair aboard tbe SS Ogdem WtAasfi dated March 14, 1972, received at SIU hf adqim if i w We the crew of the S/S Ogden Wcdtash would like to go on ncoid with you and the Contract and Negotiating Committee, that we want die Contract and Negotiating Committee this June 15, 1972 vdien our contract runs out, to demand a wage increase of five and a half percent this year~ 1972, and a five and a half percent increase in wages in 1973. Also we want an increase in our pension, $250.00 a month to an in­ crease of $350.00 a-month, and chtmge the present seatime lequiranents frmn 20 years seatime to 15 years seatime with no age limit Thank you. Fraternally, s/ Walter W. Le Qair, L-636 Ship's Chairman .;v; V liaMfefi of letters whkh me not ht good taste or which misrepresent the views of Comsegmmtfy, ktlers such as those reproduced on this page are not published^ as a gcfwrai rale. The Log has made an exception in reganl to these communicdtiom because the writers of one tetter have requested that their message be primed in the Log. Because the letter would have no meaning without also re- •• ferring to those letters it mentions, it is necessary in respect^ the rigfits of these , brothers to a fair representation of its views that the previous documents which gave rise to this letter also be reprodtKed. " The exception was made, too, because some of these commwticatkms have ah- *' • rmrdy been widely circulated artwng the merribership. Therefore, the lettms on this page are being reproduced here so that the entire matter can be eared ma manner that will edlaw the membership to be aware of* these facts and to make their own judgment on the questiora reused. The letters < in the column on the left were mailed together, as part of a package, to virtualty all SlU-contracted ships. The letters in the right-hand column are typical of the many responses received at union headquarters. (Signed by mmnber? of the crew) Letter from SIU headqnaurters, dated March 23, 1972, to Walter Le Qair. Dear Brother Le Qair; We are in receipt of the Ship's Minutes for March 14, 1972, and their proposals for the next Contract. I am turning your suggestions over to the Contract Negotiating Com­ mittee for their consideration when the Committee meets for the next Con­ tract Negotiation. We thank you for your suggestions and the interest you have shown in this matter. Thank you for contacting this ofiSce. With best wishes for smooth sailing^ I remain, FratonaUy, s/Joe DiGiorgio Vice Presid&at • !)• - igasiiSBf' is Letter from Walter Le Qair dated April 25, 1972 to SIUcontracted ships. Dear Brothers: On March 14, 1972 whrai I was Bos'un and ships chairman on the S/S Ogden Wabash, we the crew brought up at our union meeting, that we write a letter to Paul Hall, and the contract and the negotiating committee, anting thm this June 15, 1972 when our contract i^ to be renewed, rtiat they the comnuttee at least ask the steamship companies under foj a five and a half percent increase in wages in 1972, and a five and a half percent mcrease in wages in 1973. The reascm for only a five and a half percent increase in wages for each yew 18 that. President Nixon's Price and Wage Control Board may step in and put a stop to any increase over five and a half percent. Alto in the letter we ask for an increase in our pension from $250.00 a month to $350.00 a month, and to reduce the 20 years seatime reqiiirement to 15 years seatime, with no age limit. We the union brothers on the S/S Ogden Wabash fed that the union teotora on all SIU ships should write a letter like the one we wrote to Paul and the contract and negotiating committee so that th^ vrill know we are fed up with his sweetheart contracts, if we all get together on this m^ wd demand better wages, overtime, pension and a voice in our union, then we can again cafl the SIU a labor union, instead of an unem­ ployment office. I am sending a Copy of our letter to all the SIU ships, this letter should be read and discussed at your next ship meeting, if the union brothers on your ship feel that they want better union conditions in the SIU, then they should write a letter to Paul Hall and the contract negotiating and let dimn know what they want in our next contract. If ffie brothers on your ship do decide to write a letter to the committee, would you please send a copy of your letter to me. In our last union election, Paul HaU ran on the ballot unopposed, the reason for this is he disqualified all union brothers that try to run him. When we^have our next union election I, Walter W. Le Qair, L-636 will run against Paul Hall for the presidential office of the SIU. I've been a se^an for twenty years, and I feel like most union brothers who's been m^the SIU for any number of years, and that is? Mr. HaU and aU his other union fakers have been seUing, us the membership out for the bene­ fit of the steamship companies and himself. I know it's a little early to be thinking about our next union election when its three years away, but if you're not satisfied with the so-caUed union wages and pension that we have, then I ask you and any other union brother to remember me in our next union election. Thank you, Yours for a s/ Waiter W. LeCMr,L-6U iSf! Letter froiii SIU crewmembers aboard the SS Ogden Wabash dated May 28,1972, received at SIU headquarters. We the crewmembers of the S/S Ogden Wabash wish to let you know that we were never told by Walter Le Qair, Ex-Bosun aboard this ship that he intended to use the ship's minutes as propaganda for his own personal ^ins. We resent this action since this meeting aboard ship was held to let the negotiating committee know we were interested in improving the pension and contract. None of us were asked or had givMi authorization to use our names in ccmnection with the letter dated April 25, 1972 that Le Qair has been mailing, 8/ 8/ s/ s/ Thomas O'Connor, 0-186 M. J. Lohr, Jr., U-180 Charies W. Marshall, M-271 Frank Barone, B-1192 s/ s/ s/ 8/ •4' ' > (1 fi ^1 John Shannon, 29*167 Floyd Mitchell, Jr. M-1022 R CrackneU, C-814 B/ b. Scroggins, S-859 : '• 4 Letter from SIU member Frank Corcoran dated May 29,1972, received at SIU headquarters. I have receatly become aware of a letter being ciieulated by Walter Le Clair who was a former shipmate on the S/S O^ien Wabash. is to advise you Le Qair had no authority to use my name in con­ nection with any vicious propaganda and h«lf truth. Ito meeting was held on the $/S Ogden Wabash in a democratic faslucm and the intention of the crew was to pass thi« tm to the negotiating SMamittee. - II I have been a member for 28 years, this is my first cxpctietrco of rhig nature where a brother memb» has tried to pull such a lousy trick. Paul, I want to let you know how 1 feel about this. Best of Luck,, s/Frank Corcoran, C-505 ^ -'V Letter from SIU crewmembers aboard the SS Fairland dated ,4 May ^,1972, received at SIU headquarters. •? We the crew of the S.S. Farland wish to go on record at headquarters, denouncing the charges in a letter received aboard ship written by Walter W. LeQair, book # 1^636. We further wish to stress that we do not condobe. such statements that have no profound factor (rf the charges that this brofiier has made in thh attacted letter. We feel that our S.LU. negotiating committee will settle for no less and if not more than any other maritime union has got or will get in our next contract including our entire benefits. We WKh to have dsis letter put in our LOG at an early date. Thanking you for your keen interest in nil S.LU. members, congratula­ tions to the entire staff at headquarters; Kindly read this ieW*r to our member^ at your next regular meeting. Fraternally yours, D. Hunter, H-570 Ship's Chairman (ffigned by n^bers of the crew) , ' H•.J n ';>(• •j*' M [M � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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A'• ••• ;'A >t?j5!?«;.A:!'7: if MoKXXXy, No.6 i \ V-: •-< June 19/3 •ivm-tiM •>iT y- 'mi. . t• L /' '/' J ^' ^'A'.''"''.'4.''/'• ' ' Launched in New Orleans ' ~''n li r'M ferAv:^- • ¥:i,..' fy .• ••••.-•tH'--\ 1 •, • "... SAVANNAEt; "-•' "v" • *r<V . ar^ Bp . ;• , •« w ,"-."\vV ; " • • ^.' ; ' ' .A- V ::N . 1819 A . » 's ' ruiui §9||9li|0F|ci|(|li — —^i»f|sfeatsss(^s®8SS^^ " A - I "v a , t.''' ^ .n- : L I R~' (• fc V ' A'' '-*•> n-''^ t\ ., ) ; ' A.;.-.' •.•' A L ' <•, < �House Bill Bans PHS Closing,Goes to Conference WASHINGTON — An important step forward in the long battle to keep open the nation's Public Health Service hospitals for Seafarers and other bene­ ficiaries was scored here when the House of Representatives voted over­ whelmingly to approve SlU-supported legislation which would ban closing or curtailing the operations of the eight Public Health Service institutions. The bill, H.R. 8220, was adopted as an amendment to the Emergency Medi­ cal Services Act, and is similar to one passed last month by the Senate. It would require Congressional approval before the hospitals could be shut down or any of their functions phased out. The House amendment sponsored by Representative Harley Staggers (DW. Va.) was approved on a voice vote. The overall bill was approved by a vote of 261-96. The SIU vigorously supported the legislation to keep the hospitals open. SIU representatives have been meeting continually with members of both Houses and their staffs, stressing the im­ portance to seafarers and other bene- Rincon Annex Seamen's Unit Relocated The Seaman's Postal Unit, for­ merly located at the Rincon Annex has been relocated to the Main Post Office, Seventh and Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94101. Mails will be available for pick­ up at Window #28, at the Main Post Office, and the new address is: Seaman's Unit Main Post Office Sail Francisco, CA 94101 ficiaries of the quality care which the hospitals provide. Now, the House and the Senate ver­ sions of the legislation which contain minor differences will go to a confer­ ence committee of the two Houses for ironing out of these differences. The House bill covers all of the marine hos­ pitals, while the Senate version covers all but the Norfolk hospital and this is one of the differences that must be reconciled. It is believed that the House version to cover all of the hospitals will be adopted by the conference commit­ tee. Specifically, the legislation directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare "to take such action as may be necessary to assure that all the hospitals of the Public Health Service shall, until such time as the Congress shall by law otherwise provide, continue in opera­ tion as hospitals of the Public Health Service and continue to provide inpa­ tient and other health care services to all categories of individuals entitled or authorized to receive care and treat­ ment at hospitals or other institutions of the Public Health Service . . ." In the floor discussion following Congressman Staggers' introduction of the amendment. Congressman John Murphy (D-N.Y.) called the Health, Education and Welfare Department plan to close the Public Health Service hospitals "ill-conceived, shortsighted and utterly fails to comply with the re­ quirements of Public Law 92-585." This law provides that any plan sub­ mitted by Health, Education and Wel­ fare for the closing or transfer of control of a hospital must contain assurances that seafarers and other persons en­ titled to treatment and care at such fa­ cilities are to continue to be given equiv­ alent care and treatment. In urging his colleagues to vote for the Public Health Service hospital measure. Congressman Murphy said that "the Congress should reject the proposal as submitted by the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare and adopt the legislation before us en­ suring that the Public Health Service system is retained." The Health, Education and Welfare Department has twice been blocked from closing the hospitals outright. This year Health, Education and Welfare proposed to end inpatient services on July 21, 1973 and turn the hospitals in the eight cities over to community organizations to provide the services. The Public Health Service hospitals are located in Boston, New York, Bal­ timore, Norfolk, New Orleans, Gal­ veston, San Francisco and Seattle. In addition to merchant seamen, the hos­ pitals serve Coast Guard personnel and other government employees. The battle to keep these hospitals open is still a long way from being re­ solved. After the Senate and House conference committee works out a final version and submits it for approval by both Houses, it then goes to the Presi­ dent for approval or veto. Since Presi­ dent Eisenhower's administration, all administrations have pursued a policy of phasing out the PHS hospital system. 708 Congressmen Back U.S. Ships to Carry Oil WASHINGTON The move to require the use of U. S.-flag ships in carrying a portion of oil imported into the country is gaining strength. More than 108 members of the House of Representatives have sponsored legislation calling for 20 percent of oil and oil products to be carried on American-flag ships. The required per­ centage would increase to 25 percent on June 30, 1975, and to 30 percent on June 30, 1977. One of the key sponsors of the legis­ lation is Congresswomail': Leonor K. Sullivan (D.-Mo.), who is Chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Joining Congresswoman Sullivan as co-sponsors of the bill she introduced were 24 mem­ bers of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The legislation is being supported by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. At its May meeting in Washington, D. C., the Council declared that the legislation would "guarantee the development of an American tanker capability that would be in the best interests of na­ tional security, the economy and a more favorable balance of payments position." The AFL-CIO Executive Council statement said that the legislation would result in thousands of jobs in the con­ struction and operation of the tanker fleet. The Council also recommended Congressional action to: • repeal the 22 percent depletion percentage allowance from taxable in­ come on foreign production of oil; • eliminate the credit for taxes paid to foreign governments on an income from foreign oil operations of U. S. companies, and ,, • determine if the oil industry should be subject to interstate regulation. ^ Trans-Alaskan Pipeline It is now more than five years since the massive oil deposits of Alaska's North Slope were deemed "commer­ cially marketable." The tragedy is that these rich oil fields remain undeveloped at a time when the nation faces a seri­ ous shortage of all energy fuels, includ­ ing petroleum products. Paul Hall Si f The Alaskan oil reserves could pro­ vide the United States with substantial supplies of petroleum. If it were av^able to us today, during the current energy crisis, it is estimated that it would replace the need for one third of our imports. The North Slope oil reserves are im­ portant to us for many reasons. The oil would help solve our energy problems and would result in enormous economic and security benefits for the nation. North Slope oil carried by pipeline to Valdez and then loaded on U.S. tankers for shipment to the U.S. would produce thousands of American jobs—on board the tankers, in the construction and maintenance of the pipeline, in refin­ eries, in the oil fields. The Alaskan oil also would help im­ prove our country's balance of pay­ ments picture and would benefit the nation's security. But despite these obvious advantages, the necessary pipeline has not been built, the oU remains in the frozen ground. The pipeline project has been stalled since the beginning by a series of delays resulting from suits filed by those who wish to protect and preserve the en­ vironment. However, most of the solutions the environmentalists offer mean the curtail­ ment or the prevention of technological and industrial development. In some measure technological and industrial development has helped to create the plight of our environment but blocking such development is no solution to the problem. This nation has the technological ex­ pertise which can function to protect the environment while continuing the devel­ opment of the nation's critical energy needs. There can be no doubt that this expertise can be applied to the building of the pipeline. There are""still some environmental challenges to the pipeline pending in the courts but Congress could pass legis­ lation which would reasonably satisfy the remaining objections. The pressure for such action grows as the energy crisis deepens. In his energy message to the Congress, the President called for such enabling legislation. And the AFL-CIO Executive Council, at its recent meeting, declared that Congress must act if the nation is to solve its immediate and long-range energy prob­ lems. The nation cannot suffer further de­ lay in the construction of the TransAlaskan pipeline. The whole problem has been studied and debated. If the United States is to ever reduce its dependence on foreign oil supplies, then sources such as the Alaskan oil reserves must be fully exploited. Congress must act quickly and must take whatever steps are necessary now or in the future to insure that those Alaskan oil reserves are linked to U.S. market by the Alaskan pipeline and by U.S. tankers. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be senbto Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. XXXV, No. 6. June 1973. Page 2 Seafarers Log t �Second of Three for Delta Launch SlU-Confracted Delta Norte in New Orleans The second of the revolutionary LASH/container vessels to be built for the SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines was launched late last month at the Avondale Shipyards main yard divi­ sion on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, La. Christened the Delta Norte, the 893foot long vessel joins her identieal sister ship, the Delta Mar, which was launched on Jan. 27. A third sister ship, the Delta Sud, is currently under con­ struction and will be launched later this year. All three of these ultra-modem ships mean more jobs for Seafarers. The Delta Norte, is the second ship to be contracted for under the Merehant Marine Act of 1970 and the Delta Mar, was the first. Combined on the Delta Norte, and her sister ships is the capability to carry standard dry and refrigerated containers as well as the barges which are a part of the LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) system. Each vessel is able to carry up to 74 barges (lighters), eaeh loaded with 370 tons of cargo plus 288 standard 20-foot containers or up to 1,740 containers by proportionately reducing the number of barges carried. The floating barges are hoisted aboard, or lowered into the water, over the vessel's stem by the ship's own 500ton crane. The Delta Norte, and her sister ships will also be equipped with a 30-ton capacity crane for handling con­ tainers. The barges are over 6I-feet long and over 31-feet wide. The barge crane can load a full barge every IS minutes and the container crane can at the same time load a full container every three min­ utes. With a molded breadth of 100 feet, the design draft of the Delta Norte is 28 The 893-foot long Delta Norte (Delta Steamship Lines) is side launched into the Mississippi River from Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, La. feet with a cargo capacity at that draft of 15,000 tons. The impressive ship is powered by a 32,000 horsepower pro­ pulsion plant. Once ready for service, the Delta Norte, along with her sister ships, will ply the trade routes from the Gulf of Mexico to the east coast of South Amer­ ica via Caribbean ports. Delivering the main address at the Seafarers 5% Boost In fay Begins June 16 Additional increases will go into effect this month under the three-year freightship and tanker agreements nego­ tiated and signed in 1972 between the SIU and its contracted companies. Seafarers will receive approximately Blackwell Answers Critic Of U.S. yMerchanf yMar/ne Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs Robert J. Blackwell has branded* recent public remarks by Henry Kearns, president of the Export^ Import Bank of the United States, criti­ cal of the American Merchant Marine, as "allegations not in accordance with facts that are well known to anyone familiar with the maritime industry." Keams, in a speech before the World Trade Club of San Francisco on May 17, stated that the United States loses a very significant amount of export busi­ ness due to Public Resolution 17 which requires that Eximbank-financed goods must be shipped on U.S.-flag ships. He asserted that "our once magnifi­ cent shipping service has lapsed into in­ frequent schedules, slow service and obsolescence, too often lacking in mod­ em improvements as compared with the service offered by other countries." In response, Blackwell pointed out that the U.S. Merchant Marine, pioneers in the field of modern, efficient ship containerization, includes one third of all world containerships under its registry —thus capable of transporting more cargo with fewer ships. American containerships are also larger and faster than the foreign com­ petitors, evidenced by the SlU-manned SL-7 fleet which has significantly cut transatlantic transport time, and has slashed sailing time between the West Coast and Japan in half. June 1973 launching of the Delta Norte was Sec­ retary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent who noted that "under President Nix­ on's maritime program, embodied in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, we are engaged in the most ambitious upgrad­ ing of the American-flag merchant fleet ever undertaken in peacetime." By the end of the decade. Dent pointed out, the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 will "provide the United States with one of the most modem and effi­ cient merchant marines in the world." Dent further said that the unique de­ sign of the Delta Norte and her sister ships enables them to handle a wide variety of cargoes in barges and con­ tainers, "and their ability to service both shallow draft, lesser developed termi­ nals, as well as major port complexes, makes them uniquely suited for the Latin American trade routes they will serve." He pointed out that the U.S. govemment has invested $235 million in the LASH ship program "which now en­ compasses 20 vessels of this type or­ dered from Avondale. The investment by Delta and other steamship companies that have ordered LASH vessels is even greater," Dent noted. Also speaking at the launching was Captain J. W. Clark, president of Delta Lines, who pointed to the maneuvera­ bility and time saving aspects of the Delta Norte and her sister ships. "The unique part of Delta's LASH oper­ ation," he said, "is that the 'mother ships' do not need to berth at congested harbors. They do not lose time shifting from port to port or pier to pier." The Delta Norte was christened by Mrs. Frederick B. Dent, wife of the Secretary of Commerce. Among the many who were present at the launching was special guest Sen­ ator Russell B. Long (D-La.). "This is a measure of increased effi­ ciency rather than decreased service," said Blackwell. He also pointed out the U.S. fleet superiority in terms of barge carrying vessels: "As of September, 1972,10 of the 14 barge carriers in the world were under the U.S.-flag. These ships constitute the most recent technological development in the ocean transportation of general cargoes and will be of particular value in providing flexible service to the underdevelooed areas of the world." Blackwell also reminded the Eximbank President that an extensive review of shipping requirements was conducted by the Administration and in Congress in 1969—and resulted in the enact­ ment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the most significant maritime legislation since the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. "This review, and passage of the 1970 Act reaffirmed the commitment of the U.S. government to develop a strong and viable merchant fleet" stated Blackwell, "but our records indicate no expression of interest nor any testimony before Congress by the Eximbank dur­ ing this review." Blackwell concluded that, "these facts do not characterize an industry which has lapsed into obsolescence or one which has taken a second position to the foreign competition." a 5 percent wage increase in pay at payoff time. The pay hike starts June 16. There will also be a boost in pre­ mium overtime pay rates for work done on weekends and holidays. In the first year of the contracts. Sea­ farers got an approximate 11 percent wage raise. With 5 percent pay jumps for both this year and next year, a total wage increase of 21 percent over the three year period of the contracts will be reached on June 16, 1974. Some average highlights of the new monthly base wage and premium rate increases include: • In the deck department, freightship bosuns will get a pay raise of $36.51 a month plus 32 cents an hour for premium overtime. (SL-7, SL-180 and SL-181 bosuns will get slightly higher increases). The SIU tanker bo­ sun (aboard vessels of 25,000 dwt or over) will get a pay raise of $38.93 and 36 cents an hour more for pre­ mium overtime. Freightship able seamen get a $27.79 pay hike and 24 cents more an hour in premium pay. Ordinary seamen get $21.73 more a month and 19 cents an hour more for premium pay. Tanker able seamen gain $28.12 more plus 25 cents additional an hour in premium wages. Ordinary seamen get a $22.30 raise plus 20 cents an hour in premium wages. • In the engine departments, aboard freightships, chief electricians receive a wage increase of $42.95, and a pre­ mium overtime increase of 37 cents an hour. QMEDs get a $41.08 hike with 36 cents an hour premium pay. Oilers and firemen-watertenders get $27.79 and 24 cents an hour for premium overtime. Wipers get $25.82 and 23 cents an hour premium pay. Tanker QMEDs get $42.95 and 37 cents an hour for premium overtime. Chief pumpmen get $39.29 and 34 cents an hour in premium wages. Oilers and firemen-watertenders get $28.12 and 25 cents an hour in premium pay. Wipers get $25.82 and 23 cents an hour for premium overtime. • In the steward department, freightship chief stewards get $36.51 more and 32 cents an hour more in premium overtime pay. Cooks and Bakers get $31.63 plus 28 cents an hour in premium wages. Messmen get a $21.56 boost with 19 cents an hoiu: in premium overtime. Tanker chief stewards (25,500 dwt or over) get $39.09 and 34 cents an hour in premium pay. Cooks and bakers get $32.98 plus 28 cents an hour for premium overtime. Messmen get $21.56 and a premium pay in­ crease of 19 cents an hour. Falcon Princess Earns A 'Well Done' The crew of the SlU-manned tanker Falcon Princess has received a "well done" from Military Sealift Commander Adm. John D. Chase for their superla­ tive seamanship during the transfer of MSC cargoes at sea. The tanker has been serving as part of the Charger Log IV Program con­ ducted by the MSC to gauge the fea­ sibility of using civilian owned and manned vessels to support the oper­ ation of military vessels. In a recent communication to the ship Adm. Chase said: "Your two product transfer of in ex­ cess of 50,000 bbls from an MSCcontrolled tanker (Fa/con Princess) to a U.S. Navy fleet oiler constitutes the transition point of the Charger Log IV Program from the testing stage to a fully operational support program. "The superlative performance of the icers and men of the Falcon Princess ? made this major transformation in Charger Log IV Program an un­ ified success." Page 3 �Congressman John H. Dent: Replies to'Runaway-Flag'Supporters,DefendsOil Bill As Seafarers ore well aH'are, there is presently a vigorous battle goingm in Congress for cargo preference legislation that would require that a percentage of U.S. oil cargoes be carried ori American-flag vessels. Antong the strongest opponents of this legislatidri are the major oil companies, and their front orgartizjations. Ona of the mtive these front orgaru:^tions working on behalf of the niajor oil companies is the American Committee for Flags of Necessity, chaired by Philip J. Loree. The American Committee for Flags of Necessity is composed of and financed by American shipowners who operate foreign flag vessels. When many members of Congress announced their support and sponsorship of tjie prpppsed oil carriage legislation,Mr. Loree directed a letter to edelt c^ the congressional of the bill, expressing hispuzzternehtover thm^^ Congressman JohnH. Dent (D-Pa.j, long a fighter for American industry and labor, (utswered.Mr^ Loree's letter to vigorously ex% press the reasoning behind his support for passage of the bill Representative Dent is a member of the House CormpUtee on Education and Labor, and Chairmm of the House General Sub­ committee oh Labor, \ In order to provide every Seafarefwith the fuhest possVkei^^^ formation on the current struggle ih Cbngfess for fiassage of th^ legislation, which is so important toi their pb security dr0 thM fiAdtebf the tnarhih^^^^^ texts of both Mr;Loree's lehCr tbthe bhpispotisQrs in and Congressman Dents reply to this letter from the Chairmkn of the American Com­ mittee for Flags of Necessity are reprinted in full on this page. AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR FLAGS OF NECESSITY •,(. :. 25 BROADWAY • NEW YORK. N Y. I0OO4 • PHILIP J. LOREE The Honorable John H. Dent U, S, House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515 OloiT 4-1483 DI<MV 4-1484 CASL^i •AUCOUFLAU' May 17, 1973 Dear Congressman Dent: It came as a surprise to learn that you sponsored H. R. 7460 and H. R. 7633, bills which would require that substantial percentages of oil imports be carried in high cost domestic tankers. Your support for this measure is particularly puzzling in view of the fact that consumers in your district are heavily dependent on imported oil and thus would be seriously affected if the bill ever became law. The maritime labor interests promoting such a proposal may not have explained, that the very recent termination of quotas under the oil import program has removed any lingering doubt whether consum­ ers would be saddled with the much higher transportation costs resulting from the mandated use of domestic tankers. By the end of this decade the added transportation costs would amount to several billion dollars on a cumulative basis. Proponents of this measure also may have neglected to point out that domestic tankers are now fully employed, while U. S. shipyards capable of building large tankers are now operating at near capacity. TTiis means that if H. R. 7460 and H. R. 7633 were enacted, we would have an immediate and continuing short supply of available domestic tonnage. As a result, charter rates would be driven up not only for oil imports subject to preference, but also for domestic oil movements, grain exports and government generated military cargoes. The anti-consumer impact of such a measure has been recognized by many members of Congress, including Senator Jacob K. Javits, who recently emphasized that ". . . the cost of this requirement to consumers in terms of higher prices for all kinds of oil—^including heating oil—at a time when oil is increasingly scarce and already under considerable upward price pressure will only result in turning the people against the shipyards and maritime workers and employees." I share your concern for promoting the domestic tanker fleet but I do not believe that this should be done by legislating captive cargoes at the expense of consumers in certain regions of the country. Modifi­ cation of the direct subsidy approach in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a far more acceptable means of building up our domestic tanker fleet. It is particularly appealing because subsidies are subject to annual review and control by Congress and the added costs are shared by all U. S. taxpayers. I am enclosing some clippings which shed some light on this very important subject. If yoii desire, I would be pleased to meet with you or your staff to discuss this matter further. Sincerely, PHILIP J. LOREE Page 4 COMHITTCC8: JOHN H. DENT Ct»T DISTRICT. riNNSTLVANIA AOeHCIS CORRCBRONBENeK TOl LAW AND riNANCK SUILDINO ANNBX as WKST FITTaSURSM STRBBT aUCNiSURO. FCNN8TLVANIA ISSOl OR RATRURN MOUSB OFRCR RUILDIND WASHINGTON. D.C. SOStS ffimtgrpSH nf % Uttitrh g»tatPH nf SpiTrpHpttfatiupH MaBlyittgimt, S.(C. 20515 EDUCATION AND LAIIOR CHAiriMAN. OENEflAL •UBCOMMITTEC ON LABOR HOUBS ADMINISTRATION CHAIRMAN. SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS ROSKRT C- VAOLtV • TABF OINICYO* Mr. Philip J. Loree, Chairman American Committee for Flags ot Necessity May 22; 1973 My dear Mr. Loree: I see no rea.son for surprise on your part because of my sponsorship of American tanker use bills. Each of us in our own way—from the smallest to the tallest—can always find a logical and, if nece.ssary, a legal reason for protecting our own dung hills. Naturally, you are protecting the privilege held by the foreign flag ships. And, you make a case by your opposition to any measures taken by Congress to try to bring back to this nation some .semblance of even a minor position in maritime activity in this world. The arguments to the contrary may be just as interesting and valid. In every case I have ever had anything to do with, in my many years of fighting exorbitant depreciation of American activity and employment in the field of Merchant Marine, capital, and production of consumer goods, the scapegoat and the whipping boy has always been the consumer. I give your organization credit for being concerned about the consumer, but I am not foolish enough to believe that the primary mover in your organization is consumer well being. Congressional action that might put a few of the foreign flag ships into dry dock is a more logical reason for your concern. Mr. Loree, I have watched the consumer interest of importers, exporters, and foreign flag interests for many years, and their deep concern for the consumers in this country has always been a great source of wonderment if not merriment. There isn't a country or a flag which you represent that would allow for one day the destructive practices in all areas of international trade from production to distribu­ tion to consumption that this nation of ours has allowed and indulged in for many, many years. You say that another good argument for defeating this legislation is that foreign flag ships receive an even better reception in some areas because of anti-Ameriqan feelings. Isn't it strange that this nation— which has provided aid, assistance, comfort, and a helping hand to practically every nation on the face of this earth with an almost un­ limited amount of money, goods, foods, and favors—^now has to stop its ships from carrying products, and in many cases free products,-' because they don't like us. This reminds me of a U.S. Senator running for re-election who was told by his campaign leader that a certain county chairman was against him. The Senator looked perplexed, scratched his head and said, "I don't know why he is against me, I never did anything for him." If we hadn't allowed our Merchant Marines to become almost a non-entity and if we would have followed the practices in which almost all nations of the world indulge: work permits, border taxes, sur­ charges, safety laws, workman's compensation, and other methods of increasing their competitor's cost of doing business,jwe would not havp had to move into the Congressional form of relief we are now seeking. Using our highrcost, which in turn you relate to consumer prices, as a reason for denying our Merchant Marine a few crumbs from our own table is not valid, logical or economically sound. You and I know , that one of our big problems in Vietnam is the fact that we didn't have the.;bottoms tq provide die logistics^ All of a sudden, in lthat particular case, so-called cheap rates of foreign flag ships disappeared and the staggering charges to U S. shipments certainly do not give the flags of necessity shipsjmy claim to a halo or the feathery wihgs of im ang^ The consumer in the U.S. is the highest paid consumer in the world; and, persons like you and your organization have somehow caused him to believe that he can enjoy high wages for himself and have an unlimited access to low-priced goods from the lowest-waged workers in the world. We have considered ourselves an affluent nation and perhaps at one time we were; but, as an affluent nation the peoples of that nation must expect to pay for their affluency in the products that their higher wages produce. ^onomic colonialism under the free trade between the high-cost nations and the low-cost nations isn't any better than any other kind of colonialism. We fought a Revolutionary War to get away from being a raw materials nation, dependent upon the mother country for any manufactured or consumer goods. We fought and won because we only had one nation to fight against. Today practically every nation that has an anvil and a hammer is making goods for the U. S. market and so we are now a colony to many nations. We provide hides and they provide shoes, we provide grains and they provide meat, we provide cotton and they provide textiles, and we provide a market and they provide everything. I don't know your nationality. Sir; but, whatever it is I wish you were an American so you could see the truth for yourself. With every kind regard, I am Sincerely yours, JOHN H. DENT, M.C. Seafarers Log �Cutoff of U.S. Overseas Tax Breaks Proposed bySIU WASHINGTON — The Seafarers International Union has urged the House Ways and Means Committee to end the special tax credits and other special benefits enjoyed by the foreign operations of the major U, S. oil com­ panies. Testifying for the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union and the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department, O, W. Moody urged the House committee "to pro­ vide positive incentives for using Amer­ ican goods and to neutralize the incentives" for using foreign based goods and services. The SIU representative told the Committee that construction and use of American-built, American-manned tankers to meet the nation's increased oil needs would significantly lessen the drain on the U. S. balance of payments. He told the Committee that "we have had a direct interest and concern with international trade and the foreign operations of U. S. companies for sev­ eral years. From 1946 on, we have seen this country steadily decline from its number one maritime status as American-based companies, spurred by tax incentives, built and registered ships overseas." Specifically, the SIU representative told the Committee that present policies provide little tax incentive for using American goods and services compared to the generous tax savings for foreign investment. "The oil industry and the merchant marine are a case in point," he said. He suggested that "it is time to reex^ine tax mcentives given to foreign oil production," and urged elimination of the foreign oil percentage depletion allowance, which he said encouraged the development of foreign oil resources at the expense of developing our own. On foreign tax credits for the oil companies, Moody told the Committee that this benefit "enriches the petroleum companies and the host nations at the expense the American consumer." He said the system discourages the American oil companies from holding out against increased "royalty" pay­ ments when charged in the guise of taxes because the bigger the "royalty- tax" payments the bigger the U. S. tax savings to the companies. Thus, he said the average American pays higher gas and oil priees because the oil companies pass on the higher royalty-tax payments and in addition picks up the tax tab for the estimated $2.5 billion annually lost to the U. S. Treasury through this foreign tax credit loophole. In his testimony, the SIU represen­ tative said that existing tax polieies, wherein taxes on income from overseas investment that are deferred until the money is brought back to this country, has encouraged the American oil com­ panies to steadily escalate their foreign operations. Rather than repatriate their foreign Income to the U. S. and give up the tax deferrals, Moody said the oil com­ panies have branched out Into foreign Investmmts and marine fleets. In these key areas, the oil companies' foreign Investments have In fact outstripped Investments In the U. S., Moody said. As an example, he dted that in 1968 the U. S. oil companies Invested $805 million In foreign-flag ships and facil­ ities and only $50 million In American marine expenditures. In 1970 and 1971, the oil companies invested over five times more on foreign fleets than on U. S.-flag shipping, he said. In urging neutralization of the incen­ tives that encourage the use of foreign goods and services, the SIU represen­ tative recommended elimination of the oil depletion allowance on foreign pro­ duction, the overseas tax credit and the deferment of tax payments on foreignearned income. Pointing to the critical deficit in the U. S. balance of payments, the SIU spokesman said that the "use of Ameri­ can-built, American-manned, Ameri­ can-flag tankers should be encouraged to lessen the drain on our balance of payments caused by the energy crisis." "The building and operating of a strong American-flag tanker fleetjivould give this country a measure (rf selfsufficiency in the transportation trf its oil imports, a measure of self-suffi­ ciency in which the quantities of our current and future energy needs have become essential to our national sur­ vival," the SIU representative said. Named to La. Athletic Board Honored SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams (left) receives document ap­ pointing him vice chairman of the Louisiana State Athletic Commission. Holding the declaration Is Emile Bruneau, chairman of the group which regu­ lates boxing In the state. The presentation was made late last month In New Orleans. June 1973 J J 3 By B. Rocker U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals The SIU has vigorously supported legislation to keep the Public Health Service hospitals open. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare had announced its intention to close the hospitals, and had begun to phase them out. Some of the professional staff members, concerned about their future, resigned and took other jobs. Both Houses of Congress have completed hearings and just recently passed bills to require HEW to keep the hospitals open. A conference committee will meet to discuss and resolve the minor differences between the Senate, and House versions. When the conferees decide on the final version, it will go to both Houses for final approval, and from there to the President for his signature or veto. Cargo Preference More than a dozen bills have been introduced in the House to guarantee U.S.-flag ships a share of oil import cargo. H.R. 8193, introduced by Chairman Leonor Sullivan of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, would guarantee a 20 percent minimum, and would increase that guarantee to 30 percent by 1977. The AFL-CIO is supporting the oil cargo preference legislation as it did in the 92nd Congress, when we came close to a victory in the Senate. This year we hope to win that victory and to achieve the benefits which go with it—more jobs for seamen, an expanded shipbuilding program, better balance of payments, and more dependable transport of much-needed oil. Foreign Tax Credit SIU representatives testified recently before the House Ways and Means Committee in hearings on the Trade Reform Act of 1973, and recommended that "tax provisions which make it more profitable to operate overseas should be abolished." The largest commercial balance of payments deficit item is foreign oil; the second largest is cost of transportation of that oil. Our statement recommended encouraging American goods and services by abolishing oil depletion allowance, overseas tax credit, and deferment of payment of taxes on foreign-earned income. We believe that if these special incentives are abolished, oil companies will develop domestic resources. H.R. 6767 is still in Committee. Trans-Alaska Pipeline Ri^-of-Way Senator Jackson's right-of-way bill, S. 1081, which would permit the Secretary of Interior to grant necessary rights-of-way, has been reported out of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, and is expected to come before the Senate for a vote later this month. We support the Jackson bill, to permit the Secretary of the Interior to grant wider rights-of-way, and we support the earliest possible construction of the pipeline. Tanker Doable Bottmns The SIU has testified before the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee in opposition to a proposed Coast Guard requirement for double bottoms on all new ocean tankers. Regulations and inspections for U.S.-flag ships are more stringent and better enforced than those of foreign-flag ships, making our tankers safer already. In addition, it has not yet been shown that double bottoms will significantly reduce pollution. For these reasons, a double-bottom require­ ment would impose an xmnecessary hardship when we are just beginning to build a newer, better fleet which will make us competitive. Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. Page 5 �mm The USNS Schuylkill was turned over to her SlU crew last April in the port of Norfolk before going back to join the MSG fleet. SlU Manning of 13 MSC Tankers a ^Milestone' The transfer of 13 Military Sealift Command tankers to civilian operation with manning by SIU crews has been praised as a "milestone" by Rear Ad­ miral John D. Chase, commander of the Military Sealift Command. was officially turned over to civilian operation on April 27, when she took on her SIU crew in Norfolk. The transfer of the tankers began when the USNS Maumee crewed up in Jacksonville late last yd^ In a letter written last month to Joseph Kahn, chairman of the board of Hudson Waterways Corp., now operator of the former Navy tankers, Admiral Chase noted: As a result of these transfers, more I Command is scheduled to receive deliv­ ery of nine new tankers to replace some of the older ships in the current fleet. The tankers are being utilized for refueling of naval vessels at sea and for resupply of many of the Navy's farflung bases, including such rembl^ areas as Antarctica. Rep. Carey Predicts Tow Industry Growth PINEY POINT, MD.—^Representa­ "This is an appropriate time for me tive Hugh Carey (D-N.Y.) predicted to express my sincere appreciation to those who contributed to this successful that the towing industry will play an in­ creasingly important role in the nation's turnover. transportation system, calling the "do­ "The transfers were accomplished mestic towing industry one of America's under adverse conditions, including most vibrant and growing industries." continuously changing ship schedules, The legislator, a member of the completely new crews, foul weather House Ways and Means Committee, conditions, and long hours of travel and said that the cargo moved on the work. The members of my staff who waterways had almost doubled in the attended each transfer unanimously past ten years, and "this growth is reported that your personnel displayed likely to increase... fueled by a num­ dedication and professionalism in plan­ ber of factors which have made the ning and accomplishing the job in the towing industry a vital segment of the most expeditious and efficient manner." nation's transportation network." Rep. Carey's remarks were made at The last of the formerly military crewed tankers, the USNS Schuylkill, graduation exercises conducted by the SIU's Lundeberg Upgrading Center here, at which diplomas were awarded to twenty young men who had received Art Benjamin, 49, basic training to prepare them for jobs SUP Official aboard vessels operating in the inland Art Benjamin, 49, business sec­ waters and harbors. retary of the SIUNA-affiliated Sail­ Carey pointed out the Importance ors Union of the Pacific, died May of this industry in providing low cost 29 of a heart ailment at the USPHS transportation of vital food, fuel and Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. other products to the nation's con­ A life-long resident of San Fran­ sumers. He said that the towing indus­ cisco, Brother Benjamin was welltry had also gotten an assist when the known and well-liked by all West Congress passed the 1970 Merchant Coast Seafarers. He joined the SUP Marine Act, making available to that in 1945. industry the mortgage guarantee pro­ Benjamin also had an intense in­ gram which had been previously avail­ terest in sports, especially boxing. able only to deep sea vessels. He said Brother Benjamin was buried "over $2 billion in mortgage guaran­ June 1 at Olivet Memorial Park in tees have now been used and among San Francisco. He is survived by these are loans for numerous modem his wife, Barbara, and his sons, towboats and large new barges." Steven and Michael. SIU Vice President Paul Drozak, national director of the Inland Boat­ Pages than 500 new job opportunities were made available to Seafarers. The contract awarded to Hudson Waterways, following competitive bid­ ding, provides that the company will operate the tanker fleet for the next five years. During 1974-5, the Military Sealift men's Union, urged the graduates to perform effectively on the job in the field and to take advantage of the op­ portunity to return periodically to the school to upgrade their job skills so that they can increase their earning power. He also stressed the necessity for joint labor, management coopera­ tion and mutual understanding of their problems so that "we can maintain an efficient and competitive industry." It was also announced by Hazel Brown, the School's president, that this program was shaped as the result of the recommendations of a joint com­ mittee representing the union and rep­ resentatives of its contracted operating companies and that the program would be continually upgraded to meet the changing industry demands. Rep. Hugh Carey (D-N.Y.) congratulates one of 21 young men in the first graduating class of deckhands at the Lundeberg School after they completed training for work aboard the to\^boats and barges of our nation's inland water­ ways system. At left is Gerry Brown, Piney Point Port Agent; and at right are Paul Drozak. IBU National Director, and Hazel Brown president of the Lunde­ berg School. Seafarers Log �The sixth and newest of eight SL-7 containerships ordered by SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, Inc., the SeaLand Finance was christened and launched last month. Crewing of the Sea-Land Finance is set for October of this year. The next two containerships under construction are the Sea-Land Market, due to be manned by Seafarers in Sep­ tember 1973, and the Sea-Land Re­ source, set to get its SIU crew in March 1974. Five sister ships of the latest SL-7 have already completed their sea trials and maiden voyages from European waters to Sea-Land's container terminal in Port Elizabeth, N. J. The record-breaking Sea-Land Mc­ Lean and the Sea-Land Exchange are plying the run to Europe's Bremerhaven and Rotterdam and the Sea-Land Com­ merce, Sea-Land Trade and the SeaLand Galloway are to be on the run from Seattle to Kobe and Yokohama. By this winter, the Sea-Land McLean, the Sea-Land Exchange and the SeaLand Finance will join Sea-Land's Pa­ cific fleet. The 50,3r5-ton, black-hulled vessels steam 40 m.p.h. to Japan in about days from two 60,000 h.p. General Electric steam turbines whose 120,000 horses drive two 47-ton, five-bladed propellers at 135 turns a minute. Each SL-7 provides carpeted crew quarters with private baths. All quarters are in a separate deck aft. The bridge is farther forward than on most ships. The first keel among the eight con• tainerships was laid July 1970. »• 'I fta •'^5 W*ii tmrn mm ' 'J: •. . . S^a-Land Finance liilihch6Cl ;^ More SL-7s Under GdMtruction § --v..• . • - • SIU Gulf Ports Break Cargo Records New Orleans and Houston, two Gulf Co^t ports where SIU vessels fre­ quently dock to load and unload car­ goes, are constantly breaking records. Much of the cargo increase involves grain exports. In the Port of New Or­ leans, grain export records are expected to be broken for the second straight year. Last year, for the first time, the port exceeded one billion bushels in grain exports, and if there is no major setback. New Orleans will surpass that record in 1973, according to the execu­ tive secretfuy of the city's Board of Trade. increase in cargo volume was reported in January and February of this year as compared with the same months in 1972 which itself was a record-break­ ing year for the facili^. Total volume for the first two months of this year was about 13.5 million tons, as against 10.7 million in the same period a year ago. $348,000 For SealHt Ships In the first two months of this year The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift alone, more than 204 million bushels Command has announced that $348,060 of grain have been shipped from the was committed to U.S. commercial port. shipping for ship charters by MSC On an average day in New Orleans, during April 1973. about 40 ships go through the port, but Since July 1, 1972 MSC has com­ for the first three months of this year, mitted almost $152 million to U.S. 70 to 80 vessels a day have passed commercial shippiag for charter of through the facility, according to H. G. vessels, and has spent sOme $204.8 Joflray, associate port director. million for transportation of military The grain deal with Russia has ac­ cargo on commercial liners dining the counted for part of the increase but it past ten months. is not the only reason for the upswing. By using commercial ships on regular There has been an increase in business trade routes plus chartered commercial from other nations, such as, Japan and vessels, the Military Sealift Command the Mediterranean countries. moved 94 percent of all military cargo Cotton exports have also increased sealifited from the continental U.S! on as have plywood and rubber imports. Commercially owned U.S.-flag sfiips 'T think it is a reflection of the world during the first ten months of fiscal economy," Joffray said, "which seems to be just a little bit ahead at the present 1973. At the end of April, the Command time." He added still, that "all ports are had 92 privately owned U.S. ships now heavily involved in grain exports. under hire, many of which are manned Most of the wheat is being shipped out by SIU crews. These included dry of Texas ports .. ." while "most of the cargo vessels, tankers and ships used in oceanographic research. corn and soybean exports are going out The 13 Navy tankers operated for of New Orleans." He pointed out that the latter shipments are being trans­ MSC by SlU-contracted Hudson Waterways Corp. are not included in ported by barge down the Mississippi these figures and represent an addi­ River from the Mississippi Valley area. tional source of jobs for Seafarers. In the Port of Houston, a 25 percent June 1973 iV, • ., the tot^ overtime payable for watch stmidin^ in port after 5 pjn. " .m., Monday through Friday." I the actual number of worked. gard to .^ticle 11, Section 68 in the Tanker Agreement and Article don 70 m the Freightship Agreement—both of which deal with Seareceiving time off—a dariftcadon was announced by the UnionManagement Committee on Mar. 15,1973, The section in each agreement ^ provides that a Seafarer have time off "(not to exceed eight (8) working hours)". . The clarificadon was made with regard to subsection six which reads: „ . ; : "Where the seaman does not receive his day off as required above,^ he shall receive one (I) day'is pay in lieu thereof. If he receives only four (4) hours or less of his time off, he shall receive one half (^) day's pay in lieu thereof. This clause shall not apply where the seamaft has accepted overtime in lieu of time off." In the Mar. 15th clarification decision on this subsection the UnionManagement Committee agreed "that the'penalty of a day's pay shall not be applicable for a current voyage, if on arrival, the ship lays up, in the port of payoff." However, if the ship does lay up and a day was owed a Seafarer from a previous voyage, then he would receive that pay. Further, inasmuch as the provision was instituted for the specific purpose of getting time off for Seafarers, the penalties provided as outlined in sub-'" section six would not apply if the Se^arer did not request the time off. Page 7 'i: �SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen^s Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Frank Drozak Paul Drozak SIU Patrolman Ted BabkowskI (right), on one of his regular visits to the PHS Hospital, takes down a beef of William R. King, 72, who sails in the engine department as an oiler. Seafarers Express Need SIU Fight for USPHS Has Long History The SIU continues fighting to prevent the eight marine U. S. Public Health Service Hospitals across the nation from closing down. The fifth Congress of the United States followed the lead of Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton who recommended in 1793 "the establish­ ment of one or more marine hospitals in the U. S... Five years later a Congressional bill "for the relief of sick and disabled sea­ men" was signed into law by President John Adams in Philadelphia. The next year, the first U. S. marine hospital opened in Boston. It was administered by the Treasury Department. This initial hospital later mush­ roomed nationwide with the opening of other PHS hospitals in Staten Island, N.Y., Norfolk, New Orleans, Galves­ ton, Mobile, San Francisco, Seattle and many other cities where they now no longer exist. In addition, PHS admin­ isters clinics, open to Seafarers and others in 32 other ports in the U. S. Care for ill and iiijured seamen began on the Mediterranean isle of Rhodes in the third century B.C., when the king proclaimed sailors on his merchant ships were entitled to medical attention. Roman Emperor Hadrian's (117138 A.D.) ships had a medical officer aboard each one for every 200 seamen. As early as 1445 seamen in Bristol, England got medical care in St. Bartholomew Hospital. Later, Queen Elizabeth I levied a tax for the aid of disabled mariners. The English victors over the Spanish Armada in 1588, Drake, Effingham and Hawkins in 1590 founded a fund for the relief of their ill sailors collected from the Royal Navy ffeets. Today looking back into history we can now see that the right of Seafarers to medical care is not just governed by traditional need, but by the right of law. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9.6600 ALPENA, Mich..800 N. Second Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.V. . .290 Franklin St. 14202 SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, ILL.. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND,Ohio. 1420 W.25th St. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3d St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. 49635 (616) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. 2608 Pearl St. 32233 (904) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala. . 1 South Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3d St. 23510 (703) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky. SIU Chief Cook Charles L. Johnston, 56, of Brooklyn organizes his gear. . 225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa,. 2604 S. 4th St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 534 Ninth Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1321 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P.R. .1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00908 (809) 724-0267 SEATTLE, Wash. . . .2505 First Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. . .4577 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. 33602 (813) 229-2788 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. . . .510 N. Broad St. Wilmington, Calif. 90744 (213)549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan P.O. Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 2014971 Ext. 281 Pensioner Alfredo Mova, a steward in the SlUNA-affiliated Writing a letter home in the Staten Island Hospital is Frank Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, samples the hospital S. Kallcky, 64, of Cleveland who ships on the Great Ldkes food prepared by PHS chefs. in the steward department. Page 8 Seafarers Log �SHips Know Your Rights DISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & Inland Waters District MAY 1-31,1973 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B All Groups Class A Class B Class C 3 23 16 13 8 10 3 4 17 30 11 26 25 199 17 30 74 ;... 18 79 537 6 48 8 24 15 10 7 18 55 81 27 47 14 360 1 13 3 7 8 7 2 1 19 31 12 10 19 135 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San,Francisco Seattle Totals 1 68 8 2 38 9 15 9 8 3 13 28 42 16 51 28 262 9 11 8 29 52 77 10 59 21 381 2 78 13 20 14 8 3 26 27 57 13 32 18 311 3 53 1 26 8 9 1 15 47 57 10 47 16 293 0 106 5 10 16 8 0 2 6 14 9 15 16 207 George D. Brady Please contact G. W. Smith in Okla­ homa City, Okla. Harold Allen Damon Please contact Mrs. Ruth Mehringer at 6727 Ave. O, Houston, Tex., or call 921-3173. June 1973 19 157 27 80 5 45 0 60 110 63 27 123 42 758 4 32 17 22 6 9 2 9 17 40 18 37 16 229 1 26 7 9 5 4 1 3 22 24 12 26 21 161 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 13 4 96 17 41 10 16 0 48 89 60 13 86 15 495 1 54 10 21 10 2 14 37 42 19 61 15 286 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Lewis A. Davis Please contact your wife, Shirley, at 3491 Old Alturas Rd., Redding, Calif. John T. Cames Please contact your wife as soon as possible at 33 Delta Dr., Pittsburg, Calif., or call 458-1148. . All Groups Class A Class B ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 10 REGISTERED ON BEACH 1 52 1 19 6 3 3 6 25 27 13 15 15 186 P e r s o n a J. • s ^ 2 79 4 7 4 3 0 0 13 11 11 5 10 149 0 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 33 1 121 17 37 13 16 3 46 53 32 11 59 19 428 0 149 9 19 2 5 2 1 6 42 13 26 7 281 B. W. Bertram Please contact Mrs. Frances L. Fox at 2009 W. 109th St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90047. Eugene Curry Friends of Eugene Curry are asked to drop him a line at his new address, 818 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, W. Va. 26041. All Seafarers Anyone knowing the whereabouts of steward department member John F. Castronover, please contact Mrs. Cath­ erine Castronover Lair, at 1143 North Island, Wilmington, Calif. 90744, or call 213-835-2138. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accord­ ance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the -shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275-20tb Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper maimer. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The 1^ has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplyifig a re­ ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should imme­ diately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against be­ cause of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION — SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic inter­ ests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment op­ portunities for seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All con­ tributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial re­ prisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of member­ ship in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Sea­ farers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any time a Seafarer feek that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitu­ tional right of access to Union records or information, he should imme^ate^ notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 9 �I AT SEA SS Sea-Land Commerce The first of the SL-7 class vessels to enter the transpacific service, the Sea-Land Commerce broke the speed record for that run on her maiden voyage. Sailing from Seattle, Wash, on May 21, she reached Kobe, Japan 5 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes later. The containership averaged 30.82 knots in crossing the 4,424 nautical miles. The prior record was actually calculated for the shorter Yokohama to Race Rock, British Columbia voyage, a distance of 4,230 nautical miles, and was established at 7 days 12 hours and 4 minutes in March 1962 by the Washington Mail. The Sea-Land Commerce bettered the 1962 mark by 36 hours. 55 long Lines On board the Long Lines (Isthmian) the crew had a lengthy discussion on the Harry Lundeberg Schoof of Seamanship at Piney Point, Md. and everyone present agreed that full advantage shodd be taken of the facilities there, including the upgrading and recertification programs. 55 Penn Ranger Seafarer R. M. Kennedy urged all crewmembers on board the Penn Ranger (Penn Shipping) to write to their senators, urging that all USPHS hospitals be kept open. 55 Shenandoah All of the crew has signed a letter to keep the USPHS hospitals open and they expressed the hope that the facilities will remain "open for all needy seamen." 55 Mohawk The educational director on board the Mohawk (Ogden Marine), Gio Renele, urged the crew to have all their imion cards and papers so that if any problems arose while at sea the union could provide quicker help. 55 Anchorage The crew of the Anchorage (Sea-Land) was presenteii an award by the company for being "Ship of the year, due to a zero lost time index in con­ junction with the most man hours" during 1971. Accepting the award from Sea-Land official A1 Rose, manager of safety for the Pacific and Far East, was Captain Hardy of the Anchorage. 55 Ogden Wabash On board the Ogden Wabash (Ogden Marine) Marvin Henry is making his first voyage after recently graduating from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. Brother Henry said that he really enjoyed sailing and got along well with the crew. He received a high school diploma through the HLSS GED program and had nothing but praise for the program and instructors at the Point. He plans to return for upgrading as soon as he gets in his required seatime. Stalwart Bosun "Tiny" Wallace was also on the ship and the thirty-year veteran of the union had special words of praise for Chief Cook Clyde Woods and the entire steward department for doing a great job in caring for Chief Steward Hargy who had a heart attack in Odessa, Russia. Brother Hargy was put ashore at a Russian hospital. SIU Representative George McCartney (left) Is the first to congratulate Sea­ farer Michael Kindya after Kindya received his license as Chief Engineer. Started ai 18: Seafarers Grad Upgrades From Foc'sle to Chief Engineer When Seafarer Michael John Kindya entered the Seafarers school of Seaman­ ship, he was determined to constantly better himself by taking advantage of all the excellent upgrading opportuni­ ties offered by the union to its mem­ bers. The perseverant young man partici­ pated in every SIU training program and the result is that today he is the first Seafarers school graduate to work his way up from the foc'sle to Chief Engineer, entirely through the SIU's own upgrading programs. The Manhattan bom Seafarer orig­ inally shipped out as an 18-year old saloon messman aboard the freightship Valley Forge, and later switched over to the engine department. He first entered the joint SIU-MEBA School of Marine Engineering in 1966 and received his Third Assistant Engi­ neer's License that year after complet­ ing an intensive five month course of study. He returned to the school in 1967 and again in 1970 completing similar courses—each time accumulating more knowledge and experience, and climb­ ing one step closer to the top. Recently, after years of hard work and study, Kindya earned his Chief Engineer's li­ cense. As might be expected. Brother Kindya's aspirations do not end here. "I plan to ship out as Chief Engineer as soon as possible and build up some capital" he said determinedly, "then I will return to the SIU's training school and work my way toward a license as Chief Engi­ neer on propulsion diesel vessels." After 14 years with the SIU, he had some definite feelings about the union. "The SIU took me off the streets as a kid" he said, "and gave me the help and guidance I needed to get where I am today. My whole family is proud of me and I am proud that I can provide for them so well, thanks to the union." Brother Kindya feels that his new position as Chief Engineer aboard ship is much more than just a job. "I will try to encourage the younger kids starting out to get involved in the SIU's fine pro­ grams" he said, "because each time they complete a course they will become more efficient at their job and can in­ crease their earning power." The 32-year old Seafarer makes his home in fifidge, Long Island with his wife, Janet, and two children, Stephan, 10, and Cheryl, 6. Paperweight Message 55 Brooklyn Sailing on board the containership Brooklyn (Sea-Land) are two brothers, Scott and Steven Wilkinson, both of whom are graduates of the Harry Lun­ deberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. Seafaring seems to run in the Wilkinson family since their father. Bud Wilkinson is an SIU member who sails as an FOWT and pumpman. Also on board was OS Tony Pinchook who is a 27-year veteran of the union. The well-knit crew of the Brooklyn was kidding Pinchook, saying that he had allegedly gained over 100 pounds on this voyage alone. 55 Transoregon The crew of the Transoregon (Seatrain) praised the quality of the food on board and the excellence of the steward department. A look at the menu shows that Spanish specialties such as "arroz con polio" were served in addition to the more commonly encountered dishes. 55 Galveston The crew aboard the Galveston (Sea-Land) reports that they are still re­ ceiving good movies and there is also plenty of popcorn on hand. The crew and officers also took up a collection of $90 and sent it to the American Merchant Marine Library Fund. Page 10 This paperweight has been distributed by the National Maritime Council to show that when cargo is shipped American, 71 cents of each dollar used for the shipping remains in the U.S. and thus heips this nation s economy and her balance of payments. The National Maritime Council was formed in 1971 and is composed of representatives from various maritime groups through­ out the country. Seafarers Log �i\iSC Stresses Confainerization ASHORE Sea-Land's Warrior Offloads in Open Sea With the U.S. Armed Forces, no­ tably the Military Sealift Command, placing more emphasis on containerization since Vietnam, Sea-Land's Warrior recently took part in Navy tests to de­ termine the most efficient methods to unload containerships offshore and at sea. The tests evaluated the techniques and equipment (such as cranes) avail­ able to offload a non-self-sustaining containership in the open sea. The tests took place in the Atlantic off Fort Storey, Va. The military operation stemmed from the theory that a commercial break bulk cargo ship could be replaced by a com­ mercial containership unloading at sea and onto the beach in forward areas where there are no pierside berths or shore cranes. Nineteen Army, Navy and Marine Corps tests included the unloading and transferring of containers to other ves­ sels while the ships were under way by using helicopters; and while the ships were anchored using LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) cranes and floating cranes to transfer containers. MSC Atlantic commander Rear Adm. William M. Pugh II hailed the tests as a success. He stressed the value of containerships for offship delivery service at both ends of an ocean haul. Last year, containerships carried more than 80 percent of Department of Defense cargo to Northern Europe and the United Kingdom. Galveston, Tex. The following Seafarers are in the USPHS hospital in Galveston, Tex. and would appreciate hearing from their shipmates. They are: E. Hartless, M. Dickerson, R. McNay, R. A. Savoy, K. Lewis, H. Overton, M. Curry, T. L. Laningham, F. E. Hughes. E. F. Rodriguez, W. Herrin, and E. Duxbury. Baltimore, tAd. Seven Seafarers are currently recuperating in the USPHS hospital in Bal­ timore, Md. and would like to hear from their union brothers. They are: Alvin D. Carter, James Hamilton, Gustave Holterson, Stanley Orkwiszewski, Edgar S. Smith, Chester Tillet, and Leon J. Webb. Oakland, Calif. To combat possible oil leakage from its ships while at dock, SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service has installed an Aqua-Fence oil containment boom at its Oakland port terminal, the first of its kind on the West Coast and the first ever to be installed by a containership operator. Although the company has never had an oil spill, Sea-Land installed the fence to better protect the waters in case oil should leak from a ship or fuel­ ing barge. The oil containment system consists of 3,100 feet of Aqua Fence oil barrier of which 1,300 feet floats permanently in the water under the pier and is secured by mooring rings to the pilings. The remaining 1,800 feet of outer or surrounding Aqua Fence is available to surround one SL-7 vessel or two vessels up to 700 feet in length. The fence itself is made of a 24-inch wide belt of reinforced nylon that comes in 100-foot lengths which are connected by quick locking devices. The 1,800 feet of surrounding barrier is also stored in four reels under the pier that permit it to be deployed at a rate of 100 feet every three min­ utes. As it is deployed, a small boat pulls it into position around the ship, each end being secured to the permanent Aqua Fence installed under the face of the pier. San Francisco, Calif. Anchored Sea-Land Warrior (center) shifts containers via cranes to the LSI (Landing Ship Tank) (left) and barge (right) In offshore unloading exercise. Ships Collide and Burn In Verrazano Narrows One of the worst disasters in the maritime history of the Port of New York occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday, June 2, when the 610-foot NMU-manned containership Sea Witch struck the starboard beam of the oilladen foreign-flag tanker Esso Brussels, touching off a series of explosions which transformed the surrounding waters of the Verrazano Narrows into a blazing inferno. Ten seamen, including the captain of the Sea Witch were killed, and six others including the master of the Esso Brussels are missing and presumed dead. The collision ripped a gaping 40-foot hole amidships the Esso Brussels, spill­ 'Lucky' Smuggler Stones Large one-holed stones were once very popular with rum smugglers. If there was a chance of capture, the "gentlemen" simply threw contraband tubs of rum overboard, preferably over a rocky bottom, securely lashed to a line weighed down by stones. The weight of the sinker stones kept the tubs of rum on the rocks below until it was safe to use "rock creepers", as specially designed grapnels were called, to retrieve their prizes. June 1973 ing part of her cargo of 313,000 barrels of crude oil into the surrounding waters, and causing the two ships to lock in a perpendicular T formation. Shortly after the 12:42 a.m. accident. New York Fire Department and Coast Guard fireboats surrounded the blazing ships, spraying the decks with a continu­ ous stream of water. A score of tugboats also converged on the scene and rescued the surviv­ ing 63 seamen who were precariously stranded on the decks of their ships or in the water. All of the survivors were hospitalized, many at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island, suffering from smoke inhalation, exhaustion and cuts and bruises—but they luckily incurred no serious injuries. As the rescue operations progressed, the ships began drifting with the tide, passing directly under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, which was closed to traffic for a time because of flanies shooting up beneath the bridge's super­ structure. ' The interlocked vessels continued to drift several miles past the bridge and were finally separated and grounded 600 yards off Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. The vessels were still smoldering nearly three days after the tragedy. The Coast Guard is conducting a formal inquiry into the accident. The National Maritime Council's western region action group hosted 300 guests at its third annual Unity Dinner here early this month. Present were representatives of labor, steamship company officials, port officials, govern­ ment leaders and prominent shippers from the western region. The National Maritime Council, an organization composed of top repre­ sentatives of the maritime industry, holds its Unity Dinner each year at this time to thank shippers for shipping cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels. Prizes of a cruise to Hawaii, a cruise to the Isthmus of Panama, and six coastwise cruises were drawn for by guest shippers, and the first annual Binnacle Award was presented to T. J. Patterson, Jr., western region director, by Ed Turner, president. Marine Cooks and Stewards, for leader­ ship in directing a course of action for the betterment of the American Mer­ chant Marine. The welcoming remarks were made by Mayor Joseph Alioto. Master of ceremonies was Robert J. Benedict, chairman of the board, western region action group. "Since the inception of the National Maritime Council in San Francisco in 1971, we have worked toward and are now seeing a resurgence of the U.S. Merchant Marine, as typified in the modem, super containerships plying the waters of the Pacific," Patterson stated during his introductory remarks. Sea-Land ^Carfainer' A Sea-Land 35-foot Cartalner carrying four or five standard size American cars Is lifted off the Detroit. Note built-in chassis and rear wheels for overthe-road operation. The ship has been on the weekly Miami-Puerto Rico run since 1972 as a result of the growth of the auto business In the Islands. Page 11 I �The SAVANNAH National Maritime Day H 1 !• San Francisco SIU President Paul Hall, addressing a National Maritime Day luncheon in San Francisco, mged American-flag shipping companies to vigorously sup­ port cargo preference legislation now pending in Congress that would give them a share of this nation's waterborne cargoes. Hall noted that a concerted effort by both management and labor would in­ crease the chances for passage of such legislation. "Our problem is not with labor or management; we cannot afford to think and act apart, but must all work to­ gether", said Hall. While praising what he called "giant steps forward" in attaining such co­ operation, he said there was much to be done in that direction. He cited the National Maritime Council as as exam­ ple of how the three main parts of the maritime industry—labor, management and government, have gotten together to do what ever is possible to better the merchant marine. Citing the Alaskan Pipeline, Hall emphasized that its construction can do much to meet the present energy crisis faced by this nation and urged West Coast shippers present to get into the tanker business before those com­ panies that operate American-owned foreign-flag tankers succeed in exclud­ ing domestic shippers from carrying crude oil from the Alaskan oil fields to Pacific Coast refineries through amend­ ment of the Jones Act. Seattle SIU Port Agent Harvey Mesford lowered a floral wreath into Elliott Bay at noon on Maritime Day here in mem­ ory of all of those seamen who went down to the sea in ships and never came back. Aboard the 82-foot Coast Guard cut­ ter Point Doran tied up at Pier 57, rela­ tives, clergy. Coast Guard crewmen, skipper James White, the Propeller Club and maritime union representa­ tives heard brief prayers and saw the launching of a wreath shaped like a ship bearing miniature pennants with the initials of the unions — SIU, SIUNA-aflaiiated IBU, SUP, Alaska Fishermens Union, Marine Cooks and Stewards, MEBA, Masters, Mates and Pilots and the Marine Firemens Union. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Ciaran Dillon, the Rev. Gene Wolfe, Rabbi Edward Ellenbogen and the Rev. C. K. Randoy. Howard F. Casey represented the Maritime Administration. Page 12 Washington, D.C. Seafarers from the SIU's Lundeberg Upgrading Center at Piney Point, Md. attended special merchant marine Na­ tional Maritime Day memorial services in honor of U.S. seamen held May 24 at the National Cathedral in the na­ tion's capital. Those present heard speakers praise the unique role in our nation's history traditionally played by the domestic merchant marine. The importance of future active par­ ticipation in world commerce by the American-flag fleet was also stressed. The memorial tribute in memory of the thousands of merchant seamen who gave their lives during World War II and during the Kor^ and Vietnam conflicts, was made by Robert J. Blackwell, assistant secretary of commerce for maritime affairs. Seafarers and upgraders attending the ceremony included: Cy Perkins, Richard Wood, Stanley Castanza, David Lynn, David Fishcer, Lance Marks, John Chadwick, Robert Rey­ nolds, Michael Berry, Alan Curry, Randy McDonnell, Jack Vanderhoof, Guy Dudley, Duane Ostrander, Joseph Myers, Jack Dixon, Robert Wolfe, Terry Hines, Kenneth McLeod, Alvarado Santiago, C. W. Dalhaus, Clif­ ford Hall, Francis Rizzo, Eugene Stone and George Vukmir. New Orleans Maritime Day ceremonies here May 22 were marked by the laying of an anchor-shaped floral piece of red and white flowers on waters of the Missis­ sippi River. The rites were held in honor of those mariners who lost their lives at sea and on America's inland waterways. At the start of the ceremony, harbor • ships sounded their horns with long blasts, then Propeller Club president Carlos J. Lozano, Jr. spoke briefly ex-' plaining that May 22 was the nation's 40th annual observance of Maritime Day and was first proclaimed by Presi­ dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. Clergymen gave short inspirational messages. Following taps played by a U.S. Navy band bugler, a Coast Guard rifle squad fired three volleys into the air as the memorial wreath was carried by labor union oflicials to the flreboat. Deluge. The flreboat, flanked by two Navy Coastal River Division 22 boats, steamed to a quiet part of the river off Jackson Square. There, the wreath was put onto the river where it floated silently away. Rep. John M. Murphy (D'N.Y.) addresaeB New Yoric Maritime Day andioice an a revitalized U.S. fleet. ' _ Sf. (5 , Representatives from West Coast maritime unions and other g^roups gather b I ... Port of Seattle as part of Maritime Memorial Services on May 22. SIU Seattle ^ .Jv �Special Supplement SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION® ATLANTIC,GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT •AFL-CIO For SIU Atlantic^ Gulf, Lakes »a ! -Jy- �V' • • \' o; Jrv- : " CONSTITUTION i- I THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC. GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Affiliated with Seafarers International Union of North America, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (As Amended July 10, 1972) PREAMBLE As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one' Union for our people, tlie Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, based upon the follow­ ing principles; All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in ac­ cordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, ship­ owners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain suffi­ cient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, irresjwctive of nationality or creed. Recogmzing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote har­ monious relations with those in command by exercising due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our em­ ployers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of maritime workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the s^men of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migra­ tory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a faction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by per­ sons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Con­ stitution. , Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, have determined to bind ourselves to­ gether in the Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica—Atlantic, Gulf, I.akes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor orga-; nizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall" seek to exert our individual and collective : influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their ri^ts must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as mem­ bers of the Union to be inalienable. y, • I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights 'or " privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the ' Union. . i II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected, or appointed, to hold office in this Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without due process of the lavy of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job hold- er shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guar­ anteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. Vi A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Con­ stitution of the Union. Vli The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Executive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION Article 1 Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and parti­ cipation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of administration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available for the use and on behalf of such sub­ ordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article II Affiliation Section 1. This Union shall be affiliated with the Sea­ farers International Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affiliations by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained herein, all subordinate .bodies and divisions seek­ ing a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within a time period set by the Exe­ cutive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amend­ ments thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recognition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates, any of the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any consti­ tutional provision not so authorized and approved, or com­ mits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/{or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms; as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercising any and all rights it may have pursuant to; any applicable agree­ ments or understandings. SecdoD 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a. fair hearing, to impose a trusteeship upon any subordinate body or divi­ sions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. j ,, Artlcle III Membership Section 1. There shall be two classes of membership, to wit full book members and probationary members. Candi­ dates for membership shall be admitted to membership in accordance with such rules as may be adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership and which rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All candidates with 360 days or more seatime in a consecutive 24 calendar month period commencing from January 1, 1968, in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by con­ tract with this Union, shall be eligible for full membership. All persons with less than the foregoing seatime but at least' thirty (30) days of such seatime, shall be eligible for pro­ bationary membership. Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, ex­ cept as otherwise specified herein. All probationary mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Section 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. The members, by majority vote, shall at all times have the right to determine the membership status of pensioners. Section 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American-flag merchant vessel. The provision of this subsection (e) shall be in­ applicable when such merchant vessel is operating upon the Great Lakes. Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circiunstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing' to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the appli­ cation of Section 3, in accordance with procedures estab­ lished by a majority vote of the membership. A majoriW vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may be excused where a mem­ ber has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve imity, and to promote the com­ mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all poli­ cies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or'dual organization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. ' Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall be in such form or forms as deter­ mined by the Executive Board, and shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accordance with such rules and tmder such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution as amended and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Section 2. No candidate for full book membership shall be admitted into such membership without having paid an initiation fee of Five Hundred ($500.00.) Dollars, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. In addition, the can­ didate shall pay a Ten ($10.00) Dollar "service fee" for the issuance of his full book. Each candidate for probationary membership and each probationary member shall, with the payment of each his first quarterly dues, as require by S^on 1, pay at each such time the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five ($125.00) Dollars as partial initiation fee. The total of such initiation monies so . paid shall be credited to his above re­ quired initiation fee for a full book member upon comple­ tion of the required seatime as provided for in Article lU, Section 1. Monies paid to the Unicm by any non-full book member prior to the effective date of this amended Consti­ tution, on account of initiation fee and assessments, not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars, shall be credited to such member's payment of his initiation fee as required by this section. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Section 4. All members shall be and remain in good standing. Special Supplement �% 'A Aitiefo VI Retirement from MembersMp Section 1. Members may retire from membership by surrendering their Union books or other evidence of affilia­ tion and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter in which they retire, assessments,- fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his appli­ cation for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member ac­ complishes these payments and shall be given to the mem­ ber upon presenting the aforesaid receipt. Sectimi 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obliga­ tions of membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty or forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. i Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required payments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, includ­ ing those levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Section 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the member­ ship. Section 5. The period of retirement shall be com­ puted from the first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was issued. Section 6. No member may retire his membership dur­ ing the period of a strike or lockout. Article VII Systems of Organization Section 1. This Union, and all officers, headquarter's representatives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be governed in this order by: (a) The Constitution. (b) The Executive Board. (c) Majority vote of the membership. Section 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be lo­ cated in New York and the headquarters officers shall con­ sist of a President, an Executive Vice-President, one VicePresident in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such personnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. Section 4. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ tered in one of three departments: namely, deck, engine and stewards department. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. This defini­ tion may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. Article VIII Officers. Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, an Executive Vice-President, one VicePresident in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Section 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Article IX Other Elective Jobs Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article VIII, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitution; Committee members of: (1) Trial Committees (2) Quarterly Financial Committees (3) Appeals Committees (4) Strike Committees (5) Credentials Committees (6) Union Tallying Committees (7) Constitutional Committees SectioD 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be appointed as permitted by this Constitution. Article X Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of the Union in all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Constitution. (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and iiesponsible for, all Union property, and shall be in charge of headquar­ ters and port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) In order that he may properly execute his respon­ sibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. Special Supplement e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ bership, the President shall designate the number and loca­ tion of ports the jurisdiction, status and activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and may re-assign VicePresidents and the Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign Headquarters Representatives. Port Agents, and Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduc­ tion in wages. The Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, Detroit and San Francisco may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. Where ports are opened between elections, the President shall designate the Union personnel thereof. The President shall designate, in the event of the in­ capacity of any Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolmen, or any officer other than the President, a re­ placement to act as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified under Article XII of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in May of eveiy election year, the President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and location of ports, the number of Headquarters Representa­ tives, Port Agents and Patrolmen which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular office thereof, or any similar depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed, except that the President may, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository until no later than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrolman and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the poli­ cies of the Union, and all rules and rulings adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be dele­ gated, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discre­ tion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquar­ ters Representative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office or job under Article XII of this Constitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is directed to take any and all meas­ ures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or Union representative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. Section 2. Executive Vice-President The Executive Vice-President shall perfofm any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the : Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement I The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract ; Enforcement shall perform any and all duties ^signed him i or delegated to him by the President. In addition, hp shall j be responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation 1 of bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements to the membership for { ratification. He shall also be responsible, except as other­ wise provided in Article X, Section 13(d) (1), for strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contract en­ forcement. He shall also act for headquarters in executing j the administrative functions assigned to headquarters by ! this Constitution with respect to trials and appeals except I if he is a witness or party thereto, in which event the Sec! retary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In order that he may j properly execute these responsibilities he is hereby in' structed and authorized to employ such help as he deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive BoarH. i The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract j Enforcement shall be a member of the Executive Board I and may cast one vote in that body. Section 4. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated him by the President. He shall be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound accounting and bookkeeping sys­ tems; the setting up, and maintenance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the proper collec­ tion, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's financial operations and shall submit simultaneously there­ with, the Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be pre­ pared by an independent Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it legal, account­ ing, or otherwise, subject to approval of the Executive Board. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Execu­ tive Board and may cast one vote in that body. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the Credentials and Union Tallying Committees. In addition he shall make himself and the records of his office avail­ able to the Quarterly Financial Committee. Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be enti** to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, including their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed to mean that area from and including Georgia through Maine and shall also include the Islands ' in the Caribbean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 6. Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a member of the Executive Board and shaU be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the State of Florida, all through the Gulf, including Texas. In order that he may properly execute his responsibili­ ties he is empowered and authorized to retain any techffic^ or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 7. Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their organizing activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empower^ and authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to appro­ val of the Executive Board. Section 8. Headquarters Representatives. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all duties assigned them or delegated to them by the Presi­ dent or the Executive Board. Section 9. Port Agents. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the ad­ ministration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be re­ sponsible for the enforcement and execution of the Consti­ tution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con­ siderations affecting {wrt action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President, the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Secretary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Srcretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, re­ gardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrolman was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ tions, affiliation with which has been properly authorized. Section 10. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by the Agent of the Port to which they are assigned. Section 11. Executive Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secreta^-Treasurer, the Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Wa­ ters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members and has main­ tained that membership for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. The Executive Board shall meet no less than twice each year and at such times as the President and/or a ma­ jority of the Executive Board may direct. The President shall be chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless absent, in which case the Executive Board shall designate the chairman. Each member of the Executive Board shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority vote of those voting, providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to develop policies, strategies and rules which will advance and protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of all Executive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may direct the administration of all Union affairs, properties, policies and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically provided for in this Con­ stitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive Board may act without holding a formal meeting provided all members of the Board are seilt notice of the proposed action or actions and the decision thereon is reduc^ to writing and signed by a majority of the Executive Board. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for any reason should occur to the President, the Executive Board by majority vote shall name a successor from its own membership who shall fill that vacancy until the next general election. In the event the President is incapacitated for a period of more than thirty (30) days, and the Executive Board by majority vote thereafter determines that such incapacity prevents the President from carrying out his duties, the Executive Board by majority vote- may appoint from among its own membership the officer to fill the office of Presi­ dent. This appointment shall terminate upon the President's recovery from such incapacity or upon the expiration of the President's term of office, whichever occurs first. The Executive Board by majority vote may grant re­ quests for leaves of absence with or without pay to officers. In the event that a leave is granted to the President, the Executive Board by a majority vote, shall designate from among its own membership who shall exercise the duties of the President during such period of leave. Notwithstanding the provision of Section l(j) of this Article X, the Executive Board, by majority vote, may determine not to fill any vacancy in any office or job for any part of an unexpired term. Section 12. Delegates. (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of Page 3 �the Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitu­ tion, to attend the convention of the Seafarers international Union of North America. The following officers and job holders, upon their election to office or job shall, during the term of their office or job, be delegates to all Conven­ tions of the Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica in the following order of priority: President; Executive Vice-President; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those most senior in full book Union member­ ship; Port Agents, with priority to those most senior in ful book Union membership; and Patrolmen, with priority to those most senior in full book Union membership. (b) Each delegate siiall, by his vote and otherwise, sup­ port those policies agreed upon by the majority of the dele­ gates to the Convention. (c) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or division that number of delegates to which this Union would have been entitled, if its membership had been in­ creased by the number of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. Section 13. Committees. (a) Trial Committee. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trials of a person charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the. rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were prop­ erly safeguarded. (b) Appeals Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not incon­ sistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not in­ consistent therewith. (c) Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examination for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations and separate findings. 2. The findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time and after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are re­ sponsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the independent certified public accotmtants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) full book members in good standing to be elected at Headquarters—Port of New York. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular Headquarters— Port of New York meeting designated by the SecretaryTreasurer. In the event such regular meetings cannot be held for lack of a quorum, the New York Port Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the electing of Committee members to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. On the day following their election, and con­ tinuing until the Committee has completed its report, each Committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay, but in no event shall they be paid less than eight (8) hours per day. They shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties. In the event a committee member ceases to act, no replacement need be elected, unless there are less than three (3) committee members, in which event they shall suspend their work until a special election for committee members shall be held as provided above, for such number of com­ mittee members as shall be necessary to constitute a com­ mittee of not less than three (3) members in good standing. (d) Strike Committee 1. In no event shall a general strike take place unless ap­ proved by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, whichever applies. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the membership the Port Agents in all affected ports shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectuate all strike policies and strategies. Article Xi Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Section 1. The following elected officers and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Patrolmen Page 4 The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to the provisions for assiunption of office as contained m Article XllI, Section 6 (b) of this Constitution. The first nomination and election of officers and jobs under this amended Constitution as provided for in this Article XI and Articles Xll and XIII, shall be held in the year 1975. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the mem­ bership or segment of the Union, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article Xll Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Head­ quarters Representative, Port. Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the em­ ploy of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as seatime. Union records, Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibil­ ity; and (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immedi­ ately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag mer­ chant vessel or vessels covered by contract with this Union, or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a com­ bination of these, between January 1st and ffie time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes, in which event he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the fore­ going one hundred (100) days; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. He is not receiving a pension from this Union's Pension Fund, if any, or from a Union-Management Fund to which Fund this Union is a party or from a company under coiitract with this Union. Section 2. All candidates for. and holders of, other elec­ tive jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3.: All candidates for, and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full book membership in good ^standing. % Article Xlll El^ions for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2 (b) of this Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be deliv­ ered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Creden­ tials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrol­ man. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forward­ ing his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Com­ munist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extor­ tion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, viola­ tion of narcotics laws, murder, rajpc, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violalation of Title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of member Book No Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable deter­ mination by the Board of Parole of the United States De­ partment of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. Any full book member may nominate any other full book member in which event such full book member so nominated shall comply with the provisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the submission of credentials. By reason of the above self nomination provi­ sion the responsibility if any, for notifying a nominee of his nomination to office, shall be that of the nominator. All documents required herein must reach headquarters ^ no earlier than July 15 and no later than August 15 of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of six (6) full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two (2) members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No officer. Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice-Presi­ dent, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the neces­ sary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "dis­ qualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membersl^, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept de­ livery of credentials. All credentials must be in head­ quarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing their rea­ sons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered or certified, to the mailing address designated pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure timely delivei7 of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disquali­ fication by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article Xn. Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) Balloting in the manner hereafter provided, shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the City of which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a Port in the City in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, for the purpose of full book members securing their ballots, the ports shall be open from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Saturdays, ex­ cluding holidays. (b) Balloting shall be by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category with book number and job seniority classification status. The listing of the pprts shall first set forth Headquarters and then shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly port of the Atlantic Coast, follow­ ing the Atlantic Coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, , until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. TTiere shall be no write-in voting and no provisions for the same shall appear on the ballot. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion con­ taining the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (c) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indi­ cated in the preceding paragraphs and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto, shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indi­ cating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also-send to each Port Agent a sufficient amount of blank opaque envelopes containing the word, "Ballot" on the face of the envelope, as well as a sufficient amount of opaque mailing envelopes, first class postage prepaid and printed on the face thereon as the �addressee shall be the name and address of the depository for the receipt of such ballots as designated by the Presi­ dent in the manner provided by Article X, Section 1, of this Constitution. In the upper left-hand comer of such mailing envelope, there shall be printed thereon, as a top line, provision for the voter's signature and on another line immediately thereunder, provision for the printing of the voter's name and book number. In addition, the SecretaryTreasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of mailing envelopes identical with the mailing envelopes mentioned above, except that they shall be of different color, and shall contain on the face of such envelope in bold letters, the word, "Challenge." The Secretary-Treasurer shall further furnish a sufficient amount of "Roster Sheets" which shall have printed thereon, at the top thereof, the year of the election, and immediately thereunder, five (5) vertical collunns designated, date, ballot number, signature full book member's name, book number, and comments, and such roster sheets shall contain horizontal lines immediately imder the captions of each of the above five columns. The Secre­ tary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of envel­ opes with the printed name and address of the depository on the face thereof, and in the upper left-hand comer, the name of the port and address, and on the face of such envelope, should be printed the words, "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs". Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt, acknowledging the correctness of the amount and the numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for all the aforementioned election material actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer and shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee. (d) Balloting shall be secret. Only full book members in good standing may vote. Each full book member may secure his ballot at Port offices, from the Port Agent or his duly designated representative at such port. Each Port Agent shall designate an area at the Port office over which should be posted the legend "Voting Ballots Secured Here." When a full book member appears to vote he shall present his book to the Port Agent or his aforementioned duly designated representative. The Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall insert on the roster sheet under the appropriate column the date, the number of the ballot given to such member and his full book number, and the member shall then sign his name on such roster sheet under the appropriate column. Such member shall have his book stamped with the word, "Voted" and the date, and shall be given a ballot, and simultaneously the perforation on the top of the ballot shall be removed. At the same time the member shall be given the envelope marked "Ballot" together with the pre-paid postage mailing envelope addressed to the depository. The member shall take such ballot and envelopes and in secret thereafter, mark his ballot, fold the same, insert it in the blank envelope marked "Ballot", seal the same, then insert such "Ballot" - envelope into the mailing envelope, seal such mailing envelope, si^ his name on the upper left-hand comer on the first line of such mailing envelope and on the second line in the upper left-hand comer print his name and book number, after which he shall mail or cause the same to be mailed. In the event a full book member appears to vote and is not in good standing, or does not have his membership book with him or it appears for other valid reasons he is not eligible to vote, the same procedure as provided above shall apply to him, except that on the roster sheet under the column "Comments", notation should be made t^at the member voted a challenged ballot and the reason for his challenge. Such member's membership book shall be stamped "voted challenge", and the date, and such member instead of the above-mentioned mailing envelope, shall be given the mailing envelope of a different color marked on the face thereof with the word, "Chal­ lenge". At the end of each day, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall enclose in the envelope addressed to the depository and marked "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs", the roster sheet or sheets executed by the members that day, together with the numbered perforated slips removed from the ballots which had been given to the members, and then mail the same to such depository. To insure that an adequate supply of all balloting material is maintained in all ports at all times, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative, simultaneously with mailing of the roster sheets and ballot stubs to the depository at the end of each day, shall also make a copy of the roster sheet for that day and mail the same to the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all election material and shall not release any of it until duly called for and shall insure that no one tampers with the material placed in his custody. (e) Full book members may request and vote an absen­ tee ballot under the following circumstances; while such member is employed on a Union contracted vessel and which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to be at a port in which a ballot can be secured during the time and period provided for in Section 4(a) of this Article or is in a USPHS Hospital anytime during the first ten (10) days of the month of November of the Election Year. "The mem­ ber shall make a request for an absentee ballot by registered or certified mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request shall contain a designation as to the address to which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. The request shall be postmarked no later than 12:00 P.M. on the 15th day of November of the election year, shall be directed to the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters and must be delivered no later than the 25th of such November. The Secretary-Treasurer shall determine whether such member is eligible to vote such absentee ballot. The Secretary-Treasurer, if he determines that such member is so eligible, he shall by the 30th of such Novem­ ber, send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address so designated by such member, a "Ballot", after removing the perforated numbered stub, together with the hereinbefore mentioned "Ballot" envelope, and mailing envelope addressed to the depository, except that printed on the face of such mailing envelope, shall be the words "Absentee Ballot" and appropriate voting instructions shall accompany such mailing to the member. If the SecretaryTreasurer determines that such member is ineligible to receive such abstentee ballot, he shall nevertheless send such member the aforementioned ballot with accompanying material except that the mailing envelope addressed to the depository shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Challenged Absentee Ballot." The SecretaryTreasurer shall keep records of all of the foregoing, includ­ ing the reasons for determining such member's ineligibility, which records shall be open for inspection by full book members and upon the convening of the Union Tallying Committee, presented to them. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to all Ports, the names and book numbers of the members to whom absentee ballots were sent. (f)_ All ballots to be counted, must be received by the depository no later than the January 5th immediately sub­ sequent to the election year and must be postmarked no later than 12 midnight December 31st of the election year. Section 4. (a) At the close of the last day of the period for securing ballots, the Port Agent in each port, in addi­ tion to his duties set forth above, shall deliver or mail to Headquarters by registered or certified mail, attention Union Tallying Committee, all unused ballots and shall specifically set forth, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. (b) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 16 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the eight ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, Detroit and San Francisco. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise deter­ mines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the afore­ said ports, on the first business day of the last week of said month. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquar­ ters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties herein set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall have access to all election records and files for their inspection, examination and verification. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies All members of the Committee shall sign the report, with­ out prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. In connection with the tally of ballots there shall be no counting of ballots until all mailing envelopes containing valid ballots have first been opened, the ballot envelopes removed intact and then all of such ballot envelopes mixed together, after which such ballot envelopes shall be Opened and counted in such multiples as the Committee may deem expedient and manageable. The Committee shall resolve all issues on challenged ballots and then tally those found valid, utilizing the same procedure as provided in the preceding sentence either jointly or separately. (c) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall, after their election, proceed to the port in which Headquarters is located, to arrive at that port no later than January 5th of the year immediately after the election year. Each member of the Committee not elected from the port in which Headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. Committee members elected from the iwrt in which Headquarters is located, shall be similarly reimbursed, except for transpor­ tation. All members of the Committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. All decisions of such Committee and the contents of their report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain all mailed ballots and the other mailed election material fromthe depository and to insure their safe custody during the course of the Committee's proceedings. The proceedings of the Committee except for their organizational meeting and their actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. Any candidate may act as an observer and/or designate another member to act as his observer at the counting of the ballots. In no event shall issuance of the above referred to closing report of the Committee be delayed beyond January' 31st immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. In the discharge of its duties, the Committee may call upon and utilize the services of clerical employees of the Union. The Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dis­ patch of its report as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to this Article, the Committee shall be reconstituted, except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (d) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be mailed by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer no later than January 31st immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. As soon as these copies are received, each Fort Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner, and notify the Secretary-Treasurer, in writing, as to the date of such posting. This copy shall be kept posted until after the Election Report Meeting, which shall be the March regular membership meeting im­ mediately following the close of the election year. At the Election Report Meeting; the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (e) Any full book member claiming a violation of the election and balloting procedure or the conduct of the same, shall within 72 hours of the occurrence of the claimed violation, notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters, in writing, by certified mail, of the same, setting forth his name, book number and the details so that ap­ propriate corrective action if warranted may be taken. The Secretary-Treasurer shall expeditiously investigate the facts concerning the claimed violation, take such action as may be necessary, if any, and make a report and recommenda­ tion, if necessary, a copy of which shall be sent to the member and the original shall, be filed for the Union Tally­ ing Comimttee for their appropriate action, report and rec­ ommendation, if any. The foregoing shall not be applicable to matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or report, the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 1 and 2 being the pertinent provisions applicable to such matters. All protesU as to any and all aspects of the election and balloting procedures or the conduct of the same, not passed upon by the Union Tallying Committee in its report, excluding therefrom matters involving the Credenti^s Committee's action or report as provided in the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, but including the procedure and report of the Union Tallying Committee, shall be filed in writing by certified mail with the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters, to be received no later than the February 25th immediately subsequent to the close of the election year. It shall be the responsibility of the member to insure that his written protest is received by the Secretary-Treasurer no later than such February 25th. The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward copies of such written protest to all ports in sufficient time to be read at the Election Report Meeting. The written protest shall contain the full book member's name, book number, and all details constituting the protest. (f) At the Election Report Meeting the report and recommendation of the Union Tallying Committee, includ­ ing but not limited to discrepancies, protests passed upon hy them, as well as protests filed with the SecretaryTreasurer as provided for in Section (e) immediately above, shall be acted upon by the meeting. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a special vote, unless reported discrepancies or protested procedure or conduct found to have occurred and to be violative of the Constitution, affected the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted to such office, offices and/or job or jobs, as the case may be. A majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings may order a recheck and recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three (3) or more members of the Union Tallying Com­ mittee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 4(f), the closing report shall be accepted as final. There shall be no further protest or appeal from the action of the majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings. (g) Any special vote ordered pursuant to Section 4(f) shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the first day of the month immediately subsequent to the Election Report Meetings mentioned above. The depository shall be the same as designated for the election from which the special vote is ordered. And the procedures shall be the same as provided for in this Section 4, except where specific dates are provided for, the days shall be the dates applicable, which provide for the identical (ime and days originally provided for in this Section 4. The Election Re­ port Meeting for the aforesaid special vote shall be that meeting immediately subsequent to the report of the Union Tallying Committee separated by one calendar month. Section 5. Elected Officers and Job Holders: (a) A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that his name may appear on the ballot. The Union Tallying Committee shall not be required to tally completely the results of the voting for such unopposed candidate but shall certify in their report, that such unopposed candidate has been elected to such office or job. The Election Report Meeting shall accept the above certification of the Union Tallying Committee without change. S^tion 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Head­ quarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman: (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices Md jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the con­ trary contained in Article XI, Section 1. "This shall not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Presi­ dent to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 11 shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. Section 7. The Secretary-Treasiu^ is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XIV Other Elections Section 1. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meetinf held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following th( regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall constitute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Repre sentative. Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Unioi personnel may be elected to serve on a Trial Committee No member who intends to be a witness m the pendinj trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot foi any reason, render an honest decision. It shall be the dutj of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or ha: reason to believe, any of the foregoing disqualification: apply to him. The members of this committee shall bt elected under such generally applicable rules as are adoptet by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitiite a quorum, electee Page 5 �at the port where headquarters Is located. The same dis­ qualifications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addi­ tion, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Article XY Trials Olid Appeals Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting. The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the re­ quest to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read at the said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled other­ wise by a majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the following morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed until the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made against him. If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall im­ mediately cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a notification, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Com­ mittee will be elected. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts of law but may receive all relevant testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls beneath the quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the ac­ cusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to crossexamine the accuser, or accusers and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is available at the time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform him of what wrong he allegedly com­ mitted, or the time and place of such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. ^ction 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and the accuser, either in person or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. The findings shall include a state­ ment that the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the find­ ings as to ^ilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the trial shall be kept. All findings and recom­ mendations shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the membership of the Union shall: (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ tions, or (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished trans­ portation and subsistence. Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment so decided upon shall become effective. Head­ quarters shall cause notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is under effective punishment may appeal in the following manner: He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Head­ quarters within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the membership. Page 6 Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the port where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice shall be presented and shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President in charge of contracts is ch -ged with the duty of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any writ­ ten statement or argument submitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at headquarters in time for such presenta­ tion. Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair considera­ tion of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair consid­ eration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those participating in such decision or dissent. In making its find­ ings and recommendations, the committee shall be gov­ erned by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ mended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on which the finding was based be dis­ missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its deci­ sion and dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last known address, or notify them in person. Se^on 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser,. wther in person or in writing addressed to their last knoWn, address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time to prepare his defense, but he may there­ after plead guilty and waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postponement, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. Article XVI Offenses and Penalties Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the following offenses, the member shall be expelled from membership: (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocat­ ing the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; (b) Acting as an .nformer against the interest of the Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against the interest of the membership or the Union; (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to destroy the Union. Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ erty of the value in excess of $50.00. (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; (c) Willful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ cial or otherwise, or the willful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of trust. The President may, diiring the pendency of disciplinary proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without pay. and designate his temporary replacement. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are false: (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship or mis­ conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Union or its agreements; (h) £>eliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate and malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a vessel, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Willful refusal to submit evidence of afiUiation for the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidmce of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Willful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly, authorized to make such orders during time of strike. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or asesssment within the time limit set therefore either by the Constitution or by action taken in accordance with the Constitution. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be ^alized up to and in­ cluding a suspension from the rights and privileges of membership for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ erty of the value under $50.00; (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ tions required therefor, (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article. (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or willful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (b) Willful failure to submit his Union book to Union representatives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Unimi representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; (f) Gambling in the Union hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution subject to the provi­ sions of Article XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representative of the Union. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assess­ ments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Article XVII Publications This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Article XVIII Bonds Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. Article XIX Expenditures Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the President may authorize, make,, or incur such expenditures and expenses as are normally en­ compassed within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro^dures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. llie provisions of this Article shall supersede to the extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. ArtlclaXX Income Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, inter­ est, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person authorized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to demand such receipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all pay­ ments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the monetary obligations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. Section 5. To the extent deemed appropriate by the majority of the Executive Board, fluids and assets of the Union may be kept in an account or accounts without separation as to purpose and expended for all Union pur­ poses and objects. Special Supplement �Article XXI Other Types of Union Affiliation To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vole of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and ob­ ligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but are not limited to (a) the applicability or non-applicability of all or any part of the Constitution: (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the rig^ht of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. Article XXII Quorums Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six (6) full book members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be fifty (50) members. Section 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. Section 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the requirements for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum shall be deemed to be a majority of those com­ posing the applicable segment of the Union. Article XXIII Meetings Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday—at Philadel{>hia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; on Wednesday—at Mobile; and on Thursday —at San Francisco. All regular membership meetings shall commence at 2:30 p.m. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the au­ thorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hour of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be sted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin ard. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a spe­ cial meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all regular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Constitution. 2. Majority Vote of the members assembled. Article XXIV Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating Thereto Sectloa 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execuUon of the functions of more than one job and/or office m which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The .F«riod of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist .... Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein' the term "vacancy" shall include failure ,to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resig­ nation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in acwrdance with the provisions of Article XV of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the "•• I. • J., term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this Section, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with the Con­ stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not concerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action," or reference thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Section 6. ^^ere the title of any officer or job, or the holder thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution as amended which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up through July, 1972. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a member whose monetary obligations to the Unicri are not in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expulsion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the con­ text of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership book," and "book," shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Section 11. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union membership which carries with it complete rights and privileges of membership except as may be specifically constitutionally otherwise provided. Section 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article XXV Amendments This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department ahd shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amend­ ment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommenda­ tions. The latter shall then be submitted to the member­ ship. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure directed by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote. The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made available at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective immediately upon notification by the aforesaid Union Tallying Commit­ tee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. EXHIBIT A Minimal requirements to be contained In Con­ stitution of subordinate bodies and divisions char­ tered by or affiliated with the Secrforers Interna­ tional Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, sub­ ject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Constitution, including secret election, freedom of qieech. the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. II No member may be automatically suspended from mem­ bership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reasonable time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constitution. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitu­ tion and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect un­ less and until approved as set forth in the Constitution of that Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective un­ less and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a secret referendum conducted for that pur­ pose. In any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amendments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the (institution of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recog­ nized accounting procedures, below the amount of its in­ debtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters DistricL that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or repre­ sentatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of as­ sisting this Union and its membership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other in­ debtedness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers International Union of North America—At­ lantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. XII This Constitution and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers ffitemational Union of North America—At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trusteeships, and the granting and removal of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Intemational Union of North America through the Seafarers In­ ternational UnicMi of North America—^^antic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the (invention of the Seafarers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. text of the SI lf*sr1::onst^ tution and should be retained by every Seafarer for further reference. Additional copies can be obtained from Union Headquarters. ^ Special Supplement iiiiasq?; Page 7 �SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION* ATLANTIC,GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT•AFL-CIO ( j I ' IM: 1 •! . n' ;•!</ I:.- i ,i • ,• f �inored Across the Nation • y ^ 'r - it . Maritime Memorial wreath in the shape of a ship floats in the water off the cutter Point Doran in the Port of Seattle while the American flag moves gently with the breeze. Austin, Tex. % • -4 " ! :•' ^4 \ •M- Y CentCT at Piney Point, Md. attended Maritime Day ceremonies at the SIU Vice President Paul Drozak, here May 22 for Texas' tribute to Mari­ time Day, took note of Gov. Dolph Briscoe's proclamation designating the celebration, saying it was the first time in the history of the state that any gov­ ernor or legislature had named a day honoring seamen here. The governor urged all Texans to honor the merchant marine by appro­ priate recognition of the industry's great contributions to Texas. Saying that the anniversary of the sailing of the Savannah to Liverpool has been observed as National Mari­ time Day since 1933, Gov. Briscoe ex­ claimed: "Waterbome commerce has long been an integral element of the Texas economy. As the state has developed into an industrial center, shipping has provided an essential avenue of com­ merce for the exchange of raw and manufactured materials. "The maritime industry is signifi­ cantly responsible for the remarkable economic growth and prosperity ex­ perienced by the state in recent years, and its dynamic influence on the qual­ ity of life enjoyed by Texans through­ out the state has been indispensable." Boston Gov. Francis W. Sargent inroclaimed May 22, 1973 Maritime Day urging the citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts "to take cognizance of this event and to participate fittingly in its observance." Continuing, the governor pro­ claimed: "A balanced, economical, effi­ cient, merchant-fleet manned by welltrained, skilled seamen is a vital national resource necessary to trans­ port goods peacefully between na­ tions ..." He added the creation and mainte­ nance of a strong and competitive fleet to meet these demands is a complex task requiring the best efforts of gov­ ernment, management and labor. Finally, he declared, "The impor­ tance of American merchant seapower is underscored by our burgeoning trade and the increasing demands for ocean transportation which result from this trade and in war and peace merchant ships and merchant seamen have main­ tained a proud record of service to this nation..." At memorial services in Boston Har­ bor for Seafarers lost in war and peace, SIU Port Agent Edward Riley partici­ pated in a wreath-laying ceremony. New York In a New York-New Jersey National Maritime Day address, U.S. Rep. John M. Murphy (D-N.Y.), a member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, highlighted nationwide cer­ emonies reflecting new interest in the revitalization of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Speaking in Manhattan's historic Battery Park, Rep. Murphy declared "Continued national investment in the merchant marine makes good sense. Shipbuilding and water borne commerce means jobs for American workers. And, at a time when over 5-million people are unemployed, revitalization of our merchant marine is one important aspect of creating jobs." Murphy said another reason to sup­ port the growth of the fleet and to encourage more cargo for U.S.-flag ships is that "this nation cannot afford to depend on the fleets of other nations to bringstrategic imports to our shores." He told a lunchtime audience of hun­ dreds of New Yorkers that a U.S. gas shortage has forced certain parts of the country, including New York City, to require emergency imports of liquid gas during the past few winters. Twenty-one states put quotas on gas for consumers, he added. "Experts," he said, "have estimated that by 1985, the gap between our natural gas demand and new gas dis­ coveries will be as large as the entire American gas consumption in 1969." The congressman emphasized that U.S. energy requirements between 1960 and 1970 rose 41 percent or three-anda-half times the rate of population. "The United States should not put itself in the position of being dependent upon foreign nations to supply us with strategic imports such as this. We should have the importation of these strategic imports in some degree under our own control," Murphy said. Murphy told the crowd he was intro­ ducing legislation in Congress requiring U.S.-flag ships to carry 20 percent of energy fuels into this country. He said the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee had persuaded Congress to insist that 50 percent of governmentaided cargoes bound for overseas be carried in U.S. bottoms. Murphy estimated that "if. we had carried the same 30 percent of biir com­ merce in 1972 on U.S. ships as we did in 1936 we would not have had our bal­ ance of trade deficit... and, therefore I venture to say the U.S. dollar would not be in its present precarious posi­ tion." Page 13 )f �^Full Support Needed' •: P^CHARUS W MORGAN ^ u&Kc f.vJJH" li-' • "• '.V HISTORIC PRESERVATION Customs Search J T We, the crewmembers of the S.S. Lafayette, Waterman S.S. Corp., are concerned about the harassment American seamen have been subjected to in India and other countries. On two occasions this trip, in Rangoon, Burma, and Csdcutta, India, customs officials boarded the ship and "shook down" crewmembers and their lodgings. One man Iliad $330 confiscated in Calcutta. The customs officials are : not satisfied with searching seamen's bodies and romns, but m-i : constantly ask the seamen to give them soap, cigarettes,' gum, etc. ^ in Kandia, India, max^ of the crew^ ':.X ; members had money <»nfiscated and had to pay fines iii| -additiort.; I / /i II While we are working and living aboard a ship, it is our| home. We all feel that it is a violation of our rights to have customs officials searching our bodies and lodgings. We, the undersigned, wish to see an end to this harass­ ment and request that you make our grievances known to those who may have the power to alleviate this harasSinent. We also request that this letter be published in the yarers Log with hopes that other seamen who have been ^subjected to the same harassment will support our com. plaint m A Major Battle The bell has sounded for round two in the fight to win a law requiring that a por­ tion of the nation's oil imports be carried in American-flag ships. Within the past several weeks new legis­ lation has been introduced in the House of Representatives with more than 90 mem­ bers of Congress now sponsoring a pro­ posed law that would require use of U.S. ships to carry a percentage of our oil imports. The bill is important to Seafarers—and to all Americans. It is important for many reasons: It would help to rebuild the U.S. Merchant Marine, and it would mean jobs for Sea­ farers and for other workers in the maritime industry. But there are other reasons why such a law is important: As it stands now, virtu­ ally all oil imports come to the United States on foreign-flag tankers. With U.S. ships carrying a reasonable portion of these imports, the nation would be assured of de­ livery even in time of crisis. In other words, we need this law as a means of guarding our own national secu­ rity. Another point, this legislation will help the United States balance-of-payments pic­ ture. That means that the costs of trans­ porting the oil imports will be retained in this country instead of being paid to for­ eign shipping interests. It is estimated that the proposed legisla­ tion would add about a half billion dollars a year to the economy to help reduce the balance of payments outflow for oil imports. Right now, the U.S. oil import situation poses a grim picture for the nation. We are importing about six million barrels of petro­ leum and petroleum products a day and this amounts to about 33 percent of our total demand. But by the early 1980's, it is esti­ mated that the United States will import over half of its oil needs, or from 10 to 12 million barrels per day. These are some of the reasons why the SIU, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment, and the entire AFL-CIO are fight­ ing for such legislation. We know the opponents. They consist primarily of the multinational oil compa­ nies. They are formidable—and they have powerful resources and influence. They are virtually a super-power. But the fight must be fought. From the Seafarer's standpoint, this is a battle for his security. That's why it is necessary for all Sea­ farers to support the union in this important legislative battle. And while it is important to all seamen, we must bear in mind that there is more than jobs and job security in­ volved here. The nation's well-being, security and economy are involved. Fratemally, ; !, - • I"-'.- ii Brother Chahmaa: Your letter of May 14, 0ll, sign^lSy the crew was sent to this office by the New Orleans Port Agent and re­ ceived by Union Headquarters on June 1, 1973. We sincerely regret that the crew has been subjected to harassment by Customs officials in Burma and India. How^ ever, the crew should be advised that they as foreigners in • ' K Burma, India or any other country in the World are subject to the laws of such countries which in many instances aie very strict. Foreign seamen in Ainerioan ports are subI jected to the same type of search ypu receiv^ in Burma V ^ India. 5/ However, we wUl advise your Washington office to pre- ^ ; sent your grievance to the proper parties in Washington. . Your letter also will be forwarded to the Editor of the / -v : Seafarers Log to be published in a future issue. . V| Best wishes to you and the crew. ' • . Enclosed is SIU fact sheet #4. We suggest that you and Crew review s^e as it deals with the conditions exists ing within the maritime industry. Also enctosed you wiUl find reply cards, please check off the appropriate boxes giv­ ing your views, and return it to Headquarters. Frank Drozak VkePieaidimt Page 14 Jun* 1973 Volum# XXXV, No. 6 u P«Wic«fk>n tho Soatarors intarnationai Union of North Amarica, AtianUc, Quif. LakOT and Inland Wat«rs Oiatrict, AFL-ClO This is the first time that such a broadbased program has been instituted in the maritime industry. Set up under the auspices of the Mari­ time Administration, the Council has em­ ployed many successful methods in securing more cargo for American-flag ships. NMC is becoming an important vehicle in building a merchant marine better able to participate in the carriage of our nation's foreign commerce. Ship's Chaimmn S.S.Lafayette ' Ship's Chairman I^S. Lafayette National Maritime Council The National h^aritime Council is achiev­ ing its goal. Since the Council's inception in 1971, it has been effective in stimulating in­ creased carriage of cargoes aboard Amer­ ican-flag ships. The NMC has brought together maritime labor unions, shipping companies and the U.S. government in order to better enable these three groups to build a stronger, more viable American shipping industry—an in­ dustry capable of competing with the other merchant fleets of the world. < . Exacutiva Board Paul Hsfl. Pwident . m ^bjisbod monthly by So^,., Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AF Avanue, Brooklyn. N.Y. U232. Tel. 4^'--po»tog9 paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. ' >/• . - Seafarers Log �1 Alfonso Annada Seafarer Alfonso Armada ships out of the Port of Baltimore and has been sailing with the SIU since 1955. "Looking back to the time when I was a new member of the SIU I remem­ ber the unity, brotherhood and militant spirit of our Union. I see a new thing today, the importance of education and the strong feelings our union has about education, not just for me but for all the bosuns that are eligible for this recertification program and for all of our mem­ bers who are interested in upgrading themselves for a better tomorrow. This is important to all of us and to the ship­ owners, too, because we will be more capable aboard the new ships. I think all of our members should come to Piney Point and see for themselves what we are doing here for the betterment of aU of us." Six veteran Seafarers are attending the first class of the SIU Bosuns Recertification Program at the Lundeberg School's Upgrading Center in Piney Point which began June 1. The first class includes Alfonso Ar­ mada and Robert Mackert from the Port of Baltimore; Robert Lasso who ships out of San Juan; and Jan Beye, William Clegg and Burt Hanback who ship out of New York. Classes for the Bosuns include both vocational education and trade union education. Through the use of slide pre­ sentations and mock-ups, the bosuns are being given an introduction to the new types of ships which are becoming the future of the American-flag fleet, including the SL-7's; LASH-type ships, LNG tankers and the roll-on-roll-off ships. Trade union education includes in­ tensive review of the SIU contract and constitution, the welfare program, and labor union history. i i I i s I U William Clegg Seafarer William Clegg ships from the Port of New York and has been sailing with the SIU for 25 years. "The whole operation here is fantas­ tic. From the moment I passed through the main gate here at Piney Point and saw the buildings and grounds I was im­ pressed. The classrooms, dining area and recreational facilities are something that every member of the SIU can be proud of. All of the instructors here at the Harry Lundeberg School are fine and dedicated people, and the educa­ tional program they have put together is fantastic. Thank God we have a Union that could foresee the future need of seamen, and do something about it." ?,' -V « = •' •••.V Robert Lasso Burt Hanback Robert Mackert Seafarer Robert Lasso, who ships out of the Port of San Juan, has been sailing with the SIU since 1943. "What do I think of Piney Point? Where do I start? Who ever could con­ ceive that a merchant seaman could plan and put into operation the best thought-out and best-run school in the United States for seamen and future sea­ men and good SIU members. I don't know of any union anywhere that has the understanding to do something like this for the membership. For the 'doubters', all I can say is to get down here some way and see your union in motion for yourself." Seafarer Burt T. Hanback ships out of the Port of New York, and has been sailing with the SIU for 20 years. "Only a fool wouldn't come here to see this place for himself. The food and the quarters are the best anywhere, and the grounds, buildings and classrooms are beautiful and clean. There is plenty of recreation facilities for SIU families and the children. The instructors are ex­ perts in their areas, and there is good opportunity for discussion and debate on everything having to do with the con­ tract, shipping rules, overtime and other matters." Seafarer Robert F. Mackert sails out of the Port of Baltimore, and has shipped with the SIU for 14 years. June 1973 "Being selected as one of the first members of the Bosun Recertification Program, I am proud, honored and grateful for this chance to better myself. The educational program is outstand­ ing, and the instructors are doing their very best to help us in every way. This is a great opportunity for anyone want­ ing to better himself. I strongly urge everyone to take advantage of the pro­ grams here to better themselves and our Union." •• V Jan Beye Seafarer Jan Beye has been sailing with the SIU since 1948 and ships out of the Port of New York. "Since my arrival here at Piney Point, my eyes have been opened, and the doubts and skepticism I had about the school and its goals have been over­ come. This school, with all of its excel­ lent educational facilities to help those who want to improve their capabilities in the maritime industry, could no* be praised enough. The instructors here \re all dedicated and you can't help but learn from them. I'll always rememoer this place and this experience, and I will want to return someda,." Page 15 Df �ia Towboat 1. i. 1 2. Upgrading—Deck t : i •S'- ? I',;- 3. 4. Able-Seaman—12 months—any waters 1. Must be at least 19 years of age. 2. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100-20/100, corrected to 20/40-20/20, and have normal color vision). 3. Have 12 months seatime as an Ordinary Seaman or 4. Be a graduate of HLS and have 8 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman. Able-Seaman—unlimited—any waters 1. Must be at least 19 years of age. 2. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100-20/100, corrected to 20/40-20/20, and have normal color vision). 3. Have 36 months seatime as an Ordinary Seaman. Qnartermaster 1. Hold endorsement as Able-Seaman—unlimited—any waters. A candidate must have served three years at sea on deck. Master A candidate must have sqrved four years at sea on deck of which one year must have been as a licensed mate. [When an applicant presents evidence of service or experience which does not meet the specific requirement of the Coast Guard regulations but is a reasonable equivalent of the required service, he may be eligible at the discretion of the Officer in Charge for a license as Mate or Master. This additional information should be sent to the Lundeberg School with your application for evaluation.] Tankcrman 1. Must pass physical examination. 2. Must have a letter from the company on company letterhead stating your capability and performance while employed. * Do not mail your discharges to the Upgrading Center—bring them with you. * Be sure physical Is Included If required. * Rooms and meals will be provided by Hany Lundeberg School. Each upgrader is responsible for his own transportation to and from Piney Point. No reimbursement will be made for this transportation. Engifine FOWT—(who has only a wiper endoisemenQ 1. Must be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100-20/100, corrected to 20/50-20/30, and have normal color vision). 2. Have 6 months seatime as wiper or be a graduate of HLS and have 3 months seatime as wiper. I ,::r I li f. i- Operator (Those currently employed as operators or pilots). Must have at least one year service as operator of towing vessel within the 36 months preceding date of application. A letter from the company verifying the above plus indicating: The name of the vessel, it's ofiicial number, length and gross toimage as well as the routes operated and geographical area. Pass eye examination and have normal color vision. Have merchant marine documents or have available an original birth certificate and a social security card. Mate Return completed appUcatlon to the attention of: FOWT—(who holds an engine rating; such as Electrician) 1. No requirements. Lundeberg Upgrading Center Harry Lundeberg School FIney Point, Md. 20674 Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, or Boilermaker—(who holds only a wiper endorsement) 1. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100-20/100, corrected to 20/50-20/30, and have normal color vision). 2. Have 6 months seatime in engine department as wiper. Gf D High School Program Eligibility requirements for the program are as follows: 1. One year's seatime. 2. Initiation fees must be paid in full. 3. All outstanding obligations, such as dues and loans, must be paid in full. Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, or Boilermaker—(who holds an engine rating such as FOWT) 1. No requirements. QMED—any rating 1. Must have or successfully pass examinations for FOWT, Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, and Deck Engine Mechanic. 2. Must show evidence of seatime of at least 6 months in any one or combination of the following ratings; FOWT, Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, or Deck Engine Mechanic. Lifehoatman 1. Must have 90 days seatime in any department. APPLICATION ION I I blaine. , II .Book #- ST£WAiU> I Steward 1. ASSISTANT COOK TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; A. 12 months seatime, in any .Steward Department Entry Rating. B. Entry Ratings who have been accepted into the Harry Lundeberg School and show a desire to advance in the Steward Department must have a minimum of 3 months seatime. • Quartermaster . Q Lifeboatraan I 2. COOK AND BAKER TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; I A. 12 months seatime as Third Cook or; B. 24 months .eatime in Steward Department, 6 months of which must have been as Third Cook or Assistant Cook or; C. 6 months as Assistant or Third Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cooks Training Course. 3. CHIEF COOK'S TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; A. 12 months seatime as Cook and Baker or; B. Three years seatime in Steward Department, 6 months of which must be as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and 6 months as Cook and Baker or; C. 6 months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and 6 months seatime as Cook and Baker and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cook and Second Cook and Baker's Training Course or; D. 12 months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and 6 months seatime as Cook and Baker and are holders of a "Certificate" of completion from the Cook and Baker Training Program. 4. CHIEF STEWARD TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; A. 3 years seatime in ratings above that of Third Cook or; B. 6 months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, 6 months as Cook and Baker, 6 months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cook. Second Cook and Baker and Chief Cook Training Courses at the Lundeberg School or; C. 12 months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, 6 months seatime as Cook and Baker, 6 months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Cook and Baker and Chief Cook Training Programs. D. 12 months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, 12 months seatime as Cook and Baker and 6 months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Chief Cook Training Program. Page 16 j 1 I j I ' I I • Assistant Godk • Cook & Baker • Chief CJook. • Steward • Oiler • Jr.Eng: p Dk. Mech. • Pumpman^ • Reefer p Machinist O Boilermaker TOWBOAT • River—Operator / • Inland Waterway---Jppefator O Ocean—Operator (Not more than 200 miles) imiii• Ocean—Operator (Over 200 mil^) . • Tankerman • Radar Observer P Mate—Inland • Master—Inland P Mate-Oceans • Master—Oceans j : j I Dates available to start class' .. . . GEO fflGH SCHOOL PROGRAM j Have you ever taken a Higk School Equivalency Exam? If VOU have, when? -Where?. ' . " ' | I Where shall we send your GED Pre-Test Kit? Home Address?. live full address);. Dates available to start class. i HLS Graduate: Yes• No Q Lifeboat endorsement Yes Q No • j { Record of Seatime (Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating checked above| j or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) j DATE OF SHIPMENT I I [ I ^ DATE OF j DISCHARGE ^^ • " "i . I ' IT I• r «.. '• •• {, n -• . ^ ' > ' j . " I •• I Seafarers Log �I.. •F % Celestial navigation training for ocean towboat operators, and mates and masters, began this month at the Lundeberg Upgrading Center in Piney Point. Taking a noon sight are, from left, R. F. Rogers. Allied Towing- D E Polk and Sam Murphy, from G&H Towing: and Elbert Davis, Interstate Towing. What They're Saying Whaf They're Saying UPGRADING CLASS SCHEDULE Dimitrios Papageorgiou After being at the Upgrading Center in Piney Point for only two weeks I can readily see the progress that I have made in my studies toward my OMED. This place is really organized. The in­ structors are very capable and friendly. When we don't understand something, the instructor will go over the material until we all understand. There is a wide variety of facilities available to the upgraders such as the laundry and dry-cleaner, TV room, poolroom, movies, boating and many others. Perhaps one of the most important things available to us is the library. It is nice and large, and is equipped with record players and a wide selection of reading material. There is a friendly atmosphere among trainees, upgraders and staff. I am really very impressed and proud of our union's school. The following is a listing of upgrading courses provided for Seafarers and IBU members at the SIU-IBU upgrading center at Piney Point, Maryland. In the following ratings, classes are scheduled on a two week basis with the next class set for June 28, 1973. Lifeboat Boilermaker Machinist Tankerman Deck Mechanic River Operator QMED Inland Waterway Operator Oceans (not more than 200 miles) Operator Oceans Operator Assistant Cook Cook & Baker Chief Cook Steward Classes in the following ratings are scheduled on a four week basis. For the first two ratings below, the next regularly scheduled class begins June 14, 1973. For the last two ratings the next regularly scheduled class begins June 28, 1973. • Able-Seaman Quartermaster FWT Oiler Classes in the following ratings are scheduled every six weeks. Reefer Electrician Junior Engineer Pumpman Deck Engineer The classes for the ratings Junior Engineer, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, are next scheduled for July 6, 1973. The next class for Electricians is scheduled for July 26, 1973. For the Reefer rating, the next class is scheduled for June 28, 1973. Members of the first Bosuns Recertification Program at Piney Point discuss the SlU contract with Instructor George McCartney. From left are McCartney, June 1973 Walter Nash In all my yeare of going to sea, I never would have dreamed that a la^r union would be able to build such fa­ cilities as we have here in Piney Point. Everything impressed me. When we arrived we were greeted by the staff who were all willing to see that we were comfortable. We were shown the facilities for education and recrea­ tion. I was very much impressed with the cleanliness, discipline and behavior of the young men who are training to be Seafarers like ourselves. I couldn't believe the classes could be so well-equipped, and all of the students, whether they were trainees or upgraders, were all so attentive. I would personally like to thank my instructors for their patience in trying to teach a group like us who have been out of school for so long. and Bosuns Jan Beye, Burt Hanback, Robert Mackert, Robert Lasso, William Clegg and Alfonso Aramada. Page 17 �SlU Crew 'Rescues' Paramedics In Raging Storm A loud cheer rose from the crew top­ side aboard the Citrus Packer as the men in the raging seas reached out and grabbed the life ring. They had been tossed about by the relentless seas for over three hours. The events that led up to this incident started at noon on Dec. 28, 1972 as the SlU-contracted vessel plied ii? Carib­ bean route. As related by Seafarer Jimmie Prestwood, steward on the Citrus Packer, Captain L. U. Harris was eating lunch when he had an apparent heart attack. The captain's condition was very serious and he couldn't be moved for nearly four hours. He was then brought pick them up but wa" hampered by force four winds and 10 to 12 foot waves. Although they tried for more than three hours. Seafarers from the Citrus Packer couldn't get in close enough to bring the para medics aboard ship. Knowing, however, that their captain's life depended upon these two men, they were determined to get the para medics on board somehow. "The seas were so rough that the men in the boat were losing ground but they kept trying," recalls Prestwood. He observed that "after making three or four passes to get. in close,, Second Mate Henry Bishop, along with up to his room where "Chief Mate Paul Morris (formerly an Unlicensed mem­ ber of the SIU) did a fine job super­ vising the care of Captain Harris", according to Brother Prestwood. Constant contact was kept with "Medico", the ship-to-shore medical emergency service, and when Captain Harris' condition did not improve, it was decided that further medical help was needed quickly. The U.S. Air Force's "Rescue" mis­ sion was notified and on the night of Dec. 29 at 11:30 p.m., two sergeants, skilled in parachuting, scuba diving and medical techniques, were dropped near the ship. A lifeboat was standing by to USAF paramedic helicopter hovers over a rescue site as it lowers its skyhook to swimmers below. Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Flans Cash Benefits Paid SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ELIGIBLES Death • •' • •................ In Hospital Dally @ $1.00 ......... In H^ital Dally @ $3.00 Hospit^ & Ho^ital ^tras Surgical Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 Special Equipment C^tical Supplemental Medicare Premiums .... DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors* Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood Transfusions Amount Number Apr. 26—May 23,1973 ~... Optical . MONTH TO DATE YEAR TO DATS 17 157 343 17 6 6,638 2 201 86 98 2,282 2,211 118 24 46,282 10 1,404 201 415 47 124 15 4 259 7 125 119 20 78 MONTH TO DATE $ YEAR TO DATE 40,500.00 157.00 1,029.00 1,468.31 339.50 53,104.00 562.00 4,047.23 2,401.90 $ 251,400.50 2,282.00 6,633.00 26,221.35 1,317.00 370,256.00 2,241.15 30,289.85 5,938.50 2,573 383 797 134 30 1,198 79,140.66 1,604.35 14,809.75 4,095.20 185.00 3,169.62 485,501.46 10,635.39 97.84C 53 33,749.44 1,871.50 23,056.98 21,000.00 33,328.37 3,520.60 3,451.41 1,422.98 1,441 47 804 794 99 456 6 19 2,259 2 8,449 8,640.80 141,000.00 150,476.06 26,221.46 16,830.91 8,052.39 399.00 2,971.14 22,590.00 600.00 52,084.40 8 70 2,380.30 23,974.17 10,134 2,066 1,128 13,328 70,750 12,191 7,741 90,682 281,300.73 495,085.11 600,214.68 $1,376,600.52 1,794,440.28 2,926,029.51 . 4,092,403.53 $8,812,873.32 several of the crewmembers, tied two heaving lines to a life ring and threw it over to the para medics." It only took several minutes for the men to grab the life ring and then they were slowly pulled towards the Jacob's lad­ der. Once aboard, the crew put together some warm clothes for the two men. Sergeants Luke Jones and Gary Hirschkof of the 39th Air Wing from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Going straight to the side of the captain, the para medics took care of him until the ship reached the island of St. Martin where they and Harris went ashore While on the Citrus Packer the para medics also gave instructions to the crew on first aid, administering plasma, and instructions on what to do in case of emergency and how to take care of the sick and wounded. The crew was also informed by Jones and Hirschkof that "Rescue" would answer a call anywhere in the world, no matter who on the ship was ill or injured—captain, engineer, or­ dinary seaman, messman, etc. Prestwood told the LOG "this made us feel good, to know that there is someone in the government that cares enough to help us when we are sick and injured." In another incident, this time on board the SlU-contracted Transhawaii, a Seafarer was aided by an Air Force rescue team. Bosun M. J, Kerngood wrote to the LOG explaining that on Feb. 7 "a brother crewmember became ill" and help was called at once. Para medics from the Air Force base in Ber­ muda parachuted into the ocean and the crew rigged a lifeboat to pick them up. The Seafarer was greatly helped by the para medics and Kerngood writes that "this crew wishes to thank the Captain, chief mate, U.S. Air Force and all crewmembers who participated in this operation.-' The Air Force's "Rescue" operation actually has the longer name of Aero­ space Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS) and its personnel are called para-rescuemen. Air Force paramedics are precision parachutists, skilled medical techni­ cians, and experts in survival, as well as being qualified as hi^Iy trained scuba divers. Their history goes back to 1943 when 21 persons bailed out of a plane into unchartered jungle near the ChinaBurma border. Special Equipment PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Death Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits & Other Medical Exp. . Surgical Optical Blood Transfusions Special Equipment Meal Books Dental Supplemental Medicare Premiums .... SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan Total Seafarers Pension Plan Total Seafarers Vacation Plan Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation ... Page 18 5 — — — 942.75 — — A pair of USAF paramedics prepare to chute from hovering helicopter to a rescue site many feet below. Seafarers Log �Transoregon Committee New SlU Pensioners John V. Cleaiman, 65, is a native of Monroe, La. and now makes his home in Pritchard, Ala. Brother Clearman joined the union in 1956 in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He is an Army veteran of World War II and was once wounded in action. James L. Farren, 64, is a life-long resident of Baltimore, Md. He joined the Inland Boatman's Union there in 1957 and later sailed as captain.' Joseph P. Merkel, 63, was born in Scranton, Pa. He joined the SIU in 1944 in the Port of Philadelphia and sailed in the engine department. He has been a resident of Philadelphia for many years. Cezar B. Pedregosa, 65, is a native of the Philippine Islands. He joined the SIU in the Port of Philadelphia in 1947 and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. He is an Army veteran of World War II. Brother Pedregosa now makes his home in San Francisco, Calif. Looking pleased about their recent run to Puerto Rico is the ship's com­ mittee on board the Transoregon (Hudson Waterways). From left are: J. L. Hubbard, engine delegate; A. Carsen, chairman; R. Tomas, deck dele­ gate; A. Aragones, secretary-reporter, and L. Gardier, steward delegate. Russell L. Hopkins, 49, is a life-long resident of Aurora, N.C. Brother Hop­ kins joined the Inland Boatman's Union in 1961 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed as mate for Gulf Atlantic Towing. Eino W. Salo, 63, is a life-long resi­ dent of Erie, Pa. The Great Lakes Sea­ farer joined the SIU in 1961 in the Port of Buffalo and sailed in the deck department. U.S. Ships Get Favorable Treatment In Trade Pact Arvid V. Kuun, 65, is a native of Estonia and now makes his home in Virginia Beach, Va. Brother Kuun joined the IBU in 1961 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed as mate for Curtis Bay Towing. Carlos L. Sy, 65, is a native of the Philippine Islands. He joined the SIU in 1948 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department. Brother Sy now makes his home in San Francisco, Calif. Ronald C. Pauley, 63, is a native of West Virginia. He joined the Inland Boatman's Union in 1956 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed as a deckhand. Brother Pauley now makes his home in Glen Bumie, Md. George A. Wolf, 62, is a native of Pennsylvania. He joined the SIU in 1939 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed as chief cook. Brother Wolf now resides in Kenner, La. American ships engaged in the U.S.­ Soviet trade will obtain more favorable terms in the second half of this year as a result of new understandings reached by American and Soviet government officials. The agreements—announced by As­ sistant Secretary of Commerce for Mar­ itime Affairs Robert J. Blackwell, who headed the U. S. negotiating team— grew out of 10 days of meetings held in Moscow last month and were signed on May 30, 1973. "The growing commercial ties be­ tween the United States and the Soviet Union that have been fostered by Pres­ ident Nixon's initiatives in forging trade and maritime agreements with that country, will be enhanced by these clar­ ifications to the basic shipping agree­ ment that underlies this trade," Blackwell said. . "Of equal importance is the fact that the new agreements will provide Amer­ ican vessel operators with a more at­ tractive rate structure and other incen­ tives to increaise their participation in this trade," he explained. Amplifying the historic U.S.-U.S.S.R. maritime agreement reached last Oc­ tober, the new pacts provide: • EQgher rates for American ships engaged in carrying hulk agricnltnral commodities from the U. S. to the So­ viet Union. • Clarification of the tenns by which U. S. and Soviet sh^s will participate in common carrier liner service between the two nations. • Greater latitude for employment of American tankers by reaffirming their eligibility to carry com, and guarantees of greater channel deptte at Soviet ports to accommodate deep-draft U. S. ves­ sels. • Higher demurrage — the penalty paid by the Soviets for port delays en­ countered by American ships. • For meetings between U. S. under­ writers and Soviet officials responsible for cargo insurance to discuss the par­ ticipation of American firms in insuring U.S.-U.S.S.R. cargo movements. Under the previous system of es­ tablishing rates for bulk carriage, which remains in effect until June 30, 1973, the Soviets paid a fixed rate to Ameri­ can shipowners that was negotiated be­ tween the two governments last year. The newly agreed-upon formula, how­ June 1973 ever, allows the rate paid in any month between July 1 and December 31 to fluctuate with the rates prevailing in the world grain trade as indicated by those in the U. S. Gulf/Holland-Belgium trade. Reflecting the upward trend of rates for grain carriage, the U.S.S.R. will pay $16.94 per long ton from July 1-9, compared with the $10.34 per ton rate effective last December. Under the government's operating subsidy program for U. S.-flag vessels engaged in this trade, $5.71 of the So­ viet payment per ton will be offset against the subsidy otherwise payable. Under the old system, this abatement was $1.14. Additionally, the new agreements pro­ vide more favorable charter contract terms for U. S. owners. Greater channel depth—^two feet more at Black Sea ports—^will reduce the costs incurred by U. S. shipowners, who have to light­ en their large vessels in order to meet these draft limitations. Attendant sav­ ings to U. S. ship operators are ex­ pected to range between $5,600 and $17,000 per voyage. The agreement also provides that the U. S. vessels will receive port-delay de­ murrage rates 25 to 36 percent higher than those presently in effect. Since most U. S.-flag vessels lift more than 30,000 tons of grain, these de­ murrage payments will increase from $4,500 to $6,500 per day of delay for U. S. ships fixed in the latter haJf of this year. Concerning liner shipping, the pacts establish the details of how cargoes which are to be shared by U S. and Soviet vessels will be accoimted for. According to Blackwell, the clar­ ification of the accounting system will encourage the institution of liner serv­ ices between the two coimtries by re­ moving some of the uncertainties which were previously encoimtered. "American vessel operators," he stated, "can now follow up on their initial overtures to their Soviet counter­ parts to open new or additional services between our nations." Finally, the new agreements call for Soviet officials to meet with American marine underwriters to discuss the shar­ ing of insurance on cargoes in U.S.U.S.S.R. trade and other matters of common interest. The meetings will be held in connection ^ith the Internation­ al Union of Marine Underwriters meet­ ing scheduled for Venice in September. James Armstrong, 66, is a native of Georgia. A charter member of the union, he joined in 1938 in the Port of Savannah and sailed in the steward de­ partment. Brother Armstrong now makes his home in Washington, D.C. Russel D. Gilmour, 73, is a life-long resident of Buffalo, N.Y. He joined the SIU there in 1961 and sailed in the engine department. The Great Lakes Seafarer is a Navy veteran of World War I. Francisco Caspar, 65, is a native of Portugal. He joined the SIU in 1949 in the Port of New York and sailed as able-seaman. Seafarer Gaspar now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. William H. Woodington, 65, is a life-long resident of Norfolk, Va. Brother Woodington joined the Inland Boatman's Union in 1963 and sailed for Curtis Bay Towing. mmmimimms -Do Not BuyQofliing Farah Manufacturing Co manu­ facturers of slacks nationwide. (Amal­ gamated Clothing Workers). Oneita Knitting Mills . . . manufac­ turers of men's and boy's knitted imderwear, T-shirts, and briefs. Sold under brand names of Sears, Montgomery Wards, J. C. Pennys, Grants and KMart stores. Plants located in Andrews and Lane, S.C. (Textile Workers Union of America). Pctrolenm Printing Kingsport Press, . . . producers of "World Book," "Childcraft." (Printing Pressmen, Typographers, Bookbinders, Machinists, Stereotypers and Electrotypers). Los Angeles Herald Examiner (10 unions involved covering 2,000 work­ ers). Encyclopedia Britannica and Britannica Jr. (Int'l. Allied Printing Trades Association). Dinncrware Shell Oil and Shell Chemical Co. on strike at Anacortes, Wash.; Martinez and Wilmington, Calif.; Houston, Texas; Norco, La.; and Denver, Colo. (Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Interna­ tional Union). Electrical Equipment Contact Lenses and Optical Frames Square D Corp., switch gear, switch­ boards, transformers, etc. (Int'l. Broth­ erhood of Electrical Workers). Dal-Tex Optical Company (DalTex owns a firm known as TerminalHudson. They operate stores or dispense to consumers ffirough Missouri State Optical Company; Goldblatt Optical Service; King Optical Co.; Lee Optical Co.; Capital Optical; Douglas Optical; Mesa Optical) (Int'l. Union of Elec­ trical, Radio and Machine Workers). Metlox Manufacturing Company (Int'l. Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers). Garden Equipment Mono Mfg. Co., lawn cutters, etc. (Int'l. Assn. of Machinists). Liquors Stitzel-Weller Distilleries, producers of Old Fitzgerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk, W. L. Weller (Distillery Workers). Page 19 �Digest of SlU BOSTON (Sea-Land), April 15Chairman R. Lasso; Secretary S. Piatak; Educational Director N. Reitti. $5 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port New York MOBILE (Sea-Land), April 8 — Chairman A. Ahin; Secretary W. Sink; Educational Director E. Walker. $19 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Sug­ gestion to have radio in crew's recrea­ tion room. Next port Elizabeth. WESTERN HUNTER (Colonial Tankers), April 1—Chairman W. F. O'Brien; Secretary O. Vola; Educa­ tional Director T. Jones. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and steward depart­ ments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. HOUSTON (Sea-Land), AprU 1— Chairman Karl Hellman; Secretary F. Hall; Educational Director C. Hemby. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to the deck and engine departments for helping to keep the messhall clean" during the night. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Houston. CANTIGNY (Cities Service) April 8—Chairman John Wilson; Secretary D. M. Ravosa. $3.50 in ship's fund. Vcrte of thanks to the steward depart­ ment. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), April 8—Chairman Antonio Kotsis; Secre­ tary R. Ramos. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Everything run­ ning smoothly. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian Lines), April 8—Chairman F. Foster; Secretary G. M. Wright; Educational Director J. Langley. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Ev­ erything running smoothly. Next port Newark. JAMES (Ogden Marine), April 1— Chairman F. D. Finch; Secretary H. Strauss; Educational Director S. Hadcer. Some diluted OT in deck depart­ ment. Everything running smoothly^ S8ENANDOAH <Hudson Water­ ways), April 1—Chairman W. Butts; Secretary R. Fagan; Deck Delegate C. Hughart; Engine Delegate T. Venable; Steward Delegate D. Streamer. New ciwmembers welcomed aboard induding the new Finey Point members. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), April 1—-Chairman L. R. Smith; Secret^ J. E. Long; Educa­ tional Director J. Bryant. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. # I MADAKET (Waterman), April 1 —Chairman C. A. Bankston, Jr.; Sec­ retary R. W. Elliott; Educational Direc­ tor V. Yates. No disputed OT. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Everything running smoothly. SAN JUAN (Hudson Waterways), April 1—Chairman D. Mendoza; Sec­ retary J. Davis; Educational Director L. Haiti Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done and to the bosun for fixing TV. Page 20 SMp^ Meetings Mobile Ship's Committee :The Mobile's (Sea-Land) committee has logged another good trip on the intercoastal run. From left are: W. Sink, secretary-reporterj W. O'Con­ nor, deck delegate; E. Walker, educational director; G. Silva, engine delegate; A. Artaga, steward delegate, and A. Ahin, ship's chairman. PONCE (Sea-Land), April 1 — Chairman H. C. Cain; Secretary W. J. Anderson. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), April 1—Chairman Don Hicks; Secretary J. Nash; Deck Delegate J. Davis; Steward Delegate E. Ruiz. No disputed OT. Need TV antenna for crew messhall. Next port Charleston. VANTAGE ENDEAVOR (Pioneer Maritime>, April 1—Cbhlrman H. I.Pousson; ^retary J. D. PenneU; Edu­ cational Director A. S. DeAgro; Stew­ ard Delegate S. W. Wier. Itome disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Saigon, Vietnam. BALTIMORE (Cities Service), April 1—Chairman R. G. Lawsmi; Sec­ retary K. Fox; Educational Director H. Meredith; Deck Delegate W. T. Tucker; Engine Delegate A. L. Granger; Stew­ ard Delegate Joseph Simpsmi. $30 in ship's fund. Everything running ' smoothly. Next port Bunker. OVERSEAS PROGRESS (Mari­ time Overseas), April 15—Chairman E. Granger; S^retary Roy M. Ayers. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Ask crew to remember to turn off washing machine when not in use. HOOD (Verity Marine), April 8Chairman Simmon Johannssou; Secre­ tary J. Samuels; Deck Delegate Douglas Hester; Steward Delegate Herman White. $31 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthinian Lines), April 7—Chairman R. Sipsey; Secretary J. Reed; Educational Director Aqaila. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. HARDING (Bonito Maritime), April 8—Chairman F. Rodriguez; Sec­ retary R. Sadowski; Educational Direc­ tor M. Overgaard; Deck Delegate John Jappen; Engine Delegate John Patino. Some disputed OT in deck, engine and steward departments. Sevei^ construc­ tive suggestions put to crew mainly con­ cerning safety and comfort. Everything running smoothly. Next port Saigon. Boston Ship's Committee The SlU-nuinned eontainership Boston (Sea-Land) has just completed another voyage from Puerto Rico. From left are: S« Charneco, steward dei^;ate; J. Salazar, engine delegate; R. Lasso, ship's chairman and A. Rivera, deck delegate. OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime Overseas), April 1—Chairman Edward D. Adams; Secretary Edward Dale; Ed­ ucational Director James Conion; Deck Delegate Joe Wolanski; Engine Dele­ gate Ronald B. Shaw; Steward Delegate John W. White. Some disputed OT in steward department. Request that all communications be put on bulletin board. Everything running smoothly. Next port Marcus Hook, Pa. MOBILIAN (Waterman), April 8 —Chairman W. Schug; Secretary Rob­ ert Boyd. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Trinadad. OVERSEAS ALICE (Maritime Overseas), April 22—Chairman C. Miranda; Secretary F. Costango; Edu­ cational Director J. O'Rawe; Deck Delegate C. Wilson; Engine Delegate F. E. Perkins; Steward Delegate J. Topasna. Some disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done for the full year. Also, a vote of thanks to new cooks and messmen. Next port Ras Tanura. TRANSIDAHO (Hudson Water­ ways), April 22—Chairman Jack E. Gervais; Secretary Aussie Shrimpton; Educational Director James Shipley. $130 in ship's fund. No beefs. Every­ thing running smoothly. COLUMBIA (United States Steel), April 15—Chairman E. W. Nicholson; Secretary M. S. Sospina; Educational Director J. R. Miller. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Everything running smoothly. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), April 15—Chairman G. Corelli; Secre­ tary J. Prestwood; Educational Direc-, tor F. Diaz; Steward Delegate L. Bettes, Jr. Some disputed QT in engine and steward departments. Vote ot thanks to cooks responsible for good pizza as well as the steward depart­ ment for a job well done; also, to those woriring on TV aerial and to radio operator for fixing new set. SEA-LAND ECONOMY (SeaLand), April 8—Chairman J. Davies; Secretary R. P. Marion; Educational Director H. Messick. Some disputed OT in engine department Cooperation asked in keeping lounge dean. Next port Houston. TRANSOREGON (Hudson Water­ ways), AprU 3—Chairman Walter LeClair; Secretary A. Aragones; Educa­ tional Director C. Welsh. $20 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Vote (ff thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of sUence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Weehawken, N.J. SAN PEDRO (Sea-Land), April 1 —Chairman George King; Secretary O. R. Frezza; Educational Director H. Lancaster. $11.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. Observed one minute of sUence in memory of our departed brothers. PITTSBURGH (Sea-Land), April 22—Chairman Frank J. Smith; Secre­ tary S. McDonald; Educational Direc­ tor S. Senteney; Deck Delegate Hum­ bert F. Vina; Engine Delegate Wilfred P. Roux; Steward Delegate Wm. J. McDonald. $50 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Seattle. Seafarers Log �Brooklyn Shlp^s Committee The ship^fl committee relaxes in the recreation room aboard the Brooklyn (Sea-Land) after an intercoastal run. From left are: Bjame Jensen, engine delegate; Perry Kiliikoa, deck delegate; David Atkinson, chairman; Lee Wilfred Morin, educational director; Alfred D. Allen, steward delegate, and Juan Mojica, secretary-reporter. JOHN TYLER (Waterman Steam­ CHICAGO (Sea-Land), April 15ship), April 1—Chairman Lee J. Har­ Chairman Maxwell; Secretary Reasko; vey; Secretary C. H. Lanier; Educa­ Deck Delegate R. Miller. $12.20 in tional Director H. Pattetson. Some ship's fund. Some disputed OT in en­ disputed OT in deck department. Ev­ gine and deck departments. Vote of erything running smoothly. Next port thanks was given to all departments for a very good voyage. One minute of Antwerp. GEORGIA (Seatrain), April 1— silence observed in memory of our de­ Chairman D. Backarad; Secretary R. parted brothers. OAKLAND (Sea-Land), April 1— Taylor; Deck Delegate John Gallagher. Chairman R. Palmer; Secretary C. N. No beefs. CALMAR (Calmar Shipping), April Johnson; Educational Director Charles 16—Chairman W. C. Riley; Secretary Powell; Deck Delegate Robert J. Ed­ Jan V. Rooms; Deck Delegate Frank wards; Steward Delegate William Bev­ Holland. Some disputed OT in deck els. No beefs. Everything running department. Have acquired a new TV. smoothly. GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land), Next port Baltimore, Md. TAMPA (Sea-Land), April 22— April 9—Chairman L. B. Rodriguez; Chairman .Calvin James; Secretary Secretary. Fraone; Steward Delegate . William Seltzer; Educational Director Frederick Lewis. $3 in ship's fund. A Bill Bland. $23 in ship's fund. No dis­ vote of thanks to the steward depart­ puted OT. Everything running smooth­ ment for a job well done and to one of the best chairman going to sea. ly., Next port Elizabeth. VANTAGE ENDEAVOR (Pioneer SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Maritime), April 5—Chairman H. I. April 1 — Chairman E. Christiansen; Pousson; &ci;etary J. D. Pennell; Edu­ Secretary H. Galicki; Educational Di­ cational Director A. S. DeAgro; Engine rector D. B. Melanio; Deck Delegate Delegate Robert C. Arnold. Some dis­ John A. Owen. $19.85 in ship's fund puted OT in deck department. Vote and $98 extra movie fund. Vote of thanks to the steward depar^ent of thanksintothe the department for for a job well done and to the crew for a job well done.steward Next port Seattle. getting in and out for every meal on TRANSONEIDA (Hudson Water­ time. Next port Da Nang,, Vietnam. ways), April 15—Chairman W. Till­ Observ^ one minute of silence in man; Secretary S. Rothschild; Steward memory of our departed brothers. Delegate James Johnson Jr. Every­ CHARLESTON (Sea-Land), April thing running smoothly. Next port 30—Chairman Antonio Kotsis; Sec­ Oakland^ retary R. Ramos; Educational Director LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), April Joe N. Atchison. Everything running 1—Chairman Earl Brannon; S^retary smoothly. Vote tha^ to the ste­ Johnny Wesley Givehs; Educational Di­ ward department for a job well done. rector L. Rtq>p; ^gine Delegate Observed one minute of silence in Michael R. McKnight; Deck Delegate memory of our departed brothers. Stanley R. Rneg; Steward Delegate VENTURE (Sea-Land), April IS— John E. Browder. Some disputed OT Chairman C. Boyle; Secretary F. Carin deck department. A vote of thanks michael; Educational Director A. Anto the steward department for a job nell. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks well done and to the deck and engine extended to Frank McFaul for the departments. good job of showing motion pictures. COLUMBIA (United States Steel), STEEL MAKER (Isthmian Lines), April 1—Chairman E. W. Nicholson; S^retary M. S. Sospina; Educational April 28—Chairman J. Baracia; Sec­ Director J. R. Miller; Deck Delegate retary J. D. Reyes; Educational Direc­ James E. Rogers. Some disputed OT in tor B. Reginald; Deck Delegate A. deck department. Vote of thanks to Ferera; Engine Delegate M. Stawinski; the steward department for a job well Steward Delegate J. Robinson. Some disputed OT in deck department. Need done. PANAMA (Sea-Land), April 8— a new TV. AMERICAN RICE (American Chairman C. Perreira; Secretary Knowles; Educational Director V. Rice), April 15—Chairman George Gerner; Deck Delegate S. Huren; En­ Annis; Secretary C. M. Modellas; Edu­ gine Delegate G. Byoff; Steward Dele­ cational Director A. Mallet, Jr.; En­ gine Delegate Ray R. Young. Some gate E. Gibbs. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Every­ disputed OT in engine department. thing running smoothly. Next port Everything running smoothly. Next Long Beach. port San Francisco. June 1973 WILLIAM T. STEELE (Texas City Tankers), April 15—Chairman Tommie R. ^nford; Secretary J. G. Lakwyk; Educational Director Walter L. Pritchett; Deck Delegate Joseph Zeloy; Engine Delegate John Paul Rasor; Steward Delegate Emmes A. Kirchharr. $13.15 in ship's fund. Every­ thing running smoothly. ALBANY (Ogden Marine), April 8 —Chairman Stanley J. Jandora; Sec­ retary Ken Hayes; Educational Direc­ tor V. Tarello; Steward Delegate Mar­ vin E. Howell. Some disputed OT in engine department. Read letter from headquarters regarding vacation mon­ ies; accepted as read. Next port San Francisco. BALTIMORE (Sea-Land), April 8 —Chairman L. McGlone; Secretary DiCarlo. Some disputed OT in engine and deck departments. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Stood for one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. MOBILE (Sea-Land), April 15Chairman A. Ahin; Secretary W. Sink; Educational Director E. Walker. $24 in ship's fund. No beefs. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PORTLAND (Sea-Land), April 15 —Chairman J. Gonzales; Secretary J. Kundrat; Educational Director C. Bobbe. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. Next port Elizabeth. NEW YORKER (Sea-Land), April 8—Chairman E. D. Winslow; Secre­ tary Vincent Sanchez; Educational Di­ rector Oswald Gallop; Deck Delegate William S. Rudd; Engine Delegate William H. Price; Steward Delegate Miguel Llover. No disputed OT. Ev­ erything running smoothly. PENN RANGER (Penn Shipping), April 15 — Chairman M. Hammond; Secretary L. .Franklin; Steward Dele­ gate EmanueLLowe. Some disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. NOONDAY (Waterman Steam­ ship), April 15—Chairman Joe Blanchard; Secretary Walter Lescovich; Deck Delegate Dewey Jordan; Engine Delegate Charles Smith; Steward Dele­ gate Neville Johnson. $60 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks was given to the steward de­ partment for a job well done; also, to the crew for keeping the pantry clean in between meals and at night. CAROLINA (Hudson Waterways), April 8—Chairman A. J. Doty, Secre­ tary O. Payne; Educational Director Henry Duhadaway. $96.01 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck, en­ gine and steward departments. Ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand), April 3—Chairman Gene Dakin; &cretary W. J. Moore; Educa­ tional Director Mauro Matonte; Deck Delegate Don Rood; Engine Delegate Thomas Maga; Steward Delegate Stonewall Jackson. Each crewmember to donate $1 to ship's fund. Locate and distribute radio and TV connections. Everything running smoothly. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Water­ ways), April 8—Chairman F. A. Pehler; Secretary Caudill; Educational Director R. J. Sarvacht. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. ARIZPA (Sea-Land), April 8— Chairman R. W. Hodges; Secretary Caldas; Deck Delegate L. R. Curry; Ei^e Delegate R. E. Mealor. $17 in ship's fund. No beefs. Next port Bal­ timore. WARRIOR (Sea-Land), April 1— Chairman J. Gomez; Secretary E. B. Tart; Educational Director R. Ander­ sen. No disputed OT. No beefs. Every­ thing rutming smoothly. NATIONAL DEFENDER (Na­ tional Transport), April 1—Chairman M. Beeching; Secretary W. G. Hamil­ ton. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. Everything running smoothly. Houston Sfi/p's Committee Tie ship's committee gathers for a photo on board the Honstmi (SeaLamd) following a successfal voyage to Puerto Rico. From left are: Wong Kimg, steward delegate; Thomas Williams, secretary^eporter; Manuel Saniies, deck delegate; Cinck D'Amico, chairman, and Jimmie Papa* georgioa, educational director. Sea-Land Exchange Committee rr ..1 �jfinal departures Money Due Seafarers The following Seafarers have money due them for wages earned aboard Delta Steamship Lines vessels, and should immediately contact: I Leo English Port Purser Bienville Street Wharf Office New Orieans, La. 70150 Telephone (504) JA 2-3492 ! :i 'i i' f ; NAME AMOUNT Abraham, Paul R Adami, Marc J Adami, Maro J Adams, E. William Adkins, J. A Akin, Glenn Alfonso, Salvador Allen, George F Anderson, Gerald W $ 3.00 2.22 5.00 3.00 19.00 12.94 1.00 13.00 20.59 i f f j• i ,r •i i I Bailey, Q. P Baker, William H Balli, Raymond Balsly, Dennis G Barrett, Carl A Bean, Charles M Bean, Charles M Beattie, Samuel H Belcher, James B Bennett, Eddie P Berthiaume, Paul Bigner, Alien D Binemanis, Kurts K Blair, Kenneth Boone, Daniel Bourgot, Albert E Brackbill, Russell H. Brackbill, Russell H Brackbill, Russell H Brannon, Daniel L. Brannon, Daniel W Brewer, James H Briant, Louis P Broomheld, Louis M Buckley, John F. Jr Busby, Richard C Byrd, David C -v". ' u- • f/ fii: t •|: •re 4*1 .1 Callahan, Robert Cantere, Richard Carey, Riley D Carrasco, Rudy M Castillo, Jorge A Chemel, Henry S Chestnutt, Willie H Cichomski, Joseph Cichomski, Joseph Cichomski, Joseph A Clarkson, Thomas R Clayton, Terry E Clayton, Terry E Clyde, I^uis B Coleman, Adie Coles, Albert Coyle, Majid Cruz, Juan Cruz, Juan A. G I I s I ifci I 40.00 108.28 3.00 4.00 2.31 5.00 29.38 12.88 2.00 10.95 23.00 268.71 79.00 2.57 4.00 10.50 10.81 14.60 4.32 2.56 61.80 20.00 46.00 1.00 14.00 7.00 16.00 • 14.00 14.00 13.00 8.06 33.00 8.06 34.08 14.00 6.46 25.15 9.00 28.98 30.26 20.59 264.24 5.39 72.39 23.46 19.58 NAME AMOUNT Dale, Marion C. Jr .... Dale, Marion C. Jr. ....... Deale, Thomas C .!... . , DeBoer, Michael J Deboer, Jon A Dedomenicis, Francesco .. .. . . , Dedomenicis, Francesco .... Defranza. Roberto , .. Delaney, Ed .... Diana, Lorenzo N Dias, Luiz Dominges, Mannel P , .. , Domingos, Manuel F ., . , Domingos, Manuel P. Jr. ... . , , Dufore, Jimmie J . . .. Dunn, Beverly E .. .. Dunn, Michel J Dunn, Walter .... 45.73 10.36 11.85 32.00 20.89 162.67 11.85 29.00 172.34 3.00 16.33 4.00 47.00 40.00 5.10 Easter, Thomas L Esteve, Edward Esteve, Edward J Esteve, Edward J Evans, Roy B . .. 50.00 . . . . 15.44 .... 12.50 .... 11.85 ... 15.00 Fertitta, Salvatore Fields, Aaron C Fiesel, Joseph F Flores, Jose M. Fontenot, Leo Fowler, Philip A Frederiksen, Verner M Frederiksen, Verner M. ... 7.35 ... 8.00 ... 113.00 ... 2.00 . . 10.00 . . 4.00 ... 59.24 .. . 9.70 Gable, Henry J ... 26.00 Garcia, J 52.00 Gamer, Wayne, Jr. ..... ... 10.00 Garrity, Gerald L ; ... 29.00 Gates. John L ... 89.40 Gerber, Emile A,. 11 ....... ... 32,25 Ginter, Byron K ... 20.10 Gomez, Raymundo i.. ... 5.00 Gonzales, Peter ... 19.00 Goodwin, E. R 9.95 Goodwin, Earl R ... 3.00 Gordon, James .. 2.00 Gracey, Richard A ... 159.60 Guerrero, Gustavo P ... 98.00 Guerrero, Orlando ... 40.68 Hall, Thomas R ... 3.75 Hargesbeimer, Lonnie ... 26.00 Harvey, Lee J . . . 13.00 NO UNCLAIMED WAGES WILL BE PAID UNLESS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IS FURNISHED WITH THE REQUEST. SIU Pensioner Arthur N. Thomp­ son, 66, passed away on Jan. 12. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a resident of Jersey City, N.J. at the time of his death. One of the original members of the SIU, he joined the union in 1938 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. Brother Thompson was buried at sea on Feb. 10 after serv­ ices aboard the Sea-Land Galloway. SIU Pensioner Lawrence A. Tryon, 72, died of a heart attack on Jan. 12. A native of St. Regis Falls, N.Y., he was a resident of Raphine, Va. at the time of his death. Brother Tryon joined the SIU in 1948 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed as bosun. He was buried at Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery in Steeles Tavern, Va. SIU Pensioner Leonard Rhino, 79, passed away on April 9 at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. A native of Georgia, he was a resident of the , Bronx, N.Y. at the time of his death. A charter member of the SIU, Brother Rhino joined in 1938 in the Port of Savannah and sailed in the steward de­ partment. He was buried at Mt. Holi­ ness Cemetery in Butler, N.J. Among his survivors is his grandson, Richard. Olave Rosenberg, 62, died suddenly on March 23. A native of Quincy, Mass., he was a resident of Houston, Tex. at the time of his death. Brother Rosenberg joined the SIU in 1951 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the deck department. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was buried at Brookside Cemetery in Hous­ ton. Andrew J. Ravettini, 39, passed away on Feb. 21 after a short illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. he was a resi­ dent of Hollywood, Fla. at the time of his death. Brother Ravettini joined the SIU in 1958 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his mother, Mary. Charles Muscarella, 62, passed away on April 13 at the USPHS hospital in Seattle, Wash. He was a resident of that city at the time of his death. Sea­ farer Muscarella joined the tmion in 1950 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. He was buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Seattle. Among his survivors is his sister, Jeannie. SIU Pensioner Frank S. Stevens, 68, passed away on Feb. 5 after a short illness. He was a resident of Cassoday, Kan. at the time of his death. Brother Stevens joined the SIU in 1940 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the deck department. He was buried at Black Bayou Cemetery in Lake Charles, La. ^ SIU Pensioner Frederick Wilde, 76, died of pneumonia on Feb. 27. Born in Shady Side, Md., he resided in Bal­ timore, Md. when he died. He joined the SlU-affiliated IBU there in 1957 apd sailed in the engine department. Brother Wilde was buried at Meadowridge Memorial Park in Dorsey, Md. Among his survivors is his wife, Mary. i;i i; :• Logan P. Styron, 62, died of a heart attack on Feb. 24. He was a resident of Portsmouth, Va. at the time of his death. Brother Styron joined the IBU in 1961 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed for McAllister Bros. He was buried at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens in Nansemond, Va. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Adelaide, his daughter, Sandra, and his son, Paul. Page 22 Thomas E. Yahlonsky, 59, passed away on May 16. A native of Penn­ sylvania, he was a resident of Balti­ more, Md. at the time of his death. He joined the union there in 1958 and sailed in the deck department. Among his survivors is his wife, Nell. SIU Pensioner Ellis M. Watts, 72, passed away on May 16. Born in Bar­ ton, Fla., he was a resident of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla. at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in 1940 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department. Among his sur­ vivors is his wife, Lucille. Willie Walker, 55, passed way on April 26 at the USPHS hospital in New Orleans. He was a resident of that city at the time of his death. He joined the union there in 1941 and sailed in the steward department. He was buried at Providence Memorial Park in New Orleans. Among his sur­ vivors are his brother, Edward, and his wife, Mabel. SIU Pensioner Alejandro Valenzuela, 79, passed away on March 1. A native of Santiago, Chile, he was a resident of San Francisco, Calif, at the time of his death. He joined the SIU in 1945 in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the steward department. He was buried at St. Vincent's Cemetery in Vallejo, Calif. SIU Pensioner Clyde Mndd, 67, passed away on Feb. 26 after a short illness. Bom in Cameron, La., he re­ sided in Groves, Tex. at the time of his death. He joined the IBU in 1963 in Port Arthur, Tex. and sailed for the Sabine Towing Co. Brother Mudd was buried at Oak Bluff Cemetery in Port Neches, Tex. Among his sur­ vivors is his wife, Ima. SIU Pensioner Edward C. Yeamans, 73, passed away on March 13 at the USPHS hospital in Galveston. He was a resident of that city at the time of his death. He joined the union there in 1951 and sailed in the steward department. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Brother Yeamans was buried at Grace Memorial Park in Alto Soma, Tex. Among his survivors is his wife, BHlie. SIU Pensioner Martin L. Yager, 61, passed away on March 18. He was a resident of Glen Burnie, Md. at the time of his death. Brother Yager joined the SIU in 1951 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in Shenandoah, Md. He is survived by his sisters, Ruth and Flora, and his brother, Charles. SIU Pensioner Salvador Santos, 65, passed away after a long illness on Feb. 28. A native of the Philippine Islands, he resided in Seattle, Wash, at the time of his death. Seafarer San­ tos joined the SIU in 1953 in the Port of Houston and sailed in the steward department. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Seattle. Among his survivors is his wife, Gloria. SIU Pensioner Walter Sanderson, 63, passed away on Jan. 15 at the USPHS hospital in Baltimore. He had been a resident of that city for many years. He joined the SIU there in 1940 and sailed in the engine department. Brother Sanderson served in the Ma­ rine Corps for three years from 1925 to 1928. He was buried at Parkwood Cemetery in Parkville, Md. Among his survivors is his wife, Margaret. Seafarers Log �read Coast Seamen's Journal was for many years tM official publication of the Intematidndl S^dmen $ luhion (ISU) led by Andrew Furuseth. Although the pages of this journal We toda^^fellow with age, f$hey now provide lasting proof of labor's historic struggles—•especially those of maritime labor. The page reprinted below is from a May, 1903 issue of the Journal and tells of the battle for a "true union for seamen". I 1 VOL. XVI. NO. 34. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1903. WHOLE NO. 814. ATLANTIC CARRIERS AND SEAMEN. Trade-Unions and MaKe-Believe Unions. Hopeless Attempt to Forestall the Organization of Labor. T HE announcement, noted in a recent issue, that certain shipowners on the Atlantic Coast are^engaged in organizing a "non-union union" of sea­ men is important, if true. For one thing, it indicates that the shipowners have come to recognize the union - •—that is to say, they have come to recognize the prin­ ciple of unionism. That the particular union which the Atlantic Carriers' Association recognizes is the "seamen's union of their own," not the union of the seamen's own, is really immaterial. Recognition of the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union will come later. Evo­ lution is a slow process, particularly so when the material out of which a given thing is to he evolved is hard, narrow and dense. Let us be patient with the material composing the Atlantic Carriers' Association. The progress made hy the shipowners is not so had, considering the distance they have traveled. Starting out with the idea—an idea, hy the way, that was justified hy the laws and usages of centuries—that the seaman was by nature intended to serve and obey his master without question and without demur, that the term "sailor's rights," if it meant anything at aU, meant merely the right to he protected hy the shipowner ac­ cording to the conception and convenience of the latter —starting out from tliese premises, it is not to he wondered at that the shipowner has not yet fuUy recog­ nized the seaman's right to own himself and to unite with his fellows in a union of their own. Indeed, it is rather to the shipowners' credit that they have reached the point of recognizing the advantages of a union of any kind. We hope that the shipowner will give us a little credit for this compliment. Surely we are en­ titled to that much, even if it be but a little compli­ ment, after aU. If the seaman was the shipowner's slave, hy Nature's law designed, why was an independent wish e'er planted in his mind? That is the question that the shipowners have been asking themselves for these many years. The answer came not, however. And so, because they could not understand the motives of their employes, the shipowners concluded that the idea of organization among the seamen was all wrong. From their own point of view the opposition of the ship­ owners to the seamen's unions was quite consistent. The shipowners determined to put the seamen right in the matter; they would uproot from the seaman's mind the foolish, not to say sacrilegious, notion of trade-unionism. In the pursuit of this purpose there was no dallying with trade-unionism. That institution was recognized, June 1973 but only as an evil which must be destroyed, lock, stock and barrel. The spirit that animated the Cru­ saders in the attempt to hoist the cross in place of the crescent was mildness itself compared to the zeal with which the shipowners undertook the mission of rescu­ ing the seaman from the dominion of the "walking delegate" and establishing him once more upon the basis of "independence." It was to he war to the death, and war to the death it was. It killed the hope of killing unionism among seamen. It would be quite natural to surmise that, having admired the remains and counted their scars the ship­ owners should have come down to business and made the best of the situation. But that would be reckoning witliout knowledge of the peculiar mental processes of the persons involved. The shipowners had been forced to recognize the seamen's unions as a fact; but instead of accepting the situation gracefully and seek­ ing a business arrangement with tlie unions, they de­ cided upon a strategic course. Since they could not take the unions in front they would tackle them in the rear; they would organize a "seamen's union of their own." Happy thought! Since it was evident that the seamen were bent upon having a union, what was the matter with making one, one that would look nice and yet be harmless, and giving it to the seamen to play with? Napoleonic ruse! We regret that we cannot credit the Atlantic Car­ riers' Association with originality in the present in­ stance. The plan now undertaken by that body has already been done to death by shipowners in other localities, as for instance, by the British Shipping Federation, of unlamented memory. Even our own Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast has had a try at the device. The latter body, however, has long since abandoned the idea that the seamen can be fooled with a make-believe union, and has recognized^ the Sailors' Union of the Pacific. The Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast is now peacefully pursuing its own business and thanking its stars that at last it has learned its lesson, the lesson that unionism among seamen has "come to stay," whether recognized or unrecognized by the shipowners. It may surprise the observer of men and things that the members of the Atlantic Carriers' Association should persist in the attempt to organize a "seamen's union of their own," in the face of all ordinary reason and the experience of their business confreres. But, consider the mental make-up of those gentlemen. please. Consider the mental make-up of Ho-ti, the Chinese swineherd, and his neighbors, who, having discovered roast pig through the accidental burning of a house, proceeded to burn all the houses in town in order to indulge themselves in toothsome crackling. It seems that an unkind Providence has denied to the Atlantic Carriers all power of intuition. They can't see that their way of fighting the seamen's unions is bound to end as all similar methods have ended in the past, in failure. If the Atlantic Carriers' Association takes any note at all of the experiences of other ship­ owners' organizations, it is to follow their mistakes. The Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast has learned that one needn't bum a house in order to roast a pig, to follow Lamb's simile. The Atlantic Carriers' Association, however, has determined to bum down its old shebang and take its chances. The union proposed by the shipowners for the bene­ fit of the seamen is similar in principle and in detail to the "non-union unions" proposed by employers in other lines for the benefit of their own downtrodden employes. According to the prospectuses, these or­ ganizations will combine all the good features of the trade-unions, without any of their bad ones—that is, without the payment of initiation fees or dues and without involving submission to the dreaded "labor agitator." The non-union unionist will be assured of steady employment, while it lasts, and of "good" wages, as long as the employer can afford to pay them. Under this ideal plan of organization there will he no restrictions upon the output, no limiting the op­ portunities of the American boy to leam a trade, no tieing down the industrious and skilled workman to the level of his ignorant and dissolute fellow-crafts­ man. Labor will he paid exactly what it is worth, the best workman according to the employer's standard of "good" wages, and the poorest workman according to his own standard of necessity. Of course, the chief recommendation, the magnum opus, of the non-union union is the "independence" which it promises its members. What would not the American workingman of right mind sacrifice for the glorious privilege of being independent? Why, that one feature alone is worth the price of admission! To be sure, the non-union unionist wiU be expected to render something in return for these advantages. He will be expected to see to it that his union is "run right." But even that burden need not rest heavily upon the independent workingman, since, should he ever be in doubt as to the right course in any given case, all the assistance needed he can get from his boss. The non-union union of seamen or of other crafts looks plausible. Yet it has its weak points. And chief of these is the element of disunion, i.e., the fact that it can not he run right unless it is run in the interest primarily of the non-unionist's master. Page 23 } ) t' �SEAFARERS ' 1. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION* ATLANTIC.GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT •AFL-CIO ,q, : I '• ' L vl P'-) -i Ji't •••"-••'• fi;i i • • P'l ; ' LOG � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 1973 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HOUSE BILL BANS PHS CLOSING, GOES TO CONFERENCE 108 CONGRESSMEN BACK U.S. SHIPS TO CARRY OIL LAUNCH SIU-CONTRACTED DELTA NORTE IN NEW ORLEANS SEAFARERS 5% BOOST IN PAY BEGINS JUNE 16 BLACKWELL ANSWERS CRITIC OF U.S. MERCHANT MARINE FALCON PRINCESS EARNS A 'WELL DONE' REPLIES TO 'RUNAWAY-FLAG' SUPPORTERS, DEFENDS OIL BILL CUTOFF OF U.S. OVERSEAS TAX BREAKS PROPOSED BY SIU NAMED TO LA. ATHLETIC BOARD SIU MANNING OF 13 MSC TANKERS A 'MILESTONE' REP. CAREY PREDICTS TOW INDUSTRY GROWTH SEA-LAND FINANCE LAUNCHED MORE SL-7S UNDER CONSTRUCTION SIU GULF PORTS BREAK CARGO RECORDS $348,000 FOR SEALIFT SHIPS SIU FIGHT FOR USPHS HAS LONG HISTORY SEAFARERS GRAD UPGRADES FROM FOC'SLE TO CHIEF ENGINEER PAPERWEIGHT MESSAGE SEA-LAND'S WARRIOR OFFLOADS IN OPEN SEA SHIPS COLLIDE AND BURN IN VERRAZANO NARROWS 'LUCKY' SMUGGLER STONES TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION NATIONAL MARITIME DAY HONORED ACROSS NATION 'FULL SUPPORT NEEDED' A MAJOR BATTLE NATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL SIU'S BOSUN'S RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM BEGINS SIU CREW 'RESCUES PARAMEDICS IN RAGING STORM U.S. SHIPS GET FAVORABLE TREATMENT IN TRADE PACT COAST SEAMEN'S JOURNAL Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1973 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXV, No. 6 1973 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/cd68c9a9d97d2846db43c9cd30d30f1a.PDF 90e07da0106c18c80323108ffebf8409 PDF Text Text The SlU-contracted Do/p^ Marine Shipping Co.), largest vessel ever constructed on the West Coast, is launched at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif, last January. She will be crewing-up in late July for her maiden voyage. ' f [ i^li ' k •. •' r f r : %' . '1 • 5' , -V • T\ • • -v:-0 • 4'i. 'f •.-1 I I (' r.k ^..r >: *' 5 'Slf' �PIE-fSf "If Will Be a Victory For the Labor Movement" AFL-CIO Unions Pledge Support on Oil Bill Legislative representatives from national and international .unions reoresenting a broad spectrum of the Ameri­ can labor movement met at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., June 13 and pledged their full cooperation to insure passage of the Energy Transpor­ tation &curity Act of 1974. The meeting was called by the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department to coordinate the efforts of AFL-CIO af­ filiates in every state of the union in contacting U.S. Senators who will be voting on the Bill in July. MTD and SIU President Fan! HaD thanked the AFL-CIO representatives for their support and said: 'This is a trade onion hiU, and our victory will be a victory for the entire labor movement in tihis country.'^ He said that the grass roots support .from..a9JiQga^.J!oAjn/CTat'onaljLy.vons through their state and local affiliates is the kind of support that is needed "to bring this'legislative campaign to a de­ cisive victory." Over 40 national rnd international unions—^d their local union affiliates —are contacting U.S. Senators in every state seeking support for the energy bill, and every AFL-CIO state federation is actively working for passage of the bill, it vyas renortec^ bv Peter McGavia, secretary-treasurer of the Maritime i rades Department. "Every one of our Maritime Port Councils, as usual, is also working hard for this bill," McGavin said. MTD Administrator O. William Moody reported on the progress of the oil bill, and received commitments from the AFL-CIO legislative representatives to continue personal contacts with members of the U.S. Senate to exnlain explain the necessuy loi uT^ir auppcn:^ •MTD President Hall said: -The labor movement, from the AFL-CIO legisla­ tive department and the international unions on down, is involved in this grass roots effort on the bill, and with this kind of support and the work being done at all levels in the labor movement we think we can win." LS All-Out ' For Oil Bill i^lit 500 letters and tei(»» grams to their U.S. Senators a4qr<M» ffie nation otgliig support for the Traii^rtetion Secndty Act; Sacco pii^mpanied a deieg^fffioi S3^ ||(i^suns, senior^ uf^^ders iand pntx officials to the l^^ by the Marine l^ade meat in Washington, June 13. He |rnp>otted t^ Imideherg Scho# rereived ''good response^ ficitnii iffffieSeimteimi^^^^ Maritime Trades Department President Paul Hall speaks to more than 75 Legislative representatives from AFL-CIO national and international unions who pledged their cooperation in seeking enactment of the Energy Transportation Secu­ rity Act of 1974. Also speaking to the AFL-CIO representatives was MTD Secretary-Treasurer Peter McGavin, seated at dais, and MTD Administrator O. William Moody. The meeting was held at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. ^ Pftul Hall ... • "KP i-ef t/s Consider the Human Being Almost totally obscured in the sta­ tistics and learned rhetoric of lawyers, economic experts, professors and gov­ ernment bureaucrats during the lengthy hearings on the Energy Transportation Security Act has been the area of the human being. A mountain of facts and figures on the costs of energy production and transportation has been compiled by educated men and submitted as argu­ ments against this bill, but on one basic issue—that of the human being—^there has been a dismal lack of research. The American seaman—as a human being —does not figure in the balance sheets of multinational oil conglomerates and the American operators of foreign-flag ships. But, this is an old story to the Ameri­ can seaman. Time and again, he has been called upon to risk his life during periods of national emergencies—only to be forgotten when the conflicts were over. The professional sailor had a higher percentage of casualties than any branch of the armed services during World War II. He lost more than any­ body. It was the professional sailor who died and whose bones cover the oceans floors that made it possible for the same people who ignore him today to make their living and prosper because of his sacrifice. During the course of the Senate hear­ ings on this bill, we heard a scholarly professor from a respected university just outside San Francisco state that there were no lack of jobs for American seamen. This professor obviously did his homework to compile statistics on com­ parative costs for the transportation of oil, but he paid no attention to research­ ing the plight of the human being. If he had just walked down the street a short way to the union hall of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, he would have found that employment conditions are such that West Coast sailors have to restrict employment to jobs not exceed­ ing seven months a year. He would have had to reach the conclusion that these American workers—these human beings —could no more afford to support their families on seven months pay than he could. The same callous indifference to the American sailor by the technicians of the oil giants is also shown to the American consumer. Two years ago these oil giants were able to defeat a similar energy transportation bill when their experts convinced Congress that "the costs would be prohibitive/' At that time, oil was going for a little more than $3 a barrel. Today, the price of oil is up over $11 a barrel. The cost to the consumer— both in terms of the price he has to pay and the endless lines he has had to endure—^have made every gas pump a point of hatred toward the oil compa­ nies. Again, they have ignored the human being. We, as professional sailors, have faith in the good sense of the American people. We believe that if you take the people into your confidence their good judgment will prevail. We are convinced that if the oil companies had taken the American people into their confidence, this nation would not be in the energy mess it is today. We can, through legislation like the Energy Transportation Security Act, bail our country out of the mess we are in. But, beneath this legislation, beneath aU of the testimony and the arguments pro and con, are the American people •—the human beings—who are tdl too often forgotten in the high levels of economic determinations. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distrifct, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, Y. Vol. XXXVI, No. & June 1974. Seafarers Log �• V • ' • ,5? ' T '.'• • ' fVyV '• \' :P ? V- »• '» V , I ^ V • • -J'"J *• • SlU President Testifies at Senate Hearings ••- Ha!IGtes-Na©d fo? WASHINGTON—Hearings on the Energy Transportation Security Act (rf 1974—which would require that 20 percent of the nation's petroleum im­ ports be carried on U.S.-flag ships—^ were concluded by the Senate Subcom- INDEX Legislative Nev/s Senate holds hearings on Energy Transportation Security Act ! Page 3 Washington Activities column Page 9 Maritime unions meet on joint legislative effort .. .Page 2 Union News Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry . Problems Established .. .Special Supplement President's Report Page 2 Membership meeting in port of New Orleans ....Page 4 Headquarters' Notes column Pages SlU to crew Golden Dolphin Page 5 New York medical clinic is 17 years old Page 10 General News Annual Institute on Foreign Transportation held in New Orleans Page 5 Construction starts on Trans-Alaska pipeline ..Page8 Shipping Dispatchers' Reports Page 22 George Walton docks in Brooklyn .....Page 21 Bienville in Far East .' Page 23 Ships' Committees Page 11 Ships' Digests Page 20 Training and Upgrading Twelve more recertified bosuns graduate Pages, 6-7 Six more 'A' Seniority upgraders graduate ...Page 18 Training and upgrading in - engine department. Pages 14-15 Upgrading class schedule, requirements and application ... Pages 26-27 GED high school program at Lundeberg and application Page 26 Headquarters' Notes column ..Page8 Membership News Union official proves "you're never too old to learn" / . Page 5 New SlU pensioners ..... .Page 19 Final Departures ... .Pages 24-25 Brother Champine gets high school diploma through GED program.. Page 26 Youngest recertified bosun believes in training and upgrading .. .Page 12 Walter Rice crew p\ays benefit garhe .........Page 12 • Two Seafarers try to save chief officer on .' • Falcon Lady...Page 17 June 1974 .f - • •; mittee on the Merchant Marine May 30. A vote by the full Senate on the bill is expected after the July 4th Congres­ sional recess. SIU President Paul Hall, testi­ fying as the toal witness before the Senate committee, said that "the people of the United States have heen victimized and manipu­ lated by the Arab oil exporting . companies as well as by our own oil companies." He stressed that the need for legislation to reserve a portion of the nation's oil im­ port trade for American-flag ves­ sels "is greater than ever before." Emphasizing testimony he had pre­ sented to the House Merchant Marine Subcommittee in March, Hall said: "Enactment of this legislation will in fact insure that the United States has SIU President Paul Hall speaks in strong support of oil cargo preference the capability to maintain some control legislation (Energy Transportation Security Act) during May 30 testimony be­ over its oil imports. It will guarantee for fore the Senate Subcommittee on the Merchant Marine. Looking on, at left, is U.S.-flag ships the cargo that will act 0. William Moody, administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. as an incentive for the development of our own tanker capability." in hundreds of American service indus­ the Merchant Marine Act's stated pol­ The Energy Transportation Bill was tries. icy of rebuilding America's merchant passed in the House of Representatives • Reduction in the "deficit in the marine and "would guarantee the in March by a vote of 266-136. ocean transporation segment of our bal­ growth of the American-flag tanker In his testimony this month to the ance of payments" which would help fleet." Stressing the need for passage of Senate Subcommittee on Merchant Ma­ stabilize the dollar. the Energy Transportation Act, Hall rine, Hall said: • An increase in "America's tax rev­ said: "It is essential to remember that the enues by increasing the • amount of "Under the Merchant Marine Energy Transportation Security Act of money paid to the U.S. Treasury by Act of 1970, the U.S. fleet has 1974 is much more than a 'merchant American workers and American com­ been able to make significant marine' bill. It is legislation essential panies building and operating Ameri­ strides through the ship construc­ to the national security of the United can-flag ships." tion and operating subsidy provi­ States." • Protection for American consum­ sions of that Act. However, the Again emphasizing his testimony be­ ers of imported petroleum products Merchant Marine Act of 1970 was fore the House committee. Hall said through a cost monitoring system under not intended to be and must not that enactment of the bill — which the supervision of the Secretary of Com­ be considered as the only solution would require that 20 percent of all merce who would determine the fair to rebuilding the merchant marine. petroleum imports be carried on U.S.- , and reasonable cost of American-flag Since the passage of that Act, it flag ships, increasing to 25 percent in tankers available for the carriage of the has become aU too apparent that 1975 and to at least 30 percent in 1977 percentage of oil imports allotted to the availability of cargo is essen­ —^would have broad economic advan­ U.S. ships under the Act. tial to the siuwival and growth of tages for the nation and the American the merchant marine." Guarantee Growth people. Among the benefits he cited Hall also emphasized the national were: Hall said that passage of the Energy security aspects of the bill, citing the Transportation Security Act of 1974— • Creation of thousands of jobs for as the logical extension of the Merchant American workers on board AmericanContinued on Page 17 Marine Act of 1970—would implement flag ships, in American shipyards and Comments of Senate Subcommittee Members , Following are comments from members of the Senate Subcommittee on Merchant Marine as reported in the official transcripts of the Senate hearings on the Energy Transportation Security Act of 1974 and the Congress­ ional Record. thrown up against those countries "It seems to me if this nation is for providing themselves a little bit going to achieve its objectives in the "fVe are also concerned about the of security?" world, we are going to have to pror American worker who is constantly Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. vide more jobs and capture more losing jobs to foreign crews and for­ (R-Maryland) world markets—including shipping eign shipyard workers. Furthermore, on the high seas. All those objec­ these foreign vessels pay very little "At a period in history when ex­ tives, it seems to me, would be U.S. taxes. And what about the ports and imports throughout the enhanced by the approach we have American citizens', security if it has world have been expanding, our here." to depend upon these important oil merchant fleet has suffered the hu­ Senator Russell B. Long imports by foreign ships." miliation of carrying less and less (D-Louisiana) Senator Daniel K. Inouye of our nation's trade and commerce. (D-Hawaii) Presently, virtually none of the oil "We seem 0 always be concerned imported into this country is carried about what other people are going on U.S.-flag vessels. While I am not to do to us if yve take an action, and "I would rather have the assur­ suggesting the U.S. move all of its the result is that we don't do any­ ance that [we have] American ves­ imported oil on its own ships, I thing to protect our own position ... sels manned by American crews with believe 20 percent is an equitable I know in the House report that American technology on board to figure. I am convinced that this legis­ France guarantees the French fleet prevent any oil spills and any of the lation will go far toward assuring the equivalent of two-thirds of their problems that could slow down the that the American shipping indus­ imports. The policy of Japan is to production of oil and gas in Alaska. try remains vital, competitive and guarantee at least 50 percent of its I would rather have that and pay healthy." imports. Ecuador, Chile, Spain and the onie-third cent more." Senator Charles Mc. Mathias, Jr. Peru require 100 percent. I wonder Senator Ted Stevens (R-Maryland) what kind of retaliation has been (R-Alaska) •m'-. m r • i iA> - I', • •. f' '.•-'ri: 1 : 1 V. V- J '• i• i nKl I if.' k' ;!K: \ I.; �m Seafarer Thomas Freeman poses question to the dais .during New Orleans meeting. Members have the chance to raise beefs and make motions during the forum. New Orleans Port Agent Buck Stephens delivers legislative report to the members. Afterwards a good discussion on these matters was conducted. /Membersh/pTMeef/ngs-fhe Democratic Process On the second Tuesday after die first Sunday of each mondi, Seafarers in New Orieans c<Hidnct a general membersdh^ meeting for that port Sim­ ilar meetings for our members are held on desig­ nated days of each monfli in all SIU Constitutional ports. These meetings not only inform the membersh^ in each port of the many important issues fticing the SIU, the maritime industry and die individuars job and job security, but provide an opportunity for the member to express his personal views on the issues; bring up beefe; ask questions, and make motions for approval or denial of the membershty. At last month's meeting in the port of New Orleans, die second largest port in die United States in terms of tonnage handled per year, reports concerning the internal aftiirs of die SIU were presented and a good discussion on the many legislative batties teeing die SIU in die U.S. Con­ gress was held. The New Orieans membershty pledged their support of the SIU in these fights. Whenever possible. Seafarers should attend these meetings and should take an active role in making them more meaningful. It is a part of die democratic process of this Union and the Ameri­ can trade union movement in the UJS. • ^! I I ft 4 r SIU member Lionel Antolne has the deck at last month's New OrJeans membership meeting. The meetings offer Seafarers the opportunity to express their views on many issues. } ' '• :- ' • - After meeting is over, SIU members discuss the proceedings while waiting for a job call. Shipping has been excellent in the port of New Orleans. yr"' 51 01 ... • I v., ? l!'" • :M€r • 4V/fg:, SIU members took an active role in last month's New Orleans meeting. Seafarers should attend these meetings wheneve** possible, and should fully participate. SeafarersLbg Page 4 M New Orleans Seafarers listen closely to the proceedings during meeting. It is part of the democratic process of the SIU. V, �• /.-ix• _.V*'cjjaUi^ls^-'ivti-^.UiL'.^.^ - tf II ^ - M Never Too Old to Learn M K Union Official Gets High School Diploma at HISS ^i~insy iiav&"U"£ew^ears onider my belt, but that doesn't mean I'm too old to study and learn," remarked 53-year old SIU member Sk^ttie Aubusson after successfully completing the Lundeberg School's GED high school equivalency program. Aubusson is the 21st SIU member— and the first Union oflBclal—to get fals high school diploma through the equiv­ alency program at Piney Point Scottie's S3 years also makes him the oldest Seahuer to achieve this educational goaI.< Brother Aubusson modestly credits his achievement to the help and encour­ agement he received from the Ltmdeberg School's academic staff—^but the credit really belongs to him. He-worked closely with his academic instructors and studied long hours on his own in preparing for the GED exam. After only two weeks, his instructors felt he was ready. Scottie "nervously" took the exam, and achieved the second highest grades of all SIU members who Speaking at Tulane completed the program. (The highest grades among Seafarers were obtained last month by 51-year old SIU member WiliiamT BeTiihgerT'See" MayT9'iTLXKr, page 9.) Members of the HLS academic staff SIU Representative Scottie Aubusson, right, and iBU Trainee Biii Lawier ex­ tend weii deserved congratulations to each other after they both successfully completed the Lundeberg School's GED high school equivalency program. The two worked and studied together in preparing for the GED exam. Were "vefyTmpfessed'wiTh'Tne way he worked on his own and with the younger Trainees also participating in the program," and explain, that his GED marks make Scottie "college bound material." Bom ^ South Harrows, England, a suburb of London, Broiiher Aubusson left school at the age of 14 and entered apprenticeship for the butcher's trade. Dissatisfied with his training, he joined the British Merchant Navy in 1938 and during the early years of World War II sailed British merchant­ men with England's National Union for Seamen. After being dumped by a German torpedo on a return run to England from Murmansk, Russia, he was res­ cued and dropped off in Locheue, Scot­ land. There, he caught his first SIUcontracted vessel, the Gateway City, which was heading back to Murmansk. He has been with the SIU ever since. Brother Aubusson continued ship­ ping on SlU-contracted vessels imtil Continued on Page 13 -.-tar-. I Hall States Need for Maritime Cooperation The Graduate School of Business Administration of Tulane University in New Orleans, La. conducted its 25th Annual Institute on Foreign Transpor­ tation and Port Operations May 6-10, 1974. The broad objective of the annual five-day proceedings is the ad­ vancement of maritime commerce for the United States. The educational program's day-long sessions consisted of brief lectures, panel discussions and question and' answer periods. The most heavily attended and well received of all these sessions was a panel' discussion entitled "Our Mari­ time Status—Today and Tomorrow," which took place on the last day of activities. SIU President Paul Hall; Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee; Captain J. W. Clark, New Orleans chairman of the National Maritime Council, and James S. Barker, president and chairman of the board of Moore-McCormack Lines constituted the panel. Industrial Rela­ tions Counselor Charles H. Logan of New Orleans served as panel chairman. In his address to the Tulane Uni­ versity audience of 300, SIU President Hall reflected on the significant devel­ opment of labor-management relations over the years in the maritime industry. Hall noted that, in the past, the ship­ owners and unions were constantly at each other's throats, neither willing to give nor compromise—and the industry suffered. "We have come a long way since then," affirmed Hall. "Now we realize that the key to a strong and revitalized U.S. merchant marine is cooperation and coordination between management and labor, and most importantly we realize the need of understanding each other's problems." Hall also noted that in the past "we sometimes let differences in personal­ ities stand in the way of negotiating quick and fair contracts — and again the industry suffered." He aflfirmed, "we must not allow personality conflicts between labor and management representatives to enter into our negotiations, or to stand in the way of a healthy and developing U.S. maritime industry." Congresswoman Sullivan, leader of the fight in the House of Representa­ tives to secure passage of the oil imports quota bill, outlined for the Tulane Insti­ tute the importance of this legislation to the U.S. and our nation's maritime in­ dustry. Mrs. Sullivan reaffirmed her full and active support of the bill, and ex­ pressed confidence that the needed bill would also move successfully through the Senate and be signed into law. In addition, Congresswoman Sullivan expressed the vital need to this nation for the construction of off-shore deep wmer port facilities. She noted that in years to come the U.S. would be in­ creasing its oil imports, and due to the rapidly rising prices of fuel "we must try to cut costs in.allpossible areas." And, she predicted that "the con­ struction of offshore ports would be the most efficient, the most economical and" fastest way to handle our increased imports." Mrs. Sullivan also reaffirmed her opposition to the plan of the House Select Committee on Committees to reduce the jurisdiction of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. V Congresswoman Sullivan expressed the importance of all facets of maritime to this nation, and voiced the vital need of a strong legislative body, which the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee provides, in handling the na­ tion's maritime problems. After completion of the panel ses­ sions, the Annual Tulane Institute wrapped up with a luncheon at the SIU Hall on Jackson Ave. in New Orleans. ' i % SIU President Paul Hall, left, along with Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan and Industrial Relations Counselor Charles H. Logan during fifth day of pro­ ceedings at the Tulane University's 25th Annual Institute on Foreign Transpor­ tation and Port Operations in New Orleans. Hall spoke of the continued need for management-labor cooperation in building a strong U.S. merchant marine. fh-r Golden Dolphin to Crew-up in July The SlU-contracted Golden Dol­ phin, first ^f three 90,000-ton tankers to be built for Aeron Marine Shipping Co., and the largest vessel ever constucted on the West Coast, will be tak­ ing on her SIU crew in the last week of July for her maiden voyage. The 894-ft. vessel, capable of carry­ ing 25 million gallons of crude oil (about 500,000 barrels) is the first double-bottom ship (to protect against oil spillage in collisions) of its size ever built. Her cost was approximately $30 million. The Golden Dolphin, which was launched last January at the National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. in San Diego, Calif., will be joined on the waterways by her two sister-ships, the Golden Endeavor, scheduled to be launched June 15, and the Golden Monarch. These three ships are similar to the two oil-bulk-ore carriers (OBO) the Ultramar and Ultrasea, previously built at National Steel and Shipbuilding and manned by SIU crews. The OBO's are less than two feet shorter than the tank­ ers, have the sapie hull and engine, and have i dead weight tonnage of 80,500 tons. All the vessels were subsidized with funds from the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 which has provided jobs both in U.S. shipyards and on U.S. ships for Americans. The Golden Dolphin will carry enough fuel to take her more than half­ way around the world without stop­ ping. She is of the maximum width that can go through the Panama Canal and she can hold a sustained speed of more than 16 knots. The ship has many safeguards built into her, such as its provision for carry­ ing clean ballast which will contribute to the maintenance of high environ­ mental standards. The great black and red vessel is so large that NASSCO had to lengthen its building ways by 400 feet and construct a coffer dam to build and launch it. The ship .will be delivered to Aeron Shipping during the last week in July. At the present it is not sure what her cargo will be.or where she will sail on her maiden voyage. 1. V it Page 5 June 1974 -• / '!... • , J. . :-w �at•if .l* '.-V, ,,. ; •.• • •>•; s •,.. t . * i : .* 1!' . 1v - • I - • Vemer Poulseii Seafarer Verner Poulsen has been a member of the SIU since 1961. Sea­ farer Poulsen, who ships out of the port of Seattle, has been sailing as bosun since 1968. A native of Denmark, Brother Poulsen now makes his home in Tacoma, Wash, with his wife Made­ line and their two children. It has been a wonderful opportunity to participate in the Bosuns Recertification Program at Piney Point and at Headquarters in New York. We have been able to observe and experience first hand the integral workings of oiu: Union and the commitment and invest­ ment the SIU has in seeking further job' opportunities for its members. We have been made increasingly aware of how the financial backing of each member makes it possible for our Union to successfully promote and lobby for effective legislation which will profit each member. This we may do individually through our contributions to SPAD. Frograin Ssf eonii^^ |» Jllppiy Oof jjN^nsss wfe tfej they need to effectively iafonn tisebr bmm^ tiie problems and issues our UumU face^jSjid best way du^ vViilb tiieni7 Tlife month the elevtmtii class of bosuns graduated from the program bjrbigiBg to J.06 the uumber of bosuns who have gained a better insi^^ imo tiie and fedustry# The loiowledge tbese mra have acquired bcdter equips them tq providte all of our m«i^>«®sh%» a gi^ter imdexsta^^ of oar problmnsi and to dfiscnss tiimn at wO^b^ menibeidu^ r.- -7 . ' > '' Raymond Fenrera Seafarer Raymond' "Blackie" Ferrera has been sailing with the SIU Page 6 ^ H On uiesc two tS^ 12 bost^ who haVe Just eomgleSed program tell bnefly in titefe own words whm moant^^^ since 1938, and as bosun for the past 29 years. A native of Florida, Brother Ferrera, now makes his home in Chick­ asaw, Ala. with his wife, Elsie. He ships out of the port of New Orleans. When I arrived at Piney Point to start my Bosuns Recertification Pro­ gram in April, I didn't know anything about the place. But I came with an open mind so I could learn all they could teach me in the short time I would be there. I found the staff very nice to all of us. They did a great job making our stay interesting and infor­ mative in jail departments. The Wash­ ington trips were very interesting and I learned a lot there. I now know more about how our SPAD'dollars are spent and I now know not one of them is wasted. I have a new oudook on donat­ ing to SPAD. At our Headquarters everyone in all the departments was very nice to us. We learned a lot about the running of om Union and what our Union is doing for us. mi Robert Schwarz Seafarer Robert Schwarz has been a member of the SIU since 1943, and has been sailing as bosuit since 1950. A na­ tive of Alabama, He ships out of the port of Mobile, where he makes his home with his wife, Mittie. We started our program in Piney Point in April. We received a lot of information in Piney Point and in Washington. We sat in both the Senate and House and watched them in action. We learned the value of having good representation in Washington. We met 15 other House members who told us the importance of SPAD. At Union Headquarters in Brooklyn we received a lot more information on the running of our Union. Everyone was very helpful in showing us every department and in answering our ques­ tions. I learned a lot. I just hope I will be able to present it to the crews on our ships as well as I received it. of the vast amount of records that must be kept on file to help our Union run efficiently. I just hope I can retain most of what I have learned and be able to present it to the membership on the ships I sail on in the future. My confi­ dence in the SIU has been bolstered 100 percent, and through our efforts we can have one of the finest merchant fleets in the world. Roberto Zaragoia Seafarer Roberto Zaragoza has been in the SIU since 1941, and has been sailing as bosun Since 1944. Born in Puerto Rico, Brothel' Zaragoza now makes his home in Brentwood, Long Island, N.Y. with his wife Anna, and their five children. He ships out of the port of New York. I thought I really knew a lot about this Union until I attended the Bosuns Recertification Program in Piney Point and Headquarters. In the 30 days at the Harry Lundeberg School and 30 days at Headquarters I learned how to un­ derstand the contract and other things I didn't know before. It has shown me the importance of this program. We are not only preparing young men to go to sea, but we are also preparing Seafarers for the new ships of the future. The field trip to Washington, D.C. was very important to me because I learned about the activities of the mari­ time industry, the AFL-CIO and the Maritime Trades Department. The hh. portant thing I want to say is that we must support the political mid legisla­ tive arm of our Union through our sup­ port of SPAD. And the only way of keeping our "picket line" going * in Washington is through contributions to SPAD. Robert GiOain John Cisiecki Seafarer John Cisiecki has been a member of the SIU since 1942, and has been sailing as bosun for the past six years. A native of Pennsylvania, Brother Cisiecki now ships out of the port of San Francisco where he makes his home. I became a merchant seaman in 1942, and also became an SIU member the same year. Comparing those early years with the present time is like night and day. Those early years were tough. We didn't have the knowledge con­ densed like it is today. At the Harry Lundeberg School it's all there for young and old alike. As a participant in the Bosuns Recertification Program I have been enlightened to the extent that I believe I will be much more educated and wiser as a seaman and as an American citizen. I'd like to thank all Union officers and personnel for taking the time to actually show and explain to me all the inner workings of the SIU at Head­ quarters. I must say that we must sup­ port our political arm, SPAD. It is our strength. J. R. Thompson Seafarer J. R. Thompson joined the SIU in 1949, and has been sailing as bosun since 1951. A native of Mobile, Ala., he now resides in Chicl^aw, Ala. with his wife Cecilia. Brother Thomp­ son sails out of the port of Houston. I have really learned a lot about our Union through the Bosuns Recertifica­ tion Program. The month at Piney Point, and the trips to Washington gave me more insight into the workings of politics, and the time at Piney Point made me see how important our train­ ing progran?s are to holding on to what we have worked hard for throughout the years. Our second month has been spent in Brooklyn, and I had no idea Seafarer Bobby Gillain has been a member of the SIU since 1961, and has sailed as bosun since 1967. A native of Cordova, Ala. he now makes his home in Keystone Heights, Fla. with his wife Shelbia. Brother Gillain ships out of the port of Jacksonville. I found out that any member of the Union can help himself with the teach­ ing and training programs at Piney Point. It is the best thing that has hap­ pened since I've been in this Union. We were able to go to Washington and see ^ow the SPAD money was spent, and I can say that the SPAD money is put in the right place. At Headquarters we were able to ask about records, money or anything we wanted to, and the lead­ ership gave us some very good answers. All in all I can say the Bosuns Recerti­ fication Program is a very good thing for all the members, and I think that I will be better able to inform the mem­ bers aboard the ships. Ravanghn Johnson Seafarer Ravaughn Johnson has been a member of the SIU since 1945,. A native of Alabama, Brother Johnson now makes his home in Houston, Tex. with his wife Louise. Seafarer Johnson, who has been sailing as bosun since 1960, ships out of the port of Houston. I made a list of the subjects that I feel will benefit other members, and I hope that I will be able to pass them on to the others who have not had the oppor­ tunity to go through this program yet. The first five weeks we covered the union movement from the beginning and the SIU from 1939 to the present. We made two trips to Washington. The first trip we were introduced to a num­ ber of congressmen and they explained how the oil bill was being placed on the floor of the House. We left there with a good insight on how SPAD is being spent and what it is being used for. The other trip was to the Transporta­ tion Institute, and We learned not only how to get our bills passed, but also that we must constantly watch out for any­ thing that might be against our inter­ ests. I am proud to be a member of this Union, with a leadership with such fore­ sight to create the Harry Lundeberg School and this program. Seafarers Log �j •..V'-:Wsfv-,', -I'lii. \ . X -C'V "V*'- «j • -J • ; 1^' 11 ... : . A '• ; •• • '..v.! '•* .'^.r^'?.*'- • -r""" • i-' "• >. '' i •M: 7' ' • "o' ' ...lA j ' -G- -. i; •- i ?> y-'.- • --V , Harold Weaver Seafarer Harold "Buck" Weaver has been a member of the SIU since 1951, and has been sailing as bosun since 1962. A native of Mississippi, Brother Weaver now ships out of the port of Houston where he lives with his wife Frances. While at Piney Point our classes vis­ ited Washington, D.C. on two occa­ sions. We took a tour of the Senate and House of Representatives and saw how bills were put forth, passed or rejected on the floor. We were introduc^ to lawmakers from many states who in­ formed us as to the value of pur SPAD donations. They are our only tool to help our friends in winning legislation beneficial to us. Your'involvement by voluntary donations is needed now more than at any time in our Union's history. Our picket line is on Capitol Hill instead of the streets and wharves. Our second, and concluding phase of the Recertification Program was spent at Headquarters. We met various indi­ viduals who have the responsibility of keeping the machinery of the Union, such as records, correspondence and financial dispatch in an efficient, smooth operation. 1 for one was glad to participate. Bosuns John Urzan, John Winn and Al Whitmer (Recertified) (I. to r.) were elected as the special selection committee which will choose the bosuns to participate in the July class of the Recertification Program. The three were elected at a special meeting of bosuns held this month after the general membership meeting in New York. if ^ V /H I toilowing are the names and home ports of the 106 Seafarers^who have AUstatt, John, Houston Koiii8,Peny,NewYoilt Andeison, Alfred, Noxfolk Kitta,Leo,Battimofe Anderson, Edgar, New York ' Lambert, Reidus, New Orleam Aimis, George, New Orleans . Landron, Ntonnel, San Joan Ajanada, AHonso, Baitimofe ^ Lam, Robmt, Puerto KjsM» A1kiBS<ai,lto^ Seattle ^ Lafrq^,J BamliiU,Btaner,Honstmi Lavetoe, Baudoin, lames, Houston Lee, H<nis, Seattle B^vers, Norman, New Orlearks Beeching, Marion, Houston Leyal, Joseph, Pbiladelpliia Berger,DavS^ Norfolk . - i^ Lfeby, Br^Jari^Ni^^ Mackert,itobert,Baltonore , James Gamer Seafarer Jimmie Garner has been a member of the SIU since 1963, and has been sailing as bosun siiice 1969. Bom in Alabama, Brother Garner now re­ sides in Gasden, Ala. He ships out of the port of New Orleans. Since it is about the end of our two months I can say that I have gained a broader vision and a greater knowledge of our Union. Since I have been here 1 have also become more interested in the Union as well. It is very important that we stick together and fight for our rights. I was very impressed with the trip to Washington. I would like to en­ courage all of our members to cooper­ ate and give to SPAD because this is now more important to us than any­ thing else. The Bosuns Recertification Program has helped me in many ways and I have enjoyed it very much. We have been treated very nice, and lots of questions have been cleared up. I would like to thank everyone that has had a part in the program. It wOuld be good id every member could attend. Sc|k^Stonley; am Eran^^ , ^• iTUMfl . McGimiis, Artbor, New Orleans Bouigot, AlHrert,^Mobile Batch, Georgia New Orleans Bmke, G^rge, New Yosk , ? Morris, Edwmd, Jr., Bloirfle Albert Ringoette fNewYmdr; Manod Landron Seafarer Manuel Landron has been a member of the SIU since 1939, and . has been sailing as bosun for the past 14 years. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Landron makes his home there with his wife Carmen. He ships out of the port of San Juan. " Oarvllle,Rachard,Hoisston fttoisiwi. , Bfewes,Pefer,NewVoik m,Baltimore PeBaB^VickkGjNs v«ni«r, gmitlfe IJW«*Pl.il5iClSCO * I am very happy that I was selected to attend the Bosuns Recertification Program at the Harry Lundeberg iGamer, Jaines, New Otltons School at Piney Point and at Head­ iGianglordano, D©!!3to,P!i!lailel^l!!a quarters. Our group was taken on a tour of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. where we went to see the House of Rep­ IcfewSKwocNd, Pet*y, ^ • resentatives in session. While in tour in iHanback, Burt, New York the Capitol I learned what SPAD IHellman, Karl, Seattle means and what SPAD stands for and iHieks, Donald, New York how wisely it is spent. SPAD means job e * security. At Union Headquarters we observed /Hogge, Elbert, Baltimore different departments in the Union, Homim, Stephen, New York such as claims and welfare, records and the LOG. We also went to the firefight- James, Calvain, New York Jandora, Stanley, New York , ing school and learned how to fight fires and bring them under control. My Jansson,Sv€n, New York group was also taken to the shipyard Johnson, Ravaughn, Houston and observed how a ship is constructed. Kemgood, Morton, Baltimore I urge all my Union brothers to attend the Bosuns Recertification and Upgrad­ mFiandsco ^ > ing Programs at Piney Point. - : lladitdi,T€Baiy, NewOrleans ' lUlm,Ewlag,NewOrfeans. Kiveia, Alfonso, I^rto Rico Self,'ii Selix, Floyd, San Francisco Sheldrake, Peter, Honston Smtifa, Lester, Norfolk Stockmarr,Sven, New York Teti, Frank, New York Thompson, J. Wallace, Wardlaw,: Weaver, Harold, Houston Whltaier, Alan, New York Woods, Malcolm, San J Seafarer Al Ringuette has been in the SIU since 1953, and has shipped out as bosun since 1960. A native of Fall River, Mass., he still makes his home there. Brother Ringuette ships out of the port of San Francisco. Before 1 attended the Bosuns Recer­ tification Pro^am I thought I knew a lot about the Union and how it works. That was until I went to Piney Point^ and Headquarters. The Union educa­ tion course in Piney Point was very in­ teresting and I learned a lot about the history of our Union which I never knew before. As part of the program, we visited Washington twice. One day we visited Congress and spoke to several Con­ gressmen. They showed us who our friends in Washington are and the im­ portance of our support to fight the opposite side. Believe me the only way we as seamen can do that is by SPAD. If we don't contribute, there goes our job security. We also visited the Trans­ portation Institute and saw with our own eyes what an excellent job is being done. Deposit In the SIU Blood Bank- . ^ ^iaragomu Roberto, New York 1974 "v ' It's Your Life 3 •-•il • �-- V 'xv im-. . ' •-.'*., : yi •'Vs'r. "-V'"r Tf Construction Work Starts On Trans-Alaska Pipeline Construction has begun on the $3.5 billicm Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline pro­ ject, which, when completed, will sp^ nearly 800 miles across the fro^n Alaskan frontier from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska's North Slope to the ice free port of Valdez on the 49th State's southern shore. All legislative roadblocks which had stalled the beginning of work for al­ most three years were finally lifted last August when a bill calling for imme­ diate construct'on of the pipeline was signed into law. The SlU was at the forefront in this legislative battle. When the first phase of the project is completed in mid-1977 the pipeline will initimiy pump 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day. This capacity will significandy increase to two million barrels a day, which is one third of our present .daily foreign oil imports, with the ad­ dition of pumping stations along the pipeline route and increased storage capacity at Valdez, It is estimated that 9.6 billion barrels of oil can be recov­ ered from the North Slope oil fields, the -largest ever discovered in North America. From Valdez, the oil will move by American-flag tanker to refineries on the U.S. West Coast for purification and shipment to other parts of the nation. The project will also oeate the need for conshmction of a new fleet of tank­ ers for our merchant marine, creating thmisands of jobs In onr nation's ship­ yards. Also, because of the legislative strength of the Jones Act, all ships iU" volved in the domestic transport of the Abskau etfl must be American-built, Aineiican-manned vessels, which is the promise of hundreds of new jobs for American seafarers. The greater part <rf the first year in the three-year pipeline construction project will be spent building a 360mile road from the Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay which will be used to move men, supplies and equipment during construcdon. Other construcdon for "this season will include site preparation for a ma­ rine terminal at Valdez and for pump stations along the pipeline loute. The actual pipeline, along with .the terminal and pump stations will be built in the second and third construction seasons. Headquarters Nates X* by SIU Vice President Frank Drozak i t- i FiREFIGHTlNG No one has to tell a Seafarer how dangerous a fire aboard ship can be. It can mean death or serious injury to the entire-crew. Yet many Brothers are not willing to take a simple one-day course that could ,easily mean the difference between life and death. And that is precisely what the course given by the Maritime Administration in Bayonne, N.J. could mean. You will not only learn the various and best techniques for putting out a fire, biit, perhaps more importandy, you will learn that most fires can be extinguished. In other words, you will not be as fearful of a blaze and you will have the knowledge of what to do when confronted with a fire. I cannot stress strongly enough how very im­ portant this one day course is. The June Class schedule is; June 21 and 25. SlW: ,X WAGE BOOST Effective June 16, you will receive a five percent wage boost according to the terms of the three-year collective bargaining agreement signed with our con­ tracted companies in June of 1972. This five percent wage boost brings to 21 percent the amount of wage in­ crease received by Seafarem since 1972. In the first year of the contract, SIU members received an approximate eleven percent wage boost and last year Seafarers got a five percent increase. For work done on weekends and holidays you will also find there is a boost in premium overtime pay rates. FALCON TANKERS As you know, the Navy has taken over the four Falcon tankers and bareboat chartered them to the Military Sealift Command. The Navy has therefore suc­ ceeded in expanding its Military Sealift Command operations at the expense of the private American merchant marine. The SIU was fighting the take-over for months but the Navy seemed deter­ mined to damage this nation's commercial shipping interests. However, the SIU was successful in winning an arbitration ordering the company to pay all its crewmembers for 90 days after the Union was notified of the take-over, which was Mar. 13. This Union wUl continue to oppose the Navy in any of its attempts to take over privately manned American merchant vessels. More than 9,000 workers are ex­ pected to be involved in this season's construction which will increase to 14,200 during the peak construction period next year, and then taper off to 10,600 in the third year. Headquarters has n , __ To date, several hundred pieces of heavy equipment have been put into service, and sections of 48-inch dia­ meter pipe, which had been stockpiled in Valdez, are beginning to move to storage sites south of the Yukon River. mmilabfe, membe^; 0^ inquiries as to the requfrem^ls ttf SlU the" c^ew.-'' may •, be i^qpucd; tv -drive mrews to dri kmgshoi® « winches for handling ca^ or may be occasions. Two sections of the.SIU's Standard Freightship Agreement outline the work requirements of the crew in this matter. The tot, 4^^ SkNdioii 10(a), States: "Members of all departments shtdl perform iho j^es^ ^ntinuance of tire operations of the vessel as set f<^ this agreement, Necessary Vrork shall include the ptepararion and ^uri of cargo gear and die preparation of cargo holds for the ^'loading dr-discharging;^^^^ The second, Artide II Section 32, fardter darMies the matter. If states: V'-In those ports where there are no required to handle cargo. For such work, crewmembers shaJl be paid by using the various group® as defined by the Shipping Rules, 3, Depart­ Rules. Sectkm 3. Denart' ments and Groups, to d^rmine theiir applicable rate. *'On tankto wlijkai am when crewmembers are Tequired to ur fasten butterwoilh plate nuts remove the butterwoith plates for the purpose of loarflng or di^arging graih caurgo, they entided to cpnppensation as provided for in thls.s^tioiiv so cotfe strued as tp be appUeablfa to ahy-wOT| where longshoremen are pot availabl| dne to labor trouble.'' i V SABINE TANKERS ORGANIZING DRIVE ' The NLRB is currently considering holding hearings to determine whethor or not the certification election which was held in February 1974 should be over­ turned. While it is still too early to predict a decision in favor of the SIU, we feel that the Board's ruling to fully review our charges of unfair labor practice against Sabine Tankers is a step in the right direction. Although we would like early hearings, it appears that further action by the Federal Government will not be forthcoming in the near future. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts in maintaining contact with the unlicensed seamen aboard Sabine's vessels. ^ ^ NAVY TANKERS .Ck>nceming the nine new Navy Tankers which are being built to replace the T-2's now in service, some new developments have occurred which we are currently investigating. Although Falcon Carriers was the low bidder, the Navy wants to give .tfie contracts to Marine Transport Lines. We are currently investigating "why Falcon was not allocated the ships as the low bidder. BOSUNS RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM This month we were proud to graduate our eleventh class of recertified bosuns. The Bosuns Recertification Program which began on June 1 of 1973 has proved to be a resounding success. With this group of 12 bosuns, we will now have 106 Seafarers who have been recertified through the two-month program. Each month, we are placing aboard our ships more and more Seafarers who have up-to-date knowledge about the modem ships of today and up-to-date knowledge on the Union and how it works. These men have become well acquainted with the many issues of vital im­ portance to the job security of Seafarers, such as the Energy Transportation Security Act, formerly known as the Oil Import Quota BilL Because these recertified bosuns have become familiar with the new ships, the Union and other important areas affecting your livelihood, they can better serve each and every member of the SIU when they go back aboard ship. Again, I want to'congratulate the 12 bosuns who graduated this month and wish them the best of luck as they return to their ships. They are: John Cisiecld, "Blackie" Ferrera, Jimmie Gamer, Bobby Gillain, Ravaughn Johnson, Manuel Lqndron, Vemer Pouisen, Albert Ringuette, Roi^rt $chwarz, James Thomp­ son, Harold Weaver and Robert Zaragoza. "A" SENIORITY UPGRADING Another program which also helps not only those involved but the entire membership by giving them abetter trained, better informed man aboard ship, is the-"A" Seniority Upgrading Program. This month we were happy to graduate six Seafarers from this one-month program. They are: Robert Garcia, Raul Gotay, Richard Hutchinson, Nikolaos Paloumbis, Dimitrios Papageorgiou and Hans Zukier. They bring to 94 the number of Seafarers who have successfully completed the progrt^ which consists of two weeks at the Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship in Piney Point and two we^ks here ad Headquarters. I would encourage all our members who are eligible to advantage of this prc^am. It spells job security for you. �"v. A, C'^^K'' ' •;••••:>-^/^^ • ' -• • Vi-' Jones Act -5 . . i' ij * WMhington Activities By B. Rocker oa Import BiB 'S. . • Legislative action on the Oil Import Bill (Energy Transportation Security Act) is moving full speed ahead in Congress—and is picking up widespread support from the AFT-CIO aflOliates in all parts of the nation. On May 30, SIU President Paul was the wrap-up speaker as die Senate Commerce Committee ended hearingis on the bill. President Hall closed out the Congressional hearings with a stinging indictment against the giant oil con­ glomerates for their callous indifference to what he called "the human element" in this issue—the American seamen and others who Will benefit from jobs, and all Americans who would be rid of the price gougings and energy supply short­ ages created by the uncontrolled practices of American-owned foreign oil interests. • Legislative support for the oil bill is also steaming full ahead, fired up by the AFL-CIO, the Maritime Trades Department, and AFL-CIO state and local centi.:! bodies. On May 28, AFL-CIO President George Meany sent a detailed letter to all members pf the Senate Commerce Committee urging Con- • gressional support for the bill. Letters and telegrams are also being sent by AFL-CIO unions and their members to Senators in every state in the union. • The AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Commihee on Maritime Industry Problems—set up by President Meany in April—met with Legislative representatives from affiliates of the Maritime Trades Department on May 28. MTD Administrator Bill Moody outlined the progress of the bill in Congress, and MTD President Hall chaired the meeting and called for a "united front" iii securing passage of the oil bill. The MTD represents more than 7 million members throughout the nation. The legislative representatives pledged full cooperation and support for the oil import bill. The SIU Washington staff remains alert to the continued attacks on the Jones Act by the giant oil interests, the farm lobbies, and the "flag of convenience" operators. Repeated attacks on the Jones Act—^which is the American sea­ men's job security in the coastwise andintercoastal trade—have been overcome throng the efforts of our staff in Washington. The latest attempt to by-pass the Act was made in an effort to bring in foreign-flag vessels to move anhydrous ammonia from Alaska to the West Coast Protecting domestic shipping for U.S.-flag ships and American seamen through the safeguards of the Jones Act will become increasingly important when oil from the North Slope of Alaska begins to arrive for shipment at the port of Valdez. Deepwater Ports The long-delayed Deepwater Port bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority—318 to 9..The bill, H.R. 10701, clears the way for construction of deepwater tanker terminals on U.S. coasts. The bill would permit the start of deepwater construction of offshore ports which could handle vessels of 265,000 dwt or more—^which are now being built in American ship­ yards. These ships and the deepwater terminals will make the U.S.-flag fleet more competitive in the world shipping market. The bill now goes to the Senate, where a special subcommittee is drafting its own version. Firefighting Training A bill to provide specialized firefighting training to merchant seamen is nearing final passage in the Congress. The bill, which has received the support of the Maritime Administration, would establish a U.S. Fire Academy to train seamen and dockworkers in techniques to effectively handle fires aboard Amer­ ican-flag ships—particularly tankers, LNG/LPGwessels and other carriers of highly explosive cargoes. Merehant Marine and Fisheries Committee An attempt to ground the effectiveness of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee is being vigorously opposed by the SIU. A House resolu­ tion to restructure the committee by scattering some of its important functions to other House committees has been referred by the Democratic Caucus to a Conunittee on Review which will report back to the Democratic Caucus in the House on July 17. An earUer attempt to abolish the committee was defeated after strong opposition by the SIU. : rfi Merchant Marine Act of 1970 The Senate Commerce Subcommittee for Mechant Marine held hearings on May 15 on a bill to authorize the Maritime Administration budget for ship construction and operating subsidies under provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The $562.9 milhon budget for fiscal 1975 includes funds for research and development of new ship designs as well as construction and oper­ ating subsidies for tankers, LASH and OBO carriers. Great Lakes vessels and containerships. I 'i';' Pension Legislatioii A House and Senate Conference Committee is meeting on two bills which would regulate privately-funded industry pension plans. The SIU is watching the progress of this conference to make certain that the rights of Seafarers under the SIU Pension Plan are safeguarded and that all benefits for SIU mem­ bers remain secure. Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. '• S''?! T|.4 . Seamanship Trophy, Part of Maritime Day in New York r ir-' -••• i! Ai ' National Maritime Day was celebrated May 22. and as part of the festivities in the port of New York there was a water display from a fireboat moving up the East River under the Brooklyn Bridge. During the various ceremonies held on that day. the New York City fireboat Firefighter was awarded the 1974 American Merchant. Marine Seamanship Trophy. The Seamanship Trophy was established in 1962 to honor deeds exemplifying distinguished seamanship and profes­ sional competence by U.S. citizens serving aboard a U,S. vessel. The Firefighter yras awarded for her gallant response to the mammoth fire which resulted from the collision of the container vessel Sea Witch and tanker Esse Brussels under the Verrazano Bridge in June. 1973. Accepting the award from Thomas A. King, (center). Eastern region director of the Maritime Administration Is Lieutenant James F. McKenna, commander of the fireboat. Pilot Matthew T. Fitzsimmons (far right) looks on. SIU President Paul Hail was among the members of the Select Committee which reviewed nominations for the trophy. JiiiielS74 ''I f-i'rfi- ��mm • /. Boston Committee Ultramar Committee • ' - )tr0- 'I Recertified Bosun Chuck D'Amico, front second from right, is on his first ship, the Boston since recently completing the two-month Bosun Recertification Program. The Boston paid off at the Sea-Land docks in Port Elizabeth, N.J. on May 2. Ship's committee members are, standing front from the left: James Keno, secretary-reporter; John Atherton, educational director; John Wright, engine delegate; D'Amico, ship's chairman, and Manuel Sanchez, deck dele­ gate. "A" Seniority Upgrader Charlie Humason, standing rear center, accom­ panied SID Patrolman Dave Quinones, rear ri^ht, on the ship's payoff. James Committee Recertified Bosun Barney Swearingen, standing second from right, partici­ pated in the March Class of the Bosun Recertification Program and is now aboard the Ultramar. Photo was taken during a visit to the Ultramar in the port of Jacksonville, Fla, The Ultramar is the largest ship to ever enter Jacksonville. Committee members, standing from the left are: Pat Rogers, educational director; Carroll Boudreaux, engine delegate; Swearingen, ship's chairman, and Joseph Pitetta secretary-reporter. Kneeling front from the left are: Frank Campbell, steward delegate, and Arthur Longuet, deck delegate. Walter Rice Committee The SiU-manned cargo ship James paid off in the port of Bayonne, N.J. on May 13 after a run to the Far East. Ship's committee members agreed it was a good voyage and a good crew. They are, from the left: P. H. Rose, deck dele­ gate; Lyie Clevenger, educational director; Robert Rowe, steward delegate, and A. Dimitropoulos, engine delegate. Portland Committee The SIU manned Walter Rice tied up in the port of Longview, Wash, recently to pick up some cargo. The ship's committee noted that the entire Walter Rice crew worked well together with fine cooperation in all departments. The com­ mittee members are, from the left: Perry Ellis, educational director; W. C. Byrd, ship's chairman; Clarence Smith, steward delegate, and Bill Verzone, engine delegate. Educational Director Ellis used some of the money in the ship's fund to purchase puzzles and other games for the use of the crew during off hours. Suamico Committee Recertified Bosun Frank Teti, second from right, a participant in the Bosun Recertification Program during the months of December and January, is now sailing bosun aboard the coiitainorship Portland which paid off on May 1 in Port Elizabeth, N.J. Ship's committee members are, from the left: George Paul John, steward delegate; Juan Cruz, secretary-repprler; F. Teti, ship's chair­ man, and Ed Boles, deck delegate. The Portland, originally buiit in 1945 by the Kaiser Co. in Richmond, Calif., was converted for container carriage in 1968. The 497-foot long vessel is capable of carrying 360 containers. She is on a coastwise run. June 1974 The SlU-manned Suamico, operated by Hudson Waterways, paid off recently in the port of Portland, Ore. The ship's committee, along with Seattle Port Agent Harvey Mesford, standing rear, gathered topside for a photo after a smooth payoff. Committee members are, from the left: Don White, educational director: J. Buchanan, steward delegate; C. Canales, ship's chairman; L. Ben­ nett, secretary-reporter, and R. Crockrell, deck delegate. Page n �J ASHORE Seafarer Garner Believes In Training and Upgrading / New York Two SlU-contracted companies were among the shipping firms that awarded prizes to the 17 contest winners in the 1974 Harold Harding Memorial National Maritime Essay competition sponsored by U.S. Propeller Clubs throughout the country, it was announced here recently. The 39-year-old contest marked the observance of Maritime Day on May 22. Delta Steamship Lines of New Orleans gave a free cruise to South America to high school student R. Thomas Morgan of Gallipolis, Ohio for his essay on the importance of the maritime industry. Sea-Land Service, Inc. of Elizabeth, N.J. gave a $100. U.S. Savings Bond to Horacio Mourino of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Final decision on the best of the 17 essays will be made this month. n• Galveston - Maritime Day was marked here with a dinner and a program at a local hotd with the Propeller Club, the Galveston-Texas City TrafiSc Qub and the Gal­ veston Chamber of Commerce in attendance. Seattle A Miss Maritime Day queen and her court, employes of the port and a steam­ ship firm here, reigned over National Maritime Week celebrations from May 19 to26. The festivities were highlighted by seamen's memorial services off Pier 56. Ship models and nautical gear were on display during the week in several store windows. Open house was held on vessels at Pier 5 on the downtown waterfront. Baltimore Grand prize winner out of 10,000 entrants in the annual "Ship American" national maritime poster contest was a 17-year old girl high school senior here. She got $500 for her achievement. Savannah SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship Co. has added this port as a calling point for its ships on the Far East run. Two C-4 Mariners will eat the anchor there bimonthly with the breakbulk SS Thomas Jefferson calling Jime 24 with containers, tanks and refrigerated cargo. Piney Point Owners and representatives of the towing industry met here May 29 to May 30 in an Advisory Meeting on Towing Industry Education. They reviewed the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship curriculum, approved new courses and held a critique on the future goals of education in the towing industry. Louisville The LllW-contracted paddlewheeler, the Delta Queen of Cincinnati won the 11th annual Great Ohio River Steamboat Race May 1 steaming undCr the Clark Memorial Bridge 10 lengths in front of the Belle of Louisville. Arriving in time for the Kentucky Derby festivities, the Delta Queen has won the steamboat race six times and the Belle of Louisville five times. San Francisco National Maritime Week got underway here May 19 in the Bay with the annual 10-man whaleboat race sponsored by the local steamship companies. On Maritime Day the SIUNA-aflBliated Marine Cooks and Stewards Union held seamen's memorial services in the morning on the schooner C. A. Thayer moored at Maritime State Park on Hyde St. Pier near Fisherman's Wharf. After taps and a rifle volley, floral wreaAs were cast on the outgoing tide at the Golden Gate from a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Seafarer Jimmie Gamer is a profes­ sional who has a firm belief in the value of the training and upgrading programs of the SIU—and he has cUmbed the ladder from ordinary seaman to ableseaman, bosun and quartermaster through the Union's career advance­ ment programs. Seafarer Gamer was 22 and working as an assistant civU engineer for the state of Alabama when he happened to meet some SIU seamen at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1963. From that chance meeting came a desire to go to sea. He went to the SIU hall and was advised that the best way to begin was to attend the Andrew Fumseth Train­ ing School—the foremnner of the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. After attending the AFTS in New Orleans and Houston for 60 days, he boarded his first ship—the S.S. Hudson (Oriental Steamship Co., now Ogden Marine)—for a 28-day trip to Calcut­ ta. His next trip was as dayman on the S.S. Madcat (Waterman Steamship Co.) and he continued sailing with Waterman through 1966. During that time. Seafarer Garner achieved an ableseaman endorsement through study ma­ terials supplied to him by the AFTS training facUity in New Orleans. In 1969 he took his first bosun's berth on the S.S. Steel Architect (Isth­ mian Lines) and the same year he achieved his full "A" book through the SIU's seniority upgrading program. Seafarer Gamer has sailed steady as bosun and in the past 11 years he has accumulated more than seven year's day-for-day seatime. This month. Sea­ farer Garner, who at the age of 33 is the youngest bosun in the SIU, completed the SIU Bosun Recertification Program. His success story — made possible largely through the training and up­ grading programs of the SIU — has made Seadarer Garner a firm believer in the opportunities the programs provide. Commenting on the training programs SeaSsaer Jim Gamer for young men coming into the indus­ try, he said: "It's the best thing that ever hap­ pened to this Union. These young guys mean not only that we have a stability and future for our Union but also that we will have security in our pension program in the years ahead." Speaking of the various upgrading programs. Seafarer Garner said: "If a man had to pay for this kind of training very few of us would be. able to make it. It's all there at Pincy Point for anyone who wants to make it. All you have to do is to be willing to try and the school will work with you all the way." What are Seafarer Garner's plans for the future? "I'm looking to get a bosun's job on one of the Waterman LASH sWps. I also plan to go back to Piney Point for training on the new LNG/LPG ships because I believe that these new ships are the future of our Union and we should all be prepared to handle this new equipment better than any other seamen in the world." The Walter Rice Crew Plays Two Benefit Games Oakland, Calif. This SIU port had a cargo upswing last year moving 7.2 million tons, 5.4 million tons being containerized. In 1962 the port moved 2.5 million tons of containers in its first year of container operations. •'r.''' -' . >T1V' • Inchon, Korea The SlU-eontracted Sea-Land Service, Inc. will now call at this port near Seoul. ' Construction of the harbor's deep water^tidal basin begun in 1969 has just been completed. The company's S-L 7 container fleet will call at the port weekly from Hong Kong, Yokohama, Kobe and the U.S. West Coast. Charleston, S.C. Seatrain Lines, Inc. hopes to get more container traffic here after enlarging its facilities and building a new terminal. In the last nine months, Seatrain has handled 372,000 tons of cargo in the port, almost two-thirds for export. SIU member M. Zepeda,, second from left, holds trophy presented the Walter Rice crew"for "International Good Will;" In a wonderful display of the "broth­ erhood of man", the crew of the SIUcontracted Walter Rice got together a basketball team and played two benefit games against a local squad from the town of Corral, Chile for the poor chil­ dren of that area. All proceeds from the games wsnt to the children's Christmas Fund. The of­ ficers and crew of the Walter Rice also donated eenerouslv to the fund. P Page 12 • The contests took place just prior to the Christmas holidays while the Walter Rice was in port. The Seafarers tried to keep the games close in an effort to hold fan interest at a peak, but in the process managed to lose both games. In appreciation for their contribu­ tion, the Mayor of Corral presented the Walter Rice crew with an award for "International Good Wilk" Seafarers Log ri':. .r'-; - •'- • „ �•'m- Cities Serviceinterstate May Merge Cities Service Co. and the Interstate Group of Companies, both SlU-contracted companies, have reached an agreement to combine their marine operations. The merger is subject to a number of conditions, including a favor­ able ruling by the Internal Revenue Service. The new company, which will be known as lOT Corp., wiU bring together Interstate's fleet of tugs and barges and the deepwater tanker operations of Cities Service. Interstate is a privately owned Philadelphia-based group of ma­ rine oil transportation companies. Cities Service marine division is Cities Service Tankers Corp., New York, a whollyowned subsidiary of the oil company. When combined the new organization will have a fleet of 22 tugs, 42 barges and 14 ocean-going tankers. Five tugs and six barges are on order and will be delivered between now and 1976. Also on order are three very-large crude carriere, each in the 261,000 dwt class. Adrian S. Hooper, presently board chairman of Interstate, will be chairman of the board, president and chief execu­ tive officer of lOT. Corporate head­ quarters will be in Philadelphia. Meeting Informs Crew 1 AT SEA SS Stonewall Jackson Launched only last December in New Orleans, this SlU-manned Waterman LASH ship sailed June 5 from the Gulf to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. The 20,000-ton tanker carried 2,000 tons of wheat in 11 of her lighters. 55 Mobile Up in a Seattle drydock last month, this Alaska vanship was a rare sight that far south. Drydock work entailed bottom welding and the tightening of rivets loosened by Alaskan ice packs. 55 Mohawk Arriving in Saigon this week from the Gulf is the SS Mohawk (Ogden Ma­ rine) carrying 14,000 tons of rice bags destined for the Khmer Republic formerly known as Cambodia. 55 Bienville This Sea-Land containership carrying a military cargo made her first call at the port of Inchon, Korea, May 10. The 226-container ship used her own shipboard cranes as a shore crane won't be available until August. 55 New Orleans A fifth containership, the SS New Orleans (Sea-Land) was added to the firm's Seattle to Alaska run. Now three instead of two Sea-Land eontainerships will make the weekly run. 55 Overseas Alice Ship's skipper, Capt. Albert Johnston reports that the SlU-eontraeted tank­ er's refueling exercise in the Pacific with a Navy vessel recently was "mo#k com­ mendable," according to the U.S. Navy command. Last month the Overseas Alice (Maritime Overseas) docked in Sasebo, Japan. Earlier, the SIU crew thanked Chief Steward E. R. Perry and the steward department for an excellent Easter feast of Virginia baked ham and the fixings displayed in an attractive, mimeographed menu and served on clean, white linen. Above, crewmembers on the Transoregon (Seatrain) hold shipboard meeting at ship's payoff May 21 in Weehawken, N.J., after a coastwise run to Puerto Rico. The SlU's legislative activities were discussed, and the crew was brought up-to-date on current issues before the Congress and the problems facing the maritime industry. Below, the transoregon's ship's committee gathered for picture. They are (from I. to r.): R. Carabailo, steward delegate: Gene Greaux, deck delegate; Recertified Bosun Gaetano Mattioli, ship's chairman, and David Able, engine delegate. 55 Falcon Lady Recertified Bosun Edward Morris, Jr. of Mobile writes that the taiiker's Chief Mate N. Gullo was asphyxiated in one of the ship's tanks and died on the way to Yokosuka, Japan. A bouquet of flowers and sympathy cards were sent to his family. The master's wife, Mrs. F. Liberty had to leave the vessel because of illness. A box of candy and get well cards were sent to her at the hospital. On docking in San Francisco, the ship was taken over by the Military Sealift Conunand. 55 Iberville Fireman-watertender Frederick J. Dukes aboard this SlU-contracted Water­ man ship was hospitalized in Saigon recently. 55 Alex Stephens Another Waterman vessel had Seafarer-writer Charley A. Bortz of Hellertown, Pa. aboard acting as deck delegate on the voyage from Durban, South Africa to Savannah. Bortz has written a few stories for the Seafarers LOG on his trips to Russia on an SlU-contracted grain-oil tanker and on his impressions sailing aboard an S-L 7 containership to Europe. Bosun A. Antoniou said the crew donated surplus ship's fund money to a children's hospital. All of the SIU crew voted thanks to Messman Jose Vargas for good service. 55 Seattle High School Diploma Continued from Page 5 1952 when he began servicing the New York waterfront as a Union patrolman. In 1959, he became port agent in Chicago and is responsible for organiz­ ing the Greater Chicago and Vicinity Port Council of the Maritime Trades Department. Presently, he is working on organiz­ ing companies for the SIU-afiBliated In­ land Boatmen's Union in the States of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkan­ sas and Oklahoma. The father of eight—^five girls and three boys ranging in age from 10 to 29 —Scottie ^ways impressed on his chil­ dren the importance of education, but "never really thought about my own." June 1974 "It's unfortunate," he notes, "that many of our members, because of cir­ cumstances were never able to get their diplomas." "But now, the Union offers a real opportunity for high school equiva­ lency, and our members should seri­ ously think about taking part in it," he stat^. Brother Aubusson recalls "when I first entered the GED program I didn't know how it would turn out. But I had to prove to myself that I could pass the exam, and when I did I felt a great deal of personal satisfaction." Complete infqnnation and applica^tion for the Lundeberg School's GED equivalency program can be found on page 26 of this issue of the LOG. "Being an original member of the Union," Reporter-Secretary E. B. Tart reminded his SIU shipmates of what "we went through in the old days on these ships." He pointed out that because "we have lost the Falcon tankers to the MSC, we should buy as many SPAD tickets as we can afford. For as they say," he emphasized, "POLITICS IS PORKCHOPS." .• /•%•. '5 Page 13 . 4' �¥ .s y'i it• -i *1 tr • J'. I; 4 ' n ' I • i.rV,- T:. 'iL - .H •? -•'= {' IrtelliJJ 1 } ii ' 11^ 'McDonald, and Jeff Lutz. standing is course Instmctorpl^d^^^^^'^le^an^er Martinez, jim Fonvllle, Randy aM dJIipmri"® »^®"ell Neiuelir^ John Griffith htt the looks wfiile studying for tfieir Junior Engineer enaorsement. one of the endorsements required for the QMED rating. Training and Upgrading to Meet the Needs of the Future llie U^. maritiine industry Is a rapidly and radically changing one. As tte older ships of our merchant marine are taken out of service, they are being replaced by new, highly automated, highly technical vessels such as the liquid natural gas carrier, the ore/bulk/ofl carrier, the LASH contamershlp-baige carrier, and the supertanker. And, just as rapidly as the ships of our merchant marine change, the skills to efficiently and safely man thei|i also change. To meet the manning needs of the' near future — and to protect the job security of our members, the SIU's Hai ry Lundeberg School^ In conjunction with the Coast Guard, has developed comprehensive career advancement programs which enable a Seafarer to ipgrade to the top of his particular department In a relatively few years. The photos shown on these two pa;es outline. In particular, the many opportunities offered by the Lundeben School for engine room personnel. Upon entering the Lundeberg School a young man learns during his basic entry engine room training period the ( uties of a wiper. After accumulating the necessary ieatime requirements, he can then upgrade to fireman, oiler, watertender— and from there can get the necessary endorsements for the Increasingly impo tant QMED rating. While achieving his QlVffiD rating, a Seaforer can get a welding endorsement, and Is eligible to participate m the new LNG training program. These programs are open ®Pen to all eUgible SlU members members and and Seafarers Seafarers should should ! s'" >•'- HI OJ I -% i Upgrader Craig Spencer works in thd Lupdeberg School's engine room as pan of h,s on-the-job training for — ^ W.OUB O • ' ' .-Ir 'A, y',- ' > " VlMJUIg Seafarers ke fnll advnnfaoA «kam : . .. » Photos of control board of an LNG carrier with^inQtm^f"^?'^' ^'^antage of them. They are an insurance of job swurlty for the Seafarer Nikolaos Saslos recently course is necessar? for all Sea^rers wha ^ "ember and they mean higher paying, more responsible jobs abomd ship. ^ completed his QMED course at the LNG carrier. P aboard an SlU-contracted Complete details and requirements for all of the Lundeberg School's proLarry Allen, left, and Bob Prentice study the makeup of heat exchanger Lundeberg School and stayed on to Sfams can be found on pages 26 and 27 of this Issue. wh^e^^rticipating in the Lundeberg School's LNG program for engine department get welding endorsement. Here, he I. n u i. •J-••I'!•' l-^K' fec---'Pt«p..l t-'. • row, frontto rear are: Charles Dahlhaui, Bob Prentice, and Urr^ Allen sSidIng "Tnsructor Lee DIML?®'" a Larry Alien, standing is Instructor Lee DeMasters. "-S" ""isfit, ©ration unit while working for^ED^ " : ••4^'L .. I '•*n< iiwiiiiaaiiiiM _ -'ii •* ' ' 1 , J r < « 1 ^ ij ' I ^ ^ . 's , ' 4. ^ « on refrigeration problems during classroom instruction. important for manning needs aboard the new high techpoioS^ and Dayid Cameron study refng- ^ . f _ s • fageiS • > . •. . ' J r -J"'''- '•e '* V f• /• 1 �m S»»a!»«SI«!OMBSIW»«r«f •'.^ -• Sv'k ' W- • *• • Admires SlU's fffQitS I am not a member of the SIU, but being a charter boat P captain J come into contact with a lot of people who make their living on the water, many of whom are SIU men. . X can't help admiring your untiring efforts in saving our USPHS system and keeping the Jones Act in force. I also admire your continuing fight to use more American ships to import foreign oil—and this is one fight all of us can join by sending letters, to our Senators and Representatives. To this goal let every onp strive to do their best. Sincerely, Eddy Davis IMItimore, Md. -X -1 •, Unity For a Strong U.S. Fleet Maritime Labor is moving in a posi­ tive directon toward resolving the prob­ lems that have frustrated the vitality and growth of this nation's maritime industry for many years. A significant step for­ ward was made last month when AFLCIO President George Meany estab­ lished the AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. (See Special Supplement in this issue of LOG.) How meaningful that first step will be and how far we will travel on the road to achieve that stability which will foster the growth of a strong and competitive U.S.-flag fleet is going to depend upon the understanding, good faith and deter­ mination of all miaritime labor organiza­ tions. A promising beginning was made on May 28 when maritime labor— joined by other AFL-CIO organizations -united in a cooperative effort to work together for passage of the Energy Transportation Security Act. But, we must move beyond an effort to achieve an immediate goal. We must probe to the causes of the ills of our in­ dustry and find the cure that will make it viable and competitive. Understanding will be the key to achieving our long-range objectives. Recognizing our mutual concerns vrill stimulate a determination to unite in an uncompromising effort to achieve a dur­ able solution to the problems and chal­ lenges that confront the maritime indus­ try and all of its labor organiztations. The problems and challenges are many. They involve our relationship with each other and, in the larger sense, they concern our joint responsibilities to the industry. There afe the challenges that directly affect our jobs and job security. These are the challenges of a rapidly advancing technology which demands new training. There is the challenge of cooperation be­ tween maritime labor and the industry to increase productivity— while protecting liili IM'i Ffaises Welfare Plan I wish to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the fine and ; qitick financial response I received for the time my wife was V' iOnfined in a hospital. I am glad to belong to an organization jobs, wages and working conditions—^to make the U.S.-flag fleet competitive in the world market. There is the challenge of achieving greater stability in labor-management relations which will bring increased de­ pendability on our nation's merchant marine. We have in recent years made major strides forward in this area, but more needs to be done. There is the challenge of convincing Congress of the need to adopt a legisla­ tive program that will strengthen the in­ dustry, and of persuading the industry of the need for their cooperation in achiev­ ing our joint legislative goals. Fraternally, tSeorge Palm Manitowoc, Wisc.^ on Pension recently received my first pension check and I want to Isay howmuch I appreciated itj and how happy I am to belong I to such a good'Union. I also appreciate the way the Welfare " " ha.s taken care of my wife's medical bills in the past.' " ; Best of luck, and God bless all my friends in the SIU. Fraternally, George E. Powell Irvlngton, Ala. . ,« There is the challenge of seeking a coordinated government maritime policy which will implement—rather than frus­ trate—^the nation's shipping program. There is the problem of jurisdiction, and the disputes which sap 'the energy that maritime labor must have to achieve greater economic gains and job security for all seafarers. The challenge before us is to work toward our common goals in a spirit of mutual trust and understanding. The regular meetings of the Ad Hoc Com­ mittee, under the auspices of the AFLCIO, will provide the forum to discuss our mutual problems and seek solutions: to our common goals. They will provide us'with the opportunity to plot the broad needs of our industry in terms of labor, management and government—and to chart our cour^ for the future. In charting that course, we must be careful to avoid the shoals of misunder­ standing and jurisdictional conflicts. We must seriously consider whether the an­ swer to the basic problems affecting the maritime industry—^problems which ad­ versely affect the best interests of mari­ time workers—-is the compelling need for mergers between unions in both the unlicensed and licensed areas. hlpmates Took Collection ; ' My mother passed away on May 3 while I was working at sea aboard the Hra4ford Island. The olfic'ers and crew of the ship took up a collection and, , sent flowers. I wish to thank my .shipmates for Ihcii kindness < in a time of sorrow. Sincerely, ...r J. Lee Rogers - y ' '' iune m* Volume XXXW No. 4 Official Publication of Uto Seafararte tntarnatlonal Union of - . AFL-ciQi ; v,;:.'-:.;,,.: iPli North America, Atlantic, Quif, Ukea and Inland VVater^ Otstrict; txecutivo Board Paul Hell, PtdsitSeni , Cai Tanner, Bxscutive Joe DiGlorpio. Secrefafy-rmaswer ' pnnk OiozaK Vice-President , gatl Shepard, Vicff-Prosldsnt tindsey Williams. Vice-President ' Pmi QiozaK Vice-Presldeni Publistfed monUtly by Seafarers Internatlbnal Union, Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFt-CIO 675 FoorMr Avenue. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Ti»t.' 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn. N.y, . -.^85 _____ ___ I-- Page 16 Seafarers Log J • .. TA i- • u . . „• .Vfc. »r -1'; .1 1,^ i<- r ••s. ' • .U. ;• ' .• ,u A ' • \ / ,Y ' J X �Former HLSS Instructor f ^i - row® , •• Fumes Fell Chief Officer Aboard the Falcon Lady UH1 H' (^* rtsf ,J»»a »• A '^¥fyvV-.>2i Despite the desperate efforts of his shipmates to save him. Chief Officer Nicholas Gullo was overcome by nox­ ious fumes in one of the ship's tanks aboard the Falcon Lady and died at sea on April 14, 1974. The ship's Master, Captain Robert K. Stanley has recommended the entire crew for a Coast Guard commendation for their efforts, with special bravery commendations for Recertified Bosun Edward Morris, Able-seaman Keith Sisk (both SIU members) and Second Assistant Engineer Thomas Golias. like to recommend the entire crew for a commendation." Chief Officer Gullo was extremely well-liked and respected by all who worked with him. In 1969-70, Gullo headed the voca­ tional education program at the Harry Lundeherg School in Piney Point. Working along with the staff of the School, he was instrumental in setting up many of the innovative programs for deck and.engine training for both entry rating trainees and upgraders. - J. •• I-' Union Label Show In Memphis The SlUNA-affiliated United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific, Los Angeles and Vicinity District, provided one of the 400 exhibits at the 29th Union-Industries Show held in Memphis, Tenn. last month. Union workers showed off their products, skills and services to visitors during the six-day "open house" staged by the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades De­ partment. Standing in front of the Cannery Workers exhibit are (from I. to r.) Steve Edney, president of the union; Russell E. Train, administrator, Environ­ mental-Protection Agency; Richard Walsh, president. Union Label and Serv­ ice Trades Department, and James Searce, deputy director. Federal Media­ tion and Conciliation Service. Transportation Act Continued from Page 3 Merchaiit Marine Act of 1936 in which Congress charged the privately-owned civilian merchant marine with-the de­ fense mission of serving as a "naval and military auxiliary in time of war or na­ tional emergency." Rebuts Oil Company Arguments He strongly rebutted arguments of the major oil companies, which operate third-flag fleets, that these oil compa­ nies had "effective control" over their foreign-flag ships. Hall cited the action of Liberia in banning ships under its registry from carrying arms to the Mid­ dle East as clear evidence of the false­ ness of the "effective control" argument. Hall charged that American-owned multinational oil conglomerates frus­ trated U.S. foreign policy by bowing to the demands of oil-producing Arab na­ tions, and he attacked Aramco for giv­ ing in to the orders of Saudi Arabia to deny fuel to American NATO forces in Europe. In concluding his testimony. Hall re- Get Passports All Seafarers are advised that they should have United States passport books and should carry them with them at all times. Seafarers have encountered problems in some areas of the world because they did not have passports, and the problem seems to be increasing. In addition, many Seafarers have not been able to make flyout jobs to foreign countries be­ cause they lacked passports. A U.S. passport can be secured in any major city in the country. If you need assistance in getting a passport, contact your SIU port agent. minded the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee of their "great service rendered to the nation through the adoption of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 ... which stimulated the neces­ sary first steps toward regaining promi­ nence and stability for the United States on the high seas." Stressing the critical importance of the 1974 Energy Transportation Bill, Hall said: "This legislation ... offers another opportunity to this Committee to pro­ vide leadership in bringing about the enactment of landmark legislation which serves the best interests of the United States." In Support Speaking in support of the Bill, in addition to SIU President Hall, were: William Blackledge, executive vice president, Gulf Oil Trading Co.; Edwin M. Hood, president, Shipbuilders Coun­ cil of America; O. William Moody, ad­ ministrator, AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department; Alfred Maskin, executive director, American Maritime Associa­ tion; Joseph Kahn, chairman of the board, Seatrain Lines; Jesse Calhoon, president. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, and Shannon Wall, presi­ dent, National Maritime Union. In Opposition Testifying in opposition were: Philip J. Loree, chairman. Federation of American Controlled Shipping; James W, Kinnear, senior vice president, American Petroleum Institute; Edwin J. Dryer, general counsel. Independent Refiners Association of America; Julius Katz, acting assistant secretary. Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; John •K. Tabor, under-secretary of com­ merce, Department of Commerce; Duke Ligon, assistant administrator for pol­ icy, planning and regulation. Federal Energy Administration, and John M. Letiche, Department of Economics, University of California. On the day of the tragic incident. Chief Officer Gullo entered the tank wearing a Fresh Air Breathing Appa­ ratus. While in the tank, he encountered trouble with the air hose and tried to make it back topside, but was overcome by the deadly fumes and collapsed. On seeing this. Bosun Morris rushed into the tank without a Breathing Ap­ paratus and reached the chief officer but was forced back by the fumes. Able-seaman Sisk and the second engineer then entered the tank wearing masks and were able to bring Guild topside. Other members of the crew tried to revive him through mouth to mouth resuscitation, but the attempts were all unsuccessful. In his letter to the Coast Guard, Captain Stanley writes, "the entire crew displayed unsurpassed cooperation and effort in the attempt to revive the chief officer ... and for their efforts I would War Bonus Arbitration Is Decided u 5! An impartial arbitrator this month ruled that all claims for the payment of Vietnam War Bonuses prior to Jan. 9, 1974 must be honored, and that such payments after this date are denied. It had been the contention of the Military Sealift Command that they were not required to reimburse steamship companies for war bonus payments after tbe date of July 1, 1973 with the end of the Selective Service Act. However, many companies con­ tinued these payments after the July 1 date and had been refused reim­ bursement by MSG. I 1'; Pensioner on Great Lakes 11 In the port of Frankfort, Mich., Seafarer Alfred Sandow (left) receives check and best wishes from Port Agent Harold Rathbun. Brother Sandow started his sailing career In April, 1941 and ended It as a fireman on the Ann Arbor Rail­ road Carferrles In Frankfort last February. I Change of Address • Or New Subscriber I Editor, * SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prim In/urmation.) I'J NAME ADDRESS CITV STATE ZIP. SIU-IBU members please give: Soc. Sec. # Bk# ./. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give former address or send mailing label from last issue received. Page 17 June 1974 " 1 S - �«»**«.a<n!i^-!.iM»'w,-a>»wftgii TTI New A Book Members ore Nikolaos Paloninbis Seafarer Nikolaos Paloumbis re­ ceived his QMED endorsement from the Harry Lundeberg School in Novem­ ber, 1973. Brother Paloumbis has been a member of the SIU since 1968. A native of Greece, he now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife Diana and their two children. Seafarer Paloumbis ships out of the port of New York. I used to be upset when jobs went to Seafarers who had less seatime than I did. Finally I had the resolution to go to the school for my "A" Seniority Up­ grading. During the time I spent at Piney Point and in New York I have come to understand the operations of the SIU. I learned the need for our SPAD donations and how they are used to help pass bills that are important to the merchant marine. I also learned how they help stop outside interests from destroying the industty. I think every seaman, old and young, should take advantage of all the programs and opportunities offered by the Union to its members. . Six more Seafarers achieved full "A" books throu^ the SIU's Seniority Up­ grading Program this month and toOk the oath of obligation at the general flScinbership meeting in New York. Seniority Upgrading Program ^ was established with the objective of keepihg our membership ptepared for tbe innovations on the new ships beingcoiistructed, thereby maintaining the SU's tradition of providing welltraitted and Qualified Seafarers for all i|S contracted vessels. Its purpose is also Ijl^pur members a bett? hard facts about, contributing to the political fund in order to assure victory on these important pieces of legislation. We engaged in a unique program geared to instruct the membership on just what happens in the offices. One such department was welfare and claims. I also visited the record depart­ ment and the IBM room where any information can be gotten in a few sec­ onds by pressing buttons. So you can clearly see by just attendmg the up­ grading program how the membership can be better informed about the Union and its affairs. standing of our problems and what the best way is to deal with them. The addition of these six Seafarers brings to 94 the number of members who have attained full "A" book statoX siuCcT tliis upgtudiiig pfOgtara Was ini^ tiated last year. On this page, Raul Gotay, Robert Garcia, Nikolaos Paloumbis, Dlraitrio|i Papageprgiou, Hans Zukier and Rich­ ard Hutchinson, Jr. tell in their own words wpat ffie^rograra has meant t^ and the help of politicians in Washing­ ton we can strive to get better and stronger laws for the benefit of the merchant marine. In the program at Piney Point I learned how the Union was founded, all its achievements and how it has prospered in the last few years. Richard Papageor^n Seafarer Dimitrios Papageorgiou has been in the SIU since 1969. He re­ ceived his QMED endorsement from the Harry Lundeberg School in March, 1973. A native of Greece, Brother Papageorgiou now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He ships out of the port of New York. During my stay at the Harry Lunde­ berg School in Piney Point and at SIU Headquarters in New York as an "A" seniority upgrader, I had lots of time to learn anything I need to know about our Union. That school in Piney Point is one of the best in the nation. If asked about it 1 would recommend it highly. I have been at Piney Point three times, for QMED, lifeboatman and "A" Se­ niority upgrader, and I was very im­ pressed by the facilities and the teaching staff. Hutchinson, Jr. Robert Raol Hans Gotay Znkier Seafarer Hans Zukier has been in the SIU since 1968. He received a FWT endorsement from the Harry Lunde­ berg School in October, 1973, A native of Germany, Brother Zukier now ships out of Philadelphia where he makes his home. During my stay here in the Seniority Upgrading Program I have learned a whole lot more about the SIU. It was really amazing to see just how the organization works. For instance, the day starts out with a meeting, which is attended by Uruon officials, bosuns who are being recertified and seniority upgraders. Here current events concern­ ing welfare, and pension and oil legis­ lation are discussed. We were given the Dimitrios Seafarer Raul Gotay graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1969. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Gotay now makes his home in Gainesville, Fla. with his wife Ruth and their two children. Seafarer Gotay ships out of the port of New York as steward-cook. The "A" Seniority Upgrading Pro­ gram that the SIU is presenting is an opportunity to see how the Union is working for its members. It gives us the opportunity to see where and how our money is spent. The employees at the offices are very pleasant and cour­ teous, and they are able to answer any questions we may have. I learned where the money for SPAD donations goes and how it works. I be­ lieve that with our SPAD donations Seafarer Richard Hutchinson has been sailing with the SIU since 1969. He received his QMED endorsement from the Harry Lundeberg School this past March. A native of Verona, Ky., he still makes his home there. Brother Hutchinlsoh ships out of San Francisco. During my two stays at Piney Point I was impressed with the openness and frankness of the Union officials in an­ swering all of my questions. Those fel­ lows opened up a whole new insight for me in the understanding of how my Union operates. I am really amazed at the number of personnel involved in the operation of our Union, the break-down into individual departments and the time involved in processing all the paper work received to keep us alive. While at New York as well as Piney Point we were given a background in unionism with great emphasis on the maritime industry unions and the SIU in particular. We were shown in Wash­ ington just what our SPAD contribu­ tions are used for. Garcia Seafarer Robert Garcia has been a member of the SIU since 1969. In 1970 he attended the Harry Lundeberg School and received his AB endorse­ ment. Born in Wdshirigion, D.C., he now lives in San Diego, Calif, with his wife Sharon. Brother Garcia ships out of the port of San Francisco. Spending two weeks at Piney Pqint I got to work and talk with a lot of the upgraders and trainees. I've learned and seen a lot. The young trainee has a great opportunity to get a good start in a good trade. If the trainee has the will to work and learn the trade of a seaman, at Piney Point he is given every chance. I'm grateful for the opportunity I have, through the SIU, to upgrade and better my life, and to see what the Union is doing to secure the future of our shipping industry. Following are the names and departments of 94 Seafarers who) •mm Andxepont, F, J.,^glne Engine Arnold, Moft, Bean, F.L., Deck tt<»uverd, Arthur, Engine teward Blacklok, Richard, Engine Bolen, Timothy, Deck Burke, Lee Roy, Engine Burke, Timothy, Deck Clark, Garrett, Deck Donklin, Kevin, Engine *-» _ vis, VriUiam, ikik lay, John, Engine ins, Wiffiam, Steward : ^erney, Paul, Engine Rirksey. Charles, Engine Gilliam, Robert, Steward Kitfleson, L. Q., lOeck Gotay, Raul, Steward Konetes, Johnnie, Deck Gower, David, Kunc, Lawrence, Deck Graham, Patrick, Deck Rundrat, Joseph, Steward Grimes, M. R., Deck Hart, R^y, Deck Lehmann, ArBiur, Deck Hawker, Patrick, Deck , ^ Lentsch, Robert, Deck Haynes, Blake, Engine , . Lundeman, Lonis, Deck Heick, C^rroD, Deck ^ Makarewkz, Richard, Hnraason, Jon, Deck Manning, Heiuy, Steward Hununerick, James, Jr., Steward Marcos, M. A,, Deck Hutchinson, Richard, Jr., Eng^lne McAndrew, Martin, Eng^i Ivey, D. E., Engine McCabe, John, Engine ^isk, Moore, George, Deck Papageorgiou, Ditttitrios, Parker, Jason, Deck Poletti, Pieraugelo, Deck Reamey, Bert, En^ne Restaino, John, Roback, James, Deck Rodriguez, Charles, £n{ Sabb, Caidwell, Jr., Engine , Robert, Jr., ED ', Alfred, Deck Shaw, Ronald, En^e •^niKh,^.;.p.-E.r$feward. Igell, Gary,Engine S]^, Joseph, Deck Spencer, H. D., Engine •m looter, David, liriabddaj K^ .:'iihoinas,Robert,:Pn Thomas, Timothy, ^ Trafnor, Robert, Deck Utterback, Ijsrry, Deck 'ain, Thomas, Deck Vukuur, George, Deck P'Mkeri'Marvm, EngiheiWllhelm, Mark, Engine Wilson, Richard^Sit^^ Wbote jiin^oit Page 18 Seafarers Log �j:v--#:-!ar--*>*j««»ii«*ru»*.-!'''x-*.. "^j|!^.: - --- -, ..V> I New SIU Pensioners iliiQiiiiado R. Llenos, 65, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Phila­ delphia sailing in the steward de­ partment. He had been going to sea for 42 years. Brother Llenos is a na­ tive of the Philippine Islands and is now a resident of Gretna, La. with his wife, Maria. Alfred G. Sandow, 65, joined the Union in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1953 and sailed in the engine de­ partment. Brother Sandow had sailed for 33 years. He was bom in Frank­ fort, Mich, where he now resides. Acsiclo Perez, 67, joined the Union in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a chief cook. Brother' Perez had sailed for 52 years. A na­ tive of Puerto Rico, he now resides in Houston. Leonard F. ••Whitey" Lewis, 65. joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New York sailing in the engine department as an electrician. Brother Lewis sailed for 41 years. Bom in New York City, he now resides in San Francisco with his wife, Adla. PHlllam Bract Please contact Iharia Vetter as soon las possible at 8411 Liberty Ave., North (Bergen, N.J. Artmro Marian!, Jr. Please contact as soon as possible iRafael Hernandez at Sea-Land Service, [Ltd., SS Raphael Semmes, GPO Box |531, Hong Kong, B.C.C. Joseph Zeloy Please contact Mrs. Catherine GlideI well as soon as possible at Route 3, Box 194, Gulfport, Miss. 39501. Dimas Rivera, 63, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sail­ ing as an AB. Brother Rivera had sailed for 46 years. Bom in Puerto Rico, he is now a resident of Phila­ delphia with his wife, Rafaela. James M. Quinn, 67, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1953 sailing in the steward depart- ' ment. Brother Quinn had sailed for 20 years. He was bom in Myersdale,' Ala., and now resides in Nutter Fort, W. Va. Alfonso J. Snries, 56, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a bosun. Brother Surles had sailed for 36 years. He is a World War II Navy veteran and was a San Francisco delegate to an SIU Crews Conference Workshop at the Harry Lundeberg School for Sea­ manship at Piney Point, Md. Bom in Orrum, N.C., he now resides in San Francisco. Please contact Mrs. A. J. Babbitt as I soon as possible at 217 Eddy iSt., San (Francisco, Calif. Clifton G. McLellan, 65, joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of San Francisco sailing as an AB. Brother McLellan was bom in Pittsburgh and now resides in Hedgesville, W. Va. George E. Powell, 66, joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1957 sailing as a cook. Brother Powell was bom in Dauphin Is., Ala., and now resides in Irvington, Ala. with his wife, Willie Mae. SIU pensioner John J. Rotta, 65, joined the SIU affiliated IBU in the port of Milwaukee in 1961 sailing as a tug lineman for the Great Lakes Towing Co. Brother Rotta is a resi­ dent of Milwaukee with his wife, Mary. RicliardV. Gelling Please contact either your wife in San I Francisco, or your mother in Chicago I as soon as possible. William L. McBride, 59, joined the Union in 1943 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a bosun. Brother McBride had sailed for 34 years. He won an SIU Safety Award in the first half of 1960 aboard the Seatrcun New Jersey. Bom in Missouri, he is now a resident of San Francisco. Francis W. Hall, 66, joined the SlU-affiliated IBU in the port of Duluth in 1962 sailing as a linesmanoiler for the Great Lakes Towing Co. from 1943 to 1974 and the Ze­ nith Dredge Co. from 1942 to 1943. His son, Francis also sails for the Great Lakes Towing Co. in Duluth. Brother Hall was bom in Bayfield, Wise., and is now a resident of South Range, Wise, with his wife, Marie and two other sons, Mark and Michael. Hendrick J. Swartjes, 64, joined the Union in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. Brother Swartjes had sailed for 43 years. A native of The Netherlands, he now resides in Teaneck, N.J. Apr.25-May22,1974 Number MONTH TO DATE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN FLTGIBLES Death In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 Hospital & Hospital Extras Surgical Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 Special Equipment Optical Supplemental Medicare Premiums DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood. Transfusions Optical . .:. Amoimt YEAR TO DATE YEAR ID DATE 64,842.42 399.00 519.00 117.15 319.00 52,304.00 — 4,786.99 1,876.70 $ 212,465.42 4,229.00 5,502.00 11,498.61 2,043.00 302,936.00 - 2,561.40 25,685.07 7,170.10 74 4,229 1,834 75 19 37,867 9 1,131 142 442 58 114 2,142 336 615 115 15 792 95,863.89 2,245.52 14,447.20 4,269.75 26.00 3,508.54 441,944.41 10,370.24 78,067.35 29,959.75 1,117.15 16,873.33 56 750 593 68 236 4 14 3 , 7,291 21,949.30 28,615.07 5,645.86 1,554.50 1,192.22 60.00 456.02 17,784.60 163,000.00 135,663.99 23,209.07 9,417.25 6,062.09 305.75 3,926.20 578.54 54,531.40 59 5,303.45 20,272.10 y $ MONTH TO DATE 21 399 173 4 6 6,538 —> 218 20 1 172 PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS W.T.Byrd Please contact Mr. Thomas S. Harte I as soon as possible at 68 Post St., San (Francisco, Calif. 94104. William C.Lance Please contact as soon as possible Miss Shepard of the Barrett Convales­ cent Hospital, 1625 Denton Ave., Hayward, Calif. JohnLaszlo Please contact Mrs. Mafalda Ciottj. as soon as possible at 616 W. Court St., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. Freddie D.Wilklson Please contact Mr. Benjamin Nessanbaum as soon as possible at 586 Broadway, Bayonne, N.J. 07002. ^ Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits & Other Medical,Expenses ... Surgical 8 139 117 13 1 Blood Transfusions Supplemental Medicare Premiums ........ — 1,862 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, t. TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan ............ Total Seafarers Pension Plan ............ Total Seafarers Vacation Plan Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation 10,385 2,196 830 : 13,411 58,469 8,787 5,428 72,684 328,086.18 1,569,389.22 521,679.00 2,116,099.50 425,283.72 ' 2,988,376.61 $1,275,048.90 $6,673,865.33 Page 19 June 1974 • '-'i- ''MM'''- "I t }:'jx M M:M. ;. j •t ir: i t i ; Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid ^ Ml > �. "••' • yT -. " /v ''•!.. : • ''. •".v.:*.': '• Digestitf SlU BROOKLYN (Sea-Land Service), April 21—Chairman N. Bechlivanis; Secretary F. CarmichaeU Educational Director O' Stores; Deck Delegate E. Warren; ^gine Delegate M. Valentin. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. TRANSINDIANA (Seatrain), Aprfl 21—Chairman A. Hanstvedt; Secretary Cau^; Engine Delegate Frank Camara. No diluted OT. All communi­ cations posted. Everything running smoothly. Observed one minute of sQence in memory of our departed brothers. ALEX STEPHENS (Waterman Steamship), April 7—Chairman A. Antoniou; Semetary H. Donnelly; Educa­ tional Director A. Cox; Steward Dele­ gate E. Johnstm. $32 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine dq>artments. The money in ship's fund to be donated to a childrens hospital as a donation from crewmembers. A sug­ gestion was made that all crewmembers donate to SPAp.*-A vote of thanks to the messman Jfose Vargas for good serv­ ice. Next port Savannah, Ga. MOBILIAN (Waterman Steamship), -April 2—Chairman J. McDonald; S^ retary M. E. Reid; E()ucational Direc­ tor J. Griffith. No disputed OT. Every­ thing running smOOthly. V/ OVERSEAS ARCnC (Maritime Overseas Corp.), April 7— Chairman Luther Pate; Secretary E. Gay; Educa­ tional Director Orsini; Deck Delegate R. Bradford. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Reminded crewmembers that there is no smoking while on look out. Everything running smoothly. GEORGE WALTON (Waterman Steamship), April 14—Chairman P. Stonebridge; Secretary E. Miller; Edu­ cational Director L. Bryant; Steward Delegate J. Smith. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Every­ thing running smoothly. BETHFLOR <Bethlehem Steel), April 14—Chairman J. Michael; Sec­ retary J. Kundrat; Educational Director Ralph Gowan; Deck Delegate J. Ellrod; Engine Delegate H. Duarte. $26 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Every­ thing ruiming smoothly. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. Next port Baltimore. MOHAWK (Ogden Marine Inc.), April 14—Chairman Recertified Bosun W. Butteiton; Secretary J. Higgins; Educational Director Johnson. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Everything running smoothly. SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), April 21—Chairman.. Recertified Bosim W. C. Riley; Secre­ tary F. Airey; Educational Director R. P. Coleman; Engine Delegate J. P. Murray; Stewed Delegate J. Woods. No dii^uted OT. Everything running smoothly. Observed one minute of sil­ ence in memory of our departed broth­ ers. Next port Seattle. GALVESTON (Sea-Land Service), April 22—(Chairman Recertified Bosun Denis Manning; Secretary Gus Skendelas; Educational Director M. Stovt^ Bi^e Delegate John A. Sullivan. $36.05 in chip's fund. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. HfestiRys JEFF DAVIS (Waterman Steam­ FALCON LADY (Falcon Carriers), ship), April 7—Chairman L. Arena; April 28—Chairman Recertified Bosun Secretary E. Coopej^ Educational Di­ E. Morris; Secretary C. Gauthire. $16 rector G. Craip. No disputed OT. All in ship's fund along with 13 eight-track necessary repairs have b^n completed. tapes. The 13 eight-track tapes are to be A vote of thanks to the steward Apart­ raffied off, wiimer take all. Flowers and ment for a job well done. Next port sympathy cards were sent to the family Durban, S. A. of N. Gullo, chief mate, who died aboard ship. A box of candy and some CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Qties get-well cards were sent to the captain's Service), April 15—Chairman C. Frey; wife who was ill. Discussion on SPAD Secretary M. Chapman; Educaticmal was held and it was recommended that Director Beatty; Steward Delegate E. $20 be donated by each crewmember. Felken. $10.25 in ship's fund. No No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the diluted OT. Everyt^g running steward department for a job well done. smoothly. Next port Texas City. Next port, San Francisco. MOUNT VERNON VICTORY SEATTLE (Sea-Land Service), April (Victory Carriers), April 14—Chair­ 21—Chairman J. Gianniotis; Secretary man Dick Ware; Secretary J. Albano; E. B. Tart; Educatioiud Director A. Educational Director P. G. Anderson. Tselentis; Deck Dele^te E. Hall. $18 Some disputed OT in deck, engine and in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Re­ steward departments. Everything run­ minding the crewmembers of what Sea­ ning smoothly. Observed one minute of farers had to go through in the old days, rilence in memory of our departed it was suggested that as many SPAD brothers. tickets should be bought as one could TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), afford. As they say, "Politics is PorkApril 7—Chairman F. Johnson; Secre­ chops." tary F. D. Carlo; Educational Director T. Burke; Deck Delegate P. Starfield; OVERSEAS AUCE (Maritime Engine Delegate J. Nash; Steward Dele­ Overseas), April 28—Chairman R. gate C. Paschal. $55 in ship's fund. No McDonald; Seaetary E. Perry; Engine disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the Delegate David E. Davis; Steward Del­ egate A. Dowd. No disputed OT. Held steward department for a job well done. refueling exercises with a Navy ship and Next port Russia. Captain reports that it was most com­ TRANSPANAMA (Hudson Water­ mendable according to Naval Com­ ways), April 7—Chairman L. Olbrantz; mand. A vote of thanks to the steward Secretary R. Brown; Educational Di­ department for an excellent Easter rector Floyd Jenkins; Deck Delegate E. feast and for all meals since the begin­ Killigrew; Engine Delegate R. Maklick; ning of the voyage. Next port Sasebo. Steward Delegate W. Richmond. Broth­ er Kirkwood had a heart attack and DELTA BRASIL (Delta Steamship passed away on April 2, 1974, as the Inc.), April 7—Chairman Recertified ship was docking at Baton Rouge. He Bosun E. Rihn; Secretary R. P. Marion; was a fine shipmate and will be missed Educational Director A. Abrams; Deck by all that knew him. A collection was Delegate J. Klondyke; Engine Delegate made for the family and $205.00 in O. Wheeler; Steward Delegate J. Humtravelers checks were mailed from merick. $157.34 in ship's fund. No dis­ Beaumont to his mother and three puted OT. Crewmembers asked to young children who are residing in . return books to library as soon as they Jacksonville. No disputed OT. Next are finished with them. Everything run­ port San Diego. ning smoothly. John Tyler Committee JOHN PENN (Waterman Steam­ ship), April 7-^-ChaiimaQ A. Jeckert; Secretary S. A. Freeman; Educational Director S. M. Senenney; Deck Dele­ gate Gerald Corelli; Engine Delegate Frank Biazell; Steward Ddegate S. Pmuips. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job weU done. Everything running smoothly. A minute of silence observed in memoiy of our depart^ brothers. Next port Panama. IBERVILLE (Waterman Steam­ ship), April 1 — Chairman Donald Chestnut; Secretary Harvey M. Lee; Educational Director Stephen Divane; Steward Delegate E. Bowers. No dis­ puted OT. A crewmember Frederick J. Dukes was hospitalized in Saigon on April 1, 1974. Everything running smoothly. PORTLAND (Sea-Land Service), April 7—(Chairman Recertified Bosun Frank Teti; Secretary Juan Cruz. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. The steward department praised the crew for being such a great group to sail with. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Elizabeth. COLUMBIA (United States Steel), April 14—Secretary M. S. Sospina; Deck Delegate J. S. Rogers; Steward Delegate Frank Rahas. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the stewai^ de­ partment for a job well done. Every­ thing running smnnthly. CALMAR (Calmar Lines), April 8 —Chairman Recertified Bosim Af. Kemgood; Secretary C. Gamett; Deck Delegate William F. O'Brien. No dis­ puted OT. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. Next port Seattle. Dl^ RIO (Delta Steamship), April 21—Chairman Arthur Campbell; ^retary A. R. Booth; Deck Delegate Robert Callahan. $3 in ship's fund. $100 in movie fund. Some disputed OT in deck, engine and steward depart­ ments. Everything running smoothly! Observed two minutes of silence in memory of our departed brothers. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Mar­ itime). April 21—Chairman C. D. Finklea; l^cretary F. S. Paylor; Edu­ cational Director C. Lando. No dis­ puted OT. A vote of thanks to the crew for their cooperation with the steward department. OVERSEAS BULKER (Maritime Overseas), April 7—Chairman Ame Houde; Secretary C. Scott; Educational Director Sidney. A report was made that we are getting better educated and better qualified men from the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Next port Haifa. The SiU-contracted freightship JP/jn Ty/er, operated by Waterman, paid off recently In Port Newark, N.J. The-ship's committee agreed the ship had a good crew that worked well together in all departments. Committee members are, seated front from the left: Samuel Toliver, steward delegate, and Elmer Merrit, deck delegate. Standing from the left are: Lee J. Harvey, ship's chair­ man; Victor Brunell, engine delegate, and Torn Ballard, secretary-reporter. The Jo/in 7y/er is on the Far East run. , Seafarers Log • -KJ mmmt: �—r: -c 4 'r' :' -at • a f :. \ ^ . The George Walton (Waterman Steamship Corp.) docked in Brooklyn, N.Y. last month to load cargo and pay off. - • -a r. ;- •• — —- -: •' -1-; • -': !H, .':'• • ^•'y Jr.' . -"it. y ' •• 'I - <. 5 •''. • Chief Cook Courtney Rooks prepares to serve enticing turkey to crew. it George Walton Docks In Brooklyn The George Walton (Waterman Steamship Corp.) docked in Brook­ lyn, N.Y. last month to pay off and load up cargo. The 14,961 dwt break-bulk carrier sailed from New York on May 14 and was scheduled to dock at Assab, Ethiopia on June 8, before continoing on to other Red Sea ports and into ffie Per^an GnlL The 563-foot loi^ vessel, a C-4 Mariner-type ship, was huflt in 1953. The ^lip, which has a beam of 76 feet, carrfes grain cargo. She was formerly the Aruona, owned by Pa­ cific. Far East Lin^. Waterman Steaindup took her over in Decem­ ber, 1973. The George Walton normally loads cai^o in the Golf and in New York. Aside from making mns to Red Sea and Persian Golf ports, she '^ r^: ^_ srJMdS oVfl •UMniwBonsaaa ~ r jrw«»wy tMsw 4 I 4 Ml • h jtii' •• F^rt.n.iw Pakistan and India. •. J . ;• p-. . • tc, t - S!- 1 •r.fr •.•.Ir ,'i • r; h' y. ,k '-I • ,< • (l i• ' If S" t f'S-1j .y ^ foTe crew in t^^^^ June 1974 ' Engine Delegate Leslie Phillips (right) makes a five-ticket SPAD contribution to SlU Patrolman Ted Ba&skI (left) as QMED John Mailer checks latest Union news in the LOG. Page21 �ptrii • -jsa V B»»9f: Jif- ;• i' I J ;*• MAY 1-31,1974 • , t & I ??j •fVj. •ii 'f.'-i- -d DISPATCHERS REPORT *. Port Boston . New York Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Jacksonville .. San Francisco Wilmington .. Seattle Puerto Rico .. Houston .... Piney Point ., Yokohama ... Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals 6 87 3 28 16 8 38 75 30 58 14 35 9 79 0 1 4 1 8 25 8 13 7 553 3 25 2 5 4 0 7 17 9 18 9 8 2 16 0 0 1 2 7 2 2 0 2 141 Port Boston New York Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Jacksonville .. San Francisco Wilmington .. Seattle Puerto Rico J. Houston Piney Point .. Yokohama ... Alpena ...... Buffalo Cleveland .... Detroit Duluth FrankfortChicago Totals 1 73 6 25 7 4 24 58 27 68 5 21 16 54 0 0 2 4 3 16 7 9 1 431 1 43 5 6 4 2 7 18 8 23 10 10 1 9 0 5 1 1 2 - 4 6 1 3 170 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk .... Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville.....; San Francisco. Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama ... Alpena Buffalo Cleveland......... Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Totals All Depts. •i 1 Vi'v • • ;r • fefi i • .• M - I - 'IJ ' '-W . itofUI. REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A CEassB Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes A Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers DECK DEPARTMENT 1 2 0 0 0 0 0. 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 27 5 77 8 29 9 8 17 64 21 45 15 29 18 65 0 3 6 0 10 35 15 21 6 506 1 29 3 18 8 1 10 27 19 31 14 11 5 21 12 4 6 3 14 21 3 4 5 270 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 • 0 5 3 2 11 18 4 4 1 62 10 158 12 55 29 8 73 129 46 94 31 48 13 162 0 2 9 8 6. 32 13 . 4 10 952 6 36 3 9 9 0 7 13 6 21 17 24 2 25 0 0 1 3 0 5 6 1 1 195 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 1 4 0 2 5 6 2 4 52 3 122 13 52 18 6 45 111 27 69 14 31 13 105 0 0 4 5 4 26 14 6 0 688 4 52 5 13 5 5 11 31 18 23 13 15 1 33 0 3 1 0 2 10 6 0 1 252 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 3 1 5 5 0 3 38 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans . Jacksonville .. San Francisco Wilmington .. Seattle ...... Puerto Rico . Houston .... Piney Point .. Yokohama ... Alpena Buffalo ..... Cleveland .... Detroit Duluth Frankfort .... Chicago Totals ul TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 21 • 1 60. 5 23 5 3 16 39 16 43 3 19 9 30 0 1 2 • 3 "3 15 9 10 3 318 3 57 7 8 4 0 5 17 12 36 9 10 5 22 11 3 1 1 6 3 .7 2 4 233 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .0 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 2 6 4 4 2 38 1 8 0 0 2 3 0 2 4 14 3 3 1 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 54 1 41 4 15 5 3 16 37 7. 36 10 11 13 17 0 1 3 1 5 31 7 27 4 295 1,506 1 102 11 21 9 2 22 45 31 60 9 28 20 48 44 4 6 5 14 17 7 9 5 520 885 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 1 0 0 1 3 2 27 4 21 5 1 13 41 8 37 14 14 14 • 21 0 2 1 1 4 20 3 7 0 260 3 41 3 10 4 0 3 16 10 27 6 14 6 13 23 0 3 0 1 4 1 3 4 195 2 6 1 1 0, 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 34 0 2 59 11 27 20 3 49 61 19 54 9 20 4 71 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 455 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 1 3 3 3 3 5 7 21 7 5 .1 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 93 0 2 8 3 3 45 143 12 17 ! 25 47 12 25 3 2 39 ' 27 60 62 10 45 28 72 8 20 11 27 16 18 30 91 0 1 1 2 6 3 9 10 8 2 26 21 13 11 10 4 4 8 366 674 2,561 1,214 7 67 2 10 15 2 0 23 10 9 0 4 1 97 0 7 78 44 24 158 46 19 36 659 758 0 ENTRY DEPARTMENT ;.... .; ; 1 1,084 098 ' 134 SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Frank Drozak Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mkh. 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (5i7) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Battlmore St. 21202 (301) £A 7-4900 BOSTON, Mitts. 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO. N.Y.... .290 FrankUn St. 14202 SIU (716) TL 3-9259 IBU (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, RL. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 SIU (312) SA 1-0733 mu (312) ES 5-9570 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mkh. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 SL 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. P.O. Box 287 415 Main St 49635 (616) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex. ... .5804 Canal St 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. 2608 Pearl St 32233 (984) EL 34)987 JERSEY crrv, NJ. STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 36 7 7 7 3 26 25 12 23 9 8 6 54 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 227 PRESIDENT PaulHaU 99 MoniEomery St 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala.. ....IS. Lawrence St 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va. 115 3 St 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky. .;..... .225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex.... .534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Callf.1321 Mission St 94103 (415) 626^793 SANTURCE, PJt.1313 Fenandez, Joncos, Stop 20 00908 (809)724-0267 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravob Ave. 63116 (314)752-6500 TAMPA, Ha. 312 Harrison St. 33602 (813) 229-2788 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Sununit St. 43604 (419)248-3691 WILMINGTON, CaUf. 510 N. Broad St 90744 (213) 549-4000 YOKOHAMA, .......P.O. Box 429 Yohohaioa Port P.O. 5-6NihonOhdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 Ext 281 sliow that shijpj^g^ in al! awai is excellent. During the period of. May 1-317 a U ^alls* 0nt.i>{lIiese, only 17084 were taken hy Class "A" .seniority full book nse.«. S32 pcrrdiienC jobs avaibible to Class "A** seniority f JH book ineo aol taken by them. There are plenty of ji^ dejpartmentS; and SIU members em fee! seoii^ that when they go to an SIU hiring hall, there will be jol ' Seafarers Log Page 22 , , *^. 1 • �For the Bienville, IFs a Far East Shuttle Run The ciMifainerslii^ Bienville (Seadocked briefly in flie port of Yokohama late last month to dlsIcharge and load cargo before headling back to the States. She was Ischeduled to arrire in flie port of loakland on June 14, sail the next •day andarrive back in Yokohama on I Jane 30. The 450-foot long vessel is a conI verted C-2 riiip. She was converted in Februaiy, 1958 at tihe Mobile Ship Repair Co. in Chickasaw, Ala. The \ Bienville was built in 1943 at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., also in Chickasaw. The BienvUle has a horsepower of 6,600, and a speed of 15 knots. The shqi has two cranes, and has a ca­ pacity to transport 226 containers, 60 of which can be temperaturecontrolled. The ship has a gross ton­ nage of 9,014. The vessel's normal run Is in the Far East feeder service. Besides Yokohama, she also stops at the ports of Naha and Inchon, among others. --i'is The Bienville at the docks in Yokohama. AB Charlie Nysler checks out lifeboat prior to drill. Deck hands prepare to tie-up ship as it docks in Yokohama. KnowYbw Rights UNANCIAL REPORIS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and InlMd Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which' are to 1» submittal to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the memtership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findmgs and recommendations. Members of this committee may. make dissenting reports, specific recom­ mendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AtlanUc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accor^nce with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures Md disburse­ ments of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headqu^ers of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has bera My violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Ciuinuan, Seaftirera Appeals Board 275 - 20tfa Sfnet, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. "Diese contracts Specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know yo^ contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any Umc, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. June 1974 Bienviiie crew during lifeboat drill. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out'this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU constituUon are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex and national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION — SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and fu^ering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are volimtaiy. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of member­ ship in the Union or of employment If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. • % .41 ' ^4|ll �nmm •• -Ir. Jfmal B^partt^ Joseph T. Vaughn, 48, passed away Jan. 12 aboard the 55 Monticello Victory (Victory Carriers). Bom in Straden, Ala., he was a resi­ dent of Montgomery, Ala. when he died. Brother Vaughn joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of New York sailing in the deck department as an AB. He had sailed for over 30 years. Surviving are his widow, Marjorie of South Houston, Tex.; two daughters, Delores and Constance, and his mother, Meta, all of Montgomery. v"^ - • SIU pensioner Samuel P. Druiy, 66, succumbed to emphysema Mar. 12 in the San Francisco USPHS hos­ pital. Bom in Mississippi, he was a resident of Solvang, Calif, at the time of his demise. Brother Dmry joined the Union in 1938 in the port of Mo­ bile sailing in the engine department as a chief electrician. He was a pre­ war Navy veteran. Surviving are a foster daughter, Mrs. Barbara Drake of New York City; a brother, Harry F. Drury of BroolAaven, Miss, and a sister, Mrs. Pearl V. Morris of Jackson, Miss. H -1' m , t- 1• SIU pensioner William P. DriscoU, 78, passed away Mar. 4. Bom in New York, he was ^ resident of Canoga Park, Calif, at the time of his death. Brother Driscoll joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Phil­ adelphia sailing in the deck depart­ ment. He was a onetime resident of Sailors Snug Harbor, St. George, Staten Island, N.Y., and he was a Navy veteran. Surviving is his sister, Mrs. Ethel Gale of Santa Susaha, Calif. SIU pensioner Vernon L. Wilfiamson, 56, succumbed to a pulmo­ nary disorder in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orlando, Fla., Sept. 9. Bom in'Vidalia, Ga., he was a resi­ dent of St. Cloud, Fla. at the time of his death. Brother Williamson joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1951 sailing in the engine depart­ ment. He was a pre-war veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Burial was in Williamson Chapel Cemetery, Toombs County, Ga. Surviving are four brothers, Marios of Jackson­ ville, Fla.; Collie T. of St. Cloud; Vernon of Los Angeles and A. G. Williamson of Kissimmee, Fla.^four sisters, Mrs. Lindsey Hurst of Miami Springs, Fla.; Mrs. M. C. Dickersbn of Lyons, Ga.; Mrs. Sue Hockaday of Hialc^, Fla. and Mrs. Felton Shuman of Vidalia; an aunt, Alice Williamson, and a niece, Nannette of Kissimmee. SIU pensioner Gilbert G. Ed­ wards, 75, passed away from arterio­ sclerosis Jan. 11. Bom in Jamaica, British West Indies, he was a resi­ dent of Roxbury, Mass. when he died. Brother Edwards joined the Union in the port of Boston in 1958 sailing in the steward department for 43 years. He was a veteran of the Army infantry in World War I. Bur­ ial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bos­ ton. Surviving is his brother, Amold of Roxbury. 1.^ SIU pensioner Albert G. Yumul, 71, succumbed to pneiunonia Jan. 26. Bom in the Philippine Islands, he was a resident of Philadelphia at the time of his death. Brother Yumul joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1953 sailing in the steward department for 20 years. He was a pre-war Navy veteran and a natural­ ised U.S. citizen. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Mont­ gomery County, Pa. Surviving are his widow, Kathryn and a cousin, Manuel Madarang of Philadelphia. Frauds T. Wonsor, 51, died of jaatuEaUcam!>s in the USPHS hospi­ tal, Staten Island, N.Y., on Sept. 21. Bom in The Bronx, N.Y., he was a resident of MoonacMe, N.J. when he died. Brother Wonsor joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New York sail­ ing in the engine department. He at­ tended the HLSS in 1968 for upgrad­ ing to QMED and the joint SIUMEBA School of Marine Navigation and Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y. In­ terment was in Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, N.Y. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Averine Kellogg of Ker­ honkson and a stepmother, Mrs. Edith Wonsor of Moonachie. - Raymond E. Vaughan, 53, died of heart- failure Jan. 3 in the New Orleans USPHS hospital. Bom in Massachusetts, he was a resident of New Orleans when he died. Brother Vaughan joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Galveston sailing in^the deck department as an AB for Mfaritime Overseas and Waterman Steam­ ship Co. for 25 years. Interment was in St. Bemard Memorial Gardens, Chalmette, La. Surviving are two brothers, Frank N. Vaughan of New Bedford, Mass. and George F. Vaughan of Seattle. SIU pensioner Carl Wayne, 65, di^ of natural causes m Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 23. Bom in Germany, he was a resident of Brooklyn when he died. Brother Wayne joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Philadelphia sailing in the engine department. He had sailed for 25 years. He also walked the picket line in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike. Cremation took place in Middle Vil­ lage, L.I., N.Y. Surviving are a son, Donald of Queens Village, N.Y. and a niece, Mrs. Emestine Holbin of -Glen Oaks, Queens, N.Y. ' '' s ¥ ' "I ^ ^ -a. ^ ^ I ' ' ' .^y^' 1 '' ' ' f ^ Delayed Benefits The foUowing members have had their benefit payments held up because they failed to supply complete iuformatiou when filing their claims. Please con­ tact Tom Crauford at (212) 499-6600. — Name i': ! 1 •• • -y s" :i: r fS \• ;, •|( : • *, i' •'*v • * J. Renski J. A. Smith D. Burton A. Reed P. Austin * M.Murray R. C. Southard (Deceased) W. Young J. J. Modtelewski (Deceased) W. R. Merino E. S. Hernandez W. Davis E. Danner J.P.Knickles V.Bodden G. L. VoiuJoumis ,^ . O. Templeton 1; \ I. Martinez A. L. Mallory t ' Page 24 Social Security No. Union 161-09-4087 290-56-4580 298-50-3130 453-01-6530 118-42-0133 264-88-3708 382-20-7418 212-20-6272 171-18-6266 063-46-6783 581-70-8351 232-34-1509 160-16-9162 434-80-4297 263-60-2905 026-14-3318 214-26-8434 581-62-3897 261-46-8885 A&G UIW UIW mu - • y y -y.'--' UIW A&G A&G A&G A&G UIW UIW UIW A&G UIW IBU IBU A&G UIW A&G SCHEDULE Fort Date Ne^ York July 8. Philadelphia ... July 9. Baltimore. ..... July 10. Norfolk .July 11. Detroit July 12. July 15. Houston ....... July 15. New Orleans ...July 16. Mobile .July 17. San Francisco . . July 18. Columbus .... . July 20. Chicago ....... July 16. Port Arthur ...July 16. Buffalo ... July 17. St. Louis July 18. Cleveland July 18. Jersey City ..... July 15. Deep Sea IBU 2:30 p.m. .i 5:00 p.m. 2:30p.m 5:00p.m. 2:30p.m. ........ 5:00p.m. — 5:00 p.m. 2:30p.m. ........ — — 5:00 p.m. 2:30p.m. 5:0Op.m. 2:30 p.m 5:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. — UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m, 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. .A- yy;.' Seafarers Log �Jfmal Bepartumi Hendley J. Beaven, 47, died Jan. 16 of a liver ailment in New Orleans Charity Hospital. Brother Beavep was a resident of Denton, Md. when he passed away. He was a native of HUlsboro, Md. Brother Beaven joined the SIU in the port of Balti­ more in 1955 sailing in the deck de­ partment as an AB for Sea-Land and Delta Lines. Seafarer Beaven was a upgrader graduate of the Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Burial was in Protestant Episcopal Ceme­ tery, Jamesboro, Md. Surviving is an uncle, Milton Beaven of Hillsboro. .•,t SIU pensioner Timothy R. Holt, 55, died of heart failure Feb. 18 in the New Orleans USPHS hospital. Born in New York City, he was a resident of New Orleans when he passed away. Brother Holt joined the Union in 1943 in the port of New York sailing in the deck department as an AB for Sea-Land Service. He had sailed for 30 years. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John A. Cummings of Miami and Mrs. Marion Larson of IsUp, L.I., N.Y. William R. Stone, 48, died in Mo­ bile General Hospital on Nov. 16. Bom in Mobile, he was a resident there at the time of his death. Brother Stone joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing in the steward department as chief steward for Sea-Land Service and Hudson Waterways. Interment was in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile. Sur­ viving are his widow, Agnes; his mother, Frances, and three daugh­ ters, Mrs. Therese S. Kent, Sheila and Trina, all of Mobile. Earl F. Smith, 63, passed away on Oct. 28. Born in Augusta, Ga., he was a resident of Jacksonville, Fla. when he died. Brother Smith joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1956 sailing in the engine depart­ ment as a chief electrician. Surviving are his widow, Mary L. and a daugh­ ter, Mrs. Marallise Ray, both of Reading, Pa. SIU pensioner Celso Rodriguez, 63, died of heart disease on Dec. 3. Bom in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, he was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. when he passed away. Brother Rod­ riguez joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New York sailing in the engine department for Sea-Land Service. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving is his widow, Marcella of Los Angeles. SIU pensioner Jaime Fernandez, 72, died of cardiac arrest in Coral Gables, Fla. Hospital Dec. 16. Born in Havana, Cuba, he was a resident of Tampa when he passed away. Brother Femandez joined the Union in 1948 in the port of Tampa sailing in the steward department. Inter­ ment was in Asturiano Viejo Ceme­ tery, Hillsborough County, Fla. Sur­ viving are his widow, Luisa; five sons, Jaime E of Tampa, Gabriel, Jorge, Carlos and Jose; a daughter, Mrs. Graciela Gonzalez of Miami and a granddaughter, Monica of Tampa. 'a:- June 1974 Robert M. Rutledge, 70, passed away Feb. 11. Born in Phil^elphia, he was a resident of New Orleans when he died. Brother Rutledge joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of Tampa sailing in the engine de­ partment for 35 years with Cities Service and the Mt. Vernon Tanker Corp. He was a veteran of the Army Artillery Corps. Interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mary; a brother, Ed­ ward Reigle and a nephew, Donald Reigle, both of York, Pa. Fcliks Jarocinski, 64, passed away Mar. 6 in the New Orleans USPHS hospital. Born in Poland, he was a resident of New Orleans. Brother Jarocinski joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing in the steward department as a chief cook for Delta Steamship Lines. He had sailed,for 28 years. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Silvia Kucharska of Poland. Zoilo L. Oliveras, 62, died of can­ cer in Camino A1 University Hospi­ tal, Rio Piedras, Puerto Wco, on Sept. 26. Born in Guayanilla, Puerto 'ik Rico, he was a resident of Ponce, Puerto Rico at the time of his death. Brother Oliveras joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New York sail­ ing in the engine department for SeaLand Service and Hudson Water­ ways for 34 years. Interment was in Guayanilla Municipal Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Esther and a brother-in-law, Julio Delgado. Florentino L. Reyes, 46, drowned in a swift current of the Mediterran­ ean Sea while swimming off the tanker, SS National Defender (Na­ tional Transport) near the Essider Oil Terminal, Cyrenmca, Libya, on Oct. 1. Born in Waco, Tex., he was a resident of Houston when he died. Brother Reyes joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1970 sailing in the engine department. He was an Army veteran. Burial was in Hous­ ton. Surviving are his widow, Estella and two daughters, Joan and Joett. SIU pensioner Michael J. Schalestock, 68, died of cardiac-respiratory arrest Jan. 24 in the Baltimore USPHS hospital. Bom in Rahway, N.J., he was a resident of Philadel­ phia at the time of his death. Brother Schdlestock joined the Union in the port of New York in 1955 sailing in the engine department for Marine Carriers. He attended a SIU Crews Conference in 1970 at the HLSS in Piney Point, Md. Interment was in St. Dominic's Cemetery, Philadel­ phia. Surviving is his widow, Jean. SIU pensioner WInslow S. Ship­ ley, 65, succumbed to a coronary thrombosis Jan. 28 on arrival at Mercy Hospital, Port Huron, Mich. Bom in Forrester, Mich., he was a resident of Port Huron when he died. Brother Shipley joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing in the deck department as a watchman for 31 years with Boland & Cornelius and the American Steamship Co. Burial was in For­ rester Cemetery, Sanilac County, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Elva and a son, Donald. Raymond Hannibal, Jr., 30, died of injuries suffered-in a fall Jan. 25 into a hold of the SS Thomas Jeffer­ son (Waterman Steampship) at Yamashita Pier, Yokohama, Japan. Bom in New Orleans, he was a resi­ dent there when he passed away. Brother Hannibal joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1965 sailing in the engine department. He was a graduate of the New Orleans Andrew Furuseth Training School in 1964. Interment was in New Or­ leans. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Louise Jackson of New Orleans. •m. i. •reff' Si- 2^ •/ 7 : James H. ^}elson, Jr., 54, suc­ cumbed to cardio-pulmonary col­ lapse Jan. 2 in the San Francisco General Hospital. Born in Savannah, Ga., he was a resident of San Fran­ cisco at the time of his death. Brother Nelson joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Savannah sailing in the engine department as a QMED. Burial was in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Dorothy N. Smith of Savannah. Watson W. Stockman, 62, died May 9, 1973, in New Orleans. Bom in Upland, Pa., he was a resident of New Orleans when he passed away. Brother Stockman joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New Orleans sail­ ing in the deck department as an AB for Sea-Land Service, Marine Trans­ port, Victory Carriers, Maritime Overseas, Penn Transport, Delta Lines, Hudson Waterways and the Waterman Steamship Co. He had sailed for 39 years. Interment was in St. Bemard Memorial Gardens, Chalmette, La. Surviving are his widow, Lillian and a granddaughter, Debbie Hastings of New Orleans. Francis S. Sturk, Jr., 37, died of diabetes in the New Orleans USPHS hospital on Apr. 3,1973. Born in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, he was a resident of New Orleans at the time of his death. Brother Stirk joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1969 saUing in the engine department for Water­ man Steamship Co., Delta Steam­ ship Line, Sea-Land Service, Hud­ son Waterways and the Vantage Steamship Co. He was an Army vet­ eran and attended a SIU Crews Con­ ference in 1970 at the HLSS at Piney Point, Md. Interment was in Woodville Clemetery, Tenn. Surviv­ ing is his mother, Mrs. Cleopatra H. Bijou. Arvin B. Weeks, 45, passed away Mar. 5 in the New Orleans USPHS hospital. Bom in Geneva, Ala., he was a resident of Chunculla, Ala. at the time of his death. Brother Weeks joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1970 sailing in the engine depart­ ment. Surviving is a son, Rickey A. Weeks of Pensacola, Fla. Browning S. Wilamoski, 67, ex­ pired Feb. 27 in Calcutta, India. Born in Maryland, he was a resident of Baltimore when he died. Brother Wilamoski joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing in the engine department for Waterman Steamship Co. He was an Army veteran. Page 25 5.- -.St? �< •; Seafarer Wayne Champme, 34/Gefs High School Diploma Thirty four-year old Seafarer Wayne Champine just nailed down something that eluded him 18 years ago—a high school diploma. Ke achieved this educational goal through the Lundeberg School's GED High School Equivalency Program, which provides for our members the important opportunity to achieve a high school diploma after an average of only four to six weeks of study. In addition to his GED work, the Detroit-bom Seafarer is enrolled in the School's Steward Department Upgrad­ ing Program, working for his Assistant Cook's rating. To date, 21 out of 21 Seafarers who have completed the Lundeberg School's GED Program have passed their exams and gotten diplomas. It was this one hundred percent success which encouraged Brother Champine to sign up for the equivalency course. "In the May issue of the LOG," recalls Champine, "I read about Bill Bellinger who was 51 years old, and a • •J It \n n 'J "t- f IM % fi Seafarer Wayne Champine. 34, just recently achieved a high school diploma through the Lundeberg School's GED equivalency program. "You're never too old to learn," says Brother Champine. the other guys who got their diplomas age to the importance of education. I and I decided right then and there to had to learn the hard way." give the program a try." . "In most cases," continued the Los The nine-year SIU veteran advises Angeles, Calif, resident, "a solid voca­ that "people should wise up at an early tional and academic education will ipigriding Class Schedule lime 27 July 11 *uly22 25 July 29 August 8 meSn the difference between just any job and a good jo'j." Brother Champine is very impressed with the structure of the School's edu­ cational programs. "All classes are small which enables the teachers to give us a great deal of personal help in our work. The whole atmosphere of the School encourages study while at the same time making it a pleasure to work and leara." After completing the Assistant Cook's course, he hopes to catch a ship out of Ponce, Puerto Rico destined for the Far East. He prefers the Far East to other parts of the world because "life seems to move at a much slower pace there." He is particularly fond of the ports of Singapore, Pusan and Inchon. When asked what some of his plans for the future included, he quickly answered, "I plan to get my seatime requirements as fast as possible and work my way up to Chief Steward step by step." "You're never too old to learn," he concluded with a smile. SPAD—Investment In Future QMEO, Lifeboat, and all Steward Dept. Ratings ; —- QMED, Lifeboat, Qnartemiaster, Welding, and Steward Dept. Rndiig^ -~:FDW . 4-^ QMED, Lifebmat, all Ste^rd Dept Ratinp 4.^ Diesdl Engine Oourse ' ?>— QMED, Lifeboat, /^Idlii^,^^ A and High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers Twenty one Seafarers have already successtully completed studies at the SIU-IBU Academic Study Center in Piney Point, Md., and have achieved high school diplomas. The Lundeberg High School Pro­ gram in Piney Point offers all Seafarers —regardless of age—the opportunity to achieve a full high school diploma. The study period ranges from four to eight weeks. Classes are small, permit­ ting the teachers to concentrate on the individual student's progress. Any Seafarer who is interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to continue his education can apply in two ways: Go to an SIU office in any port and you will be given a GED PreTest. This test will cover five gen­ eral areas: English Grammar, and Lherature; Social Studies, Science i I I I I I I I I -iS *t i;- and Mathematics. The test will he sent to the Lundeberg School for grading and evaluation. Or write directly to the Harry Lundeberg School. A test booklet and an answer sheet will he mailed to your home or to your ship. Complete the tests and mail both the test booklet and the answer sheet to the Lundeberg School. (See application on this page.) During your stay at the school, you will receive room and board, study materials and laundry. Seafarers will provide their own transportation'to and from the school. Following are the requirements for eligibility for the Lundeberg High School Program: 1. One year's seatime. . 2. Initiation fees paid in fulL 3. All outstanding monetary obliga­ tions, such as dues and loans paid in full. I am interested in furthering my education, and 1 would like more information on the Lundeberg High School Program. Name . Address Last grade completed. (City or Town) Last year attended j Complete this form, and mail to: Margaret Nalen I . Director of Academic Education I Harry Lundeberg School I . X Piney Point, Maryland 20674 ; . '- /t. '-.u'. ;l'f''.'N'--'A' 1 •:•:• Page 26 "\v '• I. ' ••'4:'"vi"-' v* » 12^ SUftRERS POUtlCtl UTIVITY DONATION B 10001 Date . Contributor's Name Address (Zip) State. City. S.S. No. : • ',• • > .Book No.. (Street) Able-seaman Richard Bradford, SIU Deck Delegate on the Overseas Arctic, has a good reason to Invest In SPAD: "I donate to SPAD because I have a good job and I want to make sure that I will continue to have a job in this industry. It's an Investment In my future." SPAO IS a MfrMaled furod. Hs proceeds are used to rurt^er Hi pojects and purposes including, bul not limited to furlhenng ih0poiitii.at. social and economic Initrcsts ol Seafarer seamen the preservation and furtrtenng of ir>e American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for teamen and the advancement of trade union concepts, in connection vriih such objects. SPAD supports and contributes to poiiticel candidates for ciecfhre office. All contributions are votuntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of foKe. iob dtKriniination. financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or at a condition of memberthip In the Union (SiUNA ACLIWO) or of employment. If a contribution it made by reaton of the abpye improper conduct, notify the Seafarert Union or SPAD at the above Mdrett. certified man withiis tfliriy deyt of the contribution for investigation end appropriate action gnd refund. »f involuntary. Support SPAG to prnteci and further yuur economic, poiiticei end sociat Interests. American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen (A copy Of our r»ort filed with the appropriate •wpervlsory officer is lor will be) available for ^n^haM ?rom the Superintendent of Documents, U;S. Government Printing Office, Washington. O.C. Slgndur* ol SoOcftor 1974 Port Seafarers Log rVift - 'T'-'L"-1'.,* /.'v'kfL. '' • �f Quartermaster 2. .24 months seatime in Steward Department, six months of which must be as Third Cook and Assistant Cook or, 3^ Six months as Assistant or Third Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cooks Training Course. 1. Must hold an endorsement as Able-Seaman—unlimited- -any waters. ChiefCook Deck Department Upgrading Able-Seaman 1. 12 months seatime asCook and Baker or; 2. Three years seatime in Steward Department, six months of which must be as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and six months as Cook and Baker or; 3. Six months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and six months seatime as Cook and Baker and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cook and Second Cook and Baker's Training Course or; 4. Twelve months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and six months sea­ time as Cook and Baker and are holders of a "Certificate" of completion from the Cook and Baker Training Program. Able-Seaman—12 months—^any waters 1. Must be at least 19 years of age. 2. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100—20/100, corrected to 20/4()—20/20, and have normal color vision). 3. Have 12 months seatime as an Ordinary Seaman or 4. Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have 8 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman. (Those who have less than the 12 months seatime will be required to take the four week course.) Able-Seaman—unlimited—any waters 1. Must be at least 19 years of age. 2. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100—20/100, corrected to 20/4()—^20/20, and have normal color vision). 3. Have 36 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman or AB—12 months. Chief Steward 1. Three years seatime in ratings above that of Third C^ok and hold an •A" seniority in the union or; 2. Six months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, six months as Cook and Baker, six months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Assistant Cook, Second Cook and Baker and Chief Cook Training Courses at the Lundeberg School or; 3. Twelve months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, six months seatime as Cook and Baker, six months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Certificate" of satisfactory completion from the Cook and Baker and Chief Cook Training programs. 4. "Dvelve months seatime as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, twelve months sea­ time as Cook and Baker and six months seatime as Chief Cook and are holders of a "Clertificate" of satisfactory completion from the Chief Cook Training Program. Lifeboatman 1. Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Engine Upgrading FOWT—(who has only a wiper endorsement) 1. Must be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100—20/100, corrected to 20/50—20/30, and ^ve normal color vision). 2. Have six months seatime as wiper or be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as wiper. (Those who have less than the six months seatime will be required to take the four week course.) FOWT—(who holds an engine rating such as Electrician) 1. No requirements. Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist or Boilermaker— (who holds only a wiper endorsement) 1. Be able to pass the prescribed physical (i.e., eyesight without glasses no more than 20/100—20/100, corrected to 20/50—20/30 and have normal color vision). Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Eng^eer, Machinist or Boilermaker-— (who holds an engine rating such as FOWT) ^ 1. No requirements. HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP UPGRADING APPLICATION I I -AgeName. (Middle) (First) I (Last) 1 Address. (Street) I I -Telephone I (City) (Area Code) (Zip) (State) —Seniority I Book Number. ! Port and Date Issued. JRatings Now Held. 1 Social Security #. I HLS Graduate: Yes • No • Lifeboat Endorsement: Yes • No • i Dates Available For Training. 11 Am Interested In: I DECK 1 n AB 12 Months • AB Unlimited • Quartermaster • Lifeboatman QMED—any rating 1. Must have rating (or successfully passed examinations for) FOWT, Electri­ cian Refrigeration, Pumpman, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, and Deck Engine Mechanic. 2. Must show evidence of seatime. of at least six months in any one or a combina­ tion of the following ratings: FOWT, Electrician, Refrigeration, Pumpm^, Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, or Deck Engine Mechanic. Welding 1. Must hold endorsement as QMED—any rating. LNG/LPG Program 1. Engine personnel must be QMED—^Any Rating. All other (Deck and Steward) must hold a rating. Steward Upgrading Assistant Cook 1. 12 months seatime in any Steward Department Entry Rating. 2. Entry Ratings who have been accepted into the Harry Lundeberg School and ^ show a desire to advance in the Steward Department must have a minimum . of three months seatime. Cook and Baker 1. 12 months seatime as Third Cook or; .N>c I STEWARD ENGINE • QMED • Electrician • FWT • Dk.Eng. • Oiler • Jr. Eng. • Dk. Mech. • Pumpman • Reefer • _ Machinist • Boilermaker • Welder • LNG-LPG • Assistant Cook • Cook & Baker • ChiefCook Q Steward I { RECORD OF SEATIME — (Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating checked above or attach letter of service, whichever is appli(»ble.) I RATING DATE OF DATE OF I SHIP HFTD SHIPMENT DISCHARGE I I I I I I IPORT- _DATE. I ! SIGNATURE. RETURN COMPLETE APPLICATION TO: I LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, j PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 I^ ^ �! ' . '•. >/ v.*- ••, 'A J..I mmm •.v.%'vtv'^v-ri. •i'::' .\- . • I . . • ,, . .-Av; *- J. A.' s V< -. . LOG S^AIARERS June, 1974 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-QO J iV/MK,! / . • 'i Vv. • • • '--'J //; •i A:%."S-1Jl, /v\.A »• - " \ •.; • / ^ *fc -f. v & ^ X" •'T-Ub.,-•/•• • i.-'" / / A;, V i V yi:i;g£y. 7 \ / • / / > wmz'... H % 0 /K I iK^, .if; V :X. V-- • 5K V; \ - A- •y>y' j.v y-\ F v>v/. / / X >'' 7 ' \ 7 -S:, 'tlijtltnma y /w ny ^T7 a I \- "V\ ' X\ Vw.X '' V •> ' [ ' V - •)•' _' '\ K. orever is a very definite word. It means for a llaiitless time . .. fmr ail . time ... never again! But fo>rever is fiie lengfii of time a Seafarer loses the right to his livelihood and future career in the maritime mdnstry if he is hosted on a drugs charge either while at sea or ashore. It's a tough rap — but that's exactly how it is. Your seaman's papers are gone forever, without appeal, if yon are convicted of possession of any . ^'' illegal drug—heroin, barbiturates, speed, nps, downs or marijuana. In 1971 akme there were 400,606 drug related arrests in the U.S. and even that staggering figure was topped in 1972. The shipboard user of mvcotics is not only i| menace to himself, Irat presents a very grave dbmger to the i^ety of hhi ship and shlpniates. Qni^ minds and reflexes are an ahsolnte necessity aboard ship at all times. A drug user becomes a thorn in the side of his rii^mates when they are reqpifaed to assume ttie shipboard responsibilities die user Is not capable of handling. Abo, a Seaforer hosted at sea leaves a permanent black mark on hb ship. The vmsel wfll thereafter be nnder enhstimt surveillance and die crew win be subjected to nnosually long and annoying searches by customs and narcotics agento In port. Iridy, forever b a long, long time—rsomething a drug user does nothave.^ Dont let drugs dcfliroy you or ymir Bvelfliood. Steer a clear course! 7/ V' vx ' Z'\yj^: f . 'i' , .1? ; Vvf'- liJhU'^ r V -s " ' , .. . ^ �SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO AFL-CIO President Meany Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems I— AFL-CIO President George Meany recently established an Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. The committee is composed of all principal maritime unions. This special supplement will provide Seafarers with the background leading to the formation of this committee together with the proposals submitted by the SlUNA at the first official meeting of the committee on May 20, 1974 in Washington, B.C. attended by representatives from all of the unions involved. (President Hall's letter of April 11 and President Meany's reply of April 23 are reprinted directly below.) President Meany called a meeting of AFL-CIO maritime organizations in April in Washington. At this meeting, preliminary discussions were held on the SIU's recommendation that meetings be held on a regular basis. President Meany called the first official meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for May 20 at AFL-CIO headquarters. At this meeting, SIUNA President Hall and Executive Vice President Morris Weisberger presented the following proposals and recommendations which are of vital importance to the American senior. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRB^INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NORTH AMERTCA • AFL-CIO 675 FOURTH AVENUE • BROOKLYN, N Y, 11257 • HYACINTH 9-6600 amomn MSANV t3%l nuL$om RF.SRO> a™- PAUL HALL fniidm Mr. George Meany, President April 11 1974 AFL-CIO f » 815 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20Q06 . Re: T. W. Gleason letter to George Meany dated March 6, 1974 Dear Sir and Brother: The maritime industry is composed of a number of AFL-CIO afSliated unions. They are confronted with a multiplicity of problems. We can only resolve these problems through a. higher degree of under­ standing of those matters of concern to each of the unions involved. To bring about this kind of underistanding we are in need of a mechanism for the exchange of views and discussions which could lead to the resolution of these problems. To protect the workers in the maritime industry it is paramount that the maritime unions involved cooperate to the fullest degree. The Seafarers International Union, therefore, proposes the initiation of quarterly meetings, attended by representation from all maritime unions. We propose further that such meetings be chaired by such individual as is appointed by you, as President of the AFL-CIO. In submitting t^ proposal we wish to assure you of our desire to cooper­ ate in every way possible. Fraternally, Paul Hall President • ai8 SIXTCCNTH STKECT. N.W. WASHINGTON. O-C. 90009 laoti asT-sooo April 23, 1974 Mr. Paul Hall, President Seafarers International Union 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11232 Dear Sir and Brother: As a result of the discussions which were held on April 11 with the four principal maritime unions, I have proposed that a special ad hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems be created. This special committee will provide an opportunity for all of the unions in the maritime industry to meet on a regular basis and discuss their mutual problems. There wiU be no special set of rules governing the functioning of this special committee except that each union is expected to be represented at all meetings. The special committee will meet at the call of the AFL-CIO. We will send notices to each of the interested unions and will provide a chairman for the meetings. It has been suggested that meetings of the committee should be held every two months and I am, therefore, scheduling the first meeting of this committee for May 20, 1974, at 10:30 a.m. in the Executive Council Room at AFL-CIO Headquarters. Invitations for this meeting are being sent to the following unions: International Longshoremen's Association Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association National Maritime Union American Radio Association Seafarers International Union United Steelworkers of America Please advise me who will represent your organizations at this meeting and send along any suggestions you wish to make for the meeting's agenda. cerely and^^^ally, SIUNA Report to AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems as Submitted by Paul Hdll, President and Morris Weisberger, Executive Vice President As we meet today for what will be­ come a . regular series of meetings in­ volving the major American maritime unions, it is essential that we not lost sight of the purpose for these meetings and what we hope to accomplish. As every member of the Ad Hoc Cdmmittee on Maritime Industry Prob­ lems realizes, we face a multiplicity of challenges, not only in improving our dealings with each other, but on a larger 'i <v -< 5 r t' r? ' ]'»• Get^e Meany President cc: To all AFL-CIO Maritime Unions Introductibii \ It scale, in our joint efforts to revitalize our industry. The regular meetings by the Ad Hoc Committee, called by President Meany under the auspices of the AFL-CIO, wiU provide us the forum to work toward the accomplishment of both these goals. More importantly, these regular meetings provide us with a rich oppor­ tunity to consider the broad needs of our industry, in terms of labor, manage­ ment, and government and to set our course for the future. In order to provide a partial frame­ work for our work in the coming months, we have assembled a brief doc­ ument that sets out some of the prob­ lems and challenges faced by our indus­ try and its labor organizations. While all of these problems do not affect every maritime union, they do reflect some of the major concerns of our industry. It is hoped that this material can serve as a starting point for a broader involve­ ment by the Ad Hoc Committee and all of its member unions in each of these areas. In so doing, we can create a frame­ work of cooperation and unity that will enable us to set the pace in the futme development of our industry. Industiy ChaUenges The U.S. maritime industry is a vital and important segment of our national economy. It is, however, an industry faced with unique problems which must be solved if the industry is to con­ tinue to grow. Continued on Next Page t *!> :v �i5 •.jit-aOBna ' ••'-% f '"i Continued from Preceding Page 1-,.. 7 •1 r ^ : I' , ' J II ; •r' •"^ "i r./ '1• :f: J TECHNOLOGY Containerization, sophisticated cargo handling systems, LASH and roll-on/roll-off vessels, and semi-auto­ mated ships are all part of an increas­ ingly modernized industry. Widespread technological change continues to make headway in the industry. How can maritime unions continue to coop­ erate in increasing productivity while at the same time protecting jobs, wages 'and working conditions? LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS The maritime industry has made major strides towards more stable labor-management relations. Already, this stability has resulted in a healthier shipping industry and has improved the dependability and effectiveness of the U.S. fleet. In the future, the U.S. mari­ time unions will have to seek new means to continue this progress, so that the gains we have made are not wiped out by labor-management disputes from which no segment Of the U.S. merchant marine benefits. Among the measures we need to consider are uniform expiration dates and better machinery to resolve jurisdictional disputes. CARGO DIVERSION The jobs of American longshoremen are threatened by cargo being diverted away from traditional work sites and ports. No national policy exists for port development and the systematic han­ dling of cargo. Competition for cargo is increasing between ports creating the twin problems of job security and em­ ployment. How can maritime labor resolve these issues and continue to improve port productivity? What steps should be taken for a national port de­ velopment and cargo handling policy? U.S. SHIPBUILDING The U.S. shipbuilding industry is a vital arm of our national security and economy. Over 75,000 American workers are employed in U.S. ship­ yards. Employment in the industry has been cyclical, causing the loss of job skills and producitivity. Expanding U.S. shipbuilding capacity requires coordination and planning with con­ tinued goverrunent support. How can maritime labor promote programs to strengthen the industry while at the same time increasing &e job security of. shipyard workers? How can mari­ time unions, especially the steelworkers, assist the shipbuilding industry in obtaining adequate supplies of steel to maintain peak production? > PROMOTING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY The National Maritime Council has become the catalyst for closer cooper­ ation and a unified effort by manage­ ment labor, and Government to achieve a strong U.S. flag merchant mmine. While the Council has laid the framework for the promotion of the use of U.S. flag vessds, America's labor unions need to review the new ways in vidiich they can contribute to the Coun­ cil and its promotional efforts on behalf of the U.S. fleet ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS U.S. environmental laws often re­ quire costly safety and pollution con­ trol devices not present on foreign flag vessels. When only U.S. flag vessels must meet these requirements, they place the U.S. fleet at a competitive dis­ advantage with foreign fleets, which operate under only the most minimal regulations. What can maritime unions ^iei:^S«ppleineirt do to see that the U.S. flag fleet is not put at a competitive disadvantage in terms of environmental standards im­ posed by U.S. laws?' THE GUAMJMTEED . .1 ANNUAL INCOME The Guaranteed Annual Income is experiencing funding and assessment problems. This program was set up to insure that American longshoremen were not adversely affected by changes in port and cargo handling product­ ivity. How can the Guaranteed Annual Income be p^erved? How does the G.A.I. affect other segments of the industry? Can the.maritime unions in' sure that the G.A.L doesn't lead to the use of ports outside the U.S.? RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The National Science Foundation, the Coast Guard and tho Navy, the Maritime Administration, the National Academy of Science and a host of private and public institutions promote maritime research and development Coordination and long-term planning is needed. What can maritime labor do to work for a streamlining of efforts in this vital area? What research efforts should be undertaken on behalf of the needs of maritime iabor? L^jslative Concems One of the major problems facing the maritime industry is the constant barrage of attacks on the industry by various public and private groups and individuals. In spite of the industry's best efforts and successes in the past, we still face the problem of convincing Congress of the need to adopt a legis­ lative program that will strengthen the industry without weakening any of its segments. By presenting a common and united front, we can overcome the barriers to our legislative goals: Some examples of the legislative problems we face are: • The problem of overcoming the opposition and securing the passage of the Energy Transportation Secu­ rity Act of 1974 in the Senate. • The problem of continual fights to maintain and strengthen the Jones Act. The maritime unions must take the initiative in recognizing and solv­ ing the problems unique to the non­ contiguous areas which depend al­ most delusively on shipping for their trade if the Jones Act is to be preserved. • The problem of protecting the Jones Act frOm legislative waivers. Many times, such requests are merely ploys to allow the intrusion of foreign-flag vessels into our coastal trade. Similarly, we must Overcome the problem of opposition to includ­ ing the Virgin Islands under the pro­ visions of the Act so we can halt the flow of U.S. biased refineries to the Islands and provide shipping jobs for American workers. • The problem of overcoming theopposition of those who are blocking legislaticm to allow the construction and operation of deqiwater port fa­ cilities. Sudi facilities would encour­ age the construction of a fleet of U.S. supertankers which would provide the American people with an eco­ nomically sound and environmen­ tally safe means of carrying our oil imports. • The problem of defeating at­ tempts by the Military Sealift Com­ mand to win the passage of legisla­ tion authorizing its charter and build program. Such efforts by the Gov- (Hie warranting analysis ana recommen­ dations. 5. Duty of Fair Representation ' Law Suits. The substance d these matters con­ stitutes some union members alleging that their union failed to fairiy represent them. Such generic topic can include anything from enforcement of the union contractual provision to the most minor of grievances involving employment These matters generally manifest them­ selves throng class actions where sub­ stantia] legal fees are involved. The record of such suits involving unions over the past few years demonstrates increased activity. A study should be considered of this matter as it may affect maritime unions and suggestions made regarding remedies to be followed. Con­ current jurisdiction is equally possessed by the NLRB, however, resort thereto by the Board has been minimal, but nevertheless consideration may be given to a review of the impact of tl^ matter. As a positive step in the right direction, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department asked for a special meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems on May 28 to discuss a "joint union effort for passage of the Energy Transportation Security Act in the Senate, Here, MTD President Paul Hall addresses the meeting which was held at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. emment to build and operate its own fleet in competition with the prir vately-owned merchant marine de­ prive our commercial ships of the cargo they need for the maintenance of a viable industry. • The problem of defeating propos­ als to abolish the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Comittee. • The problem of enacting environ­ mental legislation which will not be written or administered in such a way as to put U.S.-flag ships at a competitive disadvantage in the world shipping market • The problem of achieving legisla­ tion that encourages the construc­ tion and operation of vessels on our inland waterways. This transporta­ tion system must be maintained and kept free of restrictions and laws that lessen its competitive and cost ad­ vantages. • The problem of securing legisla­ tion to cover the operations of deep sea mining and ofibhore oil indus­ tries. The vessels used in these indus­ tries must be U.S. built and manned ships. • The problem of halting the flow of jobs out of this country. Americanowned, foreign based refineries, fac­ tories and mills, as well as the con­ struction and operation of foreign flag ships all deprive American workers of jobs. A Cobrdinated Goyemment Maritime Policy Despite the progress made in recent years through the passage of the 1970 Act, the growth and development of the U.S. merchant marine continues to be seriously ret^ded by the lack of an overall Government maritime politty for all segments of the industry. Because there is no coordinated pol­ icy each Government department. Commerce, Treasury, Defense, State, the Interstate Commerce Commission and others, adopt programs which fre­ quently conflict with those cff other agencies. In many instances. Government agencies have taken positions, ccmtrary to U.S. shipping policy, that have proven extremely harmful to the best interests of the U.S. merchant ma­ rine. some example: • The IMense Department opposed enactnient of H.R. 8193 [Energy Transportatior Security Act], despite the bill'sdear national security bene­ Legal Probleiiis fits. This subject is prefaced with the ob­ • The State Department's position servation that the following matters do in opposition to a 40-40-20 cargo not affect all maritime unions but, in­ sharing formula at the U.N. meeting variably, one or more of such subjects on a C^e of Conduct for Liner Con­ have a direct or indirect impact. ference effectively nullified U.S. in­ 1. The Landrum-Griffin Act. fluence at that conference. a. Its Title I—the so-called "free • The MUitaiy Sealift Command speech provision." Concern of impact continues to seek to build a large of Court's totally ignoring Congress' fleet through the extra-legal method proviso in the law's Section 101 (a)(2) of "charter and build," in direct com­ of unions' right "to adopt and enforce petition with the private American reasonable rules of every member to­ merchant fleet. ward the (Union) as an institution." • Finally, several Government agen- Such proviso is highly significant in des shipping Government financed I maritime, where employment is upon cargoes ^ve often alloted U.S. ves­ vessels on the high seas and uniform wd sels 50 percent or less of these car­ equally applicable disciplinary rules of goes, despite the laws requirement conduct are a frmdamental necessity. that at least 50 percent be carried on b. Its Title IV—^the election provi­ U.S. ships. , sions. The statutes provisions are pat­ ently directed to factual patterns of These examples iare indications of how the present fragmented Govern­ shore-side unions which are totally dis­ ment maritime policy leads to Gov­ similar than .in maritime; witness the ernment agencies working at cross pur­ fundamental transitory nature of em­ poses on vital maritime matters. The ployment, difficulties for timely com­ Maritime Administration is the only munication, substantial groups of Government agency that consistently membership unavailability and totally different histmiical developments. Sim­ supports policies designed to revitalize ilarly, the Department of Labor's ad­ the U.S. merchant marine. ministration of the law is correlated to This divisive U.S. maritime policy shore-side operations, creating in many and its disjointed implementation by a instances rules inapplicable, if, not host of Government agencies should not meaningless. Equally significant, re­ be. continued. There are a number of garding the Department's administra­ goals that must be sought to alter the tion, is its past zealous initiation and nation's present inadequate maritime conducting of procedures for re-run programs. These include: elections prraiised upon factual basis and theories unrealistic, with conse­ • The Congress should develop a quence of extensive union expenditure national program designed to set of money and time, with almost in­ forth the ways in which the U.S. mer­ variably no change in election results. chant marine can best serve the eco­ nomic, military and political needs of the United States. 2. The Taft-Hartley Act. a. Qrgania»tional t^ctivities, particu­ • %>edfic polides should be for­ larly among seamen of oil company mulated on the range of vital issues captive unions, is rendered most difficult facing America's merchant fleet, in­ by Board rules, preduding meaningful cluding promotion of cargo, the U.S. access to vessels in organizational cam­ domestic trades. Government inter­ paign and timely processing of electimi vention in private shipping. Great petitions, compounded by oil compa­ Lakes and Inland Wateiways, and nies' resort to dilatory tactics, permitted U.S. fisheries and other pressing by the Board. problems. b. Interprdatimis of secondary boy­ • To implement these polices, it is cott provisions, The Board in its inter­ essential that there be established an pretation as to the validity of union independent Government maritime conduct severely limits economic ac­ agency to act on behalf of the Amer­ tivity against parent or dominant ican merchant marine. corporation or (rf subsidiary or afiBliate notwithstanding they constitute allies. America's maritime unions will have Illustrations of this problem are ofi^hore to play the leading role in achieving these important goals. oil rig explorations, part of the oil com- plex, and formerly under,decisional law within the ally concept. 3. Court Interpretations of Statutes and Impact. a. Issue of third flag fleet and right to picket informationally now under an injunction. As a result of the Supreme Court's recent Windward decision, the pre-emption provisions of the Act with respect to picketing foreign vessels is highly, if not completely limited. An open issue is whether pre-emption exists in the third flag cases where control is fundamentally American. This is the issue presently sought to be litigated in various stages of development. Concomitantty, also being developed and now tmder judicial review is the issue of informational picketing of foreijgn-flag vessels and constitutional protection re­ garding such activities. b. The right-to-work laws. Concerted effort is under way by the oil companies to apply to maritime, right-to-wcurk laws various states. For example, there is now present before the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Mobil Oil's action to make Texas right-to-work laws ap­ plicable to some maritime operations coming out of Texas. 4. Administration of Anti-discrimination Laws. a. Regarding this subject the provi­ sions may or may not have application to various maritime unions, depending upon factual patterns. However, the subject breaks down tatwo categories: 1. Actions by EEOC alleging race or ' sex discrimination. Generally, most race actions of import have been resolved. However, for bureaucratic purposes, the agency at­ tempts to magnify run-of-the mill issues. Such activities, if applicable to some maritime unions, may pose problems for appropriate resolution. Equally, the agency is pursuing actions of aU^ed sex discrimination. Fundamentally this may be a new issue to be studied and resolved among some of the maritime unions. 2. In addition to proceedings com­ menced by the EEOC similar pro­ ceedings are commenced by private litigants as part of a dass action. The agency proceeding does not pre­ empt a private law suit. Class actions in­ volving this subject are quite the vogue today, particularly where substantial legal fees are recoverable. Again, this may pose a problem for some maritime organizations and at the very least is Social and Psychoioglcai Problenis The rapid changes which have taken place in recent years in all facets of the maritime industry when combined with the broad economic and social change in America have created a new set of problenis and concerns involving both the on-the-job and off-the-job lives of maritime workers. Some of these changes and concerns follow: Extent and Impact of Changes The total maritime industry must face the problems which are being created by increased automation. Seamen and other maritime workers are wftnessing dianges in the job mar­ ket, job content, social conditions of work on board ship, leisure and rec­ reational activities at sea and ashore, work and social relationships, home and family life and numerous other social and psychological aspects. The direction that is to be taken to approach these complex problems must be determined soon. loh Security All workers ate concerned about job security and the stability within the maritime industry. The decline of the U.S. flag fleet combined with declining manning scales has created a fairly widespread feeling of job insecurity. Containerization and sophisticated cargo handling methods, with the re­ sulting increases in longshore produc­ tivity have had similar impacts on longshore workers. The (MHitent <rf the jobs is changing so that workers must have retraining and upgrading to qualify for the chang­ ing jobs. This heed for education creates some social and psychological adjustment among the workers. Environmental Elements The seafarer's environment includes the sh^ he is on as well as his shoreside living conditions. The following are crucial elements for consideration when' discussing the seafarer's sociological and psydiplogical concerns: The kind of ship he is on, type of vessel, size, degree of automatitm, and age; The voyage pattmms, length of voy­ age, destination, time in port, number of ports of call; The rating of the seaman and the type of work he is expected to do; The characteristics of the seaman, his age, marital status, family size, health, education, place of residence and length <M time he has worked at sea. Sociological and Environmental Aspects The workers in the maritime indus­ try are living in a rigidly dianging sodety with increasing changes taking place socially and technologically. Organizations and job structures are changing at sudi a rapid pace that un­ less immediate action is taken to make adaptations, environmental and social problems will have a significant adverse impact on seafarers and maritime workers. Changes in Society The dianges which are taking place in the seamen's social environment have created a growing concern on the part of the individual over his relation­ ship to work, its meaningfulness and its value. Individuals are seeking a meaningful and relevant relationship between thdr work and the social life around them. Maritime workers wish to achieve . sdf-actualization, self-expression, inde­ pendence and wdrthwhileness. They wish to be educated, socially compe-tent and an integral part d today's society. There was a time when a dock worker or seafarer was proud to be a loner but today he wants to be accepted as a worthy citizen of our modem society. He wants and should have a normal family life, a place in the community and an opportunity for social and emo­ tional adjustment. Technological Changes The changes which are occurring in the maritime industry are of such mag­ nitude that the displacement of men and skills by automation and comput­ erization is becomiqg commonplace. Automated technology is absorbing the routine activities into the machine. The worker becomes a respondent to the machine rather than a determiner of action according to his own judgment The human becomes important only when an "event" occurs which requires immediate action such as an engine failure, or an unpredictable need for an adjustment. Men, therefore, become trouble-shooters rather than totally committed individuals to any series of self-initiated tasks. These changes create new tensions and stresses never felt before in the maritime industry. The shoreside as well as deep sea workers are faced with responding to the problems created by increasing automation and technologi­ cal changes. Job Satisfaction There are certain behaviors which can be observed that are job-related and can be directly related to produc­ tivity and responsibility. Job perform­ ance, absences from work, accidents and human errors are just a few that indicate attitudes toward the job. The attitudes toward self and the job arc also created by the maritime work­ er's reaction to his wages/salaries, in­ terest in his work, feelings toward his fellow workers, working conditions, ability to qualify for promotions or en­ dorsements, job prestige, and his atti­ tude toward the industry and the union. The morale and job satisfaction of seamen is an area which must be con­ sidered very seriously. As technological advances are made, so must advances be made to improve the conditions of the worker. Socki Problems The social problems which seem to Continued on Next Page Spflciid Suppkumt 1 'v II- -Mt •fi -'.'b I '. . .. .. J f i t, "A Wf1- :• .' < • i. ' V. •r if- ' • :i) 'Ii ' •m U)i V:- •• •'i-ivil r • • 'M • .. -^1. "(f -1 �one warranting analysis ana reoommeudations. 5. Duty of Fair Representation ' Law Suits. The substance rff these matter's constituty some union members alleging that their union failed to fairly represent them. Such generic topic can include anything from enforcement of the union contractual provision to the most minor of grievancy involving employment Thye matters generally manifyt themselvy throng class actions where sub­ stantial legal fey are involved. Ibe record of such suits involving unions over the past few years demonstraty increas^ activity. A study should be considered of this matter as it may affect maritime unions and suggytions made regarding remediy to be followed. Con­ current jurisdiction is equally posseyed by the NLRB, however, ryort thereto by the Board has been minimal, but nevertheless consideration may be given to a review of the impact of this matter. lent asked for a special nneeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry ransportation Security Act in the Senate. Here, MTD President Paul Hall addresses Legal Piobleiiis This subject is prefaced with the observation that the following matters do not affect all maritime unions but, in­ variably, one or more of such subjects have a direct or indirect impact. 1. The Landrum-Griffin Act. a. Its Title I—the so-called "free speech provision." Concern of impact of Court's totally ignoring Congress' proviso in the law's Section 101(a) (2) of unions' right "to adopt and enforce reasonable rules of every member to­ ward the (Union) as an institution." Such proviso is highly significant in I maritime, where employment is upon vessels on the high seas and uniform and equally applicable disciplinary rules of conduct are a ^damental necessity. b. Its Title IV—^the election provi­ sions. The statutes provisions are pat­ ently directed to factual patterns of shore-side unions which are totally dis­ similar than in maritime; witness the fundamental transitory nature of em­ ployment, difficultly for timely com­ munication, substantial groups of membership unavailability and totally different histtmcal developments. Sim­ ilarly, the Department of Labor's ad­ ministration of the law is correlated to shore-side operations, creating in many instances rules inapplicable, if. not meaningless. Equally significant, re­ garding the Department's administra­ tion, is its past zealous initiation and conducting of procedury for re-run elections premised upon factual basis and theoriy unrealistic, with conse­ quence of extensive union expenditure of money and time, with a^ost in­ variably no change in election ryults. 2. The Taft-Hartley Act. a. Organi^tipnal aptivitiy, particu­ larly waiong seatnen of oil company captive unions, is rendered most difficult by Board rules, preduding meaningful access to vessels in organizational cam­ paign and timely procysing of electitm petitions, compounded by oil companiy' resort to dilatory tactics, permitted by the Board. b. Interpretations of secondary boy­ cott provisions, The Board in its inter­ pretation as to the validity of union conduct severely limits economic ac­ tivity against parent or dominant corporation or of subsidiary or affiliate notwithstanding they constitute alliy. Illustrations of this problem are offshore oil rig explorations, part of the oil com­ plex, and formerly under,decisional law within the ally concept. 3. Coi4rt Interpretations of Statutes and Impact. a. Issue of third flag fleet and right to picket informationally now under an injunction. As a ryult of the Supreme Court's recent Windward decision, the pre-emption provisions of the Act with rypect to picketing foreign vessels is highly, if not completely limited. An open issue is whether pre-emption exists in the third flag easy where control is fundamentally American. This is the issue presently sought to be litigated in various sta^ of development. Concom­ itantly, also being developed and now under judicial review is fhe issue of informational picketing of foreign-flag vessels and constitutional protection re­ garding such activitiy. b. The right-to-work laws. Concerted effort is under way by the oil companiy to apply to maritime, right-to-wcnrk laws (ff various staty. For example, there is now present before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sth Circuit, Mobil Oil's action to make Texas right-to-work laws ap­ plicable to some maritime operations coming out of Texas. 4, Adrmnistration of Anti-discrimination Laws. a. Regarding this subject the provi­ sions may or may not have application to various niaritime unions, depending upon factual patterns. However, the subject breaks down ta two categoriy; 1. Actions by EEOC; alleging race or sex discrimination. Generally, most race actions of import have been resolved. However, for bureaucratic purposy, the agency at­ tempts to magnify run-of-the mill issuy. Such activitiy, if applicable to some maritime unions, may pose problems for appropriate ryolution. Equally, the agency is pursuing actions of allied sex discrimination. Fundamentally this may be a new issue to be studied and resolved among some of the maritime unions. 2. In addition to proceedings com­ menced by the EEOC similar pro­ ceedings are commenced by private litigants as part of a dass action. The agency proceeding doy not pre­ empt a private law suit. Class actions in­ volving this subject are quite the vogue today, particularly where substantial legal fey are recoverable. Again, this may pose a problem for some maritime organizations and at the very least is Social and Psychoioglcai Problenis The nq)id changy which have taken place in recent years in all facets of the maritime industry when combined with the broad economic and social change in America have created a new set of problems and concerns involving both the on-the-job and off-the-job livy of maritime workers. Some of thye changy and concerns follow: Extent and Impact of Changes The total maritime industry must face the problenis which are being created by increased automation. Seamen and othy maritime workers are witnessing changy in the job mar­ ket, job content, social conditions (ff work on board ship, leisure and rec­ reational activitiy at sea and ashore, work and social relationships, home and family life and numerous othy social and psychological aspects. The direction that is to be taken to approach these complex problems must be determined soon. Job Security All workers are concerned about job security and the stability within the maritime industry. The decline of the U.S. flag fleet combined with declining manning scaly has created a fairly widypread feeling of job insecurity. Containerization and sophisticated cargo handling methods, with the re­ sulting increasy in longshore produc­ tivity have had similar impacts on longshore workers. The content ol the jobs is changing so that workers must have retraining and upgrading to qualify for the chang­ ing jobs. This need for education creaty some social and psychological adjustment among the workers. Environmental Elements The seafarer's environment includy the ship he is on as well as his shore^ side living conditions. The following are crucial elements for consideration when' discussing the seafarer's sociological and psycholo­ gical concerns: The kind of ship he is on, type of vessel, size, degree of automation, and The voyage patterns, length of voy­ age, dytination, time in port, number of ports of call; The rating of the seaman and the type of work he is expected to do; The characteristiy of the seaman, his age, marital status, family .size, health, education, place of residence and lengtn ot tune he has worked at sea. Sociological and Environmental Aspects The workers in the maritime indus­ try are living in a rapidly dianging sodety with increasing changy taking {dace socially and tedhnologically. Organizations and job structury are chai^g at sudi a rapid pace that un­ less immediate action is taken to make adaptations, environmental and sodal problems will have a significant adverse impact on seafarers and maritime workers. Changes in Society The changy which are taking place in the seamen's sodal environment have created a growing concern on the part of the individual over his relation­ ship to work, its meaningfulness and its value. Individuals are seeking a meaningful and relevant relationship between their work and the sodal life around them. Maritime workers wish to achieve self-actualization, self-expression, independyice and wdrthwMeness. They wish to be educated; socially compe­ tent and an integral part d today's sodety. There was a time when a dock worker or seafarer was proud to be a loner but today he wants to be accepted as a worthy dtizen of our modem sodety. He wants and should have a normal family life, a place in the community and an opportunity for social and emo­ tional adjustment. Technological Changes The changy which are occurring in the maritime industry are of such mag­ nitude that the displacement of men and skills by automation and comput­ erization is becomiqg commonplace. Automated technology is absorbing the routine activitiy into the machine. The worker becomy a respondent to the machine rather than a determiner of action according to his own judgment The human becomy important only when an "event" occurs which requiry immediate action such as an engine failure, or an unpredictable need for an adjustment. Men, therefore, become trouble-shooters rather than totally committed individuals to any seriy of self-initiated tasks. These changy create new tensions and stressy never felt before in the maritime industry. The shoreside as well as deep sea workers are faced with ryponding to the problems created by increasing automation and technologi­ cal changy. Job Satisfaction There are certain behaviors which can be observed that are job-related and can be directly related to produc­ tivity and ryponsibility. Job perform­ ance, absency from work, accidents and human errors are just a few that indicate attitudy toward the job. The attitudy toward self and the job are also created by the maritime work­ er's reaction to his wagy/salariy, interyt in his work, feelings toward his fellow workers, working conditions, ability to qualify for promotions or en­ dorsements, job prytige, Und his atti­ tude toward the industry and the union. The morale and job satisfaction of seamen hi an area which must be con­ sidered very seriouriy. As technological advancy are made, so must advancy be made to improve the conditions of the worker. Social Problems The social problems which seem to '-•••ill i-Vi•, •'...J Vi. i •. Continued on Next Page Spcdd SttpplcflMrt 'K'J I ..'A •i • 'fe ', lit: ui b V'% ;v 'J*,. I .•^1 • - if Ml i.r •)} ; . I- - 11 ^ 1• �SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBUCATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Continued from Preceding Page be most pressing today are alcoholism, drug abuse and mental illness. The maritime industry has barely scratched the surface in responding to this area of urgent need. The recurring requests by women to enter the maritime field are creating an entirely new set of concerns for ship­ board as well as rhoreside workers. Need For Research Several research projects have been completed and others are under way. The results from the research studies should provide statistical proof of areas of concern in the psychological and so­ ciological adjustment of seafarers and maritime workers. The Merchant Marine Officer Atti­ tude Survey has been completed by Dr. Martin J. Schwimmer, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and The National Maritime Research Center. This study gives an interesting profile of the Amer­ ica merchant marine officer. An Occupational Analysis of the Seafarers completed by C. J. Bartlett and Irvin L. Goldstein, University of Maryland was done under the guidance of the H.L.S. in cooperation with the Seafarers International Union. The re­ sults of this study of the attitudes of un­ licensed seamen toward their job, fam­ ily, living conditions and union are available for review. A Personnel Study of the Unlicensed U.S. Merchant Seaman is presently under way at the National Maritime Re­ search Center, Kings Point, New York. This study is researching the personal attributes of seamen, job context and performance, non-sailing environment including the home and family, occupa­ tional environment and economic and technological trends within the total in­ dustry. Some concrete decisions should be made regarding the direction to be taken when Ae results of the surveys are available. Research is essential as the launch for action, but programs must be developed to respond to the needs. Aspects Needing Urgent Attention Recognizing the health needs, both mental and physical, of maritune workers, the U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals must be maintained and im­ proved. Alcoholism and drug abuse programs should be initiated. Mental health clinics should be available to all seafarers. The problems resulting from containerization must be solved at the dock as well as at sea. The large terminals and port facilities create additional problems for seamen and dock work­ ers. The quick turn around and short time in port are major problems. The new tankers also create some psychological concerns to seafarers be­ cause of the quick turn aroimds and the distances between ports of call. Maritime workers must be provided with opportunities for educational ad­ vancements. The changes in jobs and responsibilities necessitate the retrain­ ing and upgrading of the workers in order to qualify for the jobs. They also need to have available to them the op­ portunity for self-advancement and selffulfillment through edqcatipnal experi­ ences. Jurisdiction The SIU feels that Article XX [pro­ vision within AFL-CIO Constitution for resolving jurisdictional disputes] has been successful. Some of the maritime unions think that Article XX is not sufiSdent within itself to resolve all of the jurisdictional problems. In any event, on this subject any union is free to negotiate with any or all other maritime unions for the purpose of establishing procedures to resolve jurisdictional disputes as a substitute for or as a part of Article XX. Any imion that feels that Article XX is not sufficient should be encouraged tQ work with any or all other maritime unions to establish its own set of rules as is allowed for in the AFL-CIO Con­ stitution. Until and unless this is done by mutual agreement. Article XX should apply. The jurisdictional problems affecting the maritime industry are but a mani­ festation of tiie real illness that affects this industry. That illness is tiiat there are too many maritime unions with overlapping jurisdiction. It is our belief that the proper answer to the resolution of problems of juris­ diction, as well as the dnswer to most of the problems affecting the maritime industry and acting to the detriment of the workers, is the compelling need for the merger of a number of existing unions in the maritime industry in the following manner: • A merger of all unlicensed AFLCIO seamen's unions into one un­ licensed AFLXIIO seamen's union. • A merger of all licensed AFLCIO seamen's unions into one li­ censed AFL-CIO seamen's union. The above should be accomplished by the immediate formation of merger committees from each of the appropri­ ate maritime unions, with proper rep­ resentation, into an Unlicensed Merger Conunittee as well as a Licensed Merger Committee. There should be separate and paral­ lel action by these two groups on the basis of continui^. Subject to the constitutional provi­ sions and rights of all affected or­ ganizations and their memberships, as well as of the AFL-CIO Constitution, such merger committees should reach their conclusions as soon as possible! This, we submit, is tiie true answer to most of our problems. Maritime unions must deal with the social and psychological consequences presented by the fast turnaround ships of ' containership, the Sea-Land GaWoway, shown here. • -r-y- Stroctiire of the Ad Hoc Committee Clearly the work we will undertake to fully consider the many challenges facing the inaritime industry and its unions demands that this effort be con­ tinued on a day to day ba.sis. In addition, the many problems within each area of concern, such as legal or legislative, requires that sepa­ rate groups be established in each area of involvement. To carry out this task and to ensure the daily coordination and study these problems require, the following organ­ izational structure is suggested: • There should be a full-time Execu­ tive Director of the Ad Hoc Com­ mittee. He should be selected by Presi­ dent Meany and should be a qualified neutral. The Executive Director would provide the coordination for the meet­ ings, the studies^ and paperwork result­ ing from the committee's work. The salaries, and expenses of the office of Executive Director would be borne by the participating unions. • There should be established a number of subcommittees to conrider and make recommendations on each of the major areas of concern of the Ad Hoc Committee. • The chief delegate of each union or his designees should serve on the subcommittees. Each union should be represented on every subcommittee. These subcommittees would draw up detailed proposals for.dealing with each maritime industry problem for submis­ sion to the full committee, where they would be considered and adopt^ the policy of the Ad Hoc Committee. In this manner, the work of the Ad Hoc Committee could be an on­ going process that would be a focal point of the maritime unions' efforts to solve their problems in a constructive and harmonious manner. such as the ultra-modern SL-7 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1974 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO UNIONS PLEDGE SUPPORT ON OIL BENEFIT LET US CONSIDER THE HUMAN BEING HALL CITES NEED FOR ENERGY TRANSPORTATION ACT COMMENTS OF SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS UNION OFFICIAL GETS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT HLSS HALL STATES NEED FOR MARITIME COOPERATION GOLDEN DOLPHIN TO CREW-UP IN JULY GIVING A BETTER INSIGHT CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTS ON TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE LONGSHORE WORK REQUIRED NEW YORK CLINIC CELEBRATES 17TH ANNIVERSARY SEAFARER GARNER BELIEVES IN TRAINING AND UPGRADING THE WALTER RICE CREW PLAYS TWO BENEFIT GAMES CITIES SERVICE, INTERSTATE MAY MERGE TRAINING AND UPGRADING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE UNITY FOR A STRONG U.S. FLEET FUMES FELL CHIEF OFFICER ABOARD THE FALCON LADY GEORGE WALTON DOCKS IN BROOKLYN FOR THE BIENVILLE, IT'S A FAR EAST SHUTTLE RUN SEAFARER WAYNE CHAMPINE, 34, GETS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SEAFARERS AFL-CIO PRESIDENT MEANY SETS UP AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MARITIME INDUSTRY PROBLEMS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1974 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXVI, No. 6 1974 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3212aa27dffee5fc33dcf6912176bf9e.PDF 7ff93cb741632e0e818d6af37c96d3be PDF Text Text "- ' " •:';v-V-r-J^'f v-^-' • • - i;?- ; .k.-^r'^.Z. ' " , h ,••••.•;; • ••••."••••• " \.- •.•,•: < A:.V;I-. t.-''"^--4''-^: ••"..•;;^'.,V,.v- : '• " ^ ,-• ' .• . •- ••••••-•' '••;••••• -o'-f:•-, •• :«•,•. •:; '•'• •. '. - "' :..;.?;L : .1 - , . , . " . :.v. :..-V.V-.- , \M 5• ^' """ft' i>;,v :, A??" Zr':::•:• :<K �8% MfllYon Ouf bf W6rk Unemployment at Highest in 34 Years Statutics relsased last month by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal what most people looking for jobs already know —that unemployment has skyrocketed over the past few months to where the U.S. jobless rate is now at 9.2 percent, the highest figure in 34 years. This is an increase in the jobless rate of three-tenths of one percent from the previous month. The total number of unemployed workers has now reached a staggering 8,538,000 people, the most since July, 1940. The INDEX ^ HM Legislative News . Merchant Marine hearings begin Page 5 Transportation Institute head testifies at hearings Page 5 Washington Activities .!...Page 8 War risk insurance Page 6 Union News New SlU contract President's Report Membership meeting in Mobile Headquarters Notes Page 3 Page 2 Page 22 Page 9 General News Crew of Mayaguez tell their story Centerfold Fit-out on the Great Lakes .Pages 12-13 Maritime Day in Mobile ... Page 6 SlU ships receive awards .Page 9 Transcoiorado commended Page 6 Shipping Dispatchers' Reports Ships' Committees ... Ships' Digests Training and Upgrading Upgrading class schedule, requirements and application Pages 30-31 Seafarers participate in bosuns recertification and 'A' seniority upgrading Pages 10-11 GED requirements and application Pages 30-31 Membership News New SlU pensioners Final Departures the PRESIDENT'S REPORT: f'i ' . T' i i i I .i 'v" A"'---' Page 18 Page 4 Page 28 Page 25 Page 27 Paul Hall A Solid Base for the Future The long-term future of the United States maritime industry—^whether it will continue to move ahead and revitalize or whether it will founder in stagnation—depends in large part on the final and successful disposition of the SIU's fights in three very important legislative areas. The most pressing problem facing the industry today and the jobs of the thousands of Americans employed in it is the depressed state of the American tanker market. There are 31 U.S.-flag tankers now laid up with predictions from the Maritime Administration that this number could shortly rise to 40 imemployed tankers with an aggregate tonnage of 1.8 million dead­ weight tons. Too many people in government attribute the depressed American tanker market to the general depression in the world market. But the simple fact is that American tanker operators for years have had trouble finding long-term employment for their ships. This is the real problem; at the present time the United States has no viable program to keep the vessels of its merchant marine working and out of layup. 'The answer to this problem, though, is not a program such as providing tax concessions to oil companies who use U.S.-flag ships in the carriage of imported oil, because programs like this would only provide a short-term flurry in shipping and short-term relief to the U.S. tanker market. The solution to the problem is a program of cargo preference—a program that would require 30 percent of the nation's oil imports to be carried on American-built, American-manned, American-flag tankers. We succeeded in getting such a program, the Energy Transportation increase in unemployed was 362,000 workers above that of the April figure. The 8.5 million figure of those out of work, however, does not really reflect the true unemployment picture. As AFL-CIO President George Meany has recently pointed out, to that num­ ber you can add another 1.1 million people who are discouraged and no longer looking for jobs, and another 1.8 million people who usually work fulltime, but who are partially unem­ ployed, and you get a total figure of over 11 million people who are either unemployed or underemployed. Employment for the month of May actually increased, for the second month in a row, but because there was also a sharp rise in the total labor force, there was an increase in the jobless rate. Total employment rose to 84,402,000, an increase of 316,000, but the entire labor force rose by 678,000 to a total of 92,940,000. viliiie the overall economic picture has been bleak, over 3,600,000 work-. ers have joined the unemployment ranks In the past nine months, some Industries have been hit much harder dum others. For example, m the con­ struction Industry the unemployment rate Is a whopping 21.8 percent, an all-time hlg^, and a figure more than double that of a year ago. In noting the 2.5 percent increase in unemployed construction workers for the month of May alone, Robert A. Georgine, president of the AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department, commented that workers in the industry "are being buried alive in the tuimel at the end of which the Ford Administration professes to see a light." "With more than one out of every five building and construction workers now jobless," Georgine declared, "we can't see any light, nor can we see President Ford's logic." The construction industry is not the Continued on Page 23 - New Contract Printed In Special July LOG The entire texts of the new Frelghtship and Tanker contracts will be published in a special July issue of the Seaforers LOG. This special edition will also in­ dicate all of the revised sections^ additions and other changes con­ tained in both contracts. These new contracts, which took effect on June 16, 1975, will govern wages, overtime rates, work rules and other working conditions untU June 15 of 1978. Security Act, through Congress last year and as far as the President's desk, but it was pocket-vetoed. We are back in Congress again this year with legislation similar to the Energy Transportation Security Act, We will accept nothing less than a progressive program—a cargo preference program—that will guarantee long-term recovery for American-flag tanker operations and long-term job opportunities for American maritime workers. Of equal legislative importance to the American merchant marine today is continued preservation of the Jones Act which for 55 years has provided unyielding protection to the job jurisdiction of American workers in the carriage of domestic cargoes. In recent years, the multinational oil companies have led the way in increasing attacks on the Jones Act on many fronts. However, the com­ panies' ultimate goal in breaking the Jones Act is to bring in their foreignflag ships to carry Alaskan pipeline oil to U.S. ports in the lower 48 states. Under the Jones Act, 100 percent of all Alaskan oil destined for U.S. ports must be carried on U.S.-built, U.S.-flag vessels. So far, we have been extremely successful in blocking these busting attempts. However, only constant vigilance and continued legislative actions on our part will keep the Jones Act and the job security of thousands of American maritime workers intact. The third area of vital legislative importance to the U.S. maritime industry today is a bill known as the Non-National Carrier Bill, which was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate by Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye. If enacted, this necessary bill would help put America's berth line operators on a more competitive scale with third-flag carriers, who employ low paid, and in many cases, improperly trained foreign seamen. The bill would stabilize competi­ tion by forcing third-flag carriers to set rates no lower than the lowest rate charged by a U.S.-flag carrier or the national-flag carrier of America's trading partner in a specific trade. For years, the U.S. merchant marine has had to contend with the ratecutting practices of third-flag operators. But today, when third-flag carriers, led by the Russian Far Eastern Shipping Co., are conducting unprecedented campaigns to capture and control America's vast trades in import and export cargoes, a measure such as the Inouye Bill is more important than ever. The SIU will be at the forefront of this important fight to keep U.S. berth line operators in business and American Seafarers working. All three of these legislative goals are designed to give the American merchant marine a solid basis for long-term future growth. These kinds of programs are what the U.S. maritime industry needs, and it is these kind of programs that the SIU will continue to fight for—programs that will provide American maritime workers with the best possible job opportunities and job security guarantees for years to come. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers international Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage pa:d at Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. XXXVII, No. 6, June 1975. Seafarers Log �• • New Siij Cofiiract Negdilated - 1; 1 : 1 Pay,Vacation, Pension, Increases Won ' '1' After intensive negotiations the SIU reached a new three-year agreement with the Union's contracted operators providing for across-the-board wage in­ creases in each of the three years of the contract, and substantial increases in vacation, pension and welfare bene­ fits. f The contract went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on June 16, 1975 after a wide consensus of the SIU membership overwhelmingly ratified the contract at special Union meetings held at all SIU halls on Saturday, June 14, 1975. Sea­ farers will again vote on the contract at the regular July membership meet­ ings. fv i i 1 ii'! i 'V • : !ln y *7^ iI To poll the complete membership vote, SIU patrolmen will board each SIU contracted ship as it comes into port and hold a Union meeting to tally their votes. SIU President Paul Hall, who served as chairman of the special Union meeting at Headquarters on June 14 to vote on the new contract, addresses over 300 New York Seafarers who attended the meeting. After three hours of discussion on the contract, the new three-year agreement was ratified unanimously. Seated left is SIU Vice President Frank Drozak, who read the terms of the new contract to the membership. Throiighoat the contract talks, the ference set the guidelines for negotia­ mium rate for this work on weekends April and submitted a detailed set of Union Negotiating Committee based tions and produced great results. The and holidays. their demands on the recommendations proposals. overall increases in our new contract SIU President Paul Hall, who received from the members and evalu­ Fringe Benefits has given the Seafarer the opportunity ated by the 66 Seafarers vrho attended chaired the special ratification meet­ to increase his earning power by a The new contract also provides for the two-week Seafarers Conference in ing at Headquarters, said "the Conminimum of 20 percent." very substantial increases for the Sea­ Under the new contract, all base farer in vacation pay. For Group I monthly wages have been raised 12V^i men in the key ratings, vacation pay percent the first year, five percent the has been increased from $1,400 to second year, and five percent the third $2,200 which is a 57 percent increase. year. These same percentage increases Group II men will be raised from also apply to premium rates, penalty $1,200 to $1,800, a 50 percent in­ rates, and overtime rates for work per­ crease, and Group III men from formed in excess of eight hours, Mon­ $1,000 to $1,400, a 40 percent in­ At 4he April 1975 Seafarers Conference in Piney Point, Md., 66 day through Friday. (For examples on crease. delegates worfced long and hard for two weeks reviewing the many areas how these increases affect some of the In the area of pensions, all SIU ratings, see special story on this page.) affecting the maritime industry today as well as the suggestions submitted members going out on retirement after In addition, the rate for longshore Jime 15, 1975 will receive a $350 a by their Union brothers. The result was a detailed and well-studied list of work Monday through Friday has been month pension, an increase of $100 a recommendations which helped guide the SIU contract department during increased to the level of the premium month over the old pension. The addithe negotiations. rate, and time and one half the pre­ Continued on Page 24 The contract recomniendations made by the delegates along with the actions taken in the new contract on those recommendations are listed below. As can be seen, the recommendations played an important role in the negotiations. The SIU's new three-year agreement with the operators provides for across-theRECOMMENDATIONS board increases in all base monthly wages, premium rates, penalty rates, and THE NEW CONTRACT AT C0NFERBJ»?CE v:g; k overtime rates for work performed in excess of eight hours Monday through Fri­ day, amounting to I2V2 percent the first year, five percent the second year and • A three year contract providing • It shotlid be a thi^e^j^ar cdotrtu:^^^ five percent the third year. for a wage increase of 12Vd percent with a wage increase the first year, To give Seafarers an idea of how the new contract will increase their earnings, in the first year, 5 percent in the and wage increase and cost of living several ratings from each of the three unlicensed shipboard departments with the second year and 5 percent in the increase in the second and third accompanying old and new pay rates, are printed below. Next month, the LOG third year; In regards to cost of will print a special supplemental issue carrying the complete texts of both the living increases, any cost of living Standard Freightship Agreement and the Standard Tanker Agreement. adjustments that may be required I 't i •( And the New Contract :-r a 'i New Contract Rate Schedules will be payable in 1976 and 1977. The Union is still engaged in negotiations concerning the specific procedures to calculate the cost of living adjustment. •. After lengthy discussions relative to questions of Premium Overtime Rate being paid for all overtime Work in excess of eight hours, it was determined by the delegates that the regular rate of overtime should re­ main as presently in the contract on work performed in excess of eight hours from Monday through Friday. • The Negotiating Committee won increases in the premium over­ time rate, penalty rates and regular overtime rates for wdrk perfbnried in excess of eight hours Monday through Friday at the same percent­ ages as for base monthly wages— \7.V2 percent the first year, 5 per­ cent the second year and 5 percent the third year. • All day workers should be guar­ anteed the Option of weekend and holiday work. • Guarantees that the Company shall offer to all deck and engine unlicensed personnel possessing a Group I rating, a minimum of 8 hours during every weekend at sea, or pro-rata thereof, to cover situ. ations when the ship is not at sea for a full weekend. •» " ' - ' I, - ? €oniimeedonpage24 June, 1975 v! II ' >.»,.• f It >r "• ? • STANDARD FREIGHTSHIP AGREEMENT (effective 6/16/75) BASE MONTHLY WAGES Old Rate Boatswain Boatswain (SL Ts, SL 18's, LASH, Mariner) Abie Seaman Ordinary Seaman Chief Electrician Ch. Elect. (SL Ts, SL 18's, LASH, Mariner) QMED Oiler Wiper Chief Steward Ch. Stew. (SL7's,SL 18's, LASH, Mariner) Steward/Cook Cook & Baker Messman New Rate (effective 6/16/75) New Rate (effective 6/16/76) New Rate (effective 6/16/77) 804.96 905.58 950.86 998.40 612.85 479.04 946.97 1023.89 689.46 538.92 1065.34 1075.08 723.93 565.87 1118.61 1128.83 760.13 594.16 1174.54 910.12 612.85 569.28 804.96 1095.42 1023.89 689.46 640.44 905.58 1150.19 1075.08 723.93 672.46 950.86 1207.70 1128.83 760.13 706.09 998.40 820.50 697.38 475.31 1023.89 1023.89 784.55 534.72 1075.08 1075.08 823.78 561.46 1128.83 1128.83 864.97 589.53 V/- For more of new wage, premium, and overtime rates, see page 23. Page 3 -1 �KBlg«5-.i55aB! ;' < • ; mm The'Committee Pa^e Mount Navigator Committee Merrimac Committee ' J 1 f) f' Recertified Bosun Ward Wallace (seated right) ship's chairman of the bulk carrier SS Merrimac (Ogden Marine) at a payoff on June 3 in the port of Philadelphia with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Engine Delegate Stanley Warhula (seated): Steward Delegate Peter Batayias; Educational Director Raymond Shaynick, and Deck Delegate John Yates. The steamer carried coal to Antwerp from the port of Norfolk in late May. Fort Hoskins Committee ii !i Seated center is Recertified Bosun Arne Eckert. ship's chairman of the 15 SS Mount Navigator (Cove Tankers) at a payoff on May 15 at Stapelton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. Other members of the Ship's Committee are (I. to r.): Chief Pump­ man William D. Hatchel, educational director; Fireman-Watertender Jose Valenzuela. engine delegate; Third Cook Albert Brown, steward delegate, and AB James L. Sanders, deck delegate. The vessel is on a voyage to Egypt. SS Boston Committee The Ship's Committee of the T-2 SS Cities Service Fort Hosk/ns (Inter Ocean) wait for the payoff on June 10 at Stapleton Anchorage. S.I.. N.Y. They are (I. to r.): Engine Delegate Raymond Orso; Steward Delegate Alphonse Hollings; Ship's Chairman Francis Gomez, and Deck Delegate Jerry Correlli. The vessel left the port of Houston on May 19 on a coastwise run. Mayaguez Committee Recertified Bosun Leyal Joseph (standing left) ship's chairman of the containership SS Boston (Sea-Land) waits to confer with SlU Patrol.man Teddy Babkowski (seated) on May 8 at a payoff in the port of New York. The rest of the-Ship's Committee are (I. to r.): Chief Steward J. Keno. secretaryreporter; Deck Delegate George Alexander; Engine Delegate Frank Sandy, and Chief Cook S. Bell, steward delegate. The ship is on the coastwise run. Thomas Jefferson Committee ''' t:-. J=.. • • i.V ,' . I ' -* rS. M.a 1. : ti f I• If .O Recertified Bosun Jacob Levin (center rear), ship's chairman of the containership SS Mayaguez (Puerto Rico Marine)—not to be confused with the celebrated shuttleship SS Mayaguez (Sea-Land) seized May 12 by the Cam­ bodian Navy and rescued by the U.S. Navy on May 15—gets together with the rest of the Ship's Committee at a payoff June 3 in the port of Baltimore follow­ ing a coastwise run. The committee members are (I. to r. front): Steward Delegate S. A. Simsuangco; Engine Delegate P. Marcial; and Educational Di­ rector Christopher Killeen. With Bosun Levin are (I. to r.): Deck Delegate Eugene Greaux. and Chief Steward R. Campbell, secretary-reporter. Page4 At a payoff on June 9 on Pier 7. Brooklyn. N.Y.. the Ship's Committee of the C-4 Mariner,.the SS Thomas Jefferson (Waterman) lined up to pay their dues to seated SlU Patrolman Ed Morris (extreme left). First in line is A. J. Doty (seated) and standing (I. to r.): capped Chief Steward Floyd Mitchell, secre­ tary-reporter; 2nd Electrician Douglas McLeod. engine delegate; Chief Elec­ trician Jack Brock, educational director, and Cook and Baker Claude Hollings. steward delegate. Other members of the crew are in the foreground and background. The Thomas Jefferson was the last commercial U.S. mer­ chant ship to quit the port of Saigon. - . , Seafarers Log �BrtH9d Bstls for M4srifsme Reform -Po/fcy Urging Congress to "establish a na­ tional cargo policy that would assure that U.S. ships would carry a substan­ tial portion of U.S. foreign commerce," Herb Brand, the president of the Trans­ portation Institute, testified June 11 be­ fore the House Merchant Marine Sub­ committee during its review of U.S. maritime policies and programs. Reviewing the progress of the U.S. merchant fleet during a 10-year rebuild­ ing program which began with the pas­ sage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the House subcommittee was told by Brand that "the Transportation In­ stitute feels strongly that the factors af­ fecting the U.S. maritime industry today vary greatly from those envisioned by Congress in 1970." Transportation Institute is a Wash­ ington, D.C.-based organization dealing with maritime research and education. Pointing out that problems such as "oil embargoes, raw materials producer monopolies, state-owned fleets, chang­ ing political alignments and other manifestations of increased government involvement in international shipping" were not considered serious threats when the 1970 Act was written. Brand testified that these new problems "make it imperative that U.S. maritime pol­ icies be reviewed before the U.S. fleet is seriously aJffected." To help the U.S. merchant marine meet these problems. Brand urged that the subcommittee act on a six-point program. In addition to establishing a national cargo preference policy, this program recommends that: • The Maritime Administration set up an office to promote new investment in the U.S. merchant marine. • The national policy supporting "the U.S. effective control fleet" (ships owned by U.S. companies but registered under foreign flags) be terminated im­ mediately. • The defense establishment be called upon to give a detailed estimate of the nation's emergency sealift needs in order to determine the number of U.S. ships that would be needed to move related cargoes. • The U.S. military seek to en­ courage the growth of the U.S. fleet through a defense policy that would allot to the private U.S. merchant ma­ rine all support, sealift and auxiliary duties now performed by the military's own support fleet. • A permanent body composed of maritime industry and defense officials, as well as members of the Merchant Marine Subcommittee be established to serve as a forum for examining issues that affect maritime's role in national security. iuiie, 1975 i- Stating that he believed "the basic goal of U.S. maritime policy continues to be to build a strong, balanced and competitive U.S. merchant marine which can operate on trade routes throughout the world, serving the na­ tion's economy in peacetime and as­ sisting U.S. military forces in war or national emergencies," Brand told the House subcommittee "the recommen­ dations that the Transportation Insti­ tute presents today are all aimed at hastening the achievement of this goal." K Panel Reviewing U.S. Maritime Policies WASHINGTON—The House mer­ chant marine subcommittee began an extensive review earlier this month of U.S. maritime promotional policies and programs. The review comes at the mid-way point of the 10-year program to rebuild all segments of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet which began five years ago with the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The goal of the hearings, according to Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan (D.-Mo.), chairwoman of the full House Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and' ranking minority committee mem­ ber Rep. Philip-E. Ruppe (R.-Mich.), is to assess the current maritime situ­ ation, explore methods of improving current programs, examine changes in circumstances and new developments since 1970, and try to encourage better governmental coordination and cooper­ ation in maritime areas. The hearings will be held throughout the months of June and July. Among the topics scheduled for discussion, and those for which testimony will be heard, are: national defense; economic bene­ fit; construction subsidy program; oper­ ating subsidy program; ship construc­ tion loan and mortgage insurance program, and tax issues. Representatives from the SIU will be testifying in some of the major areas. (See related article on this page) The subcommittee has outlined the focus it hopes the hearings will center on under each of the six general headings: SIU Financial Committee Ship iinel. < Af Halfway Mark of1970 Art ftep/acemenfs Aboard If is always of the utmost ihi> t^ortahee for all SIU>contracted ves­ sels to he fully and properly mansed at all l^es with SlU personnel in the unlicensed jobs. In order tp insure this, all SlU members are asked to adbere to the provisions id the contract which spell out procef dures for departuig from a vessel ^#d getting a replacement. Ithe jumVisdin^^ ^eij^t^p and ^ lij^C^n 57, sufasectiim'^ 3:: in ;thi ij^gbtshlip. Section 55, subsectioii 13 m the Tankear) read as "Any member of the iPersonnel will he allowed to the vessel in any port in con'^; United Stotes or upon 24 hours notice to faster prior to the schedided sati^ of the vessel. However, when Is expected to ^depart on a weekend, such notic :dhall be given not later than 1 p.mi ^'liday." . ^ If this procedure is properly foil I, the Union will have sufficient time to send a replacement for any ucrewmember leaving a ship. If a |replacemeut fails to show on board Ithe Union should be notified. And^ ^„inb event, should a crmvmemh^^ Heave a vessel until his replacement larrives. In this way iSIU-contracte s wffl safl o«Iy with SI J June SIU Financial Committee chairman, W. H. Cassidy (far right) checks over the audits of committee members (clockwise from the left): J. J. Kane, Frank Adkins, William Seltzer, Robert Zaragoza, Juan Patino and C. J. Dougherty early this month at work in one of the Headquarters buildings. The quarterly.financial committee was elected by the membership at the June meeting at Headquarters. QMEDs Complete Course Lundeberg School QMED Instructor Jack FarceII (far right) shows off his students in May of (I. to r.): Vasco Worrell; Russell Cheely, and Fred Head. • The subcommittee will seek to determine "how many and what kinds of U.S.-flag ships and U.S. shipbuild­ ing facilities are required for national security." International economic issues that have arisen or become intensified since 1970, will be examined, including the growth and implications of the Soviet merchant marine and the greatly increased efforts of developing countries to promote their maritime industries. • The economic benefits which re­ sult from the subsidy program will be explored, and inquiry will be made as to whether "subsidizing the shipbuilding and ship operating industries will prove [of] greater economic benefit to the nation than subsidizing other compara­ ble industries." The subcommittee will attempt to determine if there is "in­ adequate coordination" between the principal agencies responsible for U.S. maritime policy. • The subcommittee will look into ways to improve the construction-dif­ ferential subsidy program, including whether a "further decline in the sub­ sidy rate should be encouraged or mandated in the future and whether specific statutory guidelines or incen­ tives can be developed to encourage series construction, encourage high technology construction, reduce the cyclical nature of the industry, and minimize conflicts between naval and commercial building requirements." • The subcommittee will also inves­ tigate whether the "essential trade route" concept continues to have validity; whether to continue to tie subsidized lines to particular trade routes; whether ODS contracts should continue to be granted for long periods, and whether and under what circum­ stances should subsidy be provided on routes that are already served by U.S.flag non-subsidized operators. • An assessment of how the current depression in world tanker markets threatens the existing ship construction loan and mortgage insurance program; whether proper standards are in exist­ ence to determine what kinds of equip­ ment qualify for coverage, and whether adequate administrative controls exist for the Title XI program. • There will be a "general appraisal of the capital construction fund, and it will be compared with the tax structure available to foreign-flag oper­ ators." The subcommittee also plans sepa­ rate oversight hearings later this year on the regulatory laws and the Federal Maritime Commission. They will be "strictly for the purpose of examining . the general maritime policy issues" set forth. Pages -fi 't 1.1\ .• I .,l;l . 'l • - ' V! li �"'-.J Jin Port of MotHe Unity Is the Theme on Maritime Day sounded many times by those in mari­ Over . 200 representatives from all this evening—the new spirit of unity in ing supertankers, LASH vessels, OBO time labor when he told the group that and LNG carriers—that will add more segments of the maritime industry, man­ the maritime industry." "buUding new ships is not going to than six million tons to the U.S. fleet. agement, labor and government, at­ Casey went on to explain that the solve all our problems. The American tended a gala banquet in Mobile, Ala. uniting force that "ties together the "They should significantly enhance our merchant marine needs cargo—lots of last month held by the Central Region group's diverse membership" (labor, position," he said. it,** he said. But Casey also struck a chord Action Group of the National Maritime government and shipping management) Council in conjunction with the Pro­ is their common desire to promote the peller Club of Mobile. U.S. merchant marine and to make it The affair, which was held on May "fully responsible to the nation's ship­ 22, National Maritime Day, had unity pers." as its central theme^—cooperation be­ The Commerce Department official tween all sectors of the maritime indus­ also described the groundwork which try which will eventually restore the has been laid for the revitalization of American merchant marine to the num­ the U.S. maritime industry, an industry ber one spot in the world. which after reaching its highest peaks Among those in attendance at the during the Second World War, has banquet was SIU Vice President Lind- plummeted to where, today, U.S. ships sey Williams, who told the group that carry less than seven per cent of U.S. "we in the labor movement fully sub­ foreign commerce. scribe" to the NMC's stated objective Foremost among the factors which of revitalizing the commercial shipping are contributing to this revitalization, industry through increased efficiency, Casey said, is the settling of grievances superior performance and competitive between management and labor inter­ cost. Williams also said that those who ests. participate in the NMC are "all sales­ Era of Stability men for American-flag vessels" and are "This has resulted in an unprece­ continuing to make a concerted effort dented era of stability," he said. "There to attract and hold the support of the SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams (far right) attends press conference in has not been a strike by seafaring labor American shipper. Mobile last month prior to National Maritime Day banquet sponsored by on the East or Gulf Coast for over three Vice President Williams was also on Central Region Action Group of the National Maritime Council in conjunction years. I am confident that this coopera­ hand to introduce Howard F. Casey, with the Mobile Propeller Club. Others attending are, (from I. to r.): Julian W. tion will facilitate agreement on other deputy assistant secretary of Commerce Smith, president of the Mobile Propeller Club; Howard F. Casey, deputy contracts presently imder negotiation." for maritime affairs, who was replacing assistant secretary of Commerce for maritime affairs, and Capt. J. W. Clark, The deputy secretary also took note SIU President Paul Hall as the main president of Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. of some of the effects of the 1970 Mer­ speaker of the evening. President Hall chant Marine Act by stating that since was unable to attend the banquet. the Act was passed "the American ship­ Spirit of Unity building and shipping industries have become less dependent upon govern­ In noting that he was "pinch-hitting" ment subsidies and more competitive for HJIU, Casey said, "It may seem un­ with their foreign counterparts." usual for a representative of government He went on to say that 56 "highly to be speaking in place of a union of­ U.S. Secretary of the Navy J. Wil­ man concern in time of need. productive ships valued at more than ficial, but appropriately this substitution liam Middendorf commended the "The officers and men of your ship $3 billion" have been ordered—^includ- SlU-contracted SS Transcolorado goes to prove a theme of my remarks can be very proud of the contributions (Hudson Waterways) and her gallant they have made to the welfare of their crew late last month for their "out­ fellow men and to the reputation of the standing performance" and "skill and U.S. merchant marine. courage" in the evacuation of thou­ "Skill, courage, compassion and dedi­ sands of South Vietnamese refugees cation to a cause and a willingness to from the port of Cam Ranh Bay in exert effort far above that normally ex­ WASHINGTON, — Herb Brand, "effective control" of the United States. early April. pected in the line of duty are but a few These ships, which are owned by Amer­ president of the Transportation Insti­ In a letter of commendation to the of the characteristics which typified ican oil interests, are registered under tute, a Washington, D.C.-based re­ ship, crew and owners of the vessel, their performance throughout the evac­ the flags of Panama, Honduras and search organization representing a wide Seatrain Lines, Inc., Secretary Mid­ uation effort. Liberia. segment of the deep-sea and inland dendorf declared: "Thousands of South Vietnamese In a letter to Rep. Thomas N. Down­ waterway shipping industries, has res­ "Please accept my heartiest congrat­ owe their futures and in many cases ing (D-Va.), chairman of the Subcom­ olutely endorsed a bill that would ulations and gratitude for the outstand­ their lives to the men serving aboard mittee on Merchant Marine of the extend U.S. Government war risk in­ ing performance you and your ship's your ship and on the other vessels that House Merchant Marine and Fisheries surance to American-flag vessels for an crew demonstrated during the evacua­ took part in the overall operation. Committee, Brand affirmed: additional five years. War risk insur­ tion of South Vietnam. As they have "Please convey to them both my per­ "Effective control is little more than ance was first instituted under Title XII time and again fliroughout this nation's sonal appreciation and the regard of the a theory by which the oil companies of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. history, the men of the U.S. merchant uniformed Navy men whom they so attempt to justify their non-payment of marine have displayed great profes­ ably supported and worked with in this At the same time. Brand registered U.S. taxes and their employment of sional skill and equ^y admirable hu­ humanitarian undertaking." strong opposition to the extension of non-American workers. There is no this insurance to an approximate 260 factual basis for believing that foreignthird-flag ships now included under the flag tankers, regardless of who they are program and supposedly under the owned by, :are under any control of the United States." The Transportation Institute presi­ dent urged that war risk insurance be Annual Cherk-Up limited to U.S.-flag commercial vessels, When did you have your last and pointed out that "oil companies and other owners of foreign-flag vessels check-up? Unless you renew your have used war risk insurance for their clinic Card each year, you will not own propaganda purposes, Claiming be able to ship out. So, if your that such insurance is proof that their clinic card Is nearlng expiration vessels are under effective control." and you are in a port where the Brand concluded: "The Transporta­ SIU maintains a clinic, take the tion Institute feels it is time for Congress time to get a check-up and renew to legislate an end to anything that your card. A free annual check-up encourages the growth and utilization Lifeboat ticket Instructor Abe Easter (with cravat) with 13 multilingual pupils is one of the benefits provided for of foreign-flag shipping at the expense in his class of (I. to r.): Jieme Ramirez; Gregorio Rios; Victor Acevedo; Ber­ members and fiielr dependents by of the American merchant marine. Only nard Ayala; Raffaele Ascione; Felix Santiago; Eduardo Padilla; Easter; Ahmad the SIU Welfare Plan. Also, an vessels built in the United States and Alammari; Robert Arena; George Salazar; Angel Roman; Angel Perez, and annual check-up is one more safe­ manned by American citizens provide Jose Santiago. The Seafarer multilingOal upgraders speak and write English national security and economic i5enefits guard for a long, healthy life. as a second language beside their native languages which include Italian, to the United States." Arabic, Greek and Spanish. Navy Head Cites Transcolorado For 'Outstanding Performance' In Sealift of S. Viet Refugees Brand Hits War Risk Insurance For 3rd Flag Ships; Backs Bill 13 MuftiUngual Lifeboat Grads Page 6 Saafarers Log �r- SPAD Honor Roll ;: of 1975 148 Donate $100 or More to SPAD i '(••y «• •"''-'X;^^'''*'*' ' ^ V ^ >• •'<1 ,i - 'i^; . is The fpllowing Seafarers, 148 in all, have demonstrated an active interest in participating in political and legislative activities which are vital to' both our job security and our social and economic welfare, by voluntarily donating $100 or more to the Seafarers Political Activities Donation (SPAD) fund during the first six nionths of 1975, (The law prohibits the use of any im ion money, such as dues, initiation fees, etc., for political activities. The rndsi effective way the trade unionist can take part in politics is through voluntary political contributions.) Two who have realized how important it is to let the SIU's voice be heard in the halls of Congress have contributed $200, and one has contributed $300. For the next six months, the LOG will be running the SPAD honor rolls because the Union feels that in the upcomin» years our political role rriust be maintained if the livelihoods of Seafarers are to be protected^ R. A. Abrams W.Compton R. Hernandez J.Lewis J.Michael W. Adams ^ K. Conklbi R. Honeycntt H.Labedalii C.E. Miller H.S.Lnidsey W.L. Mitchell P.Loleas F. MoUna M.W.CiHmoHy ' J. Algina — W.E.Coutaiit E. S. Ingelbrigtsen «; »• . I L.IoTiiid . > W.JMUIIS f Aikn • D, Anderson IS. |1 J. £» Anderson J.Didomenico • LDiGioigio P. De Guzman ^ R. Jbrdan - , X::' - s-i'. y- A* Arbnica X btKanoa y s'' / S.Ktog - Fa La Hayc C.Ducofe j N.N.Baihia i: i i i i. • i f , i L.R.»toiiriidd C.Mollard T.A.Martian F.Mongelli in ^ ' ^ J.Martin J A £.X.1^oney G. McCartney , E.Mbrris y'^- W.Mocifa ...... K. Kiisnniato X T.Babkowsidl : : C.Kelly ?. R. H. Aveiy . • ;| ' • ,.. i S'S" 54 ., - D.McKay C.McMuliln • H. Mesfnrd / 4: 1 '' (ill J. A. Morrison . V O. J.Mortenson :• IAfj- ' r' , W.Bdlinger :i. . ! ; • N.EIberson: .-.I.'--' : '• S'.S'SSS" l>.£.Napier S 1^1 L.Neira P.O.EIIis m F.Famen rM.Bbmton II F.Taylor . J.Fay r . ' 'i?; R Fischer mmr If:S:L.. I. D* Bonefont OaPa^me C. D. Florons KaTerpe ; "•4 ~ ' R. Garcia gyl-iW----. <r-..'V.. ' W > - C. L. Gard' - c. Boyle •< XltliliisXftf"Slli::; if ' • -< > •'"WH ' mn."'''' ' T.G|idew< ^ F.Boyne m0y- • J.Petez H.Troxclair C.Peth E.1VI«» E.B.PuIver J.Wjdsh ytyyiyy - H. Brand W.Rettenhacher ;G. Brown RaWilbum B. BiyanI yXiXiliiBi •' i ' ' A. Campbell W.HaH,$r. L.Roher«son jC.m5ott J.V.Hardin T. Robertson * ^ M. A.Hauf \ . I. — I P.Woit til -..".I-,SI, •sX% Page 7 'June, 1975 f •-4 ^ - •' -sv-• ••'Xf-'''.. •: ".IA •5' ;"Vw • ' v,,,7 ' • V. . y �l^-s»v * '"Xv. ^ »•- I ' . -•:,; • - . ;'.•• • ••• '^•••:'/••' w'l-v i ^oxiing, senate sei uo RP^ . ti,ej ^ommittee chafrm deficit targets ^^"'•^'ittees to •?-* ^•Mmkie Brock A I Mfudclinc' ^^^ermioe ov- ^^oretheMav i?!? ®®asure for ^^timatejy the S ^^'"^'ons had h« - .a,>Si2Si could 1^ ^ Portion of tu •I ^•a. m f7> -> : -. r PI iiPl •••;:'PV9-i--j; -r^llp 0^^- ^ ^ ... -'.: /-'K" asssss^^l v'" >>;/'"«i;C. •, S®aferers[ °P®'afes ihef �Headquarters Notes by SIU Vice President Frank Drozak ' 4'i ously bargain to achieve because they represented components of a contract that would benefit the largest number of Seafarers. On behalf of the negotiating committee, I would like to thank the member­ ship and the Conference delegates for their help in making this contract one of the finest in the U.S. maritime industry. '» Bpsun Recertification Program I would like to congratulate the bosuns who have completed the Bosuns Recertification Program this month. They are the 23rd class of bosuns who have graduated from this program with a better understanding of their Union and the entire maritime industry. The presence of these recertified bosuns on board SlU-contracted ships has resulted in a significant drop in shipboard beefs and contractual disputes. s g > *A* Seniority Upgrading After completing the SIU's Seniority Upgrading Program this month, five more Seafarers have received their full Union 'A' books. As full book mem­ bers these men will now have greater shipping opportunities, as well as added responsibilities and duties. 'B' book members who meet the requirements should take advantage of this program and apply immediately. As your vice president in charge of contracts and contract enforcement, I am happy to report that the SIU's negotiation team has reached a new con­ tract agreement with our operators that not only contains significant increases in wages, overtime and pension, but also includes a number of beneficial work rule changes. (See page 3 for the new contract provisions.) Much of the credit for this new contract, which, considering the present state of the maritime industry, is one of the finest packages ever secured for this membership, belongs to those members who took the time to submit recommendations and to the 66 delegates to the Seafarers Conference who spent two weeks in Piney Point evaluating those recommendations and formu­ lating a sound set of proposals. These proposals gave the negotiating committee a firm position from which we could, with confidence, negotiate a contract that represented the needs and wishes of the entire membership. By drafting suggestions and recommendations that fairly and accurately reflected the needs of the majority of SIU members, these delegates enabled us to sit down at the negotiating table with specific goals that we could vigor­ f Firefighfing The SIU's firefighting course, which had been a one-day program conducted at the firefighting facility in Earle, New Jersey, has been expanded to a twoday program. This expanded course will consist of one day of classroom training at the Harry Lxmdeberg School, followed by a day of practical firefighting training at the MSG administered facility in Earle, N.J. If you are interested in attending this valuable safety course, you should contact any SIU representative. ; s ^; if .1 • SIU Ships Get Safety Awards W'l : 2 Upgrading Welders Graduate Upgrading welding Instructor Charlie Nalen (center) with two of his latest graduates (I. to r.): Clifford Duke and Douglas Laughlin on May 29 at the HLSS in Piney Point, Md. of Benefits Workers of North America Welfare have adopted d CoordiriMpri^ o^ Beriefits ckiuse wMtdi M effective i May 7, 197Si The purpose of this clause is tp avoid duplic0ing the payment ^ benefits where a member's spouse is already covered by another group plan. ^ , What follows is the Coordination of BmefUs cidUs has been added the Rules and Regulations of the UiW Welfare Plan: COORDINATION OF BENEFITS Thls .j^an and oD benefits hereunder, except death and diOTemberment enefits, are subject to be coordinated with any other group, individual, or ^ryi^ contract, policy, or other agref^ent with the Union or other employee benefit organizations, the cost of which is fMTovlded, in whole or in part, by an employer of an employee, a retired aLnlovee or a member of the em^byee^ lainil5r, eithw or indirectly, , (md Jv ptaa spoiHored by or oflierwise provided lor by my Federd, Stale or I mwmiiSai autborily, taeludtaa but not limbed to, no-6ratt insoianee. I The coordination Of benefits wai be administered in accordance with the trowing priorities of payment: (a) If the other plan previding beiiefits for a person covered ujider the United Industrial Worfcers Welfare Plan does not have a coord nf benefits or duplication of benefits provisions, benefits payable for covered expenses under the other plan wHl be paid in full before wy benefits are paid by the United Industrial Workers Welfare Plan. If the other plan covering an individual eiigible for benefits under the United Industrial Workers Welfare Plan does have a ctKndinatfon w non-duplicatkm provision, the followsng priorities of payment wiU apply Two SlU-manned ships, the USNS Tallulah (Hudson Waterways) and the SS Robert Toombs (Waterman Steam­ ship) were among the five Americanflag vessels named to receive this year's Ship Safety Achievement Awards. These prestigious awards are pre­ sented annually by the American In­ stitute of Merchant Shipping and the National Safety Council Marine Divi­ sion to U.S.-flag ships and their crews who "perform exceptional feats such as rescue at sea, outstanding demonstra­ tions of safety training contributing to saving lives aboard ship, as well as for dramatic actions on the world's ship­ ping lanes." The awards are given for a total ship effort and teamwork on the part of the crew, rather than for individ­ ual achievements. The USNS Tallulah and her crew will receive an award for rescuing 257 crewmembers from a burning British cruise ship off the coast of Key West, Fla. The crew of the SS Robert Toombs will receive a framed Citation of Merit award for pulling together in a team effort to contain a raging shipboard fire, which could have gutted the entire ship, by utilizing the most professional safety and firefighting procedures. In announcing the winners, James J. Reynolds, president of the American Institute of Merchant Shipping, stated: ' f' "We salute these valiant ships and their courageous officers and crews. Their heroic efforts under stress and adversity are a credit to all men who go down to the sea in ships. The awards given are also emblematic of the highest tradi­ tions of safety beyond the call of duty which have chmacterized Americanflag merchant ships and the men who sail them since the beginning of our nation nearly 200 years ago." The American Institute of Merchant Shipping and the National Safety Coun­ cil also jointly sponsored awards for general ship safety, and awards cover­ ing safety of dockworkers, dredgers and shipyard workers. These safety achieve­ ment awards reflect no loss of time due to job related injuries throughout the year. The SlU-contracted Calmar Steam­ ship Co. won first prize in the dry cargo safety area for incurring the lowest fleet injury frequency rate in comparison with other carriers. The SlU-contracted Great Lakes company, Huron Cement, won first prize in the self-unloader category. AIMS president Reynolds said these awards signify that "a human being has been saved from a broken arm or leg, or a life has been saved because of safety." Tlie United Industnal Woricers Welfare Plan wUl be the iwrii^iy f an4 wW benefits that would otherwise be pau^l hi ,| the abrenre of any dnpMcate corerage if the person for whom ; the claim is made is an Empioyre or JfependentJdiildl of a male f Employee. (2) The United Industrial Workers Welfare Plan will be the secondary| I souree of payment and will deduct benefits payaMe by any other j plan if the person for whOm ;, . the, claim « is , made is not an ptoplo or the Dependent chdd of a mafoi^j^oye^ .. _ . I (3) If (1) and (2) (iWve do opt Klablob tlM order otbm^Jpay'oe'rt, the pian which has covered the pe^o for whtm the daim is made jj, • for the longer perrod of time shali be considered the primary sonrce ofhenelits. Benefits otherwise payable under the United Industrial Workers Welfare Plan shall be reduced in accordance with the above priorities of payment to the extent necessary so that the sum of such reduced benefits payable under all group plans shall not exceed the total of the rea^nable and customary charges for the services provided. (d) if a group plan provides benefits in the form of services rather than cash payntents, the reasonable cash value of each service rendered shaM be deemed to be a benefit payment. • '"S-yV-lilV Page 9 June, 1975 t'\ W' • • A ' '-f-., i'-r .M'V ] �^=n5S32Saaft:rij-;'-'«lH Bosuns Recertification: 23rd Class Cr'aduates i Tom Karatzas Seafarer Tom Kardtzas, 59, has been a member of the SW since 1954, and has been sail­ ing as bosun for the past ten years. A native of Greece, he now ships from the port of Baltimore where he makes his home with his wife Betty. Latter Myiex Seafarer Luther Myrex, 49, has been sailing with the SW since 1945, and has been shipping as bosun since 1965. A native of Birm­ ingham, Ala., he now ships from the port of Mobile where he makes his home with his wife Dorothy. I- JomHawkins Seafarer Tom Hawkins, 48, has been a member of the SW since 1949, and has been ship­ ping out as bosun for the past five years. A native of Seattle, Wash., he ships from that port city and makes his home in Kirkland, Wash, with his wife Sharon. William Morris Seafarer Bill Morris, 31, has been a member of the SW since 1960, and has been ship­ ping out as bosun for the past three years. A native of Jacksonville, he ships from that port City and continues to make his home there. Demetrios Calogeros Seafarer Deme­ trios Calogeros, 57, has been sailing with the SW since 1950, and started shipping out as bo­ sun in 1956. A na­ tive of Greece, he now ships from the port of Seattle where he makes his home with his wife Barbara. Peter Ucci Seafarer Peter Ucci, 64, has been a member of the SW since 1945, and has been shipping out as bosun for the past 13 years. A na­ tive of Buffalo, N.Y. he new makes his home on the West Coast. Brother Ucci ships from the port of San Francisco. Esteban Morales Seafarer Esteban Morales, 59, has been shipping with theSW since 1946, and started sailing as bosun in 1950. A native of Puerto Rico, he now makes ,^ his home in Brook^ lyn, N.Y. with his wife Melida. Brother Morales ships from the port of New York. r, Hdmstott James, BIMIV^PS, Nonnan,New CMeaiR Beriiil^is, Nkholas, Beck, Arthur,San Francisco Beeehing, Marion, Honsttm Beiser, David, Noifolfc Beye, Jan, New York Befko, ^aidey, Sa» FrsBbciscb Boney, Andrew, Norfolk Bonrgot, Albert, Mobile ri, ju/n wat, Houston; Bryant, Vernon, Tampa Bnrch, George, New CMeans Burke, George, New York Btirtb^ BariioM,Vl^liam, Seattle jl^ttefton, Walter, Norfolk Butts, Bobby, Mobile Buftei,Htirmon, Houston Cain, fiubect. Mobile C^deira^ Aedhony, Houston Calogeros, Demetrios, Seattle ! tCarbone, Victor, San Joan 1 Carey, John, New York Wi •'li' Parker, James, Houston Pedersen, Otto, New Orleans Pehler, Frederick, Mobile Pence, Floyd, Houston Perry, Wallace, Jr., San Francttco Pierce, John, Phibiddphia Pollaaea, VIekke, New Orieans Pouteen, Vemer, Seattle Presriy, Donald, New Ybric Piyor, Clarence, Mobile Puchattki, Kaslmlr, San Francisco PngUsi, Joseph, New York PuOlam, James, San Francttco Ridicb, Antfaouy, New Orimmi Rains, Horace, Hoimton Rsdio, Salvador, New Oiiehns i') < Reeves, William, Mobile ' ^ Ricbbnrg, Jose]^, MoUie Rttin, Ewfng, New Orlrans Riiey, WflUam, San Francisco Riqguutte, Albert, San Fianicttco Rivritn, AjjfoiBO, San Jnan Rodriqnes, Lancelot, San Jnatt « Rsdrignez, Ovldis, New Yosk ^ Ruley, Edward, BHtlmora SanchesSfMannri, New Ym#^ Sanford, Tommie, Howton Schwarz, Rxdiert, MobOe Sdf,Ibomns, Baltimore | s* Castro, GBilIsrmo,San Juan . Ciofiwa, Robcvt, New Yoric Chestnut, Donald, Mobile Goinuui, JaniM, New Yoric Chiasson, Richard New Orleans, Cknse, Fred,San Francisco CiirMenbeny, Richard, &in Fran Greenwood, Perry, Seattte Chritteieen, Christian, San Fran Grbna, Vincent, New York Chrittiansen, £gon, San Frandseo Gnadamud, Lutt, New tkleintB Cisiecki, John, San FrancBco llageivBertiljNewYffltfc Clegg, WiIliam,New York Hanback, Burt, Slew Yoik Cotton, Jame8,Seattte Epnstyedt, Alfred, NeW ^ ^ Cot^r, Fred, Mobile Itarvey, LeeJ,, New CMdeaas Craddoric, Edwin, New Orleami % Hawking Tom, Settttle Curiy, Leon, JackMHlvfUe Hmel, John, New Orieans Dakin, Eugene,Bci«ton Hrilman, Sotttie DMmtto, Charies, Koiatttm HOicIa, Donald, New Yoik ; Damsa^r, Daisj:Ne?r;^ik ^v fpbulm, Th^Oi, Darvlltt,Richard,Donrion' ... * V:/ Davies, J^n, bttw Yc^ Hirrii, Buxton, Baltimore Dckgado, Julio, New Yorit Hodg^ Raymond, Mobile Diekinsbn, Xpyid, Hod||es, R^^ondl^ BttWrnOtdf Donovan, Joseph, Boston Drake, Woodrow, Sf»ttte Drewes, Peter, New York Duet, Maurice, Houston Dunn, Bevedy, McMe Bxaunstrin, Herbert, Wilmixqiton Broados; Robert, Mobile Brooks, Tom, New York Claude Bankston Seafarer Claude "Blackie" Bankston, 48, has been a member of the SW since 1947, and started shipping out as bosun in I960. A native of Louisi­ ana, Brother Bankston makes his home in Metairie, La. with his wife Myrna Ann. He ships from the port of New Orleans. Daniel Backrak Seafarer Danny Backrak, 50, has been a member of the SW since 1958, and has been sail­ ing as bosun for the past six years. A native of South Da­ kota, Brother Back­ rak now makes his home in Riverside, Calif, with his wife Alida. He ships from the port of Wil­ mington. Following are the names and home ports of the 247 Se(iffarM MihafhaV4 Jose, New Yoric Alien, pras, San Fraacisco AUen, J. W., Seattle Altttaft, John, HosBstbn AsaaL Kasmotn, New York Andeison, Aift^NotfoHc ^deiBon, New Yoik Iknais, Gwtge, New Cleans Armada, Affonso,BaltlnHtte A^l^bn, Oavkdj Seattle Badkn&, DanidC Wibnlngton i|idier,Pine^fl^ Wafflbun, Motion Herbert Braunstein Seafarer Herbert "Red" Braunstein, 52, has been a member of the SW since 1940, and started shipping out as bosun in 2944. A native of New York, he now makes his home in Norwalk, Calif, with his wife Margie. Brother Braunstein ships from the port of Wilmington. Tommie Sanford Seafarer Tommie Sanford, 37. has been sailing with the SW since 1958, and started ship­ ping out as bosun in 1970. A native of Alabama, he now makes his home in Texas City, Tex. with his wife Margaret. Brother San­ ford ships from the port of Houston. i^lroon, BBl, Houston Faircloth,Charies, Mobile yJaldfcibhviKtt Flowers, Eugene, New York Foster, James, Mbblle Foti, Sebastian, WUmington Frey, Charles, Jacksonville Funk, William, New York Gahi^tan, Kenneth,Houston Gamer, JamjK, New Orleans Garza, Peter, Houston Gavin, Joseph,Houston Giangiordano, Dohato^ Phila GiahnlOtis, John, New Yo|rk i^Blrin, Robert, JacksOnvUfe ^iiikih, Leo, san Lawton, H^todmw, LeCiaIri Whiter W., New Yoik Lee, IBms, Sratfle LevU^ Jacob, Bsdtimore Libby, George, New Orieans Lk.eberry, Cari, Mobile Mackert, Robert, Balttmora Maddoimdo, BariBo, BattinKwe Manniiq;, Dentt, Smrttie Marifnean, Tom, Seattte Jl^ithdl, Gariaiio, New Yorik McCas^y, Eari, New Otieins McCdIom, John, Bosttm McHinntt, Arthur, New Orieans Scfrnyk, Petesv New York M<Klnney, MrivlOe, Jpeidrnke, refer, Houttott Meehan, Wniam, NotP^ Shoftell, James, San Fraacisiail * Meffert, Roy, tacksonvffle Sinkh, Lester; Norfolk Merrill, Charles, MobBe |kdml,Stanacy,SanFnuiciseo: Michael, Jonqph, BflittnMre fSOrei, Johannes, JackaonvOlel ^ Miller, Cfyde, Seattle Sparaib JcAn, San Francttco k Hotnka,Mephen, New Ymk MttcheU, WkHlam, Jacksonville ftockmarr, Sve», New York 4 Hfovde, Ame, PhBadelpbfa Mtto, Cyril, San Francisco Sncbodd, Leonard, San Franci^ Ipsen, Oria, New Yorik MHdonich, New OdesMi St^irij;gEen, Baim^, Js James, Caivein, New York Idoen, Irwin, Britimore Swiderakl, John,New York; Jandora, Stanley, New York MunaiA}, Sjlvesteiv New Tetl, Frank, New York Morales, Estrinm, New Yoik Tbeif»,l^,MobO^^^ Johnson, Fred, MobHe MOITIS, Edwani Jr., Mobile ThomiMMni, J. R., Homfon Johnaiiib ittivaBii^ Hbintmt Mm[ri>fMiUiam, feltimore Tlcer, Dan,San Francisco JOsephvLej^b Morris, William, Jacksonville THIman, William, San Frandseo' a : intti^:joe,.]ariiuu^^ Moss, John, New Orieatus T^> Enrico, New Kjwrnbttn^T^n^^ Moyd, Ervfti, Mobile TV)dd,RaynK>nd,NewOiienn8 ^ Karisson,Bo,NewYork Mu|ltt,Jiunes,Ji^^ Ted, Sm Francttco . J Kjerageoigiou, Antoine, New Orieans Muriy, R^ph, San Francisco |idinner, Paul, New Oriemis „ Kera^d, Murtt>^ MyFi», Lttther,Mob^^ ;Hccl, Peter, SanFrancttco •' "fil iOnpIey, Jack,San F^ciim^ Nash, Walter, New York Velazquez, William, New York.> i Kieimbla, Winiam, New York prichottbip, Eugene, Bnttibabre l^lttce, Edward, N<nv York Bmoles, Raymond,San Francisco Nielsen, Vagn, New York Wallace, Ward, Jacksonville^ Keen, Jbh!!; Mobile Nuekott, Billy, New York Wallace, WillSam, Mobile Konfe, Perry, New York O'Brien, WiHiam» New York Wardiaw, Richard, Houston-^ Koza, Leo, Baltimdre O'Connor, William, Seattle Weaver, Harold, Houston Krawet^nskkSf^ Olesen, Carl, San Francttco Whitmer, Alan, New York • i Lambei^ Reidus, NWPiieaits Otton, Ped, San Pnncttco ; Wingfiefd, P. G., Jacksonyille Landron, Manuel, Saii Jiian Ottou, Maurice, Boston Woods, Malcoliii, San Francis^d L»^^ Robert, San Bian Oraxhaher, Albert, San Franchwet Workman, Homer, New Orieans vNew-Vortt • llh^dza, Roberto, New York > Leo, New York; , Zdoy, Joseph, New Orleam • Page 10 Ji'y Seafarers Log r-'r":.- -rv. '•.V " �\: f: • 'A' Seniorify Upgrading Program Five Earn Full Books Five Seafarers earned their full 'A* books this month through the 'A' Sen­ iority Upgrading Program, bringing the total number of Union members who have completed this program to 161. They are Ken Hagar, Dominic Cosentino, John Snyder, Mario Bruschini and Francis Carruthers, The SIU began this program almost two years ago in order to help prepare members for the new ships the Union had begun to crew, as well as even newer ships under construction for con­ tracted companies. This program was also designed to give members who upgraded a better understanding of the operations of their Union and its problems. Thus, by attending this program, SIU members have helped to insure their lAdams, Francis, Deck lAIIen, Lawnmce, Engine ^ on, Murphy, Engine lAhmad, Bin, Deck ^Ames, Allan, Deck Andrepont, P. J., Enjs^ne Arnold, Mott, Deck Bartol, Thomas, Deck Baxter, Alan, Engine Sean, P. L., Deck Brauverd, Arthur, Engine BeUix^er, William, Steward BeniHs, William, Deck Blacklok, Richard, Engine Bolen, James, Deck Bolen, Timothy, Deck Boles, John, Engine BrackbUI, RusseU, Deck Bruschini, Mano, Steward Burke, Lee Roy, Engine Burke, Timothy, Deck Bumette, Barney, Steward Cammuso, Frank, Deck Carhart, David, Deck Carruthers, Francis, Engine Castle, Stephen, Deck Clark, Garrett, Deck Colangelo, Joseph, Deck Conklin, Kevin, Engine Correll, Paul, Engine Cosentino, Dominic, Deck Cunningham, Robert, Deck Daniel, Wadsworth, Engine DavH William, Deck Dw, John, Engine ^^Derke, Michad, Engine own job security, as well as the job security of every Union member by helping to form a solid membership that understands Its industry and its Union's role in that industry. Francis Carruthers Seafarer Francis "Dewey" Carruth1 ers, a U. S. Navy veteran, began saili ing with the SIU in 11968. Brother CarI ruthers, a chief elec^ jtrician, earned his QMED endorsef ment at Piney Point before attending the 'A' Seniority Pro­ gram. A native of Portland, Ore., he continues to live in that city with his wife Sue, and ships out of the port of San Francisco. Mario Bmschinl Seafarer Mario i Bruschini has been sailing with the SIU since 1968. Before attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program, Brother Bruschini earned his third cook's en­ dorsement at Piney Point. A native of Argentina, Seafarer Bruschini now lives in Ami, La., and ships out of New Orleans. Ken Hagar Seafarer Ken Ha­ gar, 24, graduated froTTK. the Harry Lundeberg School in 1971. Sailing in the deck depart­ ment, Brother Ha­ gar received his AB endorsement at Pin' ey Point before at­ tending the Seniority Upgrading Pro­ gram. Seafarer Hagar is a native of Detroit and ships out of Houston. He is a resident of Saginaw, Mich. :• .J Domiiilc Cosenfino Seafarer Dominic Cosentino, 20, has been sailing with the SIU in the deck department since graduating from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973. Brother Cosentino returned to Piney Point to earn his AB's ticket before attending the Seniority Upgrading Pro­ gram. A native of Baltimore, he ships from and resides in that port. : I r3 f f ^ . \ . John Snyder Seafarer John Snyder, 23, is an August 1972 grad­ uate of the Harry Lundeberg School. Sailing in the black gang. Brother Sny­ der returned to Pin­ ey Point last year to get his QMED en­ dorsement. A native and resident of Yuma, Ariz., Brother Snyder ships out of the port of New Orleans. Following are the mhi(^s drid departments of 161 who have compi^t^d ih^ '^'^^hiority Upgrading Program. McMnllin, Clarence, Steward D^dns, William, Steward Ivey, D. £., En^e McPariand, James, Engine Disli%, Maximo, Engine Johnson, M., Deck Mlnix,R. G., Jr., Engine Dohioug, James, Engine Miranda, John, Ei^ine Jones, Leggette, Deck Edgell, Pat, Engine Moneymaker, Ernest, Engine Jordan, Caifsoii, Deck Egeland, Ralph, Deck Moore, C. M., Deck Kanavos, Panagirtis, Engine Escudero, Tomas, Engine Moore, George, Deck Kegney, ThomiS, Engine Ewing, Larry, Steward Moore, William, Deck Keith, Robert, Deck Farmer, William, Deck Mortier, William, Deck Kelley, John, Deck Fila, Marion, Deck Mouton, Terry, Engine . Kelly, John, Deck Frost, Stephen, Deck Noble, Mickey, Deck Engine Kemey, Paul, Galka, Thomas, Engine Nuotio, Ken, Deck Kirksey, Charles, Engine Gallagher, Patrick, Deck Painter, Philip, Engine Kittleson, L. Q., Deck Galliano, Marco, Deck Paioumbis, Nikofaos, Engine Knight, Donald, En^ne Garay, Stephen, Deck Papageorgiou, Dimitrios, Engine Konetes, Johnnie, Deck Garcia, Robert, Deck Parker, Jason, Deck Kunc, Lawrence, Deck Giliiam, Robert, Steward Petrick, L., Engine Kundrat, Joseph, Steward Gotay, Raul, Steward Poletti, Pierangelo, Deck Lamphere, Thomas, Engine Gower, David, Engine Prasinos, George, Deck Laner, Ronnie, Engine Graham, Patrick, Deck Reamey, Bert, Engine Lang, Gary, Deck. . Gnmes, M. R., Deck Restaino, John, Engine LeCiair, Lester, Steward Hs^ar, Ken, Deck Ripley, William, Deck Lehmann, Arthur, Deck Hale, Earnest, Deck Rivers, Sam, Engine Lentsch, Robert^ Deck Hart, Ray, Deck Roback, James, Deck Lundeman, Louis, Deck Hawker, Patrick, Deck Rodriguez, Charles, Engine Makarewicz, Richard, Engine Haynes, Biakc, Engine Rodriguez, Robert, Engine Manning, Henry? Steward Heick, Carroll, Deck Rogers, George, Eil^e Marcus,M. A., Deck Heller, Douglas, Steward Saibb, Caldwell, Jr., Engine Mc Andrew, Martin, Ep^e Humason, Jon, Deck Salley, Robert, Jr., Engine McCabe, John, Ei^ne Hummerick, James, Jr., Steward Sanders, Dairy, Engine Hntciunson, Richard, Jr.,Engine McGuhe, T. J., Engine Sailer, Alfired, Dedt Shaw, RonaUl, Ei^hie ' Silfast, George, De^k Simonetti, Joseph, Steward Simpson, Spurgeon, Eng^e Sisk,Ketth,Deck Smhh, D. B., Steward Smi^, Robert, Deck Snyder, John, Eigine Spell, Gary, Esgine Spell, Jpsephj^Deck Spencer, H. D., Engine Stanfield, Pete, Deck Stauter, David, Engine Stevens, Duane, Deck Svoboda, Kvetoslav, Engine Szeibert, Stephen,Steward Tanner, Leroy, Engine Thomas, Robert, Engine Thomas, Timothy, Deck Trainor, Robert, Deck Trott, Llewellyn, Engine Utterback, Lsurry, Deck Vain, Thomas, Deck Vaiton, Sidney, Engine Vanyi, Thomas, Steward Vulonir, George, Deck Walker, Marvin, Engine Wambach, Alb^, Deck Waugaman, Jerry, Engine Wayman, Lee, Deck Wilhelm,Mark,E^ine Wilson, Richard, Steward Wolfe, John, Deck Woodhouse, Ashton, Engine Zukier, Hans, Engine 'S. i-' A-' lU B'- f#! f Wi • • ijr > .4: it 34-Year Lakes Veteran Retires Copter Lifts Bosun off Iberville Taken ill Recertified Bosun Charles "Danny" Merrill (in basket) is airlifted' off the deck of the freighter SS Iberville (Waterman)-by a hovering helicopter getting the go sign from fellow shipmates south of the Hawaiian Islands. Second Electrician C. Counhas snapped the action. Early |ast month recov­ ered Brother Merrill shipped out as Bosun on theTormerly tied up 04 SS John B. Waterman out of the port of Mobile. June, 1975 '•Lir ' i • Veteran Great Lakes Seafarer John E. Floyd (right) receives his first pension check from Detroit Welfare Representative Carl Peth. Brother Floyd ended his 34-year Great Lakes career sailing as a deckhand aboard the Adam E. Cornelius (American Steamship). He joined the SIU in 1960 when the BolandCornelius Company was organised. Page 11 >' 1 �'""Smrnr. r I) As Early Spring Arrives, Lakes Seafarers 4,. • r-,./ A' \ T - i • V"' .:;4 • .ft I. ^• \ ' ,, .. • ••-MLL Three SlU-contracted Great Lakes vessels, the George E. Seedhouse, the George M. Steinbrenner and the Hennepin (all Kinsman Marine) docked in Toledo, Ohio whiie the crews prepare for the start of the new shipping season. l'.r ">•- Quartermaster Carl Marcin places weather pro­ tector on wheelhouse of Harry Allen (Kinsman Marine). Quartermaster Marcin comes on board with rest of deck gang two or three days prior to vessel's sailing for final stages of fitting out. Crewmember on the Consumer Power (American Steamship) welding in ship's cargo hold. The area is" where the conveyor belt would normally be if it were in place. William Randall, second cook on the William R, Roesch (Kinsman Marine) in port of Toledo, cleans grill in the galley so the equipment will be ready for use when full crew comes aboard. Deckhand Mike Yedinak cleans up some garbage on the deck of the E. M. Ford (Huron Cement) in port of Detroit. Page 12 'Iti • ;• very year in eariy Spring, Seai farers on the Great Lakes re< turn to the vessels lald-up for the winter and begin to fit them out for the start of the new shipping season. This fitting-out starts during early March and most of the ships are sail­ ing by mid-April. First to arrive on board are the stew­ ard and engine department crewmembers, who usually come on board 10 days to two weeks before the vessel is to sail. The steward crews' main job of course is to get the galley in tip top shape and ready to provide service for the men once the ship sails. All the equipment in the galley is taken out, washed, cleaned, and checked so that it is in the best shape to stand up under the constant use of a long shipping season. The black gang also has to prepare the equipment in its department for the start of the shipping season. Oilers, wipers and firemen clean and test the engines, boilers, gauges and practically Fireriian William Wright lighting boilers in engine room of the C. L. Austin (Kinsman Marine). Black gang members begin to fit out Great Lakes vessels about two weeks prior to the first scheduled sailing. Seafarers Log I'-.r: :• ..yi^ /<yru'^.*4Uy<;\ >• v. '''v,' �' "f •, li' Prepare for Start of New Shipping Season everytiiing else in the engine room which has not been used since the be^nning of the winter lay-up. Approximately three days before the vessels are scheduled to sail the deck crew arrives. As with the other two ship depdrtment crews it is the job of the deck gang to test out all the equipment, including lifeboats (a drill is held), lines, winches and hatches. Any. external demage from a winter of inactivity is repaired. Each year the vessels on the Lakes, both the straight-deckers and self-unloaders, transport millions of tons of coal, iron ore, gypsum and limestone from Duluth, Minn, on western Lake Superior to eastern ports bordering the eastern tip of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Great Lakes shipping is vital to the growth and survival of the industrial and agricultural economy of the Amer­ ican Midwest. The SIU is both happy and proud to play an important role in maintaining and stren^hening the Great Lakes fleet. Fireman William Jones burns up scrap from engine room of the C. L. Austin as part of cleaning up the vessel for start of new shiping season. Some of the crewmembers of the William R. Roesch practice a lifeboat drill while ship is still docked. Lifeboat drills are held, and all equipment tested, as part of fitting out each year. Watchman Joseph Wilkes paints stack on the Consumer Power (Amer­ ican Steamship) as vessel is docked' in Detroit. Xrewmembers on the William Roesch break for coffee after working hard in all departments cleaning up and checking out equipment. Duane Evavold, quartermaster and pilot, checks weather protector on wheelhouse of Harry Allen in the port of Toledo. f's EDiTORlAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to ffie Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed the September, I960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Takes wd Inland mendations and separate findinp. •raiiOT FUNDS All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters SiSrSdsare available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected requested. Int proper address for this is: Frank Droaak, ChalnnM. Serfarew Appeals Board 275 - loth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 ^ PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not ha been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this comtitution w as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you fed any mem^r or officer is attempUng to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as pealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as mem^rs of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitutmn and in the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discrimina^ against because of race, creed, color, sex and national or geographic o.igin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION — SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund, its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment Spportunities for seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connectmn with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received Ixcause of fone, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of siich conduct, or as a condition of mem^rship in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by Ccitified mail within 30 days the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he h» been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or information, iw SHOUM immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 13 June,1975 J V. H �I AT SEA Your Medicare Handbook ^ •' -T!". • •if' 1- :1 J—J L SS American Explorer Cook and Baker Neville Johnson, Jr. of the T5 SS American Explorer (Hud­ son Waterways) had to leave the ship in Panama early last month when his mother passed away. Seafarers spread the tarpaulin to collect money to aid him in his journey home. S-:i I: SS Baltimore Flowers and cash were sent by Seafarers of the SS Baltimore (Sea-Land) to the mother of Recertified Bosun William Kleimola, Mrs. Waino Kleimola of New York on May 18 on the death of her husband. The next day the ship docked in Port Elizabeth, N.J. •a-J' SS Sea-Land Consumer Seafarer Vincent Kane of the SS Sea-Land Consumer underwent surgery for a broken collar bone and will spend a month in the USPHS Marine Hospital in Boston. Brother Kane took a fall down a ladder on the ship early last month and was flown from the Azores to Boston. SS Stonewall Jackson Sailing from the Gulf to Colombo, Ceylon was the LASH SS Stonewall Jackson (Waterman) recently with 2,000-tons of bagged wheat flour. USNS Connecticut The tanker USNS Connecticut (Hudson Waterways) offloaded 36,000 tons of oil to the U.S. East Coast and the Gulf from the Mediterranean recently. fl 'fet SS Eagle Traveler Leaving from the U.S. East Coast in the middle of this month was the tanker SS Eagle Traveler (United Maritime) with 25,000-tons of wheat for the ports of Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt. I? A; SS Ogden Challenger Also going to Alexandria, Egypt from the U.S. East Coast the middle of this month was the tanker SS Ogden Challenger (Ogden Marine) with 30,000-tons of bulk wheat. SS Notre Dame Victory Crewmembers of the tanker SS Notre Dame Victory (Ecological) buried the ashes of Seafarer Michael Cerilli at sea recently, reports Recertified Bosun John Pierce. He added that the deceased had sailed on the ship for over a year. The vessel had docked in Gibraltar. SS Oakland Ship's Chairman Recertified Bosun James A. Shortell of the SS Oakland (Sea-Land) thanked the Ship's Conunittee, Union delegates and crewmembers for contributing flowers last month to Messman Charles Jackson's mother who passed away. hy A. A. Bernstein SIU Welfare Director Most people have a pretty good idea of what Medicare covers. They know that it helps pay for most major health care—for example, inpatient hospital care and doctors services during an ill­ ness. But what are the things Medicare does not cover? The completely new edition of YOUR MEDICARE HANDBOOK answers this question. The new handbook was mailed by the Social Security Administration to more than 23 million aged and disabled medicare beneficiaries, and to hospitals, doctors, and other health care profes­ sionals late last year. Anyone who for some reason did not receive a hand­ book can pick up a copy at any Social Security office. A prime feature of the new hand­ book is a comprehensive listing of serv­ ices and supplies that Medicare does not cover, as well as those it covers only imder certain conditions. For example. Medicare does not pay for preventive medicine, such as physi­ cal checkups and routine eye and hear­ ing examinations. Drugs and medicines the beneficiary buys himself are not covered. Neither are eyeglasses nor dentures. Another chapter in the new hand­ book describes two other important rules about Medicare coverage. Just because a beneficiary is in a hos­ pital or other health facility does not automatically guarantee that his ex­ penses will be covered. Medicare cannot cover care that is not considered reasonable and neces­ sary for the treatment of an illness or injury, even though it is furnished in a hospital or skilled nursing facility par­ ticipating in Medicare. Also not cov- ered is a hospital, or skilled nursing facility stay, when primarily custodial care is provided—such as help in walk­ ing, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, eating, and taking medicine. The handbook also contains tables showing what services are covered and what services are not covered when a beneficiary is in a hospital or skilled nursing facility, or is receiving care from a home health agency or a doctor. Some types of care and some services are covered only under certain condi­ tions or in specific situations. For ex­ ample, Medicare does not cover health care outside the U.S. except for certain situations involving Canadian or Mexi­ can hospitals. These are also explained in the new handbook. Many beneficiaries assume that what­ ever their doctor prescribes for their treatment is automatically covered under Medicare. This isn't always true. Every beneficiary should keep his handbook in a safe place so that he will have it when he needs information about Medicare. When a beneficiary can't find the in­ formation he needs in the handbook, he can get it simply by calling any So­ cial Security office. Certain items not covered by Medi­ care may be covered through the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan. For further details, check the SIU's Surgical and Welfare Plan Schedule which is available by writing to the Seafarers Plans, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215, or contact me at Union Headquarters. Also, your Seafarers Welfare Plan provides for payment of the regular monthly Medicare charge, but as with any benefit, you must retain your eligi­ bility by sailing 90 days in the previous calendar year and one day in the six nionths prior to filing the claim. Crew Attends Officer's Funeral ^ M SS Sam Houston The SS Sam Houston, a LASH vessel, and.the SS Robert Toombs (both Waterman) plus the SS Columbia and the SS Mohawk (both Ogden Marine) carried bagged wheat flour late last month and early this month to the port of Sri Lanka, Ceylon from New Orleans. They all carried a total of 42,500 tons. H' I SS Overseas Natalie Carrying 55,000 tons of grain this month from the Gulf to a Soviet Black Sea port was the tanker SS Overseas Natalie (Maritime Overseas) restarting the U.S.-Russian grain run. |; "w If i "• . I:' ' f k• iS> • Er i' .••.-r,- I.-' Si: Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent in shifting on American-flag vessels remains in this country, making a very sobstantiai contribution to the national Imlance of payments and to the nation's economy. Use U.S.-flag ships. It's good fc the American maritime industry, the Amerir, and America. V< Page 14 Capt. William J. Lambard (left) of the SS. George Walton (Waterman) says burial service for his Chief Engineer William K. Wilson who died Mar. 4 in the port of Djibouti, French Somaiiland. Other Seafarers and ship's officers at the Djibouti cemetery graveside are (I. to r.): Wiper Jorge J. Alvarez; OS Timothy L Waldon; 2nd Engineer Billy Dean Langfitt (front wearing sun­ glasses);. Saloon Messman Flor R. Burgos; two natives; OS William H. Westerfield; 1st Engineer Robert Brewster; AB Robert G. Lawson; Crew Messman Michael H. Diggs; 3rd Mate Austin Miller, and Crew Pantryman Jessie L Mixon and other ship's personnel. Recertified Bosun George E. Annis collected .$75 from the crew for flowers and for a cable of condolence to the widow. Seafarers Log �i 1 •ll; 11k^' ASHORE Labor Department Honors SlU of Puerto Rico President •'i ^ ' Keith Terpe, president of the SIUNA-affiliated Seafarer's Iihernatioifal Union of Puerto Rico, Canbe and Latin America, has been awarded the U.S. Department of Labor s Certmcate of Recognition. This award, said Stephen Blum, the regional director of the U.S. Labor Itepartment, "is in recognition of Keith Terpe's efforts to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United, States, to improve their working conditions, and to fj^^nce their opportunities for profitable em­ ployment. No man is more deserving of )'• month for surgery. „ , tow at Cairo 111. on May 2. It seems Inland He was hurt while making up a ^ forward bit when the tow Boatman Andrews was placing a lead Emergency Hospital in Cairo „arped astern, ^t-'he wTs transferred to Jewish Hospttal the and then a hospital in Paducan, Ky., next day. i c p "<irottv" Aubusson visited him in .He^S;u:i "copies of the SEAHARERS LOG and t; } - the SIU INLAND BOATMAN. ^raCn^L that Brother Terpe is "credited with having accomplished more for labor peace and dynamism m the Caribbean during the last decade than any other man. His record goes far beyond his notable achievements m the labor field, and extends to a multi­ tude of charitable and human causes. In addition to serving as president of the SIU of Puerto Rico, B^ot^r Terpe is a vice president of the SIUNA. The SIU of Puerto Rico, which rep­ resents workers in the tuna, rum, plas- « S' New Orleans Rear Adtn. Satn H. Moore. MSC c— Keith Terpe tics, cigar, leather goods and transpor­ tation industries, as workers, is the ^argest^AFL-CIO union in the Caribbean. Keith Terpe has served as president of this SlU-affihate since 1958. Delayed benefits . w tkavinaitS held ' Club in Washington p.C. recently. But airlift aJe1Zi:t"e Vrnty of "ateriS's Lessary to sustain overseas ""'?:S'cr these supplies, he added, the MSC relies to a great extent upon the nation's merchant marine. rhortdrtment must rely upon existing merchant "It is apparent that the ^ JQ use . . • the containerships, barge ships. It is imperative that we learn h these ships to carriers and other sophisticated cargo-handling facilities, in deliver military cargo in ports lacKing sop MSC ( : i .^1 marine," he concluded. Anchorage/ Alaska amiiict Tom Cranford at (212) 499-6600. UNION SOCIAL SECURITTJW;^ NAME Godwin, T. \ Strickler,0^ Kerrigan,R. '• ** Harter.R. A. HiUer,J. Parsons, F. I Smith, J. i VOdura.W. • |Rigg«l8,L. wggenm V• : Mohun,M. , Zieraba,RI. . v . Cofoiie,W. Jackson, J. O. ;§HamUton,M. ^ ''•:iFay, R. " ' Knowies, N. Bigner, J. , Schmidt, C V fiHefnande^H. ^ Figueroa,F. DismukjK. . A/-V: Masscolw^M. .--.c.-, . Bllgraim, A. . . j. Hampton,?. Grob,S.H. ipuclair,!^-^itura H. V, ^ Djauk, W, ^ W-l Kiker, Jr. oL O. L. • 460-40-0991 274-32-3577 1B4-40-9866 280-48-3730 249-20-3552 1 IBU UIWV A&G ' > ' „ : 021-16-0439 228-16-6306 224-26-2371 %'aA_A8-.9^34 •• |330-4^334 t)80-44-6283 217-14-3500 070-18-4778 465-58-1861 219-12-9810 376-56-1371 51- .. ^ IJIW . UIW , , i A, ' ^ tvv X,. " > ' Sea-Land Service has ^ $2^^^ here. The 27,900-foot building costing repair container equipment. "sed to maintain and .15 Matadi/ Zaire west -ft Aluminum cable conductors and of^Beaumont, Tex. AfricTport, formerly in the Belpa" Cojo \rom me ^,3 The 1,631 tons of M^„„j,„„.Knudsen International Co. for use m mil mi.es iong IR-U heMfllon and m"oi. refinery and mining diggings rn Shaha. n• •i'-lil I' 11 „drpd-»d eigmy Sca.^~ ii \i.i V-3 ^3^09-3280 068-42-6256 r 431-72-0364 219 ns-so-svor, . 250-76-8077 , , ., A&G 214-50-0339 130-42-8368 , „ ^ ^ - . t. 580-84-2975 , 089-20-8010 " ,:r A92-;01-8432 ^ o 1 ----- X ^ nnrRe»rSemir,:ttSd^ Ji-k with a wind of 40 knots? neoartment of Transportation, the Coast Guard '•i, ' ' ' ... ....v. >i net^tTrvWa eq«6pment and ^/^^^^Tpropane-heated piastic sack to Manufacturers exhibited '"«f luminous safety tape, waterrevive exposure cases ramo a'B»al ^ Jj, containing a yellow plasnc sheet Sfe™a"-^x^ sugar and houiUion. aec\tClTmorln^*— "slVSn irade value was up to $39.3 bilUou. hr! „ V L.n-.ihiKJr-i.;; This port's liquid cargo trafflc. Politics Is Porkchops^ iVet^a'Te ™;uTsaud? Arabia in third place and Venezueia m fifth Donat^to SPAD ^0$ place in this port. .^v June, 1975 '; •'!>. '• • tf S'ditrarJostToSdZtn v.'-.',;-,';' Page 15 �_ ', •.'•V, . . " :•' _ N ......'4,7,^ • . ';e^„:>'-.:vv f i: 7; 1 •tl Mayaguez Crew Released After ipiree Paysfif Captiyify:Seafarer s Diary Recoiipts Ordeal m hi • RI Aerial photo shows the destroyer USS Holt alongside the Mayaguez. 'I 1 '• i?*' • M'-- Ki't by James Gannon It has now been over a month since a small fishing vessel flying a makeshift white flag pulled alongside the Naval destroyer USS Wilson in the Gulf of Thailand and safely dropped off the entire 39-man crew of the SlU-contracted merchant vessel, Mayaguez, which had been seized on the high seas nearly three days before by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. In the coordinated U.S. Air Force, Marine and Naval military action that secured the crew's safe and quick re­ lease, 16 American servicemen were killed and several score were woimded. Twenty-three more Marines were killed in a related but accidental helicopter crash in Thailand. And, according to a Khmer Rouge oflScer's report, heard by several Mayaguez crewmembere, over 100 Cambodian<soldiers were killed or wounded. As it was all happening, the Maya­ guez and the tense events surrounding it dominated newspaper headlines and television throu^out the world. In little more than 30 days since its abrupt conclusion, thou^, the memory of the Mayaguez incident, as is the case with so many other historical events, is rapidly fading in the minds of hiost peo­ ple. And it probably won't be too much longer before the Mayaguez becomes little more than a vague international K l>.'/ ^ z •k K-i It I |r. '7 Monday May 12 The Mayaguez crew's three-day or­ deal, as recounted by Seafarers Jack Mullis, recertified bosun; Earl Gilbert, able-seaman; Awat Sulamen, oiler; Andy Anderson, chief steward; Guillermo Reyes, chief cook, and Bill Bell­ inger and Frank Pastrano, steward utilitymen, began in mid^-aftemoon on May 12, Cambodian time. Sailing in international waters some 60 miles off the coast of Cambodia, the Mayaguez was enroute from Hong Kong to Sattahip, Thailand carrying general, nonmilitary cargo in her 225 containers. Tho skies and waters were calm; the crew had everything on board running smoothly and no one expected anything but a routine voyage. The routine was suddenly broken by the sharp rqport of 50 calibre machine gun fire. Only the men woiking on deck actually heard die quick, loud bursts, and saw that it was coming firom two small, as yet unidentifiable gunboats several hundred yards astern, and dos- tain Charles Miller had no choice but to heave to. The gunboats, which appeared American-made and were flying the flag of Cambodia, pulled carefully alongside the dwarfing Mayaguez. Nine Cambodian solders, wellarmed with automatic weapons, rocket launchers and grenades, then boarded the Mayaguez one by one. They were barefoot and wearing civilian clothing. They herded the stunned crew to the starboard side of the ship. Since none of the Cambodians spoke English and none of the crew spoke Cambodian, all communication was given in sign lan­ guage. The soldiers were very well trained even though the youngest ap­ peared to be no more than 14 years of age. The Cambodians thoroughly searched the Mayaguez to make sure they had accounted for the entire crew. They looted the ship's safe and stole radios, clocks, watches, currency, cigarettes and cigarette lifters from the crew's focsles. After about two hours, the Cambod­ ians released the crew to the freedom of the ship and conununicated to the crew to go about their duties. By this time, as many as six more gunboats joined their sister vessels and as many / . i- ' Seafarer Frank Pastrano, one of the Mayaguez crew who suffered chills and fever from drinking bad voter during his captivity, is embraced by his wife at airport in New Orleans. Page 16 Those who saw what was happening quickly circulated the news among the rest of their shipmates, and were met with remarks like "quit shoveling," and "^me a shot of whatever you're drinking." Unable to outrun or outmaneuver the mobile gunboats, Mayaguez Cap- With all secured aboard the Mayaguez, more U.S. marines board the merchant vessel from the destroyer USS Holt. caught the Cambodian guards with their backs turned, they clasped their wrists Taesday May 13 together as if locked in handcuffs to signal the Mayaguez crew that they too The next morning, a U.S. Air Force were captives. As it turned out the spotter plane buzzed the ship and was Thais had been held by the Cambodians immediately fired on by the gunboats. for over five months for allegedly fish­ The Cambodians seemed extremely ing in Cambodian coastal waters. afraid of the planes and fired on them There wasn't too much food aboard continuously whenever they appeared. the cramped fishing vessel and very little During the morning, the crew grate­ water. The vessel was taken close in to fully heard a Voice of America broad­ Koh Tang Island but anchored a short cast which said that President Ford had distance outside the breakers. The crew condemned the seizure of their vessel as ^ spent a restless Tuesday evening aboard "an act of piracy." The crew was re­ ' the fishing boat. American planes kept lieved to hear that the world was at . passing over much of the night and the least aware of what was going on. Cambodians kept firing. Later that morning, the Mayaguez was forced to follow one of the gun­ Wednesday May 14 boats through unchartered wafers to a new anchorage near the island. In the Early the next morning, the Cam­ afternoon, the crew was finally taken bodians gave the crew an indication that they were being returned to the Maya­ off the ship and transferred to two Thai guez. The fishing vessels headed out fishing vessels, one large and one small. Soon after, the entire crew was placed toward the ship closely escorted by sin­ gle gunboats port and starbomd. As on the larger boat. Throughout the day, American spotter planes buzzed over­ they neared the Mayaguez, though, the head periodically and were continually fishing boat veered off and headed to­ fired upon by the Cambodians. ward the Cambodian mainland, to the The Thai fishr^rmen seemed usually crushing disappoinhnent of the crew. nervous to the crew, and whenever they As they and their gunboat escorts . f- With a big grin on his face. Seafarer Wilfredo Reyes stands next to his father, Guiilermo Reyes on the deck of the Maya­ guez in Singapore. sailed toward Kompong Som, a major port in Cambodia, U.S. warplanes flew over, closer and closer and were fired on each time by the Cambodians. To the shocking disbelief of the crew and the Cambodians, the planes sud­ denly struck, attacking the gunboats. Under fire, the Cambodian gunboats quickly disengaged and headed back toward the Mayaguez. The crew did not see any of the gunboats hit or sunk by the planes, as reports indicated. The fishing vessel remained on course toward Kompong Som. The planes re­ turned making several passes, strafing and firing rockets as close as ten yards from the bow and stem. Everyone aboard was terrified, laying prostrate on the deck. Seafarer Bill Bellinger noticed that the U.S. pilots were waving to them as they passed over in recognition of who they were. It was apparent the planes were not trying to hit the boat, only to tum it around back toward the Mayaguez. Several of the crew received shrapnel bums during the first attacks. The fishing boat continued on course. As the fishing boat neared Kompong Som, the planes came in for three more runs dropping tear gas bombs. Two were on target. Everyone was crying, blinded, choking and coughing out the fumes. Some were vomiting over the side. Several more of the crew sus­ tained injuries from gas bums, none serious. The fishing vessel limped into Kom­ pong Som at about noon. Several thou-S^d Cambodian men, women and children quietly lined the seawall to catch a glimpse of the American cap­ tives. U.S. planes continued to pass overhead but did not attack. Fearful of a possible attack on the port, the fishing boat was quickly ordered out of Kom­ pong Som to an anchorage about an hour up the coast. Later in the aftemoon, the boat was moved three hours out in the Gulf of Thailand to a small island. The island appeared to be uninhabited except for about 70 Cambodian guerillas living in an abandoned fishing village. There were also two camouflaged gunboats docked at tlie island. Abandoned furni­ ture lay strewn about the ground' and floating in the Surf. The crew was taken off the fishing Continued on Page 21 Glad I called last week. It doesn't look like I'll get another chance now. We have just been boarded by the crew of a smal gunboat off the coast of Cambodia and are being taken into port on a small island off our starboard side or maybe to the mainland which is out of sight. Maybe 50 or 60 miles off. The boarding party looks more like pirates than soldiers but then these people haven't had much in the line of uniforms. Just guns and guts. They fired a few rounds of small arms stuff to let us know to heave to. The boarding party arrived with automatic weapons and rocket launchers, so re­ sistance would be futile. Looks now like Til be seeing you guys long before October or long after— if at all. Damn I did want to get back to Piney Point and take that chief cook and stewards course. I don't know why I am writing this. Probably will never get it mailed, just killing time I guess. Completely frustrated; nothing we can do but wait and see what happens next. None of the boarding party speak English or at least don't admit to it. So all instructions are in sign language. I'll try to keep this ufxiated from time to time in case I get a chance to mail it someday. < It is now 4:00 p.m. or 1600 to seaman or the military and we have just dropped anchor about 2,000 yds. off the island. The gunboat has gone into the island and returned and is now hove to off our starboard bow. No one seems to know yet what the next move will be. The crew is all herded up on the deck grouped on the starboard side. I have been wandering back and forth from there to my room without any static. In the room now and am going to see if I can get away with going to get a cup of coffee. Be back later if I can. 1830 Here I am back. Not much of anything going on yet Ray Friedler has been snapping pictures left and right with his Rollie. My camera is in the repair shop in Hong Kong dammit I went and took a shower and changed clothes. I figure if they take us ashore I want some sturdy clothes as a protection against the elements and I may not get a chance to have a hot shower again for quite a while. We have fed those of the crew that were in the mood to eat and have been handing out food to the boarding party as they come around the galley. Our radar is out and the old man is trying to convince th«n not to put the .«( 7 (' —7,.. •- r.'' i ir „ I •. t.' 7 |1 ,r i .*• I •f, • J'- ' "J n. I •y % I Ir Continued on Page 20 I I The ordeal over and safely back to the U.S., Seafarer Bill Bellinger tells his story to TV and newspaper reporters at San Francisco International Airport. Page 17 7. |( ; Mm. May 12 3:00 pJO. I •f: V J J Following is an actual account as it happened of the experiences of the crew of the Mayaguez during their period of captivity. It was written by 54-year old Seafarer Bill Bellinger of Washington, D.C. Brother Bellinger started it out as a letter to one of the instructors at Finey Point with whom he became friendly while studying for his GED high school equivalency diploma last year. However, he developed his letter into a well written, descriptive diary of the Mayaguez crew's incredible experiences. Copyright 1975 by Bill Bellinger. No one may reprint this story In whole or in part without expressed permission. li^&ist. .""I ( •t incident occupying a few pages in the history books. Yet to the 39 Mayaguez crewman, 28 of them Seafarers, the unforgettable experiences of their three-day captivity by the Khmer Rouge will forever re­ main fresh in their minds, because dur­ ing this time these men ran the gamut of human emotion as few others ever have. They experienced the gripping fear of uncertainty, always wondering dur­ ing their entire,' uneasy captivity whether they would live or die. They experienced genuine terror when U.S. warplanes, in an effort to block their path to Kompong Som on the Cam­ bodian mainland, strafed, rocketed and gassed near the fishing vessel they were aboard as close as^ten yards off the bow and stem. And when they were finally released, they felt the elation of free­ dom as Only men who have been in cap­ tivity could possibly experience. When they were safely back aboard the Mayaguez and enroute to Singa­ pore, as recalled by Seafarer Bill Bell­ inger, "we were all drained of emotion." as 50 Cambodians were aboard the Mayaguez from time to time. To the great surprise of the crew, the Cam­ bodians, as they did throughout the en­ tire three-day period, employed no real rough stuff on the crew, and on the whole treated them well. The steward department went to the galley to set up for dinner. The tense situation, though, had caused the crew to lose their appetites. The only patrons this night in the crew's mess were the Cambodians who drifted in in twos and threes for a hot meal and some apples and oranges. Chief Steward Anderson was forced at gunpoint to stop typing up a menu by a soldier who thought he was get­ ting a radio message out concerning their captivity. Luckily, the Cambod­ ians were unable to stop several actual Mayday messages sent out over the air by the ship's radio officer. Later in the day, the Khmer Rouge soldiers forced the Mayaguez to an an­ chorage about 2,000 yards off Koh Tang Island, where U.S. Marines were later to land in search of the crew. The crew spent Monday evening, a sleepless one for some, aboard the Mayaguez. * �DISPATCHERS REPORT. MAY 1-31, 1975 TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Boston New York Philadelphia .... Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Jacksonville San Francisco ... Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea . Great Lakes . Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea & Great Lakes Port Boston New York . . Philadelphia' Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea K.-' §!. 7v: •V. •' P-^ p. t •v i Alpena i Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes 3 13 1 0 5 1 2 6 1 6 2 2 0 6 0 2 SO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 21 2 14 15 0 11 1 64 527 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 10 60 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 71 7 21 21 . .. 13 54 28 36 16 33 8 62 0 0 379 3 12 ; Pwt Boston New York Philadelphia ... Baltimore Norfolk ... Tampa Mobile New Orleans ... Jacksonville .... San Francisco .. Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico .... Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes.— Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes Port Boston New York .... Philadelphia .. Baltimore ... Norfolk Tampa Mobile ...... New Orleans . Jacksonville .. San Francisco Wilmington . Seattle Puerto Rico .. Houston Piney Point ... Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes Alpena Buffalo ...... Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort ..... Chicago >. Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes ........ Totals All Depto. Dam Sea Totals All Dep^^HR Lakes Totals All DeptnHHP Sea A Great Lakes Page 18 8 85 13 30 19 12 23 65 24 40 17 44 8 71 0 4 463 5 53 432 2 24 3 6 5 1 8 11 7 . 13 4 12 1 12 0 3 112 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 12 124 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 10 9 7 3 12 37 12 24 5 23 4 40 0 2 220 0 3 3 0 0 3 4 3 0 1 1 4 4 1 35 3 0 2 6 1 1 0 13 233 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39 7 17 6 6 6 40 7 27 5 31 7 26 0 0 225 4 67 12 17 17 1 16 43 16 34 13 27 14 48 46 5 380 1 14 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 34 11 4 13 24 2 13 4 71 296 1,287 201 1,488 18 3 12 15 3 11 3 65 445 577 90 667 9 4 7 13 4 2 2 41 75 44 46 90 7 • TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 0 1 4 0 15 65 0 1 2 0 34 11 0 11 32 0 3 7 0 6 15 0 11 54 0 4 14 0 3 46 0 21 1 0 10 37 0 3 7 1 73 25 0 10 0 0 1 2 1 119 412 14 189 24 64 21 15 63 144 66 109 36 58 16 131 0 13 961 4 31 5 3 7 0 9 16 5 12 6 8 1 12 0 5 124 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 11 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 6 7 13 2 9 18 13 3 7 65 1,026 1 3 7 1 3 0 0 15 139 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 8 19 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 5 2 0 32 47 0 0 3. 0 26 a 0 36 10 0 0 6 0 9 8 0 20 38 0 5 17 0 5 48 0 6 8 0 14 22 0 10 2 0 59 2A 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 150 330 5 141 15 55 18 4 41 112 44 80 33 45 15 107 0 0 715 2 45 7 14 4 2 13 33 20 45 12 16 3 19 0 2 237 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 6 7 2 8 13 15 6 6 57 772 2 2 3 4 6 2 1 20 257 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 10 15 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 0 26 31 0 2 4 0 21 8 1 11 17 0 1 4 0 9 7 0 35 12 0 6 1 26 11 0 3 0 14 0 28 7 0 0 5 0 33 17 0 33 0 0 1 1 232 142 1 1 73 14 30 14 3 47 72 28 68 17 31 14 60 0 2 473 1 13 2 6 4 1 0 7 7 11 3 4 1 8 0 4 72 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 4 2 1 12 485 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59 5 190 36 46 26 3 37 111 59 110 24 49 25 64 0 8 793 5 45 0 8 3 1 0 6 0 6 1 2 1 24 0 0 102 19 3 14 20 10 13 5 84 877 1,226 124 1,350 26 19 . 36 49 30 4 10 174 276 119 192 311 27 6 28 27 4 21 2 105 517 14 3 12 18 5 5 0 57 387 10 1 11 20 3 7 2 54 286 14 2 17 11 3 7 2 56 175 10 1 4 1 4 4 1 25 175 5 0 14 2 1 2 0 14 156 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 . ENTRY DEPARTMENT 1 15 \ 35 10 ' 8 14 71 1 20 1 35 1 10 34 20 39 1 1 0 2 1 1 • 47 I 12 37 1 8 17 i - 7 .. 82 ^ 455 2,522 216 2,738 —.. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lak«a,||. • & Inland Waters Inland Boatineis*s Union United Indnstiid Worker PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Frank Drozak Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9.6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4.3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7.4900 BOSTON, Mass. 215 Essex St 02111 (617) 482.4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St 14202 (716) TL 3.9259 CHICAGO, IIL. .9383 S. Ewlng Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn. 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich.. P.O. 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Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5<% Nlbon (Hidort Naka-Kn 231-91 201-7935 In the month of May, shippiai ^100 jobs over tht^revious month t (iffirtaintag the to incr-wses; ^ shippbig over the Imd six mmiths. |(he total o£ 1,388Jobs idii^^ ports last month, only 974 were takett! by *A' seniority men- On the Great ; Lakes, o£ the 324 ^s t^i^pped, were taken by other than ^A^ seniorltji Seafarers Log �Necessary Cargo HISTORIC PRESERVATIGN . .. . •iii Thanks Brofher Seafarers Last year, my wife passed away and left me with a great deal of heartache and mental confusion. Yet my fellow Seafarers here in Yokohama were most considerate in building a fund to aid my children and myself with expenses. I want to thank, at this time, all of these friends who helped me through trying times. Fraternally, r E.F. 0*Biien ' i u •ill A Viable Merchant Marine I had the pleasure of serving as one of the delegates rdpre-t senting the port of New York at the Seafarers Conference heWP last April at the Lundeberg School. I wish to thank the mem^ership from the port of New York for electing me, and 1 wish to . thank HLSS President Hazel Brown and Vice-President ^e Sacco for making my stay at the School a pleasant one. Fratenially, WilUam *dh[aftop''Koflowitd^ _ • Bmoklyn, N.Y. fiO o ". ' -• • ,? ^ ! ff Ji i am how receiving an SIU pension and wish to say thanks to ali my fellow Seafarers, the SIU Pension Plan and the. officem of our Union. As I retiie, I hope that the SIU will continue to be the strongest and best of all seamen's Unions. Again, thanks to all of you and the best of luck. Fraternally, T. Lundkvist Brooklyn, N, Y. - • Velum* XXXVII, No. 5 Jiin» 1975 ' Official Public?.ion of the Seafarers Intemationisl Union o( . North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, As..-':i,-'AFL-CIO . Executive Board ' > '"'i ^ 5 , Paul Hall, President Earl Shepard, Vice-President CaI Tanner, Executive Vice-Presidant LifnclSey Wllllarns, Vice-President Joe OiGloigio, Secretaiy-1 roaawor Paul Orozak, Vice-President l^rank brozalt. Vice-President .. , Published monthly by-Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second "lass postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. itiS. ' ' - ' -C t 389 ! The subcommittee on Maritime Pol­ icy has outlined programs in several areas which it feels are absolutely necessary if the U.S. merchant marine is to remain a viable industry in the next 10 years. The SIU wholeheartedly agrees. For example, the subcommittee feels that the development of a national cargo policy is very essential if the United States is ever to once again recapture its former position at the top of the world's merchant fleets. Another area which the subcommit­ tee feels is very important to the survival of the U.S. merchant fleet is the preser­ vation of the Jones Act. For years this legislation has prevented foreign-flag ships from transporting cargo between U.S. ports; and for years it has come under increasing attacks from many areas, chiefly the giant multinational oil companies anxious to breach it. The maritime industry as a whole must resist all efforts to waive or weaken the Jones Act. A 1950 law, passed in re­ sponse to wartime shipping needs, should be repealed since the law is no longer relevant today and is frequently used as an excuse to waive the Jones Act. z\nd finally, the Virgin Islands, long a haven for companies which desire a U.S. loca­ tion without shipping on U.S.-flag ships, should be included in the jurisdiction of the Jones Act. Something must also be done about the tax incentives, financial advantages and operating benefits which are ac­ corded to foreign-flag runaway ships owned by U.S. companies and registered under flags of convenience such as Pan­ ama and Liberia. "Today the U.S. merchant marine faces one of the most serious crises in its history. Coupled with the normal problems of remaining competitive in the shipping world, the U.S. fleet has been hard hit by the decline in the U.S. economy. Together, these two factors have disrupted the efforts of the mari­ time industry to regain a major position in the shipping world. "At the same time, the 1970 Mer­ chant Marine Act, which has been the cornerstone of U.S. maritime policy for the past five years, has proven to be in­ adequate unless it is supplemented by a program to assure the ships generated by the Act have enough cargo to make them profitable." These words are part of a report sub­ mitted earlier this year by the Subcom­ mittee on Maritime Policy of the AFLCIO Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. The Committee was established last year by AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany to provide a forum for all maritime unions to meet on a regular basis and discuss their mutual problems. A bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) which would set strict stand­ ards of fair and competitive rates for third-flag shippers should be strongly sup­ ported by the entire maritime industry. There are other areas as well where .action could be taken to strengthen the American merchant marine, such as; putting an end to the harmful encroach­ ment of the military (the Military Sealift Command) into commercial shipping; and establishment of a single, unified and independent U.S. maritime agency. These are some of the major points of the Maritime Policy Subcommittee's rec­ ommendations. The SIU has been seek­ ing action in many of these same areas for years. We are pleased to see that rep­ resentatives from other segments of the industry are thinking along the same lines. If a unified effort is mounted, if differences in other areas are put aside, then the steps that must be taken to insure a healthy, viable U.S. merchant fleet will be taken. Page 19 June, 1975 • •'•'.-A'''• '/ <• ; ' . " . ^ r'f' f f ,S • •I-- •SV, • y• u I '•?x I iS Al , Ifvl M'- i* �Seaf, —^^^e//wyei- Te/Js dajjigi,, ^ ^ ^'PW ibwa «-<)!(seeras to 't OS ifj^p^ Mga/otoftliinKaggaf^a- ^ "fianceof *0 a atron?oS?,®'% were £^I" "? a "eSage ,£,? •'' '="•'"« at aiss»^^li'rsi? Govt's n,«v; : I'jf.' ff '"«to oar port leoi^Hrfa'lSefw' feJ'aS I. ^oapJe of them arf. • i '•" "®^er ffet fh/^ ^ totopleWv S"* «' dW attack fh^ ^kea now fw ^ '• ;•' «»<••« .boa, ^ '••*r "^toas our b*^ "*® or ever f> . I ™ejetsj,ave„t '^'^lU.onn =5.?-»te,&...~«.,^,.,. rtl" »« %i»g li^ ITa""''" ®birl»oaid skfe.lt???®'' and < IS ZST^ ^ 'laigklb,,^'^y ®®«tt«panhn paving a ball b,,% l?® «>= "aaSbasS » waT?"« a coupfe ^ .f"®™ for a - r£55T"St^-saisrw^ better again WP ® ^nrn back AA that thf ^ ®«« cureiiJ S!r* ^y eyes are stiHKl • ® Sas have ^ a Jasf « SKK'»S2;.» tf!.£Sa~ ^fe-;rc:r not scared aboard now'r^"? ai^ed. There are^^ now bein"*'^ fofosees BI£*» ?a Seld fof rea»,„ ^5% <• : wan. and S.''r..'te^ apeal. EaaK.b ar... "ave a. ,oa« ? . P'^"a s^dRi^ & '^' J Ss^ • ;• • '• ." ' ./' •''.' s-"'-- • • ' I •''"''^ •''' , , , •-;*; .i/Wy--' .^•:\' jj~f: ."^'J•.•>"?•=/- "'''••• ••^ii SeafanersLog �r-.-.--#- S *5 .• rj- T;. -*—- »- r •i^. l<- Three Days of Captivity ^ All Hands Sate Continued from Page 17 boat, and for the first time since their captivity they stepped on land. The Cambodians fed the crew some rice with small portions of chicken and gave them some coconuts. A few of the crew drank bad water from a small brook and later came down with chills and fever. The crew gave some morsels of food to a few scavenging dogs. This greatly upset the Cambodians who do not keep dogs as pets, leaving them to fend for themselves. By this time the crew had run out of cigarettes. The Cambodians gave them about a pound of their tobacco which was farmed from trees. The crew rolled it in some newspaper and found it a good, but strong, substitute. They were also given the freedom to walk about the island. A few climbed trees and picked bananas. They were then approached by a Cambodian officer who spoke English. This was the first real communication with the Cambodians. He told the crew that the Cambodians were peace loving people and wanted the bombing stopped. He said over 100 of his men were dead or wounded. Captain Miller told the officer that if his crew was taken back to the Mayaguez he would call the President and have the bombing stopped. The officer appeared to agree. It was now dark and the crew stayed the night on the island sleeping on the ground on bamboo mats, sheltered in small huts. Thursday May 15 Early the next morning, the crew was herded back aboard the fishing vessel, guarded by three Cambodian soldiers. They cast off and headed out to sea escorted by one of the gunboats. About a mile out, the gunboat pulled along­ side and the three guards jumped from the fishing vessel to the gunboat. With the real fear that the Cambodians might still turn on them and shoot, the crew watched closely as the gunboat pulled out of sight. All were now free, both the 39-mEn crew of the Mayaguez and the Thai fisherman who had spent five months in captivity. The Thais began jumping up and down in hysterical elation over their freedom. They hugged each other as With gas burns on his ieft arm, Sea­ farer Awat Sulamen, oiler, listens as shipmates tell their ^tory to newsmen in Singapore. u P:-i it i - i I f.' • ' Back aboard the Mayaguez and berthed in Singapore, four Seafarers line the deck of their ship. They are from the left: Frank Pastrano, messman; Carlos Guerrero, fireman-watertender; Ray Friedler, QMED, and Frank Conway, firemanwatertender. Seafarers International Union, whose rescued, and we can take pride in our well as hugging and shaking hands with members man the Mayaguez, our military men whose valor and sacrifice the Mayaguez crew. thanks for a job well done." made this mission a success. By their The boat headed out toward the In response to the SIU's support of actions, America has demonstrated its Mayaguez which was still several hours his action. President Ford, in a letter to resolve to protect its shipping against away. The happy Thais cooked a de­ SIU President Hall, wrote: Thank you such hostile and illegal acts wherever licious fish breakfast for everyone. For for your message concerning the SS they may occur. the first time in three days, the crew ate Mayaguez. We are all grateful that the I deeply appreciate your taking the heartily and happily. vessel and its entire crew have been time to let me know of your support. As they neared the Mayaguez. they were met by the destroyer USS Wilson. The Wilson's guns were kept trained on them until they were positively identi­ fied. Then a voice over a loudspeaker boomed: "Crew of the Mayaguez wel­ come aboard." The ordeal was over. » • • L ^ t ^ Wt li '-If p ' • The crew was returned to the Maya­ guez. From her deck, they could see two U.S. helicopters disabled on the beach of Koh Tang. They were greeted by the same 40 or 50 Marines diat had taken over the Mayaguez the previous day. The steward department cooked up a good meal and fed the Marines who were later taken off the ship by two Navy tugs. The ship was then towed out to in­ ternational waters by the Naval de­ stroyer USS Holt. With steam up, the Mayaguez headed out under its own power toward Singapore, with all hands alive and well. They were met in Singapore by an army of newsmen who wanted to hear their story. SIU Yokohama Agent Frank Boyne also met the ship. In a telegram to President Ford, the SIU crew expressed their thanks for his quick action, as well as their deep sor­ row and regret for the American serv­ icemen who lost their lives during the heroic fight for their release. Upon learning of the crew's safe re­ lease, SIU President Paul Hall wired the White House, stating: "Please ac­ cept our sincere appreciation for your direct and forthright handling of the ^ Mayaguez situation. Under your firmleadership this incident has demon­ strated that the United States will insist upon the fair, civilized treatment of its citizens and property within the terms of international law. In behalf of the fI |ii P- ' Seafarer Angel Rios, top photo, is surrounded by small army of newsmen as he comes off his plane at San Francisco International Airport. In photo below. Seafarer Ervin "Andy" Anderson, who sailed as chief steward, is greeted by his wife at the airport in New Orleans. Anderson suffered from chills and fever. i' A P 4 Page 21 June, 1975 i*' �• -—:.x."•" j' ">Ti ' , V. "T'ii' . A 177 Seafarers Attend Mobile Meeting i I / V \ rjphe effect that the SIlTs legislative and political activities have on the job security of Seafarers, and the prospects for shipping were some of the issues discussed at last month's membership meeting in the port of Mobile, which was chaired by Mobfle Port Agent Blackie Niera. Meeting officers also included SlU Represen­ tative Harold Fisher, who served as reading clerk, and SIU member Eaii McCaskey, a recertified bosun serv­ ing as recording-secretary. Tbe port of Mobile holds its meet­ ings each month on the second Wed­ nesday after ffie first Sunday of the month. Last month, two SlU-contracted vessels, thie John Penn and the Overseas Aleutian, crewed up in this port providing over 60 jobs for Mobile Seafarers and giving the port a good boost in shipping. The Over­ seas Aleutian had been laid up for three months and the John Penn for about ten days. Also last month in this port, the National Maritime Council, con­ ducted a well-attended forum of shippers from the Mobile area to introduce these shippers to the ad­ vantages of using American-flag ves­ sels to transport their cargoes. ? SIU Mobile Port Agent Blackie Niera, center, chairs monthly membership meeting at the SIU hall in the port of Mobile. Seated left is SIU Patrolman Harold Fisher, who served as reading clerk, and seated right is SIU member Earl McCaskey, a recertified bosun who served as recording secretary. Recertified Bosun E. C. Craddock, standing, hits the deck during Good and Welfare at Mobile mem­ bership meeting. , 'U ru 1 ^ Part of the 177 Mobile Seafarers, above and below, who attended the Mobile membership meeting take part in the democratic process of the Union. The port of Mobile conducts its monthly meetings on the second Wednesday after the first Sunday of each month. .1^ : :\ •> I.; f-: I A ,> •' ',.<: • .' •• L. I '^ • •iL •• ••• -••• . ^ g '•"Kl; A Mobile Seafarer focuses his attention on the "Chair during monthly membership meeting. Seafarers Log W.. I , • *•- H '' A! f;'.• ,•,,•'-5,- ''r; J 'AA '.'••.I'- �I,' >' if 1.1 -I 7 " PREMIUM RATES ! New Rate (effective 6/16/75) CMRiitis Boatswain .. :;V'?vi-.'i ;•.. Boatswain (SL Ts, IPg LASH & Mariner) .... Abie Seaman Cbrdinaiy Sofeman ... .^. CWefEleclrician:.. v ; Cblef Electrician (SL Ts^ SL18's,LASH& Mariner) QMED ...,. 'Oiler ^^I^Per ,.,. i,. j» «,»> * • • • .. • » «. a a 7.01 7.89 7.74 5.34 4.19 8.23 8.81 6.01 4.71 9.26 New Rate (effective 6/16/76) •M: ^.54 7.83 5.34 4.98 7.01 9.61 8.81 6.01 5.60 7.89 Chief steward ....... a Chief Steward (SL 7% SL18%LASH& e Mariner)..i./ 7.74 Steward/Cook 7.19 Cook & Baker'........,. . 6.09 lUKflBBIkUUl • t, :• 4.17 8.81 8.81 6.85 4,69 NewRme (effective 6/16/77) 8.28 8.69 9.25 6.31 4.95 9.72 9.71 6.62 ,5.20 10.21 10.09 9.25 6.31 5.88 8.28 10.59 9.71 6.62 6.18 8.69 :U.:- . 9.25 9.25 7.19 4.93 Old Rate Boatswain ............. Boatswain (SL Ts, SL18*s LASH & Mariner). ,, Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman Chief Electrician .. ^.. Chief Electrician (SL Ts^ SLlS'sLASHft Mariner) QMED .... Oiler Wiper Chief Steward Chief Steward (SL7^ SL18'sLASH& I «• » ' • '• • ' ;• -r' • •• • • AfSs^Bv*) . . .......... Steward/Cook Cook & Baker Messman V.. New Rate (effective 6/16/76) 5.04 4,48 3.34 2.73 4.48 5.04 • 3.87 3.07 5.04 5.29 4.06 3.22 5.29 4.48 4.48 3.34 2.73 4.48 5.04 5.04 3.87 3.07 5.04 5.29 5.29 4.06 3.22 5.29 5.04 5.04 5.04 3.07 5.29 5;29 5.29 3.22 4.48 4.48 4.48 2.73 Old Rate " Boatswain (under 25,500dwt) ......... . 826.23 Boatswain (over 25,000 dwt) ... . 858.42 Boaiswain (on ships buffi since 1970) Able Seaman , 620.05 (Wlinary Seaman ... ii. 491.67 QMED . 946.97 Chief Pnmpman 866.27 ^)iier . •..... •. a 620.05 ... .. 569.30 9.71 9.71 7.55 5.17 Steward/Cook ., 4.48 : #: • New Rate (effective 6/16/77) 5.29 . 5.56 5.56 4.27 3.39 5.56 5.56 5.56 5.56 3.39 Except as otherwise provided the rates set forth above shall be paid for all work in excess of eight hours, Monday through. Friday. For ail work performed on watch tt port, after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M., Monday through Friday the following rates ;shall be applicable, except as otherwise provided. 877.83 744.72 727.15 ;S 475.30 Chief Cook Cook and Baker Messman 5.56 5.56 4.27 3.39 5.56 New Rate (effective 6/16/75) Wiper, . Chief Steward (undor 25,500 dwt) . ; v . .|: 829.66 Chief leeward (over 25,500 dwt) . 861.84 Chief Steward (on ships bnilt since 1970) OVERTIME RATES New Ratfe (effective 6/16/75) BASE MONTHLY WAGES , .. ^ - New Rate New Rate (effective (effective 6/16/76) 929.51 975.98 1024.78 965.72 1014.01 1064.71 1065.J4 697.56 553.13 1065.34 974.55 697.56 640.46 1118.61 732.43 580.79 1118.61 1023.28 732.43 : 672.49 1174.54 769.06 609,82 1174.54 1074.45 769.06 706.11 933.37 980.04 1029.04 969.57 1018.05 1068.95 1065.34 1065.34 837.81 818.04 534.71 1118.61 1118.61 879.70 858.95 . 561.45 1174.54 1174.54 923.69 901.89 589.52 ^ 5' New Rate (effective ' 6/16/75) New Rate (effective 6/16/76) %'i New Rate' (effective 6/16/77) -;n t Boatswain (under 25,500 dwt) Boatswain ' (over 25,500 dwt) Boatewain (on shifn built since 1970) Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman ....... OWED Chief Oiler Wper Chldf Steward (under 25,500 dwt) .... Chief Steward (over 25,500 dwt) .. Chief Steward (on ships built since 1970) ... .. .-S -- Steward/Cook Chief Cook Cook and Baker Messman " Unemployment at Highest Point Continued from Page 2 percent, or 3,346,000, of the total only area which has been hit by unemployed. Since in most households, devastating imemployment. In manuthe head is the sole or primary earner, facturing, the unemployment rate has the unemployment of the family breadnow risen to 12.3 percent, up from winner usually has a serious effect on 4.7 percent a year ago. In the whole­ the economic well-being of the entire sale and retail trade the figures are household. 8.9 percent, up from 6.3 percent a The other significant statistic in the year agq, and in transportation and BLS report is the one that measures public utilities the numbers read 6.7 . "hardship"—^the number of long-term percent as compared with 3 percent unemployed—those who have been last year. out of work for 15 weeks or longer. Two other significant statistics re­ In May this number rose by 240,000 leased by the Bureau of Labor Statis­ to more than 2.6 million; a year ago tics really give a good indication of — J e-- - 6—* the total was less than a million. And, how serious the imemployment probthose who had been seeking work for lem actually is. six months or more exceeded one milHousehold Heads lion for the since 1958. luw first moi time iiuifc aiu».c The unemployment rate for houseThe average duration of joblessness ntinued to move upward, and in May hold heads-^an important figure since continued A weeks, the highestX level t t these are workers with others dependit reached 13.4 ent upon them—rose from 6 to 6.3 in 10 years. Since last November, the percent over the month. This is in Bureau reported, the average duration comparison with 1.9 percent in Februof unemployment has increased by 3.6 ary, 1969 and 3 percent a year ago. weeks, and the number jobless for 15 Household heads now account for 39.2 weeks or more has risen by 1.5 millinn. June, 1975 s'' ^ . 1:1 OVERTIME RATES _ ' - New Rate ' (effective Old Rate 6/16/75) (under 25,506 dwt) 4.48 Boatswain (over 25,500 dwt) .4.48 Boatswain (on sUps bnflt since 1970) • Able Seaman 3.34 Ordlnaiy Seaman ...... 2.73 OMED 4.48 / .5.04 (effeofive 6/16/76) . . New Rate (idtectlve 6/16/77) 5.295 . 5.04 Oiler 3.34 Wiper 2,73 Chief Steward (nnder 25,500 dwt) ..4.48 Chief Steward (over 25,500 dwt) .... 4.48 "hlef Steward (on ships built since 1970) .. x ^Steward/Cook 4.48 5.04 < -15.: ; Chief Cook 4.48 V 5.04 V . 5,04 Cook and Baker it ... • 4.48 5.04 Messman 2.73 3.07 i.# ..o as otherwise provided ptu>>uwu the luc rates set M:I luiiii forth above aoovc snaii shall oe be paid for tor all work wc in eiDht lirillfs. PTfirlftvr For all work performed ! • " excess of eight hours, Monday LKl»rt1tOrl<i through Friday. on wai watch in jT—-; K •r P.M. and , before 8 KJ A.M., avA\.riiuaj . P®"' Monday through Friday the following rates V SnRu be aDDlicabie. excenf as otherwise ntherwkA provided. shall be applicable, except Page 23 7C • .. ' i PREMIUM RATES Old Rate U- �• -.vj:'' • !W: • -' -J psi - .V ., fMnciIrt* 4 SiCmMEf^XIojgg ^ TO^gpiarENr^'^ - • All vessels should be siened on or no more than six months articles. ;• ;;.'-rp; •' And the New Contract ^^'Ofitinucd ',- V-. • ' ' Where possible, «uuiaona additional rebef «««-.. t \ Dffl! should shrtiilrl Ugangs be established. 'WCr 'ommmATfirnS. j^NEW CONraACT- -f -,w. p^CONFTOM , '"^r. ;}r.^®''An "^WIEW CONTKACT i'- e . An increase in the death benr^l vessels remaining outside the ^ntmen^ United stSes foriverl SMt^months, provisions have beeh ^ fhe seaman who Pmed the vessel in the States the of paying off, with transl^ation back to the States, A An increased surgical benefit. ^ the hospital room and the fu« cost of a semi-pnvate room in all cases. An increase from $300 to $500; toIS!"' •••p in^ pay will be iii creased to $2,200 for Group I fce^ • •• • ;^-'-'\v' • If there is any increaw in Main tenance and Cure in the tad^t^ J^^ease should be applied t' contract, the Main» ^ance and Cure clause is the only s tenance and Cure is increaredS - ' Increased from $450 to $600; ^ An increased maternity benefit. • This ^<mimendation is noted Committee and —. ,-^ * Death benefit will be increased to a maximum of $5,000. • An increase in such coverage, " miscellaneous hosjPital coverage. ^rfilvt subsistence lodgmg should be increased. • Transportation --fu-- .•.•• ""e pension benefit ; • Ime ™ P?^" "P" on "hen a seaman K shinno^ :mS'S?r?p„XnTa2: paid by the operator. rJl ^ compulsory for the MaS.f'• Transportation jyo.oo'per moMh fOT iSffigS mg on i^sion after June 15, 1975 pi?cussions wai continue in order Z Provide an increase in ^.pension benefit for members al­ ready receivmg a pension ""•»« pension. IWrtTi!' AM PO« i. unaMiVSfSL^^ Si V Tj"® •, '. ««ions neaiing Sailing Boat! i ' S payment for meals not list^ in ^ iSsed~^ '•' ..V. ' ^ ^ s'teSS'lh.t'l " automatic ^ ?" ""PuW be allowed to smoke on the wheel maintenance ®r hydraulic carno :iies on on OBO nun vessels should £ atcbes f "P" ">«tae du% tte mhcensed deck deparhnj V/ "ed to Pay Increases Won Continued from Page Paee 3 Ji \' • • Any company that fails to notifv ;a crew that their ship will^^l • This provision was established. this country should be «^nsible for the crew's peisoiif al y'"".. 2 Television sets should be replaced ^ maim °f "Onnai mm^ance should be borne by the company, ^ ' malte restitution. • Except for periods wben the ves- * « •uauMvering the helmsman ' U'fi be pennitted to smoke. • P""®'"" ias been made for thai also tank wages and overtSf =«ablished for OBO! the 1970 Merchant rnarme Marine Act, incluinn -.-~^x.«.gg includina ®nd premium overMim Manner shins, the hoc„«o m or ^®tehwatcK ^k?a % ISidW Steward/ admg oosuns, stewards aud and stew. stew- SSariyi LASH. Mariner and other newly" conm H!?* should receive the same structed vessels will be raised to monthly wages, as well as premium and overtime rates as QMEDs. SB This wili prooroxiS^ff ^'ith ap. $40 mo ^ additional $30 to . wifi also continue. The SIU is ^ ue^salmg for increases in pensionlf perMmel'''*'' ™®"° unlicensed l^sassmg a Group I rating peSr hourf d„r£^ve^ wS&Ut «u wo^'Ll''®"''""® Committee also Shl£!he'IhT^^ '° situations p"ss:r fthe'st?^, pay and premium rates for .As - '1 As TV T.V. sets on bobrd reouire • The allowance for extra meals rf*^ increased to 75rf |n4 fte penalty payme^ for carry­ ing passengers will be applied to auyone not listed in iff officid J^U^anale«ei„dingcad.S!^S .i. _ .u S£"Hi!s,X' from SpySs'S .sr*-";£;s4-5sr ^^-'=Vlorc^«Se''S's.°"'" ""T ssEsi^s «-as"^ ss"5?----X*K *^1;; s"" 2.SBH£S- sS-=ss,i== KS?«-«CS ZH-rs.ns-" sri-'-s'^ns-s £sr.'„T=;- a-?«Er,~5.S St ^/^e^oSS C VMHU On new tankers, 2l~sefwSr}^^^^ ^ also negotiated" Continued on Page 26 Seafarers Log ;Z. ' •\hMl �New SIU Pensioners mm?: Charles E. Bums, 60, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Jackson­ ville, Fla. sailing as an oiler. Brother Bums had sailed for 42 years and walked the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961 and the Robin Line beef in 1962. He also re­ ceived a personal safety award in 1960 for sailing aboard an accidentfree ship, the SS Steel Surveyor. Born in Macon, Ga., he is a resident of Jacksonville. Wiley Hinton, 66, joined the Un­ ion in 1945 in the port of Mobile sailing as a chief cook. Brother Hin­ ton had sailed 29 years. A native of George County, Miss., he is now a resident of Lucedale, Miss. Vincent S. Hooper, 66, joined the SIU in the port of Boston in 1958 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Hooper had sailed for 31 years and is a U.S. Navy World War II veteran. He was born in Murray River, Prince Edward Is., Canada, and is a resident of Seattle. John W. Parker, Jr., 74, joined ; the Union in 1941 in the port of j Savannah sailing as a chief steward. | ' Brother Parker had sailed for 53 years and is a U.S. Navy pre-war veteran. He was born in Savannah i and is a resident there. John M. Lamb, 66, joined the Union in the port of Mobile in 1954 sailing as a chief electrician. Brother i^amb had sailed for 33 years and spent two years helping in an SIU organizing drive. He also attended the 1972 Union's Educational Con­ ference in the HLSS in Piney Point, Md. Born in Dothan, Ala., he is now a resident of Mobile. Michael Pisknn, 59, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York sailing as a BR utility. Brother Piskun had sailed for 32 years and is a Navy Seabee veteran of World War II. He also walked the picket line in the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. Born in New York City, he is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. Thomas N. Johnson, 65, joined the Union in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Johnson had sailed for 29 years and is a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was bom in Virginia and is a resident of Baltimore. William E. Smith, 61, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New York sailing as a chief steward. Brother Smith is a U.S. Army veteran of World War H. He is a native of Massachusetts and is a resident of Mobile. ir 4-' 1,4 Andrew A. G. McClosky, 65, joined the Union in 1947 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a reefer utility. Brother McClosky had sailed for 37 years. He was bom in Algiers, La. and is a resident of New Orleans. Yemen L. Porter, 55, joined the Union in 1938 in the port of Norfolk sailing as an AB. Brother Porter had sailed for 34 years and attended a SIU Crews Conference at Piney Point, Md. at the Harry Lundeberg ScTiool of Seamanship. He is a native of Portsmouth, Va. and is a resident of Norfolk. Jose A.Silva, 70, joined the Union in 1946 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as an AB. Brother Silva had sailed for 28 years and is a U.S. naturalized citizen. He was bom in Pern and is a resident of Houston. IV i ' Alfred D. Kirkconnell, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Tampa in 1969 sailing as an AB. Brother Kirk­ connell was born in Honduras and is a resident of Tampa. Early A. Punch, 61, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of New Orleans sailing as an OS. Brother Punch had sailed for 30 years. He was born in Louisiana and is a resi­ dent of San Francisco. Torsten K. Lnndkvist, 67, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1956 sailing as a bosxm. Brother Lundkvist had sailed for 27 years aboard American flagships. He walked the picket line in the Greater N.Y. Harbor strike of 1961 and the Robin Line strike in 1962. Seafarer Lundkvist also donated one gallon and three pints of blood to the Union Blood Bank in 1966. He's a native of Sweden and is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. •; I Alfredo G. Lopez, 61, joined the Union in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as a chief cook. Brother Lopez had sailed for 32 years. He was born in the Philippines and is a resident of San Francisco. ;i Armando B. Lavagno, 62, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Miami sailing as a bosun. Brother Lavagno had sailed for 36 years. He was bom in Hackeiisack, N.J., and is a resi­ dent of Houston. Mikade Olenchik, 70, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1950 sailing as an AB. Brother Olenchik had sailed for 25 years and was on the picket line in the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. He is a native of New York City and is a resident of San Francisco. Bosun Nears 3-Gallon Mark •wf . • Port New York ...... Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Detroit June Recertified Bosun graduate Luther Myrex (center) gets a well-done handshake from SlU Medjcal Director Dr. Joseph B. Logue for donating his 19th pint of blood to the Union's Blood Bank on May 23. Looking on in ad­ miration is Nurse Cheryl Edel at the Headquarters Clinic. Brother Myrex is runnerup to Seafarer Arthur Sankovidt, who holds the enviable record of donating more than three gallons of blood to the bank. Bosun Myrex gave his first gallon to the Mobile clinic in 1962, the second there in 1968 and two pints there this year. Usually, five pints a year is the limit. Houston New Orleans .... Mobile San Francisco ... Wilmington .... Seattle Columbus Chicago ... .s .. Port Arthur .... Buffalo St. Louis Cleveland Jersey City Date July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 10 July 11 July 14 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 , July 21 . July 25 . July 19 . July 15 . July 15 . July 16 . July 17 . July 17 . July 14 . Deep Sea. IBU UIW 2:30 p.m. ...... 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m 5:00 p.m •.. 7:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m — — 2.30 p.m. ...... ...... 5:00 p.m. 2:JO p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m — 5:00 p.m — 5:00 p.m — 5:00 p.m — 5:00 p.m. .•••.. — •tI t i' sJ Page 25 June, 1975 V'l; •J 44 f. :.f- A �1 I tr A• yunrj/ m, >•' t' -gv'.. If you are convicted of possession of any ille^ drug—heroin, baibitalatcs, speed, LSD, or even inariinana-4lie U.S. Coast Guard will revoke your seaonn piqpers, without appeal, FOREVER. That wMtwM Wiaf you lose for the rest of your file die r^t to make ^ Hvii^ by the sea. . ^. However, it doesnt quite end there even if you receive a suspended STEER A CLEAR COURSEI sentence. You may lose your right to vote, your right to hold public office or to orm a gun. You •!«» may lose the opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dentist, certiffed public accountant, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may jeopardise your r^ht to hold a job where you must be licensed or bonded and you may never be able to work for the city, the county, or the Federal government. Ifs a pretty tough rap, but thafs exacdy how it is and you cant do any­ thing about it. The couvicted drug user leaves a black mark on his reputation for the rest of his life. However, drugs can not only destroy your r^t to a good Uvdfliood, it can destroy your life. Drug abuse presmts a serious threat to bodi your idiyskal and mental health, and the personal safety of those around you. This is especially true aboard ship sdiere clear minds and quick reflexes are essential at aD times lor the safe operation of the vessd. Don't let drags destroy your natural right to a good, happy, productive life. Stay drug free and deer a clear course. ' J •:{ '•i I New SiU Contract Negotiated • --'B- Continued from Page 24 provision for the installation of clothes dryers, • Tank wages and overtime rates have been established for OBO vessels. • Sanitary work may be performed by the 12-4 ordinary seaman on ves­ sels having a watchstanding Bosun. • Further jurisdiction has beenestablished for the Engine Department on motor vessels. • The company will now pay trans­ portation of a seaman to another port if that port is unable to fill the job, and • The layup clause in the Shipping Rules has been extended and provides the seaman the right to reclaim his job within a 30-day period. However, the seven-day penalty clause in the con­ tract remains intact. These are just some of the high­ lights contained in the new three-year SIU agreement. The entire Freightship and Tanker agreements will appear in a special edition of the July Seafarers LOG with all changes indicated. Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid Apr. 24-May 21,1975 SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Number MONTH TO DATE YEAR TO DAIT ELIGIBLES ; Death 16 In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 411 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 170 Hospital & Hospital Extras 18 Surgical 6 Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 6,143 Special Equipment^ 1 Optical .............................. 197 Supplemental Medicare Premiums 71 DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors" Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood Transfusions Optical PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Death Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors" Visits & Other Medical Expenses .. Surgical Optical Blood Transfusions Special Equipment ^^en^al .............................. Supplemental Medicare Premiums ........ i; ;>:• ^ • m.'- • - .:-^T SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, TOTALS Total Seafarers Welfare Plan Total Seafarers Pension Plan ............ Total Seafarers Vacation Plan Tp^^eafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation -•i • //-.r J- -; Page 26 Amoimt YEAR TO DATE 40,500.00 411.00 510.00 2,370.80 450.00 49,144.00 .95 4,489.61 2,730.00 $ 189,109.85 3,436.00 2,346.00 7,487.61 925.92 274,136.00 1,759.41 24,940.28 8,681.30 1,903 310 554 75 12 668 74,219.39 2,420.72 17,157.49 3,464.25 51.00 3,122.39 405,637.61 12,185.96 73,664.48 21,180.25 883.00 16,945.92 36,000.00 _ 17,378.65 6,245.97 562.00 1,846.53 — 1,973 71 846 580 73 364 1 13 5 7,849 14,120.70 213,000.00 139,550.87 22,254.94 11,976.25 8,709.11 72.00 3,503.04 1,706.00 55,203.20 28 72 7,721.45 26,429,50 10,055 2,345 701 13,101 53,181 9,356 4,574 67,111 285,809.10 578,184.25 . 375,198.97 $1,239,192.32 1,525,724.50 2,328,940.55 2,550,943.37 $6,405,608.42 336 55 118 13 1 139 65 3,436 782 76 13 34,267 14 947 185 MONTH TO DATE " ; $ Zigmimd '^ex" Piotrowski Please contact your cousin, Medard Kowalski, at 1336 Dartmouth < St., Scranton, Pa. 18504, or caU (717) 3421105. Roberto Pimcipe Please contact your brother, Efrain A. Morales, at 510 7th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215, or call him at (212) 7681911. James E. McDermott Please contact your brother-in-l^w. Jack Mulligan, at 145 Sargeant Ave., Clifton, N.J. 07013, or call (201) 4734464. •• 12' 162 111 6 65 - — 3 • 892.20 /• King Howard Bn^au Please contact your daughter, Mrs. Beverly Brigman Marshall, at Onemo P.O., Mathews, Va. 23130. Lawrence Edward Stanhope Please contact your daughter, Larry Sue Roberts, at 5227 Jean, Ainarillo, Tex. 79109. Seafarers Log „ �=• jRnal Jieparturesi SIU pensioner Pedro Cruz, 73, suc­ cumbed to heart failure in the San Francisco USPHS Hospital on Mar. 28. Brother Cruz joined the Union in 1941 in the port of New York deck engineer. He had sailed for 25 years, received a personal safety award for sailing aboard the ac­ cident-free ship, the SS City of Alma in 1960 and attended a Piney Point Pen­ sioners Conference in 1970. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a resident of San Francisco. Interment was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Sur­ viving are his widow, Braulia of Brook­ lyn and four daughters, Mrs. Esther Gallo of Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; Mrs. Racquel Chevalier of Brooklyn; Estella of San Francisco and Gladys. Hubert A. Few, 54, died in the New Orleans USPHS Hospital on May 7. Brother Few joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1968 sail­ ing as a QMED. He was bom in Prichard, Ala. and was a resident of Mobile at the time of his death. Surviving are his widow, Bernice; a sou, James and a brother, William of Mobile. Joseph D. Fprchia, 53, succumbed to emphysema in New Orleans on Mar. 29. Brother Forchia joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a cook and baker. He had sailed for 32 years. Bom iaNew Orleans, he was a resident there when he died. Burial was in Mt. Olives Ceme­ tery, New Orleans. Surviving are his widow, Evelyn; a son, Eric and two daughters, Glenda of New Orleans and Vanessa. SIU pensioner Joseph £. Ford, 87, passed away on Mar. 31. Brother Ford joined the Union in the port of Buffalo in 1961 sailing as a firemah-watertender on tugs for the Great Lakes Towing Co. He had sailed for 56 years and was a resident of Buffalo when he died. Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Dorothy M. Denfrund of Kenmore, N.Y. SIU pensioner Carroll E. Harper, 71, died in the San Francisco USPHS Hospital on Apr. 30. Brother Harper join­ ed the SIU in 1948 in the port of New York sailing as a wiper. He had sailed for 25 years and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. A native of Maryland, he was a resident of San Francisco when he passed away. Sur­ viving are his widow, Fumike of Yoko­ hama; his sister, Mrs. Viola M. Wood Kaemmer of Glen Burnie, Md. and a niece, Mrs. Virginia J. Fraser of San Francisco. Rufus L. Ahernethy, 46, died on Mar. 8. Brother Abernethy joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Norfolk sail­ ing in the steward department for 31 years. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. Bom in Hickory, N.C., he was a resident there at his death. Burial was in Catwaba Memorial Park Cemetery, Hickory. Surviving is his mother, Vadar of Hick­ ory. SIU pensioner Charles N. H. "Chuck" AHen, 65, succumbed to a heart attack at home on Apr. 1. Brother Al­ len joined the Union in 1942 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He had sailed for 31 years and was a pre-war veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was awarded the U.S. Mari­ ners Medal for being wounded on the SS Samuel F. Miller (Waterman) in an air raid on Naples, Italy on Oct. 5, 1943. A native of Baltimore, he was a resident of Sonoma, Calif, at the time of his death. Cremation took place in Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Park. Surviving are his widow. Ok Boon; a son, Charles; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Moreau and a nephew, Allen Moreau, both of Baltimore. William A. Miller, 61, died on Apr. 30. Brother Miller joined the Union in the port of Houston in 1960 sailing as a chief steward for Dixie Carriers in 1970, Na­ tional Marine Service from 1960 to 1964 and for General Marine from 1959 to 1960. He was bom in Chumuckla, Fla. and was a resident of Marrero, La. when he passed away. Surviving is his widow, Lanell of Lynn Haven, Fla. Balhino F. Mogol, 64, passed away on Mar. 30. Brother Mogol joined the SIU in the port of Yokohama in 1970 sailing as a firemanwatertender. He had sailed for 27 years. Bom in Brae Marinducxue, the Philip­ pines, he was a resident of Manila. Sur­ viving are his widow. Pilar; four sons, Danilo,, Benjamin, Clodolyo and Ern­ esto and a daughter, Myrna. Melvin O. Moore, I 52, died of appar­ ently natural causes aboard the C4 SS Lyman Hall (Water­ man) on May 8 while on die Middle East run. Brother Moore joined the SIU in the port of Jacksonville in 1974 sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 29 years. A native of York County, Va., he was a resident of Melbourne, Fla. when he passed away. Surviving are his widow, Martha; a son, Michael and a daughter, Marsha. Dennis H. Brazell, 47, died of a heart attack on board the SS Eagle Traveler (United Maritime), while in the port of Alexandria, Egypt on May 18. Brother Brazell joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Savannah sailing as a wiper. He had sailed for 28 years. Seafarer Brazell was born in Georgia and was a resident of Houston. The body was returned to the U.S. for burial. Surviving are his widow, Jennie of Jacksonville; his mother, Mrs. Clyde (Ann) Brazell of Gibsonton, Fla.; a brother, James of Riverview, Fla. and three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Williamson and Mrs. Betty E. Jones Brown, both of Gibsonton and Mrs. Mary Louise Coniglio of Tampa. SIU pensioner Michael J. Byrnes, 69, passed away from heart disease in Meadowview Hospital, Secaucus, N.J. on Apr. 22, Brother Bymes joined the Union in the port of New York in 1960 sailing as a deck­ hand for the Penn Central Railroad from 1935 to 1972 and for the Moran Towing Co. from 1928 to 1935. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. He was born in Hoboken, N.J. and was a resident of North Bergen, N.J. Surviving are a brother, John; a sister-in-law, Mary and two nieces, Bridget and Colleen Bums, all of North Bergen. SIU pensioner Lester M. Wyman, 77, passed away on May 2. Brother Wy­ man joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 25 years. Seafarer Wyman was born in Massa­ chusetts and was a resident of Berwick, Me. when he died. Surviving are a son, Lester of Hanson, Mass. and a sister, Louise of Brookline, Mass. Albert R. Yeoman, 35, died on May 5. Brother Yeoman joined the SIU in the port of Tampa in 1964 sailing as an AB. He attended the Andrew Furuseth Training School in Houston in 1963 and was a U.S. Air Force veteran in the post-war period. Bom in Hartford, Ala., he was a resi­ dent of Slocomb, Ala. when he passed away. Surviving are his widow, Jackie; a daughter, Alecia of Slocomb and a grandmother, Mrs. J. L. Roy of Hartford. SIU pensioner George Thomas, 82, passed away on May 2. Brother Thomas joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1957 sailing as a cap­ tain for the Gulf Atlantic Towing Corp. of Norfolk. He was born in Maryland and was a resident of Neavitt, Md. at the time of his death. Sur­ viving aire his widow, Henrietta and a son, George of Baltimore. SIU pensioner Winston E. Renny, 74, passed away front a respiratory infec­ tion in the Bay Front Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla. on Mar. 8. Brother Ren­ ny joined the SIU in 1938 as a charter member in the port of New York sailing in the deck depart­ ment. He had sailed for 39 years and walked the picket line in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and in the 1962 Robin Line beef. Seafarer Renny was a native of the island of Jamaica, the British West Indies and was a resident of St. Petersburg when he died. Cremation took place in the State Crematory, Clearwater, N.Y. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Feger of Dunedin, Fla.; Mrs. Peggy C. Palmer of the Bronx, N.Y. and Mrs. Ouida Cordonatt Goldstein of Suffern, N.Y. SIU pensioner William C. Paris, 78, died from kidney fail­ ure in the New Or­ leans USPHS Hos­ pital on Apr. 21. Brother Paris joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Boston sailing in the steward department. He had sailed for 41 years and was a World War I U.S. Navy veteran. Seafarer Paris was born in Arlington, Mass. and was a resident of New Orleans when he passed away. Inteiment was in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Pulcina of Santos, Brazil; his mother, Katherine of Mai­ den, Mass; a son, Alfred; a daughter, Marie and a sister, Mrs. Anna Guman of Maiden. SIU pensioner Harry M. Galphin, 70, died of cancer in Jacksonville (Fla.) Memorial Hospital on Mar. 10. Brother Galphin joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Savannah sailing as an AB. He had sailed for 37 years and was a pre-war veteran of the U.S. Navy. Seafarer Galphin was born in Florida and was a resident of Jackson­ ville when he passed away. Interment was in Bosque Bello Cemetery, Fernandina, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Eunice; his mother, Ida Mae of Fernandina Beach, Fla. and a stepson, James Burke. Frank Castagna, 31, drowned when he fell off a launch as the SS Tampa (Sea-Land) was anchored off Genoa, Italy on Apr. 15. Brother Castanga joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1963 sailing as a firemanwatertender. He attended the Andrew Furuseth Training School in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1963. Born in Brooklyn, he was a resident there when he died. Burial was in Brooklyn. Surviving are his mother, Dorothy and a sister, Mrs. Miriam Gili, both of Brooklyn. Harold A. Hultman, Sr., 62, died of a heart attack in the Wilmington (Del.) Memorial Clinic on Jan. 25. Brother • Hultman joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1958 sailing as a chief engineer for the Berg Towing Co. of Chesapeake City, Md. from 1957 to 1975 and for Curtis Bay Towing Co. and the Du Pont Co. A Brooklyn na­ tive, he was a resident of New Castle, Del. when he passed away. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Bellport, L.I., N.Y. Surviving are his widow, • Lillie and a son, Harold of Fairfax, Va. Page 27 June, 1975 V .'j' * / r'. t- • i ^,i »i I I st * It i.i i' '1 1'., I V-' •J -^ IT -it* I- if i i' M 't : » 1' i, 'i-/\ 4 • - II ' �-4 4 "^-• •( Digest of SlU Ships' Meetings . h- I' 'r' 't M U: •Vi . r: W ,: v .!-. -, ''•0y- ' • OAKLAND (Sea-Land Service), April 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun James A. Shortell; Secretary C. John­ son; Educational Director Karttunen, Chairman discussed President Paul Hall's report in the Seafarers Log. The crewmembers were thanked for their contribution for flowers for Charles Jackson's mother who passed away. $10.35 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to ship's committee and delegates. DELTA MAR (Delta Steamship), April 6—Chairman, Recertified Bosun R. Lambert; Secretary D. Collins; Edu­ cational Director E. Synan; Steward Delegate Peter V. Hammel. $25 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that the Seafarers Log was re­ ceived in Santos, Brazil and that it con­ tained some very good articles. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Nola. SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand Service), April 13—Chairman Loather G. G. Reck; Educational Di­ rector James Petersen; Steward Dele­ gate L. J. Rinaldi. Chairman suggested that all should support SPAD for round three of the oil bill fight. A safety meet­ ing was held and it was noted that more members should attend these meetings as they are for the benefit of all. $36 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in en­ gine department. The oil bill article was received and posted. A vote of thanks to the chief cook. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Marine), April 20—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary E. Kelly; Educational Director Neel; Deck Delegate John Kucharski; Engine Delegate William Beatty; Steward Dele­ gate A. S. Smith. No disputed OT. Chairman suggested that everyone should read the Seafarers Log and when you have the time plan to go for LNG instruction. Everything running smoothly. COLUMBIA (United States Steel), April 27—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun J. Jandora; Secretary M. S. Sospina; Educational Director W. C. Sevens; Deck Delegate James S. Rog­ ers; Steward Delegate Frank Rakas. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Chairman suggested that all crewmembers with enough seatime should take the time now to go to LNG and LPG classes. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land Service), April 20—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun C. James; Secretary Duke Gard­ ner; Educationa' ""irector M. Beata. $103.50 in ship •, . and. No disputed OT. Put in a request for screen doors on all main deck entrances especially the crew mess. Everything running smoothly. CHARLESTON (Sea-Land Service), April 13—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun G. Burke; Secretary R. Hutchins; Engine Delegate J. Pineiro; Steward Delegate J. Figueroa. No disputed OT. Chairman held a discussion on the benefit to each member to voluntarily donate to SPAD and also on the meet­ ing to be held at Pjney Point. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Houston. Page 28 ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land Serv­ ice), April 12—Chairman, Recertified Bosun V. T. Nielsen; Secretary George W. Gibbons; Educational Director Ger­ ard P. Bemons. $40 in ship's fund and a library fund was collected. No dis­ puted OT. Chairman held a discussion on the upcoming contracts and also about SPAD. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Cadiz, Spain. SEA-LAND McLEAN (Sea-Land Service), April 6—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun David H. Berger; Secretary T. R. Goodman; Educational Director G. Knowles; Deck Delegate John Wolfe; Steward Delegate Bernard Sha­ piro. $30 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman issued beneficiary cards to crewmembers to be filled out and sent to' Headquarters. Suggested that all donate to SPAD. For safety pur­ poses a non-skid paint was used to paint tunnels and decks. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land Serv­ ice), April 27—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Frank Teti; Secretary O. Smith; Educational Director R. Matthew. $7 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chair­ man commended all departments for great cooperation and suggested that crew contribute to SPAD. He noted how important SPAD is to our future. The ship will be in the yard for a few days and the secretary will try to get a catalogue to select movies from. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service), April 13—Chairman Recertified Bosun Jose Aguiar; Secretary W. Datzko; Educational Director D. Papageorgiou. No disputed OT. Chairman talked about the new contract coming up and suggested that all members take part in it and send your letters in. Educa­ tional director requested that if the members saw anything they thought was not in a safe condition to report it to him. A vote of thanks was given to John Bellamy, a graduate of the Lundeberg Upgrading school by the steward delegate. Steward stated that he would like to see more fine men coming from the school as they are doihg a fine job. A vote of thanks to the bosun and the day man for a job well done in getting the galley painted. A vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. OVERSEAS JUNEAU (Maritime Overseas), April 20—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun James Baudoin; Secre­ tary Ralph Bullard, Deck Delegate Bert Smith; Engine Delegate Jerry Makarewicz; Steward Delegate Rich­ ard Smith. $38.60 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Next port Trinidad. AQUADILLA (Puerto Rican Ma­ rine Operating), April 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Victor Carbone; Sec­ retary Oreste Vola; Deck Delegate Bernard Soberon. Chairman suggested that all crewmembers should donate to SPAD and go down to Piney Point to upgrade themselves. $3.60 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of'thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Baltimore. OGDEN YUKON (Ogden Marine), April 6—Chairman, Recertified Bosun H. Weaver; Secretary O. Frezza; Ed­ ucational Director F. Harris. $20 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chair­ man gave a vote of thanks to all crew­ members for a job well done. Also discussed the importance of SPAD do­ nations for a better and stronger Union and job security for all members. Next port, Searsport, Me. SEA-LAND TRADE (Sea-Land Service), April 20—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun K. Puchalski; Secretary C. E. Bell; Educational Director F. Sayo; Deck Delegate Richard S. Johnson; Engine Delegate Albert W. Spanraft; Steward Delegate John George Katsos. $167 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Everything running smoothly. Next port Seattle. DELTA ARGENTINA (Delta Steamship), April 13—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Arthur McGinnis; Sec­ retary L. Santa Ana; Educational Director U. Sanders; Deck Delegate George Pierre; Engine Delegate O. Wheeler; Steward Delegate W. Free­ man. No disputed OT. Chairman sug­ gested that all should donate to SPAD for job security. A vote of thanks to the electricians for connecting a tele­ phone from the gangway to the messhall. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Ob­ served one minute of silence in mem­ ory of our departed brothers. Next port New Orleans. SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Service), April 12—Chairman, Recertified Bosun William Bushong; Secretary B. Guarino; Educational Di­ rector H. Ware, Jr.; Deck Delegate R. O. Spencer; Steward Delegate H. W. Roberts. $85 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. Need an antenna for the T.V. set. Everything running smoothly. Next port New Orleans. DELTA MEXICO (Delta Steam­ ship), April 13—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun M. Casanueva; Secretary S. B. Wright; Educational Director V. D. Brunell; Engine Delegate F. O. Catchot; Steward Delegate Walter Dunn. No disputed OT. Chairman sug­ gested that all members donate to SPAD. Movies will be shown every other day on the next trip. Everything running smoothly. BETHFLOR (Bethlehem Steel), April 20—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun Joseph Michael; Secretary Claude Garnett; Deck Delegate Norman Pep­ per. $26.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port Richmond, Calif. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land Service), April 6—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. W. Pulliam; Secretary Herb Knowles; Educational Director Jim Smitko; Deck Delegate J. Long; Engine Delegate R. C. Salley; Steward Delegate A. P. Lopez. Some disputed OT in engine department. A vote of thanks to the bosun for running the movies. Next port Yokohama. ' NEW YORKER (Sea-Land Serv­ ice), April 19—Chairman W. S. Rudd; Secretary R. A. Cobb; Educational Di­ rector R. Borlase; Deck Delegate Kirby Wright; Engine Delegate Leslie Bry­ ant; Steward Delegate Clarence Willey. No disputed OT. Chairman gave a short lecture on the importance of SPAD and good safety habits aboard ship. A new ship's chairman. Brother F. O'Malloy, was elected as Brother Rudd is leaving the ship in New Jer­ sey for an operation. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of si­ lence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port. Port Everglades, Fla. SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land Services), April 26—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun A. E. Bourgot; Secretary L. Nicholas; Educational Director H. L. Stegall; Deck Delegate S. H. Fulford; Engine Delegate H. Dill; Steward Delegate P. L. Hunt. Chairman advised all crewmembers to fill out their bene­ ficiary cards. No disputed OT. Every­ thing running smoothly. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Rotter­ dam. KEVA IDEAL (Ideal Cement), April 6—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Beverly Dunn; Secretary S. Gutierez; Educational Director Praino; Deck Delegate Herbert A. Greene; Engine Delegate William C. Traser. $53.92 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chair­ man reminded all book men receiving letters from New York referring to sug­ gestions on contract to be sure to send them in. A vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. . Oificiai ship's minutes were also re­ ceived from the following vessels: MAYAGUEZ SEA-LAND VENTURE NOTRE DAME VICTORY MONTICELL^ VICTORY NEWARK DELTA SUD SEA LAND EXCHANGE LONG BEACH > TAMARA GUILDEN VANTAGE HORIZON - " SEA-LAND MARKET <SAN PEDRO i MOUNT EXPLORER HUMACAO JOSEPH HEWES DEL SOL * SCHUYLKILL ; OVERSEAS VIVIAN: : M THETIS ARTHUR MIDDLETON^ SEA-LAND CONSUMER 1 SAM HOUSTON JACKSONVILLE .MIAMI::: :.: . ,| TJVERSEAS ALASKA CHARLES £. WILSON DELTA PARAGUAY ., : SUMMIT " 1NGER-: FORTHOSKINS ^ PHILADELPHIA WALTER RICE ROBERT E. LEE SEATTLE OVERSEAS ARCTIC BALTIMORE MERRIMAC PORTLAND ERNA ELIZABETH BEAUREGARD Seafarers Log �Seafarers Upgrade At HLS Piney Point UPOR^ING TO MEET THE NEEDS of Seafarers and the challenge of advances in the maritime industry are being provided at the Harry Lundeberg School in .Piney Point. A wide variety of upgrading programs in the deck, engine and steward - department have been developed to provide the best training available to American Seafarers. Pictured on this page are some of the recent graduates from the Lundeberg Upgrading Center. '• • i: i "^1 .•i.' ABOVE: Seafarers Jay Barnett, Dave Alleyne pose on the fantail of the Claude "Sonny" Simmons with Instructor Jack Parcell after completing upgrading to Fireman, Oiler and Watertender. .... TOP RIGHT: Quarterma.ster Instructor Chuck Dwyer, left, gets in the gradua­ tion picture of the latest group of Sea­ farers to complete the Quartermaster course. Left to right are Instructor Dwyer, Jim Mates, Ben Buck, Enrique Gil, Jose Rodriguez, John Nelson, Maelvin Gerring, Dan McMullen, Robert Tallman and Tony Hanna. '1^1 RIGHT: Cook and Baker Sylvester Zygarowski (left) and Assistant Cook Nel­ son Cook display their Certificates of Achievement after graduating from the Lundeberg Upgrading Center. RIGHT: HLS Upgrading Instructor Chuck Dwyer (far right) poses with graduates of the Able Seaman class after the group completed training and passed their Coast Guard examinations. Kneel­ ing left to right are Daniel Davis, Spyridon Katehis, John Curran, Edward Willisch and John Pennington. Second row from left are Donald Hood, George Oberle, Ahmed Mussad, Steve Grisham, Keith McColhim and Fletcher Hanks. Third row from left are Clifford Duke, Joseph Evans, Colin Kelly and Ed Lusk. 'J > RIGHT: QMED graduates at the Lunde­ berg Upgrading Center posed with two of the school's staff members for their sraduation photo. Left to right, front row, are Carl Borcalino, Juan Rodriquez, David Diekehart, Engine Instructor Charlie Nalen, Anastasios Avzangelis, Reading Teacher Pat Glazer, Jesse Mar­ tin and Mike Brennan. Left to right, rear, are Emmanuel Rapitis, John Schaefer, James Chianese, Richard Butch, Anton Schmidt and Gerald Johnson. 1 i June, 1975 I Page 29 �Vf) <• ; » LUNDEBERG SCHOOL EDUCATION • TRAINING • UPGRADING Course Descriptions and Starting Dates ', Deck Department ' I _• • f ,} A:3LE SEAMAN The course of instruction leading to endorsement as Able Seaman consists of classroom and practical training to in­ clude: Basic Seamanship; Rules of the Road; Wheel Commands; Use of the Magnetic and Gyro Compass; Cargo Handling; Knots and Splices; Blocks and Booms; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ cedures; Basic First Aid. Course Requirements: Able Seaman (12 Months—^Any Waters)—^You must be 19 years of age; have 12 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman, or be a grad­ uate of HLS at Piney Point and have eight months seatime as Ordinary Sea­ man; be able to pass the prescribed phys­ ical, including eyesight without glasses of no more than 20/100—^20/100 cor­ rected to 20/40—20/20 and have nor­ mal color vision. Able Seaman (Unlimited — Any Wa­ ters)— You must be 19 years of age; have 36 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman (12 Months); be able to pass the prescribed physical, including eyesight requirements listed above. Starting Dates: June 26, September 4, October 16, November 28. 5^' QUARTERMASTER Procedures; Emergency Launching Op­ erations. Included in the course is practi­ cal experience in launching, letting go, rowing and maneuvering a lifeboat in seas, recovery of man overboard, firefighting and emergency procedures. Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting Dates: June 26; July 10, 24; August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, .28; December 11. Engine Department tomated Ships; Firefighting and Emer­ gency Procedures. Course Requirements: Must have rat­ ing (or passed examinations for) FOWT, Electrician, Pumpman. Refrigeration En­ gineer. Deck Engineer, Junior Engineer, Machinist, Boilermaker, and Deck En­ gine Mechanic. Must show evidence of at least six months seatime in any one or a combination of the following ratings: FOWT, Electrician, Refrigeration, Pump­ man, Deck Engineer, Machinist, Boiler­ maker. or Deck Engine Mechanic. Starting Dates: June 26; July 10, 24; August 7, 21; September 18; October 16; November 13; December 11. The course of instruction leading to certification as QMED — Any Rating. (Qualified Member of the Engjne De­ partment) consists of classroom work and practical training to include: Parts of a Boiler and Their Function; Com­ bustible Control Systems; Steam and Water Systems; Fuel Oil Systems; Lubri­ cating Oil Systems; Hydraulic Oil Sys­ tem^; . Boiler Construction and Repair; Hand Tools and Their Use; Use of Met­ als; Machine Tool Operation; Com­ pressed Air Systems; Fundamentals of Electricity; Principles of Refrigeration; Safe Handling of Combustible Materials; Piping and Valves, Pumps, Evaporators; Auxiliary Diesel Engines; Starting and Securing Main and Auxiliary Diesel En­ gines; Starting and Securing Main and Auxiliary Units; Engineering Casualty Control; All Codes of Operation of Au- Seafarer Oscar Johnson proudly displays his graduation certificate after completing the Cook and Baker course at the HLS Upgrading Center. At right is Instructor Charlie Andrews. iliary Equipment; Starting and Securing Main Engines. Course Requirements: (If you have a Wiper endorsement only)—Must be able to pass the prescribed physical, including eyesight without glasses of no more than 20/100—20/100 corrected to 20/50— 20/30 and have normal color vision. Must have six months seatime as Wiper, or be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as Wiper. (If you have an engine rating such as Electrician)—No requirements. Starting Dates: June 23; July 21; Au­ gust 18; September 15. LIFEBOATMAN DIESELS QMED upgraders display their graduation certificates after completing training at the Lundeberg Upgrading Center. From left are Seafarer Alfred Lane, HLS Instructor Jack Parcel, ^afarer Herber Guyman, Seafarer Davis Hart, Seafarer Michael Coyle and Charlie Nalen, head of the HLS Engine Upgrading Department. SIU Scholarship Program One college and two post secondary trade/vocational school scholarships are awarded to Seafarers each year. These scholarships have been specially de­ signed to meet the educational needs of Seafarers. Application requirements are geared for the man who has been out of school several years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. The awards are granted in April, but you should begin your application process now. These are the scholarships oiiered: 1. Four-year, college degree scholar- s The course of instruction leading to endorsement as FOWT (Fireman, Watertender and/or Oiler) consists of class­ room work and practical training to in­ clude: Parts of a Boiler and Their Func­ tion; Steam and Water Cycle; Fuel Oil and Lube Systems; Fire Fighting and Emergency Procedures. Also included is practical training aboard one of the ships at the school to include: Lighting a Dead Plant; Putting Boilers on the Line; Changing Burners; Operation of Aux- QMED-Any Rating The course of instruction leading to certification as Quartermaster consists of Basic Navigation instruction to include Radar; Loran; Fathometer; RDF; and also includes a review of Basic Seaman­ ship; use of the Magnetic and Gyro Compass; Rules of the Road; Knots and Splices; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ cedures. Course Requirements: Must hold en­ dorsement as Able Seaman (Unlimited — Any Waters). Starting Dates: August 7, October 2, November 13. The course of instruction leading to certification as Lifeboatman consists of classroom study and practical training to include: Nomenclature of Lifeboat; Lifeboat - Equipment; Lifeboat Com­ mands; Types of Davits and Operating FOWT . ship. This award is in the amount of $10,000. 2, Two-year community or junior col­ lege or post secondary trade/voca­ tional schools scholarships. These awards are in the amount of $5000. The trade/vocational awards offer var­ ious options if you wish to continue shipping. In such a program you may develop a trade or skill which would im­ prove your performance aboard ship as well as help you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. Eligibility requirements are as follows: 1. Must be under 35 years of age. The four-week course covers: types, designs, construction and characteristics of various diesel engines; nomenclature and principal design features of all parts of diesel engines; formulas and hydraulic This may be waived for Seafarers who have completed one or more years in an accredited college or university. 4. Have 90 days of employment on a vessel in the previous calendar year. 2. Have not less than two years of actual employment on vessels of companies signatory to Seafarers Welfare Plan (three years for $10,000 scholarship). 3. Have one day of employment on a vessel in the sixth-month period immediately proceeding date of application. Pick up a scholarship application now. They are available in the ports or you tnay write to the- following address and request a copy of the Seafarers Applica­ tion: Seafarers Welfare Plan College Scholarships 275 20th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 Scholarships For Dependents Four scholarships are awarded to de­ pendents of Seafarers. These four-year scholarships are for $10,000 each at any accredited college or university. If you have three years sea time, encourage your children to apply. They should request the Dependents Application from the above address. Seafaceis Loi^' �principles; introduction to fuel, air, lubri­ cation and exhaust systems; use of vari­ ous gauges, meters and instruments used on diesel engines; care, operations main­ tenance and recording of diesel engine performance; signals used between bridge and engine room; fundamentals of elec­ tricity and refrigeration; basic fire fight­ ing, first aid and safety. Course Requirements: No require­ ments for those who are not interested in receiving the Coast Guard license. Starting Date: October 20. tions; Loading and Discharging; Pumps and Valves Operation and Maintenance; Ballasting; Tardc Cleaning and Gas Free­ ing; Safety and Fire Fighting. Course Requirements: Must already hold Coast Guard endorsement as QMED —^Any Rating, or Pumpman. Starting Date: July 28. WELDING The course of instruction in basic welding consists of classroom and onthe-job training including practical train­ ing in electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy-acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Certificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: Must hold en­ dorsement as QMED—^Any Rating. Starting Dates: July 10; August 7; Sep­ tember 4; October 2, 30. ADVANCED PUMPMAN PROCEDURES The course of instruction leading to HLS certification as Pumpman will con­ sist of both classroom study and prac­ tical work to include: Tanker Regula­ High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers Thirty-two Seafarers and one Inland Boatman have already successfully com­ pleted studies at the SlU-IBU Academic Study Center in Piney Point, Md., and have achieved high school diplomas. The Lundeberg High School Program in Piney Point offers all Seafarers—re­ gardless of age — the opportunity to achieve a full high school diploma. The study period ranges from four to eight weeks. Classes are small, permitting the teachers to concentrate on the individual student's progress. Any Seafarer who is interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to continue his education can apply in two ways: Go to an SIU office in any port and you will be given a GED Pre-Test. This test will cover five general areas: English Grammar and Literature; So­ cial Studies, Science and Mathematics. if-) J The test will be sent to the Lundeberg School for grading and evaluation. Or write directly to the Harry Lun­ deberg School. A test booklet and an answer sheet will be mailed to your home or to your ship. Complete the tests and mail both the test booklet and the answer sheet to the Lundeberg School. (See application on this page.) During your stay at the school, you will receive room and board, study ma­ terials and laundry. Seafarers will pro­ vide their own transportation to and from the school. Following are the requirements for eligibility for the Lundeberg High School Program: 1. One year's seatime. 2. Initiation fees paid in full. 3. All outstanding monetary obliga­ tions, sucb as dues and loans paid in full. / meet the requirements listed above and I am interested in furthering my edu. I cation. I would like more information on the Lundeberg High School Program. I Name I I I Book No. Address (Street) I..ast grade completed (City or Town) (Zip) Last year attended Complete this form and mail to: Margaret Nalen Director of Academic Education Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Steward Department CHIEF STEWARD HLS Engine Instructor Lee DeMasters, left, poses with QMED graduates aboard die S.S. Claude "Sonny" Simmons at Piney Point. From left are DeMasters and Seafarers Floyd Jenidns, William Gray, Robert Santos and Michael Bacba. I I I I I I I The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training. The Chief Steward will select food and stores for a long voyage to include nutritionally balanced daily menus. He will partici­ pate in all phases of steward department operations at the school, including com­ missary, bake shop and galley. Course Requirements: Three years seatime in ratings above Third Cook and hold "A" Seniority in the SIU; or six months seatime as Third Cook or Assis­ tant Cook; six months as Cook and Baker; six months seatime as Chief Cook and holder of a Certificate of Satisfac­ tory Completion from the HLS Assis­ tant Cook, Second Cook and Baker, and Chief Cook Training Programs; or 12 months seatime as Third Cook or As­ sistant Cook, 12 months seatime as Cook and Baker, and six months seatime as Chief Cook, and holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Chief Cook Training Program. Starting Dates: June 26; July JO, 24; August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December II. I ASSISTANT COOK 1 HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP' UPGRADING APPLICATION Name Age ___ (Last) (First) (Middle) Address (Street) Telephone (City) (State) (Zip) Book Number (Area Code) Seniority Port and Date Issued Social Security # HLS Graduate: Yes • Ratings Now Held No • Lifeboat Endorsement: Yes Q NOD I Dates Available For Training I Am Interested In: • • • • DECK AB 12 Months AB Unlimited Quartermaster Lifeboatman • '• • • • • • • ENGINE QMED FWT Oiler Dk. Mech. Reefer Boilermaker LNG-LPG Diesel STEWARD • Assistant Cook • Cook & Baker • Chief Cook • Steward • Electrician • Dk. Eng. • Jr. Eng. • Pumpmam • Machinist • Welder Q Advanced Pumpman Procedures • Advanced Electrical Procedures RECORD OF SEATIME — (Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating checked above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) SHIP RATING HELD DATE OF SmPMEI'^ DATE OF DISCHARGE DATE PORT SIGNATURE RETURN COMPLETE APPLICATION TO: LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 uoe,i97&:£'c The course of instruction for the rat­ ing Assistant Cook includes classroom and on-the-job training in preparing and cooking fresh, canned and frozen vege­ tables; how to serve vegetables hot, cold or as salad; menu selection of vegetables to attain the best methods for prepara­ tion, portion control, dietary values and serving procedures. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime in any Steward Department En­ try Rating. Entry Ratings who have been accepted into the Harry Lundeberg School and show a desire to advance in the Steward E>epartment must have a minimum of three months seatime. Starting Dates: June 26; July 10, 24; August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October . 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December COOK AND BAKER The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training in bak­ ing bread, pies, cakes and cookies; prep­ aration of desserts such as custards, pud­ dings, canned fruit and gelatin desserts. The Cook and Baker will be able to de­ scribe preparation of all breakfast foods, and be familiar with menu selection of breakfast foods, and bread and desserts for appropriate meals. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime as Third Cook; or 24 months seatime in Steward Department; six months of which must be as Third Cook or Assistant Cook; or six months as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and a holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion from the HLS Assistant Cook Training Course. Starting Dates: June 26; July 10, 24; August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 16, 30; November 13, 28; December II. CHIEF COOK The course of instruction includes classroom and on-the-job training in preparation of soups, sauces and gravies. The student will be able to describe prep­ aration of thickened or clear soups, and explain preparation and use of special sauces and gravies. The Chief Cook will be able to state the primary purpose of cooking meat and define cooking terms used in meat cookery, and describe prin­ ciples and methods of preparing and cooking beef, pork, veal, lamb, poultry and seafood. Course Requirements: Twelve months seatime as Cook and Baker; or three years seatime in the Steward Depart­ ment, six months of which must be as Third Cook or Assistant Cook, and six months as Cook and Baker; or six months seatime as Third Cook or Assist­ ant Cook and six months seatime as Cook and Baker, and holder of a Cer­ tificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Assistant Cook, and Cook and Bak­ er Training Program; or 12 months sea­ time as Third Cook or Assistant Cook and six months seatime as Cook and Baker, and holder of a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of the HLS Cook and Baker Training Program. Starting Dates: June 26; July 10, 24; August 7, 21; September 4, 18; October 2, 6, 30; November 13, 28; December Note: Coimes and starting dates are subject to dumge at any time. Any fhangf wH be noted in the LOG. Page 31 F, s ' . V • M'' h'- . -I : it M: �• SEAFA ! j!p' m]"- LOG Official pubUcation »f the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • Atlantic, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District * AFL*CIO j Revised Enrollment Beneficlarv Card -ii' The Enrollment-Beneficicnry Card for the Seafarer's Welfare and Pension Plans has been revised, and all Seafarers must fill out a revised card and mail it to the Welfare Plaii Office. Below is a sample copy of the new card. These revised cards are available in all Union halls and on board SlU-contracted ships. They are preaddressed to the Welfare Plan Office, and no postage is necessary if they are mailed within the continental U.S. Be sure to fill out both sides of the card, and to print all information legibly. Do not leave any space blank—^if a sec­ tion does not apply to you, enter the word "None." This revised Enrollment-Beneficiary Card will replace all other Beneficiary Cards on file. Also, if you have not forwarded copies of your marriage certificate and the birth certificates of all of your immarried children to the plan office, take the time now to mail them to: Seafarers Welfare Plan, 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.H215. Without these certificates any welfare claim you might make will be delayed. •jii , c 1 -l I u • J'* !.rt •i -l}; i • ;< N .if: •il 1• V'-l' 275-20thStf«M, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1121B Saabters VMfa^ and Parakm Plans I ;Enrollment-8enefic{«ry Card CHECK ONE MIDDLE INIYIAE ' - Union Book# teilrv 5." - , : V I ^j " ' / First Year of S!U, IBU Employment • : ' , _ _ K List Below Names of Your Unmarried Children Under id Yea^ List Names in Order of Age y-Oldest First ,La$t Nerne First Name Yliddle Initial Iv f elationship Son Daughter Month ate of Birth Day • -YearKi ''IWITiAL", '• V" V-I j IEn ANPs i Hfcfc i ci I y "'STJSTE- glPCOUfc: i I'^'OateSigned ___ Member's Signature ; v'"' 'X' k _ ,'5 Address , ' crry STAfi . 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Title A name given to the resource June 1975 Description An account of the resource Headlines: UNEMPLOYMENT AT HIGHEST IN 34 YEARS PAY, VACATION, PENSION, INCREASES WON BRAND BIDS FOR MARITIME REFORM POLICY PANEL REVIEWING U.S. MARITIME POLICIES UNITY IS THE THEME ON MARITIME DAY NAVY HEAD CITES TRANSCOLORADO FOR 'OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE' IN SEALIFT OF S. VIET REFUGEES BRAND HITS WAR RISK INSURANCE FOR 3RD FLAG SHIPS; BACKS BILL SIU SHIPS GET SAFETY AWARDS UIW COORDINATION OF BENEFITS FIVE EARN FULL BOOKS AS EARLY SPRING ARRIVES, LAKES SEAFARERS PREPARE FOR START OF NEW SHIPPING SEASON LABOR DEPARTMENT HONORS SIU OF PUERTO RICO PRESIDENT MAYAGUEZ CREW RELEASED AFTER THREE DAYS OF CAPTIVITY: SEAFARER'S DIARY RECOUNTS ORDEAL A VIABLE MERCHANT MARINE 177 SEAFARERS ATTEND MOBILE MEETING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1975 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXVII, No. 6 1975 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/6042159aa54c66ae92ae5113b39e15ec.PDF 379ed37e798072abad001a720f9bd869 PDF Text Text , V-' fl"™ • ' .- " .' •* I ' .r 1 '^.•.•^V:.^.;/-rf:'' ;4''"|^ i , ' •••' -. -•-: •iSt^ ifcl ^ J • 1 ;V" .-•-v.'-f.-.hA Iltf-/ Uk"k,l:----' Ir:''-' --• .-irfcss#'-? • -.'- v.- Se^er Page 3 , gfe r. •ij','-;- V;.-,"-:'.;;. • .^VVv:yiS'^ 'i-,^1-/ •k. .J^^:l>-' •; :-^v;p:;.;^,.';.. In the Port o§ San Juan SM PagM 15-17 IF"-'' J 1 i 4 •• •" 17 :.;#^S-il .¥1 Democratic Platform Committee Adopts Maritime Plank SeePogeS See Page 5 'vS;,.;;' '• • V. Li • L. :-x y •.it-n , J' H. 'i •',->•:•> .:'•, Carter Makes Maritime Pledge , '-•••r '•,-.^"i"• •^ ,i''-i. v; • . • -,,, ti :, <'• '- '-" '7< :•• ".f-,- •-•• V " .4 ,' �Af June Membership Meetings Resolution to Merge SIU;iBU Is Introduced At the general membership meeting in New York held Jupe 7, 1976, SIU Secretary-Treasurer Joe DiGiorgio in­ troduced a resolution on behalf of the Executive Board to merge the Inland Boatmen's Union into the Atlantic and Gulf District. Talks of merger had been going on for some time between the Executive Boards ofboth unions. The merger was recommended for' many reasons. Most important was the fact ^at joining together into one tinit would result in a stronger trade union that would be better able not only to protect the rights of both memberships, but would have greater ability to pro­ vide all of the membership services that are required. The merger would also eliminate duplication and bring about a decrease in rapidly rising costs of administration. These economies would make it possi­ ble for the new unit to- vigorously engage in activities to promote the best interest of all of its members. The merger Resolution and Consti­ tutional Amendments were imaniniously accepted at the New York membership meeting and they were referred for memebership action at the monthly meetings in other ports. ' rights of the membership of the IBU, as well as the A&G, would be guar­ anteed. The seniority and Shipping Rules of both unions would also be maintained. ' According to the Agreement, the members of both unions would have equal voting rights on virtually all is­ sues, but when contracts are voted upon, only those members who aire^ affected by (he contract would be per­ mitted to vote. JSince the proposed Resolution has been approved at the membership iheetings of the A&G District around the country by h vote of 1,355^ to 4 (1,359 members were present), the next step,, as provided in the SIU Con­ stitution, is the election of a Consti­ tutional Committee at a special meeting to be held at Headquarters .on June 21, 1976. • This Committee will consider the proposed amendments and will present their recommendations at the July, 1976 A&G membership meetings. If the Committee recommends the adoption of the amendments and their report is accepted by the membership of the A&G District at the July meet­ ings, the members of both unions will then vote on the merger by secret ballot. Job Rights Guaranteed Voting Starts Aug. 16 If the merger j^ari is accepted by the membership, the long established job The vote will begin on Aug. 16,1976 and will end on Sept. 15, 1976. The the PRESiOEHT'S REPORT: Paul Hall SiU-IRU Merger for MoreClout Right now the SIU apd our affiliated Inland Boatmen's Union are just about as closely linked in essence as two organizations can be without actually being one. We are linked from the grassroots of our organizations-^ur menibers who sail oh the seas and rivers—right up through our structures, organiza­ tional operations, and political and philosophical beliefs. But most importantly, the SIU and IBU, two unions representing workers in the Ahierican merchant marine, share the same Jong-term goals for our members—a secure future for them and their families in a secure and viable U.S. maritime industry. However, long-term security for ourselves and our industry is not some­ thing that will be handed to us on a silver platter. Security must be achieved and then protected on a day-to-day basis. Just talk to any one of the eightmillion Americans walking the unemployment lines and he or she will prob­ ably tell you the same thing—that a few years ago they felt secure in their jobs and didn't have a worry in the world. It's unfortunate, but times change quickly, economies change arid industries change. And the ones that are usually hurt most by these unforeseen changes are those Mo can least afford it—the workers. ' ' Right now the SIU is the strongest trade union for unlicensed deep-sea sailors in the U.S. Md our affiliated IBU is the strongest American trade^ union representing inland boatmen. For many years the SIU and lBU have worked closely together oh many issues involving maritime, which in turn has benefited both organizations and both memberships. Today, as a result of these close relations, both the SIU and IBU memberships enjoy good shipping; share the same Union hallS; secret ballot vote will be conducted by mail and all ballots must be postmarked no later than Sept. 15, 1976. In order that all members may have an opportunity to rfeview the terms of the merger, copies of the proposed Merger Agreement and the amend­ ments to the A&G Constitution will be available at A&G and IBU. Head­ quarters, as well as in all ports, no later than Aug. 6,1976. Also, th& tog will continue to pub­ lish coraI)lete details concerning the merger. The members of both unions must vote in favor of the merger and the proposed Constitutional Amendments for the plan to be put in effect. ' Naflohal JobleHs Rate of Over 10 Percen# Proves Slump WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO Presi­ dent Gedrge Meany has again declared that the "ttue" national unemployment rate is still above 10.1 percent as con­ trasted with the Administration's claims of an economic recovery upturn and the Government's report of the U.S. jobless figures falling two-tenths of 1 percent last month to 7.3 percent. "While the unemployment rate re­ ported by the Government has im­ proved somewhat from the dismal levels of .a year ago, it still remains higher than at any time from 1958 to 1975," the labor leader pointed out. The AFL-CIO estimates that there are 9.6 million persons without jobs today figured on a formula which counts as unemployed those who have des­ paired of looking for work because of disappointing searches for positions and those who have to work p^rt-time be­ cause they can't get full time jobs. "Despite the Administration's official optimism, the nation must not be misled into believing that the economy is in good shape," Meany admonished. The U,S.,l!abor Department's Bureau of Statistics also reported that again l30 out of 150 key working areas in this country that it checks out monthly still had "substantial" unemployment last month meaning a jobless rate of six percent or more that is projected to last for at least two more months. The Bureau also reported that 23 non-major work areas were added to the substantial joblessness category in May, bringing, a total of such smaller areas to 1,275. The AFL-CIO also said that con­ struction jobs still were at 700,000 un­ der the pre-recession peak while mahuContinued on Page 27 benefit from the same Pension and Welfare Plans, and,shai:e the same facili­ ties for training and upgrading at the Lundeberg School in Piney Point. However, the .StU and IBU, as separate organizations, still do not share total urtityr—and it is only a high degree of unity on a continuous basis that will enable us to achieve our goal of long-term security for all our members. That is why I believe that the time has come for the SIU and,IBU to become totally united through a merger. The propokl for such a merger has already been introduced tO the deep sea member, at the general June membership meetings in each port. The reaction to such a merger so far has been overwhelmingly in favor. But, of course, no merger wijl take place unless a majority of both the SIU. and IBU membership vote for it in a .secret ballot. Merger W strength and unity is nothing new to the SIU. In 1972, the membership voted to merge the Great Lakes district into the A&G. This merger did not change the Union's job structure. ,Great Lakes Seafarers still maintained their own jobs and seniority system, as did A&G members. However, the Great Lakes merger made the SIU a much stronger Union by placing it in a stronger position with respect to politics, collective bar­ gaining and organizing. A merger of the SlU and IBU would create much the same effect. IBU members would maintain their own job structure and seniority system as w^uld SlU members. But a unified SIU^—a merged SlU^would enable the Union to work from a position of increased strength on the kinds of maritinie programs pertaining to both deep sea and inland waters, that will enable us to achieve our goals of long-term job and financial security for oiir members. Looking at it from a historical point of view, a merger between the SIU and IBU is a replay of one of the most basic concepts of the American labor movement:—strength through unification. The early unions found it difficult to maintain a base of strength against the powerful companies. As a fesujt, they merged into a federation, the old AFL. Another group of unions found strength by merging into a different federation, the oTd CIO. And in 1955, the AFL and CIO merged into one huge federation, the AFL-CIO, which today represents over 13-million American workers. The concept of merger in the labor movement is not hew, but it has proven effective. .^ We must face the fact that there are many problems confronting our industry, both in the deep-sea area and the inland waters. And we must face the fact that it is the SIU—a unified SIU—that must face the challenge these problems create. A merger will not guarantee that we will win all our fights for a better life and a better industry. But a merger will make us a stronger organiza­ tion better able to cope with the problems of a,changing, complex industry. . Changa of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Cuff, Lakes and Inland waters District, AFL-CIO, 678 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N,.Y. 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N. ¥. Vol. XXXVIII, No, D| JUn§ 1976» , N Seafarers Log ii �A 1st, 2 SlU Members Get $5G Grants Dependents^ Seafarers Win Scholarships The SIU's Annual Scholarship Pro­ more of the winners are unable to ac­ gram has this year awarded five $10,000 cept. grants, four to dependents of eligible First Two-Year Awards members and one to an active Seafarer, and, for the first time, two additional The two-year scholarships were $5,000 two-year scholarships to two awarded for the first time this year. active Seafarers. The award, limited to active Seafarers This brings to 117 the number of who wish to pursue two-year programs four-year scholarships awarded by the of advanced technical or academic SIU's program since its inception in training, was set up in 1975 but there 1953, with 29 received by Seafarers and were no applicants in its first year. This year's winners are 22-year-old 88 by dependents of Seafarers. Current­ Seafarer Michael Derive who submitted ly 34 Seafarers and dependents are re­ ceiving money from the scholarship separate applications for both scholar­ ship awards, and 34-year-old Seafarer program. Pierangelo Poletti who received his This year's winners of the four-year high school diploma through the Lunde­ scholarships are: Seafarer William Lo­ berg School's OED Program. pez, 23, of Mehlville, Mo. and a gradu­ Seafarers Derke and Poletti will re­ ate of the Lundeberg School's GEO Program; Sean Carlin, 17, son of Sea­ ceive their $5,000 grants over two years farer Michael Carlin of Surf City, N.J.; and can use the money to study at any Nicholas Livanos, 18, son of Seafarer accredited junior college, community John Livanos of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Pat college, or post-secondary trade or vo­ Monardo, 18, son of Seafarer Sylvester cational training school. The five winners of the four-year Monardo of New Orleans, La., and Sheila Sidnner, 18, daughter of Seafarer Russell Skinner of Pasadena, Tex. Three alternates for the $10,000 award—Maren Dwyer, 18, daughter of Inland Boatman Robert Dwyer of Homewood, 111.; Elizabeth Harrington, 17, daughter of Seafarer Recertified Bosun Arthur Harrington of Charlestown, Mass., and Seafarer Michael Derke, winner of a two-year scholar­ ship—were also chosen and will receive Sea&rer Seafarer the four-year scholarships if one or John Livanos RnsseU Skinner awards will receive their $10,000 grants over four years and can use the money to participate in any course of study at any accredited college or university in the United States or its territories. Chosen by Committee The winners of all seyen grants were, as in the past, chosen by the SIU Schol­ arship Selection Committee, an impar­ tial panel of reputable educators. This year the committee met at the Transportation Institute in Washington, D.C. and, as specified in the guidelines for the awards, based their selections on the individual's scholastic ability as shown by high school grades and Col­ lege Boards or American College Test scores, and the individual's character as reflected by letters of recommenda­ tion and participation in extracurricu­ lar activities. This year's Selection Committee members were: Dr. Charles Lyons, re­ tired dean of admissions at Favetteville Seafarer Sylvester Monardo Seafarer Michael Carlin State University, Fayetteville, S.C.; Miss Edna Newby, retired officer of Douglass College, New Brunswick, N.J.; Charles D. O'Donnell, director of admissions at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 111.; Dr. Bernard Ireland, a retired official of the College Boards; Dr. Elwood Kastner, dean of registration at New York University, N.Y., N.Y.; Professor R. M. Keefe, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, 111., and Professor Donald Maley, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Seafarer Lopez Seafarer William Lopez, winner of a $10,000 scholarship, graduated from the Hairy Lundeberg School's General Educational Development Program last November, achieving exceptionally high scores on the high school equivalency tests. He dropped out of school in 1^68 "because family needs were pressing," and within months had begun sailing with the SIU. Now, after spending seven years sailing. Brother Lopez says that during this time he has "learned about the world, people and their customs, seafaring and much about myself." Feeling that through the SIU he has "evolved from an irresponsible adoles­ cent to a purposeful adult," Brother Lopez will use his scholarship to study political science with an eye towards Continued on Page 22 Win Case AgainstMobil's Anti-UnionTactic A monumental five-year case involv­ ing the application of controversial right-to-work laws ended this month when the U.S. Supreme Court over­ turned the decisions of two lower courts which would have allowed a transporta­ tion division of Mobil Oil to bust a labor agreement it held with a Texasbased local union. The Maritime Trades Department and the AFL-CIO, both of which came into the case at the Supreme Court level, played significant roles in helping to win the court fight. The events surrounding the case date back to 1969 when Mobil and Local 8-801 of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, repre­ senting 289 unlicensed seamen on eight Mobil tankers running between Texas INDEX Legislative News Washington Activities Page 9 Union News Proposed A&G, IBU merger Page 2 President's Report Page 2 SIU scholarship winners ..Page 3 Union hall's responsibilities Page 6 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Port of San Juan Pages 15-17 SPAD honor roll Back page General News National unemployment ... Page 2 Win Mobile case Page 3 Carter's maritime support. .Page5 Democratic maritime plank.Page 5 Mobile oil rigs Page 11 Rubber Workers strike .. .Page 12 ERISA clarifications Page 8 Maritime Day Pages 20-21 and the Atlantic Coast, entered into a collective bargaining agreement con­ taining an "agency shop" clause.. This kind of clause, common to many collective bargaining agreements in right-to-work law states, provides that all workers in a union-protected shop pay the equivalent of union dues to the union whether they belong to the imion or not. This clause protects dues paying union members in the shop, and the union itself, from being ripped-off by workers taking a "free-ride," or ben­ efiting from union-gained wages and benefits without paying union dues. The collective bargaining agreement between Mobil and Local 8-801 stood for two years. But in 1971, Mobil filed charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas claiming Shipping 33 Maryland Page 5 Dispatchers Reports Page 25 Ships' Committees Page 4 Ships' Digests Page 26 Training and Upgrading Upgrading class schedule, requirements & application ...... Page 31 Seafarers participate in Bosuns recertification and 'A' seniority upgrading Pages 28-29 GED requirements and application Page 31 Membership News Seafarer Harry Dengate . . Page 13 New SIU pensioners Page 23 Final Departures ....... Page 24 Special Features Overweight, obesity Page 14 What Is the MID ...... .Page 10 Sailors labor history Page 18 that the "agency shop" clause was il­ laws to a given employment relation­ legal under Texas' right-to-work laws, ship, the disposition of this case is clear. which provide that "no one can be Because most of the employees' work denied employment because of failure is done on the high seas, outside the to pay any fee, assessment or sum of territorial bounds of the State of Texas, money whatsoever" to a union. Texas' right-to-work laws cannot gov­ Mobil argued that since its transpor­ ern the validity of the 'agency shop' tation division was located in Beau­ provision at issue here. It is immaterial mont, Tex., the majority of the seamen that Texas may have more contacts lived in Texas, and the paychecks were than any other State with the employ­ sent from Beaumont, that Texas' right- ment relationship in this case, since to-work laws should apply and the there is no reason to conclude under "agency shop" clause be nullified. 14(b) that in every employment situa­ Union's Position tion some State or Territory's law, with The Union's position, on the other respect to union security agreements, hand, was that since the vast majority must be applicable. Federal policy fa­ of the seamen's work time was spent at vors permitting such agreements unless sea and not in Texas, the state's right- a State or Territory with a sufficient in­ to-work laws should not apply. In fact, terest in the reationship expresses a it was determined by the court that "no contrary policy via right-to-work laws. more than 10 to 20 percent of the sea­ It is therefore fully consistent with na­ men's work time is spent within the tional labor policy to conclude, if the territorial bounds of Texas." predominant job situs is outside the The Eastern District Court, however, boundary of any State, that no State has ruled in favor of Mobil and stated that a sufficient interest in the employment "the agency shop provision is therefore relationship and that no State's rightvoid and unenforceable." to-work laws can apply." The Union appealed the decision, The Supreme Court's decision in this and in a dramatic reversal, a threemember division of the U.S. Court of matter was a critical one since it seems Appeals for the Fifth District overruled that Mobil's true purpose for filing the the decision, ruling in favor of the suit was to break the Union outright, Union. However, the full Court of Ap­ because whether or not a woricer pays peals by an 8-6 vote vacated the divi­ dues to a union could not possibly idsion opinion and reaffirmed the judge­ fect the company. Mobil apparently felt that breaking the "agency shop" ment of the District Court. clause would eventually cut the Union's The Union then took the case to the revenues along with Its abflity to repre­ U.S. Supreme Court which overturned sent the workers from a position of the decision of both lower courts. With strength. The Supreme Court decision, then, only two members dissenting, the Su­ preme Court ruled: "Having concluded is an important one not only for Local that predominant job situs is the con­ 8-801 and its members, but for all mari­ trolling factor in determining whether, time unions holding collective bargain­ under Section 14(b), (Taft-Hartley ing agreements with companies in rightAct), a State can apply its right to work to-work law states. Pages June, 1976 m r..L i -T'y: f% " t .1 w ¥ J �The Committee Page Transindiana Committee Arecibo Committee • •{•''/'. ... .,-1.» '1 / 1 v.. Late last month at a payoff In Port Elizabeth, N.J. are veteran SlU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated right) checking a Seafarers book and the Ship's Committee of the SS Arecibo (Puerto Rico Marine) of (seated left) Deck Dele­ gate M. Sanchez signing the Patrolman's Report and (standing I. to r.): Cook and Baker Jose Colls; Engine Delegate Raoul M. Aguilar; Steward Delegate E. Albarran, and Recertified Bosun Herminio Pacheco, ship's chairman. In the port of Weehawken, N.J., Recertified Bosun Herwood B. Walters (2nd right), ship's chairman of the SS Transindiana (Seatrain), poses with the Ship's Committee as they collect their mail. On the committee at a payoff last month are (I. to r.): Deck Delegate Jose Cortez; Engine Delegate Jose Rivera; Chief Electrician Joey Shuler, educational director; Chief Steward W. J. Fitch, secretary-reporter; Walters, and Steward Delegate Jose Cubano. John Penn Committee Eric K. Holzer Committee Recertified Bosun Sylvester Monardo (seated left rear), ship's chairman of the SS John Penn (Waterman), leads a happy Ship's Committee at a payoff last month at Pier 7 in Brooklyn, N.Y. The committee consists of (seated I. to r.); Baker Charles Ussin, steward delegate; Monardo; Engine Delegate W. York, and Chief Electrician Victor Brunell, educational director. Standing (I. to r.) are in the snazzy chapeau. Chief Steward R. P. Marion, secretaryreporter, and Pantryman William Gonzalez. Recertified Bosun Dimas Mendoza (left) poses for photo last month with members of the Ship's Committee of the SS Eric K. Hoizer (Puerto Rico Marine) of (standing I. to r.): Chief Steward Harold Strauss, secretaryreporter; Educational Director Stanley Gondzar; Deck Delegate Frank Buhl, and Steward Delegate John Niennera. Seated (I. to r.) at the payoff of the roll-on roll-off vessel in Puerto Rico are SlU San Juan Port Agent Juan Reinosa and Engine Delegate Joe Vasquez. Mayaguez Committee Boston Committee At a payoff in the port of Baltimore recently is the Ship's Committee of the SS Mayaguez (Puerto Rico Marine) of (seated I. to r.): Recertified Bosun Manuel Landron, ship's chairman; Steward Delegate S. A. Simsuangco, and Engine Delegate Luis Santiago Medina. Standing (I. to r.) are: Chief Elec­ trician Richard Hannon, educational director; Chief Steward B. J. McNally, secretary-reporter, and Deck Delegate N. Bryant. (Sea-Land) last month are (I. to mon^ HW S lif George Ripoll making out his report and SlU Patrolt^emln ® 0"® 'h® Ship's Committhe Shm'^rnm^ • D . e? ^'ewatd delegate. The rest of <«Lnrd lim N.J. are (standing I. to r.): Chief iSart Z' ®®"®'®'y-™POrter; smilin' Deck. Maintenance Man Rich Everhart dec^ delegate; Crew Messman Steve Cracco in the dark olasses and last but not least, Rectified Bosun Leyal Joseph. ® Page4 . / i • / • I / i ). i r' i i I Seafarers Log �f ,s J :WHM *"'•;•,•• '-C Carter Pledges Shipping Aid Democratic Platform Committee Jimmy Carter, who is likely to be by Congress and approved by the Presi­ the Democratic candidate for Presi­ dent remain unspent." Adopts Maritime Plank dent, has come out in favor of a revitalized U.S. merchant marine and has also called for a fair deal for American ships carrying international cargo. Carter's position was outlined in a letter to Jesse M. Calhcon, president of the National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association which has en­ dorsed the candidate. In the letter dated May 25, the former governor of Georgia expressed concern over America's loss of seapower status since the end of World Warn. "Our merchant marine declined from first to eighth place since the end of World War II," Carter noted. "During this same period, the Soviet merchant marine has risen from 23rd to sixth place. The Soviets have made clear their expectation to become the number one merchant marine by 1980." Despite this trend, Carter pointed out that funds slotted for ship construc­ tion are sitting idle. "In 1970, the U.S. Congress enacted a 10-year program to construct for U.S. flag operation a total of 300 merchant ships," he said. "I regret to note that now, just six years later, only 58 ships have been contracted for construction. For the first time in recent history, the present Administration has not requested any funds for merchant ship construction, and funds which have been approved 4-Point Program He outlined his approach for re­ building the U.S. merchant fleet. • Assure continuing presidential at­ tention to the objective of having our nation achieve and maintain the desired U.S.-flag merchant marine. • Dedicate ourselves to a program which would result in a U.S.-flag merchant marine with ships that are competitive with foreign-flag ships in original cost, operating cost and productivity. • Enact and develop a national cargo policy which would assure our U.S.-flag merchant marine a fair share of all types of cargo. • Continue to enforce our American cabotage laws, such as the Jones Act, which require that U.S.-flag ships trade between our U.S. domestic ports. "... This program to achieve and maintain an adequate U.S.-flag mer­ chant marine would provide a great number of productive jobs, increase our economic base which would return ' many tax benefits, to all levels of gov­ ernment, result in stimulating private capital investment and improve our nation's balance of payments," Carter noted. "We must attain the seapower status we need in order to meet our commitments to domestic and interna­ tional security." Politics Is Porkchops Donate to SPAD The Democratic Party has incorpo­ rated a three-point plank calling for a national maritime policy in its 1976 presidential election platform. This plank, committing the Democrats to building a strong and competitive U.S. merchant fleet, was developed and proposed by the Committee for a New Marifime Program, a unified industry organization composed of over sixty maritime unions, companies and as­ sociations. The joint Committee's three-point proposal was presented to the Demo­ cratic Platform Committee on May 20 by SIU President Paul Hall and James R. Barker, chairman and chief ex­ ecutive officer of Moore-McCormack Resources. The plank proposals called for: 1. A commitment to higher level coordination of the diverse sub-cabinet activities involved in maritime policy through appointment of a Maritime Affairs Advisor to the President. 2. Continued commitment to the program set forth by the Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970 and to their objectives. 3. A commitment to develop a na­ tional cargo policy to assure the American-flag fleet access to a fair share of all types of cargo in the Ameri­ can trades. maritime plank, the Democratic Party's 153-member Platform Committee re­ leased their entire platform on June 14. The unanimously approved mari­ time plank, which was included in the international relations segment of the Democratic Platform, reads: "The Democratic Party is committed to a strong and competitive merchant fleet, built in the United States and manned by American seameh, as an instrument of international relations and national security. In order to re­ vitalize our merchant fleet, the party pledges itself to a higher level of co­ ordination of maritime policy, reaffir­ mation of the objectives of the Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970, and the development of a national cargo policy which assures the U.S. fleet a fair par­ ticipation in all U.S. trade." tr: u..;; 1 ' •- 'i'i I'' Democratic Convention Over 3,000 Democratic Convention delegates from around the country will meet in New York City from July 12 to 15 to nominate the party's presiden­ tial and vice-presidential candidates. Several hundred of these delegates are affiliated with organized labor, in­ cluding SIU Special Counsel Carolyn Gentile, who also served on the Demo­ cratic Platform Committee; Ralph Quinnonez, Atlantic Coast Area Direc­ As we go to press, the same platform tor of the SlU-affiliated United Indus­ proposals are being submitted by Hall trial Workers; SIU Philadelphia Port and Barker to the Republican Party's Agent John Fay, and Dave Dolgen, Platform Committee. executive director of the Maritime Trades Department's Port Council of New York. Incorporates Each Point Forty-three of organized labor's delegates to the Convention were elec­ Incorporating each of the New Mari­ ted through the Labor Committee for time Program Committee's three care­ fully developed proposals in their Political Action in New York. •X More Jobs for Seafarers The 5S Maryland Is Set to Be Launched in July Another new SlU-contracted VLCC, the 265,000 dwt SS Maryland (Inter­ national Ocean Transport) which is a sistership of the SlU-manned SS Mas­ sachusetts and the SS New York, is now under construction at Bethlehem Steel's Shipyard in Sparrow's Point, Md. and is tentatively scheduled to be launched around July 30. The 2-million barrel modern super­ tanker—which, with her sisterships, are the largest tankers built in the Western Hemisphere—will be crewed by Seafarers giving the rank and file more jobs and job security. She will be 1,100-feet long, have a 178-foot beam, 35,000 hp, single turbine-screw, and a speed of 1514 knots. She will also have 19 cargo tanks and two clean ballast tanks. The Maryland will have a sophisti­ cated system of preventing oil and other pollutant spillage into the seas. A load-on-top principle halts oil from spilling. And cargo ballast tanks to be discharged in or near a cargo loading port are cleaned' first of all oil via the high-pressure, high-velocity sea water jets from fixed tank cleaning machines. June, 1976 tI Page 5 V.' V n V ^ i S . .V-. • �The Responsibility of Union Hails to SlU Members It's a nice place to go to meet old shipmates and shoot the breeze. It's the right place to go if you need help in any area involving the SIU. And it's the only place to go for a Seafarer to secure employment on SIU—con­ tracted ships. The "place" is any one of the SIU's Union halls within the Union's network of hiring hall facilities lo­ cated in major port-cities on the East, Gulf and West Coasts, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico and Yokohama. Through these Union halls and the SIU port agents and Union represen­ tatives who man them, Seafarers are provided with a wide range of im­ portant services from help in filing welfare claims to getting a job or set­ tling shipboard beefs. The main function of the local Union hall is to see that jobs are dis­ patched promptly and fairly to SIU members registered on the beach in that port. To insure the most democratic means of filling jobs, it is the duty of the port agent, or whoever is dis­ patching Jobs, to see that the SIU's Shipping Rules are strictly enforced. To help the agent in this area, a Seafarer, when registering, should be sure to have on hand his Union book or membership certificate, clinic card, and seaman's papers. A Sea­ farer cannot be registered without these documents. Similarly, when throwing in for a job, a Seafarer must produce these same documents along with his regis­ tration card. Seafarers should also be aware of the following provisions, as quoted in the Shipping Rules, for preferential shipping: • "Within each class of seniority rating in every department, priority for Entry Rating jobs shall be given to all seamen who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard...." o "Within each class of seniority rating in the Deck Department, priority for the job of bosun shall be given to those seamen .possessing a certificate of recertification as bosun from the Deck Department Recerti­ fication Program " • "Within each class of,seniority rating in the Deck Department, priority for the job of quartermaster shall be given to those seamen posses­ sing a certificate of satisfactory com­ pletion of the advanced course of training by the Lundeberg School for the rating of quartennaster " • "Within each class of seniority rating in the Engine Department, priority for the job of QMED shall be given to those'seamen possessing a certificate of satisfactory comple­ tion of the advanced course of train­ ing by the Lundeberg School for the rating of.QMED " Union Services In addition to the job aspect of the Union hall, SIU representatives use the facility as a base of operation for providing many other Union services for the membership. Union officials are present at virtually every payoff of an SIU ship, whqre any and all beefs, no matter Page 6 you should give proper notice, espe­ cially on a weekend, of your inten­ tions to quit so that the SIU agent can arrange for your replacement and the ship will not sail short. In the Union hall itself. Union of­ ficials are available to help members fill out welfare, vacation or dependent claims. The member himself should request this help so that his claim is not delayed at the Plans' offices in New York because of lack of infor­ mation. The assisting Union official will see that all pertinent information and documents, such as a member's Social Security number, and doctor's and hospital bills are included in your correspondence. This will ensure prompt payment of all claims. V J ^ U SIU members can get help in filling out claim forms from SIU representatives. Above, Baitimore Patrolman Ed Smith helps Seafarer Frank Allen fill out vacation application. what the issue, can be discussed. To assist the SIU patrolman in making payoffs a quick procedure, delegates are asked to submit any disputed overtime on separate sheets along with the crewmember's name, rating and whether or not he is a watchstander. Local SIU officials are also sent to a ship, whether it is a payoff or not, if the ship's chairman wires ahead to the port office that there is a problem, such as a contested firing. In a case like this, the chairman is requested to wire ahead that a man is contesting the firing so that a replacement is not sent out until the beef is settled. In addition, if you are quitting. In the port, of Seattle, Port Agent Harvey Mesford, right, registers Seafarer John Skogiund for shipping. Handling shipboard beefs is another of the SIU official's duties. Here, aboard the Great Lakes vessel, Paul Townsend, SIU Patrolman John McClinton of Alpena, talks it over with crewmembers Gene Nokland, Joe Baker, and Ed Kihn. Many Functions Union officials routinely visit Sea­ farers confined in the marine hospi­ tals, first to deliver by hand the member's in-patient benefits, and secondly just to check if the member is receiving proper and courteous care. Union officials also get involved in local organizing campaigns to bring the benefits of the SIU to work­ ers with unorganized companies. SIU officials prepare the agenda for, and conduct a monthly member­ ship meeting at which Seafarers are brought up-to-date on the Union's activities on both a national and local level. An SIU representative will also spend a good deal of time talking on a one-to-one basis with various mem­ bers to encourage them to take advantage of the upgrading oppor­ tunities at the Lundeberg School. In addition to servicing the mem­ bership on ships, in the Union hall and at the hospital, SIU officials in the ports are intimately involved in the port's political activities. They work with the Maritime Trades Department's local Port Maritime Council. They also work with the AFL-CIO state and county federa­ tions in their area. And they work to convince local congressmen and their state's senators of the value of a strong merchant marine to the econ­ omy and security of the United States. Often times, an SIU official's poli­ tical activities has made the differ­ ence between a legislator voting for or against an important piece of maritime legislation. Many SIU officials are also in­ volved in community action groups and services for" the general better­ ment of the communities surrounding the Union hall. The SIU's network of port Union halls is the basis of the SIU's strength as an international Union representing seamen. The strategic positioning of halls enables all mem­ bers to easily and conveniently take advantage of all services provided by the Union. And through these halls, the membership is kept aware of all the Union's activities on their behalf. In other words, the local Union hall is a vital and indispensable link in communication between the Union and its membership. Seafarers Log �a«BiB&'agiim"3aa^g3rga!1SSIS»a>iaii^^ \ Headquarters Notes by SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak If you are ready to ship out, need help applying for benefits, are interested in attending a membership meeting or just want to meet old shipmt^tes, you'll head for your local Union hall. These halls, maintained in major ports throughout-the country, are essential to the excellent job security and services SIU members enjoy. They are the key to the SIU's rotary shipping system which gives the SIU control over its own jobs and is one of the most democratic methods of filling jobs, making allowances for how long a man has been on the beach, his training and his standing as a Union member. Local halls and rotary shipping also help guarantee that all jobs aboard SlU-contracted vessels belong to all Seafarers, and it is every member and official's responsibility to protect each of these jobs. This means that a Seafarer quitting without giving the local Union hall sufficient notice and causing a ship to sail" short is not just depriving one man of that job. He is jeopardizing a shipboard position that, belongs to and benefits every Seafarer. Many welfare or vacation claims are delayed because of incorrectly filed applications which lack either supporting documents or important information, causing unnecessary hardships for some members. At your local hdl. Union officials are always available to explain the proper procedures for filing a claim and to make sure you've included all the necessary documents and information needed to insure prompt payment. • Union halls are also a place to get information about training and upgrading at the Harry Lundeberg School, as well as about the activities of your Union in national, local and internal affairs. And they are a pleasant place to play a friendly game of cards or dominos, talk with old friends, or just sit and read a paper while waiting for a job call. The SIU Union hall system was established for the benefit of all Seafarers. Take advantage of the important services offered you at your local hall and ".i do your part by informing the hall when you want to leave a ship, by bringing the proper documents when you want to register or throw in for a job, and by attending your port's monthly membership meeting. (For more details, see Page 6.) 'i 7 Seafarers are also participating in other important SIU programs and ac­ tivities that contribute to the welfare and job security of the entire membership. The 34th class of the Bosuns Recertification Program graduated this month, bringing to 391 the number of Seafarers who have completed this important course. The .35th class which will graduate at the July membership meeting in N.Y., represents the final class in this phase of the Bosuns Recertification Program. This program has helped greatly to reduce shipboard beefs which arise due to misunderstanding and to improve communication between members aboard our ships and Headquarters. The Lundeberg School is ^till working on establishing a curriculum for the Steward Department Recertification Program which will begin later this year. The 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program has also been progressing well, with six more Seafarers receiving their full Union books through the program this month. The 233 Seafarers who have earned their full books through this program are helping to fill the m^power gap left by the many members either going out on pension or passing on every month. If you are eligibTe for the program and have not already applied, I urge you to do so immediately. Firefighting training is becoming more and more important in today's mari­ time industry. And sooner or later, the Coast Guard will require that all seamen possess a firefighting certificate as a prerequisite to employment on U.S. flag ships. Seafaters can get their certificate by attending the Firefighting Course offered at the Lundeberg School and at the MSC-MARAD Firefighting School in Earle, N.J. If you would like to attend the Firefighting Course, see your port agent. LNG/LPG tankers will soon be an important part of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. To get a job on one of these ships, a Seafarer will be required to have special training. A Seafarer can get this training through the Lundeberg School's LNG/LPG Upgrading Program. I urge interested members in all departments to contact the Lundeberg School and to arrange to attend the next LNG class on Sept. 20. (See Lundeberg School application on page 31.) ,1. f. -< NLRB Judge Rules for SIU in Manning of All PRMMI Ships An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled last month that the SIU represents the unlicensed crews aboard all Puerto paydi«^ aboard the wdric pei^ he^ tlnldh Rico Marine Management, Inc. (PRMMI) ships including their three Ro-Ro ships, the SS Eric Holier, Ponce de Leon and Puerto Rico. The judge found the NMU guilty of conducting a recognitional strike in their picketing of PRMMI terminals last year, that is, trying to force an employer to recognize the NMU as a bargaining agent when the employer already has a valid contract with another union, in this case the SIU. It is expected that the NMU will appeal the judge's decision to the NLRB in Washington, D.C. History of Dispute '.213 The dispute began last October when the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority (PRMSA) transferred man­ agement of the three Ro-Ro vessels frorti the NMU-contracted Transamerican Trailer Transport to PRMMI. PRMMI, which already operated eight SlU-manned ships, had a fleetwide contract with the SIU and manned the three ships with Seafarers. When the NMU struck PRMMI and PRMSA, the NLRB in San Juan moved for and obtained an injunction against the NMU's picketing from the U.S. District Court in San Juan which also ordered SIU crews off the three ships and NMU crews aboard the vessels, until the NLRB could settle the issue. From the U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit in Boston, the SIU applied for a stay of the judge's ruling ordering the SIU off the vessels until a full threeman Court of Appeals could hear an appeal on the issue. Chief Circuit Judge Coffin granted the stay pending the full appeal. In April the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit affirmed the Dis­ trict Court's injunction against the NMU but it reversed the San Juan U.S. District Court's ruling ordering SIU crews off the ships, thereby effectively leaving SIU members aboard the ships until final disposition of this matter. Financial Committee Meets Ross Named Chief Off N.Y. Labor Unit • v;' Philip Ross has been appointed by Gov. Hugh L. Carey of New York as state industrial commissioner and head of the State Labor Department. Ross succeeds Louis L. Levine who resigned to join the Group Health In­ surance Co. of New York City. He had been state industrial commissioner since 1971. Levine is now chairman of a U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service board of inquiry panel set up May 31 in New York City to assist in the con­ tract negotiation impasses between the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and District 1199, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employes, which has a membership of 40,000 hospital workers. Their contract expires the end of this month. Commissioner Ross was recently pro­ fessor of industrial relations at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. and was re- June, 1976 • i H • Philip Roiss gional director and international repre­ sentative for the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1958. SIU Quarterly Finance Committee Chairman Frank Teti, recertified bosun, (4th right) explains a point on how to check out the Union's records and bills to a member of the elected committee, Oscar B. Smith (standing) of the steward department. Other members of the committee which met this month at Headquarters are (I. to r.): Carroll Dwyer, engine department; Recertified Bosun John Hale; Recertified Bosun Frank Rodriguez; and John Sweeney, deck department, watching Warren Cassidy of the steward department doing some figuring. Page! �Coast Guard May Have Outlived Its Usefulness With the vast changes in maritime technology and with the changing atti­ tudes toward the human factor in work situations, the U.S. Coast Guard may have outlived its usefulness. This issue has come into sharp focus over the past year because of the Occu­ pational Safety and Health Act which has given the U.S. Department of Labor jurisdiction over safety in maritime matters including safety aboard ship. The Coast Guard is contesting this situation and is seeking to retain its jurisdiction over maritime safety. There are some who support the Coast Guard and feel that their traditional role should be maintained. There are others, both among labor and management, who feel that OSHA could do a better job. Long Time Problem The Coast Guard problem has been cumulative. Its roots go back 20 years or more during which time the Guard has failed to upgrade its organi­ zation or adapt properly to the human factors. Fundamentally a police organization, the Coast Guard has not taken an ap­ propriate sociological view to the work­ ers over which it has jurisdiction. Its police force thinking can be seen in a mid-195Qs Coast Guard proposal which became known as the "profile" system. The purpose of the system was to draw a "profile" on each seaman as a means of eliminating those who the Coast Guard felt shouldn't go to sea. Among the areas to be examined were: home upbringing; speech or smell defects; attitudes toward sex; religious and ethical attitudes; work history, in­ cluding any record as a "beefer" or "complainer" aboard ship; lack of edu­ cational advantages. Many people felt that it was ex­ tremely dangerous for a police enforce­ ment agency to have control over the employment of a seaman. The SIU was among those who vigor­ ously opposed this extension of the Coast Guard's authority and the "pro­ file" plan was eventually scuttled. Not Properly Equipped The problem is that the Coast Guard is not equipped, in terms of personnel or experience, to deal with the many complex social and psychological prob­ lems resulting from the impact on the individual worker of faster and larger ships, increased overtime, loss of ade­ quate port time, and the resulting feel­ ing of isolation and alienation that grow from these new experiences. The Coast Guard has not become aware that while the development of sophisticated electronic tools provide the seafarer with more control over , his shipboard environment, they sometimes leave him feeling powerless over his own life. In other areas, the Coast Guard is rooted in the past. Today a merchant seaman can be permanently deprived of his right to a livelihood for various drug violations which have been sub­ stantially modified in our society. Again, the Coast Guard's approach is that of a policing agency, out of touch with changing social and legal concepts, enforcing its own out-dated rules on workers whose rights are already se­ verely restricted. Register but there is no effort on the part of the Guard to maintain a con­ tinuous dialogue with those who are affected by those rules. In promulgating these directives— which directly affect the safety of crewmembers—the Coast Guard will, at times, consult only with management without seeking the advice and guid­ ance of maritime unions which repre­ sent the workers involved. Two recent examples illustrate this point. In setting manning scales for Chevron tankers on the West Coast, the Coast Guard has decided that un­ licensed qrewmembers are not needed in the engine rooms of these vessels despite"exprience which has shown that continued maintenance is necessary to the safe operation of this type of ship. Another example is the Coast Guard's proposal to eliminate the use of tankermen aboard barges on the in­ land waterways. Again, this proposal files in the face of experience which has demonstrated the ne«l for riding tank­ ermen to promote the safety of the vessels and their crews. This brings up another problem— the workers' situation cannot be en­ hanced by the fact that many Coast Guard oflicers go into industry when they retire from the Guard. In attempting to assess why the Coast Guard cannot cope with the many com­ plex problems of today's rapidly ex­ panding industry, we can infer that one reason is its military-oriented structure and another is that the Guard is an ex­ tension of the Department of Transpor­ tation which has shown a consistent hostility to the maritime industry. Whatever the reasons, however, the fact is that the Coast Guard has demon­ strated an unwillingness to deal with these problems realistically. New standards have to be set which take into account the real problems of the health, safety and welfare of mari­ time workers. There is a widespread feeling that OSHA can play an effective role in this area. Certainly, the prob­ lems cannot be left to the unilateral decision-making of the Coast Guard which has a lack of experience and facilities to deal with them. prodncetbe iQir lor iii ' wlio' pOiieip: UWitcd Another critical argument on the part of both management and labor is that the Coast Guard does not consult with those in the maritime industry. The Guard's proposed rules and reg­ ulations are printed in the Federal • Appeals;'' Pension Reform Act of 1974 Some Points Clarified on ERISA Requirements On May 26, the Seafarers' Pensicm Plan, Welfare Plan, Vacation Plan and Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship, as well as the UIW Welfare Plan and Pension Plan, and the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Pension Plan notified all participants that, under the &nployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the various plans' documents would be available for examination and, in some cases, for sale to their par­ ticipants. Plan participants include active em­ ployees, pensicHiers and any person who has vesting credit of 10 years service without a break. Unfortunately these letters have caused some misunderstandings among members. In order to clear up these misunderstandings and to update the information contained in those letters, the Seafarers Log will present and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the notices. • Win those already on pen^n be affected by tills law? No—pensioners will continue receiv­ ing the same benefits. If you are already on pension, the law will not decrease or change your benefits in ary way. All pensioners were sent notices because under ERISA they are considered par­ ticipants and must be notified about changes in the Plans. Once again, pensioners already re­ ceiving benefits need not worry about changes in their retirement benefits. • What Plan documents are avalldile to participants and what will tiiey Pages cost? All participants will automatically be mailed, free of charge, a summary description of each Plan and a summary of each Plan's financial report. The Plan descriptions will be ready by the summer of 1977 and the finan­ cial reports by early 1977. There will be a charge of approximately $.10 per page for additional copies of either summary. The following documents will be available for inspection at every Unicm hall and for saJe from Union Head­ quarters for approximately $.10 per page: 1. Each Plan's ESB-1 form. This is an oflScial form which each Plan mu^t file with the Department of Labor de­ scribing the Plan. It runs about 15 pages and will be available sometime this summer. 2. The full annual report for each Plan. This is the entire financial report which each participant will receive in sununary form free of charge. The full report wUl run about 20 pages and will be available at the end of each year. 3. Collective bargaining agreements under which each Plan is established. These agreements, or contracts, include the provisions for funding the Plans. Since these documents are usually quite long and since the contract provisions regulating wages and working condi­ tions are already available, participants will be able to purchase the one or two pages which specifically deal with the Plans. These pages are available now. 4. Trust documents and regulations for each Plan. A Trust Document de­ scribes how a Plan is administered. They will be available by the end of July, 1976 and will run approximately 25 pages. Trust regulations list all the rules concerning eligibility for, and the amounts of, benefits under a Plan and contain the information which each participant receives in a shorter form in his summary Plan description. The trust regulations are about 50 pages long and will be available by the end of July, 1976. You may inspect any of these above documents at a Union hall. You will not be able to photocopy documents at the Union hall. To purchase any of the documents, contact the Welfare Plan office, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 and you will be told exactly how much the desired documents will cost. Upon re­ ceipt of your payment, you will be sent the requested document. When request­ ing a document please include your So­ cial Security number and your present or latest employer, • Is seatime accumalated before ERISA went into effect counted towards vesting? The best way to answer this question is to review the new vesting and breakin-service provisions. Remember these provisions only ap­ ply to the normal pension. For every year you work 125 days or more, you receive one year of vesting credit. When you have accumulated 10 years of credit you are vested, that is you have a legal right to receive the portion of the normal pension you have earned when you turn 65 and can no longer have a break-in-service in regard to your pension. If you work less than 125 days in any year but more than 62V4 days, you do not get credit for a year's service but you do not have a break-in-service. If you work less than 62Vi days in a year, you have a break-in-service. If you have a number of consecutive breaks that equal the total number of years of credit you have earned, you lose all of that credit. The 125-day requirement only ap­ plies to earning vesting credit for a normal pension. Each and every day worked for a company signatory to our Plan will count towards the total number of days needed to qualify for a pension even if they were accumulated in a year for which you did not receive vesting credit. (Hd Break Roles Seatime compiled before Dec. 31, 1975 can be counted towards vesting credit. You will receive one year's vest­ ing credit for each year you worked 125 days or more provided you did not have a break-in-service under the old break rules. Under the old break rules, you lost credit for all previous seatime if you sailed less than 90 days in each of three consecutive years. Seafarers Log V . �i»e^;jB#sMife'ii<ri''*'»<a#»F/jrj,'^i^^n^feSS This is another important area that we have to keep our eyes on if we are going to protect these jobs for Americans. Congressman John Murphy (DN.Y.), who is chairman of the select House Committee on the Outer Conti­ nental Shelf, has introduced legislation which would require that all rigs and vessels used in exploration and mining on the shelf off U.S. coastlines be American built—and that all rigs and vessels be manned by American crews. We have already held meetings with all unions involved in this industry, and we have come up with an agreement that would protect this industry for American workers. Meanwhile, our Washington office sent a staff representa­ tive to San Francisco to attend the National Offshore Advisory Committee meeting there which was held by the Coast Guard. And we are also inviting oil companies and other industry representatives to a meeting in Washington later this month to get them to approve the agreement we have worked out with labor organizations. Washington Activities BjrSRockcr ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE Hearings on proposals to transport Alaskan natural gas to the lower 48 states are continuing in Washington. The House Interstate and Foreign Com­ merce Committee heard testimony earlier this month from the Federal Power Commission's environmental task force. This group singled out two proposals which they say would have less impact on the environment than other pro­ posed routes. One proposal is to pipe the gas through Canada to northwestern Minnesota. The other-developed by El Paso—would string a pipeline through Alaska, paralleling the oil pipeline, to an LNG terminal at Starichof. The gas would then be carried by American-flag LNG vessels to Oxnard, Calif. We have a real stake in the final selection of this pipeline, and our staff in Washington is putting a lot of effort into convincing Congress and the Federal Power Commission that the all-Alaska route—with the use of U.S.-flag LNG tankers—^is the soundest proposal in terms of natural defense, economy and preservation of the environment. WAR RISK INSURANCE The Senate Commerce Committee will hold further hearings on War Risk Insurance. Transportation Institute, a Washington-based research and edu­ cational organization, has prepared background materials for our staff at the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department to oppose insurance protection for foreign-flag vessels which are owned or under charter to American operators. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF Our representatives at the Maritime Trades Department met with legislative representatives from the AFL-CIO and a number of national and international labor organizations this month to get their support for our position on pro­ tecting the job rights of American workers on the rigs and supply vessels work­ ing the outer continental shelf. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries has begun hearings on the status of Public Health Service Hospitals. The SIU and the Maritime Trades Department will attend the hearings to present testimony in support of adequate funding for the maintenance of existing hospitals and for improving the quality of care at these hospitals. Our Washington representatives have been working with the U.S. Maritime Administration—which supports our position on the hospitals—and with Rep. Leonor Sullivan (D-Mo.), chair­ woman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine who is a strong supporter of the Public Health Service Hospitals. OTOER HEARINGS In addition to hearings on War Risk Insurance, Public Health Hospitals and the Outer Continental Shelf, Congress will also be holding hearings in a num­ ber of other areas important to us—^including law of the sea; common carriers; water resources developments; pension plans; oil spills; and ocean mining. The staff at Transportation Institute and our representatives at the Maritime Trades Department are working with our friends in Congress in all of these areas to make sure that the jobs and job security of this membership are pro­ tected. It is important that we continue a maximum effort in Washington to protect our jobs. We not only have to fight the powerful oil lobby, but we also have to fight the Administration in Washington—and that means the State Department, Treasury, the Department of Transportation, and—not least of all —^the Coast Guard. It's a big job, and we have to be on our toes every single day. Our Washington staff has to know what is going on—not only in Con­ gress—^but also what is developing in all of the many Federal agencies that affect our industry. It's a never-ending job but one that is essential to vour continued job security. '4 '''"t ,H Is, '# i t • » 41 To Protect Your Becatf^Sff the Employee Retirement Income SecuHiy Act of U (often referred to as the Pension Reform Act) it is extremely imf that the latetA correct address of each member be on file. // the Se Plans have ypUr latest address, you wUt he able to receive all the sary a,id vital material which is required to be sent to you under , new taw. ' It is qbo very important thai the Plans be aware of your marital Thej^ore, you are strongly urged to 01In the form below md send fifj to: Claims department, Seafarers Welfare and Pension PUms, 27S St„ Brooklyn, N.Y. U215, . .m, smt Job Security in the Fight for Favorable Legislation Seafarers are urged to conMbute to SPAD. it is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. Top Lakes Pension Check n JBtil't.SM--- . I ^ After logging over 10,000 days of seatime, 64-year-old ex-Oiler John Kroski (left) gets congratulatory handshake from SIU Cleveland Port Agent George Telegadas last month for receiving the biggest pension check benefit— $395 a month—ever paid on the Great Lakes to date. Seafarer Kroski's last ship was the M/V Diamond Alkali (American Steamship). He sailed 43 years. Page 9 June, 1976 •••• • • •• i'..!;j-'-y' ' • ,• • ^ It..: �The Maritime Trades Department How MTD Membership Affects You^ the Seafarer The MTD holds biennial conventions to map out two-year programs of action, in above photo, Paul Hail, MTD president, addresses the 1975 Biennial Convention held last September in San Francisco. Passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 marked one of the most important legislative vic­ tories ever won for the U.S. maritime industry hecause it formed the base of a long-term program for the revitalization of the U.S. merchant marine. The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department was instrumental in achieving this victory. In December 1974, the U.S. Senate gave final Congressional approval to the Energy Transporta­ tion Security Act, which brought to a successful close one of the most ambitious legislative fights in the history of the American labor moverrient. Again, it was the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment which proved to be one of the major forces in fostering this victory. The fights tor the 1970 Merchant Marine Act and the 1974 Oil Cargo Preference Bill (later vetoed) are just two instances in a long line of legislative struggles in which the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department has demonstrated its indispensable value to Seafarers and the maritime industry as a whole. Much of the MTD's effectiveness as a Constir tutional Department of the AFL-CIO can be attributed to a nurhber of important factors, such as its size and working structure; thediversity of the member unions it represents, and the way in which its policies are carried out on both the national and local levels. The main function of the MTD, founded 30 years ago and in the establishment of which the SIU played a primary leadership role, has always been to give maritime labor a greater .say in Washington on issues that would have an impact on the U.S. maritime and related industries, and the men and women that work in them. Presently, the MTD is comprised of 43 national and. international AFL-CIO unions, including the SIUNA, representing nearly eight million Amer­ ican workers. Not allof the'MTD's affiliated unions are of a maritime^ture nor are they all located in major port-cities. But the affiliation of these diverse unions gives the MTD political strength in all" re­ gional areas df he U.S. . MTD Executive Boaid The policies and programs of the MTD are formulated by the organization's executive board, which includes a top ranking representative from each of the'MTD's 43 affiliated unions. The three top officers of the MTD are, Paul Hall, who serves as MTD president; Jack McDonald, , vice presi­ dent, and O. William Moody, administrator. The MTD executive board meets regularly to discuss contemporary issues affecting the maritime industry and the steps that must be taken to deal properly and swiftly with them. Every two years, the Department holds a con- Page 10 . J t I > r t ^ vention immediately preceding the AFL-CIO con­ vention, at which time the affiliates review the progress of the maritime industry in.the previous two years and map out a chart of action for the next two years. At the MTD's 1975 Biennial Convention, held last September, the Department resolved to work, among many others things, for; • A bill that would close the loophole in the z conventions, depends heavily on the actions of the MiD's network of 27 Port Maritime Councils. These Councils," located in strategic port-cities throughout the U.S., in Canada and Puerto Rico, work politically on the local levels, and have been instrumental in enabling the MTD to achieve its national goals. An example of the Port Cduncil's effectiveness can be seen in the 1974 fight for the Energy Trans­ portation Security Act. Members of the Councils worked tirelessly to convince Congressmen and Senators from their districts and states to vote for the bill. The result was an overwhelming vote for the bill in the House of Representatives, and a closer—but still—a majority vote in the Senate. In addition to their work on the political front, the MTD's Port Maritime Councils have also been instrumental in increasing the awareness of citi­ zens throughout the country to the importance of a strong U.S. merchant marine to the general wel-. fare of the nation. On the national level, MTD headquarters, which , is located in the AFL-CIO building in Washing­ ton, D.C., works closely with the national AFLCIO and its affiliates to gain further support for its programs. The national office of the MTD also works closely with representatives of AFL-CIO state federations and local central bodies of the AFL-CIO; In brief, then, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department has been and will continue to be an effective organization for its member unions, es­ pecially with regard to the SIU and Seaforers. In future issues of the.Log we will continue to outline other organizations with which the SIU is connected and describe how tjhese groups affect Seafarers' welfare and livelihoods. 43 MTD Affiliates / Below is a list of < the 43 affiliates of the Maritim&Trades Departrhent. /, 1. The Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmetolo^ts' International Union of America , 2. International Brotherhood of Boflermakers, Iron Ship Bnilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers 3. Boot and %oe Workers' Union 4. International Union of Bricklayers arid Allied Craftsmen ' 5. United Brofheriiood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Jones Act which exempts the Virgin Islands from 6. United Cement, Line and Gypsum Workers the provisions of the law. This bill will be marked International Union up in the Senate this month. 7* Communications Workers of America • A bill to extend U.S. control of fishing rights 8. Distillery, Rectifying, Wine and AlUed Workers' to 200 miles offshore. (This bill was passed in International Union of America both Houses of Congress and signed into law in 9. International Union of Dolls, Toys, Playthings, April of this yeir. The law becomes effective Mar. Noveltim and Allied Products of the Unlt^ 1, 1977.) States and Canada, AFL-CIO • A bill to curb and then cut back the incursion : 10. Intematfonal Brotiieriiood of EJectrical Workers of third-flag fleets into the U.S. foreign trades. The 11. International Union "of Elevator Constnmtors call for this bill was prompted by the fact that the 12. International Unhm of Operating Engineers Russian fleet, operating as a third-flag carrier, along with other third-flag fleets, how control more 13. Iiitemational Association of Fire Fighters than half of the c'^age of all waterborne trade 14. Imemational Brotherhood of Firemen and Offers 15. Glass Bottle Blowmrs' Association of die tJnited between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East, States and Canada (This bill is now under consideration by the House 15. Anierican Federation of Grain Millers Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee.) 17. Graphioi Arts International Union • A program first to end the U;S. Government's wasteful policy of running in competition with the 18,Hotel and Restaurant Employees' and Bar­ tenders'International Unioii private shipping industry and then return the U.S. 19. International Ai»ociation of Bridge, Structural merchant marine to its proper role as an auxiliary and Ornamental iron Workers of the U.S. Navy. 20, LahornS' Intematiorral Union of Nordi America In addition to iffiese and odier maritime Issues, Laundry and Dry Cleaning Inhanathe 1975 MTD Convention also vowed to fight for 21.. AFL-CIO tioqal Union, bills and programs for all American woihers, su^h 22. International Leather Goods, Plastics and Nov­ as: an Increased minimum wage; organlring unelty Workers Unimi olganized worio^rs; Import quotas; a national en­ 23. hrtemadonal Association of ergy policy; unemployment insurance extensions, Aerospace Workers and trade refonn. • 24. Industrial IJnion of Marine and ShlpbrrUding Success of the MTD's policies and programs, • Workers of America established by the executive board tind at MTD . Continued ori Page 11 CIO Seafarers Log ' �SSBsassse®- ,1 ilj- :r——-'a i-.'i.Ti"- .^. \ 25. National Marine Engineen* Beneficial Associatkm 26. Amalgamated Meat Ciitters and Botcher Work­ men of North America 27. OflSce and Professional Employees International Union 28. Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union 29. International Brotheihood of Painters and Allied Trades 30. United Papenvoikers International Unhm 31. Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada 32. United Association of Journeymen and Appren­ tices of the Plnmbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada 33. International Brotherhood of Pottery and Allied Workers 34. Brotherhood of Railway, Aiiiine and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees 35. Retail Clerks International Aswciation 36. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 37. United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America 38. Seafarers International Union of North America 39. Sheet Metal Workers International Association 40. American Federation of State, County and Mimicipal Employees 41. United Telegraph Workers 42. United Textile Workers of America 43. American Guild of Variety Artists Marine Skills Needed on Mobile Oil Rigs for Safety Safety on the mobile drill rigs, which pointed out that even the contractors operate offshore ."exploring for oil and involved in exploring for offshore re­ natural gas, is a prime concern of the sources defined the rigs as ships. He SIU. The Union is urging the Coast quoted John Drewry, counsel to the Guard to adopt stricter regulations over National Ocean Industries Association, these units which navigate in our har­ who has stated, "these rigs are not, as bors and coastal waters. many people think, fixed structures On May 25, at a hearing in San Fran­ built offshore in the form of an oil der­ cisco held by the National Offshore rick. But rather, they are indeed vessels Operations Industry Advisory Commit­ and are recognized as such and docu­ tee, Lindsey Williams, SlU-vice-presi- mented under the laws of the United dent in charge of the Gulf: Coast, out­ States..." lined the Union's views on mobile drill However, Williams objected, "the unit licensing regulations. majority of mobile rigs are currently While speaking before the gathered not regulated, or their crews licensed to industry and Coast Guard representa­ the same full standards as U.S. ocean­ tives, he stressed the need for marine going ships and their crews. The Seaskills aboard the mobile rigs which "are Jarers Union is convinced this is neither vessels that must operate in a hazardous a safe nor an acceptable standard for industry and environment." the U.S. rigs to be allowed to maintain. He then sharply criticized the off­ During his testimony, Williams shore exploration industry's draft pro­ posals for new Coast Guard regulations that were being discussed at the hearing. "We strongjly disagree with the con­ cept inherent in the draft proposal that industrial employees can perform ma­ rine skills without the proper experience and education required of ocean going seamen," the SIU vice-president de­ clared. "Such shortcuts to creating sea­ men in the longrun jeopardize the safety of everyone involved in rig operations." He continued, "Based on our obser­ vations of offshore activities, it appears to us that the offshore industry is intent upon obtaining for itself a special set of operating and safety rules that would not be acceptable in other U.S. marine industries." After carefully studying the situation, the SIU developed its own proposed regulations that would cover those members of the mobile rig crew work­ ing on marine related tasks. At the hearing, Williams outlined the Union's major points, while noting "our standards would not apply to the indus­ trial skills aboard the rig, primarily the drilling crew, because these matters should be decided by the contractor." First, he stated, "A minimum man­ ning level must be set for each type of U.S. drilling rig that will assure the safe operation of the rig in all conditions and which will provide an adequate ma­ rine crew to maintain the rig in a safe and sanitary condition. While the minimum crew standard would take into account the size of the rig and its equipment, it would estab- •%. Continued on Page 27 f Foreign Countries Mean Business In Dealing With • Canada—^Possession of narcotics (including marijuana) up to 7 years in jail at the discretion of the court. Up to life imprisonment, but not less than 7 Persons arrested on drug charges are years for importation of drugs into the country. not eligible for bail. • France — Possession, sentences vary, but are less than for trafficking. Minimum of 3 to 4 months pre-trail confinement. Trafficking, 1 to 5 years. Drug Violators Drug laws in the U.S. can be tough for sale or trafficking of large amounts of drugs, but for simple possession and use they're not so hard. Some states' laws for possession and use could even be considered lenient. However, this is by no means the case in foreign countries. It is important that a seaman, who would be visiting a lot of foreign coun­ tries, at least be aware of what these drug laws are, because if you get caught "over there" for possession or sale of even small amounts of drugs, you could be staying "over there" for quite awhile. As a matter of fact, there are ap­ proximately 700 Americans in foreign jails right now for various drug offenses, and there's really very little anyone stateside can do for them but wait pa­ tiently for their return. Below are some of the drug laws in various countries that a Seafarer might visit: • Mexico—Possession, 2 to 9 years in jail plus fine. Trafficking, 3 to 10 years plus fine. Illegal import or export of drugs, 6 to 15 years plus fine. Per­ sons arrested oil drug charge can expect a minimum of 6 to 12 months pre-trial confinement. • Greece—Possession, minimum of 2 years in jail. TraflScking, 5 to 20 years plus fine. • England—^Possessions of heroin or LSD, 7 years or a fine of $1,000 or both.' Possession of codein or cannabis, 5 years in jail. • Germany — Possession, 3 years. Germany is expected to change this law making jail terms stiffer. • Japan—Sentences are based on the amount of drugs found. A recent case involved 600 grams of hashish and the person was sentencad to 2 years in jail. • Italy — Possession or attemptedsale, 3 years. Trafficking, 3 to 8 years. June, 1976 • Turkey—^possession, 3 to 15 years. Trafficking, 10 years to life. It's no fun being stock In a jafl cell, but even less fun If tbat jail cell is In a foreign country. Be smart! Don't use dmgs. Warning to Seafarers Young and Old: Drug Possession Means Loss of Seaman's Papers If yon are convicted of possessimi of any illegal dmg—heroin, barbitnrates, speed, LSD, or even marijuana—the U.S. Coast Guard will revoke your seaman papers, widmut appeal, FOREVER. Tbat means ttat yon lose for die rest of your life die r^t to make a living by the sea. However, it doesnT quite end there even if you receive a suspended soitence. You may lose your r^bt to vote, your right to bold public office or to own a gun. You also may lose the opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dmitist, certified public accountant, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may jeopardize your r^ht to hold a job wbereyou must be licensed or bonded and you may never be able to woric for the cHy, the county, or the Federal government It*8 a pretty tough rap, but duFs cxacdy how it is and yon cant do anydiing about it The ctmvkted drug user leaves a black marie on his rqiutatkm lor die rest (rf his life. However, drugs can not only destroy your r^t to a good livelfliood, it can destroy your life. Dmg idinse presents a serkms threat to both your physical and mental healdi, and die personal safety of those around you. This is especially true aboard diip uime clear mfaids and qiuck reflexes are essential at all times for the safe (qperathm of die vessel. Dont let dn^ destroy your natural r%ht to a gOod, luqppy, prodnctive Ufe. Stay dmg free and steer a clear course. Page 11 I i I t M �8 Finish Welding Course 1 AT SEA SS Cove Communicator The operators of the SlU-manned SS Cove Communicator (Cove Tankers) early last month applied to the U.S. Maritime Subsidy Board in Washington, D.C. for an operating subsidy to run the 31,900-dwt tanker on the Russian grain run. SS Translndiana Shipboard services Nvere conducted aboard this SlU-contracted ship for our departed brother. Seafarer Herbert M. "Frenchy" De Boissiere, 46, who died in the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. on Apr. 2. He had sailed 30 years. Ship Chairman, Recertified Bosun Herwood B. Walters and Chief Steward W. J. Fitch, secretary-reporter paid high tribute in turn to the departed seaman: "As Herbert De Boissiere, better known as 'Frenchy', was a personal friend of mine, it was his desire to sail with me abord this ship. Although 'Frenchy' did not make it, in his physical being, his wish and desire were fulfilled, for I shall always remember, 'He did make his last voyage with me.' " "I have sailed with Brother Herbert De Boissiere many times. His happy ways and outlook on life will be missed by all who knew him." The bosun and the rest of the crew said: "We wish to give an overextended vote of thanks to Capt. Gene Laski (master of the Transindiana) for the most proficient and descriptive eulogy he gave, so befitting to our departed Brother Herbert De Boissiere." Capt. Laski's ceremonial eulogy at the services included these hallowed words: "We are gathered here this day, the 17th of May 1976, on the deck of the SS Transindiana, to pay our respects to our departed brother, Herbert Michael De Boissiere, who passed away on the 2nd day of April 1976 ... He was 46 years of age. "At a time when it seemed that Herbert was conquering his illness, he was making plans to return to sea on this vessel... This was not to be, and when he realized that he would not be standing any more watches, he requested that his final journey be made with us "In making this request, Herbert is reminding us of the unique and special family relationship that we share with one another.... We are many races and we are many religions—^yet we are brothers-and-the sea is our home-and-the sea is our blood.... "Herbert, thank you for the message.... We understand it In your mem­ ory, I now recite a poem that reflects the ideology of men who follow the sea...: INVICTUS " 'Out of the night that covers me. Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of w/ath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade, ^ And yet the menace of the years, Finds, and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the Master of my fate I am the captain of my soul.' ' "There is one among us who knew Herbert better than I... It is only fitting that Herwood Walters, our bosun, stand by my side and assist me in seeing Herbert on his final and everlasting journey ... "Brother Herbert Michael De Boissiere—you have returned home—at 10:40 a.m. this 17th of May 1976—in the latitude of 27 degrees and 24 minutes North and longitude 74 degrees and 34 minutes West... you are now and forever returned to the sea—you cannot be forgotten for you shall forever be with us.... We pay our respects to you, each in his own manner, with our thoughts and prayers and with the vessel's engines stopped and with a moment of silence." Instructor Bill Eglinton of Piney Point's Welding Course (2nd left rear) is in a happy mood with his latest class of graduates, proudly displaying their diplomas, of (I. to r. front): Robert Wilson Albert Schwartz: William Joslin, and David Daily. In the rear (I. to r.) are: LeRoy Cope; Eglinton; James Darden; Robert Zientak, and Robert Smith. Rubber Workers Boycott Firestone Tire A nationwide consumers boycott and letter writing campaign aimed at Fire­ stone tires has been called for by the 70,000 United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America Union (URW), an AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department affiliate which has been on strike since Apr. 21 at 47 plants of the Big Four tire makers, Firestone, Goodyear, Goodrich and Uniroyal. The boycott has the support of both the SIU and the AFL-CIO. URW President Peter Bommarito has asked the public and union mem­ bers not to buy the following 37 brandname tires: Firestone, Atlas, Caravelle, CBI, Coast-to-Coast, Cordovan, Fal­ con, Fruehauf, Getty, Lancer, MultiMile, O.K. Tires, Shell, Triumph, Union 76, J.C. Penney and Mont­ gomery Ward. Other Firestone subsidiary-made tires consumers are asked not to pur­ chase are these by Seiberling: Award, Holiday, Buck Monroe, Portage, Roger Ward, Sterling and Zenith. And those made by Dayton: Argyle, Carnegie, Co-op, Cornell, Dean, Duralon, Road King, Schenuit, Super Traction (trucks) Western Auto and White. Bommarito also called for a letterwriting campaign by union members and the general public directed to Fire­ stone's president, Richard D. Riley, 1200 Firestone Pky., Akron, Ohio 44301 asking for a reasonable approach at the bargaining table with the United Rubber Workers negotiators. To implement the boycott, a "Don't Buy Firestone" campaign via picketing and handbilling at high volume Fire­ SS Robert E. Lee On July 4, the SS Robert E. Lee (Waterman) will sail from the Gulf to Karachi, Pakistan with 6,340-metric tons of bagged phosphate for overland transshipment to Afghanistan. ^ Model for Others The union is seeking a contract with Firestone that could serve as a model for an agreement with the other three of the Big Four. At issue is a strong cost-of-living allowance asked for by the union. Since Firestone tire prices have soared to 35 percent more in just two years, the union asked the company for a first-year catch-up wage hike of $1.65 an hour, substantial pension improvements and a cost-of-living allowance (COLA) that would add a penny to wages for every 0.3 point increase in the Con­ sumer Price Index (CPI) projected to rise 7 percent a year. Firestone offered $1.10 an hour over three years—5 cents less than its previ­ ous offer—a three-year pension boost of $1.50 for future service, and a costof-living formula geared to the CPI but offset in part by wage increases in the second and third years of the contract. Bommarito rejected the offer because he said the company's COLA Program would net the worker only 25 cents in three years at projected rates of inflation while the URW's formula would net 95 cents. This is the union's key issue. t cents of every dottar spent in shipping on . remains in this country, making a very substantial contribution to the' balance of paymenh; and to the nation's economy. SS Mohawk The SlU-contracted SS Mohawk (Ogden Marine) which went aground off the coast of California on the morning of May 20, was refloated the next day with tug assistance. The ship went on with her cargo of 9,500-tons of rice to an unloading in Stockton. stone retail outlets and independent stores is contemplated. In the middle of this month, URW and Firestone negotiators resumed their contract talks in Cleveland after two days of federally-mediated discussions with the head of the U.S. Mediation and Conciliation Service James F. Scearce in Washington failed to make any headway in their dispute. ^ -T , ^ ' V'.' .: "m SS Potomac On July 15, the SS Potomac (Hudson Waterways) will sail from the Gulf of Indonesia with 21,SCO-tons of wheat. Page 12 ^ J . . , ^ • •.? t ' • » I * •# V y > t •) i I •* f.« / 1 ?- / { > . • i t • \ ' V. 7t--.ILJ Use U.S.-llag ships. R's good for the American maritime ittdiiKstry, tlm AiRieii> Seafarers Log �5il^_ "t ••J New of Life ASHORE Seafarer Tells How He Dealt With Alcoholism Problem For the best part of his adult life, his shipmates called him "old heave-a-head Harry," because Harry Dengate, a 56year-old Seafarer from Charleston, S.C., could drink with the best of them, and then some, Harry Dengate is not afraid or ashamed to admit that he was an alco­ holic for many years—and he shouldn't be—because this remarkable Seafarer did what so many millions of people in this country can't do, and that is kick the alcohol habit completely. But what's more remarkable is the way he kicked the habit. You might say he wheeled himself back to the mainstream of so­ ciety because he did it with a bicycle. Brother Dengate had his first drink when he was 17-years-old after finishing basic training in the Navy. He continued to drink steadily throughout his fouryear hitch in the Navy, which ended in 1941. He entered the merchant marine the next year shipping in the black gang. He recalls with amusement that back then the motto in some of the ports he visited was, "dogs and sailors keep off the grass." Seafarer Dengate's drinking prob­ lems continued throughout the early 40's, and in 1943 he spent time drying out at the U.S. Seamen's Service Center in Bayridge, Md. He tried Alcoholics Anonymous in 1950 but he kept right on drinking "simply because I didn't want to stop." Brother Dengate lived and shipped out of Yokohama for 16 years. He met a girl there and married, but after 12 years his wife divorced him because of his drinking. About the divorce, Harry said: "I guess I don't really blame her." During his years of sailing and drink­ ing E>engate recalls the terrible days when he secluded himself in the en­ gine room shaft alley so his shipmates wouldn't see him doubled over from stomach cramps and a sickness that prompted him to say in retrospect, "I really felt like dying." For many years Seafarer Dengate pcetty much followed the same pat­ tern. Outside of shoreside expenses he worked and spent what he made on al­ cohol. He recalls being on the Persian Gulf run for eight years "and never saving a penny." Turnabout Came Suddenly The turnabout in his life came sud­ denly three years ago this month. He got off a ship in San Francisco and went on a four-day binge, waking up sick in a hotel in Atlanta, Ga. From there he went back to his hometown of Charles­ ton, S.C., for the first time in 32 years. It hit him like a ton pf bricks when he realized that for him nothing had changed in all that time. He was drink­ ing heavy when he left, and he was still drinking. He decided it was time to quit. The next day he found an apartment, and recalling the advice of an old ship­ mate of his, he bought a 10-speed bike and started riding. "I was a bit shakey at first, but it felt good. 1 found that the more I rode, the less I thought about alcohol. Every day, I would get up early and bike out to the suburbs. I believe the physical strain and freedom of June, 1976 Harry Dengate movement I felt cleared my mind and I began seeing things, beautiful things, like trees, grass, flowers, kids playing and so many of the simple things in life, really for the first time. As I cleared my mind, I also cleared my body and I felt like a new man. I'll never be rich as far as money is concerned because I never saved anything when I was drinking. But I feel very rich in another way—rich in a new appreciation for life and Uving." After several months in Charleston, he went back to the West Coast and stayed with his brother in Pasadena for a while. There he continued his bicycle trips traveling as much as 30 miles a day. His body became stronger, and the grip the alcohol once had on him was gone. He had won. Today, Seafarer Dengate usually ships seven months a year and when he is on the beach, he bikes at least 20 miles a day. He has hiked in the Far East and in New Zealand and Austra­ lia. Now he is looking to catch a ship for the Med so he can do some biking in Europe. "Biking is a beautiful way to see a country," he says. His shipmates have long since stopped calling him "heave-a-head," but Dengate notes with a laugh: "You know how seamen are. They have a nickname for everything. Now they call me TO-speed Harry' and I don't mind a bit." Brother Dengate went to Piney Point last year and Is very proud of the QMED endorsement he received there. He didn't get a chance to see the SIU's Alcohol Rehabilitation Center since it was only in the planning stages at that time. But he believes "the Alcohol Center down there is truly a wonderful thing. There has never been such a pro­ gram for i^eamen before, and believe me, it was needed. I think the program will be a great help to a lot of guys, because there are a lot of guys out there with drinking problems like I used to have." Seafarer Dengate said he hoped his story would encourage others to seek help to kick the alcohol habit. He says, "I hesitated at first to have the story printed, but T believe that if only one guy who reads it, seeks and gets help, then I will have accomplished some­ thing important." . * -SJ t:|: Washington, D.C. Out of the 17 U.S. high school students who won voyages on American ships and cash in the Propeller Club's 1976 Harold Harding Memorial National Mari­ time Essay Contest, three winners received their prizes from SlU-contracted companies on Maritime Day, May 22. Grand national winner in the 40-year-old contest,, Taimi Louise Heikken of Bogalusa, La. received a $100 cash prize from the Maritime Overseas Corp. at the New Orleans Propeller Club. She also won a cruise to the Med and back from another company. National winner Lisa Morrison of Le Grand, Calif, was awarded a voyage by Sea-Land Service from Seattle to Oakland at The Golden Gate Propeller Club in California. And national winner Glenn Wright of Miami, Fla. won a trip from the Gulf to a north Brazil port and a return trip from Delta Line at the Miami club. The contest is sponsored by the club's 14,000 members in 60 U.S. ports, 15 foreign ports and at 15 colleges to broaden the education of teenagers and to stress the need for a strong American merchant marine for national security and eco­ nomic prosperity. It is named for Harold J. Harding, national secretary-treasurer of the club from 1931 to 1952. The club's U.S. president, Capt. C. Ray North said, "The many companies that have made these prize voyages available are to be commended for their public spirited generosity as are the Propeller Clubs that worked so hard to sponsor the contest locally, the many teachers who supervised the preparation of essays and the students who participated." •life 1• Saugerfies,N.Y. A widow, Mrs. Edith C. Anderson, of an old sea captain here, who "passed the bar" writes: "I am sorry to inform you that my husband reticed Capt. Hilimar G. Anderson died in St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, N.Y. the 21st of April and was buried in Woodstock Cemetery the 23rd of April. "My husband always enjoyed reading the Seafarers LOG and read about the men and ships he had known in his many years on the sea." .5- «|i: ' •-M:.' J- Old Bridge, N.J. Ever hear of someone making ships models out of bones? Chief Steward Jacinto G. Guiles, 53, who last shipped out on the containership SS Arecibo (Puerto Rican Marine) in March does. He has no bone of contention with his hobby of carving model schooners out of bones of turkeys, ducks and chickens. Seafarer Guiles, who was bom in Manila and makes his home in Old Bridge, joined the SIU in 1956. He explains that it takes him two or three months aboard ship in his offtime hours on the run from Port Elizabeth, N.J. to the port of San Juan to carve a scale model of a clipper ship, with penknife and glue, using backbones, breast­ bones and wing bones of the roasted birds. Brother Guilles follows no set plan. His latest creation, a model of a threemasted schooner which he first saw on a matchbook cover, was made as a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, Lillian. It all started^—carving bones into ships models—in 1963 in the port of Long Beach wlien a brother aboard ship with the chief steward told him that he knew of someone who carved turkey bones into ship models. It was a challenge, GmUes said, he couldn't ignore. 1 SIU Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the SIU Alco­ V holic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that this will be kept strictly confidential, and that no records or information about me will be kept anywhere except at The Center. Name Book No. I I Address (Street or RED) (City) (State) Telephone No (Zip) I I r Mail to: THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 I '1' Page 13 II .V �At Sea, Ashore: Watch Your Diet \ ' Overweight, Obesity Can Mean a Shorter Life tables, fresh milk and other dairy products, and a By Dr. Joseph P. Logue variety of better quality meats and poultry as stand­ SIU Medical Director ard on SIU contracted ships. By improving your diet, you and your shipmates Duane S. ships with the SIU. Every year he must no longer need suffer scurvy, beriberi and other have a physical before he is issued a shipping card from the medical department. Two years ago, after vitamin deficiencies; and Duane S. and many of an eight-year steady climb of 10 to 15 pounds a your other shipmates would not be alive today. The year he took. heed. That physical showed that his diabetic complication, and the hypertension would blood pressure was 190 systolic, 110 diastolic; he have taken their lives on such a poor diet as re­ had a four-plus rating on sugar in his urine, an counted above. Unfortunately obesity is usually not the only indication of diabetes; and he weighed 268. problem to worry about. More often than not, fol­ At 47-years-of-age, supposedly in the prime of lowing the obesity are diabetes, hypertension, vari­ life, he felt dreadful. Going up and down stairs, or any exertion, left him out of breath. For his 5 feet, ous cardiac conditions, varicosities and many other 9 inches, he was quite overweight. His normal major and minor maladies that can be avoided. Duane S. did nicely on his diet. Some weeks he weight for age, height and structure was approxi­ lost a pound, other weeks VA or Vz a pound. mately 175 pounds. Last year's full physical showed Duane down 46 Following is a selection he chose from a ship's pounds. The other day when Duane came to the menu. Anyone can see he did not starve; he learned clinic for his annual physical he had lost an addi­ to watch what he ate. Breakfast tional 40 pounds. Due to his 86 pound loss, his orange juice other physical findings were really good. Blood assorted dry cereal with milk pressure readings revealed 150 systolic, 80 dias­ combeef hash tolic; his diabetes had been controlled by diet alone coffee —no need for injections or pills; and he stated he had not felt so great in years. Lunch . If Duane had shipped in the bygone, so-called vegetable soup romantic age of tall sailing ships, there would have pot roast been no union clinic or ship company that cared boiled potato about his health and well-being. Instead of learning string beans about a diet, and being medically directed, he small roll or slice of bread with butter would have had the allowed quota according to tea or coffee "The Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the cling peaches United Colonies". Dinner There shall be allowed to each man serving on grilled pork chop board the ships in the service of the thirteen United steamed rice Colonies, a daily proportion of provisions, accord­ carrots • • ing as is expressed in the following table, viz. cauliflower Sunday, 1 lb. bread, 1 lb. beef, 1 lb. potatoes or slice of bread with butter turnips. applesauce Monday, 1 lb. bread, 1 lb. beef, 1 lb. potatoes or iced tea turnips, arid pudding. Nighttime snack Tuesday, 1 lb. bread, 1 lb. beef, 1 lb. potatoes or apple turnips, and pudding. glass of milk Wednesday, 1 lb. bread, two oz. butter, four oz. cheese, and 1/2 pint of rice. In a 1976 medical survey of several hundred Thursday, 1 lb. bread, I lb. pork, and 1/2 pint of men, overweight and/or obesity was the most prev­ peas. alent single health problem in the SIU membership. Friday, 1 lb. bread, 1 lb. beef, 1 lb. potatoes or Overweight (exceeding one's normal weight by 10 turnips, and pudding. percent to 15 percent) or obesity (exceeding one's Saturday, 1 lb. bread,""/ lb. pork, 1/2 pint peas normal weight by more than 15 percent) can pose and four oz. cheese. serious complications and impairments on an in­ Half a pint of rum per man per day, and dis­ dividual. cretionary allowance on extra duty and in time of Of those surveyed, all cases of obesity were engagement. exogenous in nature. Exogenous obesity is caused A pint and a half of vinegar for six men per by excessive food intake. Endogenous obesity, or week. overweight is caused by some abnormality within the body, such as an endocrine imbalance, a faulty Better-Food Today salt and water metabolism or such things as a cen­ However, due to the efforts of your Union, great tral nervous lesion. achievements were made back in the 1950s to Exogenous obesity is our prime concern. Fad • • place items such as fresh fruit, fresh frozen vege­ and crash diets fill books and volumes pf maga­ Port Date New York July 6 Philadelphia .... July 6 Baltimore July. 7 Norfolk July 8 Jacksonville .... July 8 Detroit July 9 July 12 Houston July 12.. New Orleans — . July 13 Page 14 Deep Sea 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. — 2:30p.m. 2:30 p.m. IBU 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Port Mobile San Francisco . .. Wilmington . . .. Seattle .. Piney Point .. .. San Juan .. Columbus .... .. Chicago .. Port Arthur .. .. Buffalo .. St. Louis .. Cleveland .. Jersey City ... .. zines. They are not the answer; neither are pills. They only provide for a quick weight loss, which is almost never a permanent weight loss. Education about the four basic food groups is imperative. The four basic food groups are; a) milk and milk products b) meat, fish and poultry c) fruits and vegetables d) breads and cereals Selection from these food groups and adjusting the total food intake to the number of calories to reduce weight is the only sane way to diet. In addi­ tion to dieting, some form of exercise must also be instituted, the kind and amount dependent on your physical condition. If you have a problem with overweight or obesity your SIU Clinic or the U.S. Public Health Service can give you a diet you can live with, and the" kind of exercise regime you can safely employ, depend­ ent on your present physical condition. Ultimately you will feel better physically than you have in a long time, and you will be prolonging your life. Statistically it has been proven that the greater the weight excess your heart and other organs must carry around, the greater the death rate proportion is. In summary, the greater the obesity, the higher the death rate. Pick up something as heavy as you are over­ weight. This is the added burden your heart, an organ the size of your clenched fist, has to deal with 24 hours everyday. If you hope to live a long productive life, you can help yourself. Only you can do it, no one can do it for you. Medically you can be helped, but only if and when you decide you want to live and enjoy life can you do something positive. "There are no pockets in a shroud, but you can take it with you, and at an earlier date if you are overweight." Let's Face If, Qui^ey, Ya Gotta Lose Weight! Date Deep Sea 2:30 p.m. luly 15 ........ 2:30 p.m, July 19 , . , , 2:30 p.m. July-23..-.. 2:30 p.m. July 10 ...10:30a.m. July 8 .... 2:30 p.m. July 17 July 13 .... July 13 .... July 14 July 15 .... July 15 .... July 12 .... I •*• • • mu UIW ..... 5:00 p.m. .. • • • .. • • • .. .. .. .10:30 a.m. .. 1:00 p.m. ... 5:00 p.m. ... .. . ... ... 5:00p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.rn. 5:00 p.m. Seafarers Log �. J. Seafarers Meef in Puerto Rico Union Hall ITH the island of Puerto Rico move much of the containerized operate most of the harbor's docking dependent on waterborne trans­ cargo brought into San Juan and boats. portation for much of hs cargo car­ : , - /s:. I riage, ^farers play an important part in the commonwealth's econ­ r' J. omy. Sailing aboard more than a dozen Sea-Land and Puerto Rican Marine ships like tiie Eric K. Hoher, Mayaque»f Ponce de Leon, Humacao, Tampa and JackaonviUe, SlU mem­ bers carry containerized general cargo from Charleston, Baltimore, New York and other East Coast ports to San Juan. (See photos on following two pages). From San Juan, with its efficient, modem cargo-handling facilities, the catgo is tracked to its yarious desti­ nations or put aboard feeder ships v piltg the SlU-manned Panama or Oak-< land and shipped to the Virgin Is­ San Juan Port Agent Juan Reinosa (center) chairs the May membership lands or Dominican Republic. meeting in that port while Seafarer Bill Doak (I.) serves as reading clerk and •Seafarer Alphonso Rivera acts as recording secretary. SlU-affiliated IBU members also W Although the SIU ships usually pay-off in their East Coast ports, the SIU maintains a hall in Santurce, near San Juan. From this hall, Puerto Rico. Port Agent Juan Reinosa regularly visits all of the ships calling on -San Juan, settling beefs, holding shipboard meetings and generally seeing that Seafarers get the Union services to which fliey are entitled. Seafarers who live in Puerto Rico can also register in Santurce and, as in all other Union halls, they hold membership or informational meet­ ings every month, as shown in the photos on this page. With IBU activity rapidly e^anding in Puerto Rico, the Santurce Hall also provides the same services for area Boatmen aboard Caribe of Puerto Rico boats operating in San Juan and aboard ffie seven Caribe tugs regularly delivering tows from the U.S. Gulf Coast. i» 'iS ''I }.. > i' '- . »>! V .. < - it,;'. ; • "4 i)Z-'•V- i'm'- SIU Representative Ed Morris talks to Santurce SIU members about the extension of the Jones Act to cover the Virgin Islands. Seafarers A. Santiago (I.) and Diego Hatch get in a quick game of eight ball in the San Juan hall before She membership meeting begins. J- i v' Seafarer Pablo Pacheco, an AS, waits for a job call after the San Juan meeting. At the May meeting, San Juan area Seafarers heard reports frorh SIU Headquarters, acted on Union business and expressed their views on Union activities. June, 1976 Page 15 �^ , r, .»• • e „ h.on'e Harhnr Formerlv owned by The SS Mayaquez (Puerto Rican Marine) unloads containerized cargo from Baltimore in San Juan s Harbor. For y Hudson Waterways, she was obtained by PRM last year, From left to right in the /Wavfln/<pzengine room are Second Engineer Pictured left is Piney Point graduate Alvin Robinson who is making his first trip as assistant cook aboard the Mayaquez. On the right is ^ j^a^non and SlU member JacK the Mayagt/ez's chief steward, B. J. McNally. a leer Micndiu _ ^ . t' i'-'- f-A v ' V w'-f . )'i' li -A • '• f f- A.m • 1]'. ;^ i: ] 'If ! ii? !v V I'f -, 11 , ^ '"J- :• \' •s,-. • '•* h, l> I)' cr%ew.r^,o,d.S.rauss,,., watches COOK and BaKer Addu Ases prepare dinner A^.Ta^^s'^an^r for hungry tr/c Ho/zer crew. u « / Page 17 Page 16 ;• -t.. , . ,v ' ' • •. • ' ; « I » i , t • < I ./ \ • i ' f •< i. i. i l.i.. , .• i;'. •' :'f" •••'•v.c / ••• ' : . A<, ,," ^1 , �Pages from the History of the American Seamen^s Labor Movement the hardest-worked, poorest paid, most-abused class of men on the face of the earth, the grandest achieve- . ment that has ever been attempted for the elevation of the seamen, hop­ ing yet to see the day when, in co-. . operation with other unions of a like . nature, they will be able to raise themselves to such a standing as to receive that respect due them, which they are not permitted to receive at present. "They were looked upon by others as tools in the hands of a master to do his bidding at once under such arbitrary rulings as their, dictators may suggest. He hoped that some of these bloodhounds in hu­ man shape would soon be compelled to listen to the demands of the seamen, and respect them the more for their bold stand in defense of their rights, which every other working man will hail with delight, and wel- , come them with brotherly greeting to the front ranks, as they have al-. ways been the leaders in the march of civilization throughout the Chris­ tian world, more especially of the Western hemisphere, now known as America. Loud and hearty applause followed these remarks. The Seafarers Historical Research Department is compiling a history of the American seamen's labor move­ ment from files of newspapers, maga­ zines, libraries and other sources all over the country, the first such at­ tempt made to gather a complete his­ tory of the maritime unions. This is the first of a series in the Seafarers Log in which will be chron­ icled the story of the seamen's move­ ment in articles contemporary loith the sectman's struggle for better wages, better living conditions and, strange as it may seem today, for basic human rights. This article reviews the early mar­ itime labor movement, pioneered by a number of unions lohich had very brief histories: Probably the first of any real impact xuas the Lake Seamens Union, founded in 187,S. The "Alta California", a daily newspaper published in San Fran­ cisco, tells about another • seamens union in its issue of Feb. 1,1878. SEAMENS PROTECTIVE UNION "Pursuant to a call made by J. F. Harrison, a large number of seamen assembled at Number 13^2 Steuart Street for the purpose of organizing a Protective Union for the better protection of the. seamen of this Coast. The meeting was called to order by J. F. Harrison, who stated briefly the objects and introduced Col. Heath as the first speaker, who made a stirring appeal to the audi­ ence on the necessity of thorough or­ ganization with a determination to work for the common good of all members. The frequent applause during the speaking indicated that the hearts of the audience were a unit to carry out the design of the meeting. Short addresses were also made by Mr. Harrison, J. J. Merritt and others, after which the roll was presented for signatures, which was signed by oyer 90 names. The Union then proceeded to elect temporary officers, as follows: George Ball, Pres­ ident; O.Svenkeson, Secretary. After some promiscuous speaking for the good pf the Order, the meeting ad­ journed to meet next Monday night at the same place at half-past seven o'clock. A vote of thanks to the pro­ prietors of the hall for its use free was responded to by three rousing cheers, and after three more for the future success of the Union, the crowd dispersed." The shipping news in the "Alta California" for Feb. 1 of 1878 showed the American ship Western Shore, and the French bark Nemeris all loaded and waiting for a tug to tow them out to sea "if weather permits." The full-rigged ships Amana and Continental were topping off loads of grain for England, along with the ships Agenor, Argomenon, CentaUr, Woosungznd Pilgrim. Perhaps half a hundred other ves­ sels, ranging from full rigged ships, barks and schooners to coastwise steamers and trans-Pacific liners, were loadingor unloading on coastal and foreign voyages. Life Adiwe The gin mills, the cribs and the "parlor houses' of the Barbary Coast were busy raking in every dollar, penny and pound that they could from sailors just ashore from in­ bound ships and eager to quench their thirst knd to romance the girls after months of cramped-up, monot­ onous and dangerous life aboard a windjammer. If they had any monejf left after a night on the Barbery Coast, it would soon be siphoned/off by the boarding house runners and the crimps who preyed on sailors looking for a ship. To get a job in those days, the sailor almost always had to apply through a boarding house keeper, who was in no big hurry to ship him out because the longer he stayed ashore and the more he ate and drank the bigger advance the board­ ing house could demand, by law, against the seaman's pay when he was finally dumped aboard an out­ ward-bounder. Deposit in the SIU Page 18 In addition to fleecing the sailor for board, room and drink, the boarding house otvner and his run­ ners also demanded so much a head (often $50 or more) from the ship captain for each body they furnished to a vessel needing a crew. The cap­ tain who didn't cooperate didn't get a cre^v, or at best would get only the dregs of the tvaterfront, shanghaied off the streets and out of the dives. And so it was with these and other problems in mind that the Seamens Protective Union held its second meeting on Feb. 8,1878. The "Alta California", recorded the meeting in this historic account: "A meeting of the Seamens Pro­ tective Union was held at the West­ ern House on Steuart Street, Thurs­ day evening. The meeting was called to order by the President, George Ball, Avho delivered an address and in conclusion stated that he hoped to see the Union one of the most suc­ cessful of the kind ever organized. "J. F. Harrison addressed the meeting at length upon the advis­ ability of every member of the Union exerting himself to his ut­ most in trying to make this longlooked-for movenaent, composed of "The Committee appointed at a previous meeting to wait on board­ ing house keepers, and request their attendance, was given until the next meeting to bring in a report. "The Committee on Constitution and bylaws reported the same, which were adopted after a few amend­ ments. "Fred Clarke submitted an antiChinese resolution,setting forth that no seamen ship on a vessel where such a vessel had a Chinese cook or steward. The gentleman followed with a few remarks, stating that he had men, stopping in his house who were good cooks, and he could not , get them a change on account of the pestilential horde who by degrees were eating us out of house and home. "Prolonged applause followed, but as the gentleman was hot a mem­ ber, the matter was laid over until the next meeting. "The President then appointed a , committee of three on halls; also a committee of three on printing, both to report at the next meeting. "The Chair then asked all those here to attend the next meeting as the election of permanent officers would take place and business of great importance to the welfare of this body would have to be done. "The meeting then adjourned, amid three cheers to meet at the same next Thursday evening at 8 p.m. More stories detailing the origin, and, development of the sailors movement, as chronicled in nexuspaper articles of the.time, xuill folloxv in future issues. * t9 Bank — It's Your Life Seafarers Log �Unified Stand Sets '76 Political Wheels in Motion As part of its platform for the 1976 presidential elections, the Democratic Party has adopted a plank calling for a national maritime policy which would revitalize the U.S. merchant marine. In the near future, the same plank will be presented to the Republican plat­ form committee. Calling for a higher level of coordi­ nation of maritime policy, reatlirmation of the objectives of the Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970, and development of a national cargo policy, this plank is a solid, positive step to­ wards realizing the SIU's goajs of unity and renewed strength for the U.S. mari­ time industry. (Sec story on Page 5.) It means that the objectives the SIU has long held to be the keys to revitaliz­ ing our merchant fleet will now become the objectives of at least one of Ameri­ ca's major political parties. And, if adopted by the Republicans, it will mean that both major political parties have renewed their interest in our industry and' are again beginning to realize the importance of the U.S. merchant marine to our national secu­ rity, our national unemployment prob­ lems and our international trade. But perhaps the most important thing about the proposals contained in this plank is that they were Jointly developed by over 60 maritime unions, companies and associations, and pre­ June 1976 ' sented as a unified maritime industry proposal. Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board Vo| 33 No 6 ' For the first time all segments of the maritime industry have worked together to prepare a solution to the problems. The result is a comprehensive merchant marine program which has broad-based industry support and which has now become part of the Democratic Party's plans for this country's future. The separate segments of the indus­ try, which so often have been at odds with one another, have finally realized the importance of putting personal and historical differences aside in order to work together to combat the problems which threaten us all in the maritime industry—both worker and manage­ ment, shipper and manufacturer, mer­ chant and consumer. Now that the Democratic Party has adopted this maritime plank, we must not lose sight of the fact that a platform is a campaign promise and that without our continued support, these programs stand little chance of implementation. The maritime industry has learned a valuable lesson in the past few months by participating in the joint maritime committee that helped produce this plank. Let us hope that every member of the entire maritime industry has continued to heed this lesson and that the issues of personality are finally behind us. If they are, we will be free to fight for the revitalization of our industry and, in our unified stance, will stand an excellent chance of seeing our joint maritime proposals implemented. President Frank Drozak Joe DiGiorgio Cal Tanner Secretary-Treosurer Vice-President Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Paul Drozak Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President . .. a•AFAeees^^HLOO <!BWIg«*Klgg> Marietta Homayonpour James Gannon Managing Editor Ray Bourdius Jim Mele Ruth Sherefl Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. AFL-CiO. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. William Andersson Jack Otte asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 4700 Ocean Beach Blvd., Cocoa Beach, Fla. 32931, or call him at (305) 784-2648. , ^ y '' v'-s-.K.v. • ;Thomas Thlu Your son David P. Thlu asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 937 Louisa St., New Orleans, La. 70117. Calvin "Hut" Raulerson John Wagnitz asks that you contact him as soon as possible at P.O. Box 1268, Sonoma, Calif. 95476, or call him collect at <707) 996-8458. June, 1976 HISTORIC PRESERVATION Sam £. Richardson James W. Richardson asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 515 A Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. Richard Daly Hope Daly asks that you call her as soon as possible at (713) 926-5792. Douglas Heller Mary Heller asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 13942 Mont­ rose, Detroit, Mich. 48227. WUIiam Knuckey Bud Knuckey asks that you contact him as soon as possible at Knuckey Road, Brooksville, Fla. 33512, Elbert Williams Mrs. Mack Williams asks that you Call her as soon as possible at (615) 623-5830. ' V •; . i .V LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 389 Editor-in-Chief • -• #• THE CHARLZSW MORGAN Paul Hall Executive Vice President 3 Thanks SIU Plans No words can ever express my gratitude to the Seafarers Welfare and Pension Plans for their help in the 13 years since my retirement. I am grateful not only for my pension benefits, but for the Plans' payments of all my excess medical bills. The SIU's Plans have made my retirement years a pleasant period of my life. Fraternally, William Minkler Edgewater, N J. Gratitude to SS Columbia Crew I wish to express my thanks to everyone on the SS Columbia. Our youngest son passed away recently, and Captain Scott made all the arrangements for my husband to get back home for the funeral. I also wish to thank the crewinembers for their kind donations. • Respectfully, Alida Backrack Arlington, Calif. Scholarship Winner Doing Well Our son, Danny McDonald, just completed his junior year at the University of Iowa. It was his first year at Iowa and his first year under the SIU scholarship program. Last month, we attended an Honors Convocation at the college where Danny was one of those honored. It was a happy day for his dad and myself. We are very grateful to the SIU for selecting Danny for the Scholarship. Dan's greatest desire is to continue his education and to obtain a law degree. Without your help it would be almost impossible. I hope you will accept a very simple thank you as words can never express our gratitude. Sincerely, Mrs. Dale McDonald Page 19 i I . �U.S. Celebrates SlU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak (left) with NMU SecretaryTreasurer Mel Barisic (center) and ILA President Teddy Gleason prepare to cast a memorial floral wreath honoring U.S. maritime dead onto the waters of N.Y. Harbor on National Maritime Day off the Coast Guard vessel Saw/c. As President Gerald R. Ford pro­ claimed National Maritime Day to be marked on May 22, noting that . . Americans should he aware of our proud maritime heritage..memorial service ceremonies to honor those thou­ sands of U.S. mariners who lost their lives at sea during the last 200 years were held hy the SIU, other maritime unions, shipping companies and Gov­ ernment agencies on Governor's Is., JV.Y., In Washington, D.C. and In the ports of Boston, Chicago, San Fran­ cisco, and many others around the na­ tion. In a tribute to the American mer­ chant marine, Congress In 1933 com­ memorated the first transatlantic cross­ ing hy a U.S. steamship, the Savannah on May 22, 1819 with the anniversary designated National Maritime Day. On May 19 in our nation's capl^ on the west side the Capitol steps at a noontime merchant marine memorial service, SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak In a speech to an audi­ ence of politicians, businessmen, mili­ tary and the latest class of the Union's recertified bosuns declared: "On behalf of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union and all of Its members, 1 want to express our appreciation to die National Maritime CouncM and the Maritime Administration for conduct­ ing this memorial to the men who have lost their lives at sea. "This Is the first time that recognition of this kind has been given to the men who crew American-flag ships in war and in peace. Nothing can be said that could he more impressive than the actual event that Is taking place here today. This tribute from people whh responsibility for the American mer­ chant marine Is heartwarming. "Perhaps the best way to keep faith with those who have given their lives at sea, is to make sure that we preserve their memory hy keeping America's flag on the high seas. Today is a good day to recommit ourselves to that goal." Other tributes to the American mer­ chant marine on Maritime Day there were given hy Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) of the Commerce Com- Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) speaks at Maritime Day ceremonies (left) at Coast Guard Headquarters on Governor's Is., N.Y. At center, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L.I., N.Y., cadet color guard in the Bicentennial year 1976 leads a full-dress parade, and the regimental band on the island's parade ground. And at right. Coast Guard bugler blows taps as three memorial wreaths are cast onto the harbor's waters. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recom­ mendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disburse­ ments of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SIliPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak^ Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 » 20tb Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1I2I5 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts arc available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. Page 20 EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc,, as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex and national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION— SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its proceeds are used to further its objects and purposes including but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportutfities for seamen and the advancement of trade' union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of member­ ship in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American traide union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that be has been denied bis constitutional rigbt of access to Union records or Information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Seafarers Log �National Maritime D mittee; Assistant Secretary of Com­ merce for Maritime Affairs Robert J. Blackwell; Rep. Leonor K. Sullivan (DMo.), chairwoman of the Merchant Ma­ rine and Fisheries Committee, and Rep. PhUip E. Ruppe (R-Mich.) of the same committee. Also participating in the ceremonies were NMEBA President JesseCalhoon and NMU VP Peter Bocker. NMC Executive Committee Chairman James Barker and hoard chairman of MooreMcCormack Resources, Inc. gave the introduction. On May 21 before rites at the Coast Guard's 3rd District Atlantic Area Headquarters on Governor's Is. in N.Y. Harbor, Drozak, NMU Secretary-Treas­ urer Mel Barisic, ILA's President Teddy Gleason, James P. McAllister, chairman of McAllister Bros, tugs, the Coast Guard's iocal commander, Vice Adm. William F. Rea HI, U.S. Merchant Ma­ rine Academy head, Adm. William Engel, and U.S. Navy chaplain Cmdr. Eli Takesian aboard the Coast Guard tug Sauk cast three floral wreaths onto harbor waters in memory of the dead seamen as taps blew. Following an ecumenicalchurch serv­ ice, Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com­ mittee in a main speech in ceremonies on the island's parade ground warned that .. failure to reach agreement in the next two negotiating sessions (of the International Law of the Sea Confer­ ence on undersea resources develop­ ment) could mean that the oceans—the woiid's last frontier—will he the new battleground of national sovereignty." A high point of the ceremonies was a full-dress Bicentennial parade of the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen and regimental hand de­ picting maritime history for the past 250 years. Again on May 19 in the port of San Francisco, a morning memorial service was held aboard the schooner C. A. Thayer berthed at the foot of Hyde St. in Maritime State Paric as SIU Port Agent Steve Troy cast a floral wreath onto the hay for departed seafarers. Federal Maritime Commission head Karl Bakke was principal speaker there on Maritime Day. ;^ , I V SIU Executive Vice-President Frank Drozak at the speaker's rostrum on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on National Maritime Day. '4. VSpeaking out in favor of a strong maritime industry is Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) at the cerernonies in the nation's capital. ;. .J! Kings Point cadets of the Merchant Marine Academy march off while dignataries, Piney Point upgraders and entry trainees and the latest class of Recertified Bosuns look on. San Francisco Port Agent Steve Troy (left) with the floral wreath he ^ast i^nto the bay for Center is the sohooner C./1. Thayer on whioh the memorial.services were held. On the right is the day's principal speaker. Federal Maritime Commissioner Karl Bakke. June, 1976 Page 21 I . �Dependents^ Seafarers Win Scholarships Continued from Page 3 obtaining a degree in law "so that I may contribute to the welfare of Sea­ farers and the Chicano community." This scholarship, Seafarer Lopez says, will "provide the financial base I need to achieve these educational and personal goals." Seafarer Derire Seafarer Michael Derke, a graduate ofthe SIU's training program at Piney Point, plans to use his two-year scholar­ ship to begin studying at Lawrence Col­ lege in Appleton, Wise, where he hopes to eventually major in economics or business administration. Graduating from the Lundeberg School in 1972, Brother Derke said he found himself "with both an immediate job skill and an agreeable outlook for future vocational advancement." Find­ ing seafaring much to his liking, he re­ peatedly returned to the school to up­ grade until he held a QMED rating and full 'A' Seniority in the SIU. Given great satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment by this new career and rapid advancement. Brother Derke said he developed the ability "to stretch towards realization of potentials within myself, to demand of myself concrete achievement, and was provided with the stimulus to consider continuing his for­ mal education." Seafarer Poletti Seafarer Pierangelo Poletti, who is planning to use his two-year scholarship to study industrial electronics at Delgado Junior College in New Orleans, is another graduate of the Lundeberg School's GED Program. He had dropped out of school at the age of 13 in his native Italy to begin sailing, and in 1967 began shipping out with the SIU. After attending a quartermasters course and the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program at the Lundeberg School, Bfother Poletti received the encourage­ ment he needed to return and enroll in the GED Program. Scoring exceptionally high marks on his GED tests, he then began consider­ ing junior college and advanced techni­ cal training in electronics, a long-time interest. Now, through the SIU's new two-year scholarship Program, Seafarer Poletti will be able to continue his education and his vocational training. Sean Carlin Four-year scholarship winner Sean Carlin is the son of a former SIU schol­ arship winner. Seafarer Michael Carlin. Sean is graduating from Regis High School in New York this month and plans to attend the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsyl­ vania where he will major in business administration. Ranked in the top 20 percent of his graduating class and in the top 1 percent of all students taking the College En­ trance Examination Boards tests, Sean was also praised by his teachers for his extracurricular activities which included volunteer work at Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Sean's father Michael Carlin, sailing with the SIU since 1949, also won the scholarship award in 1958 and used the money to earn a B.A. cum lande from New York University and to attend NYU*;? Graduate School where he stud­ ied economics. Brother Carlin has also sailed with the IBU aboard Interstate Oil Transport boats. Nicholas Livanos Nicholas Livanos, who will graduate from Fort Hamilton High School this month, is ranked 13th out of a class of 867 and has been praised by his school's National Honor Society director as "one of the best scholars in our school." Nicholas' brother Vassilios won an SIU scholarship in 1973, and like his brother, Nicholas will use the $10,000 award to study engineering at either Columbia University or the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in New York. Active as news editor of his school's paper and an officer of the National Honor Society, Nicholas also found time to participate in the Greek Orthodox Youth of America. Nicholas' father. Seafarer John Liv­ anos, was born in Greece and began sailing in 1930. He has been shipping with the SIU in the deck department since 1947. Pat Monardo Although he chose an accelerated program of studies at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, scholarship winner Pat Monardo is a straight 'A' student and achieved excellent scores on the College Boards tests. "Having a strong interest in applied mathematics, calculus and physics," Pat said he wants to eventually earn a doctorate and will use the $10,000 to study at Tulane University, New Or­ leans. The senior counselor at Pat's high school said "all of Pat's time is not spent on his academics however. During his five years at Jesuit ... he has been a member of the Chess Club, the Christian Life Community, the Math League, the On-Sets Team and Mu Alpha Theata." Pat's father, 51-year-old Sylvester Monardo, has been a member of the SIU since 1943, sailing in the deck de­ partment. He has recently completed the Bosun's Recertification Program. Sheila Skinner Ranked first in her class of 586 at Milby Senior High School in Houston, Sheila Skinner will use her $10,000 award to study psychology at Texas A & M University, College Station. Sheila says she wants to study psy­ chology because, "I want to accept its challenge. I want to explore the depths and dimensions of the human mind." A member of the National Honor So­ ciety, the Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theata and the Student Council, Sheila was highly commended by her principal who said, "Not only has Sheila proved capable in her leadership quali­ ties, but she has maintained a high de­ gree of academic excellence with a straight 'A' average." Russell Skinner, Sheila's father, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1944 and sails in the deck depart­ ment. Seafarer Skinner was born in South America 53 years ago. The SIU Scholarship Program has been called one of the best "no strings attached" programs in the country. Al­ ways recognizing the importance of edu­ cation, the SIU was the first maritime union to begin a scholarship program and it has reaffirmed that commitment by setting up the new two-year awards for active members. The SIU extends congratulations from all its members to the 1976 scholarship winners and their families, and hopes that they will be successful in pursuing their educational goals. He Sailed Thirfy Years Former SIU Scholarship Winner is to Practice Law After 30 years on the sea, SIU mem­ ber Edward Skorupski passed the Cali­ fornia Bar exam and wUl settle down to practice law starting June 24. The 47-year-old former wiper, electrician, third assistant engineer and chief engi­ neer, who studied at the Hastings School of Law in San Francisco, Calif., has accepted the offer of a full partnership with the firm of Smith and Kurlander, also in San Francisco. When Skorupski first shipped out, he did not even have a high school di­ ploma. He advanced his education through the years with help and en­ couragement from the SIU leadership. In 1957, he won the SIU four-year scholarship which enabled him to attend New York University while shipping out in the summer and working at Union Headquarters part-time. In June 1976 he wrote SIU President Hall to thank him for his help and en­ closed a $100 contribution to SPAD. "The SIU under your leadership, has been a front runner in furthering Amer­ ican trade union concepts, and in help­ ing the American seaman, collectively and individually," he noted. Today, Seafarers have even more ed-. acationd opportunities than when Brother Skorupski first sailed. In the 1950s there was no Lundeberg School High School Equivalency Program and he had to plan his shipping schedule Page 22 U J IM I I J ' ' Uif J - i i i il.i j ill! M I *!:i 1111; i - r r IJ •• Edward Skorupski around the exam given once a year in Connecticut, where he lived. "I asked the editor of the Log whether an equivalency diploma was good enough to apply for the SIU scholarship," Seafarer Skorupski re­ membered. "He told me it was. I didn't win in '56 when I first applied, but I, did win in '57." "It would not be impossible for a Seafarer to go through college on his own, but it would be highly improbable. You need someone to help you put things together. The SIU and the sea have been good to me." After graduating NYU, Skorupski shipped out again, and gradually up­ graded to chief engineer. Using his sav­ ings from seatime, he went to NYU Graduate School and later to law school. He shipped out as late as 1975 on the Transoneida while waiting for the results of his bar exam. Brother Skorupski, who visited all the major ports of the world except those in Australia, intends to maintain his SIU membership. "I probably won't ship out again, but I wouldn't rule it out. I will always consider myself an SIU member," he said. "You get nos­ talgic for the men you sailed with as much as for the sea." When the Log asked him about changes in shipping he had seen during thp past 30 years, he noted, "I guess in the old days you got to know the guys better. Now the guys have their own separate rooms and you don't have all the bull sessions anymore." Eventually, he hopes to get into labor law, which Is not surprising. "My first ship wasn't unionized and conditions were terrible," he remembered. There­ fore, in 1947 he participated in an SIU organizing drive. He also belonged to MEBA District 2 and worked briefly for Local 1814 of the International Longshoremen's Association. "I don't know how to say this," the soft-spoken Seafarer explained to the Log. "Law is a challenge, but I also chose to study law because I hoped I would partially be able to repay all the people who have helped me." Right now, however, he thinks learning the ropes around the California courts and beginning his actual practice of law will take most of his time. Commenting that it is highly unusual for a new member of the Bar to be offered a full partnership in a law firm, Skorupski's partner, Robert E. Mann told the Log that "Ed will bring to our firm an in-depth knowledge of the whole maritime industry . . . His sincere and strong desire to help the members of his brotherhood by providing them with competent and reasonably priced legal services creates a great deal of admira­ tion for this man. He clearly has not let success go to his head . .." Seafarers Log �-i_s juiiiSidSi'&^'lSEaaSiltiJSsa^, -jiss(|,- - '• - New SIU Pensioners William G. Dyal, 58, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Dydl attended an SIUMEBA District 2 Engineer Upgrad­ ing Program in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1967. He was bom in Lottie, Ala. and is a resident of Mobile. Charles B. Brady, 68, joined the SIU in the port of Cleveland in 1966 sailing as a cook for 21 years. Brother Brady is a veteran of both the U.S. Army and the U.S. NaVy in World War II. He was born in Statesboro, Pa. and is a /resident of Ormond Beach, Fla. WiUiam Gonzalez, 55, joiped the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Gonz lez sailed 36 years and was on the p: ket line in the 1965 District Council 37 beef. He was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident' of Camden, N.J. James M. Byers, Sr., 54, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Mobile sailing as a chief electrician. Brother Byers sailed 31 years and for the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was born in Philadelphia and is a resident of Seattle. James P. Balderston, 83, joined the SIU in 1946 in Port Arthur sail­ ing 35 years as a cook, chief steward and the last 13 years as a baker. Brother BrJderston's life was profiled ^ in the Ldg in March 1973 in a story headlined, "Eighty Years Young and Still Sailing." One of the oldest Sea­ farers sailing today, he was "never logged or fired," attended the Union's Chief Steward Certification Program, sailed during the Vietnam War and . was > a ship's delegate. Seafarer Balderston quit Princeton University • where he was an English major in 1917 at the start of World War I to join the U.S. Navy's Camouflage Squad "Circus Poster Boys" at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and became an ensign. At the start of World War II and at age 48, he joined the U.S. Military Sea Transport Service com­ ing under Nazi U-Boat torpedo at-. tack in 1943. He was born in Bucks County, Pa. and is a resident of San Francisco. Beside being an author, floral decorator (1920-40), and art designer, he's been an African big game hunter, saw Zulu encampments in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, played rbulette at Monte Carlo, had tea in 1954 at Okinawa's Teahouse of the August Moon, dropped the anchor in Japan more than a hundred times and was bn top of Table Moun­ tain, Cape Town, South Africa when the first snowfall in 40 years fell there. Anthony R. Brania, 67, joined the SIU in the port of New ^ York in 1962 sailing as a pumpman. Brother Brania sailed 30 years, walked the picket line in the 1962 Robin Line beef and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was born in Chicago and is a resident of New York City. William G. Heater, 49, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of Charles­ ton, S.C. sailing last as a QMBD. Brother Heater sailed 32 years in all departments and was a HLSS upgrader in7972. He walked the picket lines in both the 1963 Rotobroil and 1965 District Council 37 strikes. Bora in Oklahoma City, Okla., he is a resident of Miami, Fla. August Charous, 74, joined the SlU in the port of New York in 1957 sailing as a pumpman and machinist. Brother Charous sailed 34 years, was on the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor and 1962 Robin Line .strikes and in 1964 attended a Mari­ time Advancement Program. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Bora in the U.S.A., he is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. Protasio Herrera, 68, joined the SIU in the port of Philadelphia in 1961 sailing last as a chief cook. Brother Herrera sailed 40 years and served in the U.S. Navy from 1927 to 1947. He was born in Cavite, y^ i Philippine Islands and is a natural­ ized U.S. citizen. Seafarer Herrera is a resident of Philadelphia. John F. Hester, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955 sail­ ing as a cook. Brother Hester sailed 29 years and attended the Piney Point Crews Conference No. 9 iI>^ 1970. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Born in Scranton, Pa., he is a resident of Baltimore. V Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid . • •v -•% •. \ Apr. 22 - May 26,1976 SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Antonio Ibarra, 65, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port erf New Orleans sailing in the engine department for '32 years. Brother Ibarra hit the bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor, 1962 Robin Line and the 1965 Dis­ trict Council 37 beefs. He was bora in Puerto Rico and is a resident of New York City. ELIGIBLES Death In Hospital Daily @ $1.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 • Hospital & Hospital Extras Surgical Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 Special Equipment ..; V Optical «....< Supplemental Medicare Premiums ........ Gerald L. Kersey, 65, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Tampa sailing la^t as a bosun. Brother Ker­ sey sailed 44 years. He was born in Florida and is a resident of Orlando, Fla. DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES Hospital & Hospital Extras Doctors' Visits In Hospital Surgical Maternity Blood Transfusions Optical Wong Kong joined the SIU in the port of New York sailing last as a chief steward. Brother Kong attended a Piney Point Educational,Confer­ ence in 1971. His son, Steven, was a 1972 Union Scholarship Program winner who graduated with a B.S. degree in ^ectrical Engineering from the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Polytechnic In­ stitute this June. PENSIONERS A DEPENDENTS Death ............................... Hospital & Hospital Extras .............. Doctors* Visits & Other Medical Expenses .. , Surgical Optical Blood Transfusions ...4................ Special EqUipmetit Dental' .....**. Supplemental Medicare Premiums ........ Stephen B. Kutzer, 56, joined the SIU in 1948 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Kutzer sailed 33 years and was awarded a 1960 Personal Safety prize by the Union for sailing aboard an accidentfree vessel, the SS Wacoita, He WM bora in Excelsior, Pa. and is a resi­ dent of Shamokin, Pa. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TOTALS Total Seafarers Wdfare Plan Total Seafarers Pension Plan ....;..;.... Total Seafarer^ Vacation Plan Total Seafaren Welfare, Pension & Vacation Number Amount MONTH TO DATE YEAR TO DATE MONTH TO DATE 19 231 450 14 4 4,903. — 109 59 59 3,302 1,387 67 11 26,604 ^ 640 J 61 $ 57,500.00 231.00 1,350.00 624.25 .279.00 39,224.00 — 3,416.32 1,731.70 $205,759.55 3,302.00 4,161.00 15,208.34 760.00 212,832.00 . 1,357.29 18,890.55 7,279.80 479 103 123 19 5 121 1,959 391 510 92 6 551 141,419.79 3,890.61 21,574.98 8,600.00 346.50 3,538.70 553,451.81 16,058.60 80,408.01 32,050.00 372.00 15,574.44 50 796 498 61 279 1 • 8 46,000.00 35,834.39 . 4,694.27 3,992.00 1,558.27 180,493.30 129,413.79 21,010.81 12,843.00 7,295.22 258.00 1,126.29 12 167 112 19 56 —-• — ' YEAR TO DATE ; 5/ 8,283 260.00 14,193.50 1,156.00 59,453.10 16 63 3,245.56 23,000.73 9,077 2,509 1,618 13,204 45,789 9,939 6,338 62,066 393,504.84 631,430.38 ; 740,666.91 $1,765,602.13 1,603,515.63 2,510,788.59 3,206,949.48 $7,321,253.70 1 2,055 Page 23 June, 1976 . v '• • i Jjf �JosefStrecock, 64, died of head in­ juries in a fall on Jan. 13. Brother Strecock joined the SIU in the port of Toledo in 1965 sailing as a firemanwatertender. When he passed away Brother Strecock had been sailing 30 years. He sailed on the SS John A. Klin from 1969 to 1975, the SS Reiss from 1965 to 1966 and on the SS Gartland from 1966 to 1969. Born in Milwaukee, he was a resident of Rockford, 111. Interment was in Cherry Valley Cemetery, Cherry Valley, 111. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Anna Jean McKinney of Cherry Valley. McAndrew Tbomas, 46, was found dead in his bunk on the super­ tanker SS Massa­ chusetts on Apr. 30. Brother Thomas joined the SIU in the port of Balti­ more in 1953 sailing as a QMED. He was a 1974 HLSS upgrader and was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. A native of Kentucky, he was a resident of Baltimore. Surviving are his son, McAndrew and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Chadwick both of Baltimore. Robert J. ''Red'* Morgan, 51, was killed in a fall on the SS Panama, in Balboa, Canal Zone on Apr. 28. Brother Morgan joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Boston sail­ ing as a bosun. He sailed 34 years. Bom in New York, he was a resident of Largo, Fla. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Beatrice Suthard of Largol Thomas Williams Jr., 32 was lost overboard off the SS Delta Sud (Delta Line) while at sea on May 1. Brother Williams joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1972 sailing as an OS and in the stew­ ard department. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1965. A native of New Orleans, he was a resident Gretna, La. Surviving are his widow, Vera; a son, Tom; a daughter, Dana and an aunt, Mrs. Earline Johnson of Gretna. SIU pensioner Norman La Flaunt, 60, passed away on May 16. Brother La Flaunt joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as firemanwatertender^ for the Erie Sand and Gravel Co. He sailed 19 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Born in Detour, Mich., he was a resident of Cheboygan, Mich. Surviving are his brother, Fred, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Carlson of Detroit. Jonh R. Lessnau, 60, drowned acci­ '• """a dentally in Lake ' 1 Michigan's Little Bay de Noc off h• , Gladstone, Mich, on Apr. 18. Brother Lessnau joined the SlU-affiliated IBU in the port of Detroit in 1961 sailing as a dCckhand-lineman for th6 Hannah In­ land Towing Co. from 1974-5 and for the Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Co. from 1961 to 1976. A native of Detroit, he was a resident there. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Detroit. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Eleanor; three sons, Edward, Daniel and James and four daughters, Lois, Mary Jo, Nora and Ellen. Luttrell W. Feniler, 56, died from chest injuries fol­ lowing a fall off a ladder onto a ship dock in Green Bay, Wise, on Apr. 9. Brother Fender joined the SIU in the port of Frankfort, Mich, in 1963 sailing as a deckhand and in the stew­ ard department for the Huron Cement Co. He sailed 24 years. Born in Arkan­ sas, he was a resident of Rogers City, Mich. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rogers City. Surviving are his widow, Irma; a daughter, Deborah, and his father, Vernon of Rogers City. IBU pensioner Elmer P. Cleveland, 75, died of cancer at St. Mary's Hos­ pital, Port Arthur, Tex. on Apr. 6. Brother Cleveland joined the SlU-affiliated union in Port Arthur in 1963 sailing as a captain for the Sabine Towing and Transportation Co. from 1928 to 1968. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Rockport, Tex., he was a resi­ dent of Port Arthur. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Port Arthur. Surviving are his widow, Louise Gussie; a son, Sidney and a brother, S. P. Cleveland. SIU pensioner James Francisco, 60, died on May 17. Brother Fran­ cisco joined the Union in 1946 in the port of Boston sailing in the stew­ ard department. He sailed 28 years. A native of Massachu­ setts, he was a resident of Canton, Mass. Surviving are two sons, James and Vin­ cent and his mother, Mrs. Catherine Parker of Canton. Orville G. C<dlins, 60, passed away on Apr. 21. Brother Collins joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1962 sail­ ing as a bosiin. He sailed 39 years.Sea­ farer Collins was born in West Virginia and was a resident of Houston. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Margie and a son, Charles. 1 SIU pensioner Leonard F. "Whlley" Lewis, 67, died of heart failure in Merritt Hospital, Oakland, Calif, on Apr. 6. Brother Lewis joined the Union in 1938 in the port of New York sailing as a chief electrician. He sailed 42 years. Born in New York City, he was a resident of San Francisco. Cremation took place in the Skyview Crematory, Vallejo, Calif. Surviving are his widow, Adla and a daughter, Mrs. Shirley J. McAllister of Sequim, Wash. IBU pensioner Clarence A. Lott Sr., 84, passed away on May 15. Brother Lott joined the union in the port of Mobile in 1956 sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 32 years and was on the Alcoa Shoregang in Mobile from 1945 to 1960. A native of Mobile, he was a resident there. Surviving are his widow, Corrine; a son, Clarence of Prichard, Ala. and a dau^ter, Mrs. Lolette Rus­ sell of Mobile. IBU pensioner Daniel McCoUick, Francis D. Hil75, died of a heart Ifard, 59, died on attack in Philadel­ May 17. Brother phia on Mar. 14. Hilliard joined the Brother McCollick SlU-affiliated IBU joined the union in in the port of the port of Philadel­ Frankfort, Mich, in phia in 1961 sailing 1955 sailing as . an as a captain for the Atlantic Reef Co. OS. He sailed 22 from 1920 to 1927 and for the P. F. Martin Co. as a mate from 1927 to years and from 1964 to 1975 for the 1972. He was born in New Jersey and Ann Arbor (Mich.) Railroad Car Ferry was a resident of Philadelphia. Burial Co. Seafarer Hilliard was born in Mich­ was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadel­ igan and was a resident of Brethren, phia. Surviving are two sons, Augustus Mich. Surviving is his mother,. Mrs. Hattie Larsen of Brethren. and Albert of Philadelphia. SIU pensioner John K. Glass Sr., 61, died of pneu­ monia on Apr. 23. Brother Glass join­ ed the Union in 1938 in the port of New York sailing as a deck engineer and pumpman. He sailed 33 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the pre-World War II period. Born in Uniontown, Pa., he was a resident of Dunbar, Pa. Surviving are his widow, Helen; four sons, John, George, Gary and Brian and a daughter, Denise. SIU pensioner WailamJ.Blakdey, 63, succumbed to pneumonia in the Boston USPHS Hospital on Jan. 29. Brother Blakeley . «, joined the Union in \ :/ . 1939 in the port of New York sailing as a hrem^-watertender. He sailed 26 years and walked the picket line in the 1965 District Council 37 beef. Seafarer Blakeley was born in Boston and was a resident of Allston, Mass. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Boston. Surviving is his widow, Mary. SIU pensioner Arthor Brleiho, 53, died of a heart at­ tack on Feb. 13. Brother Botelho joined the Union in 1943 in the port of Boston sailing as an OS. He attended the 1970 Piney Point Crews Conference No. 9. Born in Fall River, Mass., he was a resident of Boston. Internment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Botelho; a brother, Armand and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Pestana and Helen, all of Fall River. Herbert M. "Frenchy" De Boissiere, 46, died of natural causes in the Staten Island (N.Y.) USPHS Hos­ pital on Apr. 2. Brother De Bois­ siere joined the SIU in the port of Wilmington in 1967 sail­ ing as deck maintenance. He sailed 30 years and during both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Seafarer De Boissiere walked the picket line in the 1946 Baltimore strike and was a deck dele­ gate. Born in New York City, he was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. His ashes were buried at sea. Surviving are his four brothers, Robert of Staten Island, N.Y, Charles of Florida, Falvain of Yonkers, N.Y. and his twin, SIU Chief Steward Rudy P. 'Tony" De Boissiere of Brooklyn. SIU pensioner Domlnick Dl Gio­ vanni, 71, suc­ cumbed due to a collapsed lung in the New Orleans USPHS Hospital on Feb. 22. Brother Di Giovanni joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1955 as a chief steward. He was born in Diaball, Tex. and was a resident of, Westwego, La. Internment was in Restlawn Cemetery, Avondale, La. Surviv­ ing is his widow, Katie. Arnold J. Evard, 59, died on Dec. 19, 1975. Brother Evard joined the SlU-affiliated IBU in the port of Chi­ cago in 1961 sail­ ing as a firemanwatertender. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in preWorld War 11. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a resident of Manitowoc, Wise. Surviving arc. his widow, Angeline and a daughter, Mary Ann. Seafafers Log Page 24 1 • �MAY 1-31,1976 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes DISPATCHERS REPORTTOTAL REGISTERED Ail Groups Class A Class B Class C ] i] Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep-Sea Great Lakes Alpena BuffaloCleveland Detroit Duluth Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes 6 82 14 35 15 8 21 66 40 30 6 28 9 76 0 2 438 3 9 7 3 4 0 5 6 5 1 0 1 0 8 0 2 54 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 279 12 41 14 10 10 46 26 25 8 24 8 29 0 5 339 1 23 7 15 9 1 6 17 5 12 1 4 2 5 4 3 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 155 24 50 24 6 48 115 66 60 11 60 19 165 0 4 821 5 5 3 3 9 1 6 9 4 3 2 5 0 15 0 1 71 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 3 11 6 5 1 28 466 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 9 63 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 13 3 8 29 4 10 3 70 409 12 2 4 14 1 .7 1 42 157 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 7 0 8 7 7 0 7 36 857 1 1 7 2 0 1 1 13 84 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 7 14 2 69 11 18 16 4 13 39 26 23 6 21 6 47 0 5 306 2 16 2 5 4 0 4 14 3 7 0 7 0 15 0 2 81 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 2 1 0 27 54 0 5 11 0 10 42 0 8 9 0 0 3 0 7 7 0 19 48 0 8 21 0 3 17 0 0 1 0 5 12 0 3 5 0 17 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 107 249 5 124 15 31 28 7 32 75 35 61 18 36 13 110 0 5 587 4 29 3 9 5 2 7 20 6 13 6 20 0 28 0 3 155 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 6 2 3 3 19 325 7 0 1 2 1 1 0 12 93 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 7 3 14 2 1 3 26 613 8 0 1 2 3 2 1 17 172 0 2 0 3 4 0 2 11 14 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 0 50 0 14 6 0 4 25 6 0 10 0 8 0 7 2 6 0 5 35 0 11 14 0 11 18 5 0 1 0 2 6 5 0 12 0 4 18 9 0 0 9 0 0 1 2 210 96 1 3 55 9 21 17 4 23 50 28 43 6 18 10 74 0 1 362 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 4 2 1 4 0 1 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 7 369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 34 6 16 2 15 6 21 0 1 178 2 45 16 26 21 5 7 47 29 13 2 18 9 45 14 4 303 I 1 1 60 11 21 1 11 1 2 1 23 1 58 1 1"! 1 29 t 7 1 22 1 15 1 33 1 0 1 1 1 308 8 131 24 32 21 7 19 82 41 29 16 48 17 95 0 5 575 3 26 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 38 4 2 1 19 4 8 4 42 220 1.120 96 1,216 11 2 3 13 1 6 2 38 341 453 50 503 1 2 10 5 5 7 2 1 1 31 606 830 61 891 8 18 3 50 18 1 5 115 153 49 134 183 2 31 10 20 10 4 8 28 12 18 3 7 5 36 0 1 198 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 7 205 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston .......................... Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes Alpena ••• Buffalo Cleveland Frankfort Chicago Totals Great Lakes Totals Deep Sea A Great Lakes Totals All Depts. Deep Sea Totals All De^s. Great Lakes Totals All Depts. Deep Sea A Great Lakes June, 1976 REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Deep Sea Great Lakes Alpena Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Duluth TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class 0 Class C 4 0 6 10 4 4 2 30 279 5 0 1 17 0 1 1 25 235 7 0 2 4 0 1 0 14 121 9 0 1 2 0 2 0 14 110 0. 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 u 2 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 0 37 8 16 a 1 1 1 E 1 1 5 3 24 5 5 9 1 55 798 125 923 318 70 388 1 4 5 363 2,078 124 2,202 PRESIDENT Paul Hall V SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Frank Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Cal Tanner Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS ALPENA, Mich 675 4 Aye., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 B(»TON, Mass. 215 Essex St 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y.... .290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, m.. .9383 S. Ewing Are. 60617 (312) SA1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. 10225 W. Jefferson Are. 48218 (313) VI3-4741 DULUTH, Minn. 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala IS. Lawrence St 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va. 115 3 St 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex.... .534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 1311 Mission St 94103 (415) 626-6793 I SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 723-0002 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla.. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813)870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Smnmit St 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, CaHf. 510 N.Broad St 90744 (213)549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan. . Yokohama Port P.O. ... P.O. Box 429 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 at most Iwt noBfli as more dun 1,300 jAipped from StU UBjoHi The exact %iires that 1,117 djipiNd from deqpi-fiea ports 199 shipped on the Great Neaiiy 4HM of the jolM to *8* smiiority mea^ is peeled to r^iuitt staMe £e f« mm • / Page 25 ih sw / �NEWARK (Sea-Land Services), April TRANSlNDIANA (Hudson Water­ LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land Service), 18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun E. D. April 18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun ways), April 25—Chairman, Recertified Christiansen; Secretary L. Crane; Edu­ A. Antoniou; Secretary R. Donnelly; Bosun H. B. Walters; Secretary Walter cational Director R. P. Coleman; Deck Educational Director P. Shaughnessy. J. Fitch; Deck Delegate J. Carter; Stew­ Delegate E. F. Klopp; Engine Delegate $103.^0 in ship's fund. Some disputed ard Delegate G. Rios. $74.45 in ship's L. Craig; Steward Delegate P. Pederes. OT in deck and engine department. The fund. Some disputed OT in engine de­ $28.11 in ship's fund. This money will Seafarers Log was received and passed partment. Report to the Seafarers Log: be used to buy extra pots for coffee ma­ around for all to read. Chairman to "A commendation to the Log staff for chines. Chairman held a discussion on see about getting some new books for doing such a good job in keeping us the importance of donating to SPAD the ship. A vote of thanks to the stew­ posted in all maritime news." Observed ^d to keep better informed on what is ard department for a job well done. one minute of silence in memory of our going on by reading the Seafarers Log. departed brothers. Next port, Seattle. DELTA ARGENTINA (Delta RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land Steamship), April 11—Chairman, Re­ SEA-LAND PRODUCER (Sea-Land certified Bosun Arthur McGinnis; Sec­ Service), April 18—Chairman, Recerti; fied Bosun Enos E. Allen; Secretary Service), April 25—Chairman, Recerti­ retary John H. Ratliff; Educational A. Deheza; Educational Director Rob­ Director U. H. Sanders Jr.; Engine fied Bosun William Bushong; Secretary ert A. Forslund; Engine Delegate R. Hmvey M. Lee; Educational Director Delegate Paul Thomas Jr.; Steward Basa; Steward Delegate R. Singleton. Victor A. Cover; Deck Delegate Ralph Ddegate J. E. Bill. Chairman discussed H. Dougherty. $45 in ship's fund. $50 the benefit of supporting SPAD. Movies $18.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. in movie fund. A vote of thanks was are being shown every trip thanks to Educational director distributed litera-. ture on alcoholism which will be re­ extended to the delegates and the whole donations from the crew and officers. viewed and circulated among the crew­ Next port, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West crew. A vote of thanks to the steward members. Last month's Seafarers Log department for a job well done. Ob­ Africa. was received and read. served one minute of silence in memory OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime of our departed brothers. Next port. Overseas), April 25—Chairman, Re­ SHOSHONE (Hudson Waterways), Port Everglades, Fla. certified Bosun J. Colson; Secretary April 18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Thomas Bolton; Educational Director Joe 1. Justus; Secretary M. Deloatch; FLOR (Altair Steamship), April 25 J. Rounds. No disputed OT. All com- Educational Director F. Jenkins; Stew­ —Chairman, Recertified Bosun Dick munic^ions received were read and ard Delegate Robert L. Scott. No dis­ Ware; Secretary D. E. Edwards; Edu­ then posted on the bulletin board. As puted OT. Chairman held a discussion cational Director William Bilger; Deck reported on repair list, winch used for on the importance of donating to SPAD. Delegate Gerald Edwards; Steward handling cargo lines and gangway is not A vote of thanks from all to the master Delegate Joe Clark. $21 in ship's fund. for handling these loads. This winch will for running a smooth ship. Next port in Some disputed OT in deck department. not shut off at times, also the brake does Texas. Educational director .suggested that not hold at times, therefore resulting in DELTA BRASIL (Delta Steamship), everyone should be careful and leave a man running the winch and the man April 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun no doors swinging. Use caution in going Official ship's minutes were also ^| heaving on the runner on three differ­ Luis Guadamud; Secretary B. Guarino; up and down ladders and men working , received from the following Vessels? ent occasions. The gangway has been Educational Director Hugh Wells Jr.; on open deck should be furnished hard GEORGE WALTON dropped when the winch failed to hold Deck Delegate D. Ramirez; Engine hats. A vote of thanks to the steward TRANSCOLORADO this weight. When this gangway is taken Delegate Juan Cniz. $95 in ship's fund. department for a job well done. V v-S^i NECHES • from rack men are around and under $383.66 in movie fund. No disputed • sr. LOUIS gangway. If the winch fails it could OT. Chairman advised everyone to take TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport SEATTLE ^ cause an accident. This situation was advantage of the upgrading school in Commercial), April 11—Chairman, GATEWAY CITY reported in the Seattle and Philadelphia Piney Point and to try and get the fire- Recertified Bosim Peter Sernyk; Secre­ POTOMAC fighting endorsement as soon as possible. tary N. Hatgimisios; Educational Direc-, Union Hall. A vote of thanks to the MAYAGUEZ ; ' steward department for good food and A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ tor R. Neilsen; Deck Delegate Romolo BOSTON service. Next port, Jacksonville. ment for a job well done. Observed one DeVirgileo; Engine Delegate Johnny MOBILE ^ minute of silence in memory of our Nettles; Steward Delegate John HogOVERSEAS ULLiir BORINQUEN (Puerto Rico Marine departed brothers. gie. $9.80 in ship's fund. Some disputed SUGAR ISLANDER Mgt.), April 4—Chairman, Recertified OT in engine department. A vote of WORTH Bosun Calixo Gonzalez; Secretary J. A, OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ thanks to the steward department for a lACKSONYILLE Fernandez; Educational Director B. time Overseas), April 18—Chairman job well done. HUMACAO Waddell. No disputed OT. Chairman Recertified Bosun Ame Hovde; Secre­ -TRANSCOLUMBIA reported the following: "Held a discus­ tary S. Szeibert; Educational Director ROBERT E. LEE SEA.LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land sion on the importance of donating to J. Sheaffer; Deck Delegate W. Gregory; Service), April 10—Chairman, Recerti­ SEA-LAND TRADE Engine Delegate C. M. King. Some dis­ fied Bosun J. Pulliam; Secretary O. SPAD. Also, members should read the OAKLAND puted OT in engine department. Chair­ Frezza; Educational Director D. Sus- Seafarers Log for a better knowldege of FUtSBURGH man suggested that all crewmembers billa. No disputed OT. Fact sheet that our Union functions. We thank our >OGD£N YUKON-;^;|^ should read the Seafarers Log. He was left by patrolman was read and dis­ President Paul Hall and other officials ^ERIC;K.HOtZERSp pointed out one article about the cussed. Weather doors on all levels aft on the job well done concerning the BALTIMORE USPHS report. The HEW Department are not watertight and in any weather public health facilities to keep these hos­ STONEWALL lACKSON'^., is trying again to close all USPHS Hos­ at all they leak water and it is doing pitals open for our needs. Also, there MONMCELLO VICTIMIY pitals down and all seamen should write damage to the inside passageways, decks has been cooperation among the mem­ ^A-LAND ECONOM^;^r;M to their congressmen and urge them to and bulkheads. With this water all over bers of the crew to maintain a happy BRADFORD ISLAND veto the HEW Department's new at­ the passageways and stairways it is caus­ crew and a good name ship.'' Chief NOTRE DAME VICTOR^l Sfel^ tempts. A vote of thanks to the steward ing a safety hazard to all. Next port, steward thanked the whole, crew for AREcmo UM their cooperation and in return the crew department for a job well done. Next Yokohama. • '"> SEA-LAND McLEAN gave a vote of thanks to the steward port, Philadelphia. SEA-LAND. COMMERCE:: department for a job well done. Next ft; PORTMAR WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals), port. Port Elizabeth, N.J. ^:":!:v.^AGUADILLA ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land Ser­ April 4—Chairman, Recertified Bosun SEA-LAND GALLOWAl vice), April 10—Chairman, Recertified F. Pence; Secretary C. M. Modellas; INGER (Reynolds Metal), April 11 , CHARLESTON Bosun V. T. Nielsen; Secretary George Educational Director B. Welhelmesen. — Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. OGDEN CHAMPION till W. Gibbons; Educational Director No disputed OT. Chairman held a dis­ D'Amico, Jr.; Secretary Duke Hall; SEA-LAND RESOURCE David Able; Steward Delegate Wong cussion on the Jones Act, Public Health Educational Director R. D. Holmes; GUAYAMA Kong. Ship's fund has $117.00. $260 Hospitals and on various issues that Steward Delegate Richard J. Sherman; MlNTYl^B in movie fund. Chairman discussed the appeared in the Seafarers Log. Observed Deck Delegate William Eckles. $59.11 TAMPA importance of donating to SPAD. Some one minute of silence in memory of our in ship's fund. Purchased a new basket­ K \ \ CHARLESTON disputed OT in engine department. departed brothers. Next port. Corpus ball, net and playing cards. No disputed MERRIMAC Next port, Algeciras. Christi. OT. Chairman urged all crewmembers TEX to read the Seafarers Log and the pam­ ALLEGIANCE phlets left on board by the previous JEFF DAVIS BosUn from Piney Point recertification JOHN PENN •i /v class as they contain matter that we all T. EAGLE VOYAGER should know and understand. Discussed Alcoholisiii is a major problem. JOHN B. WATERMAN the importance of donating to SPAD. CAROLINA.,- ' Vf One out of every 10 Americans who drink has a serious A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ DELTA PARAGUAY: ^ ment for a job well done. Observed one IWH:,, DELTANCmTE drinking problem. V minute of silence in memory of our de­ FORTHOSKINS t Alcoholism is a disease. It can be treated. parted brothers. Next port, Longview,. • tv' DELSOL.-tii:i^:-::i|1 Wash. :iii m' ® Page 26 Seafarers Log •t..i- :\ �Computerized Simulator Shows Direction of Future A $12 million computerized mari­ time simulator designed "to conduct navigational experiments to enhance the safety, productivity and competitiveness of the American merchant marine," was unveiled last month by the U.S. Mari­ time Administration. Robert J. Blackwell, assistant secretary of commerce for maritime affairs, dedicated the im­ pressive facility, known as the Compu­ ter Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF), located on the grounds of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. The CAORF simulator, which is con­ sidered the most sophisticated of its kind in the world, will be utilized pri­ marily for research projects to improve vessel operation safety on the high seas and in port situations. Presently, the simulator is being pro­ grammed for a study of collision avoid­ ance at sea. The facility also plans to conduct a study of port operations in Valdez, Alaska with the intention of developing a better traffic control sys­ tem to handle the projected increase in vessel traffic for the port once the Alaska pipeline is finished. At the request of the Japane.se Gov­ ernment, CAORF may also conduct a study of the navigational problems in, the Malacca Straits, which has been the site of several terrible tanker col­ lisions in recent years, resulting in loss of life and heavy pollution. As a result of these collisions, the Malaysian Gov­ ernment has placed restrictions on the movement of Japanese tankers through the straits. Simulate Traffic Situations The CAORF simulator operates with a full scale bridge mock-up and a com­ puter set-up that can simulate, through sight and sound, a wide range of navi­ gational and vessel traffic situations; environmental conditions such as fog, wind, currents and water depth, and local landmarks such as the Verrazano Bridge or the downtown skyline in the port of New York. The computers can also simulate the ship handling charac­ teristics of any type or size of vessel used in the U.S. merchant marine from small harbor craft to VLCC's, LASH ships or huge containerships. At a demonstration during the dedi­ cation ceremonies, CAORF was pro-, grammed to simulate bridge conditions inside an 80,000-ton tanker entering the port of New. York from Ambrose Light to the Verrazano Bridge. The tanker's bridge was manned by a Port of New York licensed pilot, a Coast Guard captain and a helmsman. The simulated conditions of the harbor, complete with landmarks and simulated ship move­ ments, could be seen in color in a very realistic 240 degree radius. The condi­ tions were so realistic that a simulated collision occurred between the CAORF tanker and a containership which was programmed to lose its steering. - \ I Play Accident Back The accident was only a demonstra­ tion to show the realism that could be achieved by the CAORF simulator. But according to Tom Mara, project manager for CAORF, if an accident occurs during actual research maneu­ vers, the computers could play the ac­ cident back on tape over and over again until a board of inquiry could determine the cause of the accident, whether it be due to natural causes or human error. Mara pointed out that nearly 85 percent of all marine accidents are due to hu­ man error. Scholarship Committee Meets SlU Vice-President Lindsey Williams empfiasizes the need for stricter safety regulations over mobile drill rigs. He presented the Union's position at a meet­ ing of the National Offshore Operations Industry Advisory Committee in San Francisco, May 25. V i-' - i Skills on Mobile Oil Rigs Continued from Page 11 temporarily stationary does not reduce lish a floor on manpower requirements the need for a marine crew to maintain beyond which an operator could not stability, perform maintenance on ma­ go." A minimum of 43 crewmembers, rine gear, to stand watch and to be avail­ including the master, mates, licensed able for emergencies." engineers and unlicensed seamen was recommended. Lax on Safety Second, "That except for the purely In addition, Williams criticized lax industrial functions aboard the rig as­ sociated with drilling operations, the safety standards on board the rigs and remainder of the crCw, including the mentioned the Union's proposal that all marine support and operating crew, members of the steward department should be experienced marine personnel should have lifeboatinan and firefighting licensed or certified by the Coast Guard certificates. Referring to the recent tragic acci­ to the same standards as are crews on dent in the Gulf of Mexico, when 13 U.S.-flag ocean ships." men lost their lives as an oil rig under Third, "A drilling rig should carry a tow capsized and sank during a storm, full marine crew whenever it is in oper­ ation, whether anchored or underway, Williams noted that seamen on U.S. to ensure the safety of the crew, the rig merchant marine ships are certified in and of navigation in the area adjacent safety skills needed to "escape a ship to the rig. The fact that a mobile rig is or prevent a disaster. The SlU Scholarship Selecfion Committee, seated around the table, meet at the Transportation Institute in Washington, D.C, to go over applications for the $10,000 and $5,000 awards. They are, from the left: Professor R. M. Keefe; Dr. Elwood Kastner; Miss Edna Newby; Professor Donald Maley: Dr. Bernard Ireland, and' Dr. Charles Lyons. Not shown is the seventh member of the committee, Charles D. O'Connell. Standing behind the committee is, from the left: Margaret Nalen, director of academic education at the Lundeberg School; Jack Sheehan, assistant SlU claims director; Al Jenson, assistant deputy administrator of the Union Plans, and Herb Brand, president of the Transporta­ tion Institute. (See story on Page 3) Change of Address Or New Subscriber Editor, SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Ave., BrooUyn, N.Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prim /n/ormallon.) NAME National Jobless Rate of Over 10 Percent Proves Slump Continued from Page 2 facturing jobs were some 1.5 million below earlier levels. Students Graduating "Moreover," Meany added, "four million students are now graduating from high school and college. The econ­ omy must provide job opportunities for young people entering the labor force. June, 1976 as well as for the nearly 10 million al­ ready unemployed." BLS noted that teenagers and blacks had the hardest time in locating jobs. The rate for teenagers without work last month was 18.5 percent; for blacks it was 12.2 percent. Joblessness for adult men rose from 5.4 percent to 5.6 percent last month. For married men, it went from 3.9 per­ cent to 4 percent in May. 1 ADDRESS CITY .STATE. ZIP. SIU-IBU members please give: Bk# Soc. Sec. # ./. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a change of address, please give your former address below or send mailing label from last issue received. ill m �Following are the names and home pbrts of the 391 Seafarers who have successfully completed the SIU Bosuns Recertification Program. These men have gone aboard our contracted ships to lead the SIU unlicensed crews, and they have held informative meetings, settled beefs, answered questions and con­ tributed toward smoother voyages. f •• •• ^ ^ Adans, John, New York Aeular, Jose, New York Alexander, A. 6., Houston Allen, Enes, San Francisco Allen, J. W., Seattle Altstatt, John, Houston Amat, Kasmoln, New York Anderson, Alfred, Norfolk Anderson, Chester New York Anderson, Edgar, New York Annis, George, New Orleans Antonlou, Angelo, New York Aponte, Felbc, New York Arena, Louis, New Orleans Armada, Alfonso, Baltimore Atkinson, David, Seattle Backrak, Daniel, Wilmington Baker, Elmer, Houston Baker, William, Houston Bankston, Claude, New Orleans Barnes, Anthony, Norfolk Barnhlll, Elmer, Houston Barrial, Pablo, New Orleans Baudoln, James, Houston Beavers, Norman, New Orleans Bechllvanis, Nicholas, New York Beck, Arthur, San Francisco Beeching, Marlon, Houston Barger, David, Norfolk Beregria, John, Philadelphia Bergeria, Steve, Philadelphia Beye, Jan, New York Bobaiek, William, Houston Bojko, Stanley, San Francisco Boland, James, San Francisco Bonefont, Eduardo, San Juan Boney, Andrew, Norfolk Bourgeois, Joseph L., New York Bourgot, Albert, Mobile Bousson, Gene, New York Bowman, Jack, Seattle Boyle, Charles, New Orleans Braunstein, Herbert, Wilmington Brendle, Mack, Houston Broadus, Ray, Mobile Broadus, Robert, Mobile Brooks, Tom, New York Browning, Ballard, Baltimore Bryan, Ernest, Houston Bryant, Vernon, Tampa Burch, George, New Orleans Burgos, Juan, New York Burke, George, New York Burnette, Periy, Tampa Burton, Ronald, New York Busalacki, Joseph, Jacksonville Bushong, William, Seattle Butterton, Walter, Norfolk Butts, Bobby, Mobile Butts, Hurmon, Houston Byrne, WlUlam, New York Cain, Hubert, Mobile Caldeira, Anthony, Houston Calogeros, Demetrlos, Seattle Campbell, Arthur, New Orleans Bosun s Honor Roll at 391 Carr, Stephen, New York Gallagher, John, Philadelphia Casanueva, Michael, New Orleans Gamer, James, New Orleans Castro, Gulllermo, San Juan Garza, Peter, Houston Charneco, Frank, New Orleans Gavin, Joseph, Houston Cheshire, James, Jacksonville Glanglordano, Donate, Philadelphia Chestnut, Donald, Mobile Glannlotis, John, New York Chlasson, Richard, New Orleans Gillain, Robert, Jacksonville ChlllnskI, Tadeusz, Wilmington Gilllkin, Leo, San Francisco Chrlstenberry, Richard, San Francisco Gomez, Jose, New York Chrlstensen, Christian, San Francisco Gonzalez, Callxto, San Juan Christiansen, Egon, San Francisco Gonzalez, Jose, NewYork Clsieckl, John, San Francisco Gorbea, Robert, New York Clegg, William, NewYork Gorman, James, New York Gosse, Fred, San Francisco Cofone, William, Wilmington Cole, Lonnie, Norfolk Granger, Eual, Houston Colson, James, Seattle Green, John, Baltimore Compton, Walter, Norfolk Greenwood, Perry, Seattle Cooper, Fred, Mobile Grima, Vincent, New York Corder, James, Jacksonville Guadamud, Luis, New Orleans Cousins, Waiter, Wilmington Gustavson, Walter, New York Hager,Bertil, New York Craddock, Edwin, New Orleans Crawford, William, Jacksonville Hale, William, New Orleans * Cross, Malcolm, Wilmington Hanhack, Buii New.York Curlew, Jack, Yokohama Hanna, Anthony, Baltimore Hanstvedt, Alfred, New York Curry, Leon, Jacksonville Dakin, Eugene, Boston Harrington, Arthur, Boston Dalton, Jack M., Houston Harvey, Lee J., New Orleans D'Amico, Charles, Houston Hawkins, Tom, Seattle Dammeyer, Dan, New York Hazel, John, New Orleans Darville, Richard, Houston Heggarty, Tom, New York Davies, John, New York Hellman, Karl, Seattle Davis, James, Seattle Hicks, Donald, New York Dawson, Charles, Seattle Hilburn, Thomas, Mobile Delgado, Julio, New York Hill, Charles, Houston Dickinson, David, Mobile HIrsh, Burton, Baltimore Dixon, James, Mobile Hodges, Raymond, Mohile Donovan, Joseph, Boston Hodges, Raymond W., Baitimoro Doty, Albert, New Orleans Hogge, Elbert, Baltimore DrMrn, Woodrow, Seattle Holt, Tom, New York Drewes, Peter, New York Homka, Stephen, New York Duet, Maurice, Houston Hovde, Arne, Philadelphia Dunn, Beverly, Mobile Hunt, H. C., Houston Eckert, Arne, Seattle Hunter, John, Mohile Eddins, John, Baltimore Ipsen, Oria, New York Edelmon, Bill, Houston James, Calvain, New York Engelund, Clayton, New York Jandora, Stanley, New York Falrcloth, Charles, Mobile Jansson, Sven, New York Farhl, Israel, Houston Japper, John, New York Fell, William, New York Jefferson, William Houston Ferrera, Raymond, New Orleans Johannsson, Simon, Norfolk Finklea, George, Jacksonville Johnson, Fred, Mohile Fleming, Don, Jacksonville Johnson, Ravaughn, Houston Flowers, Eugene, New York Jordan, Clifton, New Orleans Foster, Floron, New Orleans Joseph, Leyal, Philadelphia Foster, James, Mobile Joyner, William, Houston Foster, Tom, Norfolk Justus, Joe, Jacksonville FotI, Sebastian, Wilmington Kadziola, Stefan, NewYork Francum, Carl, Baltimore Karatzas, Tom, Baltimore Frazier, John, Houston Karlsson, Bo, New York Frey, Charles, Jacksonville Kelsey, Tom, San Francisco Fritz, Floyd, Jacksonville Kerageorgiou, Antoine, New Orleans Funk, William, New York Keragood, Morton, Baltimore Furr, John, Houston KIdd, Richard, Baltimore Gahagan, Kenneth, Houston King, George, Seattle KIngsley, Jack, San Francisco Kleimola, William, New York Knight, Bruce, Norfolk Knoles, Raymond, San Francisco Koen, John, Mohile Konis, Perry, NewYork Koza, Leo, Baltimore KrawczynskI, Stanley, Jacksonville Kuhl, Vincent, Norfolk La France, Dave, New York Lambert, Reldus, New Orleans Landron, Manuel, San Juan Lasnansky, Andrew, San Francisco La Soya, Eligio, Houston Lasso, Robert, San Juan Latapie, Jean, New Orleans Lavolne, Raymond, Baltimore Lawton, Woodrow, Baltimore Leake, Herbert, Baltimore LeClair, Walter W., New Yerk Lee, Hans, Seattle Levin, Jacob, Baltimore Lewis, Jesse, Seattle Libby, George, New Orleans Libby, Herbert, New Yerk Lineberry, Carl, Mobile Logan, Jobn, Mobile Lolk, Peter, Baltimore Mackert, Robert, Baltimore Magoulas, Gus, New York Maldonado, Basllo, Baltimore Manning, Denis, Seattle Martlneau, Tom, Seattle Matthey, Neil, Yokohama Mattieli,Gaetano, New York McCaskey, Earl, New Drieans McCollom. John, Boston MeCorvey, Durell, Jacksenvllle McDonald, John, New Orleans McGarry, Frank, Philadelphia McGinnis, Arthur, New Orleans McHale,J. J. NewYork McKlnney, Melville, Philadelphia Mears, Ferlton, New York Meehan, William, Norfolk Meffert, Roy, Jacksonville Meloy, Robert, Seattle Mendoza, Dimas, San Juan Merrill, Charles, Mobile Michael, Joseph, Baltimore MIgnano, Ben, Wilmington Miller, Clyde, Seattle Mitchell, William, Jacksonville Mize, Cyril, San Franclsce Mladonlch, Ernest, New Orleans Moen, Irwin, Baltimore Monardo, Sylvester, New Orleans Moore, Asa, New York Moore, John, Houston . Morales, Esteban, New York Morris. Edward Jr., Mobile Morris, William, Baltimore Morris, William, Jacksonville Moss, John, New Orleans Moyd,Ervin, Mobile Mollis, James, Mobile Muriy, Ralph, San Francisco Myrex, Luther, Mobile Nash, Walter, New York Nelson, Jack, Jacksonville Nicholson, Eugene, Baltimore Nielsen, Vagn, New York Northcutt, James, San Francisco Nuckols, Billy, New York O'Brien, William, NewYork O'Connor, William, Seattle Ohannaslan, John, Jacksonville Olbrantz, Leonard, Jacksonville Olesen, Carl, San Francisco Olsen, Fred, San Francisco Olson, Maurice, Boston Oromaner, Albert, San Francisco O'Rourke, Robert, Houston Owen, Burton, Houston Owens, Clarence, New Orleans Pacheco, Hermlnio, New York Packert, Albert, NewYork Peline, Anthony, New Yerk Palmer, Nick, San Francisco Paradise, Leo, NewYork Parker, James, Houston Parker, William, New Orleans Pate, Luther, NewYork Peavoy, Floyd, New Orleans Pedersen, Otto, New Orleans Pehler, Frederick, Mohile Pence, Floyd, Houston Perry, Wallace, Jr., San Francisco Pickle, Claude, Houston Pierce, John, Philadelphia Polanco, Luis, NewYork Pollanen, VIekko, New Orleans Pool, Donald, New Orleans Poulsen, Vomer, Seattle Pressly, Donald, NewYork Price, Billie, Norfolk Piyor, Clarence, Mobile PuchalskI, Kaslmir, San Francisco Pugllsl, Joseph, NewYork Pulllam, James, San Francisco Quinnt, Carrol, Seattle Radich, Anthony, New Orleans Rains, Horace, Houston Rallo, Salvador, New Orleans Reck, Lothar, Seattle Reeves, William, Mobile RIchburg, Joseph, Mobile Rlhn, Ewing, New Orleans Riley, William, San Francisco RInguette, Albert, San Francisco Rivera, Alfonso, San Juan Robinson, William, Seattle Rodrlgues, Lancelot, San Juan Rodriguez, Frank, New York Rodriguez, Ovidio, New York Rood, Donald, New York Ruiz, Alejandro, San Juan Ruley, Edward, Baltimore Sanchez, Manuel, New York San Flllppo, Joseph, San Franclsce Sanford, Tommie, Houston Sawyer, Alfred, Norfolk SbrlgHo, Sal, Wilmington Schwarz, Robert, Mobile Scott, Billy, Wilmington Self, Thomas, Baltimore Sellx, Floyd, San Francisco Sernyk, Peter, New York Sheets, James, Baltimore Sheldrake, Peter, Houston Shorten, James, Sdh Francisco Showers, William, San Francisco Sierra, Emillo, San Francisco SIpsey, Robert, San Francisco Smith, Lester, Norfolk Smith, Vertis, Tampa Snyder, Joseph, Baltimore Sokol, Stanley, San Francisco Sorel, Johannes, Jacksonville Spuron, John, San Francisco Stanford, Glen, New Orleans Stockmarr, Sven, New Yerk Stout, John, New Orleans Sucheckl, Leonard, San Franclsce Swearlngen, Barney, Jacksonville SwIderskI, John, New York Tamiln, George, New York Tetl, Frank, New York Theiss, Roy, Mohile Thomas, Lloyd, San Francisco Thompson, Carl, Houston Thompson, Clayton, New Orleans Thompson, J. R., Houston Thrasher, Julius, New Orleans TIcer, Dan, San Franclseo Tillman, William, San Franclscr Tirelll, Enrico, New York Todd, Raymond, New Orleans Telentino, Ted, San Francisco Troche, Gregory, Mobile Tumor, Paul, New Orleans UccI, Peter, San Francisco Vega, Juan, New York Velazquez, William, New York Walker, Fred, Baltimore Walker, Tom, Houston Wallace, Edward, New York Wallace, Ward, Jacksonville Wallace, William, Mobile Walters, Herwood, New York Wardlaw, Richard, Houston Ware, Dick, Houston Waters, Aubrey, Seattle Weaver, Eugene A., Jacksonville Weaver, Harold,4louston Welch, Macon, Houston Whitmer, Alan, NewYork WIngfield, P. G., Jacksonville Woods, Malcolm, San Francisco Workman, Homer, New Orleans Worley, Jobn, San Francisco Wymbs, Luke, New York Zaragoza, Roberto, New York Zeloy, Joseph, New Orleans ^A' Seniority Honor Roll Now Numbers 233 Seafarers who have completed the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program have had the opportunity to learn about their Union and its activities, mak­ ing them well, informed Union members. These men are encouraged to take the delegate's job aboard ship and put this new knowledge to work. Following are the names and departments of the 233 Seafarers who have completed the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program. Adams, Francis, Deck Alfeo, Luciano, Engine Allen, Lawrence, Engine Allison, Murphy, Engine Ahmad, Bin, Deck Ames, Allan, Deck Andrepont, P. J., Engine ArmK^ead, Daniel, Engine Arnold, Mott, Deck Barnett, Jay, Engine Bartol, Thomas, Deck Baxter, Alan, Engine Bean, P. L., Deck Beauverd, Arthur, Engine Bellinger, William, Steward Berulls, William, Deck Biletz, John, Engine Blacklok, Richard, Engine Blasquez, Gregory, Engine Bligen, Archie, Engine Bohannon, Christopher, Engine Bolen, James, Deck Bolen, Timothy, Deck Boles, John, Engine Brackbill, Russell, Deck Brooke, George, Engine BruschinI, Mario, Steward Surge, Bernard, Engine Burke, Lee Roy, Engine Burke, Timothy, Deck burnette, Barney, Steward Butch, Richard, Engine Calo, Jose, Engine Cammuso, Frank, Deck Page 28 Gaiihart, David, Deck Caiyuthers, Francis, Engine Caruthers, Russell, Deck Castle, Stephen, Deck Cavanaugh,Jackson, Deck Clark, Garrett, Deck Colangelo, Joseph, Deck Conkiln, Kevin, Engine Correll, Paul, Engine Cosentino, Dominic, Deck Coyle, Michael, Engine Cunningham. Robert, Deck Curran, John, Deck Daniel, Wadsworth, Engine Davis, William, Deck Day, John, Engine Derke, Michael, Engine Desklns, William, Steward DIsing, Maximo, Engine Dobloug, James, Engine Douroudous, Emanuel, Steward Dukehart, David, Engine Echeverlo, Ronald, Steward Eddlngs, Otis, Jr., Engine Edgell, Pat, Engine Egeland, Ralph, Deck Elliott, Byron, Engine Escudero, Tomas, Engine Esposlto, Gennaro, Engine EwIng, Larry, Steward Farmer, William, Deck Farragut, John, Deck Farrell, Gerald, Steward Flla, Marlon, Deck Fonville, James, Engine Frak, Stan, Deck Freeburn, Michael, Deck Fried, Peter, Engine Frost Stephen, Deck Fuentes, Luis, Steward Galka, Thomas, Engine Gallagjier, Patrick, Deck Galliano, Marco, Deck Garay, Stephen, Deck Garcia, Robert, Deck Gilliam, Robert, Steward Gotay, Raul, Steward Gower, David, Engine Graham, Patrick, Deck Grimes, M. R., Deck Grisham, Steve, Deck Hapr, Ken, Deck Hale, Earnest, Deck Haller, John, Engino Harris, Nathaniel, Engine Hanks, Fletcher, Engine Hart, Ray, Deck Hawker, Patrick, Deck Haynes, Blake, Engine Heick, Carroll, Deck Heller, Douglas, Steward Hooks, Bobby, Steward Humason, Jon, Deck Hummerick, James, Jr., Steward Hussein, Mohammed, Steward Hutchinson, Richard, Jr., Engine lllson, James, Engine Ivey, D. E., Engine Joe, William, Engine Johnson, M., Deck Johnson, Oscar, Steward Jones, Leggette, Deck Jones, Nelson Cory, Steward Jordan, Carson, Deck Kanavos, Pana^rtls, Engine Kegney, Thomas, Engine Keith, Rohert, Deck Kelley, John, Deck Kelly, John, Deck Keraey, Paul, Engine Kirksey, Charles, Engine Kittleson, L. Q., Deck Knight, Donald, Engine Knoles, Donald, Steward Konetes, Johnnie, Deck Kunc, Lawrence, Deck Kundrat, Joseph, Steward Lamphere, Thomas, Engine Laner, Ronnie, Engine Lang, Gary, Dtck Laughlln, Douglas, Engine LeClaIr, Lester, Steward Lehmann, Arthur, Deck Lentsch, Robert, Deck Lesko, Samuel, Deck Long, Alton, Engine Lundeman, Louis, Deck Mahaffey, J.C., Steward Makarewicz, Richard, Engine Mallory, Arthur, Deck Manning, Henry, Steward Maurstad, Mitchell, Steward Ripley, William, Deck Mamu, M. A., Deck McAudrew, Martin, Engine Rivers, Sam, Engine McCabe, John, Engine Roback, James, Deck McCabe, T. J., Engine Redriguez, Charles, Engine McCauley, Roy, Engine Rodriguez, Hector, Engine McMullin, Clarence, Steward Rodriguez, Robert, Engine McPariand, James, Engine Rogers, George, Engine Milici, Robert, Deck Ruiz, Steve, Engine Minix, R. G., Jr., Engine Sabb, Caldwell, Jr., Engine Miranda, John, Engine Salley, Robert, Jr., Engine Moneymaker, Ernest, Engine Sanders, Darry, Engine Moore, C. M., Deck Sanger, Alfred, Deck Moore, George, Deck Shaw, Lex, Deck Moore, James, Engine Shaw, Luclen, Deck Moore, Peter, Engine Shaw, Ronald, Engine Moore, William, Deck Silfast, Georp, Deck Simonetti, Joseph, Steward Mortler, William, Deck Mouton, Terry, Engine Simpson, Spurgeon, Engine Noble, Mickey, Deck Sisk, Keith, Deck Nuotio, Ken, Deck Smith, D. B., Steward Ostrander, Duane, Deck Smith, Rohert, Deck Painter, Philip, Engine Snyder, John, Engine Paloumbis, NIkolaos, Engine Spell, Gary, Engine Papageorglou, Dimltrlos, Engine spell, Joseph, Deck Parker, Jason, Deck Spencer, Craig, Engine Parr, Steven, Deck Spencer, H. D., Engine Perez, Jose, Engine Springfield, Harry, Steward Perkins, Cy, Deck Stanfleld, Pete, Deck Petrick, L., Engine Stark, William, Deck PIckford, Albert, Deck Stauter, David, Engine PolettI, Plerangelo, Deck Stevens, Duane, Deck Praslnos, George, Deck Strauss, Gregory, Engine Reamey, Bert, Engine Svoboda, Kvetoslav, Engine Restaino, John, Engine Szelbert, Stephen, Steward Tanner, Leroy, Engine Taylor, Daniel, Steward Tell, George, Engine Thomas, Robert, Engine Thomas, Timothy, Deck Trainer, Robert, Deck Trott, Llewellyn, Engine Utterback, Larry, Deck Vain, Thomas, Deck Vaiton, Sidney, Engine Vanyi, Thomas, Steward Vazpez, Jose, Engine Venus, Guy, Engine Venus, Steve, Steward Vukmir, George, DeOk Walker, Marvin, Engine Wambach, Albert, Deck Wass, Klaus, Steward Waupman, Jerry, Engine Wayman, Lee, Deck Wllhelm, Mark, Engine Wllisch, Edward, Deck Wilson, Richard, Steward Wilson, Robert, Engine Wolfe, John, Deck Woodcock, Wayne, Steward Woodhouse, Ashton, Engine Wright, Charlie, Engine Zukler, Hans, Engine Seafarers Log X- �IT George King Seafarer George King, 58, has been a member of the SIU since 1943 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1944. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Brother King ships out of the port of Seattle, He makes his home in Portland, Ore. with his wife, Florence. Vincent Kuhl Seafarer Vincent Kuhl, 50, has been a member of the SIU since 1945 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1948. A native of Norfolk, Brother Kuhl ships out of the port of Norfolk. He makes his home in Norfolk with his wife, Margaret. 3Sth Bosuns' Class Seafarers who graduated from the 35th class of the SIU Bosuns Recertifiication Program this month have now resumed shipping with a much better knowledge of their Union and the entire maritime industry. It is their responsi­ bility to rejoin their vessels and inform the rest of the membership about the role al! Seafarers must play if there is to be a future for the American mer­ chant marine. The recertified bosuns who have completed this very important twomonth program are asserting their lead­ ership aboard all our contracted vessels. As the top licensed man on ship, and as the leading representative of the SIU at sea, it is the bosun's Job to see that all voyages run as smoothly as pos­ sible, with of course full cooperation from the rest of the crew. The recertified hosun is also better qualified to handle the new techno­ logically-advanced equipment which is found on many of the modem ships heing built today. It is for this very reason that the Bosuns Recertification Program was established. The SIU must adapt to a constantly-changing industry if we wish to play a part in it in the years to come. With the battles now being fought in the Halls of Congress rather than on Gene A. Weaver Seafarer Gene A. Weaver, 46, has been a member of the SIU since 1965 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1968. A native of Georgia, Brother Weaver ships out of ci the port of Jackson­ Joseph L. Bourgeois ville. He makes his home in Jackson­ Seafarer Joseph ville. L. Bourgeois, 52, Claude Pickle has been a member Seafarer Claude of the SIU since Pickle, 49, has been 1942 and he began a member of the shipping out as a SIU since 1945 and bosun in 1948. A native of Salem, he began shipping Mass., Brother out as a bosun in Bourgeois ships out 1955. A native of I northeast Mississip- of the port of New York. He makes his ' pi. Brother Pickle home in Acton, Me. with his daughter, ships out of the port Michelle. of Houston. He ma^es his home in Houston with his wife, Annal Marie. the waterfront, and with radical changes in vessels and manning, our entire mem­ bership must he kept informed at all times in order to insure the job security of everyone in the years ahead. This then, is the main objective of the bosuns program: better communi­ cation. And, it is the job of every mem­ ber, not only the recertified bosun. The bosun is the leader of the crew, but only if his crew actively participates and takes an avid interest in the affairs of our Union, by attending shipboard and membership meetings, by asking ques­ tions and reading all pertinent informa­ tion, will this objective be accomplished. And, with full membership cooperation, we will be a much stronger, secure Union for many years to come. Donald Fleming Seafarer Donald Fleming, 51, has been a member of the SIU since 1967 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1970, A native of Nebraska, Brother Fleming ships out of the port of Jackson­ ville. He makes his home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. with his wife, Margie. Eual Granger Seafarer Eual Granger, 61, has been a member of the SIU since 1953 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1966. A native of Lake Charles, La., Brother Granger ships out of the port of Houston. He makes his home in Lake Charles with his wife, Sadie and he has 10 grandchildren. Lothar Reck Seafarer Lothar Reck, 39, has been a member of the SIU since 1966 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1972. A native of Germany, Brother Reck ships out of the port of Seattle. He makes his home in Seattle. Juan Vega Seafarer Juan Vega, 50, has been a member of the SIU since 1946 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1950. A native of Puerto Rico, Broth­ er Vega ships out of the port of New York. He makes nis home in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife, Sol Angel. 'i i * "t Donald Rood Seafarer Donald Rood, 56, has been a member of the SIU since 1945 and he began shipping out as a bosun in 1947. A native of Omaha, Neb.," ^ \ t \ j Brother Rood ships * '\ out of the port of New York. He makeS his home in Elysburg, Pa. with his wife, June and his two children. George Tamlin Seafarer George Tamlin, 40, has been a member of the SIU since 1961 and he began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1971. A native of Middleport, N.Y., Brother Tamlin ships out of the port of New York. He makes his home in Middleport. 'A Seniority Upgrading Program Steven Parr Seafarer Steven Parr has been sail­ ing with the SIU since his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School in November of 1972. Shipping in the engine depart­ ment, Brother Parr earned his QMED endorsement atPiney Point before attending the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Program. A native and resident of Carlinville, III., Brother Parr ships out of Houston. Donald J^oles Seafarer Don Knoles started sail­ ing with the SIU after his graduation from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973. Before starting the 'A' Se­ niority Program, Brother Knoles up­ graded to third cook at Piney Point. Brother Knoles lives in Inglewood, Calif, and ships from the port of Wilmington. Six New 'A' Book Members This month six more Seafarers joined the ranks of the SIU full *A' book mem­ bers by participating in and graduating from the 'A' Seniority Upgrading Pro­ gram. This brings the number of Sea­ farers who have earned their 'A' books through this program to 233. Before graduating from the program, these new 'A' book members were given the opportunity to sharpen their sea­ faring skills by learning about the latest innovations in the maritime industry. The *A' Seniority Program also pro­ vided these Seafarers with a thorough working knowledge of the SIU's history, functions, operations and goals. This two-pronged approach used to upgrade these Seafarers into full 'A' book status insures that the SIU will always have a solid membership that can participate in Union activities with an understanding of the modem mari­ time industry and their Union's role in that industry. Roy McCauley Albert Pickford Seafarer Roy Mc­ Cauley has been sailing with the SIU in the engine de­ partment for sixV ik and-a-half years. Before attending Seniority Upgrading Pro»V gram. Brother Mc­ Cauley earned his high school diploma at the Lundeberg School as well as his QMED endorsement. Brother McCauley lives in Selma, Ala. and ships out of the port of Baltimore. Seafarer Al Pickford began sailing with the SIU eight years ago. Brother Pickford, who sails in the deck depart­ ment, studied for his AB's ticket at the Harry Lunde­ berg School in New U.S. Navy veteran. York in 1971. A Brother Pickford ships from the port of New York and lives in Patchogue, N.Y. with his wife Joyce and their four children. Emanuel Douroudous Seafarer Emanu­ el Douroudous be­ gan sailing with the SIU in the steward department in 1970. Shipping as a cook and baker, Brother Douroudous ob­ tained that rating at the Lundeberg School before attending the 'A' Senior­ ity Upgrading Program. Brother Dou­ roudous lives in New York and ships from that port. He is a native of Greece. J.C. Mahaifey Seafarer J.C. Mahaffey has been sailing with the SIU since 1970. A mem­ ber of the steward department. Broth­ er Mahaffey com­ pleted the Third Cook's Program at the Lundeberg School before attending the 'A' Senior­ ity Upgrading Program. A native of Chesnee, €.C., Brother Mahaffey now lives in Seattle and ships from that port. "•'I June,1976 Page 29 " . I �For a Better Job Today -I Deck Department ABLE SEAMAN The course of instruction is four weeks in length and leads to the Coast Guard en­ dorsement of Able Seaman—12 Months —^Any Waters or Able Seaman—Unlim­ ited—^Any Waters. Course Requirements: Able Seaman 12 Months—^Any Waters. You must: • Be 19 years of age • Have 12 months seatime as Ordi­ nary Seaman, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have eight months seatime as Ordinary Seaman • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements. Able Seaman Unlimited—Any Waters. You must: • Be 19 years of age • Have 36 months seatime as Ordinary Seaman or Able Seaman 12 Months • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements. Starting Dates; May 27, September 2. QUARTERMASTER The course of instruction leading to certification as Quartermaster consists of Basic Navigation instruction to include Radar; Loran; Fathometer; RDF; and Tlxe Harry Luncietierg also includes a review of Basic Seaman­ ship; use of the Magnetic and Gyro Compass; Rules of the Road; Knots and Splices; Firefighting and Emergency Pro­ cedures. Course Requiremeuls: Must hold en­ dorsement as Able Seaman (Unlimited— Any Waters). Starting Dates: April 29, August 2. LIFEBOATMAN The course of instruction is two weeks in length and leads to the Coast Guard en­ dorsement of Lifeboatman. Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting Dates: April 29; May 13, 27; June 10, 24; July 8, 22; August 5, 19; September 2, 16, 30; October 14, 28. Engine QMED Hopeful Graduates Piney Point QMED Instructor Charles Nalen (left) presents Certificate of Achievement and Coast Guard endorsement card to recent graduate Edward Jordan. Department These Courses Will Be Start­ ing Soon: QMED-Any Rating • Advanced Pumpman Procedures • LNG/LPG Watch the Seafarers Log for Starting Dates The course of instruction leading to cer­ tification as QMED—Any Rating is eight weeks in length and includes instruction leading to the Coast Guard endorsements which comprise this rating. Course Requirements: You must show evidence of six months seatime in at least one engine department rating. Starting Dates: April 29; May 27; June 24; July 22. WELDING The course of instruction in basic welding consists of classroom and onthe-job training including practical train­ ing in electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy-acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Certificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: • Engine department personnel must hold endorsement as QMED—Any Rating • Deck and steward department per­ sonnel must hold a rating in their department. Starting Dates: May 27, October 1. FOWT The cour^ is four weeks in length and leads to endorsement as Fireman, Watertender, and/or Oiler. Course Requirements: If you have a Wiper endorsement only, you must: • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements 7 Complete Liteboaf Class Here's seven new graduates of the HLSS Lifeboat Course with their diplomas and Instructor Tom Doyle (left). The grads are (I. to r.): Frederick Vogler; John Wolkoski; Jose Ferreira; Joseph Diosco; Benigno Santos; Elbert Polk, and Isidore Ostroff. • Have six months seatime as Wiper, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as Wiper • If you have an engine department rat­ ing there are no requirements. Starting Dates: July 12. DIESELS The four-week course covers: types, designs, construction and characteristics of various diesel engines; nomenclature and principal design features of all parts of diesel engines; formulas and hydraulic principles; introduction to fuel, air, lubri­ cation and exhaust systems; use of vari­ ous gauges, meters and instruments used on diesel engines; care, operations main­ tenance and recording of diesel engine performance; signals used between bridge and engine room; fundamentals of elec­ tricity, and refrigeration; basic fire fight-: ing, first aid and safety. Course Requirements: No require­ ments for those who are not, interested in receiving the Coast Guard license. r Starting date: August 9. \ A College Career Is Available to You One college and two post secondary trade/vocational school scholarships are awarded to Seafarers each year. These scholarships have been specially de­ signed to meet the educational needs of Seafarers. Application requirements are geared for the map who has been out of school several years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. The awards are granted in April, but you should begin your application process now. These are the scholarships offered: 1, Four-year college degree scholar­ ship. This award is in the amount of $10,000. Page 30 2, Two-year community or junior col­ lege or post secondary trade/voca­ tional schools scholarships. These awards are in the amount of $5000. The trade/vocational awards offer var­ ious options if you wish to continue shipping. In such a program you may develop a trade or skill which would im­ prove your performance aboard ship as well as help you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. Eligibility requirements are as follows: 1. Have not less than two years of actual employment on vessels of companies signatory to Seafarers Welfare Plan. 2. Have one day of employment on a vessel in the sixth-month period immediately preceding date of ap­ plication. 3. Have 90 days of employment on a vessel in the previous calendar year. Pick up a scholarship application now. They are available in the ports or you may write to the following address and request a copy of the Seafarers Applica­ tion: Seafarers Welfare Plan College Scholarships " 275 20th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 A College Educatloii For Your Clilld.ren Four scholarships are awarded to de- - have three years sea time, encourage your pendents of Seafarers. These four-year children to apply. They should request scholarships are.for $10,000 each at any the Dependents Application from the accredited college or university. If you above address. Seafarers Log �For ,70b Security Tombrrow Scliool Of Seamansliip Steward Department Steward Department All Steward Department Courses Lead To Certification By HLSS. CraEP' STEWARD The course of instruction is six weeks long and covers all phases of Steward De­ partment management and operation. Course Requirements: All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of the following: • Three years seatinie in a rating above 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook- and baker, sbc months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for each program OR • 12 months seatirne as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook and baker, six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold HLS cer­ tificates of completion for the cook • and baker and chief cook programs OR • 12 months seatime as 3fd cook or assistant cook, 12 months seatime as cook and baker, and six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold an HLS i ,V certificate of completion for the chief cook program. Starting Dates: • April 29; June 10; July 22; September 2; October 14. pHIEP COOK f . Starting Dales: Starting Dates: May 13; June 24; August 5; September 16; October 28. Do What Over 750 Of Your Fellow Seafarers Have Done... The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of breakfast foods, breads, desserts, and pastries. The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of vegetables and salads. , Course Requirements: Ail candidates must have twelve months seatime in the steward department, OR three months sea­ time in the steward department and be a graduate of the HLS entry rating program. Starting Dates: May 27; July 8; August 19; September 30. I I I I I . • (Last) (First) 1-- r: Last month 38 Seafarers up­ graded their skills^ earning power and job security through the vocational courses at HLI^. The Lundeberg School has an upgrading course to meet your career needs, too! I I I I UPGRADING APPLICATION % , Name •_ 3-:. I] . • Did You Know... Starting Dates: April 29; May 13. 27; June 10. 24; July 8. 22; August 5. 19; September 2. 16, 30; October 14, 28. Date of Birth _ (Middle) Mo./Day/Year Address (Street) | I I . Telephone #_ (State) (City) Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will he noted In the LOG. High School Program Is Available to All Seafarers ASSISTANT COOK Course Requirements:' All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of-the following: • 12 months, seatime as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • 24 months in the steward department with six months as a 3rd cook or as­ sistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and hold a certificate of completion from the HLS assist­ ant cook training program. ^ The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the prep­ aration of soups, sauces, meats, seafoods, and gravies. Course Requirements: All candidates must have seatime and/or training in com­ pliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as cook and baker OR • Three years seatime in the steward department, with six months as 3rd cook or assistant cook and"six months as cook and baker OR . . • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR , • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months sea­ time as cook and baker and hold a certificate of completion for the HLS cook and baker training program. COOK AND BAKER (Zip Code) (Area C^ode) Seniority Book Number. Date Book Was Issued Port Presently Registered In_ . Endorsement(s) Now Held _ .Port Issued.: Social Security #_ .i A j Piney Point Graduate: • Yes No • (if so, fill in below) Endorsement(s) Received. Entry Program: Frorn. .to. (Dates Attended) M • Upgrading Program: "It's a very ^ood program. I'm glad I went through it. The teachers give plenty of individual instruction, and they answer all questions you may have." .to. From. . Endorsement(s) Received. (Dates AttenO^d) Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes ,• No; Fire Fighting: • Y^s • No Dates Available for Training - . ^ I Am Interested In: John Ruiz • • • • , "I felt limited without it [a high school diploma]. Among other things, it's a prerequisite for all col­ lege courses." ' " DECK AB-12 Months AB Unlimited Quartermaster Lifeboafman • LNG/LPG • Diesel • Welder Horace Jones Get the reading, writing and math skills you need for job security and upgradingthrough the high school equivalency (GEp) program at the Harrji Lundeberg School. It only takes four to eight weeks, and your Brothers can tell you that it's really worth it! Intereated? Pick up a copy of the pre­ test kit in your port or write to this address: ^ Margaret Naicn, Director Academic Education Department Harry Lundeberg Schdol Piney Point, Maryland 20674 When you complete the test, return it to the Lundeberg School. HLS will tell you the results and giv.e you an estimate, of the length of time you'll need to com­ plete tha GEO program. June, 1976. REMEMBER! This test is not to see Who scores high or low. It helps HLS de­ sign a study program just for you—a pro­ gram that our teachers will help you, as an individual, to follow. So apply today. It's easy to qualify, lust make sure that you'have: , 1. One.year of seatime. 2. Are a member of the Union in . good standing. Your classes will be small (usually just sik to eight students). You'll get lots of individual help. And completing the GED program opens the door to the other edu­ cational opportunities that the SIU has for yoii. A high school diploma is the first step towards qualifying for one of the three scholarships for Seafarers that are offered each year. STEWARD . • Asst. Cook • • Cook & Baker • Chief Cook • Steward , ENGINE • QMED • FOWT • Dk.Mech. ADVANCED COURSES • Advanced Pumpman Procedures • Advanced Electrical Procedures • Refrigeration Container Mechanic RECORD OF SEATIME — (Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating checked above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) SHIP SIGNATURE RATING HELD DATE OF SHIPMENT DATE OF DISCHARGE DATE RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PINEY POlDVT, MD. 20674 •Page 31 V •• �s7nm »9nwniini«i[ sannns POUIKU mam DOIUIION r$' inoMtt™, «.». iim S.S.I Datt. Contributor's Nam*. Addrass A® A® kZfP City ar^^ilM^urthar Is obJacU and pntposM Its? .... ponniti. abciahdndlettwbic Intaiifahjfeiaafarar saanian. ilta SPAD is a saparata sai including, but not limited to ^ tha pras'ervation and furthering ^the"S|erican Merchant Marina with Improved fwopiiit nPPhrtMKlM for seamen and tha advancement of Bade union concepts. In connection JIth such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to politlclal c%dldatas for elective office. All contrprtlons are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or receit^ because of force. Job discrlmliMon, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a conditlMkof membership in the Union QWA AttlWO) or or employ­ ment. If a contribution Is made by reasc^ of the above improper condmp notify tha Saafarars Union or SPAD at tha above address, certified mM%ithin thirty dajn of tha cgMhutlon for Investigation and appropriate action and refund, if invqtuiPPsJtapport SPAD to prjIdQjilpd further your economic, political and social Interests, American uniorr«^[ps and r (A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Emission and is l^ailable from tha Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.) K ToflT Signature of Sotlcltor No. ^ Seti^ concerned iye acidities wh^ vitaTf/i h/Hh Wifrs PciUtieid Act^ in xeidlintv and o tiM ^ginning of 1976. (l^^knvpi 0 Eleven Lfdeas^F* Lomas, Aa Lombardo, I. bkdendEy, G, jMniunir^- J. H. BrOvni,|« Brown, li Byrne, E. Bryant,B. Blantdny^. J. Illllliia $1,100 Honor Roll Christenberry, R. A. $600 Honor Roll Pomerlane, R. •W. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1976 Description An account of the resource Headlines: RESOLUTION TO MERGE SIU, IBU IS INTRODUCED NATIONAL JOBLESS RATE OF OVER 10 PERCENT PROVES SLUMP DEPENDENTS, SEAFARERS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS WIN CASE AGAINST MOBIL'S ANTI-UNION TACTIC CARTER PLEDGES SHIPPING AID DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE ADOPTS MARITIME PLANK THE SS MARYLAND IS SET TO BE LAUNCHED IN JULY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UNION HALLS TO SIU MEMBERS NLRB JUDGE RULES FOR SIU IN MANNING ALL PRMMI SHIPS ROSS NAMED CHIEF OF N.Y. LABOR UNIT COAST GUARD MAY HAVE OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS SOME POINTS CLARIFIED ON ERISA REQUIREMENTS HOW MTD MEMBERSHIP AFFECTS YOU, THE SEAFARER 43 MTD AFFILIATES MARINE SKILLS NEEDED ON MOBILE OIL RIGS FOR SAFETY FOREIGN COUNTRIES MEAN BUSINESS IN DEALING WITH DRUG VIOLATORS RUBBER WORKERS BOYCOTT FIRESTONE TIRE SEAFARER TELLS HOW HE DEALT WITH ALCOHOLISM OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY CAN MEAN A SHORTER LIFE SEAFARERS MEET IN PUERTO RICO UNION HALL MODERN SAN JUAN HARBOR - A MAJOR PORT FOR SEAFARERS AND INLAND BOATMEN AS THEY PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PUERTO RICO ECONOMY PAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SEAMEN'S LABOR MOVEMENT UNITED STAND SETS '76 POLITICAL WHEELS IN MOTION U.S. CELEBRATES NATIONAL MARITIME DAY FORMER SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IS TO PRACTICE LAW COMPUTERIZED SIMULATOR SHOWS DIRECTION OF FUTURE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1976 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6 1976 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/66bedd3141d522911cc240a1d9b2fe66.PDF 7f70adeeb6fd1173b2d1514e8c28f72d PDF Text Text �Atkinson May Sail Again New Company Looks to Revive Mich. Corferries The future looks brighter for the SlU-contracted carferries M/V Viking and M/V Arthur K. Atkinson. Ever since the parent company, the Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt, it was touch and go as to whether the ferry operation across Lake Michigan would be continued. However on May 25, the Michigan State Highway Commission chose a new group of investors to operate the parent rail line and the carferries. GREAT LAKES Organizers of the company, the Michigan Interstate Railway Co. (MIRC), feel they can put the railroad on a profit basis within a few years. They said they would give top priority to carferry service which is good news for the SIU crews and the Union which supported MIRC in its takeover at­ tempt. The Arthur K. Atkinson, which ran rail cars from several ports in Wiscon­ sin to Frankfort, Mich, had been laid up since 1973. The carferry had an SIU crew of about 38. Vincent Malanaphy, key organizer of MIRC and seasoned railroad operator, wants to put the Atkinson back in service—probably between Manitowoc, Wise, and Frank­ fort. According to a local Frankfort paper, the Benzie County Ad-visor, the repair bill for its broken crank shaft and needed engine work could come to about $120,000. Even Viking Threatened Even the Viking had been threatened by rate cutting on rail lines coming from the Northwest and Canada through Chicago. But Malanaphy feels that he can put the railroad and car ferry ser­ vice in the black with an aggressive marketing program, repairs, and new equipment. When the Ann Arbor railroad first went bankrupt, it came under ConRail under the Regional Railroad Reorgan­ ization Act of 1973. Then the State of Michigan and ConRail kept it running, with the backing of the SIU, using state and Federal funds. The State, industry, and the Union felt that if the ferry route linking rail lines on either side of Lake Michigan were lost, the rail lines running through Chicago could raise their rates since there would be no competition. Many small companies would have been put ru Paul Hail 0 0. It Is Up to You To Get the Job Done Something very important concerning the SIU happened this month that I believe merits special attention. I am referring to the crewing by SIU mem­ bers of the 936-foot long Aquarius, the first liquified natural gas carrier ever built in this country, and the first such ship to fly the American flag. Actually, this historic event is significant for us on many levels. First, the Aquarius is a new ship and it represents new job opportunities for SIU mem­ bers. It was built under the auspices of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, a bill that the SIU spearheaded through Congress. Also, the LNG carrier, itself, is a new concept in American merchant ship­ ping—a concept that vividly reflects the future direction of the U.S. mari­ time industry. However, I believe the single most important point that must be made here is that the crewing of the LNG Aquarius demonstrates in plain and simple black and white that education—training and upgrading—is the key to job security in today's and tomorrow's U.S. maritime industry. Before I say more about education, I think SIU members should be aware of some history concerning the Aquarius. A couple of years ago, it became apparent to us that the U.S. merchant marine would soon be seeing the advent of the LNG carrier. In response, the Lundeberg School developed an LNG/LPG upgrading program to help prepare Seafarers for the inevitable. As a result of this and other actions, the SIU won the contract to crew the Aquarius, which is only the first of 12 identical sisterships scheduled to be put into service in the next few years. In other words, it was the SIU's commitment to education for its members that played a great role in helping us to bring the Aquarius under the SIU banner. This is a tremendous accomplishment and a tremendous victory for both the Union and the collective SIU membership. As important, though, as the advent of this kind of ship is to the SIU and to the U.S. maritime industry as a whole, we must remember that the out of business by higher prices for lumber and other goods. However, according to Detroit Port Agent Jack Bluitt, had ConRail con­ tinued to run the line, the route north of Ann Arbor, Mich., including the ferries might have been abandoned as unprofitable. At present only the route between Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio functions in the black. The State didn't seem to want to run the railway either. So when the MIRC group came along offering to revitalize the system, the SIU backed them. "We felt we were better off with this private group. They can do more for the line and offer the members more jobs," Bluitt said. Michigan State Senator Pat­ rick McCullough and other state legis­ lators supported the SIU position. At first the MIRC will use available government subsidies to upgrade the Ann Arbor line, promote freight and develop on-line industry. Eventually, they would buy the railroad and con­ tinue its operation. Under the MIRC which takes over offieially on Oct. 1, 1977, the employees will be guaranteed all the rights and protection they had under ConRail according to Title V of the Railroad Reorganization Act. Notice for SIU Boatmen Planning to Goon Pension SIU Boatmen planning to go on pension soon should be aware that they must file a Social Security form before their benefits can begin. The form is called a "Type I Statement of Detailed Earnings" and is available at any Social Security office. Since the form takes from three to four months to be fully processed, members should apply for it as soon as pos­ sible to avoid delays in receiving pension benefits. If you have any questions about the procedure, just write to; Claims Department, Seafarers Pension Plan, 275-20th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1I2I5. Aquarius is only the latest in a long line of new, high technology vessels that have become an integral part of the American merchant fleet in the last seven years. Today, in addition to the LNG ship. Seafarers are manning a growing number of such highly automated vessels as ULCC's, VLCC's, LASH ships, RO/RO's, and more. In addition, there is a good possibility that we will soon be involved in the growing offshore oil drilling industry. This cumulative situation presents us with an ongoing challenge to man these new vessels with experienced, well-trained seamen. So our goal in this area, then, must be to continue to build and maintain a manpower pool of SIU members that reflects a well-balanced cross-section of age and exper­ ience. Right now, I feel the SIU is well on its way to achieving this goal. We have a good percentage of older, experienced members to fill the top rated jobs, and we have a good pool of younger men to fill our middle and entry rating jobs. However, we must face the fact that there is a constant-manpower turn­ over in our Union for a number of reasons. Each month, we loSe close to 100 men to retirement or death. We lose others who upgrade to the licensed posi­ tions on ships. And we lose some who simply leave the industry. We must compensate for this loss, and again, the only effective way to do this is through the educational programs provided at the Lundeberg School. For instance, a young man comes into the industry. He ships as an ordinary seaman. He puts in his time and then upgrades to able-seaman. By doing this, he is not only helping himself in the way of higher pay, but he is taking the place of a rated person who has left the industry for one reason or another. Equally important, he is providing another young man with the opportunity to begin a career at sea. It's as simple as that. Our situation, in a nutshell, is this. The SIU has been manning a number of new vessels and more are on the way. This, coupled with the inevitable loss of manpower each month, is providing our younger members, now sail­ ing entry, with the unique opportunity to increase their skills and their earn­ ing power by upgrading to such ratings as able-seaman, FOWT, and assistant cook. And it is providing our members who already hold these middle rat­ ings with the opportunity to upgrade to the higher shipboard ratings. Essentially, this is the manpower cycle. In respect to education, the Union has done its job. Through the staff at the Lundeberg School, the SIU has developed the most comprehensive and progressive educational programs anywhere in the nation for merchant seamen. With the help of the Lundeberg School, SIU members can upgrade from their entry rating job to the top of their respective department in a few short years. And this is the way it should be. Brothers, the opportunity for advancement in today's maritime industry is great. The Lundeberg School is providing you with the educational tools to take advantage of it. It is now up to you, the individual SIU member, to get the job done. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-no PnTLt, a!I! v' 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. Vol. 39. No. 6. June 1977. waters uistrict, AFL-CIO, 675fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 / LOG / June 1977 �Labor Representatives Map Out Course for Legislative Action WASHINGTON, D.C.—Represen­ tatives from a coalition of U.S. mari­ time unions met here this month to map out a plan of action on a wide range of pressing legislative issues affecting the U.S. maritime industry and its workers. The meeting produced unanimous agreement on the course of action to be followed on such vital issues as oil cargo preference; manning of oil rigs on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf; ocean mining; user charges on the in­ land waters; Alaska oil movement; maritime authorizations; military pro­ curement, and safety and manning standards on U.S.-flag vessels. The group met under the auspices of the Joint Legislative Subcommittee of the Ad Hoe Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. National MEBA President Jesse Calhoon, acting chair­ man of the legislative subcommittee, presided over the meeting. Calhoon is also chairman of the Legislative Com­ mittee of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. President Paul Hall represented the SIU at this meeting. Also in attendance were: Gloria Rudman and Tom Scotto of the ILA; Tal Simpkins of the NMU; Jack Brady and Ed Kelly of MEBA District 2; Marguarite Bryan and Ben Man of National MEBA; Joe O'Hare of Local 333 of the ILA; R. C. Smith of the Radio Officers Union; Frank Scavo and William Rich, Jr. of MM&P; Bill Moody, administrator of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department; Dave Dolgen, director of the MTD Port Council for New York: Carolyn Gentile, SIU counsel. Former Secretary of Labor John Dunlop, who is chairman of the full Ad Hoc Maritime Committee, was also in attendance. In brief, the legislative objectives, as mapped out by the committee, are as follows: • Passage of a bill to require up to 30 percent of America's oil imports be carried on U.S.-flag tankers. • A legislative amendment to re­ quire that on a prescribed date, all rigs drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf must comply with American standards and employ American workers. • Regulations to require that U.S. ships be used in ocean mining projects undertaken by American companies. • The defeat of legislation that would impose user charges on Ameri­ ca's inland waterways. • A bill to force the Coast Guard to upgrade manning scales on U.S. vessels to reflect the health and safety needs of maritime workers. • To bring to an end the jurisdic­ tional dispute between the Coast Guard and those enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Presently the two factions are warring over who should have the last word on safety issues involving workers on inland, deep sea, and offshore equipment. • Prevention of any measure allow­ ing the exportation of Alaskan oil. • To defeat any measure that would cut back proposed maritime authoriza­ tions for fiscal year 1978, which in­ cludes appropriations of $135 million Continued on Page 5 National MEBA President Jesse Calhoon, head of table, chairs recent meeting at which representatives of shoreslde and seagoing maritime unions mapped out a plan of legislative action on pressing maritime Issues. Representing the SIU was President Paul Hall, back to camera. Former Secretary of Labor John Dunlop Is seated to Hall's left. Calhoon Is acting chairman of the committee, entitled the Joint Legislative Subcommittee of the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. Hall Presses HEW^ OSHA on Hygiene A major food sanitation problem is endangering the health of SIU members working on inland tugs, towboats and coastal supply vessels, SIU President Paul Hall complained in recent letters to the heads of two Federal agencies. Hall urged Joseph Califano, secre­ tary of the Department of Health, Edu- Sick PoY Tax Change Seafvers who received disabil­ ity or sick pay last year can now exclude these benefits in their 1976 income tax returns. If eli­ gible, you can refile your returns and receive a substantial reduction due to a recent change in the tax law. The unpact of this change is especially important to SIU dis­ ability pensioners who were over age 64 in 1976 and to all others who received sick pay benefits dur­ ing that year. These members were previously INDEX Legislative News Washington Activities ... .Page 9 Tuna-Porpolse bill Page 9 Union News President's Report Page 2 New wage and COLA scales Page 24 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Cabdrlver affiliate Page 5 Brotherhood In Action ... Page 35 Lakes Picture Page 8 Inland Lines Page 6 At Sea-Ashore Page 18 Port Agents Conference .. Page 27 Service under Pension Plan Page 28 SPAD honor roll '.. Page 39 denied a sick or disability pay tax deduction by the Tax Reform Act of 1977. But an amendment to the Act, effective May 23, 1977, has extended the deduction period to include calendar year 1976. Even if you have already filed your 1976 income tax return, you can now take advantage of this deduction by filing two additional forms: Form 1040X, the amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Re­ turn, together with Form 2440, Sick Fay Exclusion. BotL are available at your local Internal Revenue Service office. General News National unemployment .. .Page 6 Sanitary tug conditions .. .Page 3 Maritime legislative meeting Page 3 National Maritime Day ... Page 11 Living sober gathering ... .Page 6 Boycotts Page 34 Barbers Union Page 26 Calif. LNG facility Page 23 Training and Upgrading Able Seaman course Page 36 Seafarers participate In 'A' seniority upgrading .. .Page 35 HLS courses and application Pages 36-38 GED requirements Page 37 cation and Welfare (HEW), and Eula Bingham, assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Ad­ ministration (OSHA) to act quickly toward correcting the dangerously low levels of hygiene aboard inland and coastal vessels. HEW's Food and Drug Administra­ tion has this responsibility, but the FDA has largely failed to carry it out. Hall stated. "Because of the failure of the FDA to enforce vessel sanitation laws or to bring them up to modern standards, the health of the 40,000 workers on over 5,000 tugs, towboats and supply ves­ sels in interstate commerce is being jeopardized." The problem is caused by several factors, Hall noted. • More and more vessels have dropped the position of a trained cook and require that a member of the crew Membership News Former scholarship winner Page 18 Engineer Jimmy Logan.... Page 8 New pensioners Page 29 Final Departures ... .Pages 32-33 Warren Leader dies Page 5 Pat Marlnelll retires Page 5 Shipping LNG Aquarius.. .Special Supplement SS Sharon Page 10 Tug James Smith Page 7 Around N.O. harbor. ... Back page Ships' Committees Page 4 Ships' Digests Page 31 Dispatchers' Reports: Great Lakes Page 25 double up as cook. These members not only lack food preparation train­ ing, but their other duties deny them proper time to cook or cleanup. • Many vessels do not have adequate kitchen equipment. • New boats are not inspected at first to insure that they are built to proper standards or on a regular basis to make sure that they are kept clean, and • There are no real penalties for vio­ lations. Hall proposed specific corrections for each of these conditions. The Govern­ ment must require a trained cook on board all vessels engaged in interstate commerce and operating for more than 12 hours, he said. And if they have other duties, the cooks must have two hours to prepare and clean up after each meal. Regulations such as these, plus more inspections and stiff penalties for viola­ tions, are "minimal requirements to safeguard the health of our members," Hall maintained. Deep Sea Inland Waters Special Features Rivers sweep and conference Russian grain cargo Page 17 Page 30 Pages 13-16 Page 12 ****** Articles of particular Interest to members In each area can be found on the following pages: Deep Sea: 4, 12, 17, 18, 19-22, 23, 24, 31 Inland Waters: 3, 7, 6, 13-16, 30, Back Page Great Lakes: 2, 8, 10, 25 June 1977 / LOG / 3 vu �Puerto Rico Committee At a payoff in the port of Baltimore on May 19," the Ship's Committee of the SS Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Marine) take time out to pose for a group photo. They are (I. to r.): Steward Delegate Clarence Jones; Deck Delegate Edgel Luzier; Recertified Bosun Frederick Walker, ship's chairman; "^hief Steward T. A. Jackson, secretary-reporter; Educational Director J. A. T. gliaferri, and Engine Delegate Terry McNee. San Juan Committee American Heritage Committee SlU Patrolman Lou Guarino (seated) checks off dues payment in a member's book at a payoff at Stapleton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. while the Ship's Committee cf the SS American Heritage (Westchester Marine) await their turn. From left are: Engine Delegate Larry Croes; Recertified Bosun Billy Mitchell, ship's chairman; Chief Steward S. Piatak, secretary-reporter, and recent 'A' seniority upgrader Deck Delegate Freddie Goethe. Houston Committee Last month aboard the SS San Juan (Puerto Rico Marine) at a payoff are the members of the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Engine Delegate Rafael Bonefont; Chief Steward Frank Vega, secretary-reporter; Deck Delegate Rafael L. Torres; Recertified Bosun Bob Gorbea, ship's chairman, and Educational Director Roy Pierce. N.Y. Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated) fills out his report at a payoff last month aboard the SS Houston (Sea-Land) at Port Elizabeth, N.J. with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Deck Delegate Juan Ayala; Steward Delegate Pedro Sanchez; good feeder Chief Steward F. T. Di Carlo, secretary-reporter,, and Recertified Bosun William "Bill" Kleimola, ship's chairman. Mount Explorer Committee Sea-Land Resource Committee Making his first voyage is April Piney Point grad Messman Efrain Tosado (standing center) with the Ship's Committee of the ST Mount Explorer (Mount Shipping). Sitting (I. to r.) are: Deck Delegate Frank Schwartz; Educational Director E. C. Colby, and Recertified Bosun Pete Garza, ship's chairman. Others on the committee at the payoff are (standing) Chief Steward Alfred Salem (left), secretary-reporter and Steward Delegate Young C. McMillan. The tanker came from Texas City, Tex. to offload her crude at the GATX Dock in Carteret, N.J. Good feeder Chief Steward Jim Lomax (right), secretary-reporter of the Ship's Committee of the SS Sea-Land Resource stands by with the rest of the committee at a payoff in Port Elizabeth, N.J. They are (I. to r.): Chief Electrician K. Katsalis, educational director; Recertified Bosun Sven Jansson, ship's chairman; Steward Delegate Phil W. Pron and Deck Delegate Mike Nash. 4 / LOG / June 1977 �SlUNA Affiliate of Chicago Cabdriyers Wins important Victory The SlUNA affiliate union represent­ ing Chicago cabdrivers won an impor­ tant victory this month when the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board reversed a year-old decision and sided with the union in its unfair labor practices suit against the Yellow and Checker Cab Companies. Servicing the Tug Cobbler The cabdrivers, members of the Democratic Union Organizing Com­ mittee (DUOC), Local 777, won the right to full back pay and union fringe benefits which they had lost since the beginning of the dispute, about a yearand-a-half ago. The dispute was in connection with the companies' practice of leasing its cabs to the drivers. As lessees, the drivers were treated not as employees but as so-called independent contrac­ tors. Under this arrangement, they suf­ fered a wage cut and loss of union benefits. When the companies refused to bar­ gain in good faith with the union, DUOC filed charges with the NLRB. The first decision by a NLRB admin­ istrative law judge last year was against DUOC, but on June 7 the full five-man NLRB ruled four to one in favor of the union's appeal. t Full Coverage I The new ruling is in full agreement with DUOC's position that the compa­ nies must treat the cabdrivers as employees who are entitled to full cov­ erage under their collective bargaining contracts. DUOC's three-year contract with the Yellow and Checker Cab Companies expired during the course of the dis­ pute. As The Log went to press this month negotiations for a new contract were still pending. DUOC is one of 33 autonomous unions in the SlUNA federation. A Long Way from Mobile Bay On board the tug Gobbler (Radcliff) near MacDuffee Island, Ala., some SlU rinembers enjoy the southern sunshine. From (I. to r.) are: Henry "Red" Mammae, deckhand; N. Rufus Webster, cook;^Willjam H. Faison, engineer; Gerry Brown, SlU Mobile Port Agent, and Champ Jackson, deckhand. Map Out Course Continued from Page 3 for construction differential subsidies, and $372.1 million for operation differ­ ential subsidies. Hotice to Members On Shipping Procetbire When throwing in forwork dur­ ing a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers In addition, when assigning a Job the dispatcher will comply with the following Section S, Sub­ section 7 of the SIU Shaping Roles: Within each class of seniority rating in every Department, prior­ ity for entry rating jobs shall be g^ven to all seamen who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard. The Seafarers Appeals Board may waive the preceding sentence when, in the sole judgment of the Board, undue luu-dship will result or extenuating circumstances war­ rant snch waiver." Also, all entry rated seamen must show their last six months discharges. SIX Months' Discharges Entry-rated seamen in all ports must show their last six months' discharges be­ fore they can register for shipping. • A measure to require the Defense Department to utilize the private mer­ chant fleet, both inland and deep sea, to the fullest possible extent. A spokesman for the Legislative Subcommittee noted after the meeting that "these are not our only legislative priorities. However, legislation of some sort concerning each of these issues has already been introduced in Congress. Therefore, we are giving these issues our immediate attention." The Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems was formed approx­ imately three years ago by AFL-CIO President George Meany. In addition to the Subcommittee on Legislation, other subcommittees have been established such as Training and Education. The various groups participating have worked well together and have suc­ ceeded in resolving numerous prob­ lems of the maritime industry and the workers in it. Eighty miles up the Mobile River from Mobile Bay in Alabama the SIU crew of the Radcliff dredge Flamingo pauses for a photo. They are (1. to r. standing); Deckhand John Edmond 11; Leverman Willie Lee James; Deckhand Nelson Williams, and (kneeling in front) Cook Clifford Lee James. San Francisco Patrolman Pasquale F. "Pat" Marinelii, 56, retired on Apr. 1. He had been a Union official there since 1968 and had been working in the port of Wilmington this year. Brother Marinelii joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1945. He started sailing in 1942 and began ship­ ping out as a bosun in 1954. Seafarer Marinelii was San Juan, Puerto Rico port agent in 1960. In 1961, 1962, he walked the picketline in both the Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the Robin Line strike. Previously, he had participated in the 1947 gar­ ment strike and Isthmian beef. Also, he said, he was involved in many other strikes. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a resident of San Francisco. Brother Marinelii says he'll be re­ turning to New York soon. "i" u 0J •u Warren R. Leader of the SlU-Affiliated UIW, Warren R. Leader, 53, who was the Atlantic Coast assistant area director for the SlU-affiliated United Industrial Workers, died of a heart attack in Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore on May 6. Dies at Age 53 A member of the UIW's Executive Board, Brother Leader was introduced to the organized trade union movement by his father, William M. Leader, who wa|/president of the textile workers in Philadelphia for 48 years. He started with the UIW in 1955 in Baltimore as a representative and or­ ganizer. In 1960, he was elected assist­ ant East Coast regional director of the UIW, negotiating contracts and manag­ ing the union's business affairs. In 1961 he was elected a delegate to the first UIW Biennial Convention in Brooklyn, N.Y. A^gain in 1967 and in 1969 he was an elected convention dele­ gate in Washington, D.C. After U.S. Army service in this coun­ try and in British Guiana from 1942 to 1946, Leader was national representa­ tive of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers in Philadelphia until 1954. From 1954 to 1960, he was busi­ ness manager and national representa­ tive for the Upholsterers's International Union. A native of Philadelphia, he was a resident of Baltimore. Leader was also an executive board member of the Baltimore Council AFLCIO and vice president of the Maryland State AFL-CIO. He also was a former executive board member of the Balti­ more Committee on Political Educa­ tion and secretary-treasurer of the Mar­ itime Trades Department of the Balti­ more Port Council. He served on the board of Big Broth­ ers of Baltimore Criminal Justice Com­ mission from 1958 to 1962. Surviving are his widow. Alma; a son, John; a dp.'.sghter, Molly Ann, and a brother, John of Philadelphia. Burial was in the Delaney Memorial Park Cemetery, Baltimore. June 1977 / LOG /5 rrj? �May Jobless Rate Drops to 6.9%; 'True' Rate is 9.6% WASHINGTON—For the first time since October 1974, the U.S. unem­ ployment rate has dropped below April's 7 percent to May's 6.9 percent. Thirty months ago the nation's jobless rate was 6.7 percent. However, the AFL-CIO's chief, George Meany, still maintains that the "true" national un­ employment rate is a whopping 9.6 per­ cent. Meany also warns that the Govern­ ment's fotal of unemployed—nearly 7 million persons—doesn't coincide with the "true total number of unemployed" —9.5 million. He says the Government statisticians don't include in their job­ less total the 3,290,000 persons work­ ing parttime because they can't find fulltime jobs and the 930,000 persons not employed because they gave up looking for jobs. "The rapid employment growth dur­ ing the last month, at a time when there was no real change in the unemploy­ ment rate, indicates that a large num­ ber of people want jobs—many more than are officially counted as unem­ ployed," Meany said. "America's goal must be full employ­ ment, achieved as rapidly as possible and consistently maintained," he said. Last year about 20.4 million per­ sons (19.1 percent of the country's workforce) experienced some form of employment. Hard core unemployed— those looking for work for more than 15 weeks—averaged nearly two mil­ lion people. The unemployment rate for adult women dipped to 6.6 percent from 7 percent while the jobless rate for adult men rose to 5.3 percent from 5 percent. Joblessness rates also rose for teenagers and blacks. Announcing the First Annual 'Living Sober' Reunion August 19,20, 21,1977 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 20 9:00 a.m. Open House 6:00 p.m. Come and visit the Center staff and your old friends 6:30 p.m. "Living Sober" Banquet 8:00 p.m. Sunday, August 21 12:00 p.m. Open AA Meeting Everyone is invited to share their experiences with others A A Speakers Meeting Guest speaker—Harvey M., fellow Seafarer, Seattle, Wash. Open AA Meeting Everyone is invited Renew your decision to stay sober 1:00 p.m. Cookout I The SIU has successfully organized a marine construction company, Wayne I Terminal and Dock Co., of Rochester. Wayne Terminal and Dock is currently I working on the water intake for a nuclear power plant in Oswego, N.Y. i I Owenshoro, Ky, A new SlU-contracted towboat,the M/V Dennis Hendricks,vi\\\ be christ­ ened and crewed this month in Owensboro. The 8400 hp. towboat will be operated primarily on the Lower Mississippi River by a new SlU-contracted company. Northern Towing, Inc. Mobile At a recent meeting in Mobile the Southwest Alabama Labor Council unani­ mously elected SIU Port Agent Gerry Brown as Recording and Corresponding Secretary and a member of the Executive Board. The Center Paducah, Ky. Anchor Dining Room Anchor Dining Room Peter Kiewit and Sons, an SlU-contracted dredging company on the Great Lakes, has just begun work on a new job in Gorden Park near Cleveland. Kiewit will be helping construct a diked disposal area on Lake Erie for the disposal of materials dredged from the lake. Memphis, Tenn. Towboat captains are fighting barge breakaways on the Lower Mississippi River as widespread drought conditions in the midwest have brought rivers to record low levels for this time of year. As one Corps of Engineers official said, "this is supposed to be the high water season. Who knows what might happen when the low water season begins on Aug. 15." The Corps may have to activate all of its river dredges a bit sooner than usual. About the only thing the rest of us can do is pray for rain. The Center The Center St. Louis The low water certainly hasn't put a dent in the shipping situation in this port. SIU Port Agent Mike Worley reports that shipping is still booming here. All SIU Boatmen looking for a new job are urged to head west. I Send to: The Center Reservation deadline: August 5,1977| Star Route Box 153-A | Valley Lee, Maryland 20692 j Phone: 301-994-0010, Ext. 311 ^ ' I am planning to attend the first annual "Living Sober" Reunion at the Center and the Harry Lundeberg School. ; Number of people I will not be able to attend the reunion. NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE What do you mean, "your kingdom for a harpoon?" 6 / LOG / June 1977 I Cleveland The Center Send your reservation to the Center by Friday, Aug. 5, 1977. Accommoda­ tions will be available at the Harry Lundeberg School. Your family is welcome. Please indicate on the reservation how many people will be coniing with you. loin in our celebration of living sober. Mail the below reservation today or call the Center at (301) 994-0010, Ext. 311. I 1 Number of rooms requested I Lock 53 on the Ohio River near Paducah is becoming another Locks 26. On a typical day this month there were 36 boats waiting to lock through, and some had been waiting for several days. Like Locks 26 on the Mississippi River, Lock 53 is a bottleneck, as it must accommodate traffic from both the Cumber­ land and Tennessee Rivers as well as the Ohio. Schedule of Events Friday, August 19 Rochester, N.Y. '"v. �Headquarters l^otes by SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak The SIU has had a long-standing complaint against the U.S. Coast Guard for not living up to its responsibility for insuring safety of life at sea. This month we finally have a chance to make our voices heard before a group that can do something to correct this dangerous problem. I will soon testify, along with other SIU representatives^ at hearings con­ ducted by the House Sub-Committee on the Coast Guard. The hearings will go on for the greater part of the month or more and are the Government's first long look at a situation which threatens the lives of all seamen and boatmen. These hearings did not just happen. They are the result of an intensive effort over the past several years by the SIU and other maritime unions to convince legislative leaders that the Coast Guard's f^lures can no longer be ignored. Thanks to the cooperation of concerned Congressmen we can now present our case. And it's a strong one. Our testimony and that of other unions is backed by months of research and first-hand interviews. It relies on well-documented evidence of the Coast Guard's lax and haphazard procedures. Stories of accidents at sea that could have been prevented by stricter or dif­ ferent Coast Guard policies have filled the pages of the Log. Through the hearings we hope to gain wider recognition of the seriousness of this issue. Our first concern is to protect the lives of our brothers. Shipboard health and safety demands national reaction for the sake of American seamen and boatmen alone, but it also deserves attention on environmental and labor policy grounds. Excessive overtime and other harmful shipboard conditions risk accidents such as oil spills which can take their toll both in human life and environmental damage. Accidents have occurred in some cases because of the Coast Guard's policy of allowing unmanned engine rooms. This decision to reduce shipboard jobs was made without consulting the unions. It shows a complete disregard for our safety and our collective bargaining rights. We have worked long and hard for a chance to speak out on problems like these. We will be reporting on our actual testimony in upcoming issues of the Log and after that on our continuing fight to put it to work. Our goal is an all-out Congressional investigation of Coast Guard practices and new legislation to end their irresponsible treatment of the American sea­ man and boatman. James Smith Added to Fleet The SlU-contracted company, Crescent Towing and Salvage of New Orleans, has added a new tug to its fleet and new jobs for SIU Boatmen. The James Smith, a recon­ verted 1850 hp. harbor tug, was recently acquired by Crescent Towing from the Penn Central Railroad and got its first SIU crew on Apr. 25. She was reconverted from 1200 hp in 1971 at the Main Iron Works in Houma, La. Her gross tonnage is 252 tons; net tonnage, 171 tons. She measures 98.4 ft. in ; ..iiiiW! SIU crews work in tandem in the New Orleans harbor as the James E. Smith, a new addition to the SlU-contracted company Crescent Towing and Salvage, brings in the SlU-contracted deep sea vessel Jeff Davis (Waterman), length, 26.2 ft. in breath and has a The James Smith carries a and two deckhands and works the draft of 13.6 ft. crew of one captain, one engineer New Orleans harbor. 'SIU' Little League Team Is First in Puerto Rico Championship Recently the "SIU" Little League baseb£[ll team of Puerta de Tierra, sponsored by the SIU of Puerto Rico, placed first in the Puerto Rico Championship after beating the Goya team 15-0. The "SIU" Little League champions have an outstan ding record including two no-hitters pitched by Jorge Luis Rodriguez. Later this month the "SIU" team will fly to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to compete in the Caribe Little League Tournament. The boys standing from left to right are* Rafael Santos manager; Jaime Caruajal; Pablo Rodriguez; Antonio Joanet; Nicholas Rodriguez, Samdriel Serrano; Jose D. Cruz Lopez; Gerado Ramos; Jose A Soto and Genaro Bonefont, Sn, coach. Kneeling left to right are the folowing boys: Jorge L, Rodriguez; Carlos Suarez; Genaro Bonefont; Tomas Marcano; Rey de Garcia, and Cinibal Diaz. , The two unidentified girls are the mascots, of the team. June 1977 / LOG / 7 I- �SlU Member for 20 Years The Lakes Picture Jimmy Logan Prepares For Chief Engineer s Test Frankfort j j j r r ; The Arnold Transit Co. which operates 7 SlU-contracted ferry boats running j between St. Ignace on Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island has ^ taken over the Straits Transit Co. The Straits Transit Co. operates a ferry serv- | ice between Mackinac City and Mackinac Island during the tourist season. • Seamen on the former Straits Transit boats will become part of the SIU bargain- : ing unit under the recognition clause of the SIU contract with Arnold. The ) Arnr»1H Line T inc has tiQC a a htctr»r\/ ftr\lnn Kofl18*78 while Straits Cti-oilc Transit mroticit II;QC ocf'jK- J Arnold history going back fr» to 1878, was estab­ lished in 1958. s Buffalo Once again plans are in the air for an ail-American canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Congressmen from Western New York State presented the idea in Washington and in May the House of Representatives authorized $1.5 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to study the possibility. The study will also explore building a U.S. controlled waterway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. This route would take ships up the Hudson River and across a rebuilt Erie Canal to Buffalo or across the Erie I Canal to the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario. The Senate has not yet approved f j the study. I r Supporters say that the Welland Canal in Canada which links the two lakes i I may not be able to cope with increased Lakes traffic in the coming years. Other i I reasons are: the political situation in Ouebec and the possibility of increased | ) tolls on the St. Lawrence seaway, energy conservation, and interest in owning j j and operating an ail-American modern waterway from the Great Lakes to the j 5 Atlantic Ocean. Residents of Western New York State which has been hit by t \ high unemployment also favor the plan which would create hundreds of jobs r i for several years, especially in the Buffalo area. ' Alpena i The SlU-conlracted Huron Cement Co. Lakes fleet won an award from the r National Safety Council's Marine Section on June 9. The fleet took top honors : in the self-unloader category for injury-free operations. Cleveland The J. F. Schoellkopf (Erie Sand) laid up in Lorrain for the first week in June due to cable getting caught in the propellor. ^ j r r i ) ] i j j t r I I j j I i\ SIIIPPIXC The water level on the Great Lakes is dropping—hurting the shipping business. Already, Lakes freighters are carrying less cargo in order to pass through the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers and the Soo Canal and St. Mary's River. The | problem is caused by the drought last summer and the snowless winter which j affected the rivers that feed the Lakes-.-According to the Chicago Tribune, there j is evidence that water levels run in seven-year cycles, and the Great Lakes is j moving out of a high-water phase into a low-water one. J The low water level will mean millions of dollars lost for Lakes steamship j companies. For most ships, the Chicago Tribune estimates, every one-inch : drop in the water level means 100 tons less cargo. More trips at higher expense ) will be needed to carry the regular amount oFCarg^T. 1hWe»D~^oit. andSf^Clalr ) Rivers, for example, ships usually can carry a draft of 28 feet. However, by • early June, the maximum in the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers was already down j by a fool to 27 feet and even lower in the Soo Canal. In theory, many Lakes j ships can load up to a draft of 30 feet. j >lt » IS iS i He got his original set of Coast Guard papers on his 16th birthday. A few days later he was at the old SIU hall on Beaver St. in downtown Man­ hattan looking for a job. A few days after that, he was on his first ship, a well traveled Liberty, sailing as wiper. The year was 1949. Next month, if everything goes al­ right for him, Jimmy Logan, now 43 years of age, will again be looking for a job—but this time it will be a chief engineer's job. Right now, Logan is studying hard at the MEBA District 2 School of Marine Engineering and Navigation in Brook­ lyn, N.Y. in preparation for his upcom­ ing Coast Guard exam. He predicts it will not be an easy test, remarking, "I know 15 guys who took their master's exam last month and only one of them passed." "Even if I don't pass the first time," he continued, "there's always another day, another test." One way or the other, Jimmy Logan, a native New Yorker now living in Daytona, Fla., is a success story. He dropped out of school at 15 to go to sea. For the next 20 years, he shipped with the SIU in the engine de­ partment accumulating a lot of exper­ ience and learning the business of the blackgang. Grabbed Opportunity In 1969, he recalls, "the SIU gave me the opportunity to get a license through the Engineering School here in Brooklyn, and I grabbed it," Brother Logan got his original sec­ ond assistant engineer's license that year. In 1974, he upgraded to first as­ sistant engineer. Now a member of Marine Engineer Beneficial Association District 2, with a retired SIU book, he is close to getting his chief's license for steam engines. When he takes his exam he will have quite a cheering section, in particular, his wife Jo Ann and his. four children. Cheering loudest of all, though, will probably be his big brother, William, who had already gone this route. In fact, William Logan, 45, also sail­ ing now with District 2, was the first SIU member to get a chief's license for both steam and diesel powered ships. Looking back at bis sailing career, Jimmy Logan has one regret—that he didn't upgrade sooner. He says, "I hear guys talking about upgrading all the time, but I know very few of them that actually follow through on it. I was the same way, hut then in 1969,1 made up my mind to try and see how far I could go." Brother Logan has visited the Lundeberg School on several occasions, and remarks, "I am extremely impressed with the facilities there, as well as the opportunities it provides SIU mem­ bers." . Logan also has some advice for young SIU members just starting out. He says, "the opportunity for advance­ ment is available and accessible to SIU members at the Lundeberg School. There's no reason why every member can't take advantage of these opportu­ nities." Before coming to the Engineering and Navigation School just across the street from the SIU hall in Brooklyn, Logan was first assistant engineer on the tanker, Arnerican Heritage. He says he would like to return to the Heritage, but this time as a chief engineer. We wish him luck. i SIU old-timers who worked aboard the Great Lakes passenger steamer, j South American will be sad to know that the vessel may be sold for scrap, ii t Right now she is tied up to a dock on the Delaware River in Camden, N. J. The ) I current owner, the South Jersey Port Corporation, is looking for a buyer. The | port agency took her over when the last owner. Ships Inc., defaulted on its lease J 1 with the port. If no one steps forward by mid-June, the vessel will be scrapped. i i i i i 1 The Lakes Carrier Association reports that shipments of bulk commodities on the Great Lakes fell in April 1977 compared to April of last year. Ship­ ments of iron ore and coal also slipped. The Maritime Administration has approved in principle a construction loan and mortgage insurance to help finance the Belle-River for Armstrong Steam­ ship Co. in New York City. The SlU-contracted Belle River is a 63,000 dwt self-unloading Great Lakes bulk carrier. Armstrong, a new wholly owned sub­ sidiary of American Steamship Co., expects delivery of the $42.8 million ship j about Aug. 1 from Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. ^ 8 / LOG / June 1977 You distinctly said "your free time is your own." �House OKs Porpoise Quota for Tuna Fleet The embattled U.S. tuna fishing in­ dustry, which employs nearly 30,000 American workers, can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel in its year­ long fight to settle the heated porpoise mortality controversy. The breakthrough came earlier this month when the House of Representa­ tives passed a bill setting a quota of 69,000 porpoise that may be taken in­ cidental to tuna fishing this year, and a slightly higher quota for 1978. Earlier this year, the National Marine and Fish­ eries Service set a mortality quota of 59,050 porpoise, which the tuna in­ dustry opposed as "unrealistically low." Rep. John Murphy (D-N.Y.), who sponsored the bill in the House, ex­ pressed confidenee that the bill would also pass in the Senate and eventually be signed into law by President Carter. The bill itself is an attempt to achieve an equitable compromise on the por­ poise question between the tuna indus­ try and environmental groups. The SlU has been in the forefront of the fight to get a reasonable porpoise mortality quota. In addition to raising the porpoise kill quotas for this year, the bill also provides for a Government observer to be placed on eaeh of the U.S. tuna fleet's 140 purse seiners to monitor the eatch. The bill also calls for a tine of $32 a porpoise to be levied on boat owners who exeeed their quotas. The $32 tine provision, which indus­ try officials term "harsh," was not a part of the original Murphy bill, but was introdueed as an amendment to the bill by Rep. Paul McCloskey (R-Calif.). In the meantime, the West Coast tuna fleet, which was laid up for three Legal Aid In the event that any SIU members have legal problems in the various ports, a list of attorneys whom they can consult is being published. The mem­ ber need not choose the recommended attorneys and this list is intended only for informational purposes: The following is a list of recom­ mended attorneys throughout the United States: NEW YORK, N.Y.—Schulman, Abarbanel & Schlesinger 350 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10001 Tele. #(212) 279-9200 BALTIMORE, MD.—Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman «& Belgrad Sun Life Building Charles & Redwood Streets Baltimore, Maryland 21201 ; Tele. #(301) 539-6967 NEW ORLEANS, LA.—Dodd, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Gardner 1400 Richards Building 837 Gravier Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Tele. #(504) 586-9395 HOUSTON, TEX.—Combs, Archer & Peterson Americana Building . 811 Dall^ Street Houston, Texas 77002 Tele. #(713) 659-4455 MOBILE, ALA.—Simon & Wood 1010 Van Antwerp Building Mobile, Alabama 36602 ; Tele. #(205)433-4904 months earlier this year, remains at sea this month trying to make up for lost time. The fleet set out for the Pacific fishing grounds in early May to demon­ strate their support for the Murphy measure. Some of the boats have already brought back their first catches, which in turn is helping to normalize condi­ tions at U.S. canneries in California and Puerto Rico. Many of the 2,500 plus eannery workers, who had been laid off because of a lack of incoming tuna, have been called back to their jobs. In addition, the canneries themselves, which had cut back to four-day or other shorter work schedules, are resuming regular operations. The eanneries also got some good news this month from the National Ma­ rine and Fisheries Service. The NMFS announced that it was extending until Aug. 1, 1977 the effective date of an embargo on imported yellowfin tuna which is not caught in compliance with U.S. marine mammal regulations. A spokesman for the Government agency said that the extension was granted "to insure the continuous flow of tuna into the country." It is uncertain if the industry's prob­ lems earlier this year will cause a jump in the retail cost of tuna to American consumers. However, an official of the Tuna Research Foundation predicted last month that consumers would see a price boost "of a minimum of 5 cents a can and a maximum of 20 cents a can" by the end of the summer. Tuna industry officials claim that their three-month layoff cost the fleet more than $30 million, while the can­ neries claim a four-month loss of $60 million. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt & Rothschild 5900 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 Tele. #(213) 937-6250 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.— Jennings, Gartland & Tilly Crocker Plaza 1 Post Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, Calif. 94104 Tele. #(415) 781-1854 SEATTLE, WASH.—Vance, Davies, Roberts, Reid & Anderson 100 West Harrison Plaza Seattle, Washington 98119 Tele. #(206) 285-3610 TAMPA, FLA.—Hamilton, Douglas & Bennett 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33602 Tele. #(813) 223-3991 DETROIT, MICH.—Victor G. Hanson 19268 Grand River Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48822 Tele. #(313) 532-1220 FALL RIVER, MASS.—Patrick H. Harrington 56 N. Main Street, Bennett Bldg. Fall River, Mass. 02720 Tele. #(617) 676-8206 CHICAGO, ILL.—Katz & Friedman 7 South Dearborn Street Chicago, 111. 60603 Tele. #(312)263-6330 ST. LOUIS, MO.—Gruenberg & Sounders 721 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 ' Tele. #(314) 231-7440 MARITIME AUTHORIZATION The Senate has passed and sent to the House S.1019, to authorize funds for maritime programs for fiscal year 1978 and 1979. The total amount is $551,774,000. Of that, $135 million is to be used for construction differential subsidy, to assist U.S. shipyards in building and selling commercial ships at prices equivalent to foreign shipyards. This will fund seven ships, with the $100 million left over from previous years. Another $372.1 million is earmarked for operating differential subsidy, and $20.7 million for research and development, to reduce shipbuilding and oper­ ating costs. $14.6 million is authorized for operation of Kings Point Maritime Academy and $4.1 for subsistence allowance to students at State maritime schools. The bill would also create a new post of Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who would act as principal advisor on Congressional relations. A similar bill was reported out of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, but has not come to the floor for a vote. CARGO PREFERENCE Hearings are continuing in the House Merciiant Marine Subcommittee on H.R. 1037, to guarantee a percentage of oil import cargo for U.S.-flag ships. The maritime industry has long urged that such legislation be passed, not only to provide jobs for Seamen, but also for national security and economic reasons. In December, 1974, a similar bill passed both houses, but was vetoed by President Ford. TANKER SAFETY A tanker safety bill, introduced in February by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) was passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 26. The bill imposes stricter regulations on both foreign and domestic tankers using U.S. ports. A large number of tanker accidents involving oil spills in U.S. waters by flag-of-convenience ships aroused public concern and prompted support for the bill when it came to the Senate floor. TUNA-PORPOISE BILL The House passed a compromise bill this month setting annual quotas for taking of porpoise during tuna fishing operations. The bill, H.R. 6970, had been introduced by Rep. John Murphy (D-N.Y.) to provide time for the gov­ ernment to compile data on porpoise and improved fishing techniques. In its final form, it allowed 10,000 fewer porpoise to be killed or injured than Murphy had proposed—68,910 per year. The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act had required the Commerce Department to determine the number of porpoise which swim in the world's oceans and how many could be killed or injured without endangering the species. A U.S. district court decided, in May 1976, that the Commerce Depart­ ment had not developed the data and therefore that the tuna fishermen would not be permitted to fish "on porpoise" with their purse seine nets. Tuna schools are sighted by the presence of air-breathing porpoise that travel with them, and for several years, American tuna fishermen have used fine-mesh nets and special fishing techniques designed to reduce taking of porpoise. SPAD is the union's separate segregated political fund. It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes con­ tributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal. Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. A copy of our report h "trd with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commissian, Washington, D.C. June 1977 / LOG / 9 �/ Bosun Daniel Gardiner adjusts the gangway. The SS Sharon waits for a load of coal at the B&O coal dock in Toledo, Ohio. Lloyd Shaw, oiler, poses for a photo in the engine room. SS Sharon—A Lady With a Loyal Following I Most of the crew on the Sharon gives to SPAD. Here, Joe Arle, fireman, shows $100 worth of SPAD receipts. OS Robert Lewis went on the Sharon after grad­ uating from the Lundeberg School last October He plans to upgrade to AB. 10 / LOG/June 1977 n the April 1953 engine room log of the S.S. Sharon, along with figures showing propellor revolutions and fuel consumption, there is a list of ports of call—Bremerhaven, Bos­ ton, Houston and Galveston. It's a long way from Bremerhaven to the B&O coal dock in Toledo, Ohio, but the S.S. Sharon sailed around the world before settling down into hauling coal on the Great Lakes. Originally a salt water tanker built in 1945, the Sharon was converted to a self-unloader for the Lakes trade in 1957. Now she is owned by the American Steamship Co. and crewed by SIU Lakers. Many of the Lakers return to the Sharon year after year. For example, Jim Henri, the oiler, has worked on board for 18 seasons. As Gene Koss, oiler, put it, "The chow is good so we stick around." Second Cook Ed Brown had an explanation, "You know who you are cooking for, so you are careful. In a restaurant, you don't put in that personal touch." According to the crew, the Sharon can run 17 miles per hour and holds Second Cook Ed Brown quit working in restaurants to the cargo from 200 rail cars of coal. out with the SIU. "The pay is better here," he noted. Dewey Sack, conveyorman (I.) and Henry Schultz, gateman, take fuel oil on board in Toledo. AB Clifford Cadreau is glad he went through the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program at Piney Point. "My shipmates are glad I quit too," he says. Now instead of getting drunk while calling at a port, he brings along a CB radio. "People who are interested in ships come down and show you around their town.'.I'm having a better time." �Cadets from the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy provided a colorful highlight of the New York Maritime Day festivities. SlU Patrolman Trevor Robertson took part in the Seamens Memorial Service held aboard the C. A. Thayer in the port of San Francisco. Maritime Day memorial services in the port of New York were held in the Seaman's Church Institute Chapel. Shown during a Maritime Day get together in the port of Yokohama, Japan are (I. to r.): SlU members Julio Ruiz and Lenny Zintz; SlU Yokohama port agent Frank Boyne; Roger Koner, manager of the United Seamens Service there; Captain Gerald Dyer of the Military Sealift Command, and SlU Brother Huyett Hoban. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate SubCommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism, spoke at the Washington, D.C. ceremonies. Americans Pay Tribute to Seamen on Maritime Day From the port of New York to the port of San Francisco and be­ yond to the port of Yokohama, SIU members joined leaders of the maritime industry and Government on May 23 in commemora- tion of National Maritime Day. The mood was both proud and somber as honor was paid in all ports to the men and women who are now part of the U.S. merchant marine and to those who have died in its service. "Those who serve in the mer­ chant marine have the spirit, the character and devotion to duty that have made our nation strong. free and prosperous," President Carter announced in his annual Maritime Day proclamation. The spirit of his words was car­ ried in the many speeches, proces­ sions and memorial observances which took place that day as Americans remembered the past and rededicated themselves to the future strength of the nation's merchant fleet. Maritime Day, celebrated on Mar. 13 in the port of New Orleans, included from left; SIU port agent Buck Stephens; Congresswoman Lindy Boggs (D-La.): Rev. Donald F. Grady, S.J.,director Apostleship of the Sea, and SIU pensioner Tony Conti. HLS trainees and upgraders came up from Piney Point, Md. to attend the ceremonies in Washington, D.C. George McCartney, SIU port agent for New York, (center) is shown here flanked by other participants in New York's Maritime Day program. On his far left is NMU Secy/Trea's. Mel Barisic and next to him is,Congressman John Murphy (D-NY), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. On McCartney's right are Frank Braynard, Director of Operation Sail, 1-976, and Captain Herman Fritzke of the Atlantic Area Military Sealift Command. June 1977 / LOG / 11 �' • •'••• ".i The SlU-manned Vantage Horizon loading grain for Russia. The Ogden Wabash is one of a number of Ogden Marine ships that made runs to Ttussia. U.S.-USSR It Means More Cargo for U.S,-Flag Vessels This is the twelfth in a series of articles tvhich the Seafarers Log is publishing to explain how various factors affect the jobs and job security of SW members. It can be ihe biggest, most modern merchant ship in the world, but if there is no cargo to fill its holds, the ship is as useless as a priest in hell. There's no two ways about it—cargo is the name of the game in merchant shipping today. With it, ships can sail and turn a profit; without it, ships lie idle, more a burden to their owners than an asset. The SIU recognizes this basic point of maritime life. In fact, the major thrust of the SIU's political action programs is aimed at, first, protecting the U.S. merchant fleet's existing cargo sources, and second, generating new cargo sources to insure continued employment for American-flag ships. The U.S. fleet does haye guaranteed sources of cargo, such as domestic waterborne commerce protected by the Jones Act, military cargoes and more, but these cargoes alone cannot support the fleet's needs. In addition, U.S.-flag companies compete on a daily basis in the open market for cargoes gener­ ated by America's foreign commerce. However, with communist bloc, state owned fleets and cutrate, third-flag carriers dominating this trade, U.S. companies are at a big disadvantage in this area. Statistics bear this out, since U.S.-flag vessels carry only approximately six percent of America's total foreign commerce. The simple fact is that the constant fight for new cargoes is a tough uphill battle, but not an impos­ sible one. The SIU proved that point five years ago when we succeeded in pressuring the government to sign a bilateral shipping agreement with Russia to cover U.S. grain movement to the USSR. This particular agreement, which is still in effect today, was one of the most important vic­ tories ever won by U.S. maritime for a number of reasons. First, the bilateral agreement in itself, set a national precedent. This was the first, and re- The SlU-manned Overseas Alice awaiting turn to load grain in -the Gulf for delivery to USSR, sian ships, and the rest to other carriers. mains, the only such shipping agreement between the U.S. and its trading partners on the books today. In addition, the fact that such an agreement exists, and is working, creates the possibility that we may be able to get the government to negotiate similar agreements with other major trading partners. However, the most important thing the U.S.USSR shipping agreement did for the U.S. fleet was to provide the American tanker industry with an important new source of cargo during some very difficult tirhes. At the time, significant num­ bers of U.S. tankers were in layup due to a general slump in the world tanker market. The new grain cargoes brought these vessels out of layup, and consequently provided hundreds of jobs to Ameri­ can seamen who would otherwise have been unemployed. There Have Been Problems The original U.S.-USSR agreement, signed in 1972, provided that all grain cargoes moving from the U.S. to Russia would be allocated fairly and evenly—one third to U.S. ships, one third to Rus- The SlU-contracted Montpelier Victory has made-several trips to Soviet Union with grain. \ 12 / LOG / June 1977 However, there has always been a number of problems in trying to enforce the one third rule. U.S. ships, until recently, were not receiving their rightful one third share. This was due to a number of schemes initiated by the Russians to get around the use of U.S. ships in the grain trade.. The mot serious rift in ihe agreement occurred in August 1976, when the Russians set "con­ ditions," such as demanding delivery of grain in dry bulk vessels at a time when no U.S.-flag dry bulk ships were available, that completely negated U.S. ship movements in the grain trade for that month and the next. In addition, the Russians demanded deliveries from off-beat routes such as the U.S. Pacific Coast to the Baltic Sea, and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Siberian ports instead of the other way around. To fight back, at that time, the SIU helped organize a series of demonstrations at which hun­ dreds of American seamen marched in front of Federal buildings from coast to coast to protest the situatiofi. These demonstrations were a big success be­ cause American ships got their one third share for the next few months. The demonstrations also prompted the Maritime Administration to straighten out the grain agreement once and for all. The talks finally ended last April, with U.S. maritime winning another important victory. The new agreement includes a plan to make up an estimated 1.2 million tons of grain due U.S.-flag vessels under 1975 and 1976 agreements but not allocated them This, of course, means mof-e jsailings for U.S. ships and more jobs for U.S. seamen. No doubt there may continue to be problems in enforcing the U.S.-USSR bilateral shipping agree­ ment. But the fact remains that the agreement is worth fighting for because it provides an important cargo source for U.S.-flag tankers. And after all— cargo is what it's all about. �a From Memphis—St, Paul—Riffsburgh/Sweep' Rivers St. Louis—As reported in last month's Logy the SIU has recently heen conducting special servicing swings on the inland waterways. Two-man teams of SIU representa­ tives visit all the boats in a given area in hrder to acquaint SIU Boatmen with the many new pro­ grams and goals which the Union has established since the merger of the SIU and IBU nine months Above is a view of the tow of ammonia barges being pushed by the National Progress (National Marine Service) on the Illinois Waterway near Peoria, III. The crew of the National Progress is SIU from top to bottom. The galley provided an ideal place for them to meet with St. Louis Port Agent Mike Worley (back to camera) and SIU Rep. Dave LeBarron (1.). The crewmembers are (1. to r.); Mike Tierney, refrigeration technician trainee: Ed Henleben, mate; George Warren, engineer; Edward Stringfellow, refrigeration technician: Karl Watts, captain; Dave Marotta, deckhand—an HLSS graduate; and Michael Arendt, deckhand—an HLSS graduate. The latest two-week servicing swing was headquartered at St. Louis, Mo. However, because of the wide area served by this port, the three SIU servicing teams spent almost the entire time on the road. A large map in the St. Louis Hall was used to keep track of more than 50 boats which were spread out over 3,600 miles of inland waterways, including the Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois, Ten­ nessee, Cumberland, and Green Rivers. To meet the boats, SIU representatives traveled to such distant ports as Pittsburgh, Fa., Chicago, 111., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Paul, Minn. The servicing swing on the rivers was an important learning experience for both SIU Boatmen and Union representatives. The members were able to get answers to their questions concerning the Union, and SIU representatives received from the membership many good suggestions for the Union's future. \ Deckhand Bob Vinson ties up the M/V Dan Hogan (American Barge Line) at Cairo, III. The SlU-contracted boat Frank Rader (Inland Tugs) pushes a tow of barges past Cairo, Ohio Rivers meet. where the Mississippi and -: Ill )f-'i ago. : • '.X - Hi. Continued on next page June 1977 / LOG / 13 �Continued from preceding page Left Photo: On the Frank Rader (I. to r.): John Hughes, deckhand; Ron Roth, deckhand—an HLSS graduate; Jim Taylor, engineer; and Jerome Pellegal, lead deckhand, find a moment to relax. Center Photo: On the Frank Rader, Leadman Jim Strong (I.) and Deckhand Karl McHane drop off a tow. Right Photo: Going over the Seafarers Welfare Plan on board the Dan Hogan are (clockwise from far left): Clarence Taylor, cook; Leo Geiser, engineer;; and, SlU Rep. Ed Morris. 23 River Boatmen Attend Educational Conference There was a, free and frank ex­ change of opinions at the Rivermen's Educational Conference held May 31-June 5,1977 at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Twenty-three Boatmen from five Mississippi River towing companies attended, along with SIU officials. The meetings helped the Union officials learn firsthand about the particular problems of members who work on the Mississippi River sys­ tem. At the same time, the Boatmen learned how, since the merger, the Union could bring them better wages, job security and fringe benefits. "Call your Union hall every time you have a problem," the delegates were told. Throughout each day there were talks on labor history, the economics of the towing industry and rundowns of the Union's Pension, Welfare and Vacation Plans, the Lundeberg School and the standardized contract. By the time the week ended, the Boatmen knew how the Union was working for them. They understood how the Union Plans give them a life­ time of security, free from the worry that a sickness in the family would put them in debt or that they would go hungry in their old age. Tom Williams, a lead deckhand with Inland Tugs, decided to come back to Piney Point to study for en­ gine room work. William Gaines, a deckhand for Ozark Marine, noted that "Most people feel they don't have control over their own lives or the world around them, but the Union working for us in Washington changes this. It is the most powerful aspect of the Union's activity." The delegates resolved to bring their briefcases of material back to their boats, where they would help the brothers and sisters on the river understand the Union's policies. Delegates to the River Boatmen's Educational Conference posed for a photo in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building in Washington, D.C. In the front row (I. to r.) are: Jerry Gifford; Earl McKnight; Tom Williams; Randy Holmes; William Stubblefield; Tim Hagen; William Gaines, and Randy Crosby. Standing in the rear are (I. to r.): SIU Rep. Lou Guarino; Clayton Duggan; John Skabo; HLSS Vice-President Mike Sacco; Robert Wallace; Charles Robertson; Karl Watts; Ronnie Campbell; Lyie Parish; SIU Rep. Carl Peth; Duane Embrey; Bob Sells; John Varner; Gary Shedron; George Mentel; William Mitchell; Gerald Suedemeyer; SIU Rep. Don Tillman, and SIU Rep. Tony Aronica. SIU Inland Coordinator Chuck Mollard explained how a Boatman's pen­ sion depends upon the amount of money his company contributes to the pension fund. 14 / LOG / June 1977 Getting sworn in with his "A" book, Boatman Randy Crosby (r.) repeats the SIU pledge after Union Vice President Paul Drozak, .. I will look upon every, member as my brother." Crosby is a deckhand with American Barge Line. Tom Cranford, director of the SIU Claims Department, answered any questions the delegates had about applying for benefits. �"il "Take a lesson from union history," HLSS Vice President Mike Sacco said. "It's been a long hard struggle and we have to work together to pro­ tect our gains." At the Conference, several of the rivermen received their "A" books. Here, HLSS Vice President Mike Sacco (far left) swears in (I. to r.): Jerry Gifford, a chief engineer with Inland Tugs; Randy Holmes, a deckhand with American Barge Line; Ronnie Campbell, a lead deckhand with American Barge Line; Orby Clayton, a mate-utility with Orgulf; and Robert Wallace, a cook with American Barge Line.' At the Transportation Institute in Washington, D.C., delegates from the Mississippi River system heard researcher Richard Saul go over the economics of their industry. He explained how Tl speaks for the inland towing and deep sea companies in Washington, by providing the public with information and statistics on the American maritime industry. Brother Gary Shedron, a deckhand with Inland Tugs, said that his ques­ tions about the Union had been an­ swered at the Conference. "I've ben­ efited and I'm ready to go back on the boats and help other people benefit from this information," he coneluded. Continued on next page ''rNvi":,'''I k wy-ti • : > p 1 • At the final wrap-up of the confer­ ence, Charles Robertson, a mate with Orgulf, stated, "I'm impressed with the service the Union gives the mem­ bers. Before, I knew little about it, so I must say that it's been a pleasure;". While touring the Lundeberg School, Boatmen from the rivers watched the trainees learn how to make up a tow. June 1977 / LOG / 15 V]. M i �Continued from preceding page /; i • .--w:;":- ^L u r^iroiH Simf T learned how political activity protected their job security, many decided to donate to SPAD. Left Photo: Duane "River Red" Embrey (I.) and graduated from the HLSS several years ago, show their SPAD receipts. Both men are utility tankermen with National Marine. Center Photon®' ^ i' Point Port Agent George Costango (r.). Right Photo: At the Marine, are told ho: meZ!.il'unil'p?^em W . ^ Tiiwii TMI"" .-fr^STla ^ ^ |||[[^J'i |l ^ t- ' ' , <' - LaB Photo: Delegates discuss the films on labor history and the history of the SlU, Right Photo: Boatmen look over the full scale ship's engine room console sTudv an^lelnlt P?ney S " " ® '^P'P®'' 'eameranTboatmrto At the Piney Point Hiring Halk delegates dot a rundown on shipping procedures for naw job openings on the inland waters. They learned that the I^er fo'vino ^he more we .work together to'enforce ah plisio^rof Ih^e contract, the Boatmen were told, the stronger the Union will be. 16 / LOG / June 1977 �PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Fraftk Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Cal Tanner Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 800 N. 2 Awt. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 ALPENA, Mkh BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III.. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mkb. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 77011 (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala. IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502)443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, CaUf. 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla. . 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 510 N.Broad St. 90744 (213)549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan Yokohama Port P.O. P.O. Box 429 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 Shipping remained from good to excellent^t most deep sea SIU ports last month as 1,234 Seafarers, 848 of them full book members, found jobs on SlU-contracted ships. This number reflects an increase of more than 100 jobs shipped over the same period last year. Seafarers can expect good shipping in all areas for the foreseeable future. Dispatchers Report lor Deep Sea MAY 1-31, 1977 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals "TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 7 90 9 12 16 78 23 26 16 50 12 68 0 2 435 3 9 3 2 1 2 0 12 1 1 1 3 1 5 0 1 45 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 17 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans •. ... Jacksonville San l-rancisco . . . :. ... . . . ;.v..rr^v.. Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 4 63 18 21 12 8 13 50 26 17 6 46 12 62 0 2 360 4 30 6 6 3 5 0 31 3 3 0 6 6 15 2 0 120 ""REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 17 10 155 12 48 21 13 36 121 41 61 27 57 15 125 0 3 745 3 10 1 5 6 1 2 15 1 3 4 5 2 7 0 1 66 1 5 0 '1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 8 4 124 10 38 21 6 27 98 37 45 18 40 12 82 0 0 562 3 29 3 10 7 2 2 17 4 8 4 8 2 13 0 0 112 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 12 1 8 0 4 0 0 1 21 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 1 71 10 15 8 6 12 67 20 27 7 36 12 33 0 0 325 1 20 5 3 3 3 2 8 2 4 4 11 3 11 0 0 80 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 13 0 55 8 20 7 4 9 46 16 25 2 30 5 54 0 0 281 0 29 5 3 3 5 4 18 3 6 3 13 3 12 7 2 116 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 2 45 7 10 6 1 8 42 11 90 3 14 6 21 1 1 198 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 47 8 16 5 2 2 34 18 16 1 20 6 27 1 3 207 0 20 4 8 1 0 2 15 5 9 2 7 5 11 • 11 0 100 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 7 0 0 25 2 63 13 21 16 2 20 58 17 32 7 14 9 62 0 1 337 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 2 53 6 26 12 3 22 59 19 35 7 19 14 25 0 2 304 4 129 20 45 17 3 13 63 27 44 17 36 12 47 1 3 481 11 112 1 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 3 6 0 42 0 0 192 1,948 848 336 50 1.153 450 121 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. "•"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 685 226 Totals All Deuartrnents . . . . 0 5 7 42 13 17 2 10 16 0 195 1 88 16 24 7 4 9 45 18 22 7 24 7 20 16 2 310 2 44 2 5 2 1 0 0 3 4 2 11 0 14 0 0 90 0 0 0 June 1977 / LOG / 17 �1971 Scholarship Winner Glad She's Accountant When Angela Sue Nuckols won the SIU four-year scholarship in 1971, she had to decide what field she would study. After considering teaching, she picked accounting instead and has not been sorry for one minute. Ms. Nuckols graduated cum laude from Marshall University in Hunting­ ton, W.Va, in 1975. Then she landed an exciting job in Pittsburgh, Pa. with Arthur Andersen Co.—one of the eighth largest accounting firms in the country. Starting in July, she will be working with H. K. Porter, a national accounting firm headquartered in Pitts­ burgh. Her mother, Helen Nuckols, teaches French and English in a local high school near her family's hometown of Ansted, W.Va. "She encouraged me to go to college," Angela said, "but she didn't think I would like teaching. I'm glad now, because finding a teaching job is difficult today. Besides, I enjoy mathematics, which I use in my work. She specializes in tax accounting and prepares returns for corporations and partnerships. "January through April are the miserable months," she ex­ plained, "but then, it is very challeng­ ing. Even run-ins with the Internal Rev­ enue Service are interesting because it is nice to be able to defend your posi­ tion and interpretation of the tax laws." Because she worked two years with a public accounting firm, Arthur An­ dersen, she will be able to sit for her Certified Public Accountant exam in the fall. A public accounting firm, she explained, prepares impartial audits on corporations. Investors depend heavily on the accountants' opinions when they are deciding where to place their money. - "I definitely owe a lot to the Union," she said. *^Without the scholarship I would have gone to a local college and commuted. But living at school teaches you how to be independent and make your own decisions." While at school, she met her hus­ band, Steve Zemba, who comes from Pittsburgh. That is why Ms. Nuckols, now Mrs. Zemba, left Ansted, W.Va. Other benefits of living at school, she added, were the extra-curricular activi­ ties, with sports high on her list of favorites. She also served as a resident advisor during her junior and senior years, helping new students with their problems. Billy "Bud" Nuckols, is proud of his daughter and she is proud of him. Brother Nuckols, an SIU recertified bosun, is presently the bosun on the Aquarius, the first American-flag and the first SlU-contracted LNG carrier, which sailed from Massachusetts early in June. {See Special supplement in this Log) Former "i scholarships winners— Angela Sue (Nuckols) Zrcmba Seafarers, Boatmen and their j dependents who are former SIU | scholarship winners—let us know j j what you are doing. Write The j 1 Log, SeafarersIntemationalUnion, ( ^ 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. j I 11232. Make sure to include an j • address, and phone number if pos- j r sible, so that we can contact you r • for an interview. j SS Robert Toombs SS Delta Norte, Huron Cement Co. Hurt in a fall late last month on the SS Robert Toombs (Waterman) was OS John M. Cataldo who was lowered over the side to be put ashore for medical treatment at the San Miguel Islands in the Azores. The crew commended the captain for his fast action in calling for help. The LASH SS Delta Norte (Delta Line) was given a safety award this month by the National Safety Council for sailing 827-accident free days. Another safety winner was the Huron Cement Co.'s Lakes fleet which took top injury-free honors in the self-unloader category. Maritime Overseas Corp., Waterman SS Co., Delta Line, and Sea-Land Service Washington, D.C. A Tampa college grad won a $500 first prize on June 5, a Honolulu high school girl a $200 prize, two others $700 and three other high schoolers won free voyages on SlU-affiliated company ships in the national maritime essay contest sponsored by the 14,000-member Propellor Club of the U.S. Eighteen other students also won free voyages in the 40-year-old competition. The contest's goal is to increase interest in a strong American merchant marine. First prize winner was David F. Gould, 20, of the University of South Florida whose essay stressed the erosion of U.S. maritime supremacy and the national security danger. He attributed the American shipping decline to benign "neg­ ligence on the part of private industry and incompetence on the part of the Gov­ ernment." Tlje SlU-afiiliated companies' winners were: Hawaii's Marie Theresie Duben who got $200 from the Maritime Overseas Corp. Kathryn Marie Knight of Bogalusa, La. who got a free voyage to Europe and back from the Waterman Steamship Corp., Andrew Preslar of Port Arthur, Tex. who'll ride free roundtrip to South America on a Delta Line ship and Chi Kueng Wai of San Diego, Calif, who's set for a trip from Long Beach to Oakland and Seattle on a SeaLand Service vessel. Early installation of electronic collision avoidance aids aboard ships using radar to navigate inland waterways was proposed last march to MARAD by the National Transportation Safety Board. The recommendation stemmed from the board's probe of the bow collision be­ tween the inbound Norwegian bulk carrier SS Baune 20 feet into the starboard forward tanks of the U.S. tankship ST Keytrader in the lower Mississippi River on Jan. 18, 1974. Spilled gasoline burned for 53 hours killing six and injuring 10. Ten are still missing. The Board said the SS KeytradeTs pilot made an improper starboard to star­ board passing. It added that both ships were going too fast to fix a radar trackline for safe passing and that their sound signals were inadequate. Menio Park, N.J. Sea-Land Service has signed a $50-million contract to remodel four of its T3 containerships in a Kobe, Japan shipyard starting January 1978. New bow and stern sections will be joined to refurbished containership midsections and engines will be converted to diesel for completion set for mid-1978. The ships will oper­ ate on the Rotterdam to Mideast run. USNS Potomac Newark (N.J.) Bay A new design in astern refueling rig was used by the Seafarers on the MSC fleet-support command tanker USNS Potomac (Hudson Waterways) last month to point-to-point refuel the Bluejacket-manned fleet oiler USS Canisteo and U.S. Navy tincans (destroyers) in a two-week combined services mock invasion of the Carolina coast. Twenty-two Navy ships and 40,000 Armed Services per­ sonnel took part in the maneuvers. The removal or replacement of a 50-year-old, lightly-used (20 trains daily) railroad passenger drawbridge linking Bayonne and Elizabeth, N.J., cited, as a hazard to navigation by the U.S. Coast Guaid,~has been urged to the port of New York's congressional delegation. Last year the span wouldn't open for 28 days and so far this year it has been shut down for nine days. In 1975, 50,000 ships passed under the bridge. Since April, freight trains have used a bridge to the north of the structure. SS Delta Mar Twenty-five year old Seafarer Anthony Benedict aboard the LASH SS Delta Mar (Delta Line) fashioned a 1,700-knot shawl, 11 inches wide and 60 inches long. It took him 20 days to make. He noted that if any Seafarer wants to learn how to make a belt he would gladly teach him. i^ i i ST Mount Navigator Anytime from July 5 to July 15, the tanker ST Mount Navigator (Mount Ship­ ping) from a Gulf of Mexico port will carry 27,164 tons of bulk wheat to Alex­ andria or Port Said, Egypt. 18 / LOG / June 1977 V ' -; — �^5 Sp^alSup^lemeAt oraad paUlcatiM ol tiM SEAf'ARERS InttnutlMul ItalM • Atlaatlc, 6nU, Lakn mn* IntonA Wat«n DtotrM • AWL^tO '.SEA i;T!LJ MLAMD? WATERS Vol. 39, No. 6 June, 1977 >''X"S -jSy^ ^ ^ " - '^•'- > ' '-"f. -v The 936-foot Aquarius, the first LNG tanker ever built in the U.S., sails past Castle Island in Boston harbor enroute to historic maiden voyage. Age of Aquarius Dawns for U.S. Merchant Marine .4 new age in American merchant shipping was bom this month at a sprawling shipyard in the old New Eng­ land town of Quincy, Mass. where SIU members crewed the first liquified nat­ ural gas carrier ever built in the West­ ern Hemisphere. This incredible ship, named after the free spirited zodiac sign of Aquarius^ marks the advent of a new breed of U.S.-flag sailing vessel and a new trend in merchant shipping that may some day change the entire makeup of the American merchant fleet. The imposnng 936-foot Aquarius is the first of 12 U.S.-flag LNG tankers scheduled to be built at the General LNG AQUARIUS Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy. She has a 25-year charter to haul liquified nat­ ural gas from Indonesia to Osaka, Japan. However, her first stop will be ports ,in England for extensive testing of her cargo tanks under actual sailing, loading and unloading conditions. From there, the Aquarius will traverse the Suez Canal to pick up her first LNG load in Indonesia. The Aquarius' 11 identical sisterships, some, like herself, to be built under the auspices of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, will be ready for service at a rate of three per year. Pres­ ently, it is planned that six of them will be employed on the same trade route as the Aquarius, while the others will carry LNG from Algeria to the U.S. East Coast. Each ship will cost approxi­ mately $100 million to build. Safety Top Priority The Aquarius, herself, is an engi­ neering marvel that places a great deal of ciiiphasis on safely. Seafarer Intro Solomons, who is one of the ship's three QMEDs, said "there are more safety features on this ship than Tve ever seen on any type of merchant vessel." Continued on next page The imposing Aquarius, with her five spherical cargo tanks towering aboye her deck is ushered through Boston harbor by regiment of tugs. QMED Vasco Worell. kneeling, said that the biggest challenge for him was learning the new techniques of the LNG engine room.- Standing is Don McGlendon, third assistant engineer. QMED tmro Solomons, who is especially impressed with the new ship's safety features, looks over automated engine room console. SB Able-Seaman Billy Mitchell inspects one of the eight dry chemical firefighting stations located at strategic points on deck. jdJ �^1 ' , I'- I VN • "• . 'K •••-.v;i(^'v, ..tmu •- v i. ji •h w Vv t>r' *• kv !^ .» v * ,./\:'i* i l\^ .i-^^_.-"» .'M /:• /// ,1 "0^ •Mm .) •l^^'• ' HMMB • V. i mr Seafarers, preparing for first voyage on the Aquarius, un­ derwent intensive firefighting training at Earle, N.J. Firefighting School and at a special facility used for training by the Boston Fire Department, (photo by crewmember Billy Mitchell.) CCUPIHSSO#^ *»•« I J J \\i\k , 1 i~< CAtfcJO rAM NO ; M.t E ; : 1 ' " nsi.fy ^•E/.waee.--, •. .vvxjwweeHee Seafarer Tom Murray, the only wiper on the ship, enjoys steak dinner on eve of ship's maiden voyage. k'M Ordinary-Seaman Ed Sullivan gets a workout on mechan­ ical bike in the ship's exercise room. The Aquarius is also equipped with an outdoor pool. •''Iftsl •ttrj''! Si Among tliiie ship's mere outstandiiig safety futures are a double bottom ball; • a ;«ol^sion' aveidisaKje; 'tSife^ui^t sophisticated kind of naviiptton^^^ eAfetfttoiMcs and extensive fli^jpttiig mativ SyS^m" chemical Ansul ttrefighting statioiiis lo« cated at sfrat^G points on deck. Ihe most uniqae leataim of ttib sbi^ t • '"• •-w-5- - • • mM'!- •P ^^ A • Coniinu^fFomprec^tng page •SVt- BiA / ^^k-< Photo shows good view of the Aquarius' automated engine room console. Taking readings is third Assistant Engineer Joe St. Denis. i - The galley crew of the LNG Aquarius are from the left; Frank Costango, steward/cook; Robert Gonzalez, Larry Dockwiller and Emmett Albert, all on their first trip, utility messmen, and Chris Haggerty, baker. \i |wide burnt orange dedk, giving ttie ship ^pearanee of a huge ttiemios ihotfle. A' V; i ^ Theei^t-inch thick afaiminianitaiil^ Iwhich are 120 feet in diameter and wei|dt 000 tons each, were constructed ::at a faculty in CM and tianspoilM Tin l^i^iii»*the QOI^ 3mid tyw b^t^ ^tyni;is:diSp^all Hie Aquarius^ SHJ crew, a hi^ 1^ B®q^ ra ^BoiBs^swiA as oxygen after nnloading. ; Seafarer Solomons Overallj ipacity to of LMS at 2dS load ^in: 12^ hoiim^ and'^:su^' tfoBs ai'V hdodiod Ctoiii a Caigo cOntru] room, located above deck amiddhlp. All ballast <meradons are ahm con­ trolled from this point. Ihe e«^ noer explains wiietlier carryiHg i|a|last or cargo, the ship will draw fhe same amount of water, 36 feet. When sailhig whUe ioadei^ the^ 'nori r—» in pieparanoB tor crewlng die vessel. They spent one month at ^e^ j^ School in Piney Point Joining ahdnf fl^ni^-o£:j&^ •IWliM;thii|v;^^ crew ^ i,;^Pveheard^ " v pai^JB^iass^.;nem^.^ I've been on a lot. of sMpi^ and I <nn tyuihn^ is the stticst one ftycA e^ oh. I'm nmlty Iboking : - JW.VA: _:on her.'' r, however, Is not all wotk gas; the antoniah^ engiiie and cnijgo control rOonas; the dual fuel systems and fireli^ting. They also went on a Point, Md-j where they received j^oclal safety hints from a Coast Guard LNG "^^HWWUJS^A lion, dv 1^^ ;;[chrip>" tiniks. /Wlwn : • cruii^ or when In porC i&e ^p wUI run enciusiyety on bunkers.This dual fuel tys- yddi an outdoor svrimming pool andan room. In additloih each crew-. V A In addidoB to their ti^nla^ at Piimy Point, the Aquarius crew participated ia a second mOndi -of tSchopUng in Qnih^ to gi^ a fiist^ look at die Aquariusi ahd become more i^miliar with her speixifiro. A special LNG hre^fhig couisel was a pan of this tmijamg. While in Quimty, ^Executive Vice Piosident Flunk Bro^ visited i die crew to 1^^ that; , From^'SroplnAtw •mil crew agreed that the emphasis of all dieir training was on personal and shiphoard safety. Sealhurer Vasco Worcii- sailing QMEn, said that "the training and the ^ learning was a great challenge for me. 1 I wasm't sore If I could do it. But I , 1 woiimd hard and came dtroujgh it dkay. I I am now looking forward to die dial-j I lenge of woiking on her." | Continued on next page • • k .: - m In above pfioto, SlU Yokohama Port Agent Frank Boyne, left, and National MEBA's Leon Shapiro visit LNG terminal in Osaka Japan, the unloading site for the Aquarius' cargo. Photo below gives a good view of the terminal itself. - .^r, U LJ U LJ U LJ U U U U U LJ \.VV \ Y •% k§^3_.. « SIU Executive Vice-President Frank Drozak, In talking about the crewing of the Aquarius at* a recent memIn the Aquarius' cargo control room, located above decFmidship are, from the left: Billy Nuckol^^cermie^o^Nell McGowan, on his first trip, ordinary seaman; John Smith, cargo engineer, and Clyde Phillips, third mate ' nf ^ the US mercham m^ahne ^ manning nee s of training for t'rst LNG crew. Seafarers visited LNG terrninal at Cove Point, Md. Here they inspect At Cove Point LNG Terminal, Seafarers give empty LNG tank the once-over. instructor Bill Eglinton, who teaches part of the LNG course at the Lundeberg School, demonstrates properties of LNG to upgraders. �: tjd^u€i^€t€^ = lAe SBea^e^ m Aquarians "take a keen delight in all sorts of travel, and will, no doubt, travel much in the course of their lives. Travel affords an outlet for their adventurous and enterprising nature, and adds much to their store of knowledge." Aquarians "possess a good degree of the spirit of adventure." [ "It has been said that the Aquarians universal interest will one day be the' attitude of the entire world." Aquarians "represent the intellectual and scientific spirit of their age and generation. The entire unlicensed crew of the Aquarius pose for their graduation photo after completing their LNG training at the Harry Lundeberg School in May. They are, (kneeling I. to r.): Billy Mitchell, able-seaman; Imro Solomons, QMED; Robert Gonzalez, utility/messman; James Mullally, able-seaman; Emmett Albert, utility/ messman, and Tom Murray, wiper. In the second row, from the left are: Joe Morrison, able-seaman; Vacso Worell and Dominick Orsini, QMED's; Frank Costango, steward/cook; Tom Schou, ordinary seaman, and Larry Dockwiller, utility/messman. In the third row, from the left are: Ed Sullivan, ordinary seaman; Chris Haggerty, baker; Neil McGowan, ordinary seaman; Gene Bousson, able-seaman; Billy Nuckols, recertified bosun, and George Bruer, able-seaman. Conliniu'd from preceding page Another crewmember, Seafarer Joe IMorri.son, sailing able-seaman, said, "these ships are the future for us, and it is up to us to accept the challenge to upgrade ourselves and man these ships properly." He continued, "my advice to SlU members is don't get left behind, get your training now." Brother Morrison, who jokes that he "could almost register to vote in Piney Point," has attended educational con­ ferences at the Lundeberg School and has upgraded to Quartermaster there in addition to his LNG training. The remarks of these Seafarers, which were echoed by many of the Aquarius crewmembers, serves to underscore tbe absolute necessity of training and upgrading to the future of the SlU. LNG ships are only the latest in a long line of high technology merchant vessels that have burst onto the scene in recent years, and that require highly skilled seamen to man them. Since 1970, the U.S. merchant fleet has seen the advent of the SL-7, LASH ships, roll-on/roll-off ve.ssels, and supertank­ ers like the SlU-manned Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, New York and Massachusetts. The SIU has been able to bring the vast majority of these new ships under SIU contract because SIU members have taken the time to learn the neces­ sary new skills by upgrading themselves. But to keep winning these contracts, SIU members must continue to do their part and upgrade. As one member of the Aquarius crew put it, "the future is now and its up to us to meet the challenge." Aquarius Follows a Long Line of Innovative Ships �-t. -ii Adequate LNC Facility Needed in California A crucial link in the chain of ap­ proval for the all-Alaska natural gas pipeline now rests in the hands of the State of California. This all-American route can bring the nation enormous economic and energy benefits. But if California fails to do its part, the entire project may fall apart. The all-Alaska gas pipeline, which has been proposed by the El PasoAlaska Gas Company, would bring natural gas down from Alaska's rich North Slope fields to a liquefication plant to be built near the southern port of Valdez. From there it would be carried on LNG tankers down the coast to a proposed regasification terminal off California. The California terminal is an es­ sential part of the El Paso system, but it has not been fully approved yet by the State legislature. Last month SIU President Paul Hall wrote California Governor Ed­ mund G. Brown, Jr. urging his sup­ port for the siting of one or two LNG terminals off the California coast. Hall explained that the facility must be large enough to handle natural gas from the North Slope as well as from South Alaska and Indonesia. California's support would be a significant factor to be considered by President Carter and Congress be­ fore they make their final decision on the pipeline route. The SIU has supported the El Juno. 1977 Paso project since it was proposed. Seafarers would, of course, gain jobs aboard the LNG ships used in this pipeline route as well as in the tug and barge traffic hauling materials and equipment for its construction. But we also support it because, unlike the two competing transCanadian pipeline proposals, its con­ struction and operation would use American labor. Moreover, El Paso's construction schedule promises de­ livery of the much-needed gas to U.S. markets one to two years ahead of the Canadian projects. And last win­ ter demonstrated the value of the promise to states throughout the country where severe gas shortages developed—including California. the Canadian proposals. The El Paso pipeline has received praise from another West Coast Governor Dixie Lee Ray of Wash­ ington. In her March letter to Presi­ dent Carter, Governor Ray outlined the many benefits it holds for her state and the country — just as Alaska Lieutenant Governor Lowell Thomas, Jr. did before the Califor­ nia Commission for Economic De­ velopment last month. We now ask Gov. Brown to ap­ prove an adequate California LNG terminal that could handle the gas from an all-Alaska pipeline. A PLACE TO TIE UP California is not being asked to make any sacrifices for the rest of the country in approving the LNG ter­ minal. It would benefit not only by quick delivery of the gas but also in a big way from the jobs and other economic advantages of the entire project. In his letter to Gov. Brown, Hall stated that the El Paso project would create an estimated 121,000 manyears of employment in California, including 16,500 man-years in the construction of the regasification ter­ minal alone. He also pointed out that the total capital investment of the project in California would be about two-and-one-half times greater than Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFLCIO Vol. 39. No. 6 Executive Board Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Joe DiGiorgio Executive Vice President Secretary-T reasurer LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cal Tanner Vice President Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Paul Drozak Vice President Vice President Vice President Will Study Chemistry [tirnrrrn;;., luioR mssi Marietta Homayonpour <S i I received the Union's letter of May 14, 1977, advising that I am one of the recipients of a $10,000 scholarship which is granted by the Seafarer's Union. I am indeed grateful to the Seafarers' Union for providing such an oppor­ tunity to dependents of the union members. This is especially meaningful to my parents because my younger brother will be attending college in two more years. It is a very secure feeling to know that my college plans will be able to pro­ ceed for the next four years without any financial pressures. These are my plans for the time being. I plan to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I have been accepted since last Novem­ ber. There I will study along a chemistry orientated line in which I hope to obtaii: "Bachelor of Science degree with my major in chemistry. I will keep you4n{-0TmedTDMater developments. 389 Editor-in-Chief James Gannon Managing Editor Ray Bourdius Ruth Shereff Marcia Reiss Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel, 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Editor, Change of Address Or New Subscriber SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prim tn/ormailon) - NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP. SIU members please give: Bk # Soc. Sec. # /. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscriber and have a cbangie of address, please give your former address below or send mailing-label from last issue received. i Gratefully yours, L. Warren Collier, IV Colnjock, N.C. Commends Heroism On Jan. 6, 1977, Seafarer Harold Wallace was involved in rescue operations aboard the SS New York. In reviewing the reports concerning this incident, we note the rescue attempt undertaken by him to have displayed a high degree of personal heroism. This action was taken with full knowledge of the risk involved. However, his con­ cern for his fellow shipmates caused him to undertake such risk. The courage which he displayed is truly in keeping with the highest tradition of the U.S. merchant marine. On behalf of myself and the entire organization, we Gommend him for his participation. (Story, page 32, April 1977 Log.) t--' ADDRESS V•,v .. CITY STATE ZIP. Very truly yours, Robert Bassett, Vice President Interocean Management Corp. June 1977 / LOG / 23 �l«?^«»»-.*'S5eL:-- Wage, Cost of Living Increases Up Scale 7 Percent Following is a complete breakdown of how the 5 percent contractually negotiated wage increase and the 2 percent cost of living adfustment in the deep sea contracts affect the base wage, overtime, premium overtime and penalty rates for all shipboard ratings sailing under both the Standard Tanker agreement and the Standard Freightship agreement. Both increases went into effect as of June 16, 1977. The increases are based on wages earned as of Dec.! 6,1976. Seafarers are reminded that vacation pay will also be increased by the co.st of living adjustment. It is .suggested that you cut out the information below and make it a permanent part of your present Freightship and Tanker agreements. Standard Tanker Agreement Base Monthly Wages Premium Rate Sat-Sun & Holidays Rating 6/16/77 6/16/77 Overtime Rate Excess of 8hrs. Mon.-Fri 6/16/77 O.S. Deck Maintenance Ordinary Seaman 1220.85 1 106.69 1065.19 908.33 799.38 733.96 633.88 10.60 10.19 9.29 7.92 6.99 6.42 5.55 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1220.85 1 1 16.81 1116.81 .. 988.70 " ' 899.22 '• 910.26 799.38 799.38 733.96 733.96 10.60 9.73 9.73 8.52 7.99 7.85 6.99 6.99 6.42 6.42 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1220.85 1220.85 1 1 1 I.IO 1069.61 960.10 937.46 831.53 831.53 612.77 612.77 10.60 10.60 9.68 9.31 8.37 7.92 6.83 6.83 5.38 5.38 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 Base Monthly Wages Premium Rate Sat-Sun & Holidays Rating 6/16/77 6/16/77 Overtime Rate Excess of 8hrs. Mon-Fri 6/16/77 Boatswain tSL 7's, Boatswain Carpenter A.B. Maintenance Quartermaster . . . 1173.34 1037.77 954.79 882.34 832.21 790.10 660.23 617.59 10.10 9.04 8.32 7.69 7.25 6.89 5.40 5.40 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3.51 3.51 1255.31 1220.85 1220.85 1220.85 1 141.26 1 141.26 1 141.26 1 141.26 1170.64 1040.24 970.40 1 173.34 1046.47 998.52 899.09 968.30 912.00 836.50 790.10 850.25 790.10 790.10 790.10 733.92 980.16 912.00 733.92 11.01 10.60 10.60 10.60 9.94 9.94 9.94 9.94 9.12 8.70 8.44 10.10 9.12 8.70 7.84 8.44 7.96 7.31 6.89 7.42 6.89 6.89 6.89 • 6.42 8.44 7.42 6.42 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.7i: 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4,43 4.43 4.43 3.51 5.78 4.43 3.51 I1 173.34 10.10 10.10 9.04 8.05 7.84 6.83 6.83 6.83 5.38 5.38 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 5.78 4.43 4.43 4.43 3,51 3.51 Q.M.E.D Chiel Pumpman Oiler Maintenance Utility Oiler Wiper Steward/Cook Chief Cook . . . Cook & Baker . rhird Cook . . . Assistant Cook Messman , . , . Utilitvman . . . PENALTY RATES OFF WATCH—MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EFFECTIVE 6/16/77 Group I 6.45 Group M 5.17 Group ill Standard Freightship Agreement O.S. Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Chief Electrician Crane Maintenance/Electrician Second Electrician Engine Utility Reefer Maintenance Refrigerating Engineer (When one Refrigerating Engineer (When three Chief ? 2nd Assistant Q.M.E.D Plumber/Machinist Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Day) Deck Engineer Engine, lltilii.): Evaporator/Maintenance Oiler Oiler ( Diesel) Watertender Fireman/Watertendcr Fireman Wiper Ship's Welder/Maintenance Oiler Maintenance Utility General Utility Deck/Engine ; ! Chief Steward (SL 7's, SL l«'s, Lash & Mariner) Stiiward Cook Chief Steward Chief Cook CiH)k & Baker Second Ctv>k. . r/.- - • Third Cook - 4.60 1 173.34 1037.77 922.40 899.08 79().l() "719.42 779.42 612.78 612.78 ^ • • Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman PENALTY RATES OFF WATCH—MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EFFECTIVE 6/16/77 Group 1 24 / LOG / June 1977 6.45 ' Group II 5.17 Group 111 4.60 ' - �mmxz $3.50 for a 10-Hour Day, 6-Day Week, in 1918 on Harbor Boats Among the papers of his father, Capt. Fred T. Tribble, a New York City compass adjuster, SIO pensioner Paul S. Tribble found a wage scale agreement for N.Y. Harbor boatmen on tugs, barges, lighters, and ferryboats that in 1918 paid a barge captain $3.50 for a 10-hour day, 6-day week at $85 a month. That was a 60 hour work week! Other barge and lighter captains with steam or gasoline hoisting gear cacacity of over 15 tons got up to $3.75 to $4 for their 10-hour day . . . between 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., one hour being al­ lowed for the noon meal . . ." Another provision in their contract was that "For being required to be on his boat at night for watching or towing, the captain shall receive $1.-50 per night." For "Work in connection with cargo as distinct from watching, in excess of 10 hours per day where these hours were in effect at the time of or prior to this award, or in excess of 12 hours per day where a 10 hour day was not in effect, and in excess of six days per week, shall be compensated at the rate of time-and-one-half." And "All carfares in excess of 10 cents per day are to be paid by the em­ ployer to men living within the metro­ Personals politan district, and all carfares to be paid by the employer when the men are on company business." Captains of coal, grain and scowboat were paid $85 a month and got ... $1 per night when required to be active on their boats in connection with the loading or discharging of cargo at piers or alongside any vessel or in coal port." Ms. Shirley Perry asks that you contact her at 10301 Burin Ave., #1, Inglewood, Calif. 90304. Matthew Olko Mom, Son Sail on Boat Twice Stationary hoisting engineers were fortunate. They received from $4.25 to $5 per day for their efforts. Ferryboat wheelmen, oilers (without licenses) and firemen received the mag­ nificent sum of $95 per month wage. Deckhands got a measly $85 a month pay. An oiler with a U.S. marine license was well paid, he thought, at $100 a month. And their working conditions were gems: "One day off each week with pay shall be granted to all the above em­ ployes, the day to be determined by the employer." Lower employes in the pecking order, like deckhands, oilers, firemen, cooks and floatmen on tugs were paid anywhere from $75 to $80 a month with board. Here's Boatman David Tackett (left) at home with his mother, Boatwoman Lucille Thompson with whom he's sailed twice on towboats plying the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the last three years. She's a relief cook for the Orgulf Transport Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio and he's a leadman and deckhand for both the SlU-contracted Orgulf and the American Commercial Barge Line Co. of Jeffersonville, Ind. They both reside in Granite City, III. Personals Eusebio Figueroa Your son asks that you contact him immediately. Contact Eusebio and Car­ men Magaly, 1921 Morris Ave., Apt. 32, Bronx, N.Y. 10452, or call your brother Angel at (212) 293-6610. Personals Courtland Smith asks that you con­ tact him at (212) 624-3075. Personals John T. Ross Jimmy Harrington Please contact the Log office at (212) 499-6600, ext. 242. Pedro Del Valle asks that you con­ tact him as soon as possible on the SS Houston (Sea-Land) or write him at 721 Del Parque St., Santurce, Puerto Rico. Gary Lee Spell Cindy asks that you contact her at the following address: Mrs. Cindy Spell, Fulbright and Jaworski, 6th floor, 800 Bank of the Southwest Building, Hous­ ton, Tex. 77002. Hans Jensen Hammer Emil Olko asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 115 East Clifton Ave., Clifton, N.J. 07011. not receive his day off, shall be allowed each employe." All this is a far cry from today's pay and working conditions won by Inland Boatmen. 'More Fortunate' Personals Manuel Luis Perry, Sr. These poor souls had to work 12 hours a day and ". . . If board is not furnished by the company, 75 cents per day in lieu thereof for six days per week, or seven days if the employe does Leonard E. Maham Mrs. Jimmy Nettles asks that you contact her at (904) 751-0043. I,.-:'•''K John Joseph Reel Great L ^ <r! t:. • Karen at the Heart of Jacksonville asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 355-3744. •TOTAL REGIS'fEREt) i Alt Groups Class A Class B Class C Charlie Gard Chris Killeen asks that you contact him as soon as possible c/o 926 Mon­ roe, Scranton, Pa. 18510, tel. (717) 347-4449. 2 3 2 0 2!^ 1 0 4 2 • •1 .'ii , TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups .Class A. Clasi;)|;'-^»ss,C.;, 'PS Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 12 23 1 0 1 Antonio Rodriguez Enoy Napoles asks that you contact him as soon as possible at (212) 9923688. 7 4 8 11 2 1 0 1 1 2 39 0 1 10 0 0 10 Larry Richardson Mont (Fingers) McNobb asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 98 Mason St., San Francisco, Calif. 94162, tel. (415) 362-0326. Larry Richardson Mont (Fingers) McNobb asks that you contact him as soon as possible at 98 Mason St., San Francisco, Calif. 94162, tel. (41$) 362-0326. 12 1 ••'i 4 23- . 5 1 0 0 9 7 0 2 0 11 ENTRY DEPARTMENT James Andrew Donohue Your mother asks that you contact her at 33 Lamlash Cres., House No. 35, Glasgow G-33 3L.J., Scotland, U.K. Buffalo . .> ....:. ....'I ^ . Cleveland >/. r.i....... Detroit ........ •.,... Duluth ................. ...... . .W. 2 4. Frankfort Chicago .. Totals .. .••. .:.. ..'............ Totals All Departments ............,.T ^ 114 56 94 125 77 '3 7 vi; jAlpena\.;v'..-;v.. Richard Mottram, Sr. Youf dau^TeFTJinda asTs that you contact her as soon as possible at 3747323. ... • 26 7 2 ~ 7 13 4 2 1 36 110 12 0 5 12 3 4 1 37 54 27 20 15 74 39 18 0 193 217 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. June 1977 / LOG / 25 >"/ �a UNION SHOP CARD feature: liMlONSHOp Beauticians Association has made the sponsorship and promotion of educational advancement one of its most important goals for all its members. This benefits the public as well as barbers and beauticians—welltrained operators mean well-groomed customers! In the 1960's and early 70's, the barber and beauty professions were dealt an economic blow as long hair became fashionable. ! Sign oS Better Service Need a trim, a set, a manicure? Next time you need barber or beauty services, be sure to look for the Union Shop Card. The card is more than your guarantee of quality service, it also insures your continuing support of union labor. TMt« CARD (ft THr PROPtRT* OF ANO I5 iS5urn BV AU THORITV or THC BARBCRS BC:A(JTIC<ANS AND AI LIKO INDUSTRICB INTERNATIONAL AASOQIATION AND IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AS SET rORlM ON TMk BACK HCRCOr K Today, a returning interest in personal grooming has meant that the number of barbers and beauticians is growing. And so is the importance of the Union Shop Card, the symbol of skilled, professional service. Plants manufacturing barber and beauty products are also being organized, and their products bear the "Union-Made" label of the Association. All union members can lend their support to the Barbers and Beauticians Association by always patronizing Union Shop Card establishments. ta I p MAD* <M U « A The Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association, AFL-CIO, CLC, founded December 5,1887, received its charter in April 1888 from the American Federation of Labor. In its long, proud history, the Barbers and A-tA Union Label and Service Tredei OepertmanI, AFL-CIO 'Me Zkougkt Me Was 7lym' Migk at—MPMZ If you smoke pot or hashish or use was still in neutral. Crisis over. As one of the policemen walked over He eased away from the curb and to the car, Tom tried to calm himself any kind of drugs at all on ship or down. He figured that the best tact ashore, you might be interested in the drove a few blocks to the entrance of would be to remain as cool as possible, following unusual story. It's true, no the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, answer all questions politely, admit that N.Y. He had already gotten one speed­ kidding. This guy, his name was Tom, went ing ticket on this exact same road the he was speeding arid simply accept the ticket without an argument. to a party this particular Saturday night, previous month, so he promised him The cop, a man of about 50 or so, and between him and about five or six self to be extra careful this night for bent down a bit and asked Tom how he of his friends, smoked a couple of good two reasons: first, he was flying high sized pipes of hashishr~5n -hk- -own— -and ^as-afraid cjflciliing-him-selx; see-- —was-•feeitiif:-T©m--nervotisly -answered ond, he had half an ounce of grass and that he felt fine. words, he "was smashed." The cop then asked him if he thought The party broke up at about 3 o'clock a small chunk of hashish on him, and he was in no shape to face the law if he he deserved a ticket. Tom immediately in the morning, so Tom figured he'd expressed his sorrow for speeding and call it a night and head home. As he got stopped. So as he drove along the parkway, told the cop, yes, he did deserve a ticket. stumbled down the block humming a The policeman, looking a little bit tune, all he could think about was sink­ he stayed exclusively in the far right lane letting the faster traffic pass him shocked, then asked Tom how fast he ing his oversized cranium into the soft on the left. thought he was going. Tom didn't really pillow on his bed. Flashing Lights know for sure, but since the speed limit He fumbled around a bit looking for was 50 mph, he said he thought he was his car keys and then took a minute or Everything seemed to be going fine as two trying to find the keyhole in the car he cruised along listening to the music. doing about 60 or 65. door. He finally got the door opened, But sure enough, he was on the highway The cop. looking more shocked than positioned himself in the driver's seat, no more than five minutes when he no­ ever, opened Tom's door and politely started it up and turned the radio,on. ticed the flashing lights of a police car said, "Son, would you mind stepping He let the car warm up for awhile alongside him to the left. The cop in out of the car." as he listened to the music. He then the passenger seat was motioning him In a deep panic now, Tom blurted turned the wheel and stepped on the to pull over to the shoulder. out, "Why, what seems to be the matter gas but the car just whined a bit and Tom obeyed promptly, but as he officer?" The cop said simply, "Son, yon wouldn't move. He went into a minor pulled over he went into a mild para­ were doing four." panic because he knew absolutely noth­ noid panic. What was he going to say? Tom was arrested for driving while ing about cars. Bui he glanced at the How was he going to face these cops in under the influence of drugs, and was steering column and noticed the car his condition? booked for possession after a .search 26 / LOG / June 1977 turned up his grass and hashish. In the long run, Tom got off pretty easy, though. He was convicted of pos­ session of small amounts of grass and was given a fine. And the traffic judge suspended his license for one year, along with slapping him with a fine. All in all, things worked out okay for TomTTTut if^e had been a merchant seaman, his trouble would just have started. Yon see, any drug conviction of any kind is a sentence of life for a merchant seaman. That is, the Coast Guard, by no means as lenient as some local au­ thorities when it comes to drugs, will revoke your seaman's papers for life, and that means the end of your career at sea. No matter what anyone says about pot, however, there are some people who will smoke it anytime, anywhere. If you're one of those people, at least have the courtesy not to smoke while on duty, for your own good and the good of the entire crew. There are enough dangers involved with working at sea. So don't make the situation worse for anyone by trying to work while flying alongside the flying bridge. �Port agents met daily during the two-day confab in the fantail of the HLS schooiship Zimmerman. SlU President Paul Hall led the con­ ference discussion on manpower. Port Agents Prepare to Meet Manpower Need Manpower was the key word at the SIU port agents' conference held on May 26 and 27 at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Port agents and Union officials from coast-to-coast came to the School to exchange ideas on the best way to meet the maritime industry's growing need for qualified seamen and boatmen. The HLS setting was appropriate to the issue at hand since its excellent training facilities were referred to again and again as the Union's best hope for the future. "I wish we had something like this when we were starting out,"SIU Headquarters Rep­ resentative Fred Famen remarked. The meeting began with individual reports on port activity. Speaking, from left to right, are: Port Agent Gerry Brown (Famen celebrated his 73rd birthday from Mobile; Joe Sacco, Headquarters Representative from Houston, and George Costango, Piney Point port agent. at the conference.) HLS President Hazel Brown, who serves on two Government commit­ tees for labor apprenticeship pro­ grams, reported that the HLS is na­ tionally recognized as one of the nation's outstanding union schools. The port agents all had good re­ ports to convey on the HLS trainees they had shipped or put on boats. Several plans were discussed to get more members from all divisions to take advantage of the HLS upgrading programs, which are the SIU mem­ ber's ticket to higher pay and better job security. The Gulf ports are one area where more manpower may soon make the Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay, left, and Puerto Rico Port Agent Juan Reinosa presented their views. At right is HLS di£feience between meeting and not President Hazel Brown who explained her role this year serving on Government labor training committees. ifieeting the challenge of new job opportunities, SIU Vice President Cal Tanner pointed out. He alerted the port agents to the possibility of Cuban trade opening up for the Mi­ ami, Tampa and Jacksonville areas. The port agents conference im­ mediately followed the Trustee meet­ ings, a regular gathering of SIU and management representatives who are the overseers of the Union's welfare, pension and vacation plans as we!! as funds for the HLS and the SIU hiring halls. Held back to back every two months with the Trustee meetings, these two-day port agent confabs foster granger ties among the SIU leadership so that it can otter the b^t representation for the Unions widespread membership. |p Headquarters Representative Fred Farnen (second from rigtit) celebrated his 73rd birthday during a break in the conference. He Is shown here flanked by well-wishers, from left: Joe SIgler, Chicago port agent; Jack Bluitt Detroit port agent, and Leon Hall, Headquarters Representative. Photo at right shows some of the management representatlves, front row, at the SIU Trustees meeting, which preceeded the port agents conference. June 1977 / LOG / 27 �What Does "Service" Mean Under the Seafarers Pension Plan? I In the February, 1977 edition of The LOG, a summary outline of the Sea­ farers Pension Plan was printed. Due to space limitations, many details of the rules and regulations could not be in­ cluded. Some questions arose concern­ ing "Service," such as: 1. What is Service? 2. Does Service include only time an employee actually works? 3. Does an employee get credit for service during periods when he is unable to work due to temporary illness or injury? 4. What else may be counted towards Service? The answers to these questions will be found in the Summary Plan Descrip­ tion booklet which will be distributed to all participants of the Seafarers Pen­ sion Plan within the next several months. In the meantime we have pre­ pared this article to provide answers to these specific questions about Service. WHAT IS SERVICE? The Seafarers Pension Plan uses the term "SERVICE" to mean: a. Periods of employment with an employer who is obligated to con­ tribute to the Pension Plan Fund, and b. Periods of temporary disability during which an employee receives Sickness and Accident Benefits or Hospital Benefits from the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits from his employer; c. Also included as Service are those periods of service in the Armed Forces of the United States which must be credited pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. [Note: not all service in the Armed Forces will necessarily be counted, so please check this with the Plan oflBce.] d. Credit for Service will be given for periods prior to July 1, 1962, dur­ ing which a Seafarer or Boatman was certified as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the United States Pub­ lic Health Service or other appro­ priate medical authority, provided the employee engaged in covered employment prior to said period of disability. RECEIVING CREDIT FOR SERVICE The amount of Service an employee is given credit for is based upon the number of days he accumulates during these periods of Service. Service lost due to a Break in Service will not, of course, be counted. DEFERRED VESTED PENSION An employee will receive credit for One Year of Service for each calendar year during which he receives credit for 125 days of Service. An employee with at least 10 Years of Service is eligible for a Deferred Vested Pension. MEETING THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OTHER PENSION PLAN BENEFITS should overlap two calendar years, only the first 39 weeks (273 days) during one continuous period of disability, shall be counted.] It is most important for an employee to know which periods of Service are counted in determining whether he has satisfied the Service Requirements for a particular Pension Benefit. This in­ formation follows: SPECIAL EARLY NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 7,300 Days of Service Requirement— EARLY NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 7,300 Days of Service Requirement— 1. Only periods of employment (Deep Sea or Great Lakes) and 2. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered. [It is important to note: Periods of tem­ porary disability are NOT counted in determining whether an employee has met the 7,300 Days of Service Require­ ment.] In Satisfying the 90 Days Requirement— An employee shall be given credit for the number of days he accrues or ac­ cumulates during periods of temporary disability during which he receives Sick­ ness and Accident, Hospital or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits for the purpose of meeting the "90 Days of Service" during the calendar year preceding the employee's date of application, require­ ment. [NOTE: If the period of disability Seafarers Welfare, Pensi^ and Vacation Plans Cash Benepts Paid Apr. 21. May 25,1977 SEAFAREfes WELFARE ELIGIBJ4ES Death In Ho; pital D#ily (§ $1.00 .. In Ho pitalXSily ® $3.00 .. Hospi al ^ H^pital Extras .. Surgic Sickn Speci Opti Suppljsmenta 1. Only periods of employment (Deep Sea-Great Lakes), and 2. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered. [h is important to note: Periods of tem­ porary disability are NOT counted in determining whether an employee has met the 7,300 Days of Service Require­ ment.] REGULAR NORMAL PENSION In Satisfying the 5,475 Days of Service Requirement— 1. At least Vs rds of the required Serv­ ice must be accrued during: a. Periods of employment, and b. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States; And NO MORE than V6rd of the re­ quired Service may be accrued during: a. Periods of temporary disability • during which employee received Sickness and Accident, Hospital or Maintenance and Cure Benefits, and/or b. Periods, prior to July 1,1962, dur­ ing which an employee was certi­ fied as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the USPHS^ etc. DISABILITY PENSION In Satisfying the 4,380 Days of Service Requirement— 1. At least 2/Srds of the required Serv­ ice must be accrued during: a. Periods of employment, and b. Certain periods of service with the Armed Forces of the United States; And NO MORE than Vsrd of the re­ quired Service may be accrued during: a. Periods of temporary disability during which employee received Sickness and Accident, Hospital, or Maintenance and Cure Benefits, and/or, b. Periods, prior to July 1,1962, dur­ ing which an employee was certi­ fied as "NOT FIT FOR DUTY" by the USPHS, etc. In Satisfying the 90 Days of Service Requirement— An employee shall be given credit for the number of days he accrues or ac­ cumulates during periods of temporary disability during which he received Sick­ ness and Accident, Hospital, or Mainte­ nance and Cure Benefits, for the pur­ pose of meeting the requirement of 90 Days of Service during the calendar year preceding the employee's date of appli­ cation. [NOTfe: If the period of disaljility should overlap two calendar years, only the first 39 weeks (273 days) dur­ ing one continuous period of disability shall be counted.] IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELIGIBILITY OR THE PEN= SION BENEFITS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL UNION REP­ RESENTATIVE OR WRITE: SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN 275 20th Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 28 / LOG / June 1977 m �Eino A. Salo, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Duluth in 1960 sailing as an oiler for the Buckeye Steam­ ship Co. Brother Salo sailed 38 years on the Great Lakes. He was born in Superior, Wise, and is a resident of Wentworth, Wise. amPENSIONERS Ralph E. Seckinger, 62, joined the SIU in the port of Tampa sailing as an AB. Brother Seckinger sailed 41 years. He was born in Ocala, Fla. and is a resident of Tampa. Charles R. Piscnner, 63, joined the Union in the port of Frankfort, Mich, in 1959 sailing as an AB. Brother Pischner is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Michigan and is a resident of Green Bay, Wise. Pedro A. Suarez, 61, joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of New York sailing in the steward department for 31 years. Brother Suarez was born in Spain and is a naturalized U.S. citi­ zen. He is a resident of Carnoedo, Spain. iff. William J. Shadeck, 59, joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1959 sailing as an oiler on the Great Lakes for 38 years. Brother Shadeck was born in Karthaus, Pa. and is a resi­ dent of Erie, Pa. James C. Stewart, 65, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New Or­ leans and sailed as a chief electrician. Brother Stewart was also a member of the International Sailors Union (ISU) in 1936 and the National Mari­ time Union (NMU) in 1947. He sailed 32 years, attended the HLSS in 1967 and graduated from the SIUMEBA District Engineering School. Seafarer Stewart js a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry before World War II. Born in Delaware, he is a resident of Mobile, Ala. Chester I. Spinks, 61, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New Or­ leans sailing as an OS for 31 years. Brother Spinks is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Mobile and is a resident of Andalusia, Ala. Robert E. Lee, 63, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1963 working as a watchman for the Mc­ Allister Brothers Pier Employes Co. from 1956 to 1977. He was born in Martin County, N.C. and is a resi­ dent of Chesapeake, Va. William L. Rains, 63, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a deckhand for the PennCentral Railroad from 1937 to 1977. Brother Rains is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in Bohannon, Va. and is a resi­ dent there. Robert C. Smith, 53, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1956 sailing as a deckhand and oiler on the tug Sandra for the Crescent Towing and Salvage Co. from 1954 to 1977 and the West Bank Electric Co. from 1951 to 1956. Brother | | Smith sailed 25 years. He was born in Chunky, Miss, and is a resident of Algiers, La. Melvin L. White, 65, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a deckhand and barge cap­ tain for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1941 to 1977. Brother White sailed 49 years. He was bom in Mathews, Va. and is a resident of Mobjack, Va. Hoyt L. Tanner, 57, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1950 sailing as a fireman-watertender and oiler. Brother Tanner sailed 33 years. He is a veteran of the pre- and World War II U.S. Coast Guard. A native of Rockdale, Ga., he is a resident of New Orleans. Harvey Trawick, 62, joined the SIU in 1939 in the port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother Trawick sailed 41 years and has a chief mate's license. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Mobile, Ala. Anthony J. Zaleski, 65, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Zaleski sailed 35 years and was a ship's dele­ gate. He was born in New York City and is a resident of East Meadow, L.I., N.Y. Joseph C. Wallace, 60, joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brother Wallace sailed 36 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Sea­ farer Wallace was born in South Norfolk and is a resident of Virgina Beach, Va. where he will continue his hobby of woodworking. Lars Brekke, 62, joined the Union in 1948 in the port of Galveston sail­ ing as an AB and captain for the Caribe Tugboat Corp from 1974 to 1977, as a mate for the Sabine Tow­ ing Co. in 1971 and for the G & H Towing Co. in Galveston in 1955. Brother Brekke was born in Aakra, Sumhordlard, Norway and is a nat­ uralized U.S. citizen. He is a resident of Hitchcock, Tex. Waley A. Thomas, 58, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1962 and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Thomas sailed 21 years and upgraded at the Lundeberg School. He was born in Campbell County, Va. and is a resident of Gambrills, Md. William R. Merrill, 62, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand for the Curtis Bay Towing Co. from 1948 to 1976 and as a fisherman from 1945 to 1948. Brother Merrill was born in Morehead City, N.C. and is a resi­ dent of Norfolk. Martin Hicks, 66, joined the Union ill the port of Cleveland in 1951 sailing as an AB. Brother Hicks sailed for the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Railroad Car Ferries and was a HLS upgrader in 1974-75 in the Assistant Cook and Baker Course. A native of Dublin, Ireland, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a resident of Benzonia, Mich. Sidney A. "Sid" White, 61, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sailing as an AB. Brother White sailed 26 years and as a wiper for the Construction Aggregates Corp., Chi­ cago in 1952. He was also an organ­ izer for the inland waters. Seafarer White is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Born in Philadel­ phia, he, is a resident of Pineville, La. where he will pursue his hobby of duck hunting. Rene M. Witlhecker, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1954 sailing as a cook for 26 years. Brother Wittbecker was born in Freeport, 111. and is a resident of Eau Claire, Pa. Anthony S. Vardian, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a conveyor gatcman for the McKee and Sons Steamship Co. on the Great Lakes for 38 years. Brother Vardian was born in Michigan and is a resident of Escanaba, Mich. Edward E. Zubatsky, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1961 and sailed as a bosun and chief steward. Brother Zubatsky sailed 18 years. He was born in Man­ itowoc, Wise, and is a resident of New Orleans. Benjamin Franklin Pruitt, 63, joined the Union in the port of Nor­ folk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand and launchman for McAllister Broth­ ers Towing Co. from 1953 to 1956, for Allied Towing from 1963 to 1977, Merritt, Chapman & Scott from 1955-56 and 1962 to 1963 and as operating engineer, mate and cap­ tain for the Southern Transport Co. and the Carolina Towing Corp. in 1964. Brother Pruitt was born in Pikeville, Ky. and is a resident of Norfolk. Melvin L. Schrade, 58, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New Orleans sailing as an AB. Brother Schrade sailed 33 years. He was born in North Dakota and is a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. Thomas Snow, 59, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Boston sailing as an AB. Brother Snow is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. A native of Boston, he is a resident of Dorchester, Mass. Recertified Bosun Manuel "Blackle" Sanchez, 60, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Miami and sailed as a bosun. He was at the meeting there when the Union was voted in. Brother Sanchez was bosun on the SS Ogden Willamette (Ogden Ma­ rine) the first SIU tanker to carry U.S. grain to the Soviet Union and return with oil here in 1973. Born in Tampa, Fla., he has been retired in Jacksonville, Fla. where he is an avid golfer. June 1977 / LOG / 29 �Hany £. Larson, 62, joined the Union in the port of Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a lighter captain for the Independent Lighterage and Pier Co. from 1948 to 1977. Brother Larson was bom in Pennsylvania and is a resident of Philadelphia, John J. Pelish, 67, joined the SIU in the port of Toledo in 1970 sailing as an OS for the American Steamship Co, and Bob-Lo Co. on the Great Lakes for 23 years. Brother Pelish was born in Scarboro, W.Va. and is a resident of Toledo, Ohio where he plans to "work around the house and yard and visit his sister in St. Ignace, Mich, and also visit West Virginia." Alfred P. Marquand, 61, joined the Union in the port of New York in 1960 sailing as a deckhand for the Murry Towing Line Co. in 1939 and for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1939 to 1977 as a deckhand and cook. Brother Marquand is a vet­ eran of the U.S, Army in World War II. Born in Canada, he is a natural­ ized U.S. citizen. Boatman Mar­ quand is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. Joseph F. Aysien, 56, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1959 sailing as a tankerman, mate and barge captain for the Tidewater Towing Co. in 1955, Coyle Lines in 1958, Interstate Oil Transport Co. from 1969 to 1974 and for the Ma­ riner Towing Co. and Dixie Carriers that year. Brother Aysien is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born in New Orleans and is a resident there. Chang Ling, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1957 sail­ ing as a fireman-watertender. Broth­ er Ling graduated that year from the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army infantry in World War II. Born in Wenchow, China, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Sea­ farer Ling is a resident of New York City. Unclaimed Wages The SW members listed below have unclaimed wages due them from Mari­ time Overseas Corporation. If your name is below, the company asks that you contact: Paymaster, Maritime Over­ seas Corporation, 511 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Also, the company says that the following information should be given by applicants: Social Security number and current address. NAMES W. Flaherty J. Duhadaway W. Sears C. Mills J. S. Matthews R. F,. Flournoy C. J. Cosner F. J. Howard L. D. McDuffie J. R. Bradley J. W. Mullis J. C. Leach A. Maben O. Gatlin, Jr. S. B. Crader A. Mravec C. E. Demers J. L. Bark R. D. Rains M. A. Freeburn F. L. HaU H. J. Breen C. B. Troy R. L. Oppel J. L. Boyce E. S. Spooner H. Chamberlain B.W. Warren T. B. Fleming H. Scott D. A. Clark J. Canfield D. L. Smith J. Downey D. Murray P. Salowsky R. A. Hogan M. Eschenko J. Lopez D. Gomez, Jr. H. Vera T. R. Bolger S. H. Al-Maklani Federal Garbage Rules Federal garbage regulations apply to ships arriving at U.S. ports from all foreign countries (except Canada) and from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam, according to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS' SCHEDULE Port New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Detroit Houston New Orleans Mobile San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Piney Point San Juan .......... Columbus Chicago Port Arthur Buffalo St. Louis Cleveland Jersey City Date July 5 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 7 July 8 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 18 . July 22 July 9 July 7 July 16 July 12 July 12 July 13 July 15 July 14 July 11 Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Waters I 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30p.m 9:30 a.m 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. — — — — 2:30 p.m. — .— 30 / LOG / June 1977 m UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ••••• 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. — — 7:00 p.m. Service of the U.S. Department of Ag­ riculture. The regulations are necessary to pre­ vent the spread to this country of de­ structive plants pests and livestock or poultry diseases by garbage. DEFINITION OF GARBAGE "Garbage" means all waste from fniits, vegetables, meats, and other plant or animal (including poultry) materials. Also, nonfood items that have come in contact with food—such as table refuse. galley refuse, food wrappers or contain­ ers, and other waste materials from ship's stores, food preparation areas, - passengers' or cre ws' qu arters, and din­ ing rooms. HANDLING GARBAGE ABOARD SHIP Garbage left aboard must be con­ tained in covered, leakproof receptacles inside the ship's guardrail while in terri­ torial waters of the United States. UNLOADING GARBAGE AT U.S. PORTS 1:00 p.m. Garbage may be removed in covered, leakproof receptacles under the direc- tion of an inspector of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to an approved facility for incineration, ster­ ilization, or grinding into an approved sewage system. FOR INFORMATION For further information, write to: Port Operations Development Staff, APHIS, PPQ, U.S. Department of Ag­ riculture, Federal Building, Hyattsville, Md. 20782. Retroactive Checks Retroactive pay checks in amounts ranging from $1.50 to $8.66 are being held for the followiiig men by Puerto Rico Marine Management. The checks had been returned to the company's office because of insufficient and incor­ rect addresses. Any member whose name appears below can claim his check by contacting W. A. Prindiville, assis-' tant manager of vessel operations, Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., Fleet and Bombay Sts., P.O. Box 1910, Elizabeth, N.J. 07207, telephone (201) 352-2700, ext. 2414. T. W. Dodson R. Oriano L. Martinez R. Rutzisky Deposit in the SIU Bloocf Bank— It's Your Life �ARTHUR MIDDLETON (Water­ man Steamship), April 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun D. Dammeyer; Sec­ retary R. Boyd; Educational Director B. Waddell; Engine Delegate Joseph R. Kearney; Steward Delegate M. Agiume. $32 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. Chairman advised that any­ one who wants to can put any extra money they have in the ship's safe. Also discussed the importance of do­ nating to SPAD, and the need to up­ grade at Piney Point. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. JEFF DAVIS (Waterman Steam­ ship), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bosun G. E. Annis; Secretary D. Col­ lins; Educational Director C. S. Langley; Deck Delegate H. P. Lopez; Stew­ ard Delegate Leonardo Manca. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chair­ man reported that the Seafarers Log was received in Assab and one copy was passed on to the Thomas Lynch. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for big improvements in the menus and the food. Next port, Jeddah. THOMAS NELSON (Waterman Steamship), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun R. Chaisson; Secretary C. Prestwood; Educational Director A. Delaney; Deck Delegate Cesar A. Crespo; Engine Delegate Alfred Ragas. No disputed OT. Previous minutes were read and accepted with some repairs still to be worked on. Chairman re­ ported that the captain wants all doors to be locked in Canal and all ports over here with the exception of the door by the gangway. A vote of thanks to the steward department for good food and service. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Suez Canal. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Transport), April 10—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary E. Kelly; Educational Director H. Meredith; Deck Delegate B. Anding; Engine Delegate L. Campos; Steward Delegate W. Scopolites. No disputed OT, All communications received were read and posted. Chairman held a dis­ cussion on the Seafarers Alcoholic Cen­ ter at Piney Point and the good it is doing for those brothers who need the help. Also discussed was the importance of donating to SPAD. SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), April 7—Chairman, Recertified Bosun George Burke; Sec­ retary A. Seda. No disputed OT. Chair­ man reported that everything ran smoothly this trip. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Elizabeth, N.J. AQUILA (Aquila Steamship), April 24—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. Pickle; Secretary S. Sylvester; Educa­ tional Director F. Tobi; Steward Dele­ gate Henry C. McCullough. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. $75 in ship's fund for extra movies. Every­ one in the crew gave $5 so more movies can be purchased. Chairman reported that it was a good trip and everyone worked together. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DELTA BRASIL (Delta Steamship Lines), April 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun L. Guadmud; Secretary R. P. Marion; Educational Director H. Wells; Deck Delegate R. Rudolph; Engine Delegate J. Cruz; Steward Delegate H. O'Brien. $95 in ship's fund. $300 in movie fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman gave a talk on the importance of donating to SPAD and the benefits to be derived from up­ grading at Piney Point. Next port, Abidjan. PHILADELPHIA (Sea-Land Serv­ ice), April 3—Chairman James H. Parnell; Secretary Paul Lopez; Educational Director Kasimirs Abarons; Deck Dele­ gate Richard Heikus;- Engine Delegate Forrest Burris; Steward Delegate Pedro Alvarez. No disputed OT. Chairman held a di.scussion on a number of stories that appeared in the Seafarers Log. Next port, Seattle. SAN PEDRO (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun M. Kemgood; Secretary R. Don­ nelly; Educational Director C. McBrien. $5 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman reported on the center that is now open at Piney Point for the help of alcoholics. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in mem­ ory of our departed brothers. We Need Your Lafest Address The SIU needs your latest address so that we can maintain an up-to-date mailing list and can be sure that important correspondence gets to you at your home. So please fill out the address form below and mail it to SIU Welfare Plan, 275 - 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. NEWARK (Sea-Land Service), April 24—Chairman A. Vilanova; Secretary Ken Hayes; Educational Director R. Coleman; Engine Delegate W. West. $8 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Seafarers Logs were received and dis­ tributed to delegates. Latest pamphlet received from Headquarters received, discussed and posted. Report to Log: "With salmon season coming expect to have quite a few of the brothers getting off. The fishing should be good after a very light winter. This was one of the warmest in Alaska history." Next port, Seattle. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land Service), April 24—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun James Pulliam; Secretary W. Benish; Deck Delegate J. Long; En­ gine Delegate W. Cole; Steward Dele­ gate F. Pappone. No disputed OT. Chairman reported that the patrolman at payoff talked about the change in Pension Plan and how it works. Plan was discussed and a copy will be posted for all to read. March issue of the Sea­ farers Log has some good reading. Edu­ cation Series No. 7 was received and passed out for all to read. Reminded steward department to fill out upgrad­ ing applications. Next port. Hong Kong. ROBERT TOOMBS (Waterman Steamship), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Lee J. Harvey; Secre­ tary Bob L. Scarborough; Educational Director Rudolph Davis; Deck Dele­ gate Harry M. Fisher; Engine Delegate Calvin Bethard; Steward Delegate Law­ rence Smith. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman held a discus­ sion on the importance of SPAD. Re­ port to the Seafarers Log: "This was a 146-day trip and everything went smoothly. A very good SIU crew in all departments." Next port. New Orleans. LONG BEACH (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ sun T. R. Price; Secretary M. Costello; Educational Director S. Green. $26.50 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. The captain called a safety meeting and it was attended by the officers on watch and members of the unlicensed person­ nel. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. ZAPATA COURIER (Zapata Bulk Transport), April 10—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Sal Sbriglio; Secretary P. Franco; Educational Director A. Bell; Deck Delegate Jones; Engine Delegate James Chiaese; Steward Dele­ gate Ronald Fluker. No disputed OT. Steward advised all brothers to read the Log as it has a lot of good reading in it and keeps you informed lo what is going on in the Union. Also received the education series No. 7 which is great for all of our young members to read. If a lot of brothers read these things they would not be sitting around the messroom telling young members what they can get out of going to sea by not working or knocking our Union and Piney Point. SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land Service), April 10—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun D. Rood; Secretary R. Hutchins; Deck Delegate V. Genco; Engine Delegate C. C. Hall; Steward Delegate A. Mohamed. No disputed OT. Chairman extended a vote of thanks to each department delegate for their running of a smooth ship. It takes all departments to achieve this aim. Ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port, Portsmouth. ERNA ELIZABETH (Hudson Wa­ terways), April 17—Chairman, Recer­ tified Bosun F. C. Cooper; Secretary L. Banks; Deck Delegate A. W. Saxon; Engine Delegate Joseph Collins. No dis­ puted OT. Received the Seafarers Log which contained lots of information. Report to Log: "With Sonny Rankins aboard we have around-the-clock news. Sonny Rankin says he will retire after this voyage with 39 years." Next port, Leningrad. MASSACHUSETTS (Interocean Mgt.), April 3—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. L. Bourgeois; Secretary A. Hassan; Educational Director C. W. Dahlaus; Deck Delegate Thomas R. Reading. No disputed OT. Educational Director C. W. Dahlaus advised all crewmembers to take advantage of the Piney Point upgrading classes as they are there for your benefit. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. ship'^^mj^^ f re- KCrtt ' JOHN TYLER ^ ^ \ .EGIANGECL RIO : .r ^.-•-•'^' •SEA-LAlNp:COMteRCE • GOLomimMRcti ovi pt Pi AN< OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Overseas), April 17—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun A. H. Anderson; Secre­ tary S. Szeibert; Educational Director Soc. Sec. No. SIU H. Granger; Deck Delegate Jose M. Nova ; Engine Delegate Daniel Boleria. No disputed OT. Chairman advised all crewmembers to be aware of the curfew l^nine . • in Russia and that everyone must ob­ Print Last Name First Name Middle Initial serve the law. If there are any prob­ lems, the Russian authorities will Address ».... •.... •.. •• Print Number and Street City , , State ' Zip revoke passes. Also discussed the im­ portance of donating to SPAD. Ob­ Dateof Birtil served one minute of silence in memory Mo / Day / Year of our departed brothers. V 'CM.. " ^ June 1b». /31 �p*as--- Pensioner Daniel Behrens, 72, passed away on May 31, Brother Behrens joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a machinist for the Curtis Bay Towing Co. from 1922 to 1962. He was a 1961 elected delegate to the first IBU Con­ vention held in Brooklyn, N.Y. A na­ tive of Germany, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Surviving is his widow, Louise. Pensioner John W. Fitchett, 70, passed away in the Horn Harbor Nursing Home, Mathews, Va. on Apr. 27. Brother Fitchett joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1959 sail­ ing as an engineer and captain for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1926 to 1963. He served on the 1965 Polls and Tallying Committee for elected delegates of the Railroad Ma­ rine Region of the IBU Convention. Boatman Fitehett also worked for the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Surviving are a son, John; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Billets of Seal Beach, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. M. J. Green of Ocean View, Va. 5 * James IVI. Farlow, 56, died of injuries from an explosion aboard the Interstate Barge No. 12 at the Gulf Oil Refinery on the Schuykill River near Philadelphia on Apr. 9. Brother Farlow joined the Union in the port of Phil­ adelphia in 1968 sailing as a tankerman and barge captain for the Delmarva Oil Transportation Co. and for the Inter­ state Oil Transportation Co. from 1967 to 1977. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. A native of Salisbury, Md., he was a resident of Princess Anne, Md. Burial was in Asbury Cemetery, Princess Anne. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Virginia and a step­ son. Richard L. Bloodsworth. Elias J. Luostari, 53, died of a heart attack in St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minn, on May 2. Brother Luostari joined the Union in the port of Chicago w, in 1962 sailing as a tug oiler and deckhand for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1962 to 1977 and for the Hannah Inland Waterways Inc. on the tug William W. Stender from 1969 to 1976. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War LL Born in Wakefield, Mich,, he was a resident of Lake Nebagamon, Wise. Cremation took place in the Park Hill Crematory, Duluth. Surviving .are his widow, Eleanor; a daughter, Cheryl of Wenthworth, Wise.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias E. Luostari of Massa­ chusetts; a foster daughter, Deborah, and f 'oster sons, Francis, Robert, Lon / LUU / June 1977 Pensioner Johnnie E. Hudgins, Sr., 65, died of heart failure in Eastern State Hos­ pital, Williamsburg, Va. on May 12. ^ Brother Hudgins '^joined the Union in « the port of Norfolk in 1960 sailing as a mate and tug cap­ tain for the Penn-Central Railroad from 1936 to 1962. He was born in Diggs, Va. and was a resident of Mathews County, Va. Burial was in Milford Cemetery, Mathews. Surviving are a son, Johnnie of Mathews; a daughter, Deborah, and a brother, C. F. Hudgins of Norfolk. Stephen F. Murawski, 60, died of a heart attack in San Juan, P.R. on May 13. Brother Murawski joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1968 sailing as a cook for the Gulf At­ lantic Towing and Transportation Co. (GATCO) from 1967 to 1977. He also worked for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Ship Chandlery Co. from 1964 to 1966. Brother Murawski was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. Born in Baltimore, he was a resident of Jacksonville. Cremation took place in the Giddens-Griffith Crematorium, Jacksonville. Surviving are his widow, Gladys, and two daughters, Linda and Susan. Pensioner Stanley Paul, 70, died of can­ cer in the Fairview (Ohio) General Hos­ pital on Mar 31. Brother Paul joined the Union in the port of Cleveland in 1956 sailing 21 years as an oiler and dredgeman for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1961 to 1972 on the Dredge Alaska of Bay City, Mich. He was born in Lyndhurst, N.J. and was a resident of Fairview Park, Ohio. Burial was in Sunset Mem­ orial Park Cemetery, North Olmstead, Ohio. Surviving are his widow, Helen, and a sister, Mrs. Theresa Gittinger of North Olmstead. Pensioner Wayne W. Weston, 73, passed away on Apr. 11. Brother Weston joined the Union in the port of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, in 1961 sailing 27 years for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., the Dravo Corp., and the Peter Kuiwit Sons Co. A native of Baymills, Mich., he was a resident of Brimley, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Gertrude and a son, Richard. Louis D. Gilmore died on July 13, 1976. Brother Gilmore joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Mobile. He also sailed during World War II. Surviving is his widow. George C. Stone, 69, passed away from a brain tumor at the Corny Brook Hospital in Pasadena, Newfoundland, Canada on Mar. 30. Brother Stone sailed from the port of Boston for 40 years until 1968. He was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. until that year. Sur­ viving is his widow, Mary; a son, Almon; five grandchildren, and two great­ grandchildren. Pensioner Thomas Barich, 84, died of heart failure in the U.S. Veterans Ad­ ministration Lake­ side Hospital, ChiBrother Barich f \ joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a bosun. He sailed 31 years and also worked as a welder in a shipyard. Born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, he was a nat­ uralized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Chicago. Burial was in Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery, Dolton, 111. Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Ann M. Kokoszynski, and a nephew, Michael A. Kokoszynski, both of Chicago. Pensioner Henry L. Bramer, 73, died of kidney failure in the Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, Mich, on May 17. Brother Bramer joined the Union in the port of Elberta. Mich, in 1953 sailing as an oiler for the Ann Arbor Railroad Co. He was born in Frankfort, Mich, and was a resident there. Interment was in the Gilmore Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Mich. Surviving is his widow, Laura. Pensioner Fred F. Kallstrom, 67, died of a heart attack in the Doar County Memorial Hospital, Sturgeon Bay, Wise, on Apr. 18. Brother Kallstrom joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as a chief stew­ ard for McKee Sons. He sailed 30 years. Born in Jefferson, Ohio, he was a resi­ dent of Sturgeon Bay. Burial was in the Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay. Sur­ viving is his widow, Tessie. Carleton J. "Caril** Amundson, 51, died in a Helsinki, Fin­ land hospital on May 22 while a crewmember of the SS Carter Braxton (Waterman). Brother Amundson joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Mobile and sailed as a bosun. He was born in Sandstone, Minn, and was a resident of Minneap­ olis. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lena E. Teich, and a sister, Mrs. Marlene L. Nelson, both of Minneapolis. Pensioner Aionzo "Lonnie" Bettis, 65, died on May 30. Brother Bettis joined the SIU in 1946 in ' the port of Philadel* phia sailing as a cook. He sailed for ' 33 years. Seafarer Bettis was born in Gosport, Ala. and was a resident of Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Vivian; two sons, Lonnie and Robert, and three daughters. Da­ phne, Hattie and Jeanne. Pensioner Carl I. Copper, 62, died on June 8. Brother Cop­ per joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a chief steward. He was a veteran of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier action during World War 11. Born in Indiana, he was a resident of Zephryhills, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Ila; two sons, Hal and Carl, and a daughter, Mrs. Lynda Hicks. Pensioner Carl De Marco, 78, passed away on June 7. Brother De Marco joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as a cook. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Army Infantry Corps in World War I. Seafarer De Marco was born in Pal­ ermo, Italy and was a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was a resident of Miami Beach, Fla. Surviving are his widow, Jennie, and a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis De Marco of New York City. Clarence L.Schimmelpfennig died of cancer in the Balti­ more USPHS Hos­ pital on Mar. 7. Brother Schimmelpfennig joined the Un­ ion in the port of De­ troit in 1965 sailing as a cook for the Reiss, American and Boland Steamship Companies. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Laker Schimmelpfennig was a Pensioner Fred resident of Moran, Mich. Surviving is a England, 69, passed sister, Mrs. George (Viola) J. Pulsipher away on June 3. of Saline, Mich. Brother England Frank T. Senich, joined the SIU in I' 59, died of lung can­ 1938 in the port of cer in the Cleveland New York sailing as (Ohio) Memorial . a deck engineer. He General Hospital on ' 1 sailed for 34 years. Apr. 11. Brother Sen­ A native of Missouri, he was a resident ich joined the Union of Cassville, Mo. Surviving are a son, in the port of Detroit Ray of Tulsa, Okla.; his mother, Kate, in 1960 sailing as a and a sister, Mrs. Mabel E. Anderson, fireman-watertender for the Kinsman both of Seattle. Marine Steamship Co. He sailed 17 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Pensioner Damaso Army in World War II. A native of De Jesus, 62 died. Cleveland, he was a resident of BrecksHe joined the SIU in ville, Ohio. Interment was in St. Theo1938 in the port of dosius Cemetery, Brooklyn, Ohio. New York and sailed Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Rose S. as a bosun. Brother Grossnickle of Brecksville. De Jesus sailed 40 Kevin Menz was lost overboard off a years and was on the National Marine Service barge on May picket line in the 27. Brother Menz worked for the com­ 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1965 pany from 1976 to 1977 and also for District Council 37 beef. He was bom the Inland Tug Co. last year. His body in Puerto Rico and was a resident of was not recovered and he was presumed Fajardo, P.R. Burial was in Puerto to have drowned. Rico. Surviving is his widow, Luisa. �Pensioner Santiago H. Rosario, 74, died of a heart attack on May 17. Brother RoI sario joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Baltimore sailing as _J a fireman-watertender and in the stew­ ard department for 32 years. He re­ ceived a Union Personal Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard an accidentfree ship, the SS Frances. And he was a 1959 lifeboat graduate of the Andrew Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y. A native of San Juan, P.R., he was a resident of Santurce, P.R. Burial was in the Rio Piedras (P.R,) Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Maria, and a daughter, Sandra. Howard F. Starbuck, 67, died on Mar. 14. Brother Starbuck joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of New York and sailed as a bo7 sailed 34 years. Seafarer Starbuck was born in Tama, Iowa and was a resident of Torrance, Calif. Surviving are his widow. Fern; a stepdaughter, Judy Ann Shepherd, and a sister, Anna of Los Angeles. William H. Johnson, 55, died of can• f cer in the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va. on May 2. Broth­ er Johnson joined the SIU in the port of Norfolk in 1965 sail­ ing as a cook. He sailed 20 years. Sea­ farer Johnson was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Jack­ son, Ga., he was a resident of Chesa­ peake, Va. Cremation took place in the Lynnhaven Crematorium, Virginia Beach, Va. Surviving are his widow, Jeanette of Norfolk; five sons, George, Rod, Tony, Gregory and Grandison, and seven daughters, Yvonne, Theresa, Jeanette, Mamie, Mary, Denise and Andra; Jay W. Savage, 53, died on Mar. 27. Brother Savage joined the SIU in 1944 sailing as an sailed for 35 years. Born in Missouri, he was a resi•H A flHident of New York City. Surviving is his widow, Gertrude. Pensioner Herman E."Tommy" Thomp­ son, 52, died of can­ cer in the San An­ tonio Community Hospital, Upland Calif, on Apr. 28. Brother Thompson joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailing as an AB. He was born in Grand Cayman, B.W.I., was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident of Ontario, Calif. Burial was iii Georgetown Cemetery, Grand Cayman. Surviving are two sis­ ters, Mrs. Ted C. (Pearl) Carrigan of Ontario and Mrs. Leon (Iris I.) Dusa of Cadillac, Mich. Raymond I. Perez died in Seattle in June. Brother Perez sailed 28 years. He sailed in the inland field from 1970 to 1977. Pensioner Lester C. Long, 70, died of a heart attack in the Martinsburg (W.Va.) Veterans Adminis­ tration Hospital on ! May 6. Brother Long joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun. He sailed 24 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Seafarer Long was born in Martinsburg and was a resident there. Cremation took place in the J. William Lee Crematorium, Washington, D.C. and interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg. Surviving are his mother, Mazzie of Martinsburg; a brother. Perry, also of Martinsburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Lil­ lian M. Elliott of Cobb Island, Md. and Mrs. Alice M. Jenkins of Martinsburg. Pensioner John D. McDaniel, 76, died of pneumonia in the l-; T Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Tenn. on Apr. 15. Brother McDaniel joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Norfolk and sailed as a bosun. He sailed 23 years. Born in Danville, Va., he was a resident of Maryville. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery, Danville. Surviving are a son, Jamie of Danville; a brother, Carson of Washington, D.C., and a sister, Mrs. B. B. (Virginia L.) Foster of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Pensioner Rodolfo I. Rodriguez, 56, 1 died in January 1976. ' I Brother Rodriguez joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York sailing in the steward depart­ ment for 33 years. He walked the picket line in both the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1962 Robin Line beef. A native of Manila, the Philippines, he was a resi­ dent of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial was at sea off the SS Falcon Princess (Falcon Tankers). Surviving are his widow, Purita; a son, Roderick, and a sister, Mrs. Bettina R. Umahi of Manila. Larry D. Olson, 41, drowned on May 7. Brother Olson joined the SIU in the port of Detroit in 1961 sailing as an oiler. He sailed 18 years. Laker Olson attended a 1969 Maritime Trades Department Conven­ tion in Atlantic City, N.J. Also, he was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. A native of Ellison Bay, Wise., he was a resident there. Surviv­ ing are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gil­ bert Olson of Ellison Bay. Pensioner Joseph E. "Hunry" Wilaszak, 64, died of lung failure in the San Francisco USPHS Hospital on Mar. 29. Brother Wilaszak joined the SIU in 7 1944 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a chief steward. He ' sailed 29 years. A native of Palmer, Mass., he was a resident of Hay ward, Calif. Burial was in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, South Hadley, Mass. Sur­ viving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Sophie Wilaszak of Holyoke, Mass., and a sister, Mrs. Helen Brach, also of Holyoke. John M. Schoch, 61, died on May 15. Brother Schoch join­ ed the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a chief electrician. He helped to organize the Atlantic Refining Co. in 1952 and was on the picket line in both the Bull Line strike and the American Coal Co. beef in 1956 and on the Wilson Line and Curtis Bay Towing Co. strikes. Seafarer Schoch also sailed during the Vietnam War and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. A native of Brockaway, Pa., he was a resident of Hazel Park, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Jose­ phine of Dubois, Pa.; a son, Keith; his mother. Pearl of Brockaway and a sis­ ter, Mrs. Paul (Lucille) Walsh of Hazel Park. Joseph P. "Joe" Rowland, 50, died of a cerebral shock in the Veterans Ad­ ministration Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. on Apr. 6. Brother Rowland joined the Union in the port of St. Louis, Mo. in 1975 sailing as a barge lead deckhand for the Orgulf Transportation Co. from 1973 to 1975 and for the Inland Tug Co. from 1975 to 1977. He was a vet­ eran of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born in Kentucky, he was a resident of Princeton, Ky. Interment was in the Rowland Cemetery, Caldwell County, Ky, Surviving arc his widow, Thelma; a son, Rickey of Lincoln Park, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Vickie Jo) Banasiak, al^o of Lincoln Park; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Violet Rowland, and a sister, Mrs. Glenn Bright, all of Princeton. Pensioner Porter P. Carroll, 76, died of a heart attack on Apr. 8. Brother Carroll joined the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1961 sailing as an engineer for the D. M. Picton Co. of Port Arthur from 1944 to 1966. Boatman Carroll was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. A native of Quintana, Tex., he was a resident of Beaumont, Tex. Burial was in the Olvin (Tex.) Memorial Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Ethel, and two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Goodridge of Beaumont, and Mrs. Eileen Holland. James W. Robert­ son, 48, died on May 18. Brother RobertI son joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a fireman-watertender and OMED. He upgraded to QMED at the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship at Piney Point, Md. in 1967 and took engineering training at the HLSS in 1969. Seafarer Robertson was a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Nester and Lucille,'both of Nor­ folk. Pensioner Hilliard L. Trahan, 68, died of heart failure in the Orange (Tex.) Me­ morial Hospital on May 1. Brother Trahan joined the SIU ^j|| in 1938 in the port of Galveston sailing as an oiler. He was a veteran of the preWorld War II U.S. Army. Born in Lou­ isiana, he was a resident of Orange. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memo­ rial Park Cemetery, Orange. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Wilfred (Bessie Mae) White of Orange. Earl L. Bryant, 56, died at home in Paducah, Ky. on Nov. 4, 1976. Brother Bryant joined the Union in the port of Paducah in 1975 sailing as a deckhand for National Marine Service, Inland Tug Co., and for the Orgulf Co. from 1973 to 1976. Boatman Bryant was born in Clarksville, Tenn. Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery, McCracken County, Ky. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bryant; two daughters, Mrs. Gaston (Sharon) L. B. Mounce of Duncanville, Tex., and Mrs. Ted (Patricia) A. Foreman of Grand Saline, Tex., and a nephew, Dave B. O'Bannon. SS Newark's Final Farewell To the words of the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Crossing the'Bar", Seafarers of the SS Newark (Sea-Land) said their final farewells to Brother 0. A. Morrison as a funeral service was read and his ashes scattered on the sea on Mar. 31 at Latitude 54 degrees N., Longitude 137 W. June 1977/ LOG / 33 �Don't Buy Coors Beer, Croft Metals Boycotts Set by AFL-CIO A nationwide boycott of Coors beer has been called for unanimously by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. The boycott compaign against the Adolph Coors Beer Co, of Golden, Colo, was triggered by a strike of the state's 1,500 members of the Brewery Workers Local 366 on Apr. 5. The di­ rectly-affiliated union is seeking re­ newal of a contract which expired on Dec. 31. The anti-union firm caused the walk­ out by proposing, in a new contract, 56 reasons why a union worker could be disciplined or fired. And the firm is trying to deny members grievance pro­ cedures to rectify unjust firings and discipline. Included in the Coors' demands was the stipulation that would let a super­ visor order a production worker to take a lie detector test and physical examina­ tion. When the. company refused collec­ tive bargaining on these issues, the local filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. At mediation on Apr. 19, Coors said it was rescinding the union shop clause in the contract. Since then the company has hired scabs. "The company," (which in 1975 earned $41-million in profit after taxes), AFL-CIO chief George Meany stated, "is clearly determined to try to bust the union. "The success of the Coors boycott depends upon the wholehearted cooper­ ation and full support of every union member, his family, his friends and neighbors," he declared. "This is clearly the struggle of all workers and all union members. This boycott will remain in effect until a fair and decent collective bargaining agree­ ment is reached." num doors, shower stalls and doors and other home .building products — has been asked for by the AFL-CIO and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Union. After five fruitless years of trying to get a union contract with Croft, 500 of the firm's 800 employes went out on strike on Jan. 16. Iowa Beef Processors Also, out in Dakota City, Neb., the 2-million members of the AFL-CIO Food and Beverage Trades Department spiritually joined the 2,000 striking The meatcutters struck to close up the $1 an hour wage gap between Iowa Beef and other major meat producers with union contracts. The union has asked the National Labor Relations Board for relief from certain unfair labor practices by the company. Before the strike, there was a five-week ex­ tension of the contract and intervention by the Federal Mediation and Concilia­ tion Service. Ventriioquisf' is No Dummy Croft Metals In a related development, another U.S. don't buy boycott of Croft Metals of Magnolia, Miss.—makers of alumi­ Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent in shipping on American-flag vessels remains in this country, making a very substantial contribution to the national balance of payments and to the nation's economy. Use U.S.-flag ships. It's good for the American maritime industry, the Ameri­ can shipper, and America. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Ventriloquist Jerry Goodspeed is now doubling as an OS aboard the Afoundria (Sea-Land). Between watches he entertains the men with his two little friends. Accomplished world travelers, they surprised residents in India last year when they learned how to speak Hindi. Brother Goodspeed graduated from the HISS trainee program in 1976. While at the school, he performed for children in the nearby Lexington Park, Md. Day Care Center and then carried the act over onto his first voyage aboard the SlU-contracted Williamsburg. He taught him­ self ventriloquism when he was 10 years old. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District arc administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Uriion and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obliga­ tions, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in 34 / LOG / June 1977 workers of Iowa Beef Processors who are members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local 22. the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any ar­ ticle serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union, fhe Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone at­ tempts to require any such payment be made without sup­ plying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discrimi­ nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is ' denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ ing but not limited to furthering the political, social and economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are vol­ untary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a condition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Sea­ farers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Support SPAD to protect and further your economic, political and social interests, American trade union concepts and Seafarer seamen. If at any tinie a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Hall at headquarters by certified maii, return receipt requested. �12'A' Seniority Upgraders William Lough Rex A. Rayner David Goyette Seafarer William Lough, 24, has been shipping out with the SIU ever since he graduated the entry rating pro­ gram at the Lundeberg School in 1974. A member of the deck depart­ ment, Brother Lough upgraded to AB in 1976. He was born and raised in Flor­ ida, and now lives in Coconut Grove, Fla. He ships from the port of New Orleans. Seafarer Rex A. Rayner, 23, gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School Trainee Program in 1973 and has sailed with the SIU in the deck department ever since. In 1976 he returned to Piney Point to earn his A B ticket. During May of this year, he took the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. Brother Rayner was born in Torrance, Calif, and raised in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He lives in New Orleans and ships out of that port. Seafarer David X Goyette, 24, first sailed with the SIU in 1971 after graduating from the Lundeberg School. He ships out in the deck department ^^and earned his AB ' V ticket at the Lunde­ berg School earlier this year, fie also completed the Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port course. Brother Goyette was born in New York, N.Y. and lives in Beltsville, Md. He ships out of the port of New York. Charles Johnson Seafarer Charles Johnson, 33, has been shipping out with the SIU ever since he graduated from the Andrew Furuseth Training School in 1961. After sailing in the black gang for sev­ eral years, he got his FOWT endorse­ ment and lifeboat ticket through the Harry Lundeberg School in 1968. Brother Johnson was born in New York City, shipping out from that port. While taking the "A" seniority upgrading course, he successfully earned his Basic Cardiac Life Support card. James Mann . Seafarer James Mann, 23, gradu­ ated from the Harry Lundeberg School entry rating pro­ gram in 1973. A member bf the steward depart­ ment, he upgraded twice at Piney Point, earning his third cook's endorse­ ment and then his cook and baker's en­ dorsement. He also finished the Basic Cardiac Life Support Course while at the HLSS for the "A" seniority pro­ gram. Brother Mann was born in Teaneck, N.J. He lives in Ramsey, N.J. and ships out of the port of New York Dan Marcus Tomas Rodriguez David Timmons Seafarer Earl T. Holman, 56, started shipping with the SIU in 1970 after serving for 20 years on U.S. Navy "pigboats" (subs). In 1974 he went to the Harry Lundeberg School to earn his QMED and tankerman endorsements. He took the Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port course while at Piney Point for the "A" seniority program. Brother Hol­ man was born in Tuscalosa, Ala. and now lives near San Francisco. He ships out from the port of San Francisco. Seafarer Tomas Rodriguez, 23, first shipped out in 1974 after attending the Lundeberg School Trainee Program. A member of the black gang, he returned to Piney Point in ^ 1976 to get an FOWT endorsement. While attending the "A" seniority program, he finished the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. A native and resident of Puerto Rico, Brother Rodriguez was born in Mayaguez and lives in Rio Piedras. He ships out of the port of San Juan. Seafarer David Timmons, 22, went through the Trainee Program at the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973. Since then he has shipped out with the SIU in the enI gine department. He upgraded in 1977 taking the HLSS pumproom operation maintenance course and recently took the Basic Cardiac Life Support course as well. He holds an FOWT ticket. Brother Tim­ mons was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., was raised in Hurley, Miss, and makes his home in New Orleans. He ships out of New Orleans. Vincent Tatesnre Seafarer Vincent Tatesure, 20, sails with the SIU in the engine department. He made his first trip in 1973 after completing the Trainee Program at the Harry Lunde­ berg School. In 1975 he upgraded to FOWT at Piney Point. During the current "A" seniority course, he got his Basic Cardiac Life Support ticket. A native and resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., Brother Tatesure ships out from the port of New York. ... for SIU members with Alcohol problem For our own sakes, then, we have plenty of good reasons for wanting our alcoholic brother to take advantage of the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center and begin his recovery. But sometimes .it is easy to overlook the best and most basic reason for want­ ing to help the alcoholic recover. This reason is our commitment to the wel­ fare of every. Seafarer and Boatman because they are our Union brothers. As we complain and mutter about "that DEEP SEA Earl T. Holman Seafarer Dan Marcus, 23, first shipped out with the SIU in 1972 after graduating from the HLSS en­ try rating course. In 1976, he went back to the School to earn his AB ticket. A member of the deck department, he also has his Basic Car­ diac Life Support ticket. Brother Mar­ cus waj born and raised in Baltimore, Md. where he still lives, shipping out of that port. c jSrotherhood in Action As Seafarers and Boatmen who live and work in close contact with our brothers who have alcoholism, we are all familiar with the effect this disease has on each of us. We know the prob­ lems that missed watches, unfinished work and unsafe work habits create. There is no denying the aggravation and inconvenience to each of us that the alcoholic causes. Michael Knithe Seafarer Michael Kuithe, 24, finished the Trainee Pro­ gram at the HLSS in 1973 then went to sea with the SIU. He earned his AB ticket back at the School in 1976. During the "A" seniority program. Brother Kuithe, a member of the deck department, fin­ ished the Basic Cardiac Life Support course. Brother Kuithe was born in St. Louis and makes his home in St. Louis, but he ships out of all SIU ports. drunk", and the problems he causes, we may forget what the alcoholic him­ self is suffering. It's important to remember that the outward symptoms of alcoholism seem to be shiftlessness, irresponsibility, carelessness and, of course, drunken­ ness. But the symptoms the alcoholic suffers insfde himself are much worse than the irritation he causes us. Inside, our alcoholic brother is feel­ ing terrible fears, deep anxieties, and a lot of guilt and self hatred. In addition to this mental pain, he is seriously phys­ ically ill. Death or a mental breakdown are very real possibilities for his im­ mediate future. No true trade unionist could aban­ don a brother to this suffering. The im­ proved wages and working conditions we have won through union solidarity will mean nothing to a man suffering the way an alcoholic suffers. Mitchell Hartshorn Seafarer Mitchell Hartshorn, 23, completed the trainee course at the Harry Lunde­ berg School in Piney Point in 1974, finishing the third cook's training at the same time. He has been sailing with the SIU in the steward department ever since. He also has hiscard for Basic Cardiac Life Sup­ port. Brother Hartshorn, a native and resident of the state of Washington, now lives in Seattle and ships out of that port. Alcoholic Rehobilitotion Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept anyw/icfc except at The Center. Name Book No. I I Address (Street or RFD) (City) (State) (Zip) j I I Telephone No Mail to; THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 This, then, is the most basic reason for the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilita­ tion Center. It's the most basic reason for our commitment, as SIU members, to helping our alcoholic brothers re­ cover from their illness. None of us, as I trade unionists and SIU members, will have achieved our final goal until every brother is able to enjoy the better way of life which we are working so hard to build for ourselves and our fellow members. June 1977 / LOG / 35 �The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship "/or a better job today^ and job security tomorrow. 99 AB Endorsement Means Better Pay^ Security How does a young ordinary seaman get a belter job, better pay and increased job security all at once? Simple! He upgrades •to Able-Seaman through the Lundeberg School's four-week long vocational pro­ gram leading to this important endorse­ ment. In fact, there's no better time than right now to get your AB ticket because ship­ ping has been excellent and there are a wide range of job opportunities available to SIU members holding this endorse­ ment. The Lundeberg School will conduct its next Able-Seaman Course beginning Au­ gust 4, 1977. Check the course require­ ments below, and if you qualify, simply fill out an Upgrading Application and send it to the HLSS Vocational Education Department. ' There are still plenty of openings avail­ able for th(^ course. But send in your ap­ plication as soon as possible to insure a seat in the class. The opportunity to upgrade to a better job is easily acccssable to you. But it is up to you to take advantage of this op­ portunity. Don't delay any longer. Course Requirements • You must be 19 years of age. • You must pass a physical. • Must have normal color vision. • Must have, either with or without glasses, at h'ast 20/20 vision in one eye, and at least 20/40 in the other. • Must either have or first complete the .separate Lifeboat Course offered at the School. • For the endorsement of Able-Seaman 12 Months Any Waters, you must have 12 months seatime as ordinary seaman, or eight months seatime if you are an HLSS graduate. Seafarers upgrading to Able-Seaman learn wire splicing as part of their on-thejob training. LUNDEBERG UPGRADING APPLICATION Seafarers Jim Gilmartin and Keith O'Brien, enrolled in the current AB Course, get some on-the-job training on the Lundeberg Sehool's schooner. Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; j Firefighting: • Yes • No **Iame_ Date of Birth(Last) (First) Dates Available for Training (Middle) Mo. /Day/Year Address. (Refer to Directory for all course listings.) (Street) I Am Interested in the Following Course (s) Telephone #(City). (State) Deepsea Member LD [ I ' (Zip Code) (Area Code) Inland Waters Member • Lakes Member Q Seniority Book Number Date Book Was ls.sued Port Issued- Endorsement(s) Now Held- Social Security #. Piney Point Graduate: • Yes Entry Program: From RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME—(Show only amount needed to up­ grade in rating noted above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) Port Presently Registered In- VESSEL RATING HELD DATE SHIPPED DATE OF DISCHARGE No • (if so, fill in below) to. Endorsement (s) Received (Dates Attended) SIGNATURE. DATE- Jpgrading Prograrri: From. .to. _ Endorsement (s) Received — (Dates Attended) RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO; LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 I I I I I I ! .J 36 / LOG / June 1977 - - ->—- - �Steward Department All Steward Department Courses Lead To Certification Bv HLSS. CHIEF STEWARD The course of instruction is six weeks long and covers all phases of steward department management and operation. Course Requirements; All candi­ dates must have scatime and/or training in compliance with one of the following: • Throe years seatime in a rating above 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook land baker, six months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for each pro­ gram OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, six months seatime as cook and baker, six months seatime as chief cook and hold HLS certifi­ cates of completion for the cook and baker and chief cook programs OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, 12 months seatime as cook and baker, and six months sea­ time as chief cook and hold an HLS certificate of completion for the chief cook program. Starting dates: July 7, Aug. 18, Sept. 29, and ISov. 10. Directory of All Upgrading Courses |t>EEPSEA, LAKES COURSES • " • • • Deck Department Ablc-scaman, 12 Months Any Waters Able-seaman, Unlimited Any Waters Lifeboalman Quartermaster FOWT Th»' course is four weeks in le ngth and leads to endorsemi't as Fireman, Watertender, and/or Oiler. Course Requirements: If you have a Wiper endorsement only, you must: • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ cal, including eyesight requirements • Have six months seatime as Wiper, OR Be a graduate of HLS at Piney Point and have three months seatime as Wiper • If you have an engine department rating there are no requirements. Starting dates: July 7, Sept. 29. WELDING The course of instruction in basic weld­ ing consists of classroom and on-the-job training including practical training in CHIEF COOK He's a Chief Cook The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the preparation of soups, sauces, meats, sea­ foods, and gravies. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have seatime and/or training in compliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as cook and baker OR • Three years seatime in the steward department, with six months as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months as cook and baker OR • 12 months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and six months sea­ time as cook and baker and hold a certificate of completion for the HLS cook and baker training program. Starting dates: June 9, Jtily 21, Sept. 1, Oct. 13, and ISov. 25. Note: Courses and starting dates are subject to change at any time. Any change will he noted in the LOG. COOK AND BAKER The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of breakfast foods, breads, desserts, and pastries. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have scatime and/or Engine Department Fireman, Oiler, Watertender (FOWT) QMED-^Any Rating i Advanced Pumpman Procedures Automation LNG-LPG Refrigerated Containers Welder Die.sel Kngines Mariin- KKrlrical Maintenance Pumprooni .Maintenance and Operation electric arc welding and cutting; and oxyacetylene brazing, welding and cutting. On completion of the course, an HLS Cer­ tificate of Graduation will be awarded. Course Requirements: • Engine department personnel must have 6 months seatime in an engine room rating • Deck and steward department j)ersonel must hold a rating in their department. Starting dale: Sept. 19. LNG/LPG The course of instruction leading to certification as LNG/LPG crew consists of basic chemistry, lank and ship con­ struction, gasification, reliquefication procedures, inert gas and nitrogen sys­ tems, instrumentation, safety and firefighting, loading, unloading and trans­ porting LNG/LPG. Course Requirements: Engine room personnel must hold QMED —Any Rating. Others, deck and steward department personnel must hold a rating in their department. The normal length of the course is four (4) weeks. Starting date: ISov. 28. Seafarer Gilbert Murray displays Chief Cook's endorsement he just achieved by upgrading through the Lundeberg School's program for this rating. training in compliance with one of the following: • 12 months seatime as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • 24 months in the steward depart­ ment with six months as a 3rd cook or assistant cook OR • Six months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook and hold a certificate of completion from the HLS assist­ ant cook training program. Starting dates: June 9, 23; July 7, 21; Aug. 4, 18; Sept. 1,15, 29, and Oct. 13,27. Steward Departmeiil Assistant X-ook Cook and Baker Chief Cook Chief Steward INLAND WATERS COURSES • • • • Able-.Seaman Pr»'-Towboat Operator Original Towi)oat Operator Master/Male Uninspected Ves­ LIFEBOATMAN The course of instruction is two weeks in length and leads to the (^oast Guard endorsement of Lifeboalman. ASSISTANT COOK The course of instruction is six weeks in length and students specialize in the selection and preparation of vegetables and salads. Course Requirements: All candi­ dates must have 12 months seatime in the steward department, OR three months seatime in the steward department and he a graduate of the HLS entry rating program. Starting dates: June 23, Aug. 4, Sept. 15, Oct. 27, and Dec. 8. sels Not Over 300 Gross Tons Upon (Oceans First Cla.ss Pilot Radar Observer Pre-Engineer Die.sel Engines Assistant Engineer Uninspected Motor Vessels Chief Engineer Lninspected Motor Ves.sels Tanki-rman Towboat inland Cook Vessel Operator Management and .Safety (!ourse Course Requirements: Must have 90 days seatime in any department. Starting dates: June 9, 23; July 7, 21; Aug. 4, 18; Sept. 1, 15, 29, and Oct. 13, 27. H.S. Equivalency Diploma Available to All Members Get the reading, writing and math skills you need for job security and up­ grading through the high school equiv­ alency (General Educational Develop­ ment) Program at the Harry Lundeberg School. It only takes four to eight weeks, and your Brothers who have gone through this program can tell you that it's really worth it! Interested? Pick up a copy of the pre­ test kit in your port or write to this address: Margaret Nalen, Director Academic Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Md. 20674 When you complete the test, return it to the Lundeberg School. HLS will tell you the results and give you an estimate of the length of time you'll need to com­ plete the GED Program. REMEMBER! This test is not to see who scores high or low. It helps HLS de­ sign a study program just for you—a pro­ gram that will enable our teachers to help you get your high school diploma as soon as possible. .So apply today. It's easy to qualify. Just make sure that you have: • One year of seatime. • Are a member of the Union in good standing. Your cla.sscs will be small (usually just six to eight students). You'll get lots of individual help. And completing the GED Program opens the door to the other edu­ cational opportunities that the SIU has for you. A high school diploma is the first step towards qualifying for one of the three scholarships for Seafarers that are offered each year. June 1977/ LOG / 37 �One of the most important courses the Lundeberg School has to offer SIU Boat­ men will begin Aug, 1, 1977. The course leads to a Coast Guard license as first class pilot. The course includes both classroom in- Guiding A Ship on Buffalo R, struction and on-the-job training on the Lundeberg School's pushboat. Students will be trained in inland rules of the road; pilot rules applicable to the student's lo­ cal area, and local knowledge of winds, weather, tides and currents. The course will also include instruction in chart navi­ gation, aids to navigation, ship handling, chart sketch of the route, and such further information as the Coast Guard OCMI may consider necessary to establish the applicant's proficiency for his local area. To he eligible for the course, which is six weeks in length, an applicant must have three years seatime on deck on steam or motor vessels, of which 18 months must have been spent as able-seamen or the equivalent. And of this 18 months, at least one year must have been spent in a posi­ tion which included standing regular watches on the wheel in the pilothouse as part of the routine duties. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, 21 years of age and pass a physical exam. If you are interested in the course, fill out the upgrading application on this page and send it to the Lundeberg School Vo­ cational Education Department, It is sug­ gested you do so as soon as possible to ensure yourself a seat in the class. 7 College Scholarships Awarded Yearly to Members^ Dependents Two SlU-contracted tugs were needed to tow the Joan M. McCullough up the Buffalo River, Buffalo, N.Y., recently. As part of their regular ship steering and docking chores, the Washington (fore) and the California (aft) (Great Lakes Towing) guided the Canadian lakes freighter to her dock at Republic Steel Corp. where she discharged 13,000 tons of iron ore pellets. Pictures of SlU-contracted tugs are regular features in the Buffalo papers. This one appeared in the Buffalo Evening News. 38 / LOG/June 1977 Another pari of the SlU's total educa­ tional program for its members is the Union's College Scholarships Fund. Each year the SIL awards five $10,000 fouryear scholarships, of which one is reserved for a Union member and four for depen­ dents of members. number of years, so you will only be com­ peting with other seamen with similar educational backgrounds. I ne awards are granted in April of each year and the deadline for the receipt of all applications is usually around April 1. Eligihility requirements are as follows: The L nion also awards two $.5,000 twoyear scholarships reserved exclusively for members. The two-year scholarships offer various opportunities e.specially for the member who plans to keep shipping. In such a program you may develop a trade or skill which would improve your per­ formance aboard ship as well as helping you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. • Have not less than two years of ac­ tual employment (three years for the par­ ent or guardiciU of dependents) on vessels of companies signatory to the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The $10,000 scholarships may be used to pursue any field of study at any ac­ credited college or university in the U.S. or its lerrifnrres. In regard to our members, application requirements are geared for the man or woman who has been out of school for a • Have one day of employment on a vessel in the six-month ])eriod immedi­ ately preceding date of application. • Have 90 days of employment on a ve.ss(>l in the previous calendar year. Pick up a .scholar.'^hip application now. They ar»> available for yoiUand your de­ pendents at the local Union hall or by writing to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, College Scholarships, 275 20th St., Brook­ lyn, I\LY. 11215. �317 Have Itoiiatcil $100 or illorc To SI'AII Since Kegluiiinji of '77 The following Seafarers and other concerned individuals, 317 in all, have demonstrated an active interest in participating in political and legislative activities which are vital to both our job security and our social and economic welfare, by voluntarily donating $100 or more to the Seafarers Political Activities Donation (SFAD) fund since the beginning of 1977. (The law prohibits the use of any union money, such as dues, initiation fees, etc., for political activities. The most effective way the trade unionist can take part in politics is through voluntary political contributions. SFAD is the union's separate segregated political fund. It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes contributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal.) Seven who have realized how important it is to let the SlU's voice be heard in the Halls of Congress have contributed $200, three have contributed $300, and two $600. For the rest of the year the LOG will be running the SFAD honor rolls because the Union feels that in the upcoming months our political role must be maintained if the livelihoods of Seafarers are to be protected. (A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.) NOTE: Each month's SFAD Honor Roll contains the names of those individuals who have given $100 or more as of the last Friday of the previous month. Neffe, J. Rudnicki, A. Abas, I. Hannibal, R. Darden, J. Johnson, R. Lee, K. McKay, D. O'Donnell, J. Sacco, J. Adams, W. HarUdstad,y. Davidson, W. Johnsted, R., Jr. Lelonek, L. McNabb, J. Olson, F. Sacco, M. Adamson, R. R. Harris, E. Davis, J. Jones, R. Lennon, J. McNally,M. Saeed, S. Omar, Y. Adium, M. Harris, W. Davis, J. Jones, T. Lewis, L. McNeely, J. Salandon, G. Pacheco, E. Air, R. N. Harris, W. Davis, S. Kastina, T. Liles, T. Mesford, H. Salch, H. Paladino, F. Algina, J. Hatton, M. Debarrios, M. KeUer,D. Loleas, P. Mollard, C. San Fillippo, J. Papuchls, S. AU,A. Hauf, M. Dechamp, A. Kemgood, M. Lombardo, J. Mongelli, F. Paradise, L. Sanchez, M. Haynes, B. Allen, J. Delgado, J. Kerr, R. Lynch, C. Mooney, E. Paschal, R. Schuffels, P. Heimal, W. Anderson, A. Delrio, J. Kingsley, J. Lyness, J. Morris, W. Patterson, D. Seabron, S. Heroux, A. Anderson, A. Demetrlos, J. Kizzire, C. Magruder, W. Morrison, J. Pecquex, F. Seagord, E. Anderson, R. Holmes, W. Dembach, J. Knutsen, £. Malesskey, G. Mortensen, O. Perez, J. Selzer, R. Homayonpour, M. Antici, M. Diaz, R. Koflowitch,W. Manafe, D. Mosley, W. Peth, C. Selzer, S. Howse, A. Aquino, G. Diercks, J. Kouvardas, J. Martinussen, C. Muniz, W. Shabian, A. Piper, K. Hunter, W. Arle, J. Digiorgio, J. Kramer, M. McCartney, G. Munsie, J. Siiclton, J. Porter, B. lovino, L. Aronica, A. Kwiatek, G. Doak,W. McCarthy, L. Murray, J. Sholar, E. Prentice, R. Jacobs, R. Aumlller, R. Kydd,D. Dolgen, D. McCaskey, E. Murray, M. Sigler, M. Pretare, G. Jackson, J. Lankford, J. Avery, R. Domenico, J. McOinton, J. Napoli, F. Prevas, P. Silva, M. Johnson, D. Badgett, J. Lawrence, W. Domingo, G. McElroy, E. Nash, W. Prott,T. Smith, L. Bailey, J. Donovan, P. PulUam, J. Smith, T. Barroga, A. Drozak, P. Soresi, T. Purgvee, A. BarUett,J. Drury, C. Spencer, G. Quinnonez, R. Bauer, C. Dryden, J. Stancaugr, R. Rankin, J. Baum, A. Ducote, C. Sfankiewicz, A. Rattray, W. Beeching, M. Dudley, K. Steams, B. Reck, L. Bellinger, W. Dwyer, J. Stephens, C. Reinosa, J. Benoit, C. Dyer, A. Lilledalll,H. Stevens, W. Reiter, J. Evans, M. Bergeria, J. Pomerlane, R. Rhoades, G. Stewart, E. Fagan, W. Berglond, B. Stubblefield, P. Richbhrg, J. Farnen, F. Berlin, R. Sulaiman, A. Riddle, D. Bishop, S. Faust, J. Sullins, F. RipoU, G. Fay, J. Bland, W. Roades, O. Surrick, R. Manuel, R. Quinter, J. Romolo, V. Bobalek,W. Fergus, S. Roberts, J. Swiderski, J. Bonser, L. Fgrshee, R. Robinson, W. Tanner, C. Boyne, D. Firshing, W. Rodriguez, R. Taylor, F. Fischer, H. Brand, H. Rondo, C. Taylor, J. Brongh, E. Fiune, V. Rosenthal, M. Pow, J. Telegadas, G. Drozak, F. Bernstein, A. Brown, G. Fletcher, B. Roshid, M. Shields, J. Terpe, K. Frounfelter, D. Combs, W. Brown, I. Florous, C. Roy, B. Tobin, G. McFarland, D. Browne, G. Fox, P. Royal, F. Tobio, J. Bryant, B. Franco, P. Troy, S. Bucci, P. Francum, C. Tmenski, C. Buczynski, J. Frank, S., Jr. Tsminrx, L. BuliOvk, R. Frederickson, E. Turner, B. Fuller, G. Burke, T. Turner, L. Burnette, P. Furukawa, H. Underwood, G. Gallium, R. Calfey, J. Velandra, D. Caga, L. Garcia, R. Vukmir, G. Callahan, J. Gard, C. Weaver, A. Campbell, A. Gardner, E. Webb, J. Campbell, A. Gaston, T. Weber, J. Campbell,'A. Gentile, C. West,D. Celgina, J. Gimbert, R. Whitmer, A. Cheshire, J. Glidewell, T. Whitsitt,M. Cofone, W. Goff,W. Wilburn, R. Conklin, K. Goldberg, J. Williams, L. Conning, E. Gooding, H. Wilson, C. Costango, G. Goodspeed, J. Wilson, J. Cousins, W. Gorbea^R. Winder, R. Cresci, M. Guarino, L. Wingfield,P. Cross, M. Guillen, A. Wolf, P. Cunningham, W, Hagerty, C. Woody, J. Curry, M. Haggagi, A. Woriey,M. Curtis, T. HaU,P. Worster, R. Da Silva, M. Hall,W. Yarmola, J. Danzey, T. HaU,M. i SPAD Honor Roll $600 Honor Roll $300 Honor Roll $200 Honor Roll June 1977/ LOG / 39 -I �amm which was at the New Ori^ms^is ^e third largest port in the worid, following only Rotterdam and New Yoifc in total jvaterbome commerce. Hie harbor ^t New Orleans is a complicat^ net?; work ^dttsjythtg dt the We crojSs^ the Co. dock, locate below deach^erdiis:to eatclt tN 'crew sL'the-tiig -^ Smith S^£Die't^ey.ldft^tp;d^ a sh^; FInaliy we headed npriver to oil refinery at Norcp^ La. to meet the . Dixie Progress^ . an ^ :aIU-COIt-Vi tracted deep s<m tug. The was waiting for a heavy fe^ to lift before departing ifor l^pa with its t5O,O0O-barrel barge loaded widi When die Log New Otieaiis we found SlU JEk^^ spread out 9 over many miles of waterway. Our first stop was the Gulf Canal Lines fleet at the foot of Carrolton Ave. on the east bank of the Missis­ sippi.' We had a nice visit with the crew of the tbwhoat Port of Mobilej i On board the tug Kevin Smith (Crescent Towing and Salvage), deck­ hands William Campbell (I.) and Keith Schneider prepare the lines for a ship decking assignment. Cock Jim Blackwell prepares steaks for lunch on beard the deep sea tug Dixie Progress. The tugs Shannon Smith and Kevin Smith wait at the Crescent Towing and Salvage dock in New Orleans. At a Union meeting on the Port of Mobile (Gulf Canal Lines), crewmembers sit round the galley table. They are (I. to r.): Randy Kent, utility: Patrick Peters, deckhand; Don May, deckhand; Waiter Cannon, captain and Fred Nation, captain. ... Chief Engineer Glen Wheeler (I.) and Assistant Engineer Alfred Marriott change fuel injectors in the main en­ gine of the Dixie Progress (Dixie Car­ riers). AB Tankerman Mike Maleno (r.) checks ullage on the 150,000 barrel gasoline barge that the Dixie Progress will be taking to Tampa, Fla. Captain Walter Wil­ liams (I.) and Pilot Richard Uetman (c.) look on. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 1977 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU MANS FIRST U.S.-FLAG LNG SHIP NEW COMPANY LOOKS TO REVIVE MICH. CARFERRIES MAP OUT COURSE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION HALL PRESSES HEW, OSHA ON HYGIENE SIUNA AFFILIATE OF CHICAGO CABDRIVERS WINS IMPORTANT VICTORY JAMES SMITH ADDED TO FLEET ‘SIU’ LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM IS FIRST IN PUERTO RICO CHAMPIONSHIP JIMMY LOGAN PEPARES FOR CHIEF ENGINEER’S TEST HOUSE OKS PORPOISE QUOTA FOR TUNA FLEET SS SHARON- A LADY WITH A LOYAL FOLLOWING AMERICANS PAY TRIBUTE TO SEAMEN ON MARITIME DAY IT MEANS MORE CARGO FOR U.S.-FLAG VESSELS FROM MEMPHIS-ST. PAUL-PITTSBURGH, ‘SWEEP’ RIVERS 23 RIVER BOATMEN ATTEND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 1971 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER GLAD SHE’S ACCOUNTANT AGE OF AQUARIUS DAWNS FOR U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ADEQUATE LNC FACILITY NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA $3.50 FOR A 10-HOUR DAY, 6-DAY WEEK, IN 1918 ON HARBOR BOATS PORT AGENTS PREPARE TO MEET MANPWOER NEED DON’T BUY COORS BEER, CROFT METALS BOYCOTTS SET BY AFL-CIO AB ENDORSEMENT MEANS BETTER PAY, SECURITY PORT OF NEW ORLEANS: 3RD MOST ACTIVE IN THE WORLD Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1977 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 39, No. 6 1977 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d169919dc532eba31798c0b0a567a013.PDF b06ebb346dd3bcdd981ba8b66560d7f5 PDF Text Text Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL-CIO VOL. 40 NO. 6 JUNE 1978 ••i , ft < "vf t 4s •A" VI •t '•K •'l .7V See Pages 11-14 The Battle Over Maritime -'i I If 1 ^ • s •• Special Supplement Pages 7 9-30 Delta Finalizes Prudential Purchase i See Page 4 The newly acquired, SlU-contracted bulk carrier/WVOverseas Harriette (Maritime Overseas Corp.) will be making a regular rdn'' between North Europe and the East Coast. The 25,541 dwt ship will carry coal under a Military Sealift Command charter. The j Harriette. which is 567 feet long and has a beam of 78.4 feet, will create another 19 jobs for SIU njpmbers. •A,-- •. • "vT- 1 7. V ' �SlU Boatmen Should Be Familiar With the SAB Both the Unlicensed Shipping Rules the SAB to administer the shipping and the Licensed Shipping Rules for rules and to ". . . determine any matter, Harbors, Inland Waterways and Off­ controversy, or appeal arising under or shore Towing are the management and relating to," the application of the.se Union regulations for inland Boatmen. rules. The SAB .serving inland Boatmen re­ They govern job calls, accrual of senior­ ity, shipping procedures, and other cently moved to New York from the basic areas of shipping for SIU Boat­ Gulf. It is made up of four memberstwo appointed by the Union and two ap­ men. Though the shipping rules were in­ pointed by the group representing the tended as universal guidelines, there are majority of contracted employers. If any tugboatman, bargeman, or times when the rules may not apply to an dredgeman feels the shipping rules have individual Boatman, or they may not been applied unfairly in his case, he can cover a special circumstance. That's where the Seafarers Appeals Board (SAB) comes in. It's the role of apply to the Appeals Board for a deter­ mination. For example, the shipping rules say Boatmen must work a period of 90 days in any year to have earned seniority credit for that year. But if it is impossible for a Boatman to work the 90 days be­ cause of circumstances beyond his con­ trol, he may appeal to the Board. The SAB may then grant the Boatman total or partial seniority credit for time lost. To apply for a hearing by the Appeals Board, write the hoard a letter including all the facts about the matter and send it by certified mail to the Seafarers Ap­ peals Board, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215. The Appeals Board exists to protect the rights of all Boatmen. You should know about the SAB and^be familiar with how it works so that you can use it if you need to. The SAB and its pro­ cedures are spelled out in the shipping rules of your contract. INLAND Boatmen Crew SIU Towboat, the Dick Conerly At Presstime New Great Lakes Agreement Signed As this issue of Log goes to press, a new three-year agreement ha^ been reached with SIU- contracted com­ panies on the Great Lakes. The last Great Lakes contract ex­ pired in June, 1977. It was extended for a full year so that, among other factors, the new agreement's expira­ tion date would coincide with the term of the deep sea contract. Under the new contract. Great Lakes members will receive retro­ active pay for the year of the extension. Full details on the terms of the new agreement will be carried in the July issue of the Log. SIU Patrolman. Dave Wierschem (second from right) recently visited the crew on board the Dick Conerly. They are (I. to r.); Anthony Hagan. deckhand: Michael Conklin, lead deckhand, and David Purcell and Jack Mattison. both deckhands. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii [= =1 Paul HaJIL American Seamen Are Ready and Willing to Accept Change The programs and policies of this Union, bolstered by the historic support of our members, has given the SIU the most .secure job structure and the most promising outlook for the future of any maritime union in the country. More importantly, though, the SIU has been able to achieve this degree of security at a time when the maritime industry as a whole is in trouble in many respects. Operators are facing the most severe foreign competition in history. Jobs on deep sea vessels are shrinking due to automation. And maritime programs in general are under siege in Congress by both new and traditional political opponents of our industry. Despite these things, the SIU remains in good shape in the most critical area—^jobs for our members. The reason for this i^ simple. We have always done what we had to do to protect our interests across the board. To meet our challenges in Washington, D.C., we have developed the most widespread political action program in maritime labor. J o meet the problems of new technology, we have developed the most comprehensive training and upgrading programs for seamen anywhere in the nation. In both of these areas, the Union has had the complete support and parti­ cipation of the SIU membership. With all our successes, though, we still must face two very important facts. We are only one Union. And, the overall problems of the maritime industry are too many and too extensive for any one union to handle on its own. For this reason, the SIU has been working hard to bring about the consol­ idation of efforts and resources among America's maritime unions. Our first big breakthrough in this area came in 1973 when we succeeded in setting up the Ad Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. It marked the first time in years that officials from every major maritime union The newest and largest Unioncontracted towboat on the West­ ern Rivers was recently crewed by SIU Boatmen. She is the Dick Conerly, a 10,500 hp. boat which is now pushing 30 barges between New Orleans and Cairo, 111. on the Lower Mississippi. The Dick Conerly is operated by SlU-contracted Ozark Ma­ rine Service, Inc., a new St. Louis-based company that just started out last year. Her full measurements are: gross tons, 919; length, 200 ft.; breadth, 54 ft., and draft, 12 ft. She has three diesel engines and was built in the St. Louis Shipyard. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii got together in one room to discuss mutual problems. Since then, this committee has worked successfully on legislation, on issues of safety with the Coast Guard, and in other areas of Federal Government concerning maritime. Another important step, for the SIU in particular, was the merger in 1976 of the deep sea and inland districts within our own Union. This merger has since enabled us to embark on more aggressive campaigns in organizing the inland area—the one growing segment of our industry—and to work on more widespread political issues. However, 1 feel that the mo.st important step forward we have made in the area of cooperation and consolidation happened this month with the merger of the SIU-AGLIWD and the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union on the West Coast. This merger marks the first time in the history of maritime labor that jurisdiction between the West and East Coasts is joined together. Even back as far as the 19th century, when the maritime labor movement was born, the West Coast always remained a separate entity from the East and Gulf areas. The vote on the merger was an overwhelmingly favorable one. Both the membership of the SlU-AGLlWD and the Marine Cooks voted a 95 percent approval of the move. This sends us into the merger with the knowledge that our dual memberships are in virtually complete support bf the agreement. This kind of support will make it a whole lot easier for the officials of both unions to translate this merger into positive action programs for the future. However, I believe that the most important aspect of this merger is that it serves as a model for the rest of the maritime labor movement. This merger makes it plain that all maritime labor should make an effort to bury the hatchets of the past. The problems maritime unions have had with each other years ago are no longer important. It further demonstrates that maritime labor cannot afford to live in the past, simply because the maritime industry of 30 years ago no longer exists. The only thing that is really important now is the future. Despite the problems and challenges we face today, I sincerely believe that maritime labor has a great opportunity to restore the U.S. to its former greatness as a maritime nation. But again, no one union or no one segment of the maritime labor move­ ment could hope to achieve this goal on its own. Maritime labor must continue to work closely together in all areas for the good of everyone. And maritime unions must continue to actively pursue the consolidation of efforts and resources through merger or otherwise whenever and wherever possible. American seamen as a class of people want more than anything a secure job and a secure future. And American seamen are both willing and ready to accept chaJige to achieve this security. I believe that the overwhelming vote for the SIU-MGS merger demonstrates this in very vivid fashion. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District, AfT.-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Published monthly. Second Class po^ge paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. 40, No. 6, June 1978. 2 / LOG / June 1978 I �SlU, Marine Cooks & Stewards Merge Both Memberships Vote a 95% Approval of Consolidation LI For the first time in the history of the maritime labor movement, shipboard jurisdiction between East and West Coast is joined together. This is the result of the finalization this month of the merger of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union and the SIU-AGLIWD. By a 95 percent majority, the MCS membership voted to approve the merger. The official tally, which was counted on June 9, was 2,223 in favor and 109 opposed. The SIU secret ballot membership vote concluded on May 16 and was also overwhelmingly in favor of the merger. The final SIU count was 3,338 for and 170 against the consol­ idation proposal. Under the terms of the merger proposal, the consolidation was ef­ fective as soon as the memberships of both unions voted to approve it. The vote is the end result of a process begun in Feb., 1977 when the SIU's Executive Board offered merger proposals to the SIUNA's three affiliated West Coast Unions. All three Unions considered the proposal. The Sailor's Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's Union voted to table the offer, while the MCS Executive Board approved it and offered it to the membership for a vote. Commenting on the merger, SIU President Paul Hall said, "the over­ whelmingly favorable vote is an in­ dication that both our membership and the MCS membership realize that the maritime industry is con­ fronted with many difficult prob­ lems. And they realize that if mari­ time labor is going to overcome these problems, there has to be a consolidation of efforts." By merging, both the SIU and MCS will reap the advantages of a larger, stronger Union. Though shipping in the A&G District is good, shipping on the West Coast has been steadily declining over the years. In 1959 the Pacific Maritime As­ sociation had 134 ships which were crewed by Pacific District maritime unions. In 1969 they were down to 104 ships. And in 1977, at the time of the merger proposal, there were only 54 ships under contract on the West Coast. As Ed Turner, president of the MCS said: "By this merger we be­ lieve we will preserve for our mem­ bership our remaining PMA jobs and benefits. Simultaneously, we be- lieve our membership will have the opportunity to participate in the only growth area left in maritime— the area in which the AGLIWD has been successful." With completion of the merger, the SIU is evaluating the po.s.sibility of putting together more compre­ hensive training and upgrading pro­ grams specifically for the steward department. Such a program would allow SIU members to make the most of career opportunities in the steward department. Ed Turner, who's been the Chief Executive Officer of the MCS since it was chartered in 1951, will become the senior SIU A&G officer on the Pacific Coast. A life-long seaman. Turner first shipped out as an ordinary seaman in 1945. He was active in organizing drives for the Sailor's Union of the Pacific. In 1945 he was named by Harry l.undeberg to coordinate the pro-AFL steward movement on the West Coast. Though the MCS has always had a tradition of being an autonomous union, a .statement issued by the Union's agents at their la.st annual Conference made it clear that tradi­ tions are not always worth hanging on to. "Tradition is a fine thing," the agents said. "It may serve the spirit well. But it cannot be put on a plate and be eaten. It cannot be deposited in the bank in order to meet pay­ ments on a car or a home. But it can act as an anchor around the neck of those who live by it." :i If 30 Cents a Day Can |i T Buy You lob Security Above photo shows six rank-and-file SIU members that made up Tallying Committee to count the SlU-AGLIWD's merger ballots. They are from the left. SIU members John Givens. Charles Callahan, Juan Vega. James McPhaul. William Koflowitch, and John Adam. .S «' v SEE BACK PAGE INDEX Legislative News Bilateral Trade Liberiaii Ships SIU in Washington Page 5 Page 18 Page 9 Union News Merger Page 3 Deep Sea Contract .. Pages 11-14 President's Report Page 2 Headquarters Notes Page 7 New Delta Ships Pages 4-5 Brotherhood in Action Page 1 0 At Sea-Ashore Page 15 SPAD Checkoff Back Page Yellowstone Tragedy. Pages 16-17 Boatmen and SAB Page 2 Great Lakes Picture Page 8 Inland Lines Page 6 SPAD honor roll Page 47 General News National unemployment ... Page 8 National Maritime Day ... Page 17 River Tugs,.,,,.....Pages 34-35 , Scholarship^ Winner"... ,... Page 45^ • Tug Dick Chnerl'y . W Page-2 Ships Cabled on New Contract Ships' Digests Page 31 Dispatchers' Reports: Great Lakes Page 45 Inland Waters Page 43 Deep Sea Page 42 AB endorsement Page 4 Great Lakes Tugs ... Pages 40-41 The following cablegram was sent to all SlU-contracted deep-sea vessels June 14, 1978 immediately after the Union signed a new three-year contract for deepsea members. Brother Chairman: Your Union negotiating committee has finalized negotiations with standard tanker and freightship operators. The new three year pact, provides 714% compounded increases each year on wages, premium, overtime and penalty rates. The revised vacation plan provides 4 months pay at the rating employed for 12 months work or pro rata thereof. January I, 1979 pensions will be increased to $400.00. On June 16, 1980 to $450.00. Major medical coverage will be provided up to 80%. Optical benefits will be raised to $40.00. Based on seatime the death benefit can reach $20,000.00. Contractual changes and complete details of all gains and improvements will be discussed by the boarding patrolman at your vessels arrival in port. Training and Upgrading 'A' seniority upgrading ... Page 46 HLS course dates Page 39 LNG Page 33 Towboat Scholarship Page 44 Pilot Training Page 37 Membership News New pensioners Final Departures Fish Story Page 36 Page 38 Page 32 Special Features The Battle Over Maritime Authorizations Pages 19-30 Articles of particular interest to members in each area—deep sea, inland. Lakes—can be found on the following pages: Deep Sea: 3, 4,,.5. .IK 12, .13 U Inlend Waters: 2, 6." 34. 3"5V42:'4r' Great'Ldkes:'8. 32;40V41 • . • -A; ' Fraternally, PAUL HALL t . n-"VT- rt-f ''' V'V ••J 'V' .. - June 1978 / LOG / 3 :T 5.' y h, ; • •'S" *Yr �BP 526 Jobs For SlU Members Delta Lines Buys 13 Prudential Ships Slli members began erewing the first the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's lines and refused to go aboard the <)l 13 newly aequired vessels this month Union initially set up picket lines in former Prudential Lines ships. as a result of linali/ation of the pur­ San Francisco and Tacoma in an effort Delta, however, took the case to the chase of I'rudential Lines by SlU-conto maintain their job jurisdiction on Labor Board seeking an injunction tracted Delta Steamship Co. I he take­ the six West Coast vessels. against the picketing. The Labor Board over represents 526 jobs for SlU SIU members honored the picket subsequently ruled in favor of Delta and members. Seven of the ships, all cargo vessels in­ cluding one LASH, will operate on trade routes Irom the U.S. Last Coast to the Caribbean and West Coast of South America. [he remaining six ships, which in­ clude four combination passenger/ cargo vessels and two Seajet class cargo ships, will run from the U.S. West Coast to the Caribbean and both the Last and West Coasts of South America. I he 13 vessels will take on their SIU crews over a two-month period as they return to the U..S. from foreign voyages. The first two ships, the i.ASH Delta Carihe and the cargo vessel Delta (. Ohtnihia, crewed up .lime 16, 197S in the port of New York. A third vessel, the Delta llolivia, crewed in New York on .lune 23. 1978. All the vessels operating off the East Coast will take on their crews in the port of New York. SIU members are replacing NMU crews on the East Coast lleet. And Seafarers will be manning the West Holding life ring bearing name of Delta Caribe, five of the ship's SIU deck gang Coast fleet in place of SIU Pacific gather for pix. They are, from the left: Don Hicks, recertified bosun; Don District personnel. Morritl, ordinary: Jim Manning, AB; Arne Bookman, ordinary, and Ted Members of the Sailors Union of Veliotis, AB. the SUP and MFOW took their lines down. SIU members then crewed the pas­ senger ship, Santa Maria, in San Francisco and the cargo vessel, Seajet, in Tacoma. The remaining vessels from both the East and West Coast fleets will crew as they return from foreign voyages. Delta Negotiating Two Years Delta has been negotiating to buy Prudential Lines for two years. Details were finally worked out earlier this month. The sale was approved by the U.S. Maritime Administration. The company has renamed the nine cargo vessels. But the passenger ships will keep their original names. Since passage of the Merchant Ma­ rine Act of 1970, Delta has been one of the more aggressive U.S. operators in trying to modernize and expand its fleet. The purchase of Prudential Lines doubles Delta's present fleet size. V T=' » > 'L . TKV : -J ..J-h st',' ' 1 ' jT„\l •' i (( ''lai ' IV'' ' • • V ? « /i Some of the crew of the Delta Bolivia gather for photo along with port gfpwprri \/ir J nnnrhamn ffgfp lo6 nthorc^ ip fpQm ^ho left are: James Barclay, chief cook: Mike Anzelone, crew messman; Michael Rolle, safoon messman, and Thomas Escudero, reefer engineer. I» i Seafarer Larry Gayle is member of the Delta Bolivia's black gang. 4/LOG/June 1978 The Santa, Clara, renamed the Delta Columbia, took on her SIU crew it^ the port of New York on June 16,1978. The Delta Bolivia took on her SIU crew June 23. 1978 in the port of New York. �At State Dept. Request, SlU Settles Beef on Greek Tanker At the request of the U.S. State Department, the SIU helped square away a potentially explosive situ­ ation involving five Indonesian crewmembers on a Greek-owned, Libyanflag tanker earlier this month. The State Department made the request since the SIU is an active member ,.f the International Transportation Federa­ tion, a world wide maritime regulatory agency of the United Nations. After the initial dispatch from the State Department, SIU Headquarters received a cable from one of the five disgruntled crewmen aboard the 531 ft. tanker, Ain Taurga. The cable read; "Five Indonesian crewmembers will disembark due to several reasons to be proved by inquiry. We are complaining against the following: cutting of over­ time; food; not having sufficient crew; not keeping of promises of Hamburg office; delay of monthly wages. The master told us we must pay our own ticket (for repatriation). We kindly ask you to come on board the M/V Ain Taurga to take care of our interests in salary, etc. on arrival New York 6/2 1400 hours. Chief cook refused to cook our Muslim food and they know that we will not eat pork." SIU New York Representative John Dwyer handled the assignment the fol­ lowing day. Dwyer told the LOG: "I went out to Floyd Bennett Airfield (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and went by helicopter 90 miles out over the Atlantic to land on the destroyer USS Vigilant, "From there by powerboat to the MjV Ain Taurga . . . where we met Capt. V. R. Hoffmann, a German. "I went down to the crews mess to meet the five Indonesians. We talked for about two hours and I listened to their complaints. Then we went up to see the captain. He denied everything." Dwyer added that the captain hadn't left the bridge for four days because he was afraid to go below. The captain said that he and the chief engineer had been struck and the chief cook was cut on the cheek by a knife. The Indonesians denied responsibility. Dwyer continued: "there was no bosun on ship. No chief steward. No 2nd engineer and no wiper. "The captain took an AB and a wiper and put them into the galley as cooks. "The Indonesians agreed to get off the ship if they were sent home to Indonesia. The captain wanted them sent to Libya, where they presumably would be put in jail. "At about this time the armed Coast Guard came aboard with machineguns and small arms. They took the five sea­ men to the crews mess and stood guard over them until they left the ship. "I went down to see how much stores they had. There were no eggs, no milk and not one vegetable in sight. The storeroom was empty. "In Newport News, Va. on Feb. 15, 1978 the whole crew of the Ain Taurga went on strike for two weeks because they had not received their wages from the previous captain, who then quit." Dwyer added that the old captain and a company official had promised in a verbal agreement to pay them extra money which they never got. He said that the Indonesians were also upset because they had to clean up after the captain's two Gejman Shepherds. The dispute was ended when the cap­ tain agreed to send the five crewmen back to Indonesia instead of Libya. The captain also agreed to send their back pay to the Libyan counsel in Indonesia. According to the Indonesian crew's contract they earn $400 a month for an 8-hour day, Monday through Saturday. They get a tanker bonus and $2 an hour overtime pay also on Sundays and seven holidays except on Sundays and holi­ days at sea. And while on safety watches in port or in emergencies. For nine months seatime, they get three days off a month. For disobedience, leaving their post without permission, contraband, drink­ ing, etc., there is no repatriation pay. Unless the company gives seven-days notice at a convenient repatriation port after nine months, the contract is ex­ tended another 12 months until a con­ venient repatriation port is reached. • n U.S., Argentina Sign Bilateral Trade Agreement The U.S. Government took a step in the right direction for U.S.-flagshipping lines in a recent trade agreement with Argentina. The bi-lateral agreement states that Government cargoes shipped between the two countries will be divided equally between U.S.-flag and Argentine-flag fleets. It will promote trade which will benefit the merchant marine of both countries. Within the U.S., it will have a positive impact on U.S.-flag companies engaged in liner trade with the east coast of South America. The agreement was signed in Buenos Aires on March 31 by representatives of both countries. The American delega­ tion was led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Robert J. Blackwell, head of the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The introduction to the agreement recognizes both countries' need to pro­ mote trade by "strengthening and pro­ viding adequate protection for their merchant marine." This is significant in itself because although the U.S. is the leading trading nation, it carries only a small percentage of its own trade in U.S.-flag ships. The SIU strongly supports trading agreements like this and urges more like it that will help to build up the American merchant marine. Basically, the agreement means that I the U.S. and Argentina recognize each other's intention to carry a substantial portion of the liner trade between the two countries in vessels of her own flag. This will be done in accordance with the laws of each country. The Cargo Prefer­ ence Act of 1954 already mandates that 50 percent of all U.S. Government cargo be carried in U.S.-flag ships. The cargo covered by the agreement with Argentina will be divided up by additional pooling agreements between the shipping lines of both countries. These will cover revenue shares and other terms of the carriage of this cargo. In the U.S., MARAD has the authority to approve and implement these com­ mercial agreements. Crewing Dates for 13 Delta Ships Vessel—Old Name New Name Type Crewing Date Port Santa Clara Turkiye Santa Isabel Seajet Santa Cruz Santa Mariana Santa Elena Santa Lucia Santa Maria Santa Barbara Oceanjet Santa Magdalena Santa Mercedes Delta Columbia Delta Caribe Delta Peru Delta Canada Delta Ecuador -unchangedDelta Panama Delta Venezuela -unchangedDelta Bolivia Delta Chile -unchanged-unchanged- cargo LASH cargo seajet class cargo passenger cargo cargo passenger cargo seajet class passenger passenger crewed 6/16/78 crewed 6/16/78 mid-July crewed 6/23/78 late July 8/2/78 7/5/78 6/28/78 crewed 6/23/78 crewed 6/23/78 late August 7/6/78 7/20/78 New York New York New York Tacoma New York San Francisco New York New York San Francisco New York Tacoma San Francisco San Francisco U 'S % I A A <! •I !v i. •1, These dates are tentative and are subject to change. Keep in touch with the local Hall for further information. ! f \ •'I The LASH. Delta Caribe, was the first of the 13 newly acquired vessels to take on an SIU crew. Seafarer Norman Verran, sailing messman, boards the Delta Columbia earlier this month. June 1978 / LOG I 5 �(VAili yott See isWhet yeu Get Great Lakes The sizeable contract recently awarded toGreat LakesDredge and Dock Com­ pany of Cleveland is good news to SlU Boatmen and Dredgemen in this area. This SlU-contracted company had the winning bid, accepted by the Army Corps of Engineers, for a $3,385,446 job to build a diked disposal facility in Erie Harbor. 7 he polluted material dredged from the harbor navigation channels will be contained in the facility when it is completed in the fall of 1979. Mobile Higher wages and improved benefits went into effect for 340 SlU Boatmen, Dredgemen and barge repair personnel when they ratified a new three year con­ tract with Radcliff Materials this month. Houston SlU-contracted G & H Towing, the major shipdocking operator in this port, has shipyard orders for nine new harbor tugs. When completed over the next year and a half, they will bring the company's fleet up to 40 boats. fi & H also plans to expand its two acre operation base in Galveston to a 14 acre site on Pelican Island. This is where construction of the first offshore deepwater terminals in the Gulf has been proposed. This port is setting deep sea tonnage records every year and inland waterways expansion is moving right along with those figures. Traffic has been increasing steadily along the 1,200 mile Gulf Intracoastal Waterways. A study commis­ sioned by the Texas General Land Office reports that it may be economically sound to build new inland canals to connect with the Waterway and the Gulf. These would allow new Texas industries to locate further in from the Gulf Coast without losing access to low cost water transportation. St. Louis This port will become a hub city for River boats when the DW/a 0//ce/7 and the Mississippi Queen begin to alternate weekly visits here for the start of seven-day cruises up the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers. These two boats, operated by SlU-contracted Delta Queen Steamboat Co., are the only two overnight pas­ senger boats on tj(^e Rivers. The tourism generated by their weekly schedules is e.xpect^i'^L'.0. ^/.irhp an additional $3 to $4 million annually into the St. Louis economy. SlU-contracted American Commercial Barge Lines is building a new coal transier terminal along the north St. Louis riverfront. It will be a transfer point from rail to barge for western coal. And it is expected to boost the area's annual cargo volume by 4 million tons once complete. ^<7 • /A/r/ A/r/'x/f/y Arr/^ /A/Ay YYyfYAr/:}/y/f//AY.J John Q. Boatman f////Ay/'rx///AAy AA/f Diesel Engineer. Come to HLS. Take the Diesel Engineering Course. It starts July 31 and is 6 weeks long. To enroll, see your SIU Repre­ sentative or contact: Hany Lundeberg School Vocational Education Department Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Phone: (301) 994-0010 You don't have to want a license to take the Diesel course. If you would like to learn more about diesel engines, sign up for the four-week-long diesel engine class. Same starting date, but the course is two weeks shorter in length. John B. Waterman Committee Jacksonville A new "monster" triple-deck barge, the world's largest, has started a regular run from this port to San ,Iuan, P. R. It is operated by SlU-contracted Caribe Tugboat, Inc. The 580 ft. long, 105 ft. wide barge can carry 374 trailers. Collecting dues on May 26 from Deck Delegate E. Puras (standing right) at a payoff aboard the SS John B. Waterman (Waterman) is N.Y. Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated right). Looking on is the restoftheShip'scommitteeof(seated left) Bosun C.C. Smith, ship's chairman and (standing I. to r.) Educational Director Theodore Humal, Steward Delegate E. C. Ponson and Chief Steward Sam W. McDonald, secretaryreporter. The ship paid off at Pier 7, Brooklyn. N.Y. Notice to Members On Job Call Procedure New Orleans Patrolman Don Tillman assembled the crew of the Dixie Van­ guard for a group shot during a recent service visit on the towboat at the Getty Oil Terminal in Venice, La. They are (I to r): Capt. Paul Latiolais, Pilot Larry Boudreaux, Chief Engineer Ernest Fabre. Cook Thomas Sims, and Dec. inds Mike Connors, John Smith and Bobby Reeves. The deckharjUs are all giaduates of the Lundeberg School. 6/ LOG / June 1978 When throwing in for work dur­ ing a job call at any SlU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers INLAND V,# .• A] �Headquar Votes by SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak When it comes to the strength of a union, the bottom line is the bargaining table. The SIU is active on many fronts to improve and protect the jobs of the membership. Politics, training and upgrading all play a major role in achieving job goals. But the most concrete measure of how far we've come through all of our efforts is the contract. The history of the SIU has been a steady upward climb in wages and benefits for the membership. And I'm happy to say that our recent collective bargaining and trust fund agreements have not only continued this trend—they have set milestone achievements within it. You'll know what I'm talking about immediately when you read the special four-page outline on the new deep sea contract on pages 11 through 14 in this issue of the Log. The Union has secured substantial across-the-board increases under this contract for wages, regular overtime, premium and penalty rates. And we have worked out tremendous advances in the Seafarers Pension, Welfare and Vaca­ tion Plans. I hese are the result of negotiated increases in employer contributions to the various trust funds which supf)ort the Plans. Here are the highlights of what the new benefits add up to: • A $100 jump in the monthly pension benefit in the first two years of the new contract —up to $450 by June 16, 1980. • A 70 percent to 100 percent increase in vacation benefits, depending on the rating sailed. • An increase from $5,000 to $20,000 in maximum death benefit coverage. • The first Major Medical program available to Seafarers' dependents. I urge all SIU members to read the full details of the new contract provided in the Log. Even if you're not a deep sea member, I think you will find it an eyeopening example of what we can achieve through collective strength. The Union has also wrapped up the new contract for Great Lakes sailors. Here, too, we have made significant gains for Seafarers, which will be spelled out in the next issue of the Log. I also want to report on our recent collective bargaining efforts for the new family of SIU deep sea members on the West Coast. These are the result of the recent merger between the SIU and the Marine Cooks & Stewards union (MC & S). The MC&Sand two other West Coast unions, the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen, negotiate jointly with the employers group for that area, the Pacific Maritime Association. Now that the MC & S and the SIU have merged, we are working together in these negotiations. So far we have succeeded in getting an extension of the expiration date forthe old PMA contract from June 16to July 15. This willgive us extra time, needed because of the recent merger, to prepare a full set of contract proposals. I feel confident that the combined strength of the merger will pay off in a successful contract for the West Coast Steward Department. The SIU has also been making important strides for the inland membership. The new contract for Great Lakes Towing was recently ratified, bringing bigger and better benefits for 150 SIU Boatmen with the company. It includes the Union's industry-wide Inland Vacation Plan, a first for Lakes Boatmen. Over 300 Union dredgemen with Radcliff Materials, the biggest SIUcontracted dredging operation in the Guff, also just ratified their best package of increased wages and improved benefits. The Union now is focusing its collective bargaining efforts for Boatmenonthe East Coast. Negotiations are under way for several tug and barge divisions of Interstate and Ocean Transport Company (lOT). And delegates from the five SlU-contracted shipdocking companies on the East Coast are beginning to get together for their new contracts coming up this fall. Actually, preparations for these contracts, which cover much of the Union's inland activity on the East Coast, have been going on o\erthegrealer part of this year. Boatmen from all of the companies involve:' took part in a series ol educational conferences at the Harry Liindebcrg Schbol where they learned about the many new Union benefits available for the inland membership. There was active give and take between the Boatmen and the Union leadership at these conferences and I'm certain this w ill pay off when we work together at the bargaining table. All in all, the Union has been pulling together for successful contracts in the true sense of collective bargaining. But the work isn't over when the contracts arc signed and ratified. We can't forget that a contract is a two-way agreement. It is the employer's commitment to workers' rights and benefits. But it is also the workers commit­ ment to do the job. Ihe Union's bargaining strength is its ability to supply qualified seamen required lor the job. And the training and upgrading programs available at the Lundcbcrg School are the means to that end. The steady supply of Seafarers and Boatmen coming out of the School is the SI U's proof that we can deliver the manpower promised in the contracts, ait it's up to you to make sure that the supply keeps coming. In short, upgrading works hand in hand with the Union's negotiations for better contracts. And e(]ually important, it tneans that you can get mote out of the contract. Just look at the wage and benefit scales listed in the supplement on the new deep sea contract. Ihe difference between the levels under the old and new contracts are significant. But it really changes as the ratings go up. This is true of all contracts. Take advantage of the maximum benefits available to you under your contract by signing up for an upgrading program today. DON'T UPGRADE AT HLS. IT WON'T IVIAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. - pi 1 1 Y i • • A I.' •Y No Thanks to J. P. Stevens Co. •V '! % V, UNTIL YOU OPEN YOUR WALLET. It's this simple—an AB earns more than an Ordinary. Getting your AB ticket is almost as simple. Come to HLS and take the AB course. It starts on July 10. Ex-employee of the anti-union J. P. Stevens Co., a textile giant, is Willie W. Brice (left) of Teachey, N. C., who got a $58.24 monthly pension from the company after 24 years of service. At (right) is his son, Wayne in front of their Wallace, N. C. grocery store. The AFL-CIO has endorsed a nationwide boycott of J. P. Stevens products. To enroll, see your SIU Representative or contact: Vocational Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Phone: (301) 994-0010 June 1978 / LOG / 7 mSSS i .( f-i ••-tv �The Lakes Picture Alpena contract. The ferry companies have a separate agreement because they run their entire fleets only during the summer season. Also because they are the only passen­ ger vessels under SIU contract on the Lakes. The SIU agreement with Lakes companies operating bulk carriers expired June 15. Union reps are in the midst of negotiations on that contract. American Steamship Co. has renamed the SlU-contracted Buffalo the Saginaw Bay. The company will name the new 630-foot self-unloader, now under construction, the Buffalo. She should be ready for crewing this summer. American Steamship has two other vessels on order. One is set for delivery in 1979, the other in 1980. All the new ships will be SIU crewed. Frankfort The Michigan Interstate Railway Co. which runs the carferry Mj V Viking, can­ celled plans to open the port of Manitowc, Wise. The Viking had been scheduled to make her first run to Manitowc since 1974 on May 29. The vessel will continue to ferry between Frankfort and Kewanee, Wise, and is now running on a fixed schedule. The Viking leaves Frankfort every day at 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and is no longer laying up on Mondays. The five cement carriers in the Huron Cement Co. fleet are all in operation and making their regular runs between Alpena, Mich., and Great Lakes ports. Because of a big jump in cement sales, Huron Cement is fitting out-the L.G.Harriman. Built in 1923, the Harriman has been inactive since 1976. She'd been Cleveland used H' ^ cement storage silo during that time. The engine department boarded the Cleveland Port Agent George Telegades has retired from the Union. Telegades ship in iluth on June 13. The deck department followed on June 19. The Harri­ recently returned to the Union Hall after a nine-month sick leave but felt he wasn't man will carry an SlU crew of 20. Last summer the vessel's boiler room was automated but she still has an old reciprocating engine rather than the steam turbine well enough to continue working.The Cleveland Hall has been closed and Seafarers are being asked to use the Hall at Algonac, Mich. or diesel engines found on most Lakers. Aljgonae All The Lakes Great Lakes area reps recently wrapped up contract negotiations for the SlUcontracted Arnold Transit Co. and Straits Transit Co. The companies operate a President Carter's budget proposals for Fiscal Year 1979 targeted $97.8 million total of 11 ferry boats that run between St. Ignace or Mackinaw City on the main­ for the Corps of Engineers water resources program on the Great Lakes. land and Mackinac Island. The provisions of the new contract include a 20 percent The budget allocation will cover: 1) navigation, flood control and beach erosion wage hike over two years and increased benefits. projects, 2) construction of dikes to contain polluted dredged material and, 3) Most SlU-contracted Great Lakes companies are covered by a general Lakes general operation and maintenance of channel and harbor dredging. Take One Giant Step Toward Building a Better Future Upgrade at HLS The following courses will begin soon: LNG FOWT Diesel Engineer Welding Able Seaman Towboat Operator, Western Rivers Towboat Operator, Inland and Oceans Chief Steward Chief Cook Cook and Baker Lifeboat Tankerman August 21 August 31 July 31 August 7, August 21 August 17 August 7 August 28 August 21 August-7, August 21 August 7, August 21 August 17, August 31 August 17, August 31 To enroll contact HLS or your SIU Representative Sign Up Now! Upgrading Pays Off When It's Time to Pay Off 8/ LOG/June 1978 U.S. Unemployment Rate Edges Up to 6.1% in May;Black's12.3% WASHINGTON, D.C. -The na­ tion's unemployment rate increa.sed slightly to 6.1 percent in May. It is up one-tenth of one percent from April's 6 percent. However, the black jobless rate went up to 12.3 percent from 11.8 per­ cent. Employment remained at a standstill for the fourth straight month failing to keep up with a big jump in the country's labor force, according to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics (BLS). The U.S. jobless rate was 6.2 percent in February and 6 percent in March after dropping gradually through most of 1977 and early 1978. America's labor force built up to 100.3 million persons last month—a gain of a half million—beating the 100 million record for the first time. Total employment in May rose only 310,000 to 94.1 million people from 93.8 million in April. The number of unemployed people rose 166,000 to 6.1 million job­ less from April's 5.9 million. But the AFL-CIO says the "true" un­ employment figure should be 8.7 per­ cent with 8.8 million persons needing jobs. This is because the Government doesn't count in their figures the 900,000 "discouraged" jobless workers who don't look for employment and the 3.2 million workers who have to work parttime because they can't find fulltime jobs. BLS chief Robert L. Stein reports that the latest rise in joblessness oc­ curred among adult women. Their rate rose from 5.8 percent to 6.3 percent. The male adult rate.stayed at 4.2 percent. There was a sharp drop in unemploy­ ment among 20 to 24-year-olds count­ ered by an increase among men between 25 and 54 years of age. The black teenage jobless rate rose last month to 38.4 percent from April's 35.3 percent, where it had stagnated for the past year. White teenagers had their rate fall fourtenths of one percent to 16.5 per­ cent. SPAD is the SIU's political fund and our political arm in Washington, D.C. The SIU asks for and accepts voluntary contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to SPAD to support the election campaigns of legislators who have shown a pro-maritime or pro-labor record. SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively on the vital maritime issues in the Congress. These are issues that have a direct impact on the jobs and job security of all SIU mem­ bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes. The SIU urges its members to continue their fine record of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at all without fear of reprisal. A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec­ tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC in Washington, D.C. �Jltnaton Htl in Seafarers International Union of North America. AFL-CIO JUNE 1978 • Legislative. Administrative and Kegidatorv Happenings US Tobs at Stake—SIU Gears for Battle On Ocean Mining Bill The SIU's political and legisla­ tive team in Washington—work­ ing with the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department—is geared for an all-out fight to protect jobs for U.S. workers in the develop­ ing ocean mining industry. Hou.se Bill Sets Navy-Maritime Advisory Board The House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee is in the final stages of submitting an SlU-supported bill to Congress which would establish a five-member Navy-Maritime Advisory Board. The purpose of the bill, according to Merchant Marine Committee Chairman John Murphy(D-N.Y.), is to bring closer cooperation to the national security efforts be­ tween the Navy and the U.S. Mer­ chant Marine. The legislation would establish a five-member panel—appointed by the President—which would include the Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of Com­ merce for Maritime Affairs, and a representative from the U.S. liner fleet, tanker operators, and bulk carriers. Testifying in support of the leg­ islation was Herb Brand, presi­ dent of the Transportation Insti­ tute. He said, "The changing realities that this nation faces demand a new level of coordina­ tion between the Navy and the Merchant Marine if U.S. seapower is ever to be restored to the level required to guarantee the security of this nation." Brand noted that the rapid growth of the Soviet Navy and merchant fleet in the past few years was cause for grave concern to those who are in tune with the national security implications of seapower. He said: ' The Soviet Union has demon­ strated its awareness that a nation's seapower depends on a combination of both naval and merchant fleet strength. Equally important, the Soviets have learned that those two forces must be coordinated in a carefully con­ sidered manner if their strengths are to be used at all effectively. This is a lesson that the U.S. has not yet learned." Brand added that one of the contributions of this legislation is that it recognizes the role that both the Navy and the Merchant Marine play in the nation's sea­ power—and that a strong mer­ chant fleet is indispensable to the national interest. Declaring that "American workers cannot afford another runaway industry," SIU Legisla­ tive and Political Action Director Dave Dolgen said that unless this bill contains guarantees that pro­ tect the jobs of American workers, "we are going to oppose it with everything we have." Here's where we stand. The four House committees which all had separate versions of this bill (Merchant Marine & Fisheries, Interior, International Relations, and Ways & Means) got together this month to agree on a final version of the bill which they will report to the full House. This "final version"would just about destroy any guarantees that mining vessels, processing plants and ore carriers would be built in the U.S., located in the U.S. or registered under U.S. flag. What this "final version" says is that mining and ore carrying vessels will be registered in the U.S..o/ //; a recipmcatiufi nation. It doesn't offer any guarantees that the equipment will be built in the U.S., or that processing plants will be located here. Meanwhile, the Senate Energy Committee has reported its ver­ sion of an Ocean Mining bill which does contain strong guar­ antees that would reserve the min­ ing, seagoing and shoreside jobs for U.S. workers. The bill has now been sent to the Senate Com- On the Agenda in Congress... ALASKA LANDS. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is continuing hearings on the D-2 Alaska Lands bills (S. 299, S. 1787, and others). Senator Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) is chairing the hearings. OIL POLLUTION LIABIL­ ITY. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is continuing hearings on a bill which would set oil pollution lia­ bility standards. Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Maine) will be chair­ ing the hearings. GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE. The House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee will hold hearings to consider amendments to the Great Lakes Pilotage Act. Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY), chair­ man of the Coast Guard Subcommittee, will be chairing the hearings. FISHERY CONSERVATION. The Fisheries and Wildlife Sub­ committee of the House Mer­ chant Marine & Fisheries Com­ mittee will continue oversight hearings on the Fishery Conser­ vation and Management Act. Congressman Robert Leggett (DCalif.) is chairman of the Com­ mittee. OCEAN POLICY. The Ocean­ ography Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine Fish­ eries Committee is holding hear­ ings on a bill (H.R. 9708) which would establish a national ocean policy, and set forth the objectives of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra­ tion. Congressman John Breaux (D-La.) will chair the hearings. OCEAN ENERGY. Oversight hearings on legislation which would promote various projects to exploit the ocean as an energy resource are being held by the Oceanography Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee this month. EQUAL ACCESS & POOL­ ING AGREEMENTS. The Mer­ chant Marine Subcommittee of In the Federal Agencies... LAW OF THE SEA. The Ad­ visory Committee of the Law of the Sea will meet in closed session, and later in open session, this month to discuss all principal agenda issues to be considered when the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea meets in New York in August. Items of critical interest to the U.S. maritime industry—and U.S. Maritime and shoreside workers —will be the effect of domestic legislation on the jurisdiction of deep sea mining. This will include documentation of vessels engaged in mining operations, ore carrying ships, and the location of onshore processing plants. (See story on this page.) NAllONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE (NACOA). This group will meet in Washington later this month to hear an annual report on the law of the Sea, and for discussion on coastal zone management. NATIONAL WATERWAYS SYSTEM. The U.S. Corps of En­ gineers will hold an open meeting this month for a discussion of a current study on the national waterways system. The Corps is presently conducting a study on the waterways, and the future of this system through the year 2000. The report is expected to be com­ pleted in 1980. merce Committee. The Senate Energy Committee tied its U.S. jobs provisions to "investment guarantee.s", which means that U.S. investment, or insurance guarantees would only be given to mining companies that use ships that are built and registered in the U.S. Our Washington staff has been meeting with the legislative staffs of the House Merchant Marine «& Fisheries Committee and the Sen­ ate Commerce Committee to make our position perfectly clear. At the same titne, we ha\e en­ listed the full support ofthe Mari­ time Trades Department, and a number of AFL-CIO national unions. the Hou.se Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee will be hold­ ing hearings this month on H.R. 11862 which provides for the prompt implementation of equal access to liner conferences, cargo pooling, and reciprocal ocean freight agreements. Congress­ man John Murphy (D-NY), chairman of the committee, will conduct the hearings. COAST GUARD. The Coast Guard Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine & Fish­ eries Committee is holding hear­ ings on a bill (H.R. 10390) which would commit the U.S. to implement the resolutions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. COAL SLURRY PIPELINE. The Public Lands Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will con­ tinue hearings this month on two bills relating to construction of coal slurry pipelines. THIRD FLACJ RATES. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on a bill whieh would regulate the rates and charges of state-owned car­ riers primarily those of Sovietbloc nations - which are engaged in the foreign commerce of the U.S. The purpose of the hearings is to take a hard look at the rate cutting and other trade practices ^ of Soviet-controlled shipping which has made serious inroads into U.S. waterbornc foreign trade. CLOSEDSHIPPERS'COUNClLS. The Merchant Marine Sub­ committee of the House Mer­ chant Marine & Fisheries Com­ mittee will begin hearings next month on a bill which would authorize the formation of "closed shippers' councils" in the foreign ocean trades of the U.S. June 1978 / LOG / 9 • -vl y i 1 I .1 1 •i ^ ; �Leukemia Is a By-Product of Benzene Fumes Two recent cases have linked chronic exposure to benzene with the deadly blood disease, leukemia. This emphasizes the necessity of wearing protective clothing, face masks, or fresh air breathers when working near this or any other noxious chemical. The first incident involved a marine inspection officer with more then 20 years on the job who died of leukemia. His job forced him to come into contact with benzene on many occasions. The second involved a 26-year-old petty officer who contracted leukemia after daily exposure to benzene. The Coast Guard officer was an instructor at a machinery technician school. He used benzene daily in his classes as a solvent. The young man survived his ordeal. But it took three months of chemother­ apy to put the disease in remission. In other words, the disease could begin progressing again in days or years. These two cases, of course, are iso­ On top of the long term hazards of lated ones. For every worker who con­ benzene in causing cancer, heavy ex­ tracts leukemia due to benzene exposure, posures to the light yellow liquid in a there are thousands who are not affected confined area, such as a cargo tank, will by the same exposure levels. kill you quickly. The fact remains, though, that There have been numerous cases of breathing benzene fumes, even in low shipboard fatalities as the result of a sea­ concentrations, is a known carcinogen, man inhaling heavy concentrations of or cancer causer. Since SIU members benzene fumes. are often involved in the loading, trans­ A typical incident happens like this. A portation,-and discharge of this deadly seaman enters an empty tank which had chemical, extreme caution must be carried benzene. The tank has sup­ taken when working near it. posedly been purged of all fumes. But a Presently, the Occupational Safety characteristic of benzene fumes is to and Health Administration is working accumulate in the lower recesses of a steadily to draw up new safety regula­ tank. tions regarding benzene. Their work is The seaman encounters one of these aimed at installing new and stricter ex­ pockets of fumes. He starts to feel posure levels to this chemical. lightheaded and dizzy. He knows he's in Although OSHA has no jurisdiction trouble, but before he can climb out of over seagoing people, the Coast Guard the tank to safety he is overcome by the will follow any new regulations for ben­ fumes and dies of asphyxiation. zene that are enacted by the 7-year-old There was one case about five years Government agency. ago when the three top deck officers on the same U.S.-flag tanker died of ben­ zene asphyxiation in one of the ships . "empty" cargo tanks. For your own protection, the Coast Guard suggests the following safety precautions while working near ben­ zene. • Wear fresh air self-contained breathing apparatus unless monitoring devices show that exposure levels will not be exceeded, or unless closed gauging and vapor return lines are used. • Wear protective clothing where skin or eye contact with benzene is likely. • Wear pressure-demand, self-con­ tained breathing apparatus when enter­ ing any tank carrying or previously con­ taining benzene. It's a good idea to follow these steps when working near any noxious chemi­ cal. It would be foolish not to. You never know when an accident will happen. New Tanker Brooks Range and SIU Crew on Alaska Oil Run The SllJ-manned tanker Brooks Range pulled inf : Long Beach, Calif, this month on her maiden voyage from the port of New Orleans. The 165,000 ton tanker, too big to use the Panama Canal, traversed Cape Horn to reach her West Coast destination. The brand new ship will carry oil from • -y^i ,'j. W, • and is operated by Inter Ocean Manage­ ment Corp. of Philadelphia. A sistership, the Thompson Pass, should be ready for crewing by SIU members in August. •. I*"'; d'd Valdez, Alaska to an offloading site near Panama. The ship is 906 ft. in length, with a 173 ft. beam and a 55 ft. draft. She was built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans 'PS .f-Vv . . :• r..y n •..? '.i' \ } In the sparkling new galley, N. Orellana, general steward utility,works meat slicer .i The SIU crew of the Brooks Range gather In crew's mess for group shot before faking the 165,000 ton tanker on her maiden voyage. ''I 7/ 5 Brotherhood m Action for SIU members with an alcohol problem The purpose of the Seafarers Alco­ holic Rehabilitation Center is to help Seafarers who have problems with alcohol. (3ur brothers can go to the Center and recover from the disease of alco­ holism. Through counseling services, we have a chance to learn about alcohol and ourselves. Education is, however, not only Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am intcrestctl in allcntling a si\-\vcck program at the Alcoholic Rchahiiitaiion Center. I uiKlerstaiKl.tiiat all m_\ medical and eoimseline reeortls will be kept strictly coiilidcntial. and that the) will mn be kept an\ where except at The Center. Name Book No I Address ( Street or RED) (Citv) (State) (Zip) j I Telephone No Mail [o: THF. CENTKR Star Route Box J 53-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hows-a-day, (301} 994-0010 10/LOG/June 1978 I j The Brooks Range, owned and operated by Intef'Ocean Management Corp., will run between Valdez, Alaska and Panama. limited to the members who go to the Center.Through the Log, all of us can learn about alcoholism. Seafarer Jack Bowman has been with the SIU for 31 years. For the past seven years he has been sober. During 1975 and 1976, Brother Bowman served as a seafarer-counselor at the Center. He commented that while he was at the Center, "1 saw a lot of Seafarers being 'born again.' 1 knew most of the guys who said they came to the A RC 'because if Jack could get and stay sober,' they could too." Seafarer Bowman now works on ocean-going vessels out of the port of Seattle. He feels that during his years of sobriety he has "been doing the same things 1 did before but enjoying them more because when 1 wake up in the morning, 1 know what I did the night before." Brother Bowman .says he is pleased with the widespread effect of the alcohol education effort at the Center and in the Log. But he adds, "1 have seen some Seafarers who have gotten sober even though they were reluctant to go to the Center. They didn't seem to realize that the program at the Center is really good —it teaches an alcoholic about himself." he said. Brother Bowman has been through this kind of learning process himself and it has led him to work at helping his fellow Seafarers who share the problem of alcoholism. He would like to offer a suggestion to his fellow brothers who are recov­ ering alcoholics, especially those who have been through the Center. "When a brother completes the program at the ARC and returns home he needs your help to get back into the community and stay sober. You know what he is going through and it is up to you to help him make it." If you have a problem with alcohol, call the Center at any time: Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center Star Route Box 152-A Valley Lee, Maryland 20692 Phone: (301) 994-0010 �NEW 3-YEAR DEEP SEA PACT SIGNED Wages, Pensions, Welfare, VtKotions Increased The SIU has wrapped up a solid ment for us in the political arena as new three-year contract for the well as a deeper commitment to im­ Union's deep sea membership. proving ourselves through the educa­ The pact includes substantial tional opportunities available at across-the-board increases in wages, Piney Point. With this kind of total regular overtime, premium and pen­ commitment, we can determine our alty rates. own future, and we can insure a con­ There have also been vast in­ tinually higher degree of job security creases worked out for vacation for oursiclves and financial security benefits for deep sea members and for ourselves and our families." significant improvements in the Sea­ Wage, Vacation Increases farers Pension and Welfare Plans. Under terms of the new contract, The new contract goes into effect the base monthly wage rates for all June 16, 1978 and will run through ratings will be increased by IV2 per­ June 15, 1981. cent in each year of the agreement. In regards to the contract, SIU These same increases will be ap­ President Paul Hall said: "This is one plied across-the-board to the regular of the best packages that we've been overtime rates, the premium rates able to achieve in some time. The and the penalty rates. membership should be proud of the In addition, a completely new job that the Union's Contract Depart­ formula for the payment of Vacation ment did on their behalf." benefits has been established. Hall continued: "We should all Under the new Vacation formula, look upon this agreement as a spring­ a Seafarer working a full year (365 board for even further improvements days seatime) will receive vacation in our lives as American seamen. But benefits to equal four months base to insure that these improvements wages for the rating he sailed in. This will come, we must collectively work change takes place immediately in hard to protect our interests on all the first year of the agreement. fronts. This means a deeper involve­ For the second and third years of the LOG Additional Contract Highlights Additional highlights of the netv three year contract include the foh lowing provisions: • Crew members will have the option of requesting payment by check in excess of $300.00 of the net amount due by providing proper notice to the Captain. •. Captains will be required to pay transportation to crew members leaving the vessel for specified medical reasons if the Company office or Agent's office is closed. • Provisions have been defined for providing a two hour minimum in port when called out on the watch below. Exceptions will be as sped'' fied in the Agreement. • Overtime sheets are to be collected and returned no less than weekly. • Valid overtime and approved subsistence and lodging claims shall be included in computing draws. • Meals and lodging have been raised to $26.00 per day. • At regular pay ofs or lay ups the crew will receive $10.00 for in­ cidental expenses in addition to air transportation. fr The Companies have agreed to forward first class mail to the crewmembers if properly addressed. • Oh Tankers, the penalty rates shall apply at all times the crew is engaged in refueling at sea. • On Tankers, the Oiler Maintenance Utility base pay and overtime rates have been admitted to conform to the higher rates applicable to tankers. • On aTB vessels with four men or less in the Steward Department the StewardfCoah or Steward/Baker shall be offered two hours overtime at «ea, Monday through Friday. • For any calendar day the Pilot does not perform any navigational service, the penalty applied to carrying passengers, shall apply to the Pilot. The passenger penally shall also apply to more than one appren­ tice pilot. m Jurisdiction on the moving of shipboard cranes has been established for Electricians and Crane Maintenance Electricians (C.M.E.'s). • Jurisdiction on rigging and un-rigging ramps on Ro Ro vessels has been secured for the Deck Department. • Clarifications agreed to over the past three years have been incor­ porated into the Agreement. • The Port Time provisions shall be amended so that in the case of tticaiting pilot, quarantine and pratique any such exception shall not apply where the delay is because the vessel is awaiting berth and shall only apply where the delay is caused by the arrival of the vessel during' hours that the port officials granting qilardntine or pratique are not on duty. ii More info On Pension, Welfare Page 14 contract, the vacation benefits are in­ creased an additional IV2 percent per year. With this kind of formula, the va­ cation benefits for Seafarers during the three-year period will increase approximately 70 percent to ICQ per­ cent over the previous contract de­ pending on the rating sailed. As an example of the new vaca­ tion, take the QMED rating under the Standard Tanker Agreement. Under the old Vacation schedule, a QMED sailing 365 days would re­ ceive a vacation benefit of $2,684.65. But under the new formula, in the first year of the contract, the QMED sailing 365 days would receive a benefit of $5,354.68. That's an in­ crease of $2,670.03 over the old rate. With the IV2 percent increase in the second year, the QMED's vaca­ tion benefit for 365 days worked would rise to $5,756.28, or a $401.60 increase. In the third year, the vacation benefit would go to $6,188.00 for 365 days, or a $431.72 increase. The total increase, then, for the QMED (Standard Tanker Agree­ ment) in vacation benefits is $3,503.35 over the three year life of the new contract. Overall, these are the most signif­ icant inci cases in Vacation benefits to [he Seafarer since establishment of the program. Pension, Welfare Benefits As a result of the negotiated in­ crease in Trust Fund contributions, there are important improvements in both the Seafarers Pension Plan and the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Pension benefits will be increased from $350 per month to $400 per per month. This goes into effect Jan. 1, 1979. Then as of June 16, 1980, the pension benefit will be increased from $400 to $450 per month. In addition, the pension incre­ ments for Seafarers accumulating seatime after achieving both 20 years seatime and 55 years of age has been increased. This benefit goes from a $15 a month to a $25 a month pen­ sion increment for every additional 365 days worked. A Seafarer can achieve seven of the.se increments under the Pension Plan. So a Seafarer could po.ssibly reach a total pension of $625 a month. Concerning the Welfare Plan, there were a number of significant improvements. These include; • A new Death Benefit for active Seafarers that could go as high as $20,000. The present Death Benefit is a maximum of $5,000. • Establishment of a Major Med­ ical program in the Seafarers Welfare Plan. • Coverage for dependent children will be extended from age 19 to age 25 if the dependent is a full time student. • Extended coverage for hospital extras from 60 days to 90 days of hospital confinement. • Increa.sc in the optical benefit from $30 to $40. Your Negotiating Committee rec­ ommends membership approval of the contractual changes. Eligibility Rules Changed to 125 Days Seafarers should take special note that as a result of the improved bene­ fits the eligibility rules for Welfare and Vacation benefits have been changed. Now, to he eligible for benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan, a Seafarer must have accumulated 125 days employment on contracted ves­ sels in the previous calendar year as well as one day employment in the six month period immediately preceding date of claim. Under the Vacation Plan, a Sea­ farer will now apply for his vacation benefits after having accumulated 125 days seatime. June 1978/ LOG / 11 k'ii �Wage Rates Under 3-Year Contract This chart represents the base monthly wage gains negotiated for Seafarers under the new three^ear contract. The gains amount to a 7 /4 percent increase in wages in each of the three years of the agreement. Standard Freightship Agreement Deck Department Boatswain (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash, Mariner & Passenger) Boatswain Carpenter Carpenter Maintenance A.B. Maintenance Quartermaster Able Seaman Fire Patrolman O.S. Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Engine Department Chief Electrician (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash, Mariner & Passenger) Chief Electrician (Delta) Chief Electrician Crane Mtce./Electrician Electrician Reefer Mtce. Second Electrician Engine Utility Reefer Mtce. Refrigerating Engineer (when one is carried) Refrigerating Engineer (when three are carried) Chief First Assistant Second Assistant Q.M.E.D. Plumber/Machinist Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Day) Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Watch) Deck Engineer Engine Utility/FOWT (Delta) Engine Utility Evaporator/Maintenance Oiler Oiler (Diesel) Watertender Fireman/Watertender Fireman Wiper Ship's Welder Mtce. Oiler/Maintenance Utility General Utility/Deck Engine 1978 Wage 7W% Increase From Old Contract 1,196.81 1,058.53 973.89 973.89 899.99 848.85 805.90 805.90 673.43 629.94 1,286.57 1,137.92 1,046.93 1,046.93 967.49 912.51 866.34 866.34 723.94 677.19 1,280.42 1,278.27 1,245.27 1,245.27 1,245.27 1,164.09 1,164.09 1,164.09 1,164.09 1,194.05 1,061.04 989.81 1,196.81 1,067.40 1,018.49 917.07 987.67 997.08 930.24 853.23 805.90 867.26 805.90 805.90 805.90 748.60 999.76 930.24 748.60 1,196.81 1,196.81 1,196.81 1,058.53 940.85 917.06 805.90 795.01 795.01 625.04 625.04 Current ase Monthly Wage 1980 Wage 7W% Increase From 1979 Wage Increase <^er 3 Years 96.49 85.34 78.52 78.52 72.56 68.44 64.98 64.98 54.30 50.79 1,486.79 1,315.00 1,209.86 1,209.86 1,118.05 1,054.52 1,001.17 1,001.17 836.61 782.58 103.73 91.74 84.41 84.41 78.00 73.57 69.85 69.85 58.37 54.60 289.98 256.47 235.97 235.97 218.06 205.67 195.27 195.27 163.18 152.64 1,479.68 1,477.20 1,439.07 1,439.07 1,439.07 1,345.26 1,345.26 1,345.26 1,345.26 1,379.87 1,226.17 1,143.85 1,383.06 1,233.52 1,177.00 1,059.79 1,141.38 1,152.25 1,075.01 986.01 931.32 1,002.22 931.32 931.32 931.32 865.11 1,155.35 1,075.01 865.11 103.23 103.06 100.40 100.40 100.40 93.86 93.86 93.86 93.86 96.27 85.55 79.80 96.49 86.06 82.12 73.94 79.63 80.39 75.00 68.79 64.98 69.92 64.98 64.98 64.98 60.36 80.61 75.00 60.36 1,590.66 1,587.99 1,547.00 1,547.00 1,547.00 1,446.15 1,446.15 1,446.15 1,446.15 1,483.36 1,318.13 1,229.64 1,486.79 .1,326.03 1,265.28 1,139.27 1,226.98 1,238.67 1,155.64 1,059.96 1,001.17 1,077.39 1,001.17 1,001.17 1,001.17 929.99 1,242.00 1,155.64 929.99 110.98 110.79 107.93 107.93 107.93 100.89 100.89 100.89 100.89 103.49 91.96 85.79 103.73 92.51 88.28 79.48 85.60 86.42 80.63 73.95 69.85 75.17 69.85 69.85 69.85 64.88 86.65 80.63 64.88 310.24 309.72 301.73 301.73 301.73 282.06 282.06 282.06 282.06 289.31 257.09 239.83 289.98 258.63 246.79 222.20 239.31 241.59 225.40 206.73 195.27 210.13 195.27 195.27 195.27 181.39 ' 242.24 225.40 181.39 1,383.06 1,383.06 1,383.06 1,223.26 1,087.27 1,059.78 931.32 918.74 918.74 722.31 722.31 96.49 96.49 96.49 85.34 75.86 73,94 64.98 64.10 64.10 50.39 50.39 1,486.79 1,486.79 1,486.79 1,315.00 1,168.82 1,139.26 1,001.17 987.65 987.65 776.48 776.48 103.73 103.73 103.73 91.74 81.55 79.48 69.85 68.91 68.91 54.17 54.17 lVi% 1979 Wage Increase From 1978 89.76 79.39 73.04 73.04 67.50 63.66 60.44 60.44 50.51 47.25 1,383.06 1,223.26 1,125.45 1,125.45 1,040.05 980.95 931.32 931.32 778.24 727.98 1,376.45 1,374.14 1,338.67 1,338.67 1,338.67 1,251.40 1,251.40 1,251.40 1,251.40 1,283.60 1,140.62 1,064.05 1,286.57 1,147.46 1,094.88 . 985.85 1,061.75 1,071.86 1,000.01 917.22 866.34 932.30 866.34 866.34 866.34 804.75 1,074.74 1,000.01 804.75 96.03 95.87 93.40 93.40 93.40 87.31 87.31 87.31 87.31 89.55 79.58 74.24 89.76 80.06 76.39 68.78 74.08 74.78 69.77 63.99 60.44 65.04 60.44 60.44 60.44 56.15 74.98 69.77 56.15 1,286.57 1,286.57 1,286.57 1,137.92 1,011.41 985.84 866.34 854.64 854.64 671.92 671.92 89.76 89.76 89.76 79.39 70.56 68.78 60.44 59.63 59.63 46.88 46.88 Steward Department Chief Steward (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash and Mariner) Steward/Cook Steward/Baker Chief Steward Chief Cook Cook & Baker Second Cook Third Cook Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman 289.98 289.98 289.98 256.47 227.97 222.20. 195.27 192.64 192.64 151.44 151.44 Standard Tanker Agreement Deck Department Boatswain'(on vessels constructed since 1970) Boatswain (25,500 D.W.T. or over) Boatswain (under 25,500 D.W.T.) A.B. Deck Maintenance Able Seaman O.S. Deck Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Engine Department O.M.E.D. Chief Pumpman Second Pumpman/Engine Mtce. Ship's Welder Maintenance Engine Utility Oiler Maintenance Utility (adjusted) Oiler Fireman/Watertender General Utility/Deck Engine Wiper Steward Department Chief Steward (on vessels constructed since 1970) Steward/Cook Steward/Baker Chief Steward (25,500 D.W.T. or over) Chief Steward (under 25,500 D.W.T.) Chief Cook Cook and Baker Third Cook Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman 1979 Wage 7«/i% Increase From 1978 93.40 84.66 81.49 69.49 61.15 56.15 48.49 1,439.07 1,304.49 1,255.58 1,070.69 942.26 865.15 747.18 1,338.67 1,224.59 1,224.59 1,084.11 985.99 1,010.19 876.52 876.52 804.79 804.79 93.40 85.44 85.44 75.64 68.79 81.72 61.15 61.15 56.15 56.15 1,338.67 1,338.67 1,338.67 1,218.32 1,172.83 1,052.75 1,027.93 911.77 911.77 •671.91 671.91 93.40 93.40 93.40 85.00 81.83 . 73.45 71.72 63.61 63.61 46.88 46.88 1978 Wage 7>/i% Increase From Old Contract 1,245.27 1,128.82 1,086.49 926.50 815.37 748.64 646.56 1,338.67 1,213.48 1,167.98 995.99 876.52 804.79 695.05 1,245.27 1,139.15 1,139.15 1,008.47 917.20 928.47 815.37 815.37 748.64 748.64 1,245.27 1,245.27 1,245.27 1,133.32 1,091.00 979.30 956.21 848.16 848.16 625.03 625.03 Current Base Monthly Wage 1980 Wage 7V4% Increase From 1979 Wage Increase Over 3 Years 100.40 91.01 87.60 74.70 65.74 60.36 52.13 1,547.00 1,402.33 1,349.75 1,150.99 1,012.93 930.04 803.22 107.93 97.84 94.17 80.30 70.67 64.89 56.04 301.73 273.51 263.26 224.49 197.56 181.40 156.66 1,439.07 1,316.43 1,316.43 1,165.42 1,059.94 1,085.96 942.26 942.26 865.15 865.15 100.40 91.84 91.84 JI1.3I 73.95 75.77 65.74 65.74 60.36 60.36 1,547.00 1,415.16 1,415.16 1,252.83 1,139.44 1,167.41 1,012.93 1,012.93 930.04 930.04 107.93 98.73 98.73 87.41 79.50 81.45 70.67 70.67 64.89 64.89 301.73 276.01 276.01 244.36 222.24 238.94 197.56 197.56 181.40 181.40 1,439.07 1,439.07 1,439.07 1,309.69 1,260.79 1,131.71 1,105.02 980.15 980.15 722.30 722.30 100.40 100.40 100.40 91.37 87.96 78.96 77.09 68.38 68.38 50.39 50.39 1,547.00 1,547.00 1,547.00 1,407.92 1,355.35 1,216.59 1,187.90 1,053.66 1,053.66 776.47 776.47 107.93 107.93 107.93 98.23 94.56 84.88 82.88 73.51 73.51 54.17 54.17 301.73 301.73 301.73 274.60 264.35 237.29 231.69 205.50 205.50 151.44 151.44 the Union also negotiated a /'/z percent per year increase in regular ind penalty rates. A complete outline on these rates will be carried in the full Agreement. 12 / LOG / June 1978 • �New Vacation Rates for Deep Sea Members This chart reflects the netc Vacation rates for deep sea members. It is based on 365 days worked. The initial increase in vacation reflects the newly established formula which provides 4 months base tvages for 365 days worked. The second and third year merges in vacation benefits amount to a 7 Vi percent raise over the previous year. A Seafarer can file for vacation benefits after having accumulated 125 days of seatime. Vacation Rates for Tankers Deck Department Boatswain (on vessels constructed since 1970) Boatswain (25,500 D.W.T. or over) Boatswain (under 25,500 D.W.T.) A.B. Deck Maintenance Able Seaman O.S. Deck Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Current Vacation 1978 Vacation Increase From Old Contract 1979 Vacation Increa.se From 1978 1980 Vacation lncrea.se From 1979 Vacation Incrfa.se Over 3 Years 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,250.16 2,250.16 1,835.66 1,835.66 5,354.68 4,853.92 4,671.92 3,983.96 3,506.08 3,319.16 2,780.20 2,670.03 2,169.27 1,987.27 1,733.80 1,255.92 1,383.50 944.54 5,756.28 5,217.96 5,022.32 4,282.76 3,769.04 3,460.60 2,988.72 401.60 364.04 350.40 298.80 262.96 241.44 208.52 6,188.00 5,609.32 5,399.00 4,603.96 4,051.72 3,720.16 3,212.88 431.72 391.36 376.68 321.20 282.68 259.56 224.16 3,503.35 2,924.67 2,714.35 2,353.80 1,801.56 1,884.50 1,377.22 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 1,835.66 5,354.68 4,898.26 4,898.26 4,336.44 3,943.96 4,040.76 3,506.08 3,506.08 3,219.16 3,219.16 2,670.03 2,213.71 2,213.71 1,651.79 1,259.31 1,790.60 1,255.92 1,255.92 969.00 1,383..50 5,756.28 5,265.72 5,265.72 4,661.68 4,239.76 4,343.84 3,769.04 3,769.04 3,460.60 3,460.60 401.60 "367.36 367.36 325.24 295.80 303.08 262.96 262.96 241.44 241.44 6,188.00 5,660.64 5,660.64 5,011.32 4,557.76 4,669.64 4,051.72 4,051.72 3,720.16 3,720.16 431.72 394.92 394,92 349.64 318.00 325.80 282.68 282.68 259.56 259.56 3,503.35 2,975.99 2,975.99 2,326.67 1,873.11 2,419.48 1,801.56 1,801.56 1,470.00 1,884.50 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,250.16 2,250.16 1,835.66 1,835.66 5,354.68 5,354.68 5,354.68 4,873.28 4,691,32 4,21 1.00 4,1 1 1.72 3,647.08 3,647.08 2,687.64 2,687.64 2,670.03 2,670.03 2,670.03 2,188.63 2,006.67 1,526.35 1,427.07 1,396.92 1,396.92 851.98 851.98 5,756.28 5,756.28 5,756.28 5,238.76 5,043.16 4,526.84 4,420.08 3,920.60 3,920.60 2,889.20 2,889.20 401.60 401.60 401.60 365.48 351.84 315.84 308.36 273.52 273.52 201.56 201.56 6,188.00 6,188.00 6,188.00 5,631.68 5,421.40 4,866.36 4,751.60 4,214.64 4,214.64 3,105.88 3,105.88 431.72 431.72 431.72 392.92 378.24 339.52 331.52 294.04 294.04 216.68 216.68 3,503.35 3,503.35 3,503.35 2,947.03 2,736.75 2,181.71 2,066.95 1,964.48 1,964.48. 1,270.22 1,270.22 Increase From 1979 Vacation Increase Over 3 Years • s• 1 Engine Department Q.M.E.D. Chief Pumpman Second Pumpman/Engine Mtce. Ship's Welder Maintenance Engine Utility Oiler Maintenance Utility Oiler Fireman/Watertender General Utility/Deck Engine Wiper Steward Department Chief Steward (on vessels constructed since 1970) Steward/Cook Steward/Baker Chief Steward (25,500 D.W.T. or over) Chief Steward (under 25,500 D.W.T.) Chief Cook Cook and Baker Third Cook Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman Vacation Rates for Freightships Deck Department Boatswain (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash, Mariner & Passenger) Boatswain Carpenter Carpenter Maintenance A.B. Maintenance Quartermaster Able Seaman Fire Patrolman O.S. Maintenance Ordinary Seaman Current Vacation 1978 Vacation 2,684.65 2,684.65 5,146.28 4,551.68 2,684.65 4,187.72 2,684.65 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 1.835.66 1,835.66 4,187.72 3,869.96 3,650.04 3,465.36 3,465.36 2,895.76 2,708.76 Increase From Old Contract 1979 Vacation 'increase From 1978 2,461.63 1,867.03 1,503.07 1,503.07 1,619.80 1,399.88 1,215.20 1,215.20 1,060,10 873.10 5,532.24 4,893.04 4,501.80 4,501.80 4,160.20 3,923.80 3,725.28 3,725.28 3,112.96 2,911.92 385.96 341.36 314.08 314.08 290.24 273.76 259.92 259.92 217.20 203.16 1980 Vacation 5,947.16 5,260.00 4,839.44 4,839.44 414.92 3,262.51 366.96 • 2,575.35 337.64 337.64 2,154.79 2,154.79 2,222.04 1,967.92 1,754.52 1,754.52 1.510.78 1,294.66 4,4/2,20 312.00 4,2/8.08 4,004.68 4,004.68 1,346.44 3,130.32 294.28 279.40 279.40 233.48 218.40 Engine Department Chief Electrician (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash, Mariner & Passenger) Chief Electrician (Delta) Chief Electrician Crane Mtce./Electrician Electrician Reefer Mtce. Second Electrician Engine Utility Reefer Mtce. Refrigerating Engineer (when one is carried) Refrigerating Engineer (when three are carried) Chief First Assistant Second Assistant Q.M.E.D. Plumber/Machinist Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Day) Unlicensed junior Engineer (Watch) Deck Engineer Engine Utility/FOWT (Delta) Engine Utility Evaporator/Maintenance Oiler Oiler (Diesel) Watertender Fireman/Watertender Fireman Wiper Ship's Welder Mtce. Oiler/Mainleiiance Utility General Utility/Deck Engine 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 2.250.16 2,250.16 1,835.66 2,684.65 2,250.16 1,835.66 5,505.80 5,496.56 5,354.68 5,354.68 5,354.68 5,005.60 5,005.60 5,005.60 5,005.60 5,134.40 4,562.48 4,256.20 5.146.28 4,589.84 4,379.52 3,943.40 4.247.00 4,287.44 4,()00.()4 3,668.88 3,465.36 3,729.20 3.465,36 3,465.36 3,465.36 3,209.00 4,298.96 4,000.04 3,219.00 2,821.15 2,81 1.91 2,670.03 2,670.03 2,670.03 2,320.95 2,320.95 2,320.95 2,320.95 2,449.75 1,877.83 1,571.55 2,461.63 1.905.19 1,694.87 1,258.75 1,562.35 1.602.79 1,315.39 1,418.72 1,215.20 1,479.04 1,215.20 , 1,215.20 1,215.20 1,373.34 1,614.31 1,749.88 1,383.34 5,918.72 5,908.80 5,756.28 5,756.28 5,756.28 5,381.04 5,381.04 5,381.04 5,381.04 5,519.48 4,904.68 4,575.40 5,532.24 4,934.08 4,708.00 4,239.16 4,565.52 4,609.00 4,300.04 3,944.04 3,725.28 4,008.88 3,725.28 3.725.28 3,725.28 3,460.44 4,621.40 4,300.04 3,460.44 412.92 412.24 401.60 401.60 401.60 375.44 375.44 375.44 375.44 385.08 342.20 319.20 385.96 .M4.24 328.48 295.76 318.52 321.56 30().0() 275.16 259.92 279.68 259.92 259.92 259.92 251.44 322.44 300.00 241.44 6,362.64 6,351.96 6,188.00 6,188.00 6,188.00 5,784.60 5,784.60 5,784.60 5,784.60 5,933.44 5,272.52 4,918.56 5,947.16 5,304.12 5,061.12 4,557,08 4,907.92 4,954.68 4,622.56 4,239.84 4,004.68 4,309.56 4,004.68 4,004.68 4,004.68 3,719.96 4,968.00 4,622.56 3,719.96 443.92 443.16 431.72 431.72 431.72 403.56 403.56 403.56 403.56 413.96 367.84 343.16 414.92 370.04 353.12 31 7.92 342.40 345.68 322.52 295.80 279.40 300.68 279.40 279,40 279.40 259.52 346.60 322.52 259.52 3,677.99 3,667.31 3,503.35 3,503.35 •3,503.35 3,099.95 3,099.95 3,099.95 3,099.95 3,248.79 2,587.87 2,233.91 3,262.51 2,619.47 2,376.47 1,872.43 2,223.27 2,270.03 1,937.91 1,989.68 1,754.52 2,059,40 1,754.52 1,754.52 1,754.52 1,884.30 2,283.35 2,372.40 1,884.30 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2,684.65 2.684.65 2,2.50.16 2,250.16 2,250.16 1,835.66 1,835.66 5,146.28 5,146.28 5,146.28 4,551.68 4,045.64 3,943.36 3,465.36 3,418.56 3,418.56 2,687.68 2,687.68 2,461.63 2,461.63 2,461.63 1,867.03 1,360.99 1,258.71 1,215.20 1,168.40 1,168.40 852.02 852.02 5,532.24 5,532.24 5,532.24 4,893.04 4,349.08 4,239.12 3,725.28 3,674.96 3,674.96 2,889.24 2,889.24 385.96 385.96 385.96 341.36 303.44 295.76 259.92 256.40 256.40 201.56 201.56 5,947.16 5,947.16 5,947.16 5,260.00 4,675.28 4,557.04 4,004.68 3,950.60 3,950.60 3,105.92 3,105.92 414.92 414.92 414.92 366.96 326.20 317.92 279.40 275.64 275.64 216.68 216.68 3,262.51 3,262.51 3,262.51 2,575.35 1,990.63 1,872.39 1,754.52 1,700.44 1,700.44 1,270.26 1,270.26 Steward Department Chief Steward (SL 7's, SL 18's Lash and Mariner) Steward/Cook Steward/Baker Chief Steward Chief Cook Cook & Baker Second Cook Third Cook Assistant Cook Messman Utilitvman The Vacation rates indicated above reflect all COLA increments and supplementary itayments. June 1978/LOG/13 i.l' �New Pension, Welfare Benefits Explained The highest pension benefits and the most extensive welfare coverage ever offered to Seafarers are a result of the new deep sea contract. The new and improved benefits arc provided to eligible employees under the Seafarers Pension and Wel­ fare Plans. However, with the in­ creased benefits a significant change in the eligibility requirements for the Welfare Plan has been made. Now, the amount of seatime re­ quired to receive welfare benefits is 125 days employment in the calendar year preceding the date of the claim. The additional requirement of one day employment in the six month period immediately preceding the claim remains the same. Pension Benefits The highlight of the new pension benefits is a $100 jump in the monthly payment. It goes up in two steps: • Beginning Jan. 1, 1979, the present $350. a month pension benefit will be raised to $400. a month. • Effective June 16, 1980, it will be further increased from $400. to $450. a month. This increase applies to all three types of pension benefits available under the Plan—Regular Normal Pension, Early Normal Pension and Disability Pension. The eligibility requirements for each are as follows: • Regular Normal Seatime: 15 years (5475 days) Retirement Age: 65 • Early Normal Seatime: 20 years (7300 days) Retirement Age: 55 • Disability Pension Seatime: 12 years (4380 days) at any age, plus, a permanent 14 / LOG / June 1978 disability award from the Social Security Administration. Note that the above specified re­ quirements for pension are the same as in the past. An additional benefit has also been made available under the Early Normal Pension Increments pro­ gram. Once you have fulfilled the sea­ time and age requirements of the Early Normal Pension (20 years seatime at 55 years of age), you get an additional amount or incre­ ment on top of your monthly pension benefit for every additional full year that you work (365 days). The max­ imum is seven increments. The new benefit raises this monthly pension increment from $15. to $25. And it is effective im­ mediately with the start of the new contract on June 16, 1978. With the $100. monthly pension increase, this means that you can receive up to $625 a month in pension benefits if you earn all seven increments. Another benefit of the Early Nor­ mal Pension is the Special Pension Supplement established in 1977. At present a Seafarer with 20 years seatime at age 55 can get one addi­ tional full year of pension benefits in a lump sum payment if he works two more full years (730 days) before he retires. The Board of Trustees are presently evaluating a reduction of this requirement to one full year (365 days) of additional employ­ ment before retirement. Welfare Benefits The welfare benefits offer both brand new and greatly expanded cov­ erage for Seafarers and their depend­ ents. The biggest increase is in the amount of the death benefit. Active seamen can have up to $20,000 in death benefit coverage. The maxi­ mum under the old contract was $5,000. The chart on this page gives full eligibility details for the new death benefit. But it is important to remem- New Death Benefit Death benefit coverage, provided by the Seafarers Welfare Plan for active Seafarers, has been greatly increased. As the chart below shows, the maximum $5,000 payment pro­ vided under the old schedule has now become the minimum benefit. Active seamen can receive up to $20,000 coverage for their families' security. Amount of Required Seatime for Eligibility Benefit $ 5,000 125 days in the previous calendar year, 1 in the last 6 months. 10,000 125 days in each of previous 3 calendar years, 1 in the last 6 months. 12,000 125 days in each of previous 4 calendar years, 1 in the last 6 months. 15,000- 125 days in each of previous 5 calendar years, 1 in the last 6 months. 17,000- 125 days in each of previous 6 calendar years, 1 in the last 6 months. 20,000- 125 days in each of previous 7 calendar years, 1 in the last 6 months. ber that all welfare benefits now re­ quire at least 125 days employment in the previous calendar year, plus one day in the six months immedi­ ately preceding date of the claim. The biggest new welfare benefit is a program of Major Medical cover­ age for dependents of Seafarers. Under the old benefit schedule, major medical expenses like surgery and 'doctor's hospital visits could not ex­ ceed $600 in benefits paid from the Welfare Plan. The Seafarer had to pay any charges over that amount out of his own pocket. But the new pro­ gram takes over where the old Plan leaves off and pays up to 80 percent of any remaining charges. For example, if a Seafarer's wife is"^ charged $1000. for surgery, the Plan will pay up to $600 of the bill. And the new Major Medical program will pay up to 80 percent of the remain­ ing $400. Expanded benefits to dependents include the following: • Hospital Extras: The Plan will pay all reasonable charges made by the hospital in addition to room and board for a maximum of 90 days per confinement. This is an increase from 60 days confinement under the old schedule. • Emergency Treatment: The Plan will now cover emergency treat­ ment received in a doctor's office in addition to such treatment received in a hospital. • Student Coverage: The Plan will extend dependent benefits to children of Seafarers who are full-time stu­ dents up to the age of 25. This is an extension from age 19. In addition the optical benefit is increased $30 to $40 for eye exam­ inations and eyeglasses for both Sea­ farers and their dependents. �SS Delta Mar Chief Steward Michael J. Dunn, Capt. L. V. Cooley and Seafarers of the SS Delta Mar (Delta Line) recently were commended by the company "...for the highest sanitation rating (100 percent) given Delta's fleet of vessels" by a U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare inspector. Steward Dunn added, "This is a 100 percent steward department, everyone is over 55-years-old and doing a hangup job. Between us we have a whole lot of years of experience in the steward department. Without their cooperation this job couldn't have been accomplished. This isn't our only trip with a 100 percent. We have com­ pleted two and are trying to capture a few more." Washington, D.C. Adm. John B. Hayes, 54, became the 16th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in ceremonies at the Navy Yard here late last month. He succeeds retiring Adm. Owen W. Siler who ended a 35-year career. Adm. Hayes, a 1946 graduate of the New London (Conn.) Coast Guard Acad­ emy, was sworn in by Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams. Hayes was born in Jamestown, N. Y. and educated in Bradford, Pa. and at George Washington University here. His service experience includes duty in Alaska, Japan, Florida and the Gulf of Thailand in 1966, where he earned the Legion of Merit while commanding Squad­ ron 1 there. Adm. Hayes also holds Coast Guard Meritorious Service and Commendation Medals and the Secretary of the Treasury's Commendation Award Medal. who will ride a Delta Line ship to South America and b;' • Marciana Jane Rinaldi of Ponce, P R. PropelL Club will voyage on a Waterman ship round-trip to Europe. • Kevin .lohnson Danahy of Buffalo's Propeller Club will sail on an American Steamship Co. vessel on the Great Lakes. •Ed Perlmutter of Olivette, Mo. and the Si. Louis Propeller Club will ride an American Commercial Barge Line Boat from St. Louis to Minneapolis, Minn, and return. Also in the Propeller Club maritime essay contest, four college students.won $1,400. They are: Thomas G. Wclshko of the Baltimore Club who won $500; Susan Blake of the Galveston Club who won $400; Frederick R. Doll Jr. of the New York Club who won $300; and Mark P. Scott of the Norfolk Club who won $200. Lome J. Collins of the St. Petersburg, Fla. Club won an honorable mention. iP' STTex From a Gulf port to Beirut, Lebanon, the ST Tex (Altair Steamship) will haul 23,000 metric tons of bulk wheat early next month. ST Point Julie Next month from a Gulf port to both coasts of India, the YZ' Point Julie (Birch Steamship) will carry 22,679 metric tons of bulk soybean oil. SS Mary From a Gulf port in the beginning of July, the SS A/r// r (Marlin Steamship) will sail to Beira or Nacala, Mozambique or Dar es Salaam, Tanzania carrying 14,250 tons of bagged fertilizers. FLAG SS Jeff Davis, Robert Toombs, Stonewall Jackson On July 1-10, the SS Jeff Davis; on July 16-25, the 55 Robert Toombs and on Aug. 1-10, the SS Stonewall Jaekson (all Waterman), will each carry 5,000 metric tons of bagged wheat flour to Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Washington, D.C Among the 20 U.S. high school students who won cash prizes and voyages on American ships in the 1978 Propeller Club "Merchant Marine's Vital Role in the World of Commerce" essay contest, are four students who will ride SlU-contracted vessels this summer. The SlU companies are on the deep sea. Lakes and inland waters. These four winners, and the companies and Propeller Clubs sponsoring them are: • Jack James Carrell Jr. of Bogalusa, La. and the New Orleans Propeller Club Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent in shipping on American-flag vessels remains in this country, making a very substantial contribution to the national balance of payments and to the nation's economy. Use U.S.-flag ships. It's good for the American maritime industry, the Ameri­ can shipper, and America. iSIUIlBillHIIIIIK Jimmy Carter Says Hi Y'Aii to Seafarers on Nigerian Trek \ I! •K President Carter (center) comes down the gangway of the SS Delta Paraguay in Lagos, Nigeria after he and Mrs. Carter personally greeted each Seafarer aboard. Leading a tour of the ship is Capt. Frank Verner (left). In front is a Secret Service operative. Delta Line's containership SS Delta Paraguay eases out of New Orleans Harbor down the Mississippi enroute to Lagos, Nigeria where President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter visited the vessel on Apr, 2. Accompanying the ship is the TugJames E. Smith (Cresent Towing). On the levee are barges of Orgulf Transport and the Coal Barges Co. Deposit in the SlU Blood Bank— It's Your Life June 1978 / LOG / 15 �B5 Algerian Ship Rams Yellowstone; 1 Dead, 4 Missing Peter Shaughnessy William S. Karaba missing missing An aerial photo snapped by the British Naval Air Force shows the ST Yellowstone (Ogden Marine) a short time after she was rammed by the Algerian freighter SS Ibn Batoutn on June 12 leaving the Straits of Gibraltar. The crash killed five and injured three crewrnembers of the Yellowstone. She sank the next day in the Med, A Seafarer was killed, four crewmembers arc missing and presumed dead and three were injured when the Sll'-manned ST Yellowstone (Ogden Marine) was rammed portside in the engine room by the 7,435 dwt Algerian freighter SS Ihn Batouta. It happened midday in thick fog and calm seas on June 12 just 14 miles southeast of the British crown colony of Gibraltar in the Straits. The Yellowstone, carrying grain, sank while being towed the next afternoon in 3,800 feet of Mediterranean waters 77 miles southeast of Gibraltar. Dead is Messman Donald C.^Whitev" Tucker, 45, of River Rouge, Mich. Mis­ sing and presumed dead are C hief Elec­ trician Peter K. "Red" Shaughnessy, 55, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Wiper Garter Lane, 36, of Hot .Springs, Ark.; OS William S. Karaha, 26, of Ashland, Wise, and 3rd Engineer George Wright, 66, of Seattle. Injured and flown by a British Navy hel­ icopter to the Gibraltar Naval Hospital were AB Jerry M. Ea Duke, 37, of De­ troit; 3rd Cook Robert E. Cotton, 50, of Mobile and one of the ship's 3rd mates. The Algerian vessel suffered damage to her bow but reported no casualties. Injured AB Jerry M. La Duke (front stretcher) and 3rd Cook Robert L Cotton (rear stretcher) of the Yellowstone get medical attention from doctors and attendants before being taken to the Royal Naval Hospital at Gibraltar. 16 / LOG / June 1978 She sailed under her own power to the Algerian port of Oran. All 36 survivors of the Yellowstone were taken off by ships of the British Navy. Seafarer Spolios J. Kosturos was on the deck of the Yellowstone in cool weather with the ship's foghorn blowing when he said he saw the Algerian freighter come out of the fog about 100 yards away bear down on his ship. He said he couldn't tell how fast the Ihn Batoiita was moving. When the Algerian ship's bulbous bow sliced 25 feet into the port side of the Yellowstone, she trapped the dead Donald G. Tucker Carter Lane missing dead and missing in the engine room, in the messroom and in the foesle area. In Gibraltar the next night. Seafarer Robert Lang telephoned his wife, Joan, in Chester, Pa. He told her he had to climb out over the engine room boilers and steam pipes to escape the engulfing waters which put the engine room under­ water in 4 to 5 minutes. First on the crash .scene within min­ utes were the British submarine HMS Finwhale and the frigate HMS Aurora which put damage control teams on the Yellowstone. Later the frigate took off the first 19 survivors from the Yellow­ stone. AB Benjamin E. Fowler of Hous­ ton said the A urora crew also gave them survival kits with British Navy hats, sweaters and tennis shoes. The crash impact was so great that the two vessels were locked together. Dur­ ing the night strong westerly winds and current drifted the ships eastward. They were pulled apart by the Royal Mari­ time Auxiliary tug Cyehne. The Yellowstofie was lowed toward Gibraltar but in 30 minutes she started to take on water. Her SlU skeleton crew, led by Recertified Bosun Arthur Harrington and 2nd Electrician Thomas Berry, were taken off the sinking ship onto another tug. The towline was cut and the Yellow­ stone plunged by her stern and sank. The Yellowstone had taken on her cargo of wheat in the Lakes port of Duluth, Minn, and some of her crew at SlU Lakes Headquarters in Algonac, Mich. British Navy helicopter flight personnel take hurt Seafarer Jerry M. La Duke (in stretcher) of the Yellowstone off the chopper to a waiting naval ambulance. The plane flew the injured off the frigate HMS Aurora. �National Maritime Day Honors America's Merchant Seamen • 1 « V •. • a _ National Maritime Day has been an annual, American tradition since its observance was declared by law in 1933. The day was chosen to mark the 1819 transatlantic crossing of the SS Savan­ nah—the first transatlantic crossing by a steamship. But it is also a day honoring achievements of merchant seamen. SIU members joined representatives of the maritime industry and govern­ ment spokesmen on May 22 for the Port of New York-New Jersey National Maritime Day ceremonies. Similar cere­ monies were held in ports throughout the country. Thousands of people filled the sunny _ _ _ plaza of the World Trade Center to hear speeches and presentations honor­ ing the American merchant marine. Tributes to maritime included a musi­ cal salute to the seagoing past and a wreath ceremony in memory of those who gave their lives serving the mer­ chant marine. SIU Executive Vice Presi­ dent Frank Drozak represented the Union, which was among the sponsors of the wreath. Maritime Day is both a colorful and a solemn occasion. It honors the import­ ance of the American merchant marine in the nation's history and it's also a gesture of support to today's maritime industry. SIU Executive VP. Frank Drozak (second from right) joins representatives of other maritime organizations and three clergymen in dedicating a wreath to the men who died while serving the merchant marine. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band entertained spectators at the World Trade Center plaza as part of Maritime Day ceremonies. Seafarers Recount Yellowsfone Tragedy on Arrival in States JFK AIRPORT, N.V.—"If I hadn't been working overtime aft," A B Marcelires Mejaries told the Log here on June 16, "my life would not have been saved when the ship hit." He explained that his roommate, OS William S. Karaba, one of the missing, was sleeping in his focsle at the time. "3rd Cook Cotton." despite leg injuries, "tried to get my shipmate out," the Seafarer added. Later Mejaries said, he crossed over Saved by a heroic shipmate is Wiper Henry Kozlowski. to the Algerian ship to ask for radio help of the captain. The AB congratulated the officers and crew of the Royal Navy for their rescue efforts. 2nd Electrician Thomas Berry of Goodsprings, Ala. said he was working on deck at the time of the impact. He later dove down into the flooded engine room searching for survivors but found none. He reported that the Yellowsione crew sent a cablegram of thanks to the HMS Aurora for their aid. Another survivor. Chief Steward Francis E. Smith of Baltimore said, "the cook (Cotton, who was injured) and the messman (Tucker, who died) were in the messroom setting up the tables for dinner when the ship hit." He declared that "in another 15 minutes most ofthe crew would have been in the mcsshall eating." Oiler Wilbur M. Gee of Nederland, Tex., who was on deck watch taking readings at the crash, cited FOWT Rob­ ert Lank for his heroic leading of Wiper Henry Kozlowski out of the underwater engine room to safety. Kozlowski said, "I was on duty and I blacked out. I had trouble getting up the ladder. The pa.ssageway was blocked. I then met Lank Hero Seafarer Robert Lank (right) gets a warm welcome home from his wife, Joan at the airport. who helped me climb up over the steampipes." Seafarer Gee also said he was on the main deck pa.ssageway after the collision when he saw AB.Icrry La Duke, with his head bloodied, fall to his knees. "I gave him a lifejackct before he was taken to the hospital. At the same time I .saw the 3rd mate was Put on the deck, too. I put my own lifejacket under his head." AB Marcelires Mejaries tells of his es­ cape from death. June 1978 / LOG / 17 �U.S.C.G. Finds 50% Deficiencies on Liberian Ships More than half of all Liberian and Panamanian-flag tankers entering American waters possess some sort of mechanical or structural deficien­ cies. These inadequacies endanger the safety of the ships' crews, the safe operation of the vessel, and the environment of our c^oastal waters. This disturbing fact about flag-ofconvenience tankers comes from a statistical breakdown of the Coast Guard's 1 '/4-year old Foreign Tanker Boarding Program. The Guard began this program of boarding and inspecting foreign tankers as the direct result of a rash of flag-of-convenience tanker acci­ dents in U.S. waters in late 1976. The Coast Guard publication. Proceedings of jhe Marine Safety Council, points specifically to the tragedies of the Liberian-flag tankers Sansenina and the Argo Merchant in December 1976 as the immediate reasons for beginning the program. The Sansenina blew up in Los Angeles harbor killing six, injuring 58, and dumping 20,000 gallons of bunker oil into the harbor. . The Argo Merchant went aground off Nantucket Island spilling 7.3 mil­ lion gallons of fuel oil into the Atlan­ tic. It was the worst spill ever in American waters. In the first year of the boarding program (January 1977-January 1978), the Coast Guard examined 2,710 foreign tankers in U.S. coastal waters as well as at ports in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska. Of these, 991 were Liberian flag tankers which were found to have a total of 3,033 deficiencies of some kind. rLETTERS L TO THE EDITOR j The Coast Guard inspected 189 Panamanian vessels which carried 447 deficiencies. The Greeks didn't do too well either. The Coast Guard boarded 374 Greek tankers finding 1,660deficien­ cies. Overall, the Coast Guard found an incredible 7,188 deficiencies in the foreign vessels inspected in 1977. A breakdown of the types of problems found on these vessels is as follows: • 2,764 deficiencies in cargo vent­ ing systems. These included defective or missing pressure/vacuum valves as well as wasted and holed vent pip­ ing and vent masts. • 1,294 defects in cargo pipingsystems, including wasted, holed, and leaking pipes in both the bunker fuel and cargo lines. • 858 inadequacies in the cargo handling equipment. These defects included inoperative or excessively leaking cargo pumps; leaking steam piping to the cargo pumps; inopera­ tive and leaking cargo valves, and faulty stripping pumps. • 593 defects in fire protection sys­ tems including such dangers as in­ operative fire pumps, missing fire hoses and extinguishers, and inoper­ ative sprinkler systems. • 737 violations in the pumproom. These included inoperative bilge pumps; defective watertight doors, and missing or holed ventila­ tion supplies and ducts. • 183 structural deficiencies, including cracks in the bulkheads between pumproom and cargo tanks and pumproom and engine room; defective watertight doors leading to the deckhouse, and cracks in the main deck and superstructure bulk­ heads. There were also many other deficiencies found in the Coast Guard sweep. These included 727 defects in the ships' navigation equipment. They also included defective ship ventilation systems, and missing lifesaving and other crew safety equipment. Looking at these statistics, it's easy to see that these are by no means minor violations. They are LOG ftehab Program at Galveston I was happy to see in the March 1978 issue of the Log a story noting that the USPHS hospital in Norfolk now has an alcohol detoxification program with another set up at Staten Island. The story also mentioned that programs are currently available in San Francisco and Baltimore. But the story failed to mention the program at the USPHS hospital in Galveston. The program at the USPHS Hospital in Galveston started in July 1977. It is a 30 to 60 day program (depending on the needs of the patient) consisting of detoxification followed by a period of intensive treatment and reha­ bilitation. Originally .set up to accommodate 10 patients, there is almost always from eight to 12 active in the program. To date, we have seen close to 100 people, some of them members of the SIU Brotherhood. So far we have not had to turn anyone away that was seeking help for their alcohol problem. We need as many programs as possible to treat seamen suffering from alcoholism, and we need to let the seamen know about these programs. Between your program and ours, plus the others currently operating and planned, we can reach more of the seamen wherever they may be found. Sincerely, Larry J. Marwedel Director, Alcoholic Treatment and Rehabilitation Program, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 18 / LOG / June 1978 iwn», 197S serious and basic defects in vessels that can, and have, caused major collisions, spills, and explosions in U.S. waters and harbors. Up until they began their board­ ing program, the Coast Guard said that "a foreign flag tanker having the necessary certificates and being from a nation signatory to the international convention for vessel safety has been largely exempt from domestic regulation." Even now, though, with their boarding program, the Coast Guard can do little more than issue deficiency letters to the master. However, with U.S.-flag ships, the Coast Guard exerts strict safety control and oversight on the vessel from its blueprint stage, through construction, and throughout the ship's sailing life. The Coast Guard does this "to insure that the ship is in compliance with applicable federal regulations and international agree­ ments." Very simply, U.S.-flag tankers are among the safest sailing in U.S. waters in respect to crew, environ­ mental, and operational safety. Unfortunately, U.S. ships carry only 3.5 percent of America's huge imports of foreign oil. Flag-ofconvehience ships carry more than 50 percent. It should be obvious to everyone, especially Congress, that this ineq­ uity in U.S. vs. foreign ships has placed America's coastlines and harbors in a great deal of environ­ mental danger. The SIU feels that the only logical answer is to cut down on the use of foreign-flag vessels plying our waters. That means oil cargo prefer­ ence legislation for U.S. ships. The SIU has been fighting for such legislation for nearly two decades. The next time this bill is brought up we sincerely hope that Congress takes note of the serious safety problems that exist in Ameri­ can waters today. In the meantime, we hope that America's coastal environment is not irreparably scarred by another incident involving a flag-of-conven­ ience vessel. Official Publication of ti>s Seafarers International Union of Nortti America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District; AFL-CIO Vol, 40. No. i Executive Board Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Executive Vice President Earl Shepard Vice President Joe DiGiorgio Cal Tanner Secretary-Treasurer Vice President ey Williams Lindsey Vke President irrnTTry;-. lunimssl Marietta Homayonpour 339 Editor-in-Chief James Gannon Managing Editor Ray Bourdius Marcia Reiss Edra Ziesk Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Frank Clanciotti Dennis Lundy Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. �Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL-CIO Xgv JUNE 1978 Debate On the Maritime Authorization Bill Congress Affirms 1970 Merchant Marine Act; Authorizes Subsidies For '79 Maritime Program In the April issue of The Log^ we reported on the passage of the Maritime Authoriza­ tions Bill for fiscal Year 1979. In this special supplement, we are reprint­ ing the actual floor debate on this bill as it was reported by the Congressional Record. We think you will find this both interesting and informative. Also in this special report, is a breakdown on the amendments offered by Congressman PaulMcCloskey (R-Calif), shoiving how they would have seriously damaged the intent of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. * * * On May 23, fhe House, by a vote of 326-82, overwhelminglv passed the "Maritime Appropria­ tion Authorization Act for 1979." This legislation which authorizes the monies necessary to carry out certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce provides the following: $157 million for construction differential subsidy: $262.8 million for operating differential subsidy: $17.2 million for research and development: $24.6 million for maritime education and training ex[)enses; and $34.8 million for the reserve fleet and for other op­ erating expenses. The legislation also raises the Title XI Mortgage Guarantee Program from $7 billion to $10 billion. Public Law 469, passed by the 91st Congress and •r • " V r-j ^ United States of America Vol. 124 Merchant Marine Act of 1970 • signed into law on October 21, 1970, amended the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. This law is com­ monly known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The purpose of the 1970 Act was to rebuild the American shipping and shipbuilding industries and to increase the carriage by American shi{)s of U.S. commerce. At the same time, the 1970 Act was to bring about various refinements in the administration of our national maritime policy . The annual Marad authorizations approved by Congress reflect tbeir understanding tbal these CDS and ODS funds are necessary for the const riiction and operation of .a modern, privatelv-owned, U.S.-flag fleet. The construction differential subsidy (CDS) is based on the difference between United Slates and foreign shipbuilding prices. The subsidy is paid to the yard so that the eOst of the vj^ssel to the [I..S. purchaser is the same as if he bought the vessel from a foreign yard. Before 1970, CDS was gen­ erally limited to liner vessels. . Since 1970, CDS can he a[)plied to all types of qualified U.S.-flag vessels engaged in onr foreign trade. In 1979, the $157 million reipiest, cou[)led with an unexpended balance from prior fiscal years, will support the const ruction of six modern, sophis­ ticated vessels in U.S. shi{)yards—two containerships, two roll-on/roll-off ships and two UNO carriers. The operating differential subsidy of $262.8 million will be paid to American ship operators in order lo promote the maintenance of a U.S. merehatit fleet capable of providing essential shipping service. ODS is an important means of Federal sup­ port for continuing compelilive operations of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet in the foreign trade of the United States. Continued on Page 20 (Eongrcssional Hccord PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE ^5 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION No. 77 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1978 THE MARITIME APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1979 Mr, MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole Hou.se on the State of the Union for the further considera­ tion of the bill (H.R. 10729) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1979 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The que.stion Ls on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Murphy). The motion was agreed to. IN rilF COMMIT! FF OFTHF WHO! F Accordingly the House resolved itselfinto the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for further consideration of the bill H.R. 10729, with Mr. MOAKI FV in the chair. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The CH.AIRMAN. When the Committee rose on Mon­ day, May 22, 1978, all time for general debate had expired and the bill had been considered as having been read and open to amendment at any point. Are there anv further amendments? Lobbying • • • Mr. McCLOSKEY, Mr. Chairman, I offer an amend­ ment. 1 he clerk read as follows; Amendment offered by Mr. M( CT.O.SKFY: On page-2, at the end of line 19, insert after "Defense;" "Provided further. That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid for any item of wage costs that is paid to the Transportation Institute, the Joint Maritime Congress, or the American Maritime Officers Service, or to any other organization which engages in lobbying activities." Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, this is a simple amendment. As the committee knows, the nearly $.100 million that we pay in operating siibsidides goes to remedy the differences in wages between U..S. seamen and their foreign counterparts, so that if a U.S. .seaman earns $20,000 a year and a foreign seaman earns $8,000 a year, the $12,000 difference is paid to the company out of funds of the Treasury of the United States to make up that balance. This amendment is simple. All it does is prohibit any of these taxpayers' funds being paid to organizations which engage in lobbying activity. Mr. Chairman, I have with me the report to the Federal Election Commission la.st year, indicating that on the maritime bill, the cargo preference bill, a contribution was made of $50,000 from the Transportation Institute and Continued on Page 20 June 1978 / LOG / 19 �IConarraonaCRccord United Siuci yAacricn Voi. 124 ^ PROCEEDINGS AND DERATES OF THE 95 CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION WASIflNCTON, TUESDAY, MAY 2\, 1978 No. 77 Continued from Page 19 $100,000 from the Joint Maritime Congress. When we ascertained that these two agencies funded by the maritime unions had made $150,000 in political contribu­ tions on the cargo preference bill, we asked the Maritime Administration how much those agencies had received from the wage subsidy program. The response from the Maritime Administration was that on the basis of an estimate, the Transportation Institute would have received an estimated $30Z000 in calendar year 1977 for operators receiving an operating differential subsidy. What that means is that the unions and management of the subsidized maritime companies negotiate as part of the wage cost, the unions will receive these contributions from management to the Transportation Institute and the U.S. Maritime Congress, and that those agencies can then turn around and use those public funds to lobby on bills before this Congress. Mr. Chariman, if we want to squarely face tlie issue of public financing of campaigns, I suppose we might justify taxpayers' dollars going to agencies that then engage in lobbying. But I do not think we can justify singling out this industry to allow unions to negotiate that management will contribute funds from the taxpayer that will then be used for lobbying expenses. The amendment is simple. It merely provides that no funds authorized by theoperatingsubsidiescan beusedtobe paid to the Transportation Institute, the Joint Maritime Congress, or to the American Maritime Officers Service, or to any other organization which engages in lobbying activities. If those agencies wanted to engage in lobbying activities, they would be cut off from subsidy funds. If they wanted to end their lobbying activities, then there would be no problem with respect to their receiving these funds. Mr. MURPHY of New York, Mr. Chariman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The amendment offered by our colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. M( CI"SKI Y), very cleverly impinges upon the collective-bargaining proce.ss. Legislative Support for U.S. Maritime Though Congrr-^snian Pant N. Mettiostn'v, Jr. oj ( 'aiifonua is a mi'intwi of the House Merehant Marine and Fisheries Committee, he is an opjnment of organ­ izations that promote the C.S. maritime industry. In an attacli on organizations such as the American Mfiritime Officers Serrice, the J oint Maritime Congress and the Transfxn tation Institute, McCloskey submitted an amendment that would have stopped federal .sup­ port payments to companies that take part in groups that supjrort the maritime industry. Congressman John M. Murphy of New York, chair­ man of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, told House members that no such restric­ tions exist in other subsidized industries—in the air­ line, agricultural or any of the other long list of industries. "The steamship companies aregetting the (support) funds to operate .vo that the United States can compete with ichat ice might virtually call foreign slavejabor, as ice have seen in the case of controlled carriers," Murphy declared. He noted that less than 3 per cent of the contribu­ tions to the Tt ansportation Institute, for example, come from firms receiving federal support. Very clearly, what we are dealing with is the fact that the operational differential subsidy funds are paid to a steamship company. The steamship company then pays its employees. I he employees then contribute to a fund, and that fund, in turn, then goes to the Transportation Institute, to the Joint Maritime Congre.ss, and to the American Maritime Officers Service. Mr. Chairman, we tried to build a hearing record to substantiate, in some degree, whether or not there was a direct subsidy paid to maritime labor. In effect, we could not establish that link. Therefore, we went to the Maritime Administrator, and I would like to quote the following, which I think places in perspective precisely what this amendment is. The Maritime Administrator said as follows; "Clearly, these organizations have sufficient funds from non-subsidized sources to have made the transfers to the U.S. Maritime Committee, in the case of the Transportation institute, about 40 times that amount, and in the case of the Joint Maritime Congress, mure than 6.times the amount. 20 / LOG / June 1978 "Based on these estimates, we are not aware of any law which prohibits these contributions to the U.S. Mai^ime Committee. "However, it is important to bear in mind tbat the receipt of Federal subsidies, whether by tbe maritime industry, airlines, agriculture, or any of the other long list of industries does not bring with it a prohibition from the freedom to engage in legitimate political activity." Mr. Chairman, I think the significant thing is that there is a bona fide collective-bargaining process between mari­ time labor and maritime management. Here we are trying to write into law restrictions and impingements on that collective-bargaining process. Mr. Chairman, I would think the committee, in its wisdom, would rqject this amendment. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, is the gentleman suggesting that the collective-bargaining process should permit a union to negotiate for the receipt of public funds to be used for the lobbying process? That is what happens here. Mr. MURPHY of New York. I just pointed out to the gentleman that there are sufficient funds, 40 times enough funds to one of these organizations, one for example, 6 times enough funds to another of these organizations, coming from the nonsubsidized wages. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Then why do they need funds from the Government? Mr. MURPHY of New York. They are not getting funds from the Government. The steamship companies are getting the funds to operate so that the United States can compete with what we might virtually call foreign slave labor, as we have seen in the case of controlled carriers, with respect to that portion of the fund. I do not see how we can favor programs to support these institutions when there are sufTicient and substantial other funds to draw from for the operation of these organizations. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. MCCLOSKEV). The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—ayes 168, noes 227, not voting 39. So the amendment was rejected. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. MOAKIEV). Are there any additional amendments? Continued on Page 21 MARAD Authorizations FY 1979 Continued from Page 19 riuHarge.sl pari of operaliiig coslsgo to offset the difference between United States crew wages and those of low paid foreign crews. ODS also covers such major items as maintenance and repair costs, IUJI! and ma(diincr\ insurance and protection and ind(;mnit\ insurance. 'flic objecti\('s of the research and development programs of Marad are to develop methods, svstems and eipiipment to improve productivity and opmating elliciency -in the U.S. shipbuilding and operating industries, it consists of four programs; a) advanced ship development; b) advanced ship operations; c) maritime ri!search; and d),advanced maritime technologv. in addition to providing funds for maritime edu­ cation and training and funds for the reserve fleet, the legislation raised the Title XI guarantee from S7 billion to $10 billion. This program, established in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, provides the full government faith and credit guarantee needed by vessel owners to obtain commercial financing for ves.sel construction. The primary purpose of Title .XI is to promote the growth and modernization of all segments of the U.S. mercl^ant marine. The Title XI program has been a successful pro­ gram for many years—it operates at no cost to the gover nment. This amendment does not involve the appro[)riation of funds. The amounts stated in the amendment are just ceilings which mav be used to guarantee mortgage insurance for the construction of vessels. The Senate, which passed a similar bill on April 24, concurred in the Hou.se amendments—which means that no conference will be. necessary. The legislation is now awaiting the President's signature. f': ^ "• •> •Vf ZC v.:,' -...y - �rswsi-*^~ MARITIME TRAINING • • • Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. I offer an amend­ ment. The Clerk reads as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. MCCIOSKF.Y: On page 2, at the end of line 19, insert after "Defense;" "Provided further. That no funds authorized hy this paragraph may he paid for any item of wages costs that is paid for the training expense of new entrants into the maritime industry." i.Mr. MCCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, this amendment addresses a situation which 1 think is unique in the United States. Under this authorization bill we have funds to fund the Federal Maritime Academy at Kings Point with over 1,000 students, at Federal expense, that we graduate to serve the U.S. maritime establishment. We also furnish, under this bill, assistance to six State schools which graduate students for the maritime service. But in addition to the Federal funding of State and Federal academies, a single union, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, has been powerful enough in its negotiations with the subsidized liner companies to require that as part of the wages paid to marine engineers there be a payment in excess of S2 million a year toward the operation of a private school for marine engineers operated bv the union. Now. so far as 1 know, the Congress does not ordinarilv intrude in the collective bargaining process, but where a Maritime subsidy, as in this cas-e. is paid solely for the differential in wages between American seamen and foreign seamen. I know of no similar situation in the country where the collective bargaining process is allowed to impose a direct expense on the American taxpayer. Note that there is no ceiling if this procedure is permitted. If we will fund whatever union and management should negotiate as an increased cost to the American taxpayer, then under our law the Government will pick up that excess cost. This amendment really provides that no part of the Federal subsidy should be paid for the operation of a private school. The school involved is the Marine Operating Engineers' School operated by Jesse Calhoon. Jesse Calhoon is the same individual referred to in that confidential memoran­ dum to the President last year on the cargo preference bill, stating that the sole reason for the administration's support of the. cargo preference bill was because of the President's obligation to Jesse Calhoon. Now. Mr. Calhoon is an estimable gentleman and he may run a fine school and a strong union; but this is a school which is not accountable to the Congre.ss of the United States for its operation, for its efficiency .or the quality of its graduates. If it is to be a federally funded school, it should be considered by the Congress and we should fund it by direct funding. Here we are indirectly funding the school by not challenging the process where these funds are paid over for its operation. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to the amendment. This amendment, of course, is directed at really hurting the nonsubsidized American carriers. Here we have one school where new entrants come into the maritime industry, where new personnel are trained, and that is the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Academy. But who pays for it? All companies with a collective bargaining agreement with the MEBA. subsidized companies and nonsubsidized companies. This amendment, in effect, would prohibit the subsidized companies from paying their fair share of the only input of trained personnel to this industry. Now, the gentleman claims the Congress of the United States has nothing to say about the standards of this school. We do. Every graduate before he goes into this industry must be certified by the U.S. Coast Guard, whose regulations come from the law that we establish here in this Congress. This is a vital and a necessary element of maritime labor. To saddle only the nonsubsidized companies withpayingfor this. I think, is an infringement on this industry. I think all elements of the industry should certainly bear their fair share of the costs for this school. I hope the House will reject the amendment. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. I think the gentleman is in error on one point. This amendment will not prohibit the subsidized companies from paying what the unions require them to pay toward the support of the school. What it will do is provide that these moneys will not be paid out of Federal funds. It will Just deny to the subsidized companies Federal reimbursement for funds contributed toward that school. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. McCi SOKFV). Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were— ayes HI. noes 289. answered "present" I. not voting 33. So the amendment was rejected. AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. 1 offer an amend­ ment. The clerk read as fellows: Amendment offered by Mr. Mr. Mt Ci OSKEY: On page 2, at the end of line 19, insert after "Defense;" "Provided % John Vliirphy (I).-N.Y.) further. That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid to compensate for the wages of those members of the crew of any, vessel that arc greater than 50 percent in excess of the minimum manning scale established for the vessel by the I'nited States Coast Guard;", Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. 1 ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. Tbe CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman I'rom California? There was no objection. OPERATING SUBSIDIES Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. I offer an amend­ ment. The clerk read as follows; Amendment offered by Mr. M(CIOSKI^: On page 2. at the end of line 19, insert after "Defense;" "Provided further. That no funds authorized by tbis paragraph may be paid under tbe terms of any future operating differential contract wbicb bas a duration greater than one year;". Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, for the benefit ofthe members of the committee who are not familiar with the details of the operating subsidy program, it is a program Coiifiro.ssinaii John Murphy (D-N.Y.) . . this siihsidy prop^rani hos uvrouutvd for the most viable, innovative and healthy seffment of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet ami tve must continue it . . "The Title Xi guarantee program has for many years been a very surressful prttgram, operates at mt cost to the government, and currently has a profit of about $150 million in the Federal ship financing fund." under which we pay the differential in wage costs of American seamen as between our wages and those of competing foreign seamen. The meaning and the purpose of this program is that American ships should be able to operate in competition with foreign ships which pay their seamen much lower wages. For example, if a Greek seaman earns $8,000 a year, and an American seaman earns 520.000 a year, the Federal Government will pay to the subsidized companies the difference of $12,000 as it is paid out over the year. Thus we pay that portion of American seamen's wages nece.ssary to permit American ships to compete with foreign ships. What this amendment seeks to do is limit this year's operating differential subsidy contracts to 1 year in duration ratber than the 20-year contract which has become customary in t his industry. This year we have approximately 173 U.S.-flag ships owned by companies which will be receiving operating subsidies. Eighty of t hose ships come up . for renewal in this next fiscal year. Thus, if Congress does not act to adopt this amendment, the Maritime Administra­ tion will be authorized next year to negotiate 20-year contracts which will bind tbe Federal Government to pay over a period of 20 years some $3.1 billion'a? a charge against U.S. Treasury. Why should we limit those contracts to solely I year? Because this year, as 1 am sure the chairman will confirm, we are considering a comprehensive change in U.S. maritime policy to shift away from the subsidy program tbat we have followed since 1936. to a means of protection for our shipping companies which may involve cargo protection or cargo allocation. As we sit here, the Merchant Marine Committee has befo:e it a bill to authorize closed con­ ferences. monopolies of U.S. shipping owners to require 40 percent or more of U.S. cargoes to be carried on U.S. ships. Should we adopt within the next year this monumental change in U.S. shipping policy, the operating subsidy program will be out of date, and vet we will be committed to 20 years of payment, under contract, of operating subsidies. This was one of the problems we had last year with the cargo preference bill. Had that bill been enacted, we would have given a cargo preference to some U.S. companies but others would have been receiving operating su bsidies. When we asked the U.S. Maritime Administrator how he could reconcile cargo preference with payment of maritime subsidies, he confessed they had no legal opinion which would Justify cutting off subsidies even though cargo preference were adopted. In the last year ofthe Ford administration, the budget proposal which the Ford administration was goingtosubmit to the Congress proposed to end the subsidy program in consideration of adopting some other programs and they wanted a limitation on these subsidies for I year. It seems to me in the light ofthe legislation we are now considering we should not permit this Congress to bind almost half the U.S. merchant marine to 2()-yeai contiacts. If wc proceed in this year or in the next to adopt the closed conference concept to protect our merchant marine so it would be guaranteed to carry 40 percent or more of our foreign commerce. I think the chairman will concede there is no need for subsidies. Could I ask the chairman tbat question? Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman from California restate his question? Mr, McCLOSKEY, Mr. Chairman, the question Ls this: If we adopt the gentleman's bill now before the Congres.s, the basic ch .-ad conference bill which the chairman and I have joined in sponsoring, for discussion purposes, if we adopt the clo.sed conference bill, which will guarantee our U.S. carriers will carry 40 percent ofthe foreign commerce, will we need the subsidy program? Mr. MURPHY of iSew York. The clo.sed conference bill now before the committee would probably guarantee that the existing American-flag liners operating in their different trades would be able to stay in bu.sine,s.s. That would probably be the net effect of that legislation. What we do need, however, that we do not have currently before the committee, is a long-term cargo policy tbat this country must enter into for the long-range benefit of the American merchant marine, and at that time the need for subsidy should diminish. Mr. McCLO.SKEY. May I direct this question to the chairman: If this authorization permits 43 percent of the American liner ships to be subsidized under contracts which extend for 20 years and we do adopt the long-term cargo preference Legislative Support for Maritime Training Bv a vote of more than two-lo-one. Congress knocked onl an amendment aimed at weakening training programs that give the U.S. Merchant marine the highest-skilled seamen in the world. All comfianies, subsidized and nonsnbsidi/ed alike, make contrihnlions to a nnmher of nnions[>onsored training schools so that crewmembers will have the skills demanded to safely and effi­ ciently o[)erale their vessels. The schools have also acce[)ted the responsibility for [ireparing new seafarers so that they will (pialifv for their cer­ tification from the Coast Cnard. The amendment wonid have [irohibited the sub­ sidized lines from paving their fair share (jf the operating costs of the training schools. June 1978 / LOG / 21 m �UailcU State* f^Amtrin V»/. Conarcssional'Record if, PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 95 CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION WASHINGTON. TUESDAY. MAY 2J, 1978 No. 77 policy that the chairman is advising, is it not correct that we will then have to take steps to try to terminate the very subsidies which we are authorising for 20 years today? Mr. MURPHY of New York. Yes, certainly. We are really dealing with two "subsidies in terms of current policy. We are dealing with an operational subsidy that is of 20 years duration. This Is tied to a ship con.struction subsidy which, of course, is the 20-year life of a ship. These two go hand in hand with guarantees to the investment market in support of these programs. If at some time the Congress in its wisdom should pass a Cargo policy which states that in less than 20 years, perhaps 10, perhaps even 5, that we do not need the subsidy program, then at that time the Congress could terminate those 20-year contracts. Mr. McCLOSKEY. But is it not true that once you enter a contract the Government is obligated, so that if we wanted to terminate the contract in 3 years hence we would not be able to do so unless the Maritime Admini­ strator writes into the contract some sort of provision that upon adoption of a new law the contract can be terminated? Mr. MURPHY of New York. 1 think that the question of a change in maritime policy was dealt with when we enacted the 1970 act into law and, of course, the Congress has the power to make changes and recapture, as the gentleman knows. I think we probably could alter those contracts on an equitable basis. Mr.McCLOSKEY, Is the gentleman saying that we could instruct the Maritime Administrator starting September 30, if we are close to adopting this policy, that contracts he might enter into should be subject to the accommodation of a limitation in the event we adopt a new law? Mr. MURPHY of New York. I thinkthat language would have to be justly-and fairly tied to a proper understanding HowSubsidyCutsWould Have Affected SIU Vessels, Jobs Had Ht'p. McCloskey's floor amctidmciils lo the Maritime .Aiiproiirialion Aiilliori/alioii .Ail of 1079. Iierii ap[»ro\(;d, .SH -manned vessels and jobs would have lieen affected in the following manner: (The figures shown reflect an approximate statistical analvsis.) • AMIvNDMKNT—h'/imiiuitr SI02 million for tiro li\(i t rrirr.s lliol liarr no roliir to the Drfrnsc I'istohlislimrnl. This .imendment would ha\e jeopardi/ed the future of the If) i,i\(] \ essel> currentl\ under construction in .American shipvards. plus the two projiosed I.\(I ships requested in the I'A 1979 Authori/ations. \|1 hut two of these vessels are. or will he. manned h\ .SIT crewmen, rin' total nund)ei- ol johs which could ha\(' heeii eliminated h\ this amendment is .3.32. • AMTM)Mlv\'r^—hiniit oprratina .w/h.wW) rrnrinils to I vriii /cim.s. prnilinp ronpirssional reririr ol niaritime polirv. iroid irrrrorahh- romniitrncnl to o $1.2 hillion ontlov orrr t/ir nr.\t 20 w,-//.* irltrn irr rcrv irrll irnnt to rrplacr the v///>.wV/\ proi>;rani iii h o nnr (•orp;o polirv. Delta Steamship Tines. Inc. operates 1 1 vessels under the current OD.S program, wlule \\ atermati .Steamship (Corporation o|)erates If). Both ol these companies, operating in the liner trades, would have almost certaiuK heen affected hv Mcflloskev s proposed unendment. The total .SIT uidicciised crewmen aboard these 27 \cssels w hose johs would have heen in peril is .53f). There are six SIT companies ciiirently operating ut)der OI)S in the worldwide hidk trade. Because these ODS contracts are renewed at shorter than 20-vear intervals, it is uncertain whether any. or all of the total of 12 vessels with ap[)roximatel\ 204 utilicensed .SIT crewmen would have heen lost. • AMK.NDMI'TVr—I'.liminotr o SI hillion incrensr in ship morti^om' ptnarantrc anthoritv nhirh is ojiposcd bv the odniinistration. Tailure to im|ilet)ient the Title \1 ceiling from $7 hillion to .SIO hillion woidd [irevent the Title XI progratTi from effectively continuing. Since the Mer­ chant .Marine Act (d 1970. ap|iroximatel\ SO hillion in new Title \I commitments have heen issued covering 71 cargo vessels. .1.") tankei-. T") hulk carriers. IB TXfTs. I ..">2.0 river t ugs and barges. 220 oceangoing I ngs and barges, and 151 drill vessels and drill service V e'-sels. Much ol the construction for which Title \I commitmetits and guarantees have heen issued is energv re­ lated. Demand for this tv pe (if coiisti uction, as well as lor other new ^hips sudi a- meeting the contract\ial rcfilaccmcnt ohligalion- for the liner vcs.-eT. i.'^ ex­ pected to continue into the I9B0 s. As indicated ahov c. current projections indicate that, il authori/ed. our total commitments would iiMch .S9.fi hillion l)v the end of fiscal year 1980. If the recom­ mended increase had not heen approved, the program would not have heen able to provide for these antici­ pated re(piiremenl>. • AMKiNDMTX T—Prohibit subsidies for the shipment of ptruin to Russia. _ If OD.S for the Bnssian grain trade had heen elin)inated. a|)[)roximatelv I.OOO.SIT crewmen aboard at least ,50 vessels could have lost their jobs. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN* 22 / LOG / June 1978 of the long-term effect of a particular contract including precisely what it would do to the subsidized operators, and whether they could survive under any proposed new condition that we intend to impose. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, then, on that state­ ment, I would ask unanimous consent that 1 may be permitted to withdraw the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California? There was no objection. U.S. SHIPBUILDING • » • Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, 1 offer an amend­ ment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. MCCCI.OSKEV: On page 2, at the end of line 13, insert after "series;" "Providedfurther. That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid for construction in any shipyard unless the Secretary of Commerce certifies that craft union rules or lines do not unduly prevent flexible and efficient use of the labor force;". Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of this amendment lies in a set of facts which have been recognized in testimony before theCommittccon Merchant Marine and Fisheries by every element in the U.S. Merchant Marine industry. It has been recognized by the Shipbuilders Council, the General Accounting Office, the American Institute of Maritime Shipping, and the Maritime Administration. 1 would like to call to the attention of the committee the 1970 act which this Congress enacted to try to resolve the American shipbuilding industry's dilemma. You will recall at that time we were paying a construction subsidy to U.S. shipyards of 50 percent, because it cost 50 percent more in U.S. yards to build the same ship that was being built in Japanese shipyards. But in 1970, when we enacted that act to stimulate U.S. shipyard construction, we provided, and this House voted overwhelmingly, to require that, year by year, the construc­ tion differential would be reduced to 43 percent, to 41 percent, to 39 percent, and ultimately to 35 percent. We voted in 1970 that it was the feeling of the Congress that U.S. shipyards should have an incentive to increase productivity, and that the construction subsidy rate should be steadily reduced. Legislative Support for Operating Subsidy hronomir lop:ir brought the uithdraual of an amendment that irould hare limited future operating: differential subsidies to a vear or less. (Congressman .john M. .Murph v of \eir York e.xplained the operating subsidies are tied to ronstrurtion subsidies, and that both are ba.sed on the e.vpected 20-vear life of a ship. "The.se tiro fro hand in hand irith guarantees to the in eestment market in support of these programs," Murphv said. Maritime indiistrv proponents pointed out that the pro­ posed amendment rould have destroved the most modern segment of the I .S. Merehant Marine, the liner fleet. Tliev argued that neither the operating eompanies nor the finanrial institutions rould be e.vpeeted to undertake the nere.s.sarv massive investments in neiv vessels u ithout being asifiired of continued government support through long-term contracts. In testimony before the committee, all of the maritime interests agreed that one reason that we have had to go back to a 50-percent construction subsidy is that labor practices in our shipyards are nonproductive and non­ competitive. We have a situation where, because of past management abuses, inclividuai craft unions years ago negotiated w ork rules, which, for example, may require that five unions participate one task, that four union members had to stand by. four men standing by in a shipyard, while a fift h man was called over to tighten a bolt. These work rules are admittedly archaic, and yet as long as those rules continue, we cannot compete with German yards, with Swedish yards, let alone with Japanese yards. All this amendment would do would be to require that if we are going to pay construction subsidy, the Secretary of Commerce must certify that work rules do not unduly prevent flexible and efficient use of the labor force. You may ask what example there is of this. Recently in the Seatrain Yard in New York—and the gentleman from New York is aware of this—a yard which all of us were anxious to see go back into production, the private company Seatrain said, yes. we will put the yard into production, but we would like a commitment from organized laborthat we not have to deal with six craft unions in this yard, but that we deal with only one union. It was stated to us, by Paul Hall of union labor and Joe Kahn representing Seatrain, that it was that agreement between Seatrain and one union that said, "We will �r:Tt»3L~—-• Legislative Support for U.S. Shipyards In a blatant attack on the collective bargaining processes. Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (R-Calif.) offered an amendment that would have prohibited the payment of federal construction funds unless the Secretary of Commerce certified that traditional craft union lines "do not unduly prevent flexible and efficient use of the labor force." Several Congressmen defended the productivity of work­ ers in American shipyards, and attacked the amendment as another- bureaucratic, intrusion by the federal govern­ ment in the free collective bargaining system. Congressman Leo C. Zeferetti of New York challenged McCloskey to give an e.xample of "how the present system is inadequate." The California Republican responded by' changing the subject. Congressman John M. Murphy of New York, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, noted that efficiency comes not icith intruding on collective bargaining agreements, but in the construction of a series of ships. "Because we are disappearing as a cargo-carrying coun­ try, we are prevented by economics from building more ships of similiar type," Murphy said. "If this Congress does not enact a cargo-preference policy so America can once again build its merchant fleet, then ive will never have the efficiencies of scale and production in those yards." represent all of the crafts," that permitted that yard to go back into operation. If the Federal Government is going to recognize the.need to maintain sliipyards, then, clearly, I think there is a responsiblity of the Government to insist that outmoded craft union rules be dispensed with. TTiat is all this amendment does. This is not an antiunion I amendment. It merely requires that work rules not unduly prevent flexible and efficent use of the labor force. Mr. JOHN L. BURTON. This sounds like amove back to the IWW to have one big union. Mr. McCLOSKEY. I would like to say to the gentleman from California, because he and 1 represent the San Francisco Bay area, that we have seen the shipyards in the San Francisco Bay area literally disappear, because craft union rules there were so bad that they could build ships in Pascagoula or Norfolk or Baltimore, or on the east coast, more cheaply because our craft union rules did not permit shipyards to compete. Mr. JOHN L. BURTON. I do not think that was the reason at all. Mr. ZEFERETTI. The gentleman gave us a fine example "in New York City of ho.w the unions work together and recreated, if you would, the efficiency that was so desprately needed. Could the gentleman give us an example on the other side of the fence how the present system is inadequate? Mr. McCLOSKEY. The difficulty with the present system is that unless someone takes a hand, the unions have been able to negotiate the requirement that there be as many as five or six craft unions working on the same task, Mr. ZEFERETTI. If the gentleman will yield further, my point is, though, that if, we are talking about collective bargaining agreements within that collective area of interunions, then we should be talking about the rights of each group working efficiently. Manning Amendment Is Withdrawn Common sense forced the withdrawal of an amendment that would have limited operating subsidies on any ship having a crew in excess of 50 percent of the U.S. Coast Guard's minimum manning scale. The Coast Guard's crew figure is based solely on the number of crewmernbers required for "safe navigation."Not included are seamen used for ves.sel maintenance, sanitation, specialized operational activities, caring for passengers, or even feeding the crew. No ship could function without this part of the crew. Mr. McCLOSKEY. That is correct. Mr. ZEFERETTI. Working toward that end. We havenot really shown any cause to change anything, because in effect what we are saying now is that we are going to build another bureaucratic level of people who will go in and become mediators to every collective bargaining contract that comes up. Mr. McCLOSKEY. That is not the purpose at all. All that is required is that the Secretary of Commerce, who pays this construction subsidy, set forth before he grants the subsidy that there are no archaic work rules that unduly prevent efficient use of the work force. Mr. ZEFERETTI. It is kind of difficult to single out what is efficient and what is not efficient when you have an intertrade type of operation. Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of words. I rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I have two objections to this amendment. First, the amendment's standard use of "flexible and efficient use of the labor force" is vague and could lead to arbitrary limitation of the payment of construction funds where they are most needed. Second, such a limitation on the payment of funds could have a potentially devastating effect on the cost of American ship construction, since shipbuilding by union personnel in American shipyards would be seriously impaired. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, 1 move to strike the requisite number of words. Mr. Chairman, the committee in its wisdom adopted an amendment by the gentleman from California t hat related to series construction in American shipyards. Thus, the efficiency of a shipyard is in series construction, that is, building a string of similar vessels. Now, why can we not have complete efficiency? Seventy percent of our construction in American shipyards is U.S. Navy construction. Only 30 percent is available for merchant ship construction, because we just do not have such a need under present programs. And because we are disappearing as a cargo carrying country we are prevented by economics from building more ships of similar type. In the year 1980, we will have zero ships on order in American yards. So the efficiencies on construction are really achieved when there is series construction, the construction of three, four, or five vessels of the same type in the same yard. American shipyards today are competing tremendously with each other on the very few ships that are available; so the yards basically are efficient. Where do we come in with the craft union problem? Some of our yards are very old yards. Some are new and have been tooled up recently. The gentleman from California refers to the Seatrain yard where one collective bargaining entity bargained for all craft unions, that is, for all crafts In a yard. On a national basis, we find in shipyards in the State of Virginia or in the State of Massachusetts we have many craft unions that have very successfully and very efficiently been able to bargain with management. On the west coast, we have a different problem. In the gulf we have old and established yards and once again we have the craft problems. It is not a question of crafts for efficient shipbuilding construction. Efficient shipbuilding will come on large scale and series construction. If this Congress does not enact a cargo policy so America can once again build its merchant fleet, then we will never have the efficiencies of scale and production in those yards. Cong. Leo Zeferelli Cong. Jame.^^ Ober-^lar (D-N.Y.) (D-Minn.) Mr. Chairman, this amendment should be rejected on the face of it. Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Chairman, IJoin in the opposition to the amendment. The gentleman from New York stated it very well. The effects of t he amendment would be harshly felt throughout the country, but basically in the Great Lakes where our shipbuilding industry is only beginning to grow in recent years. It would be very adversely affected by this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 10729as reported by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and in opposition to amendments that would further limit or restrict the construction and operating differential subsidy programs beyond those already in law or in H.R. 10729. This bill authorizes the Maritime Administration's fiscal year 1979 construction and operating differential subsidy programs enacted by Congress in the Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970. These programs implement the nationalshippingpolicy to establish and maintain a strong merchant fleet built by the United States, owned by American citizens, operated by American crews, and fully capable of serving our economic, military, and national policy requirements. MarAd's title XI mortgage guarantee program provides a major stimulus to American shipbuilding. At present, nearly $6 billion in shipbuilding is guaranteed under this program. The extension of title XI guarantees to the Great Lakes under the Merchant Marine Act of I970wasa major boon to Great Lakes shipbuilding. Nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in construction costs for 24 vessels have been financed with title XI guarantees. Cong. Loo Zofcrelli (D-N.Y.) "The support and maintenanre of a viable U.S.flag nierrhani marine i.s. for rea.sints of national defense and eronomir .security, a policy of na­ tional importance." It is a successful program and one which is now actually returning more to the Government than it costs. Through the fees and premiums MarAd charges for loan guarantees, the program has acquired a surplus fund of nearly $150 million. The legislation before us will continue funding of critically needed operating and construction subsidies. A strong American fleet is a policy goal established by Congress. Until 1975 the Great Lakes did not have the advantage of extensive U.S.-flag service. Happily, in that year, U.S.-flag service returned to the Great Lakes after an absence of 6 years, Two American lines are now planning a total of 16 sailings to the lakes this season; and for the first time, a U.S.-Hag ves.sel called on the Port of Duluth at the outset of this current shipping season. Those 16 voyages do not represent a major portion of ocean-going traffic on the lakes. They do indicate the potential for growth of U.S.-flag service to the lakes. 1 would like to .see American cargo from our region carried on American vessels manned by American crews. I would like to see our Great Lakes cities and States enjoy the employment and economic benefits which will result from increased U.S.-flag service to the lakes. Whatever modest investment we make in CDS and ODS funds for this service will be returned to the U.S. Treasury many times over through taxes paid by productive, gainfully employed U.S. maritime workers and companies. U.S.-flag service to the lakes will become a continuing economic reality only if the American-fiag lines can overcome the many financial obstacles of doing business in the lakes. That will require, at least for a period of a few years, a commitment of incentive a.ssistance which the ODS and CDS programs offer. The 20-year contracts for subsidy assistance from MarAd now provide this kind of assurance. Limiting the length of these subsidy renewals would severely restrict the ability of American-flag lines to make long-term commitments for the kind of service we are hoping to attract to the Great Lakes. Cong. Janic.'^ Ober.sjar (D-Minti.) "I would like to see .imericau cargo from the Great Lakes region carried on .imericau ve.s.sels manned hy American creu\s. I would like to see our Great Lakes cities and states enjoy the em­ ployment and other economic benefits which will result from increasetl ILS.-flag .service to the Lake.s." I strongly urge my House colleagues to continue to provide the support for these programs as we have in the pa.st to achieve the goal of a strong, independent U..S. merchant marine serving America's four seacoasts. Mr. RUPPE. Mr. Chairman, I movetostriketherequisite number of words, and 1 rise in support of the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I think that the gentleman from California has offered a very logical and a very sensible amendment. Several years ago prior to the chair being held by the gentleman from New York, the committee issued a report on the shipping industry. In response to a request on the part of the committee, a witness from the Shipbuilder's Council of America pointed out that this situation, thesituation that has caused us to operate our yards at as much higher cost than foreign yards resulted trom: Job demarcation, so-called work rules, for the utilization of manpower in Swedish shipyards, for example, are considered to be far less rigid than in the United States. (In this regard, the witness for the American Institute of Merchant Shipping also testified that work rules of craft unions in our shipyards severely inhibit the efficiency of shipyard workers. The witness from the Maritime Adninistration generally agreed. These job protection practices resulting from rigid craft union lines have built up over the past 100 years in response to past management abuses.) So it is not a question ofunions beingthe bad guysandthe companies being the good guys. The report developed by the Committee on Merchant Marine and fisheries a couple of years ago recognized the problem of the tremendous abuses in the shipyards of the country resulting in improper craft practices. I think there is a lot of merit in the argument that if we are going to pay up to half of the cost of construction of a ves.sel, the Federal Government ought to take a look at the yards and see if the yards are operated with some measure of efficiency. We ought to take a look at the yards and June 1978 / LOG / �determine if the craft union lines followed impede the yard from doing an efficient job. We are not suggesting that weshould crack down on all t he work rules. We are simply asking the question: Are the regulations and the work practices such that they make it very, very difficult for these yards to compete in the world market? Mr. Chairman, it seems to me that when we are paying up to 50 percent, up to half the*cost of construction of a vessel, the Federal Government ought to take a look at the yards since we are putting up the money, and make some determination as to whether the work rules are proper or whether the management is doing a bad Job of managing these yards. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, 1 would like to point out to the gentleman and to the committee that in 1970 we enacted a Merchant Marine Act that would require the construction of .100 ships over a 10-year period. In other words, we were to build 30 ships a year for 10 years, so we were providing for the construction of 300 vessels. When that act passed, the American ship building industry Coiit;. Phil Kiippo (R-\li< li.) . . the funds llml ivonld he ttnllntrizetl Ut he (ippntprinli'tl by this Icffislation nro iwvvssnry for the cinislrurlion ami <t[n'rali<ni of a mtnlorn. privoli'ly-nn ncd, I'.S.-flop invn-honl fh'ot . . . rapohlo ttf rarryinp snhstonlial omounts of / '..S. inifntrts and fxpitrls in pearctinu' and of serrinp as a naral anxiliary in irarlirne," invested a billion and a half dollars in upgrading its plants and equipment and in tooling up and meeting its requirements to fulfill the commitment that was really mandated by the Congress. In no given year did we ever start more than I4ships. and, as 1 stated, after 1980 we are down to zero ships. The problem of the yards is not with the craft unions; the problem of the yards is with the nonutilization and the lack of series construction of ships. Mr. RUPP^:. Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is that they cannot compete. We are simply going abroad for our construction of ships in the United States. It is a sad commentary, when we can compete in the United States in the auto industry, when we can compete in the steel industry, and when we can compete in the chemical industry, that we in this country have to require that the Federal Government pay up to half the cost of the construction of an American vessel. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, 1 think at this point in time the Federal Government ought to take a look at t he management and at the work rules developed by the management and the craft unions. Mr. JACOBS. Let me ask the gentleman from California (Mr MrCI osKPv) this question, after listeningtothis debate: Would it be fair to characterize the gentleman's amendment as a featherbedding amendment? Is that what the gentleman had in mind, that we are dealing with what is traditionally known as featherbedding in relation totheunion work rules? Mr. McCLOSKF^Y. Mr. Chairman, the result is featherbedding when six unions are involved and when the carpenters, the piperitters,and the plumbers, for example, all require that they participate in attaching a particular pieceof plumbing, so that until that plumbing fixture can be installed three people haveto comeoverandparticipatein theturning of the wrench. Tcs, that does result in featherbedding, there has been no question of that. There has been no question that even t he u nions have not suggested.that these rules are still appropriate. Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman, may 1 make this further inquiry: 1 heard in the debate a suggestion that the gentleman's amendment would also affect inefficient management as well as inefficient work rules, so that this would apply to management as well as to any act approving inefficient work ru les? Mr. McCLO.SKFY. Mr. Chairman, I think it would apply to management as well. It would apply in this sense, because the amendment says this; Provided, That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid for construction in any shipyard unless the Secretary of Commerce certifies that craft union rules or lines do not unduly prevent flexible and efficient use of the labor force. 1 think that many managements have agreed to these kinds of rules because they have no inhibition from the Government. The problem with our whole subsidy program is that whatever the union and management may negotiate, the Government pays for it, so we do not have the usual inhibition on labor and management to negotiate against bad practices; the Government picks it up. Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman, on that basis 1 do support the gentleman's amendment. 1 would always oppose any kind of Federal law that created regulations which say that labor and management had to negotiate a certain kind of contract and a certain kind of work rule. That is a regulation that private parties ought to negotiate. But to enact a law, as the gentleman from California (Mr. MCCI.OSKEV) has suggested by his amendment, or to enact a policy of not subsidizing inef­ ficiency is a far cry from a policy of regulating against • inefficiency. Mr. Chairman, I believe the gentleman has offered a good amendment. Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, 1 know that the 24 / LOG / June 1978 LNG SHIPBUILDING 'T f Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amend­ ment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. MCCI.OSKEV: On page 2, at the end of line 13, insert after "series;" Providedfurther. That no fundsjiuthorized by this paragraph may be paid fay subsidize the construction of liquefied natural gas carriers;". Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, I will not take too much time of the committee on this amendment, but let me just call to the committee's attention that last year this committee in this House voted to fund two LNG carriers. Clong;. Jack Ciiniiing;ham Cong;. Robert Leg:g:en (R-Wash.) (D-Calif.) Members VIembers arc anxious to vote on this amendment, but 1I resent strongly the insinuation that this amendment is offered because of featherbedding by the crafts or ineffi­ cient management. 1 am not a member of this committee. 1 happen to live in an area and a district that is very active in shipbuilding, as well as the building of aircraft. These vessels are built to meet very high standards. These are not little sailing dinghies that arc going to be used out here on the Potomac; these are major vessels, these are oceangoing vessels, and these arc made by people who have to pass examinations. Often, many of the things that make shipbuilding yards inefficient are simply compliance with rules and regulations that their own Government imposes on them. 1 do not think it is fair to say if you support this amendment you are going to strike out featherbedding, nor do 1 think it is fair to say if you oppose this amendment that you are mandating inefficiency. Welders should not do carpentry, electricians should not do pipefitting. We want «afe well built ships. Mr. MURPHY of New York. 1 thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is starting to show an awareness of what shipbuilding and ship construction is today. Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, if I can reclaim my time, 1 will say to the gentleman that 1 have had the awareness longer than the gentleman might think. Mr. MURPHY of New York. If the gentleman will yield further, I have been in many yards, at least eight of our competitors on a worldwide basis. We find a depression in the worldwide shipbuilding industry, not Just in the United States. There was a tremendous overtonnage and over­ building, with no market, about 7 or 8 years ago. When you go to yards today, you see most welding done electronically. You see the automation that has been built into the yards today. You see the heavy lifts, the module development and cunsliuction, the tearhs that are formed to do certain tasks on a programmed basis. 1 almost feel we are debating something out of the past, perhaps 50 years ago, from listening to this type of amendment. We are in an efficient, electronic, viably competitive area in American yards today. That is why $1.5 billion was invested in updating and upgradingthoseyards, so that they could compete on a world basis. But we are in an industry depression today on a world basis, particularly in America. Mr. Chairman, 1 urge the defeat of the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The question Ls on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. MCCI OSKEV). The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. MCCIOSKEY) there were—ayes 20, nays 54. So the amendment was rejected. Cong:. John Biirlon Cong. Barbara Mikiilski (D-Calif.) (D Md.) carriers of liquefied natural gas. The administration at that time was not certain whether it wanted to proceed with the subsidization of liquefied natural gas carriers, but they decided later in the year not~to build the carriers that we authorized. This year the House is asked to authorize two more LNG carriers, although the administration admits it has not yet decided to build the twoauthorized last year, let alone these two. It seems to me almost absurd, if the administration has not decided whether it wants to build LNG carriers, when it has not used the funds that the House authorized last year that we authorize a third and fourth LNG carrier. The administration is presently reviewing the liquid natural gas carrier program. They may come to us and say, "We would like to build these two liquid natural gas carriers and the two that were authorized last year but which we chose not to build." Mr. Chairman, it seems the height of folly for the Congress to authorize $102 million, that is, $51 million each for ships that may never be built when the ships which we ^thorized last year have not been built, and the administration has not decided to build them. I would think that the Committee on the Budget might be interested in this particular kind of issue where the Congress goes ahead and funds programs and then the administration says, "We do not know whether we will build or not. The money you gave us last year we are not going to spend." It seems to me that under that circumstance, the least a supposedly fiscally minded Congress might do would be to vote against authorizing $102 million when similar money was not spent last year. Mr. LEGGETT. Mr. Chairman, the Committee on the Budget is interested in the national debt, in the deficit, and in money really spent. Here we are talking about a liquid natural gas program that has been going on. We have 16 ships now that are currently authorized for subsidy or loan guarantee and that we are building. .» -yiii! , - Legislative Support For LNG Carriers .1 major emerping .1 merican industry—the s/iipment and use of crilieallv needed liquified natural gas—u ould hare been sererelv crippled hv an amendment that uould hare stopped the payment of constructioit differential subsidy funds for LNG carriers. The amendment u ould hare caused massire job losses in shipyards, particularly in Massachusetts, Louisiana and Calif ornia. Hear y job losses u ould hare occurred in factor­ ies in other f>arts of the nation that jnoride the steel, the. huge spheres that carry the pressurized gas, the poicer plants and other parts of the ressels. . fmerica 's dependence on foreign ressels for the carriage of this rital energy f uel would hare increased, as it already has in the transportation of imported }>etroleum. Congressman John M. Murphy of New York, chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, noted that the construction of I.NC ressels "is one area of ship­ building in which, on a world basis, the I nitedStates leads the irorld and on which it has expertise." The superior safety of . imerican-built L.NC ressels teas a strong point with Congresswoman Barbara .4. .Vlikulski of Maryland, a member of the committee. "My constituents want licptid natural gas coming up our Che.sapeake Bay, on which they depend for their lirelihood, on .1 merican shifts," .she asserted. "If e do not icant some tanker with a bamboo bottom coming lift the harbor, the kind of tanker that is going to blow Baltimore sky high." she said. �The administration has taken a second look at the program. Certainly if they determine they want to do a 18(Kdegree turn and not fund these programs, as we have in the past, then certainly it is not going to cost the Federal Government a dime; and we wjll not incur any further expenditure. The national debt will not be exacerbated. Mr. McCLOSKEY. If these ships are so good, why.did not the administration build them this year? Mr. LEGGETT. As the gentleman knows, they are conducting a review, and based on their findings, they will approve the program. Mr. McCLOSKEY. However, we do not know that, do we? Mr. LEGGETT. Not today. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Nevertheless, we are authorizing money for ships they did not build when we do not know whether they will build them or not; is that not true? Mr. LEGGETT. Unless we authorize this money right now. we are closing the door for a full year. Mr. McCLOSKEY. We authorized for a full year, and 8 months have passed and they have not decided to spend the money. Mr. LEGGETT. They are still studying the matter, but they can still build them. Ms. MIKUI.SKI. Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman. I am speaking in opposition to the amendment simply because of concerns for the environ­ ment and for public safety. U.S. SOVIET GRAIN TRADE Cong. Barbara Mikiilski (D-Md.) ""My ctmsliliients want /iV/i/iV/ natural ffas coming ... on American ships. We do not want sttme tanker with a bamboo bottom coming up the harbor, the kind of tanker that is going to blow Baltimore sky high.'''' . . the maintenance of an American fleet gen­ erates joint in the private sector.^" Some of the major terminals receiving liquid natural gas in this country are my own Cove Point in Maryland, and also there is another major terminal in Boston Harbor. These terminals are not too far from major urban areas. Mr. Chairman, it is absolutely critical if this country receives these kinds of energy supplies that weshould receive them on ships that meet international safety standards or standards even stricter than those governing international safety. Quite frankly, Mr. Chairman, my constituents want liquid natural gas coming up our Chesapeake Bay, on which they depend for their livelihood, on American ships. We do not want some tanker with a bamboo bottom coming up the harbor, the kind of tanker that is going to blow Baltimore sky high. Mr. Chairman, for that reason 1 oppose the amendment. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, 1 move to strike the last word. In opposing the amendment, I might categorize it as not only a cargo preference, but a construction preference for foreign flag building and carriage. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the present time is resolving two facets of a liquid natural gas policy which remain to be resolved. One of t hose is incremental pricing, and a second is the question as to how much of the total gas supply in this country will be allocated to liquid natural gas. We realize that 15 percent ' is the downside of that estimate, and how far on the upside it will go we are not sure. However, we do know that to carry liquid natural gas, we would prefer that it come in an American flag ship<« This is one area of shipbuilding in which, on a world basis, . the United States leads the world and on which it has the expertise. To cut back this authorization on ship construction certainly would hamper us and lay us over for a year. We might see what 1 saw just a few weeks ago at Cove Point, Md., which was a French liquid natural gas ship arriving at an American terminal with Algerian liquid natural gas. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. LFCion r) knows that his State is wrestling with the location of a liquid natural gas terminal in order to bring liquid natural gas in from Indonesia. That contract is under its final review. The only thing holding up that entire project is the question of what incremental increase in price there wil| be and what yardstick will be used, whether it will be an OPEC increase or a cost-of-living increase in the United States. Tho.se are technical problems. The program for liquid natural gas is ongoing. We will need ships. We have, as Congressman LFGC.FTT said, 15 or 16 under construction at the present time. To adopt this amendment would merely delay a year, and perhaps take off the ways two of those vital ships. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Would the gentleman not concede, though, that of the LNG ships that have thus far been constructed, half of them have not needed a Federal subsidy for construction? They have been built in U.S. yards, but without the need for subsidies. , * Mr. MURPHY of New York. I might say that the subsidiary percentage of LNG ships is much lower than the average subsidy of dry freighters. Mr. McCLOSKEY. I appreciate that, but they have not required subsidies. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Eleven of those 16 did get a construction differential subsidy. Mr. McCLOSKEY. So five of the ships did not require a subsidy. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Yes, but those five ships are programmed for carriage between Indonesia and Japan, not in the American trade. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Is that not the question the admini­ stration is concerned with, that they may not need additional subsidy? Mr. MURPHY of New York. 1 think the Maritime Administration clearly presented evidence to the committee that a construction differential subsidy would be necessary for the construction of these vessels. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Mc CIOSKI Y). The amendment was rejected. * * * Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amend­ ment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment ofTered by Mr. MCCI.OSKEV: On page 2, at the end of line 19, insert after "Defense;" "Provided further. That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid to subsidize the carriage of grun to Russia;". Mr. MCCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman, it has always perplexed me why the taxpayer of the United'States should pay the cost of shipping grain to Ru.ssia. When the Russians agreed to buy U.S. grain, we provided that we might have the privilege of transporting a third of that grain in U.S. ships. However, we also agreed with the Russians that the price would be S16 per ton. The difficulty is that the cost to ship that grain on American ships is S30 per ton. So, in essence, with the Russians buying grain from the United States, we arc now paying almost half the cost of transporting that grain to the Russians. This might be understandable if there were some benefit to the United States in paying the cost of shipping the grain to the Soviets, but there is no benefit to the United .States. They buy the grain anyway. The purchase of the grain was not conditioned upon use of U.S. shipping. That is a condition we imposed. If the Soviets do not use U.S. ships, at a cost to us of S4 million, they will either use their own ships or third llagships. Another argument might be made that, under the maritime subsidy program, it is important to the United States to keep ships in operation that may be helpful at a time of national emergency. Here, however, the U.S. ships used to carry grain average 19 years of age. They are rust buckets; they are obsolete. If they were not being used to carry grain, they would be mothballed. So, there is absolutely no benefit to the U.S. taxpayer in paying $4 million to transport this grain to Ru.ssia. Last year, there was some concern on the part of the Argiculture Committee that, if we cut back the subsidy, it might intrude on the grain sales. It is clear from the testimony that the Russians will buy the grain anyway. They are protected. The question is. Why should the United States finance the shipment of grain to Russia? There are other things on which we could spend the $4 million for other parts of the shipping program.This benefit goes directly to the Russian Government, not to us. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, 1 rise in opposition to the amendment. ifhe Russian grain trade of course was negotiated in two stages, one programed in 1972 and the other in 1975. We agreed internationally with the Russians that one-third of the carriage would be in American bottoms, one-lhird in Russian bottoms, andonc-thirdthroughthccro.ss trades. We li.i I, Legislative Support for Russian Grain An amendment that would have played directly into the hands of the Russians by denying break­ even subsidies to American-flag ships transporting grain to the Soviet Union was rejected by the Con­ gress. Had it passed, the amendment would have allowed the cut throat Soviet fleet to fill its own ships, and use the remaining cargo as patronage to other fleets of the world. Congressman J ohn M. Murphy of New York argued that .American-flag shipment of a third of the cargo was part of the agreement negotiated in 1972 and 1975, when the Russians contracted for the purcha.se of U.S. grain. The grain shipments, he said,^ saved many jobs in the American-flag fleet at a time when its fortunes had hit rock-bottom. June 1978 / LOG / 25 �aSSffeSi' knew that the rate that was negotiated by the Russians was a noncompensatory rate for most foreign ship operators as well as for American operators, and therefore, a break-even subsidy was authorized for the carriage by American ships in the Russian grain trade. TTiis trade happened to come along during a very low point in American shipping. In fact.small oil tankers were used to carry this grain. It was at a time when the Alyeska pipeline was seriously delayed, and this provided 3.7 million metric tons of carriage and saved many jobs in the American maritime industry at. as I said, break-even rates to the American operators. I do not think many of these vessels would have been put in mothballs. They would have been either scrapped or sold on the foreign market and we would have had an even further reliance on foreign tonnage to meet America's shipping needs. yet only 4 percent of our commerce is carried on U.S.-flag vessels, and over 93 percent is carried on foreign-flag vessels. So to protect our Nation in time of a national emergency, we must have a ready, financially sound, merchant marine fleet. Also contained in this authorization are funds to establish a firefighting training school on the west coast. The purpose of the school is to provide training to crews "of merchant ships to cope with shipboard fires and damage.. I have already written to Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs. Mr. Robert Blackwell. about our desire to locate this .school in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor area. I rise to reiterate this request for the record. The committee has also adopted an amendment which increases the authorization to pay for the increased cost of bunker fuel that is used on training vessel cruises. This has been a particular problem to the Maritime Academy in California, and 1 endorse this provision of the bill. Therefore. Mr. Chairman. I urge my colleagues to enact this vital legislation. The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments? If not, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. WRIGHT) having assumed the chair, Mr. MOAKIEY. Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that the Committee having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 10729) to authorize appropriations for" the fiscal year 1979 for certain maritime programs oft he Department of Commerce, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 1190, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry amend­ ments adopted by the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The que.stion was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 326. nays 82, not voting 26, as follows: THE VOTE: doii};. (rioiin .Aiidorsoii (D-Calif.) (loiif;. Joshua Kilherp (D-Pa.) The fact is that this does provide employment to American ships and to American merchant seamen. 1 think to deny a break-even subsidy- note that it is not a subsidy but merely a break-even subsidy—would not have been in the best interest of the American merchant marine or American interest in this grain trade. I urge defeat of the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. McCi OSKFY). Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Chairman. I demand a recorded vote, and pending that I make the point of order that a quorum is not present. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will count. One hundred and fifteen Members aren't, a quorum. The pending business is the demand of the gentleman from California (Mr. M( CI OSKFY) for a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were— ayes 180, noes 218. not voting 36. Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Chairman, duringthc consideration of H.R. 10729. I believe it is particularly relevant to draw the attention of the House of Representatives to the excellent work of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, whose author­ ization is contained therein. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is located on a 68-acre campus at Kings Point. N.Y., located in my congressional district. The Academy was established under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which provided that the United States shall have a merchant marine capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency. The deep sea segment of the merchant marine is an es.sential and critical component of national defense because it provides the basic sealift support to meet overseasmilitary commitments. It is imperative that our defense posture, in this "uneasy world," must always be ready to deal quickly, and effectively, with any threat to our vital security. Among the prerequisites necessary to accomplish this is a well-trained, intelligent, and dedicated leadership. Fortu­ nately, our great Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point has been providing this type of leadership since its inception. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has been furnishing intelligent, qualified, highly trained officers to the Navy and Merchant Marine services for decades. The loyal dedication and sacrifices of its graduates and students are inscribed on its battle monuments honor roil. However, the work of the Merchant Marine Academy, by providing graduates with the necessary education for careers in technical and management positions in the maritime industry, offers a great peacetime service to this great Nation. The recent rash of tanker mishaps, off our shores, has revealed the alarming fact that many of these ships are old, unsound, and poorly served. The Merchant Marine Academy provides the necessary trained personnel to help us prevent further costly and dangerous incidents of this kind. In conclusion. I congratulate, and the House should congratulate, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for its excellent training of well-educated professional maritime officers for our future commerce. Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. Chairman, as a cosponsor of H.R. 10729. I rise in full support of this bill. This authorization is necessary for the United States to operate and construct a modern flag merchant fleet, and will demonstrate continued congressional commitment to the maintenance of a strong American maritime industry. Any significant weakening of H.R. 10729 will threaten the existence of the U.S. maritime fleet, as well as the future of construction and support facilities which service these ships, such as Bethlehem Steel and Todd Shipyards in my district of l.ong Beach. Calif. The United States is the world's largest trading nation. 26 / LOG / June 1978 YEAS Carney Carr Cavanaugh Chappell Chisholm Clausen, Don H, Clay Cohen Coleman Collins, III. Cong. Le.sior Wolff (D-N.Y.) Abdnor Addabbo Akka Alexander Allen Ambro Anderson, Calif. Andrews, N Dak. Annunzio Applegate Archer Ashley Aspin Baldus Conte Corcoran Corman Cornell Cornwell Cotter Coughlin Cunningham D'Amours Daniel, Dan Daniel, R.W. Danielson Davis de la Garza Delaney Dellums Dent Derrick Derwinski Dickinson Dicks Diggs Cong. Paul Trible. Jr. (R-Va.) Barnard Baucus Bauman Bearrj. R 1 Benjamin Bennett Bevill Bingham Blanchard Blouin Boggs Boland Boiling Bonior Bonker Bow en Brademas Breaux Brinkley Brodhead Brooks Brown, Calif. Brown, IVlich. Buchanan Burgener Burke, Fla. Burke, IVIass. Burlison, Mo. Burton. John Burton. Phillip Byron Caputo it Cong. Rob Gaminagc (D-Tcx.) Cong. Bill Ford (D-Mich.) �. . . the passage of this bill will once again renew the commitment of the Congress to a strong U.S. Merchant Marine.'' Conjjjressmaii James Florio (D-I\.J.) C.oii^. Barbara .Ionian Cloti^. BohrrI Baiiinaii (R-\bl.) (D-Tex.) Dingell Dodd Dornan • Downey Duncan, Tenn. Early Eckhardt Edgar Edwards. Ala. Edwards. Calif. Eilberg Emery Ertel Evans. Colo Evans. Del Evans Ind; Fary Fascell Fish Fit hi an Flippo Flood Florio Flowers Flynt Foley Ford. Mich. Ford. Tenn. Forsylhe Fountain Fowler Fraser Fuqua Gammage Garcia Gaydos Giaimo Gibbons Gilman Ginn Goldwater Gonzalez Gore Grassley Green Gudger Hall Hanley Hannaford Harkin Harrington Harsha Hawkins Heckler Hefner Heftel Hightower Hillis Holland Hollenbeck Holt Horton Howard Hubbard Huckaby Hughes Hyde Ichord Ireland Jenrette Johnson. Calif. Jones. N C Jones. Okia. Jones. Tenn Jordan Kazen Kemp Keys Kildee Kindness Kostmayer Krebs Kruoger LaFalce Lagomarsino Le Fante Lederer Leggett Lehman Lent Levitas Livingston Lloyd. Calif. Lloyd. Tonn. Long. La Long. Md. Loft L 1.1 ken Lundine McCormack McDade McEwen McFall McHugh McKay Madigan Mahon , Mann Markey Marks Marlenee Mathis Matfox Meeds Metcalfe Meyner Mikulski Milford Miller. Calif. Miller. Ohio Mineta Minish Mitchell. Md. Phillip Biirloii (IMialir.) (loiifi;. 'I'rriil Loll (B-\Iiss.) Milcholl. N Y. Moakley Moffolt Mollohan Montgomery Moore Moorhead. Calif Moorhead. Pa. Murphy. Ill Murphy. N Y. Murphy. Pa Murtha Myers. John Myers. Michael Natcher Neal NedzL Nichols Nolan Nowak O'Brien Oberstar Obey Oltingcr Panetta Patten Patterson Pattison Pease Pepper Perkins Pettis Pickle Pike Pressler Preyer Price Pritchard Pursell Ouie Guillen Rahall Railsliack Rangcl Reuss Rhodes Richmond Rinaldo Risenhoovor Roe Rogers Roncalio Rooney Rose Rosenthal Rostonkowski RoybalRuppe Russo Ryan Santini Saiasin Satterfield Sawyer Scheuor SchulzfT Sebelius Seiberling Sharp Shipley Sikos Sisk Skelton Skubitz Slack Smith. Iowa Smith Neb Snyder Solarz Spellman Spenc SI Germain Staggers Stanton Stark Steed Sirrers Stokes Stratton Studds Taylor Thompson Thone Traxlor T reen Trible Udall Ullman Van Deerlin Vander Jagt Vonto Volkmer Waggonner Walgren Walsh W ampler Waxman Weaver Weiss White Whitehurst Whitley Whitton Wiggins Wilson, Bob Wilson. C.H. Winn Wirth Wolff Wright Wydler Yatron Young, Mo. Zablocki Zeferetti VOTE CONT. NEXT PG. June 1978 / LOG / 27 J �"s.;. THE VOTE continued NAYS-82 Anderson. Ill Andrews. N.C Armstrong Ashbrook Badham Bafalis Board. Tenn. Bedell Beilenson Broomfield Brown. Ohio .Broyhill Burleson. Tex Butler Clawson. Del. Cleveland Collins. Tox Con able Conyors Crane Dovino Diinan English Eriontaorn Evans. Ga Fen wick Findley Fisher Frenzel Gephardt Glickman Goodling Gradison Guyer Hagedorn Hamilton Hammerschmidt • Hansen Harris Holtzrnan Jacobs Jeffords Jenkins Johnson. Colo. Kastenrneier Kelly K el chum Lalla Leach Luian McClory McCloskny McDonald McKinney • Maguire Marriott Martin Michel Mikva Moss MottI Myers. Gary Poage Ouayle Regula Roberts Robinson Rousselot Rudd Schroeder Shuster Stangeland Sleiger Stockman Stump Symres Vanik Walker Walkins Wylie Yates Young. Fla. '•«,,, •.V /yY:,\mKr^' - -' T'->?.? NOT VOTING-26 Ammerman AuCoin Biaggi Breckinridge Burke, Calif. Carler Cederberg Cocfiran Duncan. Oreg Edwards. Okla. Frey Kasten Mazzoli Nix Oakar Rodino Runnels .' Simon league Thornton Tsongas Tucker Whalen Wilson. Tex Young. Alaska Young. Tex. • • •• i,>-</. •: ' i. C.-Y'-.. T - ••, . ., 5 ,; , ff AND SO THE BILL WAS PASSED The Clerk announced the following pairs: On this vote: Mr. Ammerman for, with Mr. Teague against. Mr. AuCoin for, with Mr. Runnels against. Until further notice: Mr. Biaggi with Mr. Carter. Mr. Breckinridge with Mr. Duncan of Oregon. Mr. Mazzoli with Mr. Frey. Mrs Burke of California with Mr. Tucker. Ms. Oakar with Mr. Whalen. Mr. Tsongas with Mr. Cederberg. Mr. Charles Wilson of Texas with Mr. Young of Alaska. Mr. Nix with Mr. Cochran of Mississippi. Mr. Simon with Mr. Kasten. Mr. Thornton with Mr. Edwards of Oklahoma. Mr. GU YER and Mr. MARTIN changed their vote from "yea" to "nay." Mr. KOSTMAYER changed his vote from "nay" to "yea." So the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ mous coasent that the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries be discharged from further consideration of the Senate bill(S. 2553) to authorize appropriations forthefiscal year 1979 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes, a similar Senate bill and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection. . . to protect our Nation in time of a national emergency, we must have a ready, financially sound merchant marine fleet/' Congressman Glenn Anderson (D-Ca.) 28/ LOG/June 1978 �^Connressional Uecord VmkUSmu VI. 124 ^-/A P«OCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OE THE 95'''CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 2), I97» No. 77 The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows; S. 2553 Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1979". SEC. 2. Funds are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation as the appropriation Act may provide for the use of the Department of Commerce, for the fiscal year 1979' as follows; (1) For acquisition, constructipn, or reconstruction of vessels and construction-differential subsidy and cost of national defense features incident to the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of ships, not to exceed $157,000,000; (2) For payment of obligations incurred for operating-dif­ ferential subsidy, not to exceed $262,800,000; (3) For expenses necessary for research and development activities, not to exceed $17,500,000; (4) For maritime education and training expenses, not to exceed $22,483,000, including not to exceed $15,359,000 for maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, $5,370,000 for financial assistance to State marine schools, and $1,904,000 for supplementary training courses authorized under section 216(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; and (5) For operating expenses, not to exceed $34,845,000, including not toexceed $5,516,000 for reserve fleet expenses, and $29,329,000 for other operating expenses. SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1979, in addition to the amounts authorized by Section 2 of this Act, such additional supplemental amounts for the activities for which appropriations are authorized under section 2 of this Act. as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law, and for increased costs for public utilities, food service, and other expenses of the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. SEC. 4. Section 1103(0 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $7,220,000 for financial assistance to State marine schools, and $1,904,000 for supplementary training courses author­ ized under section 216(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; and (5) For operating expenses, not to exceed $34,845,000, including not to exceed $5,516,000 for reserve fleet expenses, and $29,329,000 for other operating expenses. SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1979, in addition to the amounts authorized by section 2 of this Act, such additional supplemental amounts for the activities for which appropriations are authorized under section 2 of this Act, as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law, and for increased costs for public utilities, food service, and other expenses of the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, SEC. 4. Section 3 of the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (46 U.S.C. 1382) is amended by the addition of asubsection to read as follows; "(d) The Secretary may pay additional amounts to assist in paying for the cost of fuel oil consumed during the training cruises of the vessels referred to in subsection (a).". SEC. 5. Section 1103(0 of the Merchant Marine Act. 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 127.3(0) is amended by striking "$7,000,000,000.", and inserting in lieu thereof "$10,000,000,000." The motion was agreed to. The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. Cong. Jo.shiia Eilberg (D-Pa.) "By raising the statutory (Title XI) ceiling we can increase the amount of construction by the mari­ time industry and thereby create more jobs." "The funds authorised represent continued Con­ gressional commitment to a strong .American maritime industry and, concomitantly, to the American economy." IS amended (46 U.S.C. 1273(0), is amended by striking out "$7,000,000,000", and inserting in lieu thereof "$ 10,000,000)00". Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Amotion. The Clerk read as follows; Mr. MURPHY of New York moves to strike out all after hhe enacting clause of the Senate bill, S. 2553 and to insert in jlieu thereof the provisions of the bill H.R. 10729, as passed, [as follows; That this Act may be cited as the "Maritime Appropriation I Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979." SEC. 2. Funds are authorized to be appropriated without i fiscal year limitation as the appropriation Act may provide for the use of the Department of Commerce, for the fiscal I year 1979, as follows: (1) For acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of vessels and construction-differential subsidy and cost of national defense features incident to the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of ships, not to exceed $157,000,000; Provided, that no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid to subsidize the construction of any vessel which will not be offered for enrollment in a Sealift Readiness program approved by the Secretary of Defense; Providedfurther. That in paying for funds authorized by this paragraph, the construction subsidy rate otherwise appli­ cable may be reduced by 5 percent unless the Secretary of Commerce, in his discretion, determines that the vessel to be constructed is part of an existing or future vessel series; (2) For payment of obligations incurred for operating-dif­ ferential subsidy, not to exceed $262,800,000; Provided, That no funds authorized by this paragraph may be paid lor the operation of any vessel which is not offered for participation in a Sealift Readiness program approved by the Secretary of Defense; (3) For expenses necessary for research and development activities, not to exceed $17,500,000; (4) For maritime education and training expenses, not to exceed $24,647,000, including not toexceed $15,523,000 for maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, of which $450,000 shall be for the replacement of barracks windows at the Academy, . . . every time a nation is powerful in this world it is because they controlled all of the sealanes both military and merchant, and that as they lose that sea power then they lose their other power. Coiijwressman Trent Lotl (R-Mis.s.) June 1978 / LOG / 29 �iiraiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmmiiiiniiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii nniniiiiiiuiinniiiiiniiainiiiiiiinmiiinmimiiiiiiuininnuuiiiHininniniiimuninuiiiiuiiiiiuuiiuuimuuiiiuuiuiiiti How Political Action Got the Job Done Port agents and members of the Sea­ farers International Union in ports on all coasts, the rivers and the Great Lakes were the backbone of a wide-ranging na­ tional campaign that brought passage of the 1979 Maritime Authorizations Bill. Because of their solid efforts, the jobs and futures of all seafarers and the many thousands of other workers who depend on the maritime industry for their pay­ checks have been secured for another year. A coordinated drive to deliver the message of the seafarer to Congress opened well before the bill was brought to the floor of the House of Representa­ tives when SlU port agents gathered in Washington for a complete briefing on the legislation, and the action needed to win. The port agents were provided de­ tailed information on the seven killer amendments that opponents had clev­ erly prepared to weaken the bill, bit by bit, until the U.S. Merchant Marine it­ self would be forced to go belly-up. The SIU's Washington legislative team armed each port 9gent with in­ formation about the Congressmen from the states in which the port agent oper­ ated. The information included the individual Congressman's addresses, telephone numbers and voting record on three key maritime-related votes in the past two years. The port agents relayed the informa­ tion to rank-and-file Seafarers, setting up a coordinated team effort to let Congressmen know that SIU members and their families were depending on their support. The messages being sent were loud and clear and numbered in the thou­ sands. They were delivered in the form of letters, telegrams, phone calls and personal visits in the Congressmen's home districts. One Maryland Con­ gressman acknowledged that he re­ ceived more than a thousand messages in support of the Maritime Authoriza­ tions Act of 1979. Congressmen were made personally aware that Seafarers and their families live in their districts, vote in their dis­ tricts, and are politically active. The port agents, at the same time, provided Congressmen with the facts in support of the bill, and in opposition to the amendments. They called on the Congressmen to enlist the support of other members of the House in recog­ nizing just how vital the bill was to the survival of the U.S. Merchant Marine. SIU representatives kept a steady stream of information flowing back to the campaign's coordination center at the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment offices in Washington. At the campaign center, MTD Ad­ ministrator Jean Ingrao, Legislative and Political Activities Director David Dolgen and National Field Coordinator John Yarmola were monitoring a vast range of activities on a number of fronts. The SI U's Washington team provided a steady stream of current information to the 123-member House of Represent­ atives Port Caucus, a Congressional group that maintains a close liaison with the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and its chairman. Congressman John M. Murphy of New York. Lobbyists of many other AFL-CIO unions affiliated with the Maritime Trades Department were enlisted in the cause. They accepted assignments to provide the members of the Congres­ sional Port Caucus with the data re- iiutiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii quired to beat back the McCloskey amendments with facts and logic. The leaders of many of the MTD affiliates sent directives to their thou­ sands of locals across the United States, urging them to take part in the move­ ment to win passage of the Maritime Authorizations Act. SIU port agents helped to design pro­ grams for the 29 MTD Port Councils to rally community support, and to get the message of that support to their Con­ gressmen. The port agents, the Port Councils, the MTD and the AFL-CIO and its de­ partments contacted AFL-CIO state central bodies, which responded by providing staff personnel to spread the word that the jobs of thousands of American trade unionists depended on adoption of this Maritime Authoriza­ tions Bill. Local AFL-CIO central bodies called on their Congressional delegations, informing them that the folks back home expected a "YES" vote. All AFL-CIO departments rallied to the Seafarers' cause. In Washington, Andrew J. Biemiller, director of the Department of Legisla­ tion, and his staff joined the lobbyists from MTD-affiliated unions in letting members of the House Merchant Ma­ rine and Fisheries Committee and the Port Caucus know that the bill carried a top priority throughout the labor movement. Many other AFL-CIO organizations — the Building and Construction Trades, Food and Beverage, Metal Trades, Public Employees, Union Label, and the Industrial Union Depart­ ments among them—urged their affil­ iates to lend a hand, and a voice, in favor of the measure. In the field, Alan Kistler, director of the AFL-CIO Department of Organiz­ ing and Field Services, made his staff available to participate in promoting the passage of the act. And from the earliest stages of the campaign until the end, Alexander Barkan, director of the AFL-CIO Commit­ tee on Political Education, made it known that labor was fully committed to winning acceptance of the Maritime Authorizations Act of 1979. SIU port agents had taken part in all of the COPE area conferences that were conducted nationwide early in the year, where the issue was given prominent attention. linuiniiiiuiiiiiiiiiiii As the debate on the bill and the amendments echoed throughout the House chambers, the SIU Washington legislative team provided a steady re­ liable stream of technical and economic information flowing to the bill's floor leader. Congressman Murphy, and those who were standing by him. As each of the crippling amendments came to the floor, the SIU team made certain that its friends in the House had the answers needed to convince the ma­ jority that the opponents were using de­ vious means to reach a single goal—the destruction of the U.S. Merchant Marine. The climax came when the House voted 326*to 82 to provide the Merchant Marine with the government support re­ quired to stay alive against the cut­ throat competition of the state-con­ trolled fleets and those bearing "flags of convenience." Seafarers and SIU port agents pro­ vided the strength for victory. This SIU Washington team provided the political know-how and coordina­ tion. The Seafarer's reward comes in knowing that their jobs and their futures are secure for now. iiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiuniiiNiNiiiiiiiiiKniiiiiiiiiiiMiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiHiiiH 30/LOG/June 1978 �MARYLAND (Interocean Mgt.), April 2—Chairman K. C. McGregor; Secretary L. H. Walbrop. $25 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck, engine and steward departments. Report to Log: "The Ship's Committee and crew wish to express their deep sorrow over the passing away of Brother Paul Dro­ zak. We wish to extend our sympathy to his wife and family and his brother, Frank Drozak. Brother Paul will be sorely missed. He was an excellent offi­ cial and Union Brother. May God rest his soul." Observed one minute of sil­ ence in memory of our departed broth­ ers. One extra minute in memory of Paul Drozak. Next port Valdez, Alaska. SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land), April 16—Chairman, Recertified Bosun D. Rood; Secretary R. Hutchins; Deck Delegate F. Fromm; Engine Delegate E. Liwag; Steward Delegate E. Verveniotis. No disputed OT. Secretary reported that on this trip the department heads and delegates were shown another safety film. Before the safety meeting some very interesting points were made on preventing accidents and that every­ one should always be safety conscious. Chairman remarked upon smoking on deck as we carry some very inflammable cargo in tanks which sometimes leak. The electrician pointed out that anyone caught in the elevator when it went out of order be sure to pull the emergency switch before attempting to use the es­ cape hatch. Observed one minute of sil­ ence in memory of our departed broth­ ers. Next port, Portsmouth, Va. GUAYAMA (Puerto Rico Marine Mgt.), April 23—Chairman, Recertified Bosun William Velazquez; Secretary J. Prats; Deck Delegate W. Matthews; En­ gine Delegate H. F. Welch. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the import­ ance of donating to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. BALTIMORE (Sea-Land), April 16 -Chairman, Recertified Bosun Joseph Puglisi; Secretary George W. Gibbons; Educational Director W. J. Dunnigan. $15.25 in .ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chairman noted that the repair list had been posted and everything had been fixed and taken care of. Discussed the importance of donating to SPAD. A vote of thanks to the 4-8 watch in the deck department for keeping the pantry and messroom clean. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Next port. Port Elizabeth, N.J. BANNER (Interocean Mgt.), April 30—Chairman R. E. Clifford; Secretary F. Nigro; Steward Delegate R. B. Woodard. $22.69 in ship's fund. No dis­ puted OT. The March issue of the Log was received and distributed and the educational director suggested that it be read from cover to cover and then passed around. Chairman advised all members that smoking is a dangerous habit in the wrong area so be safety minded and think before smoking on a tanker. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port. Lake Charles. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), April 9—Chairman, Recertified Bosun John Japper; Secretary V. Douglas; Edu(iational Director D. Able. No dis­ puted OT. Secretary gave a vote of thanks to the crew for their fine coop­ eration. Educational director reported that so far movies were seen every other night when at sea. Some books came on in some ports and the Log had been re­ ceived. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. SEA-LAND VENTURE (SeaLand), April 9—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Edward Morris, Jr.; Secretary Roy R. Thomas; Educational Director Henry Duhadway. $10 in ship's fund. No disputed O T. Chairman held a safety meeting and advised that there should be no smoking on deck at anytime and to consider the ship like a tanker due to the fact that we have containers contain­ ing combustible cargo. A collection was made to send flowers for Brother Tom Kline's mother who passed away while the vessel was at sea. The importance of SPAD was discussed. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port. New Orleans. COVE COMMUNICATOR (Mount Shipping), April 24—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun B. Browning; Secretary C. M. Modellas; Educational Director G. Berger; Deck Delegate Milton R. Henton. No disputed OT. Chairman gave a talk about upgrading for LNG. Encouraged all members to attend Piney Point. Also on the importance of SPAD. Requested all members who use the washing machine to turn off the switch after using. Everything running smoothly. Next port, Delaware City. SEA-LAND ECONOMY (SeaLand), April 9—Chaiman, Recertified Bosun A. McGinnis; Secretary L. Nich­ olas; Educational Director L. Acosta; Engine Delegate R. Celicus; Steward Delegate S. Morris. $149 in movie fund. No disputed OT. Chairman held a dis­ cussion on upgrading and the highlights in the Log were pointed out. A vote of thanks to the movie director for a job well done. Report to the Log: "A tele­ gram was sent to Executive Vice Presi­ dent, Frank Drozak in regard to the death of our friend and Union brother Paul Drozak." Next port, Rotterdam. SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land), April 9—Chairman, Recertified Bosun J. Pulliam; Secretary G. Reasko; Deck Delegate J. Long; Steward Delegate E. Cullerton. No disputed OT. Educa­ tional director advised all crewmembers to go back to be upgraded as soon as possible. Chairman noted that the passing away of Paul Drozak and Mickey Wilburn will be mourned by all. All stood a moment of silence in their memory. Jitney service is still needed in Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, and Seattle. Also platforms on dock for gangway. A vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. Next port. Hong Kong. BORINQUEN (Puerto Rico Mgt.), April 2—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. L. Gonzalez; Secretary H. A. Galicki; Deck Delegate O. V. Ortiz; Engine Del­ egate J. I. Newhouse; Steward Delegate R. F. Cordero. $7 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Chairman requested all men who are off watch to attend the Union meet­ ings. It was also suggested that all should read the Washington Activities and Headquarters Reports in the Log. Everyone should read the Log to be in­ formed as to what the Union is doing for the membership. Next port. Port Eliza­ beth N.J. ? • STONEWALL JACKSON (Water­ man Steamship), April 23—Chairman, Recertified Bosun C. T. Lineberry; Sec­ retary C. L. Shirah; Educational Direc­ tor B. Coole; Deck Delegate Werner Becher; Engine Delegate Cyril Grab; Steward Delegate Rafael Padilla. $25 in ship's fund. $910 in movie fund. Some disputed OT in deck, engine, and stew­ ard departments. Chairman noted with regret the passing away of Vice Presi­ dent Paul Drozak and advised crewmembers that there was an article in the Log that gave information on where you could send a donation to the Cancer Fund in his memory. A vote of thanks to the deck department by the chairman for the job of handling the cargo this trip. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Next port. New York. LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Trans­ portation), April 2—Chairman, Recert­ ified Bosun Billy Nuckols; Secretary Frank Costango; Educational Director Dom Orsini; Deck Delegate Charles Loveland; Engine Delegate Charles Dahlhaus; Steward Delegate Larry Dockwiller. No disputed OT. Chair­ man reported that Port Agent Frank Boyne visited the vessel on March 23 in Nagoya. He will try to make the vessel at least once a month. Also discussed the importance of donating to SPAD. Steward delegate noted that Pat Geary, HLS graduate is doing a fine job. His Piney Point training shows. Report to Log: "The crew oiLNG A quarius would like to express their deepest sympathy to the families of our departed friends and brothers, Paul Drozak and Mickey Wil­ burn." Observed one minute of silence for our departed brothers with a special prayer for Mickey Wilburn and Paul Drozak. Next port, Osaka. MOUNT NAVIGATOR (Cove Tank­ ers), April 23—Chairman, Recertified Bosun R. Johnson; Secretary C. Guerra; Educational Director W. Weekly; En­ gine Delegate James Flynn; Steward Delegate M. Deloatch. No disputed OT. Chairman held discussions on the articles in the Log, the importance of donating to SPAD, and called for safety suggestions and the repair list. A vote of thanks was given to all department delegates and chairman for making this a smooth voyage. It was noted that the crew would like some updated literature on retirement and welfare benefits. A vote of thanks to the American Library for the books and magazines in New York. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand), April 16—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun F. Pehler; Secretary C. Rice; Educational Director K. Hart; Deck Delegate E. Scroggins; Engine Delegate R. Elliott; Steward Delegate M. Cox. No disputed OT. Chairman reminded all crewmembers to get passports and to go to Piney Point to upgrade. Next port. Port Everglades. ALLEGIANCE (Interocean Mgt.), April 30—Chairman, Recertified Bosun A. T. Ruiz; Secretary G. Rosholt; Educational Director Mark Serlis; Deck Delegate A. Lesnansky; Engine Delegate J. J. Kulas; Steward Delegate H. W. Roberts. $24 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in steward department. Chairman noted that more members should attend the meetings so if they have a beef it could be considered. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Braintree, Mass. POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), April 9 -Chairman S. L. Coker; Secretary A. Salem; Educational Director H. N. Fos­ ter; Deck Delegate C. F. Mann; Engine Delegate F. W. McFaul; Steward Dele­ gate V. Young. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Chair­ man to consult patrolman on arrival as a lot of shipyard work has to be done. A vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our de­ parted brothers. PISCES (Apex Marine), April 9— Chairman, Recertified Bosun W. G. Butterton; Secretary F. R. Hicks; Edu­ cational Director G. D. Crowder; Deck Delegate G. James; Engine Delegate Otto Motley; Steward Delegate Jerry Wood. Chairman reported that the crew has been exceptional and he thanked the men and delegates for good coopera­ tion. Discussed the importance of do­ nating to SPAD. Also noted that the Piney Point men aboard ship show signs of good seamanship. Letters that were received from Headquarters concerning men being left in hospitals in foreign countries and getting required replace­ ment when leaving ship were read and discussed, pro and con, and posted. Re­ port to Log: "Chief Cook Frank Pastrano is retiring from the Union after this voyage. Everyone wished him many happy years on retirement and gave him a hearty farewell and wished him God speed in retirement." Next port. New York. Official ship's minutes were also re ceived from the following vessels: ROBERT TOOMBS SEA-LAND GALLOWAY LNG CAPRICORN MAYAGUEZ MOUNT VERNON VICTORY BEAVER STATE CHARLESTON POINT SUSAN MOUNT WASHINGTON SEA-LAND COMMERCE JACKSONVILLE OGDEN WABASH STUYVESANT TAMPA OGDEN CHAMPION HUMACAO ARECIBO DEL SOL THOMAS LYNCH DELTA MEXICO HUDSON GOLDEN ENDEAVOR BRADFORD ISLAND WESTWARD VENTURE DELTA BRASIL BOSTON TRANSCOLUMBIA ARTHUR MIDDLETON SAN JUAN DELTA URUGUAY SEA-LAND PRODUCER MOHAWK TAMARA GUILDEN iNGER ZAPATA PATRIOT DELTA MAR OVERSEAS CHICAGO June 1978 / LOG / 31 % �The Big One's Still Waiting For Brother Buzzwah to share the secret of his success, he answered in one word—"patience." Unfortunately, he can answer the question, "What do you catch," in one word, too. "Nothin'." Seafarer Buzzwah doesn't like to clean fish, so he doesn't catch too many. In fact, he can number his lifetime catch on the fingers of one hand—two of them. When the sun starts warming the sweet water of the Great Lakes and the only ice around is clinking in glasses, people start thinking about vacations. Summer is the busiest part of the ship­ ping season on the Lakes, with vacation time for Seafarers a good six months off. But the weather is mild, the fish are bit­ ing and that gives some SIU members a lot to do in their spare time. Perhaps the greatest fisherman of them all Ls one of our own. Ray Buzz­ wah, a wiper aboard American Steam­ ship Co.'s Consumers Power, is out cast­ ing a line every chance he gets. Brother Buzzwah has fished all over the world. In the Persian Gulf, the Suez Canal, the China Sea. He's hunted the beasts of the water in California, north­ ern Michigan, and Lorain, Ohio. Brother Buzzwah has the best fishing gear money can buy. And, when asked Four Inch Perch He bagged his first trophy back in 1974. It was a catfish. And last year he caught his first perch. But it was only four inches long, so he threw it back. Buzzwah hails from Mountain View, Arkansas which is known for its clear lakes and good fishing. He's never caught anything there, either. It was Jim Budnick, the MEBA, Dis­ trict 2 steward, and an SIU member from 1959, who sat Brother Buzzwah down in the galley of the Consumers Power one day during the fit out and insisted he tell his inspirational story. "Many's the time," Budnick said, "Ray's asked me to leave the deep freeze open overnight for his catch. The next morning, though, there's never anything there." Budnick's always willing to oblige in the galley when Brother Buzzwah gets in from a fishing trip. "I enjoy cooking Ray's fish," he said. "They don't leave much to clean up." So, Brother Buzzwah will keep on fishing the ports his ship comes into. He'll continue dispensing good advice on lures, bait, and casting. And he'll probably go on not catching much. There is an advantage, though, in be­ ing the kind of fisherman he is. The big one's still out there waiting for him! Researchinig Vietnam Seafarer Mike Gillen is currently doing research for a book about the merchant marine during the Vietnam War. He is looking for stories, photos, etc. and would like to cor­ respond with anyone who was on the Vietnam run. Gillen was OS on the SS Fairport to Da Nang in 1969. Write to him, c/o Lee, 21-05 33rd St., Astoria, N.Y. 11105. cTTPtrPS: Seafarers m ftxoerienced Job training equipment M or HOB"" See your nSiSSi °°°urm ^B^ter Fay ^ Lakes Seafarer Ray Buzzwah, a wiper and resident fishing expert on the Consum­ ers Power (American Steamship Co.), is shown working aboard the ship during fit out last April. A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION //= you ARE DRUGS CAUGHT WITH youR BB <EAMAN'5 PAPERS \A//LL THERE % NO PLACE FOR DRUGS IN A PROFESSIONAL SEAMAN^S LIFE I 32 / LOG / June 1978 i • �The newest U.S.-flag ships are helping to end America's dependence on runaway-flag tankers David Pappas receives instruction in the use of safety equipment found al>oard LNG tankers. Seafarers David Pappas (center) and Richard Robinson (right) discuss firefighting equipment aboard LNG tankers with their instructor. I *... jLiaifew. - ' ;• , , V r' •'-nil Seafarers today have the chance to sign a new Decla­ ration of Independence for America. When a seafarer signs on one of the new U.S.flag LNG tankers, he helps make America independent of poorly-maintained, unsafe, foreign-flag tankers that pol­ lute our shores and steal American jobs. The new LNG vessels are the finest, safest ships ever built. Seafarers can earn ex­ cellent pay aboard these ves­ sels and they enjoy fine work­ ing and living conditions. But, to take advantage of this op-^ Paso Southern. He comment­ ed, "There are many untrue stories floating around and education is the only way to stop false rumors about LNG." Seafarer Bill Bellinger, who is also aboard the Southern, added, "A small tank of pro­ pane at a person's home is more dangerous than a whole vessel of LNG." He also noted, "A regular tanker is a much more dangerous vessel to work aboard than an LNG ship." Seafarers Mike Stravers (center) and Hanable Smith, Jr. (right) use the automated console simulator at HLS to gain experience in the auto­ mated systems aboard LNG vessels. Instructor John Mason (left) pro­ grams problems into the simulator so that the seafarers can practice troLibfeshootlng. portunity, seafarers must be QUALIFIED. Qualifications are the key. All the seafarers aboard LNG vessels are specially-trained. They are skilled in LNG oper­ ations and theory and they are very safety conscious. The Harry Lundeberg School is the place to get these qualifications. HLS of­ fers a special course to teach seafarers everything they need to know to work aboard an LNG ship. The course also helps seafarers to understand LNG as a cargo. Seafarer Pete Reid is a crew member aboard the El So, seafarers who train at HLS to man the new LNG ves­ sels receive many benefits— good pay, great working con­ ditions, new skills, more knowledge, better job secu­ rity. And these seafarers will work aboard U.S.-flag ships that are providing energy for America's needs. Attending the LNG course at HLS is the best move any seafarer can make—he'll help himself, help his industry and help his country. * U.S.-flag LNG vessels are the safest ships ever built. American tech­ nology provides the know-how and the SlU provides the skilled man­ power for the operation of these vessels. Seafarers in the LNG course iisten as John Lindak of the U.S. Coast Guard explains the safety factors involved in the construction and opera­ tion of LNG vessels. June 1978 / LOG / 33 �SlU deckhands secure lines between the J. W. Hershey (Inland Tugs) and one of 15 grain barges in her tow. The boat was tied up on the Mississippi, just above St. Louis, waiting to go through Lock 27. Robert Gallion, SlU deckhand on the towboat Ed Renshaw (Ozark Marine) uses a flashlight to check for barge leaks. This full view of the J.W. Hershey and her tow is typical of the large, modern towboats which operate on the Rivers. She was one of the 30 boats waiting above and below Lock 27 last month when the busy facility was parWaHy closed for maintenance. SlU Patrolman Dave Wierschem talks with Nancy Hite, cook on the Ed Renshaw. during his servicing visit to the boat. The crew of the Ed Renshaw had time for a relaxed lunch wiih Patrolman Dave Wierschem (left) whilethe boat was waiting her turn at Lock 27, expected around midnight. Crewmembers shown are (I to r): Lead Deckhand Jack Carlile and Deckhands John Kalges and Albert Brenizer, Pulsating With the Rivers, SlU Boats Pump Call it what you like —the Mis.sis.sippi, the Western Rivers or just the Rivers. I his vast network of waterways, which was the lifeline for America's westward development, is still the nation's main inland artery for commercial growth. The steamboats are gone but diesel powered towboats and barges of all types and sizes now carry the pulse of the Rivers. And it's stronger now than it ever was when paddleboats dominated the scene. SlU Boatmen are playing an increas­ ing role in the growth of river trans­ portation and The Log had a chance to 34 / LOG / June 1978 see them in action on a recent trip to sev­ eral key points along the Mississippi. The heart-of the action is around St. Louis where the SIU hall is located. Strategically sited just below where the Missouri and the Illinois Rivers enter the Mississippi, St. I.ouis is the nation's leading inland waterways port. Latest available figures show close to 24 mil­ lion tons of cargo moved through there in 1976. Coal, grain, fertilizers and chemicals are the major cargoes that pass through this port. Hiey are generally carried in huge tows which can be as large as 50 barges pushed by a single towboat. Lashed rigidly together by deckhands or linesmen, these barges move through the calm waters of the Mississippi like a single vessel. The river is relatively calm because of the system of 30 locks and dams that regulate its different water levels like a gradual flight of steps. As they approach St. Louis, the big tows have to be broken up to pass through some of the busiest locks in the entire system. The longest delays usually occur at Alton, III., right across the fiver from St. Louis. Here, the outmoded Locks and Dam 26 still awaits replacement. But during The Log's visit, the biggest bottleneck was at another facility just above St. Louis. Locks and Dam 27 at Granite City, III. was partially closed for maintenance work and we saw 30 boats backed up above and below this point. One of them was the Ed Renshaw. operated by SlU-contracted Ozark Marine. She was on her first trip out of the shipyard after repairs for ice damage last winter: The 5,600 hp. boat was tied up along the river bank with her tow of ' 15 grain barges. She was scheduled t<v ' pick up another 10 barges on her way to �1^ |T* .ly. •W ( 4 'W-t^-. isiiVs % :>^rnr mi^' fiSSj? '^3fc=' .;'(^K -ri ^ . • A I L . fo. . • . -i - .. . . . • . ,. . ' The Gateway Arch, syrtibol of St. Louis modern resurgence, throws a shadow around reminders of her riverboat past. Visitors can ride up the steel arch to Its 600 foot top, where this photo was taken, overlooking excursion boats docked on the Mississippi. St. Louis was "the gateway to the West" in the 19th century and it is still the nation's leading inland port. Holiice Davidson is an SlU deckhand gn the Dan Hogan a harbor boat In Louisiana Docks f leetinq service at Cairo III ..y I ' I >7: ?, " • • ?[Mr-—"" ^ v i •*." : \ J,:v Dottie Sullivan, part of the 90 member work force at Denna Products, turns out ceramic lamp bases at this UlW-contracted shop on the Ohio River, near Paducah, Ky. Barge repair and other shoreside workers at Louisiana Docks are also UIW members. Shop Steward Leon Spraggs here supervises Welder Terry White­ side as he works on a new office addition to this expanding operation. Economic Energy into Heart of U.S New Orleans. But when we boarded the boat around noon, her crew told us that she would have to wait "at least until midnight to get through Lock 26 and then a couple of days before going through Lock 27." The Ed Remhaw wasn't the only SIUcontracted boat caught in the lock back­ up. The y. W. Hershey (Inland Tugs) was also waiting with 15 grain barges. Crossing the Mississippi, we had a birdseye view from the bridge leading into St. Louis of three more grouped togetheron the riverbank. The Jeffboat (Inland Tug), Delmar Jaeger (Northern Tow­ ing) and the Hugh C. Blaske (Southern Ohio Towing) were all waiting their turn at the locks with hopper barges filled with coal. Locking for one boat takes about one and a half hours when the tow is too large to go through all at once. But breaking up tows is only one part of the story on the Rivers. Farther down the Mississippi at Cairo, 111. we saw one of the busiest spots where these big tows are made up by SIU Boatmen. The Ohio River meets the Mississippi at Cairo and this is where the Louisiana Dock Company, Inc. puts together I barges going in all directions. In 1976, the SlU-contracted fleeting boats in this company handled a total of 18,000] barges and the figures are steadily climb­ ing. Louisiana Dock is also a growing barge repair service, under contract to the United Industrial Workers, an affili­ ated union of the SIU. The repair yard started out five years ago with 18 UIW workers and today the number has doubled. These include general laborers in the "Bull Gang," machinists and crane operators. But the pulsebeat of the Rivers isn't INLAND confined to the waterways. River com­ merce has pumped economic energy into the industries of the surrounding areas. We visited another active UIW shop, sandwiched between two river towns. Cairo and Paducah, Ky. Close to 100 UIW workers at Denna Products turn out 5,000 ceramic lamp bases a day. Set on the banks of the Ohio, the plant is part of the growing economy of an area which is fed and sustained bvthe Rivers. June 1978 / LOG / 35 �Virgil E. Clement, 62, joined the Union in the port of Houston in 1960. He sailed as an engineer and tankerman for National Marine Service from 1954 to 1978. Brother Clement was born in Loranger, La. and is a resident of Independence, La. Thomas O. Rainey, 64, joined the SIIJ in the port of New Orleans in 1955 and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Rainey sailed 31 years. He is a World War II veteran of the U.S. Air Forces. Seafarer Rainey was born in Beehe. Ark. and is a resident of Forrest City, Ark. _.-Tk^VV: A V Roy W. Anderson, 69, joined the SlU in the port, of .lacksonville in 1961 and sailed as a cook and fireman-watcrtendcr. Brother Anderson sailed IS years. He also worked as a shipyard rigger. Born in Oklahoma, he is a resident of Jacksonville. Jess Willard "Tex" Ringo, 61, join­ ed the SIU in 1944 in the port of Balt­ imore and sailed as a bosun. Brother R ingo sailed 46 years. He was born in Texas and is a resident of Houston. Troy M. Carver, 65, joined the SlU in the port of Baltimore in 1951 and sailed as a bosun, quartermaster and in the steward department since 1958. Brother Carver sailed 43 years. He is also a rigger. Seafarer Carver was born in Elkins. W. Va. and is a resident of Houston. John B. Johnson, joined the SI U in the port of Seattle in 1963 and sailed as an AB. Brother Johnson sailed 30 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Seafarer Johnson was born in Pearidge, 111. and is a resident of Newburgh, Ore. James W. Davis, 53. joined the SlU in 1946 in the port of Jacksonville and sailed as an AB. Brother Davis was born in Greensboro, N. C. and is a resident of Jacksonville. Henry R, "Hy" Gordon, 57, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile and sailed as a bosun. Brother Gor­ don sailed 38 years. He is a World War 11 veteran of the U.S. Army. Born in Bergen County, N. J., he is a resident of Miami, Fla. Luis Gil, 66, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of New York and sailed as a bosun. Brother Gil walked the picketline in the 1962 Robin Line beef and the 1965 Rotobroil strike. He was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of Bayamon. P. R. Anthony J. Skillman, 58, joined the SrU in 1944 in the port of Balti­ more and sailed as a bosun. Brother Skillman sailed 37 years. He also sailed on the Bull Line. Seafarer Skillman hit the bricks in the 1961 N. Y. Harbor strike. He is a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. A native of Brooklyn, N. Y., he is a resident of Astoria, Queens. N.Y. Recertified Bosun Joseph O. Sny­ der, 66, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Baltimore sailing for 43 years. Brother Snyder graduated from the Union's Bosun -Recertification Pro­ gram in March 1976. He walked the picketline in the 1965 Rotobroil beef in Chicago, 111. Seafarer Snydgr is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Born in Pennsylvania, he is a resident of Balt­ imore and Genoa, Italy. 36/ LOG / June 1978 F William C. West, 66, joined" the Union in the port pf Philadelphia in 1967. He sailed as a captain and deck­ hand for the Interstate Oil Transport Co. from 1965 to 1977 in Norfolk and the Graham Transportation Co. in 1965. Brother West was a commercial fisherman from 1948 to 1965. He was a former member of the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union and the Na­ tional Maritime Union. A native of Mathews, Va.; he is a resident there. Paul Buddy McDaniel, 61, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New York and sailed as a bosun. Brother McDaniel sailed 36 years. He is a Worid War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. Seafarer McDaniel was on the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. He upgraded to AB at Piney Point in 1974. Born in Georgia, he is a resident of Stroudsburg, Pa. Leroy J. Doty,59, joined the SlU in 1947 in the port of New York and sailed as a bosun and quartermaster. Brother Doty sailed 41 years. He hit the bricks in the 1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef and the 1962 Robin Line strike. Seafarer Doty attended a 1972 Educational Conference in Piney Point, Md. He upgraded at the HLS in 1976. A native of Akron, Ohio, he is a resident of Lakewood, N. J. Joseph R. Gallant, 59, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile and sailed as a fireman-watertender. Brother Gallant sailed 38 years. He was born in New Bedford, Mass. and is a resident of Houston. Walter L. Jarrett, 62, joined the Union in the port of St. Louis in 1965. He sailed as a cook on the A//F Hu^h C. 5/<7.vAe (Inland Tugs) from 1963 to 1964, on the Towhoai Harry M. Mach (ACBL) from 1963 to 1977, and on the A//F Bill Elmer from 1975 to 1976. Inland Boatman Jarrett was a member of the United Steelworkers Union in 195-7. He is a World War 11 veteran of the U.S. Army. Brother Jarrett was born in Louis­ ville, Ky. and is a resident there. George L. Tolliver, 63, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Boston and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Tol­ liver sailed 46 years. He was aboard the SS Steel TrtfvWfr (Isthmian Line) in 1973 when Cambodian frogmen attached sticker bombs to the ship's side blowing a 4 by 4 hole in her hull. A native of Nova Scotia. Canada, he is a U.S. naturalized citizen and a res­ ident of New Orleans. Carlos Torres, 65, joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of New York and sailed as a junior engineer and fire­ man-watertender. Brother Torres sailed 41 years and in 1965 for the Isthmian Steamship Co. He was on the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Har­ bor beef and the RMR strike. Sea­ farer Torres was born in Yauco, P.-R. and is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. George Washington Trippe Jr., 55, joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1960 and sailed as a cook. Brother Trippe sailed 26 years. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Lip­ scomb, Ala. Ronald R. Wells, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Jacksonville iu 1962 and sailed as an oiler. Brother Wells sailed 35 years. He is a World War 11 veteran of the U.S. Navy. A native of the British West Indies, he is a resident of Mililiani Town, Hawaii. Charles G. Starling joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961. He sailed as a cook for Mariner Tow­ ing from 1956 to 1978, IBC Towing in 1972, Gulf Atlantic Towing, and Mc­ Allister Brothers. Brother Starling sailed 46 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. Boatman Starling was born in Rocky Mount, N.C. and is a resident of Norfolk. Leon R. Drylewicz, 63, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960 and sailed as a conveyorman. Brother Drylewicz sailed 29 years. He is a World War 11 veteran of the U.S. Army. Laker Drylewicz is also a turret lathe operator. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., he is a resident of Plains, Pa. MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS' SCHEDULE Port New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Jacksonville . Algonac .... Houston .... New Orleans . Mobile San Francisco Wilmington . Seattle Piney Point . San Juan .... Columbus ..., Chicago ...., Port Arthur . Buffalo St. Louis Cleveland ..., Date July 3 July 5 July 5 July 6 July 6 July 7 July 10 July II July 12 July 13 July 17 July 21 July 8 July 6 July 15 July II July II July 12 July 14 July 13 Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Waters 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 9:30a.m. 2:00p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:.30p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. 10:30a.m. 2:30p.m. — — 2:30p.m. 2:30p.m. — UIW 7:0Qp.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00p.m. 7;00p.m. 1:00p.m. �Today's SlU Pilot The Best of Old and New •• A pilot on the waterways Mark Twain called this "the greatest position of all." But the boats and the waterways have changed a lot since Mark Twain's day. Today's pilot must he very skilled. He must be able to han­ dle new technology, cope with rules and regulations, constantly practice safety measures, and pass detailed examinations test­ :.-.v • Gene Mavi, * Robert Heilnieier and Roger Ronsoiiet, SIU Boatmen who are currently enrolled in the Pilot's Course at HLS, listen as inslriiclor Paul Alliiian explains the use of the sexlaul. ing his knowledge. Even so, there's still glory in being a pilot—there's pride in being in charge of your own boat and being responsible for the safety and well being of crew and cargo. For Boatmen who want to be pilots, the best way to earn their license is the pilot course at the Harry Lundeberg School. At HLS, experienced instructors Boatman Robert Heitmeier is shown here as he makes a chart of the waters he will work on as a pilot. Dennis Cumiskey spends some classroom time practicing chart reading skills. Susquehanna Committee N.Y. Patrolman George Ripoll (center) is with the Ship's Committee and a crewmember of the ST Susquehanna (Hudson Waterways) at a payoff on June6 in the Hoboken (NJ.) Shipyard. They are (seated I. to r.) Deck Delegate Walter Clifton and Engine Delegate Ken Killion. Standing (I. to r.) are Chief Steward James Osbey, sec­ retary-reporter, and AB Mike Atkinson. The Navy tanker was laid up for repairs after payoff. help each Boatman learn exact­ ly what he needs to know to pass the Coast Guard exams and handle his boat with skill. Everything in the course is individualized for the student— he learns rules of the road, weather, winds and tides, chart sketching and navigation exact­ ly as they apply to the route he will work on as a pilot. At HLS. the SIU Boatman can learn all the modern skills he needs to enjoy the old-fash­ ioned glory of being a pilot on the waterways. Boston Committee On a May 26 payoff at Port Elizabeth, N.J. here's part of theShip's Committee of theSS Boston (Sea-Land). They are (I. to r.) Chief Cook S. Bell, steward delegate: Engine Delegate Vincent Mello, Chief Steward Jim Keno, secretary-reporter, and Recertified Bosun Leyal Joseph, ship's chairman. June 1978 / LOG / 37 �Michael A. McNulty, 22, died on Dec. 6, 1977. Broth­ er McNulty joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1971 sailing in the steward department. In 1973, he attended the HLS, He was born in Philadelphia and was a resident there. Surviving is his father, Andrew of Philadelphia. Paul T. Marusia, 72. passed away on Apr. 22. Brother Marusia joined the SIU in the port of i, Houston in 1963 and sailed as a firemanwatertender. He sailV / ed 33 years and was also a pipefitter. Seafarer Marusia was born in Cleveland, Ohio and was a resi­ dent of Houston. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Emma Alvris of Parma, Ohio. Edgar L. Jester, 63, was found dead in his camper around May 7, Brother Jester joined the SIU in the port of Bal­ timore in 1959 and sailed as an AB rfeii^and quartermas­ ter. He sailed 41 years. Born in Choptank, Md., he was a resident of Baltimore. Surviving are, two sons, Edgar and Timothy of Preston, Md. and a daughter, Rcgina. Dennis P. Pierce, 71, passed away on Apr. 30. Brother Pierce joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Baltimore and sailed as a firemanwatertender. He sail­ ed 42 years. A na­ tive of Oklahoma, he was a resident of Fairview, N.M. Surviving is a bro­ ther, Ralph of Fairview. Michael Darawich, 63, died of a brain ailment in the U.S.A. Medical Center, Mo­ bile, Ala. on Apr. 1. Brother Darawich joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Mobile'and sailed as a chief electrician. He sailed 34 years and received a Union Personal Safety Award in I960 for sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the SS Steel Voyager. Seafarer Darawich was born in Ala­ bama and was a resident of Mobile. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving is a brother, Samuel of Creola, Ala. Larry Ballom, 21, was dead on arrival at the St. Claude General Hospital, New Orleans on Apr. 22. Brother Ballom joined the Union in the port of New Or­ leans in 1977. He sailed for Radcliff Materials in Mobile from 1977 to 1978. Born in New Orleans, he was a resident there. Interment was in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, New Or­ leans. Surviving is his mother, Iram of New Orleans. 38 / LOG / June 1978 Laker Francis H. Burke, 59, died of brain contusions in the Staten Island, N.Y. USPHS Hos­ pital on Apr. 25. Brother Burke joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1966 and sailed as a cook for the American Steamship Co. that year and also for the Gartland and Reiss Steamship Cos. He was a verteran of the U.S. Air Forces during and after World War II. A native of St. James, Mich., he was a resident of Mount Clemens, Mich. Burial was in St. Peter's Cemetery, Mount Clemens. Sur­ viving is a son, George of Mount Clemens. Pensioner Barney Buxton, 67, died of diabetes in the'West Calcasieu Carneron Hospital, Sulphur, La. on Apr. 18. Brother Buxton join­ ed the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1964 and sailed as a pilot and captain for the Ziegler Towing Co. from 1953 to 1958 and for the Slade TowingCo. from 1958 to 1973. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. Boatman Buxton was born in Starks, La. where he was a resi­ dent. Burial was in Doyle Cemetery, Starks. Surviving are his widow, Louzell; a son, Darrell, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Bergeron of Orange, Tex. Laker Charles L. Cochran, 39, died on Apr. 30. Brother Cochran joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1961 and W ^IBlm vB ^ bosun on 'hlH the SS Roger M. li B(American Steamship) and for the Pringle and Kinsman Marine Steamship Cos. He sailed 22 years on both the Lakes and deep sea. Seafarer Cochran was a Viet­ nam War veteran of the U.S. Army. Born in Detour, Mich., he was a resi­ dent of River Rouge, Mich. Surviving are his widow, Shirley, and three step­ daughters, Denise Miller, Maureen Mil­ ler and Rachelle Miller. Inland Boatman Mark W. Wallace, 60, died on Dec. 12, 1977. Brother Wal­ lace joined the Union in the port of Chi-" cago in 1972 and sail­ ed as a tugman and tankerman on the Tug Hatinah (Hannah Inland). From 1946 to 1971, he was a self-employed painter. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Boatman Wal­ lace was born in Bayport, Mich, and was a resident of Pigeon. Mich. .Survingare his widow. Helen, and a son, Mark. Pensioner James P. Kelly, 70, passed away on May 12. Brother Kelly joined the Union in 1949 in the port of Detroit and sailed as an AB, deck maintenance, and fireman-watertender for the American Steam­ ship Co. and for Kinsman Marine. Brother Kelly was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was a resident of Detroit. Surviving is his widow, Mary. Pensioner Herbert , J. Granville, 82, died of cerebral hemor­ rhage in the Georgian Court Nursing Home, Buffalo, N.Y. on Apr. 20. Brother Granville ^Joined the Union in ' the port of Buffalo in 1961. He sailed as a deckhand for Gravel Products Corp. from 1942 to 1960, and Merritt, Chapman and Scott, and the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1960 to 1966. He was born in Newfound­ land, Canada, was a naturalized U.S. citi­ zen and a resident of Buffalo. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery, Tonawanda, N.Y. Surviving is his widow, Martha. ^ -f Laker Robert M. White, 58, died of heart and lung failure in the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic Hospi­ tal on Nov. 15, 1977. Brother White joined the Union in the port of Ashtabula, Ohio in 1961. He sailed as a deckhand and fireman-watertender for the Great Lakes Towing Co. from 1960 to 1977. Also he was a boilermaker for the Geary Boiler Works from 1950 to 1960. He was a World War 11 veteran of the U.S. Navy. Born in Ashtabula, he was a resi­ dent there. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Ashtabula. Surviving are his widow, Isabel, and two daughters, Jane Ann and Isabel. Pensioner Theodore J. "Phil" Marullo, 67, died of heart failure in the Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital on May 1. Brother Marullojoined theSIU inthe port of Mobile in 1952 and sailed as a fireman-watertender and chief steward for the Alcoa Steamship Co. He walked the picketline in the Savannah, Ga. coal beef, attended a Crew Conference at H LS in Piney Point and was a ship's del­ egate. A native of New Orleans, he was a resident of Tampa. Burial was in Myrtle Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Tampa. Surviving is his widow, Evelyn. I Pensioner Adolph G. Miller, 87, died of a heart attack in the Norfolk USPHS Hospital on Mar. 2. Brother Miller joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 19^2. He had sailed as deep sea AB, 2nd mate, captain, and inland master for the Sheridan Transportation Co. from 1949 to 1967 and for Dickman, Wright and Poe from 1944 to 1949. Seafarer Miller, who rounded Cape Horn five times in square riggers was featured in a 1972 fullpage news story in the Norfolk "Virginia Pilot." It told of how Capt. Miller was a prisoner twice during World War I of the notorious German Sea Devil, Count Felix von Luckner. Luckner's raider, the 55 Prince Eitel Frieclrich sunk Miller's ship, the William P. Frye in 1914 off Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later he was freed with 100 others. In 1917, he was a prisoner of Count Luckner again when the raider chased his vessel onto a South Sea isle reef where he wqs shipwrecked and rescued by the French. In all, he sailed 60 years. During the Great Depression, he sailed with his late wife, Alice on boats and barges. Boatman Miller was a resident of Norfolk. Burial was at sea in the Atlantic Ocean. Surviving is a brother-in-law, Robert H. Snyder of Wilson, N.C. Pensioner William R. Baker, 66, died of arteriosclerosis on Apr. 4 in Balti­ more City, Md. Brother Baker joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a deckhand and AB on the Tug Wagners Point (Curtis Bay) from 1946 to 1974. He was born in Baltimore and was a resident there. Burial was in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Baltimore. Surviving is his widow, Katherine. VassOios D. Venefoulis, 46, died in the Staten Island (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital on Aug. 24, 1977. Brother Venetoulis I joined the SIU in the ] port of New York in 1963 and sailed as a fireman-watertender. He sailed 30 years. Seafarer Venetoulis was a veteran of the Greek Army infantry from 1970 to 1971. A native of Piraeus, Greece, he was a resident of New Orleans. Sur­ viving are his widow, Peggy and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drossos Vene­ toulis of Piraeus. Pensioner Cleve­ land J. Vincent, 65, died of heart failure at home in Baton Rouge, La. on Jan. 18. Brother Vincent joined the SIU in the port of New York in •' .W' 1953 sailing as a cook. He sailed 25 years. And he was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. Seafarer Vincent was born in Crowley, La. Burial was in Simmons Cemetery, Silver Creek, Miss. Surviving are his widow, Carrie; two sons, Joseph of La­ fayette, La. and Paul; a daughter, Vir­ ginia, and his mother, Mrs. C. Vincent of Baton Rouge. James E. Welch, 52, died of a heart at­ tack in the San Fran­ cisco General Hospital on Feb. 26. Brother Welch joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1953 and sailed as an AB. He sailed 32 years. Seafarer Welch at­ tended Piney Point Crew Conference No. 6 in 1970. He was also a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. Born in Springfield, Mass., he was a resident of Bernardston, Mass. Surviving are his mother, Olga of Dunedin Isles, Fla., and his sister, Mrs. Betty W. Netties of Bernardston. Harold B. Thomas, 69, passed away on Mar. 26. Brother Thomas joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York and sailed as an elec­ trician and bosu"n. He served as deck delegate. He sailed 40 years. Seafarer Thomas sailed Great Lakes sand suck­ ers and tankers in 1944. He helped to organize the Eastern Steamship Co. and the Central Vermont Railroad Co. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. Born in Southold, L.I., N.Y., he was a resident of Baltimore. Surviving are his widow, Catherine, and his mother, Mrs. John Beyer of New London, Conn. Gary N. Forster, 38, was killed when Barge Interstate 19 (JOT) exploded Mar. 20 on the Delaware River at the Getty Oil Refinery, Delaware City, Del. Brother Forster joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1976. He sailed for Allied Towing, IBC Co. last year, and as a relief captain and mate for the In­ terstate Transport Ocean Co. in the port of Philadelphia. He was a Vietnam War veteran of the U.S. Army. Born in Kala­ mazoo, Mich., he was a resident of Coin jock, N.C. Surviving are his widow,, Barbara; a daughter, Tracy, and his^ father, Shelton. �HLS UPGRADING CLASS SCHEDULE 1978 Below is completelut of all upgrading courses, and their starting dates, that are available for SlU members in 1978. These include courses for deep seOjGreat Lakes and inland waters. SW members should be aware that certain courses may be added or dropped from the schedule as the need arises. However, the Log will try to keep you abreast of these changes. For further information regarding the courses offered at the Lundeberg School, members should contact their local SlU representative, or write to the Lundeberg School Vocational Edu­ cation Department, Piney Point, Md. 20674. or call the School at (301) 99441010 1 LNG July 24 August 21 September 18 October 16 November 13 December 11 QMED October 2 FOWT July 10 August 31 October 16 November 23 Pumproom, Maintenance & Operation October 9 Diesel Engineer July 31 Welding July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 September 4 September 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 November 13 November 27 December 11 December 22 Chief Steward (maximum 1 student per class) July 24 August 21 September 18 October 16 November 13 December 11 Chief Cook and Cook & Baker (maximum 2 students for Chief Cook and 2 students for Cook & Baker for each class scheduled) July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 September 4 September 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 November 13 November 27 December 11 December 22 he Assistant Cook L Lifeboat and Tankerman Able Seaman July 10 August 17 September 18 November 13 Quartermaster October 16 Special Programs to be Set Up Upon Request July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 September 14 September 28 October 12 October 26 November 9 November 24 December 7 December 21 June 1978 / LOG / 39 �The SlU tug Miss Lana (Peter Kewit & Sons) moves a rig used in construction of a dike wall at the port of Cleveland. -'.,. '.s5', I " SiU Lakes Tugs Working on Dike, V' Fit out on the Lakes is usually associated with a top-to-hottom workover of Lakes bulk carriers. But tugs have to be Checked, repaired and repainted after winter lay-up, just like the larger vessels Tugs in the Great Lakes area usually lay-up from mid-December through April, But when they're working, they're working hard. The 75 foot tug Miss Lana (Peter Ken it Co.) had only been back on the water for three weeks when she was well into work on construction of a dike wall. New environmental rulings say that dredged materials from harbors can't be J" dumped in the Lakes because they add to pollution. So the two SIU deckhands and scowman aboard the Miss Lana were moving a rig used to build the wall Erie. The wall the A/wsLn/io is working on is the third to be built in the Cleveland area and is scheduled for completion next year. Another SlU-contracted tug, Dunbar & Sullivan's Sachem, was on her way to Fairport, Ohio for a job connected with a nuclear power plant there, The power plant will have a tunnel under Lake Erie and the Sachem's crew will be laying cribs for water intake on the site of the tunnel. That job is expected to take all summer. Construction projects are nothing new a. if 1*^4! X "V Mike O'Donnell, an SIU rangeman. works witfi engineers setting up tripods on thie fill and lake sides of Lake Erie. Bulk carriers site themselves on the 50 foot high markers when unloading. 40 / LOG / June 1978 f ;i SIU deckhand Jim Burns working on the Dunbar & Sullivan Co. tug Sachem during fit out in Cleveland. ,ev; �The Miss /.ana's SlU crew is, (l-r): Edward Goetz and Bill Taylor, deckhands; and Corky Parish, scowman. i Po^er Plant^^ GREAT LAKES iosome SIU members. Ed Goetz,a deck­ hand on the Miss Lana for the last 18 years, was on that tug when Burns Har­ bor in Indiana was built. Brother Goetz said that in order to put up the harbor's breakwall, they had to build right into sand dunes. Tugs make shipping on the Lake pos­ sible but they don't get too much of the fame and glory. There's a story about the Sachem, which, if it hasn't brought the boat fame, has at least made her infa­ mous. In 1950, the tug sank near Buffalo and the 12 people aboard were drowned. It cost about $ I million to salvage the boat but the my.stery of why she went down was never solved. William "Corky" Parish, scowman on the Miss Lana. secures the tug's line to a construction rig platform during work on a dike wall project. Construction of the wall, the third built irrCleveland, will be finished next year. Peter Czech, an SIU deckhand since 1959, brings a launch to the Miss Lana to pick up crewmembers. Fitting out the Sachem took the crew six days. Here deckhands Jim Burns (IJ and Joe Turner make sure the boat's life raft is in working order. June 1978 / LOG / 41 �ilr SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters '^• W •f of North America PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Frank Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Cal Tanner : Dispatchers Report for Deep • I I. United Industrial Workers MAY 1-31 1978 ^ TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point . . Yokohama Totals Boston New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tsfopa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 7 88 22 22 11 5 22 107 43 30 28 33 11 102 0 3 534 1 19 1 9 3 3 4 15 8 3 4 2 2 10 12 2 98 0 5 0 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 8 0 0 30 9 68 9 27 15 5 19 84 38 19 7 31 12 99 0 5 447 0 38 9 15 9 3 8 43 15 4 8 10 4 33 25 1 225 2 6 0 2 6 1 2 1 3 3 1 6 2 14 0 1 50 10 134 20 36 21 9 30 130 61 56 32 54 14 149 0 3 759 2 15 4 6 2 2 7 15 5 7 7 7 1 13 0 1 94 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 0 12 0 0 28 3 9 0 2 Q 0 4 119 5 40 4 8 0 5 1 n 4 0 7 17 H 5 4 14 2 31 g 1 155 2 1 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 10 0 0 26 11 6 38 95 57 60 29 38 8 102 0 2 619 f 4 13 2I 10 9 7 6 1 21 0 1 153 0 1 0 7 0 1 2 1 0 6 0 0 24 0 2 2 62 1 16 0 1 15 11 3 1 1 0 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 1 54 5 31 2 4 0 0 7 17 11 0 27 59 34 36 20 29 9 68 1 1 386 2 1 7 14 8 7 7 12 0 20 2 1 123 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 14 11 4 22 53 ig 15 7 19 15 80 1 1 319 11 25 0 3 Port 142 2 37 0 36 0 11 0 0 1 37 2 18 8 0 Baltimore Norfolk 10 7 3 3 1 0 17 13 9 5 2 3 Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 2 0 0 Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals Totals All Departments 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 7 2 1 2 1 2 ,0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 ,38 21 19 5 19 7 41 10 30 12 5 3 11 7 18 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 20 18 57 29 33 11 15 5 75 1 5 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 1 216 0 43 0 3 Q 241 0 165 0 35 1 341 0 40 0 4 3 79 0 7 5 35 7 21 7 113 29 17 10 170 0 9 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 2 21 6 16 5 61 17 13 3 7 4 4 10 5 1 7 29 9 19 2 14 14 25 2 16 39 22 25 18 21 11 49 1 3 9 5 9 15 8 5 40 2 10 44 14 29 4 20 19 34 3 19 35 21 32 26 22 17 49 1 1 18 5 11 21 24 3 52 0 2 42 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 170 351 189 251 403 331 1,306 615 236 1,970 690 isT 1,007 545 Ul *'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ***'Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 42 / LOG / June 1978 5 12 39 16 21 8 10 8 46 Port Boston . New York Philadelphia Baltimore 17 33 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia **REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT Port •ij TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 ALGONAC, Mich. 520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001 (313) 794-9375 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) XL 3-9259 CHICAGO, ILL. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 58806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex. .....1221 Pieree St 77002 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, N J, 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. . . .534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. . 1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 724-2848 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. . 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 510 N. Broad St. 90744 (213) 549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan P.O. Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 Shipping at SIU deep sea ports remained good to excellent in all departments. In all, 1,663 Seafarers took jobs on SlU-contractcd deep sea vessels. Shipping is expected to remain good to excellent in all ports as the SIU will be crewing as many as 20 new ships or new acquisitions before the end of the year. �stonewall Jackson Committee Baltimore Committee J As, Jisr:' 4~ Headquarters Patrolmen Teddy BabkowskI (standing left) and George Ripoll(sitting right) read the LOG with theShip'sCommitteeandpartofthecrewoftheSSS/onewa// Jackson (Waterman) at a payoff on May 18 at Pier 7, Brooklyn, N.Y. They are (sitting I. to r.) Nelson Dorado, deck delegate: Educational Director B. Cooley and Recertified Bosun Carl Lineberry, ship's chairman. Standing (I. to r.) are 0. V. Grab, engine delegate; ABs Gene Walker and Gene Sexton and Cook andBaker Raphael Padilla, steward delegate. •1^ Notice to Members On Shilling Procedure Wheni throwing in for work dur­ ing a job call at any SlU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers • valid, up-to-date passport In addition, when assigning a Job the dispatcher will comply with the following Section 5, Sub­ section 7 of the SIU Shipping Rules: ^'Within each class of seniority rating in every Department, prior­ ity for entry rating Jobs shall be given to all seamen who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard. The Seafarers Appeals Board may waive the preceding sentence when, in the sole Judgment of the Board, undue hardship will result or extenuating circumstances war­ rant such waiver." Also, all entry rated members must show their last six months discharges. Further, the Seafarers Appeals Board has ruled that ^'C classifica­ tion seamen may only register and sail as entry ratings in only one department." Deposit in the SIU Blood BankIt's Your Life Part of the Ship's Committee of theSS 8a/f/more (Sea-Land) of (I. to r.) Deck Delegate Don Averill, Steward Delegate Tom Brown, Chief Steward George Gibbons, secre­ tary-reporter, and Recertified Bosun Jose Gonzales, ship's chairman standby at a payoff at Port Elizabeth, N.J. on May 17. SlU Patrolman Teddy BabkowskI (seated right) fills out his report. Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters MAY 1-31, 1978 *TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa 2 0 1 3 8 . .. . ... . 5 0 :... 5 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 4 3 14 28 4 69 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 5 0 0 0 2 7 41 2 26 0 36 136 Port 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 9 5 0 5 43 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 0 15 28 5 62 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 4 0 0 0 2 11 22 0 17 0 31 99 0 0 0 6 0 5 10 8 5 0 0 0 1 3 8 37 8 0 7 98 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 8 4 9 12 0 4 51 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 21 2 0 0 0 9 16 77 5 19 0 57 211 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Port Arthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Port Arthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah Totals **REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups iClass A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Port Arthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah Totals TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ( L 1 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 151 65 47 74 47 110 Totals All Departments . .. . 111 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 58 D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 5 0 13 31 246 June 1978/ LOG / 43 �Sometimes an where. The curriculum will in­ idea is so good clude very individualized class­ that it meets room instruction, lots of boatmany needs and solves a lot of handling experience aboard the problems. The Towboat Oper­ HLS pushboat and tugboat, ator Scholarship Program is an practical lessons in crew man­ idea like this—it is helping in­ agement, and safety training. Here's what the program dustry and it's helping SIU Boatmen. It has improved the will provide: quality of SIU wheelhouse per­ • Special three-month cur­ sonnel, put trained skilled man­ riculum offered only at the power aboard SlU-contracted Harry Lundebeig School boats, and helped SIU Boatmen • Room, Board and Books take advantage of the great job Free opportunities in their industry. • Tuition free Because the scholarship pro­ • Weekly stipend of $125 gram has been so successful, • Time spent in on-the-job the Transportation Institute, in training is Coast Guard cooperation with the Harry approved as the equivalent Lundeberg School, is offering a of Wheelhouse time third scholarship program for • Day-for-day work time qualified Boatmen who want to credit for HLS Entry Grad­ earn a license as towboat oper­ uates ator. Boatmen who are selected for the scholarship program will The course is approved by receive the most complete and the U.S. Coast Guard. Boatmen in-depth training available any­ who complete the course can As part of their curriculum, the scholarship recipients learn how to operate LORAN. So, the Towboat Operator earn more than a license—they will have real experience so they Scholarship Program is a good are able to apply the knowledge idea—a successful idea. By of­ fering the scholarships for a that's tested on the exams. These Boatmen will be skilled third time, the Transportation workers—valuable personnel in Institute is continuing to help the companies who employ the towing industry and the tal­ them. Their abilities will qualify ented Boatmen who work in them to earn top pay. that industry. .•> Instructor Chuck Dwyer explains a principle of chart navigation to scholarship winners Ronald Meinke (left) and Raymond Mc­ Donald (right). Boatman Pat O'Neal (left) is enrolled in the second towboat operator scholarship program. He is shown here directing a crew of HLS trainees from the wheelhouse of the Susan Collins. Practicing crew management skills (right) is an important part of the scholarship curriculum. 44 / LOG / June 1978 �SlU Scholarship Winner Says Mt's One of Union's Best Benefits' When hewon an SlUcolleeeschnlarhe won SIU college scholar­ ship in 1962, Gerald Dwyer had shipped [out as an AB for almost 10 years. He had been ashore for a year working part time when the Union's award came I through. Dwyer got his BA degree from Syra­ cuse University in New York, majoring in music and education. He went to work as a high school music teacher in a small town near Utica,'N.V., giving instruction in all band instruments. Though he loved teaching, when the economic crunch came, Dwyer found himself out of a Job. The familiar story of insufficient funds forced cutbacks at Dwyer's school and the music depart­ ment was eliminated completely. Music is still an important part of Dwyer's life, though. He keeps up on sax, clarinet and trumpet, playing with marching bands in local parades. And he's proud of the collection of trophies he has which were won by his former students in band competitions. Even thobgh he's no longer teaching, Dwyer feels very strongly about educa­ tion and about opportunities created by the SlU's scholarship awards. "Guys are smart having their kids apply for those scholarships," he said, adding, "it's not that hard to pass the test." After leaving his teaching job, Dwyer went into the construction business. He found his training as an AB helped him in the construction trade. "Knowing how to do things like rigging is an asset in building," Dwyer said. "I've made good use of the training 1 got at sea." If he had it to do all over again, Dwyer thinks he'd apply for an SIU scholarship, which he called "one of the Union's best benefits," to go to law school, in any case, when the time comes, he'll try to talk his four-yearold son Dustin, who's his pride and joy, into a legal career. Unless, of course, he hears the call of the sea. v -p J* Gerald Dwyer with son. Dustin. DMcliiirs Rnopt lir Mlakes Personals Viggo Christensen Your sister, Helen Nass, asks that you contact her at 10120 Burnet Ave., Mis­ sion Hills, Calif. 91345 or call her collect at (213) 892-7024. Wayne Evans Paul B. Adams, Jr. asks that you con­ tact him at Route 1, Box 509, Ellabell, Ga. 31308. Tel. (912) 858-2555. Nick Marcogliesc Please contact Red Campbell at Union Headquarters. Tel. (212) 4996600, ext. 213. Francis Wherrity Please call the editor of the Log at (212) 499-6600, ext. 242. ' • -i' MAY 1-31, 1978 *TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class 8 Class C **REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 29 Algonac (Hdqrs.) 11 0 21 33 2 55 13 2 43 8 14 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 31 Algonac (Hdqrs.) 15 9 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) 113 0 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) 25 66 35 0 0 0 38 81 83 Totals All Departments 90 85 41 47 45 4 143 107 110 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ tions! Members of this ^committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. AIL trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Ypur shipping rights and senior­ ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the employers, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize them.selves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The E.xecutive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to Union headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. The,se rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi­ nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is efifitled, he should notify Union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLHICAL ACTIVITY DONATION —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con­ dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup­ port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli­ tical and social interests, and American trade union concepts. If at any lime a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has heeii denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. June 1978 / LOG / 45 �m Heriberto Cortes Tom Burke Robert Vranish Seafarer Heri­ berto Cortes, 24, graduated from the HLS entry program in 1971 and up­ graded to FO WT there in 1978. He holds tickets for lifeboat, firefight^ ing, and cardio­ pulmonary resuscitation. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and lives and ships out in New York. Seafarer Tom Burke started sail­ ing with the SIU in 1973. He upgraded to QMED at the HLS that year. He also has his fire­ fighting, lifeboat, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation tickets. He was born in Boston and lives and ships out in Seattle. Seafarer Robert Vranish, 27. grad­ uatedfrom the HLS entry program in 1968 and upgraded to A B there in 1978. . He has his firefighting, lifeboat, and cardio - pulmonary resuscitation tickets. He was born in Baltimore, Md., and resides and ships out in that port. Gary Rosen Steve Kues Seafarer Steve Kues,25, graduated from the HLS entry program in 1975. He upgraded to FO WT there in 1976 and to QMED in 1977. He also re­ cently completed the Marine Electric­ al Maintenance course and LNG train­ ing at the School. He has all tickets for firefighting, lifeboat, and cardio-pulrnonary resuscitation. He makes his home in Martinshurg, IV. Va. and ships out of the port of New York. Henry McDaniel Seafarer Henry McDaniel, 26, grad­ uated the HLS entry ^program in 1974 and upgraded to FO WT there in 1976. He has tickets for firefighting, life­ boat, and cardio­ pulmonary resusci­ tation. He lives in Magnolia, Miss, and. .ships out of the port of New Orleans. Michael Kraljevic Seafarer Michael Kraljevic, 19, grad­ uated from the HLS entry program in 1975. He received his FO WT endorse­ ment there in 1976 and he also holds tickets for lifeboat, firefighting, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation train­ ing. He was born in Mobile, Ala. and lives and ships out in that port. Seafarer Gary Rosen, 23, gradu­ ated from the HLS entry program in 1972 and shipped out then as a Third Cook. He received his Cook and Baker endorse­ ment at the School this year. He also holds all tickets for lifeboat, firefighting, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. He makes his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and ships out of the port of New York. Why is this FOWT smiling? Donald Hixon, Jr. Seafarer Don Hixon, 25, graduat­ ed from the HLS entry program in 1973. He returned to the School to get his AB endorse­ ment in 1977. He also has tickets for firefighting, lifeboat, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Born in Massachusetts, he makes his home in Lexington Park, Md. and ships out of the port of New York. Mark Paterson Seafarer Mark Paterson, 22, grad­ uated from the HLS entry program in 1975 and upgraded to FOWT there in 1978. He has also completed firefight­ ing, lifeboat, and cardio - pulmonary resuscitation courses at the School. He was born in San Antonio, Tex., lives in Jacksonville, Fla., and ships out of that port. Because he^s working. The best bet for wipers who want to improve thejr job security is getting an FOWT ticket at HLS. Job opportuni­ ties for FOWT's have never been better. So, enroll now in the FOWT course at HLS. Course starts August 31. To sign, up,, see your SIU Representative or Contact the Harry Lundeberg School, Vocational Education Department, Piney Point, Maryland 20674, (301) 994-0010. Golden Monarch Committee Chris Devonish Steve Bigelow Seafarer Steve Bigelow, 23, grad­ uated from the HLS entry program in 1973 and received his FO WT endorse­ ment there in 1977. He also completed all training for life­ boat. fircjighting, and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. His home is Henderson. New and he ships out of the port of Wilmington, Calif. Seafarer Chris Devonish, 25, grad­ uated from the HLS entry program in 1970. He received his FO WT endorse­ ment there in 1971 and after completing the "A" Senior^ V ity program, enter­ ed the QMED course at the School. He has his firefighting, lifeboat, and cardio­ pulmonary resuscitation tickets. He was born in Mobile, Ala., lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., and ships out of that port. . T -.--.i-Vi-../ ' Recertified Bosun Tom Brooks (left) Chip's chairman bfHhe SS Golden Monarch ~ (Westchester^ tViarine) goes ovbr shrp's business on MSy 26 with Headquarf^s' Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (right)! Also atlho.payoff at'Pert Reading, N.J. are parfof' the Ship's Committee of (I." fo r.) Chief Steward Walter Lescovich, secrefary-repoffefr Steward Delegate C. C. Williams and Deck Delegate Jim Coscarelli. 46/ LOG / June 1978 �34G Have Donated $100 or More To SPAD Since Beginning of 1978 The following SIU members and other concerned individuals, 346 in all, have demonstrated an active interest in participating in political and legislative activities which are vital to both our job security and our social and economic welfare, by voluntarily donating $100 or more to the Seafarers Political Activities Donation (SPAD) fund since the beginning of 1978. (The law prohibits the use of any union money, such as dues, initiation fees, etc., for political activities. The most effective way the trade unionist can take part in politics is through voluntary political contributions. SPAD is the Union's separate segregated political fund. It'solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes contributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal.) Nine who have realized how important it is to let the SIU's voice be heard in the Halls of Congress have contributed $200, two have contributed $300, one has given $500, and one $600. The Log runs the SPAD Honor Rolls because the Union feels that our political role must be maintained if the livelihoods of maritime workers are to be protected. (A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.) NOTE: Each month's SPAD Honor Roll contains the names of those individuals who have given $100 or more as of the last Friday of the previous month. ^ _ _ Roades, O. Swain, C. Murray, R. Adams, E. Costa, F. Roberts, J. Tanner, C. Myers, H. Adams, W. Costango, F. Rodriguez, R. Taylor, F. Loleas, P. Nash,W. McCorvey, D. Glenn, J., Jr. Adamson, R. Costango, G. Rondo, C. Terpe, K. Long, L. Nelson, D. McElroy, E. Glidewell, T. Agugussa, A. Costango, J. Royal, F. Thaxton, A. Lovcland, C. Newberry, H. McKay, M. Gobrakouich, S. Agtiiar, J. Craig, J. Rung, J. Theiss, R. Lunsford, J. Nihom,W. Graham, E. McKay, R. Air,R. Crocco, G. Ryan, T. Thomas, F. Novak, A. Macmberg, D. McKay, R. Grepo, P. Alcarin, G. Czerwinski, J. Thomas, J. Sacco, M. Malesskey, G. O'Hara, M. Meacham, H. Grima, U. Algina, J. Dallas, C. Thomas, T. Mandene, S. Oldakowski, E. Sacco, J. Meffert, R. Guillen, A. Allen, E. Dalman, G. Thorbjorsen, S. Salazar, H. Mann, C. Olds, T. MiUer, D. Hager, B. Davis, J. Allen, J. Sanchez, M. Tilley,J. Mann, J. Olivera, W. Mobley, R. HaU, P. Amat, K. Davis, J. Tillman, W. SanFillippo, J. Marchaj, R. Olson, F. Mollard, C. HaU,W. Ammann, W. Davis, J. San Fillippo, J. Todd, R. Martin, T. Ora, L. Mongelli, F. Hamblet, A. Anderson, D. Debarrios, M. Troy, S. Sapp, C. Mathil, M. Orsini, D. Hamilton, G. Moore, J. DeChamp, A. Anderson, E. Tumer, B. McCarthy, L. Paczkowski, S. Schabland, JHampton, D. Morris, W. Delea, G. Anderson, R. Uusciato, J. Schatz, G. McNeely, J. Pagano, J. Haney, L, Morrison, J. Anfici, M. DeU, R. H. Scheard, Vanvoorhees, C. McCartney, G. Papuchis, S. Mull, C. Hant, K. Del Moral, A. Antone, F. Schwartz, A. Velaudra, D. Passapera, F. Harris, N. Demetrios, J. Appleby, D. Velez,R. Schwarz, R. Paulovich, J. Harris, W. Deugate, H. Apuzzo, W. Vukmir, G. Seagord, E. Pelfrey, M. Di Domenico, J. Hauf,M. Aquino, G. Walker, T. Selzer, R. Perez, J. Haykes, F. Aronica, A. Diaz, R. Pomerlane, R. Selzer, S. Ward,M. Petak, P. Heacox, E. Diercks, J. Atkinson, D. Weaver, A. Shaw, L. PhUlips, R. Heniken, E. DiGiorgio, J. Aumiller, R. Webb, J. Shelley, S. Higgins, J. Pillsworth, P. Dillings, L. Avery, R. Whhmer, A. Shopatt, H. Poer, G. Home, H. Babkowski, T. Doak, W. Antlch, J. Wicrschcm, D. Siglcr, M. Prentice, R. Hotton, G. Dobbins, D. Barnes, D. Wilhelmsen, B. Smith, B. Pretare, G. Houlihan, M. Dolan, J. Bartlett, J. Williams, L. Smith, L. Prevas, P. Houston, H. Dolgen, D. Bauer, C. Wilson, B. Somerville, G. Raines, R. Hunter, W. Donnelly, M. Beeching, M. Chartier, W. Wilson, C. Soresi, T. Ramage, R. Donovan, P. Hurley, M. Bellinger, W. Curtis, T. Wolf, P. Spady, J. Randazza, L. Huss, P. Domes, R. Berglond, B. Wood, C. Speller, J. Ratcliffe, C. lovino, L. Bjomsson, A. Drozak, F. Worley, M. Spencer, G. Reading, J. Ipsen, L. Blackwell, J. Dryden, J. Ahmed, F. Keragood, M. Wright, A. Stalgy, R. Reck, L. Jacobs, R. Ducote, C. Bluitt, J. Lombardo, J. Bernstein, A. Wright, F. Stankiewicz, A. Regan, F. Dudley, K. Japper , J. Bluitt, T. McCullough, L. Cookmans, R. Wydra, R. Steams, B. Reinosa, J. Johnson, R. Dwyer, J. Bobaiek, W. Pow, J. Yarmola, J. Ellis, P. Stravers, L. Reza, O. Dyer, A. Jolley, R. Bonser, L. Hagerty, C. Zai, C. Suentic, S. Richoux, J. Elzahri, A. Jones, C. Bourgois, M. Zeloy, J. Surrick, R. Rivera, L. Eschukor, W. Jones, R. Boyne, D. Evans, J. Karlak,W. Brady, J. Kastina, T. Fagan, W. Brand, H. V** V Kenny, L. Faitz,F. Brov'ss, G. Kingsley, J. Fanning, R. Brown, I. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION Kirby,M. Fay, J. Brown, I. (SPAD) Kitchens, B. Fergus, S. Bryant, N. 675 FOURTH AVENUE BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11232 Fgrshee, R. Kizzire, C. Bucci, P. Date. S.S. No.. Filer, W. Knoff, J. Bullock, R. Koflowich, W. Firth, R. Bufllnton, O. .Book No." Contributor's Name, Kool, L. Fletcher, B. Butch, R. Address. .-.v / Florous, C. Kowalski, A. Caffey, J. V Kramer, M. Foley, P. Calogeros, D. .Zip Code City .State. Krittiansen, J. Francum, C. Campbell, A. I acknowledge and understand that SPAD is a separate segregated fund established and administered Lance, W. Frank, S. Carey, W. by my Union to engage in political activities and to make contributions and expenditures for candidates Lankford, J. seeking political office and solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions, and I have the right to Frazier, J. Castel, B. refuse to make any contribution without fear of reprisal. I may contribute such amount as I may volun­ Larkin, J. Frounfelter, D. Carr, J. tarily determine and I herewith contribute the sum of $ . This contribution constitutes my voluntary act and I am to to receive a copy of this receipt showing the amount of my contribution. A Lee,K. FuUer, E. Carroll, J. copy of SPAD's report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from Leggy 3. Fuller, G. Cavalcanti, R. the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C. Lelonek, L. Furukawa, H. Clienip,N. Leonard, W. Gallagher, L. Chflln^T. Signature of Solicitor Port Lesnansky, A. Gard, C. Cinquemano, A. Solicitor's No. Lewin, A. Gavin, J. CoUerin,!. Lewis, J. Gentile, C. Comstock, P. Libby,H. George, I. Conklui,K. Lindsey, H. Cooper, J. GImbert, R. Lively, HL Glenn, J. Cordn*, SPAD Honor Roll $600 Honor Roll $500 Honor Roll $300 Honor Roll $200 Honor Roll 1978 June 1978 / LOG / 47 �30 Cents a Day Can Buy Job Security K ! This program will continue be­ cause there is no doubt that your response to it has given the SIU the means to play an effective political role for maritime labor. But we need to expand that role. So we have come up with an additional program to significantly increase voluntary political contributions. This is how it works: Yoli can now sign a form author­ izing the Seafarers Vacation Plan to deduct 30 cents per day from your What can you buy for 30 cents today? Much more than you think. For the price of a cup of coffee every working day, you can buy yourself a lifetime of job security. Sound impossible? It's not. It's only a new way to solve an old problem. The SIU learned in the early days of our history that our jobs and the gains made at the bargaining table can be taken away by the actions, of Congress. We learned to protect our jpbs and our collective bargaining rights by pooling our collective political strength. For years we have exercised our right to participate in the political process of this country. We have backed candidates who support maritime labor and fought those who oppose us. it has taken hard work, organiza­ tion, manpower, but most of all money. That's where the 30 cents comes in. 30 cents may not get you much on your own. But if we all put it to work together, it can give us a stronger foothold in politics than we ever had before. Up until now, the Union's only way to collect funds for SPAD (Sea­ farers Political Activities Dona­ tion) has been through appeals to the membership for voluntary con­ tributions. We have been ask­ ing you to give $20 or more when­ ever you felt ready and able to make a donation. CMInijI HublicJIiori .if Itn- Srjfjinl^ liiU'tnjIiii.ul Uni.in » AlUiilu. (.iilM Loa vacation benefit payments and transfer that amount to SPAD. An example of the form is printed below. Like all political contributions collected by the Union, this deduc­ tion is entirely voluntary on your part. And like all money that goes into SPAD, it becomes part of a separate fund used by the Union for political activity to benefit the membership. This program is a convenient way for you to support SPAD. It is a better way for the Union to reach a mobile membership. And it can cut down the administrative costs of our collection efforts. But above all, if we all support the new program, it will guarantee that a regular, substantial flow of money will be there for political activity when we need it. And we need it now. This is a big election year in'Congress and in State governments. We want to back up the campaigns of those candidates throughout the country who back us up on maritime and labor issues. We want to make sure that these candidates get elected. But our polit­ ical efforts can't stop there. When legislation that affects your job security comes up, we will have to step up our efforts to make elected officials fully aware of your economic and social welfare. We need more friends and more political action than ever before in Congress. For example, we had to wage a tough battle for the Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act. (See pages 19-30). Normally unop­ posed, this important bill had to overcome a serious attempt to de­ stroy its crucial financial provisions for the U.S. maritime industry. We won this battle, but we face even tougher legislative fights to in­ sure the survival of the U.S. mer­ chant marine. Critical issues, like whether or not American labor will have a fair share of the expected ocean mining boom, are coming up in Congress. They mean that the SIU must start now to gather its full political force. We have an opportunity to in­ crease our political programs with the new 30 cent daily deduction pro­ gram to boost SPAD. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1978 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU BOATMEN SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SAB NEW GREAT LAKES AGREEMENT SIGNED BOATMEN CREW SIU TOWBOAT, THE DICK CONERLY SIU, MARINE COOKS AND STEWARDS MERGE BOTH MEMBERSHIPS VOTE A 95% APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATION DELTA LINES BUYS 13 PRUDENTIAL SHIPS AT STATE DEPT. REQUEST, SIU SETTLES BEEF ON GREEK TANKER U.S., ARGENTINA SIGN BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT US JOBS AT STAKE- SIU GEARS FOR BATTLE ON OCEAN MINING BILL HOUSE BILL SETS NAVY-MARITIME ADVISORY BOARD ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS… LEUKEMIA IS A BY-PRODUCT OF BENZENE FUMERS NEW TANKER BROOKS RANGE AND SIU CREW ON ALASKA OIL RUN NEW 3-YEAR DEEP SEA PACT SIGNED WAGES, PENSIONS, WELFARE, VACATIONS INCREASED ELIGIBILITY RULES CHANGED TO 125 DAYS NEW PENSION, WELFARE BENEFITS EXPLAINED ALGERIAN SHIP RAMS YELLOWSTONE; 1 DEAD, 4 MISSING NATIONAL MARITIME DAY HONORS AMERICA’S MERCHANT SEAMEN SEAFARERS RECOUNT YELLOWSTONE TRAGEDY ON ARRIVAL IN STATES U.S.C.G. FINDS 50% DEFICIENCIES ON LIBERIAN SHIPS DEBATE ON THE MARITIME AUTHORIZATION BILL CONGRESS AFFIRMS 1970 MERCHANT MARINE ACT; AUTHORIZES SUBSIDIES FOR ’79 MARITIME PROGRAM MARAD AUTHORIZATIONS FY 1979 LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR U.S. MARITIME HOW SUBSIDY CUTS WOULD HAVE AFFECTED SIU VESSELS, JOBS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR U.S. SHIPYARDS MANNING AMENDMENT IS WITHDRAWN LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR LNG CARRIERS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN GRAIN THE VOTE: YEAS-326 “… THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WILL ONCE AGAIN RENEW THE COMMITMENT OF THE CONGRESS TO A STRONG U.S. MERCHANT MARINE.” HOW POLITICAL ACTION GOT THE JOB DONE THE BIG ONE’S STILL WAITING FOR BROTHER BUZZWAH LNG THE NEWEST U.S.-FLAG SHIPS ARE HELPING TO END AMERICA’S DEPENDENCE ON RUNAWAY-FLAG TANKERS PULSATING WITH THE RIVERS, SIU BOATS PUMP ECONOMIC ENERGY INTO HEART OF U.S. SIU LAKES AND TUGS WORKING ON DIKE, 30 CENTS A DAY CAN BUY JOB SECURITY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1978 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 40, No. 6 1978 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/77f6ef5af790f4a569945e700967a5ad.PDF 140de00f4510bcb288a8458ba0f30c64 PDF Text Text ft Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL-CIO VOL, 41 No. 6 JUNE 1979 .«.11 New Tug Laura Haden, New Jobs for Boatmen Class Dates Set for New Steward Recertification Program ^/ Pages 24-25 .Y JS L s;' A fowboat Operator Scholarship Program a Big Success r .. • -v J.'i Ifill .iyvr ~.^Oi Special Supplement Pages 19-22 A Look at SiU's Greatly Expanded Operations in Los Angeles Harbor Pages 11-14 7/1 President Carter Names Hall to Export Council •11 Page 3 .. IC i ,ALLA_ikii£A!iri-2.A2Ml ^Jr- . ^ �Senate Support Growing to Ban Alaska Oil Export 25 Senators Co-Sign Letter of Support GAINST a backdrop of skyrocketing prices at the nation's fuel pumps, the fight over whether to export Alaskanproduced oil to Japan is heading for the finish in Congress. At presstime, floor action on the crucial Export Administra­ tion Act Amendments of 1979, which will ban the export or swap of Alaskan oil, had not begun. But the measure, which wa§ favorably reported by House and Senate committees last month, is expected to come up for a vote in both Houses in short order. Anticipating an all-out battle, supporters of the legislation are marshalling their forces. In a "Dear Colleague" letter, 25 U.S. Senators urged colleagues to vote yes on the legislation that will guarantee Alaskan oil for do­ mestic use. "No issue is of more concern to the American people," the Sen­ ators' letter said, "than the availability of sufficient supplies of reasonably priced fuel. "We owe it to the nation," the A Senators continued, "to exercise necessary control over proposals to send American oil overseas." With the letter, the 25 Sen­ ators, who hail from all areas of the country, join scores of con­ sumer, public interest and labor groups in calling for passage of the bill. The growing number of sup­ porters of the measure, including the Consumer Federation of America and the AFL-CIO, have argued loud and long that ex­ porting Alaskan oil to Japan would: • jeopardize U.S. national and energy security; • deprive the American people of a badly-needed fuel source and; • cause the loss of tanker and shoreside employment connected with domestic transport of the crude. The only beneficiaries of an Alaskan oil export or swap would be the North Slope oil producers. Backed by Federal Energy ru in] D IMMil® 0 0. \ Paul Hail Merger as a Solution One of the biggest and most historic mergers in the history of the labor movement took place this month. It was the consolidation of the Retail Clerks International Union and the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen. The new organization will be know as the United Food and Commercial Workers, and it will represent a diversified membership comprising 1.3 million workers. This makes it the largest union affiliated to the AFL-CIO. The consolidation of these two unions is a replay—in a very big way—of one of the most basic concepts of American trade unionism. Merger is a concept that was born with the labor movement itself. And it is a concept that epitomizes the deep rooted meaning of the movement—strength through unity. It has been the SIU's experience that a well planned, well timed merger is a tremendous plus not only for the merged organizations, but for the memberships of both unions as well. A merger adds strength to an organization. It increases its resources. And it increases the merged union's ability to provide better services and representation to its members. A merger can also provide new ideas and new direction to an organization since the officials of both unions can combine their experience and individual expertise to foster growth and progress. Most importantly, though, a merger, enables the new organization to become more effective in two extremely crucial areas. First, it adds to the effectiveness of the merged union in spend less to transport the crude overseas than to move it to the lower 48 United States. As Congress votes the Export Administration Act Amend­ ments, the choice is clearly one of people-vs-profits. The final tally on the measure will show whether Congress stands up for the best interest of the American people or the oil companies. Secretary James Schlesinger and the state legislature of Alaska, the oil companies have long been pushing for a go-ahead to move Alaskan crude to Japan and bring in replacement supplies from Mexico. Because they could use foreign tankers for both ends of the exchange, the oil giants would General News Ship's Digests Dispatcher's Reports: Great Lakes Inland Waters Deep Sea INDEX Legislative News Alaska Oil Battle Page 2 SlU in Washington ... Pages 9-10 Fight Over Maritime Authorizations Page 3 Page 30 Page 33 Page 34 Page 26 Training Upgrading "A" Seniority Upgrading.. Page 38 Piney Point Grads ... Page 39 Union News SlU Sues Coast Guard ... Page 3 President's Report Page 2 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Letters to Editor Page 16 Brotherhood in Action ... Page 30 At Sea-Ashore Page 23 SPAD Checkoff Back Page Court Fight Over 9 MSG Tankers Goes On Page 5 Great Lakes Picture Page 8 Inland Lines Page 6 Increased Pension Page 4 Hess Taking Advantage of V.I. Loophole Page 17 Membership News New Pensioners Page 29 Final Departures Page 32 Steward Recertiflcation Program Pages 24-25 Sugar Island Page 15 Special Features A Look at SlU And L.A. Harbor... Pages 11-14 Towboat Operator Scholarships Pages 19-22 maintaining and increasing the job security structure of its membership. Secondly, it enables the union to greatly expand its efforts in developing new job opportunities for its members. You see, mergers are often worked out between two unions that were formerly in competition with one another for job jurisdiction common to both. In a case like this, a merger would eliminate the problems of competition while at the same time foster cooperation. The impact on the new organization formed by the merger of the Retail Clerks and Meatcutters remains to be seen. The positive results of merger often take a long time to surface. In other cases, the results of merger come faster and are more pronounced. I am proud to say that the merger of the SIUAGLIWD and the Marine Cooks and Stewards—exactly one year ago this month—falls into this category. In fact, the SIU, MCS merger has been one of the most productive mergers m the modern maritime labor movement. The reason I say this is because in the 12 short months since the merger, we have significantly expanded our job base on the West Coast for all SIU members. The bottom line for any union must be jobs—that is, providing employment for the union's members. Today, the SIU has considerably more jobs for SIU members to choose from than v/e had the same time last year. One of the biggest reasons for this is the cooperative efforts of all concerned in trying to make the SIU, MCS merger the"success it has been. Merger, of course, is not the answer to everything. However, in today's maritime industry—where the overall job picture is not good—it is extremely important that all maritime unions explore the possibility of merger. The mergers we in the SlU have experienced in our history have been good to us. And it is my sincere belief that consolidation of efforts and resources among maritime unions today is absolutely necessary for the good of our industry and the maritime labor movement as a whole. Again, merger is not the answer to everything. But to ignore it or to abandon it as a possible solution to problems is extremely shortsighted and a disservice to American maritime workers throughout the country. I*'!** ^ -i 3579 should be sent to Seafarers^lnternationai Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Ave Brooklyn NY 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.V. V0I.-41, N0.6, June 1979. (ISSN #0160-2047) «rLuiv.-, o/o rounn we., BrooKiyn, IN.Y. 2 / LOG / June 1979 �SlU Sues USCG for Failure to Enforce Safety Laws FTER years of hammering at the Coast Guard for spotty enforcement of U.S. vessel inspection and other safety laws, the SIU has taken the Coast Guard to court. A In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in New York on May 31, the Union charged the Coast Guard and several other govern­ ment agencies with failing to act "in accordance with their Con­ gressional mandate to promote the safety of life and property at sea." On behalf of all SIU members, the Union is seeking a formal Court declaration stating that U.S.-registered vessels "be sea­ worthy and fit for navigation and that working conditions and equipment be safe and fit for intended use." The Union also wants a man­ datory court order to compel the Coast Guard to enforce that declaration. In addition to the Coast Guard, the SIU's suit names as defendants; Secretary of Tran­ sportation Brock Adams; Coast Guard Commandant Admiral John B. Hayes; Secretary of Labor Raymond Marshall; Sec­ retary of HEW Joseph Califano, and U.S. Surgeon General Julius Richmond. They are the chief executives of-government agen­ cies responsible for enforcing health and safety laws. Manning, Health and Safety The Coast Guard and other government agencies have 40 days to answer the Union's charges. The Union, in a 52-page document, cited dozens of viola­ tions of U.S. legal codes which the Coast Guard has either overlooked or failed to enforce. Among the charges is the issue of insufficient manning. In nu­ merous instances, the Coast Guard has allowed a U.S.-flag vessel to sail under-manned putting both crew and vessel in jeopardy. The Union's suit states that by allowing a ship to sail under­ manned, routine maintenance of a vessel is sometimes impossible. Seamen are required to work "unreasonable amounts of over­ time," and there's often no back­ up crew to fill-in in case of death, injury or emergency. The SIU has also charged the Coast Guard with inadequately enforcing health and safety laws and regulations, sometimes allowing major violations to exist. These charges include: • The Coast Guard's failure to enforce the 3-watch standard required by law aboard all deep sea merchant vessels, and the 2watch standard required on tugs and barges on voyages of less than 600 miles; • Instead of inspecting an integrated tug/barge as two separate units, the Coast Guard treats them as a single vessel. This "permits the tug/barge to avoid compliance with many safety requirements of the vessel inspec­ tion and certification laws." • Unsafe and unhealthy work­ ing conditions such as excessive noise levels, offensive odors and fumes, unsafe cleaning supplies and equipment and inadequate fresh air breathing apparatus used for tank cleaning are allowed on many vessels; • Crew quarters on some American vessels are improperly ventilated, in a unclean and unsanitary condition and are not equipped with proper plumbing. These are among the docu­ mented hazards to both crew and vessel safety which back up the SIU's charge that the Coast Guard has repeatedly failed to enforce the rights of seafarers. Despite the fact that the Union has notified them of health and safety violations on countless occasions, few corrective actions have been taken. We therefore saw no other option than to appeal to the courts to compel the Coast Guard and other government agencies to "take all necessary measures to ensure the effective enforcement" of the laws of the OldlC^. Senate, 85-2, Passes Marad Bill: House Fight Looms WASHINQTON, D.C.-As the Log goes to press, an important fight in the House of Representatives to save maritime jobs is about to begin. For the second year in a row. Rep. Paul McCloskey (R-Calif.) is trying to cripple the Maritime Appropria­ tions Authorization Act. Meanwhile, however, the Senate gave resounding support to the Act by passing it by a vote of 85 to 2. The Act covers fiscal year 1980. Drawn up by the U.S. Maritime Administration (Marad), the appro­ priations include: $101 million for the construction differential subsidy (CDS) program; $256 million for the operational differential subsidy (ODS) program; $16 million for maritime research and development, and $25.8 million for maritime education and training expenses. The CDS and ODS programs enable the U.S. maritime industry to operate in the face of foreign competition. Without these subsidies many companies would be forced to shut down. That would mean the loss of maritime jobs, both ashore and at sea. It's particularly the CDS program that McCloskey has been attacking. He says it's "a burden" and wants the entire $101 million allowance elimi­ nated. McCloskey also wants to bar funds from subsidized operators from going to maritime research organizations. McCloskey claims that these organizations illegally lobby on behalf of the merchant marine. In addition, McCloskey wants Congress to okay a change in U.S. law and allow subsidized American ship operators to purchase new vessels in low-cost foreign yards. The ranking minority member of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, McCloskey had introduced these and other amendments to the Committee. They were all defeated. However, he's likely to bring them up again during floor debate before the full House. The SIU, along with Congres­ sional supporters of a strong mer­ chant marine, have been successful in fighting McCloskey's attacks in the past. We are ready to do the saitve now to insure a future for the U.S. merchant marine. Carter Names Paul Hall To Post on Export Council SIU President Paul Hall was sworn in as vice chairman of the newly-reorganized President's Export Council (PEC) last month in a White House cere­ mony presided over by President Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale. The new Council, made up of 40 men and women representing a cross-section of private indus­ try, labor and politics, will function as a Presidential ad­ visory panel on matters of U.S. export trade. President Carter redesigned and expanded PEC as part of his overall National Export Policy. Commerce Secretary Juanita M. Kreps, who will act as liaison between the Council and the President, said PEC "will be an important element in U.S. efforts to take advantage of export opportunities." Reginald Jones, chief execu­ tive officer of the General Electric Co., was named chairman of the group. Other Council appointees Include leaders of the..business community; Georgia Gov. George Busbee; Newark, N.J. Mayor Kenneth Gibson and vice presidents of the United Auto Workers and the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Unions. The Council's membership is rounded out by three U.S. Senators, and three Congress­ men, along with several Cabinet members, the President's special representative for Trade Negotia­ tions and the head of the ExportImport Bank. President Carter greeted rriembers of the new President's Export Council atter the fyiay swearing-in ceremony. From l-r are: Gov. George Busbee of Georgia; Council vice chairman Paul Hall and chairman Reginald Jones. June 1-979 / LOG / 3 ^"1 �1st Seafarer Gets Increased Deep Sea Pension hen new pensioner Julio increment by continuing to Alonso, 63, retired re­ accumulate seatime after be­ cently, it was a milestone not only coming eligible for an Early Normal Pension (20 years sea­ for him but for the SI-U as well. Alonso, who first shipped with time at 55 years of age). Brother the SIU in 1942 as a wiper on the Alonso accumulated five years Bull Line's Cornelia, has become seatime after becoming eligible the first recipient of the Union's for Early Normal Pension. So he new $400 per month deep-sea will receive five increments pension. amounting to $125 per month. But the financial security of the He qualified for the new pension (up from $350 per Pension doesn't stop here for month) by accumulating 125 Brother Alonso. Because he days seatime this year. (The deep accumulated at least two years Seafarer Julio Alonso sea pension goes up another $50 seatime after qualifying for Early to $450 per month in 1980. To referring to his early days at sea, Normal Pension, he is eligible for qualify for the $450 pension, a the tremendous benefits of the "and there wasn't any OT for Seafarer need only accumulate Pension Supplement Program. work on Sundays either. Thanks 125 days seatime after June 16, This Program provides him with to the Union, all that's changed." 1980.) a full year's pension bonus. In Another thing Alonso has seen However, Alonso, because of change during a career that has Brother Alonso's case, that his overall seatime, will be getting amounts to $6,300 (12 x $525). spanned 37 years are the living more than his basic pension. He Also, as a pensioner, Brother conditions on ships. The Cor­ qualifies for five increments ($25 Alonso and his dependents are nelia, his first ship, was 26 years per increment) under the Pension still covered by the Seafarers old when he went aboard her in Welfare Plan, thus providing 1942. He shared a room with Increments Program. His five continued security for his family another wiper and three firemen increments are worth an added $125 per month to his basic during his retirement. on that ship, right next to the pension. So Brother Alonso will compartment that housed the "No Pension Years Ago" ship's steering engine (a small receive a pension of $525 per "We didn't have any pension month. steam engine that wasn't exactlv^ o plan at that time," said Alonso, A Seafarer qualifies for an quiet). W Alonso worked his way up from wiper to fireman and oiler, and eventually upgraded to electrician. He worked as elec­ trician for his last 12 years at sea. One of Alonso's regrets is that he never graduated from high school but, as he says, "I man­ aged to do alright anyway.. .and I owe a lot to the SIU tor that." Interestingly enough, his son David earned his high school equivalency diploma at the Harry Lundeberg School, after going through the entry program some years back. "For this alone," brother Alonso remarked, "I am very grateful to the Union, that my son got his high school diploma." Julio Alonso doesn't have any specific plans as yet for his retirement, but he does have a schedule worked out already. He'll spend half the year at his home in Puerto Rico (the winter months, of course), and the other half at his residence in Liberty, New York. It sounds like a good plan to us. We wish brother Alonso all the best for his retirement years. Trustees Revamp Rule on Initial Eligibility for Welfare Plan Benefits In an effort to provide better benefit protection for new seamen and boatmen entering the maritime industry, the Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan has voted to change the rules governing initial eligibility for benefits. The Trustces voted that as of May 1, 1979 a new employee need only accumulate 75 days of employment with an SlU-contracted company to establish his initial eligibility for benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The Trustees studied this matter very carefully and came to the decision that the old rule of initial eligibility of 125 days in the previous calendar year should be amended in the best interest of the SIU member­ ship and their dependents. Therefore, the new 75 day initial eligibility rule, as passed by the Trustees, is effective" May 1, 1979. The 75 day rule applies only to the establishment of initial eligibility. After doing so, the employee must then work at least 125 days in each calendar year to maintain his welfare eligibility. Seafarers Get 7V2% Wage, Overtime, Vacation Increase As of June 16, the financial security of deep sea SIU members moved up several notches as a V/2 percent hike in wages, regular overtime, premium and penalty rates went into effect. Vacation benefits also increased by the same percentage. These increases come on top of the substantial gains Seafarers received as a result of the deep sea contract ratified last June. The contract calls for 7V2 percent increases in wages and regular, premium and penalty overtime rates for each of the three years that the pact is in effect.' The agreement negotiated last year created a brand-new formula for computing vacation benefits which brought Seafarers increases in 4 / LOG / June 1979 vacation pay ranging from. 70 to 100 percent over previous rates, depend­ ing on rating sailed. Though the dollar figure varies from rating to rating, this year's IVi percent raises in wages, regular overtime, premium and penalty rates as well as vacation benefits, bring important gains to deep sea SIU members right across the board. The Union views these gains as one step in a progression towards a better future for SIU members, not as the final step. As SIU President Paul Hall said last June when the deep sea contract was ratified; "We should all look upon this agreement as a spring­ board for even further improve­ ments in our lives as American seamen." An example of how the new rule would apply is as follows: • An employee begins work on May 1, 1979. He has from May I, 1979 to Dec. 31,1979 to accumulate 75 days of employment with an SIUcontracted company. On his 76th day of employment he is immediately covered under the Welfare Plan for the remainder of the year and all of next year (1980), providing he accumulates at least one day employment in the six month period immediately preced­ ing date of claim. In the event an employee starts later in the year and is unable to accumulate 75 days of employment by December 31, 1979 he shall be given an additional six months in which to accumulate the required number of days for initial eligibility. However, for this employee to remain eligible for benefits in 1981, he must accumulate 125 days employment in 1980. It is hoped that the new rule will more equitably meet the needs of the membership. Any questions concerning the new rule can best be answered by writing to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Borinquen Committee On Mar. 28, the crew of theSS Borinquen (Puerto Rico Marine) was paid off at Port Elizabeth, N.J. While at it, the Ship's Committee and a member of the shoregang gathered for this photo. They were (I. to r.) Deck Delegate E. Greaux; Steward Delegate E. Lasso; Chief Steward John Nash, secretary-reporter; Engine Delegate Pedro Figueroa and AB Paul Flores of the shoregang. �Court Orders Crew Turnovers on 9 MSC Tankers Union Fighting To Re-Estoblish SiU Crew Jurisdiction WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. District Court of Appeals has refused to issue an injunction barring the turnover of crews from SIU to NMU members on nine oil tankers chartered by the Military Sealift Command.^ The nine vessels involved are five T-5 tankers formerly operated by Hudson Waterways, and four Co­ lumbia class carriers formerly oper­ ated by Cove Shipping. As the Log goes to press, all but three of the vessels have been'taken over by their new operator, NMUcontracted Trinidad Oil. The three remaining vessels—the Susque­ hanna, the Columbia and the Hudson—are scheduled for crew turnover in July. Despite this setback, the battle over these vessels is far from over. The SIU is ready for a full 15rounder in ongoing court fights to re-establish our jurisdiction on these vessels. The Union's legal counsel is deeply emersed in the case, which is already in its second month, and could go on for another six to nine months. U.S. Navy the Culprit The culprit at the bottom of this complex case is the United States Navy! Back in Nov. 1978, the Navy's Military Sealift Command issued a "request-for-proposals" concerning the nine tankers. This "request-for-proposals" was a formal call to interested U.S.-flag operators to submit commercial bids for operation of the nine vessels. This is standard procedure in determining the award of Govern-, ment contracts to the private sector. Normally, the lowest bidder is awarded the contract. The language in this "request-forproposals" and its attachments was very specific. The language in Article 6 (Attachment C) stated; "The contractor shall pay the officers and crews serving aboard these tankers equal to the applicable standard union agreements for the industry..." The key words in this statement, as the SIU sees it, are, "the applic­ able standard union agreements..." Trinidad Low Bidder Three SlU-contracted operators submitted sealed bids. They were Hudson Waterways and Cove Ship­ ping, the former operators, and Zapata Corp. All three companies used the SIU's Standard Tanker Agreement in formulating their bids. However, when the results were announced on April 11, 1979, the low bidder was Trinidad Oil, an NMU company. The Navy quickly awarded a fiveyear contract to Trinidad to operate the vessels and ordered turnover of the ship's crews. The SIU, after examining and studying Trinidad's bid and Navy records, found that Trinidad—with the permission of the NMU—used a substandard contract in formulating their bid. The SIU's legal counsel immediately took action in the U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C., to block the crew turnovers. Under the standard NMU con­ tract, an NMU seaman receives the equivalent of 14 days pay for every 30 worked, representing the Vaca­ tion benefit. However, Trinidad's bid reflected a Vacation benefit of only 5 days pay for 30 worked. In addition, Trinidad's bid re­ flected a $7 per man, per day SfU Opposed to Panama Canal Toll Hikes The SIU has come out strongly against a proposed 21 percent increase in tolls for usage of the Panama Canal. The Union's main objection to the increases is that such a hefty hike will encourage shippers to seek alternate transportation modes to the Panama Canal, such as railroads. Recent history has proven that each time Canal tolls go up, fewer ships transit the locks. And since U.S. flag vessels are among the chief users of the Canal, the U.S. merchant marine and maritime labor will be the first to suffer. In a letter to the Secretary of the Panama Canal Co., SIU Washington Representative Charles Mollard stated: "Inevitably, American-flag liner vessels using the Canal will lose their com­ petitive edge to available alternates, and will be forced from the trade." He also pointed out that if the increases are put into effect, the Panama Canal Co. could very well suffer a loss in overall revenue due to a cutback in use of the locks. The Panama Canal Co. will make a decision on the toll issue within the next few weeks. reduction in standard contributions to the NMU Pension and Welfare Plans. The SIU maintained in court that since Trinidad used an obviously substandard agreement in submit­ ting its bid, the bid was unlawful. SIU companies submitting bids used standard union agreements. However, Trinidad did not use its standard agreement. The SIU stated that this gave Trinidad an unfair advantage over other bidders. It also violated the rules and conditions put on the bidding process by the U.S. Navy. Open and Shut Case? It appeared to be an open and shut case. But things rarely are open and shut in today's maritime industry. With the blessing of the Navy, District Court Judge June L. Green, on May 25, 1979, refused to issue a preliminary injunction against the turnover of the ships to Trinidad. She said, in refusing to issue the injunction, that the SIU (and District 2, MEBA-AMO) did not show probable success in demon­ strating that "the 5-for-30 plan is substandard." After her refusal, the SIU took the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals seeking a "stay" of the crew turn­ overs until the full merits of the case could be heard. The Appeals Court issued the "stay" earlier this month. But 10 days later,the Court lifted the "stay" without explanation. As a result, the ships have been awarded to Trinidad, despite the fact this court case is far from over. Presently, the SIU is back in the District Court seeking a "partial final judgement" from Judge Green. In addition to our argument that Trinidad used a substandard con­ tract, we are maintaining that the bids do not meet the requirements of the Service Contract Act. If the District Court judgement goes against the SIU, we will take the case before the Appeals Court. This could take from six to nine months to get a final ruling. NMU Halts Merger Talk With SIU panies against Trinidad, Marine Transport Lines and NMU, pre­ cludes NMU's further participation in NMU/SIU merger discussions. "Also, introduction of statements made at Ad Hoc Committee meet­ ings to court proceedings raises serious ethical questions. Therefore, NMU hereby terminates imme­ diately its participation in any Ad "NMU has withdrawn from merger discussions with SIU be­ Hoc Committee meetings and pro­ cause of SIU's participation in the ceedings as well as NMU/SIU lawsuit against NMU and Trinidad merger discussions." "Wall's notice was sent to Presi­ Corporation, an NMU-contract company. In a notice of NMU's dent George Meany, Secretaryintentions. President Shannon Wall Treasurer Lane Kirkland and Frank Polara of the AFL-CIO; President said: "Widely disseminated and in- Paul Hall of SIU, President Ray­ flamatory statements by SIU offi­ mond McKay of MEBA District 2 cers and MEBA District 2 in support and Professor John Dunlop, former Secretary of Labor and merger of lawsuit brought by two SIU/ MEBA District 2 contracted com­ committee coordinator." Below is a reprint of an article which appeared in the June 1979 edition of the NMU Pilot,, which announces the NMU decision to hreakoff merger talks with the SIU as a result of the battle over the nine tankers awarded to NMU-contracted Trinidad Oil. Point Revere Committee Dixie Boatmen Get Cost-of-Living Hike As part of a contract nego­ tiated by the SIU In 1977, SIU Boatmen working for the New Orleans-based Dixie Carriers Co. received a 5.6 percent cost of living wage adjustment effective April 6. This is the final COLA increase the 315 Dixie Boatmen will receive under the terms of the current contract which expires next year. The Boatmen received a 1.6 percent COLA in 1978. Cost of living add-ons are based on increases in the Con­ sumer Price Index and are intended to help American workers cope with the rising rate of inflation. Aboard a newly acquired SIU vessel last month are a crewmember and the Ship's Committee of the S7 Point Revere (Point Shipping) at a payoff in Brooklyn, N.Y. They are (seated I. to r.) Chief Steward C. White, secretary-reporter; Oiler Mike Kraljevic, engine delegate, and Recertified Bosun Barney Swearingen, ship's chairman. Standing (I. to r.) are Chief Cook David Smith, steward delegate, and OS Gary Thomas. June 1979 / LOG / 5 �New Orleans Delta Queen Line's paddlewheeler Delta Queen beat her sister steamboat the Mississippi Queen in the first leg of the initial 1,271-mile Grea^t Steamboat Race from here to Cincinnati on May 18. The two week race, the first in more than 100 years, began as the two steamboats left the Poydras St. Wharf headed toward Audubon Park as spectators lined the levees along the shores. On board passengers competed in fishing and kite flying contests. Philadelphia Piney Point The tug Papa Quay (Steuart Transport) was laid up for two months on June 17 for new engine and deck equipment. She will also undergo deck house modification. Baltimore The Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line (NBC) plans to relocate their operations to the 8-acre old Conrail Pier on Clinton St. in the Canton area. Great Lakes The Luedtke Engineering Co. continues work on a dredging project at Point Mouillee, south of Detroit. It's a channel-deepening project which will permit loaded dredges and barges to approach the new, diked disposal area. (The diked disposal area is designed to take polluted materials for the next 10 years from the Detroit-Toledo area). Hannah Inland Waterways is having built a new 290-foot liquid bulk barge at the Nashville (Tenn.) Bridge Co. The Hannah 4001 will go into service on the Lakes. She will be delivered in August. The barge will be able to carry 40,000 barrels of oil and chemicals. She will be 290 by 60 by 18'/4 feet and will be double skinned. On July 1, the company will change its name to Hannah Marine Corp. San Francisco Chief executive of the SIU-contracted CrOwley Maritime Corp. (world's top inland operator) Thomas B. Crowley, was elected U.S. chairman of the National Liberty Ship Memorial. The memorial will place the preserved Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien in Golden Gate National Park here. More tug and barge activity was reported in the harbor here on the Delaware River due to the continuing N.Y. harbor tugboat strike in its third month. Columbia-Snake Rivers System A three-day conference in the Pacific Northwest late this month studied the status of the present and future locks on the Columbia-Snake Rivers System. Studied were the Ben Franklin Lock and Dam Project and up-river navigation on the Columbia River from Pasco to Wenatchee, Wash. The system stretches from Portland, Ore. to Lewiston, Idaho. Mobile The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals early last month denied a legal bid to tie up the Tenn-Tom Waterway on the widening of the 232-mile canal from 170 to 300 feet by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. The challenge was by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and environmentalists. Other challenges are expected in court on the canal's cost overrun. The project was started in 1972 and is about 33 percent finished. Completion is now expected in 1986. Washington, D.C. With diesel fuel supplies on the nation's waterways down to 80 percent of normal and prices up 100 percent from January, inland fleet operators asked the U.S. Department of Energy to give them 100 percent of diesel fuel needs. Some in the barge and towing industry saw dry tanks by summer. Slowdown of water transportation would cripple export of U.S. crops" and create domestic shortages of gas, heating oil, coai,|ct fuel, steel and chemicals. The Farm Belt upriver would miss their fertilizers and fuel. Barges and towboats move 22 percent of crude petroleum and its products in this country. They also move 35 to 40 percent of our agricultural products for export. Half of the barge traffic moves coal and .oil. A Tough Ordeal, But Welfare Plan Gave Him Peace of Mind The past year was not an easy one for John Wright. His wife, Janice, passed away after a very long illness. And the ordeal took its toll on Brother Wright as well. But as he says, "at least 1 know that Janice had the best of care." The Union, through the Welfare Plan, did its best to minimize Brother Wright's problems. Alberta, Canada, and a deep sea sailor for mqre than 45 years. John's history with maritime labor goes back to the bitter, bloody strike of 1934 on the West Coast. He was initially a member of the Marine Firemen's Union in San Francisco. He joined the SIU in Mot jtcUtU The doctor and hospital bills for his wife's care kept coming and coming. Overall, the bills amounted to well over $20,000. But because of the extent of coverage by the Seafarers Welfare Plan, the prob­ lems of bills were completely taken off his shoulders. This is what the SIU Welfare Plan is all about. It's there to provide the membership not only with financial security. But to provide SIU mem­ bers with the knowledge and peace of mind, that if one of their dependents becomes ill, the Welfare Plan will enable them to get the best possible medical care available. This means a great deal, considering the ever increasing cost of medical care in this country. 6 / LOG / June 1979 1943. As an SIU member, he has accumulated 23 years seatime. Upon his retirement. Brother Wright, a quiet man, said simply: "I'll always support my Union." We wish John, now a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., all the best in years to come. Pensioner iohn Wright John Wright realizes this. And in addition, he singled out the Welfare Plan staff for "their kindness and generosity in handling my affairs." Brother Wright, now 64.years old, recently retired from the Union. He's a real old salt, born in Calgary, Come to HLS. Upgrade to AB. Course Starts August 16 To enroll, contact HLS or your SIU Representative. �Headquarters Motes by SIU Execiilive Vice President Frank Drozak A Golden Opportunity for Stewards Job security. That's something the SIU has fought hard to create and improve upon for maritime workers over the last 40 years. But like a lot of things, job security comes in different forms, and is achieved in different ways. Sometimes it^s strictly up to the individual to go after and decide just how much job security he wants. The SIU sets up its programs so that a man, through his own initiative and motivation, can add to the job security he already has. The new Steward Recertification Program for chief stewards is such a program. Did you ever stop to think where a ship would be without a steward department, or where a steward department itself would be without a good chief steward? Quite obviously, a ship couldn't function without the steward department. And, by the same token, no steward department could function—and function well—without a good chief steward. So often, the difference between a good trip and a bad one is determined in the galley; whether or not the ship's a good feeder. There's a lot more to the job of chief steward than just seeing that three good meals are put on the table each day. A good chief steward is You Can't Afford Not To manager, nutritionist, an expert on food preparation, and teacher all rolled into one. The SIU recognizes that the job of the chief steward is a vitally important one, and one that carries with it a tremendous amount of responsibility. It has its own challenges and, like jobs in other departments, is continually effected by the introduction of new technology. It is with these thoughts in mind that the SIU decided to start the Steward Recertification Program. Specifically, the six-week program will be a refresher course for chief stewards and will cover such subjects as inventory control, nutrition, advanced culinary skills, menu planning, and shipboard inspections by the Public Health Service. It will also include instruction in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. But the goals of the program go far beyond the specifics. First of all, it is hoped that each steward who completes the recertification program will feel he's more knowledgeable than he was before; that he's an even better chief steward than he was. Secondly, and since the chief steward is the guidi'ng force of his department, the quality of the department itself will be upgraded. Thirdly, an improved steward department is bound to improve the quality of life for everybody on a ship. Then again, brothers, it will help us all. Because, when we improve things on the ships—making them even better than they already are—it perpetuates and adds to the good reputation of the SIU. Job security is built on just that: a good reputation. It's one fact of life in our business. When we do a good job, people will take notice and will remember us. The SIU has built itself up on its reputation over the last 40 years. The new Steward Recertification Program is a golden opportunity for those chief stewards who want to increase their job security. It starts on Sept. 3, so don't wait to sign up. Youll benefit from the Steward Recertification Program, and the whole Union will too. Trustees Drop Vacation Eligibility to 75 Days for Boatmen T The Transportation Institute Towboat Operator Scholarship Program pays you while you go to school at HLS. It gives you free room, board and books. It helps you earn wheelhouse time while you learn boathandling skills. And HLS graduates get day-for-day worktime credit. You can't afford not to apply for a Towboat Operator Scholarship See your SIU Representative or contact HLS for details HE Board of Trustees of the Vacation Plan has reduced the employment time requirements governing the eligibility for Vaca­ tion benefits for Boatmen. The changes result from action by the Trustees in their regular review of the impact of new rules for SIU benefit plans. The new rule requires that a Boatman accumulate 75 days em­ ployment with an SlU-contracted inland company to be eligible to collect Vacation benefits. In other words, a Boatman filing for benefits today needs 75 days on the boat of an inland company signatory to the Vacation Plan to get his Seafarers Vacation check. The rule became effective May 1, 1979. The old rule required that a Boatman accumulate 125 days employment before filing for vaca­ tion benefits. The 125-day rule was designed after the Federal Government's ERISA law governing pensions. Initially, it was felt that one rule governing all our benefit plans, would be in the best interest of the SIU membership for maximum protection of the individual member. However, after a review of the operation of the 125-day rule, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1979, the Trustees felt that a 125 day employ­ ment requirement was restrictive on the Boatmen. The Boatman, because of the time-off provisions in SIU inland contracts, needed an unduly long time to accumulate 125 days em­ ployment. Take, for instance, the case of a Boatman working under a collective bargaining agreement whichprovides a Boatman shall work 40 days on and then have 20 days off. Under this contract, it would take the Boatman over six months to accumulate 125 days employment. This is true for all Boatmen working a 2-on, 1-off schedule. However, now under the new 75day rule, it will take the same Boatman approximately four months to accumulate the required employment time for Vacation benefits (the same time as a deep-sea member). When the SIU established the Industry Wide Inland Vacation Plan, the goal was to provide substantial Vacation Pay to Boat­ men and to provide it regularly. The SIU is confident that the new / 75-day rule will answer the overall goal of our Vacation Plan to benefit our membership. Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— It's Your Life June 1979 / LOG / 7 �The Lakes Picture ^70 wSeason Looks Cvood The International Association of Great Lakes Ports released a study last month on Great Lakes shipping and port prospects for 1979. The Association is predicting that the overall shipping picture for this year looks very good, both for the Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The 1978 shipping season on the Seaway was a near-record year, the report noted. Even though general cargo shipments were way down in 1978, due to reduction in U.S. steel imports as a result of trigger pricing, active grain trade offset the decline in steel carriage. This trend is expected to continue in 1979. Winter Navigation The Great Lakes Basin Commission, an eight-state regional planning group, has issued a formal challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' recommendations that year-round navigation on the Great Lakes be approved by Congress. A Commission report, made public on May 16 said, among other things, that the Army Corps of Engineers had overstated the economic benefits of winter navigation to the Great Lakes region. A draft report on the feasibility of year-round navigation, eight years in the making, included the Corps' contention that the extended shipping season would benefit the nation to the tune of $337 million per year. Included in that figure is an estimated $261 million in what the Corps called "transportation rate savings." The Army Corps of Engineers'draft study, issued in March, advocated phasing in year-round shipping on the upper Great Lakes. In addition it would extend the shipping season to 11 months on the Welland Canal, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The tenure of the experimental winter navigation program expired last year. The program will be scuttled unless Congress votes to extend it. St. Lawrence Seaway As the St. Lawrence Seaway moves into its 20th year, many are marking the occasion by remembering the Seaway's early days and evaluating the network's success. When the Seaway, jointly financed by Canada and the U.S. at a cost of $400 million first opened in 1959, the Queen of England and thenPresident Eisenhower were on hand for the official opening. Its 20th anniversary is being feted more quietly. But many are saying the Seaway's success has far outstripped the hopes of its original planners. The waterway is not only solvent, but, some advocates contend it has returned as much as $60 million to the U.S. Treasury. One of the big selling points of the Seaway and other waterways to shippers these days is that it is an efficient, economical transit system. With fuel at a premium, water transport boasts mileage averaging WO ton miles per gallon compared to 200 for rail transport, 58 for trucks and four for planes. The St. Lawrence Seaway network encompasses 16 locks, three rivers, the five Great Lakes and three smaller lakes in the St. Lawrence. But the Seaway project itself involved building or upgrading seven locks between Montreal and Lake Ontario and eight in the Welland Canal. Chicago Hearings are scheduled before the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee and an investigation will be made by the General Accounting Office into why Chicago's port is underused by both commercial and government shippers. An aide to Rep. Bennett Stewart (D-Ill.) said that "quite a few government agencies are not using the port facilities here." Rep. Stewart requested the GAO investigation to determine what transportation modes are being used for government cargoes. It's the opinion of Rep. Morgan Murphy (D-III.) who requested the House Committee hearings that "the Great Lakes region has not been the favorite among Government agencies in commerce." Daluth The newest vessel in the Kinsman fleet, the William A. McGonagle, entered service last month after loading grain in Duluth. The company will not be running the Kinsman Enterprise or the Henry Steinhrenner. * • * Another Kinsman vessel, the Harry L. Allen, which was destroyed in a fire at a Duluth grain elevator last winter, was sold for scrap recently. « • « The Alastair Guthrie (Kinsman) flooded and her stern hit bottom as she finished loading a cargo of grain in Duluth harbor recently. The flooding was caused by a valve malfunctioning. The defective valve controlled the flow of water coming into the ship's engine cooling system. Though the flood mark in the ship's engine room reportedly hit 15 feet at one point, the fact that the harbor was only 27 feet deep kept the Guthrie from sustaining any serious hull damage when her stern hit bottom. Coast Guard inspectors said, however, that electrical and boiler equipment damage was heavy. Algonac Number 21 in American Steamship Co.'s SlU-crewed fleet of lakers will be delivered in late August. The thousand footer is the eighth vessel to be built under American Steamship's shipbuilding program which was begun in 1973. • * » SIU members completed fitout of the L. G. Harriman (Huron Cement) in early June. The cement carrier, which was built in 1923, was used as a floating storage silo from 1976 through 1978 when she re-entered active service. The SIU is currently in negotiations with Straits Car Ferry on behalf of the SIU crew of the Chief Wawatam. The negotiations are expected to be wrapped up some time in June. Last month's Log mistakenly reported that the SIU was holding contract talks with Straits Transit Inc. A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION NARCOTICS WILL Yoa UP AND YOU'LL LO/E YOUR PAPERS FOR LI FE / 8 / LOG / June 1979 �ijnuJiKjaiii hinQton ttl in Seafarers International Union of North America. AFL-CiO On the Agenda in Congress... Health of Seamen. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee is holding hearings this month regarding the health and medical care of merchant seafarers. Included in the hearings will be an evaluation of the medical standards and facilities of the U.S. Public Health Service hospitals and clinics. Railroad Deregulation. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is holding a series of meetings this month on the Railroad Deregulation Act. Senator Russell Long (D-LA) will be chairing the hearings. We will be watching these meetings closely since they will result in recommendations on railroad freight rates which will directly affect the economic health of the inland waterways industry. June 1979 Legislative, Administrative and Regulatory Happenings Carter Signs Anti-Rebating Legislation President Carter has signed legislation which will strengthen the provisions prohibiting rebating practices in the U.S. foreign ocean-borne trades. The bill was adopted by a voice vote earlier this month in both the House and Senate. During floor debate. Senator John Warner (R-VA) pointed out that "the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 declares that it is the maritime policy of the United States to have a merchant marine fleet sufficient to carry...a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States." He noted, however, that "it is now perfectly clear that these policy objectives have not been achieved and, in fact, that the U.S. is in the grip of an accelerating downward spiral." According to Senator Warner, this bill would help this situation by giving the Federal Maritime Commission "the author­ ity it needs to do an effective job" of combating illegal rebating, "a primary factor in the demise of the U.S. liner fleet." As passed, this legislation: 1. gives the FMC authority to suspend the tariff of any carrier which fails to respond to a subpoena or discovery order in a rebating investigation; 2. increases penalties for violations; 3. requires certification of a corporate policy against rebating; and 4. empowers the FMC to assess civil penalties for rebating violations. Inland Waterways Scholarship Winners Tour Capital Water Projects Authorization. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be holding a series of hearings this month regarding a number of water policy and project proposals. Several of these proposals will affect the inland waterways. Senator Mike Gravel (DAlaska) will be chairing the hearings. Merchant Marine Contracting. The Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee held a hearing June 11 on a proposal to permit negotiated contracting beyond the June 30, 1979 cutoff for Maritime Administration sponsored sub­ sidy and Title XI programs. Vessel Sales. The House Merchant Marine Committee will be holding a hearing this month on a bill regulating the sale of U.S.-documented ships. Ocean Mining. The Oceanography Sub­ committee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will mark up legislation regarding Deep Sea Mining sometime this month. Afterwards, the Mines and Mining Subcommittee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit­ tee will mark up its version of the ocean mining bill. Outer Continental Shelf. The House Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf will continue its oversight hearings on offshore oil and gas development. Hearings are scheduled for July 9 and 23. Panama Canal Authorization. The Panama Canal Subcommittee of.the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will hold hearings on July 16 and 18 on Panama Canal Authorization legislation. Small Vessel Manning. The Coast Guard Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee will conduct hearings beginning next month on manning requirements for small commercial vessels. Twenty SIU Boatmen came to Washing­ ton this month for a first-hand look at their Union's legislative and political action organization. The Boatmen came to the nation's capital from the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point where they are participating in the Towboat Operator Scholarship Program. During their visit, they toured the Capitol Building where they posed for a photo before going on to view the House and Senate chambers. Participating in the program were: William Morris, Daniel Baumann, Jose Charriez-Cotto, Daniel Minnier, Charles West, William Home, Joseph Carter, Robert Marshburn, Paul Shipman, and Benjamin Shawn. Also, Dennis Dietz, Harold Steen, David Frank, Raymond Noakos, Robert Dallas, Thomas Duffee, Kevin Brady, Donald Thayer, Michael O'Donohue and Jerald Augoin. Accompanying them on their tour were SIU Legislative Representatives Betty Rocker and John laccio. Also on the tour were HLS instructor. Captain Irwin Gros, and Nick Marrone, Port Agent, Piney Point. June 1979 / LOG / 9 �ii^^B Maritiine Industry News £1)0 51U in ^Vnsljinntor House Committees Hold Hearings On Deep Sea Mineral Resources Subcommittees of both the House Merchant Marine Committee and the Interior Committee held hearings earlier this month on the Deep Seabed Mineral Resources Act. Phillip Hawkins, representing Ocean Mining Associates, testified before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining that it would appear advantageous to locate processing operations in the United States and retain the protections accorded to American-flag vessels. Hawkins warned, however, that the ocean mining industry must be prepared to face competition which might take advantage of low cost energy and other competitive advantages offered offshore. As a result, he urged the early enactment of "ocean mining legislation containing the maximum flexi­ bility to compete in a highly competitive world industry." Marne Dubs of Kennecott Copper Corporation testified before the Subcom­ mittee on the Merchant Marine. Dubs praised the compromises reached in the 95th Congress on ocean mining legislation (H.R. 3350) and stressed the need for a "grand­ father rights" clause in the present legisla­ tion. Dubs expressed his support for the present language in the bill which would require the mining ves.sel and at least one of the transport vessels per mine~ site to be documented under the laws of the United .States. T.I. Calls for GAO Says USCG Guaranteed Fuel Should Do Better in Allocation for Tugs Promoting Safety The General Accounting Office (GAO) and Towboats has made Congress aware in a critical report The Transportation Institute has re­ quested the Economic Regulatory Admini­ stration (ERA) to guarantee that tug and towboat operators are allocated the fuel necessary to continue the crucial job of moving energy and farm cargoes by water. Herb Brand, president of the Wash­ ington-based marine transportation re­ search organization, said that "without the guaranteed availability of diesel fuel, tugs and towboats ... will be unable to provide this country with essential water transporta­ tion service." Brand, also warned that without the fuel necessary to operate tug and towboats, "a crucial link in our energy and foodstuffs transportation system will be broken." He pointed to the fact that water carriers are the most economic and fuel-efficient mode for the carriage of bulk commodities and that over 60 percent of these commodi­ ties consist of energy products such as coal and petroleum products and over 10 percent are farm and food products. Brand concluded that if the nation's tug and towboat fleet is not guaranteed its necessary fuel supplies, "the disruption in the massive movements of energy and farm cargoes by water will have a ripple effect in other essential segments of our industry, not the least being heavy industry and public utilities. Senate Passes MARAD Congress Acts on Authorizations Alaska Lands Bill The Senate, by a voice vote of 85-2, has passed legislation which authorizes operat­ ing funds for a variety of Maritime Administration programs for fiscal year 1980. The Senate bill was managed on the floor by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI). He was joined by Senator John Warner (R-VA), ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. Senator Warner spoke in strong support of S. 640 and concluded his remarks by stating that: "Unless the Congress of the United States begins to give greater support to the U.S. merchant marine...our country wHl LIO longer have a merchant marine." The Senate also accepted by voice vote two amendments relating to the fishing industry. The first, offered by Senator Lowell Weicker (R-CT), extends the Title XI and capital construction fund provisions to shoreside facilities used for landing, processing, storing and distributing fish. The second, offered by Senator Ted Stevens (R—Alaska), would allow states to qualify as a first mortgager for purposes of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920. i his means fishermen would not have to pay a one-half of one percent annual trustee charge for loans. 10 / LOG / June 1979 The House of Representatives late last month adopted legislation which .sets aside approximately 110 million acres of land in Alaska as national parks, park reserves, wildlife refuges and forests. This version of Alaska Lands legislation (the so-called Udall-Anderson substitute) was supported by the Carter Administration and a coalition of environmental organizations. Under this bill, approximately 67 million acres would be classified as wilderness. It allows mining of valid existing claims, and requires that the National Petroleum ^serve in Alaska be opened to private oil and gas leasing. In the Senate, meanwhile, similar legisla­ tion (S. 9 and S. 22) is pending before the Committee on Energy and National Re­ sources. .SPAD is Ihc Sll''s political fund and our polilical arm in Washinfpon, O.r. The Sill asks for and accepts voluntary contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to SPAD to support the election campaqtiis of leigHlators who have shown a pro-maritime or pro-labor record. SPAD enables the SlU to work effectively on the vital maritime issues in the Cnnftress. These are issues that have a direct impact on the jobs and job security of all SiU mem­ bers, deep-sea. inland, and Lakes. The SIU urges its members to contmue their fine record of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to file SPAI) fund as he or she sees fit. or make no contribution at all without fear of reprisal. A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec­ tion Commission. It is available for purcha.se from the EEC in Wa.shin);lon, D.C. that the Coast Guard must step up its efforts to promote safer marine transportation. GAO claimed that "increased marine traffic and volume of cargo, including hazardous material, has led to a growing number of serious accidents." This is why so-called "discrepancies"such as buoys being offstation, missing aids relocated without adequate notice, or structural problems "need to be corrected as quickly as possible to minimize the risk to mariners and the possibility of legal action." GAO disclosed that as of October, 1978, 34 marine accident lawsuits were pending "with a potential cost to the Government of almost $29 million." Among the recommendations suggested by GAO to improve the Coast Guard's response to aid discrepancies were: • Establishing performance standards based on sound data rather than intuitive judgment. • Making greater use of specially trained and equipped repair teams. • Reassessing workload distribution for buoy and construction tender, giving consideration to transit times and age of tenders. GAO also emphasized that the Coast Guard should exercise its authority to mark sunken vessels if the owner cannot or will not do so. Finally, GAO criticized the Coast Guard for not evaluating "simpler, less costly alternatives for vessel traffic management before establishing vessel traffic service systems in the ports of New York, New Orleans, and Houston. This has resulted in unnecessary expense to the Government and increased burdens on mariners and the Coast Guard." Carter Nominates Nemirow To Top Marad Slot President Jimmy Carter has nominated Samuel B. Nemirow, as Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, to fill the slot vacated by Robert J. Blackwell last April. Nemirow had served under Blackwell for seven years. Nemirow, a native of Connecticut, has been with the Maritime Administration since 1972, serving in a variety of positions, including General Counsel, member of the Maritime Subsidy Board, and Deputy General Counsel for Maritime Aid Contracts. Before joining Marad, he was with the Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission. Mr. Nemi^row holds several awards, including the Commerce Department's second highest, the Silver Medal, received in recognition of the role he played in formulating the U.S./U.S.S.R. Maritime Agreement. �LOS ANGELES HARBOR A Look at SlU's Expanded Operations :- The Santa Mariana and her three sister passenger ships are regular callers to Los Angeles enroute to South America. SlU-contracted Delta Line bought these vessels from Prudential Line last year. They are providing scores of new job opportunities to SlU members on the West Coast. HE SIU has always been an important presence in the heavy traffic moving in and out of the Los Angeles Harbor area. In the last few years though, the Union's activities and scope of representation on the West Coast have broadened tremen­ dously. As a result, hundreds of new jobs of many varieties in the L.A. Harbor area have been created for the meaand women protected and represented by the SIU. SIU members are employed in passenger and cargo transport, in service work in the L.A. Harbor, as well as in nearby shoreside jobs, to a greater extent than ever before. And there are as many reasons for the Union's increased presence in the area as there are kinds of jobs for SIU members. Here are some of them: • Tanker trade. Alaska's oil fields yield 1.2 million barrels of crude a day. Much of that oil is moved by tanker from Alaska's north slope to the West Coast. Many of the tankers carrying T Alaskan crude into and out of manning Alaska Construction's has turned out to be tremen­ L.A. Harbor are crewed by SIU "crew barges" which function as dously successful and beneficial living quarters for construction to all concerned. members. As a result of the merger, • Passenger ships. Last year crews while they are building hundreds of West Coast steward the SlU-Contracted Delta offshore oil platforms. Steamship Co. bought Pruden­ • MCS merger. The final department personnel now enjoy tial Lines. Included in the sale details of the Marine Cooks & the job security and protection were-four passenger ships which Stewards merger with the SIU the SIU offers. Since the SIU and the MCS frequently call, at Los Angeles AGLIWD are now completed. bound for South America or the The East-meets-West unification Continued on Page 12 Carribean. The Santa Maria. Santa Mariana. Santa Magdalena and Santa Mercedes., with their SIU crews, represent a re­ birth for the Union's fleet of cruise ships. • Tugs and barges. Expanded job opportunities for SIU Boat­ men in L.A. Harbor were made possible by the activities of SIUcontracted Crowley Maritime.. Overall, Crowley's activities have opened up 200 jobs for SIU Boatmen in the company's tug and barge fleet in Los Angeles. When the SlU-manned passenger ship Santa Mariana (Delta Line) called in the Crowley boats do shipdocking port of Los Angeles recently, SfU officials Ken McGregor, patrolman (seated left) work, they bunker ships and are and Joe Goren, co-po'l agent (seated second from left) visited the vessel. Along involved in lightering tankers with them are the ship's committee, including: Charles Jackson, engine delegate; Herman Ulrich, educational director; Marvin Garrison, secretary-reporter; Juan offshore. Osorio, steward delegate; Al Resendez,sailing reefer maintenance; Herwood In addition, SIU members are Walters, ship's chairman, and J. A. Rusheed, deck delegate. June 1979 / LOG / 11 �LOS ANGELES HARBOR Continued from Page 11 have become one Union, we've consolidated our Union halls under one roof. In order to better service the expanded SIU mem­ bership we're in the process of extensively remodeling the former MCS hall at 350 Freemont St., in San Francisco. Because of the merger, the SIU's deep sea membership has grown. But the merger has also brought nearly 500 culinary workers who staff the former luxury liner Queen Mary under the SIU banner. The Queen is now permanently moored in L.A. Harbor, where she's used as a floating hotel and museum. And the former MCS waiters, busboys, cooks and kitchen helpers are now repre­ sented by the SIU. Los Angeles harbor is a stopoff point for many SIU members bound for distant ports. Sea­ farers crewing SlU-contracted Sea-Land and Delta ships are often seen passing through the harbor. And SlU-crewed tankers with their cargoes of Alaskan oil call there regularly.' But the harbor is home to Union boatmen who provide necessary in-port services. And for the SIU members represented by the Union's industrial division who can be found shoreside in the L.A. area, working in shops and factories like Paulsen Wire Rope. The growth of the SIU in and around the L.A. Harbor has been truly significant. That growth has meant greatly expanded job opportunities and job security for SIU seamen, boatmen and in­ dustrial workers. During the days of the gold rush, California was known as the golden opportunity state. For SIU members, the L.A. Harbor area offers more golden op­ portunities now than ever before. The SIU has greatly expanded its job opportunities for Boatmen in the L.A. harbor area as a result of activities of SIUContracted Crowley Maritime. On the {ug.Howard H, recently in L.A. area are some of the crew along with SIU Patrolman Ken McGregor, left. They are, (I. to r.): Bill Haynie and Mike Privette, able seamen; Ken Hunt, captain, and Dave Domanque, mate. Much of the SIU's work in L.A. area has to do with lightering tankers offshore and bunkering ships. On the job aboard Barge 203 recently are tankermen Jim Wilson. 'Cft, and Tom Hultren. • '-'...A On the tug Feather River, recently, which is part of the Crowley operation in L.A. area are young Boatmen William Daughtry, captain, (left) and Lloyd LaBeach, cook. • * V * ' ' 'i " t3& i A happy crew is a good crew. .And the crewcf the lug Spartan appear happy in this photo taken recently before a day's work in L.A. harbor. They are (I. to r.): N. Forman, mate; J. Luke, able seaman; Ron Echeverio, chef; Steve Warford, captain, and Andrew Cleland, engineer. 12 / LOG / June 1979 -'V: .i-AC. �LOS ANGELES HARBOR The Queeti Mary, once the Queen of the Sea. is still a Queen. But today she's a floating hotel, restaurant and museum anchored in Long Beach. She is manned by as many as 500 SlU members in the busy summer season working as waiters, bartenders and more. IV Aboard the Queen Mary, outside one of the restaurants on the ships are SlU Aboard the Queen Mary at the seafood bar in the Lady Hamilton Restaurant are O. Erives, bartender; Mario Tejeda, cook and Gabriel Juarez, cook. In the Lady Hamilton Restaurant aboard the Queen Mary are pretty SlU members (I. toi.) Chris Stratton, Carol Leydon, and Carol Tomich, all waitresses, and Harriet Tomich, hostess. The SlU also has industrial shops under contract in L.A. areas including Paulsen Wire Rope. Photo shows four Paulsen workers along with Jesse Solis, SlU representative, on the left. On the SlU-manned tug HowardH are SlU Boatmen (I. to r.) D. Domanque. mate; Stig Ehrulund, cook and W. Haynie. able seaman. ^ Standing outside the wheeihouse of the SiU-manned tug Guide is Boatman John Boleyn, mate. June 1979 / LOG / 13 �sss sa 11 Holding up life ring bearing the name of their tug, Feather River, are SlU Boatmen Grover Kelley, engineer, and Wayne Katez, mate. Aboard their hard working tug Guide in LA. harbor are SlU Boatmen Howard George, engineer, and William Cox, cook. 5'-. The SlU-manned tug Catano participates in all types of harbor work including lightering and bunkering. The tug's barge is manned by SlU barge tankermen (I. to r.) Richard Perkin, John Bradley and Frank Rodriguez. The SlU-manned tugs Escort and Glory shown tied up in L.A. harbor before going out for a day's work. 14 / LOG / June 1979 The SlU-manned tug Howard H does a lot of hard work in L.A. as can be seen by heavy equipment on deck. SlU Boatmen aboard tug Envoy, which is part of the SlU's expanded operations in L.A. harbor are (I. to r.) Bob Clinton, mate; Steve McCleary, captain, and Larry Jamison, cook. �Capt. Joe Bradshaw (left) and Chief Engineer Jerry Gould working in the dredge's wheelhouse. AB Charlie Scherons (right) hands up stores to AB Dave Nrnan, SlU's New Honey Is Hopper Dredge Sugar island The new honey of the SIUcrewed dredging fleet these days is the brand new, self-propelled hopper dredge Sugar Island. Built by North American Trailing Co., she's the second self-propelled hopper dredge to be built, owned and operated by a private company. And the second to carry a top-to-bottom SlU crew. Like her two-year-old twin sister the Manhattan Island, she measures 281 feet and has a loaded draft of \9Vi feet. And like the Manhattan Island, when the Sugar Island opens her split hull and empties her 3600 cubic yard capacity hopper, she stops traffic. Both dredges are the end result of pioneering hydraulic tech­ nology. Their hulls are split down the middle and open so dredged materials can be dumped at sea. The hulls are hinged foreward and aft by special systems that include hydraulic rams. Using water pressure, the rams add an extra measure of control to the dumping process. They prevent sudden impacts to the hull and also hold the hull bottom steady when it's open, up to a maximum span of 16y2 feet. Dredging last month in Gafveston Harbor is the hopper dredge Sugar Island (N. American Trailing). The Sugar Island, which runs under 6750 hp, has a 70 foot dredging capacity. Her two dredge pump systems each in­ clude a suction pipe that mea­ sures 27 inches in diameter and a 24 inch discharge pipe which work at a combined 1700 hp. She is now working off Galves­ ton. The brand new hopper dredge is both a source of jobs and a source of pride to the SIU. The Union has been working for the creation of a privately operated dredging fleet to work side-by-side with the Army Corps of Engineers for many years. The Sugar Island and the Manhattan Island are the two solid cornerstones of that fleet. |p, galley. Chief Cook Vernon Johnson (left) shows GSU Joe Lebeau the ropes. He got his chief cook's endorsement at Riney Point last year. June 1979 / LOG / 15 .1 �LET1EBS Special Equipment Benefits TO 1HE EDITOB latman's Son Wins $10,000 Grant My family d I wish to thank the SIU for the many benefits provided to members i dependents. We are a ery proud that our youngest son, Lewis, was recently awarded oni the SIU's Annual $10,000 Charlie Logan Scholarships. This was qJ a financial relief and will insure the uninterrupted education oPth our children. I urge all fmbers to encourage their children with college aspirations to prepare pselves and apply for the Scholarships. Sincerely and Fraternally, Leslie W. Collier III Coinjock, N.C. , - [He's an Engineer Now As w/h know a college education is a necessity in today's world. Wheth( be in business, medicine or engineering thCre is a great demand for edi ed men and women. Unfortunately in this time of financial stress t ixpense of such an education is immense. Most of the American middle ss does not have the financial capacity to send their children to college thout a great deal of sacrifice. I amrever in the SIU's debt for giving me the opportunity to be one of those icaied people: The SIU has allowed me to get a well-rounded educa» in the process of becoming a mechanical engineer. Thi igineering field encompasses an unlimited range of work. Its scope iges from nuclear and conventional power plants to the design and c»truction of submarine support systems. Asu can see the opportunities for learning and for advancement facinPe are countless. The SIU Scholarship Program has assisted mysind others to achieve goals which otherwise would have been beyqour grasp. I sincerely hope that the Union can continue and enlafthis program to aid its members and their families. As a recipient of tlcholarship I consider it a great honour and will strive to reflect this hoif in my future work. n I wish to thank the SIU for the opportunity to gain the ed/ion needed to achieve my personal goals. Without the assistance of thi afarcr's Union my future would not look as bright as it does right n( Very truly yours, Edward V. Gilaber.t My thanks to the Union and the Welfare Plan for the check to pay for my husband's hearing aid. It is so good to have a dependable Union to call "ours." We are very grateful for everything that has been done in our behalf. Thanks again. I don't know what we would do without the SIU. Sincerely, Mrs. Berry Tippius Savannah, Ga. • ^ A Smooth ReHrement Just a note of thanks and appreciation to the Union for the splendid job they have done in handling my retirement. I am proud to say I haven't missed a payday. I appreciate the privilege I have had to belong to a great Union. Fraternally, Delmas A. Cornelius Uving and Loving If on Penslofi Hi y'all. I'm living good in Bisbee, Arizona. Plenty of mountains, fresh air. And no crime. Rent is cheap and jobs available. I'm enjoying every day on my pension. Miss the sea, though! Fraternally, Joe Scaramutz, Retired Bisbee, Arizona This QMED can count on a ford of Thanks From Pensioner [want to convey my heartfelt thanks to the SIU and especially to the [farers Welfare Plan for the manner in which this office so efficiently idled my claims when I became permanently disabled. This was truly.a : gesture. All I can say is long live the SIU. Thanks again to our ernational President Paul Hall and the thousands of brother members lich make up this fine organization. Fraternally, Paul Capo, Retired Metairie, La. Afofwe to Membm On Job Cnll Protethre When throwing in for work dur­ ing a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: « membership certificate • registration card 16 / LOG / June 1979 • clinic card • seaman's papers INLANb He knows diesel engines . . . He's ready for the diescl-powered ships that are coming off the ways. He's got job security for today and tomorrow. You can have it. too. Just take the diesel engines course for QMED's at HLS. It starts July 23 Sign up now! '' ^ Contact HLS or your SIU Representative. �Hess Shaded By Umbrella of Virgin Islands Loophole The U.S. Virgin Islands are known to travelers as one of the world's prettiest vacation spots. But they are better known to American seamen as a notorious haven for oil companies from U.S. law. The VirginTslands are exempt from the Jones Act, which mandates that all waterborne cargoes moved between U.S. ports be shipped on U.S.-flag vessels. The oil companies, in particular Amerada Hess, have taken complete advantage of the exemption. In the latest travesty, the Supreme Court has, in effect, granted the Amerada Hess Corp. leave to continue hauling Alas­ kan crude to the U.S. East Coast via its Virgin Islands refinery on foreign flag tankers. By their decision not to hear a suit filed jointly by the SIU, the American Maritime Assn., and the Shipbuilders Council of America, the highest court in the country has turned thumbs down on the U.S. flag fleet and the jobs of hundreds of American sea­ men. And they have given Hess their blessing to continue violat­ ing the spirit, if not the letter, of both the Jones Act and the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (TAPS). When the Jones Act was passed in 1920, the U.S. Virgin Islands were exempted from its jurisdiction for a legitimate reason. The U.S.-flag fleet was not readily available for service in the trade at that time. In 1965, attracted by the V.I. loophole, Hess built an oil refinery on St. Croix. That refinery is now the largest in the world, capable of handling 600,000 barrels of oil per day. The overwhelming bulk of the oil is moved in and out of St. Croix on flag-of-convenience tankers. Moving foreign crude to the St. Croix refinery may currently be outside the jurisdiction of the Jones Act. But moving Alaskan oil from Valdez to the Virgin Islands and from the Islands to the U.S. East Coast on foreign LOG Official Publkalion of the Seoforers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFl-CIO June, 1979 Vol. 41, No. 6 Executive Board Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Joe DiGlorgio Executive Vice President Secretary- Treasurer luiumss James Gannon Cal Tanner Vice President 389 Editor Mike Gillen Edra Ziesk Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Marietta Homaayonpour Don Rotan Assistant Ei'ditor West Coast Assistant Editor Ray Bourdius Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Writer! Photographer Dennis Lundy Photography Marie Kosciusko Administrative Assistant George Vana Production!Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage uisirici, HFL V,«./, Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047) tankers is a blatant manipulation of the law from where we sit. We think that even though Hess makes a stopover in St. Croix to refine the Alaskan crude, the voyage is essentially a Valdez-to-East Coast run, and should be subject to the pro­ visions of the Jones Act. The Court thinks each leg of the run is a separate trip and each trip is "outside the coastwise trade of the U.S." In addition, Hess' use of a Liberian-flag tanker in the Alas­ kan oil trade violates the TAPS Act. We pointed out to the Court of Appeals last year that Con­ gress' intent in passing the TAPS Act was to keep foreign tankers out of the Alaskan oil trade ". . . for environmental pur­ poses." The Court said no. Stepping around the issue, the Court decided that "the most that can be said is that various Congress­ men assumed that... only Amer­ ican vessels would be involved in the transport of Alaskan crude in the United States." As far as we're concerned the Supreme Court has totally missed the boat. Hess is clearly maneuvering around both the Jones Act and the TAPS Act. And they're violating the job rights of American workers as well as the safety of American waters in the process. The SIU thinks it's time Hess, as well as the other oil giants, were made accountable to the laws of the United States. If those laws are so loosely worded that an oil company can sail a flag-ofconvenience ship right through their loopholes, then the laws need to be rewritten. And if the courts won't do it, then Congress must. During the current session of Congress, legislation to close the V.I. loophole for the carriage of pertoleum and petroleum prod­ ucts is an important part of our overall legislative goals. We're also working on legis­ lation which will clearly state that both the crude and the jobs which flow from the Alaskan oil fields belong to the American people. We want these laws crystal clear and air-tight. So no Court can misunderstand them. And no oil company can violate them. June 1979 / LOG / 17 �Special Equipment Benefits My thanks to the Union and the Welfare Plan for the check to pay for my husband's hearing aid. It is so good to have a dependable Union to call "ours." We are very grateful for everything that has been done in our behalf. Thanks again. I don't know what we would do without the SIU. Sincerely, Mrs. Berry Tippius Savannah, Ga. f Boatman's Son Wins $10,000 Grant My family and I wish to thank the SIU for the many benefits provided to members and dependents. We are all very proud that our youngest son, Lewis, was recently awarded one of the SIU's Annual $10,000 Charlie Logan Scholarships. This was quite a financial relief and will insure the uninterrupted education of both our children. 1 urge all members to encourage their children with college aspirations to prepare themselves and apply for the Scholarships. Sincerely and Fraternally, Leslie W. Collier III Coinjock, N.C. , - He's an Engineer Now As we all know a college education is a necessity in today's world. Whether it be in business, medicine or engineering thtre is a great demand for educated men and women. Unfortunately in this time of financial stress the expense of such an education is immense. Most of the American middle class does not have the financial capacity to send their children to college without a great deal of sacrifice. I am forever in the SIU's debt for giving me the opportunity to be one of those educated people; The SIU has allowed me to get a well-rounded education in the process of becoming a mechanical engineer, This engineering field encompasses an unlimited range of work. Its scope ranges from nuclear and conventional power plants to the design and construction of submarine support systems. As you can see the opportunities for learning and for advancement facing me are countless. The SIU Scholarship Program has assisted myself and others to achieve goals which otherwise would have been beyond our grasp. I sincerely hope that the Union can continue and enlarge this program to aid its members and their families. As a recipient of this scholarship 1 consider it a great honour and will strive to reflect this honour in my future work. Again 1 wish to thank the SIU for the opportunity to gain the education needed to achieve my personal goals. Without the assistance of the Seafarer's Union my future would not look as bright as it does right now. Very truly yours, Edward V. Cilaber.t A Smoortt Retirement Just a note of thanks and appreciation to the Union for the splendid job they have done in handling my retirement. I am proud to say I haven't missed a payday. I appreciate the privilege I have had to belong to a great Union. Fraternally, Delmas A. Cornelius Living and Loving It on Pension Hi y'all. I'm living good in Bisbee, Arizona. Plenty of mountains, fresh air. And no crime. Rent is cheap and jobs available. I'm enjoying every day on my pension. Miss the sea, though! Fraternally, Joe Scaramutz, Retired Bisbee, Arizona This QMED can count on a great future. i y * Word of Thanks From Pensioner I want to convey my heartfelt thanks to the SIU and especially to the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the manner in which this office so efficiently handled my claims when I became permanently disabled. This was truly a fine gesture. All I can say is long live the SIU. Thanks again to our International President Paul Hall and the thousands of brother members which make up this fine organization. Fraternally, Paul Capo, Retired Mletairie, La. Notke to Members (h Job Call Pntedure When throwing In for work dur­ ing a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card clinic card seaman's papers He knows diesel engines . . . He's ready for the diesel-powercd ships that are coming off the ways. He's got job security for today and tomorrow. You can have it, too. Just take the diesel engines course for QMED's^HLS. It starts July 23 ' "V Sign up now! INLAND Contact HLS or your SIU Representative. 16 / LOG / June 1979 J: �( The U.S. Virgin Islands are known to travelers as one of the world's prettiest vacation spots. But they are better known to American seamen as a notorious haven fgr oil companies from U.S. law. The Virgin Islands are exempt from the Jones Act, which mandates that all waterborne cargoes moved between U.S. ports be shipped on U.S.-flag vessels. The oil companies, in particular Amerada Hess, have taken complete advantage of the exemption. In the latest travesty, the Supreme Court has, in effect, granted the Amerada Hess Corp. leave to continue hauling Alas­ kan crude to the U.S. East Coast via its Virgin Islands refinery on foreign flag tankers. By their decision not to hear a suit filed jointly by the SIU, the American Maritime Assn., and the Shipbuilders Council of America, the highest court in the country has turned thumbs down on the U.S. flag fleet and the jobs of hundreds of American sea­ men. And they have given Hess their blessing to continue violat­ ing the spirit, if not the letter, of both the Jones Act and the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (TAPS). When the Jones Act was passed in 1920, the U.S. Virgin Islands were exempted from its jurisdiction for a legitimate reason. The U.S.-flag fleet was not readily available for service in the trade at that time. In 1965, attracted by the V.I. loophole, Hess built an oil refinery on St. Croix. That refinery is now the largest in the world, capable of handling 600,000 barrels of oil per day. The overwhelming bulk of the Umbrella of Virgin Islands Loophole oil is moved in and out of St. Croix on flag-of-convenience tankers. Moving foreign crude to the St. Croix refinery may currently be outside the jurisdiction of the Jones Act. But moving Alaskan oil from Valdez to the Virgin Islands and from the Islands to the U.S. East Coast on foreign LOG Officiol Publication of the Seoforers International Union of North Americo, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inlond Waters District, AFL-CIO June, 1979 Vol. -»!, No. 6 Executive Board Paul Hall President Frank Drozak Executive Vice President SltlfU PHESSl Joe DiGiorgio Cal Tanner Secretary- Treasurer Vice President James Gannon 389 Editor Mike Gillen Edra Ziesk Ray Bourdius Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Don Rotan Marietta Homayonpour Assistant Editor IVest Coast Assistant Editor Frank Cianciotti Writer! Photographer Dennis Lundy Photography Marie Kosciusko Administrative Assistant George Vana Production!Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union. Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Ave.. Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage ' paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047) tankers is a blatant manipulation of the law from where we sit. We think that even though Hess makes a stopover in St. Croix to refine the Alaskan crude, the voyage is essentially a Valdez-to-East Coast run, and should be subject to the pro­ visions of the Jones Act. The Court thinks each leg of the run is a separate trip and each trip is "outside the coastwise trade of the U.S." In addition, Hess' use of a Liberian-flag tanker in the Alas­ kan oil trade violates the TAPS Act. We pointed out to the Court of Appeals last year that Con­ gress' intent in passing the TAPS Act was to keep foreign tankers out of the Alaskan oil frade ". . . for environmental pur­ poses." The Court said no. Stepping around the issue, the Court decided that "the most that can be said is that various Congress­ men assumed that... only Amer­ ican vessels would be involved in the transport of Alaskan crude in the United States." As far as we're concerned the Supreme Court has totally missed the boat. Hess is clearly maneuvering around both the Jones Act and the TAPS Act. And they're violating the job rights of American workers as well as the safety of American waters in the process. The SIU thinks it's time Hess, as well as the other oil giants, were made accountable to the laws of the United States. If those laws arc so loosely worded that an oil coinpany can sail a flag-ofconvenience ship right through their loopholes, then the laws need to be rewritten. And if the courts won't do it, then Congress must. During the current session of Congress, legislation to close the V.I. loophole for the carriage of pertoleum and petroleum prod­ ucts is an important part of our overall legislative goals. We're also working on legis­ lation which will clearly state that both the crude and the jobs which flow from the Alaskan oil fields belong to the American people. We want these laws crystal clear and air-tight. So no Court can misunderstand them. And no oil company can violate them. June 1979 / LOG / 17 c. �SlU N.Y. Port Agent Jack Caffey. left, and Congressman Leo 0. Zeferetti (D;N.Y.) stand before ttie wreath presented In memory of seamen who gave their lives in service of the country. A large crowd was on hand to honor the merchant marine on Maritime Day. During the ecumenical service in New York's St. Paul's Chapel are, I. to r.. The Rev. Monsignor Thomas McGovern, New York Port Chaplain: Adm. A. B. Engel, USCG, (ret.), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent: Jack Caffey, SlU N.Y. Agent: James P. McAllister, McAllister Associates: Captain James Flelshell, USCG, Captain of the Port of N.Y.: John Bowers, Exec. V.P., I.L.A.: and The Rev. James R. Whittemore, director. Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. Maritime Day—Remembering Our Merchant Marine n impressive and solemn L ecumenical service, com­ plete with trumpet and organ accompaniment, was held in New York's historic St. Paul's Chapel on May 21, honoring merchant seamen who have given their lives for the country. Officiating at the service which was part of New York's Maritime Day ceremonies, were the Rev. Monsignor Thomas McGovern, port chaplain. New York, and the Rev. James R. Whittemore, director of the Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. The SIU, represented by N.Y. Port Agent Jack Caffey, partici­ pated in the dedication of a memorial wreath, which was followed by one minute of silence and the tolling of a lone church bell. The ceremonies continued a short time later on the outdoor plaza of the World Trade Center. The packed audience was treated to an impressive musical pageant put on by midshipmen from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. A 18 / LOG / June 1979 One of the highlights of the day was a speech delivered by Rep. Leo C. Zeferetti, (D-N.Y.), a solid friend of maritime. Zeferetti made no attempt to gloss over the deplorable condition of the U.S. merchant marine and the mari­ time industry in general. "Unfortunately," said Zef­ eretti, "we are no longer a leader among the maritime nations of the world." He went on to point out that the neglect of the merchant marine has resulted, in 1978, in the loss of "more than $7 billion, which was paid into the coffers of foreign-flag shipping companies." Zeferetti, a strong advocate of cargo preference legislation, called for a new merchant marine that can "meet and beat the competition by being big enough and fast enough and dependable enough to carry its share of the load. We cannot be satisfied with merely staying afloat." New York's Maritime Day observance closed with the tradi­ tional wreath ceremony and musical response. A wreath in memory of seamen who gave their lives in service of the country was brought before the speakers' platform by sponsors representing government, labor and management. Maritime Day is normally observed on May 22, the day the SS Savanrah, first steamship to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean, departed Savannah, Ga. on her historic voyage in 1819. Cere­ monies were held in New York a day earlier this year to coincide with its observance of World Trade Week. future is Hew Are You Ready for tt? yoit CM Bei Take the LNG Course at HLS. Course Starts August 20. See Your SIU Representative or contact HLS to enroll. �;r^ •'^ippsoi^ -s-v^wji^;^:-.;: OPERATOR SCHOLARSHIP Over 100 SlU Boatmen Have Gotten Their Licenses T ALKING about the Trans­ portation Institute Towboat Operator Scholarship, SIU Boat­ man James Widgeon said, "I just hope others can go through the Program and grasp the oppor­ tunity." Grasp the opportunity! Those are really the key words to keep in mind. This Program is a unique chance to improve your job skills. It's being offered by the Trans­ portation Institute in coopera­ tion with the SIU and the Lundeberg School. It's a tremen­ dous opportunity for SIU Boat­ men. On the following pages, arti­ cles appear about some of the Boatmen—both young and old— who took advantage of this benefit. The Scholarship Program is a three-month course during which you receive a weekly stipend of $125. Also, your tuition, room, board, and books are free. You will be taught by instruc­ tors who are dedicated to helping you get that license. As you will have either gotten better jobs at see in the following interviews, much higher pay or are well on the Boatmen were impressed with their way because of the Program. the quality and dedication of the Some of them who wanted a teachers at the Lundeberg School. change, have been able to move Also, HLS is well equipped for on to other SIU contracted hands-on training. The School companies. This mobility is made owns a pushboat, a tug, and easier because there are over 100 barges. inland companies under contract An important plus is that all with the SIU. Through the Union the boathandling time at the Hiring Hall you can move from School is credited as work time one company to another. With by the Coast Guard. Further, if the license and the SIU member­ you went through the HLS ship in your hand, you're not Deckhand and/or Tankerman locked into one place. Program, that time is counted as In 1978 the Program was established by the Washington, work time as well. A number of Scholarship win­ D.C.—based Transportation ners also remarked about the Institute in order to have enough pleasant surroundings at the capable mates and pilots for the Lundeberg School. Boatman Institute's member companies. T.I. is a maritime research and James James put it this way, "It's educational organization. It is a terrific deal all around." composed of 174 companies Licensed Boatmen In Demand involved in inland waters, har­ Most importantly, the Pro­ bors, and deep sea transporta­ gram makes your skills more tion. saleable and gives you greater Herb Brand, president of T.I., flexibility. said that the companies are very The Boatmen on these pages happy with the quality of work­ manship displayed by the more than 100 Boatmen who have completed the course. "When the Institute estab­ lished this Program, it did so because it felt that the companies' employees are the best potential source for obtaining additional skilled manpower. Our feelings have proven correct. The grad­ uates of the Program have gone back to the boats and have done an outstanding job. We could not be happier about the results of this unique Program. It is helping to keep the industry growing." A class just ended at the School and another will begin on July 9. The next class after that starts on Oct. 1. If you would like to apply for the Scholarship or would like to find out more about it, simply contact your SIU representative or write to: Towboat Operator Scholarship Committee Harry Lundeberg School Plney Point, Md. 20674 It's a ^Don't Miss' Opportunity for inland Members Juno 1979 / LOG / 19 �>ls Male Vififh Crowley, He's Moving Biggest RO/RO Barges in World One of the oldest Boatmen to go through the T.I. Towboat Operator Scholarship Program is Brother James S. James. At 55 when he was in the first Scholarship class over a year ago, Brother James realizes that age is no barrier to upgrading. He just completed the six-week Celestial Navigation course at the Harry Lundeberg School. And he plans to go back to the HLS to remove, the tonnage limitation on his mate's license. As Brother James put it, that course plus Celestial Navigation "gives me the world to go to." Formerly a deep sea able seaman with SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, Brother James made use of the Union Hiring Hall to work for Crowley Towing and Transportation out of Jack­ sonville, Fla. He now uses the mate's license he got through the Scholarship Program to push the world's biggest roll-on roll-off barges. Talking about the Program, Boatman James said, "It's the finest opportunity in the world for anybody." He added that the Lmideberg School has "top instructors with unlimited pa­ tience." Brother James also remarked about "the nice setting" at the School which is located in Piney Point, Md. He said "the accom­ modations and vocational classes are as fine as can be." Born in San Antonio, Tex., Boatman James now lives with his wife in Riverview, Fla. Boatman James James (left) tielps hold up certificate of appreciation given by the first Scholarship Program class to HLS instructors. Brother James, one of the oldest boatmen to go through the course, is now a mate with Crowley Towing and Transportation. Holding the other end of the certificate is Capt. Irvin Gros, an instructor at the Lundeberg School. Only 23,George Mowbray Soiling Mate With G&H Towing Working as a steersman for National Marine on the National Hero, Brother Keith Foil (left) is shown here with Capt. William J. Greer. Boatman Foil had high praise for both the Scholarship Program and the help he's getting now from Capt. Greer, Keith Foii Zeroing In on Pilot's Job With a Little Help From a Friend SIU Boatman Keith Foil is grateful for a number of things concerning his job. First, he's glad he applied and got accepted to the Lundeberg School Entry Trainee Program in 1975. Second, he's thankful there was a Scholarship Program available to help him get his license. And third, he's very happy that he got aboard the same National Marine boat as Captain William J. Greer. First things first. Foil was working as a carpenter in New Orleans' French Quarter when he and a friend decided to ship out to earn some money for a busi­ ness venture. At the SIU Hall Foil was told about HLS. It took a year but he finally applied and went through the Entry Trainee Program. Foil liked his career as a Boatman so much he stayed with it and subsequently returned to the School for the Inland-West­ ern Rivers course and the AB Tugs and Tows-Any Waters class. He then went through the third Towboat Operator Scholarship Program. "Without the Scholar­ ship I would not have been able to afford the Towboat Program," Foil said. He particulary appre­ ciated the teachers at the School who, he said, "really care." He also greatly appreciates the help he's been getting aboard the National Hero from Capt. Greer. "This man has done everything in the world to help me. He helped me get into National Marine's Steersman Program. And be­ cause we're on the same watch, he explains everything about the river to me." Foil, who is 25 years old, said, "Capt. Greer is willing to help people out. It's people like him that make the Union." A utility tankerman before he entered the Scholarship Pro­ gram, Brother Foil is now a pilot trainee and hopes to be a fullfledged pilot in about three months. With the help of the Scholarship Program and Capt. Greer he should be well prepared for it. Just as Brother James James knows you're never too old to upgrade. Boatman George Mow­ bray knows you're never too young. Twenty-three years old now. Brother Mowbray graduated from the first ToWboat Operator Scholarship Program over a year ago. He just completed the Celestial Navigation course at the Harry Lundeberg School and he plans to go back there in October for the First Class Pilot course. Sailing as a relief mate with G&H Towing, Mowbray works in the Houston and Galveston, Tex. area. Because of the Celes­ tial Navigation course, he hopes to get a regular boat soon. He joined the Union in 1977 after completing the Entry Trainee Program at the Lunde­ berg School. Born in Wilmington, N.C., Mowbray now lives with his wife in Dickinson, Tex. Commenting on the Program's advantages Brother Mowbray noted that he is "making more money now." He added that he will be earning even better pay with both the Celestial Naviga­ tion and First Class Pilot courses behind him. Boatman Mowbray noted that he was "impressed with the Scholarship Program. The in­ structors really help if you're willing to learn. I recommend this course to anyone who has the time." Brother Mowbray summed up his feelings about the Program when he said, "It's foolish to pass it up." George Mowbray is shown in the wheelhouse of the tugboat used at the Lundeberg School for training. Brother Mowbray, who recently completed the Celestial Navigation course at HLS, graduated from the first Scholarship class over a year ago. He is now working relief mate with G&H Towing out of Houston and Galveston, Tex. X niHi �sm Boatman Ron Meinke Doubled His Pay With His License Going through the T.I. Towboat Operator Scholarship Pro­ gram made "a lot of difference" to Brother Ron Meinke. For one thing, it "doubled" his pay. Boatman Meinke was working as a deckhand for C.G. Willis when he participated in the second class. After completing the Program, he got several jobs through the SIU Hiring Hall including his present one with Express Marine. Now Brother Meinke is a mate aboard the Tug Active out of Camden, N.J. His boat works in A. graduate of the second class of the Scholarship Program, Boatman Ronald Meinke went from deckhand with CG Willis to mate with Express Marine • the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and goes as far as New York and Providence, R.I. The usually pushes a petroleum or coal barge. Commenting about the Schol­ arship Program, Brother Meinke said "a lot of men don't seem to understand the Program. It's very worthwhile—every bit of it. I recommend it to anyone who wants to stay in the business." He added, "it's the only way to go." Boatman Meinke says he believes "in having a good education." Right now he's looking into the possibility of taking more courses at the Lundeberg School. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Boatman Meinke, who is 37years-old, lives in Virginia Beach, Va. He joined the SIU in 1972. Brother Meinke became a boatman after getting out of the Navy. He says he's "enjoyed every minute" of his work. "It's been good to me." With his new job as mate and his plans to upgrade even further. Brother Meinke's future as a boatman will continue to be good. Boatman James Pope Went From Deckhand to Pilot With Scholarship "It's worth more than anything it may have cost to put it together," is the way SIU Boat­ man James Pope described the Towboat Scholarship Program. A graduate of the second class. Brother Pope used his license to go from deckhand to pilot with SlU-contracted Western Towing. He's now on the Bronco which mainly works in the Houston, Tex. area. Brother Pope's boat loads many of the LASH vessels that come into Houston. Pope admits that when he went to the Lundeberg School for the Program, "I didn't know what to expect. I was really surprised. The School does a tremendous job." Since his mother is a teacher. Brother Pope is familiar with the teaching profession. He said, "I was very impressed with the instructors at the School. Be­ cause of the teachers in the Scholarship Program, anyone who was willing to apply himself, could succeed in getting a license." He added, "considering the short time they had and the tremendous amount of material that had to be learned, the teachers couldn't have been better." ^ Only 21 years old, Brother John Brown is already a captain with Crescent Towing of New Orleans, La. He is shown here in the fall of 1978 aboard the Elizabeth Smith on which he was a relief captain. Now he's captain of the Jason Smith. John Brown's a 21-Year-Old Captain Thanks to Scholarship "I don't think I would have been able to go through the Towboat Operatar Program without the Scholarship," said Boatman John Brown. A very young graduate of the Program, Brother Brown is only 21 years old. He went through the first class over a year ago and is now a captain with SlU-contracted Crescent Towing. Brown's boat, the Jason Smith, works between Baton Rouge, La. and the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans. As a result of the T.l. Scholar­ ship Program, Boatman Brown said he now has "a betterjob with better money." He was working as a deckhand with Crescent when he entered the Program. Brother Brown had high praise for the Harry Lundeberg School. "It's a real fine place. It gives you so many opportunities. And the teachers are the best. They take their weekends off to help you." Boatman Brown is planning to go to the HLS for his pilot's license. He'll be following a family tradition. "My Dad was a river pilot and years ago he also worked for Crescent." Brother Brown, who lives in New Orleans, joined the SIU in that city three years ago, soon after he graduated from high school. Towboat Program Will Help Dave Marotta Go a Long Way A pilot now with SlU-contracted Western Towing. Brother Pope was a deckhand before he graduated from the second T.I. Towboat Operator Scholarship class. Brother Pope, 29, was born in Waco, Tex. and now lives in Crockett, Tex. with his wife and three children. Asked how he became a boat­ man, Brother Pope said he's always been interested in the water. He first tried working on a shrimp boat and then sailed on a charter fishing boat. When a friend of his suggested he become a boatman, he fol­ lowed it up. Now, with the help of the Towboat Operator Scholar­ ship Program, he's piloting his own boat. As Dave Marotta put it, he left his job at an electrical appliance company in Schenectady, N.Y. because "there was no chance of advancement." That's why he eventually went through the Lundeberg School Entry Trainee Program, joined the Union, and took a job with National Marine. He didn't stop there. Brother Marotta participated in the first Towboat Operator Scholarship Program. He's now a steersman for National Marine on the National Goal The boat runs from Mobile to Houston and usually pushes crude oil barges. Brother Marotta says he "def­ initely recommends the Scholar­ ship Program" to other Boatmen. Talking about the Lundeberg School he suggested that "if a young man gets a chance to go to HLS he should take the opportunity. Through the School you are able to upgrade at an earlier age than you would otherwise." Brother Dave Marotta, 23 years old, is a steersman with National Marine aboard the National Goal. Marotta himself is 23. After he had left his job in Schenectady, N. Y., he went to Florida where he was working on sailboats. When he heard about the towboat industry, Marotta went to the SIU Hall in St. Louis, Mo. That led to his application and acceptance into the HLS Entry Trainee Program in 1976. �Without His Scholarship, John Vomer Would Still Be a Deckhand After River Boatman John Varner finished the second Schol­ arship class, he felt like seeing a little more of the U.S. has surely given him mobility as well as a better job. As Brother Varner said, if it wasn't for the Program, "I'd still He had been a deckhand on the be a deckhand." He added that Rivers with National Marine. because of the Scholarship, "I've But through the SIU Hiring Hall been able to broaden my exper­ in Piney Point, Md., he found a iences." Like other Boatmen who have job on the West Coast. been through the Program, At 27 years of age Brother Varner feels that he could not Varner is a mate in Long Beach have gotten the license on his Harbor for Crowley Towing and own. "The teachers at the School Transportation. And in his spare helped give me self-discipline." time he's basking on the beach He also thinks the "academic under that California sun. work really helped." The T.I. Scholarship Program Since he plans to continue with his college studies. Boatman Varner was particularly pleased with the college credits he re­ ceived while attending the Pro­ gram. Through an agreement be­ tween Maryland's Charles County Community College and the HLS, college credits can be earned by successfully complet­ ing certain courses. Boatman Varner received five credits for the Towboat-Western Rivers class and eight credits for the Towboat-Inland Course. Both of these he completed while in the Scholarship Program. Because of the Scholarship Program and the SIU Hiring Hall, Boatman John Varner is now a mate in Long Beach Harbor, Calif, for Crowley'Towing and Transportation, John Finch: You Can't Beat It, Free Fverything and a License In discussing the Scholarship Program, John Finch hit the nail on the head when he said, "You're being paid to go to school." Besides pointing to the weekly stipend given to the Program's participants. Boatman Finch A graduate of the third Scholarship class, Brother John Finch is now a mate on the East Coast with lOT. noted that tuition, room and board, and books are free. Brother Finch, who graduated from the third Scholarship class, said the Program "is very good for young and old—for anyone willing to learn." A mate now with the SlU-contracted Interstate and Ocean Transport on the East Coast, Finch had been an ordinary seaman with Harbor Towing when he entered the Program. On his present boat, the IVycotnico. Brother Finch is pushing oil barges on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Boatman Finch decided to switch from Harbor Towing after receiving his 200-mile ocean mate's license since that endorse­ ment will be more useful with lOT. Twenty-three years old. Bro­ ther Finch was an entry trainee at the Harry Lundeberg School in Scholarship Program Made Fred Shiferdek a Chief Mate The T.I. Towboat Operator Scholarship Program "gets you what you want if you apply yourself," said Brother Fred Shiferdek. Well Boatman Shiferdek did apply himself during the first Scholarship class and now he's working as chief mate for Crow­ ley Towing and Transportation. Brother Shiferdek, who was an AB for Crowley when he entered the Program, works on the Jacksonville, Fla. to Puerto Rico run. Shiferdek first joined the SIU in 1965 and initially sailed deep sea in the deck department. He later switched to the towing industry. Brother Shiferdek became familiar with boats at an early age. His father was a fisherman in 22 / LOG / June 1979 A chief mate for Crowley Towing and Transportation, Brother Fred Shiferdek was an AB for the company when he entered the Program. the Florida area and so Shiferdek was "raised on a boat." Born in Jacksonville, Boatman Shiferdek now lives with his wife and daughter in St. George, Ga. which is not far from the Florida border. He is 35 years old. 1975. He had heard about the School through a brother who attended HLS and told him "it was really great." Another of Finch's brothers, Stewart, completed the fourth Towboat Operator Scholarship Program. The brothers are following in their father's foot­ steps. He's also an SIU Boatman for Harbor Towing. Born in Washington, D.C. Brother John Finch is now living in Millersville, Md. NBC Has a Winner In Scholarship Grad James Widgeon James Widgeon wanted to follow in his brother-in-law's footsteps and see the world. That's why he went through the Lundeberg School Entry Trainee Program in 1972. Well, Brother Widgeon didn't quite make it around the world. In fact he didn't make it past the Eastern Seaboard. But he's sat­ isfied. After working deep sea for three months, he became a Boatman for SlU-contracted NBC Lines and has been with the company for 6'/2 years. Following completion of the Scholarship Program, Brother Widgeon received his license and soon went from deckhand to full time mate and relief captain. He usually works on the Martha M traveling from Norfolk to Balti­ more and Philadelphia. The boat pushes old Navy LST barges carrying containerized cargo and roll-on roll-off cargo. Widgeon noted that the extra money he earns in his new job is "very helpful." Talking about the Scholarship Program he said, "it was out­ standing. Ninety percent of it for me was getting along with the people. And the teachers therewere great. They gave help whenever I needed it." An SIU Boatman with NBC Lines on the East Coast, Brother James Widgeon became a fulltime mate and relief captain for the company soon after completing the Scholarship Program. He also added that the "setting at the Lundeberg School was very pleasant." In 1972 Brother Widgeon had gone through the General Edu­ cation Development Program at the HLS and received his Mary­ land high school diploma. Boatman Widgeon, who is 23 years old, was born in North­ hampton County in Virginia. He now lives with his wife in Chesa­ peake, Va. SECURITY IN UNITY �At Sea 1/ Ashore SS Jacksonville, SS Seattle Eight U.S. sailboats set to compete in the Pan American Games next month in Ponce, P.R. sailed aboard the containerships SS Jacksonville and SS Seattle to the port of San Juan recently. The Federal Maritime Commission (PMC) okayed the carriage as a courtesy to the U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee. After sea trials in Newport, R.I., six of the boats were loaded onto the 504foot Jacksonville in 35-foot containers at Port Elizabeth, N.J. Two other 14-foot Snipe class sailboats were loaded onto the Seattle in the port of Jacksonville. Delta Line Ships From July 6 to 16, the ST Del Sol will sail from the Gulf to Conakry, Guinea with a cargo of 630 metric tons of bagged wheat flour and 7,930 metric tons of milled rice. Also from the Gulf on two voyages to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, the ST Delta Mar in the middle of July and early August will carry 2,300 metric tons of bulk wheat. The ST Delta Sud in late August will carry 1,900 metric tons of bulk wheat to the same port. From Sept. 1-14, the ST Delta Norte on the same run will haul 1,400 metric tons of bulk wheat. Early this month, the SS Delta America loaded with 1,000 tons of general cargo, ran aground 232 miles southwest of Kingston, Jamaica. It was reported that two tugs were hired to refloat the vessel. And a 1,900 ton coaster chartered to help lighten the ship. Staten Island (N.Y.) USPhlS Hospital A new plaque honoring the U.S. merchant mariners who died while on duty in peace and war has been dedicated here. It is located at the hospital's main entrance near the flagpole. Waterman Steamship .last month. Waterman applied to MARAD for a Title 11 construction subsidy for 150 single skin LASH barges worth $14,617,200. The 61'/2-ioot long, 31-foot, 2 inches wide and 13-foot deep barges will be built at the Equitable Shipyards in New Orleans or Madisonville, La. Forty will be delivered in December, 72 in March and 38 in May. Washington, D.C The Transportation Institute (TI) a maritime research organization, is publishing a new magazine "to inform and educate" the public on the U.S. merchant marine. It's named the "U.S. Flag." And its first issue focused on the merchant fleet and national defense. The study found Uncle Sam vulnerable at sea because of U.S. reliance on foreign ships and strategic materials (like oil) and the growth of the Communist merchant fleets. VLCC Massachusetts and ST Banner Awarded the Jones P. Devlin Safety prize last month for the second year of accident-free operations were the VLCC Massachusetts and the ST Banner (both lOT). The award was made by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS). American President Lines SIU steward department people aboard American President Lines (APL) ships will be sailing to China late this year or in early 1980. The company recently bought three former Pacific Far East Line ships to replace smaller vessels. Last month APL containerships Presidents McKinley, Polk and Van Buren won the company's annual Fleet Safety Award for logging a combined 1-million plus crew hours and 376,343 nautical miles sailing into 244 ports with no lost time accidents in 1978. One officer and a crewmember in the 20-ship APL fleet saved the lives of two passengers last year with the Heimlich Maneuver when food lodged in their windpipes at meals. San Juan A fifth RO/ RO ship has been added to the fleet of the Navieras de Puerto Rico (PRM), the 1974-built SS Caguas, c\-SS El Taino. She can carry 385 trailers and 150 vehicles from here to Jacksonville. The company's SS Ponce and 55 Bayamon will be refitted. Merchant Marine Essay Winners Maritime Overseas presented $500 last month to high school student Eli Veitzer of the San Diego Propeller Club of the U.S. for his winning essay "The U.S. Merchant Marine—An Essential Economic Factor" in the club's annual Harold Harding Memorial Contest. Sea-Land gave $250 to John Yong-Hwan Hong of the Honolulu Club for his winning essay. Waterman gave essay wirmer Sheryl E. Causey of the Georgetown (S.C.) Club a cruise from New Orleans to Europe. Delta Lines gave winner Mark E. Goza of the Baton Rouge (La.) Club a trip to South America. APL gave Carolyn Hadley of the Golden Gate (Calif). Club and Kim Yen Thi Nguyen of the L.A.-Long Beach Club trans-Pacific voyages. American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) awarded Sandra L. Skaggs of the Paducah (Ky.) Club a boat trip up the Mississippi from St. Louis to Minneapolis. Hannah Waterways gave Great Lakes trips to Tina L. Lewis of the Wilmington (N.C.) Club and to Karen A. Yeh of the Savannah (Ga.) Club. El Paso Southern Committee Grouped on the fantail of a launch alongside the LNG ElPaso Southern (El Paso Gas) at the end of last month are herShip'sCommitteeand a crewmember of (I. tor.) QMED Tony De Cande; with the SIU since 1944: Deck Delegate Paul Butterworth, Recertified .Bosun Ballard Browning, ship's chairman; Baker James Morgan, steward delegate (with the SIU since 1945) Chief Steward Harry Huston, secretaryreporter and QMED Bob Hemming, engine delegate. The LNG paid off at Cove Point, Md. June 1979 / LOG / 23 �New Steward Recertification Program Set To The dates have been set and the course mapped out for the new Steward Recertification Pro­ gram. The first class is scheduled to start Sept. 3 at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. Two other classes will be held this year. Eight sessions are set at six week intervals from Jan. 6 through Oct. 27, 1980. Applicants for the Steward Recert Program must have class "A" seniority and meet one of the following eligibility requirements a'^ formulated by the Seafarers Appeals Board: • three years seatime in a rating above 3rd cook or assistant cook with at least one of the three years as chief cook, or; • four months seatime as 3rd cook, assistant cook or higher, plus four months as cook & baker or higher, plus four months as Chief Cook, with certificates of completion from HLS for each course, or; • nine months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook plus four months as cook & baker plus four months as chief cook with HLS certificates for cook & baker and chief cook courses, or; • nine months seatime as 3rd cook or assistant cook, plus nine months as cook & baker, plus four months as chief cook with an HLS certificate for the chief cook course. A specially elected three-man committee of qualified stewards will select the Recertification Program participants. Each class of eight will spend six weeks at HLS sharpening up cooking, baking and food prep­ aration skills in the school's fully equipped, modern galleys. The program also stresses nutrition, shipboard sanitation, storing goods and inventories, how to work with the often confusing metric system as well as firefighting and first aid instruction. As the top-rated man in his department and a member of his ship's Union committee, a chief steward should also he know­ ledgeable about what's going on in the Union and the industry. quarters in New York for semi­ nars in industrial relations. The Steward Recertification Program pays off for everyone. So after the HLS-based train­ ing session, each class in the Steward Recert Program will spend two weeks at SIU head­ STEWARD DEPARTMENT RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM ATTACH APPLICATION (Please Print) PHOTO HOME PORT:. DATE: NAME: (In Full). Middle First Last ( ADDRESS: Code Phone City, State, Zip Street ) DATE OF BIRTH:. SOCIAL SECURITY NO.:. PLACE OF BIRTH:. BOOK NUMBER: HEIGHT: PRESENT SENIORITY STATUS:. WEIGHT: DEPARTMENT: EYES: RATING: HAIR: LAST SIU CLINIC CARD DATE:. No AMERICAN CITIZEN? Yes Place: Certificate No.: Alien Registration No.: IF NATURALIZED, Date: _ IF ALIEN, Type of Alien: I hereby request to participate in the Steward Department Recertification Program for Chief Stewards. DO YOU HOLD A U.S. COAST GUARD ENDORSEMENT AS A LIFEBOATMAN IN THE U.S. MER­ CHANT MARINE? YES NO DATE RECEIVED DO YOU HOLD A MARITIME ADMINISTRATION FIRE-FIGHTING CERTIFICATE? YES NO DATE RECEIVED HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS? AFTS/HLSS ENTRY PROGRAM: YES NO FROM TO PORT HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY STEWARD DEPARMENT UPGRADING PROGRAMS AT THE H.L.S.S.? YES NO FROM TO_ PROGRAM EDUCATION Name Highest Grade Completed Yes No Grammar ( ) ( ) Junior High ( ) ( ) High School ( ) ( ) College or Univ. ( ) ( ) Trade Schools ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) OVER — 24 / LOG / June 1979 Graduated Type of Course �Get Under Way Sept. 3^ 1979 Through the specially designed courses the program offers, recertified SIU stewards will be the best trained in the industry, And the Chief Stewards who go through the program will be working their way towards topnotch job security. For Steward Recertification applications, talk to your SIU representative, or contact your local Union hall. SERVICE REQUIREMENTS ALL CANDIDATES MUST HAVE SEATIME AND/OR TRAINING IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Chief Stwd. a. three years seatime in a rating above 3rd Cook or Assistant Cook one year of which shall be as Chief Cook or, b. four months seatime as 3rd Cook or Assistant Cook or higher, four months seatime as cook and baker or higher, four months seatime as Chief Cook and hold HLS certificates of completion for each program, or c. nine months seatime as 3rd Cook or Assistant Cook or higher, four months seatime as cook and baker or higher, four months seatime as Chief Cook and hold HLS certificates of completion for the cook and baker and Chief Cook programs, or d. nine months seatime as 3rd Cook or Assistant Cook or higher, nine months seatime as cook and baker or higher and four months seatime as Chief Cook and hold an HLS certificate of completion for the Chief Cook program. \ .• m ! ^ r LIST SEATIME REQUIREMENTS Year Vessel Company Rating Signed on Signed off Number of Days -to. .to. .to -to. -to. to. to. to. to TOTAL: List one (1) day's seatime in last six (6) mo. & ninety (90) days in last calendar year. .PORT:. DATE:. .SIGNATURE:. At the meeting of the Steward Dept. Selection Committee, held on. Brother ^has been— (Full Name in Ink) (Approved or Disapproved) for entry into the Steward Dept. Recertification Program for. SELECn-ION COMMITTEE 30 (Chairman) June 1979 / LOG / 25 �; •,- .ro f: !n!i<aBSBS>?«sis»«®«'sisas^^ m jii!ij.m,u.i»j ' mi<n I;B.BI!I,]WIJI.LI -v SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters United Industrial Workers of North America PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Frank Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Cal Tanner Lindsey Williams HEADQUARIERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea ALGONAC, Mich. 520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001 (313) 794-9375 ALPENA, Mich MAY 1-31,1979 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 11 107 10 18 23 6 21 86 34 58 25 43 8 100 13 1 564 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 0 32 4 7 4 4 4 18 13 8 4 8 3 16 0 0 125 0 5 2 3 7 6 2 5 1 6 8 15 0 13 0 0 73 10 84 12 40 32 5 20 74 37 80 12 22 13 105 16 2 564 4 60 11 28 7 5 11 31 14 20 4 9 7 40 11 0 262 2 9 2 4 14 2 1 7 2 10 3 11 1 18 0 1 87 4 143 7 27 18 12 28 129 46 57 46 81 18 136 0 1 753 2 35 4 5 7 2 3 31 14 5 11 10 2 22 0 0 153 1 10 1 4 2 4 3 14 4 3 13 19 0 13 0 0 91 1 115 12 22 22 7 32 117 38 40 22 48 15 92 0 1 584 2 49 8 9 6 3 10 20 16 12 8 10 3 24 0 1 181 2 13 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 6 5 0 9 0 1 45 2 59 4 11 17 4 17 63 30 36 23 29 11 61 0 0 367 1 21 1 4 3 2 0 10 4 4 4 6 1 5 0 0 66 1 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 1 7 2 4 0 0 35 8 164 21 30 13 16 21 83 38 32 41 38 20 81 0 1 607 6 189 4 34 13 10 6 39 11 47 99 54 16 60 0 1 589 1,00> 760 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port 1 73 7 9 18 5 26 73 23 40 8 31 11 56 11 1 Boston New York Philadelphia Raltimnre. = Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals 4 32 7 8 8 3 3 20 11 13 6 • 8 2 17 0 1 143 0 7 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 3 2 3 1 5 0 0 30 Port 1 68 9 30 13 1 17 40 16 56 7 16 9 67 13 1 364 6 54 10 13 13 4 9 31 6 11 4 11 .. 7 32 11 0 222 0 3 1 2 6 2 0 3 2 2 0 7 2 6 0 0 36 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 2 34 3 4 12 3 7 38 15 16 5 14 7 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama .". Totals 1 12 0 4 3 0 0 4 2 1 2 4 1 3 2 0 39 4 0 192 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 9 1 2 1 2 0 0 26 Port Boston NewYofk Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Piney Point Yokohama Totals TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class 8 Class C 5 52 3 20 12 1 17 46 14 28 5 8 6 36 4 0 257 0 34 5 11 8 1 7 17 6 12 1 5 5 22 24 2 160 0 4 2 8 16 1 0 9 0 34 0 12 2 25 0 0 113 ENTRY DEPARTMENT 0 31 3 18 9 2 11 ^ 1 9 5 1 165 Totals All Departments 6 104 23 21 13 11 19 51 25 33 17 21 17 67 44 0 472 4 70 4 17 19 7 2 24 7 35 48 35 5 41 0 1 319 0 0 0 1 34 6 24 11 5 10 37 17 32 7 25 21 31 0 1 262 779 448 1,185 644 236 1,966 •'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ••"Registered on the Beach" medns the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, ILL. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio' 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 (216) MA 1-5450 DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 58806 (218) RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D 415 Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 HOUSTON, Tex 1221 Pierce St. 77002 (713) 659-5152 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 3315 Liberty St. 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY, NJ. 99 Montgomery St. 07302 (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala IS. Lawrence St. 36602 (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 (504) 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 (804) 622-1892 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St. 42001 (502) 443-2493 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 (215) DE 6-3818 PINEY POINT, Md. St. Mary's County 20674 (301) 994-0010 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 (713) 983-1679 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 SANTURCE, P. R. . 1313 Fernandez, Juncos, Stop 20 00909 (809) 725-6960 SEAITLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo. . .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 TAMPA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 (813) 870-1601 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 (419) 248-3691 WILMINGTON, Calif. 408 Avalon Blvd. 90744 (2lJ) 549-4000 YOKOHAMA, Japan . . . . P.O. Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Naka-Ku 231-91 201-7935 West Coast Stewards Halls HONOLI LI!, Hawaii ... 707 Alakea St. 96813 (808) 537-5714 PORTLAND, Or 421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204 (503) 227-7993 During the month of May, shipping was excellent for SIU deep sea members. A total of 2,065 jobs were shipped through the Union's network of hiring halls. Overall, the 2,065 figure is an increase of 236 jobs over the previous month. What is especially significant is that of all the jobs shipped in May, only 1,185 were filled by "A" seniority people. Basically, this'mcans that shipping is good to excellent for all SIU members, no matter what their rating or seniority is in the Union. It means job security for all deep sea members. 26 / LOG / June 1979 WILMINGTON. Ca. . .408 Avalon Blvd. 90744 (21.^) 834-8538 SAN f RANCISt'O, Ca. 350 Fremont St. 94105 (415) 543-5855 . J �3-Year Contract Won For Boatmen at Harbor Towing The SIU has negotiated a new three-year contract with the Harbor Towing Co., of Balti­ more, bringing substantially increased wages, pension and welfare benefits to Boatmen who work on the company's tugs and barges. In addition, the SIU has succeeded through this contract, in bringing the benefits of the SIU Industry Wide Inland Vacation Plan to these Boatmen. Harbor Towing operates tugs, a harbor boat and barges in the Baltimore area. In addition to increased wages and a built-in cost of living adjustment (COLA), the contract provides for new major medical coverage, and a greatly increased death benefit. Effective June 1, 1979, Harbor Towing Boatmen planning on retirement will be eligible for a $50 per month increase in pension, raising the monthly pension benefit from $340 per month to $390 per month. To get this increase, the employee need only accumulate 125 days em­ ployment after June 1, 1979. Effective June 16, 1980, Harbor Towing employees will receive an additional $50 increase in the pension benefit bringing it up to $440 per month. Ni To qualify for this increase, the Boatmen need only accumulate 125 days employment after June 16, 1980. In addition to the increase in the basic pension, the SIU also succeeded in gaining the Early Normal Retirement Pension benefit (20 years employment time at 55 years of age) for these Boatmen for the first time. Because these Boatmen now have the Early Normal Pension, they also qualify for the Early Normal Pension Increments program and the Special Pension Supplement Program for employment time accumulated after June 1, 1979. The Increments Program provides that once the Boatman qualifies for the Early Normal Pension, he can get an additional amount, or increment, on top of his monthly pension for every additional full year (365 days) that he works. He can get a maximum of seven increments. Each increment is worth $25 per month increase in the pension. The Pension Supplement Program provides one full year of Pension benefits in a lump sum as a bonus to the eligible Boatman who works two full years (730 days) after qualifying for the Early Normal Pension. The new Death Benefit cover­ age provided for active Harbor Towing employees has been greatly increased according to terms of the new contract. Whereas $5,000 used to be the maximum benefit, families can now receive graduated benefits as high as $20,000 in the event of an active member's death. Major medical coverage for dependents of Boatmen have also been won. Major medical pro­ vides 80 percent of all charges over and above expenses covered by the basic Welfare Plan. This is a milestone gain for these Boatmen. Improvements have been real­ ized in other areas as well. The new contract provides for an increase in the optical benefit (to $40), extended coverage for dependents who are full-time students (from 19 to age 25), and payment for emergency treat­ ment received in a doctor's office. With the backing of the SIU, employees of Harbor Towing have won a contract that will further improve the quality of life for them and their families. •* 7 The team that negotiated the new three-year contract with Harbor Towing Co. Pictured, front row, I. to r., are Boatmen Curtis Hintze, Matt Wesley, and Gerard Tyler. Back Row, I. to r., George Costango, Baltimore port agent, and Boatmen Arthur Kinsella, Mike Furman, Gerry Cifarelli, and Stanley Knopp. New 3~Ye&r P&ct Bnrsgs Inland Vacation Plan to Hannah Boatmen The SIU has wrapped up a solid, new three-year agreement for SIU Boatmen who crew Hannah Inland Waterway Corp.'s Great Lakes fleet of tugs. The package includes substantial wage increases over the three years of the agreement, as well as im­ proved welfare and pension benefits. The agreement also includes firsttime coverage for Hannah Boatmen under the SIU's Inland Vacation Plan. In less than three years, the SIU has achieved coverage for nearly 95 percent of all SIU Boatmen under the Inland Vacation Plan. The Hannah agreement covers 50 Boatmen who work the six active tugs in Hannah's fleet which are involved in oil and petro-chemical transport. The ice-breaking tugs run year-round in the Great Lakes area. But the company's primary contract is to keep the region's Edison power plants supplied with fuel. With the new contract, Hannah employees join other SIU Boatmen in receiving the best vacation benefits in the industry under the Union's Inland Vacation Plan. The new contract also makes Hannah employees eligible for a major increase in pension benefits. In addition, through increased employer contributions to the Seafarers Welfare Plan negotiated by the Union at the bargaining table, Hannah Boatmen are now entitled to greatly expanded welfare cover­ age for themselves and their families. Boatmen Crew New Tug Laura Haden in Galveston The tug Laura Haden, the second of 11 new boats to be built for Texas-based G & H Towing Co., was crewedhy SIU Boatmen earlier this month in Galveston. The first boat in the series, the Titan, was delivered to the company in April. Three more tugs are presently on the ways at the Diamond Shipyard in Savan­ Waterman to Build nah, Ga. All 11 tugs will be of identical its Third RO/RO construction and horsepower The Waterman Steamship Corp. will (3,200), and will carry a crew of build its third roll on/roll off. nine. Construction subsidy was okayed last Of the three new tugs now October to build the first two ships at the Sun Shipbuilding and under construction, the first is Drydock Co. in Chester, Pa. The third due out in about six weeks. As yet, she's unnamed. The other ship will cost $73 million to build. She will be able to carry 1,500 20-foot two tugs are due out in six to .containers on the Gulf-Indian Ocean eight months. run. The others will.sail on the GulfAll of the new G & H harbor Northem Europe run. Waterman is also in the process of tugs will operate ouL of Galves­ ton, Texas. building two LASH ships. Part of the crew of the new Laura Haden are, I. to r., J.R. Branch, mate; J.L. Payne, chief engineer; S.H. Lederman, deckhand; and David Tisdale, deckhand. June 1979 / LOG / 27 V.1ST?A �ti Retail Clerks, i^eafcufters Merge: Biggest in AFL'CIO A milestone in labor history was reached this month as the Retail Clerks International Union and the Amalgamated Meatcutters & Butcher Workmen voted to merge their unions into the United Food & Commercial Workers. The new UFCW, with a collective membership of close to 1.3 million, is now the largest AFL-CIO af­ filiated union. The nearly unanimous merger votes, capping seven years of onagain, off-again negotiations, were taken at what were to be the final conventions of the Retail Clerks and the Meatcutters as separate unions. Following the ratification votes, delegates met together in Wash­ ington, D.C. to launch the founding convention of the infant union. President Jimmy Carter, AFLCIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland and SIU head and AFLCIO Senior Vice President Paul Hall were on hand to hail the historic merger along with other prominent labor and political lead­ ers. This is a "notable achievement, not just for the labor movement, but for our country," President Carter told UFCW convention delegates. Serving as temporary chairman of the merger convention Lane Kirkland told cheering delegates that in today's world, the labor movement, "needs all the unity we can muster." Kirkland then yielded the chair to William H. Wynn who will serve as President of the new UFCW. Wynn had been President^ of the Retail Clerks since 1977. Harry R. Poole, President of the Meatcutters since 1976, was named one of two UFCW Executive Vice Presidents, along with Thomas G. Whaley, formerly Secretary- Treasurer of the Clerks. Samuel J. Talarico, who was SecretaryTreasurer of the Meatcutters, will hold the same post in the UFCW. In his first speech as UFCW President, Wynn admitted that the new name still sounded a little strange. But "in short order," he predicted, "we will not only be comfortable with our new name but proud of it and of our merged unions." The UFCW will be "a dynamic organizing union," Wynn prom­ ised. "Combining of resources will produce more effective service to the membership." NLRB Upholds SIU, MFU, SUP in Valerie F. Beef; Await Injunction The National Labor Relations Board has upheld the contention that West Coast .seamen who had manned the integrated tug barge, the Valerie F, were entitled to their jobs back. NLRB Regional Director Natalie Allen found that the employers operating the Valerie F had unlaw­ fully discriminated against members of the former Marine Cooks & Stcwa.rds Unio.n, Ihe Sailers Union, Marine Firemens Union and the Marine Engineers Beneficial As­ sociation. Director Allen said the Board will seek a Federal Court injunction barring the employers from hiring only persons from the Masters, Mates and Pilots, for all jobs on the tug, from Captain to messman. In addition to upholding the unions' claims, the Board dismissed counter charges by the employers and MMP that the West Coast unions were themselves being unfair. Both the tug and its barge have been idled for the past month, as members of the SIU Pacific and A&G Districts, along with the MEBA, maintained round-theclock picketing. The tug itself is being picketed in San Francisco while its loaded barge is being picketed in the port of Stockton, Calif. Until earlier this year, the Valerie F was manned by unlicensed deck, engine and stewards from the SUP, MFU and MCS (now SIU), licensed engineers from the MEBA and mates from M M P. The vessel carries bull rice from California to Puerto Rico and chemicals on its return voyage. In March of this year, the boat was laid up in -Jacksonville for repairs and the crew paid off. Several weeks later. Bulk Foods Incorporated, announced the trans­ fer of the vessel to a new company. However, when it was reactivated, only crew members were hired who claimed to be members of the Masters, Mates and Pilots. Even the Cook and messman where said to be members of the MMP, in addition to members of the unlicensed deck and engine departments and mem­ bers of the licensed engine de­ partment. Total employment went up by 144,000 workers to 96,318,000 working last month. The overall labor force increased by 136,000 workers to 102,247,000. The small gain in employment was far below the 350,000 monthly average during the last six months. In major industries, only trans­ portation, construction, public utilities and wholesale and retail trade had sizable job gains in May. Since last August, the jobless rate has hovered in the 5.7 to 5.9 percent range. The black jobless rate was 11.6 28 / LOG / June 1979 company, and the paper transfer, together with the agreement with MMP, was a gimmick to get out from under the legal debts owed to the unions' funds. A Federal injunction will have the effect of dissolving the agreement Bulk Foods and the Rice Growers Association have with MMP and ordering the employers to rehire the lioCiiai gcU ^CcllllCll. In San Francisco, SIU Repre­ sentative Ed Turner said, "If there ever was a case that proves that the maritime unions should merge and get together, then it is the Valerie F.''' SOHIO Drops Plan to Build Long Beach Terminal, Pipeline In another about-face, the Stan­ dard Oii Co. of Ohio (Sohio) has announced it is terminating its California-to-Texas pipeline pro­ ject. The proposed $1 billion oil terminal and pipeline facility was intended to channel 500,000 barrels of Alaskan crude daily to the Mid­ west via Long Beach, Calif. This is not the first time Sohio has changed its mind. Last month the Log reported that Sohio had de­ cided to go ahead with the crude transfer facility. This was a reverse of a March statement that they were cancelling the project. percent, more than double that of Announcing the oil company's whites' 5.2 percent. Teenage jobless­ withdrawal from the project. Sohio ness rose to 16.8 percent, four times Chairman .Alton W. Whitehouse higher than adult males' unemploy­ cited regulatory delays which had ment rate of 3.9 percent. Adult tied the facility up for five years. females had their rate go up to 5.8 "Today," Whitehouse said, "the percent. project's economics are marginal at Chief AFL-CIO economist Rudy best and do not support inherent Oswald said that he believed jobless­ risks." ness would climb even higher than The change in the West Coast oil the 6 to 7 percent predicted for the picture was believed by many to be a rest of the year because declining major factor in Sohio's decision to worker purchasing power would be scrap the project. Five years ago, an additional damper on the econ­ there was more oil on the West omy. Coast than the refineries there could Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall handle. But with cutbacks in Iranian said that $75 million appropriated oil imports, the glut of crude in would help private companies train California has diminished and a poor workers for permanent jobs. Sohio spokesman said recently that He hoped $325 million would be the need for a pipeline capable of voted in 1980. lax rebates go to handling 500,000 barrels of oil was employers who train unskilled "reduced." workers for 200,000 expected jobs. There would, however, be plenty U.S. Unemployment Stays at 5.8% as Economy Slows Down WASHINGTON, D.C.—The na­ tion's unemployment rate stayed at 5.8 percent in May. The lack of significant employment growth showed that there is an economic slowdown throughout the country. In affidavits supporting their charges of unlawful discrimination, the West Coa.st unions pointed out that the new operators of the vessel were the same people as were in Bulk Foods, which claimed bank­ ruptcy. Not only were the company personnel the same, the offices, phone numbers and operating procedures wprp cqrn^ before, Inasmuch as Bulk Foods owed the various union pension and welfare funds nearjy $100,000, the union alleged, it was clear that the socalled new company was a dummy of oil to fill the 1,000 miles of pipeline Sohio had proposed to build if North Slope oil fields were operated at maximum production levels. Right now Alaska's oil fields yield 1.2 million barrels a day. Production could be' stepped up to 1.8 million. "This significant gain (in produc­ tion)," a recent New York Times editorial stated, "has been stalled by a lack of suitable markets." That suitable market, as far as North Slope oil producers are concerned is Japan. The oil com­ panies have long wanted Congress to okay an oil swap deal where Alaskan crude would be exported to Japan and replacement supplies brought in to the U.S. from Mexico. But the swap looks good to the oil companies. They could save money in transportation costs by using foreign-flag tankers for the U.S.-toJapan run. Today, any oil swap involving Alaskan crude is prohibited by U.S. law. But Congress will soon decide whether to allow Alaskan oil ex­ ports or bar them completely as they prepare to vote the Export Admini­ stration Act of 1979. As Congress gets ready to decide the fate of Alaskan oil, the SIU hopes that the interests of the American-people will carry more weight than the North Slope oil producer's greed for profits. �Howard Norman Negard, 65, joined the Union in the port of Duluth in 1961 sailing as an oilerand linesman for the Great Lakes Towing Co. from 1944 to 1979. Brother Negard was also a Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship upgrader. He was born in Duluth and is a resident there. Miguel Marquez, 65, joined the SIU in the port of Houston in 1962 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Marquez was born in Queretaw, Mexico and is a resident of Galveston. Ferdynand Szoblik, 69, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of New York sailing as a chief cook. Brother Szoblik sailed 50 years. He also sailed on the Polish. French and English merchant marine fleets. Seafarer Szoblik was on the picketline in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor strike. And he attended two Piney Point Educational Conferences. Born in Poland, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a resident of Houston. Stanton Brown Marshall, 65, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of Boston sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Marshall was born in Connecticut and is a resident of Old Saybrook, Conn. Christopher "Scotty" McBrien, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1951 sailing as chief electri­ cian. Brother McBrien is a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army Transpor­ tation Corps in World War 11 sailing on the troopship Queen Mary from 1940 to 1941. He was born in Alloa, Scotland, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a resident of San Francisco. Justine Santana Molina, 59, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a chief cook and chief steward. Brother Molina was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. Evangelos P. "Angelo" Nonis, 65, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1953 sailing as a deck engineer. Brother Nonis sailed 28 years. He is a veteran of the Greek Army. Seafarer Nonis was born in Volos, Greece, and is a resident of F.via, Greece. Teodoro Ruiz, 65, joined the SIU in 1940 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. Brother Ruiz was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of Fajardo, P.R. Nickolaos G. Saslos, 52, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1964 sailing as a QMFD which he earned at the HL3 in 1974. He is also a pump machinist. Seafarer Saslos was on the picketline in the 1963 Rotobroilbeef. He is a veteran of the Greek Army during the Civil, War from 1948 to 1951 and sailed in the Greek mer­ chant marine. Born in Athens, Greece, he is a resident of Chalkis, Futuea, Greece. Dale Susbilla, 74, joined the SIU in the port of Wilmington, Calif, in 1968 sailing as a QMFD and chief electrician. He upgraded to chief electrician in 1973 and QMFD at Piney Point in 1977. Seafarer Sus­ billa also graduated from the HLS Refrigeration Container Course and Advanced Electrical Procedures Course in 1976. He also sailed with the U.S. Military Sea Transport Service. Born in the Philippine Islands, he is a resident of Carson, Calif. Laurence Mistrot Young, 68, joined the Union in the port of Houston in 1957 sailing as a captain and pilot for the G«&H Towing Co., Galveston from 1946 to 1979 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1939 to 1941. Brother Young is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. He was born in Galveston and is a resident of Freeport, Tex. Ik Mohsain Saleh Ahmed, 65, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1968 sailing as an OS and in the steward department for Kinsman Marine from 1967 to 1979. Brother Ahmed was born in Yemen and is a resident of Lackawanna, N.Y. Homer Ronald Bourque, 64, joined the Union in the port of Lorain, Ohio in 1961 sailing as a deckhand and fireman-watertender. Brother Bourque is a former member of the International Union of Operat­ ing Engineers, Local 25. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World ^ War 11. He was born in Quebec ^ Province, Canada, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a resident of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Teddy Edward Korenich, 65, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1969 sailing as a deckhand and deck watchman. Brother Koren­ ich was born in Wardner, Ida. and is a resident of Germfask, Mich. ^ Floyd Walker, 62, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of Mobile sailing as a cook and chief steward. Brother Walker is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard in World War 11. He was born in Alabama and is a resident of Lillian Ala. Robert Stanley McKenney, 66, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1957 sailing as a chief engineer for Baker-Whiteley from 1969 to 1979. Brother McKenney is a former member of the ILA, Local 1510. He was born in Northeast, Md. and is a resident of Baltimore. Orville Wesley Pruitt, 56, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1957 sailing as a captain for the Steuart Oil Transportation Co., Piney Point, Md. from 1961 to 1979. Brother Pruitt was formerly a member of the United Steel Workers. He is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in World War 11. Boatman Pruitt graduated from HLSS Towboat Operators Course. Boatman Pruitt was born in Tangier, Va. and is a resident there. Julio Alonso, 63, joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of Mobile sailingasa chief electrician. Brother Alonso was on the Sea-Land Shoregang, Port Elizabeth, N.J. He is also an auto mechanic. Seafarer Alonso was born in Puerto Rico and is a resident of Liberty, N.Y. John Rile Steele, 72, joined the Union in the port of New Orleans in 1969 sailing as a cook for the Red Circle Transportation Co. from 1968 to 1979 and for the Oil Transport Co. from 1927 to 1966. Brother Steele is a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War 11. He was born in Marlboro, Mass. and is a resident of Tampa. .-fc ^ William F. Barth, 62, joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of Philadel­ phia sailing as a chief steward and chief cook. Brother Barth sailed on the old Robin Line. He also sailed inland on the tug (Curtis Bay) in 1972. Seafarer Barth was born in Philadelphia and is a resident there. Henry Bursey, 63, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1962 sailing as a 3rd cook. Brother Bursey sailed 36 years. He hit the bricks in the 1962 Robin Line beef. Seafarer Bursey was born in Lake Village, Ark. and is a resident of Oakland. Calif. Frank C. TIedeman, 60, joined the Union in the port of New York in | 1963 sailing as a deckhand for the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad from 1939 to 1979. Brother Tiedeman was also a member of the U M W and IBT. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. Boatman Tiedeman was born in Paterson, N.J. and is a resident of Forest Park-Clayton, Ga. Stanley E. Duda, 59, joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of New York sailing in the deck department. Brother Duda was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a resident of Elmont, N.Y. Paul Henry Latour, 63, joined the Union in the port of Duluth, Minn, in 1961 sailing as a linesman, coal passer and fireman-watertender for the Great Lakes Towing Co. from 1941 to 1979. Brother Latour is a former member of the General Drivers Union, No. 346 from 1937 to 1940. He was born in Duluth and is a resident there. James Daniel Johnson, 61, joined the SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1955 sailing as a cook for 34 years. Brother Johnson is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. He was born in Louisiana and is a resident of New Orleans. Roy Edward James, 71, joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Mobile sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother James sailed 42 years. He is a veteran of the pre-World War II U.S.' Army. Seafarer James was born in Michigan and is a resident of Galveston. Raleigh E. Paul, 55, joined the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a cook, deckhand and tankerman for Allied Towing fron 1972 to 1979. Brother Paul sailed 30 years. He was an organizer in the Gulf Atlantic Towing Co. drive in 1960. Boatman Paul is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force in World War 11. He was born in Ronsonville, N.C. and is a resident of Aurora, N.C. June 1979 / LOG / 29 •rasst'js.-v:. �"liTiir A longrange shot catches the LNG El Paso Southern (El Paso Gas) offloading her cargo recently at an offshore unloading point near Cove Pt., Md. Setting the dinner table for hungry seagoing chow hounds is GSU fvlike •Riggs. Baker James Morgan checks rolls he just baked. Brother Morgan has been in the SID since 1945. Chief Cook Robert Brown trims the steaks. He's been sailing with the SlU since 1946. Getting the dishes ready for the next meal is GSU Ron Johnson. Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety eeing a blind man walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding arm to the blind because we all think it must he a terrible thing to he unable to see where you're going. An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed. Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind man across a street. All you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md. Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling^ he needs. And hell get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting tu the same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life. The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone. And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center, youll be showing him that the first step baek to recovery is only an arm's length away. S I Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept anywhere except at The Center, Name Book No. Address (Street or RFD) (City) (State) Telephone No. ..., 1 1 (Zip) 1 I I Mail to: THE CENTER Star Route Box 153-A Valley Lee, Md. 20692 or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 1 30 / LOG / June 1979 mm �Do you want to learn how to work on diesel engines? Well, by ,taking the Diesel Engines course at the Harry Lundeberg School you can learn about the maintenance and operation of diesel engines. The industry needs qualified sea­ farers to work on diesels. You can be the answer to this need. There are more diesel-propelled vessels coming off the ways every day. The Diesel Engines course will give you the skills you need. One sea­ farer who recently went through the course wrote to the school say­ ing, "The diesel course really helped me. Because of the shop training, I am confident with diesel engines that I work with." You can gain this confidence, too. The course consists of extensive practical training and classroom sessions. These include: high and low speed diesel engine operations, the construction and principles of various diesel en­ gines, and the operation and main­ tenance of diesel engine plant aux­ iliary systems. Shop training consists of the complete overhaul of six General Motors, 6 cylinder 71 series diesel engines and auxiliary equipment. Students learn the use of various gauges, meters and instruments. They tear the engines down to the crankshafts, inspect the parts and measure for wear. By using the manufacturer's manual, the students reassemble the engines, time and tune them. One of the instructors for the course commented, "The students are amazed to see how the engines look when they are torn down. They are reluctant to put" them back to­ gether. But when they successfully If any parts show wear, they are replaced. The students learn how to measure for any deterioration. For QMED's Today Diesels are the Key The shop training is very important to the success of the diesel engines course. assemble and tune the engine on their first tn/, they are more confi­ dent in their abilities." The students in the diesel engines course gain know-how and confi­ dence about diesel engines. They can work on a diesel propulsion vessel. They can maintain the en­ gine and its auxiliary systems. The QMED who takes the diesel engines course is qualified. He is a very valu­ able member of the engine depart­ ment. You can be this person. Take the Diesel Engines course at HLS. Have a secure future. For more in­ formation, contact the Harry Lunde­ berg School, Vocational Education Department or your SlU representa­ tive. The next course starts Septem­ ber 3. It's your chance to learn about diesel engines. I Through the use of a micrometer, diesel engines student measures the piston rings. During the diesel engines courses, the students overhaui six CM six cyiinder 71 series diesel engines. June 1979 / LOG / 31 •v:- �mm HVN8S»8KW^ —si-^- ^ - ^'X- ;;""'.i'-'®5? Pensioner Wes­ Pensioner John ley O. Reed, 70, Joseph Kurcap, died of a heart 85, passed away attack at home in from pneumonia Elberta, Mich, in the Dorchester on Apr. 6. Brother (Md.) General Reed joined the Hospital on Apr. Union in the port 15. Brother Kur­ of Elberta in 1953. cap joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1956 He sailed as wheelsman and AB for the working as a vessel tender and shop Ann Arbor (Mich.) Car Ferries. Laker watchman for the Curtis Bay Towing Reed was born in Michigan. Burial was Co. Boatman Kurcap was born in in Blaine Twsp. Cemetery, Benzie Maryland and was a resident of County, Mich. Surviving are his widow. Cambridge, Md. Burial was in St. Pansy and three daughters, Mary, Nina Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery, Baltimore and Norma. City, Md. Raymond Lou­ Terry Lee Osis Sheldon, 55, termeier, 25, died died of heart fail­ in Metairie, La. on ure in Deland, Mar. 7. Brother Fla. on Mar. 17. Ostermeier joined Brother Sheldon the SlU in 1974 joined the Union following hisgradin the port of uation from the Frankfort, Mich, H L S Entry in 1972. He sailed 37 years as a bosun Trainee Program. He sailed BR/Utility and cook and baker. From 1970 to 1978 on the LASH Sam Houston (Water­ he sailed aboard the Challenger (Ce­ man).Seafarer Ostermeier was born in ment Transit). Laker Sheldon was a Pipestone. Minn, and was a resident veteran of the U.S. Army in World War there and in New Orleans. Interment II and a USAF airman in 1950 at was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone. Selfridge AFB, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Born in Detroit, he was a resident of Donovan and Audrey Ostermeier of Deland. Interment was in Deland Pipestone; five sisters, Lynette, Debra, Memorial Gardens. Surviving are his Marcia, Shelly and Mary. widow, Minnie; a daughter, Marie Ann and his paretits, Mr. and Mrs. Lee and Pensioner John Helen Sheldon. Paerels, 72, passed f- Melvin Harold Ecker, 53, died of heart failure in Livingston (Tex.) Memorial Hospi­ tal on Mar. 5. Brother Ecker joined the Union % /' in the port of Houston in 1957 sailing as gn AB and mate for G & H Towing from 1957 to 1979. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War IT Born in Stillwater, Minn., he was a resident of Houston. Burial was in the Galveston (Tex.) Memork.1 Park Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Lillian of Livingston; a daughter, Mary Ann; his father, Ru­ dolph; a sister, Mrs. Lois Walker of Galve.ston and a stepson, Larry Dean Curlee. Bruce Oscar Blair, 50, suc­ cumbed to blood poisoning in St. Joseph's Hospital, Houston on Feb. 22. Brother Blair joined the Union in the port of Chicago in 1978 sailing as a 2nd and chief cook. He sailed on the MIV Gauntlet and Adventurer (Caribe Tugboat) from 1977 to 1978. And for Crowley Marine and the American and Reiss Steamship Cos. Boatman Blair was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War 11. Born in Plainview, Tex., he was a resident of Slaton, Tex. Surviving are a son, Barney of Lubbock, Tex. and his father, Edgar and mother, Neta. Pensioner Gar­ land Lester Hogge, 66, died of arterio­ sclerosis in St. Mary's Hospital, West Palm Beach, Fla. on Mar. 10. Brother Hogge joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1957 sailing as a captain for Baker, Whiteley Towing Co. from 19.50 to 1976. He was born in Samos, Va. and was a resident of Cockeysville, Md. Interment was in the Dulaney Valley Cemetery, Cockeys­ ville. Surviving are his widow, Mabel; a son, Charles and a daughter, Carol Lynn. Carl Maurice Noonan, 53, suc­ cumbed to cancer in the Paul Oliver Memorial Hospi­ tal, Frankfort, Mich, on Apr. 14. Brother Noonan [joined the Union in the port of Elberta, Mich, in 1954 sailing as a cabinwatch and porter on the M/V Viking (Ann Arbor (Mich.) Car Ferries) from 1947 to 1978. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Laker Noonan was born in Empire, Mich, and was a resident of Brethern, Mich. Interment was in the Brethern Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Harriet and a brother. Glen of Maple City, Mich. Daniel lJus Knapp died on Mar. 28. Brother Knapp sailed with National Marine Service in 1976 and 1978 out of the port of St. Louis. 32 / LOG / June 1979 away on Apr. 26. Brother Paerels joined the SlU in 1946 in the port of New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed 53 years. Seafarer Paerels was a member of the SUP from 1934 to 1946. And he was a veteran of both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army in World War II. Born in Louisiana, he was a resident of Long Beach, Calif. Surviving are his widow, Fermina; two sons, Emulio and Johnny and a stepdaughter. A ngel Luis RIos, 56, died on Apr. 23. Brother Rios joined the SlU in 1944 in the port of New York i sailing as, a chief I cook and baker for Sea-Land and Puerto Rico Marine. He was aboard the SS A/a rogi/ez (Sea-Land) when she was seized by the Cambodians on May 26, 1975. Seafarer Rios was on the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike. In 1960, he was the winner of a Union Personal Safety Award for sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the SS France. A native of Arecibo, P.R., he was a resident of Catano, P.R. Surviv­ ing are his widow, Ana; three sons. Angel Jr., Eduardo and J.E. Rios of Carolina, P.R.; two daughters, Maria and Maria Dei Rosario and his mother, Candelaria of New York City. Pensioner Wil­ liam Lee Jones, 65, died of a heart attack in Blount Memorial Hospi­ tal, Maryville, Tenn. on Feb. 7. Brother Jones I joined the SlU in the port of Mobile in 1951 sailing as an AB for 42 years. He was born in Georgia and was a resident of Tallassee, Tenn. Burial was in Chilhowee Cemetery, Tallassee. Surviving are his widow, Lydia; a daughter, Billie Lee of Chil­ howee and his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Davis, also of Chilhowee. Joel Ward Strzelecki, 23, died in R ogers City y (Mich.) Hospital on Feb. 9. Brother Strzelecki joined the Union in the port of Alpena, Mich, in 1977 sailing as an AB on the MjV Charles Wilson and on the SS McKee Sons (American Steamship) from 1977 to 1978. He was a former member of the United Steelworkers Union. Laker Strzelecki was born in Rogers City and was a resident there. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence and Adeline Strzelecki of Rogers City. Clarence John Walta, 41, died of lung failure in Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake, Minn, on Apr. 1. Brother Walta joined the Union in the port of San Francisco in 1964. He sailed as a chief steward, cook and baker. From 1975 to 1978, he sailed for the S& E Shipping Co. Laker Walta was a veteran of the U.S. Army in the Korean War. Born in Duluth, Minn., he was a resident of Askov, Minn. Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery, Willow River, Minn. Surviv­ ing are two sons, Michael and Rickey; three daughters, Linda, Susan and Mary; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph and Marie Walta, all of Askov and a step­ brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Elizabeth Oliver of El Paso, Tex. • ; • f,- V, Pensioner William E. Hart, 55, died on Jan. I. Brother Hart joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 last sailing as a QMED. He sailed 34 years. Seafarer Hart hit the bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War H. Born in New York City, he was a resident of Bisbee, Ariz. Surviving are his widow, Loretta of Wilmington, Calif, and two brothers, T. J. McCarthv of Queens, N.Y., N.Y. and Michael "Mickey" Hart, also of Queens and a sister. Mrs. Joseph (Mary) "Pat" Hughes of Davie, Fla. Pensioner Ed­ gar Long Jr., 48, died on Apr. 15. Brother Long joined the Union in the port of Nor­ folk in 1959. He sailed as a deck­ hand. Boatman Long was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. A native of Person County, N.C., he was a resident of Hurdle Mills, N.C. Surviving are his widow, Martha; a son, Michael; and two daughters, Martha and Marsha. Pensioner Ed­ ward L. McElroy, 67, died of a heart attack in Holmdel County, N.J. on Mar. 5. Brother McElroy joined the Union in the port of New York in 1960 sailing as a deckhand and tug dispatcher for the Penn-Central Rail­ road from 1936 to 1975. He also was a longshoreman for the Harborside Warehouse from 1935 to 1936. Boatman McElroy was a member of the Interna­ tional Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots Union from 1936 to I960. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he was a resident of Keyport, N.J. Surviving is his widow, Mary. Recertified Bo­ sun Lonnie Clovis Cole Jr., 52, died of a lung clot in Randolph Hospi­ tal, Asheboro, N.C., on Mar. 9. Brother Cole I joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of Norfolk. He sailed 34 years, and graduated from the Union's Bosuns Recertification Program in November 1975. Seafarer Cole was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. One of his daughters, Cynthia Cole was a 1975 SIU scholarship winner. Cole was an avid fisherman. Born in Randolph County, N.C., he was a resident of Asheboro, N.C. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Asheboro. Surviving is his widow, Frances Marie; two daughters, Joy and Cynthia and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie and Lila Cole Sr. of Seagrave, N.C. Pensioner Jo­ seph Fazio, 84, died on Nov. 7, 1978. Brother Fa­ zio joined the SIU in 1947 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a cook. He was born in Italy and was a resident of Chalmette, La. Surviving is his widow, Josephine. Pensioner Carl E. "Red" Gibbs, 68, succumbed to arteriosclerosis in Jacksonville, Fla. on Mar. 18. Bro­ ther Gibbs joined the SIU in 1938 in the port of Balti­ more sailing as a bosun. He sailed 30 years and during World War II and the Vietnam War. Seafarer Gibbs also attended the 1970 Piney Point Crews Conference No. 7. And he was a veteran pf the pre-World War II U.S. Army. Born in Virginia, he was a resident of Jacksonville. Interment was in River­ side Memorial Cemetery, Jacksonville. Surviving are a stepdaughter, Trinda Tressler; a nephew, Russell Ardeel Gibbs of Elliccpt City, Md.; a niece, Margaret Lester of Roanoake, Va. and a cousin, Barbara Ann V. Nugent of Jaeksonville. �a.#- SlU Scholarship Winner Eyes Architectural Engineering Career When he won the SIU's $10,000 four-year college scholarship in 1972, Thomas H. Rood planned a degree, and a career, in architectural engi­ neering. The son of Seafarer Donald L. Rood said the field of architectural engi­ neering had interested him since high school because "it involves the most important aspects of construction today, including the challenges of high-rise buildings and urban re­ newal projects in developing alternative city systems." In 1972, Tom went to Penn State University to begin his training as an architectural engineer. But in his junior year, he switched his major to business which he now describes as a "mistake." It turned out that a career in business wasn't what he wanted to do so Tom took a job and some time off from school to reevaluate his plans. While working as the shipping mana­ ger in a bookstore near the Univer­ sity, he decided to go back to his architectural engineering. Tom is excited about the prospect of starting on the career ladder as an architectural engineer, especially now, because, he explains "in the field they are finally starting to concentrate on the environmental impact of construction." Tom feels his particular interest in urban renewal work fits right in with the growing ecological concerns in the field and he's looking forward to his first job. "After graduation I'll have to start at the bottom," Rood said, "working as a draftsman or an assistant in an engineering firm and begin working my way up." When he has free time from his demanding class work, Tom pursues^ his hobby of stamp collecting. He also likes being outdoors and is a member of the University hiking club. "There are plenty of places to hike and camp around here," Tom said, "because this campus is pretty much in the middle of nowhere." Another interest of Tom's is read­ ing and he describes himself as "a real science fiction buff," which, he adds, runs in the family. "1 picked up my interest in science fiction from my father." Tom's father. Seafarer Donald L. Rood, sails in the deck department Dlspiliiliiirs Rmrl for Great lies MAY 1-31,1979 *TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C and has been a member of the SIU since 1945. "Right now," Tom said, "my dad's on a Sea Land ship which makes regular runs between Port Elizabeth, N.J. and Rotterdam." Even though his father has been a seaman for the better part of the last 35 years, Tom said he never really considered shipping out himself. "My father and I talked about it quite a bit," Tom said, "but dad always told me whatever career 1 chose was up to me. He just wanted me to know seafaring was open to me if 1 wanted it." Seafarer Rood is happy about his son's career choice and was very proud when Tom won the SIU college scholarship. Tom described himself as "ec­ static" when he got the news he'd won the Union's college award. "I wasn't sure I'd get it," he said, "and was very pleased when 1 did. 1 think it's an extremely worthwhile program which can help a lot of people get the kind of education they want." ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 74 20 11 7 55 11 15 1 41 22 15 0 45 93 104 Totals All Departments 178 149 50 134 121 12 •"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the prart last month. ••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 150 127 139 Algonac (Hdqrs.) 75 83 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) 44 27 35 31 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) 13 1 24 7 4 ENTRY DEPARTMENT Algonac (Hdqrs.) 4 47 101 33 0 0 4 Thomas Rood KNOW YOUR RIGHTS % KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL RICfHTS AND OBLIGA­ TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file members, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records arc available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of thc.se contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the employers, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. The proper address for this is: Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard your ship or boat. Know your con.tract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS patrolman or other Union ollicial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY — THE LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been rcaflirmed by membership action at the September, I960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be pard to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ stances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should imrtiediately be reported to Union headquarters. EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi­ nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify Union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fuuvt. Its pro­ ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with improved employment opportunities for seamen and boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be solicited or received bccau.sc of force, job discrimination, financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con­ dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If a contribution is made by reason of the above improper conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup­ port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli­ tical and social interests, and American trade union concepts. If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or infor­ mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. June 1979 / LOG / 33 �Want To Broaden Your Horizons? In the event that any SIU members have legal problems in the various ports, a list of attorneys whom they can eonstilt is being published. The mem­ ber need not choose the recomtnended attorneys and this list is intended only for informational purposes: The following is a list of recom­ mended attorneys throughout the United States: Upgrade at HLS! These Courses Starting Soon: LNG—August 20 FOWT—August 30 Marine Electrical Maintenance—August 20 Welding—August 20 Able Seaman—August 16 Automation—August 6 Steward—August 20 Chief Cook—August 6 Cook and Baker—August 6 Assistant Cook—September 3 Lifeboatman—August 2, 16, 30 Tankerman—August 2, 16, 30 Diesel Engines—September 3 NEW YORK, N.V.-Schulman & Abarbanel 350 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10001 Tel. #(212) 279-9200 B VLTIMORi:, MI).—Kaplan, Hcyman. Grcenbcrg, Engolman Belgrad Sun Life Building Charles & Redwood Streets Baltimore. Maryland 21201 Tele. #(301) 539-6967 HOU.S 1 ON, 1 EX.—Cortibs. Areher & Peterson Amerieana Building 8 1 1 Dallas Street Houston, Texas 77002 Tele. #(713)659-4455 TAMPA, FLA.—Hamilton, Douglas and Bennett, P.A. 2620 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, Fla. 33609 Tel. #(813) 879-9482 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.John Paul Jennings, Henning and Walsh 100 Bush St., Suite 1403 San Francisco, Calif. 94104 Tel. #(415) 981-4400 ST. LOUIS, MO.—Gruenbcrg & Sounders 721 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Tele. #(314)231-7440 NEW ORLEANS, LA.—Dodd. Barker. Boudreaux, Lamy & Gardner 1400 Richards Building 837 Gravier Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Tele. #(504) 586-9395 LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Bodle, Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt, Rothschild & Feldman 5900 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 Tel. #(213) 937-6250 MOBILE, ALA.—Simon & Wood 1010 Van Antwerp Building Mobile, Alabama 36602 Tele. #(205)433-4904 DETROIT, MICH.- -Victor G. Hanson 19268 Grand River Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48822 Tele. #(313") 532-1220 BOSTON, MASS.—Mr. Joseph Orlando Latti & Fiannery 95 Commercial Wharf Boston, Mass. SEATTLE, WASH.—Vance, Davies, Roberts, Reid & Anderson 100 West Harrison Plaza Seattle, Washington 98119 Tele. #(206) 285-3610 CHICAGO, ILL.- -Katz & Friedman 7 South Dearborn Street Chicago, 111. 60603 Tele. #(312)263-6330 34 / LOG / June 1979 Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters MAY 1-31, 1979 noiALREGISTERED TOTALSHIPPED All Groups Class A Class 8 Class C Port 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 320 000 2 0 0 9 0 2 179 0 6 6 000 Wilmington 4 Seattle Puerto Rico Houston PortArthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah 0 0 2 8 0 4 5 3 Totals 41 12 0 1 8 7 0 24 48 8 123 17 0 5 8 10 0 13 0 68 138 Port Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston Port.Arthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah Totals All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco *'«'REGISTEREDON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 1 0 000 1 3 2 0 0 0 235 1 4 6 000 3 0 0 2 10 0 2 4 5 30 1 0 0 6 9 0 27 50 9 113 1 0 1 7 17 0 5 0 39 83 0 0 0 OlO 0 0 0 4 15 3 000 4 2 2 17 0 2 6 10 54 2 5 0 000 3 ' 23 56 103 0 0 7 6 0 3 0 4 0 1 12 4 0 28 0 2 34 0 9 17 7 0 14 0 92 234 ENGINE DEPARTMENT ,... 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 001 0 1 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 001 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 0 1 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 010 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 030 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 001 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 1 1 6 1 5 Port 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 3 1 3 4 31 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Tampa 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 1 0 New Orleans 002 003 108 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 5 15 000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 5 28 Mobile Jacksonville 1 0 0 1 1 2 San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Houston PortArthur Algonac St. Louis Piney Point Paducah Totals 000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 4 4 27 . Totals All Departments 46 133 170 0 0 0 1 1 l 36 124 101 *'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ••"Registered on the Beach"7neans the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 1 0 0 i Q 3 63 111 293 -rtnv"' 1 �i..- •m OGDEN WILLAMETTE, (Ogden Marihe), April 17—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun H. C. Hunt; Secretary P. Franco; Educational Director J. Rounds; Deck Delegate VVm. J. Smith; Engine Delegate F. Ramos; Steward Delegate J. Campfield 3rd. No disputed OT. Report to Log;/"A very special ship's meeting was held in the Port of Baytown, Texas and we are all very thankful to God we are here to hold it. A not so Happy Easter Sunday morning at about 0230 the general alarm went off to man the stations. The lifeboats were ready in less than five minutes. There was fire and smoke on the bow. The Captain ordered all hands to the bow and all hands responded in seconds. We had a collision with a Venezuelan cargo ship. We had hit her in the stern and her stern section was now imbedded in our bow. But what this special meeting is all about is the way the crew and officers came through with quickness, calmness and efficiency. No one lost their cool. We just want to celebrate that all of our brothers are here to say, hello!" STUYVESANT (Cove Shipping), April 8--Chairman J. B. Lundborg; Secretary W. Higgs, Sr.; Educational Director J. Moore; Deck Delegate Joseph A. McDougall; Engine Delegate Alfred R. Long; Steward Delegate R. C. Collins. Some disputed OT in steward department. Crew gave a vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Report to Log: The chairman received the following from Franklin P. Liberty, master—"Dear Bosun: A note to commend you and the deck depart­ ment for the fine work you all did during our stay at Parita Bay. Your fine work resulted in our not losing any cargo time and I wish to thank you all for a job well done." OVERSEAS OHIO (Maritime Over­ seas), April 15—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Ben Mignano; Secretary C. Shirah; Educational Director D. White; Deck Delegate J. Doyle; Engine Delegate E. Murry; Steward Delegate L. Ross. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the impcrtaace of donating to SPAD and also for all crewmembers to read the Log so you will know what is going on in the Union. Next port Marcus Hook, Pa. EL PASO SOUTHERN (El Paso Marine), April 15—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun B. C. Browning; Secretary Huston; Educational Director E. Deland; Deck Delegate Paul Butterworth. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Chairman thanked the crew for a smooth trip. Also the steward department for an excellent Easter dinner. Report to Log: "Had a nice Spring cruise this trip, made a slow trip around the Azores sightseeing and stopped over in Gibraltar for the night. Then we sailed up the Spanish coast to Malaga and then across the Mediter­ ranean to Arzew. We spent sixteen hours loading and then sailed for home. Cove Point, Md." MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), April 15—Chairman Recerti­ fied Bosun Anthony Calderia; Secretary Duke Hall; Educational Director Juan Rodriquez; Steward Delegate H. Con­ nolly. No disputed OT. Secretary reported that all members should take advantage of the upgrading classes at Piney Point to keep yourself ready and able to take a job on the new type of ships that are being introduced to the industry. The Log was received, read and discussed. Chairman urged all members to read it and to pass it on so all can read it and know what is going on in the Union. A vote of thanks from the crew to the steward department for a job well done by Juan Rodriquez. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Baltimore. ACHILLES (Newport Tankers Inc.), April 15—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Perry Konis; Secretary C. A. Guerra; Educational Director 1. Hatzagannis; Steward Delegate Francis Gordon Shaw. No disputed OT. Chairman gave a vote of thanks to all department delegates for a job well done. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. OGDEN CHALLENGER (Ogden Marine), April 29—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun F. H. Johnson; Secretary R. De Boissiere; Educational Director W. Turner; Deck Delegate W. V. Luyn; Engine Delegate J. Flynn; Steward Delegate Emanuel Lowe. No disputed OT. Educational Director discussed the importance of safety aboard ship because the life you save may be your own. Urged all to report any unsafe conditions so they can be made safe. Report to Log: "A vote of thanks to Chief Steward R. De Boissiere for a job well done. A special vote of thanks to Emanuel Lowe whose cooking and preparation of food is unequalled. He had made us all gain weight. Our hats are off to him, he is leaving and we all will miss him. Also a thank you to Baker Osborne Williams and Third Cook Thurman Olds. A special vote of thanks to Chairman F. H. Johnson for his leadership and concern for the wellbeing of the ship and deck department. He has made this ship a wonderful place to be with his humour and assistance. It is greatly appreciated. A vote of thanks to the engine department and to Ancient Mariner J. Kavanagh. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers." Next port Guyannille. AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex Marine), April 16—Chairman, Recerti­ fied Bosun Juan Vega; Secretary M. Deloatch; Educational Director C. Merritt; Steward Delegate Teddy E. Aldridge. Chairman discussed the importance of members upgrading themselves at Piney Point and the importance of participating in SPAD. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. The chairman extended high praise to the Steward M. Deloatch and the Chief Cook T. Aldridge for the best menus and the very best prepara­ tion of food. A vote of thanks is not enough. Gourmet is the best way to describe them. Chairman to see about a better gangway in the Port of St. Croix and other ports before an accident happens. Next port Delaware. PISCES (Apex Marine), April 15— Chairman, Recertified Bosun Roy Theiss; Secretary Fred Hicks; Educa­ tional Director Norman Gene; Engine Delegate M. Israel. $9 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman urged all those who need upgrading should avail themselves of the opportunities at Piney Point as soon as possible. Secretary reported that the vessel has called at Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, S.C. and St. Petersburg, Fla. and foreign at St. Croix, Virgin Islands where the crew spent a memorable time ashore. Next port Jacksonville. SEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaLand Service), April 22—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Lothar Reck; Secre­ tary E. Caudill. $190 in movie fund. No disputed OT. Chairman held a safety meeting on this trip and safety films were shown. Also discussed the import­ ance of donating to SPAD. Contribu­ tions to the American Marine Library were posted in the messhall. Observed one minute of silence in memory of our departed brothers. Next port Seattle. COLUMBIA (Cove Shipping), April 22—Chairman, Recertified Bosun H. C. Cain; Secretary C. Loper Jr.; Educa­ tional Director A. Avzangelis; Deck Delegate Jack Brown. No disputed OT. Chairman discussed the advantages of upgrading at Piney Point and the importance of donating to SPAD. Movies were exchanged at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. A vote of thanks to the steward and chief cook for a job well done. Next port St. Croix. DELTA ARGENTINA (Delta Steamship), April 8—Chairman, Re­ certified Bosun Floyd Peavoy; Secre­ tary N. Johnson; Deck Delegate B. R. Churchill; Engine Delegate R. E. Smith; Steward Delegate James Tucker. $162 in movie fund. No. disputed OT. Chairman urged all members to make an additional trip and that it is very necessary to wait until each man's replacement arrives. Also the import­ ance of donating to SPAD. Secretary reported that the steward gave a vote of thanks to a fine deck gang and engine department and urged each member to upgrade as soon as possible. Educa­ tional Director gave a vote of thanks to the steward department for prompt service and good food. Next port Houston. TRANSCOLORADO( Hudson Waterways), April 1—Chairman Nich­ olas Nagy; Secretary Thomas Ulisse; Educational Director Charles Gal­ lagher; Deck Delegate Melvin Keeffer; Engine Delegate Troy D. Smith; Steward Delegate John G. Shaw. No disputed OT. Chairman advised all crewmembers to read Executive Vice President Frank Drozak'scolumnin the April Log. Educational Director ad­ vised all to go to upgrading school at Piney Point for the endorsements necessary for job security. Anyone who has a drinking problem should contact the Union about entering the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program. This can be done without any cost or hassle to the participant. Next port New Orleans. DELTA BOLIVIA (Delta Lines), April 1—Chairman, Recertified Bosun Luther Pate: Secretary J. Freeman; Engine Delegate Charles Bortz; Ste­ ward Delegate James Barclay. Chair­ man reported that there is a very good crew on board and that all members should take advantage of Piney Point an<^ the upgrading programs. Received a letter from Jack Caffey regarding contract for these vessels. A vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels: SAM HOUSTON ANCHORAGE SEA-LAND RESOURCE SEA-LAND VENTURE POINT JULIE OGDEN WABASH OGDEN CHARGER SANTA MARIA SEA-LAND PRODUCER SEA-LAND TRADE PUERTO RICO BORINQUEN DEL SOL SEA-LAND SAN PEDRO POTOMAC BAYAMON FLOR MOHAWK SEA-LAND PIONEER SEA-LAND EXCHANGE THOMPSON PASS SUGAR ISLANDER ST. LOUIS DELTA ECUADOR MOUNT VERNON VICTORY SANTA MAGDALENA AGUADILLA ZAPATA ROVER MAYAGUEZ GOLDEN MONARCH DELTA PERU CONNECTICUT ALLEGIANCE OVERSEAS VIVIAN OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN OGDEN CHAMPION BOSTON LEO ATLANTIC ARECIBO SEA-LAND ADVENTURER JEFF DAVIS MARYLAND CHARLESTON WESTWARD VENTURE COVE COMMUNICATOR . MOUNT WASHINGTON SANTA MARIANA SEA-LAND GALLOWAY WALTER RICE SEA-LAND HOUSTON DELTA COLOMBIA TRANSCOLUMBIA TEX DELTA PANAMA OVERSEAS JOYCE HUMACAO CANTIGNY OVERSEAS WASHINGTON GUAYAMA DELTA SUD TAMARA GUILDEN SEA-LAND CONSUMER BRADFORD ISLAND COVE NAVIGATOR SUSQUEHANNA OVERSEAS HARRIETTE JACKSONVILLE OVERSEAS ULLA BALTIMORE SEA-LAND ECONOMY June 1979 / LOG / 35 es m �m: .'jr^;«i-v<rC-. .,-^.> - - P^-.;.VjKrf'- • HLSS President Gives SlU's Views on Education to Senate Hearings "It is difficult to measure what an educational achievement means to an individual, but at the Lundeberg School we have seen students of all ages begin to believe in themselves." This was how Hazel Brown, president of the Lundeberg School, summed up the full meaning of the many and varied educational programs which have been pio­ neered at the SlU's School at Piney Point. Ms. Brown made her remarks at a special hearing of the Senate Committee on Human Resources earlier this month. The Senate had called the hearing to examine the problems of the nation's educational system with respect to preparing young people and adults for "their working lives." The hearings were initiated by a worried Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D-N.J.). In explaining the reason for the hearings. Senator Harrison said; "We are told in the popular press that college may no longer be a de­ sirable route to the world of work. ... Some observers are more pessi­ mistic and claim that changes in the economy, the nature of the work force and the cost of post secondary education make college education a less and less desirable investment for more and more people.'-' Ms. Brown presented to the hearings the SlU's belief and commitment to education as the key to advancement not only in mari­ time, but in all work environments. She said "SIU members have accepted the advent of automation and have been attending upgrading, recertification, and retraining courses. During 1978, 175 seafarers earned licenses, 1,068 earned endorsements, and 496 received certificates of achievement for successfully completing advanced courses in their vocational fields. All the vocational courses are approved and^ evaluated by th^ United States Coast Guard." Ms. Brown added: "Since the Lundeberg School's beginning, the SIU membership has become mdre involved and interested in educa­ tion. The school now offers college courses in cooperation with the Charles County Community C9Ilege. The Lundeberg School has become a satellite program of the Community College. All courses have been evaluated by the Ameri­ can Council on Education and given recommended college credits. HEY! Lundeberg School President Hazel Brown described the highly successful educational programs at the Harry Lundeberg School as she testified before the Senate Committee on Human Resources earlier this month. Commerce Sec. Backs Build,Man American in Ocean Mining Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.-The use of American-built and registered ships in the deep sea mining industry has been endorsed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Juanita Kreps. Her department changed its previous position and now backs the Deep Seabed Mining bills before Congress. The SIU and the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department have been strong supporters of these bills. Kreps is now working within the Carter Administration to win sup­ port for the legislation. In a letter to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, she wrote, "... The Department of Commerce urges the Administra­ tion to adopt a position requiring all mining vessels used under U.S. license to be constructed and documented under the laws of the United States." She pointed out that U.S. control would help protect the environment and the safety of the mining sites. Also, Kreps said that American documentation "will assure U.S. control over these operations in the event of war or other national emergency." The Commerce Secretary noted that construction and registration in the U.S. would also mean more jobs for Americans. Finally, she noted that "the longterm financing which might be available to U.S.-built recovery vessels under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, could make them extremely attractive to the consortia involved in deep seabed mining." Notice to Members On Shipping Proeeihire When throwing in for work dur­ ing a job call at any SIU Hiring Hall, members must produce the following: • membership certificate • registration card • clinic card • seaman's papers • valid, up-to-date passport In addition, when assigning a job the dispatcher will comply with the following Section 5, Sub­ section 7 of the SIU Shipping Rules: "Within each class of seniority rating in every Department, prior­ ity for entry rating jobs shall be 36 / LOG / June 1979 • "H given to all seamen who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the United States Coast Guard. The Seafarers Appeals Board may waive the preceding sentence when, in the sole judgment of the Board, undue hardship will result or extenuating circumstances war­ rant such waiver." Also, all entry rated members must show their last six months discharges. Further, the Seafarers Appeals Board has ruled that "C classifica­ tion seamen may only register and sail as entry ratings in only one department." .1 Are you going to stay down there on your # hands and knees all your life? Get up out of the grease spills. Come to HLS. Take the FOWT course. Earn your rating. Make more money. Course Starts .August 30 To enroll, see your SIU Representative or contact: Vocational Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Phone: (301) 994-0010 SlU'.s McCartney Keynotes Bay Area Memorial Day Services SIU Representative George McCart­ ney was the principal speaker at colorful Memorial Day services in San Fran­ cisco. The services were held at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. Sponsored by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, the ceremonies paid tribute to the men and women who served in the nation's merchant marine as well as in the Armed Forces. Following ceremonial raising of the flag and lowering to half mast by a color guard from the U.S. Marine Corps, the assembled throng heard from a number of dignitaries. They included SIU Representative Ed Turner and former San Francisco Mayor, Elmer Robinson. <3 In his speech to the assembled throng, of people, McCartney stressed that the ; best way citizens of America could honor its war dead was to make sure the nation remained strong. He said in part: "Our Armed Forces, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine are bulwarks of our defense against the enemies in the world. We must keep those defenses strong. In order to continue to honor our dead in peace, we must be strong enough to ensure that we do have peace." The memorial service concluded with the traditional rifle volleys and "Taps",| by members of the color guard. �5 j Seafarer John Alberti, one of 12 going through the Bosun Recertification Pro­ gram, looks over some of the equipment at Coast Guard Headquarters in the port of New York. This phase of Bosun Program gave participants a first-hand look at a sophisticated vessel traffic svstem, Seafarers participating in Bosun Recertification Program get a rundown from Coast Guard spokesman on how USCG monitors traffic in the busy port of New York. Bosuns Set to Wrap Up 1st Recertification Class of 79 A new group of 12 recertified bosuns will soon turn to after their two-month recertification class finishes up in New York early next month. This will he the first class to graduate since the Seafarers Appeals Board reinstituted the Bosun Recertification Prograiii in January. Two more classes will he held this year, with one beginning on Aug. 6 and another beginning on Nov. 30. The bosuns spent the first 30 days of the class attending various training sessions at the Harry Lundeherg School in Piney Point, MU. Field trip; were taken from there to pert­ inent locations in the Washing­ ton, D.C. area, including the U.S. Capitol Building, Transportation Institute, and the headquarters of the AFL-CIO. Besides touring SIU facilities and attending more training sessions, a number of educational field trips were taken by the bosuns during their month-long stay in New York. Among the places visited were Coast Guard headquarters, the El Paso ship ! Bosuns took field trio to the El Paso training center near LaGuardia Airport in [New York to view bridge, engine consol and cargo room simulators similar to the equipment on LNG ships operated by El Paso. simulator at La Guardia Airport, they're also cast in the role of the U.S. Public Health Service, Union representative and ship's the Sea Land offices, and the chairman. This is one reason why Marine Port Council of Greater the Bosun Recertification Pro­ gram was started in the first New York. All respects of Union op­ place. The Union recognizes the erations, as well as the various unique and important role of the factors—political and otherwise hosun on SIU ships. The SIU wants its bosuns to he — that effect Union members, the maritime industry, and labor in well informed, not just about the general will he covered by the new equipment going onto the bosuns before they complete the ships, hut about the political and other forces that effect us as well. class. Bosuns are important men on The Bosun Recertification Pro­ SIU ships. Besides the fact that gram is one way for us to remain they coordinate work on deck. strong—through education. El Paso technician gives bosuns a look see at the company's LNG cargo room simulator. Crews for El Paso's LNG ships go through training on these simulators. June 1979 / LOG / 37 �Seniority Upgraders • Stephen J. McGurgan Seafarer Ste­ phen J. McGur­ gan, 22, is a 1977 graduate of the I. undeberg School. In 1978, he upgraded to AB there. He has his lifeboat, fire­ s' fighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation endorsements. He resides in Ken­ sington, Conn, and ships from the port of New York, John Carroll Carr Jr. Seafarer John Carroll Carr Jr., 21, graduated from Piney Point in 1976, He upgraded there in 1977 to FOWT, and to QMED earlier this year. Brother Carr has the lifeboat, firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation endorsements. Brother Carr lives in .Arnold, Mo, and ships from the Gulf, Thomas L. Gary Seafarer Thomas L. Gary, 24, graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School in 1973, Brother Gary u pgraded to FOWT there in 1975 and to QMED this year. He also completed th° GEO High School Equivalency Program. He has his lifeboat, firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation tickets, A resident of Atlantic Beach, Fla,, he ships from all ports. r Joseph Boevink Seafarer Jos­ eph Boevink, 26, is a 1975 grad­ uate of the Lun­ deberg School's Entry Program. He upgraded to AB at HLS in 1977, Brother Boevink plans to take the LNG and Tankerman Courses at the School, He has his lifeboat, firefighting and cardio­ pulmonary resuscitation endorse­ ments, He was born in San Jose, Calif., lives in Panama City, Fla. and ships out of all ports. Alan H. Nelson Seafarer Alan H. Nelson, 27, graduated from the HLSS in 1968. He up­ graded to FOWT there in 1970, Brother Nelson is enrolled for the QMED Course at Piney Point for Oct, 1, He has the firefighting, lifeboat and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation tickets. He was born in Baltimore where he resides and ships out of the ports of Baltimore and Piney Point, Angel Mercardo Seafarer An­ gel Mercardo, 27, graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seam a n s h i p 's (HLSS) Entry Trainee Pro­ gram, Piney Point, Md, in 1975, He also upgraded to FOWT there in 1978, In October, Brother Mercardo will upgrade to QMED at the HLSS, He has his lifeboat, firefighting and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation tickets, A native of Brooklyn, N,Y,, Mercardo ships out of the port of New York, Dropped Out in lOth Grade, He Gets His H.S. Diploma at HLS SIU member Jim Riccio of Cleve­ land, Ohio recently completed the high school equivalency program at the Lundeberg School and achieved his high school diploma. After dropping out of school in the 10th grade. Seafarer Riccio found HLS "to be the best place to get your diploma," He has been a member of the SIU since 1975 and found out about the GED program by reading the Log. Seafarer Riccio commented, "The GED program is very good. It is a good opportunity to get a diploma in a short time," He was among 18 other students in a class which recently achieved their high school diplomas through the program at the Lundeberg School, This was the largest graduating class since the GED program has been in existence. When asked what he liked most about the program. Seafarer Riccio said, "The classes were small and all the teachers were very helpful. They would help you with any area of study in which you are weak," The high school equivalency program is very individualized, "You can learn more when you are working individually," said Seafarer Riccio, Even though this was his first visit to the Lundeberg School, Jim Riccio has plans of returning to upgrade sometime in the near future. He would like to recommend the high school equivalency program to his fellow Seafarers and encourages everyone to take advantage of this program. Jim Riccio The high school equivalency program is open to all members in good standing. For further information contact your SIU representative or write to the following address: Academic Education Department Harry Lundeberg School Piney Point. Md 20674 Personals Anton Bruun Crew Anyone that was aboard the SIU Re­ search Vessel "Anton Bruun" in the 1960's in the Indian Ocean, and has a crew list, please send a copy to Jack (Saki Jack) Dolan, Chief Steward, 62 Galloway Road, Warwick, N,V. 10990. He needs it to finish an article for the Log. Big Bad Tom call your long lost Brother-In-Law Little Bad Bill in Cali­ fornia, 714-889-1743. John Liningston Please contact your sister Mrs. K. A. Waddell, 5861 Hollyhurst Way, Sac­ ramento, Calif. 958232. She is anxious to hear from you. Wliat's Wrong? Monthly Membership Meetings Date Port New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Algonac Houston New Orleans Mobile San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Piney Point San Juan Columbus Chicago Port Arthur Buffalo St, Louis Cleveland July 2 July 3 July 5 July 5 July 5 July 6 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 16 July20 July 14 July 5 July 21 July 3 July 10 July 18 July 13 July 12 38 / LOG / June 1979 Deep Sea Lakes, Inland Waters 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m,' 9:30a.m 2:00 p.m 2:30p.m 2:30p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30p,m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m ,.,,, 2:30p.m 10:30a.m 2:30p,m, UIW 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00p.m. — — 7:00p.m. 7:00 p.m. — — — — — 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. — 2:30p,m. — If yon can find out and fix it, you've got great job security and good pay. So take the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course at HLS. It starts August 20. See your SIU Representative or contact HLS to enrolL �/ .22 Qualified Men for the Engine Department Here's 22 more QMED graduates at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, Md. They are(front row I. tor.) J. Galeas, A. Shaw, R.Barnes, C.Martinez, E. Haynie and I. Abas. In the middle row (I. to r.) are L Gayle, D. Dokulil, R. Hipp, J. Fisher, M. Mefferd, G. Hughes, W. Davidson and M. Phillips. The back row (I. to r.) are T. Taylor,-J. Hall, T. Gary, J. Carr, M. Freeman, B. Fowler, K. Craig and D. Turner. Taking to the Lifeboats Showing off their Lifeboat Course diplomas are (I. to r.) graduates E. Olsen, C. Jefferson and A. Wooten. LNGers—Deck and Engine Deck and engine department LNG Course graduates have their picture taken after graduation. They are (front I. to r.) H. Nakea, Recertified Bosun Aubrey Waters, J. Cade and Recertified Bosun Tom Brooks. Standing (I. to r.) are R. Dawson, W. F. Murphy, J. Wells, H. Bennett and B. Hassen. A New Cook & Baker ^re You Getting dishpan Hands? t Well, get yourself out of the soap sudsl Upgrade in the Steward department atHlS. Chief Steward—August 20 Chief Cook—August 6 Cook and Baker—August 6 Assistant Cook—September 3 Sign Up Now! < See Your SlU Representative ^ or Contact HLS New Cook and Baker Ronald Jones -Shows diploma. June 1979 / LOG / 39 �•gyiiCfcTCi*Taa3Mi What is job security? And what's the ' Union doing to protect the Job security of the membership? "Our voluntary SPAD contributions have brought the SIU out on top of battles before," Paradise continued, and if we ail sign the SPAD checkoff we're giving our Union support to fight for us in Washington in the future." That was the main point of discussion at a recent ship's Union meeting aboard the ST Ogden Willamette. And the answer Bosun Leo Paradise, ship's chairman, and steward Paul Franco, ship's secretary came up with was—plenty. "Now is the best time to sjgn the SPAD checkoff," Paul Franco, ship's secretary added. "The fight is in round one and there are 14 more rounds to go." Brother Paradise pointed out an article in the January issue of the Log called "Common Cause Study Flawed." That article, originally published in an independent newsletter, scored a report by Common Cause which had praised Rep. Paul McClosky (R-Calif.) as a champion of the public interest because he worked to defeat the labor-backed cargo preference bill. Round 2 is right around the corner. Brother Franco noted that the SIU has launched an all-out effort to get Congress^ to overturn a recent court ruling allowing the Amerada Hess Corp. to use foreign flag" tankers for the Alaska oil run. (See December Log, "Hess Gets OK to Use Foreign Flags for Alaska Oil.") "If Hess gets away with this," Brother Franco warned, "so will others. Think about how many of our jobs will be lost," Franco said, painting a picture of a job call at an SIU hall where Seafarers look up at a blank shipping board and then at each other, wondering what went wrong. The article concluded that Rep. N\cQ\osky opposed U.S. maritime for one reason—because he lined his pockets with contributions from the oil industry and American-owned foreign flag interests. "All SlU members should read this article, not once, but twice," Brother Paradise said. "Rep. McClosky is out to break all of us in the maritime industry. He's out to destroy everything we've fought for over he years—new ships, improved job security and a strong U.S. merchant leet." "That's when it's too late," Franco said, "but it's not too late now. Let's sign the SPAD checkoff to make sure our future will be secure." The Willamette ship's committee talked about two of the ways in which SPAD contributions have enabled the Union to work to make the present and future jobs of Seafarers more secure. "It's our SPAD donations that fight the enemies of U.S. maritime like Rep. McClosky," Paradise said urging everyone o sign the new SPAD checkoff authorizing the Seafarers Vacation Plan to deduct 30 cents a day from their vacation benefits for the SPAD fund. "We wouldn't be at the top of the industry now if it weren't for SPAD," Brother Franco said, "and we have to fight to stay on top." ASSIGNMENT FOR SEAFARERS PGLItiCAL ACTIVITY DONATION (SPAD) TO: DATE Seafarers Vacation Plan 275 20th Street Brooklyn, N,Y. 11215 Effective from this date, I hereby assign, direct and authorize you to deduct from payments required to be made by you to me for vacation benefits and at the time of such payments, a sum equal to thirty cents per day for which I am entitled to vacation benefit payments and to pay and transfer such amounts to SPAD, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. This authorization shall remain in full force and effect unless written notice by certified mail is given by me to you of revocation of this authorization, in which event the revocation shall be effective as of the date you receive it and applicable only to vacation benefits both earned and payable to me thereafter. I acknowledge advice and understand that SPAD is a separate segregated fund established and administered by my union to engage in political activities and to make contributions and expenditures for candldsjes seeking political office and solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions and I have the right to refuse to make any contributions, including this authorization without fear of reprisal. I may contribute directly to SPAD such amount as I may voluntarily determine in lieu of signing this authorization and that the specified amount herein provided is to minimize administrative responsibilities and costs consistent with the facilitation for the making of voluntary con­ tributions. And this authorization for contributions, constitutes my voluntary act. A copy of SPAD's report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Wash­ ington, D.C. 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Title A name given to the resource June 1979 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SENATE SUPPORT GROWING TO BAN ALASKA OIL EXPORT 25 SENATORS CO-SIGN LETTER OF SUPPORT SIU SUES USCG FOR FAILURE TO ENFORCE SAFETY LAWS SENATE, 85-2, PASSED MARAD BILL: HOUSE FIGHT LOOMS CARTER NAMES PAUL HALL TO POST ON EXPORT COUNCIL 1ST SEAFARER GETS INCREASED DEEP SEA PENSION TRUSTEES REVAMP RULE ON INITIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR WELFARE PLAN BENEFITS COURT ORDERS CREW TURNOVERS ON 9 MSC TANKERS UNION FIGHTING TO RE-ESTABLISH SIU CREW JURISDICTION NMU HALTS MERGER TALK WITH SIU SIU OPPOSED TO PANAMA CANAL TOLL HIKES DIXIE BOATMEN GET COST-OF-LIVING HIKE A TOUGH ORDEAL, BUT WELFARE PLAN GAVE HIM PEACE OF MIND TRUSTEES DROP VACATION ELIGIBILITY TO 75 DAYS FOR BOATMEN CARTER SIGNS ANTI-REBATING LEGISLATION HOUSE COMMITTEES HOLD HEARINGS ON DEEP SEA MINERAL RESOURCES T.I. CALLS FOR GUARENTEED FUEL ALLOCATION FOR TUGS AND TOWBOATS GAO SAYS USCG SHOULD DO BETTER IN PROMOTING SAFETY SENATE PASSED MARAD AUTHORIZATIONS CONGRESS ACTS ON ALASKA LANDS BILL CARTER NOMINATES NEMIROW TO TOP MARAD SLOT LOS ANGELES HARBOR A LOOK AT SIU’S EXPANDED OPERATIONS SIU’S NEW HONEY IS HOPPER DREDGE SUGAR ISLAND HESS SHADED BY UMBRELLA OF VIRGIN ISLANDS LOOPHOLE MARITIME DAY- REMEMBERING OUR MERCHANT MARINE AS MATE WITH CROWLEY, HE’S MOVING BIGGEST RO/RO BARGES IN WORLD KEITH FOIL ZEROING IN ON PILOT’S JOB WITH A LITTLE HELP FROMA FRIEND ONLY 23, GEORGE MOWBRAY SAILING MATE WITH G&H TOWING NEW STEWARD RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM SET TO GET UNDERWAY SEPT. 3, 1979 3 YEAR CONTRACT WON FOR BOATMEN AT HARBOR TWOING NEW 3-YEAR PACT BRINGS INLAND VACATION PLAN TO HANNAH BOATMEN WATERMAN TO BUILD ITS THIRD RO/RO RETAIL CLERKS, MEATCUTTERS MERGE: BIGGEST IN AFL-CIO NLRB UPHOLDS SIU, MFU, SUP IN VALERIE F. BEEF; AWAIT INJUNCTION SOHIO DROPS PLAN TO BUILD LONG BEACH TERMINAL, PIPELINE FOR QMED’S TODAY- DIESELS ARE THE KEY HLSS PRESIDENT GIVES SIU’S VIEWS ON EDUATION TO SENATE HEARINGS COMMERCE SEC. BACKS BUILD, MAN AMERICAN IN OCEAN MINING BILL Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1979 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 41, No. 6 1979 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/22ea8cb23bcb64d32a6b11e51569c0f8.PDF 98df984450de0e7a6278e1cb34147f87 PDF Text Text ./ ' ' "' I ' ' I '• , Official Publinlion of the Seafarers lnlern•tional Union• A'if•nlic , Gulr, Ldkes •nd lnl•nd W.aters Oi\lrict • AfL·CIO Drozak Fights for Maritime Plank In . . , Democratic Platform VOL oil! NO 6 JUNE 1980 Maritime Day 1980 Pages 19-21 Another New Tug, Independence, for SIU Boatmen • Jlrllte 36 ' . ' • Ocean Mining Bill . Passes House , ••• 3 I It's the Year of the Diesel; SIU Crews Anotl1er D-9. a II 12.83% Wage Increase for Deep Sea Membership ' ''a _Amendn1e11t , •••• • ~l I �., ' ! Drozak Urges Maritime Plank in Dem Platfonn WAS HINGT 0 N., D.C.A two-pronged program to revitalize the U.S. merchant marine was outlined by StU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak before the Democratic National Platform Committee. During three days of hearings held here this month , the Democratic Platform Committee heard from members of Congess, labor, business leaders, OnSa1ure1ay. June1 4, SIUExec. VicePresiden1FrankDfozakpresenledlheS1u ·s and representatives of proposalrorinc1us100or a pro-marltomeplank rnthedemocra11cp1a11onnbelorethe Democra tic National Plallorm Comm11teo. In background rs Joans!e Setzer. eova r i o us interest groups c11arrmanolthe P1arro1mcomm11tee from around the nation. national cargo policy which prepared ahead of time for Besides Drozak, other will assure the U.S . fleet this function. labor leaders who spoke access to a fair share of aU "For this to be accomincluded Thomas Dona- types of cargoes. plished," Drozak said, "the hue, secretary-treasurer of Drozak, who is also merchant marine and the the AFL-CIO. and Doug president of the AFL-CIO Navy must work tol{ethera~ Fraser, president of the Maritime Trades Depart- closely and as often as U n I t e d A u to mo b i I e ment, quoted a section from possible. Without an onWo.rikers. the 1936 Merchant Marine going coordinated effort it Jn his statement, Drozak Ao1 that states. "It is will be virrtually impossible said, "rt is essential that Che necessary for the national to properly re~pond to our Democratic Party reaffirm defense ... th:1u the United nation's needs.1' President Carter's goaJ t-0 States shall have a merchant The Navy could cont:enrevitalize our merchant marine .. . capable of serving trate more Jully on its rnarine." as a naval and military military mission if it allowed His two point program auxiliary in time of war or the merchant marine to take over most of the non.calls for national emergency.... " (I) a greater utiliution of As Drozak pointed out to combat commercial functhc private merchant marine the Committee, the only way ti o ns . Also, as Drozak by the Navy for its support that the merchant marine noted , this arrangement functions; and can be ready to respond as a would "result in the most (2) the enactment of a naval auxiliary is if it's economically sound use of R. Und•y Williai1a Is Na11ted N.O. Mariti111e Man of tlte Year ETJRED SIU OuJI Vice Pres idenf LjndJey WiLliaDl!l was named New Orleans Maritime Man or the Year by its Maritime Pon Council for his 40 years of Union LeMefShip on May 16 at a luncheon in the Union Hall. An estimated soo mend• and will wishers were there to hoaor Lind$CY Williams from Pe,05ioner Jake Cuccia Lo retired New Orleans Port Agent Buck Stephens SIU Vice Presiaents Mike Sacco and J0e Saceo, U.S. . Orozalc: Reps. Lindy Boggs and Bo b Ljvinaston and New Orleans Mayor "Dutch" Moria!. In a telegJam to Williams. SIU Exec. Vice President frank Droz.ale declared: ..In 40 years or servi«" to the working men and women oLthis country, 111ate of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans, in my mind you ha\le been Maa of the Vear on many occasions. Conaratulatlo1t1, ~indsey on this day in your honor." Tbe president or the CounciJ, the S IU's Gerry Brown added -Lindsey made this an o'.ccasion we wiJJ ne\ler forget. The unique ability lo assist. cnc:ourage and develop young people in the labor movement, busillC5$ and private sectors throughout bis career bu probably done more for this city and state than any other person." «tf. '>'llloD. 1'lw rw Yort, N- 1-y ud Conarcdc.s boud & «•P' d al The luncheon, cooked a nd sen'ed by SW inembers, wasdone In &be ffadition Lindie)' Williams helped CRate: red beans, rice, ltaliaoauuge1nd rod Wine. 126 cltru1on wllo _.... -•5 ttnm. 1'Rboudelectl1111 E11ecuffn CommJUrr wlllcll . .aa1u Ille corporadoa\ .&In. Ulllted Way ,_. ptf ' c .,.,.. cio8rd coalrlladolll lrvm corp I ' - •ad •ad ~ Aet~ed SIU Gull Vlee PresideJll Lindsey Wiffiat111 (cet11l!ftholljs ~Man Of m dlel'mdltootlNrct'rlda...a lhe Year Plaque awatCJi!d lo fhm tor 40 years ol Mlfllice bV Ille New Orle.lns • •• "L 1111• SearH~~~ron M ~1 G F~11im(l 10rJareeit1Vli!ePl'C9lde11tJoo - •• • ceo .,.... OrfeansPorlAgentGerrytlrown ...,...,_h Ill•· Deep-Sea Members Get 12.83 ~o Increase T HE SIU is pleased to an- Freightshlp / Passenger nounce an inflation- Agreements. beating wage increase fer the A compl~te breakdown of deep-sea membe.rshi,p! , these new rates, by rating Effective June 16, 1980 and departments, is given on SIU members sailing deeJ>- pa'4!1 13-14 in this issl.le of sea will realize a f2.83 per- the Log. cent increase in base wages, This significant wage inpremium, overtime (for crease results from a colbworlc in excess of eight bined 7J,.S percent contrachours, Monday-F1iday) and tual increase and a S.33 penalty off-:wa1ch rates percent Cost Of Living Monday-Friday) for the Adjustment (C.O.L.A.). Standard Tanker and Jn addition to the items House-Senate Conference Must Still Act on Measure The House of Representatives bas passed by a voice vote the Ocean Mining Bill. a piece of h::gislation that would Rtomote ' the: national security of the United States and protect the job rights of American woi:lters. Oce•n Mining holdl a tnmenctou. potmtial tor the Cl'Hlion of new JObs for :i\mdlcu mailtlme worken. The legislation, H.R. 2579, sets up an interim ~· framework that would allow American companies to begin mining the important mineral ~ourccs that lay at the floor of the QC'Mn Passa~ of the Ocean Minirtg Bill rellects American frustration at the failure of the UN-sponsored Law or the Sea Conference to devise an international lepJ ihDD SIU In Walbillglan •• 1'11915 t-10 Stllllt Oki ApplopflafJons - -......l'lge 8 OClm: . . . . ••• • ' ... .. ...... 3 u..n ..... °""' Orval! II l'llltform Hlllrlnus .....,... 2 ~Nolll .......... 5 talllr9 Ill Edllol . .......... 18 At.......,. .... ·-···-··Mi2A :. 8l'odlll1lood Ill Mlloll ....... 36 LOG JUO<l 1980 framework ror the orderly min• requ.irc all mining and proe> ing of the oceans. essing vessels used for ocean That failure has endangered mining to be U.S. registered and American security interests and U.S . manned. worsened an already bad domesThe Senate passed its version tic economy. of the Ocean Mining Bill earlier The United Stutes must spend this year. There 1tre several billions of dollars to import differences between the two bills. One of the _moi;e important strategic materials like copper, manganese, nickel end cobal,, all differences concerns thl: amcndof which lay on the ocean seabed. ment on mining and -prOcc:ssing This country's chronic balance of vessels. payments defecit could be dra.s- - The Senate would require alt tically reduced were American such VCS$Cls 10 be U.S. built. in companies permitled 10 obtain addition ~o U.S. registered and these minerals directly from the U.S. manned .. The House, as ocean. . stated e;trlicr, would ooly require The Law oft.he Sea Conference that one carric:r be U.S. built. has been in existence since 1973, The SIU has gone on record as and it is no closer today 10 supwning any .amendment that producina an international wouJd mean additsoaal jobs for agreement than it wu seven ~ears U.S . seamen and shorcsidc ago. • workers. Locluded in the Ocean Mining The different:eS between the Bill are amendments that would House and Senate bills must be protect the jobs of thousands of worked out at a joint committee • American workers. The amend, conference. Once•a compromue menu would: version or the Ocean Mining Bill • require at least one ore is agreed upon. that version must oarrier used to transport the be pmssed by bot& tbe Senate and mineral nodules 10 prOUS$ing House or .Representatives and facilities from eacb miniq lite to signed by the President. be U.S.-owned, U.S. built and In the past. the House and U.S. Clewed; Senate bad passed Ocean Mining • male U. S. rcailtered ore l~Jationonly1obavethosebills c:arricn uaed for ocean. minh>& die because time had run out on u,ib~for bolh construction and the lejPslative process:. That must opc:q4"'• diltemttlal 111bsk$11; not llappen apin. b ja imperative ...,...............,... I pAI) CIJatlioll --~ longshor~ work and tanlc cleaning. Tbe SIU is pleaaed to an,nounce the new wage increases that have been won on behalf of the membership. It's a reflection of our Union's strength and viability, at a time of rising costs and weakening economy. Come what may, our Sec;urity In Unity will keep us moving ahead instead of falling behind. that a compromise version of ihc Ocean Mining Bill be paslied before this session of Congress ends. Drozalc: on 300 Radio Stations SJ U [11ecuth•e Vice Pre.ldrnl Frank Drozat will be beard on o•er JN radio statlom utloawfde. The ll•lloa1 are M111ua! Network .nui.ta. ne .... otttM procnm Drozak wtJI be lward OD ls •a...bor New1 Coal••ac•." Drozd dMcrs11 eel die proIlle• of die maridJlle lntl•l')' ... ..,.,. Of lilt p DHfllle """ll"cml Oii Ille lllow. Tiie •oar ••ow will lie diatrillaletl lllrou1• Ille Mahlal Natworlk ,,__ Jue 24. To Set 1111 11191• ••d daa. ol when Ille lltoelkut wit lte lltanl la yoarua, caU " ' local Mulu•I Network .nm.te. 1'111 _ . . , caa Ill fowid ra ttJe Yellow Pa111. sllow will be lle•rd In Wbllllnlfclll, D.C. oa June 29 on ••If °" T•• mt~ W~\IS FM 93,t. rr.aatlotlllo ~ ......... . a ....,.. .. Ship~ Dl9llt ............... 211 IJlsPaldlt(• llepiKla: W•IUbl ..... ........ . llUndW.. .......... . llllP SN ... · -· ... · --l'IOtJ2 Tulll' 1 Vsa • I · .... •A• Slniorlty IJpgJMilll .... ;,, Upgr8dklg~ •. ~ .. . . •st• ... n . •• ········• • 5 "' ..... ....... _ FllllO..... ........ ~ ls'JPFI CllllAllDM - .... 1'11$1& 18-21 2 specified above, the deep-sea vacation benefit will also in· crease by 12,83 per-cen.t effective>.iune 16, thus providing Seafarers with another important hedge against inflation, M~ mould not~ thlll COLA ilrcretl#S' tttt not appllt:ablt to on-wlltclr, Monday tlu1Ju11t Friday, or onwatclt Sllbudtl.y, Sunday and /tolitMy penally TtlleS fllld ~ l'tltes such as House Passes Ocean Mining Bill Ltll•ls••NR9 ••Named ro U."'9d Woy Bom'd SIU £stative Vici PresJdmt Fruit DrozalL eady tills -.di WM n..,.S to die loerd al Dllectwa al lllr United W•.r al Tri-Starr dllaritMle scarce defense fuods." Talking about the need for a nati~nal car!lo policy, Drozak satd that U.S. sliips areforcedtocompete o11 an .. unequal footing" with foreign fleets in world trade. He pointed out that foreign nations use a number of methods of favorable treatments to put cargo on their own ships. Drozalc therefore said that this country needs "a national cargo policy to assure our fleet access to a fair share of cargoes." He pointed out the nccessity of bilateral shipping agreements as a "key component of any maritime trade p()licy.'' Also, Drozak ,said that government agencies should be directed to use the private merchant fleet to tlte fullest extent possible. Current laws should be strictly enforced so that no less than 50 percent of U.S. government generated cargoes go on American-flag ships. Furthermore, Droza k said that American boatage Jaws should be fully enforced . For instance, the Jones Act reserves coast wise trade to American-owned and crewed YCSsels. frupff..,, Volcano Closes Port of Portland 'l r. Two SIU-c:J)llir_.:led were ...._ va.. uap--' in d amoa, 1wo 01.CD .,,,,... .-.v when mud .._ p •·net. "''"" ' -on.. -1. - - _ . ,vw. . . ,.. area, Ml St Helen& -al~··rvm,"" ..:"c'~~~~o..:. _.,.. ;,-:·1 ""~' Thc SS Prr.'14Mt Ta.rlOI" alld SS l'rr!Urlrm J11rltM111 'M!re delayed al 1hcar bctlh• in Portland while U.S. Army E114PACer1 and 1.... " · C.,.,, Guard worked fewrisJll)' IO unblock &he channel d o wnuream from Portland. Mud flowing down 1hc mouniain drained fnro the Cowlitz River and lhcn inro 1be Columbia Ri\1:r al Longview. downriver from the Punland art"a. Normally. the c ha nMl is 40-f«t dKp and 600..f\-'CI wide al L,.ngvicw. Ho~ •lie mud. rock and sand reduced 11H: dcplh 10 ,._ .._ ;•• •-1 , ... she width lo 100 Ctts_ Inc Engineers. aftcf a •ul. werr abll' l d drrdgc 1hc:channrl roadeplh o f 27 fees and 01 lc w da}'5- baltr In .lJ f feet , allowing one wa y traffi c. •lt•• rn·• i-• ly up~•'"'.. down river. fl ii ~·t•m··cc·' that it will take until ~· n... ubrr 10 drcd.... "" 1 .,- the river 10 iss rcuula ., r dimrn"o ns and o ne-way 1rartlc wall be an e ffect u01 i t then. An esiim11t'd 22 malliun icubac \·aids or mud was dumped inU> lhc river al l.uagv~w alone. and 11111111 llltr at lea~• S44 mil hon to snturc Q " the l"hanncl 10 lhr c41ndi11on ii 11111~ fltlUr to the cruplaon. June 1980 I LOG I 3 I I j �M SIU Toast of Union Industries Showcase ORE than 200,000 people came to see the SJ UNA SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UMION F NORTH AMERICA eKhibit at tl)e 35th AFL-C)O Union-Industries show held in Cincinnati, Ohio from May 2:'l through May 29. Because of Cincin nati's scra tcgic location on tile Ohio River. half of the SIU NA exhibit was devoted to pubfoii.zing rlie SIU5 Harry Lundcberg School and its recruiting drive on Lh.e. rivers. Tiie other half of lhe eKhiblt The SIU's eich1b1t at lhe Af'L ·CIO Umon Industries show focused on the 1rain1ng was devoted to SIU NA affiliates • available lo yovngmen and women al HLS On-hand lotaunchthe s1>owfh1smonln such us the fishing and cannery wete (t-r) AFL·CIO Secreiary-Treaburer Tom Donahue: OSHA Director Eul~ Bingham, SIUNA Vice President John Yarmole. Rose O'Ouisto of rhe SIUNA· worker unions. atliliated United cannery Wo11<ers; Phyl~s Orlando. wile of Mike OrlandO of the Five Limes a day prizes were. SIUNA-arfthaled Atlantic Fishermen's Umon and Earl McOavid, secretary. raffled off consisting of products treasurer ot the AFL·CIO Union Label & Service Dept made by the affiliates. These tnternational vice president, and treasurer ol the Al-L·<.:10 included cans of tuna fish. pct national field coordinator for the Maritime Trades Department. food. hot sauces. and Mexican AFL-CJO Marit ime Trades Mrs. lngrao was in Cincinnati to specialties. Depanment; Michael Orlando of attend tlw National AFL-CIO At the SIUNA booth, thou- the Atlantic fishermen's unit of Secretary-Treasurers Confer· sands of pieces of literature wen: the SIU A&G District and his ence. given out, $uch as, the Li>g. the wife. Phyllis; Rose Laquista. Labor's Showcase Moritimt' Nt'wslt'/ft'r, and other director of welfare services. and A FL-CIO Secn:tary-Treasurer publications. Helen Fernandez.. bl.1$inel;s agent Thomas R. Donahue was t.he Applications for the School. of 1he United Can nery and keynote speaker at the opening which is Located in Piney Point. Industrial Workers oft he Pacific. day cere111onies. He ~aid the Md., were very. popular. Many Mrs. Laquista's two grandexhibition is "labor's showcase, union families were inte(ested in children also assisted at the boot Ii an appropriate seniog to sending their children to the during tire show. highliglll t~e bc~t in the Amel'i· tlLS. Joining Ilic booth. 10 help out can cconumic system. a ~'Y,stem Manning the booth for th.e for a CC1uple of days was Jean which is only a~ 11ood as It ls SIUNA were: John Yarmota. an Jngr.ao, executive secretarybecause it boasts a healthy. free. growing labor movement." Bringing grcetin$~ fro.m President Ca ricr 10 the show w11s a rrative of Cincinnati. l!uii1 Binghani, aSJ;i~t11n~ secrc:tory ur labor for occupational snrc1y al1cl hcallh. She also qisc::ussed the effect that current attempts th weaken important OSHI\ rcgul(ltions rould have on labm. The Union-Industries Show, the first of which was held in Cincinnati in 1938. exhibits the skills, services. and prOducts of America's union member.. and the companies that elllploy them. This years show included 300 exhibits. For instance, Mwlcians' loc-.il I entenained visitol'$ while the Bricklayel'$ and Carpenters gave th'em the chance to be "apprentices." Visitors to the Postal Workers' and Letrer Carriers' displays could go through a "training program .., More than $100,000 in gift> artd prizes were given away ul several exhibits. The Lad ies' Garment Workers stitched up sea rves as prizes, and wheels of fortune 1111lped the Cement, 1.ime and Gypsum Worker$ and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers distribute vutuabh: union-made product~. SIU's Ed Turner Is Propeller Club's 'Man of the Year' SIU senior west A ward, .. the honor was first given Ballard cited a long list of EDcoTurner. "Always ready to protect the a.st representative, was in 1948. Turner's contributions to welfare of bis llnion members," the honored last month by the Over the ensuing years, men maritime industry and in comPropeller Club when be receivc;d the organization's prestigious who have been giants in the munity services over the past JO award as maritime "Man of the maririme industry have beerr years. He noted to the assembled given the honor. A list of past audience that Turner bas spent Year."' The award was made at 1be recipients read~ikc a who's who all his adult life working for the club'l> annual maritime day in maritime. Turner joins such beuerment of union members, famous nalJIC!; as George Killion, while at the same time, doing luncheon in San Francisco. 1lJe honor is given each year to Thomas E. Cuffe. R. Stanley whlltever be could Lo advance Uie the penon in the madtime Dollar, J. Paul St. Sure, Leo cause of and strengthen the industry members of the Pr~ Ro~ and Roben Pfeiffer on rbe maritime industry in general. peller Club f~I has contributc;d roster. the most in belpiJJg maritime. The trophy and a plaque were Sianific:antly, Ed Turner is the presented to Turner b)' Raymond lint labor union official ever to Ballard, Vil:ll' President of Farrell m;eive the award. Known alf~ Lines, and Jast y-=ar'' winne,r. tio.nately as th~ "Brass Hat ln malling the pll'Jentation, the citation said in part, "Ed Turner has been in the forefront of those who believed that labor and management working together produces a stroRJCr mer· chant marine. He has proved this over and over apin by his willingness to meet anywhere, anytime. in order to improve the maritime industry," Mea11Wiol For George IAeany Georp M•n)', Uw ~ pnsidtnt or the 4FL-CIO and- oflhe IJ'eal 4mmc:an rolk llthMI or lhe llldl teoluey, conllnun to caphut llw bnaainalion ol his rellc>" tollftlt}'· men, aar1, a 'ear um his dnda.. Tiit H - Repramtathes hu oYerwhdmlnstY apprond the OmnilND Parb 11111. a piece or ledlla· lloa lllthldund Ir) RepnwnwiYC Pliil llartoa (D<atif,). l1le (1111 pwa Ille Na&lual Pata Se"ie:" tlte Mlllority 10 de•elop a apprapriaff or 4 I LOG I June 1980 memorial to comJ11emor1t" lbe conlrlbutfons of Georp Meany lo tbr worklftc mm and womea oftbia naUOll. At lbe NIDC time, the CeorJt Mean, Cmtet rcw l.abor StulHn Jn Silver Sprlap, Md., Is prOCMdin& witb ill plan lo «Wvelop an Ardain! wbldl wollld bo4M dw historic.I ctoc1•~11 ad ~ lllf!llOnbfUa lllat ue rela1td to Ceor1e MIMfa fame M Pre>ddlllf o1 lbr AFL-CfO. Sen. Inouye, True friend of Maritime, Gets Award S .ENATQR Daniel K. lnouye ([)•Hawaii), chairman of the Senate SubcC1mmiuee on Merchant Marine and 'Pourism, has been named this year's recipient of the: prestigious. A<lmiral of the Ocean Seas (AOTOS) award. He is being honored for his lifelong dedication to the maritime industry, and for his persistent efforts to bring about its revival. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Inouye bas consistently sought to stern the decline of the American J)ag merchant marine. He has iotroduced numerous bills aimed at achievjng that g~ the latest and perhaps the most importanr being the ~Ocean Shipping Act of 1980," an ambitious piece of legislation which seeks to develop a coherent national policy on 01erchant $hippin'g. . The AOTOSaward is the latest jn a fong series of honors tha! have been bestowed upon Ino uye for outstanding national and community service. War Jfero During Wo.rld War 11, Inouye left his medicaJ studies at the University of Hawaii to enlist in the defense of bis country. He served with distinction in the 442nd Special Regimental Combat Tcami which was comp~ entirely of Americans of Japanese descenL lie was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, rhe Bronze Star, the P11rple Heart with Cluster. live Batt.le Stars and four Distinguished Utiit Citation$. In the closing days of the war, the Senator received his second wound and suffered the loss of his right arm. His disability prevented him from pursuing a career as a surgeon, so he turned to law instead. After his graduation from the George Washington University School of law. Inouye became involved in Hawaiian politics. In 1954 he was elected to the House of Representatives of what then was the Territory of Hawaii. In 1958 he was elected to the Hawa iian Senate. When Hawaii became a state. he was elected its first Congre!i-~­ man. As Senator. Inouye has served with distinction on the Commerce Committee. He is looked upon by his colfeagocs as an eicpert of maritime atfairs. The AOTOS awards are given annually by the United Seaman's Service: a non-profit agency established during World War IJ to provide a worldwide network of community centers for the men and women of the Merchant Marine and their families. Past winners include a distinguished roster of men and women who have helped nurture the American maritime industry. Steward Department Upgraders Job 0pPortunitits in the Steward Department haw never been better! Make these opportunities vour own. Uptlnde in·the Steward Dep•tlme,,I al HlSS Assistant Cook-throughoul August Cook and Baker-throushout August Chief Cook-throughout August Chief Steward-throughout Auf(ust Senior SIU Ww Coast Rep Ed Turner(ngl1t)acceptsthe U.S PrC)pellfw Club Bias< Hsi Award lato laSt month lorserv1ce/Olhi!-Ameticanl11Gf'Cha/)t manne Present1011 thee ward 1n the pon ol San Franosco we~ (centet) us. As....nt Secretary ol ~lfllltce for Maritime Allatrs Samuel B Nern.row and (lell ,Cai:ll RllV Ballerd 01 Farren L•OOS-thc 1979 w1noer of rn11.award Turrllirwas tna rwst ra1>o1feade<1ow1n lhl' tropny Report From Headquarters All oul the appllcalion in this issue ol the Log. or contact Vocational Education OPpartm~t, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, Maryland 20674. By frank Drouk Executive Vice Pre$idenl T HE MOST imporrant thing that this Union Is involved in today is the flghr for new jobs, and the fight to preserve the jobs we presently have. The arena where we slug it out day after day in this crucial fight is Washington, D.C. There was a time in this business when you could get by with a token presence In Washington. But no morel Today, the success and survival of our organization depends in large part on an active, aggressive, effective team in Washington. It is by no means tin overstatement to say that virtually every American seagoing job-deep sea, Lakes and inland-is tied to Federal legislation. The simple fact is that we have to be there every day. We have to be there'to moni!or legislation, to parlicipate in hearings, and to meet face to face with Congressmen, Senators, White House people and others who form maritime policy. If we do not maintain this constant presence to protect our Interests and to fight for new programs and concepts for U.S. maritime, it woukf'be safe to say that in a very few years, there would be no American-flag m.erchant marine left to fight for. VENTS In Washington thi5 month provide a good example of what I'm talking about. During June, there were (wo extremely lmponant hearings which I participated in. First, I testified at hearings before the House Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. The purpose of the hearing was ro decide on the issue of additfonal operating subsidies for mal'itime for Fiscal Year 1980. The hearings, however, turned intoanattackon manning levels on U.S. ships. Had we not been there to present our poslrion on manning, and 10 outline how. ~e have cooperated with management to develop compermve crew sizes, these hearings could have led to further unnecessary cuts in crew levels. That won't happen now. The second hearing was before the Democratic Party Platform Committee. At th~meeting, I presented to the Committee the Union's proposal for inclusion of a pro-maritime plank in the Party Platform. As a rewlt of this effort, and our participation In hearinp in other cities, I am confidentthe Democrats will adopt a pro-maritime plank .at their Convention in August in New York. ,. In addition to these hearings, we continued our efforts concerning the Omnibus Maritime Bill. There are a lot of good rhlnS$ for maritime in the bill. But there are numerous points In the bllf that have to be changed before It g~ to the floor for a vote in ttie House. We~re working on making those changes. N another ;irea, the House of Representatives passe<f the O<rean Mining Bill by a voice vote. The bill Included an amendment mandatfng tlJat the ships Involved in the U.S.Qcean minins effort must be registered American and m1mned by American seamen. The ultimatesuccessof this bill holds a great poteJ1tial for job~ for American maritime workers. Of i;ourse, the fightfor this bill ls far from over. Butthe House action puts us one step cl~ to victory. The thingthatmuTI be remembered is that if the SIU did not maintain an active and highly visible presence In Washington, none of these thlnS$ could have taken place. Again Brothel'$, our Washington operation is crucial to us. In Washington, we are fighting for our jobs and job security. We are fighting for our lfvellhoods. We are fighting for our future. Nothing less than·an absolute commitment and tot.al effort will do. We are putting fonh this kind of effort right now thanks to this membership's support of SPAO. We must all work together to keep it this way. E r June 1980 I LOG I 5 • �- Members Vote 'Yea' on Constitutional Amendment Followlng is the completeuxc of• Conttlcullonal Amend.Olene submitted on behatr oft~ EKtc11dYe Board of ·~ S•tJ-ACLIWD for !Mmbet'IJtlp a,dton at all rtllll-1 Con1lltu~onal pon membership mettl1111 In June. At Ute non· coldtOutlonal porn, die amend-• ~· pre-ted at spedal nteetlDp on Jime 13, 191t at 19:tt a.m. Tlte Ullendment wu ado!Med f1\'e,• whelmin&ly. EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOtlJTION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL Cllltgt or tht Gull C0.11. ""' llbPrwdrlfl itt Cl••rrr of tllr <;011St, •nd Ont Vlot-Prtriclcn1 in Charge or the Lakes and Inland the Prc.Mdcnt. the Executiw Vi~· Prc-sidenf. t ht Vlce1..PrcsidenL in Chars• or Co~IR<il •nd Con1rsct lln(orcc:mcn1. the $ecretary-Tr•••• Waters." urer. th~ Vi~·Plcsident in Chara• of the Atlantic Coast A:rel. 11¥ Vlc»- w,.,, 2. Article VIU. Section I shall be amended Lo !tad as follows: "Section I Tb• officers of the Union .iutll be elected t.1 oth<rwltt pro~dcd in tliis Constitution The1< omccrs •hall be the Prcsidtnt, an E•tt.itlvo Vioe-~.aideni. """ Vice-Presldenl ln Clw'Sc of Conlraots and ContraOI • En(orecQICnr. 1 Secmary-Trasurer. o~ Vicc,Prcsldo1 in Char&• Atlantic Coat\. one Vl«·Prttldcnt io Charse of Ille Gulf Coast. llbPrnillad hr C6~ of tlN Wm Caal, and one vi .... Pretident In Char&c or the lak« and Inland Watcrl.... or AMENDMENT MAY 28, 1918 3. Aniclc X, Sections 7 through The EKecutive Board has for 13, shaU be ttnumbe~d ~riatim so several years monitored aod exam- a.s to constitute new Sections 8 ined the shifting patterns of mem- tltrougb 14. bership employment opportuniries. ... Article >(. new Section 7 1liall In the past and as a rewJt of such be added ti> read as follows: studits, it was recommended in 1971 "S«llon 7. \/ice-Prnldcn1 tn Chi<F cf t he Wnt Coa.u. that our constitution be amended so ~ Vic<-f'«Sldtnl in of 1hc as to make San Francisco a ConstiWnt Coast shall be a m<mbcr of1he tutiona I port. The recommended Executive Boud and f'"tled 10 cut one vo«: in that body, cons tilutional amendment was thereafter adopted and approved by tte 1ball 1upcrvi1C and be tnponoib~ 1hc membership. for 1he activities .,r all the Pons and the penonncl thcrccf on the West Even11 of th~ past seven1I Coast inolud in1 their 11r11ni11ng ihdi·ca te tllal by reason oC. our a"Ctivi1ies. The Wcj1 Cout am is .i'1crcased membership upon the deemed lo ritqin lhc State• of Call· fornla, O"'gor\, WUhinaton, Alaf~ West Coast sui>srantially as a rifsuh and Hawaii. of jhe Marine Cooks BJld Stewards In order that ht ma.y properly <ICA!CUtc mcrgl!r with us a couple of years ago hl' responsibiliti.,, l)e is cmpo""'rcd and with prospects good for further and au1horir.cd to retain •~y 1cch11ical increase in this area. it .appears or professional usis11ncc he d«m• oe<:ns4r)I, subject to lhe approval or appropriate in the inrerests of broad I.he Ex<ttulhre Board." representation thaJ our constitution be amended to provide for a Vice 5, Article X. Section 11 renumPrelldenl In Charge ol tbc West bered Section 12 as above, is Coast. At the present ti me our amended to read as follows: constitution provides for Vice The lil'$1 panigrsph is amended 10 Presidents in Charge of each the rad: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and for the '"The E1<0C111ive 8ollrd shall coosist of Lakes and Inland Waters. This proposed amendment will fill the West Coatt vacuum and make equal offic:cr ttpresentation appliQble to all areas. This resolution also provides if ii is appromi by the membership for a referendum vote, 1hat it ~ Jllc:ictl upon tlit ~•e ballot as lhal used for conducting of the eleciion of ofli-· cials later this year. Finally, if the mcmbcnhip by referendum approves this conStitutional amendment, then pending the next regular election of off'!C4tls. tM President as col!Stitutionilll.}' provided by Anlclc X, SectiO!l l(J), Shall 1111 such office: until such next regular elcctfon of officials. a.a"*" rears It jg thcreforc RESOLVED! I. Anidc VII, Section l shall be amended 10 read u follows: -s..i1>11 l. lllc Haulq110111:1'1 or 111t Union 111111 ht '-Id op New York or •• 1ucll . . . . "' ,,,. .,....,...;.., 8aard nwydclcmullt rt0111Ii•10W.."l'be slllll """"'"" a~rdnolflaon Prnidtlll. aa Eatt.otivc V.U... Ptc"*"t. Co-· ODD VScr..Pftsldeftl in ucl c-.- C'1lall& "' enr.....,......•. 1 Secmarr-Tnao-.. OM Vtc."-ideftt la Ctlarl" a/ the Atlantic C - . OllC Viat-l'R:silknt in I I LOG I June 1980 • Piciidcnt In Cha~ ortheOulfCoa11 A~, tit• "~""~ •rn1 IAC'-rr.o/ 1 tl1< Wf'll Co1nl AHo, tlie Vice• Pi'e:Jidont in Chorge ol th< Lai.cs and lntlor!d Waters, and the N1tio111t Oirector(orchicf exe<tutivcotrlt'ft) ol each subof<linll< body or division crcal<>d or ohuttrcd by tbc Union Whcnc•tr wch subordinate body or division IW ottaiocd • mcmb<rsblp al 3,200 mcmbct'i atld ha111111J11aincd 1h11 mr:mbcDhip ror not las thon three (J) mooth1. Slleh National Dl1tt1or (or chid' CKocurive aff""'r) 111111 bc a member or I"" rnpectiY< subordmate body or divisoon 'And mlHt bc q1111ificd to hold ofTlcc undtt or 1he terms of 1bc Con1citution rll<ll d1vi1ioM or wbordinat< body.• II. Article X, Section 12 renumbered IJ. as proposed above. th.e first paragraph thereof "(a)". is amended to read as follows; -(al The lcnn -dcl<ptco• slWI ltlea.o those mcmbcn or I.he Uoion and iu 'Ubord1nate bodic.1 or divi5ions who ore cl<ekd 1n accordtnc:c With the provisions or thm Corutirution. ID at lend the eonvtnlion ofth< Safan:rs l,nttrnatlona.I Union Nonh America The lollowlng olT'icers and job hqlders, upon their ckction ID ofTlct or job shalJ, during the. ••rm or 1bcir office or job. be dclcgat.. lo. all .ienlor in ship. A ruu n is furtllcr RESOLVED that lhii resolution be placed on the same ballot as tbat used for the cond~t­ fng of the .election 9f ofrjci11ls and voted on over that same two mon• h period later on i.n the year andth111 if approyed by the mcmbenhip, the President u co111titutionally provided in Article X. Section l(j), fill such office until the next regular election of ollkials. Sublllkted by and Oii behalf of tlW EncuUYt Bo.rd FRANK i>ROZAK D·ll Exeamye Boud Measbtr ANGUS ~R£D• CAMPBELL C·2l7 Executhe Board Member or Convention• of •he Seararcu tntcmatlo1111! Unl1>n or Nonh A111c:ri"' 10 thl:· folloWlrlg onfer of priority:, Prt>idtnl\ Eucutfvt Vic;c·P.n:sidont; Vi.,..,Preti• dent in Chara• or Co~lt••1$ an_d Cbnuact Enfotcem<n1: S<<>felarY· 1'reasurer: Vle<·Prcsldcni in ChllJge of (he Atlantic Coa11, Vi~·Prcsicl<nl in Cha!F or 1hc Gulf Cout: l'kf'. Prnldf'lfl /fl Cltet1• of lllr Wtst Ct»rt; vi..,-Prcsldcn1 in.Charge of rllcLll kcs ond Inland Watcn; Headquarters Rcprrscnralives. with prionty lo thooe mosl$0nior in run book Union ~mbcnhlp: PonAgcni.. witb priority to those most Steior in full book Union mcmbc11hip;and l'lltr0lm~n. with priori1y lo tboK most PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT bOOlc Union mtntbcr- JOSEPH DI GIORGIO Executive Board Member 0 ·2 tEON HALL H-125 Exewtlre Board Membrr MIKE SACCO S-1288 Executlve Board Member JOE SACCO S-1217 E:uaadye loud Me...,._T The Jo/lowing report was have carefully considered thci changes that have taken place in the deep-sea and inbind fteld, With a view toward meeting the opportunities for expansion • at The report wa.f also praenUd through means i>f organizing. all SIU CDtulillltional Port Since our last General Election Mnnbership Meetings inMtl}I, as of Office!'$, the memberships of well a at all SIU HaDs holding the Seafan:rs International ilifomrotlonal membership mHI· Union of North-America. Gulf, fn8s in M II)'. Lakes and Inland Waters District May 5, 1980 and the Inland Boatmen's Union Pursuant lo Executive Board of the SIUNA-AGLIWD, voted action authorizing me to. <lis· affirmatively to approve the charge the duties of ou.r President merger of our former affiliate Paul Hall during the period ofhis IBU into the AGLIWD, together incapacity, J am submitting the with Constitutional amendPre-Balloting Report in. accord- ments. One such amendment ance with Article X, Section I of provided that S r. Lou1~ would be our Constitution, which. provides a Constitutional Port of the for the s ubmission of ruch Union. Accordingly. in this Report by the President at the General Election, provision regular May membership meet- would be made on rhe ballot for ing of this election year. the elecrion of officers and Balloting for our General jobholders for the Po11 of St. Election of Officefs for tlle term Louis. Also participatil\g in our 1981-1984 will commence on upcoming election of officers will November I, and continue be those members formerly with th.rough December 31. 1980. The our International West Coast election will be eonducred under affiliate Marine Cooks & Stewthe provi$ions 'Of our Constitu- ards, as well as the members tion, as amended and effective our International affiliure At.tanSeptember, 1976. and such other tic Fishcrmen!s Union, both of voting procedures as our Secre- whom hav~ . merged into and tary-Treasurer may direct. become an integral pan of our I have, inconsultatibn with our · AGLJW District since our lase Executive Board and Port General Election of Officers. representative$. made a careful appraisal of the needs of our It is my recommendation, in Constitutional Ports: Head- accordance with o ur Constituquarters- Port of New York., tion. thar the following offices be Philadelphia, Baltimore. Detroit. placed on lhe ballot in the 1980 Houston, New Orleans, Mobile. General Election of Officers for San Francisco and St. Louis. We the term 193 I through .1984. P:fesented b.Y. Sil!.Erecutive rice Pnsi<lent FrQiJk. Drozal< at the Headqua'lter.s General MethhterSlrlp Meeting on, M.qy S, 1980. or KEADQlJARTERS ST. 1,0UIS • I P,resident • I .£xCc.uJf~e Vice President • I Secretary-Treasurer • I Viet: President in Cha rge of Contracl$ and Contract F.nforcement • I Vice Presidenr in Charge of the A_tlantic Coasr ... , Vice Pr.esident In Charge of lhe Gulf Coast • I Vice President in Charge of the lake's and lnlano Waters Represcnta- • 4 Headquarters -.. hvcs I Agent I JnJ111 P~trolman NEW YORIC I Agent 8 Joint Patrolmen PJIJLADELPHIA1 Agent 2 Joinr Patrolmen BALTIMORE I Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen MOBILE I Agent 2 Joint Pa1toltnen NEW ORLE'ANS I Agent 3 Joint Patrolmen HOUSTON I Agent J Joint Patrolmen SAN FRANCISCO r Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen DETROIT I Agent I Joint Patrolman Pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section l(e) of our C'onslitut1on, I recomme nd the designation of' Mr. John J . Scono, Vice Presiden•. S1erling. Narional Bank&: Trust Company of New York. 1410 Broadway. New Yorlc, New York 10018. as Depo$itory for ballou. It will be the function of the Depository to receive the mailed ballots and other election material as provided by the Consritution. to safeguard 1he01 properly in the bank. and 10 surrender them only to rhe duly authori7ed Union Tallying Committee in accordance with Aniclc XIII, Section 4 (c). P roof of authori7.ation shall be a certification by the SecrctaryTreasurer. The Depository shall be requested 10 cenify that 11U of the envelopes received by 1he IJ>cpository have been properly safeguarded. have been surrendered only 10 the said 'Tallying Committee, and Iha• no one other rhan apptop,riale bank personnel has had access to them. As provided for in Art iclc XIII, Section I, nominations opcn ·on July I S, 1980 and close Augusr IS. 1980. The foregoing constitutes your Pre~ident 's Pre-Balloting Report, and I recommend its adoption. Fraremally submitted, Frank Drozak Executive Vice Pinidcnt . Senate OK's $567M for Maritime Subsidy The Senat~ ~as passed by v~ia: tioa difrc:rent!-J aublidies • vote Uie Manume Anthonzation • $38.6 million for mantime Bill for Fiscal Year 1981. The education and trainina House of Reprcae.uatives had • $30.1 milliOJJ for Maritime pwcd version of the bill Administration operating exearlier this year by a .Yete of 320- pcJJJel SO. • SIB.8 million for maritime The two measures are cuen- -R'Jseareh and dtvclopmeot tially lhe same, thoup l!eVeral A new '4aritlmc Aulhoriza· minor differon~ do exist. Tbe tion BUI must be approved for discrepancies must be reconciled each nlll!lll ~t. The Jeplation is ~on: . the lqjslation can be ~hapa the . . . . ..,.. 11ped mto i.w. lanl way tllllt Coaar-afremdw Fundins lc:velJ for the House maritime ludt11tr1. Were- tbe and Senate bills are neuly construction •od operatina identical. Both would 1:11tablisb •ublidy proarama cut, thouaanda Pocloral 1pelldina Jevels of about of maritiJno.n:lated jobs would $567 million the mariti~ be JOit. ind•uy. Tbe Federal moniet Tiit Senate version contains an Would be dishibutcd u follows: ~ offered by Williem i" Pride is prcsc:ntly owned by Maine, and is operated as pan of that state's fisheries train- ing program. The House version docs not mmition the Fundy Pride. Stumping In City by the Bay 1-... ror ~ Cohen (R--) to allow dae • Sl35 mil&Qa fen-~ FuadxPridetabet.focum • 'Cdu a U.S. 0q \II el The Fundy • "47 mm;oa. far dlaen:mial •Wwichtt • VIC& Presldenl Wauer Mondafe stumpe<I ror lhe SIU·becfleel Carter/Mondale tlcicel before CelllORQ s June 3 primary Here he makes • po1nt during a breatdasr recepttOn, 9IJOi1SOred bY Ille Oemocta1ic een1rs1 Commrnee. ar the sc fl8f!Cl9 ~Bl "' Sift Fra11cill:o. Orgaruzeci labor. •ricludrng Ille SIU. W&I well· represented In Ille crowd lhlrl tumed OUI IO greet Ille us Veep June 1980 I LOG I 7 �. AFL-CIO Ruling Confuses ·tug Job Jurisdiction A recent ruling by the AFLCIO Executive Council has thrown itlto confusion I.he jurisdictional rights of the SIU and Ldcal 33'.! 0£ the lnter;na. 11onal Longshoreme11's Ass.n. . . . (tug unton) concerning Mame· towin!.(. • · · COBS · t WISC t0- VUlJIDIB OVertuminganearlierdccision by an AFL-CJO Jmpartial Umpire, the Executive Council ruled that a clawoe in Local 333's 1979 contract "docs not, on its face violate Article XX" of the AFL-CIO Constitution as the SIU had charged. Article XX, The AFL-CIO Constitution's "no raiding" clause, strictly prohibits one AFI.,.'cro affiliated union from attempting to represent or interfere with employees alre.ady working under a contract with another AFL-CIO affiliate. The SIU initiated Article XX proceedings against Local 333 last summer after they ratified their new contract. Key to Local 333 's contract settlement with the Marine Towing & Transporcation Employers Assn. was a oJausc aimetl at broadening the i;cope. qf their representation. Local 333's old con&ract slli(t their jurisdiction included "only all licensed and -unlicensed employees ... on tugboats arid self-propelled li&hters ... in the Pon of New Yock and vicinity." The new contract eittends Local 333's jurisdiction to cover "any regular coutwise run having as one of its teniiinal poin~a point I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I MEBA, whosemembersfill~ome meeting in. Washin~on, D.C., twtomarlly and tradltionally licensed jobs on McAthster, the Executive Council reversed dotte by other union.$." Bus'1ey and Moran's outport the Impartial U.rnpire's decision. fte d . h h tugs. theSJU lmiltacaseproving In a short determioatjon, the 1 A ' stu .ymg 1 e c 1~use, e that Local 333's new cootraet Council stated that local 333's SIU determined that 11 was a · · ti • th , II , ba rga101ng ' · agreeb . . d" . . clause woullf 1ntet ere with e new co ective t reat to our Juns 1cuon in • , t ... . . does not on 1' rs 1ace ~ . . scope of the S1U s n;prcsenta- men coastw1se towing. violate Article XX• Section 2 or . 1•ion. The s1.u filed Article XX The lmpar1ial Umpire upheld 1," of the AFL.-CJO Constitu; cbatges wi~h the A~L-CJO and the S IU's charges and found tlon. . an. lmpart1aJ Ump11e was ap- Local 333 "in violatiol\ of Articfe SJ U Exec. Vice President 10 pointed hear the case. XX (Sections 2 and 3) of fhe Frank Dtozak called the CounDuring along hearing, the SIU Constitution of A FL-CJO." cil's action " rcgretablc." pre!i(:nted testimony showiJlg LocaJ 333 then filed an appeal of ''Tl forebodes adverse and that SIU Boatmen fill jobs on the Umpire's ruling which en- disturbing consequences for boats belonging to the out port titled them 10 a second hearing affiliates in the maritime indussu'bsidiarics of some companies before a three-member subcomny;• Drozak told AFL-CIO signatory to Local 333's collec- mittee of the AFL-CIO Execu- President Lane Kirk.land in a rive bargaining agreement. Sul>- tive Council. letter. s1diaries of New York-based After reviewing th.c case in Predicting that the Councirs McAilister Bros., Ira S. Bushey & February. 1980. the .subcommitruling would have far-reaching Sons and Moran Towing & tee decided that a wider hearing consequences, Drozak warned Transportation do extensive was called for and passed the that "a substantial unsettling o f coastwise work from Norfolk issue to the full Executive an· already fragile relationship and points north. Council amoqg maritime affiliates;• Togelher with National On May 12. following a would occur. in or north of Norfolk and not Tbe eonOlrt lnvol¥es Loc:.i 333'111 lnterftrence 1'!tll u SIU·-naed Mi:Allilter subtldiarJ ta1 whlc:ll wu transportJns a derrk:t l'rolll Todd thlpyard lo Plllladtfplda 1o • New YolitaMpJ•d. AdlDa UDder 1Jielr illta ptd•llon of die EncutiYe Co.....Wa rulloc, Load 33.l . . . 1k SIU-aewed tac I I I I I Two other ships b~ned~i.°: company haVt: crews aboard but they·re sittina iD pon with no cargo. ~ two ships. the £1 Paso SouJlwm and the EJ />0$0 Anew, will also lose their crews if tlle Algerian problem iS not resolved Meanwbile; ho~er, the Alae,;.an government decided to prcu fot an CWll srcaier prite increase than wba1 bid been nqotiated. Instead of SL94, the 80Vtr111Km wantal 10 up Che price to SS or S6 per tholllalld cubic feet. This occurred in Marc:h and there llave been no tanker loadinas of SchulllUln "'..,.. dull "Ule E11tcuivt Co1111dl dJd llOt say .fhat If one unloa 1akes ui tlldiOll "hid! lntufem with anodw' un1on•1 t0Uecllve Slatln& that Lo_cal '333'had ove..-. hlll'l!llnln1 alJ'eem111t, then that's flkay, ~ lttpped the intent of tile [x,cutiveSrhulman pointed out lh11 If Cou~lrs "-'Un1. tlJeSIU UlldafeCI a new Artlde XX proceedlnr•plinst Local 333la allowect ~~erfere with die work of a Pll Illa-based lhe tuc union. · . SIU tul. "dNis by rf&hls, "Local 333 ~ argutnc lhat, be- " ' couJd lllOp ltw. Ill die Ame cause of the Executive Councll's ny,., 1'llm ttiey come lo Plliladdaction, the1 did oot Yiobitedl&SIU's plda. lfaactl a dt1ladon II 811owed to jurlsdlc:tla.i," &aid tlle Union's lepl mad, Sella•• uld. ........... "'" counHI Ho"ard Scll111ma11. .But break loOM... I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 th.•- These high ti:chnology LNG ships were built at considerable expense. To have them laid up is a tc:rrib~ waste. l\ho, at this time wben the U.S. is trying lo become more energy independent Crom oil. "it 11eC1D1 a pity to cut off a different source of mef8)1. soon. The 1to11ble ii that Algeria wanes 10 radicaJly bike tbe ~ of its natural .... lbe Alferian aovcmrlleal would lite 111 ~ to be comparabla witll ~ \Iii prill"I EVER~ SIU ahlp has eleotn>nlc gar 1Mt QMED'1 Med to krlPW how ta handle .. ...___ Now ~ ~ 1•1111 how! Talut the new Marine ElectronJca .,_,.. 11 HLSS. El Paao•s contract witb tbc Algerianl to cany natural IM was """ ...... al lut year. It ... qrecd Iba& lbe price of AJterian.natvnl. . WOUid bo Sl.9' per 1lloelanct cuWo fa:t. This iltcRase was app10..t bytbe U.S. Depanmcat or Eneray (00£) Wflidl. under law. lllllll rule Oil me price_'!f uy illlporCed ... · lo this 6-week course you'll get the eklfla vou n6lld to worl< on; • • • • . elecfronlc ayst~s In the Engine ~ winch contt011 anchor wlodlaas controls cargo control boards Sign Up Nawl Course starts September 29. :C:lll~OISS M .... OfltAllleQ • b .... _.,,..Uf.. • tn M.\'t=''l,1t,1r\ I f,1n~11.• 1 ,111µ.' Congress ... an civersiah1 hearing July I U> study ocean vessel reaistration procedureg. • Maritime Regulaflollll Two !louse comnrittccs are planning nnal hearinas and markup on various aspects of the so-ailed Omnibus Maritime Bill. The Judiciary Committee Will take linal action on the antitrust aspcct.s of lhc bill a1 a markup SC5Sion June 17. The House Forcig11 Affairs Committee will hold hearings on a markup on the bill later this month. • Coal Slurry Pipeline. The HoU$C Pu bile Works Committee will be holding hcannss this month on riahu of way for coal slurry pipelines. The system is planned to carry pulverized coal throush water-sluiced pipelines from remote coal fieldsto terminate along I he inland wau:rways sys.rem. -·~--- • $347.697 for the operation differential sub5idy program. Vessels receiving ODS funds must be offered for enrollment in .a sealift readiness program. •SI 8. 7S0millio11for~rchan·ddev~1op­ ment activities. • $30.863 million for maritime education and training tl(pcnses. • $38.864 million for maritime admini~ a1rttion operating ri11Pefites. ;rbe Senate bill also provides a supplemental authorii.ation of S44.307 million for the operating differential subsidy jjrogram which was authorized in the 1980 Maritime Appropriation bill. In the House. meanwhile. a supplemental appropJ"iations bill has run Into stiff. op~sltion. (See story in this issue of THfi: LOG). , • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I J LOO f June l980 1, ~·g_u,h1r1\~. t\lln111'''cr.,cl~'1..t 1ll1i l • Dd'mH Seatttt. The House Merchant Marinec Subcommittee will bold a hearlns June 24 on U.S. defcn.sc sealift capability. This is Ule azea in which the SlU ha:. persistently uraed that the privately-owned and Opcnitet;I mc~m Oeet be siven a larger role. in lhe sealift program. • FJacs of Convenience. The House Merchant Marine Commillee will also hold The Senate earlier !his month passed the Maritime Appropriations Authorization Act for 191H. The BiU -H. ~. 6SS4- passcd bya.Yo.ice vote. As.approved by the Senate, the Merchant Marine appropriation bill provides rhc following: • S1"3S million for the construction differential subsidy program. I I I I I I pull over In New York. The SJ\Jma1med boat was forced to wait idly wblle • Local 333 tug delivered tbt derricll to the Brl>oklyn shipyard. Algerian natural gas sinoe Mar. JO. llJ Paso and the Algerians bad been negotiating over the pri~ increase but when lhe lalb broke down. DOE took over. Their negotiations have thus far been unsu~ cessful. The SIU is working with El Puo to help resolve thi$ i.uue quicllly. • I Algerian LNG Price Squeeze Tums Off Gas Ba:ause of a coafih:t over .the pricing of Algerian natural ps. four SIU<0nlrlci.ed El Paso LNG ships are laid up. A numberofJiearfngst111dorhera111lonsbv Howe and Selia1e Ccmmlutes are sch;. dufed this month which have a direct impoc1 on the marillme ind1Lftry. As we go 10 press thfr monih. here is the Congressional maritime agenda: I I I m On the Agenda -. I I I • June 1980 I New Artlcle XX Charges Flied After SIU Boal is Stopped In N.Y. Tiit ftrst ten of bow far the E~cvtlve Coundl'1 nalln1 allows Local 333 10 eo Is 110" bdn1 arsutd liefore anolbtr AFL·CJO lmputlJI Umpfre. • Fl&henes CQi1•1idt88. r&at'fil'lllllld Iii& COIDRJitmelll to a Slrong u.s --.g merchanl fleet The Seat1tera are al Slewaras wrio n pan~tng tn the SIU Slewar~ An MlficatlOt'I PtogtiWll. Allenclilig tne me li,IQ wllh Cclngl'Nlfl'lan lowfy were ~fateJS F,.ncla Ofcatlo. Henry Mceowan. JoBIDtl "91el•• • Dat1se. Edward Candlll. Vincent Ch111ez. Thomas Navarre. Robetl RuthefO<d Lourice Martin Jesse Natividad. and Franetsco Vega WiUI 1ne S.alarers - e SIU Washmgton ~ Be0v Rocller. and Piney POI/II Pat AQent Mar$hll Novack. Jme 1980 I LOG / t • I �• lndusby r:'?i----L-'~7 ~ News"------""-House Passes Ocean Mining BiU After nearly nine years o.f .debate.,stallfog 1md reaistanoe from lhe State Department, 1hc House lhis month lmally passed I.he Ocean Mining Bill. Formally known u the Deep Seabed lfard Mjneral Resources Act, tbebill went through on a v<>ioe vote June 9. As passed, the Ocean Mining Bill requires 1ha1 all mining vessels and all ore processing vessels mus1 be documented in the United Stales, must fly the U.S. flag and must be crewed by American seamen. The bill further 111quires that a1 least one ore carrier at each minrngsj1e be a U.S.-fllgship. CongRssman John M. Murphy (D-NY) who manaaed the legislation during tbefloor debale said that, "after nine ycan of Congressional consideration, H. R. 2759 represents a sound piece of ~gislation, critical in assisting our nation in developing 1cchnology for obtaining man~ nodules from 1he deep SC.tlbed.~ He aiBo warned, "If deep seabed mining Jcgi•ladon is not passed tills year, I.litre will nol be a deep seabed mining industry left to prolcct.r Congressman Barber Conable (R-NY) who also urged passage of the bill said "Unless we taJcc some step of lhis sort, i1 i.~ going to bc difficult to entice American concerns, who are lhe only ones in the world with sufficienl technology to exploit this valuable mineral resource and make the investments 1hat arc necessary when their investments may not adequatclyl>eprote<:tcd by American law.n Both Congressman Clement Zablocki (DWI), chairman oft he House Foreign Affairs Committee and Congressm•n Morris Udall (0-AZ), chairman of the House Interior and Insular AffaiA Comm.ittee endorsed H.R. 2759. Each Chairman. how.:ver, slated I.hat both Committcca along with lbe House Men;bant Marine and Fisheries Commiuees ucex peetc:d to continue 10 exercise oversigh1 jurisdiction on the bill u It is implemented. Similar legislation con1aining identical language calling for 1he use of U. S.-flag vessels passed in lhc Senate last December. The House and Scna1e bills will now go to a joint conference 10 resolve differen~ bciween 1he 1wo versions or tJ11> Ocean Minit'lg legislation. • McAllister,. Stone Appointed to • MA.RAD Positions I •II Sarnuc.I B. Ne1J1irow, kcad of the U.S. Maridme Administra1ion (MARAD) has named Bruce McAllister to be dep11ty assis1a111 secretary for maritime affairs-1.he post that Nemirow held bcfo~ h,is elcv11ion 10 the slo1 in MARAD nearly a year ago. I I I I I I I I I I I I Nemirow alsn announced the 11ppoin1mcnt of Ronald L Stonetolhenewlyae111cd post of deputy assistant adminis1rator for maritime aids. McAllister was formerly president of McAllister 8rothet5. In his new pQllition, he will also serve on the lhree-membcr Maritime Subsidy Board. • I I I In his new assiwimen1, Stone will be the agency's principle advis9r on commercial trade. traffic all related maritime aid programs. Prior to this appointment, Stone served four years as shipping and program oontrol officer- in tbe office o~ the Deput.y Stcrl:tary (or Maritime AffaiTs. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • • •II I I I I I I I I I I • •I I • I •• I I .Upgradflri In his Conoras810111'1 offices 1n Washington, O C The trip to Washtng1on and lllSlt With 8onlOt -.as an a PB" SenlOrlty 11 I LOG I Jta1C 1980 - Drozak, Mccloskey Square Off Over Manning A I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I • Kouse Mercha~ Marine Subcommittee bearing calltd ti) consider increasing lht fiscal year 1980 appropriations for certain maritime 'Programs quickly shifted gears as SIU Exec. Vice President Frank Droz.alt and Rep, Paul M·cCloskey squared off on the issue of s!Upboard mam»ng. Opening the June 11 h~ring Subcommittee Cbainnan John Murphy (D-N. Y .) said the Subcommittee would be consid· ~ring a bill "to increase the FY 1980 appropriation of funds for the operating differential subsidy SIU Exec. VICe Pres1deo1 Fran~ Orozal< teshfies before lhe House Mercham program by $44.3 million." The Marine Sut>comm111ee In Weshinglon $44.3 million for unforseen on June 11 operat~ng subsidy l!'-Xpenses competition. We believe lhat our would be added to .the $256 membership prosper:. to the million Congress, has alr-eady extent that our companies approved in maritime appropria- prosper and to the extent that the tions for 1980. U.S. merchant marine remains "This bearing also provid~." compCii1ive." Rep. ~urphy cpntinued. ''an - "But the sacrifices made by our opportunity to give further membership," Dro:zak informed consideration to the question of the Subcommittee, "in the longmanning on vessels receiving term interest ofa competitive U.S . ODS." neet have not been shared by Armed witn faets a,nd figures other sectors of the cre.w. In some Drozalc told the Sul>comlTlltt~ cases," he oontlnued.'"ships have that "the SIU took the lead in the been automated to the extent that 1960s in worlcrng witfl manage- our membership has betn ment to adjust' crew sizes to new vir tually eliminated in some technology."' departments while othe~ seotors "But there is a point,., Droiak ~board the same ships have been warned. "below which manning left virt1111lly unlouched." levels must not fall if we are to Pointing out that shipboard preserve the safety of the crew, of manning levlcs are decided based the vessel, of other U.S. citizens on input from the Coast Guard, and of the environment." the Maritime Administration, The SIU has worked long and labor and managemtnt, Drozak bard, Drozak said, to keep "our called for creation of a committee cootrac,ted companies competi- "composed of all of 1hose tive wiih both U.S. and foreign participants to work t-0 resolve T manning issues." involved in collective bargaining "We believe, ~said Drozak, that rights ... the sru 's "good faith in red11cing McCloskc:y continued to manning for the h~ng-term charge that manning cost~ are betterment of the industry is well lar$ely to blame for the big~e~ pJ.o;ven. But we also b~1Jeve/' he operating costs of U.S. vessels added, '' that a progressive compared to foreign fleets. attitude o.n the part of one: For every example McCJoskey participant can be u11dennined cited to show where personnel unless all parties share the could be cut to save money, burden equally." Drouk showed the SubcommitCongressman M~Closkey took tee that the California Congress· a new tack inhison-goingeffortto man was wrapped up in false reduce manning levels by telling economies. Drozak and Subco!Ilmittee Pulling out his notes, M<:Closmembers that uwe cannot sell"the key said "the Norwegians have need for additional funding for reduced costs with an 18 man the Merchant Marine to Congress crew... "unless there is some control on Dro:rak informed the Repremanning levels." sentative that the Norwcgians"do "Inasmuch as the government not tell you I hat they arc carrying is paying the wages" of U.S. additional maintenance people merchant mariners through aboard that ship." Ma rad ·s operating differentiaJ "While you arc making all this subsidy program, McClosJcey noise about excess manpower and queried. "don't they have an costs aboard ship," Drozak obligation to make sure the continued, "why don't you take a manning Jeyel isn't excessive or look at the shoreside maintena nee wages aren't excessive?" · that i~ being done ~ince 1970 and "The 1970. Mc:-chapt: Mal'ine see whether or not it would pay to Act," Drozak shotj>ack, gives,the put more people ,b aok on the government the rigllt l Cjl n.ile "on ship." manning, not on wage rates In a clear, concise sl.lltement ncgofiated in a eollectivc Droi.ak told the $ubQommittee bargaining agreemen1. Other that the U.S. has a choice. "Either industries get subsidies," Droz.ak we work to have a merchant noted "and they negotiate their marine to becom,letitiveorwearc own collective bargilining going to concede it to the Russians agreements freely. Is there any and the Chinese and whoeverelsc difference jn the maritime is coming along." industry having the right to freely "I do not think tha1 is what we negotiate the terms of our want (or this country, .. Drozak contracts?" said. "Wha1yousbould trytodo," ''It is simply not fair to the heappealed to the Subcommittee. people of this country," Drozalt "is help us. protect us. work with stated, "for the government to get us." Mm Asks GOP Brass to Support U.S. Merchant Fleet AKJNG advantage of the op- portunity to bavi: the voice o( maritime workers hea1'd, the AFL-00 Maritime Trades,Otpanmenl (MIO) prrsent~ its views this month al the Republican Party Platform Hearina in New Vork City. The need for a strona U.s. men:hant marine was stressed by Jean lngnw, executive ~crelllr'y­ tl'easurer of the MTD. She was accompanied b!o' Frank Pecqllex, Jcplative repmcntailve.of the SIU and tho MTI>. The MTD is com~ of 42 national and international uniont representing workers in the maritime and alficd fields, including tire SIUNA. Fran1' Droult, SIU elletutivc vice president, it also pruideot of tbe MTD. Many speaken, rcpresentilla a variety of interests. spoke before the Republican pa•el whfc:h was dlaircd by Se11ator John Tower (RTell.}. During the uylang heM..m,, the morning wu devoced to fortip policy and defeni.e and the afternoon 10 fi!cal and mon,,1ary roticy. Views expressed a1 1he Hearing will be~ by the Republican Party wl)en i1s plalform ls formulated for the 1980 e~ti011$. Mrs. lngrao told the panel tha1 ".a strong American merchant marinci~ an essential component Qf delorrencie against foreign na1 ion~ •nd is essential to our national set:urity." Though the U.S. loday",cneratca the largest abareoflhc world's ocain ttatfe." alu! pointed out that "the~ are lea than S50 U .s.•naa ws1el1 in service which carry ~ than f111C pen:mt of our fOfti&n commerce." Mrs. lnarao therefore ur&M 1be adoption of a maritime plank within the Republican Party platform which: American-nag fleet access to the fair share of all types of cargo In the American trada. and • rccogni1e~ the imporlant natio!Ull defense role-of the private merchant marine and urJ.:s greaicr u1ili:a11ion of the private fleet by 1he Navy for itS support functions. Following Mn. lnsrao's pn:senta1ion, Sen. Tower said, ~we all share your concern for 1he American mctehant marine.~ • expresses continued commiiment tothe&oalsandpr~msoftbe Merch.int Marine Act of 1970; • calb for the enac1men1 of a national cargo policy to 111ure the Al lhe 1980 GOP Ptatlonn l'learmgs ill New YOO( reeemly &1e 11 10 rJ MTD Secretary-Treasurer Jean lnwao lllld SIU t.eg1slal111e Rep Frank Pecquex, I June 1980 11.0G I 11 �...' . I SIU Wins Jurisdiction Beef on 5-L Crane Jobs double-barreled victory for the job rig,hts of STU membe!'S who do maintemmce work on Sea-Land's huge Pace<io cranes was handed down last monrh. In two separate ·rulings, the National Labor Relations Board and an lmpartiaJ Umpire of the AFL-Cld said that crane maintenance work at Sea-Land's Pott Everglades facility is the job of a maintenance crew made up of SIU and MEBA·Dlstrlct I Shorepns memben, Both ruJ.. ings struck down claims by the fntemational Longshoremen's Assn., that the crane maintenance work was within their jurisdiction. Though the outcome of bo~ the NLRB and the Impartial Umpire's rulings are the same, the two hearings were held {or dlfferent reasons. On Oct 2, 1979, Sea-Ulnd installed a Paceco crane at their Port EvergJadcs facility. These, cranes arc used to ioad and unload containerized cargoes. The actual operation ~ar the Port Everglades crane, and of Sea-Land's Pactco cranes ill ;New Jersey, Puerto Rico, New Or· -----~.r. tMlu~ W!'it Coast and Portsmouth, Va., is handled by an I LA membe( since it is" part of the loading operation and clearly within the ILA's jµrisdiction. The maintenance of the cranes, however, is the job of a cr:ew made up of SIU and MESA memberi. Under tbe collective bargaining agreement with SeaLand, one MESA- District I engineer supervising two SIU shorep:ng members arc responsible for repair woTlc, routine checking of electrical equipment and other talks involved iii upkeep of the cranes. But when Sea-Land installed the new Paceco crane at Pon Everglades, the: ILA protested the assignment of SIU and MEBA members 10 tbe maintenance crew. lbe Longsboreme11 began picketing the P~rt Everglades facility, stopping only wbeil Sea-Land went ro U.S. District Court for a ratrainh)g order. On Nov. I, the ILA toot I.heir beef over lbe crane maintenance work to the Labor Relations Commiuee, their contractual grievance commi~. The Labor Relatiom Committee. made up of representatives of the ILA and the Southeait Florida Pons Employees Assn.. determined that die ILA llad jurisdjnjOll over crane maintenance work. Sea-Land objected and filed A tz LOG I charges with the NLRB stating that tbe ILA had violated Section 9 (b) (4) (D) of the National labor Relations Act "'by engag· ing 1n certain proscribed activity with an object of forcing or requiring the employer to assign certain work to its members rather than to employees repr~ seated by MEBA anti SIU." A three-man committee of the NLRB was convened to hear Sea· Land's chirges against the ILA. On May 20 the Board ruled that "the employ~ represented by MEBA and the SIU arc entitled to perform the work in dispute. "The record reveals," the Board said in their 10 page determination. "that the Employer's standard practice has been to assign the disputed work to at least one MEBA employee and two SIU employees. The Employer has followed the assignment of wotk at all its facilitic.~ across the country since the late 1960's •• . " and "ls satisfied" with the job the SIU a nd MEDA have been doing. While the NLRB ~a.~ decidin& on Sea-Land's charges against the ILA, the SI U and MEBA brought separate charges against the Longshoremen before an lmpanial Umpire of the i\FLCJ O. The SIU and MEBA charged the ILA with violating the "no raiding" clause spelled out in Article XX of the AFLCIO Constitution. At the end of May, the Impartial Umpire upheld the raiding charges against the ILA and awarded the crane maintenance work: at Port Everglades to the SIU and MEDA. An Impartial Umpire has issued similar rulings over the issue of. crane maintenance work at several other Sea-Land facilities. Most recently. an Impartial ! ! Umpire ruled that the ILA had violated t.he "no raiding" section of the AFL·CIO Constitution by claiming crane maintenance "'work and disi:upting Sea-Land's collective bargaining rel11lionship with the SIU and MEBA at Sea. Land's Portsmouth Va .• facility. In spite of the fact that the ILA's jorisdictioo claims over ctane maintenance work at SeaLand facilities have been struck down time after time, the Longshoremen have continued to protest maintenance work assignments everytime Sea-Land installed a new crane. But because the implications of the NLRB's ruling upholding the Sltrs and MEBA's jurisdiction over the crane maintenance work are relatively broad, obSCTvers feel chances arc slim that the ILA will protest the assignment of SJU and MEBA main· tenance crews in the future. I • iI • • :• i :• !• I ; ••• : i ! DECIC DEPARTMENT i• Boauwam :• •• • ••• •• i I: Fo1Jowing are the new wage and overthne rates for seamen working aboard SllJ-Paciflc Marltill'e Association 'Vessels. · I ••• •• • VESSEL TYPE Cl:tief Steward Chief Steward Cbief Steward/ Baker Chief Steward / Chief Cook Chief Cook. Night Cook. •od Baker 2nd Coolt and Baker, 2nd C"ook Assis1an1 Coot( Messman As$1SW11 Cook/ C'ombinauo11 3rd Pamryman Freighter Modified Mariner SS Maine Hawaiian Princess MC9S11111D Paacnset BR. PanellJCr Waiter Utilityman $1,591.S I t,68.S.t l 1.172.73 1.559.97 Freighter Frcishter Freigllter Hawaiian Princ£Sli Freiglltcr Frc;pter Modified Mariner Hawaiian Priacns SS3.25 .56.17 S9.D9 52.00 l ,S06.J2 l,412M S0.21 1.26138 t,J00.73 l, 132.67 1,086.17 !;<186.17 42.0S 43.36 37.76 36.21 36.21 1.086.L7 36.21 47.08 SS.81 .5.81 i• Mcmt1111 Dallf su.oo s.so 10.oQ 10.00 Pantry M""trutn 7.~ .5.81 S.81 5.81 S.81 4AO 4AO 4.AO 4.40 .33 .33 ,25 S6..ll 9.39 C...., Wonm1 RMt! W~cn members or the S~nJ ~e-nmen1 wort cargo, they shall receive the.a.me carso tatc" or pay and the same coffee hnv and hot IUllCh consideration a. 11 received by lhe Unbcensed Deck Dcpartmcnc. sen...., Time Haen 01a•' s 7.14 I 1.79 i ! .5.81 17w/olla ..,,,, 111111..,,,+ uttpt ...,, • Nl;,t Cooll -.d a.UT is ;e}d Ort Fttl6/tftn, ...,_ C.»M_,.. two · - llrr.rr ,,,.. ,,, Mtll!fl ,,, "" "9firly ...., , tlw lollowltlt _. llalina Chier Steward Chief Cook 2nd Cook a. Baker :•• S.81 p .,.,,,. h""''-~ ~ '"" '""" br: I EFFECTIVE 6/ 16/81 POSITION • II •• ~1 II I • i BoatsWain (SL7s, SLts ·s. I.ash, Mariner a. Passenger Ca~nter ~ler Maintenance A.B. M1in1cnance Quartermaster Al!le Scaman Fire Patrolman O .S. Maintenance Ordinary Sellman Prmtl- R.te OnrtllM R11~ Sl,622.92 l .43~.4J $13.~7 $3.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 IJ .20.64 t.320.64 12.S() I LSI t t .51 1.092.84 1,092.84 913,21 854.24 10.63 10.04 9.SS 9.S5 7.46 7.46 6. t3 6. t3 1.736.JI IS.23 t ,7J~40 8.00 t4.66 14.66 14.66 8.l)O t4.66 8.00 11.00 8.00 8.00 6.13 6. 13 4.86 4.86 Chier Elec1riclan (Sl?'s. Sll8'i. !..ash. 'Morincr and Passcnscr Chief EteclriciWJ (Ocha) Cl!ief 61ectricia11 Cl8nc Mtce./ E~c1dcian Electrician Reefer Mice. Second Electrkian Engine Ucility Reeler Mtcc. Rcfrigtration Engineer (when one is carried) t ,688.6S 1,68$.()S 1,688.65 1,S7B.S7 l .S78.Si IS78.S7 IJ ,75 l3.7S 13.75 8.00 ~.00 Refrigeration Ensinetr (when lh1'1'C are carried) Chid Fint Assistant Second As.siJtant Q. M.E.D. Plwnbef" Machinist Urrlamed Junior Engineer (Day) Ualicalsed Junior Enai.-r (Wa lch) Deck Engtaecr EnJine Utility/ FOWT IOctta) £naiac IJ111i1y Evaporator/ Mtce. t,619. 18 1:.38.83 1.342.23 1,622.92 1.447.45 1.381. 13 t .243.59 t ,339.34 IJ52.o9 l2.6t 12.04 11.68 IJ,97 12.61 £2.04 tOJlS 11.68 11.68 8.00 8.00 8.00 8 00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.0() I .26l.4S 11.01 ~.00 10. ll 8.00 Oiler ( Dtc:scl) Watcrtcnder l , tS7.0l l.092.114 t, 176.04 1.092,84 fimnan/ Watenendcr Fireman 6.13 6.t3 6.13 6.13 1,092.84 Wiper 9.SS 10.27 9:SS 9.SS 9..5S 1.or-'. 14 8.81! Oiler Shjp.. Welde; Mtcc. otlcr/ Mainte11Btxe Ulillty General Utility/ Deck Enaine I i• !• • ENGINE. DEPARTMENT Slewanl/Bakef .: Momtdy a.~ 1.220.4~ S1'1:WARD Di.PARTMtl'IT Chief Steward (SL7t, SL 1..t. Luh. MariDlr) Seewald Cook • !• •' ' t,ISL08 f i c Freightship/Passenger Agreement Wages, Premium and Overtime Rates as of June 16, 1980 • i• HOURLY OVERTIME - Following are the revised base monthly wage scales:pr,mfum ri•tes;overtime rates for work f)trformed Jn excess ot eight (8) hours, Monday through Friday1 ancJ penalty off watch ,ates Monday through FrJd•y for the Standard Tanker and Freightsbip/Passenger Agreements. The contractual lnc,rea.'le of 7~% plus a 5.33% C.0.L.A. on the items specified above provJdes a 12.83% on ·su11h specified items. T.he J2JJ3% Increase also appHes to the Deep Sea Vacation benefit. Note: Tire C,O.L.A. is not applkable lo on waklr Monday througlr Friday or on watch Saturday, Sunday and HolidayJ penalty raLes and special rates such as longshore work and tonic cltttning. I New Wage Rates for Pacific Maritime Assoc. Vessels 8ASE'WAG£RATE MONTHl, Y DAJLY New Deep Sea Wage Rates: Effective June 16 1980 ; : WAGE RATES FOR ORV CARGO VESSELS , l 1-092.84 6,13 4.86 IJS5.72 11.68 s.oo t.26L4S 10.27 S.88 6.1 3 l.OIS. 14 Sl ,62,2.92 1.622.92 t,622.92 1,435.41 SIJ.97 13.9? 13.97 4,~6 S8.00 8.00 8.00 Chief Steward Chief Cook Coolt A Bater Secoad Cook 12SO 8.()() l.27S.8<l l,24J.58 1,092.84 11. 14 Third Cook 1 ,0711:~ 8.00 8.00 6. 13 A••"tut Coot ~A ·men 9.44 1,078.08 847.SS 847_sg 9.44 I .,_ •• June 1980 10.BS 9.44 7.44 7.44 6.13 6. 13 ...86 486 t:Olllbriled an /ollowln1 fHll~ Juna t 980 I LOG I 13 ( • • • - �continued from prnious page New Deep Sea Wage Rates: Effective June.16, 1980 Freigbtship/Passenger Agreement Wages, Premium and Overtime Rates as of June 16, 1980 Passenger Vessels Chief St~ward 1 ,27~.~4 Chitf C:Oolt Head W.ai1er / Wine Steward Chief BM:tc 1,275.84 l,21S.84 1,274.48 1,273.34 J,271 .98 l.26S.20 1,25S.S6 l,2SS.S6 1,243.SS 1,243.58 1,240.87 l,23S.2J 1,078.08 J,078.08 847.S8 847.58 847.S8 847.S8 847.58 847.S8 847.SS 847.SS 84?.S8 847.SS 847.S8 847.58 847.SS 847.SS 84'7.58 1147.58 847.S8 1,210.59 2nd Steward/ Hca.d Waiter 3rd Steward / Storekeeper Chief Pantryman Bu Idler 2nd Cook 2nd Cook/ larder Cook and Baker Asst. Head Waiter 2nd Baker 3rd N'igbt Cook BartendCl' Bartender/ Club Steward Messman Utility Utilityman OaUey Utility Pantrymao Passenger Waiter Officer Bedroom Steward l>assenger Bed room Steward Njpt Steward Stewardess Deck Stcw1ml Dec!Q/ Smoking Room Steward Janitor I Utilityman Day Porter/Utilityman Chef Ulilliy. Crew Messman Cr~W fYantryman Crew Bedroom Steward lle,\utician·Barber I. I PENALTV RATES W•tdt. Monday oa ihroach Friday Group I 58.91 8.00 16.41 12.50 It. 14 I L 14 11. l 4 11.03 11.03 I I.OJ 10.94 10.87 10.87 JO.SS 10.SS l0.74 10.70 9.44 9.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 7.44 1,894.14 1,4JS.41 Chef 8.00 8.00 8.00 ~.00 Boal.Swaitl (on vessels consuueted since 1970) Boatswain (25,SOO OWT or over) Boatswain (under 25,SOO OWT) A.8. Oect Maintenance Able Seaman O:S. Dect Maiilunancc Ordinary Seaman Chief Pumpman 6.ll 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 · 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 4.86 What's a diesel englneroom look like? Hete's an upc lose lliew of the br.an!l new diesel Sea-Land EiipJorer, snapped Jasr month al Qal<land, Calli, 4~86 1980 -«). Group m 6.36 Premblm Rate Overtime Rate Sl,688.65 1,530.73 $14.66 14.09 12.8S 10.96 9.66 SS.00 8.00 : Second Pumpman/ Engfue Mtce. Ship's Welder Mice. Engine Utility Oiler Mice. Utility Oller Fireman/ Watertco!kr 8.88 7.67 l .~7-4.30 General Utilily,/Dect· Engim: Wlper STEWARD DEPARTMENT Chief Steward (on vessels cons1ruaed since 1970) Steward/Cook S\CWatd/Baker Chief Stewaid (25,500 OWT or over) Chief Steward (under 2S.SOO OWT) Chief Cook Cook and Baker 11urd Cook Ass1Stant Cook .Messman Utihtyman PENALTY lt4TES Oii WMda. MGMay ... 14 / LOG I Jl>ne 1980 14.66 13.4S 13.4S 11.78 11.06 11.07 9.66 9.66 ct Friday Group I SB.91 I, IOS.68 I, IOS.68 1,01$.20 1,015.20 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 6.13 6.13 6. ~3 8.88 -4.86 4.86 8:88 1,688.65 1,6118.65 1.688.65 l.S36.83 l,479.4S 1,)27.99 1,296.66 1,1.$().14 l,JSO. 14 8-47.S7 8-47.57 Group U 14.66 14.66 1-4.66 13.39 £2.811 I I.SS 10.96 11.44 9.44 7.44 7.44 1. 1s • 8.00 6.13 6.13 4.86 4.86 8.00 ~.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 &.00 6.1) 6. ll -4.86 4.116 Oroup n1 Ooekslde et Oakland.Calif.the·7aS·loot Q•9vessetsea=La7r<IExpforer, shown unloading nercergoolaon!alne,5, SIU Crews A~other New Diesel, S-L Explorer 4.86 4.86 .4.86 4,86• Pttontbly Rate 1.688.65 1,544. 74 1,544.74 l,,l67.S4 1,243.77 . 6.13 ENGINE DEPAR'IMENT Q.M.£.0 . • is the year of the diesel, as.delivery of Sea-Land's 12 new diesel containerships continues fast a nd furious. All 12 of the SIUcontracted 0-9 class ves.sels in Sea- Land's ambitious $586 million ship conStruction program are expected to be earning their keep by the end of the year. So far, eight of the 12 have been christened, six have been ~livered from their Far East shipyards and four have taken on their SIU crews and are now plying theAsla/ U.S. West Coast trade. Number four, the Sea-Land Explorer, took her SIU crew recently. Like the three SeaLand D-9's that crewed before her and one 10 follow; the SeaLand Explorer will be ~rvicing port$ on a Pacific Sotit~west loop, calling at Yokohama and f(obe1 Japan, KaohSiung, Taiwan and Hong Kong and at Long Beach and Oakland, Ca. The next five D-9.s will be used on a Pacific Northwest loop. which adds Seattle, Wash., to the ports of call The three D-9's which entered service with their SIU crews before the Sea-land Explorer were the Sea-Land Palriot, which crewed Jan. 29, on the Sea-Land liberator, crewed lh early March and the Seal.and Defender following In late March. The Sea-Land Developer was. christened and delivered at the' end of May. She's expected to crew by the end of June. The Sea-Land Explorer, like ht>: 11 sisters, measures 745 feet and can accommodate both .JS.. and ~foot containers. The vessels have an overall 839 container capacity with 165 over steam turbine vessels of comparable size. And they can make a West Coast-to-Asia round ttip without refueling. ONSTRUCTION of rhe 12 As fuel prices continue to energy-efficient D-9's soar, more and more vessels underscores a growing trend will be built or converted to in today's maritime industry- diesel. That means Seafarers the move to diesel powered with the skills and training vessels. necessary 10 operate diesel Operating at service speeds vessels will be more and more of 22 knots, the 12 D-9's are in demand. To accommOdate the induse.x pected to yie~ a 35 percent improvement in fuel-efficiency try's need for seamen with - : . knowledge of diesel vessels the -Union has been offering a diesel course at HLS. And the - greater the participation of SIU - members in the rraining course, the greater the chance of bringing diesel-powered equipment under SIU contract in the fu_tu(e. Sea-Land Is expecting to have three more of the D-9's crewed and operating by the end of the summer. The D eveloper wlll crew by the end of this month. The Sea-Land E1<press, christened in March, should be ready for her maiden run in early July. At the end of July, SIU crewmen will go The Sea·Land E11plorer paid oN In Oakland on May 19 On·llaiid - e part ol the sh1p·s comm'"ee. etewrnen and SIU olficials. lnctudmg (standing t-r}: G. P. Pollard aboard rhe Sea-Land IndepenLOWsley. OMED and engine delegate. Dbn Bartlett, &horegeny bosun: JOlln dence. Sea-Land will round out CtSlec:l<l. bosun and ship's channan. Theodor<? GOOdman. slewa<d. secretary; their fleet of D-9's to a n even Harry Sdversretn. ui11hty,st11W111ddelegate seated (l·r) ate· Ed Turner. senior West Coas1 rep1eseora1rve. Richald Schaeffer. AB. Robbie ROberlSon, Sen Fr811Cisco dozen by the end of Noparro1ma11 ane1 carros L Sy. ct11e1 cqo1c venlber. slots allocated for refrigerated cargo and 84 for bulk liquid tanks. C 6.36 June 1980 I LOG I 15 • I' 6.lJ 7.44 7.44 1.44 ..(). l,IOS.68 1,015.20 876.77 u i .13 7.44 l,47).33 1,256.38 Explorers enr;ilne con1ro1 room 1s seararer 8.00 Standard Tanker Agreement Wages, Premium and . Overthne Rates as of June 16, 1980 0£CI( DEPARTMENT Sea·Lan_d -8.00 7.44 7.44 7.IS .- 6.IJ 1.44. Group II All Systems gol Checking 011e1 ~he Pollard lowsley. a OMED. 8.00 6.13 6.13 6. 13 6.H �Crew Saddened by loss of Shipmate LETTEBI On the morning of April 14, 1980at 6:25a.m.. ourchiefstcward, Oliver Celestine, was proriounced dead by Capt. Benjamin R. Moon. All of our crew, both licensed and unliccn~. were sorry artd ~ddcned by the loss of a man, not only good in his profession, but a cred it to his Union.as weJi as a nu!flfler one;hipmate. At this time. we would like to extend our condolcn~s to his family and friends. Yes, he's gone ollt surely not forgouen by his shipmates. TO TBE BDITOB Sincerely, The Entire Crew• .SS Ancborap L. It Joseph, Sblp'I CfiainMn Top Training At HLSS I would like to express my s incere thanks and gratitude to the faculty aod administratocs of the Harry Luodeberg School at Piney Po int, Maryland. This is the School, backed and built by the SIU, our Union. The Harry Luruleberg Scboolis indeed one of the finest schools of seamanship in the world. The curriculum and studies are hard, but the rewards are worth it. Libeny is spent in a supe rb se1ting, nestled in the woodlands of Southern Maryland and I would like to take this opponunity to let the membership know that every member of the SIU should view and take a course at this superb training complex a_t least one time in their seagoing career. Fnternally. Oennh Patridc Prescott Paul Hall Paved the Way Io our bull sessions aboard ship, conversations invariably turn to the benefits available to Seafarers today. How it is and bow it was. We would like to thanlc the penon most instrumental in bringing about that change, Paul Hall, our union's president. We n ote his present illness with deep regret and convey to him our hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery. From the entire crew, our best wishes. Fraternally, Cad 111om.,..,.., Ship'• Chainnaa S.T. Ovenea Cldc:qo Hotel Manager SS Ouanic Independence Regrets Passing of ~ill Hall Fnterna.Uy, Leonard Kennedy Stapleton. AJa. '11tousands Wishing Paul Hall the Be~t' There an: thousands of us scamen out here wishing the best ro President Paul Hall We lrnow of no onewho baa worked u hard or who bas done as much as Paul Rall for the good of the SIU Brotherhood. We all read in the Log'-s April iss1.1e that Paul Ball bad received the"Mr. PortofN'ewYork."'award. The way we feel is, why just New York.? How about Baltimore, Kouston, Tampa, San Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Mobile, Detroit, Chicago and ports in all the other states. Why not let it be, "Mr. Paul Hall of these United States... We are all very proud of President PauJ Hall Fnmmally, .Innes H. Gleatoa SS Cme Trader ....1• ~ ...... ~-"' hall!ml joe OiGjorafo 3mnorr-.,.,,_,,,., Vik'tSaa:o V-1tt "*''*"' J-Gannon EdiHJr Ray Boanlha ......_ 0... Wni CtWI &111,,. a- ~ r"i1t1' Ullor Edf*~t .....ur- Eilb"' Mariona HmmyonPOfll' A.uu..t &//lo, Fiut C'llllCiolli II/ 1'rto » """'' WtfHr IMWIO# Mme K'Wit-t., o4de , E ••'"' A.»6t_, 1• I LOG I June I980 MlkeOilln ,.... . l!Alo. Max Sirp Hal 4+._ £4llM Daudt Landy 11 .,,,.., 0-.., J. V... hodllt:tloft/An °""'°' Rep. Murphy Lauds SIU, Drozak In reading SW Exec. Vice Prmdent Frank Drozak't " Ripon • from Htadquarrt!rt" in the April r980 edition or the Log, I was plealed 10 read of El Paso Gas Company's sbift from Norwcpn to American cn:ws on three LN'Gvessels. TheadditiomJ news that the SIU will man the pusenpr liner Oceanic lml.trpendmce was even more ttf.resbing. I aut well appreciau! the many hollfl it 1111* have lakon to persuade manaaement to make these cbanget. and I congratulate ~SIU and Frank ~on this majoraccompliibment. Thia ill Jlllt tbe type of ~IP that the 1'metican Meiclwrt Marine so Paul Hall l ' Y June, the word from the Great. B Lakes is "everyihing's running." The fit-out is over and u~ally waterborne traffic OD the Lakts i$ buatling. But not this yea... from thousand footei:s to car ferry8J drcdgC$ and tup, it's the same story: •1aying up lnddloltcly dueo to Jack of cargo." • What's ailing every fleet duu plys the nation's founh Beacoast today is a combination of politics and porkchops. Lack of govcmment.su11pon for the Great lakes merchant marine; bit problcmtin tbeau10 industry and related ~upply industries ~ the U.S. mbafiO on sale of A111ericao wheat .to Russia have all contributed to hard times on the Gteat Lakes. Popular wilaom has il that •as Detroit goes, so goes the nation," meaning- that production and fates levels in the auto industry's capital act u a bellwether £or the n:st of the COVJ!lry; L,ut year. sales of American can dropped by 11 ~Ill and auto industry forecasters · are predicting 1hat 1980 will be even wone. The OnilCd Automobile Worbn union estimateJ 300,000 auto workers-or OJ!C _third~(t,!Je ..Bia.Three" c:ar companlcs' worltfon:e.is idle. 'ome. ' I retired O<;t. 4. 1979 off ihe Interstate tug, Hono~r. which { sailed out of the port of Mobile and Houston. · I was very sorry to read about Brother Bill Hall passing a way. He was a very line man. I've been a member of the Sil) since the earliest days of the Union. Now I'm enjoying life at home wi1h my wife. Mary Ellen. I miss the sea very muc h. J will always love the old SIU and the old IBU and hope everyone the very best. I really thank the Union for the benefits I have received since my retirement. Need More Gov't. Support for Lakes Fleet '· deapefudy needt. w~ pc;uonal repid1, I ; ' I . • . ' Sb •etj . ' . loliaM.Mmpli, a..• .Ra Ma''"" ... r: deeC t1ee . ART of tho reason for tile auto P induttry'• woes is CJ.S. carmanutaaunndidn'tgaup self·im~. either soaring fuel pri~ or tile economic recession llAlCUnltcly and didn't tool up in time to meet the increaaed American demand for N11all ears. But auto importen wcren•t as sbon"8igbted. SmaD, fuel..efficieot imported can, especially from Japan. are accounting for an evcrinettuing 1hare of the U.S. market. And ttw lreod is sure to continue. BecalllC while lbc Japatlt'# restrict the Ale of American cars with a variety of uadc barrias. Japr -se auto expofUn cumDtly bave un1;•••itoJ . . 10 a.s. markets. U.S. 8111b indUlll)' suppliers are · . , bcins bruiKd by imporU. Tbe cbainnan of one· company chat matca automotive easinp said receat1y that if his company goc some of tbe paits' ordct. Decroil ii laftdina oveneas, -Wt wouldA't be postina loua and1omeoftbe 1,000 worken wc.'llid oft miPt be 011 the job." Tbc lt'CIUbje ill Uleautomobileand n:la~ l 111pply ind111tria ha come down hard 011 aD Great Laltm v-.1 Opsf.IOn. SJ U-conttacted Gntal l.alcei operaum. \lllhicla cany • baa\11 pw ""'"... al Oft, c:okc, laDCI lllld oUaer ea,.,. for automobile Wibp'11im, i.a IO pus deft lbeir f1ella for the finl •ve ron.a qaanerofdle t910wppiq ''S"'IL .... Velldi, like I.be SlUCOlllAlc:tcd lltr#ma R.-INn fil out ... ,es Diiiy ta . . . . . . . lOJay• s. , 1 MWI' fil 0111 at an. AMID lilaot ClllllllDH. I eo lllinAy probl u die Graa Lalcea is cbe ~· embarso on the sale of U.S. grain 10 the Sorice Union. The ships wlucb would have moved lbe miUiom oC ION of grain to RL•uia now have oo reuon to call at Great Lakn pon1. Aod tbal means less wort for SIU manben who c:n:w Chat Labl harbor tup. for hard IUues on the Lakes as well as on their shores, .sltipping in the region bas been troubled fot yean dB to lack of adequate government Jllppon. Put Congressional policy of overlooking the u_s. G!Qt Lakes fleet to a geat cxteD1 bas allowed Ca 0 adian vasclsioplayalareeraod SIU-contracted inT•tea,HE land operator on Oreal Great ukes Towing Co., ha luaefl larger role in U.S. Great Lair.es commerce. A m:en1 study by the Mari1ime Administration showed that in 1978, C.nadian vessels carried 98 pcrcenl of all cargoes belwena thc U.S. and c.n.da. There are several ways the aovctnmmt could llCI to equa1ize the cargo imbalaOM for the U.S. Great Lakes neet. lncreaud FtfdeTill 1ub1idica (or lhc flioet would help as would~ impoKd RStrigtions on imports. But one oftbe bestways lo renew the fonpnes America's sweet water neet ii negotiation or a bilateral 1tdpping agrcemeiat bcwem the U.S. aacl Cuada. A bilateral a..-~t would the 1 made dram•tlc cuts in the numberof boatt IJld CICJll iU' 111ai. In Chiatp>, Oral lAtea Towina II wmntly mplqyinsfour SJ Ucrews. A year -.a the company UMd nine in llW ~n. And tbe ICOI) is the for inland crews In other •mo Oma Lata pQJts. The llfe4 picture for Oreal LaMI boatmen could brigh1eo soon if nnnon that lbo11He• uw1 ii ready to ollan~I lllOlll)' to lbe ukel for acwdmtlh!I projecm. pan out. But, ~ P*'"'Pinl money Into Ip ni:'x Oms proJMu will prcMcle a "li9dtJNU ded boolll for employrDetn in lbs ftllioa.111tll/llfrdln6pm111dn only shon-urm ulief. We believe a ,. 01 kk1 ttl U.S. 11alc, 1owania Ille Gra& l.Uel la l aal ii ICMls "'1Wduc. 'Doulf' today'I ec•-J ii larl'IY IO hie 6n•nced by both nalions, would fra: Canadian dollan for needed sui>pon of their deep sea flecl. There's no single 1olution 10 revcning the steady decline of the O.S. Great Lake• fleet. Just as there"s no one answer to c:urina America's economic woes, Bue the fortunes of hqth maritime and 1hore,idc industries in the Great Lakes reaion could pick up with the infution of •ovemmcnt suppon and funding. The SIU bas always believed thal poli1ics and porkcbops is a winning combination. or um CllSURalfljPCffot~bafbods die U.S. and Camdw and, at the aalDe ti.me, ICltal pe 11.bltthird fJaa h •lrom pimiaJ nay Great 7 \ LaMa au:e "'" la IMlditioa, a 1rifateraJ pact. June 1980 / LOG I t7 ' ? �. ... U.S. Dredges Should Get Diego Garcia Proiect Representa1ivcs from the llcS_ · This request met a great deal of Saul told the Subcommittee compa~ics would have several maritime and dredging industries oppos1uon from Congressional that at present t~ere are at l~l beneficial consequences. • want bids on the lucrative Diego leaden;, representatives from the five U.S. dredging companies • The ~umber of o.verseasJobs Garcia project restricted to dredging and maritime ind us- tha.t have indicated th~t they have ~or Aiher1can workers woul~ be American oompanic:s. so th.,at tries, and labor officials. the intereSt, the equipment and increa~d. At the pre~nt time jobs for American workers·could Rich Saul, director of lnlan~ the oapab~lity to ~re~g~ tile American tax re~ulauon$ are be protected and this nation's Waters and Great Lakes Aotlv1- lagoonatD1egoGarc1aw1t·hmthe ~uoh that compa~1cs ate ix;oalbalance of payments deficit ties for the Transportation $2S miUion budget set forth by 1zed for employing :"merican Improved. rnstitute, a private research and the Navy. He sees noreaso.n not work~rs; and Am~ncans are . education organizalion which to' restrict the bidding to these penalized for acceptmg employS cvcra I Siu companies arc . . h R I · f b'd inceresicd in !he work. promotes a s1rong American flag ~ompan1es. The.re are cnou~ me~td~v~drsea s. ~trio mgld 1bs merchant marine, 1old members interested American companies on m 1v1 ua proJeC s wou e Navy officials have asked of the House Subcommittee on 10 ensure competitive bidding. . one way of minimizing the bad Congress to authorize $25 Military Cons1ruc1ion that he ·Not to restrict the bidding would ~ffects of the present lax million over a fWoycar periOd so disagrees wi1h the Navy's further compound an already structure until it can be changed. tha1 the lagoon at Diego Garcia position on open bidding. intolerable situation. -' • Moreover. this nation's can be dred~ed. Once the lagoo~ He 001ed that the dredging serious balance of paymen ts is dredged, tbc Navy will be able industry is an important ancillary According to Saul, lhe United deficit would be improved if bids to contstruct badly needed 10 the United State5 Merchant States Government sta.nds alone were restricted to American Support Facilities. Marine, and as such, is an in the manner it treats its firms. It is estimated that 80 Diego Garcia, whicb is situated integral part ofthc"fourthar'!I of dredging industry. Other coun- percent or the monies spent on in the Indian Ocean, is one ol.the defense." The dredging industry. tries substantially subsidize their the Diego Garcia project would like the M ercha nt Marine, dredging industries. or else be channelled back into the Western World's most imponant should be promoted whenever restrict bidding to companies American economy were lhc naval bases. The Navy bad originally1 p9ssible, especially when there is that are incorpufilted under their work done by an American oompany employing American requested that the dredging be no additional cost to the own laws. Restricting bids to American workers. open to international biddjng. American taxpayer. 1 Sma.11 Vessel Manning Bill Flirts With Safety ~ I I WASHJ.llfGTON1 o.c. ~ The .s1ons which could adversely effect Sl IJ ls working to improlic two 6illi"' maritime safety. One is the draatJc; in the CongTcss on small vessel redu~ion of qualificatio111 for AB manning. "Special" in the. oft'llltol'J mlnenl Numbered. S. 2S2311'1 the Senate, uRJ oll lnclaill1y. the biU would amend certain inapecThe bill would allow a penon to lion 8lld mannin& laws appll(:a.ble to -become an AB in six months. The small vessels. In the House of baS:ic reason behind this is the Represeniativn JI very simi!arbilUs shorblge of qualified AB's in the numbered H.1~. SJ64, mineral and oil indu.stry in the OuJf Speattna bcfOR tbtSenate Com- of Mexico. mittec on Commm:e, Science and But as Pecquu pointed out "we Transponation Ian month. STU do noc bcliew: tllat the enacuncnt of Lcplativc Repre1Clltative frank a law which wiU tramformbundreds PccqUCl! nocccl "the SIU is pleatlid of decl:lland1 into able-bodied with many .ectiom of S. 2S23." -men o~abt ii the answer." Howewr. there arc certain petlS Of He noted !Ut tbcre' are • numbtt tbc bill t&at '"nm contrary to the of reasons for thit sbonage in the 1ntellt of recent Congresses in Gulf: poor working conditions, low enactina 1a- wbicb ~ to pay. and until JeCC!lOy, a lack of strengtheo the protections apiMI interest in the establi1hamnt oC maritime 1ccideou a.nd pollulion." trainina progra1111. Pecquex pointed out to the Reeopizina the 12-bour work Conun.iaee two ol die biD'1 prCJVi. days that al'e common in thi1 Point Julie Committee industry," said Pccquex. "and I.heproposed cducati.eo-Io-lleu-of service pro'(iaio111, S. 2S23 would be. in effect, cc:nifying a '100 daf AB," The SIU belicvea tbat tilt .ernce requin:mcnt for AB "Speci1tl" should be inorea~ U, lhe bill to 1 minimum of 12 ,montlis.. The Union also objects to provisions in s_ 2S2J that would reduee the number of AB's to SO·pamit ill lhc tJew cootplcmcot on OU.bore supply VCS9Cls. Cu1TCOt law provides that 6S pen:entofthccrew, exclusiw of licensed deck officcn, mUSI be AB's. All Pccquex told the Comniittec, MWe believe that all - l s should have to m~ existiq law which requires tbe 11.iabeT pen:entaF Able Seamea." ' The provisions in tbe bill wbicbtbe Union aupportt include the foDowing: « • Termination of opponunities Tor companies to opmitc vessels through bare boat cbarten. Companics have been able to avoid compliaoce wllb certain in1pecti<!n and manning requirements lhrougli these charters. • Lowering of the minimum age reqwn:mcnt for qualification as an AB from J9 lo 18 ycian. • M•ibt•inina of the - service r1:qulrcmcnt for "AB Unlimited" 11 lhc current linel of three yan. • Requirement that icemen encforted u w AB Unlioilied" should make. up no less than SO pcrcc11t of lhc m•ndllory AB compkment on any deep sa - i. ID the HOUK, lhe Rllla Commit· tee beard arpmenta oa their venion oflhe bill and plUllCd a rule to put it on the BOUie Ooor. Tbl lqlslation sbouJd be oa tba floor of tbe House mabout a mott\h. Pacer Committee Maritime Day-American As Apple Pie HE annual observance ~ -~ as the Founh o f Ju ty. aritime Day is a H Id M e on ay 22, the annivertradition that's mi Amer!--·~ "' _,, sary of the urst-ever transatla ntic TM steamslUp crossing made by the . SS Savannah jn 1819, Maritime " Day ~s merlred across tbecountry o. with commemol'ative ceremonies. with speeches and btass bands. Maritime Day is a time of tribute to those merchant.seamen who gave their fives in their country's service. It's a day to honor the merchant mariners of today whose contributions to America's economy and security are too often overlooked. And it's an occasion to remind the-nation .that a strong t.i.s. flag.merchant · M1dsh1pman Oanlsl Morson ot 1he U S Mercil3m Marine Academy pr0111des marine is essential to America. the musical respanse. Maritime Day 1980 was observed at sea and ashore in citi~ as far flung as San Francisco. Washington, D_c. ana New York. The SIU participated in ATIONAL Maritime Day, wteath-laying £eremon.ies and May 22, afternoon mcm~ other activities in all three cities. rial ceremonies in the port of New ~rior lo the wreath.~remony. Vice Adm. Robert t Prlca of the U.S. Coes1 Guard And the Log was there to record York were celebrated thill year addresses the Maritime Day.gafhe!irig on May 22 nearing tl]e Verrazano Bridge. the·events. aboard Circle Line's sightseeing boat with a buffet lunch and a run downriver {Hudson ) to the formidable Verruano Bridge at the entrance to the hatbor's Upper Bay vi.a the Narrows. There traditional funerp.l wreathsftom labor, management .. j,.., ... a.nu aovemment were co!'e'ln¢ to the.deep by the Coast O'uard to ho11or those merchant mari1Jcrs who gave their liVCI il'l the COU1$e of their calling. Representing the Sill.at the ceremonies wu Vice President Leon Hall Jerome E. J01Cph represented District 2 MEDA , A MO. Lawrence G. Molloy was there for the ILA. Amona those at the celebration representina management was Stanley Unger of Ogden SIU Lake$ Agenl Jack Allen (far right) of loo port of Duluth, Mrnn is with a few Marine. And Jamet P. McAllistmembers ol the Union's Recorhlled Bosons Program awan1ng the clrcJe Lme er of McAllister Brothers and boat's departure trom the doCk Victor Lonacbamp or Delta Line. Representing the government be&ide the Coast Guard, wu the The Slalue of Li'befty ro N. Y Harbor salutes Maritime 011y celet>ranissailing lJ.S. Navy, Merchant Marine by • Academy, Department of Commerce and the Public Health Se.rvico. Giving thel'Cllgiou1 invocation before die memorial ceremonies WM N. Y. Port Cbllplain Msgr. Thomas McGovern. Blcaingand dcdicatina the wreaths with New York N inllpirina P'-Yeri WM ·the Rev. Jame. R. Whittemon:. bead of tho Seamen's Church lmtitwe bcre, u tlie boat'1 beU tolJod away a minute of aolemb sileaco ha boaor of the tcaf'ariq do-,.nod. Receilifled 8oll#I Ame "/ltrid' Howllt loentsfl stvp·s Chairman of the ST Pom/ Jillie (lkch Slltppng) early this mDIWh was.n the payoff with a cr8Wlllell'C>ef and the 5'MP's ~ 01 (l.IQ r.) AS S11pt11t1 Hay&~p. CllMI Pumpman Spet'o MOilhii. 111IQll18 d&l 1ga1e; AS Biii Kiiiian. dectc del 11g1te atld Chit! &,watd Simc>n GutlllRez. 88ClelalY.,llPQl1er The fa'*8r paid Olf al Port Mobil. Stalan 11.. NY SIU RepNicitMarone(3rdlelt)handledlhepayal~monlftdtheSSPscer (8ea-Ltnd) at Port ~. N.J. Pos1::; 11fn 1fie ~·· Coft11m111ee sod cr11wmembers photo an1 (l to r.) AB Ma10iie, deCll ddi1(1118; GSU .Ed 'w,.el~ ~1p · 11'119118; Ill ~ Drinan, P1cadise1 en ., Wlfd "Sbm·· '°' a._..,, ..• s dlaitman llnd AB Gerie '"Slllcn" BrCMn / SIU ViCf P1 u ' lllnt L8Dn HalfSWldl bV IAbOr"S~ Spamor of the day WU lbe PropdJor Club ofNn York. At a~nym1 Piq.thedub umimted SIU N.Y• Port Aerm JllCk Cd9 ta lbair Boud o( Govw...: •1LOGI~1990 June 1980 I LOO / 11 • �Maritime Day-San Francisco ARITIME Day in San Francisco was a two-day affair this year. The first part of the celebration was held on Wednesday, May 21, with the dedication of the llber\y ship Jeremiah O'Brien as the National Liberty Ship Memorial on San Francisco Bay. TbW$day, ~ay 22 saw ttie annual lifeboat race, followed by the Propeller Club luncheon, honoring mariµme•s Man of the Year. The Jeremiah O'Brien js- the last known, unaltered Liberty ship afloat, out of the 2, 7SO such vessels built during World War If. Last October, a volunteer crew sailed her under her own power from the Suisun Bay reserve Deet anchorage to Bethlehem shipyard in San Fnutcisco. 60 miles away. ft was Lhe first M . fime in 33 years that the ship had gotten up steam. Since October. scores of volunteers, including many members of the SIU, tiave btj:n working on the ship, getting her ready for her dedication voyage last month. With ()Ver 600 well-wishers aboard, the ship left the yard, into the Bay, where dedication ceremonies were held. Sam Nemirow, assistant secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affa irs, formally dedicated tqe s hip as a National Memorial, on behalf of President Jimmy Carter. Following the dedication ceremonies, the O'Brien circled the Bay and sailed out the Golden Gate. Once out the Gate, .il turned around and headed back:. _ Then, services honoring the men and women who have given their .. lives to the .sea were held. More than four dozen flaral wreaths from various organjzations were cast upon the outgoing tide as part of th~ memorial. The ship then proceeded to Pier 3 at Ft. Mason, a former Army base which is now part of the Golden Gate National Recre• ation Area and operated by the National Pad -Service. The O'Brien will be permanently berthed at Ft. Mason, to become a floating museum. Plans arc for the ship to make a similar voyage on her owa steam each year on Maritime Day. A luncheon for the sh\pboard goes~ was held on the pier Mter the ship docked. The next day, San Francisco's traditional lifeboat race was held on the Bay in the morning. For the 11th time in the past 12 years, the crews from Matson won. Noontime $aw the annual luncheon. sponsored by the Propeller Club of the United States, and well attended by the maritime unions. Local winners of the Propeller Club's essay contest for high school students were introduced. Highlight of the Maritime Day luncheon each year is announcement of the "Brass Hat Awarcf', given to the Maritilll( Man of the Year as selected from members of the maritime com. munity. This year it went IQ Ed Twoer, Sltrs Senior Representative on the West Coast. Turner ~ the first labor union representative to get the coveted award since its inception in 1946. SIU Plans Administrator CarolyTI Gentile (rlgtrt) regards memorial wreath with the Rev Heaney on theJ.Jberty ship John P -o·aoen 911ngway ccemen is SIU Historical Director John Going op the Jeremiah Bunker Mariti~e Day-Washington, D. C. . • ~ h. N.Y Port Agen1 J~ Galley (tat rJght) poses with membefsol!l\e Uri1on'sS1eward Aecetlrlication Program <Ind (cent Cf) Piney Point Tra1neeGre1c11en ZurtfiebonMarlfimeOay In Washington. El C N the west step.s of the Capitol in Wa.shington, D.C., afittingtnO\ltewisheldon National Maritime Ollf for the American seamen who bavc lost their Ii~ during wartime. In conjunction witb Maritime Day, an annual Merchant Marinc MrmoriaJ Scrvite: is held by the U.S. Department of C.C>1nmcn:e. This is the clevtnth year that tbe service has talcen place. In crisp, bright uniforms the 0 ACoas101J81d r~le squad files a 11011ey allheSeamensMemonalService Decorative btnnmg aboard r~ O'Brien blowl N1 the llfeeze Je1em• U.S. Marine Coipa Band and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Glee Club provided spectators with music and sonas as well as a presentation of the colors. Wreaths were brought fonh by various maritime groups including a trainee from the Sil.J's H_arry ~undcber& S~ool in Piney Point, Md. Aconunaentof trainees from the School was also there and stood formation. Represe.itative1 from wari- time unions spoke including SIU New York: Port Agent Jack Caffey. Hisforcefulspeechmade if cleat that the bestwaylo honor the seamen who lost their lives in past wars was to have a strong, viable lncrclJant fleet today. Tributes to Americ:a~s mercban1 •amen were also siven by two members of Congress. Senator ~I K. lnou,e (DHawa.ii) and Representative John M. Murphy (D-N.Y.) Among the other speakers, most of whom stressed the nee<: for a much stronger merchant marine, were: Edward Kelly, of MEBA District 2; Al May, executive vice praidcnt of the Council of American-Flag Ship Opcraton; Leon Shapiro, sec:Rtary-tmasunsr of MEDA District I, and~ McAlliater. deputy assistant ucrewy for Maritime Afl'ain of the Department of Commen:ic. �How Sweet It Isl Sugar Islander Visits Bait. SI U At._k, Calf, I.al<• kbdM4Wat., tl•IUI~ WClfhn ofN- A• 11ita HE . 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CallL 0 JU 111 Im!,_....... ~~ . . . . En• 5 .. TT , .......... , .. ?' .B01JSTON. Tele, ••• l~I ~St. 17002 PH11AD£.U'RIA. Pa. 2604 S. 4 SI. 191'1 4- ~', " St. 01903 l61'1) 28).2645 I 3 5 6 9 , . • I~ Maio 2 1 Baltimore Port Agent George Costango (r.) holds a snlpboard meeftll\l with some of the crew 1n the bulk camer"s mass hall. 4 u Maio St. 49635 1616) 3S2M<!I GLOUCESTER. M.asa. AB Fred Boyne stopped-oll in lhegalley oonng the altemoon coffee break. ~- ?OS Mc.tical Ans 8alldln1 5S81l2 (218) RA l-4110 FRANKFORT. Midi. -····· P.O. Boa D 3 4 5 The MIV Sugar I~ eases slowly lowards lhe Baltunore sugar d<>ci< with the assistance ol ltle' SIU-cootracted tug Cape Henlope/J (Curtis Bay). (614) 87CMil61 (4191~·-· 4GIA*Da.._11744 (29))!8 nu Yot.'.OHAMA. ..._ •••••• P.O. .... at Yola' l'anP.O. UN8iille p l ... .,,. ••C-••••,... ~181sfl JIONOlULU. ltawait . . .. , . . . . ,. ._ _. . . 0 (617) 482-4716 0 8 .,._,ij., f ~2:•:l:U:':':3~·~·:.:111J~ ·== .,.: 2:~::.,=·~=~=':irn -~=,.! ,>_ 7• ;: 5:= 7J .. JJ ..-:..~ Zn ,•~<.:U .. .. - -- .. •• The next port-ofseall for the Sugar /$/anderwill beo$0mewherc along the St La~ Seaway BOSTON, Mass..•.• 2 IS Eau SL 02111 30 ...- - J ., .. 15 0 U4 !ill ~ 2 l i .. I25 J11 ~ 4 12 3 3 m I 5 0 9 - 3 i 11 15 y 0 beef. (Sil) EL +3616 IUED Oft IEACH Al . . . . a-A a..B a..c • ITlllAe DIPMTlmlf ~ anew. BALTIMORE. Md. DIDI DIPMnmfl' ••• ·- ........................ . . where the bullccr will load grain bound for Haifa, Israel Merwards she'll probably h~d for Honolulu to begin her odyssey 1216 E. llalhmore SL l 1202 Q01)£A 7~ 0-A a-1 CllDC 8o5ll>n · apprruc•mately three weeks. The long stay was due to the fact that the mill was almost filled to capacity and it woJlld be awhile before the sugar-laden.ship could discharge her entire car:gti. At last check not a o.ne wa§ fogging a AU'EJllA. Midi. .••• 80o N. %AVe. 49707 Dl1patchers Beport for Deep Sea MAY 1·31,1980 vesse t usually runs from the Hawaiian Island• to the main~d's West Coast. Actually, the haiese.1-powen:d Su,aar Islander sn't loaded too much sugar in recent years. But for this run, s.h e was back to her old sweet self. Upon arrival in Baltimore the crew learned that they would remain in the city's once again flourishing inner harbor for 1'1 A2llcca Sc. MU 119> Sl'Jt..SJM POllTIAN.D.Or.421 s w -'di.A... 91llM C9)m.7- -A t2UIS11•••- llll.ldlGnlll; ~ m•u&t1M4 Juan Moi1ca (I.) chief st~ard, afld Travis MalnerSi the Sugar /Slan<Jer's cook &f'1d baker pause faJ a momenf In the snlp"s galley before preparing dinner. Travlstlasbeenonlhevesselfor the pasf two·and·e·half)'ears. These lhree gents make up part al the sh{p·s able·bOdled deck-gang; lrom lett to riglJI they are: Mike Dupuis, Henry Scott and Tnomas LUl<elicb. Mike Dupuis (dockSlde). along with some ol his shipmates. 11elps IQ set ll'>e gangway upon arrival In Bolumore Chief Steward, 24, Has Recipe for Success I rs e classic example .of what a man can do, if he sets bis after bis graduation from the Harry LundebergSchool in May, mind to it and plays his cards 19TI(Dockwiller accumulated 18 months sea?imc). right. • combine a aeaerous amount In laa than-~ )UIS (to be e.,IZCf,, 32 .months} Tmn Lany of tkt~miltatlolf ud the wi/1"'8Dockwiller, 24, bas worked bis nns 10 kam and unrtlM u often way up from a. Gencnzl Slet¥atd as po11ible (Dockwiller uppadcd al the Lundebefa School every Udllly (GSU} to e Steward / Bater. He's prcsendy working et '"hance he had, and kept his eyes the be..s of bis department on the end ea.'I open in the pUey while LNG ·Caprlcartf somewhere at IC&). • pnsparc au inp'edients in ?he becwe@ Indonesia and Japan. It's qui?e an accomplishment patented SIU "kitehcn", wherejn only the best equipment and for tho yoim1 man who once told 111: "I never cooked a. meal i11 my (e.d11.Cational) opportunity i1 Hie, till I joined ihe siu end pt available to those eUowed to on a daip. MY mom always bid a enter• In addition to the exoellcnt meal OD tbe table." Though Doc:ltwilJer's accom- educational and upsradina plithmcnt is oert8inlyexemplary, .epponunities the SIU has pl'On if1 by no mnns a o~.in a miUiaa vided for thote seeking edYB.DCen atrola: of lllck.. B's the son of ment in ?he stcWard departmont.. tbiD& that's well witliin Uie reach only the SIU has the spccializcd of mOI& ~ providing they course required for employment on the new liquified mfuraJ gas Ille the followiq "recipe" for (LNG) tankers. ~illcr toolt • pdJer a sufficient quantify that counc the year be paduated of . time (in &be lint 22 monthl from the Lvndebcq School. and ...,,.... bas been riding gas ships ever aince. He was a crewmembcr on the first Americaftsftag LNG ship; the LNG Aquarius, 'riiimg that ship out of the yani in 19n. He left the Aquarius after two trips. upgraded to cook/ flaker, ud then look a job on the. brand new LNG GeminL After leaving the Gemini in early 1971) he upgraded once apin before becoming the rnt chief coolc on iM LNG Libra. He's been on the LNG Capricorn since January or this year, re-nting 10 steward / baker in February. lboup Docltwiller's rise in the steward department has been .meteoric. ?here are othen climbing the ladder et a sirnilar pace. Alona with him on the C(lf'ricom is chief cook Patrick Geary wbo started out as a QSU on the LNG Aquarius in 1978. Cleary. himself a a~•duatc of the i.undp\>erg School, has abo lllorked on the LNG Leo and ?he LNG TOU11U. So, as Dockwiller and Oeary j New Chef Steward Lany Oockwlller 19 only 24 years Old. have shown, the recipe is then: for all to we. And it's not all that diffic:ult. All it takes is the propClr combination of scatirnc, deter· mination and the willingncsa to learn.. The SfU's got the rest ol the inpedien&s you'll need lO cook up a batch of 1accas. June 1980 / LOG I II �How Sweet It Isl Sugar Islander Visits·Bait. sru At-k. Gulf, Ut<t a 1111aa• w.1... TIE UnJj..rTDdastrill Wook«1 ol l'lortli A b PRESIDENT Paul ..all S£CRBTARY•TREASURl!R ~oe DKliorgio EXEOUTl¥E VICB PllESIDBNT Frank Oroiok SIU-conJracted bulk carner Sugar lilander made a rare stop on the East Coast recently when she paid off in the port of Baltimore on June 3. The READQUARTllRS " 675 4 ~Ye,. Bklyn. 112)2 ALGONAC: M1ob. (2!2) HY M600 520 St. C lair Ri\'Or Or. 48001 (3 13) 794-9375 Dl1palcber1 Beporl for Deep Sea MAY 1-31, 1980 (511) "'" New Yerk • • • • ••••••••••• , •••••• --~ •••••• -. • PNladolpllll •••••..•.•• , •..• , ............. 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JtcfclOIWillei , • •· · • , • 1 o • o '", ~'' o _-, I I ' I • .. ' • ' 0 • ' ' ' ' .._, • ' • .......................................... ...... .... -.... .." " ~ .............. ' ..... .... ...... ... I ' ' o o o " o o 0 o o o o Io ' o • o o o ' o 0 o • ' o ' o o T. . .AID J 1 ...... .. .... .. .......... U1I • 111 12 4 26 ~i q ~ ... l 3 ~ i J g IO 3I 2 4 2 0 4 1i 'j 0 0 • PINEY POINT. Md. St. Ma ry's C ounty 2()674 (301) 994-00IO PORT ARTHUR, Tex•.Sl4 9 Ave. n640 (713) 98).1670 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. JSO Fmnool SL 94JOS (415) ISU:o79J SANTIIRCE. P. R. llU Fernanda, JullCOI, SICJtl 20 00909 (809172~ - (21~,.. 611 t• 1000 Y01'otlAMA. J1pu •••• •• p,o, 11011 421 Yu~tami. Pon P.O. MNillml OlldDll fQb.lu.23..,1 I I (ttl9) :ua.3691 4GI Avalota BlVd. 80744 ""'fCUI ?11 ;d' ~tllelllolli.,., d,,..wblr-ay,. .....,. SlllPPllWllU.part .... manlh. a' I ildonlhtBlldf-.hlilllal~or......, ,. · ad1te.part1tllieendafi..tmon111. ••-n ~ l~ . 4 30 JA<ZltSONVILLll, At. (?IJ) 65~515~ 33JS Lll!e"Y SI, 32206 • (90!1) 353-0981 JERSEY crrv, !'1.J. 99 Mo111aomcry St. OiJa . · (~l)R£~ MOBILE. Ala. •, I S. u;.rcncc St, ~ (:ZOS) HB )-17'4 NEW ORI.EANS, IA, 630 Jilebon Ave, 70130 (504) S2~7S46 NORFOLK. VL •• •.•• ., I IS 3 St. 23510 (804) 62~1892 PADUCAH. lty.•• . •. •m S. 7 St, 42001 (S02) ").2493 l'RILADELPHIA. Pa.2604 S. 4 SL 19148 (21S) DE 6-3818 WU.MJHO'fOJ(, Oillr. LOii ·-~- HO}IOLULU, Hoaii ........ 201-19JS 197 AIW. SI. Mill . . ., .5J7"'714 PORTlAND, Or.GI S .W Sdi AWf. V7JIM f511)221·71fl WJLMJNGTOH, Ca. •Awalft.,._9'* C21J> 5'9 llDO 22 / LOO I June 1980 - AB Fred Bayne slopped-olf In !ha galley dunng lhe afternoon coffee break. lhe assistance or the SIU-conlracted tug Cape Henlopen (Curtis Bay). (614) 87().6161 DULUTII, Minn. 10s Medical Ans Building S'802 (211) RA 2-4110 fRAN~ORT. Mich . ••.... P.O. Boa D 4U Main St. 49635 (616) 352-4441 Gl:.OlJCBS'ffi.R.. Mau, 120 Main St, 01903 (617) 2SY.l64S TOLEDO, Ohio . . , 635 Su111!1111 SI. ~ JM The M/ V Sugar lsl8flder eases slowly towards the Baltimore sugar dock With 4937 Weat Jlroad St. 41228 (314) 752-6500 TAMP", Fla. 2410 W ~tllnccly 8JYd, Jla ($ IJ) 81~1601 B • '''!""'''""' ..., •• , ····-· ····~- -~ ·· .• Rk:o ••••• •• •••••••••• •••••• ••••• ••• 129001d River Rd. 4411 3 (216) MA 1·'4SO COWMBUS, Ohio ST. LC)VIS. Mo. 4S81 Gt11vol$ Ave. 63116 26 17 ! •' o o o , o • 8'11=f.rtne*o •••o • • o ...................... o o' ~ .......... , ' (206) MA J.4334 !u Norfolk ................................. ..• l:a"'°' ........•............ -...-.........•bite . ................ . .. ....... -. ... ... ... CLEVELAND. Ohio SEAlTLE, WUh. •• . ••250S I Avo. 91121 1~ •....••••.. •. ...••.• •..• •• ••• The next port-of-call for ttie Sugar Islander will be somewhere along the SL Lawrence' Seaway BattimorePortAgeo1Ge01geCostengo(r.) hok:lsashipbOardmeet1nsiwill\someol the OrfN/ in lhe bulk carrler·s mess tiall. . , 1• · I' ' ,__,,11. ,• ·~ 8.0\ISTON, Teic . .• 1221 Pierce St. 77002 3 152 l)eef. El. 4-3616 1216 E. Bahlmore Sr. 21202 (301) BA 7-4900 l!OSTON. MaJS, • , •• 21S w ex Si. 0'211 1 (617) 482"4716 C1! tc:;'AGO, ILL.9383 S. E"'1n& Aw. 60617 (312) SA 1~7J3 DECll Dll'MTMEl'fT e.c.ton .......•....... ......•.•......•...• where the bulker will load grain bound for Haifa, Israel. Afterwards she'll pro~bly head for Honolulu to begin her odyssey anew. BALTIMORE. Mel: Al~ a-a a_pproitimately three W'eelts, The Jong ata)' was due to the faa that the mill was a1moo filled U? capacity' and it would be awhile before the suga...biden ship could discharge he.r entirecarJo. At·last check not a one was Jogging a >.LPENA, Miah .•.•• 800 N, 2 Ave. 49707 TOTAL SHll'l'£0 a.tA • , vessel usually runs from the Ha~aiian Islands to the main~nd s Wett Coast. Actually, the diesel-powered Sugar Islander hasp'! loaded too much sugar in recent years. But for this run, she was back to her old sweet self. Upon arri~al in &ltlmore the crew learned that they would remain in the city's once again flourishiiig inner harbor for : Juan Mojica (1,) clllel ste\Yard. and Travis Mainers, Iha Sugar /stan<ter's cook and baker pause. for a moment In the sl\ip's galley before preparing dinner. Trevis llasbeenonthevesset (o; Iha past lwo-and-a·half years ~hi~f I riahL ln lest than three yean (to be cuca. 32 months) Texan Lany DockwilJer, ~ baa worked bis way up from a Oer•al Stcwanl Utility (GSU) to a Steward/ Baker. He's pt c1mtly wortins at the beM or bli depaJtmcnt on the LNG Capricorn somewhere between Indonesia md Japan. ~plilbnlcnt for the youq man who once told ~= "I never cooked 4 meal in my life, tilf J joined the SIU and 1ot on • ehip. My mom alwaYJ bad a 1M9J OD the table..,. 'I1lov&b Ooc:kWiller's accom- pl!thmen~ These three gents make up p.ort Of the ship's abfe· l>Odle<l csec1<,.ga119i from left to right they are: Mike Dupuis, Heniy Scott and Thomas Luketlch. Mike Dupuis (dockside), along with some of his shipmates. helps ta set the gangway upon arrival In B1thimore. Steward, 24, Has Recipe for Success T'S a classic example of what a man can do, if be sets his mind to it and plays his cards It's quite an J rs cerWnly exemplary. It'• by no means a ooein a million strob of I~ Jt'a the sort of trm.t duu'a well within the readi of mDllt tlealaJers providillJ they Ille the followins "m:ipe" for RICClll' • pdler a 1ufficriem guautify or..,,,_ (m *first 22 moatJil enter. <kmlril in early 1979 be upgraded once ap.in before becoming the first chief cook Qn the LNG Libra. He's been on the LNG Capricorn since January of this year.....rat1n1 to steward/ baiter in February. Though Doclcwiller's rise in the steward department bas been meteoric. there are others climbing the ladder at a similar pace. Along with him on the Capricorn is chief cook Patrick Geary who started out as a GSU <ftl the LNG Aquarius in 1978. ~ry. himsclr a graduate the i.undeberg School. has -also worked on the LNG Uo and the In addition to the excellent educational and uppading .epportunities the sru bu provided for those .eeting advancement in the steward departmeat. only the SIU has the 1pecialiud coune required for employment on the new liquif&ed aatural pa (LNG) tankers. Doc:b'ilJcr toot that coune the year be Jfadualcd froai the L~ School. and have shown, the m:ipe is lhei;e for all to use. And it's not all 1ha1 diff~ All it takes is the proper combination of stratlme, determinatiOD and the williogn~ to learn. The SIU's got tht rat of the irqpedieata you'll need to coot up a batch Of l1IC ti I has been riding gas ships ever Rairy LundebergSchool io May, since. He was a crewmember on the 19n(I>oclcwiUer accumulated 18 first America:n-flas LNG ship,. months seatime). • combine a generous amo11n1 the LNG Aquarius, ·riding that o( r.kt~rmiifatlori ud the willirig- ship ou't of the yard in 1977. Be M» to kam and upgrtull11 often left the Aquarius aftCt' two trips. u po11i.ble (Dockwllleruparaded uppadcd to eoe>Jc/bater~ and at the Lundcbera Sohool ever,y then took a job on the brand new chance be bad, and kept his eyes LNG Gemini. After leaviq the and oa•i open in the pUey while at tea). • prepare all ingredients in the patented SIU "kitchen", wberoin only the best equipment and (edljeational) opportunity is available to thoae aUowcd to after his graduation from the or LNG Taurus. So, 11 DoclcWiller and Geary ' NIW Chief Steward lany Ooct\wlller 11 only 24 years- old. June 1980 I LOG I 23 �Stanlng with this- Wilt the Sro· histOT)I of tltt Staforrrs- lntern•tlonal Union. /rutoilmelrts wi/J OJ!Pftlf 1110ntf1ly ond will coi>er tlw - Y 11tri/ca, or1a11i1otloMl drfvts Md Ollter lauts ill wltldt tM Ut1I011 A• bttrt invoh'C!d for tht bMeflt of and tltt ltnwric.,, "'qduml-lne, os wdl u for ill ~nerlfl. Tiils first lnstJlllmmt tilltf a ·b rk/"'61ory fartr~ Lo1 wlJl "'If a SS Lvrfine At Sea SS Presidents Wi/son,_Adams From July 5-IS, the SS Pre3idem Wil.ro1t (Am.erican Presidpnt Line) will carry beside pusenger8(J3) 250 'metric tons of bulk wheat from a West Coast pon to Inchon-Pusan, Korea. From July 10-20, t~ SS Pr4itknJ dda'11$ (APL) will haul !S,000 metric tons of bulk wheat 1upercargo on the same route. MA RAD hlU okayed more than $36 million to MatJOo Naviption Co. can cooven iU R/ O R/ O trailer'lhip, the 25,3$0dwt SS Lur/inr in10 a container ship doubling her cargo capacity to l,046containeni from 434 containel'll. The 1973-bµll! 700.foot 3hip is oo the West CQut to Hawaii run. Her builders, Sun Shfpyard of Chester, Pa., will do the 126.5 fe><>t "Stretell~ conversion with deliveQ' sct for Septe111ber 1981. She will be able to carry 4l>'moreca,, to a 179 CBI'$ total and 104 more refriscrated units. Forward SPllC!IS will be fitted with container cells. Decks will be st rengthened "1111d autodecks with access r.amps will lie added to one hold. Washington, D.C. ·- SS Tomaro Gui/den About July IJ, the 23,800 dwt SS Tamara Gui/den (Transpon Com· mercial) from the pon of Philadelphia will carry a cargo ofcoal out bound and other carso inbound to the port of Norfolk on a five-month chaner for the MSC. New York Sen. Daniel X. Inouye (0-Hawaii) was awarded the 1980 Admiral or the Ocean Sea Award (AOTAS) at Maritime Day ceremonies here. He will accept the award here oo Sept. 26. The award .is for distinpished !!¢Moe to the American merchant IDllrine annually by the United Seamen's Service. Sen. Inouye is dWnnan of the Senate Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and is authorof Senate•s 1980 Ocean Sbippins A'-'t. TT Bay Ridge Richmond Tanken, owners of the 225, 00() dwt 77' Bay Ridge, want to repay the Oo~rnment constrtlction subSidy to clear the supertanker for use in the domestic trades. T~ vessel was built for SS7.3 cnillion of' which S24.6 million was sub•idlzed with the piovision ,t hat she could only be 48C<I in the foreign . trade1. But her sunerahip, the IT Stuyves(lnt repaid fbe subsidy and entered the i:lomettjc; 1r14~ permapentJy_ She, like her other sister-ships, the TT Brookf}'n and TT Williamsburgh, are now on the Alaskan North Slope oil run. Galveston The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA} late last month gave the uan-af<onstructio.n peo light to Texas' first deepwater oil terminal port oo Pelican ls. licensing okay is ex.pectcd from the Army Corps of Engineers. The pon is to be built by Gableston Wharves, Chicago Bridge and ~lican It. Terminal Corp. It c:ould handle 250,000 dwt supert.ankm. Santa Barbara Committee 1.• Four high school students- have won voyages on SIU•ffiliated ships and one cash intbe Propeller Club of the U.S. annualessayconte1t on the American men:bant marine. Winners in the Rarold Harding Memorial National Euay C<!ntest were; _., For a roundtrip Walerman trip from New Orleans to Europe-Alice Amber Amacker of Bogalusa. La. For a Delta roundtrip from New Orleans to South AmericaWilliam Russell Curry Jr. of ~y West, Fla. For two APL roundtripc from Oaldand. Calif. to the Orient. Carmen &talano of San Diego, CaliL and Hauber Heintz of San Ptxlro. Calif. For a Maritime Overseas SSOO cash award-Tue Din-aoh of Galveston. ST Zapato />oJriot MARAD h&$ given the 3S,IOO dwt tanker ST 'ZapQ1a Patriot (Zapata Tankers) permission to cllaner to tbe MSC for three yean with \WO yearJy option&. Mariilo Bay Local piretes- laat month 'killed the lll&Jtcr of the IQ, 000 dwt BriU1h containership, the SS Orien1al AmbaS111Jdor and hurt 1 crewmember whell they boarded the·veuel demanding cash. The captain was -11iot 11iJ!e" ~ alter 'refu.'li11j. t!IW demand5. The piretca left the ship emptyhanded. Enroute to Ta.iwan, ~ ship anchored off tama·o Town near the mouth of the bay, seeking shelter from Tfllhoon Dom. Her cllief mate brought the ship into Mapila Harbor to continue the run to Taiwan. Philadelphia The SS Wu1ward Venture (JOM) and t~ FoTt Holabird and Tronspor1er (JOTI woo Jones F. Devlin Awards early lhia month for sailing safely for two accident-free conseaitive years. The awards were given by the National Safely CQunciJ's Marine Division and the Ameriean lasrirute of Merchant Sbippiq. ar Islander Committee scindc:d after pal!lgc: of the "M1gna Carta of the American Seamen" thr Seamen's Ad or 1915. \his legislation wa& initiated by Andrew Furunlh, famous champion of l!Camen 's rights 11nd hud of the old International Seamen's Union. 1 Th~ sailor was alw11ys at a great ~J tM llNP'lft' S /Jlbor 1110-tnt, in organizing into o ltltlut.lhiz ,,_ """""' ~ disadvantage union because of tf\e nature pf hi~ whkll 111 •• wl«I /tJnftllliiRI eJ tltt profcs~ion. He was at se,1 most of the Sill. time. And when ashore his meager wages were soon spent, leaving him at the mercy of crimps, shipping masters, owners and the many other harpies or the waterfront. .6.se&man with a reputation for pro1'. testing his lot would soon find it hard to get a ship. But the ~eallllln by lohn Bunker bas always been an independent OR hundreds of years seamen fellow and it is not surprising that .JUtaed to better tlieir lot. From the first labor strike in the United tbt •hll>"'luhed o-en of Roman States was by tlir sailors of Nrw and Spudlh galleys to tbe watdt- York in 1803. when they refused to and w1tdl erews or modem wllld- sail the ships until they received an j1~ seamen were usually un· increase in pay from $10 a month. derf'ed, undttp1id and overworked Then: is little information available and ronsidl!l'fld workmen beyond about this strike but there is a tbt usual rttOl.ll'leS or the. law. reference to them getting SI 7 a Aloo& with the harsh tlDd vi1or- momh later. so the action must have ous nahlte O(tbeir daily labors Wtte been effective. But the sailors errons the constant haunts of -ru1nc. 'were only spasmodic and their Untold thousands of ulloft have set achievements did not la•! long. out from port never to r.eturn, There was a strike in Boston in 1837, becoming victims of storms, colU- when pay was little more than it was slons and that most dreaded roe of in 1803. tbe ocean vo)'lcer-f"Jre;at sea. And It must be remembered. of course. In the pa(ts Of old ihiP.Jling]oyrh~ that many sbore·side workers were diu1 w~~ abr,ays thl• ree11rrent 001 much better off than the seaman. no(fce beside the name of a lhip: I( ihe sailor was unhappy with his ~mlssin& •nd prawned Jolt with all pay, he did not tui.ve much chance of bands." iD'lproYlng himself asho~e. Once Much as they wanted 10 bette( accustomed to the sea, moreover. their condition. seamen had little the sailor did not talce kindly to I.he chance to e11press their dissatisfao- boredom and drudsery of jobs tion In any effc:ciive way. much less ashore. to organiz.e for concerted action. The first organization of seamen Maritime laws of all nations gave in the United States occurred in absolute authority to the captaio al January of 1866 when the following sea. Quite appropriately was the notice appeared in a San Francisco captain called ~master . He was that paper: in fact. Many protests by seamen "Summa Friendly during a voyage against poor food. Ualwa Sodecy" overwork. brutality or qnsafe con"A II sramtn arr invltrd to ditions wercbranded"mutinies"and at1tnJ at IM Tum Vr"ln Ila/I ~ suppressed by fists, guns or belaying pins. Only rarely wu the 1Jn Bush St""' bt'tll'tm St(l('k· ton and Pc> ...ell STTl'l't$ on seamcn·s voice heatd u far u the Thursda)' £vening, Jonuar)' 11 coons •!Id then the masterS, mateS or owners almost al~ won the at 11;, o "dQC'k lo .form a Sta· c..e. ,,.rns Sorit>fl' for 1ht Pacific• .6. LL maritime nations bad striet Cua.ft." laws agains1 8 seaman leaving This meeting resulted ID organi~tion of the Stamens Friendly hi• ship before the end of the-voyage. Union and Protective Society. In I SS2, for in.stance. tbC Spani~h Alfrrd Enquist was elected Presigovcmmcit\I decn:ed that any sailor who deserted hi.~ ship before the end dent and G~orao McAlpinc. Secre. !Ary. It WIS the firs( orgam1.ation or of a voyage: to America. could be seamen in 1his eountry, perhaps the puoi1hed by I 00 lash!!$, a aenterlce first in the world. vinuaUy equal to death. Ai late as In 187S. the United Seamen's the 19th century in l>Olh Englilnd. Association was formed in the pon the United States and other mari· of New York .. ncl it sent a delegation time nations a seaman who left his to Congrc$S to petition for laws to ship bcfotc the cod of a trip•could ~ protect seamen. The delcg~tioo. forcduUy•ppn:hended.apd brooght according lo a news repon ID the back on board. ,, be w~'l returned New York Times of January 21 , was he automatically forfeited 11is pay -graciously received by the Preti· Ind aay belonginp left on the ship. dent." In the •U.S. 1hi$ Ltw was only re• .-flll ""'°' The Struggle Begins Fora Class of Workers F n New York Pllltofman Tedely 8abkowsl<1 (seated !ell) llNs oul a dues receipt IOI Recerllf!Gd Bosun Stanley Jandols t seated nght) ship's cllarrman. ltlst month at a payo#l lllX>etd the SS San/a Balbat11 (Della Wne) at Pon Newark. N.J.The res1 or the Ship's Commitlae - ft to r.) .SlaMlfd Delege.ta Robert Arana, Engine 0 !I LMlll Ae~ Tarns. [)e(;j< Oelegale Frank Pallsia and Chiet Slewatd A. Rudhdti, iletelaly-19POl1el'. II I LOG I Jlltle I 980 A History of the SIU No more washeatd oftbiso1ganization. The Seamen's Friendly IJnion.aod Protective Society in San Francisco didn't last long and the nellt organization to come along wa~ the Seamens Protective Union fonntid in San Francisco in 1878 with 800 members. It. too, 'had a lhOA life. HEN wages on the covt\ng vessels fell to $2S a month in l&BS, seamen met one night on a lumber wharf along the San Francisco waterlmnt toprotcsL This was followed 1 week .later by a gcond meeting, which resulted in formation of the Coast Seamen's Union, with Billy Thompson being elected President. By July the union had a permanent headquarters and some. 2,000 members. OnlY. sailors were allowed to join. Dues were so.cents a month. lo the following year the firemen and oilers formed Che S~p Sailor's Protective Association. lo 1891 these organizations joined to form the Sailors Union oC the Pacific. In June of 1886thc SUPca'llcd its first strike, forcing wages uptoS30a month. With these organizations, the seemens labor movement was off10 a firm start, at least on the West Coast Seamen organized on the' Gi:tat Wes at ab.out the same time. The Seamen's Benevolent Union of Chicago was formed in 1863 but soon explted, mai~Ly because its main objective was to take card of siclc or indigent members rather than to taise wages -and improve conditions. Jn 1878, this ·organization was W revived with the name lakes Sea· mens Ben.evolcnt Association, under the leadership or Dan Keefe. This was a ml! trade union. with its IDllincommitmont being financial beucrment and improved living conditiom aboard ship. Branches spr1ng up in the major Lakes poru. Within '• few years the ship owners. had bfokerr the ~nio11 by setting up their own hiring hollt and refusins to ship any men with known uoion proclivitles. The Union, however, was revived in the l 8901 •nd nrvived lo become pan of the lnfemetiooal Seamens Union. Longshoremen of the Lake1 orpnizcd in Chicago in 1877 and then fonn.cd the National LonBshoremen'1 Association of the United States in Detroit in 1892. This became the International Longshoremen's Association lo 1895. It was al5o on the Great Lakes that the first union of marine engineers waa formed in 1854. II quiclcly faded away but was revived in 1863 and again in 1875 when it became the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association. Captains and Mates have a history of union activity ' On the lakes dating beck to 1886. In 1892 a convention or .seamen was held in Chicago, with delegates from the various ·unions now organized on the West Coast, tho Great'1.alccttnd the Gulf of Mexico. There were no delegate8 from the " Atlantic. - At this meeting was born ~ National Union of Scame11 of America, later to be lcnown llS the International Sea1ilen's Union. 11 lasted uni.ii the 19.)()s and out of its eventual wn:c:Jcaae came the Seafarers ln1ernational Union and the National Maritime Union. More Nert Molllll Shi_ps Are Powered DillerendF TodaF C·•ll bl 0.. De Cll••g• Take the Diesel Engines Course at HLSS It's Four Weeks Long It S~arts PS,e.,ptember IS •' ~ .lull& t 9eO I LOG I 21 �I Legal Aid Tn tlir ha1·t I ~~;K ~~'i':!, ~ff~~~;!ree Tra~0~b.ldeology' r ~"""' tlrn1 mw SIU m<'mhrr• /r~al probl~m.< ·,,, 1/11• 1·11rio111 11nrr1, n 1;.,, "' t111ur11V1·• " ''"'"' //wi· """ <"a11.m/1 '·' h<'lfll! publi.•hetl. T/1; 111~m· her ...d ""' durrur r/rc recommcJ1d<·<I 111 n111m1t•" t1111l 1/li.< list ;s ,,,,,,,,t//'d 011/v /r>r l111i!mr1111<>111/I fJJl'fl"·«'·'' NEW YORK, N.Y, Schulma.n & Ab.arbanel 350 Fifth Av~ue. New York, N.Y. 10001 Tele. #(212) 279-9200 BALTIMORE. MD. Kaplan. Heyman, GrernbeJg. En~lman &. Belgrad Sun life Bui.JdingC ha.rles & Redwood Streets Baltimott, ~aryland 21201 Tele. /1(301) S3!J..6967 HOUSTON, TEX. Archer & Pcter'5on Americana lluilding 1111 Dallas Street Houston, Teicas 7'7002 Tele. 11(713) 659-4455 TAMPA, FLA.. Hamilloo & Duu~. P.A. 26'20 W. Kennedy lijvd. Tampa, Florida 33609 Tele. 11(813) 879-9482 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. John Paul Jennings. Hcnnini and Wash 100 Busb Strtelr Suitc 1403 San Francisco. California 94104 Tele. //(415) 981-4400 Philip- Wcltin, ESQ. Weltin & Vn11 Dam No. I E.ciker 81&. San ftanci$co, Calif. 94105 Teb:.~(4tS) ST. LOUIS, 771.;4500 Tele. 11(314) 231-7440 N£W ORLEANS, LA. &rlttt, Boudteaux, Lamy. Oardnm- & Foley 1400 Richards Building 837 Omvier St~ New Orleans. 1.ouifi11n.1 70112 Tele. I/(~ S86-9j95 ' LOS ANGELES. CALIF. Fo~I. Julbar. 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All~ 00 er-A a . a c... c R£GISTEllED ON BEACH Alll:teupl a-A CIMeB CllllC DEClt OVAllTMDIT ' Omrwton •.••••••••••••.••••.••••••• , •• , Mobile, Alabama. 36602 Droulc also told the audience that our counuy's failu~ Co deal with the deterioration of its merchant ~rine is causing grave national security problems, especially since the Rus$llltt fle4)t has experienced 11n unprecedented era of growth. The ....,. r'!alional Maritime Council is an organization dedicated to maritime research and education. 1t is composed of a broad spectrum of the maritime industry, including more than 170 companies whose ships sail under the.U.S.t'lag. The SIU was one of the. earliest and moce enthusiastic members of the NMC, for it reco$fiized thal the Council preseirtcd thi: maritime ind.ustry with the unique opportunity of ·addressing the larger issues that affect the industry as a whole. TOTALSHll'f£D "TOTAL IWllSY'ERED ~n Fr,:ncl&co ............................. MOBrLE, ALA. Simoll & Wood GI~. Massachusetts MAY 1-31, 1980 ~.-.· M~. Noting that the health of the nation, as well as the health of the maritime industry, depepds upon this nation's ability to eJtpOrt products, Drozalc- attacked inadequate economic policies that have blln'Ctly followed outdated concepts of free-trade. "It is probably not news to anyone present that the trading nations of the world are rapidly moving into a protectionist mood," DrozaJc said. "The United States simply cannot afford the luxury of a free trade ideology." What is neJ:ded. Drozak s( re ssed. is a long ·range successful promotion of exports. While ~eceot initiatives, suoh as the President's Eiport Council and passage, of the. Export Administration Act. are steps in the righ1 direction, th.ey are not Dispatchers RePort for Inland Waters I •• Grutnbetg & Soundm 721 Olive Street Sr. Louis, Missouri 63101 Tele. executive vice president. suessed the need for co-operation between all segments of the maritime industty in an address before repi;ese111atives of the Midwest Region of the. National Maritime Council Drozak's addrei;s was part of a Shipper Advisor Labor Symposium held in Chicago last month. The Symposium was designed asa forum where different segments of the maritime illdustry could come 1ogetber and exchange views, as well as plot a common strategy for the future. Drozak told 1he assembled delegates that the American flag merchant marine has been a vic~m of unfavorable. historical trends and poorly-<:onccived goveromental policies. The maritime industry is, he said, an ioduSlry that must close ranks if A . ! .o 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8l 8r 0 1 1 ~0 3 0 3 3 12 0 4 0 36 70 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 l I. 2l 12 0 0 80 2 2 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 34 0 l 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 0 I J 0 0 80 2 0 0 l 4 0 0 I 0 I 0 5 0 4 a 0 0 2 ~ a 1$ EMINI DUAllTll!HT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 ITIWAlll>DIPMTMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 g ~ 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 l • 0 0 8 ~ 8 0 0 0 9 0 8 5 9 3 0 5 0 0 8 15 0 7 L 17 11 g 80 8 ·~ l 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 .0 0 8l 0 80 0 8 0 0 I I 0 0 a 0 0 l y l i 0 2 0 3 IO Ii 103 8g A •monlh. 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 T ~ 0 2 I 5 0 0 ~ 0 9 8 0 2 0 9 50 o, 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 I () Q •O 8 f g 0 8 0 0 I 10 0 0 7 0 5 12 21 0 14 0 117 1'3 8 8 8 80 ~ 1 l 0 0 0 ~ 0 0 0 2 0 3 v 80 0 0 0 8 2 ii M 211 3 R~' means l/ie numberof men wto actuotty res111ered fCf lhipPif18 at the POl'l 18" the 14191 11Umboror_,, ""iA11111fat tneportatthe ...cs of r.t !!\GOllh. '"119&tslered on the Belltl>" - • I LOG I June 1980 - �• PiGtured w~h SIU Rep. Al Raymond (third from le~) are some ol Bl,l~.er-Wtiltety­ Mc;:Alllster's maintenance crew. From the left, tney are: Bo~ Schwetka. Pasgualjj G.lorgllll and Steven Phlllfp$, The MIV Graoe McAllister dockside at her new Baltfmore home; New 1ug Run for SIU linking, Norfolk, Bait., Philly S llJ-contncted McAUlller Broth· ers, of Baltl-e, ha.1 announced plant ror a new conlalnrr 1>a11e feeder service bqlnnln& this month. The service will llnk the mid· Atlanrfc portl of Plrfladelphla, - Baltimore and Norfolk. The mo¥e by McAllister was •. made possible when the company mtrced In Januuy -,Jltb the SIU· contracted Baltimore company Bakft'·Wbl~ly Towing. The new company will, for the lime being, be or kno'll'n aJ Baller-Whltely-McAJl.lstl'r Tow1t11. The nnt cllanp to be madeby1he •I' I .. ·~·r ~ . new outfit wa1 the addldon of tbe J,598 honepower ru1 Grt1« McAlllsin to tbe ortpnal six boat Reet. Tbt Gl'O« McA lltltrr arrived at tht Dundalll Marine Ter·m lnal In BaHlmore on May 11. Until actual ffflkr serVice operations bqin, the boat will be mp&ed In lhipdoddn& and other harbor senices in the Balllmore area. Allhou&h new to the Baltimore vicinity. MeAllllter Towln1 ha long bem an SJU-contncted company in other ports inefudln& Philadelphia wherr the GrMJr Metfllistl!I iweviomly saw serviu. ' ~ #" l"- Deckhand James Kabakilvtch hes th1ogs all hed up. capt. Frank LUkowSld (I ) and Mate Jerome l.ukoWSld handle the wheelhouse chores on the Grace McAllister Yes. they are brothers Chl1:1I Engineer At111n Hirsch checks the pressure gauges in tho Grace's engine room A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION r DONT GET TANGLED OP WITH D~l!~5:!"" IF CAUGHT, YOU LOSE YOUR PAPERS FOR LIFE/ June 1980 I LOG I 'rT • �Effort Underway to Resume SPR Program 'T'fi~ Strategic Petroleum Re- J. serve (SPR) Progam, which • - i$ considered by most defcn~p expens to be instrumental to lb~~ country's national security, bas fallen oil" bard times. Bureauen.tic mismanagement, bud8¢" tary pressures and Saudi Arabian protests have threatened its existence. The SPR program la impor· llUlt to the merehanUnarlne linte U.S. sbips· an parantttd curlap of at l~f SO percent of the oll earcoes. The Program was drawn up in 1974. Fifteen industrial nations, including the United States, met after the Arab Oil Embargo and agreed in theory that~ch nation had to take positive steps to lessen its vulnerability to shortterm cut-offs of oil supplies. Since that time most of the fifteen nations have done what tbey promised, which is to build up their reserves of· oil. The United States, however, has stood aione in doing nothing to protect itself. 6 Day Resene Ot;partment of Energy officials have llnders~red this failure. If an oil cmburgo were implerne11ted tod.ay, these officials main~in that the United States would be lhe Western nation m95t severely affected, Japan, West Oem1any and Franc:c all have oil resetves of 40 days or more. The United States. however. bas only 91 million barrels of oil in reserve. Al the present rate of eonsumption this is enough ,to meet our nation's energy Qeeds for six days. Domestic critics of SPR. and there .are many, contend that bveaucratic mismanagemeql has crippled the Program. Delicate international consideration have also played a role in hindering the program's success. Saudi officials have made it known that they do not favor a build-up of American oil reserves. Officials from the State Department have been reluctant lo give the SPR Program the attention that it needs because of this country's special relationship with the Saudi rulers. What has hurt the program the most, however, bas been the_ worsening economic situation of the United States. As of late there has been a great deal of pressurtt to balance the Federal budget. SPR has be!Cn one of the programs designated to be cut t>ack so ,that the Federal budget can be balanced. Con~s is presently consideri.ng propQsals to resc1,1e the Program. Key leaders rcmemtier the difficulties this country encountered when foreign sources ofenergy were cur-off. as SIU Helps In Seafffe Shindig they were in 1973 after the Yorn Kippur War and in 1979 during the Iranian Revol11tion. The most recent proposal to n:scue the SPR Program is the one that was incorporated into the Synthetic Fuels Legislation. S. 923, during a meeting of Senate and House conferees. Senators Bill Bradley D-NJ) and Bob Dole (R-Kans) have per:suaded their fellow conferees to include language in the Synthetic Fuels Lcgj$lation I.bat would require thal the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be augmented by 100,000 barrels of oil a day. Unfortunately, they were unable to obtain all the funds necessary to bring that result about. Most lesislative experts agree that the actions of Dole and Bradley will have little practical effect in the immediate future. The Syntheti.; Fuels Bill must first be T"Cturned to the House and Senate and passed by both bodies. And tpen the compromise version mu&t be signed by the President. Even if the legislation is signed into law, the required Federal monie~ would not have been authorized to .bring about the desired resuJt, which is to build up this nation's oil reserve. However, tpe Synthetic Fuels Legislation, if it is enacted with the Dole and Bradley language inUlcl, will serve an ii:nportant purpose. Congress will have made a symbolic commitment to building up our oil reserves. That, at Jcast, is a step.in the right direction, Now you can improve your math skills tn fractions and decimals in your spar~ timer HOW? H LSS has courses for you In fractions and decimals. They are self-study courses. lf LSS will send them to you. You can study them while you're .aboard your ship or boat! Here :S how you can use the skills you 'II gel in these courses: *in your everyday life (for measuring, counting, etc.) *in your job *to improve your math skills for upgrading *to get started on your high school equivalency' program (REMEMBER: GED Is offered at HLSS.) *to review old math skHls or learn new ones Send {or the cowse you want today/ Just fill in and mall the coupon below. • • I On Sunday, Aprll 20 1ne Anoual Fund Awstng Spring Otnf'le( was held at the CathO!ic Seamen':; Club ro Seattle. foWOWEd by Iha dtaw.no 01 the winning tickets rn tile annual raffle A lull course d1nnllf ol roast srliOtfl ol beef was prepared and seived by Scef11rer JHttrl"I)' Nieto. a~y asr;isted by Cl'larle~ Nolan of the M.F O,W retrred All proceeds l1om Uiese evPnls lialp •n part 10 mee1 rrie operallng expell598 of the Club P1c1u18CI above (I to') are Ji/Timy Nreto'S.1 U. c11<el coot< Chtek Erhanl of the Bartenclefs Un111n, Fr C P Dillon. O.MJ. Pon Cl!ar.ilaln & Dlrecror ol the Clot>. and ChlJ¢k Nolan. M FO.W 11111red asslstaru COOR TneC1ub 1s r1Qhl down Iha sr1001 rrom the SIU tlBll 21 /LOG I June 1980 Cut out the coupon and mall ft to this address: Academic Edueatlon Department Herry Lundeberg School Piney Point, MD 2067 4 Send It t.octayl ATTN: Lola 'Knowlu, Mathematics Department �The Lakes Picture All(etlae More and more Great Lakes vcs.~ls are bemg tail! up as econo!Jlic problems deepen. SIU-contracted American Steamship C<>. plans to tcmporarUy la~-up the John J. Boland d\Je to lack of cargo. • • • cement Transit Co. has ~ccided l)Ot to fit out the cement carrier1hey recently purch.ued from 11nothcr SIU-contracted company, "Eric Sand. Tbejr deei9iOll not to run Ille vessel is due: to l11ck of cargo, The vessers na ma was changed from I he Loe 8aJ' to the .Badger Sto,le. • • In a surprise tum-around move, lite state of Michigan granted S700,000 in subsidies to keep the Ludirlgton-t1>-Milw11ukeeC&OcaTferry route open through this summer. The announcement to subsidize the car ferries wo.s met with loud protei.ts from lbe SIU and many Misliigan public interest groups because I be stare has ~tripped Michigan education ~nd public achoo! programs of funds, in an effort to curb ~ding. Michigan residents arc up-in-arms over che state's decision to trade off the C&O carferry service wh1c:h has been in serious financial straits.for years- against education. Observers were expecting the state of Michigan to tum down the subsidy rcqu~t which wouJd mean tbeendof the C&O. SIU-rontraeted car ferries were expected to be used to move the freight lhut hnd been handled by the C&O. Meanwhile, r11tes-0n cheC&O carferries were upped 14 percent as of June t . (;level••• The Richard J. Rel.ts (American Sttamship) is s1iU in the shipyard awaiting (cpairs on her unloading boom. 4Jllleago The SI l) Clinieai I306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, bas closed its d<>or.S. The Union bas arranged for Chicago·a1ta Seafarers to get their medical exnm5 from Or. S. Huftsain, 9206 South Commercial. Chicago. Ill., 60617. This clinic is only e short r1deaw~ from theCh1cago Unlol) hallso the f!CW arrangement Is expected to work uut well On May ~4. the Med11so Challe11gu. a cem1mi c;1rrier, as half loaded, CJl route from Milwaukee 10 Manitowoc. When she was off Sheboygan, fhc Medusa Clrufkng(•r lost her sbJlh ~rid propeller and hllJ l<l be 1owtd to Manitowoc where •he ofT-luadcd the rest of her cargo. She was then towed to a shipyard in South Chica{lo for repair~ which were expected to talce at least 10 day~ O.trolt Amcric.m Steamship'~ Sharan and her SIU crew were on"thcir WB}"tQ 1he Mclou1h Steel dock in Trenton, load~ with 20.000 tons of coal, when 1hc v~el grounded on mud in the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River lost month. The effort.• of ~1x 1up- 1ncludmg 1hc SIU-conttact~ Maine and Manland (Great Lake;, Towing) weren't enough to pull her free. She wa~ able to move only after a portion of her cargo was~ighte~d. The Shortm was making her last •rir> before heading for lay-up. • • • A Soviet vessel which had loaded magnesite in Ludington was a hostage for live: days in Af1ril when 11n American harbor pilot refused to guide her out of rhat port. The harbor pilot was protcstfngreccnt actions by 1he Soviet govemmenc In the Middle East. It took the Upper L;llles Pito1 Assn. five days to locdte I! harbor pilot who was willing,10 get rhe Soviet ship out of l. udington- and he was a Canadian. Slg.11 From Spaae The National Aeronautics and Space Adtnini~tration (NAS~). the same folks thnt gave us mnn's first wRlk Oil the moon-are conducting experiments which could be a boon to Great Lakes winter shipping_ NASA conducted experiments on th¢ Lakes using microwaves to i.d. ice coverage and lhickneu, pressure ridges and clear water passages. This doll! will be used. along with ground surfaces mapping, to program sarelliresensors in the future. NASA Project Director James Lindemann said '"if the techniques we are developing arc: implemcnteG, a ship navigator in future year~ facing an icy passage will be able to receive precise inform:uion ... from a satellite circling overhead.'' f'leaa Waters Acting under orders from a Federal judge, tile Reserve Mining Co oi Silver Bay, Minn .. ended their 25-ycar-long practice of dumping 67;600 tons or ore WO.SICS into Lake Superior every day. The waste;s discharged by the compnny were known to contain cancer-causing asbestos. Ag~tos fibers were found in drinking water in Duluth and st:veral other MiJ\nesota cities that draw wuter directly from lake Superior. The baule to get Reserve to stop dumping asbestos-laden wastes into the Lakes has been raging for IOycors. Whileenvlronmeniallsts, Federal agencfos and officiol~ or thn:c states bailed the dumping balJ. it was viewed by most es only huff a victory. MThc discharge into the Lake has ended. but the asbestos fibers arc sdll tllerc," said one Minn~sota resident. speaking for many. uy wonder how many people hav1: been 11xf)Olled to the fibers and Lhal's the sobering ~ide of the whole i.~9ue. ~ USPHS Sets up· 24-Hour, Toll-Free Hotline W HAT does a Seafarer or Boiitman do when he gets off a vessel, hundreds of miles trom home, and he needs a doctor? Where docs he go jf he needs medical care but ifs the middle of 1be nlght and he's in an unfamiliar city? The answers to those questions are now available, 24hoan a day, seven days a week, by phoning a new toll-free phone number set up by the Seafarers' Health lm~rovement Pro1ram {SHIP). The SHIP program is spomored by USPHS. Trained per$oMcl are man· oing tbcnewnationwide hotlines. A seaman or boatman can dial S00.231·74'7 anywhere in the U.S. In Tex•thctoll-freenumbefis 800-392-7"47. Both numbcn1 arc easy to remombcr this way: natronwide, dial 800-231-SHIP. ln Texas, dial 800-J92-SHIP. American mariners. By calling these numbers, Specifioally. the nationwide Seafarers and Boatmen can get 800 telephone number wa6 immediate help in locating the "established to improve seane11rest PHS hospital, outpatient farers' aC4eSS to care fhrough the clinic or contract physician. Public Health ~rvioe," said Dr. ln cao.: of a medical emergency Leonard Bachman, Asst. Suroccurring whl:rt iliere i§ no Pl-lS gcon General and Director of the facilit)' in the port, the trained PHS Dfvi!!ion of Hospitals and staff members manning the Clinics. hotline can dlrfft seoitn and One of the plU¥SCS of the toUboalllleD to the nearest coaunu- frtc number is that confusion will atty bolphl. They'll give you the be cleared up on what proh<>spitars address, phone number ccdures seamen and boatmen and approKimate distance from must follow when a medical the place you are calling. emerg\'ncy occurs aboard ship. The toll-free phone number In cae or lldulta or acddtnt was set op under the au&pices of occurrln1 aboard a ve&Ml, SIU the Division of HQllpital~ and seamen and boldmen mll$1 us.ea Clinics of the SHJP program. USPHS hospital whenever pos· SH IP is a collaborative> effort sible. between llte U.S. Public Health By calling the 800 number a Service. other federa.I agendes Seafarer will be difected lo the and the mar1tlrue iadus1ry to clOSC11t PHS hospital or to 1bc improve the he11lth 8.lld safety of 11earcst private hospital if there i~ no PH,S facility in the pon. lo addilion. hotline staffers will remind ~afarcrs to notify USPHS within 48 hours if they are being. treated for an emergency in a private hospital or clinjc, This notification procedure is necessary to ensure that USP HS will cover the c-0sts of emergency treatment in a private facility. • The best way to m1tify USPHS that you are receiving cmer.gency care in a private hospital is to phone USPHS and follow-up your phone call with a telegram within 41l hours. The toll-free 800 n.u.mbers were created so that S&all'leu and boatmen could find meilical c~ as Cast as possible. wltereve:r hey are in lhe United State$. The Union urge~ all Sill members 10 ta.Ice advantage of this serv.ii:e. Ju110 1980 I L0G ./ 29 • • �\ Sisto O. 'flhada, 72. j1>i ned the SIU in the pon or Sentt!e In 1962 &1ullng as a cook for 38 yeais. Brother Tilwla w1u also an Ala.d:iln Fisherman. He was born in 1he PhiU1pincs and Is a resident or Seaule. Mlcud Anrd Viera, 62..joined the SIU in the port 1>r Balti111~re in J9S I sailing as a 3rd coolL Brother Viera • also Jailed during the Vinnam War. He sailed 3S years. Seafarer Viera allcndcd Piney Point Cre11S Conference No, S. Bom m Pucno ~.be is a re$iden1 of Baltimore. Brqlher Mlcbael F. Vl10. 64. joined Ille SIU in 1949 1n the Pon of New Ynrkl sailill8 a.s a cblcf steward, Brother Vigo sailed 32 years. He is a veteran or the U.S. Navy in World War II. Seafarer Vigt• w•s boi:n in Flor:idR and is n resident or T:uqpa. Fnmk Beeehcr Brazdl, 57, joined the S IU In 1944 in the part of N"ew York sailing as a flremail·watertender. 8ro1het"' Brazell i'aveteran of the U.S. Army on World War II. He was born in Georgie and l!l 11 resident or Savannah, Ga. Gut Skencltlu, 6S. joined tbe S I U In the port of Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a chief steward. Brother Skcndolas sailttl 30 years. Re w~ born in Cuberland, Md. and is a resident or Seattle. Robnt Edward Emat n.onuis, 7S. joined -,he Union in po.n of Norfolk in 196S sailing u a ohicf engineer for the Cunis 11£y Towing Co. Brother Thoma> was • former member of MEDA. He ls a veteran of the U.S. Navy on World War JI. lloa1 mlln Thomas was born in Gloucuter County, Va, and is a resident or Hawlhnrnc, FIL 1m. Howard Adolph ,Et~•l Sr., 69, joined the Un.i on in the port of Hou•ton in 1957 sailing as an oiler fonhc G & H Towing Co. from 19Sl Lo 1980. Brother E11.cl was a fom1cr 01erobcr of the Painten. Union Local SBSu acootractorfrom 1931to19Sl in Galveston. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II. Boal· man Encl was born in Smithvillo. T""· and is a resident of Hitchcock, TeJL Anihony l'ainlno, 64, joined the SlU in the port of New Orleans in 1952 $ailing as a wiper and cook. Btotber Pennino is a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army in World War u. H" w11s born in New Orleans and is a resident thero. Domin co V uqutz L•rlno, 64, joined the SIU in the port or New Vorlc. in 1961 sailing ns a rircmanW"Jtenendcr. Brother l.arlno sailed 39 yca11. He was on 1be piclcctlin" in the 1961 N. Y. l::tarbor beef. Seafarer L.arino W8$ born in Corunu, Spain and is a resident of l lawthomc. Calif. Fnrnc:isco ~adal, S1, joined the Sltl in 1943 ln the port of New York sailing as an AB. Brolbcr Nadal was born in Puerto Rico and iJ a reaidenl of Mayagucz. P. R. uc • James t;vertll Davuiport. 70, joined the Union ln Lht port of Ouhimorc In 1971 ~alllng \\S a chief engineer for the Curlis Bay T nwlng Co. from 1968 to 1980. BrQthcr OavcopoH uJsn woreod for !Yor)" lund D,Ydock (CJO) nnd for U~Y.low Fi~hcrlcs (rom 1947 to 1968. He was born in Fnroham, Va, and is .a re1id1:n1 of 0..hunurc. .. Mldlatl Drewnl&. 6S. JOined Ille union In the port 1>f Detroit in 1953 .aolina a> an AD and wbedsman for the Enc Sand Co. Brother DrewnLoJk wa. born in Ohio ed is a ~cn1 of Nokomis. Fla Midlael DWlda. 64. joined tilt Union on the pon ofToledo, Ohio m 1960 ..oling a. an oiler and :on•cyor11111n for the Rei.. Straruhop Co. lh1lth<'r Dunda sailrd Cot 43 )'CalSHc Wll\ born in Yukon. P•. dnd is a re1idcnt of Toledo. Slanhy Sfepbtft M•notnlll. 62, joined the Union in the porJ of b11J1imorc in 19.56 sailing u a deckhand and bargeman for the Baker Whilcly Towlna Co. C..0111 1963 Lo 1980. Brother Mal!OWJlli w.. 1 former membcir of th• II.A local 1337. lfc w~ born in lllldmore and 11 11 rc~idtnt tllc:rc. • 3Cl f LOG I dune I 980 FNllk Frum Pualllk. 64,joln~ lhc Union in 1949 m-1he port of Philadelpha Ailing as a deckhand and bo.mn for McAllister Brothe!I in and 111r Wilson Linc deep $C8 beio~ 196S. BrotherP8SBID1: isalsoa millwright a.tu! dicsctter. He is e •-etemn or 1bc U.S. AflllY durina World Wat JI. Boatman Pasaluk wns born in Curtis Bay, Md. ;iod is a raidcnt of Philadelphia. ll«yJ &tt:rWO, 64,joincd theSlU in the port of Mobile in I 958 sailina as a fircman-wuertencfer. Brolher Pererson graduated llS a 3rd assistant engineer from the Uniop-MEBA School of Engineering, Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1966. He i1 a veien111 of the U.S. Navy jlJl!I before World War ll. Seafarer Peterson was born In Trinton, Fla. anil is • rctidcnt of Ke:rrVille, TCJ!. Sah<ador Rodripn, 62.Jomcd I.he SIU Ill tbe port New York in 19S~ sailing as a wiper, OS od In 1he •tcward dcpanmenL Brolhctr Rodriguez sailed 29 years. And he hit the bricks in t~ 1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef. He is a veteran of the U.S. Anny•• World Wet ti. Seafarer Rodriguez was born in Tamp&and is a ~sident of Caguas, P.R. or ~ £, V• Sat. SS. Joined the SIU in 1943 in the pon of New York aailing as a .-tifitd.bosun. Brother Van Sanl wu bom in PenMylvanla and 11 a m ideru or Bel Air. Md. Jtecertificd Botun '1¥. .• C-av· S4.joined tJicSIU in 19o43ln the. port 1>f New York uillna in World War II. Brother GU11-vt0n hit tJie bricU in bolh tllc 1961 c;,....,.. N. Y. Harbor beef and lhe 1962 Robin Ll11c 11dke. He gr1du11ed from the Union's R<'llMdied llojiuns PT01tam in June t97S.. Seafan:r Ot111avaon dso earned bla LNO llldoraonlenl 111d 01!0 at Piney J'oillt In 1978. Born in StalCD l•lu!I. N. Y. he ... taide11t of Slliel) bland. Recertirled Bosun. Wodl• Hmh, 62,joined the SIU in J~ in tbcpon of New York Sliifutg during World War II. Brothet Nash, a bosun since 1961, was SL-7 bosun on the &DUuid Mark~ la f978. He graduated from the Union's Bosun Reccrtificatic!n Progtlllll in September 1973. Seafa~ Nash was bosun on the Seat.and Shorc8!Ulg, Port Elizabeth. N.J. from 197S!o 197'7. At thcHany Londcberg School, Piney Point, Md,, in 1971be upgradeCl lo Quartcrl:llast.,r alld took LNG in J 979. A nallvc of Ba'yonnc,, N.J., l)c is !loW a resident of ffa:elcetisack. N.J. Samuel "Sam" G,.ham lteland. •65. joined the Union in the pon of Norfolk in 1963 saiihig11S a deckhand for tht Curll! Bay Towing Co. Brother lrcland also worked as ·a rigger at the C1Jttis !Jay Shipyard Crom 1961 to 1%2. He was also a commercial fisherman. Boatman Ireland was bom in Lowland. N.C. and ts a resident of Norfolk. Ollv.tr •RM" Mertit Bishop. 6S. joined 1he Union in the port of ~cw Orleans JO 1960 sailing as a capraln on the towboaJ National FrUdom <National Marine Seniice) and with lhe c1>mpany Crom f9S7 10 1980. Brother Bishop worl:.cd as a long· shoreman from 1958 to 1960. He was bOrn in Bruce, Fla. and is a re.ident or Freeport. Fla, Joint G~- EY1119; 38. joined the Union ih the port of Noifollt i n 1961 sailing 19 years as an AB for · GATCO. Allied Towing, Steua rt Towing, Graham Towing and for M, L. Hudgins &..Sim from 19S9lo 1961. Prom 1972 io 1'977, he was with ' 10r~ M.Unet Division. Brotller Fvans was aJro an electrician at the Newport News lVa.) Shipyard. He upgraded •l the HLS Ui 1969. Boatman Evan' wa~ .11 U .s_ Army lru~lcmaster ~efil:llt11 in the Vietnam War from 1966-R receiving the Viemam Service and Commendation Medals. A native or Mathews, Va., he os il rQident there. Hmner Gordoa l'llrvls. 71. joined 1h" Union In the port of Molnlc in 1956 ..ailing a) llJ) oiler and dliel engineer for Mariner Towing from 1956to 1980andasue~for M<>bile Towing from 1965 to 1972. &other Purvis :is .a ve1cnuo af tbc U.S. Army aftci; Worid Wat I. He was bom in Oak Gro..e. All. aod is o .rc:scidem of Spanish Fort Ala. l.~~·I, -~. Stanley Walter ZI joined tho U11ion 1n Baltimore .in 1957 working at 1 mechanic. machinist and fomnan for the Cunis Bay Towms Co, Shop from 19r4 Ill 1980. Brot11'r Z"oellAak.i 4'I a v111min oftlic U.S. COllll (luard from 1919 10 1934: He wu born. In l»oia!ld IHl!l is a ietiMm of Baltimc1i'c. ~of �Diesel . . ~">'!Jt.$£<>~ t e ower o Today ~,;~~ and Tomorrow 1' • • Owtng clleM1 on·tfle.Job training, .....,.,. !Nm the ~ •kill• to wofll on ttlta fonn of prcpulllon. Recently, the Hany Lundeberg School of Seamanship presented a Olesel Semi nar for SIU members. Representatives from d i es el engine design and manufacturing companies told seafarers about the new equi pment being added to mOdem ahlpa. Tiie seminar was held to famlllarlze aeafarera wl~h dlnel englnea. The diesel e'lglne haa proven to bf! ~ energy effli:lent. Ships equipped with modern dleael engines halle shown a 30 percent aevtnoa In fuel coete compar9d with thOse using a etNm pllfrt. Mora and more nssela are being bUllt with dleMl power for propulllon. Beoauee of the Increasing uee of dlnel•, there la a need for eeafararl wflo are •killed with dl8HI englnea. 911 fpera are Wk· Ing~ of the diesel engine In the OleHl• counie, Ula atudents ectu8lly a., clown end make rt9alra to dleael engine a. courses at HLSS. They are pt'Bpar· Ing to man these new slJlps wi th the necessary skills to won< on t he equipment. SeaLand Corporation, one of our contracted companl1!!9, Is ha\llng 12 new diesel-powered vessels built thi s year. One of these, tliil SHLa(ld Patriot, Is already In st1rvlce. Our engine department members who lfe worKlnu, on the Patriot went through the diesel engl nee counie at H LSS to pr11pare them tor their Jobs. The Diesel Seminar was .offered eapeclelly for "8f8Rlf'B who want to wOlt! on lheM Y98Hls but also atl'9Cted graduates aod atudents from ail engine depWtment programs. The apeclflc engines and aupport ayatems which are on Sealand 'e new veanla were detcrlbed bY Sen• and corpora· tlOn, Sular BrotherJ, and thft Alfa 1.ava1 eompnny. c.pt.in Don Hall, Man8Qt?f, Fleet PerlOnnel Training tor 1ieil1And, ClllCUnld Ille V•IHl ltnlf. The llC~I0111J, he said, Wlll'e IM!llt with lhl IHll\8ll In mind. The un•tr• who are wOfl(lng an the ~ now enjoy comfoltllbl• '°! •.••"*- ~ Wll held It HUS llii •••,.,. . . . . . . . n - 1 tlllr wll bl aotU:• With A •1111 In -fimn. madlrn aunoundlng11. Em9l Young and Hnna Roffler of Sutzer •utf*t 1xplnlnld the anglnl IAd all Of Ill related sys..,... . The were lmpni111d Ill' the I~ aOdl P'"8ntallon QIYetl mA•• by th••• repreaentallves that showed the hlltory of tlle diesel engine and hoW It hN progreaaed over the year1. Tiie purlflo8tlon ayatem oJ tile dl8811 engine uud In th4t veaaela wna dtacrlbed by Alfa Lavnl represent1llV9 Hick Chall-. His talk gave eeafill8r& a thorough knowledge of the purifier. HLSS Engine Department Head Bill Eglinton Hid, "We r~lved a good reeponae from the seafarer:a at the aemln.. The general opinion wu that mor9 aeml1\81'8 of this kind etloUfd t.. ~. Therefore. we plan to offer MOther seminar to benefit ...,.,.. In the fall of 191j() on engln1'f9..tld operations. '• June 1980 f LOG 1 31 �.. • • •• OF.LT A • • SUO (Delta S1camsh1p). '\pril 6 -Chairman. Reccnificd Bosun Andrey, Lasn:1n~l<y;Sccre111ry E. Vicim ; Educauonai Oirc•·IOr J. C. Dini No dispu1ed OT Choirman reported 1ha1 1hc ship ii. goin11 hack. 10 Ntw -Orleans oflttr Maracaibo. pay off. Wlload ull curgo. 1hen go to 1h~ shipyard'for nlloul live dayr< probably ih Tampa. However. llus could change. Evcry1hlng Is going ~long very well und there arc no reports of uny .unspfo cQndi1iorb or of a1~5' irtdividunl pr1>blcms .,; disiin1lsfna1lons, Th..- LIJXs will be pu..~~cd uround for ull lo read and all communication• niceivt:d \viii be pa•scd around SEA-LANO NEWARK (Sta-Land Service). April 27-Chairman. Rl'cenilic:d Bolilln D. Mnnning: Secrewy C. Modcllas; Educa1ional Director H . M1kkclborge. No dl$J>uted OT. 1\11 .:omrnumc1(lion• rtclilved were posted on 1he bullc1in board. Chairman discussed 1he)mpoi'iancc of dona1ing to SPA 0. Se1Jrc1ary r~p11ncd' 1ha1 lhC loudspeaker for rhe mnvjes -~· bo.ught by H,arr)' Lively. l{eq uested th:11 cve1·yom: uontrib.u1c 11> uompc11&au: Herry ror the IOtal wm S4S.Q9. Next p\lrt S•'lllle. or OVERSEAS ANClfORAOE (Mari· lime Oversea.,·). April 8- Chairmun W. WF.STWARO V£NTUJU! (Jn1crJ . Burkeen: .Seue1ar:y Ken Hay••: oce11n Mgt. ). April 27- Chall'mAn J. Edwards-. SepreUry A. McCutlum1 EduC111tonal Director H. Mercdilh Jr. Educational Oiremor J. Mlcdingcr. N11 No di~pu1cd OT. Secretary advised 1he di<pu1ecl OT. Chntrman reported 1ha1 members of i;everal bills lhat ore now in Congress 1hat w111 benerir sumen. he has all SIU 11pplica11on~ on hand Asked e~tryooe 10 s1udy 1tic.e bill> and Dii.rll1kd lhc 1mpor1ancc ot donaling 10 SPAD. One minu1c of silence will be lel vour Senator or Congressman know obM:rvtd in mcmnt} or C1Uf dep:irted abou1 them and how you feel. A YOte of thanks lo lhc <lcward del!"nmcm for a bro1heD. c:!lf!<'Cinlly Bm1hcr Rill Hall, job wclf done. Report to lox- •Good $SO wu collCC1ed in I he arrival poof bu1 fishing on lbc Bilboa side this lrip. $4{) more b needed 10 pay olT video Seems we hil i1 ri)!h1 ono." corder and lap<:> bill. The chairman will be leaVlng llus •c«scf 01 the end or (he ncx1 1rip and 1hanks 1he crew for 1heir MONTICELLO VICTORY (V'IClOfy cooperalion in mallng lhi!i a JlOod ship. Carriers}. April -6-Cbairman Frank Smllb: Secttlary Dulle Hall; Engine S£A·LANO PANl\MI\ (Sea•Lnl)(I D<:Jega1c Robert Sariven$; 81eward Sen ice). April 20 Clu1trman. RcreniD\!lcgute Ray Crawford. Chairman lied Bosun M. Kerngood: Sccrcu1ry E. rcponed that the ship wlll go·Up river a1 L John•on. No di•pu1cd OT Chairman I 2 mile, anchor at Podras, UL. There the reporicd 1hat everyone fcl1 deep rcgrel ship will go 1h.rough USCG in.spec1ion over 1hc dca1h 01 1:1111 Hall. All hniicd before going on io Ba1on "Rouge 10 lh111 Prcslllcn1 Poul Hnll would rot(l\lcr disoho.rgc. Socrel8ty rcporied rho.1 from ~i> illness soon. Abo .advi!led all everything was runrifngsmoo1Hly inuue member!. ahlHH lhc odvon1agr of SIU tashion. Di~cuS&ed thci"impoc(IUlce 011cndh1g upgmding cln,,<:allt the l larry or donulh:•s 10 SPAD. $~ In -ship'~ t:.undcl)cra SahQol. No1cd Ilic irnror· fund, No dispulcd OT. Several arH.,lei; tnn•c or dona1i11g 111 SRA I}. A vote ol in 1he lug wefe discu~~ird 11nd po!llcd. thnnks IC1 1he ~(~word dcpartmcni fo1· a Obscrv~ one minlltt of sUcnae tn Job well dnne. Nexl port Rtlllcrdam, nu:mnry of our departed brolhers. OGOEN WILl.AMf.TTt. (O&dtn Mllrin.,). Apnl 20 ('haorman. Rc,-crti- SANTA MAGDALeNA (Peha Sleamlictl lk•~un A C l'llmpbcll; ')ecrclul')' sbip). April 6-Chainnan, Recertified Bosun Anlhon)I Palino~ Secretary R~ De Boi~slqrc: Educa1ional Olrcc1or Alben J . Counney; Deck Delegate R. O. Holn11:•i IJccl Del•l!l'•t Wilham S1ephcn D. Castle; SICWMd Dcltptc F McK innnn, Si.•wnrd !klcl(ll1c Willic Larry Vickett. S.299 in ~hip's fund Nn Smnh No di~pu1ed OT Ch~irm&n lhanlcd 1hc l!rc11 lnr •II their help. dispulcd OT. A motion was ma4e (or Donn1ed SW 10 lhc Mcrchun1 Murinc 1he company 10 purchase a piliJ pong 1ab~ and eqllipmenl. Rcpon 10 l.Dg· library ror wpply o( boob 10 lhc ,hip. Educ.i1ional ·01rcc1or rcpuncd 1ha1 "Cook-ouls were instipted and well ssk1y ·~ ••rv imponan1 and if •n)'1hing received by all cmo<membus. All Afety prccauliollS "~obseNeCl.-Ne~t pan. .. un..olc ii •hould lie rcp..lr\ed <11 once. l.o.• A ngclcs The pcr•on you""'" tl\;l~ fl.- Y<'Ur<l'lf A ·~Mil vo1c of 1h.tnb 10 11lc C'hicl S.\N·rl\ MtllC£0ES(l>tltaS1eamMt,.•rd R. Ile Bni ... icre for exccllcn1 Jttd•nJ!!. and .cr>icc. A~'" 10 Willie ,h1p). April IJ - Chairman. Rc<cniftcd Smith who ~ 11. 1rcmcnd11ui. t,Vu~. A lklwn John Slou1; Secrctarv S:smucl'N 1l!ank ~ 011 1n RClhctrl Cook for hb Sm•lf: Educa1>onal D'irccior William ttrrifir 11ond1t'>. Rcpon IU l.u!f; ..,. \IOIC Slu..cr. S2ll2.IS In )hip'~ fund. Some of 1ltank• 10 01c Cap1•in and officer. h>r dbru1cd OT '" d""k dcp:anmcnl. Th~ ;sll Uicb llclp. A •fl"<lial vdlc ollhank.< Id amoun1 01 $702 Wllll 'CcOllcl!ted and -i<ni 1he Chier £n111ncer whose help we could tu S1h Ille cook "'hll had to ae1 olf Qnd no1 do wi1hou1 Al•o to Ilic l"ir,1 go name due 10 .eri11ui illm.'.'" in lhc Engineer and hi~ wife for making 1hb ratlllly. We so1 a ncwwaJtres ...in Rio arid ~~e 1 bo!M 1v.,.y from " -·" • rcplaszm~I ror the cook in ValOb~d •HIC manul(l nl ~i~ntt in flDl"fi~. A vole 11r th11nks ro the ~IOWllni ,neMO~ 11f e>vr dopa11ed broJllbto. Nritl dcp1"mca11 fot • job well dond. Nexl pun, Lo~ Anph:.. Billon RnuF. "°" S'EA·LAND CONSUMER (Sea· La-nd Service), April r. Ch1irmnn, Rtcertilled Bosun F. Rivera; Secretary L. Webb; Educq1ionll.I Director w. Su1100: Deck Oelc111e H. Hood; Engine Ocltga1c Ccul McKinley; S1cward Oclcga1c Ch~1cr Yow. No dispo1cd OT. Chairman reminded crew 10 wear hard haL~ on deck when cargo is being worked and nor to pu1 wcdp behind fin: doors. Crew rcqueslS U11ion 10 ebcck wi1h New Jersey por1 $1Cward abouLbuymg milk in Holland 11\.!ICad or using froun s1u1~idc mill(. New bulbs werc..orden:d for 1he movie projector. Chairman n:port6 that lh!S is a smooth running ship. Nex1 port Port Everglades, SEl\·LAND LEADER (Sea-Land Service). April 6-Chairman ,Frank White; St:ereW'y o . G11Nuna; Educa. dona I Director Ernl'SI Moneymuker: .1$nginc Dclcga1e Robert TorrcL. Cliairman noied 1hAI tlfn lny-up would be approximn1~ly two wee!(¥ Pl Kobe. In ord~r 10 clalm t))c job limply rcgls1er at your local !lail. Inform t~c port ugcnt nl 1hn1 hnll thtu you arc ofthiuhlp, There wlll be a bus to take ybu 10 the aitporl. Airpor1 departure tax should be 1alc.en care of by 1he agem 01herwlse.save your reccipl. SJS in ship·~ rund. Some disputed OT in dtck dcportmen1. Observed one minu1e of silence in memory or our departed brothers. COASTAL CAlJFORNIA (Coastal Stalll), April 20-0\airman Joe AlJc... foia: Secreiary Jimmie &r1lct1, Educational Dt.reetor Joaquin R Miiier, Peck Delep1c Craig Skerson: l!ngjnc Delegate Carl~ Landa; SICWard DcJcgalC CttiJ H. Martin. S3.25inship'.afund. }l(o disputed OT. Chairman n:ported that evcrthing was running well Soctt1ary advised all mclnbl!SI to always rc•d •be~ Lug. T1m Is lheonJy Illa)' 10 keep Upw1dl our SIU nrwi. 01 Heo&juaners 11nd In W11Shing1on. DiJcussed 1hc imporianct of d<>nalillJI to SPAD. A vote of Ihonks 10 rho steward dcpar1111en1 (or n job well done. Observed one minute of silence in mcfi\ory of our dcporrcd brothers. N~~ por1 San l"rancis~-o. SAM HOUSTON (Wa1crmnn ~teamship). Apral 1\1....-Chatrmli.n. Ro- e<1rdficd Bosun If. Workman; Secre1acy R. A. Cobb: Edul:aliOnil Oireetor J . N. Atchison. Chairman rgponcd 1ha1 t.hc C.aptain wisllt!d 10 e~pr'CSR llla.nks to all departments for a job well done on the vo~. The Chier Offioeullo wished 10 e.11tend 1hanb 10 the d.ok department for a very good job. S()me dispmcd OT in engine department. A Vole of 1llank& co the s1cward department (or a job well done. Ot.erved one minute or ailcnce 1n memory of our departed bro1hcrs Next porl, New York SEA-LANO Rl:SOlJRC£ (ScaLan!l Scrvkc). April 6 Chairman. R&ccrl ilicd lk .. un Pdci W Orni.e,: Scl'ret11t y I R. Goodman. CduC111011.1I D•~<>r Pa1lllsio1i. k4na,•o,. Ch111r1D4n no1cd 1ha1 1he mernhc:.-h•p rcqun1 the f!dlrolman 10 1n•c.\llp1c the dAngor ol chemit411' and lu1n~ lr4k1n~ from 1'11: comamcr t:llrsn behind 1be afl·hou.e 11ti~ ·~ p111Jull<I$ lhc ship >enillallo~ ·~"~"'The C'hk( !'i1e"11rd '1 b.tnkcd 1be rn<'m~r•hip And h" depanmen1 for line •011per,1hnn in kttpin11 1he •hip clciin. I""'" w:,. a diiK'u....iun on ~evcrul tjUC>liOfl•. !;Pi\D. W0tk1n11due.,,18.l(C.. vac•tlon. S1t11-Lu11d l•P<>• and >hrp boa!dv1h11i11ime. All repl1e11 \l'CfC r1ne lltJd cwrybcl<ly bad a aCIOd llmr. " vote olf lllln~& 10 d111s1tw•rd depir1men1 lor n finr JOb. Nn;1 potr U1cmerllllven. " OVl:RSEAS. ALJC£ ( Matllimc OvC!>S"as). April 27-Cbairmllll, Jtccrrtifted Bosun W E. Reeves; Secretary A Salem: Educational Dtr«IOr E. Cipullo~ Otd. Delepi.e R. T. YBTbrough; Edu,a1ional Delegale Raymond D Clark; Sleward Dclega1e Jo$f!J>h C. Bu,h. No dispulCd OT. Tbcrt is S27.7S on hand an.d $200 io the captain's safe. Chairman reponcd lhal cbesltip will be leid up in Jaclctonvilleand 1hc=w will be terminaled or 1heir c:mploymenl due 10 11\e ship going In lhe shipyard for repair. lbc U!gwasrecejvedand pn~d aruund for all 10 ~d. The irnporuim..., o( donating 10 SPA[) wu discussed. A vo1e of 1banJ.:s 10 tfie ~atd aeportn1cn1 for a job well done. Rcpon co Lug; ''The Oi•et.<,u.• Ali<'<' picked up two Cubans drif1in~ in 1heir boa1. The Capmin called rhe Cbbt Guard and they 1001t ch~m am\y ... Ofndal jbl111a minure& were als_o rccei\lcd rroni 1hc following vessels~ ffUMACAO EL PASO CONSOLIDATED SEA•LANO EX~HANGE SEAITLJ: SEA· LAND FINANCE SEA·LAJllD LIBERA TOR SANTA LUCIA COVE EXPLORER SANTA ELENA LNG TAURlJS OV£RSEAS OHIO EL PASO HOWARD •oYD WORTH PUERTO RJCO SEA~LAND VENTURE TAMARA GUJLDEN GOLDEN MONARCH WALTER RIO: SEA-LAND ECONOMY HOUSTON OODt:N Of~l,.ENG~. DELTA NORTE OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN OVERSEAS HARRIETT£ JN GER OVERst;A~ JUNEAU DELTA AFRICA OGDEN CHA.Ml'ION , UL1'k4MAR COVESAjLOK POR1'LAND ARECJBO S~A-LAND MAKKl!T BAVAMO.N ()VERS£AS ll(At ALIE Mlf. VEii.NON \IJCTORV TkANSCOLlfMllJA POINT .1u1.1e OVERSEAS ARCTIC JAC:KSONVILLE Sl:A·LAND GALLOWAY BAY RIDGE SANTA 8AUARA CONNECncur SEA·LAND l>EFJ:NDER IORINQUEN c;OVE COMMUNICATOR SANTA JUANA POINT JUDY SIA-LAND IJ>VENTVllt:ll ARZEW CACVAS SEA.•LAND PRODlJCD DEL SOL OVUSEAS ULLA ~NTIGl'IY THOMAS JlffERSON MAYAGUEl .8ANJ'llER covlstuu:r DELRIO OAU.AND SEA·LANP ~C LIAN UllC LW U I LOG I Juno 1980 • �From HLS Grad to CPR Expert and 3rd Eng. '18ARLES ~ Haller '-' ll'aduatecl ftom tba Bany Lundebera School JO Y"11 ago next month. Aad to celebrate the oecasion be has liven hiinsclf the kind or gift evecybody likes to receive: somet.hina you can put to good use. In Baller's cue, the gift ii a brand aew .t'lrtl Mllltaat en· 1•ne J'1 Uc n, which he wll !lWardcCI last month after completing a coune of study at the M.E.B.A. (Di$t. 2) Upgrading Center in Brooklyn, N. Y. and passiq bis Coast Guard exam. Soon he'll be shipping out again, but th~ time as a tlarougb-theshaft-alley engiACCr. Bur Chuck Haller wasn't just a student during bis recent academic sojum in New Yort. He was also a teaeher--0£ mrdiopuhnoaal:J reQCffatlon (CPR), a lifo.lavill1 technique used on persons wbo have suffered respiratory or circulatory failure. While Chuck Haller is the proud owaer-o( a new license, 32 others have picked up CPR cards in the last few months, tbanb to his expertise and dedication to bur • tifo.IU.e manequin URd for in-clue CPR praceice) u ift •A.. Seniority Upgraderatthel.uncleberg School in 1976. Then, last November, be took a Red CrOll CPR insttuclton clua in New York. After completin.1 the C0111'8C, be wasted ao time llClltina up bit first CPR das at tbe MERA UpJr8din1 Center. Most or Haller'11tudenta have been either dock or engine upgraders at the Center. But, interestingly enough. be bas al$o taught the technique to a \10\lple of MD's! the SIU, and who are both aractuares of the Lu.ndeberg SchooL His brother John is a tug captain with Crowley Marine (HLS graduate '74). And his brother Bobby sail& 11 QMED (HLS..paduatc '76). Whco uked why be decidod to teach CPR. Haller said lbat be wu conOei oaf about the IOlll rate of those wllo auft'er beatt &ltacb at sea. AIMI be added that it liva him a "sense ot inner peace to knoW t~ I can save SQ111CODc'1 life..•. I wanted to sharetbat with others." We coqratulatc Chuck Hltllcr on winaiea bis aew ~ and we applaud him ror bis Cffortaall voh1ntary- 10 spread the word about 11re-111avin1 •itb CPR. Don't Claew Gum Tbouah he says be enjo)'ll teaching ot.bers about CPR, Haller admits it someti~ bas its moments. Such as tbe lime he discovered a wad ot bubble·gum blocking the air "5'•F ot the CPR mannequin! Comequcotly, be does notencouraAe lhc chewing of gum during moutb-tomoulh practice sessions oa lbe dummy. 1be New Jency-born Haller (who now livee in Texas) began bis seafariJ16career llH wipeton saviq Uva. the T-2 7'Jetu in 1970. He bas Hall~ aot his ftrst look at a been sailins 1tcadily since then in all areas or the globe, including CPR "'clmnmy" (DOC a tlvclent. r-~~--~--------~--~ llOW Yl»OI llGHTS tbe Viitnim war ionc. He also has two brothers who ta.ii with cnuok H91Mlr IM'tri!I one Of his recent CPR cte11as l<NOW YOUR RIGHTS llOW YOUI llGHTS June 1980 I LOB J a �TlaiocllJ Jam.. O'Britn, 21. BiCd Gedl Lloyd Plolt'mo;. S3. died of a- heart ullnck on Mar. 2. flrot her Flowers jomlOd 1hc Union ln tlie ,port of Phfladcl- phia, in !9SS· soil- ing as.a c.a{I ta i rt on the tifg Ro1eta {C. 0 . Willis) last ¥ear, He wo• ~ veteran of die, U,S1 Atrfiy in W-or!d War If, 8~a1lm1n Flowers was born ri n Swan Qullrtcr, N, C and l!VDSa residcn~of Pinerown: N.(l Burial was'in Soule- Cemetery, Hyde County, N:C!:. SurvivlngarehiiWidow, Nclma of~liz­ a'bc:t~ <;:ity, N.C,; a son, G~i>tgaofPtne>town on<! ~ s1epd•ugh1cr. Peggy Smith. Richard Hllron Gray Jr., 62.• df.1>wne4 ""n Rfo Picdn!s, ' J>:R, on NoV. 16, 1279. Brotbe~Grayjoin· cd llie Onion' in Wli pon ol' Norfolk in 1960sailing 3$ 1~ chi~ enjineer•on,lhi: \llgS,eu F.agle .(All\l'<f Towing) from 1972 ti> 1976, Ocean Towing fr<>m 19~6 ti) ig79 and GA!'fCO from 1951 to 1971,, Boaflnan Gray wasa, formeo memberof the U MW Dfatrfo:t 50. fiotn 19~1lo1%0. Hewnsa 'Veteran of tbc U.S. J;lavy lo World War 11. Born in Wanchc:$1 N .€'., he WllS'a residem Jherv. Interment was in St. . Miitcus Cemetety, Manteo. ·N:C. Surviving are his l\'idow. Matildn; thcee sons. Wayne. Willlam and R-obi11 al)d four daugh1cr~, €1rphia, carol, R.ebt!=~ and Calf\y. Wlllatd Rich: ar-dson "BllP' M•ll, -SS, died of a snoke on June II, 1979, Bro1her Mask jp.ined I he SIU in the port of Wilruing!ott, Call( 111 1'961 sailing as _an AB, Ht wa a ve1c111n of i.11!: U.S., Nll~y ln World Wilr U.Scafafer Mask: Wat born in ~I Camp<1, Te11. end was a ~ent of lngl?Ood. Qalif, Sllrvivfug. are his Widow, t,/lildicd and ~ dlauaii1c;n1, Mn. Caroly11 ~ntll~. Mn;. Peggy A!lD gobU!,son and Pair~ Ann. of injuries sustrunod when the moto~clc he wns ridini! cr1111bed iii Ft Lauderd11ltl; flla. on Mar. 17. Brother O'Brien · Jo e e n on m the port of Alpena; Mlch. jn 1976.ailingfor Reiss-and Gartland SLeatmhip Cos. from 1976"8',and tho Ameman Stllani,lilp Co, 1Wlt year. Ile wu a fotmtr lllembier of Loail 4QO. Laker O'BricJt was born•in !Grtlond AP Bue •Hosp!.tal.,Albttgu~'.!.c; l'f.M. and was 11 res1denl of Laudcidalc- Lalres; .fra. lllcerment was in the Gate. of ~C8Vcb Cemetery,, Silver Springs; Md. Survivi.nJ~hiS puenti, Mr.1and Mrs. Joseph ,F; ati,d Marie 'O'Btlen' of Gii.ithmb.urs, . Md•l a !frqther, Josc~b .Fi O'Brion JJPand 11n llncle 1l0d .aun\, Mr. l\nd Mn. Gemlil and ~ie O'BriCJI. llr•• .Joel Tllo 2'1, die4 of injur1e$ in Eiarbonr.iel" M_eillcal Ccnu:.f, Seatlle sustained m a car crash ihere on Jan l. Brolber Jausora ji>in~ the SJ U in l 9?9 follo\lllng- his ar_aduotiot\ from the Kar.ry Lundeberg ~boo!, ~ihe)'. Polnt. Md. He sailed for S~­ land 11nd o.o the Wa,hington St~lc Fe... riea from 1975 to 1977. s.cara~rJausora wni 1iom in Se'11tJ~c·1nd wtili a rc,iilenJ th~. Interment \1(115 In lhe Washinlitoo Memoiihl Putlt Cemetefy,"Se~lllc. ·S11tviving ~ biS •paients, Mt and Mn. Anthony Jaw.ors oJ.Seattle; 11 bro1he.r. timothy. (our sistett, Laure, llli.•e, Pal ly" and Gfqa. JJIU!IOb. Ci\Y liotJ>ihll tin Brother Ronrun~ joined \hi) Union in 1938:in the po:rt o! Dcttoit soiOns ,the ,SJU in lhe(l'1rl MCOilllal!! joined o.f Boston ia 1959. He sailcii1is-a ablt' fi~I lis layout A,B amt borun aboard tlii CS Lorrg imd filfill man fodhe D~oit & Cle~ i.Jr1(s (Tl'BJllo~ Cable) in 19?3'and land NaviptionCo, -ftom 1939-48, asan from_ 1971 to !978: He Jalteil during Worla Wat ll, .., WCill Sea!flter' MoAB and whceJsman f1;1r the .Browning Donald was a v'eten\D of the \l:S. Army Lines. jn J.960, Oeof!!ian Bay Llnc. irr f960-J IUld on. ~he: SS L,ake'fll(>Q_d (Erie in World War Ii. Burial was in SL Sitnd). ..:e w# ;i vel!if'llll .o{ the u.s_ Michael's Gemctery, BOlton. SurVlving: Anny jn World War If, Laker Jblnning are his widow1 Mlltiba; JL dausJ!ttr, wasbom in $.o~ay and w~a""°i~11t Carol; a stepson~ James Breen of Pemof l"ell'i:an Rapids, Minn. SutviVing is brqltc, M11$1.. aful two a1cpdaugl1tcrs. Mrs. Patricia MoElaney of Boston '8.Dd Ins w'illow, Ca1heri11e. !l{n. Thom8!1 McElaney of D<>rehetter, -;:. i o o er Gieot~ 71, died Donald Martin Wa~ Bmholo-" Gin- town, N. V. on F<ib. 8. Brother .GCcQr&e Jc;>illed tbe SIU in 19l81nth:e Jey, 64. died of 'll hcnn attack In the [i)ruid City Huspi- lkct. engineer and engine d•l•1!iltio tor ''la p<>n of New Orleans aailins as 11 yeatL Be WIB a veteran of" b1e U.S. Coul Guard in Brooklyn, N. Y. and lhe u.s. Anny in 'World War I and l{m-, Seafarer OCottc was born in Calif.ntlia anil was r~dcnl of E9an Mills, N. Y. a Bpnal was in Evin Mills ~lllCICey. sur- vjyini1l~•·l<illJam~Jr. Ol'Ev~ !\fills': two dq11$11_tert, J'iin. Joann '8rt and Mrs. -GltJria Netto of Watctlown: a MR. JOjlnnt J!. Mlg, liaccio of" New Qrlcans sn~ ;i st,epson. Eugene Doyl~. panddaug:h1~, Mai$. of cancer-in ~c'fl:y Hospitlll Sllrvi'v"18 are-his: Willow, L.orctta1lJld,a o[ Wtatmin- ~on, Asay tt. ~cKii\Stry ster, Calif, l!ensloMr kmJ0.11 lr111yd tl)(tn~ Parks, 713, -SUoc:umbed to hcarr di&eaae- in the Joaquin (Calff.) sen McDonald, 63, died ,of heart dis~ in the ltoston Ca I, TuscalD~$S.. AIL on Nov. 30. 1919. iirotberGinley joined the Unton 111.the part of Cle~land in 19111 sailing aso a ·lil!cft!an, eil<1r 11nd Jirem~n for \he Gtea1 Lil.cs 'l'owln.s Co. from 1952 10 1.97\l. l:fe WI!$ a former member qf the Fircm11n 11nd Ollcra: Uni.011. Lo.:al 3 from 1952 to 1961. 1.iikcrGJnlcy wasil veretun .Qf 11\e IJ,S. /\Jr- Force in W~rld W'a~ II. A nallyc or blev~lan!4 he wa!(a resident thlrre_ lltrrf!ll w~s in HoJy Cross Cemet~ry, Ocvcland. Surviving 4ll'1' lli5 widow. Gra~ 8cnrndeue: lbrel! $.bns, Do.rl'11ld Jr. . Jqhn and Patrick, and live SeJi(arcr McK(Qtlry was •bOm in Soulhlirl!lge, C~lion too,k place in 1he Rural trcmatctfy. Worcester. MlW. Pcmioocr R.mll!ill Adplpbu Fe&. 24. Brother Pe 11 r strlk~ and P.ensigner l•B Adolf Ronalna, 1S, dii:d of a heart attack on Mar. 10. lamff Ull'lrd Ptnsioqer AJ. J>eft •;...,.vd Meo l«nel17, 15, pau· ed away from pneumon ia jn Southbridge, Masri. on Mar. 2. Brother McKi.nstry joined tllc $1U ih' 1944 in t~ port or N~ York saJlihJUall AB forJ4yuts. ltcwalkcd the picUtlioc in the 1961 Ni'Y. Harbor General HO~pilal con Aug. 30. 1'979. Bl'ol h~~r Par k t joined the SlU ·i" 1\)47.iii th~ pon QJ New Orleans sailing in the s1eward d_e. partment.. He ub.o..wll!CI fo~ Waterman and &cit& [,file,, ScalarcL Park~ ;was 'born in Wadena, ~inn. and' wits !I CC!ident, of S!ocklon, Calif. Bu1;iarwas iii Fitr:mington (Calif:) Me1119dal G:emc1cry, SurviVilrg are !)is w-id!'Wi Mi:r<la!lo af Santa:Lu~-lhe Arsenlinc; two aauslnm. Rc;ncc o( St~~on•uul Mrs. Kl\Jhcrinc Wallace: of Lath~p. Calif:, ·a11cl a filter, Mn. ·Marg1m:t Shi,igan. .... Pc:nsioner N~ -~ pkr, -.S6. died ()n Mar. :JI. Brothet PeppJetjoiDed thi: SIU ln 1947 in the port of Norfollcsailing 11$ ;In AB, He- was- born ih Pennsylvania and ·was a rcsideol or Wlioh~1>rcague. Va. Surviving a~ his widow, Oeotgje; t\\>o son~, Berrinrd arid John;. hiS motbei-, -Floi:eJtCC or Wa\:hapjj!llgue 11nd "h\IO •tepdauahti:rs. Lind.Ir and Shirley Sturges-, Pens1'oner Manuel Me>wlda Mal'qua. 90, p!l$tCdllWjl)!fr<imcanccrl11.1he. fo pangn Terrace ConvalcscCnt RosiiiCsnq~ Piltlc. C'RJi(, Qn Chr~f1111$ Day, Oct. ~. 1979, Brolh.er M11_rques stllned $1llln11 on the Weoit cya,,t In 194'7. He #ilea on the -Sf /...urlln~ In 196'1. Ma,rqucs -\'vu a, native of Agustil de Jesus; llawaii l\lld was a 11!Sidcnt of Chgrsworth, Cali( Burial Wit$ 1"' lhr Hollywo11i Hills (Qlif1) Pordt i.awn Memorl~j J>arlt cimcicry. Survl11ing lltt 11 a1ugh1er. Mn. &vt:tly Wrigln or C:baL~worlh and a sister, Mrs. Macy K1:ncbr nJ; Honolulu. Hawait ral. Pensiolll!r llqir" da:ughtcri;. Grace. l!Crril!dene. Mary ll•h1lle "Ma~_k" E!lim.. Dor91hy Ann •nil Conslllll<!I!. Pmsionyl',1.... McK,enzle, 711, ud ~ Mayqr. died or hCMI dis1'-oo~ Jolin Alo>'* D9'Jae, ~ ,,_ a1 botne .in - 111111ro away from pn~umoniA in San 72 pli$jed IWl\Y from c:aneer on Fran11iseo on Oci:. 30. J979. Brotbet Brooklyn.N.Y. 011 Pcru;io'.ne• Martin UHJir, 74. died of F~b.. 29_ Brother Devinulal1cd sailing.on Iht Wi:stC-1 hea.rt <rtS~ Jn San Frn114'U<:o Gcneml l.Ut. 19. Brother Jil1a)'Pt jp1.ned lhe Mc1Ccniie joined in 1m. R10<Salltd·nyl!;ln qn ~Grace ff<>1:pit.al on Jan. 2. He J<1incCI th~ STlt In UM! port ot Ihe SfU in 194S in !.inc llS a wailer11nd purtll'.r, In 19'.i7. he MC&S Unlqn in 1964 anti Starting Ba~lmc>tt tn I9S3 the p'on of Baltimore suiting as Q chief !"'iled on (be SS PreJitktJt llarrfson. On sailing on the Wt~t Coast !n J%8, 51'lling as a chii:( Sl(W&ri!. H~ hit 1hc bricb in 111C 196J Ow. 8. 1941. Dovi11e.and herotcwwerc Brolhcr LiuJc iall<liJ M ll satno11 cook and dtiH "ICWllld. Uo iallcd 46 Oteater N.'Y. lfarborclied'lmd attended intetned by lhcJapane11e as PO W's until messman. Llnlt wa$ bOm in North ~an. S~arer M1&yor wu al one time rh~ 1970 Pi11ay Pomr Pensioners Conl\lov, 161J94.S; B<!rn in lrCJand, ht was a Carolina an!f WIU a l'l!'ide11t of Slan chef 11i the H~lng~J l\qtiiur"11i ill tercmce No. 6. Seafarer McK.cm:iitt was naiuratlz~ o.s. Citi21m 4lnd a TCSidc!it Fr;noisco. Crirnarion 1001; plat>t in -,lie Ba!rimorc. Bom in Cebu, P.1 .. bcwu a bo"!I in Sr. Vina:opvB. W.l. Jn1crmen1 ofSan F-r~. Crcmatioo 10ok place Midden Villlcy Mt:moriul Park Cem6re:stlfmu of Bahim01e, Crema1ton 1oot wu in Cypress Hills Cemerery, llroo~ m lhttOli.wt Memorial Park €emetctl', fcty C'rcma1ori11m. P'ach~i:<>. c;'a llf. place ill l.;oodoo hrk.QmcteJY, Bait;. lyit. Surviving~n!'.rhree sons, Ma,nllfof Colma, ealif. ~urviviq lttUiu, Mn. Survivlna •~ c;ooains• .irtll~ Slade uf mon;.. Surviving•~ JI SOii. Mltibul and B'tooldyn. Alrfc and Richy and 1.wo A. Marley of the S.ered Heart Con- TIHr Hronx. ,.. Y. and Mary. Wil'1al'li. two daujhten. Veronica -11 Mis. dauatuors. Jlene and Bever1y or \lelll, St. Margaretit, Hitebcn..Jtcn.- J.e11J1y,. JCJ111~uc 11nd C!illil: l,iUle. all of Laura tauntes Bowers of Bahimo~ Brooklyn. ford, EA~ • North Carolina. M I LOG I June' 1980 • �Pe nsioncr Geor1e Robert Olher, 79, paasell away from a heart 111.11ck tt home in East Providence, R. I. on Apr. 9, Brother Oliver jllined the SIU in 19.lS in the porr or New York sailin& u an l\B •nd quattennastor. He was on pickclline in the 1962 Robin Line beef, Seafarer Ollwt sailed 31 ye&tt, duriJia World W&r II ~ on the SIHmbtKIJ Delta~,_,. lest}'l!ar. tfe ~ra 'l'Ctellln oF thet, U.S. Navy hcfore World War f. He was born in Cambridge, Mass. Burial was in St. F111ncis Ccme1ery. Pautuc:kct, R.l Survivina i1 a niece, Mn. Catherine T. Reynolds of'Rum- rord, R.I. Pensioner , _ Feniudn Otero, 8,1, died of can~r in tuao, Spain on Jan. 14. Brother Otero jointd the SJU in 1939 in the , pon of Miami, Aa. Ailing u an AB for 53 )Qn. He recei\'Cd o 1960 Union Personal Safeiy Award for sailing aboard an accidrnt-frccship, the SS Ralph Stm-s. Seafarer Otero was on 1he piokctline- in tbl: 1962 Robin Line I beef. A native of Spain, he was 1t ~i­ dcnt or l..uso. Alid he was a. naturalit.cd U.S. citizen. Surviving it; ltis widow, Carmen. .Pemionu Uoaard 8eed11m Laycoa, Tl. died of lung failure in the Baltimore USPHS Hqapital on Apt. ,IS. Bn>lber Layton joined lhco SIU in 1938 in the port of New York:uiling u a botWL in 1931 carnina S45. a month dlen with an OS gcttiii&S30. amonth. Re rode one of the 13 Uberty Jbipt in a convoy, tbc SS. Richard Hl'N'y !Le (Calmu Linc) durina World War n OD the 4.2-thip Murmarudc convoy run to Russia. His aun ~rew Jho1 down ,an attaclcinJ German plane. Seventeen ships were Ion, IS on the retum voyaac near l~la.nd. Ju he cntmd a MurmaMk bocel, the Soviet guatd pushed him to safely u a German bomb fOll tilling the g111rd. Scttver La)ton wu bonl in &lton, Md. and wts a resident or ~ron, Md. lntormcru wu in Hillcmt ~clci'y, Fcclera!aburg, Md. Surviving is his widow. Nevi&. AafoaloR-. to .SS, •uecumbcd cana:r in the U.S. Vetttans Admin· ilUIUion Mcdica.I Cen1cr, Philadel· phia on Apr. 6. Brother Ruuo Join"4 the SIU in tho pon of Philadelphia in 196 j saili113 Peniion~ Fl'ID- dl -~· l.ec c.-m, 61, died or. hea11 .altlu:I; in tha Garland' Ml>moriAI HospitaJ, DftlfQ. Tex. on Apr. 6. Bro°'" Oriaso!D joined lbcSIUint~ponofGalvcston.in 1952 as a fimnm.watertcnder, cookAm! ship delepte. He wu also a telephone cable splK:er. Seafarer Grissom wat a yeter8n of 1he U.S. Anny Pa1111roop Corps In Wodd War IL Ho wu born in-Waco, TcJt. and wQ • resident of Emory, Tex. lntcnncnt 'll'U in Laun:! Land Memorial Part Cemetery, OaJ1u. Son:ivina ate bis son, Donald or Marietta, Ga.; a brother. Bea of Dallu and two listen, Mn. Elsie Callo,...y and Mrs. Nora H.B. Barris, both of Ollla. Recmffied Bo- •un St~ M. Hoaab Sr., Sl, died of n1w111l ca u1"t io the Sta 1e11 hland (N. V.) USP HS Hospit.a.t on Mar. 8. 8totller Bomlca joined the SIU in 1944 in Ibo port of New York. He 1ailed 34 year,s and during the• Vic1nam War. Seafarer Homb sailed 011 the TT Bay ~ (Westchester Marine) and the LNG .4riu(BncrgyT111111pon). He graduated fro'fn...tbc Union's Recertified Bosuna Program in 197), And be upgrailed at the , SJ UCM EBA School of Marine Ellgfneering. Brooklyn, N.Y. and the BLS In 1967-68 and 1977. Ile was a veteian. of r~ U.S •.Anny i11 the Ko.rean Wardiomm Nol11Ymllton, P.a.,hewu a re1iden1 of Oxford, N:J. Buria!W.. in St. Rose ot Lima Cemetery, Oxford. Survivin& are two IOtll, Stephen Jr. and TltllOlllj 8ftll his mo~. Mn_ Maiy Hodly of Saxton falls, N.J. M!t:hee! 111*' G~ Sr., 28, drowned 1n i..icas•i•ie llayou. Hayes, La . when his motorboat hit a submerpl object on Mly 4. Brother Granger joined the SIU in the port o( Houston in 1971 uillna Jll 811 AB for IOT and as • tankennan. He graduated Crom theUlS in 1972. A native of Ld:c Char~ La.. he WB5 .a mident ofSulphur.1.a.&rial waa in Rottlawo Cemetery; Sulpliur. Survivins aJC hlli widow. Mary; Lwo SOllJ, Mic:bael Ricky Jr. and ltod!IC)I Shan« bis mother, Mra. Joseph B. (Ge:ralcline) Fruge of take Cbadcs; !Iii fatbef. Jlillu1 ud his 1r&ndmotber, Mrs. Forat Beoolt of Sulphur. 0 Pensioner aun OS for 28years. He was also a l1lll- Fran!< Stanley l.Jro, 70, died of heart failurclntlte chinc operator &nd Sheet mtta.I work.er. Stafarcr Russo was a ""1Cnln of the U.S Army 1n World War IL 8om in Philadelphia, be w.as a _ . 0 1 lhcfo. Burial was 1n Holy Crow ~tery, Yean:ton. Pa , Survivina ~ his 11i'idow, .s..lra. two •uns, Antonio Jr. llad Vinccnl Hass Jr.. a daualuer Aonctto Joy« ol Wert Sbuon. Pa., his mother, Lena of Pllilad~lph1a 11nd two sis4el'f, Joscp!li,.e •lid Rc•z, b0th t>f Philadelphia. Baltimore U'SPHS Hospital on May t . BrOlbcr Uro JOlncd the SIU m the pon of New Y<>rt in 196J saihJll as a bosun. He .Ultd 26 )UIS. And wu a vetetan o(1hc U.S. Army ia World Was II. Seafaru Uro wu born In Poland and WBl a l"C5iden1 of Ril'CI ltoup. Mich. lntermen• was 1n Oakla"'' Oemctecy, Baltimore. Pcntl o rier Jam.. Wllllam .DvOUlt, 61. died ~eart-lung tau. in the Nau&\I ay (1'0.11 . ) USl'HS Hospital M.ay t. $ro- 00 t bc r DarouJe jolnocl the SIU in I~ in the port o1 New Orte.m sallin& as a chief steward. Howui>or11in1fa.mmond, ta. aildwu 1 resident of Baytown, Te•. Interment WH In Grecnlawn Cemec.ery. ff1111mond. Surviving Is bia widow, Mary. Pensioner WDblft J. H..... ,r~ 61, died of kidney failure in the un;. vmity of Maiyland Hospital. Baltil'l)ure on Jan. 27 , Br other H11ghell Joined the SIU in the p9rt of Baltimore in 1955 sailins as a 3rd cook. He sailed Cot 32 years and for the Calmar Li~. Se&Caret Hughes wu a veteran of the U.S Army in World War II . Born in North Carolina. be was a resident of Baltimore. lntormcot was in Family Cemo1ery, l!Umbetb City, Jll.C.·Survivi113an: his widow, Et141 five sons, Charles, Howard, WilbeM Jr,. Le.ender and l>aVid ; four daughters, Valencia, Lawonne, Judy and Joyoe and a sister, Mn. Irene G.alop of Baltimore. Pensioner Cedrk Udo Fl'Udl, 84, succumbed to p:neumonia In the Na$8811 Ba)' (Tex.) USPRS Hospital on Oct. 8, 1979. Brother ftlDcis joined the SIU in 1945 in t~portofGalvestonsailillJasa cbief steward. He sa.iled 24 years. Durin• World Warn. be had two ablp1 1otpce{ocd and sunlt under him. Seafarer Francis also sailed during the Korean and V~tnam Wars. Jlom in Uvakle, Tc11-.. he was a resident Ofct11tt. Tex. lntciment was in Re11twqod Memorial Puk Cemetery. Clute. Surviving are his widow, Cora, a daughter, Mn. DoUy F. Nesmith of Surfside, Tex.; a brollier. FcrdieofHumble, Tex.., two listen, M'rs.. Orlita U$lic of Port.er, Tex. and Mn. £d1tb Fallon ofH01111on: two pnddlildren and four 11Utgrandghildnn. ~ioner VIDaal The G111- ttf, 67, died Of a '-rt attack In lhc Sou1h N Micl-Cm1er Community Hosp1141, Occaa1ide, L., I . N, Y. oa /\pr. IS. 8ro1~r Ganey joined rhe SIU U1 rile pon or New Vork i1119S4wllng.as ao oaler and AB. He 511ilal 34 yean. And worked lut u a doorQlaJI aC Unloo Headquarten. Seafarer Garvey wa.s a veterao oftbe lt.s. Army in Wada War II. BOm in BroOklyn.; Jll.Y.• be w,s a nsideutofl,.)lllbcoot. l'.:t, N. Y.C-1inn took place in Liie Walhinatoa Meme>rial Park Crema.tory. Coram, LI., N.T. Survivin.g an bi• widow, Mary: hi& moihcr. Martha of Brooklyn &lid a brodtcr. Elmc:r Qf Lynbrook Allol_plt Plllllp DeMarco, 58. d ied olartcriosclbrO.U at home in Kew G'arden1, Quceu1.NewYorlc City on Mar.,14. Brother De:Mareo joined ibe SIU in the po11 of New YOrtc in 19Sltniling8'a 2nd cook and steward delegate. He sailed 29 years. And bit the briclcs iiube 1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef. Burial was in Plnclawn Memorial Parl: Come. tery, J,..1., N, Y. Surivi~ng -are hii widow, Mlllict a ton. Alan; two brothers: Dan of lbe SIU and Pa.,quale and a siltor, Mn. Rote Lanipn of New York City. Pensioner Georp Aus..am Kerr, 82, s uecumbed to kidney failure In the Goddard Memo rial Hospital. Stouglh ton, Mas.s. on Mar. 17, 19711. &other Kerr joined lbe SIU io 1938 in till> port o( Boston sailiogin the stc:waril departmeot for S2 yeara. He was also a pauern malu:t'. Seafarer Kerr ~a.Jked the pickctline in tl\e 1962 Robin l.ine beef and I.he 1965 Dist~ Counc:il,37 ~trike. A native of Jan1aica, B. W,.L. he was<a resident of Sharon, Ma•s. llurill wa• in lbe Porell Hill Cemetery, Boston. Surviving arc two 1oos. E>enniJ and Clifford and • daughter. Mn. Josephine Chandler of Sharon. Pen sio ner Oniel T~ MeGovtrn, 63, died in Ilic New Orleans USPHS lto~pita I 9n Apr, 2. Brother MoGo..,m joined tilt SIU in the pon of New Otlea11.1 in 1957 sailittg~ an Oller for 28 )'C81S, He wu bom JO New Orleam and WIS I resident there. Seafarer McGovern's burial was in U.kclawn Park Mausoleum C-rmetcry, New ' Orlca,m. Surviving arc t~o sons, Gregory and Rus:;ell; 11tree daugh1ers, Carol, Linda-and J~n. and a 1ls1er, Mr1, Clara Cusimano of Jllcw Orie.ans. Pensioner Vie- tor ~Ion~ - · 72. •llCCUDlbed toca-rintbc Kawah Delta Dittrkt lfospitaJ, Viulia, Oli!. on Apr. 7. 0,o~~r Menor joined the Sl U In 1943 In the (>Oft of Boston sailing as a diicf electrician. He s1111ccl for 3:S )Can, Seafarer Menor wu oa 1he picke11inc m the 1961 N. Y. ffafbor beef. He lo'5 .l-1' in 111t Ph11ipprJIQ and a rcsidenl ol Visalia. Interment. was ill Visalia District Cemorery. Survwing •re his widow, A1unclo11: two so11s, Eiko and Richard and Ii dauah1er 1 Deborah. June 1980 I LOG I 35 �Joe Algina, First-Rate All the T'S significant that Joe Algina holds S IU book number A-1. Many o f his Union brother! would agree that as an SIU member a nd recently retired official. Joe Algina is first-rate. Since he came ashore as a Union organi1er in 1944, Algina served his brother Seafarcl'li in many capacitiei;. In all of them IJe was a devoted and hard working official. His retirement marks the loss to the SIU of one of its most respected officials. His jobs with 'the SIU ranged from New York 1>ort agent to Headquarters representative to assistaqt secretary-treasurer. ,He alsQ served as SIU safety director and as a special representative from the International 10 its fishing affiliates. Joseph J . Algina was born in Worcester, Mass. on May I. 1916. At the age of 16 he started working ashore at odd jobs. But since he knew "some feUows who were shipping out," and because he "always wanted to go to sea," Algina was on his first ship by the age of 21. He made his first trip in the steward department but then switched to the deck department where he remained during. hls active seafaring career. Algina was a member of the fonner International Seamen's Union but as soon as the SIU was fonncd in late I 931!'l1e was lhere • to join it in the port of Boslon. During World War II he sailed as AB and Bosun to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. At I • New 101 Tug, ·Independence, Joins SIU fleet A wand new bolit joined die f1Hi olSIU-contracted lnlmitate and 0 - Transport Compeny (IOT) lase month. Named tbe lndq,mllin«, the boat ill ill die S.600 honepows clm..~. This means she11 be amon1 tbe Dint lariat tap ID JOTa Reet. The /~ndor~ wti&lla llO IOM, ha a lenpb of 110'8", a beam of 30'1", and a ~11:imum dnft of 14'3". Accordlns lo the oompany, she's fttted wltb the latest In Ore ftcbctng, n11vigational, and communications equipmmt. lncludlne a colllslon avoidance l'8dar !lyste1n. Tiie lnd1pendence will be pulllin& tlle bUp Ocean 261 and win wotlt in the Gulf QI Muiro. 31 I LOG I June 1980 times he also sailed as third and second mate during the War. In the spring of 1944, Algina came ashore ~o work for lhc Umon as lll1 organizer. Jn the mid J94(Ys he 5erved as New 'York deck patralman and acting port agent before being elected New York pon a~nt in 1948, 1949, and 1950. He was elected Headquarters Representative for 195 I .and 1952 In 1953 he was elected assistant s.ecretary-treasurer, a post to which he was re-elected several times. Brother Algina tQok an active role in many of the Union's fights. Re particiP.ated in the Coos Bay b1:ef and various longs bore beefs, 1be 1946 General Strike, and the Wall Street and Isthmian strikes. He was also very involved in the American Coal Shippillg beef of lhe mid and late J950's. For many years Algina also served on the Union negotiating Committee thal bargained with employers for Seafarers' contracts. ln 1959, Algina was appointed SIU safety director. Jn this position he helped establish criteria for safety aboard ships. Together with the Coast Guard he set up Collective Regulations on Safety. Among other things, these reguJatioDs dealt with safety equipment aboard ship and safe loading and unloading · procedures. One of Brother Algina's !TIOSl iniportanttasks uan SIU official was th'it job nil was assjgned by SIUNA President Paul Hall to be a s~ciaJ representative to the lntemational's fishing and cannery worker affiliates. Wotking with ilffiliates on both the East and We$l Coast. ~gina was inyolvedm a program lo rebuild the fishing union5'. He • -., ~ - -- was always on the scene when there were problems or disputes and he helped negotiate contracts for the fishing affiliates. Brother Algina's years with the SIU have been rewarding ones. So too were, and ~'till are, bis years with his family. Though his wife died a number of years ago. Brother Algma has five children, four grandchildren. and one more expected in August. His children are: Kathleen; James; Patly; Dorrie. and John. Algina lives in East Freetown, Mass. with one of his children. His son James, who sailed for awhile with the SIU. now holds a Ph.D . and teaches at a university in Florida. His otberson, John, is shipping out as an SIU member in the ·engine department. Perhaps he'll one day carry on in his father's traditio11 of service to the SIU. But neither he, nor anyone, will evi:r bold the book number A-I ilgain. In lhts photo 1aken in I 970. SIU Safely Direel or Joe Algina is Shown going aboard lhe Galveston (Sea-Land) 1n Newark. N.J lo begin his safety mspection ol the vessel • • ' ._,,., ... ... t . ....... •pad r': • · zl•ah l'owLarl SI 0,1 u111 tl211Np ,aS,.Ci.I cw.Jiaal:ulll .o&r.d ·cm..tr •1 lM Sd11oot oJ s.....0U1p a...., Wlld.-19 ·"'-· ao.n;t.~ ,,.. •n.tai. ,,.. ......, .......... °'.... ~I-.~~ Ja.L09: \M.Job ....., 6" COMI a....;c) IPll'°"9d .. th~ ol niq.i-l •0.,-kit-clcr "°" '-- 0111• a..,'- MUI: "*'Y GN.d...._ To apply, see your SIU Reprae=tative. J.-. r' ~. "---~ Way, Retires '1 ' MAY 1·31,.1911 -MIAL_.JUIJI a-A-~ a.ti a..c -'l&on..,(HdQI..) •.• ' ..... •. " ........... .. 46 19 6 ~(Hdq$,} . .• , . .•. ,. . . .. . ....... . ... 33 21 4 Ataooac-(Hdqs.) . ..... . ...... ~ ............. . 'I s ( ~ Algonac,(Hdqs.} . . ............ _.,..... • . 33 11 JOTALSl•JlD UIM JI CIMIA D CllMa a..c DllCa Oll'AllT'Mef1 71 611 ·- llEI ISIER& ON llEACtt a..A cm.a a.c 3 58 30 20 29 34 0 ITIWAllD llUMTJIENT 26 26 0 50 28 20 17 7 8 0 Mi 109 US :i7 lZI UJ '3 ""Total~~ means ttie nu-°' "*'who ai:t\1111~ l'llll&leret tbr sllJppi"lIttile IM!'I Intmof1t11. "'"Re"5tered'onlhe lleacll" ,,,.,,s lhe loial number ol l"nln ,.11191'tdlt lllepott lllhl lfld ol 1.-i ITillnlh. -171 174 80 121 '"811EOUMJ1111EftT llmtYDllUl9NT T. . AllD p a ;&. • .. . ..••• ..... .. 117 11! 0 0 �1980 Upgrading Course Schedule Here is the tentative schedule of upgrading courses to be held at the Lundeberg School in 1980. As you can see, the School is offering a wide range of programs for all ratings, both for deep sea and inland members. SIU members are reminded that ttiis Cocuu Name LNG St.rtlng Dates ' QMEO FOWT . .. schedule is tent e In other words, courses may be chang r cancelled depending on response fr; the membership. So think about upgrading this year. And get your applications in eatly to assure yourself a seat ih the class of your choice. Starting Dates Cour•e Name June 23 July 21 August 18 September 15 November 10 Able Seaman June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11 November6 September 25 Steward Recertificallon Program July 14 Septembers October f3 July 3 July 31 September 25 Ootober23 November20 Bosun Rec.ertiflcauon Program August 11 A Seniority Upgrading Program June9 July 7 August 11 September 8 October 8 November ro December II . Marine Electrlc111 Maintenance August 18 Marina EleetrQnlcs Jµne 2S' September 29 Refrlgeratfon Systems maintenance & 0 perations June 23 September 29 ' �• • • Jolln W. l'onti Seafarer Frl'd Goodin, 21, i~ a 1978 3r.ad uate of cbc Piney Poin1 Emry Training Program. Last year he upgraded 1 to AB there. "Brother Goodin earned the lifeboat. CPR and firefighting cl'ldo~ents. He lives in Seattle and ~hi(!S from au pons. Seafarer John \V . PonIi. 26, graduatl'd from the H LS in 1977. The next year he upgrQJrd to FOWT there and in 1980 he earned his QMED there He bofdj rhe lifeboat. firefighting and CPR ticke1s Brother Pon1j was born In Ulwrence. Mass.. live& in Andover. Mess. and ships out oftlic ports of Boston and N~w York. ' Upgraders • C1staga1, 25. ~ I .. . the HLS in 1978, In 1979. he upgraded to AB there. He has the firefighting, lifeboat nnd CPR tiakots. Brother Miller was born in Camden. N.J .• lives and ships out of the port of San Francisco. . Jdfr~y Michael Past Seafarer Jeff Page. 25. is 11 19711 Pin~y Point graduate, Brother Page got his GED diploma there Iii well as upgrading to FOWT. Re has the CPR, fire-'. fighting and lifeboat endoncment.s. Born in Washington. D.C.. he resides in Roclwlllc. Md. and ships out of the port of Baltimore. I ,, .... \ \J 38 I l..OG ( -t '\ 1 LNG El Paso Silvano Giacalont 23. is a 1976 graduate of lhe R LS Trainee Prugam Heupgraded 10 AB there in 1978. Brother Straver.> has the CPR. lifeboat and flreligbting endorsements. A na1ive of Glthdalc. Calif.. he lives in Monterey. - Calif. and ships out of the ports of San Francisco and HouSton. Here are some very good reasons for QMED's to take the Automation Course at HLSS Seafarer Si1v11110 Giacalone, 24. graduated from Pine y Point in 1973 when he earned his GED dip- loma. Broe her Giacalone got his FOWT last year. He holds the firellgh1ing. lifeboat and CPR tickets. And he "plays the Oure and likes to paint once in a while.• Born in Tunis, Tunisia, lie ships our of the port of New York. Joseph Michael Sc11farer ~oseph Michael • 2.S. grad u111cd Crom the H LS In 1973, upgrading to 1-ow·1 in I 97l. He cook the Refrigeration and QM ED Course.• at the Point in 19711. Brother Michael holds the lifeboat. CPR and firefighting tickets. He livb and •hips oul of the port ol Ball imore <'.arr R. ~ Seafarer Gal') R. Dow, 211. graduated from the HLS in 1978. In 1979, ht up- KemHth Mark l.dby Seafarer Kenneth Mark Leiby 27. ~iaru:d sailln3 in 1972. Ile got hil. AB endorsement at Ihe HLS in 1977, Bn•I her Leiby hes the lifeboat. flr~fighting and CPR lll:keL!o. Jte'.s ftom the port of Balllnton:i. live• there with his wil'e Michelle 11nd llhips 0111 of 1111 pur1$. ~ (Energy rransport). And he bas the C PR , firefighting and lifeboat endorsements. Helives in Arlington. Va. and ships from all ports. Seafarer Dan- graduated from graduated from the H LS in 1977. Brother Casiagna got his QM.ED the' first ·L . of the year. He Ila~ sailed on the 11 ~ . 'I I \,,/t I Daniel Miller ny Miller, 25, Carl Cast11na Scafa rer Les- ley R. Stravers,, Seafarer Carl Keltb J. Sabot ' Seafarer Kritb J. Sabot, 28, graduated from Pine)' Point in 1971. He earqcd his OED dip· loma there. too. Ho upgrndcd to fircman-watc rte n d c r (FOWT) in 1978 in the po" of New York. Brother Sabot holds the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), firefighting end lifeboat endorsements. Born in Scranton, Pa.. he resides and shipt< out of the' port of New York. Lesley R. Strann Fred GooClin graded 10 FOWT Brmher ,, Dow hos ,,.~worked in dilfefeot areas of lhc murittmc induStry since 1972." He hi\~ bis fin;Ogntint!. Hreboat and CPR tickets. Born ip 8r!dgpport. Conn .. hc-r~id~ in Capt- Eli7.11beth. M~. and ''!;lilt~ out o( any 11nd all starts~ It September 15 Enroll today so you can earn more on your job. Co,Ptact the ffany Lundeberq School of Seamanship or fill out the application in this issue of the Log. Monthly Membership Meetlap Purl i"oc,. O.C,S.. J.alf.<. lnluld Walen Dair •• , • • •. . • luly 7 ••••.•••..•.. l'i.1boklph"' •• ••..••.luly M • • . • • .. • . • • •• O..tt,n1dl"I!' . .. ". • •.• Jul~ 9 . . ...•••.•••• • N,trfolk .,. ........... Joly in . ·t•r•··,·· Jack\.Cln\·lllt •••·• tuly to .••••·····••· Ataun»e ........ ,.. JUI) tt. , •• ••·• .. Yor~ 2:JOp.m ...•.••.••••• 2:30jpll........ • •..• 2:30p.m ............ . 9~•.. rn ............ .:. LOOp.m ...... . , ...... . 2:30rtn ..••••• ~r·•~ UIW 7.00p.m. 7:00p.m 7:00p.m. 7:00p m Jlll}' 14 ••• •••••••• ••• 2;l0p.rn............... . 7:00p M New Or1<11n. .... , • July I~ .............. 2::i<lp.m............ . Mobile ............. July I~ .............. 2:JOp.m....... , .•.•• <;an F,.mcu;co • .. . Jul) 17 ...... ., • .. 2:JQp.nL ........... , W1lm•n••nn . • . .. . July 21 .. .. •• .. • • •• 2:30p.m.......•.•.•• S<'•lllc ............. Jul> 2S • .. .. • .. • • .. 2:Wp.m...•. , .•..• • • PlnCJI l'nnll . . .. .. • Jul)' n . . .. .. . . . . . . . 10,301.m ........ , ••• San Juan • . .. .... July 10 ...... , ....... 2:31lp.m..•. .... •.... 7;00p.m Culurnbu> •••••• , , . • Joly f9 • , ••••••.., •• , • C.'hita10 ~ • . ....... Jull' IS .... .. , • , • • • ... . L(IOp.m HOLb.t On •• •• • • . rortAn)tur . . .. ... July I' .. ,:.;.<f••·· SI. t.uUl~ ............ JUl\ ttt .•• ••••• '. ' . €"lr.\1l'l1nd ............ Juty t? .•.••••••••• , • 1 • ........ , • -. , . • .- •••••••• 2.:JOp.tn. . • • , •• , .•• 2::u>r "'· .•••••. ~ lli>nnlohl . .. . • .. • . . . lu1v 111 • • • . .. .. • • • • • 2~r..m. . ••••.•• , .... . • .., ... ... .. porb." I June I 960 • �.. Why Not Apply for an HLS Upgrading Course-Now! r·······························--··--··---··--·-····--·---······················· · ····································--··~· •• . : HAllllY LURDEB£RG SCHOOL U,GllADllG A'PLICATIOlt : IP!Mse Print) •• •:• . , : •• :• Neme _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ Oeta bl Birth--- - - - - - - -ILastl IFlrStl tMlddlel Mo./Oav/Ve"' : •• I Addrass-------------------~-----------·-------fStTee11 ---,:=-.,.------ - - -- - - - - - - ---=,.....,,__,...,..--- - T•lepllone _ _ __,.~-----C~•l 1c;1y1 CZlp Codel Intend Wetcn Member (Ates c00<,1 0 :: •• O Lekas Member •• •• •• Book Number_ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Seniority_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ !• ,Date Book Port Prelelltlv Was U9ued _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l'ort lsaued - -- - - - - - llfflstered In _ _ __ _ _ __ • Soo~ Security# _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Piney Point Gr8du1i.: • ; Entry Progrem: O Yn No O (If • _ Enc$orsement(11 or Lic:enH Now Held _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ yn, fiU In below) From------....,....... .- ':ne·,-1oc1""1-.d""1- - -- - ----------------------------------------- . Endor-t(•I or 111>---,-"'"'""-- -- license Allcelved - - - - - - - - -- - ,. . _ lt1endedl Upgrading Progr1111: "'"""------,..,- • O Do yoo hold a letter of coq>letion for U felioet Yes ND ·' CJ Firafighting: O Yn No O •• ••• Followlrijj Cowm(IJ _ __________________________ :• Dates Avell abla foe' Trelnlng _ _ __ _ _ _ ~------------------------- I Am lntetett.d In~ I OECI( 0 0 0 0 0 •0 •: 0 i : i: 0 0 : O I 0 O TenkenNn A8 12 Month• A8 lJnllmhed A8 TugJ & T-1 AB Gt.- Uk.. Ouartermaater ToWboet Clper111Dt W8'tem Riv•• To....tioat ()pentor lnlllld Towboot eM Not °""' Meire than 200 Mii.. Towboet Opef'ator (<Ner 200 Mileti Mast« 0 Mete ENGINE STEWARD O FWT O Oiler 0 ClMED - Any Rating 0 Olhert_____ __ _ 0 Marine EltlClrlcal taintenence 0 Plap.-.i Maintenence end 0 ~tion 0 AUJQml1fon 0 Uaint..n:eof Slllpboan:t O Assistant Cook 0 Cook & Baker 0 Chief Cook 0 Steward O Tow!Joat Inland Cook :I • 1 I :• : •• :• ' AU OEPAillMENTS Refrigeration SV•tem• 0 LNG O O Lileboattnar. 0 I.NG Sefory O Welding 0 !)leael Engines 0 Aal.unt EnQin- tUnln11P9Cted 0 • Motor Veuel I Chief fngi- (lllln11P9Cted Ml>IDtVetaell Fire Flgh11119 Pilot ••• RECORD OF EY'l..OYMENT TIME- ISllow only .aunt needed 1D 141111edl In ming nollcl ave or onach i of Sll"Vtt:e . whichever I• appl lclblo.I • S VE :• l~ei ••• •• ••• • J IATlfllJ HB.O DATEIHl'PID DAT£ OF CUCHAllGC I•• - - - - - -- - -------------------- - -- -----i• . :• ----------- ------ ---- ---------- ---i . - ~ ~~~~~~---·--·~··········~···~··""····················~~~..•......................... ~~._,················~···= llE1'UR COllPLETID Ml'LICATION TO: • 'Nl a WGllADfNG CENJEll. l'INP POINT, II). am7t June I 980 LOG 39 �' • • - • I Sign the· SPAD check-off today. _; • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989 Description An account of the resource Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 1980 Description An account of the resource Headlines: DROZAK URGES MARITIME PLANK IN DEM PLATFORM DEEP-SEA MEMBERS GET 12.83% INCREASE HOUSE PASSES OCEAN MINING BILL LINDSEY WILLIAMS IS NAMED N.O. MARITIME MAN OF THE YEAR HOUSE PASSES OCEAN MINING BILL SIU TOAST OF UNION INDUSTRIES SHOWCASE SIU'S ED TURNER IS PROLLER CLUB'S 'MAN OF THE YEAR' SEN. INOUYE, TRUE FRIEND OF MARITIME GETS AWARD MEMBERS VOTE 'YEA' ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SENATE OK'S $567M FOR MARITIME SECURITY AFL-CIO RULING CONFUSES TUG JOB JURISDICTION ALGERIAN LNG PRICE SQUEEZE TURNS OFF GASS NEW ARTICLE XX CHARGES FILED AFTER SIU BOAT IS STOPPED IN N.Y. DROZAK, MCCLOSKEY SQUARE OFF OVER MANNING MTD ASKS GOP BRASS TO SUPPORT U.S. MERCHANT FLEET SIU WINS JURISDICTION BEEF ON S-L CRANE JOBS SIU CREWS ANOTHER NEW DIESEL, S-L EXPLORER NEED MORE GOV'T. SUPPORT FOR LAKES FLEET U.S. DREDGES SHOULD GET DIEGO GARCIA PROJECT MARITIME DAY - AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE SMALL VESSEL MANNING BILL FLIRTS WITH SAFETY HOW SWEET IT IS! SUGAR ISLANDER VISITS BALT. A HISTORY OF THE SIU U.S. CAN'T AFFORD ' FREE TRADE IDEOLOGY' NEW TUG RUN FOR SIU LINKING, NORFOLK, BALT., PHILLY EFFORT UNDERWAY TO RESUME SPR PROGRAM USPHS SETS UP 24-HOUR, TOLL-FREE HOTLINE DIESEL... THE POWER OF TODAY AND TOMORROW FROM HLS GRAD TO CPR EXPERT AND 3RD ENG. JOE ALGINA, FIRST-RATE ALL THE WAY, RETIRES NEW IOT TUG, INDEPENDENCE, JOINS SIU FLEET Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/1/1980 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 42, No. 6 1980 Periodicals Seafarers Log